Pokemon: The Hoenn Chronicles
Chapter 1
Kyle looked of the airplane window. He could see a huge dormant volcano spewing out pieces of ash. Kyle's mom had told him that the volcano was called Mt. Chimney, and had last erupted 400 years ago, destroying several cities, including Turquoiselake City and Aquamarine Town, the centers of civilization in Hoenn. Kyle feared what would happen if Mt. Chimney erupted again. But his mom told him that most of the homes and other buildings built around the volcano were now built with a type of lava- resistant metal, and that the reason Mt. Chimney erupted before was because of an evil organization known as the Magma Regiment, better known today as Team Magma.
"Look, honey. There's the airport." Kyle's mom said as she pointed out a large building in Rustborough City. "That's where we're going to land."
"Ladies and gentlemen aboard this flight," The captain said over the plane's intercom. "We're preparing to make our landing in Rustborough City, so I'm going to ask you to fasten your seatbelts now. We hope you enjoyed flying Kanto Airways, and we hope you fly with us again."
After a few minutes of approaching the large town, the plane touched down on the runway. Kyle lurched forward as the plane skidded to a halt.
It was about 7:30 at night in Rustborough City, and the Boeing 737 that Kyle stepped out of looked incredibly eerie in the night. White specks of light flew through the air, other airplanes taking off and touching down. Kyle had realized that he had touched down on his new home turf.
A Machoke was hauling out luggage from the back, and handed a backpack to Kyle. Inside was all of Kyle's stuff; his books, his CD player, his game boy, his cell phone, and many other things important to him, such as a photograph of him and his father, the current leader of the Petalburg City Pokemon Gym.
"Come on, honey." Kyle's mom said to him. "We're taking the rental car to the Rustborough Grand Hotel."
A long black car drove up. A tall, slender man wearing a beret stepped out.
"A limo with a chauffer?" Kyle turned to his mom, surprised. "The Rustborough grand hotel? How did you afford all of this?"
"Your father is paying for it all." Kyle's mom replied. "He does make a lot of money running the gym, you know. But let's not worry about that right now. C'mon!"
Kyle and his mom rode through the glamorous downtown part of Rustborough City, and saw many sights, including the prestigious Devon Corporation, the Rustborough City Pokemon Gym, and the Pokemon Trainers' School. And up ahead loomed the luxurious Rustborough Grand Hotel.
"Wow. This place is great." Kyle said excitedly. "I can't wait to see the inside of the hotel. There's going to be an Olympic-sized swimming pool, gourmet dinners, penthouse suites..."
"It's even better than that." Kyle's mom said. "They've got their own beauty salon. Now that's something I could use right now..."
The chauffer let Kyle and his mom out at the drive-through entrance, and after they got their belongings from the trunk, the driver left. They made a quick check-in at the service desk, where the receptionist gave them their room key. On the way up in the elevator, Kyle noticed as he looked out of one of the windows that there were not one, but three Olympic-sized swimming pools. He could also see the Rustborough City Pokemon Gym across the street, shaped like a huge boulder.
"Now that's a place I've gotta see." Kyle said as the elevator came to a halt on the 19th floor.
"C'mon, sweetie." Kyle's mom said as they sped through the hall. "Our room is 19-303."
Kyle and his mom finally found their hotel suite. Kyle's mom slid her keycard into the key slot, and the door opened.
Inside were a kitchen on one side, and a den on the other. Situated on a large platform was a 53" giant-screen television with a satellite receiver on top. There were two doors in the room; one on the left, which led to Kyle's mom's room, and one on the right, which led to Kyle's room. Kyle quickly put his backpack in his room, and came back into the main room, where he slumped down on the leather sofa in the den. He gave a sigh of comfort as he sank in.
"Wow, I didn't know that dad could afford to pay for a luxury suite like this!" Kyle said. "This is the life!" He reached for the remote, and turned on the television. They were showing his favorite show, "Spongebob Squarepants". Unfortunately, it was a rerun; with jokes Kyle had seen over a hundred times, so he decided to flip through the channels.
"Man, eight hundred channels, and nothing to watch." Kyle said exhaustedly as he turned off the T.V. and stood up. "Hey, mom, can I go check out the city?"
"Sure, honey." Kyle's mom replied from the kitchen. "Be back by 9:30."
"Right, mom." Kyle slung his backpack over his shoulder, left the hotel room, took a short walk down the hall, and got to the elevator. He ran into a tall, slender man with ice blue hair who appeared to be in his mid-twenties. Kyle noticed six poké balls on his belt.
"Hey, you're a trainer, aren't you?" Kyle said curiously.
"Why, yes I am." The man replied.
"Cool. You're on your pokémon quest, too, huh?"
"Oh, no. I'm not a field trainer anymore"
"So you run a gym?"
"I guess you could say that."
"Wait. If you aren't a field trainer, how come you're staying in this hotel?"
"I'm not staying here. My dad owns this place."
"Who's your dad?"
"You ever heard of William Stone, the owner of Devon Corporation?"
"Oh, yeah. That guy."
"He owns this hotel, too. He's my dad."
"Cool. What's your name?"
"Steven. Steven Stone."
"Cool. I'm Kyle."
"So, you're a trainer?"
"Well, not yet. I still need to get a pokémon and start training. But I hear that a scientist in Littleroot town, where I'm moving, is offering starter pokémon to beginning trainers."
"Ah, a trainer soon-to-be, huh?" Steven chuckled. "If you're going to be a trainer, I might as well show you around the city. There are some things you should know. Follow me."
AUTHOR'S NOTE: There are some things in the story that I changed; take the name of the trainer's dad, for instance. I changed it from Norman to Chris in order to be closer to reality. [My dad's name is Chris] Steven and Kyle boarded the elevator, which they took down to the lobby.
"So, who are your parents?"
"Their names are Isidora and Chris. My dad lives in Petalburg city."
Steven suddenly stopped. "You mean Chris the Petalburg Gym leader?" He said, surprised. "That's my dad."
"Wow. Small world. I've known Chris since before you were born. I remember that I met you once before, back when you were about three."
"Really?" Kyle said, surprised.
"Yup. That was back when he was a gym trainer in the Steelgate City gym, back in the Turquoise Region League."
"Ah, Steelgate city. The big city was nice, but I think it would be nice to live in a quaint, verdant town like Littleroot.
"Me, too, and I keep urging my dad to buy a house in the countryside for me and him and the rest of our family to live in, but he says he's too busy with work to even think about it."
"That's too bad. One needs to get away from the big city every once in a while."
"Which is why I spend a lot of my spare time in Dewford town."
"Dewford Town... I've been there twice before. It's a neat place."
"Yeah. Have you ever visited Granite Cave?"
"Once. I hear that it's famous for the rare stones and minerals that can be found at the lower caverns. I found a moon stone there once, and I still have it."
"Really? Let me see it." Steven said curiously as they left the hotel.
"Hang on a sec." Kyle said as he rummaged through his backpack. "Ah. Here it is!" Kyle said as he showed the pearly white stone to Steven.
Steven was amazed. "That's the biggest stone I've ever seen!"
"Do you collect stones?"
"Yep. That's a thing my dad and I have in common. Other than that, we're not too close."
When their light turned green, Steven and Kyle crossed the street, and stopped in front of the Gym.
"Are we going to go inside?" Kyle said hopefully. "I've never been inside a pokémon gym before, not since my dad moved here."
"Sure. You could meet Roxanne, the Gym leader here."
Steven and Kyle walked past the automatic double doors, which led them to a large atrium. To their left and right were hallways, each hall with six doors. The entrance to one of the halls had a sign above it that read, "Battle rooms. Gym trainers will battle challengers here." The other entrance had a sign above it that read, "Training rooms. Gym trainers will train and have practice battles amongst each other here."
Directly in front of them was a door with a sign that read, "Gym leader's room. Challengers who have defeated all other gym trainers will battle Roxanne here. Visitors also welcome inside."
"Let's go!" Kyle said excitedly. "I want to see the inside of a gym battle room!"
"Okay." Steven said. "We'll check it out."
Steven and Kyle proceeded into Roxanne's battle room, where a battle was afoot. A young trainer, about eight, was about to throw a poké ball onto the field.
"Zigzagoon, I choose YOU!" The boy yelled as he threw the poké ball. A small, raccoon-like pokémon popped out of the poké ball.
"Graveler, I choose you!" A young lady with braided hair, said. A gigantic, round pokémon with a rough, rocky hide, burst out of the poké ball.
"Zigzagoon, take down attack!" The boy yelled.
The Zigzagoon charged for the Graveler, and tackled it hard in the face. Graveler staggered backwards, but maintained balance, and regained its original posture.
"Graveler, rollout!" Roxanne yelled.
"Zigzagoon, agility!!" The boy shouted to his vulnerable pokémon.
Zigzagoon jumped suddenly, and with lightning speed, darted left and right, keeping Graveler from hitting it.
"Good job, Zigzagoon. Now a quick attack!"
Zigzagoon darted to the front of the fast-moving Graveler, and bashed it in the underside, sending the dazed pokémon flying through the air.
"Yes! Yes!" The boy said excitedly as Roxanne returned Graveler to its poké ball.
"Robbie wins the first match out of three matches. The score is now one to zero, Robbie's favor." The announcer said.
"It's not over yet." Roxanne said smugly to Robbie. "Onix, go!!"
The pokémon that came out of Roxanne's poké ball was gigantic, at almost thirty feet long. It also had a strong, rocky hide, like Graveler had.
"Zigzagoon, tackle!" Robbie yelled. "The tiny pokémon lunged for Onix."
"Onix, dig!" Roxanne yelled to Onix. Onix disappeared underground, leaving a gigantic hole. Zigzagoon missed Onix, crashed right into the wall, and fell to the ground. It was barely able to stand, and right as it was about to dart away...
Onix appeared right on the spot where Zigzagoon was standing. Zigzagoon was tossed into the air, but was bashed into the floor with Onix's tail. The Zigzagoon made a slight movement, and went completely motionless.
"Zigzagoon!!" Robbie yelled. "Hang in there!"
But the Zigzagoon didn't rouse.
"Zigzagoon is unable to battle." The announcer said. "Roxanne is winner of round 2."
"Zigzagoon, return." Robbie said, devastated. He returned the pokémon to its poké ball, and took another one out of his backpack.
"Poochyena, go!" Robbie tossed the ball out onto the field, and a small, black, dog-like pokémon came out.
"Onix, body slam!" Roxanne yelled. Onix jumped high into the air, curled up into a ball, and fell towards Poochyena. The dog darted away from Onix's projected impact zone and avoided being smashed, but when Onix hit the ground, it caused a massive earthquake that created several enormous fissures on the field. Poochyena was trapped!
"Perfect, Onix. Now, rock throw!"
Onix started whacking rocks with its tail, directing them towards the vulnerable pooch, and managed to get several successive hits. One rock hit Poochyena between the eyes. He passed out, and fell into one of the fissures created by Onix's massive earthquake. Robbie peered into the hole. Poochyena was motionless.
"No!" Robbie cried.
"Poochyena is unable to battle." The announcer said. "Roxanne's Onix wins round three. The battle is over. Roxanne has won two of the three rounds, making her the winner."
Robbie was crying loudly. "It's all over!! I lost! I'll never get those eight badges! I can't even win one!"
Kyle approached Roxanne, who was being photographed and asked for interviews and autographs.
"Wow! You were really something!" Kyle said excitedly. "That was amazing!"
"You think so?" Roxanne said. "It goes to show you, you can't win on just strength alone. You need to have knowledge, too. Onix's earthquake caused massive fissures that trapped Poochyena and made him defenseless. If it weren't for that, Poochyena might've been able to avoid those rocks that Onix was tossing at him."
"Yep. That was some real A thinking, there." Kyle said.
"I went to the Pokémon academy. The headmaster there, Mr. Harland, is a wonderful teacher. He was my teacher back when I went there 10 years ago."
"Really? I went to Steelgate City Academy. They're a pretty good school, too."
"So I hear. Are you from Steelgate? I hear it's the largest city in the world."
"Yep. But I'm moving to Littleroot town."
"Littleroot? Isn't that where Professor Birch lives?"
"Yeah. I hear he's giving away new pokémon to beginning trainers, and I'm going to get one."
"Cool. I look forward to battling you in the future."
"You, too."
Steven butted in between us. "C'mon, Kyle. It's almost 9:30."
"Steven?" Roxanne said. "How come you never call me anymore—"
But Steven and Kyle were already out the door and out on the Rustborough city streets. They crossed Main Street and checked into the lobby of the Rustborough Grand Hotel. Kyle led Steven to the elevators and they stepped inside.
"That was cool." Kyle said. "I can't wait until I get the chance to become a trainer and earn gym badges and be able to battle the elite four and beat the champion! I wonder who the champion is anyway..."
"Yeah, me too." Steven said, trying to stop a laugh.
The elevator came to a halt on the 19th floor, and Kyle and Steven stepped out, and finally got to Kyle's hotel room.
"Y'wanna come inside and meet my mom?" Kyle asked Steven.
"I already met her a couple years ago, but I'll go in and say hi."
Kyle's mom was cooking dinner. "Oh, hi, Kyle! So what do you think of Rustborough?"
"It's great! I got to meet Steven Stone, the President of Devon Corporation's son." Steven walked in the door.
"Steven! How's it been? Have you heard from Chris lately?"
"I talked to him the other day when I was in Petalburg. He says he loves being a gym leader, but he misses his son and his wife."
"He's going to come visit us when we're settled in our new house in Littleroot, and I'm excited about that." Kyle's mom said.
"Yeah. I'm sure you are." Steven said as he glanced at his watch. "Whoops! I have to catch a plane to Mauville City. See you guys later!" Steven waved goodbye as he left out the door.
It was Kyle's bedtime now, and tomorrow he would move to Littleroot Town, and maybe become a pokémon trainer, and probably, in the distant future, the world's greatest Pokemon Master!!
Chapter 1
Kyle looked of the airplane window. He could see a huge dormant volcano spewing out pieces of ash. Kyle's mom had told him that the volcano was called Mt. Chimney, and had last erupted 400 years ago, destroying several cities, including Turquoiselake City and Aquamarine Town, the centers of civilization in Hoenn. Kyle feared what would happen if Mt. Chimney erupted again. But his mom told him that most of the homes and other buildings built around the volcano were now built with a type of lava- resistant metal, and that the reason Mt. Chimney erupted before was because of an evil organization known as the Magma Regiment, better known today as Team Magma.
"Look, honey. There's the airport." Kyle's mom said as she pointed out a large building in Rustborough City. "That's where we're going to land."
"Ladies and gentlemen aboard this flight," The captain said over the plane's intercom. "We're preparing to make our landing in Rustborough City, so I'm going to ask you to fasten your seatbelts now. We hope you enjoyed flying Kanto Airways, and we hope you fly with us again."
After a few minutes of approaching the large town, the plane touched down on the runway. Kyle lurched forward as the plane skidded to a halt.
It was about 7:30 at night in Rustborough City, and the Boeing 737 that Kyle stepped out of looked incredibly eerie in the night. White specks of light flew through the air, other airplanes taking off and touching down. Kyle had realized that he had touched down on his new home turf.
A Machoke was hauling out luggage from the back, and handed a backpack to Kyle. Inside was all of Kyle's stuff; his books, his CD player, his game boy, his cell phone, and many other things important to him, such as a photograph of him and his father, the current leader of the Petalburg City Pokemon Gym.
"Come on, honey." Kyle's mom said to him. "We're taking the rental car to the Rustborough Grand Hotel."
A long black car drove up. A tall, slender man wearing a beret stepped out.
"A limo with a chauffer?" Kyle turned to his mom, surprised. "The Rustborough grand hotel? How did you afford all of this?"
"Your father is paying for it all." Kyle's mom replied. "He does make a lot of money running the gym, you know. But let's not worry about that right now. C'mon!"
Kyle and his mom rode through the glamorous downtown part of Rustborough City, and saw many sights, including the prestigious Devon Corporation, the Rustborough City Pokemon Gym, and the Pokemon Trainers' School. And up ahead loomed the luxurious Rustborough Grand Hotel.
"Wow. This place is great." Kyle said excitedly. "I can't wait to see the inside of the hotel. There's going to be an Olympic-sized swimming pool, gourmet dinners, penthouse suites..."
"It's even better than that." Kyle's mom said. "They've got their own beauty salon. Now that's something I could use right now..."
The chauffer let Kyle and his mom out at the drive-through entrance, and after they got their belongings from the trunk, the driver left. They made a quick check-in at the service desk, where the receptionist gave them their room key. On the way up in the elevator, Kyle noticed as he looked out of one of the windows that there were not one, but three Olympic-sized swimming pools. He could also see the Rustborough City Pokemon Gym across the street, shaped like a huge boulder.
"Now that's a place I've gotta see." Kyle said as the elevator came to a halt on the 19th floor.
"C'mon, sweetie." Kyle's mom said as they sped through the hall. "Our room is 19-303."
Kyle and his mom finally found their hotel suite. Kyle's mom slid her keycard into the key slot, and the door opened.
Inside were a kitchen on one side, and a den on the other. Situated on a large platform was a 53" giant-screen television with a satellite receiver on top. There were two doors in the room; one on the left, which led to Kyle's mom's room, and one on the right, which led to Kyle's room. Kyle quickly put his backpack in his room, and came back into the main room, where he slumped down on the leather sofa in the den. He gave a sigh of comfort as he sank in.
"Wow, I didn't know that dad could afford to pay for a luxury suite like this!" Kyle said. "This is the life!" He reached for the remote, and turned on the television. They were showing his favorite show, "Spongebob Squarepants". Unfortunately, it was a rerun; with jokes Kyle had seen over a hundred times, so he decided to flip through the channels.
"Man, eight hundred channels, and nothing to watch." Kyle said exhaustedly as he turned off the T.V. and stood up. "Hey, mom, can I go check out the city?"
"Sure, honey." Kyle's mom replied from the kitchen. "Be back by 9:30."
"Right, mom." Kyle slung his backpack over his shoulder, left the hotel room, took a short walk down the hall, and got to the elevator. He ran into a tall, slender man with ice blue hair who appeared to be in his mid-twenties. Kyle noticed six poké balls on his belt.
"Hey, you're a trainer, aren't you?" Kyle said curiously.
"Why, yes I am." The man replied.
"Cool. You're on your pokémon quest, too, huh?"
"Oh, no. I'm not a field trainer anymore"
"So you run a gym?"
"I guess you could say that."
"Wait. If you aren't a field trainer, how come you're staying in this hotel?"
"I'm not staying here. My dad owns this place."
"Who's your dad?"
"You ever heard of William Stone, the owner of Devon Corporation?"
"Oh, yeah. That guy."
"He owns this hotel, too. He's my dad."
"Cool. What's your name?"
"Steven. Steven Stone."
"Cool. I'm Kyle."
"So, you're a trainer?"
"Well, not yet. I still need to get a pokémon and start training. But I hear that a scientist in Littleroot town, where I'm moving, is offering starter pokémon to beginning trainers."
"Ah, a trainer soon-to-be, huh?" Steven chuckled. "If you're going to be a trainer, I might as well show you around the city. There are some things you should know. Follow me."
AUTHOR'S NOTE: There are some things in the story that I changed; take the name of the trainer's dad, for instance. I changed it from Norman to Chris in order to be closer to reality. [My dad's name is Chris] Steven and Kyle boarded the elevator, which they took down to the lobby.
"So, who are your parents?"
"Their names are Isidora and Chris. My dad lives in Petalburg city."
Steven suddenly stopped. "You mean Chris the Petalburg Gym leader?" He said, surprised. "That's my dad."
"Wow. Small world. I've known Chris since before you were born. I remember that I met you once before, back when you were about three."
"Really?" Kyle said, surprised.
"Yup. That was back when he was a gym trainer in the Steelgate City gym, back in the Turquoise Region League."
"Ah, Steelgate city. The big city was nice, but I think it would be nice to live in a quaint, verdant town like Littleroot.
"Me, too, and I keep urging my dad to buy a house in the countryside for me and him and the rest of our family to live in, but he says he's too busy with work to even think about it."
"That's too bad. One needs to get away from the big city every once in a while."
"Which is why I spend a lot of my spare time in Dewford town."
"Dewford Town... I've been there twice before. It's a neat place."
"Yeah. Have you ever visited Granite Cave?"
"Once. I hear that it's famous for the rare stones and minerals that can be found at the lower caverns. I found a moon stone there once, and I still have it."
"Really? Let me see it." Steven said curiously as they left the hotel.
"Hang on a sec." Kyle said as he rummaged through his backpack. "Ah. Here it is!" Kyle said as he showed the pearly white stone to Steven.
Steven was amazed. "That's the biggest stone I've ever seen!"
"Do you collect stones?"
"Yep. That's a thing my dad and I have in common. Other than that, we're not too close."
When their light turned green, Steven and Kyle crossed the street, and stopped in front of the Gym.
"Are we going to go inside?" Kyle said hopefully. "I've never been inside a pokémon gym before, not since my dad moved here."
"Sure. You could meet Roxanne, the Gym leader here."
Steven and Kyle walked past the automatic double doors, which led them to a large atrium. To their left and right were hallways, each hall with six doors. The entrance to one of the halls had a sign above it that read, "Battle rooms. Gym trainers will battle challengers here." The other entrance had a sign above it that read, "Training rooms. Gym trainers will train and have practice battles amongst each other here."
Directly in front of them was a door with a sign that read, "Gym leader's room. Challengers who have defeated all other gym trainers will battle Roxanne here. Visitors also welcome inside."
"Let's go!" Kyle said excitedly. "I want to see the inside of a gym battle room!"
"Okay." Steven said. "We'll check it out."
Steven and Kyle proceeded into Roxanne's battle room, where a battle was afoot. A young trainer, about eight, was about to throw a poké ball onto the field.
"Zigzagoon, I choose YOU!" The boy yelled as he threw the poké ball. A small, raccoon-like pokémon popped out of the poké ball.
"Graveler, I choose you!" A young lady with braided hair, said. A gigantic, round pokémon with a rough, rocky hide, burst out of the poké ball.
"Zigzagoon, take down attack!" The boy yelled.
The Zigzagoon charged for the Graveler, and tackled it hard in the face. Graveler staggered backwards, but maintained balance, and regained its original posture.
"Graveler, rollout!" Roxanne yelled.
"Zigzagoon, agility!!" The boy shouted to his vulnerable pokémon.
Zigzagoon jumped suddenly, and with lightning speed, darted left and right, keeping Graveler from hitting it.
"Good job, Zigzagoon. Now a quick attack!"
Zigzagoon darted to the front of the fast-moving Graveler, and bashed it in the underside, sending the dazed pokémon flying through the air.
"Yes! Yes!" The boy said excitedly as Roxanne returned Graveler to its poké ball.
"Robbie wins the first match out of three matches. The score is now one to zero, Robbie's favor." The announcer said.
"It's not over yet." Roxanne said smugly to Robbie. "Onix, go!!"
The pokémon that came out of Roxanne's poké ball was gigantic, at almost thirty feet long. It also had a strong, rocky hide, like Graveler had.
"Zigzagoon, tackle!" Robbie yelled. "The tiny pokémon lunged for Onix."
"Onix, dig!" Roxanne yelled to Onix. Onix disappeared underground, leaving a gigantic hole. Zigzagoon missed Onix, crashed right into the wall, and fell to the ground. It was barely able to stand, and right as it was about to dart away...
Onix appeared right on the spot where Zigzagoon was standing. Zigzagoon was tossed into the air, but was bashed into the floor with Onix's tail. The Zigzagoon made a slight movement, and went completely motionless.
"Zigzagoon!!" Robbie yelled. "Hang in there!"
But the Zigzagoon didn't rouse.
"Zigzagoon is unable to battle." The announcer said. "Roxanne is winner of round 2."
"Zigzagoon, return." Robbie said, devastated. He returned the pokémon to its poké ball, and took another one out of his backpack.
"Poochyena, go!" Robbie tossed the ball out onto the field, and a small, black, dog-like pokémon came out.
"Onix, body slam!" Roxanne yelled. Onix jumped high into the air, curled up into a ball, and fell towards Poochyena. The dog darted away from Onix's projected impact zone and avoided being smashed, but when Onix hit the ground, it caused a massive earthquake that created several enormous fissures on the field. Poochyena was trapped!
"Perfect, Onix. Now, rock throw!"
Onix started whacking rocks with its tail, directing them towards the vulnerable pooch, and managed to get several successive hits. One rock hit Poochyena between the eyes. He passed out, and fell into one of the fissures created by Onix's massive earthquake. Robbie peered into the hole. Poochyena was motionless.
"No!" Robbie cried.
"Poochyena is unable to battle." The announcer said. "Roxanne's Onix wins round three. The battle is over. Roxanne has won two of the three rounds, making her the winner."
Robbie was crying loudly. "It's all over!! I lost! I'll never get those eight badges! I can't even win one!"
Kyle approached Roxanne, who was being photographed and asked for interviews and autographs.
"Wow! You were really something!" Kyle said excitedly. "That was amazing!"
"You think so?" Roxanne said. "It goes to show you, you can't win on just strength alone. You need to have knowledge, too. Onix's earthquake caused massive fissures that trapped Poochyena and made him defenseless. If it weren't for that, Poochyena might've been able to avoid those rocks that Onix was tossing at him."
"Yep. That was some real A thinking, there." Kyle said.
"I went to the Pokémon academy. The headmaster there, Mr. Harland, is a wonderful teacher. He was my teacher back when I went there 10 years ago."
"Really? I went to Steelgate City Academy. They're a pretty good school, too."
"So I hear. Are you from Steelgate? I hear it's the largest city in the world."
"Yep. But I'm moving to Littleroot town."
"Littleroot? Isn't that where Professor Birch lives?"
"Yeah. I hear he's giving away new pokémon to beginning trainers, and I'm going to get one."
"Cool. I look forward to battling you in the future."
"You, too."
Steven butted in between us. "C'mon, Kyle. It's almost 9:30."
"Steven?" Roxanne said. "How come you never call me anymore—"
But Steven and Kyle were already out the door and out on the Rustborough city streets. They crossed Main Street and checked into the lobby of the Rustborough Grand Hotel. Kyle led Steven to the elevators and they stepped inside.
"That was cool." Kyle said. "I can't wait until I get the chance to become a trainer and earn gym badges and be able to battle the elite four and beat the champion! I wonder who the champion is anyway..."
"Yeah, me too." Steven said, trying to stop a laugh.
The elevator came to a halt on the 19th floor, and Kyle and Steven stepped out, and finally got to Kyle's hotel room.
"Y'wanna come inside and meet my mom?" Kyle asked Steven.
"I already met her a couple years ago, but I'll go in and say hi."
Kyle's mom was cooking dinner. "Oh, hi, Kyle! So what do you think of Rustborough?"
"It's great! I got to meet Steven Stone, the President of Devon Corporation's son." Steven walked in the door.
"Steven! How's it been? Have you heard from Chris lately?"
"I talked to him the other day when I was in Petalburg. He says he loves being a gym leader, but he misses his son and his wife."
"He's going to come visit us when we're settled in our new house in Littleroot, and I'm excited about that." Kyle's mom said.
"Yeah. I'm sure you are." Steven said as he glanced at his watch. "Whoops! I have to catch a plane to Mauville City. See you guys later!" Steven waved goodbye as he left out the door.
It was Kyle's bedtime now, and tomorrow he would move to Littleroot Town, and maybe become a pokémon trainer, and probably, in the distant future, the world's greatest Pokemon Master!!