Author's Notes: My original thought of the trivia was to put out the answer
in this chapter, but I think that I'll wait for the next chapter. Anyway,
the word begins with the letter c and has three letters in it. If you
really want to know before I put it out, then you could check the local
library for their dictionary that has all the words in the English
language. Of course, it's in volumes. Also, the letter y is not in the
word. Anyway, I'm still thinking of things (as in specifics) to work with
in my fic. Anyway, I think that I'm getting kinda close to the end of this
fic. So, I think that I'll do what I can to end it soon. Also, I have no
idea of how many chapters this will have when it's over. Nor did I ever
have any idea of how many to put. By the way, does anyone know what the
author's pen name that used to have an Ash/Whitney fic? I know that it was
taken down because I had reviewed it and it doesn't show up in my review
history. If anyone knows who it was please let me know, I'd greatly
appreciate it. Also, the fic had only two short chapters in it. Now, I've
put off chapter 18 for far too long.
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Gary waited a week then two and finally right as the third week ends of them being in Goldenrod city, Misty finally beats Whitney in the Goldenrod gym. She challenged her every day and always had lost right before she could win. Though, this time, with her winning, Gary wondered if Whitney had gotten tired of Misty challenging her as Gary had. Though, Gary doubted that thought because it was Whitney's job to do that where Gary wasn't in that kind of business; at least right now. Gary had thoughts of taking over Viridian gym, but wasn't too certain that he would really want to.
As they were going on to Ecruteak city, Gary was annoyed with Misty who seemed very happy that she had beat Whitney. Gary was thinking that she was being too confident in her ability. There would come a time where she couldn't afford to lose, where she seemed indifferent to losing. It almost seemed that she was just enjoying the battle and not focusing on anything else. Yet, Gary had to admit, she was determined. There was no looking around that. He just hoped that there wouldn't be anything else that she wanted to do until she accomplished it. He could only hope that she would do what she could to train and nothing more. He really didn't like the thought of her just challenging anyone and everyone until she won.
Yet, as he noticed, she seemed determined to find every trainer she could and challenge them until she beat them. How long will she do this? Gary wondered. He just hoped that they would be able to get to Ecruteak city soon. If she keeps this up, I'll leave her to travel on her own, Gary decided as he didn't like to listen to her spout off to the same trainer several times before she actually won. I hope that if she challenges Ash, she won't be like this, Gary thought to himself. He just hoped that this was a small phase that she was going through and would get over it soon. Very soon.
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Ash was really liking Pottleti. Pottleti seemed to be powerful enough to take on fire-types that weren't faster than it. As long as Pottleti got the first hit in, any fire-type pokemon that it hit seemed to take them out. Ash was only worried about electric attacks. Pottleti seemed to do well except, for the fact that water types were very weak against electric attacks. Ash just hoped that he would be able to help Pottleti out through battles like those. Yet, Ash also wanted to how Pottleti would do against pokemon that weren't really around Pallet much. Ghost types were Ash's prime concern. How well can it stand against them?
Ash didn't want to leave Misty to train Pottleti over around Lavender town, but he wanted to see how well Pottleti would battle against ghosts. Although Ash had battled several other pokemon types, he still hadn't been able to find very many ghosts and even fewer that wanted to fight. Of course, none of the ones that wanted to fight knew any ghost type moves. Ash was wondering how he would be able to get this done when Gary called him from Ecruteak city.
"How are you doing?" Gary asked Ash.
"Fine. I'm having difficulty with finding ghost pokemon to battle with Pottleti. Yet, I don't want to leave Misty," Ash answered.
"Hey, you know, I think that if you send Pottleti here then I could battle Morty with it. That way you could find out how effective it is in battling ghosts," Gary commented.
"Okay, so which pokemon will you send back?" Ash inquired.
"Well, I think that I'll send back the Golbat I was trying to evolve. That way I don't have to send back the ones that I really use most often," Gary replied.
Ash mentally cursed at Gary for not sending back the Articuno. Ash wanted to look at the Articuno, but didn't want Gary to know that, nor did Ash want Gary to know about how everyone has been teasing Ash about being jealous about Gary getting the egg instead of Ash. Oh well, Ash thought to himself. Prof. Oak just got in two Moltres, maybe I can try to get an egg from those two.
"Okay I'll tell Prof. Oak for you," Ash said. He went over and told Prof. Oak about what Gary wanted to do and handed Oak the pokeball with Pottleti in it. Ash then left it to Prof. Oak to get that taken care of and returned home to spend the time with Misty and Ashe. It's been a while since we spent some good time together, Ash thought to himself.
When Ash was about to enter the house, he noticed that there was some mail for him the Misty had left on their coffee table. Ash went in and leafed through the letters. Most were bills that Ash would take care of later. A few were letters from friends. However, one envelope contained something that Ash hadn't seen very much of. An invitation to compete in the Whirl Cup. Ash was surprised, but pleased that he could use Pottleti in the tournament. If Pottleti is quite good against ghost-type moves, then I know that I'll do well! Ash thought remembering what happened to Misty's Corsola at the last competition that they were at for the Whirl Cup.
Ash didn't want to lose there and he was determined to not do so. I better tell Misty about this, Ash thought to himself, wondering what Ashe would think about going to watch the Whirl Cup. Would Misty want to participate again? Ash wondered as he began to go where he figured Misty would be.
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Misty was pleased when she didn't have any trouble beating Morty in Ecruteak city. Maybe this will show Gary that I don't need to train my pokemon as much as he thinks that I should, Misty thought to herself. Misty knew that Gary wouldn't be at the Pokecenter until later, so she then began to go around and explore the city. Misty looked at several places shops, different areas of entertainment, but no shows were going on that she could watch, and she eventually found herself back by the Pokecenter. Misty sighed. Was there nothing else to do here?
Misty started to go in the Pokecenter, but stopped as she saw Gary talking to someone. Could he be the Ash he keeps calling? Misty wondered as she began to move closer to them, but staying silent. As she got closer, she saw that it was Morty. Misty was disappointed, but couldn't help but wonder why Gary was talking to him. As she got closer she learned that Gary had received a new pokemon and wanted to find out how well it did against ghosts. Morty seemed intrigued by the idea. They then walked over to the gym to battle. Misty wasn't too interested in battles unless she was involved in the battles. Misty then went into the Pokecenter and decided to take a nap. She wanted to leave as soon as Gary was done with that battle.
Misty slept through the afternoon and through the night. When she woke up, she was surprised to find that it was morning. I must have been really tired, Misty thought to herself as she got ready. When she arrived in the lobby of the Pokecenter, Gary was already there and approached Misty when he saw her.
Misty prepared herself for Gary lecturing her on her lack of training. "Misty, I think that I may know why you don't do too well on training."
Misty was completely caught off guard with this comment. "W- what?" Misty asked. Gary sighed. Misty had no clue to what he was thinking.
"You know what I said," Gary replied.
"So?" Misty asked.
Gary sighed again. This time he continued his thought. "I think that you don't take training seriously because you don't know how difficult it can be."
"What do you mean?" Misty asked.
"Well, I think that you just don't realize how difficult it can be to capture other pokemon. All you mostly do is take them out as quickly as you can. You really don't know how to make a battle last. Also, I know several trainers that would be more challenging than you have faced so far," Gary replied.
"So, you think that I should work on capturing pokemon?" Misty asked.
Gary nodded. "Then as a test I figured that you could try out the Whirl Cup competition to see how good you really are. Of course, I'll be entering that so you better realize how much this will mean if you win the Whirl Cup."
Misty was excited. Gary had given her something that she could do and hadn't even known about. Misty wondered how easy the other trainers were. Misty couldn't wait to show Gary how easily she went through the competition. She could just imagine how Gary would stop pestering her on training. She wanted to get ready for the competition. All she knew was that she was ready for any kind of competition. As long as she could use her beloved fire-type pokemon, she would be unstoppable!
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Author notes: How's that? I know it's a little shorter than usual, but I figured that there was a good enough stopping point. Anyway, here's the trivia for this chapter. What cartoon character uses the most foul language as in quantity. The duration for this trivia will be two chapters so that everyone can inquire about any confusion that they may have on this. Also, the votes still are the same as last chapter. 10 ½ to 1 ½. Also, just for those who were wondering, the fortune teller is a psychic. That way it makes sense that he can tell the future. Anyway, please look forward to my next chapter. ^_^
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Gary waited a week then two and finally right as the third week ends of them being in Goldenrod city, Misty finally beats Whitney in the Goldenrod gym. She challenged her every day and always had lost right before she could win. Though, this time, with her winning, Gary wondered if Whitney had gotten tired of Misty challenging her as Gary had. Though, Gary doubted that thought because it was Whitney's job to do that where Gary wasn't in that kind of business; at least right now. Gary had thoughts of taking over Viridian gym, but wasn't too certain that he would really want to.
As they were going on to Ecruteak city, Gary was annoyed with Misty who seemed very happy that she had beat Whitney. Gary was thinking that she was being too confident in her ability. There would come a time where she couldn't afford to lose, where she seemed indifferent to losing. It almost seemed that she was just enjoying the battle and not focusing on anything else. Yet, Gary had to admit, she was determined. There was no looking around that. He just hoped that there wouldn't be anything else that she wanted to do until she accomplished it. He could only hope that she would do what she could to train and nothing more. He really didn't like the thought of her just challenging anyone and everyone until she won.
Yet, as he noticed, she seemed determined to find every trainer she could and challenge them until she beat them. How long will she do this? Gary wondered. He just hoped that they would be able to get to Ecruteak city soon. If she keeps this up, I'll leave her to travel on her own, Gary decided as he didn't like to listen to her spout off to the same trainer several times before she actually won. I hope that if she challenges Ash, she won't be like this, Gary thought to himself. He just hoped that this was a small phase that she was going through and would get over it soon. Very soon.
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Ash was really liking Pottleti. Pottleti seemed to be powerful enough to take on fire-types that weren't faster than it. As long as Pottleti got the first hit in, any fire-type pokemon that it hit seemed to take them out. Ash was only worried about electric attacks. Pottleti seemed to do well except, for the fact that water types were very weak against electric attacks. Ash just hoped that he would be able to help Pottleti out through battles like those. Yet, Ash also wanted to how Pottleti would do against pokemon that weren't really around Pallet much. Ghost types were Ash's prime concern. How well can it stand against them?
Ash didn't want to leave Misty to train Pottleti over around Lavender town, but he wanted to see how well Pottleti would battle against ghosts. Although Ash had battled several other pokemon types, he still hadn't been able to find very many ghosts and even fewer that wanted to fight. Of course, none of the ones that wanted to fight knew any ghost type moves. Ash was wondering how he would be able to get this done when Gary called him from Ecruteak city.
"How are you doing?" Gary asked Ash.
"Fine. I'm having difficulty with finding ghost pokemon to battle with Pottleti. Yet, I don't want to leave Misty," Ash answered.
"Hey, you know, I think that if you send Pottleti here then I could battle Morty with it. That way you could find out how effective it is in battling ghosts," Gary commented.
"Okay, so which pokemon will you send back?" Ash inquired.
"Well, I think that I'll send back the Golbat I was trying to evolve. That way I don't have to send back the ones that I really use most often," Gary replied.
Ash mentally cursed at Gary for not sending back the Articuno. Ash wanted to look at the Articuno, but didn't want Gary to know that, nor did Ash want Gary to know about how everyone has been teasing Ash about being jealous about Gary getting the egg instead of Ash. Oh well, Ash thought to himself. Prof. Oak just got in two Moltres, maybe I can try to get an egg from those two.
"Okay I'll tell Prof. Oak for you," Ash said. He went over and told Prof. Oak about what Gary wanted to do and handed Oak the pokeball with Pottleti in it. Ash then left it to Prof. Oak to get that taken care of and returned home to spend the time with Misty and Ashe. It's been a while since we spent some good time together, Ash thought to himself.
When Ash was about to enter the house, he noticed that there was some mail for him the Misty had left on their coffee table. Ash went in and leafed through the letters. Most were bills that Ash would take care of later. A few were letters from friends. However, one envelope contained something that Ash hadn't seen very much of. An invitation to compete in the Whirl Cup. Ash was surprised, but pleased that he could use Pottleti in the tournament. If Pottleti is quite good against ghost-type moves, then I know that I'll do well! Ash thought remembering what happened to Misty's Corsola at the last competition that they were at for the Whirl Cup.
Ash didn't want to lose there and he was determined to not do so. I better tell Misty about this, Ash thought to himself, wondering what Ashe would think about going to watch the Whirl Cup. Would Misty want to participate again? Ash wondered as he began to go where he figured Misty would be.
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Misty was pleased when she didn't have any trouble beating Morty in Ecruteak city. Maybe this will show Gary that I don't need to train my pokemon as much as he thinks that I should, Misty thought to herself. Misty knew that Gary wouldn't be at the Pokecenter until later, so she then began to go around and explore the city. Misty looked at several places shops, different areas of entertainment, but no shows were going on that she could watch, and she eventually found herself back by the Pokecenter. Misty sighed. Was there nothing else to do here?
Misty started to go in the Pokecenter, but stopped as she saw Gary talking to someone. Could he be the Ash he keeps calling? Misty wondered as she began to move closer to them, but staying silent. As she got closer, she saw that it was Morty. Misty was disappointed, but couldn't help but wonder why Gary was talking to him. As she got closer she learned that Gary had received a new pokemon and wanted to find out how well it did against ghosts. Morty seemed intrigued by the idea. They then walked over to the gym to battle. Misty wasn't too interested in battles unless she was involved in the battles. Misty then went into the Pokecenter and decided to take a nap. She wanted to leave as soon as Gary was done with that battle.
Misty slept through the afternoon and through the night. When she woke up, she was surprised to find that it was morning. I must have been really tired, Misty thought to herself as she got ready. When she arrived in the lobby of the Pokecenter, Gary was already there and approached Misty when he saw her.
Misty prepared herself for Gary lecturing her on her lack of training. "Misty, I think that I may know why you don't do too well on training."
Misty was completely caught off guard with this comment. "W- what?" Misty asked. Gary sighed. Misty had no clue to what he was thinking.
"You know what I said," Gary replied.
"So?" Misty asked.
Gary sighed again. This time he continued his thought. "I think that you don't take training seriously because you don't know how difficult it can be."
"What do you mean?" Misty asked.
"Well, I think that you just don't realize how difficult it can be to capture other pokemon. All you mostly do is take them out as quickly as you can. You really don't know how to make a battle last. Also, I know several trainers that would be more challenging than you have faced so far," Gary replied.
"So, you think that I should work on capturing pokemon?" Misty asked.
Gary nodded. "Then as a test I figured that you could try out the Whirl Cup competition to see how good you really are. Of course, I'll be entering that so you better realize how much this will mean if you win the Whirl Cup."
Misty was excited. Gary had given her something that she could do and hadn't even known about. Misty wondered how easy the other trainers were. Misty couldn't wait to show Gary how easily she went through the competition. She could just imagine how Gary would stop pestering her on training. She wanted to get ready for the competition. All she knew was that she was ready for any kind of competition. As long as she could use her beloved fire-type pokemon, she would be unstoppable!
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Author notes: How's that? I know it's a little shorter than usual, but I figured that there was a good enough stopping point. Anyway, here's the trivia for this chapter. What cartoon character uses the most foul language as in quantity. The duration for this trivia will be two chapters so that everyone can inquire about any confusion that they may have on this. Also, the votes still are the same as last chapter. 10 ½ to 1 ½. Also, just for those who were wondering, the fortune teller is a psychic. That way it makes sense that he can tell the future. Anyway, please look forward to my next chapter. ^_^
