Me, Myself and Totodile: A Trainer's Tale
Part 3
Boxing Spirits!
Naru and her Totodile had been wandering Route 29 for a while now. They were nearing closer to Cherrygrove, but they had already had to camp out once, and it was nearing night time once more.
"We've gone so far off schedule, Totodile..." Naru commented. "This training business is harder than I thought it would be..."
"Toto..." Agreed Totodile.
"Well, at least you've gotten more experience in battling!" Naru said. "I mean, you've already learnt how to use Rage! That's a great thing to accomplish!"
"Totodile!" Chirped the happy Totodile.
"Hm... It says here that Totodile has the ability to learn 'Focus Punch'... That's a really powerful move... But I have nowhere near enough money for the Technical Machine..." Naru groaned.
Totodile looked up at its master. "Toto!" It said, making a fist with its hand, and punching the air.
"Hey… you're right! Who needs TMs? We can teach you that attack all by ourselves!" She cheered, while digging into her backpack. "Alright! I knew I had packed these!"
Totodile looked up in wonder, as its trainer brought out a pair of adjustable boxing gloves. "You can use these! These are normally mine... but I don't really need to practice my boxing at the moment. But, with these, you're fists will be protected enough to use, say, a tree as a bag!"
Totodile looked at the gloves, then nodded. It put them on, and punched its fists together. "Totodile!" It said.
"Alright, Totodile!" Naru said, taking a few steps to her side. "There's a good, sturdy tree here."
She patted it for emphasis, and then stood to the side. She then waited for Totodile to come up to the tree.
"Okay. Give it a few quick jabs. Even though the point of the punch is to focus... doing this will toughen up your hands. We need to toughen them up to a point where you can punch without gloves… since these things aren't exactly legal in battle, and you'll need to withstand rock Pokemon, like Onix..." Naru explained.
"Toto!" Said her blue Pokemon, as it gave a few quick jabs to the tree.
"That's great, Totodile!" Said Naru. "Now, give it a slower, but harder punch!"
Totodile leant his arm back, and punched the tree as hard as he could. It then started crying and holding its fist.
"Oh! Totodile! I'm sorry... I must've been rushing you too much!" Naru said, leaning down to her Pokemon and putting her arms around it in a supportive manner. When she saw a grin, she smiled as well. "Now, it's not that bad is it? Ready for some more?"
Totodile nodded, and got off its feet. It began rapidly punching the tree.
Naru stood up, and went to the side of Totodile, and stayed there, for a while.
"Alright! We're almost there, Totodile!" Naru cheered, as they reached the sign pointing towards Cherrygrove City.
"Toto!" Totodile said.
"Yeah... it'll be nice to relax in the Pokemon center, by the fire... with a warm mug of coffee... Better than outside, for sure!" Naru commented.
"Diiile..." Replied Totodile, dreamily.
Naru sped up into a run. "Ha ha! Last one there is a rotten Exeggcute!" She said.
"Toto!" Cried Totodile, running up to the side of his trainer.
To be continued...