"Aw dang, a wall. This was sorta expected for this place..." Candice sighed.
"Welp first stop, Mount Coronet. Watch your step here." Candice shouted out. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a Pokeball. Chongyun pointed at it.
"What is that." He asked.
"I can assure you it's not a spirit." Candice whispered underneath her breathe.
"I heard that."
She immediately sent out her Mamoswine. It landed down on the ground, huffing out ice particles.
Chongyun stared it with awe. He reached his hand to pet it, the Mamoswine gave him a glare.
"Hey hey, Momo. It's alright, he won't hurt you...probably..." Candice shrugged her shoulders. It looked back at him, but he was a bit alert now.
He reached and pat the Mamoswine's fur. "It's very cold, but yet..." He couldn't say the last words.
"But yet what?" She asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"Nevermind." He dropped it.
"Alright. Now then Momo, Rock Climb." She commanded her Pokemon.
"Rock Climb? Why don't we climb it ourselves-"
The Mamoswine began to dig through the rock wall with its tusks. Candice jumped on them, looking back at Chongyun. She gave his hand out of him, but he didn't take it. And her Mamoswine began to move up the wall. Pulling their tusks out and 'destroying' the wall.
Once that was done, Mamoswine walked through. "Get up here now!" Candice yelled, her hand still out. Her Mamoswine rested, sitting down away from the edge.
"No. In order to strengthen myself, I will do this myself." Chongyun said.
She blinked. "THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS HERE! ONCE A WALL HAS BEEN DESTROYED HERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A EARTHQUAKE-"
The ground rumbled underneath Chongyun. He wobbled, and eventually fell to his knees. A pile of rocks collapsed and 'formed' a 'wall'. It didn't really look like one, to be honest. Candice smacked herself in the face.
"Okay, listen to me. I'm going to give you Momo and just tell him to use Rock Climb than you'll get this through. Got it?" She said, shouting down at Chongyun.
Chongyun jumped and grabbed one of the rocks. "I'm sorry, but no." Was all he said.
"This wall is 7ft tall, you'll get hurt or worse!" She screamed out.
His eyes looked to another rock, jumping from that one. He kept a hard grip on the rock, while his legs landed on a bottom rock. Another jump, and another. Candice was getting anxious by the seconds.
"MONO! YOUR TUSKS! USE YOUR TUSKS SO HE CAN GRAB THEM!" She said to her Pokemon. It nodded it's head and walked to Candice. Chongyun could see the two tusks, he was nearly to them.
A few more jumps and he'll get to the top. He leaped to another rock, but that one crumbled and he lost his balance.
"Chongyun!" Candice shouted.
"Don't worry!" Chongyun shouted back. In his arms, was instantly a claymore. He looked at the ground, and slammed it down.
He stopped falling. He was hanging onto his claymore.
Chongyun grabbed hold of Momo's tusks and pulled himself up. He was sweating heavily, and by surprise he pulled out a popsicle.
"Why did you do that?!" Candice shouted at him, out of frustration and anger.
"My claymore...?" He asked, tilting his head. He let out short breathes in between.
"No, not that! Why didn't you grab my hand?" She asked.
"I wanted to get stronger...I don't rely on those creatures, Pokemon as you call them." He said, mumbling a bit while eating his popsicle.
"Is that it? By nearly dying?" She said, sitting up.
"No."
"..."
Momo looked at the two's silence. He nudged Candice, rubbing their fur on her. She ignored it, but it was starting to get annoying.
"Momo, not now." She sighed to the Mamoswine.
It didn't stop.
"Momo, stop please." She said, pulling away from it. It still didn't stop. She looked up at him, than back at Chongyun.
"Please don't ever do something like that ever again." She said, standing up. Chongyun's eyes drifted up to her.
"You had me worried, and you need to go back to your world. You exactly can't go back when you're dead." She continued.
He stood up, and bowed at her. "I will. I will be more careful when training in the future. Now, where to?" He asked, raising his eyebrows.
"The next city is Hearthome City, and it's fairly close by. We just need to get out of this place and walk through Route 208. Once we do that, we're in Hearthome." She explained to him. She pulled out Momo's Pokeball and returned him to his Pokeball.
"I see. Shall we go?"
"Yeah, oh by the way, are you willing to get on a Gastordon's back?"
"...I'm sorry but a what?"
Author Note: short summary for this chapter. boy tries to climb a 7ft wall of crumbled rocks and nearly falls. that's it, whole chapter done in one sentence. school has come up, so updates may be slightly slower but don't worry about it guys. well i hope you have a wonderful day, and enjoyed this chapter.