Chapter 2; Catch a Pokémon, Hau! Krystal! Luna! Ash!
This chapter was planned to be two chapters; all well.
The next day, they finished exploring the city and brought several new things: Krystal and Luna had brought new clothes, among other things.
The new clothes included for Krystal: she had gotten a beige shirt with flowers on it, called an "Alolan shirt', as well as some beige socks and shorts. She looked amazing in them. Luna had gotten a pink tee shirt, along with a couple of other things. Neither of the boys brought any clothes, and Krystal teased them a little over it.
When they were finished in town they started towards Veridian Cavern, were the closest trial was supposed to be. It was a pretty straight and easy climb with only a few hills.
As they walked, Professor Kukui said, "This is quite a big area to explore, so it will probably take a couple of days to reach the trial: let's take the time to explore this area properly. Oh yeah! There is also the graveyard to visit too; lots of ghost Pokémon hang out there."
"Okay, just as long as we don't have to go at night," said Krystal shivering. She didn't like ghosts or ghost stories. Krystal had short honey blonde hair and dark blue eyes. She had a nice body build and was pretty pale compared to most people. Krystal was wearing a beige shirt with flowers on it that reminded Luna of something you might wear to the beach, green shorts, black and red runners, and a red hat that reminded Luna very much of a flower pot.
"On the contrary, Krystal! We have to go at night and day! Different Pokémon show up at different times, you know! But you don't have to come in during our night visit," said Professor Kukui.
"That would be good. Thanks, Professor," Krystal said, relieved.
As they passed a large patch of tall grass, they noticed that a spot was rustling. Professor Kukui said, stopping, "Oh yeah! That is a Pokémon rustling over there; if you enter the grass, it will chase and attack you."
"Right. That gives me an idea! Luna, let's have a battle. Please," asked Ash.
"But," started Luna nervously. But then Professor Kukui said, "I think Ash is right; a battle would be good for you."
"Go on! I'd jump at the chance if it were me in your shoes," Krystal urged.
"Yeah! I want to see Ivy, wasn't it…? Anyway, I want to see your starter battle!" said Hau jumping up and down.
"Okay! I'll give it a shot!" Luna said, sounding a bit more confident.
She and Ash stood a reasonable distance apart, with Hau, Krystal and Professor Kukui standing between them, but above where the battlefield would be. Professor Kukui said, "This is a one on one Pokémon battle, the winner will be the standing Pokémon. Go!"
"Okay. Go, Ivy!" said Luna throwing Ivy's Pokéball. As the ball landed Ivy popped out with a jump of excitement.
"Go, Rowlet!" said Ash, throwing his Rowlet's ball.
Professor Kukui nodded and said, "Good idea, Ash."
"But Professor, doesn't Rowlet have a disadvantage?" asked Krystal, confused about the events.
"Yes; but Pikachu would be too strong for Luna and Ponyta, so he's giving her a 'handy cap' as their called in Sinnoh," explained Professor Kukui.
Hau nodded and said, "That makes a lot of sense!"
"Luna, you make the first move!" called Ash from his side of the field. Then his pokédex popped out of his pocket!
"You mean we have known him for almost two days, and he didn't tell us he had a Rotom Dex?!" asked Hau in disbelief. He was a little jealous, honestly.
"Yes; I guess Ash figured you'd find out eventually," Professor Kukui shrugged.
"What is that!?" Luna called to Ash.
"This is my Pokédex; he finds Ivy very interesting. Oh? He's coming over to give you a hand," Said Ash.
"Really that's nice of it," said Luna unsure, finding Ash's Pokédex very weird.
When Ash's Pokédex reached Luna, it said, "Hello, I am Rotom! And I am going to help you with the moves your Pokémon knows zzz!"
"Really? Thank you, Rotom!" Luna said, looking relieved. That sounded great to not give anything away.
"Right, zzo, This Pokémon zzt, is a Ponyta; and it knowz zzztt, Ember, tackle, growl and zzt, flame charge!" said Rotom.
"Okay, thanks! Ivy! Use growl!" Luna commanded.
Ivy turned her head to hear Luna's command, then she nodded and growled at Ash's Rowlet, which intimidated Rowlet a bit.
"What exactly does that do?" wondered Luna.
"It low's the target's attack, zzt!" Rotom supplied.
Then Ash commanded Rowlet, "Rowlet! Razor leaf!"
"Umm, don't let them hit you!" Luna called hoping that was the right thing.
Ivy responded straight away and jumped into the air to avoid the Razor leaf, though she was a little slow. As the next attacks were launched, Professor Kukui said, "Luna's picking it all up, fast."
"Yes! Luna's going to be a great trainer if she learns this fast," said Hau jumping up and down.
"Now! Use Flame Charge!" Luna called.
"Dodge and Razor Leaf!" Ash called.
"Use Ember at them!" Luna called. Ivy did as asked, and the embers burnt the leaves and hit Rowlet. Ash then asked for peck, Ivy dodged and used tackle.
Eventually, when the battle had been going for a while, Ash started to look worried. After a minute or two of that, he said, "Let's stop there: both our Pokémon are looking tired."
"Okay," nodded Luna, then Rotom returned to Ash, and into his bag.
As Ash and Luna went to re-join Professor Kukui, Krystal and Hau, Ash said to Luna, "Well done: you learn fast." battle
"Thanks!" Luna said. Luna had actually battled before, and she had been quite a good battler, but because of the events it caused, she decided not to tell the others. Luna was relieved Ash had decided to end the battle, she hated seeing her Pokémon in pain, and because wanted to keep up the act of never battling before, she was feeling very nervous.
"Well done, Luna! You're a natural," Professor Kukui said.
"Yes! We will have to battle at some point! For now, Krystal: let us battle!" Hau said, jumping up and down (again).
"Okay; let's go!" said Krystal, excited to battle. Then she and Hau went and stood in the same spots Luna and Ash were standing for their battle.
"Has Hau battled before?" Luna asked Professor Kukui.
"No; but his Grandfather is the Kahuna, and Hau always watched him train and battle so he has a few little tricks up his sleeve. What about Krystal?" Professor Kukui asked.
"She used to go to Trainer Pre-school, and she battled with the school pokemon," Luna answered.
"This will be interesting:" Ash stated.
Then Professor Kukui explained the rules for the battle, then Krystal sent out her Rowlet (Leaf) and Hau sent out his Litten. "Begin!" Professor Kukui called.
Krystal started out by ordering Leaf to use Leafage, but Hau quickly asked Litten to dodge the move -which he did- Then Hau asked Litten to use Ember; Leaf tried to dodge it, but she wasn't quick enough to get out of the way.
After about five to ten minutes Leaf fainted, and Professor Kukui said, "Rowlet is unable to battle: Litten and Hau win!"
"Wow, that was cool," Hau said excitedly.
"Yeah," Krystal nodded reservedly, a little disappointed by the outcome.
"Good job, everyone," Luna said as she, Ash and Professor Kukui went up to Hau and Krystal.
"Exactly, Luna; now, let me fix up the Pokémon while you guys sort out lunch," said Professor Kukui.
"You don't know how to cook, Professor?" Luna asked, reading between the lines.
"Nope! Always had someone else around to do it!" Professor Kukui said cheerfully. Then the four young Trainer's handed their Pokémon to the Professor, then they set up a mini kitchen and started working out what they were going to cook.
"Right, so, who hasn't cooked?" Krystal asked, taking charge.
Hau was the only one to put a hand up. Luna asked, "Should I put my hand up since the only thing I can cook is toast?"
"Nah; if nothing else we can have that for lunch," Ash suggested helpfully.
"I think we should make veggie soup," Krystal said, thinking Luna and Hau wouldn't have too much trouble learning how to make it.
"Okay! Let's get to work then!" Ash cried.
And they started. Making veggie soup seemed pretty simple; really the only thing was the time. Krystal did the cooking part, while Ash instructed Hau and Luna on how to cut the veggies: which was very useful with the onions.
When the Professor had finished with the Pokémon, he had fed them. He came over and asked, "How are going?"
"Pretty good: we're nearly done," Krystal said, after tasting the soup.
A few minutes later she announced it was done, and they dug in. The soup had a delightful aroma and it tasted good too! However, then Krystal looked over to a patch of flowers, and she noticed one was moving!
"Hey, guys! Quiet and look!" Krystal whispered pointing to the moving red flower. As everyone looked, Krystal pulled out her Pokédex.
The Pokédex said it was called a Flabébé, and it was a fairy type. Krystal asked, "Leaf, ready to battle?"
"Row!" Leaf hooted in response.
"Okay then, use leafage on that Flabébé!" Krystal said, and Leaf obeyed.
"Are you going to catch it?" Luna asked, interested.
"Yep!" Krystal said as Leaf's attack hit the flower Pokémon.
The Flabébé cried out in pain as the attack hit; then it looked around, spotting them! It tried to run away, but Krystal had commanded Leaf to use Vine Whip before it could escape. When the Vine whip hit, the Flabébé was looking pretty worse for wear, but still going. It tried to use razor leaf, but Leaf dodged and used Leafage again. Krystal threw a ball at it, and it was caught instantly.
"Yay! I caught my first Pokémon!" cried Krystal, picking up the ball and crying excitedly. Leaf did so, too. Krystal said, "I think I will call this little one Petal."
"Good idea: nice catch by the way," Professor Kukui said.
"Well done on catching your first Pokémon; it's exciting, isn't it?" asked Ash.
"Oh yeah; I keep forgetting you have travelled before," Luna said smiling.
"That's okay, Luna, I forget too, sometimes. That does remind me, I'll have to show you some of my old Pokémon at some point," Ash said. Then a pained look spread across his face for a second. Luna was about to ask Ash about it, but Hau spoke before she could.
"Hey, Krystal! What else does the Pokédex say about Petal?" Hau asked.
"Well, Petal is female: Flabébes only come in female, and they come in several different colours, too. Petal is quite healthy, too," Krystal said after running the Pokédex over Petal's ball.
"Shall I heal your new Pokémon then we go, yeah?" Professor Kukui asked.
"Sounds good, please," Krystal said.
Once Petal was all healed, they moved on. A short while later, they found another track which went left. Professor Kukui said, "It's daytime now, how about we visit the graveyard?"
"Sounds good. And that looks like a Hotel over there; we can stay there for the night, and wait there until night comes so we can visit the graveyard again," Hau said.
"Good idea, Hau," Professor Kukui said, then they moved on to the Graveyard. Though Krystal was a little hesitant to go for she didn't like any sorts of Graveyard trips, she hated night ones even more.
As they entered the Graveyard, Krystal could swear the air changed immediately; she thought it changed from a bright, sunny and cheerful day to a gloomy, creepy, and sad day. However, no one else thought they felt this when Krystal brought it up.
Shortly after, Professor Kukui said, "Right, I'll wait here, you move out and find Pokémon to catch! I'll give you all a shout when it's time to go."
"Right!" said Hau, then he charged off.
"Okay," Krystal, Ash and Luna said, then they went off, too. No one went in the same spot, but in Luna's case, she chooses this for a bit more freedom and she preferred to be alone.
Ash and Pikachu passed a beautiful grave, so he decided to stop by it. "See this, buddy? This poor kid got dragged off by a Drifloon."
"Drif!" a Pokémon cried.
"Pika, pika!" Pikachu cried, pointing up. Ash looked up to see a Drifloon.
"Cool! Let's catch it! Thunderbolt!" Ash called.
"Pik," Pikachu nodded, releasing the electric attack.
One attack made Drifloon fainted. "Opps, that might have overdone it," Ash said, looking stunned. None the less, he caught the ghost type. He then went on to train with both Pokémon. He didn't train Drifloon as it had fainted.
Luna meanwhile, didn't see any Pokémon she liked, so she just trained with Ivy. Before she heard the Professor call them, she had come back to the start, which meant she must have gone all the way around the graveyard.
When Professor Kukui saw her, he said, "Ah good, one less I have to call. Well, Luna, you wait here and I'll go and find the rest."
"Okay, Professor," Luna said, then Professor Kukui left to get the others.
About ten minutes later, Professor Kukui came back with Krystal, Ash and Hau behind him. Ash asked, "How did everyone go?"
"Okay; got some good training in but I didn't see any Pokémon I like," Luna said.
Krystal nodded, "Same."
"I caught a Gastly! Look!" said Hau excitedly, then he threw a Pokéball and a dark purple round Pokémon came out. It must have been a ghost type, as Krystal hated ghosts and she straight away hid behind Professor Kukui. Hau recalled the encounter to his friends:
Hau and Litten and been doing a bit of training around the gravestones, careful not to damage any. They had battled a couple of people who were here, during which he vaguely noticed a few of his friends go past.
Eventually, he and Litten made their way to a tree in the corner and sat down for a rest. Suddenly, Hau felt a cold chill through his body.
"Litten, do you have a feeling there is a ghost right behind us?" Hau asked Litten, and Litten nodded, looking scared.
Very slowly, both turned around to see a ball of purple gas or something, behind them. "Yahh!" Hau cried. He pulled out his Pokédex and discovered it was called Gastly.
"Use ember!" Hau said, jumping back and standing up.
"Meow!" Litten nodded, releasing ember.
Gastly dodged, then tried to use lick. Litten dodged then Hau asked for scratch, however, the attack went straight through.
"Opps! I forgot!" Hau said, remembering normal didn't work against ghost. Then he asked for growl then ember again.
They exchanged their attacks a couple more times, but Hau managed to make Gastly faint, where he through the Pokéball and caught it. After he returned Litten, it jumped out again.
"Ah, a Gastly. Ghost/Poison I believe," Ash said.
"Yep! That's right!" Hau said. He returned the Gastly to its ball, then his Litten came out of his ball.
"Litten! Why have you just started doing that?" Hau cried, slightly annoyed.
"What do you mean, Hau?" Professor Kukui asked.
"Just today Litten has decided to come out of his ball without me asking," Hau sighed.
Professor Kukui said putting his hand on Hau's shoulder, "Don't worry about it! that could just be Litten's thing: Just leave Litten. He might stop in a day or so anyway."
"Okay," Hau nodded.
Then Litten came up to Hau and walked across his feet, then he looked up and said, "Meow?"
"Oh, sorry Litten. Want to return to your ball?" Hau asked pulling out his ball.
Meow!" Litten said, then he was returned to his ball.
"I caught a Drifloon. But I'll wait until this evening because from the looks of it, Krystal doesn't like Ghosts. But Pikachu had a blast. Actually, Rowlet did too," Ash said.
"Rowlet!" Rowlet agreed.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed also.
"Thank goodness! Thanks, Ash!" Krystal said, coming out of her hiding place.
"Rowl!" Leaf said then she flew into Krystal's head.
"So, it's been a pretty good day for everyone, then! Come on, we need to get our rooms, have dinner, then get back here, again," Professor Kukui said. Everyone nodded, then they went to the Hotel.
Professor Kukui went straight up to the desk and got two keys. This confused everyone, but Professor Kukui told them, "I booked the rooms while you guys were training, because I know this place gets booked out very easily."
"Oh, that makes sense!" Hau nodded.
Then Professor Kukui said, "Right, Luna and Krystal, you have this key, and Ash and Hau, we will take the other room!"
Krystal took the key then said, "Right, we're room seven."
"How about we meet out here for dinner in an hour?" Ash suggested.
"Cool. See you guys then," Krystal said.
Hau, Professor Kukui and Luna nodded, then they went off to their rooms. Because they were only staying for the night, they didn't unpack much. Krystal asked, "Are you alright, Luna?"
"Yes, I'm fine. Krystal, when we finish Akala Island, I am going to have to go somewhere on my own; I have to know who I am, and Rosie told me of a place to go to find out," said Luna.
"That's fine. for you, it's probably better for you to spend some time on your own, anyway," Krystal said.
"Yes. I do like my solitude," Luna agreed.
"Well, I wish you luck," Krystal said. The boys meanwhile played a game Hau had brought.
Then they had a shower each. Then they got ready for dinner, grabbed the bags, (with the Pokémon in their balls for now) and went out to meet the boys for dinner. As it happened, they arrived at the same time. Professor Kukui asked, "Ready for dinner?"
"Yep!" Krystal answered, then they headed to dinner.
Luna didn't think much of the dinner, but everyone else seemed to like it, so Luna didn't say anything to not cause a problem. The Pokémon didn't seem too fond of it either: Luna could feel their displeasure about the food. When they finished dinner and paid, they went outside. Professor Kukui asked, "Have your bags and Pokémon, guys?"
"Yep. We're ready," Ash said nodding, and Pikachu said, "Pika!"
"Glad to hear it, Pikachu," Luna said smiling. Then she said, "I'm ready."
"Yep! Can't wait!" Hau said jumping up and down.
"Alright! Krystal, see you soon!" Professor Kukui said.
Krystal said nodding, "See you! Have fun!"
Luna sent out Ivy and hopped on her back, then they, Ash, Hau and Professor Kukui went to the Graveyard while Krystal returned to her hotel room.
When they arrived at the Graveyard, they saw there were a few other trainers around, (with flashlights and Pokémon creating lights) but there were not many.
"Alright! Spread out! We have two hours to waste here," Professor Kukui told Ash, Hau, and Luna. The three nodded, then Hau let Litten out, and He and Litten went one way, Ash and Pikachu went another, and Luna and Ivy went the final way, while Professor Kukui stood in the same spot waiting for them.
Luna didn't have any lights with her. She didn't need them as Ivy's mane was supplying light, it was quite a bright night and there were a few street lamps. It was a very quiet night, which would have alright except for the fact they were in a Graveyard. Litten let Hau's way, and Ash had a light.
"I don't know, Ivy; maybe Krystal is right to be scared of graveyards at night. It is pretty spooky," Luna whispered.
"Nah!" Ivy agreed.
Then there was a bushing rustling nearby. When Luna heard it, she jumped three feet in the air.
Ivy heard it too, and she looked ready to strike. "Is it a Pokémon, Ivy?"
"Nah!" Ivy said, throwing her head up and down.
"Alright, use Ember!" Luna said. Ivy nodded, then she shot some Ember at the rustling bush: a dark coloured Pokémon came out.
Luna quickly pulled out her Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon.
"Misdreavus, the screech Pokémon."
"Alright… um, use another Ember!" Luna cried.
Ivy did as asked; most the attack hit the Misdreavus, but quite a lot of the attack missed due to it dodging. Then the Misdreavus used Growl, but Ivy managed to get away from it. Then Luna asked for a Flame Charge. Ivy did that but unfortunately, she missed. The Misdreavus was gloating about this, but while it was gloating, Ivy used another Flame Charge and this hit. Then Luna pulled out a Pokéball and threw it at the Misdreavus who had fallen to the ground. After a couple of rocks, the ball donged and the red light went off.
"Yay! We caught a Misdreavus!" Luna cried jumping with her Pokéball held up to the sky.
"Nah!" Ivy cried jumping too. Then she asked, "Nah?"
"Huh? What's the matter, Ivy? Oh! A nickname for Misdreavus! Good idea. Hmm, how about… Missy?" Luna suggested.
"Nah!" Ivy said jumping up and down happily.
Luna sent Missy out, then she said, "Missy, welcome to the team! I'm Luna, and this is my other Pokémon, Ivy!"
"Nah!" Ivy said nuzzling Missy.
"Mis?" Missy asked Ivy confused. Then after a while, She cried happily, "Mis! Misdreavus!"
"Well, I'm glad to see you two get on well!" Luna said smiling. Then Luna pulled out her Pokédex for more information on Missy.
"Misdreavus, the Screech Pokémon.
It will use any means necessary to frighten people and absorb their life energy. It practices constantly to hone its skill in causing fear."
Just then, Missy tried to scare them, but Ivy and Luna laughed because it was cuter than anything else: certainly not scary.
Then they went back to training. By this stage an hour had gone past, so they only had an hour left. When that final hour was almost up, Luna hopped on Ivy again, and they and Missy went back to the Professor. When they got back, Hau had already returned. He had his Gastly and Litten out and was looking very happy. Ash was training with his three Pokémon, and he battled a few trainers who weren't screaming as soon as something moved.
"Hi, Luna!" Hau called.
"You caught a Pokémon-cool!" Professor Kukui said.
"Yep, this is Missy," Luna said getting off Ivy.
"Well done! That's two for all of us, now! Well actually Ash has three; but a minor detail," Hau said.
"Yes, exactly," Professor Kukui said.
Then Ash came back. "Last back is me."
"At least this time the Professor didn't come and get us," Hau said excitedly.
"True," Ash nodded.
Professor Kukui laughed. Then he asked, "How are we all? How did it go?"
"Good! Got some good training done; hopefully, we will pass that trial," Luna said nervously.
"My Pokémon and I had a blast! And I got more training done!" Hau said jumping up and down.
"Yes, same as those two," Ash said with his Pokémon agreeing.
"Well then, let's call it a day!" Professor Kukui said. The three others nodded, and they headed back to the hotel.
When they arrived at the Hotel, Luna, Ash and Hau returned their Pokémon to their balls, then they said goodnight and went to their rooms. When Luna entered hers and Krystal's room- she saw Krystal giving her Pokémon a brush.
"How did it go?" Krystal asked.
"Good! I caught a Misdreavus: she's called Missy!" Luna said.
"Ah, great. Hopefully, I can get other my fear of ghosts, though," Krystal said sadly.
"Don't worry, you will! And, we will all help you," Luna said patting Krystal on the back.
"Hopefully. Bed?"
"Yeah."
The two girls tended to their Pokémon, (while Missy was out, Krystal was in the bathroom) then they prepared for bed. Luna didn't know about Krystal, but as soon as her head hit the pillow, Luna was fast asleep.
I'm going to tell you this is a long story. As we get more Pokémon, I will supply a list of their Pokémon, and maybe moves as well.