So... I made a mistake...
Last chapter I forgot to do the character and Pokemon checkups. There's no point in doing it now, so let's talk about something else. So... who here has played Pokemon Quest? It's fun! Also, i'm going to add some more action to battles, you'll see how... Anyways, time to move on.
After enough training his Pokemon, Mercury was ready to re-challenge Ilima. Mercury walked confidently to the marina, where Ilima was. "Ready to battle again?" Ilima asked as Mercury approached. "You bet your Feebas I am!" Mercury answered.
[
Ilima sent out Yungoos.
Mercury sent out Thunder.
Thunder used Thunder Shock.
Yungoos used Pursuit.
Thunder started charging electricity. Yungoos charged at Thunder, but when coming into contact, Yungoos got shocked by the electricity. But Thunder still got hurt from the contact.
Thunder used Magnet Bomb.
Yungoos used Leer.
Thunder used magnets and used a negative charge to launch the positives towards Yungoos (I took that opportunity to show what i know about magnets... I don't know much...). Then Yungoos leered at Thunder, making it unwary
Thunder used Magnet Bomb.
Yungoos fainted.
Ilima sent in Smeargle.
Mercury sent in Vortex.
Smeargle used Tackle.
Vortex used Water Gun.
Vortex's water gun didn't do much. Smeargle tackled Vortex. It was apparently powerful enough for Vortex to release an almost deafening screech.
Smeargle used Tackle.
Vortex fainted.
Mercury sent in Thunder.
Smeargle used Ember.
Thunder was burned.
Thunder used Magnet Bomb.
Thunder, being artificial, didn't actually feel anything. But damage was done. Some flames were left behind. The magnets didn't do much to the Smeargle.
Smeargle used Ember.
Thunder fainted.
Mercury sent in Raider.
Raider used Leafage.
Smeargle fainted.
WOO!
]
"You-or should I say you and your Pokemon- make quite an interesting team!" Ilima said "I do hope you come to Verdant Cavern and attempt the trial- the trial of Ilima!" Ilima gave some directions to the trial site. Mercury didn't fully understand the concept of "battle trials to earn Z-Crystals" yet. Nobody really explained how it really worked, but he would eventually understand. Ilima walked of to Verdant Cavern, where his trial takes place. "HOO! I need a break... WORMADAM! The motel is in route 2!" Mercury thought. Mercury headed to Route 2, but before he could get there, Lillie stopped him. "Oh! Wait for me, Mercury!" She walked over to him. "Oh, I'm glad to see a familiar face. I always get lost so quickly... I can't figure out the roads here... I can't even buy my own clothes... You're moving on to your first trial, right? It's in Verdant Cavern, right? I remember once reading that the island challenge was once a challenge to strengthen yourself to battle the guardian deity's of Alola... like Tapu Koko." She said some other crap, but nothing important.
"Hey, Millie!" Hau said from behind them.
"WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP SHIPPING US!" Mercury shouted.
"So, you heading to Verdant Cavern next?" Hau asked.
Mercury answered "yes."
"Cool! Ya know, Verdant Cavern is, like, sacred to Tapu Koko. You can't even go in there unless you're on your Island Challenge." Mercury just walked away to avoid having to talk to him. The sun was starting to set. He had to walk through some grass to get to the motel, were he would rest. But maybe it was better. Along the way, he got ambushed!... By a Pokemon. It was a Makuhita. "Oh, so you wanna dance?" Mercury said. Makuhita started dancing the hula. "No, uh... T-that's not what I meant..." After weakening it, he used one of the great balls that Ilima had given him.
"Come on, stay in..." Mercury said. The ball shook. "Stay in..." It shook again "..." *Ding*.
{
Raider grew to level 14!
Hp + 2
Defense + 2
Everything else + 2
}
"Hmm... I'll name you..." Mercury thought of a name. "Brawler!"
He knew that a fighting-type would help for a normal type trial, so he decided to Cath it when he saw it.. He walked in front of a lady. "Hey, let's battle!" she said.
"Sorry, I don't have time." Mercury responded.
"BATTLE, NOW!"
"Why do the trainers here always force you to battle?" Mercury thought. After that annoyance, Mercury headed strait for the motel.
The Next Morning
Mercury visited the graveyard to train his pokemon. He caught a new Gastly, he weakened it, then paralyzed it.
Okay, I know I JUST caught a Makuhita, but I do something for type coverage. Typically I have about 13 members on my team, switching them depending on the situation. Like what gym I'm facing, what trial is next, or the route theme (well, not when the wild Pokemon are level 9).
"Hmm..." Mercury looked at Gastly. "I'll name you... Poltergeist!"
He went to Verdent Cavern, but got stopped by a Delibird, that grabbed on his bag and wouldn't let him leave. It wanted him to go to the berry fields, were there were those Team Skull losers. "Oh, you want me to help your owner?" Mercury asked. Delibird gave an affirmative "coo" in response. He moaned then walked over to them. "Yo, what do you want?" one of the grunts said "What do you want? We're just stealing berries from this guy!" They sent out there Pokemon to defend them self's.
"Mercury!" Lillie said from behind him "I was coming to watch your trial, but then I came across you here!"
Mercury smirked. "I'll be fine! Just stay back, don't wanna ruin your pretty face!"
One of the grunts threw a Pokeball and shouted "Drowzee, attack!"
[
Team Skull Grunt sent out Drowzee.
Mercury sent out Thunder.
Thunder used Magnet Bomb.
Drowzee used Pound.
Thunders magnets were pretty powerful, but Drowzee might as well have done nothing! It literally only did 1 HP of damage.
Thunder used Magnet Bomb.
Drowzee used Pound.
We all know how the next part is gonna go
{
Brawler grew to level 10!
No stat increase shown.
Poltergeist grew to level 8!
No stat increase shown.
Poltergeist learned Mean Look!
}
]
"Yo, number A! How could you lose that?" One grunt said.
"Did he just say 'Number A?'" Mercury thought as the grunts ran away. "Ho! You and that Magnemite there did quite the number on him!" the gardener said "Allow me to thank you for driving off those Team Skull numskulls." He handed Mercury an Oran Berry. "Oran Berries can res-" he got cut off.
"I know about Oran Berries, ya think I'm stupid." Mercury said.
"Mercury!" Lillie said worryingly, running up to him "Are you okay?"
Mercury chuckled. "I'm fine!"
"Hey guys!" Hau just got there "How's it goin'? I saw some of those Team Skull goons running by!"
Mercury chuckled "Yeah, I beat them! All by myself, Lillie just stood there and looked pretty..." Mercury realized Hau was going to-
"You guys would be a great couple!" Hau said.
"I really need to think when I talk about Lillie in front of him." Mercury thought. The three went of to Verdant Cavern for Mercury and Hau's first trial. "Hey guys, look!" Mercury said "A Spearow!" Lillie just gave Spearow a mean look. Mercury weakened it, then switched to Thunder to paralyze it. Wingull also confused it (A/N: Confusion and paralysis, worst combination). Mercury threw a Great Ball. It shook, then again, ah you know this.
{
Vortex grew to level 11!
No stat increase shown.
Thunder grew to level 13!
I wasn't paying attention, and accidentally skipped it =/
Thunder forgot Supersonic and learned Light Screen.
Poltergeist grew to level 9!
No stat increase shown.
}
Mercury looked at Spearow. "I'll name you Hurricane!" He said.
"That's one of the stupidest names I've ever heard." Hau said.
The Spearow fluttered around Lillie, as if it already knew her. They stopped at the Pokemon Center. Mercury and Hau got there Pokemon healed, and Lillie got a Tapu Cocoa at the cafe. Before they went ahead, Hau gave Mercury some Revives. "Let's go!" Mercury said. Ilima was waiting outside Verdant Cavern for Mercury.
"Greetings. Captain Ilima here." Ilima said "And my trial... begins mere steps from her in Verd-" Ilima got cut off by Mercury and Hau just walking by. "Oh, I'm sorry." Ilima said "One at a time, please."
"Oh, well!" Hau said "Mercury, you go first!" Mercury walked in the cave. Ilima explained that the goal is to defeat all the Yungoos in the cave, which seemed impossible. Seriously, do you know how many are in there? He looked around, but then was ambushed. A Yungoos attacked him, he sent out Thunder to battle it. Don't fell like writing that last part two more times. Team Skull interrupts and actually makes it easier for Mercury to defeat the last.
{
Brawler grew to level 12!
No stat increase was shown.
Poltergeist grew to level 11!
No stat increase was shown.
Raider grew to level 15!
Raider forgot Leafage and learned Razor Leaf.
No stat increase shown.
Vortex grew to level 12
No stat increase shown.
My ARCEUS that was long.
}
Mercury went to the Totems Den. He didn't know why it was called the Totems Den, but he saw a huge Gumshoos jump at him when he was about to grab the Z-Crystal. It's roar was loud, like, deafening. "So you wanna dance?" Mercury asked. Gumshoos started dancing. "NOT WHAT I MEANT!"
[
Totem Gumshoos appeared.
It was surrounded by a powerful aura that raised its defense.
Mercury sent out Brawler.
Totem Gumshoos used Leer.
Brawler used Arm Thrust.
Arm Thrust only hit twice. Gumshoos roared as it got hit, and a Yungoos came to its assistance.
Totem Gumshoos used Super Fang.
Yungoos used Tackle.
Brawler used Arm Thrust on Totem Gumshoos.
Brawler was weak, it could barely stand. Mercury knew that if he used a potion, he wouldn't live. Brawlers Arm Thrust didn't do much to Totem Gumshoos.
Gumshoos used Bite.
Brawler fainted.
Mercury sent out Vortex.
Vortex used Wing Attack.
Totem Gumshoos used Mean Look.
Yungoos used Leer.
Vortex didn't take any damage. Vortex's Wing Attack did a bit of damage. It flew directly at Gumshoos and attacked it.
Totem Gumshoos used bite.
Vortex fainted.
Mercury sent out Thunder.
Thunder used Magnet Bomb.
Gumshoos used Mean Look.
Yungoos used Pursuit.
Thunder did a bit to Gumshoos, and Yungoos... didn't do crap... The magnets were pretty heavy, and the negative charge launched them far, but i didn't die!
Totem Gumshoos used Leer.
Yungoos used Leer.
Thunder used Magnet Bomb.
Gumshoos fainted.
{
Thunder grew to level 14!
HP + 2
Sp. ATK + 2
Everything else + 1
Poltergeist grew to level 12!
No stat increase shown.
Hurricane grew to level 11!
No stat increase shown.
Hurricane forgot Leer and learned Fury Attack.
}
Yungoos used Pursuit.
Thunder used Magnet Bomb.
That last part just happens again.
]
WOO! Mercury grabbed the Z-Crystal. Ilima explained that Pokemon was a Totem Pokemon. They're really powerful Pokemon that are the final enemy of trials.
Okay, that took a while. Now, I thought I'd end it off with a rant about criticism.
Now, I'm okay with people correcting others, IF they are doing it to help. Some people do it just to be a jerk and look smarter. This isn't targeted at Elmo's, it's targeted at everyone that does this! There are people that ignore the context, people that make things over dramatic, people that point out the most minor things, and people that say things WRONG and YOU were right all along. First, the people that ignore the context. Some one may say something makes it hard to read, but the mistake is obviously a mistake looking at the context. Like how Mercury is named Mercury. It can look like the chemical if it's not capitalized, but context matters. I've never seen someone go to that length, but it's still a good example of how they do that.
Then the people that make things more dramatic. "You forgot to capitalize the start of sentences and so you suck at writing!" example of over dramatic Grammar Nazi. I hate it when people make mistakes seem bigger than they are to be jerks. They purposely make people feel bad by insulting them for a small mistake. Then people that point out minor things. Elmo's once made a review that was just "centering all text makes it hard to read," he pointed out the most minor, unimportant thing that's NOT EVEN A MISTAKE! And finally, the wrong ones. Elmo's Fire and his friends always say "you don't capitalize Pokemon names" because you don't capitalize animal, mouse, or dragon, you don't capitalize Pokemon, Pikachu, or Charizard. I'm pretty sure if something is copyrighted, then it's capitalized because it's a proper noun. And guess what? ALL POKEMON ARE COPYRIGHTED! It's the same reason you capitalize Sharpie, or Nintendo. They're copyrighted.
WOO! Finally got all that of my chest!
Well, now all that's left is the CHARACTER CHECKUP!
Mercury
age:11
Proffession: Trainer
Lillie
age:11
Proffession: Assistant
Hau (finally added Hau)
age:11
Proffession
Ilima
age:18
Proffession: Trial Captain
Kukui
age:29
Proffession: Proffessor
Hala
age:40
Proffession: Kahuna
POKEMON CHECKUP!
Rowlet
nickname:Raider
level:15
Makuhita
nickname:Brawler
level:12
Wingull
nickname:Vortex
level:12
Magnemite
nickname:Thunder
level:14
Gastly
nickname:Poltergeist
level:12
Spearow
nickname:Hurricane
level:11
Longest thing I ever wrote, probably because of the rant.