Oh you forgot I was trying to be a Pokemon Mistress? Well really at that time I had no intention to, but to only bum of money from battles (not mini marts) but I did realize I needed to train Pokemon or at least more than one.
Anyway if you want to win a battle you need to train the pokemon, that's right there's work involved (nobody mentions this in any of their history books). That's right they just don't magically get stronger you need to work with them. Also it helps if you have another pokemon, which I needed. I lack which for I need and which for I need is what before I have not done. If you can understand that, bravo to you and you're then next pokemon master/mistress.
This little old training thing you need one other thing that most people ignore as I said before and will probably say many times: strategy. You need to decide if you want to train your pokemon to endure heavy hits and be able to dodge quickly but then you can't hit as hard, or you can lack some defense and do major damage. There are few pokemon, which can to both (but are very rare) of those things and then elements come into play.
But I thought outside of the attack and defensive rolls. I wanted dodging and what I call backstabbing. Rather sneaky as I think but it's quite efficient.
I started out with dodging and still lacking two pokemon I gathered a bunch of stones and threw them at Jigglypuff for it to dodge. Of course the poor little thing loved it and I think thought I was "playing with it."
I also was working on increasing my pokemon's stamina by making it swim laps, which it also liked. Even I swam along with it to increase my strength, but it always managed to swim much faster than me and many more laps really it was scary. I swore after the first couple of days Jigglypuff was either A) Sugar high 24/7 on stuff in the pokemon food or drank a bottle of mountain dew once B) Is really happy and knows no other way of life C) It really likes me D) all of the above.
Naktu didn't do much as what I call "Training time." Sometimes he watched while other times he walked around I didn't know where he went but neither did I care. (He was always back for dinner time) It wasn't until one night he told me what he had been doing.
"I think I'm going to be a pokemon photographer." The blue-eyed boy said one night at dinner while slurping noodles.
"I thought you wanted to be a thief?" I said absent mindedly not really paying attention as I handed Jigglypuff some food as it pranced around me.
"Well we might have to find another mini mart soon because we're getting low on food again." He pointed out but I only nodded and said "Mmm.." and that was partly because my mouth was full.
Naktu pulled out a camera from a pack of his and showed it to me then he pulled out some pictures, mostly of Jigglypuff and I training but that didn't really catch my interest (Well come to think of it there was this really good one of Jiggly and I swimming together but that's not really important is it.) Until I saw a photo with a pack of Pikachu's. I swallowed quickly and nearly chocked myself and blurted out: "Where did you find this?" I demanded.
He face seemed distance for a moment at our crude camp and the flames flickered and crackled around us. I sat on a log Jigglypuff and I hacked half away of with our hands for a sitting bench and our sleeping bags where close to the makeshift fire. I have to admit though chopping logs with your karate skill is impressive, no? Well Jigglypuff helped…a lot.
"Well I am pretty sure I could find it again, we could look for it next morning." He suggested and shrugged.
"Consider it a date." I said gathering my cooking items for washing. I didn't see the faint blush on his face. Okay, it was fun to tease him I mean he was kind of sensitive…No I'm not that mean, I'm Tael I have a shell as you might say, a shell that's exceptionally hard to crack at that. In fact few have ever done it. No, I do not like Naktu he's more of a friend, a close one. You'll see just don't get your hopes up. Oh dear I'm foreshadowing aren't I.
Anyway it's time for mystery in chapter I don't blame you if you'd have gone to sleep. Well I'm afraid my little mystery voice only said this while I went to sleep and it was pretty loud (to me at least) it didn't even wake Naktu or Jiggly up. It started with that little tingle I felt one morning I had my ohhhh ahhhh Mystery pokemon experience.
"One finds thee most confusing."
"If one should be pleased to think so." I responded, but defiantly not in English well it didn't matter because in a second I believe I fell asleep. Disappointed? Tough, I'm pretty good a leaving out details until they are absolutely needed though it's a bad habit when trying to remember dates and appointments.
Anyway you really don't want me to go in depth about me sleeping do you? Because I don't. So I'll use my authoress power and POOF.
For once it was a nice day out. Really I'm not kidding. The only thing wrong was ermm I was feeling a bit crabby. No that's in understatement and I am so very sincere so I was a down right Bitchy. Yeah, lack of chocolate or Coffee when you have PMS does that to you. I bet you'd like to hear all about my menstrual cycles but I feel no need to go in further.
I snapped at Naktu usually more than I would have but we where lost numerous times (there's the underestimated word again! L-O-S-T)
"I think we go left here." Naktu said uncertain.
"I THOUGHT you said it wasn't far from the camp ground." I said annoyed.
"I said…" he began timidly but didn't hear the response.
We where walking while having this delightful conversation (I laugh if you believed the delightful conversation, it was more like an unspoken thing that if Naktu said something about the direction I wouldn't respond because I was most likely to say Fuck you and I only say the when I'm really mad. Really I have an extensive vocabulary you may say. The folks in the regular pokemon league learned that quite well as I recall I had a nice little reputation. But not the nice part.) and I though didn't notice (Though I don't know how I didn't) a hot pink Pokemon beneath me. It was too late because I stepped on it and it squealed: "Hopip!"
"What is that thing?" I said and kneeled down to it.
I reached into my back pocket, which would come a habit and whipped out my pokedex.
"Hopip, the small grass type Pokemon." It announced. Most pokedex is useless information I've found out unless it's something about pokemon dietary needs, which I leave to breeders. Leave it to the professions, trust me I know, but that's another story.
Naktu shrugged at me. I grabbed the Hopip by its leafy things at the top of its head. It squirmed and I fished out a poke ball opened the thing up and flash it went inside.
With some unknown force that some dude (or dudette) came up with the ball jumped out of my hands and began wiggling not for very long though because instantly it locked. I knew why too I used my only Great Ball, which I had been saving for a Pikachu.
"Jigglypuff meet Hopip." I said to the two balls in my hand.
"Let's turn back I think I need a candy bar." I told Naktu.
Naktu is nice like that he knows better than to only disagree with when only really necessary.
It wasn't what you may call a great capture but I was to find out it was a great pokemon of course that I found by stepping on. Fate is like that no it never flashes in neon yellow to you only hot pink.
To make matters worse I had to let the Hopip eat from my bowl while I eat from it but after I fed it I believe it liked me a little better.
As you may have guessed all my pokemon get through my thick shell. I won't tell you my awesome team mistress line up, you can read about it in the history books or if you decided to challenge me. After all you'll know about me for a time and you may become a pokemon master/mistress or I may die and there may be a new one if no one is able to beat me.
And someday this book will be old and dusty on a history shelf and kids taking (actually preparing for a pokemon journey, unlike me) will have to learn about me. I'll feel bad for you ahead of time just to save me some time. And my journeys still continue.