Just got back from holiday so I can update more now!

Chapter 4: Hard Training!

The group of friends sat and watched the rest of the first round. It turned out that they were the first battle and there was still seven to go.

"The tournament is in elimination format, that means that if you lose you're out. There are sixteen teams and only eight make it through this round." Ben Explained.

"So that means if were going to win we only need to win tree more matches!" Said Josh.

"I think we can win if we get some training done to night before the next round tomorrow." Said Brielle.

"Alright, lets go train!"

"Josh, I think that we should stay and see the other trainers strategy."

"I thought that you said to not worry about strategy and just do what feels right at the time?"

"I did, but that was when we didn't know who was going to be in the tournament and what pokémon they were using."

"I understand. So now that we know their strategy we can formulate a strategy around theirs?"

"That's right."

The two trainers sat with their friends and pokémon and watched the rest of the battles for the day. They studied their strategies and pokémon and went back to the pokémon centre.

…

When the four trainers walked through the door Ben and Annabel went upstairs to their room. Josh and Brielle went over to the counter and Brielle spoke to Nurse Joy.

"I was wondering if Josh and I could use the training facility in the centre?"

"May I see your ID please?" Asked the Nurse.

At this point Josh got bored and walked away to look at some brochures. Brielle pulled out a badge from her pocket and handed it to the nurse. It read:

Name: Gabrielle 'Brielle' Mauch

Call sign: Wolf

Registration number: 29561

Trainer class: Pokémon Master

Ability: To understand poke speech

Mission objectives: Two find the people chosen two save the world from chaos and prepare them for what lies ahead.

"Excellent, I haven't seen you for a while Brielle."

"It has been a long time since I was last in Kanto, three years at least."

"How is the mission going? Have you had any luck looking for the chosen ones?"

"I've travelled through Sinnoh and Hoenn but only now that I'm in Kanto I think I might have found two of them."

"Great, who's that?"

"Josh and Ben."

Upon hearing his name Josh walked up to the counter and asked what was happening.

"Uh… nothing." Said Brielle quickly.

"Let me show you to the training facility."

Nurse Joy lead them two a room near the pokémon treating ward. She opened the door and Josh's jaw dropped because of what he saw. There were hundreds of training machines and equipment everywhere. Boxing rings, type specific boosters, targets, swimming pools, weights, even a battle arena and much, much more.

"What is this place?" Asked Josh in awe of what he saw.

"This, is the secret training facility that is hidden in every pokémon centre across the world." Brielle explained.

"If It's so secret then how come you know about it?" Asked Josh.

"I'm sure there will be plenty of time to explain that later." Said Brielle.

"Seeing as you know about this now I'm going to give you a guest card that allows you to access any one of these facilities at any pokémon centre all over the world. Just show it to the Nurse there and they will show you to it."

"Thanks."

Nurse Joy handed Josh a small swipe card that read: Josh Ketchum-Guest.

"Ill leave you two to it then." Said Nurse Joy as she walked back to the counter.

"So Josh, should we work on endurance or strengthening moves first?"

"Can we work on Squirtle's endurance first?" Asked Josh.

"Sure, lets move over to that machine over there then."

Brielle pointed to a large square machine with a door and two portholes that was sitting between two treadmills.

"Sure." Said Josh as the two walked over two the machine.

Brielle opened the door of the machine and asked squirtle if he wanted to hop in.

"Sure thing." Said squirtle following with a small jump into the machine.

"So how does this work?" Josh asked.

"This machine replicates the damage that is taken when a pokémon gets hit by a move and uses it against the pokémon inside. For the pokémon inside it feels like its getting damaged but its not. The machine says and times how long it takes for squirtle to have fainted. Then one press of a button makes squirtle feel good as new again and the process keeps going on while squirtles endurance increases and the times get longer." Brielle Explained.

"Is that ok with you squirtle?"

"No problemo." Replied Squirtle.

"Round one. Lets go!" Brielle pushed a red button on a command console that she picked up off the floor. A blue light appeared around Squirtle and he began to take damage.

Squirtle lasted for about thirty seconds before it fell over and fainted. Brielle pushed a green button and squirtle jumped back up again. Brielle pushed the red button again and once again the blue light surrounded squirtle.

"Every fifteen seconds is equivalent to one medium powered super effective move. Like one Energy Ball. I think in twenty minutes we can get that up to five minutes."

"Cool, that's ten Energy Ball's."

After ten minute's squirtle got up to the desired five minutes and jumped out of the machine.

"Great job Squirtle, you got to our target quicker then we thought." Said Josh.

"Yeah, you should let Magby have a go in there, it will help him out a lot. Now can we work on strengthening moves?"

"Sure, Magby, I choose you!" Josh pushed the button on his second pokéball ball and out came his Magby. "Magby, do you want to work on your endurance like squirtle just did?"

"Sure, it can only make things better."

Magby hopped into the machine and Brielle handed it the small console and told him how to operate it.

"So Squirtle, what move do you want to work on first?"

…

A couple of hours later Josh, Brielle, Squirtle, Magby and Nova emerged from training room sweaty and exhausted. They went up to their room and said hi to Annabel and Ben. They both had showers and got dressed.

"Josh, Brielle, I was wondering if you two wanted to get some fish and chips and head down to the lake and eat there?" Asked Ben.

"That's ok with me, what about you Brielle?"

"Sure, that sounds fun."

The group left the pokémon centre and headed into town to the fish and chip shop. They ordered an extra large chips and one fried flake each. By the time the food was cooked the sun was setting a bright orange.

"I love these Viridian sunsets, the way the sky glows a bright orange, fading to red. It's so beautiful." Said Brielle.

"It's so pretty." Said Annabel.

The group walked through the streets filled with bright lights and flashing logos until they reached the lake. There were a few groups of people already there, mainly with their pokémon. One group was playing a game of soccer with their pokémon and invited Ben and Josh to a

Two-on-two pokémon battle.

"Sure, how many pokémon will we use each?" Asked Ben.

"We've only got one each, so just one if that's okay?" Said a red haired boy while pointing to a blonde haired boy.

"Sure, that's fine." Said Josh.

"Do you mind if a be the referee?" Asked Brielle.

"That's fine." Said the red haired boy.

They five trainers marked out an arena on the sand near the lake. They then shook hand and introduced themselves.

"I'm Lucas." Said the Blonde haired boy.

"And I'm Barry." Said the red head.

"I'm Josh."

"And I'm Ben, nice to meet you!"

"The battle will now commence, it is a double battle, each trainer will use one pokémon, once the two pokémon from one team have fainted the battle will be over." Announced Brielle.

"Go, Torchic!" Said Lucas as a little fire-bird pokémon emerged from its pokéball.

"Go, Mudkip!" Said Barry as a small dog-like water pokémon emerged from its pokéball.

"Magby, I choose you!" Said Josh.

"Bulbasaur, come on out!" Said Ben.

"Torchic, use ember on Bulbasaur."

"Mudkip, use watergun on Magby."

"Magby, stand your ground and let it hit you!"

"Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip to deflect the embers!"

Magby stood its ground just like Josh told it to while Bulbasaur threw its vines at the ember and they got redirected towards Mudkip. Magby barely reacted when a weak watergun hit it. Mudkip was annihilated by its teammates own attack.

"Bulbasaur, use power whip on Mudkip!"

"Magby, use Iron Tail on Torchic!'

Bulbasaur's vines glowed a bright green as they smashed into Mudkip. Mudkip let out a small cry, fell to the ground and fainted. Magby's tail flashed bright white as it jumped into the air, did a front flip and slammed into Torchic. There was a loud explosion and smoke filled the area. When the smoke cleared Torchic had fainted and was lying on the ground.

"Torchic and Mudkip are unable to battle, this means that Josh and Ben are the winners!" Announced Brielle.

The four trainers once again shook hands and congratulated each other on the good battle.

"So are you two from Hoenn?" Asked Brielle.

"Yeah were in Kanto for a holiday." Said Lucas.

"So did you get your pokémon from Professor Birch?"

"Yeah, he gave them to us two days before we left."

"Yeah, I can tell. Was that one of their first battles?"

"Yep, that was the first one they were ever in."

"You should start to train them a bit, Mudkip and Torchic can become very powerful pokémon."

"Thanks for the advice."

"See you later." Said Josh.

As the aspiring trainers went their separate ways Brielle spoke to Josh and Ben.

"That was a good battle you two. If you don't mind me asking Ben, why did you decide to go on a pokémon journey?"

"I want to become a pokémon breeder, sort of like your parents." Said Ben.

"I think I can give you a bit of help with that seeing that I had to help my parents when I was younger."

"Thanks."

The trio sat down next to Annabel and enjoyed a nice dinner.

…..

There's part 4 for you! In the previous chapter my line break things didn't work. Sorry about that. So Brielle is a secret agent! That will give the story a bit of a twist. I also want to get rid of Annabel but I'm not sure how to do it. When the peeps go to Joto Alex will come into the story. (She is one of the chosen peeps.) Oh. TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS STORY! ALSO PLEASE REVIEW AND LEAVE SUGGESTIONS! AND O.C's. AND I WILL TRY TO GET THEM INTO THE STORY. Pavjeet8, I think I will use your O.C. as Josh's rival if that's ok with you. Anyway, next time round two of the tournament starts. Do you want Josh to win the whole thing? Oh, and when you review can you please tell me what bits you liked and what bits needed work? That will help make the story better.

Thanks, Josh.