Annika had traveled all night and most of today to reach Violet City from New Bark Town, but she was ready to battle Faulkner for the Zephyr Badge.
"I challenge you to a battle, Faulkner!" Annika cried out, Robbie standing behind her.
"And I accept your challenge," Faulkner said. "Go Pidgeotto!"
Annika smiled as she thought a moment, and she knew since she had no electric Pokemon choosing which ones would be tough. Smiling, she pulled out a Pokeball. "Go Espeon!" Infront of her, her Espeon emerged.
"Espeon!"
"Pidgeotto, gust!"
"Espeon, psychic!"
As Pidgeotto powered up her wings and began to flap, Espeon had already released her psychic attack, hitting the Pidgeotto head on, knocking out the bird Pokemon before Espeon got the full effect of the gust attack.
"Great job, Espeon!" Annika cheered in delight as Espeon turned around.
"Espe!"
"Espeon, you're doing great!"
"It's not over yet," Faulkner said, pulling out another Pokeball. "Go Hoot-Hoot!" His next Pokemon materialized infront of him.
"Espeon, give it your psychic!"
"Hoot-hoot, gust!"
And like last time, Faulkner's Pokemon was knocked out by Espeon's psychic before Hoot-Hoot even started his attack.
"Great job, Espeon! We won!" Annika cheered at the top of her lungs as Espeon ran into her arms.
"Great job, Annika!" Robbie called from behind her as she ran towards him with Espeon still in her arms.
"I won!" Annika cried as she hugged Espeon.
"Good job, Annika," Faulkner told her as he handed her the Zephyr Badge. "You definatly deserve it, unlike some of my other competitors who come in with low level Bellsprouts with poison powder....you trained your Pokemon well."
"Thank you!" Annika said with tears coming to her eyes. "Oh my goodness, Robbie! I won!"
"You deserved it, Annika!" Robbie said as he put his arms around Annika, and Annika could feel in her heart that he cared about her even if in other ways he did not show it. How she knew that, she didn't know, other than she knew her heart would not lie to her. "How about we get some dinner before we head back for home?"
"I am actually not sure anymore if it was in my cards to go home so quickly," Annika said as she hugged Espeon. "For some reason I think I should go on and continue, not stop and forget about training. You don't know me enough to know I have wanted since I got Espeon I wanted to be a Pokemon Master. I never told anyone before, Robbie."
"You do?" Robbie said as Annika shifted Espeon in her arms, coming eye to eye with Robbie at her 5'10".
"Ofcourse," Annika said as she grinned. "Espeon and Meganium were my reasons why. I have been training Pokemon since I was five. Raising them, feeding them, adopting them. It was more than likely my destiny to be like this."
"It might have been," Robbie said with a chuckle. "Listen, I have all of my Pokemon and my stuff here. I can call my mom and the Shumakers and tell them we are going to go to Azaelea Town."
"Great," Annika told Robbie as she started towards the door. "But maybe we should give Faulkner his peace before he goes crazy like us."
"I challenge you to a battle, Faulkner!" Annika cried out, Robbie standing behind her.
"And I accept your challenge," Faulkner said. "Go Pidgeotto!"
Annika smiled as she thought a moment, and she knew since she had no electric Pokemon choosing which ones would be tough. Smiling, she pulled out a Pokeball. "Go Espeon!" Infront of her, her Espeon emerged.
"Espeon!"
"Pidgeotto, gust!"
"Espeon, psychic!"
As Pidgeotto powered up her wings and began to flap, Espeon had already released her psychic attack, hitting the Pidgeotto head on, knocking out the bird Pokemon before Espeon got the full effect of the gust attack.
"Great job, Espeon!" Annika cheered in delight as Espeon turned around.
"Espe!"
"Espeon, you're doing great!"
"It's not over yet," Faulkner said, pulling out another Pokeball. "Go Hoot-Hoot!" His next Pokemon materialized infront of him.
"Espeon, give it your psychic!"
"Hoot-hoot, gust!"
And like last time, Faulkner's Pokemon was knocked out by Espeon's psychic before Hoot-Hoot even started his attack.
"Great job, Espeon! We won!" Annika cheered at the top of her lungs as Espeon ran into her arms.
"Great job, Annika!" Robbie called from behind her as she ran towards him with Espeon still in her arms.
"I won!" Annika cried as she hugged Espeon.
"Good job, Annika," Faulkner told her as he handed her the Zephyr Badge. "You definatly deserve it, unlike some of my other competitors who come in with low level Bellsprouts with poison powder....you trained your Pokemon well."
"Thank you!" Annika said with tears coming to her eyes. "Oh my goodness, Robbie! I won!"
"You deserved it, Annika!" Robbie said as he put his arms around Annika, and Annika could feel in her heart that he cared about her even if in other ways he did not show it. How she knew that, she didn't know, other than she knew her heart would not lie to her. "How about we get some dinner before we head back for home?"
"I am actually not sure anymore if it was in my cards to go home so quickly," Annika said as she hugged Espeon. "For some reason I think I should go on and continue, not stop and forget about training. You don't know me enough to know I have wanted since I got Espeon I wanted to be a Pokemon Master. I never told anyone before, Robbie."
"You do?" Robbie said as Annika shifted Espeon in her arms, coming eye to eye with Robbie at her 5'10".
"Ofcourse," Annika said as she grinned. "Espeon and Meganium were my reasons why. I have been training Pokemon since I was five. Raising them, feeding them, adopting them. It was more than likely my destiny to be like this."
"It might have been," Robbie said with a chuckle. "Listen, I have all of my Pokemon and my stuff here. I can call my mom and the Shumakers and tell them we are going to go to Azaelea Town."
"Great," Annika told Robbie as she started towards the door. "But maybe we should give Faulkner his peace before he goes crazy like us."