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25. A Breeders Fire
'Brock told you about this, right?' I asked the girls.
'Not like this.' Camilla replied.
'I didn't know it would be this…' Rachel started.
Loud? Enthusiastic? Colourful? Any of them or another exaggerated word would have sufficed.
As we walked behind Brock we looked at all the stalls that were selling, most stalls had lines, the ones that didn't tried to draw people in, but it was so loud and bustily that no-one heard them.
There were buildings behind the stalls, but no-one could reach them. I needed to get to the Pokémon centre. I was pretty sure the girls wanted to also, they weren't straying further than a meter from me and I wasn't straying further than that away from them.
A lot of the stalls had food for specific Pokémon, specific shampoo for Pokémon, Pokémon scents, candles for Pokémon to have.
Our Pokémon that weren't in their Pokéball's were looking around frantically, looking for a way to escape. It was futile to us and them, we couldn't find somewhere that was quiet and less crowded.
I was pretty sure that Celadon wasn't this populated. I turned around to see if I could see the gate and unfortunately it was still in my view. We had hardly travelled fifty meters into the City.
I turned back and a girl put a flower necklace on me, as she did with the girls, she then disappeared and we lost her immediately.
I saw Camilla's was blue, Rachel's was purple and mine were white.
'I wonder how long this goes on for.' Rachel said.
'Only today.' We heard a familiar voice.
We saw Liam and Leaf.
'You beaten the Gym already?' I asked Liam.
'Are you kidding, I can't find it in this place.' He replied.
'Where's Brock?' Leaf asked.
'We lost him as soon as we entered the City.' I replied.
'This breeders thing is crazy.' Liam noted.
'No kidding.' Rachel agreed.
I didn't even know if challenging the Pokémon league was as big as this and that was broadcasted on TV.
'How do we navigate through this?' Camilla asked.
'I don't know.' Leaf replied.
'Well we can't just stand here, we might get knocked over or separated.' Rachel told us.
'Come here.' We heard an unfamiliar voice.
We all turned and saw a girl who was wearing a baby pink t-shirt and her hair teal.
We followed her between two stalls and into a building.
Inside it was empty, completely empty
The tiles on the floor were deep pink. There were silver counters on the left and right side of the room, black chairs were evenly set in front of them.
In the middle of the room was a round green thick column with a pink wooden bench in an octagon shape going around it.
At the back of the room was a teal counter like the one inside the Pokémon centre, but there was nothing, or nobody behind it.
'Do you want to sit?' She asked.
All five of us sat on the octagonal bench, we all faced the door.
We could still hear the hustle and bustle outside, but it wasn't as bad in here.
'When does that…stop?' Rachel asked wondering what to call it.
'Tonight, sometime.' The girl replied. 'Sorry, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Suzy. I am a Pokémon breeder.' She said.
'You wouldn't happen to be "The Suzy: Pokémon Breeder" would you?' I asked.
'I don't know about "The Suzy", but yes I am known as a great Pokémon breeder around Kanto.' Suzy replied.
This must have been who Brock was talking about.
'I do, however prefer to be away from all of the colourful festivity. People have somehow misinterpreted the meaning of "Pokémon breeder". The City believes it is a big thing pitching other peoples against their own to see who's is the most beautiful or best.' Suzy explained to us.
'It wasn't always like this?' Rachel asked.
'No, it was very different, before when I was only an amateur breeder we travelled and occasionally bumped into breeders on our journeys, we often traded our breeding ways and shared the secrets we had.' Suzy replied.
'None of us are breeders so we didn't know about any of this.' Leaf told Suzy.
Confusion soon crossed Suzy's face.
'I'm sorry, none of you are breeders, the who are you?' Suzy asked.
'My name is, Jordan and this is, Pikachu.' I said.
'Pika.' Pikachu said introducing itself.
'I am Liam.'
'My name is Rachel and this is Eevee.' Rachel said showing her Eevee who was sleeping on her lap.
'I am Leaf.'
'I am Camilla; this is Pikachu…'
'Pika.'
'…and Cubone.'
'Bone.' Camilla and her Pokémon introduced themselves.
'None of you are breeders?' Suzy asked.
'No.' Liam and I said in unison.
'So what are you then?' She asked pointing to us individually.
'I want to become a Pokémon master.' I said.
'I am challenging the battle Château. Camilla said.
'I am also challenging the battle Château.' Rachel added.
'I want to become a Pokémon master.' Liam stated.
'I want to complete the Pokédex.' Leaf said.
This was the first time she told any of us her dream.
All of us looked at her besides Liam, he was either ignorant about it, or he already knew about it.
'Um…excuse me, Suzy.' I started. 'What exactly is this place?' I asked.
'My hairdressing and beautician parlour.' She replied.
'You do hairdressing and you're a beautician?' Rachel asked.
'Yeah, for Pokémon.' Suzy replied. 'Being a Pokémon breeder it is a good way to help with the connection between Pokémon and trainer. So I get to meet loads of different Pokémon on every day of the year, except this one.' Suzy told us.
'Can you make my Pikachu look nice?' Camilla asked.
'And my Eevee?' Rachel asked.
'Of course, bring them to one of the counters and I'll get started.'
Camilla went over to the counter along with Rachel.
Her Pikachu jumped onto the counter and Suzy started working.
Leaf got up and walked over eager to see what was happening.
Girls, I thought. I would never know how their minds worked.
I was grateful that Suzy had taken us in, she obviously hated how Pokémon breeding had changed since she started it, I couldn't imagine Pokémon breeding any other way. I know Brock breeds differently to everyone else out there, but he goes crazy for other people's stuff, the things they come up with to help your Pokémon, or the things they say that will help your Pokémon.
I couldn't imagine what Brock was doing now, where he was, how much he had bought, what he had bought.
I looked at Liam and he was looking at me, we both smiled.
'I guess you're unhappy about today delaying your battle with the Gym leader?' I asked him.
'You have no…well you know exactly how it feels.' Liam said.
'You know anything about this Gym leader?' I asked.
'No. gramps told me nothing about this, he figured I should learn about these Gym leaders by myself, he said it would help me grow as a trainer.'
I nodded in understanding.
'I'm sorry about saying bad things about you before you went to battle previous Gym leaders.' Liam apologized.
'It doesn't matter, we were rivals, rivals are supposed to work each other up.'
'But now we don't.' Liam intercepted.
'Because we are more friends now that we are rivals.' I replied.
Liam stayed silent, there was no reply to that he could think of, but he changed the subject.
'How is it travelling with someone?' He asked.
'It's great.' I replied. 'it's good to travel with people, it's a lot more fun, on your own it gets kind of boring, there is no-one to talk to but your Pokémon.' I explained.
'Speaking of which, your Pikachu?' Liam asked.
'What about it?' I asked. I didn't quite know what Liam was going on about.
'It's outside its Pokéball.' Liam observed. 'Just like Camilla's.'
'Yeah?' I asked.
'Is she the reason your Pikachu is outside its Pokéball?' Liam asked.
'No, Pikachu don't do so well in cramped spaces and it feels trapped in its Pokéball.' I told Liam. 'I saw Camilla's Pikachu was outside of its Pokéball when Rachel and I arrived in Pewter and I asked her why it wasn't in a Pokéball and she told me Pikachu don't do well in cramped spaces.' I explained.
'Oh, okay. I was really sorry to Leaf yesterday. I couldn't believe I didn't remember her. I kept apologizing to her yesterday, she said it was fine, but I wanted to make it up to her.' Liam said.
'What exactly did you talk about yesterday?' I asked. I was curious.
'We caught up on what each other was doing during now and the summer camp. She said you went to the Power plant and you saw Zapdos the legendary bird?' Liam asked in bewilderment. 'That's amazing, also she said she was starting her journey yesterday. She asked me if I would travel with her. I said yes if I recall, but I did it without knowing.' Liam told me. 'You told me it's good to travel with someone else?' Liam asked.
'Definitely.' I replied.
'Pika?' My Pikachu said looking to where the girls were.
My Pikachu jumped off of my shoulder and onto the floor.
We all looked at Camilla's Pikachu, she had a pink bow on her left ear and a pink rose on her right wrist, like a corsage.
My Pikachu looked entranced.
'Your Pikachu's been taken.' Liam told me.
'I think that was the idea.' I replied.
'Your Pikachu's crafty.' I told Camilla.
She just giggled in response.
My Pikachu wasn't going to be himself for a while and I think all of us knew that.
'Suzy, you are truly brilliant.' I told her.
'Thank you.' She replied.
She then went to work on Eevee.
Camilla came and sat down with us.
'I'm going to see if Brock is outside.' I told them as I went towards the door.
I opened the door and I saw Brock was wandering around-as much as he could in a place as crowded as this-like a lost sheep.
'Brock.' I shouted. I tried to get him to hear me over all the noise.
I had to shout quite a few times before he looked this way.
'Jordan, what are you doing in there?' He asked. 'Where is everyone else?' He asked.
I gestured for him to come over. He came over with two full bags of stuff from the market.
As soon as I closed the door behind him he dropped the bags a little startled at the sight that was before him.
Facing way from him was Suzy, the top Pokémon breeder according to him.
He briefly looked at the two Pikachu on the floor, they were now dancing.
Leaf and Rachel were watching Suzy dazzle up Eevee. Camilla and Liam were both talking, getting acquainted.
A few seconds later Suzy was done.
She turned around and we all expected Brock to dash forward and declare his undying love like he normally does, but he looked pretty frozen.
'Hello, you must be Brock, the Pokémon breeder from this group?' Suzy guessed. 'I'm Suzy a fellow Pokémon breeder, from what your friends say you think very highly of me.' Suzy said extending her hand.
Brock took it shakily, I helped him sit down on the bench in the middle of the room.
Camilla and Liam got up.
'I'll see if I can talk to him.' Suzy told us.
We all went the other side of the bench.
'So, Leaf…you want to complete the Pokédex?' I asked.
'Yes.' She replied.
'Well you've got a way until you catch up with us.' I told her.
She laughed. 'Please, Jordan. Give me a challenge!' She challenged.
I had to think, Saffron would be impossible. 'When we get to Viridian, where my last badge is and where Camilla and Rachel's last battle Château is we'll compare there.' I said.
'Sure, we'll start tomorrow. Liam are you ready for your battle tomorrow?' Leaf asked.
'Only if you're cheering me on.' Liam replied.
I wondered if Leaf and Liam would actually travel together. It didn't seem like Liam was that patient, but he did say he would make it up to Leaf any way he could, maybe travelling with her was his way to say sorry.
'Why don't I show you someone?' We heard Suzy suggest.
She came around with Brock following her, he looked a lot more confident now.
Suzy took brock to the back of the room where a chair was.
I hadn't noticed the chair, or what was on the chair. It was a Pokémon I had seen before, it was the one Rachel had battled the first time in her battle Château.
It was a Vulpix, but this Vulpix looked different, it was still the same colour and everything, but its coat looked shinier. It looked like it was extremely healthy, like it was groomed at least three times a day, it probably was since Suzy was the best breeder.
The Vulpix yawned and stretched before looking up at Suzy and Brock. It looked sweet and innocent, but I bet this Vulpix could let out some disastrous attacks when it needed to.
The Pikachu had stopped dancing, but my Pikachu wasn't completely back to his old self yet, he was still a little entranced. I really hoped it would wear off before my battle tomorrow. I might need him.
'Do you want to battle against me and my Vulpix?' Suzy asked Brock.
I had never seen Brock battle against anyone but me, but I was too concentrated on beating him to understand how he would battle against someone else in an unofficial battle.
'Sure, just a one on one battle?' He asked.
'Yes, why don't we take this out to the back, your friends can cheer you on, just remember, I'm not intimidating, I'm just a Pokémon breeder, like you.'
Suzy pushed a part of what originally thought was a wall, but it was a door and it led outside. The Vulpix jumped off of the chair and was the first one out, Suzy followed and we all followed her out. Brock was the last to enter.
I looked at Eevee once we got outside. It had a Purple bow near its ear on the left side of its head, it also had ribbon around its neck like a collar, but it flowed down a few centimetres from its neck. The ribbon was also purple.
Brock stepped onto the opposite side of the battlefield.
It looked as if Suzy and Vulpix were already ready for the battle.
This was the first time Brock was the challenger. I saw him worrying.
'Now I know how you guys feel, why you need to be prepared before a battle. It is really hard to pick a Pokémon to use, sometimes type matchups just won't work.' Brock said.
Now he was getting a taste of being in our shoes.
'Is it that hard?' Leaf asked.
'Believe me.' Rachel started. 'You don't know how hard; you need to think quickly because the battle comes faster than you think.' Rachel said.
'Although when you're in the battle, it is feels like the longest time ever.' Camilla added.
'Thanks guys, really helping.' Brock said sarcastically.
'You just need to work out your opponents Pokémon and the strategies they use.' I said.
'It's best to think before you act, rash decisions can cause horrible consequences.' Liam added.
'I understand what you guys mean when you can't figure out girls.' Brock said.
He would definitely forget that later.
'Let's go.' Brock called sending out a Pokémon.
He sent out his Zubat.
This was the first Pokémon we saw after Pewter City. We saved Seymour from these attacking him. Their Pokédex was truly terrifying, but not as terrifying as Golbat, and that wasn't as terrifying as Liam's Gyarados entry; which I found out was a water and Flying type Pokémon. It was not a Dragon type.
I was never on the side-lines with the girls, it was either Brock with the girls or Brock with me, sure I had been with Leaf once, but that was in Lavender town.
'They are good matchups.' Liam said.
'Both equally effective against the other.' I agreed.
'Vulpix, use flamethrower.' Suzy started off.
'Zubat, dodge and counter with a poison sting.' Brock said.
Zubat only just dodged the flamethrower before it widened its mouth and lots of small purple needles shot out of its mouth toward Vulpix.
'Use ember.' Vulpix rapidly shot out Embers towards the poison needles, it charred them and Brock looked confused that his attack was futile.
'Now, use Flamethrower.' Suzy said.
Brock recovered quickly and that was a good thing.
'Use Gust on the flamethrower.'
As soon as the flamethrower came out Zubat started to flap its wings and created a gust. The gust picked up the fire and it became a fire twister.
Zubat kept its gust up. If that fire twister touched the Zubat that would be the end of the battle and Brock would have lost. I guess he didn't count on Vulpix having flamethrower as one of its moves.
Brock would have to find a way to counter the flamethrower without using gust as it looked as if the gust was draining Zubat's health quite quickly.
Brock was definitely in a tight position, now he knew how hard it was for me to get out of this kind of situation. He looked at us with worry.
Was that how I looked when I was in the position he was in, the only encouragement I got was a smile that suggested that I shouldn't give up. I gave him exactly what everyone else gave me.
The only thing that Brock knew that we didn't was the moves that Zubat has, we however only knew two at the moment.
Suzy looked like she knew she was on the verge of winning, she smiled and everyone knew what move she would use.
'Vulpix, use flamethrower.'
'Zubat, dodge and use air cutter.' Brock countered.
Vulpix used flamethrower, but Zubat dodges, still only just.
Zubat put its wings together in front of it before it pushed outwards with its wings, and a few gusts of air hit Vulpix pushing it back.
Zubat's wings went out to the side before its whole body glowed white.
We all gasped in shock, we didn't know how Brock would react, he just looked surprised that in his first battle the Zubat would evolve.
Once the glowing had stopped we all saw a Golbat in place of Zubat.
Leaf took out her Pokédex to scan Golbat, now she also had that in her Pokédex.
Golbat screeched and everyone on the side-lines cringed back remembering the Pokédex entry.
I was confused as why Liam was leaning back when his Gyarados seemed more terrifying to me than a Golbat, but his Golbat seemed calm and didn't wreak havoc in our battle. He did hear the entry from Leaf's Pokédex and it was a terrifying entry, but then I realised we had all lost faith in Brock. He was an excellent Pokémon breeder, he would be able to take care of Golbat, keep it under control.
Suzy looked proud of Brock, she knew he was great Pokémon breeder, he was good enough to evolve one of his Pokémon.
'Well done, Brock, you must have raised that Pokémon exceptionally.' Suzy praised.
Brock nodded in appreciation of his new Pokémon.
'Golbat, use bite.'
Brock seemed confident that Golbat wouldn't go overboard on the bite.
Golbat zoomed towards Vulpix.
'Vulpix, use flamethrower.' Suzy countered.
Vulpix let loose a flamethrower.
'Golbat, dodge it.'
Golbat spun out of the way of the flamethrower and kept going towards Vulpix.
We all looked surprised at the speed and reaction of the Golbat, it had improved upon evolving.
Gobat carried out the bite, but it was only for a few seconds before it let go and flew back to Brock.
Maybe this Golbat would be okay and it wouldn't be too bad, it would be fine to battle.
Vulpix looked injured, but nothing too bad.
'Are you okay, Vulpix?' Suzy asked.
Vulpix replied going back into its battle stance.
'Vulpix, use Fire spin.'
Vulpix let loose an array of embers rabidly one after the other, but soon the span creating a fire vortex, it wasn't as powerful as the flamethrower twister, but it still looked powerful enough to trap Golbat.
Golbat saw this too late as did Brock.
Golbat was soon trapped in the fire Vortex, the fire vortex subsided, but Suzy already called out another attack.
'Vulpix, use will-o-wisp.' Suzy said.
I had never seen this move before, it didn't look like a fire type move.
Five black balls surrounded in purple fire and they shot towards Golbat.
They surrounded Golbat before they all hit Golbat, but it didn't seem to effect Golbat.
Brock looked worried though.
The fire spin came back and effected Golbat for a while before it subsided again, that's when a bit of fire showed on Golbat, but it disappeared as quickly as it came.
'What was that?' I asked, hoping someone knew the answer.
Leaf had the answer, she still had her Pokédex out.
'Will-o-wisp is a move that burns the opponent.'
'Burns?' Rachel asked.
'Burns.' Leaf confirmed 'It's one of the five status conditions your Pokémon can receive.' Leaf told us.
'Along with?' Camilla asked.
'Paralysis, freeze, sleep and Poison, there is also badly poisoned, but that is only effected by a few moves.' Leaf told us.
'So all of them hurt your Pokémon?' Liam asked. He also seemed interested.
This was something all Pokémon trainers needed to know and instead of three of us looking on our Pokédex we were relying on Leaf.
Leaf tapped on the Pokédex before she replied. 'No, burn and poisoning hurt your Pokémon at random times in the battle, there is no way to tell when, and badly poisoned takes away more health each time.' Leaf told us.
'So what do the other three do?' Liam asked.
'Paralysis makes your Pokémon paralysed and that could stop your moves from working, so you could call out a move, but your Pokémon would stop halfway through and the move would not be carried out. Freeze freezes your Pokémon and it makes it impossible to move until it thaws out or a move with enough heat is produced and it thaws you out. And sleep makes you sleep for a while, it is a fixed time, but the Pokédex doesn't say what that fixed time is.'
'Is there any way to cure these conditions?' I asked.
Leaf tapped on her Pokédex to find out. 'Not for each individual one, no, but the status conditions will fade completely once the Pokémon had fainted or they are taken to a Pokémon centre and treated.'
It would have been nice if the Pokémon researchers were finding a way to treat the status conditions instead of their other research, but I guess they could only do so much. They were trying to revive fossils at the moment so I guess once they had figured that out then they would start on another massive product. Also the Silph company was making a new type of Pokéball an extra special one, so the Kanto region was extremely advanced in what was happening, trainers couldn't ask for too much.
We had been so engrossed in our conversation we hadn't been paying attention to the battle, it looked as if both Golbat and Vulpix were struggling to stay up.
Golbat was struggling to hover and Vulpix was struggling, trying to stay standing up.
'Golbat, use air cutter.'
'Vulpix, use flamethrower.'
Both Pokémon released a weak version of their respected attacks, but neither reached the other Pokémon.
Vulpix was the first to give way, it had fainted and not three seconds later Golbat fell to the floor and had already fainted.
Suzy went towards Vulpix and picked her Pokémon up while Brock called back Golbat into its Pokéball.
'Well done Golbat.' Brock praised his newly evolved Pokémon.
'Take a rest Vulpix.' Suzy said.
Suzy went towards Brock who just stood there, he was unsure of what to do next he had never been the challenger before, it was all new to him.
'Well done Brock, you won and I must congratulate you.' Suzy said. 'Why don't we go back inside I want to give you something.' Suzy said.
Suzy led Brock inside and we followed them in.
I just remembered Brock had dropped two bags at the front of the parlour.
'Why don't we get Brocks bags for him?' I suggested.
Camilla and Rachel wanted to talk to Suzy after she had talked to Brock so they stayed at the back while Leaf, Liam and I helped filling Brocks bags back up with anything that hadn't broke, everything that had been broken we put in the bin. Brock had lost almost half a bag worth of stuff.
Brock came back with a Pokéball in his hand, he had a blue hairbrush in his other hand.
'Hey Brock what's with the hairbrush?' I asked jokingly.
'Suzy gave me her Vulpix to take care of.'
'Really?' I asked, I suddenly got elbowed in the ribs by leaf. 'That's great.' I continued with the wind out of me.
'She must think higher of you than you think of her.' Leaf agreed.
'I still think she is the best Pokémon breeder in the world.' Brock said shaking his head.
'I have to say you are the best Pokémon breeder in the world, Brock.' Suzy said coming round with Camilla and Rachel joining Leaf, Liam and I.
I was still recovering from an elbow to the ribs, courtesy of Leaf.
'Thank you for taking us in on this busy day.' Liam thanked.
'Thank you for coming in my beauty parlour and hairdressers.' Suzy started. 'You've made this day the best one I've had in ages, it reminded me of when I was younger when I dreamed of being a normal Pokémon trainer, battling my way across the region.' She continued. 'Camilla, Rachel, remember what I said, and don't let the outcome effect your friendship.' Suzy said. I didn't understand, but I guess it was girl stuff I wouldn't understand. Leaf good luck on completing the Pokédex. Jordan, Liam, good luck on both your battles tomorrow and good luck on becoming Pokémon masters.' Suzy said. 'Goodbye to you all, I hope to see you all soon and when I do I will be prepared for another battle with you Brock. Suzy said.
'How is it outside?' I asked.
'The stalls will be closing down and most people will have gone back to the Condo's or their own hometown.' Suzy told us.
'My Pikachu jumped back onto my shoulder, he must have been back.
'How are you buddy?' I asked as I stepped outside.
'Pika…' He started rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. '…chu.' He said apologizing.
'Don't worry buddy, I'm sure I would have been the same in your shoes.' I replied.
'Pika.' Pikachu replied agreeing with me.
I looked out at the streets and they were almost bare, really messy, with streamers, confetti, their bottles, popped balloons and their string and some plastic cups, also some liquids along the floor, but other than that a few stalls along the street were closing up, most of them had already gone.
All six of us made our way to the Pokémon centre.
Brock was at the front the three girls were chatting in the middle while Liam and I were at the back, probably thinking the same thing: how our battle would go tomorrow.
We entered the Pokémon centre and found it was empty besides Nurse Joy.
Brock made his way to nurse Joy.
'How may I help you?' She asked him.
I took a glance at Rachel who nodded.
We both knew what would happen.
'Can you take my Pokémon please?' Brock asked putting Golbat's and Vulpix's Pokéball on the tray provided before Chansey took them behind.
He went to sit down at one of the tables. The girls went to our room before Liam and I went to sit on the same table as Brock. We just sat there to keep him company, none of us would be very talkative. Brock was still stunned by Suzy giving her Vulpix to him, while Liam and I were still strategizing a plan to go up against the Gym leader.
I was stumped and I just remembered we were the only people in the Pokémon centre today, all of us could have a whole room to ourselves with one spare.
I just remembered I hadn't had anything to eat since this morning, now that I thought about it, it could have been yesterday morning, but it couldn't have been, it's just today had been one of the most eventful days today. We entered Celadon, just before lunch time, so we didn't have anything to eat.
I got up with Pikachu on my shoulder and went to get a pasta bake with a tomato ketchup bottle. My mother told me that tomatoes were healthy so I put more tomato ketchup in my pasta bake.
My Pikachu got off of my shoulder as I returned to the table and looked at the ketchup bottle suspiciously.
As Brock and Liam got up to get something to eat my Pikachu tasted some of the ketchup from the bottle, it cringed at the taste at first and fell over. I laughed at it.
'Don't like it, eh?' I asked.
It went back to the bottle-as if he hadn't learnt already-and took another taste, but this time he seemed to like it as he almost drained the small bottle before Brock and Liam came back.
Liam was only allowed to get a small portion of ketchup on his dinner before Pikachu took it back from him. I'd have to remember that Pikachu liked them. I'd give them to him when he hadn't had them in a while, if he had too much at one time it would make him unhealthy.
My Pikachu ran to our room as soon as the bottle had been drained, he probably went to bed. I would have let him lick my bowl, but he already left and disappeared to bed.
I finished a few minutes after.
'Liam, if I don't see you tomorrow, I'll see you in Saffron with Leaf.' I said.
'Okay, bye Jordan, good luck with your battle.' He said.
'You too.' I replied and left.
'Leaf came out the door as I reached it.
'See you in saffron, Jordan.' Leaf said.
'Yeah, Leaf, goodbye.' I said.
She brought me closer and whispered in my ear. 'Take care of the girls for me. If either of them, or both are hurt or they are still not travelling with you when we meet up, you'll be answering to me and it will be much worse than any battle you have or will ever have.' She threatened.
'Consider me warned.' I said as she let go of me.
She went to sit with Liam.
I decided to get the girls some dinner, so I grabbed two plates of food-something that would fill them up and something they liked-before I went to the room we were staying in.
I gave the girls their dinner, they thanked me before I went to bed.
I recalled what had happened today.
I had a great battle with Liam this morning. All of us went through the tunnel. Leaf and Liam left together at the end. Camilla Rachel and I got lost in the crowd of Pokémon breeders. We found Leaf and Liam in the crowd of breeders. Suzy found us and took us into her shop. She talked to us about a few things. Brock found us after Pikachu had been entranced by Camilla's. Suzy challenged Brock to a battle. Leaf told us about status conditions. Brock only just won against Suzy. He received Vulpix from Suzy. We made our way to the Pokémon centre as the streets cleared out.
I fell asleep with Pikachu curled up next to me.
Here is the next chapter, up with chapter twenty-four to say sorry for the long wait, but as explained in the previous chapter (I think) my computer crashed and I lost the whole of the previous chapter.
If you want to hear from someone else POV just tell me. A POV that will definitely appear next chapter will be Ariana's and it will be in the presence of the boss of team Rocket, so I hope you like that next week.
Also, Chapter five will be updated so, if you want to check that out, go ahead.
If I am not able to update before next Saturday the reason will be at the bottom of my profile, if there is no reason it is because my computer has crashed again.
Chapter 26: The Alluring Scent of Celadon