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Evan's current Pokemon Team
1) Charizard Level 40: Heat Wave, Flamethrower, Wing Attack, Metal Claw
2) Beedrill Level 32: Twineedle, Pursuit, Poison Sting, Fury Attack
3) Clefable Level 36: Sing, DoubleSlap, Minimize, Metronome
4) Poliwhirl Level 31: Strength, Hypnosis, Rain Dance, Water Pulse

DayCare
1) Eevee Level 13: Tackle, Sand Attack, Helping Hand, Tail Whip

"We're back!" Evan said to no one in particular. Probably his Pokemon, but they were all in their Pokeballs. He was back in the Underground Path. He was going back to Cerulean, where Rock Tunnel was situated. At the end of Rock Tunnel would be a particular town.

Rushing forth, he was at the other end of the Underground Path in a few minutes. He ascended up the stairs, and walked northwards to Cerulean City. Although the last time he'd been in this city was about a week ago, he was still a little lost.

After a bit of searching, Evan finally found the DayCare Center which he'd put his Eevee in. Going in, he noticed the familiar figure of Uncle Jim.

"Uncle Jim!" Evan yelled. The man turned, and smiled warmly when he saw Evan. "I'm here to get my Pokemon back."

"Yes... poor thing's been waiting long for you. Let me go and get your Eevee," Uncle Jim walked into the back, and when he reappeared, he was holding Eevee in his hands. Upon seeing it's Trainer, Eevee jumped into his arms.

"Mmm?" Uncle Jim stared at a jagged object poking out of Evan's backpack. "What's that?"

"Oh, this?" Evan pulled out the jagged object, revealing it to be the Thunderstone he'd got awhile ago.

"Isn't that a Thunderstone, me boy?"

"Why, yes, it is," Evan looked up at him in surprise. "The Thunderstone is required to let certain Pokemon evolve, right? Do you have a Pokemon that can only evolve with the use of Thunderstone? If it is so, then I can give this to you..." He stuck out his hand with the Thunderstone in it.

"No, no. Don't be mistaken," Jim chuckled. "I was just thinking, why don't you let Eevee hold that?"

"What? Uh... alright?" Evan stared at the old man in confusion as he handed the Thunderstone over to Eevee. He had no idea why Uncle Jim wanted him to do that, but he wasn't one to disobey others.

When Eevee touched the Thunderstone, it immediately started glowing white. Evan was taken aback, and jumped back. Eevee was evolving! Soon, it had stopped glowing and turned into a yellow, spiky Pokemon. The new Pokemon growled. It definitely looked stronger than it's previous form. Evan gasped, before taking out his PokeDex.

"Jolteon, the Lightning Pokemon. When angered or frightened, the hairs on Jolteon's body become like needles that are fired at its opponents. It absorbs charged atoms and can produce 10,000 volts of electricity."

"Wow!" Evan bent down and pet his new Jolteon. "Coo- Oooooooooooucccchhhhh!" Evan jumped up and down furiously as he clutched his hand. Jolteon's body was extremely sharp! Jolteon sniggered.

"Well, alright Jolteon. Return to your Pokeball." Evan recalled Jolteon, then turned to look at Uncle Jim. "I had no idea Eevee evolved with the Thunderstone! That is so cool!"

"Haha... Eevee has three different forms," Jim started to say. "With the help of the Water Stone, it evolves into Vaporeon the Water-type Pokemon. Using the Fire Stone, it evolves into Flareon, a Fire-type. With the Thunderstone you used earlier, Eevee evolved into Jolteon, the Electric-type Pokemon. Well, at least it is three different forms, I think...?" The old man scratched his chin. "I heard there were some new forms that were recently discovered, but I'm not so sure about that."

"I see," Evan nodded. "Thank you for taking care of Eevee, Uncle Jim."

"No thanks are in my order, boy!" Uncle Jim replied, smiling. "You be on your way now!"

"See ya!" Evan ran out of the house, now feeling very excited. His team was starting to get stronger day by day! Now all pumped up, Evan headed for the direction of Rock Tunnel. A huge boulder blocked the way, and some people were desperately trying to move it with their Pokemon, but they had no luck.

"Poliwhirl, use Strength!" Evan called out Poliwhirl, who started flexing it's muscles, before jumping towards the boulder and lifting it up. The people thanked Evan profusely before they went on their way. Evan was about to ask them for a battle as they looked like Pokemon Trainers, but he'd no time as the three people had already rushed off. Shrugging, Evan recalled Poliwhirl and headed in their direction towards Route 9.

"Man, how long more to Rock Tunnel?" Evan groaned, halfway through Route 9. He'd been jumped by a couple of annoying Voltorbs that had Self-Destructed on his poor, poor Clefable. Sighing, he ran into a Hiker.

"Hello there! The name's Jeremy." The Hiker smiled. "Wanna have a Pokemon battle, kiddo?"

"Sure!" Evan agreed. "What about a one-on-one?"

"Sounds fine to me. Alright, Graveler, come on out!" The big man sent out his Pokemon.

"Graveler, huh? Beedrill, go!" Beedrill flew out of it's Pokeball, glaring at it's opponent.

"Beedrill, use Pursuit!" Beedrill's speedy attack hit Graveler before Jeremy could give out any commands. "Good going! Pursuit again!" And with that, Graveler was dealt damage again. "Now, Poison Sting!"

"Dodge it by using Dig, Graveler!" Jeremy barked. Graveler dug underground as Beedrill made it's move. Before Beedrill had the chance to fly back up into the air, Graveler had jumped up from the ground and slammed into Beedrill. The latter was sent flying into the air.

"Your Beedrill's not the only one that's fast!" Jeremy grinned.

"Beedrill, use Twineedle now!" Beedrill regained it's balance and flew at Graveler, it's two stingers poised for attack.

"Defense Curl!" Graveler curled up into a ball, and Beedrill's Twineedle attack practically bounced off it. "Now, Rollout!" Without uncurling itself, Graveler rolled towards Beedrill at an alarming speed. To Jeremy's surprise, Beedrill dodged.

"No one's ever dodged Graveler's attacks before!" The Hiker grunted.

"My Beedrill is different!" Evan smiled, and gave a victory sign. "Beedrill, Fury Attack!" Beedrill flew down and jabbed Graveler repeatedly. Although Graveler was supposed to be immune to Normal-type attacks, it still did quite an amount of damage.

"Now, Pursuit!" Evan called. With that finishing move, Graveler was knocked out, not surprisingly after taking the full blow of three Pursuit attacks in a row.

"You have really great battle talent, youngster!" Jeremy praised the Trainer, who grinned.

"Thanks!" He yelled rowdily, as the man recalled his Graveler. "I gotta be on my way now, see ya!" Skipping away, a Pokemon Center came into Evan's sight.

"Here's a Pokemon Center! I'll be able to restore Clefable and Beedrill's health," beamed Evan. As he entered the Center, he started thinking about how his mother was doing at home right now. Also, what his father was doing. Evan's father was supposed to be on a journey like him in some other region.

"Perharps I'll call home!" Evan pulled out his Pokegear and at the same time running over to Nurse Joy's desk. "Here, Nurse Joy," he handed over his five Pokeballs, and went over to one of the benches to sit and wait. As he did, he dialed home.

"Hello?" Evan heard a familiar voice answer.

"Mom?" He asked.

"Evan? Is that you? Ah, so you've called home to check how I was!" Evan's mother chuckled. "I'm just fine, dear. No need to worry."

"That's good to hear," Evan grinned.

"So, where are you now and how many Gym badges do you have?"

"Well, I'm in Route 9 now. Rock Tunnel is just nearby, and at the end of Rock Tunnel is the next town, and after the next town eventually the next city, where I can get my next badge!" Evan said excitedly at the thought of getting another badge. "Oh, and I've three badges now!"

"Huh? But I've heard from Professor Oak that Arthur has got four already, and is already in the city where he can get his fifth Gym badge!" Upon hearing the news, Evan started feeling sullen. Why was Arthur always one step, no, two steps this time, ahead of him? But he quickly snapped out of it and decided the best thing to do would be to head for the next city right away.

"Also, Professor Oak said that you helped him out with his research on pre-historic Pokemon! Aren't you such the kind boy? I'm proud of you, dear!"

"Don't worry, Mom! I'll make you even more proud in time to come!" Evan winked, before asking the question he had been wanting to ask. "How many Pokemon has Arthur gotten, Mom? Do you happen to know?"

"Oh, Professor Oak told me that Arthur already had fifteen Pokemon, of which nine Pokemon are in his lab!" This made Evan's shoulders sink even more.

"That's nice to know, Mom... I think I've gotta hang up now, I have to get to Rock Tunnel as soon as possible," Evan said quickly, not wanting to hear anymore about Arthur.

"Alright, dear. Your father just called about a half hour ago. He said he was returning to Kanto! Isn't that delightful?" Evan's mother said before he could cut the call. Evan arched an eyebrow.

"Oh... if he returns home, tell him I'm on my Pokemon journey, and I'm gonna make him proud! Okay, that's all, bye bye!" Evan hung up, and stuffed the Pokegear into his backpack. After retrieving his Pokemon from Nurse Joy, he headed out of the Pokemon Center. Just round the corner was the entrance to Rock Tunnel. Evan erupted into cheers, before taking his first step into the treacherous-looking cave.

If you're sayin' that this chapter is completely rushed, you guessed right! So what... =P Next chapter, Evan attempts to get through Rock Tunnel! Alright, see you guys around! Don't forget to review ;)