The last time we saw our heroes, they were about to train

with their pokemon in the forest! Now, in the battle…..

"Alright Shroomish Tackle now!" "Treecko dodge and hit

Shroomish with Quick Attack!" Treecko successfully hit

Shroomish head on with Quick Attack, but Shroomish was

quickly back on its feet again. Shroomish had visible bruises,

but so did Treecko. "Shroomish alright use Stun Spore!"

Treecko got caught in the orange dust and was immediately

paralyzed. "Treecko no!" cried Brennan. "Alright Shroomish end

this with Tackle and then Absorb!" As Shroomish dealt the

finishing blows, Treecko's eyes curled into a swirl and he lay on

the floor, defeated. "Alright good battle Treecko. Return!" A

red light flashed from the pokeballs and captured Treecko, the

grass type changing to the similar red energy expelled, and it

returned to the pokeball. "You too Shroomish. You did well!

Return!" Daniel commanded and Shroomish returned to his

pokeball.

"That was a good battle, Brennan! Hope to see how

powerful you are when I fight you in the League, if I do get

paired up against you, that is." "Same here, Daniel!" The two

trainers shook hands and ran on their way to Rustboro City.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of motors behind them. It was

Professor Birch and his dull dark green jeep. "Hey!" he yelled.

He drove by Brennan and passed him a pokedex. "I forgot to

give this to you earlier!" apologized Birch. "Wow, thanks!"

Brennan said as he received the sleek red machine, with a steel

grey-and-blue slanted pokeball at the bottom. When he opened

it up, it resembled an open cellphone, with a screen at the

center. "This will tell you a pokemon's movepool, its name,

type, level, mood, stats, and many other things." Birch

explained. "Again, thanks Professor!" Brennan shouted, over

the roaring of the motors of the jeep as Birch raced back to his

lab. Brennan thought "What about Daniel's pokedex?" "I

received it in the lab before rushing away." Daniel explained,

seemingly reading Brennan's mind. So, the duo headed on their

way to Rustboro City. However, it was getting dark. "Oh shoot

it's getting dark! We'd better set up our tents here for the

night!" As they pitched their tents, Daniel and Brennan

breathed visible air and wiped their foreheads. "That was

tiring." Daniel said. "You bet!" Brennan said. As Daniel fell

asleep, Brennan stayed awake, thinking of when he would be in

the Pokemon League, battling against Daniel. But slowly, he

too, drifted to sleep.

When Brennan awoke, Daniel was awake beside him,

prodding him with a stick. "HEY! What's that for?" Brennan

exclaimed, whilst Daniel stood up and said "For fun, why?" and

Brennan swore he saw a quick smile. "Anyways I found a river,

wanna have breakfast there? It's really nice!" Daniel said, and

gestured for Brennan to follow him to the river. A quick shape

swam past them, and Brennan whipped out his Pokedex.

Carvanha, the Savage Pokémon. Carvanha has powerful jaws

and razor sharp teeth able to chew through solid steel.

Carvanha will form packs and attack any invaders in its

territory. "Cool! I wanna catch it!" said Brennan as he threw out

Treecko. "Alright Treecko use Pound!" Treecko was about to hit

Carvanha but missed, and instead landed in the water. Treecko

splashed in the water, unable to swim, and the opposing

Carvanha used Bite, but Treecko took little damage from the

attack, instead retaliating with Tackle. The Carvanha was

knocked onto the grass on the other side of the river, and

Treecko clambered onto a rock. Familiar with the dry ground,

Brennan commanded "Alright Treecko Absorb!" and Treecko's

final attack caused the Carvanha to faint. "Poke…..BALL!"

Brennan threw a pokeball at Carvanha, converting it to the red

energy and successfully storing it in the pokeball. "I caught a

Carvanha!" Brennan shouted and let Carvanha out, into the

river. Whipping out his pokedex, he found it was a level 14,

capable of using Leer, Bite, Rage, Focus Energy, and Scary Face.

"I'm so pumped to catch more pokemon!" Brennan shouted.

"So am I!" said Daniel, excitingly. Soon, after 2 hours or so, they

arrived at Rustboro City, panting and tired.

Now, at Rustboro City, what will our heroes do? Will they

challenge the gym leader straight away? Or will they train?

And will Carvanha get the hang of land, being a fish? Find out

all in the next chapter!