Authors Note: Sorry for not uploading in ages but there has been a lot going on lately and I wasn't in the mood for it but I have uploaded the next chapter. It's the shortest one yet but the next chapter should definitely be longer. Please enjoy and be warned, there may be small feels towards the end. Enjoy.
As Dan and Aqua entered the Pokécentre, an excited Chris noticed instantly. Before the duo could walk 10 steps into the center, Chris leaped out of his seat, sprinted over towards Dan and began blurting out a string of words seemingly chained together.
"Danyou'rebackdidyougetabellsproutformehowdidyoudoitcanwetradenow!?" Chris quickly blurted out in a single breath, almost speaking a completely different language. Seeing Dan's shocked look, Aqua decided to shoot a jet of water straight into Chris' face. This shocked Chris so much, he stopped his nonsensical gibberish and ended up breathing again.
"Sorry about that," Chris apologised, slightly embarrassed by his actions. "I was really excited. Let me start again for you," Chris looked up with a small grin on his face, "and this time, I'll let you answer me. So, did you get a Bellsprout?" Chris asked, much calmer than when he first asked the question.
"Better," Dan replied, filled with a sense of accomplishment. "I got two of them. One for you," Dan reached behind his back, grabbed a Pokéball and handed it to Chris. "And one for me." Dan finished, pulling out a second Pokéball from behind his back, this time keeping it for himself.
"Great," Chris replied, eyes locked onto the Pokéball Dan had handed to him. Let's trade then." Chris stated, walking over to the back of the Pokécentre.
"Where are you going?" Dan asked, wondering why Chris randomly started to walk away from him.
"To the Trading Station." Chris replied as if the answer was obvious, while still heading towards the trading station. "If we don't use it, our Pokémon might not listen to us." Chris started, explaining how trades worked. " The machine makes the entire process simpler. But, there is a catch." Chris started, turning towards Dan. "If a traded Pokémon feels it has become too strong, it's likely it's going to rebel. The only way to make them listen again is to win enough Gym Badges." As Chris finished, he remembered something else important. "One more thing." Chris started. "The electrical stimuli can cause certain Pokémon to evolve under certain conditions." Once Chris finished explaining, Dan, Aqua and Chris all arrived at the trading station. The trading station involved two small platforms underneath a silver cone leading behind a large monitor situated in the centre of the device. Underneath the monitor was a keyboard that seemingly controlled everything. As Chris switched on the machine, he instructed Dan to place his Pokéball on the platform while he began to type in which Pokémon were being traded and who the new owners were going to be. Once Chris had finished, he placed his Pokéball on the second platform before hitting 'Enter' on the keyboard. As soon as he did, a surge of electricity erupted from the two small cones onto each Pokéball, pulling them into the cones and through the machine. The monitor then showed two very distinct silhouettes. The silhouette moving from left to right was Dan's first Bellsprout. The second silhouette was Chris' Pokémon. The silhouette was unfamiliar to Dan. It was long but large and was incredibly jagged with an odd shape jutting out of the front. As the silhouettes passed over each other and to the other sides of the screen, the Pokéballs reappeared underneath the platforms in the same surge of electricity.
"That's it." Chris calmly stated, picking up the Pokéball in front of him, before holding it out in front of him. "Come on out, Bellsprout!" Chris exclaimed, throwing the Pokéball into the air. All of a sudden, the Pokéball popped open unleashing a wave of blue, sparkling energy. Once the energy had dissipated, Bellsprout appeared, smiling straight towards Chris.
"Cool." Chris muttered underneath his breath, before looking towards Dan. "Thanks a lot, mate." Chris smiled as he looked up at Dan. "Let's head outside, I wouldn't open that inside if I were you." Chris said, a devious grin plastered on his face as he and Dan walked out the front door into the orange setting sun. As soon as Dan had exited the Pokécentre, Dan threw the Pokéball into the air. After the Pokéball had flown a couple of feet into the air, it popped open. As the blue energy surged out of the Pokéball, it created a gigantic creature seemingly created out of boulders all chained together The creature was snake-like in appearance with two large eyes on the front of his face, a long, rocky horn and a toothless mouth large enough to fit a boulder and strong enough to easily crush it. As soon as the massive creature was released, it let out a low, loud, long 'Onix'. The volume caused Dan and Aqua to both cover there ears while Chris seemed unaffected.
"Told you so." Chris stated, simply grinning at Dan, before walking up and placing his hand on Onix's body.
"His name's Rocky" Chris started to explain. "He's a rock/ground type. He knows Tackle, Rock Throw, Sandstorm and Harden." Chris finished, all the while, patting Rocky's body. Once Chris had finished, he looked up to the giant creatures head. "I'll miss you, buddy" Chris finished, walking towards Dan. "Hey," Chris nervously started, "Can I get your Pokégear number?" Chris asked, before explaining. "It would be cool to be mates. And I can talk to Rocky." Chris pointed out, turning to a smiling Rocky. "So, what do you say?" Chris once again asked, turning to Dan with a Pokégear in his hand.
"Sure thing buddy" Dan calmly answered, pulling out his own Pokégear and exchanging numbers. Once that had finished, Chris said farewell to Rocky before Dan returned him into his Pokéball and both friends parted ways.
Realising how late it was, Dan decided to find book a room in the Pokécentre for the night and decided to battle the Gym first thing in morning. After talking to the Nurse Joy in charge and booking a room for the night, Dan, Aqua, Venom, Rocky and Belle all decided to have some lunch. Fortunately, the cafeteria was large enough that Rocky could eat with the rest of the gang. After some Dinner, Dan sent everyone except Aqua back into their Pokéballs before heading to their room, trying to get some sleep before tackling the Gym the next day.