After a day of crossing the river and going over the hill, Nils and Ren made it back to the port they were at before. Once there, the saw Libby who had finished her training and was ready to challenge the Seafoam Gym.
"I see you won the Gym Badge," said Libby.
"It wasn't easy, but I managed to win that Gym Battle," said Nils.
"Well now it's my turn," said Libby, "Wish me luck," and she left for the hill.
Nils and Ren then asked people around for where they could find the sailor that could take them to Raav Island until they got the answer from an old man.
"You must mean the SS. Hitmon," said the old man, "The captain of that boat is a young woman who has sailed a lot of sea along with her crew of three." "Just follow these many boats, and you'll find a brown boat that's big enough to carry four Onix."
"Thank you," said Nils to the old man and he and Ren started to find the SS. Hitmon.
As instructed, the boys followed several boats until they found a boat that matched the old man's description and a woman that had had short black hair and was wearing a brown sailor's outfit along with three young boys that looked identical to the woman and were wearing the same outfit.
"Is this the SS. Hitmon," asked Nils to the woman.
"Yes it is," answered the woman, "And I'm it's captain," "The name's Julie and these are my triplet brothers who happen to be my crew, Bruce, Scott and John."
"Nice to meet you," said Nils, "I'm Nils and this is Ren." "We were hoping you could take us to Raav Island so we could be on our way to Cinnabar Island."
"We'd be glad to," said Julie, "But first, I'd like to ask you for a favor."
"What would that be," asked Ren.
"My brothers usually show their strength by battling all kinds of people," explained Julie, "However, they have been unable to battle anyone lately and I'm getting worried for them." "Would you please battle each of my brothers?" "If you manage to defeat at least two of them, I'll have you battle me next and I promise you, it's fun to battle me."
"Ok," said Nils, "I'll battle your brothers," and Nils prepared for several battles.
"I'll battle you first," said John, "Go Hitmonlee," and a Hitmonlee appeared.
"Go Snorunt," said Nils and Snorunt was sent out.
"Use High Jump Kick," said John and Hitmonlee started to use the selected attack.
"Dodge Snorunt," said Nils and Snorunt dodged High Jump Kick which made Hitmonlee take damage. "Use Attract," and Snorunt used Attract on Hitmonlee which worked.
"Hmm," said Julie to herself having just learned Snorunt is a girl.
"Use Ice Beam," said Nils and Snorunt used the selected move which hit Hitmonlee.
"Try to use Double Kick," said John but the effect of Attract stopped Hitmonlee.
"Ice Fang," said Nils and Snorunt used the chosen move which knocked out Hitmonlee.
"I'm up," said Scott as John returned his Hitmonlee, "Go Hitmonchan," and a Hitmonchan appeared.
"Go Ledian," said Nils after he returned Snorunt and then sent out Ledian.
"Use Ice Punch," said Scott," and Hitmonchan started using the selected move.
"Use Silverwind to stop it," said Nils and Ledian stopped the Ice Punch with Silverwind.
"Mach Punch," said Scott and Hitmonchan managed to hit Ledian with Mach Punch.
"Aerial Ace," said Nils and Ledian started using the chosen attack.
"Try Ice Punch again," said Scott and Hitmonchan used the selected attack which stopped the Aerial Ace, inflicted damage to Ledian and froze him. "Now use Focus Punch," and Hitmonchan successfully hit Ledian with Focus Punch, because Ledian couldn't interrupt the move due to being frozen, and Ledian took lots of damage from the powerful attack. "Ice Punch yet again," and Hitmonchan hit Ledian with the move of choice which knocked out Ledian.
"Well that's two down, one to go," said Nils as he returned Ledian.
"And that one is me," said Bruce, "Go Hitmontop," and a Hitmontop appeared.
"Go Ivysaur," said Nils as he sent out Ivysaur.
"Use Rolling Kick," said Bruce and Hitmontop hit Ivysaur with the selected attack.
"Razor Leaf while it's close," said Nils and Ivysaur blasted Hitmontop away with Razor Leaf.
"Rock Slide," said Bruce and Hitmontop hit Ivysaur with the chosen attack which caused her to flinch. "Close Combat," and Hitmontop attacked Ivysaur with the move of choice.
"Take Down," said Nils and Ivysaur pushed Hitmontop away with the attack of choice.
"Use Brick Break," said Bruce and Hitmontop started to use Brick Break.
"Stop it with Razor Leaf," said Nils and Ivysaur used an Overgrow boosted Razor Leaf that stopped the Brick Break and knocked out Hitmontop.
"That went well," said Julie as Bruce returned his Hitmontop, "Did you three enjoy the battles?"
"We sure did," said the triplets in unison."
"Thank you Nils for battling my brothers," thanked Julie.
"No problem," said Nils.
"One other thing," said Julie, "Since you defeated two of my brothers, you will now get to battle me."
"Bring it on," said Nils.
"Go Malamar," said Julie and a Malamar appeared.
"How did you get that Pokemon," asked Nils who knew Malamar were rare in Kanto.
"I met her as an Inkay while sailing the seas of Kalos," answered Julie.
"Ok then," said Nils, "Go Blitzle," and Blitzle was sent out.
"Use Night Slash," said Julie and Malamar used the move of choice.
"Flame Charge," said Nils and Blitzle hit Malamar with Flame Charge while getting hit by Night Slash at the same time.
"Use Dark Pulse," said Julie and Malamar used the selected move but Blitzle dodged due to the increase in speed from the Flame Charge.
"Use Spark," said Nils and Blitzle attacked Malamar with the chosen attack.
"Psycho Cut," said Julie and Malamar hit Blitzle with the selected attack while Blitzle was still close from the Spark.
"Stomp," said Nils who was hoping Blitzle could flinch Malamar but while the attack did hit Malamar, it didn't flinch.
"Dark Pulse," said Julie and Blitzle was hit by the attack that Malamar was told to use.
After recovering from the Dark Pulse, Blitzle evolved into Zebstrika and became more determined to win the battle.
"Alright Zebstrika," said Nils, "Now use Thunderbolt," and Zebstrika used the move he learned by evolving which damaged Malamar and paralyzed it.
"Try Psybeam," said Julie and Malamar tried to use the move of choice but Zebstrika dodged it with his speed that got boosted by evolution.
"Thunderbolt again," said Nils and Zebstrika prepared to use Thunderbolt.
"Dark Pulse," said Julie and Malamar used Dark Pulse which crashed into Zebstrika's Thunderbolt and caused an explosion that sent both Pokemon backwards.
"Use Spark," said Nils and Zebstrika, who recovered from the explosion first due to Malamar's paralysis, charged at Malamar while using Spark.
"Use Night Slash," said Julie and Malamar managed to hit Zebstrika with Night Slash while getting hit by Spark at the same time which lead to both Pokemon getting knocked out. "That was a good battle Nils," Julie said as she returned her Malamar, "You raised your Zebstrika well."
"Thanks Julie," thanked Nils, "So now that all of those battles are out of the way, can we go to Raav Island now?"
"Well," said Julie, "First we should all go to the Pokemon Center to heal our Pokemon and then we'll set sail for Raav Island."
"I guess we should do that," said Nils and he, Ren, Julie and the triplets went to the Pokemon Center.
After getting their Pokemon healed, the group went back to the and set sail for Raav Island.
