I awoke to my alarm at about 8:30. I saw Kirlia was also waking up to the alarm as well.
"Good morning hun." I said with a weird early morning smile.
"Uhh, goo morning." Kirlia replied groggily.
"Haha, still tired?" I asked sarcastically.
At that, she shot me a kind of "what do you think" look. I couldn't help but laugh at it. I think it made her a little angrier.
"Don't laugh at me." Kirlia pouted.
"Aww, come on." I pleaded. "I'm just having fun."
"Whatever." She said as she climbed out of bed.
As she walked around to wake up, I got out of bed and started to get dressed. I started to pack my bag and get everything picked up. Then I turned to Kirlia.
"Ready to go?" I asked.
"Breakfast, right?" She asked in response.
"Yep, you know it." I replied.
"Yay!" She exclaimed happily.
I walked with her to go get breakfast. I could smell the cheap but still alluring breakfast. It was the only thing on my mind as we walked. When we got there, I had realized that Kirlia had grabbed my hand at some point. I just brushed the confused thought off and went to go fill my plate.
"Hey, Tony, are you okay?" Kirlia asked me.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" I replied.
"You just seem spacey today." She said.
"I always do though haha." I chuckled in response.
"I mean more so than normal." She said.
"Ah don't worry about it." I told her. "It's most likely nothing. So no need to worry."
"Okay I'll take your word for it." She sighed.
"Alright then, I think I hear one of these blueberry muffins calling my name." I joked while grabbing one.
"Geez, you need a machine that materializes muffins at the push of a button." Kirlia laughed at me.
"I want one..." I thought. "I might have to tell the scientists at Devon Corp. Haha"
"No, I was kidding. Haha" She laughed.
"I'm going to let the others out to eat." I told her.
"Okay." She replied.
We sat there for a good 30 minutes. We just talked in between bites of food. We were enjoying ourselves while the others ate. When we finished we waited for the others. We found a bench to sit on outside and Kirlia leaned on me while we waited.
"Who were you gonna use in the gym today?" Kirlia asked randomly.
"Probably Marshtomp, Breloom and Mawile, why?" I asked back.
"I wanted to know if I could battle today." She said.
"Marshtomp and Breloom have the advantage there." I started. "Then Mawile hasn't had a turn. Besides you fought back in Dewford."
"This isn't about my loss yesterday, right?" She asked again.
"Of course not." I assured her. "It's just their turns. We gotta be fair. I can't really pick favorites any more than I already do, haha."
"Yeah I guess so." Kirlia agreed.
"Well looks like they're all done." I said.
"What!? Already?" She asked surprised. "That was fast."
"Yeah, haha." I laughed. "Let's get going then."
"Fine." She agreed. "I was enjoying sitting like that."
"I know." I told her. "But, we do have to get moving."
"Alright." She sighed.
-Kirlia PoV-
We walked for about 10 minutes to the north eastern part of the city. That is where we saw the gym. I grabbed Tony's hand and held it as we walked in. He looked down and gave me a warm smile.
"You don't have to be worried about anything." Tony assured me. "Especially since you aren't battling today."
"I know, but gyms always make me nervous." I said. "Whether I'm battling or not."
He just smiled at me more and held my hand tighter as we walked in. This gym wasn't quite as large as the other ones, but it was bright and had some sparks shooting around in random places, probably because this is an electric gym. The gym leader was a heavyset man with a "Different" looking goatee. He let out a loud laugh as he introduced himself.
"Hello, young one!" He yelled out. "My name is Wattson! What brings you here?"
"My name is Tony, and I'm here for your badge!" Tony yelled back across.
"Well than we should probably get started." Wattson said as he moved closer.
"Sounds good." Tony agreed.
I watched them move to their positions and get ready as I followed Tony.
"Go Magnemite!" Wattson called out as his first Pokeball hit the ground and a Magnemite emerged.
"Breloom you're up!" Tony called in response as Breloom came out.
"Magnemite, Thundershock!" Wattson called.
"Breloom, Mach!" Tony called.
Breloom rushed over and sent out an extremely fast punch, but Magnemite's Thundershock got him as soon as he made contact. As Magnemite flew backwards, Breloom staggered back from the electric shock.
"Magnemite, stop him with Supersonic." Wattson said.
"Quick, Breloom, Leech Seed!" Tony panicked.
Breloom Shot off the seed, but missed do to the waves coming. Breloom got the full force of the Supersonic. He started hurting himself. Tony had to call him back.
"Breloom return!" Tony said. "Go, Marshtomp!"
I saw the red beam engulf Breloom, then a flash had Marshtomp in his place.
"Marshtomp, Mud Shot!" Tony commanded,
"Magnemite, SonicBoom!" Wattson called as a counter.
I saw the wave but the dense mud stopped it cold and went to hit Magnemite and knocking him out.
"Impressive, but let's see how you do against my next Pokemon." Wattson said. "Come on Voltorb! Voltorb, let's start of strong, Rollout!"
"Marshtomp, slow him down with Muddy Water!" Tony commanded.
"Voltorb, SonicBoom." Wattson tried again.
Once Marshtomp's Muddy Water hit, I looked in amazement as Voltorb couldn't spin anymore, the floor was to slick. But, then as it recovered, it launched a SonicBoom and hit Marshtomp, catching him off guard.
"Voltorb, keep launching 'em." Wattson said.
"Marshtomp, Mud Shot again!" Tony called.
The SonicBoom barrage kept hacking away. I counted four. But then A Mud Shot sent Voltorb rolling backwards.
"Voltorb can't take much more." Wattson muttered to himself. "And that Marshtomp won't go down. I have no choice. Voltorb, get close."
"Marshtomp, Mud Slap, throw him off!" Tony said.
Marshtomp threw some Mud but Voltorb rolled around it and got close.
"Now, Selfdestruct!" Wattson called.
Voltorb glowed a bright white, then he exploded. When the smoke cleared they were both down and out.
"I knew that was the only way I could take down your Marshtomp." Wattson said. "I'm sorry Voltorb but you did what was needed. Go, Magneton."
"Go, Breloom!" Tony called. "Breloom, start with Absorb."
"Magneton, Thunder Wave!" Wattson called. "Then follow it with a Supersonic."
As soon as Breloom sapped some of Magneton's energy, Magneton retaliated with a Thunder Wave, and then a Supersonic. They were making sure that Breloom would go down.
"Breloom, try a Leech Seed!" Tony yelled in vain as Breloom stood still, the paralysis waas taking its toll.
"Okay Magneton, Shock Wave, finish it!" Wattson called.
Breloom manged to move in an attempt to dodge, but he failed, Shock Wave followed him and hit its mark.
"Ha, you like that?" Wattson asked. "Shock Wave follows its target, it almost never misses."
Breloom was now down as well. Tony was down to his last Pokemon.
"Tony, let me go." I said.
"No, I don't want you getting hurt." He told me. "I already told you that I'm using Mawile."
"Mawile go!" Tony called before returning Breloom.
"Oh no, Breloom!'' Mawile yelled. "What happened?"
"He lost." I told her. "Tony wants you to avenge him."
"I'll do more than avenge him." She said.
"Alright Mawile, show them that we mean business, start with Flash Cannon." Tony called.
"Ha, a Steel type move, have you thrown in the towel?" Wattson laughed. "Magneton stay there, show them why you don't attack a Steel type with their own type of move."
With a smirk on Tony's face, Mawile launched her attack. The attack hit and engulfed Magneton.
"Ha! See, nothing, Haha... Huh?" Wattson said in confusion.
Magneton fell down but still managed to float back up.
"Magneton, are you okay?" Wattson asked.
"Yeah.." It said while nodding.
"Okay, Shock Wave!" Wattson shouted.
"Mawile, finish with Crunch!" Tony called.
Mawile ran straight forward. The Shock Wave hit her but she ran straight through it. She ran up to Magneton, spun around and used Crunch. With that attack, Magneton fell down once more and it stayed down, it was out.
"Alright, that's it, we're done." Wattson said. "Your Pokemon are well trained, I'm curious how far you'll make it."
"Thank you." Tony said.
"So, here's your Dynamo Badge, proof that you won." Wattson said handing over the badge.
"Thank you again for a fun battle." Tony said.
"Anytime, come on back whenever you want." Wattson said with a smile.
With that we left the gym. I let the others out of their Pokeballs as we walked to the Pokemon Center. As we did that I noticed Marshtomp start to glow. So I grab Tony's pant leg to get his attention. Marshtomp was evolving. I saw Tony's jaw drop. When the glowing was gone, we had a new Swampert with us. He looked at himself, I guess to try to check out his new body. He looked kinda scary, I wouldn't go near him if i didn't know him. Then Tony went over to him.
"Wow, Swampert, you look so strong." Tony said as Swampert just looked at him. "So cool looking, so intimidating. Good job ol' friend!"
Tony looked so happy, I could tell Swampert was proud but didn't want to boast.
"I can't wait for my turn." I thought to myself. "I'll be Tony's height."
Then Tony snapped me back to reality.
"Come on Kirlia let's get moving some more." He said.
"Okay." I agreed.
After moving a little bit further north, with the other's still outside of their Pokeballs, we found a small house. There was a middle aged man standing out front.
"Hey, do you want to take on our family's little challenge?" He asked.
"Sure what do I do?" Tony asked.
"You just have to battle the four of us with out stopping, items can be used during battle but, not between battles. If you can win, then we'll give you a Macho Brace." He answered.
"Okay sounds good. you got a deal." Tony said.
-Tony's PoV-
Okay The first trainer was the man. He started with a Tailow. So I sent out Luxio.
"Luxio, Spark." I said,
"Tailow dodge!" The man reacted. "Then use Wing Attack!"
As Luxio charged towards Tailow, engulfed in electricity, Tailow flew straight up. Then it spread it's wings and flew straight down hitting Luxio, but not doing much.
"Luxio, another Spark." I called.
As he ran in, Tailow was still getting off of the ground and got hit,and knocked out. The man then returned it and sent out a Zigzagoon.
"Luxio, Charge." I said as he stored up power and increased his Sp. Def.
"Zigzagoon, growl." The man said as his Zigzagoon barked at my Luxio.
"Luxio, Bite." I said.
Luxio ran over, ready to bite but the man got an order in.
"Zigzagoon, Headbutt." The man countered.
It jumped up and got Luxio under the jaw. This one looked painful.
"Are you okay Luxio?" I asked.
HE nodded so I let him continue.
"Spark!" I called
From that close of range, he had no reaction time. Zigzagoon slid backwards.
"Try a headbutt!" The man called.
"Dodge and move in for a bite." I responded.
As Zigzagoon was about to jump up, Luxio jumped back and lunged forward, grabbing Zigzagoon then dropping him on the ground KO'd.
The man returned his Pokemon and went back inside. Then a lady who I assume was his wife came outside.
"I'm stronger than my husband, beating me will be tougher." She said sending out her Roselia.
"Okay Luxio use Charge." I said as Luxio stored power yet again.
"Roselia, Poison Sting," She called.
Roselia shot out Purple needles that hit Luxio. Once they stopped he shook a little and seemed fine.
"Luxio, Leer!" I called as he shot a look at Roselia knocking down her defense.
"Roselia, Poison Sting again." The lady said.
When these ones hit, the same thing happened.
"Go Spark." I called.
He ran into Roselia knocking her back.
"I can see that we won't be poisoning him anytime soon, so Roselia, Mega Drain!" The lady called.
Luxio tried to dodge but the green vine like things got a hold of him and sapped his power. When it let go he fell down but weakly got up.
"Luxio, bite." I said.
He ran over and got the Roselia's arm, but, she didn't flinch too much.
"Mega Drain again." She said.
The attack got him again and sapped more of his energy. This time when he fell he could barely get up. Then, I saw Braixen jump in. Kirlia used Confusion to move Luxio to the side.
"Okay, then Braixen, Fire Spin," I said.
"Roselia, dodge!" The lady called.
But, she didn't have time. The flames were already there. They engulfed Roselia, when they went down, Roselia was out.
The lady recalled her Roselia and went back inside. Then, a girl who I assume is their daughter came out.
"I'm stronger than my mom, but my grandmother is stronger than me." She said as she sent out Shroomish.
"Briaxen, Flamethrower." I said right off the bat.
This got an instantly Ko'd Shroomish.
"Hey that's not fair." The girl whined.
I just shrugged my shoulders as she sent out Numel.
"Numel Tackle." The girl said.
"Braixen, counter with Swift." I called.
"Numel ran straight through it and tackled Braixen.
"Throw him with confusion." I said.
Numel fell on its back but got back up.
"Persistent little guy." I said. "Swift!"
"You bet." The girl replied. "Tackle once more."
The same thing happened.
"Throw him further this time." I said.
This time it was done.
This time she brought out her Marill.
"Marill Water Gun!" She shouted.
"Flamethrower, block it!" I called.
I was too late Braixen lifted her stick but the water got her first. I saw her fall backwards and slide a little.
"Fire Spin, trap her." I said.
The flames appeared all around Marill.
"Good use this to take a breath." I said.
"Rollout!" I heard.
Then a spinning figure come out and struck Braixen knocking her over. As she tried getting up, she got hit again.
"Quick stop it with Confusion." I called.
"Water Gun!" She replied.
Braixen successfully stopped the Rollout with her Confusion. Then once Marill was suspended in the air, it shot a Water Gun. This hit Braxien in the face causing her to fall over. Then I saw a white light, kind of like earlier. I looked to see, it was Luxio, becoming Luxray. Once he finished evolving, he jumped over picked up Braixen and took her to the side, then he jumped back in.
"Luxray, Thunder Fang!" I called.
"Water Gun." The girl tried to counter.
Luxray ran through the water, caught a hold of Marill and bit down as electricity jolted from its body. Then it was out.
"Wahhh... Grandma!" The girl cried as she returned her Marill.
So when she went inside, an elderly woman, definitely her grandmother, came outside.
"You, made my granddaughter cry." She started. "You must have won, but now you'll lose. Go, Meditite."
"Luxray, you still good to go?" I asked.
With a nod of his head, I let him continue.
"Meditite Start with Meditate." The woman said as her Pokemon's attack rose.
"Luxray, Swagger." I said.
I looked over and saw Meditite moving weirdly looks like the Swagger worked.
"Force Palm." The lady said calmly.
The little Pokemon put it's hand up, but made no contact with Luxray. So I made my move.
"Luxray, Bite!" I called.
"Confusion." The woman said.
Luxray bit down on Meditite, who then removed and threw him with Confusion.
"Spark!" I called.
Once Luxray hit Meditite I saw it fall backwards. The battles were over.
"Well that's that, come on inside why don't you." The woman said.
I followed her inside.
"Wait, he beat you too?" The man asked.
"Yes." The elderly woman replied.
"Then he get's this too, right grandma?" The girl said holding a Macho Brace.
"Yep." The younger woman said, as she motioned for me to take it.
"I need to say no." I told them.
"Why's that?" The man asked.
"I already have one." I lied. "It's in my PC right now. I don't use it. I wouldn't feel right accepting and not using it."
"Oh okay." The girl said.
With that, I thanked them and head back on the road. Up ahead a little bit were some rugged rocks. I wasn't about to waste a move slot for someone to break them, so I did something sensible. I had Kirlia and Braixen lift everyone over them with Confusion. After walking for about half an hour I decided to check on everyone.
Kirlia was fine as she hadn't battled today. Mawile's battle was practically target practice. I checked over Breloom and Braixen, since they had battled as hard as they did. They were a little banged up so I used a few Potions on them.
"I really should have go to the Pokemon Center before continuing on." I thought to myself.
They seemed to be just fine after that. So, next I checked on Swampert and Luxray.
"Wow, you two really look scary haha." I said with a chuckle. "I think I should start using you to together, you guys are strong."
I looked for any injuries they might have so I could use a Potion if I could. Although I couldn't find any.
"Luxray, I know someone wants to talk to you, go ahead." I said.
With that he walked to Braixen and I turned to Swampert.
"I'm going to have to keep my eyes peeled." I said. "You can Mega Evolve now. That makes two of you."
I decided to sit under a tree and let them do their own thing for a little. Then Kirlia came over to me.
"Tony, it's not fair." She said.
"What's not?" I asked.
"You let everyone battle today except me." She said.
"I don't want you getting hurt though." I said.
"So what." She said. "I'm a Pokemon, I want to battle, I want to be able to protect you."
"I know but I just worry for you." I told her.
"I know you do, and thank you." She said snuggling up to me. "I just like to battle. I have fun with it. Can you please just trust me a little more?"
"Okay, I can try." I said.