The next morning we set out to the underground path, after breakfast at the
pokémon centre. We reached the underground path after only needing to camp
out for one night. On the way we talked about lots of things - I told him
how I met my pokémon, he told me about his, you know, normal stuff. He
payed for both our 20-yen admissions into the underground path - with a
1,000-yen note. The attendant asked if he had anything smaller, and he
shook his head. I was pretty dumbstruck at the large amount of money he had
- I only had a few 10-yen (and smaller) coins. Not exactly loaded, was I?
So we continued walking, and I noticed Cael was bending over the entire time, looking on the floor for something, and suddenly picked up a small shiny thing.
"Yes! I found it!"
"Err. what is it?"
"A Nugget, duh."
"A Nugget?" I repeated
"They're worth 5,000 yen,"
"Whoa! That's a lot of money!" I breathed, although I didn't know why someone as rich as him - or his family, I should say, - would want another 5,000 yen.
"Yeah, I guess it is," He agreed. I also began paying more attention to the floor, but I didn't find anything for the rest of the journey - neither did Cael, come to think of it.
Well, to cut a very long, boring story short, about three days later we arrived in Celadon City - and it was HUGE. Even Cael seemed in awe of it, and I'm sure he had a house as big as the department store and the gym put together! "So, what do we do now?" I asked, feeling dumb "Well, first it would be best if we went to the pokémon centre and got our pokémon healed, and then we should challenge Erika!"
"Good idea" I agreed, wondering why I hadn't thought of that. We went to the pokémon centre, said 'Hello' to the nurse - Mum's third cousin twice removed, I think - and, most importantly, healed our pokémon. We then went to the gym.
The gym was a large, green building, and, when we entered, it was full to the brim of plants. Cael and I entered the gym, together, and I stepped forward.
"Uh. Erika? We challenge you"
"Hello, you two!" Said a cheerful girl, a few years older than me, who appeared from behind a large tree, "I'll battle you one at a time, starting with you," She pointed at Cael. "You got it!" He said. "Go, Saliba!"
A stunning-looking Persian appeared in the grassy arena. It looked like something out of a picture book, gleaming perfectly. It had a golden collar on, with the word Saliba on it, in diamonds. "Purr,"
"This looks like a job for you, Gloom!!" Said Erika, releasing a pokémon that looked like a flower.
"Uh, Saliba, Fury Swipes!"
The Persian started slashing furiously at the Gloom, but it released some sort of powder from the centre of its flower, and Saliba was suddenly asleep.
"Saliba, return! Kienyi! Go! Rollout!"
The Voltorb started rolling toward the Gloom "Gloom! Stun Spore!"
Suddenly, Kienyi became unable to move
"Vine whip!" Yelled Erika, and the Gloom started whipping the round pokémon - it didn't take long for Kienyi to faint. Cael looked annoyed.
"Uh. Vaana! Go!" He yelled, releasing his final pokémon from its gold-and- silver ball - a Slowpoke.
"Slowwwwwww.."
"Ah! Easy! Gloom! Razor Leaf!!" Yelled Erika, and two sharp-looking leaves hit Vaana, and fainted it almost instantly. Cael looked ready to cry, as he returned the Slowpoke. He managed to say "Your turn, Vera," without crying, but he did wipe his eyes with the sleeve of his designer jacket. I knew he was upset - he was very careful not to get his clothes dirty or wet. He still is, come to think of it.
"Okay, I've got a fire type!" I grinned, and released Faith. "Faith! Flamethrower!" I yelled.
"Razor Leaf!" Erika said, in an attempt to counter it, but Faith was much too strong - he toasted the leaves, AND the Gloom. Erika returned it, and sighed,
"Okay, you can have the Rainbowbadge as proof you beat me," She said, reluctantly handing over the badge, before looking at Cael. "Your friend had best train his pokémon harder." Cael started crying the moment we were out of the gym.
So we continued walking, and I noticed Cael was bending over the entire time, looking on the floor for something, and suddenly picked up a small shiny thing.
"Yes! I found it!"
"Err. what is it?"
"A Nugget, duh."
"A Nugget?" I repeated
"They're worth 5,000 yen,"
"Whoa! That's a lot of money!" I breathed, although I didn't know why someone as rich as him - or his family, I should say, - would want another 5,000 yen.
"Yeah, I guess it is," He agreed. I also began paying more attention to the floor, but I didn't find anything for the rest of the journey - neither did Cael, come to think of it.
Well, to cut a very long, boring story short, about three days later we arrived in Celadon City - and it was HUGE. Even Cael seemed in awe of it, and I'm sure he had a house as big as the department store and the gym put together! "So, what do we do now?" I asked, feeling dumb "Well, first it would be best if we went to the pokémon centre and got our pokémon healed, and then we should challenge Erika!"
"Good idea" I agreed, wondering why I hadn't thought of that. We went to the pokémon centre, said 'Hello' to the nurse - Mum's third cousin twice removed, I think - and, most importantly, healed our pokémon. We then went to the gym.
The gym was a large, green building, and, when we entered, it was full to the brim of plants. Cael and I entered the gym, together, and I stepped forward.
"Uh. Erika? We challenge you"
"Hello, you two!" Said a cheerful girl, a few years older than me, who appeared from behind a large tree, "I'll battle you one at a time, starting with you," She pointed at Cael. "You got it!" He said. "Go, Saliba!"
A stunning-looking Persian appeared in the grassy arena. It looked like something out of a picture book, gleaming perfectly. It had a golden collar on, with the word Saliba on it, in diamonds. "Purr,"
"This looks like a job for you, Gloom!!" Said Erika, releasing a pokémon that looked like a flower.
"Uh, Saliba, Fury Swipes!"
The Persian started slashing furiously at the Gloom, but it released some sort of powder from the centre of its flower, and Saliba was suddenly asleep.
"Saliba, return! Kienyi! Go! Rollout!"
The Voltorb started rolling toward the Gloom "Gloom! Stun Spore!"
Suddenly, Kienyi became unable to move
"Vine whip!" Yelled Erika, and the Gloom started whipping the round pokémon - it didn't take long for Kienyi to faint. Cael looked annoyed.
"Uh. Vaana! Go!" He yelled, releasing his final pokémon from its gold-and- silver ball - a Slowpoke.
"Slowwwwwww.."
"Ah! Easy! Gloom! Razor Leaf!!" Yelled Erika, and two sharp-looking leaves hit Vaana, and fainted it almost instantly. Cael looked ready to cry, as he returned the Slowpoke. He managed to say "Your turn, Vera," without crying, but he did wipe his eyes with the sleeve of his designer jacket. I knew he was upset - he was very careful not to get his clothes dirty or wet. He still is, come to think of it.
"Okay, I've got a fire type!" I grinned, and released Faith. "Faith! Flamethrower!" I yelled.
"Razor Leaf!" Erika said, in an attempt to counter it, but Faith was much too strong - he toasted the leaves, AND the Gloom. Erika returned it, and sighed,
"Okay, you can have the Rainbowbadge as proof you beat me," She said, reluctantly handing over the badge, before looking at Cael. "Your friend had best train his pokémon harder." Cael started crying the moment we were out of the gym.