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Chapter 9: Rex Chilling Shock! Another Gym Leader? Shiny For Viki?

If anyone knew how to relax, Rex wouldn't be that person.

While his sister Viki was at a local shopping complex in Oldale Town, and J.C., in what was a big shock to him, was spending more time with Rei, Rex was busy in a nearby forest training his Pokemon. Normally, Rex would just do improvement work on his pokemon. For instance, trying to toughen up Jolt as, while his stats for his speed and special attack, his defense stats weren't exactly the best. Also, he taught Shadow how to use Psychic, the strongest move for a Psychic-Type Pokemon, so she could at least hold her own against Fighting Types.

However, that's not to say that all of his Pokemon improvement attempts were successful. For example, Crush's Horndrill was still hit-or-miss, with the latter being most of the time as it then got his horn stuck in a wall or tree. And then there's, of course, Shellshock and Edge's cooperation with each other, or lack thereof. Every time he would try to get them to get along, his two Water Pokemon would start a fight against each other, and if he tried to break them up, he'd find himself on the receiving end of a double water gun attack. Rex always wondered what was it that they hated about each other! At first, he thought maybe it was competition for his affections. Which one that he liked more. But lately, Rex has been weighing the amount of time he used them separately in battle, and when it came onto two on two battles, if Rex used Shellshock, he'd used Edge, and vice versa.

Sometimes…Rex wondered what it be like if he didn't catch that Totodile that day. Would all of this been avoided? But then again, it could've happened to two of his other Pokemon who were the same type. When Rex caught Spike, his then-Growlithe-now-Arcanine, he and Drego got along okay.

Today, Rex was going to teach one of his Pokemon a new move. He was going to teach the newest member of his party, Charex, the strongest move a Fire Type Pokemon can learn: Fire Blast. He had taught Drego that move as soon as he had evolved into a Charizard. He figured if he taught Charex while he was still in the Charmeleon stage his Fire Blast would be much stronger and more powerful.

"Okay..." Rex pondered as he looked around in his surroundings. It didn't have that many trees in the forest as it was mostly rocky terrain and near the water area. But just to be safe, he made sure that he had Shellshock and Edge with him, just incase his training accidentally caused a forest fire.

After checking that his surroundings were clear, Rex tossed out two Pokemon. "Drego, Charex go!" He called out as the two pokeballs opened and the two Flame pokemon jumped out and look at their trainer.

"Alright guys, today we're going to work on a Fire Type's strongest move: Fire Blast." Rex explained as he looked toward his Charizard. "Okay Drego, you already know this attack, but there's always room for improvement."

Drego answered with a nod as Rex continued.

"Now Charex, I don't know if you know how to do this move or not, but we're going to work on it at a fair pace, 'kay?"

"Char!" Charex grunted as Rex then walked over to a rock while taking a magic marker from his open shirt pocket.

"I'll set up the target on this big rock so you can practice your Fire-" Rex then blinked at what he saw. "…Blast?" Apparently, he wasn't the only one who thought that this was a good place to train as a target was already drawn onto the rock, but in a Baby Blue Colored marker.

Rex shrugged it off. "Whatever. Drego, demonstrate for Charex. Fire Blast!"

With a roar, Drego fired off a burst of fire towards the target, at midway, it split into a Kanji-like shape as it then hit the target dead on!

"Your Fire Blast just keeps on getting better and better Drego!" Rex complemented which earned a roar of approval from the Charizard. He then turned to Charex. "Alright Charex, now you give it a try!"

"Charmeleon! (No Problem!)" Charex went for his attempt at a Fire Blast! It started out good, despite the ball of fire being smaller than the one Drego fired, but as it was about to split, it fizzled out before it could hit the target. Much to the Charmeleon's dismay…

"Don't worry about it, Charex. You'll get it!" Rex assured. It was obvious that it was Charex's first Fire Blast attempt. Now, all Charex needed to do is work on it and it'll be better. Rex was confident that if and when Charex evolved into his second Charizard, his Fire Blast will be a lot stronger. "Okay Charex, let's try again!"

"Char!" He grunted as it used it energy for another Fire Blast. Unfortunately, the result was the same as the blast burnt out before it hit the target.

"This is gonna take a lot of work…" Rex sighed as Charex, frustrated at his inability of unleashing the attack as well as his evolved counterpart, breathed in deeply as it then tried to do that attack once again. After his release of the blast, Charex began to pant as the blast flew to the rock. Just as it was about to split, it hit another pokemon, who just happened to jump in the way!

"What the-" Rex blinked as he took out his Pokedex and scanned the Pokemon, who was shaking off the blast. According to his Pokedex, it was Spheal, the Clap Pokemon. According to further research, it could be found in Shoal Cave. But that was on the opposite side of Hoenn according to the map on his Pokenav, so what was it doing out here?

"Spheal! Spheal! (Help! Help!)" The Pokemon clapped as Drego and Charex looked towards Rex.

"Okay little guy, what's wrong?" Rex asked as the Spheal continued to chirp. Unfortunately, despite him being able to understand how his Pokemon felt, he was completely lost with the one who was trying to communicate with him.

Charex jumped in front of Rex and tried to talk to the worked-up Spheala. "Meleon!? (What's wrong?)" He asked.

"Spheal Spheal Spheal!(You have to help me!)" He explained.

"Charmeleon! (Explain now!)"

"Spheal Sphe! Spheal Spheal Spheal Spheal! (My Trainer, Aurora! She got frozen into a block of ice!)"

"Charmeleon! (Lead the way!)" Charex ordered as Sphere began to roll off. Charex gave Rex a look that said "Follow him!" as he then ran after the Clap Pokemon.

"You think we should follow him?"

"Char! (Duh!)" The Charmeleon retorted to his trainer behind him as he resumed his pursuit!

Rex turned to Drego. "Okay Drego, let's go!"

With a roar, Drego flapped his wings as he lifted off in the air, following the now hustling Rex as they follow Charex and the Spheal. After about five minutes of running, they came up to a big, solid block of ice.

"What's a big block of ice doing out here?" Rex asked as he began to examine it closely. Inside appeared to be a girl around his age, who apparently had a freaked out expression on her face.

"Oh man, this is serious!" Rex stated as Charex nodded. "Well, it looks like we're gonna have to get her out of there!" He looked at Charex as he then ordered, "Charex, Flamethrower!"

"Char!" Charex fired a stream of flames at the block of ice as the ice itself began to gradually melt.

"Spheal Spheal… (Please be careful…") The Spheal cried as as the block continued to melt, courtesy of Charex's Flamethrower. After a few more moments, the block of ice was gone. The only thing left of it was a small puddle and the girl laying on top of it.

Rex quickly ran up to the girl and checked her pulse. Fortunately, her heartbeat was doing okay. Rex took off his shirt, leaving him in a black and red T-shirt, and draped it over the girl in an attempt to warm her up.

"Please be okay…" Rex then turned to Drego. "Drego, can you carry her to the nearest hospital?" He asked the Charizard.

Drego nodded as he bent forward so Rex could place the girl on his back. Rex looked down at the girl: She had long red hair that went down to her shoulder blades which at the sides were tied back into a high ponytail that split downward in three directions, save for her bangs which covered her left eye, wearing a baby blue vest over white tank top, baby blue mini skirt, and white buckled boots with the soles themselves being black. Because they were closed, he couldn't obviously see the color of her eyes.

As Rex went to pick her up into his arms to place her on top of Drego's back, she began to stir. Her eyes slowly opened, revealing to be ruby colored, as her head slowly rose.

"Wha…What happened?" She asked as she saw Rex's face. "Who are you?"

"I'm Rex. And you, for some reason, were an icicle until my Charmeleon melted the ice." He explained. "This Spheal told us about your situation."

"Oh! So my Spheal brought you here!"

"You mean that's your Spheal?"

"Yeah!" The girl explained as she got back on her feet, now brushing herself off as she then gave him back his shirt. "Here's your shirt back." "I was training my Spheal to learn Ice Beam and well…let's just say that it went a little bit out of control!"

"That must've been rough…" Rex then blinked, "Wait a minute, did you draw that target on the rock back there?"

"Yeah…how did you?"

"I was teaching my Charmeleon Fire Blast." Rex explained, then realized. "Hey, why am I telling you? I don't even know your name!"

"Oh I'm sorry! I'm Aurora from Pacifidlog Town. Where are you from?"

"Not from Hoenn, but from Johto. Goldenrod City to be exact!" Rex examined her Spheal. "You like Water Types, right?"

"Ice types to be exact. But Water's a close second!" Aurora smiled with pride. "So Rex, what's a guy like you doing in Hoenn…let me guess: The Hoenn league, right?"

"Right on the dot! Plus I'm here with my kid sister and a friend of mine. My sister wants to be a coordinator, and my friend just wants to catch a Pokemon that would help bring back honor to his gym!"

"Oh really…" Aurora grinned. "And which gym would that be?"

"The Fighting Pokemon Gym in Saffron City in the Kanto Region. His gym was outranked by the Psychic Pokemon Gym. I told him to get a dark Pokemon but he just glared at me. I guess in a matter of pride he wants to win by using a Fighting Pokemon." Rex scoffed. "Good luck! As much as I want to support him, A Fighting Pokemon would be creamed by a Psychic Pokemon before a punch could hit. Even I hardly won had it not been for my Umbreon..."

Aurora nodded. "So I guess you're going for badges, are you?"

"Yeah…but I have to do it in three months, because that's when the deadline ends!"

"Actually you have three months and two weeks to get ready for the Hoenn League!"

Rex blinked. "Say what!?"

"There's a two-week grace period for the trainers to prepare for the tournament, including slackers who waited for the last minute to go for the league." Aurora smirked.

"Hey, it's not my fault! I didn't even know about the rule until yesterday!" Rex responded in his own defense.

"Okay…" Aurora then smiled as if she had an idea but it soon turned into a mischievous grin. "Rex…"

"Yes…"

"If you could have a gym battle right now, would you go for it, despite what kind of Pokemon you have with you?" She asked.

"At this point, yeah I would!" Rex nodded.

"Good!" Aurora smiled as she did a few back flips to the other side of this field and ending with a pose. "Now get your Pokemon ready, 'cause we're going to battle!"

"What?" Rex blinked in shock.

"You said if you could have a gym battle right now you'd go for it! So get ready!" Aurora giggled.

"What does that have to do with this?"

"Oh…" Aurora now had a mock innocent look on her face. "Did I mention that I was the Pacifidlog Town Gym Leader?"

"WHAT!?" Rex exclaimed in shock.

Viki winced in pain from her multi-bag-clad hands as she walked around the shopping centre. One of the new things she brought was a new beanie to wear. It was white with a baby blue stripe around the rim. Similar to her blue and white shirt but it was much a different design. It was mainly a white sleeveless shirt, but the area where her sleeves would be and loins were baby blue. She also decided to trade her green miniskirt for a matching blue one, which was underneath a white pouch that was around her waist. The only thing she kept was her pair of tan platform boots which were her favorite pair of shoes. She just like the fuzz-like feeling on her skin when she slides them on and off. Though they weren't exactly the best kind of footwear to wear for long traveling, as well as carrying as many bags as she was, she could've made a worse decision: She could've worn her black boots, which the heel was about 5 inches high.

Viki dropped her bags to the floor. "I can't do this!" Viki reached into her pouch as she then pulled out a pokeball. After it enlarged, she tossed the ball. "Go Ivy!"

The ball opened as the Ivysaur was released. "Ivysaur!" He said with curiosity.

"Ivy could you be a dear and help me with these bags?" She asked sweetly.

"Saur! (Sure!)" Ivy nodded as he used his both of his Vine Whip to grab the bags, with two bags being carried by each whip.

Viki picked up the other two bags. "Okay, now let's head back to the center!" She ordered as the Grass Pokemon nodded. But suddenly stopped when she heard a voice to the side.

"Psst…Hey you? Young lady!"

"Huh?" Viki turned back and saw a man wearing an apron over a white shirt and jeans. Save for a white headband. "You're talking to me!"

"Yes I am! How would you like a deal of the life time? A pokemon of a lifetime!"

Viki blinked. "Pokemon of a lifetime?"

"Exactly!" The man continued. "For just 1000 pokedollars, you'll get a special pokemon!"

"Okay then, let's see it!" Viki suggested. Her father and older siblings have always taught her to always see the merchandise prior to purchasing, just to make sure she wasn't being swindled.

The salesman reached under a table and took out what appeared to be a Feebas, but it wasn't the same. Feebas's scales were a faded reddish purple color instead of the usual brownish color.

"That doesn't seem to be much…" Viki said as her eyes narrowed. "I'm leaving…"

"Wait wait wait!" The salesman tried to explain. "It's not just an ordinary Feebas! This is a very special Feebas!"

"Really?" Viki's eyes went wide in excitement. The different coloration of the Feebas must've meant one thing: It was a shiny! Ever since she saw Rex's Shiny Umbreon, Nidoking, and now Charmeleon, and Racquel's Shiny Metang, she always wanted a Shiny Pokemon of her own. And if what he was showing her was true, she might get her wish."

"Young lady, you haven't by any chance planne on entering into any contests now, are you?" He asked with a smile!

"Yes, I am!" Viki cheered. It was like he could read her mind.

"Than this Feebas is perfect for you! Raise this Feebas to be beautiful, and I guarantee you that you'll win all of your contests!"

Viki then began to daydream about the ramifications of raising this special Feebas. The crowed cheering for her as she stood victorious with her Shiny water pokemon, all three judges giving a perfect score! Viki couldn't contain her excitement anymore as she took out her money! "Okay, here's 1000 Pokedollars!"

The Salesman took the cash. "And here's your Feebas!"

"Oh thank you thank you!" Viki squealed with excitement. "What should I name you what should I name you…I got it! How does Vivi sound, you like?" After hearing a single "Febass" from the Pokemon, she smiled. "Now let's take you to the see and see what you're made of!" Viki walked on, forgetting about the bags she left which Ivy conveniently managed to grab with Vine Whip, who then followed his overly-excited trainer.

The salesman smiled, "A sucker born every minute…"

Who would've thought that out of all places he'll meet a Gym Leader! What does this mean? Also, Viki appeared to have bought a Shiny Feebas, but is it too good to be true, or is it really a shiny? Find out in the next chapter!