Now, what chapter is this? Oh, yes, it's the first chapter in which Avegaille had her first gym battle! Ha, read on and find out what happens if you just first read this!

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Chapter 6 - A Fight Of Two Teams

While Brendan and Phil are doing some training, May is watching Avegaille finally battle a gym leader by her own strategy. Roxanne, the gym leader, however wasn't amused when Avegaille defeated her Geodude with Gil. Before they started battling, Roxanne introduced herself as the gym leader and also a teacher at Pokémon Training School.

"All right, go Nosepass!" Roxanne called out and send out Nosepass.

"Don't worry Gil, we can do this!" Avegaille exclaimed. "Gil, use Water Gun!"

" Okay! " Gil sprayed water from its mouth to Nosepass.

"Nosepass, block it off with Rock Tomb!" Roxanne called out.

Gil's Water Gun hits Nosepass, however, when Nosepass used Rock Tomb to counteract, it made Gil faint. May looked really worried when she knew that Avegaille only had a fire type and a normal type left.

"Well, who are you going to send out now?" Roxanne asked Avegaille. She gave out an evil grin.

Avegaille was really nervous but she didn't have a choice. But then, before she battled the gym leader, she remembered something....
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"Package for Miss Amethyst," the mailman said as Avegaille got out of the Pokémon trainer school.

"Where did you come from and how did you find me here?" Avegaille asked the mailman with a doubt.

"Hey, I only use a tracking device to find the person I need to send this package to," the mailman explained. He gave the small package to Avegaille. "Anyway, I just delivered them. I think it's from someone named Mr. Amethyst. I think he's your father."

After that, the mailman left and disappeared.

"A package, what could dad send to me while I'm doing a journey here?" Avegaille asked herself as she opened the package. She was very shocked when she found out what's inside it...
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"Well, hello, are you still going to fight?" Roxanne asked Avegaille.

"Huh?" Avegaille looked around and saw that she was still battling Roxanne. She looked around and then, she remembered one more detail. Then, she took out a Pokéball and send out...

"Ziggy?" May asked, very confused. I'll bet Avegaille is planning something.

"I don't think Normal Type moves will be effective against my Nosepass!" Roxanne remarked. She folded her arms across her chest.

"Humph, like what May said, never underestimate any Pokémon!" Avegaille answered back. She looked at her Pokémon and then, pointed at Roxanne's Nosepass. "Ziggy, use Surf!"

"What?" May was very shocked. But how? It's just impossible, I know learning Flame Wheel was impossible at first, but now this is three times as
impossible as the first one... Does she have HM Moves in her bag?

"I don't believe it!" Roxanne exclaimed as she just watched her Pokémon get crashed down with the huge wave of water. Without her know, her Pokémon has already fainted.

"Way to go!" May exclaimed, very happy and still, very doubtful of her friend.

"You're right, Avegaille, it's not good to underestimate any Pokémon, and for that, I give you this," Roxanne said as she went near Avegaille and gave her the Stone Badge. "That badge can do something to your Pokémon, they'll respect you as a trainer as they grow too..."

"Thanks," Avegaille said as she took the badge and placed it in her trainer card. "Well, I have to go now, explain a few things to my friend."

"Well, I hope we meet again," Roxanne said. She looked at May, who just went near Avegaille. "I'll hope we'll have a good battle later on...."

"You can count on it!" May exclaimed as she and Avegaille went out of the gym.
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As the two of them got out of the gym, May wanted to ask Avegaille something again. it has been bothering her ever since they had that battle with the grunts at the woods.

"Avegaille, can I ask, where did you got-"

"The HM Move Surf?" Avegaille finished. May nodded. "It's from my dad, I don't know how in the world he found me here or how he was able to send this package, not only that, he also sent to me all of the remaining seven HM Moves."

"So, there's more than Surf?" May asked.

"Yeah, but I don't think all of my Pokémon can learn all of these HM moves," Avegaille continued. "Anyway, It's your turn to battle the gym leader. Good luck..."

"Yeah, thanks..." May said as she went back inside the gym.
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Speaking of which, about May's Pokémon, while all of the four trainers were separated, since May had been training so hard lately, the other three trainers didn't know that May had evolved some of her Pokémon. So, while she battled the gym leader, Brendan and Phil were back from their training. They saw Avegaille standing in front of the gym's door.

"So, how did it go?" Phil asked Avegaille.

"I'll bet you just lost," Brendan remarked to Avegaille. Phil glared at him.

"Don't be that way," Phil protested. He turned to Avegaille. "So, what happened?"

"I defeated Roxanne!" Avegaille exclaimed, very happy. Then, her excitement fades. "May is battling Roxanne right now..."

"I have got to see this," Brendan said as he quickly went inside the gym.

After Brendan left, Avegaille and Phil thought it would be nice to tour the city. They went off first to the Pokémon center to heal their Pokémon. Then, when they got out of the Pokémon Center, they saw two grunts, each in different color, who just stole a package and seem to be arguing over it while they ran off.

"Wait, come back," a guy that Avegaille and Phil just saw earlier, called out. "I need that package!" Then, he gave chase after the grunts.

"Do we really have to do this?" Avegaille asked Phil after seeing the commotion.

"What? Of course, we still have to help that guy," Phil replied and followed the researcher that just ran off.

"Wait up!" Avegaille called to Phil as she quickly followed Phil until both of them reached the edge of the city.

At the edge of the city, they saw the guy again that they saw earlier in the woods. He was very exhausted as he noticed the two trainers looking at him.

"Aren't you the other two trainers I saw earlier?" the researcher asked.

"Well, yes," Avegaille replied with a skeptical look.

"So, what happened to the rest of you?" he asked. "Last time I remember, there were four of you."

"Um, uh, right now, they're inside the city's gym," Avegaille replied.

"What happened, anyway?" Phil asked, before they try to help the guy.

"Well, two gangs, you know them somehow, stole the package that was supposed to be delivered to Slateport," he started. "Not only that they stole it, they're also arguing about who's going to get it."

"Don't worry, we'll get that package back," Phil said, very determined. He looked at Avegaille. "Right, Avegaille?"

"Yeah, we'll get it back somehow," Avegaille agreed but with a bit
nervousness.

Phil walked off as Avegaille followed him. Both of them walked through the grassy area until they reached a tunnel. At the entrance, they saw an old man, very worried about something.

"Oh, no, my Peeko," the old man started, very worried. "What am I going to do?"

"Can we ask what's going on here?" Avegaille asked the old man.

"Well, two grunts, one in red and the other in blue, took my Peeko and went
inside that cave," the old man explained. "They seem to be also arguing
about something."

Phil took out his flashlight from his backpack as Avegaille entered the tunnel. Phil followed her and turned on his flashlight when they got in. Looking around, they couldn't see anything much until they reached the further end of the tunnel. They overheard the two grunts arguing about something.

"You Magmas stay away from this!" the grunt in blue started. "I got this package first and you can't have it!"

"My leader asked me to get that package and that's what I'm going to do!" the grunt in red protested.

" Hey! You grunts! Let go of me! " Peeko cried out.

"Shut up, you stupid Pokémon!" both grunts shouted together.

"All right, that's enough!" Avegaille exclaimed furiously as she went near the two grunts.

Both grunts laughed hysterically as they saw Avegaille. Phil, on the other hand, wasn't very amused. He went near the grunts, just in case they did something to Avegaille.

"What are you going to do about it, you little brat?" the grunt in red asked, in a teasing manner.

"Why you!" Avegaille was starting to get more furious.

"I can't believe you have to bring a guy just to beat us!" the grunt in blue
continued.

Both trainers weren't amused by their insults. Both of them were already holding the Pokéballs of their started Pokémon.

"Fine, you want the stupid package, you'll have to fight for it!" the grunt in red declared.

"If you insist..." Avegaille said as she sent out Charlie while Phil sent out Terk.

The two grunts send out their Poochyenas into the field. Both trainers were very amused on how they keep using the same Pokémon.

"Let's see how you beat us this time, you little brats!" the grunt in blue retorted.

"We'll just see about that!" Phil exclaimed. He looked at Terk. "Terk, use Giga Drain!"

"Charlie, use Flame Wheel!" Avegaille exclaimed and pointed at the
Poochyena that the grunt in red owned.

"Poochyena, counteract with Take Down!" both grunts said at the same time.

"I don't know how you grunts get along, seeing you both in different teams," Avegaille said to them. She watched her Charlie use Flame Wheel on one of the Poochyenas.

"You stay away from this brat!" the grunt in red interrupted.

"Fine, I will," Avegaille said as she saw how Charlie fainted one of the Poochyenas.

"Terk, use pound to finish off," Phil commanded as Terk followed what his trainer told him.

"Not if I can help it!" the grunt in blue exclaimed. "Use Take Down again!"

"Charlie, help Terk with Scratch!" Avegaille commanded.

Since the attacks of two Pokémon were too much for the last Poochyena, it fainted out. But before the grunts could say another word, something was happening to Avegaille and Phil's Pokémon. Both of them were suddenly glowing in white, then, after the white light disappeared, their looks had changed. Both of them had evolved.

"Looks like our Pokémon is getting stronger," Phil remarked as he and

Avegaille returned their Pokémon back into their balls.

"Fine, here, take it before we change our minds!" the grunt in blue said as he gave the package to Avegaille. Then, he and the other grunt ran out of the tunnel.

" Oh, thank you! " Peeko said as she flew up on Avegaille's head and landed on her shoulder. " Where's Mr. Briney? I want to see him now! "

"Who's Mr. Briney?" Avegaille asked as she looked at Phil.

"You can understand what Peeko is saying?" Phil asked, very confused.
Then, he shook his head. "Anyway, I think Mr. Briney is the old man outside the tunnel."

"Peeko!" an old voice from somewhere in the tunnel cried out. Then, Mr. Briney came even closer.

" Mr. Briney! " Peeko cried out as she flew up to Mr. Briney's shoulder.

Mr. Briney then looked at the two trainers who have saved his Peeko.

"Oh, Peeko owns her life to you, and for saving her, I'll do any favor you ask me to," Mr. Briney said to them. "My house is just the cottage outside the woods."

"So, you live in that house outside Petalburg Woods?" Avegaille asked.

"Yes, I'm a retired sailor but anything you ask, I'll do it for saving Peeko here," Mr. Briney said. Then, he looked at Peeko. "Come on girl, we have to go back."

" Thanks a lot! " Peeko said as she and Mr. Briney went out of the tunnel.

After Mr. Briney and Peeko left, Phil looked at Avegaille, who seem to understand every word a Pokémon says.

"How come you can understand Pokémon talk?" Phil asked Avegaille.

"I'm not the only one, May does the same thing too, but I'm surely you can too," Avegaille said as she walked off until she got out of the tunnel.

"Hey, wait up!" Phil exclaimed as he tried to follow Avegaille and get out of the tunnel. But before he could reach the end of the tunnel, he tripped and
a wild Whismur attacked him.

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End of Chapter 6
Cliffhangers? I don't think so… I suck at those… ha, I said it! Anyway, the next chapter is there, so read on to see what happens!