Finally, I have something to update with. This is a restructured, and reworked beginning to Misty's Journey. After months of growing hate and ultimately humiliation in the chapters in script format, I have decided to work on them all, making the story better as a whole, and maybe live up to the Best In Category award bestowed upon it's name. Now that I'm free of school until college in September, maybe I can put more time into giving this story some TLC... but you know what I'm like by now.
I have also removed chapters 1a, 1b and 2, as they are in for restructuring. And besides, the majority of chapter 1a is in this, so...
Thanks to Celebi for proofreading this chapter.
Disclaimer: I'm not Satoshi Tajiri, or Nintendo, so I do not own Pokémon. I own the storyline, and all minor characters however.
Misty's Journey
By Misty's D
Chapter 1- Return to Kanto
It was early evening in Kanto. Misty was approaching Viridian Forest from the Viridian City side. The whole area was turning a deeper shade of orange every minute, and the slowly thickening forest's trees began casting dark, eerie shadows everywhere. Misty noted this, and proceeded with caution.
Misty eventually reached the entrance to Viridian Forest, marked with a signpost saying 'You are now entering Viridian Forest. Beware of wild bug Pokémon and bug Pokémon trainers.'
"Oh no! Why do I need to go through here... surely there's a way round?" Misty asked rhetorically, as she looked around frantically for another way, maybe avoiding the forest.
"Toge-priiii!" (Mommy-look out-a bug!) Misty's Togepi chirped, pointing towards a Kakuna dangling from a tree to her left.
"Wha- AARRRGGGH! Get away from me!!!!" Misty screeched, her eyes widening as she saw the Kakuna. She started running in whatever direction her feet took her very quickly.
"Must get... outta... here... FAST!!!" She panted. After 10 minutes of solid running she reached the northern exit from Viridian City, noted by the vast clearing ahead, and the signpost pointing out the obvious: 'You are now leaving Viridian Forest'. Misty stopped right at the edge of the forest, and leant over, panting heavily. She straightened back up after a few seconds to survey the horizon.
Stood above Pewter City on a ledge on Route 2, leading down to Pewter she could scan the horizon for miles- straight ahead were the city's lights twinkling in the dusk, buildings casting long shadows. To the far north were the Kanto Alps- the mountain range, which Mount Moon belonged to. Talking of which, Mount Moon could be seen to the northeast of where Misty was standing. Directly to her left the sun was setting behind Indigo Plateau and Mount Silver, and to the south of the city she noticed the very noticeable Pokémon Centre with the Pokéball mounted on top of the roof.
"Hmmm, I think I should get to the Pokémon centre. It's getting pretty late, and
I'm tired." Misty thought aloud, and began to walk down the slope towards Pewter City.
Misty entered through the glass automatic doors onto the polished marble foyer floor. She walked up to the desk, and was greeted by an ever-cheerful Nurse Joy.
"Hello Misty. Long time no see! Where's Ash?"
"He's back in Johto, preparing himself for the League in a few months. Would it be possible to have a room for 1 tonight?" Misty asked politely. Joy nodded, before disappearing behind the desk, and coming back with a set of keys. She handed them to Misty.
"Here you go. It's room 29, at the end of the corridor on the left hand side. Would you like something to eat?"
"I sure would!!! Err, well, I mean, yes please..." Misty said enthusiastically, blushing at her outburst. Nurse Joy simply laughed, before walking off to prepare some food for Misty.
'I'd better phone Ash to tell him I'm nearly home. I feel really bad about lying to him yesterday, but he would have a fit if he found out I want to enter the Johto League...' Misty thought to herself. She retrieved her Pokégear from around her neck, and after a series of beeps, the dial tone started up on the Pokégear. As she waited upon Ash answering the phone call, she continued her thoughts.
'Could just see him signing up, first round, Ash vs. me, he would never speak to me again... he absolutely hates liars! Oh, why couldn't I just tell the truth when I left?!' Misty thought, sighing with the final thought.
On the outskirts of Blackthorn City, Ash and Brock, well, Brock was setting up camp. Ash was sat, looking at the small lake a few metres from where he was sat. His face told you he was deep in thought, with the way his eyes weren't budging off the fixated stare at the lake. Suddenly, breaking the silence...
"Ring ring ring, ring ring ring, Phone call! Phone call! Ring ring ring, ring ring ring, Phone call! Phone call!"
"Ash, Phone!" Brock shouted from under the mass of material, which would become their tent.
"I know!!!" Ash shouted back. Ash came out of his deep channel of thought, brought the Pokégear from around his neck and flipped it open.
"Jeez! Interrupt me why don't you? I was busy thinking. Now I can't find the button to answer..." Ash mumbled, searching for the button to answer the call. He finally found it, and pressed the button, and held the speaker to his ear.
"Hello? Who is this?" Ash asked, unsure of who was on the other end.
"Duh! I'm the only person with your number aren't I?" Misty replied, slightly irritated. Ash inwardly punched himself for being so dumb.
"Oh yeah. What ya calling for Mist? Is something the matter?"
"Nothing's the matter. I was just phoning to say that I'm in Pewter City
Pokémon Centre."
"You're in Pewter already? Whoa- you walk fast!" Ash said in awe.
"Heh, I found a shortcut Ash. Cut about a week's travelling into 7 hours." Misty said, grinning. Not that Ash would notice the grin.
"You'll have to show me. Wait- Brock wants to speak to you." Ash replied, noticing Brock holding his hands out for the Pokégear. Ash nodded his head.
"Okay. See ya Ash!" Misty said to Ash, who wasn't on the end of the phone, as Brock just took the Pokégear out of Ash's hands.
"Misty, it's Brock. Are you in Pewter City?" Brock asked hurriedly.
"Yeah, why?" Misty asked, slightly confused.
"I hope this isn't a problem, but tomorrow, could you just check on my family? Make sure my dad's coping alright?"
"Sure, that's no problem. Heh, none at all, I was intending on going to beat the Gym tomorrow as a warm up to get me back into the fighting spirit for Cerulean Gym, before going for the Johto League-"
"What was that Misty?" Brock asked suspiciously
"Well, I don't mean your gym's a walkover, but..."
"No, about Johto. What did you say?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing at all?"
"Yep. I didn't say anything about Johto."
"Whatever Misty, you are a stinking liar on the spot! Tell me now." Brock said, pleased with the sigh of defeat he received from the other end.
"Okay, you win. I'll tell you what I said, but first... is Ash still there?"
"Yep, right now he's staring at me for some funny reason, and now he's frowning for mentioning him." Brock laughed, and Misty did the same.
"Okay, could you get him out of earshot, I don't want him to hear anything okay?"
"No problemo. Ash, could you collect some firewood for cooking? I'll be with you in a mo." Ash nodded at Brock's request.
"Okay. Come on Pikachu."
"Pika!" (Sure!) Pikachu replied cheerfully, bouncing off with Ash.
"I'm back. So, why'd you leave?"
"Okay. You know that when you're younger, and you dream of being the best?" Misty started, to be interrupted by Brock.
"Like Ash did about being a Pokémon Master?"
"Yeah. Well, I also wanted to be a Pokémon Master. I was really hyped up on the idea, and wanted to become a more regular fighter at the Gym for practise. However, my sisters put me down so much I totally lost the dream, until Lance revived it. When my sisters argued that I couldn't keep on fighting the contenders, I got worked up, and on the spur of the moment grabbed my stuff and left."
"Just like that?"
"Yep, just like that."
"So... howcomes you met Ash?"
"Oh! When I left I was just aimlessly travelling wherever my bike and my mind took me... I got to Route 1 somehow after a week of biking, and was stopping for a break, to get some food and calm down a bit."
"So that's how Ash found you..." Brock said knowingly
"Actually, I fished him out of the river... Anyway, when Ash came, and said he was on a Pokémon journey, I remembered why I left home. And now, my dream has gotten the better of me." Misty finished the sentence with
a determined tone in her voice.
"So you mean..."
"Yep, I'm entering the Johto League- after I've trained for a week in Cerulean Gym, seen Professor Elm about a Pokédex and I've collected all the badges!!!"
"Whoa... I always thought you just wanted to be a Water Pokémon Master. But why not the Indigo League?"
"You should know why I couldn't enter that!!!" Misty said, surprised. Brock thought for a moment, before replying.
"Ahhh... it's only in a few weeks time isn't it?"
"Not just that, I'm a Kanto Gym Leader right? I can't enter my own league... unless I am an inactive gym leader for more than 5 years. I haven't quite met that yet, so I'm off for the Johto League instead." Misty finished the explanation.
"Hmm, ah yeah... forgot that rule!" Brock replied, covering the fact he didn't actually know that rule existed. There was some crunching of twigs, and some conversation coming from a few metres away. Suddenly there was an increased volume in a voice.
"PIKACHU!" Ash shouted, blushing from a remark, probably from Pikachu. He walked out into the clearing where their camp was for tonight, carrying a small bundle of twigs.
"Sorry Brock, I could only find these twigs." Ash said unsurely.
"Just a minute!" Brock said to Ash, beckoning with his hand that he was on the phone still.
"You fail to amaze me! Anyway, phone us when you're free, okay?" Brock said hurriedly, halting Misty and his current conversation. Ash's eyes widened, before he held out his hand.
"Can I talk to Misty again? Please?" He asked. Brock sighed, before speaking to Misty again.
"Ash wants to talk to you again. Is that alright?"
"Yeah, for a couple of minutes. Thanks for hearing me out Brock, see ya!" Misty replied cheerily.
"Anytime, Mist! Here ya go Ash." Brock finished, handing the Pokégear back to Ash.
"Thanks. Hi again!" Ash said to Misty.
"You better make it quick! It's nearly 11:00 and I need sleep!" Misty said to Ash slightly irritably.
"You're lying! It's only 6:00!" Ash replied heatedly
"Ash, remember the time difference between Kanto and Johto..."
"Oh yeah..." Ash rubbed his neck before continuing.
"Anyway, I've got a question for ya!"
"Shoot!"
"When are you planning to come back, 'cause I thought that you might come back to watch me in the Johto
League..."
"Aww... ickle Ashy missing me already? Let's put it this way, if I do come back,
I'll be doing more than watching ya, right?"
"What's THAT supposed to mean?" Ash said, confused.
"I'd better go, Togepi looks like he's about to scream his head off!!! See ya!"
"Okay. Bye. Call again soon!" With Ash's last word, the Pokégear clicked, ending the phone call. Ash folded the Pokégear up, and returned it back to around his neck.
"What've we got for tea?"
"Err... does mushroom soup sound okay? Tinned mushroom soup?"
"Okay Misty, I'll see you after your fight with Slate. Good luck!" Joy said to Misty, as Misty slung her red drawstring bag over her shoulder, Togepi sat on the counter.
"Thanks a lot Joy, bye!" Misty said, picking up her egg Pokémon from the counter. On the way out Togepi waved at a young Nidoran sat on the lawns of the Pokémon Centre.
It was early morning in Pewter City. Shortly after speaking to Ash on the Pokégear the last night, Misty ate her burger and chips that Nurse Joy had prepared, then went to sleep, resting up for the next day's challenge at
Pewter City Gym. The sun had risen from its resting place behind the horizon, and was basking everywhere in pleasant warmth that is only felt from the sun. The sun was raising a light mist from the ground, drying everywhere out from the light rainfall Pewter City had experienced the night before.
Misty made her way to the city's Pokémon Gym, found in the west of the city. After ten minutes of walking down the increasing busyness of the streets, Misty found the place she was looking for.
From the outside, the gym looked a formidable place. The walls were made from onyx and pewter, in large, rugged boulders. The roof was made from rough Pewter slate, one of the trademarks of Pewter City. The gym however, laid upon well-kept lawns. The path to the Gym doors was made from pale gravel, and to the left of the path was a large chunk of planed limestone with the Pokémon Gym information carved on.
"Hmm... this place has sure changed. I see Brock's dad finally took care of the place..." Misty said to herself as she walked up the gravel path. She stopped at the large rock, and read it.
"Kanto Pokémon League... Pewter City Pokémon Gym... Leader: Flint... Elite 4 Inspection: OUTSTANDING?!"
Misty read out loud, surprised at the inspection result that the Elite 4 had handed to the Gym.
'I remember only dreaming of gaining that inspection level from the Elite 4...' Misty thought bitterly, making her way to the Gym doors. She entered the Gym through the glass automatic doors. She immediately notes the dark,
dank setting, mirroring the conditions in a cave. She could barely see in front of her.
"Who goes there?" A demanding voice echoed throughout the Gym. Misty looked unsure, then remembered that was what Brock had done when Ash and she entered the Gym 3 years ago.
"I- I'm Misty Waterflower of the Cerulean Gym, and I would like a warm up battle before reinstating my duties as head leader in Cerulean!" Misty called out unsure at first, but confidence growing in her voice.
"Of course Misty! I'm Flint, Brock's Dad, and the Pewter Gym Leader." Flint called out, as lights switched on, lighting the dreary arena. The arena floor was made from dirt, with large boulders pointing out of the ground throughout. The arena was marked out with white paint, and the central Pokéball was painted red and green, representing the two opponent's teams. On the right hand wall of the gym, quite high up were seats for spectators to watch the battle from without getting injured by the attacks between the two competitors.
"Just a minute, and we'll get started. Be right back," Flint said, walking through the door under the spectator seats. He returned a minute later with a League official, wearing a black long sleeved polo shirt with white collar and sleeve ends. The pocket on the left side of the shirt had the Kanto League Insignia stitched on- a red and white Pokéball with Kanto League Official in white around the ball. The official also wore black shorts and trainers.
"Misty, is three on three okay with you?" Flint asked. She nodded her head in reply.
"This Pewter Gym battle between Flint Slate of the Pewter Gym and the contender Misty Waterflower of Cerulean City is about to begin. The battle rules are three Pokémon each, contender may switch out Pokémon whenever, Gym Leader cannot. No time limit. Let the match begin!" The referee announced, bringing both flags down quickly.
"Okay then, let's give you a go, Togepi!" Misty called. Togepi, sat on the sidelines, got up and looked at its trainer.
"Togi togi?" (Why me, Mommy?) Misty crouched down to get down to a better level for the Pokémon.
"It's just for experience, you'll be okay." Misty whispered. Togepi nodded, and waddled onto the battlefield.
"Thought you would know better than to send an Egg into battle. Go, Onix!" Flint shouted. His command reverberated throughout the large arena, the echoes matching how a voice would echo through a cave. Flint picked a Pokéball off his belt, and threw it into the arena. Upon hitting the floor, the Pokéball split open along the grey seam, and emitted a red light, which gathered half a metre from the ball on the floor. The light stopped coming from the Ball, and it closed up again. Once all the light had gathered, it went wavy for a second, and once it had stopped an Onix shape had formed. As soon as the red light had diminished, the Onix, its body consisting of boulders, cocked its head up to face the ceiling, and let out a loud, long roar.
"Okay then Togepi, come on back, you got your experience," Misty said reassuringly to the Pokémon, waddling back off the arena. Misty opened her drawstring bag, and shuffled through it a moment, before bringing out two
Pokéballs. She put one in her pocket, and the other one she kept in her hand.
"Alright then, let's go Poliwhirl!!" Misty shouted, throwing the Pokéball up in the air. When the Pokéball hit the ground, it opened up, releasing Poliwhirl. It stood up straight, and flexed its arms threateningly.
"Whirpoli!" (Let's do this!) Poliwhirl shouted.
"That's the spirit Poliwhirl. Now- use Water Gun!" Misty commanded, pointing at the target.
"Onix, Bide your time! Don't let a water Pokémon get the better of you!" Flint shouted to his Onix. Onix, with the better speed, coiled up on the floor, and tensed itself for an attack. Poliwhirl jumped up from the floor and shot a stream of highly powered water from the centre of the spiral on its belly. As soon as the water made contact with Onix, he glowed red, and flinched as the water wore his HP down. Misty screwed up her face in thought at this outcome.
'Hmm... if Poliwhirl isn't careful, Onix will knock him out before I get time to...' Misty thought.
"Ah! Poliwhirl! Use Hypnosis, and send Onix to sleep. That way he can't hurt you!" She called out to Poliwhirl.
"Onix, just try and avert your gaze, don't let Poliwhirl beat you!" Flint called. Poliwhirl stood, and started to try and hypnotise Onix through staring him down. Onix was still using Bide, so he couldn't shift from the position he was in, and the Hypnosis worked to perfection. Onix's eyes looked heavy, then suddenly his eyes shut, and his head lolled onto his body, sound asleep. Misty smiled.
"Right, Poliwhirl, this is yours for the taking. Use Water Gun!" Poliwhirl did exactly as he was commanded, and shot another stream of water from his spiral. When the water made contact with Onix, it started to twitch in pain, but was still asleep. When Poliwhirl ended the Water Gun, Onix was still twitching, but after a few seconds he stopped. Poliwhirl stood defiantly, knowing he had won this round, but the referee wanted a closer inspection of the Onix before awarding the win. He walked up to the still Onix, and put a hand near the Pokémon's mouth, checking for breathing. After discovering nothing, he stood back, and held the red flag up, green flag pointed down at the fallen Onix.
"Onix is unable to battle. Poliwhirl wins the round!" Misty grinned with the referee's response.
"Poliwhirl, that's brilliant, well done!!! Do you feel like you can battle the next Pokémon?" Misty's question was answered by a determined nod of the head by Poliwhirl.
"Okay, that was just a mistake on my behalf. Playtime's over Misty, now it's time to put the toys away. Go Omastar!" With the throw of the Pokéball, and another burst of red light, another Pokémon emerged from a Pokéball.
"Staaar!" The blue shell Pokémon waved it's tentacles menacingly, however Poliwhirl remained unfazed by this Pokémon's attempt to unnerve the opposition.
"Okay Omastar, Rollout attack!" Flint called, determined to win this round. A few seconds after the command, Omastar retreated to it's white spiky helix shell and rolled with speed in Poliwhirl's direction.
"Poliwhirl, jump up to dodge it, quick!" Misty called quickly, and just as Poliwhirl would have been hit by the high speed shell, he jumped up in the air. The Omastar spun around 90 degrees before grinding to a halt. The
Omastar has a look of frustration on it's blue face.
"Right Poliwhirl, the only way we can win this is if you put the Omastar to sleep, and go on from there... so use Hypnosis!" Misty thought out loud, before commanding her Pokémon. Poliwhirl stood and stared at Omastar with deep concentration. He then brought his gloved white hands in front of his face, spread his fingers apart, and stared into Omastar's eyes. Flint noticed this, and shouted to Omastar.
"Omastar, try to keep your eyes off Poliwhirl... I know! Withdraw, then follow up immediately with Bubblebeam!" Omastar registered these commands, and pulled itself into the shell. This action was greeted by a curse from Misty. Poliwhirl stopped trying to use Hypnosis, as it had used too much energy on concentrating his power already. Poliwhirl stood there for a few seconds, breathing heavily, waiting for Omastar to return to battle from it's shell.
"Poliwhirl, think you can hold on? Just wait until Omastar comes back out, then use Double Slap right?" Misty asked, slightly concerned over her Pokémon's health. Just as Poliwhirl turned around to pay attention to Misty, Omastar came out of it's shell.
"Poliwhirl, quick, watch out!!!" Misty shouted, as she saw Omastar release a barrage of high power bubbles from it's mouth. Poliwhirl turned around, to be hit in the face by the high power attack, each bubble bursting on contact and draining HP quickly. Omastar only ceased the barrage of bubbles when Poliwhirl started swaying about, finding it difficult to stay on his feet. Omastar watched the stunned Pokémon stagger about, when it was ordered with the final blow.
"Okay Omastar, it'll be impossible to miss this time- use Rollout!" Flint called, knowing this round kept him in the match. Omastar once again retreated to it's shell, and rolled with a lower speed than the previous Rollout at
Poliwhirl. Misty sighed.
"Poliwhirl, I know it may be hard to, but try and dodge the attack," Misty pleaded, not wanting to see her Pokémon fall to a Rock type. To Misty, it would be a great insult for a water type to lose against an element that water types have an advantage over, the beating her pride would take would be unbearable, and would probably leave permanent scars on the pride and confidence she has in her water Pokémon.
Poliwhirl tried to move out of the route Omastar was taking to home in, but failed to do so. Omastar hit Poliwhirl head on, producing a flinch from Misty. Almost instantly, Poliwhirl's eyes rolled up into his eyelids, and passed out due to the absence of HP. As Poliwhirl hit the sandy floor with a thud, loose dust flew from underneath the body. The referee watched the fallen Poliwhirl with intent, as Misty watched with a mixture of worry and disgust etched onto her face. Finally, the referee pointed the red flag down towards Poliwhirl, and the green flag in the air.
"Poliwhirl is unable to battle. The round goes to Flint and Omastar, and the current score is tied, with Misty and Flint both on one round." A cheer from the stand above the battlefield greeted the referee's announcement.
'I never knew there was a crowd...' Misty thought, as she looked up at the half full stand. She looked back down at her Poliwhirl.
"Okay Poliwhirl, return. You did well, but now there's a crowd, I think a showstopper can be called for. Staryu, come on out!!!" Misty recalled Poliwhirl with one Pokéball, and threw the second Pokéball to reveal Staryu. The orange starfish Pokémon made a battle call to show Misty it was ready for the first attack.
"Okay Staryu, let's get this started... Rapid Spin attack!!!" Staryu began spinning in mid air, as Omastar began speeding up for the second round of Rollout. They both then accelerated towards each other, and this concluded in a high speed collision. Both Pokémon bounced backwards, and immediately stopped spinning.
"Hmm... they cancelled each other out... if that's so, Omastar, use Spike Cannon!" The Omastar registered the command, and arched it's back to aim one of the spikes at Staryu, before shooting the aimed spike at Staryu. The missing spike quickly regenerated, and also shot at Staryu. Every one of the 4 shots hit Staryu, and took significant HP off the starfish. Flint noticed this by looking at the ruby coloured centre of Staryu, which shows the life force of the Pokémon. When health is normal the gem flickers in rhythm to the pulse of the heart, and remains bright when pulsing. However, presently Staryu's gem was pulsing light slower than usual, meaning the heart was slowing, and also the brightness of the pulsing light was fading. Flint smiled at this.
'This is easier than I thought... the first round was obviously her best I guess,' Flint thought, but this thought quickly changed to a string of curses as Staryu's gem glowed red, then faded into orange, then the rest of the spectrum, all the time white light being absorbed by the gem. By the time the gem glowed violet, the light had stopped being absorbed, and the gem turned back to the normal colour of ruby.
"What's with the frown Flint? All Staryus have Recover... and now, we are going to take this show. Psychic attack Staryu!" Misty called, confidence growing second by second. Staryu stood straight, and suddenly produced a blue aura around Omastar and itself, before using psychic energy to damage Omastar internally.
Misty smiled at the success of the attack. After around 15 seconds of psychically injuring Omastar, Staryu finished the attack, and let Omastar control it's own body again.
"Omastar, use Spike Cannon again, do not hold off!" Flint shouted. Omastar again aimed for the Staryu, who was waiting upon it's next command.
"Err... Staryu, use Rapid Spin, but don't attack Omastar, just use it to deflect the spikes..." Misty called out, unsure on whether her theory would work or not. Staryu obeyed Misty's command, and began spinning in the air, but didn't move towards Omastar. Omastar began shooting spikes at Staryu, but Staryu was spinning with such speed, the spikes just ricochet off Staryu as if it was surrounded by a barrier, and flew back at Omastar at the same velocity. The first spike shot off Staryu and missed Omastar, but the second and third hit it- one in Omastar's yellow cross-opening mouth, and the final spike hit above it's eyes.
"Staryu, Rapid Spin at Omastar now, finish it off!" Misty commanded the final assault on the opposing Pokémon, and Staryu quickly responded, by moving at Omastar with extreme speed, hitting Omastar square in the face. This final offence was too much for Omastar to withstand, and consequently passed out due to depleted HP. As soon as the referee held up the green flag signalling Misty's Pokémon had won the round, the crowd that was slowly increasing in volume let out a gasp of surprise at Flint's Pokémon fainting.
"Well done Misty, but there's still my main Pokémon to bring down... I choose Rhydon!!!" Flint called intimidating as he returned Omastar and sent out the large rhinoceros like creature.
"Rhhhhy!" Rhydon hollered, spinning it's drill like horn. Staryu seemed unfazed, and Misty failed to prevent a grin spreading across her face. She chuckled.
"Staryu, Bubblebeam." Misty said simply, before chuckling some more. Flint frowned.
"What's the problem Misty? Rhydon, use Fury Attack" Flint commanded Rhydon as if it was unimportant at that moment. He wanted to know what was so funny to Misty.
"It's just... Rhydon is too easy to beat for my Staryu. It's a rock and ground type, and water is just too powerful... I don't mean to sound bigheaded but this battle is mine." Misty replied, as a barrage of bubbles emerged from Staryu, and hit Rhydon with force. The way that Rhydon was reacting to the water bubbles bursting on his thick skin, you could tell he wouldn't be standing by the end of the attack, even the thick skin Rhydons have covering their skeleton wouldn't prevent water being super effective against them.
Sure enough, near the end of the Bubblebeam attack, Rhydon was unable to keep it's balance, and before the attack ended, Rhydon had slumped to the floor unconscious.
"Rhydon is unable to battle. The winner of this match is contender Misty!!!" The referee called, to the crowd's disappointment. A few groans and comments emerged from the quickly emptying stand, as Misty and Flint both took their Pokéballs and returned their Pokémon to their resting places, not before congratulating their fighting partners however. Misty picked up Togepi, who had been watching the battle from the floor, made her way over to Flint, who was approaching the centre of the arena himself. Once they reached each other, Misty held out her
hand for a handshake, after all, it was only polite.
"Well done Misty! That was a good battle, haven't had one from an experienced trainer in quite a while." Flint said, shaking Misty's hand.
"And you pleasantly surprised me!" Flint continued, tickling Togepi's cheek.
"Togi Togi Prrrrriiii!!!!" Togepi replied, pleased to get some recognition. Misty smiled.
"I'm not really that much of an experienced trainer, I haven't fought in a few months, so this was a bit of a return to reality of battling I guess. But it's nice to see I haven't lose my Kanto Gym Leader battling abilities..." Misty
said, winking. Flint laughed.
"I wouldn't like to battle you after you've been back at the gym again... I don't think any of my Pokémon would last more than two attacks..." Flint replied, laughing nervously.
"I think it's going to take a little bit more time to get back to normal with battling, as I haven't fought regularly since I left Cerulean three years ago..." Misty sighed, remembering the scene. There were a few seconds of stony
silence, before Misty remembered a message she was required to pass on.
"Oh! Flint, Brock says he would like you to get in touch with him as soon as possible. I'll give you Ash's Pokégear number so you can talk to him." Misty said.
"Okay, just program it into this then, all us Gym Leaders have been given a Pokégear by the League... where are they now?" Flint asked, bringing a Pokégear out of his trouser pocket and handed it to Misty, who immediately
got onto programming the number in.
"Oh, when I left we were in Blackthorn City, and Ash is about to fight in the Johto League in three months..." Misty replied, as the Pokégear beeped, registering the number. She handed it back to Flint, who returned it to his
pocket.
"Thanks Misty, I'll phone him as soon as I shut up the Gym tonight. I understand you'll want to be getting off, right?"
"Yeah, I want to get to Cerulean for tonight... and I'd better go, there's a contender..." Misty said, pointing out a trainer walking up to Flint.
"okay, well, thanks for the battle, it was refreshing. I hope you do well with the Gym, I've been hearing bad things about it recently... get it back up to standard!!!" Flint finished. Misty smiled, before speaking.
"Okay, thank you also, and I hope I'll see you soon... bye!" She said as she turned to leave.
"Good luck Misty!!!" Flint called after her. As Misty walked past the trainer making his way to Flint, she looked into his freckled face, and smiled.
"I hope you have some strong water Pokémon on you, that Rhydon... it is the toughest I've ever seen, and it took ages to pass out..." Misty said, releasing butterflies in the young trainer's stomach.
I really do hope that you see an improvement in the quality of this chapter, I am confident you will do, as there's probably about... 4000 word's difference between them, but it's quality, not quantity. Tell me what you think in a review please, I will reply, if you give me an address to reply to.
Expect either the prologue, or the next part to be next to go under the knife, I have got a very solid plot for the next chapter, but after starting it three times over the past year, and not liking the outcome, I'm leaving new work for a while, until I've sorted out the start to this story. I know a few of you will be cross at this, but I really do think the start to the story needs a good sorting out to keep up with the newer parts.
I hope you enjoyed, and until the next time I update... ciao.
Misty's D