Chapter 60:
Eevee Training
Location: Pokémon World Tournament
There was one day to go before the PWT World Tournament, and the reception area was packed with people trying to get tickets last minute. They were an instant sell out online.
"Amazing," I told Mr. Cheren. "I thought it was packed before, but this is unbelievable!"
"Yeah," he said distracted. I knew who he was looking for.
"Well," I said. "I should probably get down to looking at the matchups."
The way it was handled was there were 16 positions, one for each Type of Gym Leader. Well, except Dark. There haven't been any Gym Leaders on there for some reason. The lineup was…
Rock: Roark of the Oreburgh Gym.
Water: Crasher Wake of the Pastoria Gym.
Electric: Lt. Surge of the Vermillion Gym.
Grass: Erika of the Celadon Gym.
Poison: Roxie of the Virbank Gym.
Psychic: Sabrina of the Saffron Gym.
Fire: Flannery of the Lavaridge Gym.
Ground: Clay of the Driftveil Gym.
Flying: Winona of the Fortree Gym.
Bug: Bugsy of the Azelea Gym.
Normal: Norman of the Petalburg Gym. (Much to my dismay, his son Brendan wasn't coming).
Ghost: Fantina of the Hearthome Gym.
Fighting: Chuck of the Cianwood Gym.
Steel: Byron of the Canalave Gym.
Ice: Brycen of the Icirrus Gym. (Brief dip out of retirement).
Dragon: Drayden of the Opelucid Gym.
"Wow! Roxie, Clay, Brycen and Drayden are here! That's amazing!"
"Yeah, and four got through!" Mr. Cheren said. "The rest are still here watching however!"
"Who?" I asked. Then I decided that actually, knowing would take the fun out of it.
"And other participants are here!" I said. I saw below four names. The first one was me, Rosa Wright. The other participant was of course Hugh and a man named Jules. Also some dude called Manny.
"Should get you signed up," Mr. Cheren told me.
Location: PWT Lobby
"Signed up!" I said as I walked back triumphantly. "I can't wait to see what happens next!"
"I suggest getting some good rest," Mr. Cheren said. He took a deep breath. "Bianca will be here in a minute. Wish me luck." He walked away, shaking a bit.
Location: Driftveil City
Wanting to give Mr. Cheren and Bianca some alone time, I decided to take a walk around Driftveil City. So much was happening, and I would be fighting Hilbert soon to!
I couldn't mellow out for too long though. In the distance, I saw some thugs ganging up on a young boy, about 10 in age. He had a picture of an Eevee on his shirt.
"Well well well, if it isn't the participant."
"What shall we take boss? He's Pokémon or his invite?"
"How about nothing?!" I shouted. "Leave him alone!"
The three men looked at me. "It's the Champion, can't be dealing with her. You got lucky kid."
They started walking off. "Yeah, you stupid stuck up Unovan people!"
They stopped.
"Maybe you should have kept your mouth shut," I told him through gritted teeth.
They both walked back over. "This is why I can't stand Trainers from where you come from. So rude."
"I've got this!" I said.
"No need!" He held up an invitation just like mine.
"Hey, you must be Jules!" I said. "I'll fight alongside you!"
"This is our battle!" one of the thugs said.
Jules Vs. Thug
"I choose you, Druddigon!" the Thug shouted, sending out the blue and red Dragon Type.
"Glaceon, go!" Jules shouted, sending out a bluish-white Pokémon with long ears.
Glaceon (グレライア)
098 (Unova)
Ice Type
Fresh Snow Pokémon
2'07" (0.8 m)
57.1 lbs (25.9 kg)
It lowers its body heat to freeze its fur. The hairs then become like needles it can fire.
Eevee -Lv Up near Icy Rock- Glaceon
"Glaceon, Ice Beam!" Glaceon fired a white beam at Druddigon; it almost went down.
"Druddigon, use Revenge!" Remembering the hit, Druddigon punched Glaceon in the face.
"Okay, let's do it again! Ice Beam!" Glaceon fired another beam but is missed.
"Nice try! Druddigon, Dragon Tail!" Druddigon hit Glaceon with its tail, and forced it back into its Pokéball.
"What's going to come out?" I said.
Sure enough, something entered the battlefield. It was pink, but it wasn't Espeon. It had ribbons all around it.
"No, I didn't want to have to use it until the Tournament!" Jules said.
"Whatever it is, it looks so cool!" I said, flipping open the Pokédex.
?
? (Unidentified Dex)
? Type
? Pokémon
?"?" (?.? m)
?.? lbs (?.? kg)
No data available.
? -?- ?
"That's weird," I thought. "It doesn't recognise it."
"Okay Sylveon, Moonblast!" Above us, the moon in the daylight sky started glowing. Then, from it, a burst of energy blasted Druddigon.
"What is that thing?! Beat it boys!"
With the thugs gone, I checked if Jules was alright.
"Sorry if I seemed rude earlier. I just wanted to check if my Pokémon were on point."
"They're more than that!" I said. "My name's Rosa, Champion of Unova."
"And you know my name. It's Jules. I'm an Eevee Trainer. My hobby got me this invite."
"It's a great hobby! Say, your Sylveon. Could you tell me more about it?"
He thought about it. "Hmm, nah. See you at the Tournament!"
Tomorrow is the big day! But even at that, who is this Sylveon that Jules is using? I'm intrigued.