Chapter 9: Training Days Part 1
"We finally made it!" Ash exclaimed. After a few days of travelling, the group had finally arrived at Cerulean Cape, the sight of the Cape Tournament, though the competition was still 2 days away, Ash, as always, was fired up and determined to win.
"We'd better get registered before we do anything else" suggested Brock.
"Uh huh" responded Ash, "then I can get to training!"
"Pika!" added Pikachu.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get registered!" exclaimed Misty.
The group arrived at a counter, with a woman and man running it. "Uh, hi!" Ash greeted, "We'd like to register for the tournament please!"
"Of course, please fill out these forms" instructed the woman with a smile. She handed the group a form each, which looked like:
Name: _
Hometown: _
Pokémon (You can only use up to 3 in the tournament):
Pokémon 1: _
Pokémon 2: _
Pokémon 3: _
Pokémon 4: _
Pokémon 5: _
Pokémon 6: _
The group filled out the forms quickly, and handed them back to the woman. "Thank you, you are all now registered, good luck in the tournament!" said the woman with a smile.
"Thanks!" the group replied in unison.
"Alright, everyone come on out!" Ash exclaimed, throwing all of his Pokémon into the air, releasing Charmander, Pidgeotto, Beedrill, Nidoran, and Bulbasaur.
Misty, Brock, and Leaf also released their Pokémon, and went off to separate spots to training by themselves.
"Alright everyone, there's a tournament in 2 days that we're entering so we gotta do some training!" Ash explained. "You up to it?" he asked.
All of the Pokémon cheered, clearly also fired up. "Okay then, let's get started!" Ash exclaimed.
Ash told each of his Pokémon what he wanted them to concentrate on with their training, and told them he would have short sessions with each of them.
Pikachu would focus on upgrading Thunder Shock to Thunderbolt, Charmander would work on learning Dragon Rage, Pidgeotto would focus on learning Twister, Beedrill would learn Pin Missile, Nidoran would work on Poison Jab. Bulbasaur would be the first Pokémon Ash would have a training session with.
The other Pokémon went off train, while Bulbasaur stayed with Ash. "Alright, Bulbasaur, let's see all the moves you know" said Ash, pulling out his Pokédex. "Bulbasaur's known moves are: Tackle, Growl, Leech Seed, Vine Whip, Sleep Powder, and Energy Ball."
"Okay, that's a pretty good set of moves, but there isn't much type diversity…" Ash pointed out. "Maybe we should have you learn a poison attack?" Ash looked at his Pokédex once more and looked up the poison type moves Bulbasaur can learn.
"The Poison type moves Bulbasaur can learn are:
Poison Powder
Toxic
Venoshock
Sludge Bomb
Sludge"
"Alright, how about Sludge?"
Ash looked up the description of the move. "Toxic sludge is hurled at the foe. It may poison the target. A Bulbasaur can use this move by focusing its poison abilities in it bulb, and then launch it at the opponent."
"So, what do you think, Bulbasaur?"
Bulbasaur thought for a second. "Bulba!" It replied with a nod.
"Alright, let's get to work then!"
Author's notes:
A shorter chapter today, but part 2 should (hopefully) be coming soon. Part 2 will show Misty, Brock, and Leaf's training and preparation for the tournament, as well as the results of Ash's training.
