The next morning, Emma had woken up before Ϗai, and when Ϗai woke up, she brought him out into the kitchen. Emma's mom was standing over a table that was overflowing with beautifully made fresh bread, sausage, bacon, honey, cheese, marmalade, orange juice, and every type of eggs possible.
"I didn't know what you liked, so I made a bit of everything," Emma's mom said,
"Wow, thanks!" Ϗai said, taking a seat next to Emma,
"She likes to cook, if you couldn't tell. She's been up since 5:00," Emma's mom took a sip of coffee.
"Yup!" She said, "Dig in!" Ϗai and Emma started eating, they ate nearly all the food, and it was the greatest breakfast Ϗai had ever had,
"Your mom really does cook great!" Ϗai said, after swallowing a mouthful of eggs. After eating, they thanked her for the meal, and left, bringing Arcanine with them. They left the town, and went onto route 2. It was a nice, grassy route, and was a lot more populated than Nioupl. There were pokemon everywhere, fighting, running around, even some flying in the sky.
"Alright, then, I think it's time to give Wurmple some training!" Ϗai said,
"I agree, let's find some pokemon," It didn't take them long, a Bulbasaur walked up to them. "Go! Wurmple!" They both said,
"Use Poison Sting!" Ϗai said,
"You, too!" Both Wurmples shot poison at the Bulbasaur, which reeled back, having taken super effective damage. The Bulbasaur got back up, and used vine whip.
"Dodge it!" Ϗai yelled. Ϗai's Wurmple jumped to the side, but the vine hit Emma's, which fainted,
"Sorry, Wurmple!" Emma said as she returned it to it's pokeball,
"Use Poison Sting again!" Ϗai said, and the Wurmple obeyed, knocking out the Bulbasaur. Promptly, the Wurmple began to glow.
"It's evolving!" Ϗai yelled. The pokemon started to change, getting wider, and smoother. It stopped glowing, and was an elongated sphere, with large spikes sticking out of it. Emma took out her pokedex, and pointed it at the newly evolved pokemon,
"Cascoon, the Cocoon pokemon. A bug type. One of the two evolutions of Wurmple, this pokemon endures attacks as a cocoon, and seeks payback once it evolves,"
"Wow, I wonder what mine will evolve into!" Emma exclaimed, "Alright, Slowpoke, time for you to get some training!" She sent out her Galarian Slowpoke. Ϗai also sent out his Slowpoke, and the pair trained them against the wild pokemon. They continued down the route, and onto route 3.
"Hey young one, what's that pokemon you've got there?" There were two people, both male, and they almost looked identical. They both had green hats with a B on it, and camouflage clothes.
"Oh, an Eevee, you say? Let me take a look at it," The other one grabbed the Eevee as the first one ran back to a truck.
"We'll bring it back soon!" The first one said as the second one jumped onto the back of the truck with the eevee.
"Hey!" Ϗai yelled, "You can't just take his pokemon!"
"Well clearly," One said,
"We can," The other said,
"Go! Cascoon!"
"Oh, so you're going to battle us?" The first one said,
"If I win, you give back the Eevee!"
"Fine, but if you loose," The second one said,
"You give us that Cascoon!"
"Deal!" Ϗai yelled,
"Ϗai, what are you doing?" Emma asked,
"I'm trying to get the Eevee back,"
"But what if you lose?"
"Trust me, I won't!" Ϗai turned back to the two thieves, who got off of the truck,
"Go! Dustox!"
"Go! Beautifly!" Emma pointed her pokedex at the two,
"Dustox, the Poison Moth pokemon. A Bug and Poison type. One of the two final evolutions of Wurmple, this pokemon is attracted to bright light, spreading it's poisonous dust as it flies," And then,
"Beautifly, the butterfly pokemon. A bug and flying type. One of the two final evolutions of Wurmple, this pokemon is attracted to pollen, and can be very aggressive if someone stops it,"
"Ϗai, Cascoon isn't ready for this, both of these pokemon are higher evolutions, and flying is good against bug!"
"Don't lecture me on type advantages, I have them memorised by heart. Cascoon! Use Harden!"
"Stupid kid! You're about to feel the wrath of Kazos and my partner Pious! Dustox! Use Poison Powder!"
"And Beautifly! Use Air Cutter!" Pious said. Both pokemon swooped at Cascoon, but Dustox flapped its wings and spread poison on Cascoon. Beautifly swooped down, hitting Cascoon with its wing blade, but it didn't hurt at all, it just blew away the poison powder.
"Oh," Kazos said,
"No," Pious said,
"Oh yes! Cascoon, use Poison Sting!" The Cascoon jumped up, as if it was waiting for this moment, and shot its spikes at the two pokemon. Beautifly and Dustox were hit, but only Beautifly fainted, Dustox kept going.
"Dustox, now's your chance! Use Whirlwind!" The Dustox flapped its wings, generating a mini tornado around Cascoon, who was whipped up into the air.
"Cascoon! Use Poison Sting again!" Out from the whirlwind, Cascoon flew out, right into Dustox, who fell to the ground, fainted. The tornado went away, and Ϗai was standing there, victorious.
"Aw, no!" Kazos said,
"We weren't supposed to lose!" Pious finished,
"Now, the Eevee," Ϗai said,
"Hmm," Kazos thought,
"No," Pious said, shrugging. Cascoon flared it's spikes, and the duo backed up,
"Fine! Fine!" Kazos said,
"Take the Eevee!" Pious finished, dropping the Eevee and jumping on the truck,
"This isn't the last you've seen of Team Beta!" Both Kazos and Pious said,
"Who's Team Beta?" Emma asked,
"I don't know, but they're trouble, for sure,"
"Eevee!" The kid said, "Thanks for saving him, but I can't keep him,"
"Why not?" Ϗai asked,
"Well, my family can't take care of him anymore, so I came here to find a trainer to give him to, and they tried to take him! But you saved him! You are definitely the one to take care of Eevee!"
"Alright, I'll take him," Ϗai said. The kid started to tear up,
"B-but, make sure t-t-to take good care of him, p-please?"
"I'll make sure to!" Ϗai said, hugging the young boy,"
After wishing the boy goodbye, Ϗai and Emma went off with their new partner Eevee,
"Welcome, Ϗai, to the route 3 wild area!" Emma said as they came out into a clearing. The area was a large and sandy peninsula, with a huge lake in the middle, all ready for exploring!