A Typical Pokemon Journey
In this chapter, our heroes are going to battle the gym leader by the name of Koga...oh, and they'll also get to meet his daughter and his apprentice, Janine...
And yes, our heroes are going to be getting Gym Badges...that's what you want, right?
Chapter 35: Way Of The Ninja
Chris and Ned began to scan their PCs to see what would be effective against Koga. It would be a good idea to prepare themselves for the fight ahead.
"Let's see now..." thought the female Pokemon trainer.
At Professor Oak's Lab were Snorlax, Parasect, and Fearow. She immediately knew that sending Parasect against Koga would be a bad idea, since Parasects were weak against poison-types.
Unsurprisingly, Snorlax was eating everything in sight.
"Hmm..." thought the girl.
Shrugging, she decided to send Tauros to Professor Oak's Lab in the favor of Snorlax.
Strangely enough, there already seemed to be a large amount of Tauros at Professor Oak's Lab. It was as if somebody had thrown a large amount of Safari Balls and had caught about thirty of them or so at once.
Entering the gym, Chris and Ned immediately started bumping into things.
Apparently, someone had set up invisible walls around the gym.
"OK...this might make it hard to get around..." noted the female Pokemon trainer.
"Who designed this gym anyway?" questioned Ned.
"Greetings, Pokemon trainers. I am Koga, the Gym Leader of Fuschia City. I take it you are here to challenge me? Hahahaha!" asked Koga politely.
Chris and Ned nodded.
Curiously enough, Chris and Ned noticed that Koga did not appear to be the only ninja inside the gym.
Sure enough, there was his daughter, Janine. By the looks of it, she was trying to imitate her father.
At that very moment, hearts began to appear in Ned's eyes.
"Hey there! I'll happen to let you know that I love ninjas! They are totally awesome!" exclaimed Ned as he went up to Janine.
"Um...hello there." answered Janine.
Chris was not amused.
Immediately, she grabbed Ned by the ear and shoved his face in front of one of the invisible walls.
"Oof!" exclaimed the boy.
"The only thing you're going to be kissing today is that wall." said Chris.
"Aww..." complained Ned.
"Are you...ready for your gym battle?" asked Koga curiously.
Chris nodded.
"Good. Go, Koffing!" exclaimed the ninja as he tossed a Pokeball.
"Koffing!" bellowed the poison Pokemon.
"Let's see now...what should my first choice of Pokemon be?" thought the female Pokemon trainer.
Shrugging, she decided to test out her new Tauros.
"Tauros!" bellowed the wild bull Pokemon.
Hopefully none of Koga's Pokemon knew Dream Eater, right? He was a poison-type specialist and all.
Immediately, Koffing spewed smoke in Tauros's face.
"Koffing!" exclaimed the poison Pokemon.
Fortunately, since Tauros had a rather good sense of smell, this didn't affect his accuracy too much.
Immediately, Chris instructed him to charge.
"Tauros!" bellowed the wild bull Pokemon.
Caught by surprise, Koffing began to bounce across the gym like a ping pong ball.
"Wow..." murmured Janine.
Suffice to say, it looked as if Tauros had scored a critical hit.
"Well, this Gym battle is off to a good start..." thought Chris.
Unfortunately for Koffing, he had a nasty trick up his sleeve.
Suddenly, he began to glow with energy.
"Is he evolving?" asked Chris curiously.
"I think it's something else..." warned Ned.
Koffing self-destructed in Tauros's face, causing him to take an enormous amount of damage.
"Tauros!" bellowed the wild bull Pokemon.
On the plus side, Koffing had fainted.
"Well, that's one Pokemon down..." noted Chris.
However, as she discovered, Koga had a spare. He immediately sent out another Koffing to take his place.
"I have to admit, I haven't made my Pokemon explode like that in a while..." noted Koga.
"You do realize that you're going to have to pay money every time your Pokemon does that, right father?" asked Janine.
"What can I say? I'm a Gym Leader so I have lots of money on my hands...the Pokemon League's paying me through the dojo...and they say I'm in the running to be a member of the Elite Four!" exclaimed the ninja master.
"Really? That's great!" acknowledged the ninja apprentice.
"Anyways...use Sludge!" commanded Koga.
Koga's Koffing immediately tossed sludge at Tauros, and he fainted.
"You like explosions, huh? I know just the Pokemon to send out then..." spoke Chris.
Immediately, she sent out Haunter.
"Haunt haunt haunt!" exclaimed Chris's Haunter.
Suffice to say, it looked as if Chris's Haunter had an advantage...since he wouldn't have to worry about the invisible walls around the arena.
"Use Sludge!" commanded Koga.
Koga's Koffing immediately hurled sludge against Chris's Haunter...but that didn't hurt him much at all.
"Oddly enough Haunter happens to be poison-type too..." explained Chris.
"Really?" asked the ninja master.
"Yeah...but since he's also a ghost type, he won't have to worry about his attacks not being very effective...how about that?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.
"I might be in trouble..." thought Koga.
Haunter immediately Shadow Punched Koffing, knocking the breath out of him.
Starting to get rather desperate, Koga immediately instructed Koffing to Selfdestruct as well.
Unfortunately, Koga's plan had a flaw...Haunter was immune to normal-type attacks.
As soon as the smoke settled, Haunter was shown to be completely unharmed.
"Haunter?" asked the ghost Pokemon curiously.
Koga sighed. He just realized his mistake...and now he had only two Pokemon left.
"Yeah...maybe you should have had your Koffing use a different move..." noted Janine.
Sighing, Koga sent out his Muk.
"Muk!" bellowed the poison Pokemon.
Immediately, Muk hurled sludge at Haunter.
"Haunter!" exclaimed Chris's Haunter. Unfortunately, it was a critical hit, though admittedly this still didn't hurt him much.
Once again, Chris instructed Haunter to Shadow Punch Muk.
However, as it turned out, Muk had a way to counter that.
Suddenly, Muk began to surround himself with acidic armor.
"Muk..." murmured Koga's Muk.
"Good. Try defending yourself!" exclaimed Koga.
Curious, Chris's Haunter tried Shadow Punching Muk again...
...but he ended up burning his hand.
"Haunter!" bellowed the ghost Pokemon.
"Oh dear..." murmured the female Pokemon trainer. Apparently she was going to have to take things up a notch.
"Sludge!" commanded Koga.
Koga's Muk immediately hurled Sludge at Chris's Haunter. He was starting to feel tired.
"Use Curse!" commanded Chris.
Haunter immediately halfed his HP to lay a Curse on Muk...unfortunately, since he had about half of his health remaining, this caused him to faint.
"Well, your sacrifice won't be in vain...I promise." stated Chris as she recalled her Haunter.
"I hope not." nodded Ned.
Shrugging, she decided to send out her Charmeleon to see if it could do the job.
"Charmeleon!" bellowed the fire Pokemon.
Charmeleon immediately opened up by using Flamethrower on Muk.
"Muk!" bellowed the poison Pokemon.
"Yes!" cheered Chris. It was good to see that Charmeleon had learned a fairly powerful fire technique.
Unfortunately for Muk, he was burned...and since he was taking damage from Haunter's Curse, it looked like he wasn't going to last long.
However, Koga was able to give Charmeleon a parting present before Muk fainted.
"Use Toxic!" ordered Koga.
Immediately, Koga's Muk used Toxic on Charmeleon to poison him.
Shortly afterwards, Muk fainted.
"Yes! We've almost won!" exclaimed Chris.
"Charmeleon..." murmured Chris's Charmeleon. He wasn't feeling so good.
Now down to his last Pokemon, Koga sent out Weezing.
"Weezing!" bellowed the poison Pokemon.
"How ironic...you sent out two Koffings to fight me...and now you're sending out a Weezing..." spoke Chris.
"That is kind of ironic, father." nodded Janine.
"I know, I know...maybe one day my Koffings will evolve into Weezings..." noted Koga.
"That would be nice...I always like when my Pokemon evolve." agreed Ned. Personally he was hoping that he could find some evolutionary stones.
Then again, he heard that there were some techniques that a Pokemon could learn when they haven't been evolved by an evolutionary stone...he considered that in the event he ever wanted to evolve his Weepinbell or his Growlithe or his Nidorina.
Unfortunately for Chris, ever since Muk had hit him with Toxic, Charmeleon was feeling very ill.
She must have noticed this, because she was holding her Jigglypuff's Pokeball in one hand.
"Use Flamethrower...and try to hold on as long as you can." explained Chris.
Chris's Charmeleon nodded, and began to roast Weezing with Flamethrower. Thankfully, since Weezings were essentially full of hot air, this proved to be rather effective.
Hwoever, Weezing managed to hit Charmeleon with Sludge...combined with the Toxic, he was now feeling quite weak.
"Char...mel..." murmured Charmeleon. In fact, he was now at his knees.
"One last...Flamethrower." spoke Chris.
Charmeleon hit Weezing with Flamethrower one last time...and this time, he was burned.
"Weezing..." murmured Chris's Weezing.
Shortly afterwards, Charmeleon fainted.
Unfortunately, for some strange reason, a Pokemon could not have two status ailments at once, so Chris wouldn't be able to use Jigglypuff to put him to sleep.
But since Weezing was taking periodic damage and wasn't going to do as much damage with his attacks, that wasn't so bad.
"Go, Jigglypuff!" exclaimed Chris.
"Jigglypuff!" squealed Chris's Jigglypuff.
Instinctively, Jigglypuff began to sing, but her Pokemon trainer told her off.
"Yeah...about that, in case you haven't noticed...Weezing's been burned...you won't be able to put him to sleep with your singing." explained Chris.
"Jiggly?" asked Chris's Jigglypuff.
"Yeah, I don't understand it either...but that's just how Pokemon battling works." explained the female Pokemon trainer.
Jigglypuff was rather confused by this...in fact, she nearly hurt herself in confusion.
Thankfully, she pulled herself back together.
Unfortunately for Weezing, he managed to hit Jigglypuff with Toxic...Chris was going to have to wrap up the Pokemon battle quickly if she wanted to win.
Or maybe not. Suddenly, Jigglypuff began to fall asleep.
"What are you doing?" asked Chris.
Immediately, the deadly poison was removed from her body.
"Jiggly...puff..." murmured Chris's Jigglypuff in her sleep.
Unfortunately, this left Jigglypuff up for an open assault...but on the plus side, this meant that Toxic wouldn't be effective.
"Well, this battle isn't going well for me..." thought Koga.
He instructed Weezing to hit Jigglypuff with Tackle, then follow up with Sludge...but unfortunately, Weezing missed the latter.
And of course, the burns it suffered earlier took their toll...and Weezing fainted.
"Huh, Jigglypuff literally beat the gym leader in her sleep..." thought Chris.
At that very moment, Jigglypuff woke up. She seemed rather confused that her opponent had fainted while she was in Dreamland.
"Congratulations, Chris. Personally I think you would be good ninja material..." spoke Koga as he handed Chris the Soul Badge.
"In order to do that, I'd need some really fast Pokemon..." thought the female Pokemon trainer.
Now that she thought of it, her Pokemon seemed more geared for physical strength than speed. Of course, there was her Fearow, but that seemed to be about it.
Unfortunately for Ned, he was too lovestruck to battle at the moment...so Chris hauled him out of the Pokemon Gym. She began to wonder what he would ever do without her.
On the plus side, she was over halfway done with collecting Gym Badges.
"Heh, just three badges left to go." smiled Chris.
At that very moment, Lucy and Jake arrived at the Pokemon Gym.
"Hey there, Chris! How are you doing today?" asked the female Pokemon trainer curiously.
"Doing fine...I just defeated the Gym Leader and took his gym badge." explained Chris.
"Really? That's great!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Clefairy!" cheered Lucy's Clefairy.
"Of course, that was what we were going to do..." noted Jake.
"Do you know what I can do in the meantime? Ned seems to be lovestruck again..." explained Chris.
"Why does he always flirt whenever there's a pretty girl around?" asked the male Pokemon trainer curiously.
"Your guess is as good as mine." answered Chris.
"Well, we just went to visit the Cycling Road...it seems like a fairly decent tourist attraction...though unfortunately we happened to run into a group of nasty bikers..." noted Lucy.
"Really?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.
"Yeah...we encountered their leader...he referred to himself as Johnny, and when we defeated him, he swore revenge on us...said that he was going to get even with us someday..." explained Jake.
"Yeah, I know how you feel." nodded Chris. Personally he reminded her of somebody else that she knew...but she couldn't quite remember his name...she knew that it also started with a J...but who was it?
"Well, thanks for the advice...I'm going for a joyride." said the female Pokemon trainer.
Immediately, she pulled out her bike and began to ride away to the Cycling Road.
"Weren't we just there?" asked Lucy curiously.
"Clefairy?" inquired Lucy's Clefairy.
"Yes, I believe we were." nodded Jake.
Ned did not notice his partner leaving...in fact, he wasn't moving at all.
Lucy started waving her hand in front of the boy's face...he still did not move.
"You there, Ned?" asked the female Pokemon trainer.
"Doesn't look that way." noted Jake.
"I'm starting to feel worried about him..." spoke Lucy.
"You think we should take him to Nurse Joy?" asked the former Team Rocket Grunt.
"Sounds like a good idea." nodded the female Pokemon trainer.
Lifting Ned up by each of his arms, they took him to Nurse Joy.
"Can I help you?" asked the nurse.
"Yeah...can you help him snap out of whatever's ailing him? He's just staring vacantly...and we don't know what's wrong with him..." explained Lucy.
"I'm not sure...but I'll give it a shot." answered Nurse Joy.
Immediately, two Chanseys picked up Ned and put him on a stretcher.
"Thank you." answered Lucy.
The two Pokemon trainers left the Pokemon Center shortly afterwards.
"So, should we challenge the Gym Leader now? Or do you want to check on Ned?" asked Jake.
"I suppose we should challenge the Gym Leader for now...Nurse Joy did say that she might not be able to fix him..." noted Lucy.
"Let's hope she can...then again, maybe all Ned needs is some time alone." nodded Jake.
Shrugging, Lucy accompanied Jake to the Pokemon Gym.
Sure enough, there was Koga, who was eagerly awaiting their arrival.
"Hahahaha! Welcome to my gym...or should I say dojo? I take it you're here to try to win a Gym Badge?" asked Koga curiously.
"Yes." nodded the former Team Rocket Grunt.
"Alright then! Show me what you've got!" exclaimed the Gym Leader.
Jake nodded as he sent out his Cubone.
"Cubone bone bone!" exclaimed the cub Pokemon.
Koga sent out Koffing in retaliation.
"Use Bone Club!" exclaimed Jake.
Cubone immediately went to whack Koffing with his Bone Club...
...only to miss completely.
"Huh?" asked the former Team Rocket curiously.
This gave Koffing the opportunity to hit Cubone with Toxic...causing him to feel rather ill.
"Cu...bone..." murmured Jake's Cubone.
"That's not good." thought the preteen boy.
Sure enough, Cubone was already starting to take a large amount of damage.
And to make matters worse, he could not seem to hit Koffing at all. In fact, Cubone was being pelted with Sludge every time he attacked.
Eventually he fainted, and he realized that he had made a bad Pokemon choice.
"Clefairy..." murmured Lucy's Clefairy. Jake's Pokemon battle wasn't going too well so far. Could he turn the tables?
"Oh dear..." thought the former Team Rocket Grunt. He might need to have a rematch with Koga later.
Hopefully his next choice of Pokemon would have better results.
"Go, Wartortle!" bellowed Jake.
"Wartortle!" exclaimed Wartortle as she was released from her Pokeball.
Unfortunately for Jake, Koga realized that since he had the number advantage, now was a good time to use Selfdestruct.
"Koffing, Selfdestruct!" ordered Koga.
On the plus side, this caused Koffing to faint instantly. On the other side, Wartortle fainted immediately too.
"Oh no..." thought the former Team Rocket Grunt.
"Yikes!" exclaimed Lucy. That was one big explosion.
Starting to feel desperate, Jake decided to use the Pokemon that he had caught at the Safari Zone earlier.
"Go, Kangaskhan!" exclaimed Jake.
"Kangaskhan!" bellowed Kangaskhan as mother and child were both released from the Pokeball.
Koga immediately sent out his own Koffing in retaliation.
"Go, Koffing!" exclaimed Koga.
Curious, Jake noticed that with him appeared to be his daughter Janine...could she be the reason why Ned was catatonic?
"I hope that he gets better soon..." murmured Jake.
Unfortunately for Jake, this particular Koffing chose to Self-Destruct as well.
Fortunately for Kangaskhan, she managed to withstand this assault without fainting...but just barely.
"I sure hope that she hangs in there..." thought Lucy.
Koga immediately sent out his Muk to face Kangaskhan.
Jake instructed Kangaskhan to give him everything she had.
Kangaskhan nodded, and hit Muk so hard that he actually made him dizzy.
This made Muk confused, and he began to harm himself.
"Your Kangaskhan is doing pretty well considering the circumstances...but your luck is going to run out sooner or later." warned Koga.
"I know..." nodded Jake. It appears that fate wasn't on his side today.
Kangaskhan then hit Muk with Bite, sinking her teeth into the sludge.
Unfortunately, Muk's sludge tasted rather unpleasant.
"Kangaskhan..." murmured the parent Pokemon.
Muk then hurled sludge at Kangaskhan...and then she fainted.
"Oh dear...it looks like I'm going to send out Grimer now..." noted Jake.
Jake immediately sent out Grimer to face Muk...
"Grimer!" exclaimed the sludge Pokemon.
Realizing that he was facing his evolutionary counterpart...he began to feel rather nervous.
"Grimer..." murmured the poison Pokemon.
On the plus side, Muk wouldn't be able to poison him with Toxic...since he was basically already made out of poison.
And to make things easier for Grimer, he had a new technique.
Immediately, he began to hurl an explosive round of sludge at Muk.
"Muk!" exclaimed Muk.
Unfortunately for Grimer, it wasn't very effective...though the damage was noticable nonetheless.
"Good...you've learned Sludge Bomb." noted Jake.
Jake's Grimer nodded. It was nice to know such a powerful poison-type move.
Unfortunately, Muk hurled Sludge at Grimer in retaliation, though thankfully he leapt over it.
Fortunately for Grimer, it surprisingly took only one more round of Sludge Bomb to defeat Muk.
However, Grimer still had to deal with Weezing.
"Go, Weezing!" exclaimed Koga.
Weezing immediately hit Grimer with Sludge...and this time, he scored a critical hit.
"Grimer..." murmured Jake's Grimer as he fainted.
Jake sighed. This was the third time he had lost a Gym Battle...though admittedly the second time was due to a forfeit.
Hopefully he would do better next time.
Of course, this meant that it was now Lucy's turn to shine.
After Koga and Jake both healed their Pokemon, Lucy pulled out a Pokeball.
"Right then...go, Kadabra!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Kadabra!" bellowed the psychic Pokemon.
"Go, Koffing!" exclaimed Koga.
"Koffing!" bellowed the smoke Pokemon as he was released from his Pokeball.
"Kadabra, use Psybeam!" ordered Lucy.
Kadabra immediately hit Koffing with Psybeam, doing a large amount of damage.
"So far so good." stated the female Pokemon trainer.
Kadabra nodded in satisfaction.
Unfortunately, Koga would be having none of that.
"Selfdestruct!" ordered Koga.
Koffing immediately blew himself as his Pokemon trainer commanded, causing both himself and Kadabra to faint.
Lucy sighed. She was hoping that Kadabra would last longer. Then again, his defenses weren't particularly high.
Shrugging, Lucy decided to send out her Dugtrio.
"Go, Dugtrio!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Dugtrio!" bellowed the mole Pokemon.
Lucy immediately instructed Dugtrio to use Magnitude...
...but unfortunately, Koffing did not feel it, as he was levitating in thin air.
"Oh no..." thought Lucy to herself.
Koffing immediately pelted Dugtrio with Sludge...thankfully, since he was a ground-type, this didn't hurt him too mcuh.
Unfortunately however, Dugtrios did not have much HP, so they simply could not take too many hits.
In fact, Lucy wondered if her Dugtrio would faint instantly if it ever got hit by a water attack. Thankfully, chances are that it would usually get to go first.
"Anything else you can do?" asked Lucy curiously.
Dugtrio began to think of his next course of action.
Surely he could try using a new technique, right? Pokemon learned new techniques all the time...it made Pokemon battling easier that way.
Starting to feel desperate, Dugtrio began to attack Koffing as quick as he could...which was rather fast indeed.
"Koffing!" exclaimed Koffing. He immediately found himself being scratched many different times.
Lucy had to admit, having such a fast Pokemon was rather useful.
Unfortunately, Koffing hit Dugtrio with another round of Sludge, and he fainted too.
"Oh dear..." murmured Lucy.
At this point, Lucy was running out of options.
"Let's see now..." thought the female Pokemon trainer.
Shrugging, she decided to send out her new Dratini.
"Go, Dratini!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Dratini!" bellowed the dragon Pokemon.
"Self-Destruct!" ordered Koga.
Koga's Koffing immediately went up to Dratini and tried to Self-Destruct...which he was just barely able to avoid.
Koga sighed. He was hoping that Dratini would be hit...but apparently not.
"Go, Muk!" exclaimed Koga.
"Muk!" bellowed the sludge Pokemon.
"Uh-oh..." thought Lucy. Unfortunately, Dratini wasn't an experienced fighter at the moment...so it looked like he wasn't going to do too well inside the gym.
Sure enough, Muk hit Dratini with Toxic, and he was already starting to feel very ill.
"Oh dear..." thought the female Pokemon trainer.
"Use Slam!" ordered Lucy.
Lucy's Dratini did so, slamming into Muk...but unfortunately this didn't hurt him very much.
In retaliation, Muk hurled Sludge at Dratini, and he fainted.
"This isn't good..." thought the female Pokemon trainer
All that was left now was to use Clefairy, it seemed.
"Go, Clefairy!" exclaimed Lucy.
Clefairy immediately detached herself from Lucy's backside.
"Use Metronome!" ordered the female Pokemon trainer.
Clefairy did so...and an enormous pit opened underneath Muk.
"Muk!" exclaimed Muk as he fell inside the fissure.
"Wow..." murmured Jake. Clefairy just used a one-hit KO move...he heard that those moves typically suffered from horrible accuracy...did Clefairy get lucky or was she just a fast learner?
Unsurprisingly, Muk came out of the fissure a few minutes later, completely unable to battle.
Sighing at his bad luck, Koga recalled his Muk and sent out his Weezing.
"Toxic!" bellowed Koga.
Koga's Weezing immediately poisoned Clefairy, causing her to feel rather ill.
Clefairy tried using Fissure again...but unfortunately, since Weezing was levitating, this didn't do anything.
"Oh dear..." murmured Lucy.
Weezing then hit Clefairy with Sludge, causing her to feel rather weak.
"Clefairy, try using Psychic with Metronome." ordered the female Pokemon trainer.
Lucy's Clefairy immediately hit Weezing with Psychic. It must have been a critical hit, because he fainted instantly.
"Yes!" exclaimed Lucy.
Unfortunately for Clefairy, she immediately fainted as well. Apparently Toxic had taken its toll.
"Um..." murmured the female Pokemon trainer.
Suffice to say, it looks like it was a stalemate.
"Hmm..." thought the male Gym Leader. This was the first time that happened in a while...and he wasn't quite sure what to do.
According to the Pokemon League rules, in the event a Pokemon Trainer tied with the Gym Leader, it was up to them to decide whether they were worthy of the Gym Badge or not.
Curious, he turned to his daughter Janine, and suddenly he got an idea.
"I suppose I'll let you have my gym badge...if you battle my daughter Janine..." spoke the Gym Leader.
"Hmm?" asked Lucy curiously.
"You see, she's in training to inherit my gym...I would appreciate it if you gave her a hand." explained the ninja.
"Um, sure...I'll do that once I take my Pokemon to the Pokemon Center..." nodded the female Pokemon trainer.
Immediately, she left to go heal her Pokemon.
In the meantime, Jake decided that he should go train his Pokemon...there had to be a way for him to take down those Koffings and Weezings efficiently...
Unfortunately, unless Jake could somehow bring them closer to the ground, he was going to have a hard time hitting them.
"Hmm..." thought the male Pokemon trainer.
For now, he decided to see if he could get some of his Pokemon to evolve. Surely there was one Pokemon of his that could, right?
Shrugging, he decided to go look for some Pokemon trainers to fight while Lucy battled Janine.
Meanwhile...
Ned woke up from his nap with a start. Immediately, he began to wonder where he was. Did he die and go to heaven?
"Where...am I?" he asked.
Curious, he pinched himself to see if he was still there...which he was, fortunately. He got the feeling that his partner would be up a creek without a paddle without him.
After all, while he did admit that she was the strongest Pokemon trainer out of him and his friends, she was rather impulsive, and without him she was going to inevitably make some bad decisions.
Curious, he looked around and discovered that he was in the Pokemon Center.
Sure enough, he could see a Chansey nearby.
"How long was I out anyway?" asked Ned curiously.
Unsurprisingly, Nurse Joy's Chansey was very happy to see that he was up and about. In fact, she seemed to be rather excited.
Oddly enough, he also recalled to have caught at a Chansey at the Safari Zone recently. Curious, he decided to send out his Chansey as well.
"Chansey!" exclaimed Ned's Chansey.
Suffice to say, this made Nurse Joy's Chansey feel rather excited. It wasn't every day that she got to see another Chansey...other than the ones that belonged to her Pokemon trainer, that is.
Personally, she began to wonder why her Pokemon species were so rare. It'd be nice if they were more numerous.
"You think you'd like to work for Nurse Joy one day, Chansey?" asked Ned curiously.
Ned's Chansey nodded, though personally she was just as happy to be Ned's Pokemon as anyone else.
Sure enough, Nurse Joy noticed that he was conscious.
"Thank goodness...I was starting to get worried." said the Pokemon nurse.
"What happened? Why did I pass out?" asked Ned curiously.
"Your friend said that you ran into a pretty girl and passed out..." explained the nurse.
"Oh dear...I guess that's what happens when I'm around a girl for too long...maybe Chris was right to try to prevent me from flirting with girls..." noted Ned.
"You should try to control yourself." suggested Nurse Joy.
"Maybe you're right..." nodded the male Pokemon trainer.
Curious, he began to try to think of things other than girls...he decided to think about his Chansey instead...though admittedly Chansey was a girl herself, albeit not a human one.
"OK...I think I'm starting to feel better now..." stated Ned.
"Good. I don't want you to have to go here again...so try to take care of yourself." answered Nurse Joy.
"Right, I will." nodded the male Pokemon trainer.
Ned's Chansey immediately handed Ned a band-aid.
"Right then...I'm going to try to challenge the Gym Leader now..." stated Ned.
"Be careful out there then. You'd be surprised how many poisoned Pokemon I have to treat here..." noted Nurse Joy.
"Yeah..." nodded the boy.
Curious, he began to wonder where Chris went.
"Do you see my partner anywhere in the Pokemon Center?" asked Ned curiously.
"I believe that she went for a bike ride." explained Nurse Joy.
"Thank you." answered the boy.
As Ned left the Pokemon center, he began to feel like a changed man.
"OK...I'll try not to flirt with the Gym Leader's daughter this time..." said Ned to himself.
Of course, for Ned, this was a task that was easier said than done.
What's this? It appears that Lucy and Koga's battle has ended in a stalemate...now he wants her to battle his daughter so that she can become stronger...well, anything to earn a badge.
And unfortunately Jake has lost...it looks like he's going to have to make his Pokemon a bit stronger...and of course, be more careful in his choices of Pokemon.
But on the plus side, Chris has managed to win her Pokemon battle...and now she's going for a joyride. Of course, Ned is going to be looking for her...he's not exactly interested in losing her again.
In the next chapter, there's going to be some more Pokemon battling...naturally. But Jake's next opponent might be a bit surprising.
Have a good one!