Alright, new chapter, with the group in Pastoria!

Sonikah: He's just that pathetic.

Mwak4ever: Okay… 1. DEFINITELY. 2. Again, DEFINITELY. 3. NEVER said that. 4. Probably won't. 5. I thought he couldn't be trusted.

Some guy named Blaze: Yes, yes, and FUCKING YES! But no.

The Black Okami: Glad to have you back. Don't worry, this story isn't NEARLY as confusing as I could make it.

007 dragon: Yes, but it might not be.

Foxfawn: Thank you thank you.

Adventures in Sinnoh: The Moemon Story

Chapter 28

"So, this Pastoria, huh?" Dawn said, looking around Pastoria. "Well, this place is pretty good. But compared to the hotel and resort, it seems kind of… muddy."

Dawn was right. Pastoria City, compared to the clean and pristine resort and hotel, was basically a dump. It was surrounded by swampland and trees, and wild moemon roamed around unattended. The buildings were shoddy, and everything was muddy and wet, with weeds and soaked grass.

"You're right, this place is pretty gross…" Lucas said, looking around, frowning. "I can't believe someone thought it was a good idea to build a town in a swamp."

"That's right!" A voice shouted. Lucas and Dawn turned to face the owner of that voice, and saw the large man standing there.

"Building the town on the swamp was my idea, and what a brilliant idea it was, too!" The man said, laughing. He wore a pair of blue pants, and had a strange mask over his face, which wasn't enough to conceal his balding head. "Don't you think?"

"No, I think it was pretty stupid." Dawn said, frowning. "Who are you, anyway?"

"Ahahaha!" The man laughed. "To each his own, then!"

"Again, who are you?" Dawn asked, gritting her teeth in frustration.

"Ahahaha!" The man laughed. "I'm Crasher Wake, the gym leader in these parts! My moemons' spirits and I can't be crushed! Who ha!"

"Alright, you're the gym leader?" Dawn asked, frowning. "Alright, I'm ready for you! Let's battle!"

"Ha! Alright, kid, let's head to my gym, okay?" Crasher Wake said, laughing. He lead the two of them to his gym, which was a large rectangular building located atop a swamp.

"Your gym is built on a swamp?" Dawn said. "That has got to be the stupidest thing ever."

"Ahahaha! They said it was daft to build a gym on the swamp, but I built it all the same!" Crasher Wake said, laughing. "Just to show 'em! And guess what happened?"

"It sank into the swamp?" Dawn guessed.

"What?" Wake asked, frowning. "No, it became one of the best gyms in sinnoh, why would you think it would sink into the swamp?"

"Never mind…" Dawn said, face palming. "That what I get for watching Monty Python to much… Anyways, I'm ready for my battle!"

"Are you?" Wake asked, smirking. "We shall see girl, we shall see."

The three stepped into the gym, where they were surprised to see Barry there.

"Crasher Wake, I challenge you to a gym battle!" Barry exclaimed, frowning.

"Whoa, it's Barry!" Dawn said, surprised.

"Dawn!" Barry exclaimed. "You're here too? Did you come to watch me totally beat this guy?"

"No, I came here to battle him myself." Dawn said, smiling. "But now that you're here, I'll be happy to watch you lose."

"Yeah, well I'm gonna win, so just you watch!" Barry shouted, scowling. "Alright, let's do this!"

"Okay, kid." Wake said, walking around the gym. The interior of the gym was strange. The battlefield was nothing more than chunks of debris scattered over an enormous empty blue tiled pool, with several large standing platforms.

Wake stood on the other side of the field, and gave Barry the thumbs up.

"Alright kiddo, let's see what you got!" Wake exclaimed, letting loose a hearty laugh. "I'll go first! Come on out, Levia!"

Wake tossed out a moeball, which a Gyarados emerged from, growling in an intimidating manner. She wore a long blue and yellow dress, and had long blue hair flowing down her back, held back by a blue crown, and angry red eyes

"Whoa, that thing's freaky!" Barry exclaimed. "But we can beat it! Go, Hera!"

Barry tossed out a moeball which his Heracross emerged from, glaring at the water/flying moemon.

"Well kid, I didn't expect you to use a bug/fighting moemon against my Levia!" Wake said, laughing. "Well, let's see what she's got!"

"Alright, Hera, let's see how our training pays off!" Barry exclaimed. "Use horn attack!"

Hera charged at the dragon-like moemon, hitting her head on with her horn.

"Hyper beam!" Wake ordered.

"Hera, use bide!" Barry shouted at the last minute, Hera focusing her energy. Levia released a concentrated blast of energy out of her mouth, hitting Hera at full force, sending her flying through the air, hitting the wall at full force, causing an enormous indent.

"Hera, you alright?" Barry shouted.

"Yeah…" Hera said, jumping to the ground, flying into the air. "Master, that focus band you gave me came in handy!"

"Barry actually was smart enough to equip an item to his moemon?" Dawn asked, with more than a little surprise in her voice. "Maybe he's not as pathetic as I thought."

"Yes!" Barry said, throwing his arms up into the air in victory. "Dawn complimented me! Come on Hera, we can do anything now!"

"Well, if your moemon is holding the focus band, then that means she's almost fainted." Wake said, smiling. "So what are you going to do now, kiddo?"

"You wanna see?" Barry asked, smiling. "I'll show you the full power of our training! Hera, release you energy!"

Hera began glowing with a white light, her body charging with immense energy. She shot at Levia at top speed, hitting her head on. The energy that Hera had charged up into her body was concentrated into an almost blinding light, and hit Levia at full force, causing massive damage to her body and sending her flying through the air, hitting the wall with a massive amount of power, knocking her unconscious.

Whoa… Dawn thought, her mouth open a little in shock. Is this really the same weak Barry I remember?

So, Barry's improved a little! But will he manage to pull out a win?