To the Reviewers
First off let me thank you all once again for the reviews. Since I didn't put one of these in Chapter 22, reviews from chapter 21 and 22 will be referred to here.
Cdfe88-That was weird that you'd ask that. The chapter was finished before 21 was posted so yeah freaky. As for Latias and/or Latios being in it. At this time I will have to say no. I haven't seen Pokemon 5 so I don't know much about the background of those two pokemon. I could always do my own but still. You wanted to know what grade I'm in? Graduated high school in June 04, so that puts me at grade…um…bottom line I am starting college classes on the 19.
Ri2-Glad you liked the battle. I was worried that it'd be kind of confusing with all that stuff going on, but since I got a lot of compliments on that chapter I guess I was worried for no reason. Lmao. Pink whore. She has found another pokemon though. However its doubtful this particular pokemon will want to have anything to do with her either. Yes Kyogre is in Orre.
JMK-Yeah Mewtwo has it kind of rough huh?
Thebenjamin-Thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you liked the battle so much. I'm sad the daily updates are going to end soon too. I am having fun writing this, but of course responsibility must rear its ugly head. DAMN YOU RESPONSIBLILITY!
Kgmck-117-Let me thank you for single handedly raising my review count like 20. I was very surprised when I opened my mailbox and saw that I had 20 new messages. 19 of them were you reviewing every chapter as you read it and the other one was someone else. I do have to ask though. Why'd you keep telling me to update before you got to chapter 21? Also Rayquaza wasn't yelling. He was speaking in his omnipotent voice. I see that as similar to Shenron talking. Also Mew and Mewtwo won't be getting together and having lots of babies, At least not as long as I'm writing this anyway. Thanks for the reviews and I'm glad you're enjoying this.
Now on with the story!
Where Am I?
Ash surveyed his surroundings carefully. He was surrounded by mountains on all but one side. This made his choice of walking very simple. He walked toward the only clear direction which happened to be north. Along the way he found a river flowing from one of the mountain ranges and he and his pokemon stopped for a break.
"Man I am tired." Sighed Ash
("You're not the only one.") Huffed Mune
("Yeah all that battling then all this walking is exhausting.") Agreed Dawn.
("You haven't even really battled.") Said Mune ("What do you have to complain about.")
"Please don't start guys." Moaned Ash. This type of conversation had been common ever since they had landed here. Wherever here was.
("Hey isn't that mark cool?") Asked Mune ("I've never seen anything like it!")
Dawn looked up at Ash's forehead and stared for a while ("Did it hurt?") She asked
"Not really, a little at first but then no." Said Ash "What's it look like anyway?"
Ash had examined his forehead with his fingers and found that the skin was still smooth as if the mark had been a tattoo.
("You might want to look for yourself.") Said Mune ("It's kind of hard to describe.")
Ash shrugged and walked over to the river. The water wasn't flowing particularly fast and the water was very clear so it was easy to spot a reflection. Ash looked down and gasped at what he saw. He lifted a finger to his forehead and began tracing the mark.
It was black in color and seemed to depict an outline of the world inside of a peace symbol. However coiling through the symbol was what Ash could only think of to be an image of Rayquaza himself. The dragon's head came up right above the center of the peace mark where the world was depicted. He was frozen in a mighty roar seemingly challenging anyone to defy what the symbol signified. He couldn't help but stare at it for several minutes.
("Told you it was cool.") Said Mune smirking.
"Yeah." Said Ash "But it does kind of stand out."
The mark was in the center of Ash's forehead and had about an inch and a half radius all the way around. With his hat on only the bottom of the mark could be seen, but it still stood out.
("It's not that bad.") Said Mune ("At least you don't have a weird mark on your head and have to be a different color than every other Espeon.")
"Yeah I suppose it could be worse."
("You're color doesn't bother me Mune.") Said Dawn honestly.
("You don't count.") Said Mune
("What!") Asked Dawn hurt
("That's not what I meant.") Explained Mune quickly ("It's just that you've been my friend since we were really little so you got used to it.")
("Whatever.") Said Dawn she was still pretty hurt but decided to let it go.
As they continued on their way Ash could make out more mountains in the distance. They were still a good ways away but they didn't look as tall as the mountains on the other side of him. Ash was so caught up in the scenery that he didn't notice the large winged shadow that was flying very low over his group. He did however notice when a pair of orange claws grabbed him by his shoulders and lifted him off the ground.
"Waaah!" He cried "What the hell!"
("Intruders must be expelled from the Valley!") Said the voice of the thing carrying him.
("Ash!") Cried Dawn and Mune after they were picked up by another beast.
("Ash!") Asked the thing carrying him. ("Hey Charla put them down. I thought he looked familiar, the different hat threw me off.")
The beast gently sat Ash on the ground. Then blasted him with a low powered Flamethrower. "Hi, Charizard." Muttered Ash.
Charizard grimed sheepishly at his former trainer. ("Sorry about that.") He said ("You just look a little different from when I saw you last. You're taller a bit more lean and the hat's different. What happened to you anyway? You look like you've been through hell.")
"Not quite." Said Ash "But close enough. So Rayquaza put me off in Charicific Valley. I wonder why?"
("Rayquaza?") Asked Charla who had landed and released Dawn and Mune. ("The Dragon God brought you here?")
"Yeah." Answered Ash "He even gave me this." He pulled off his hat and looked up at the two fire-dragons. "Something about being marked as his chosen or something."
("Yes that is what that mark signifies.") Said Charla ("All dragon-types and a few dragon-like pokemon such as ourselves know that mark.")
("I didn't know what it was.") Admitted Charizard "I thought it was just some kind of tattoo.")
("You don't know because you never paid attention during the elder's lectures.") Snapped Charla
("It is not my fault that they are boring.") Huffed Charizard
"Hey guys?" Said Ash "Doesn't Lisa have a Nurse Joy hired here?"
("Yeah why?") Asked Charizard
"Well I have a lot of pokemon that need treatment." Answered Ash
("I'll take you over there. You don't want to walk, trust me.") Said Charizard. ("Hey where's Pikachu and who are they?" He asked while letting Ash get on his back.
"Pikachu's in his pokeball, He's hurt pretty bad." Said Ash "Those two, the Espeon is Mune and the Eevee is Dawn."
The two in question had opted to sit in front of Ash even though Charla offered to carry them. After being snatched up like prey for a hungry predator they were more than just a little weary of the charizards.
By air it only took about 15 minutes to reach the real entrance to the valley. The large building sat at the top of a smaller mountain that separated the valley from the rest of Johto. Charizard landed on the room of the building and his passengers dismounted and headed into the building.
Lisa, who had been waiting for Charizard and Charla's daily reports on activities in the valley was shocked when she saw a young man a little over six feet tall, with semi-long black-hair, brown eyes and a red cap walk in. His clothes, which appeared to have once been a black shit and blue jeans were covered in dirt and ripped in several places. He was followed by an Espeon and an Eevee. Charizard stuck his head around the top of the stairway and shouted to Lisa. ("You remember Ash right Lisa?")
"Ash!" Asked Lisa "As in your old trainer?"
"Yeah that's me." Said Ash. His voice was deeper but it could still be distinguished as his.
"What happened to you?" She asked seeing his current state.
"Long story." Said Ash "I really need a shower, a change a clothes and a Pokemon Center for my pokemon."
"I'll see what I can do about the shower and clothes but a Pokemon Center is built onto this compound."
"Then lets go there first." Said Ash.
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Pikachu opened his eyes to find himself in a very tight space. He hadn't felt like he was this closed in since he had last been in his pokeball. Looking around environment he came to two starling realizations. The first was that his ribs really hurt, but the pain was slowly going away. The second and more important thing he realized was that he was IN his pokeball. He wondered how he'd gotten in there. The last thing he remembered was seeing the ground approaching very fast while he was bound up in Rayquaza's tail. He didn't know what had happened after that, but what he did know was that when he got out of this ball a certain someone was going to learn the meaning of the were shock all over again. As time went on pikachu's pain began to ease to the point were it was nonexistent. A few moments later he heard a beeping noise and he suddenly felt himself being lifted. There was a red flash and he suddenly felt solid ground beneath his feet. He looked up into the concerned face of Ash.
"You okay Pikachu?" Asked Ash
For an answer pikachu sparked his cheeks. "Pikaaa…" He began charging up a strong Thunder Shock.
"Hey Pikachu wait!" Yelled Ash "You know I only did it because I had to!"
His pleas were in vein. "…CHUUU!" A very strong jolt of electricity worked its way through Ash's body and he screamed in pain. ("You know I hate those things!") Said Pikachu
A smoldering Ash looked to his left and addressed Lisa "That's why I said I'd wait to get a shower."
"I see." She said nervously since Pikachu was still sparking a little bit. "Well I suppose I'd better show you where you'll be staying."
"Staying?" Asked Ash "I appreciate the offer Lisa, but I really need to get going."
("Going where?") Asked Pikachu ("Hey where did you get that tattoo?") He had just now noticed the mark on Ash's head.
"I'll tell you later." Said Ash
"Ash Charla told me what that mark means." Said Lisa "I think you need to stay here for a while."
"Why's that?" Said Ash "I have a lot of training I need to do and places I need to be." He actually had no idea where he should go from here, but he wasn't about to admit this.
"I got a call from Claire in Blackthorn yesterday." She said "With you being marked as a chosen and everything I think we she said may interest you. Besides that there's something of a personal nature I think you might need to be aware of."
"What could that be?" Asked Ash.
"Do the names Richie Trainum and Gary Oak mean anything to you?" She asked.
"Their friends of mine." Said Ash.
"Well it seems they were both in the Dragon's Holy Land two nights ago when Team Rocket attacked it." She said.
"Team Rocket attacked the WHAT!" Said Ash yelling in surprise. "You've got to be kidding me."
("I believe it.") Said Pikachu ("They did do all other stuff didn't they?")
"Yeah you're right." Said Ash "Every time I hear Team Rocket I automatically think of Jessie and James. As pathetic as they are they still managed to get through to my subconscious with that damn motto of theirs."
"Well from what I understand these Rockets were nothing like them." Said Lisa "They wanted to steel some newly hatched dratini. There were ten of them. And…" She trailed off.
"And what?" Asked Ash "Come on you can tell me."
Well Claire said one of them was Brock." Said Lisa "There were some other Gym Leaders there too. From Celadon, Vermillion and Cerulean."
"Cerulean…!" Asked Ash quietly. No, Misty can't be… He thought to himself She'd never work for Team Rocket but neither would Brock. "You've got be mistaken." He said "Brock would never work for them, and neither would any of the other Gym Leaders."
"Brock's pokemon are Onix, Graveler and Forretress right?" Asked Lisa. Ash nodded "Well Ash I hate to say this but Claire, Gary and Richie all said that the guy looked and sounded like Brock and he had those pokemon."
"No he can't be…" Said Ash but his doubt was beginning to waver. He couldn't deny what Lisa was telling him. Brock and Misty must be working for Team Rocket now. Why they were doing it he couldn't say, but whatever reasons they had he was sure they were damn good ones.
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After explaining to Ash what Claire had said about Gary and Richie being with two legendary pokemon. Ash decided that he would head for Blackthorn once he left the valley. Lisa and Charizard had convinced Ash to stay in the valley and train his pokemon with the overly strong charizards in the valley. Ash had agreed feeling as though he needed some rest anyway.
Lisa had given Ash and his pokemon a fairly large room at the pokemon center. She even managed to find him a few spare clothes. He now wore a new pair of jeans, which happened to be black, and a bright orange shirt to go with them. When he put on his very battered cap he realized that unlike his other outfits , this one didn't match at all. Resigning that beggars couldn't be choosers and the fact that he really didn't care much about how he looked, he set out for a day of training.
Ash went into the pokemon center after changing to check on his pokemon. His poke'dex was now completely drained since he transferred the rest of his pokemon to the Johto region and stored them in the PC at the Pokemon Center. He'd given all of his pokemon to Nurse Joy so that she could check them all out and warn him of any abnormalities. All of his pokemon were fine except for Snorlax who wouldn't wake up so Joy couldn't give him a proper examination. Ash figured that the sleeping pokemon was fine since he hadn't really battled in a while.
Once Ash chose his six pokemon to use in training for the day he set off to find Charizard, who had promised to assist Ash in with his training. Once outside it didn't take long to find the dragon since he greeted Ash with an enthusiastic Flamethrower.
"Do you have to do that every time you see me?" Asked Ash
Charizard shrugged. ("Force of habit")
"If you say so Charizard." Said Ash doubtfully, He knew Charizard did it because he found it amusing to singe Ash at every chance he got.
Charizard took Ash to a low-lying plateau to begin the days training.
("Hey Ash where's Pikachu?") Asked Charizard ("And those other two?")
"Pikachu said he wanted to take it easy today since his ribs were still fragile." Said Ash "Dawn and Mune opted to keep him company."
("So then whose training today?") Asked Charizard.
"Let's see." Kingler, Snorlax, Muk, Tauros, Bagon and…" He looked down when he felt a ball that was larger than the others. He distinctly remembered leaving this pokeball in the PC. The only way it could be on his belt was if someone else put it on there when he had his back turned. He had a feeling he knew who too.
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An hour earlier
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Pikachu watched as Ash picked out his pokemon to train. He saw Ash's first five picks and then looked at the last pokeball he withdrew, which contained Phampy. Pikachu was glad Ash was giving a new team a try. He loved his trainer, but always being the one to battle got tiring. Pikachu watched the screen and saw that the curser was still on the withdraw page. Ash stood up and fastened the new pokeballs to his belt. The sensory beam for the transfer device was pointed right at Phampy's pokeball. Pikachu saw Ash giving off a purple aura and his hand accidentally hit the enter key. Phampy's pokeball disappeared without Ash even noticing. The spot on Ash's belt was soon filled once again with the only Ultra Ball in Ash's collection, Onix.
Should I warn Ash? Thought Pikachu Nah, he'll come away with this in one piece. Knowing his dumb luck Onix might be 100 obedient. Himself reassured Pikachu settled down for some much deserved rest.
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Now
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("What's in that gold one?") Asked Charizard.
"Onix." Said Ash "He's not what you would call, thrilled to be my pokemon."
("Then why not just let him go?") Asked the dragon.
"He'd try to kill me once he was free." Said Ash.
("Sounds interesting.") Said Charizard. ("I thought I was a problem. This guy has me way beat!")
"Why did you not obey me anyway Charizard?" Asked Ash "When you were a Charmander you never complained about anything, but once you evolved that first time you wouldn't do a thing I asked."
Charizard stopped chuckling about Onix and looked down at Ash. ("For now I'd like to keep that to myself." He said "It doesn't matter now so there's no need for you to worry about it.")
"Its okay Charizard." Assured Ash "I was just wondering. You don't have to tell me if it bothers you."
The subject was dropped and Ash released all his pokemon. All that is except for Onix. He had Muk, and Kingler spar around the sleeping Snorlax, while Bagon danced and dodged around Tauros' horn strikes. A gust of wind just happened to blow by while a purple aura surrounded Ash. The wind picked up a rock that somehow made its way to the center of the release button on Ash's Ultra Ball. There was a red flash and suddenly a very large and very angry looking Onix loomed over the plateau.
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Aquaria had no idea where she was. A short time ago the compos she was using went haywire. It had been pointing northeast for some reason and then whenever she would turn the needle would automatically go northeast again. This made navigation difficult. She was regretting all those times she'd yelled at Ash for getting them lost. It was harder then it looked, which was why it had always been Brock to get them out of being lost and not her. She wondered how Brock and her sisters were fairing. Were they still on that underwater base? Were they still being tortured? She also wondered about Ash. Even though her feelings for him were confusing right now she still considered him at least a friend and so was worried about him. Had he found out about Pallet? Did he know his mother was dead? After thinking about Ash she came to a realization. She was heading to Pallet and if Ash knew that his hometown was destroyed and that his mother was dead, wouldn't he come home too? So what if by some happenstance she were to cross paths with Ash. Would he recognize her? If he didn't would she reveal who she was to him? Would he even care either way? She assured herself that the last one was only due to that dream she had had while going through her mind.
She decided that now was not the time to dwell on other people's problems. She was lost in the woods with no way to tell where she was going due to the thick forest covering. She was sure that a lot of bug-pokemon inhabited these woods and she wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
She reached for a pokeball on her belt and released Suicune. "Do you know which direction west is?" Asked Aquaria
"The north wind heads south." Said Suicune "Therefore we must go in the direction it is blowing from."
"Wouldn't that be north?" Asked Aquaria "I need to go west to get to Goldenrod. I think."
"Goldenrod is to the east" Said Suicune "We need to go north."
"Why north?" Asked Aquaria
"Something familiar." Said the beast "I'm not sure what, but I have a very good idea."
"What exactly is north from here?" Asked Aquaria "All I know is that we're somewhere in south-central Johto.
"The Charicific Valley lies to the northeast." Said Suicune "Beyond that is Ecruteak City then Mahogany Town. Once we reach there I should be able to tell you exactly where we need to be."
"I suppose Pallet will be pretty much the same no matter when I get there." Said Aquaria "To be honest I don't even know why I'm going anymore."
Suicune remained out of his pokeball while they walked. There was no one around and wild pokemon stayed clear of the legendary water guardian. Eventually they came upon a very large lake. It had crystal clear water and mountains overlooking it in the distance.
"This looks like a good place to camp." Said Aquaria. She pulled her pokeballs from her belt and released her pokemon from their balls. Gyarados immediately went into the water. Politoed and Corsala also went for swims. Staryu settled for floating on top of the water and Psyduck…
("Can't swim!") He screamed as he floundered in the shallow part of the water.
("That's not even deep water moron!") Yelled Corsala. Never the less she swam over to the distressed duck and pushed him back onto dry land. ("Now just stay out of the water!")
Suicune just lay by the waters edge content to dip his tail in. He looked over to Aquaria who was also sitting at the edge of the lake watching her pokemon. "You should train your pokemon Misty." He told her "You avoid so many battles and whenever you do battle your concentration is elsewhere."
Deciding to ignore being called by her real name Aquaria looked back at the water-guardian. "What exactly should I do in order to train them?" She asked. "They're all at decent levels and can handle themselves fine in the water."
No sooner had she said this when a cry of distress rang out once again. ("Can't swim…drowning!") Yelled Psyduck. This time Politoed rescued the dimwitted duck from his untimely demise. Corsala was all set to let him flounder for a while in hopes that he'd either drown or learn to swim.
Aquaria sighed. "Okay, you have a point." She said. She called all of her pokemon over to her and began to assign training regiments like she had for so many days while running the Gym. "Corsala, you practice aiming your spike cannon at the trees around the water. Staryu while she's doing that you try to hit her with water gun. Corsala whenever Staryu gets close to hitting you use Mirror Coat and fire right back at it. Gyarados go to the other side of the lake and use Twister. Then once you've got a decent supply of them disperse them with Hyper Beams and Flamethrowers. Politoed, go and practice with Gyarados, follow the usually drills and watch out for his attacks. Suicune, I don't know what you usually do to make yourself stronger, but whatever it is just do that. Psyduck…"
("Huh?") Asked the duck
"You're going to learn how to swim" She declared
("Huh?") Asked Psyduck again
This might be a much harder task than any she'd ever faced before.
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The only pokemon remaining conscious were Charizard and Snorlax. Actually Snorlax was still asleep but the occasional use of Snore, which would sometimes hit the rampaging Onix with a high powered sound blast, did make him slightly useful. Ash was busy running around recalling his downed pokemon. Kingler had been taken out first after shooting a Bubble Beam at Onix. The poor crab was crushed under Onix's massive tail. Muk had tried to blind Onix with a Sludge Bomb to the eyes, but this had failed miserably. The sludge hat sailed upward toward Onix's head. The serpent simply moved to the side and the bomb landed, on Bagon. A quick Slam attack from Onix's tail took both pokemon out. Tauros tried to ram his head into Onix's flank with a Horn Drill attack. Ash was shocked when Onix stood its ground, used harden and let the Horn Drill hit. There was a loud grounding noise and then Tauros pulled his head away. His horns had been sheared so that the points were now flat. The point in which Onix had been struck only sported a pair of small indentations. Tauros' efforts earned him a Bind attack from Onix. The poor bull head pokemon was squeezed for several minutes and then dropped to the ground once it had lost consciousness.
Charizard had been in the air and was shooting Flamethrowers at Onix in an effort to wear it down. The rock-snake seemed to be unaffected by the intense flames and continued chasing Ash around the plateau.
"Why are you so angry Onix?" Yelled Ash while running. There was a roar for a response, but surprisingly he understood what it meant.
("Humans have no right to train pokemon!") Yelled the Onix continuing to lunge at Ash. The beast was expecting the trainer to ask the same question as he had every other time he'd done this. To Onix's surprise Ash responded to the answer as if he'd understood it.
"No, Some trainers don't deserve to train pokemon." He yelled still dodging. "Some trainers abuse their pokemon or make them commit crimes on their behalf and some even have their pokemon kill other people and pokemon."
("And you're different?") Asked the Onix doubtfully. ("You attacked me with no provocation whatsoever, then you continued to attack me after I tried to chase you away from my mountain and after that you have your pokemon wear hypnotize me and put me in a ball. You're a coward! You couldn't beat me by using strength, so you had your Noctowl cheat!")
"First of all, I apologized for Croconaw soaking you with the water!" Yelled Ash "Second you weren't trying to chase me, you were trying to KILL me! If you're chasing someone you don't cause rockslides in their path of escape, especially if all you wanted to do was get them off the mountain."
Onix stopped in mid lunge. He was still surprised that the human could suddenly understand him and he was even more surprised that the human had a point. ("That was an accident.") He said ("And this is the first time I heard you apologize. Why didn't you just release me if all you wanted to do was get away?") Ha, answer that one stupid human!
"Last time I tried…" Began Ash "…and this time, you ATTACKED me!"
Oops Thought Onix They told me I need to work on my temper but… ("Impulse, sorry.") Said Onix ("So are you going to release me now?")
"If you want." Said Ash "Just promise not to try and kill me."
("Fine.") Said Onix
"You do know that we're not in Hoenn anymore right?" Asked Ash "If I let you go here you'll be hundreds of miles away from home."
("What?") Roared Onix ("You got me into this so you get me out.")
"What do you mean by that?" Asked Ash
("You're going to get me back to my mountain.") Said Onix matter-of-factly
"I don't mind doing that, but…" Started Ash
("But what?") Asked Onix ("You claim to be so different than other trainers, so this is your chance to prove it!")
"But I have other obligations right now." Finished Ash "I need to do some training and there's some important things going on. The whole world might be in danger and I might have to help stop whatever's threatening it."
("What makes you think a pipsqueak like you can help save the world?") Asked Onix
"Done it before." Said Ash offhandedly "Rayquaza must think so too since he put this on my head." He removed his cap and looked up at Onix.
("That's the Dragon God's emblem.") He said ("If the Dragon God thinks you're special you must be special. I still want to get home, but hanging around you is bound to be interesting.")
("You don't know the half of it bud.") Muttered Charizard from his place in the air. He'd been watching the exchange with interest. Ash had changed since the last time he'd seen him. Not just physically either. He wasn't as dense as he used to be and during his conversation with Onix Charizard had noticed that Ash seemed to have a much deeper understanding for the ways of the world. Charizard thought that maybe Ash could handle the reasons why he had chosen to disobey him and the reason why he'd crushed Ash's dream at the Indigo Plateau all those years ago.
"So does this mean you'll cooperate with me?" Asked Ash
("More or less.") Said Onix ("As long as you promise to get me back to my mountain.")
"Deal." Said Ash. He was ecstatic, he had a very strong rock-pokemon on his side now. Curse or no curse things were starting to look up.
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"Psyduck all you have to do is stay calm and kick your feet!" Said Aquaria. This had been going on for almost two hours and Psyduck still was making no progress.
("I can't do it Misty.") Said Psyduck. He as with all of Misty's other pokemon couldn't get used to calling her by her new name so she resigned that it didn't really matter. It wasn't as if anyone, but herself could understand what they were saying.
"Yes you can Psyduck." She said "You've come through in battles that everyone thought you had no hope of winning, so I know a simple thing like swimming should be no problem. Just don't think about it and do it!"
Don't think. That was something Psyduck was VERY good at. He cleared his mind of all thoughts, which took about half a second, and let himself float in the water. Instinct took over and he began to kick his feet and use his arms for propulsion.
Aquaria was amazed. Psyduck was so graceful in the water. "Wow Psyduck you're doing great!" She praised.
This was a mistake though, because once Psyduck heard her voice he realized what he was doing. He suddenly stopped mid stroke and began to flail around pathetically. ("Help...drowning!") He pleaded
Before Aquaria could order one of her other pokemon to help the duck Suicune surfaced underneath him and carried him to the shore. "Thanks Suicune." She sighed "Psyduck maybe that's enough for today."
If training Psyduck was going to be this hard she knew it was going to be a long stay here at the lake. She'd found that the water was good for her pokemon. They enjoyed it a lot and seemed to thrive. Corsala's Spike Cannon was getting more and more accurate and her Mirror Coat was getting much stronger. Staryu was improving the power of its Rapid Spin. Now it could slice down some small trees with its high-powered spin. Gyarados was a strong as ever and Politoed had been able to dodge pretty much all of Gyarados' attacks even managing to fire some of his own. Suicune didn't seem too much different, but then he'd only been a part of her team for a little over a week now.
She made camp in a clearing not far from the water's edge. It would be a while before she regained her old confidence, but the day's training had been a step in the right direction.
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