"Welcome Narrisa glad you can make it to the end" Roxanne greeted. "Well then lets get this battle started" Roxanne said while clutching a pokeball with her right hand. "You told me when you entered you had no badges correct?" Roxanne asked. Narrisa hearing her question responded with a nod rather than usually speaking up. "As much as it pains me to take on a rookie" Roxanne said while staring sadly at her pokeball. "This battle also fills me with excitement for this would be a brand new experience for both you, me, and your Pokémon" Roxanne said now with a determined face. "Now bring out your Pokémon and show me what you got!" Roxanne called out as she tossed her pokeball in the air letting out a Geodude.
Marshal seeing the Geodude in front of them decided to walk up and told Narrisa put him in first. "Send me in Narrisa, this is going to be a wipe out" Marshal said confidently while looking towards the Geodude. Narrisa seeing Marshals confidence sent him in first.
"Okay Marshal you're up first" Narrisa said sending Marshal in. Marshal letting out a grin jumped in on the field now facing Roxanne's Geodude.
"As I expected you'll be sending in that Mudkip of yours once I sent in my Geodude" Roxanne said now looking towards Marshal. "But I'll show you that it takes more than just learning type match-ups to be the best" Roxanne said matching up with Marshals confidence from earlier.
The two Pokémon now facing each other awaiting for their orders ready for battle. "Okay use Water gun Marshal!" Narrisa commanded. Marshal ready to attack focused carefully on the Geodude before shooting his Water gun attack.
"That's not going to work this time. Geodude use Rock tomb!" Roxanne commanded. The Geodude responding quickly; slammed down on the ground and three huge pillars of rock soon emerged completely shielding him from the attack.
"What the?" Marshal said with a shocked look on his face.
"Now Geodude send them flying" Roxanne commanded once more. The Geodude now focusing all his strength was able to launch the three pillars towards Marshal.
"Quickly Marshal dodge it!" Narrisa yelled out.
Marshal seeing the three rock pillars speeding towards him was able to narrowly jump out if its way before it crashed into the wall behind him. "Now's our chance, use Mega punch!" Roxanne commanded as she pointed towards Marshal who's still mid-air.
The Geodude now harnessing all his strength into his fist pulled it back before charging at Marshal. The Geodude now meeting with Marshal in mid-air launched his fist at Marshal as a torrent of white light rushed passed it. Marshal quick to react to this blasted his Water gun just a fraction of a second before the attack could collide with him sending the Geodude slamming down onto the ground below kicking up a bunch of sand and dirt.
"Good job Marshal!" Velouria cheered on from the stands as Marshal landed on his feet. Brendan impressed with how strong Narrisa's Pokémon have gotten just sat back and watched as the battle continued.
"I'm impressed on how strong and agile that Mudkip of yours is" Roxanne said with an impressed look on her face. "But this battle isn't over yet" Roxanne said confidently. As soon as she said this the Geodude was able to get up but barely managing to hang on. "Thanks to his sturdy ability it would take more than just one strong hit to take him out" Roxanne said proudly. "Now use Rock tomb directly at him!" Roxanne commanded once again.
The Geodude focusing carefully slammed down once more on the ground and soon three new pillars erupted right beside Marshal. The three pillars slamming together just barely missing him but the force of the attack was strong enough make him tumble down sideways. Roxanne seeing her opportunity called out for another attack once more.
"Geodude use Mega punch while it's still down now" Roxanne commanded. The Geodude now charging towards Marshal with his Mega punch attack ready once more. Marshal now getting up dazed by the force of the attack was soon hit hard by the Geodude and sent him crashing towards the wall.
"MARSHAL NOOO!" Narrisa cried out getting teary eyed in seeing Marshal crashing on the wall.
Marshal now falling down on to the ground gritted his and was forcing himself to get up and was coughing and breathing heavily. Marshal now on his feet was slowly limping his way back to the field. Narrisa seeing his pained filled expression brought out his pokeball in attempt to call him back. Marshal noticing this told her that he can still fight on.
"Don't...I can still...manage" Marshal said in between breaths with a forced smile. Narrisa seeing past his determination to fight on denied his request and persisted he should rest.
"No I won't allow you" Narrisa said while shaking her head in disapproval. "I don't want to you see you die so please come back" Narrisa said now sobbing a bit. Marshal noticing how desperate she is he couldn't bare the sight of her sadness so he just swallowed in his pride and nodded. "Thank you Marshal" Narrisa said while wiping some of her tears.
Though Marshal agreed to be called back, he gritted his teeth and looked down for his pride and determination say otherwise. Marshal awaiting his return thought to himself "why, why can't I beat him. I'm sorry for letting you down Narrisa" while looking straight down. As time slowly pass for his return a sudden power soon emerged within him and light blue aura was surrounding him. "Wow what is this new power I'm feeling" Marshal said now able to stand and breath easily.
"What the? What's happening Marshal?" Narrisa asked stunned to see this power flowing through Marshal. Up on the stands Brandon can't believe his eyes for he knew right away what was happening to him.
"It's his ability: torrent" Roxanne said from across the field. "Your little Mudkip their has learned to access his ability" Roxanne explained. Narrisa surprised to hear that her Marshal was flowing with power soon noticed that Marshal's expression soon changed from anguish to determination with a smirk on his face.
"Narrisa keep me in" Marshal said with a low tone in his voice.
"What?" Narrisa shocked to hear what he said.
"I said keep me in" Marshal said a bit louder. "For power such as this would be a waste to not use" Marshal said with much more confidence.
Narrisa seeing how serious Marshal is and the steady blue aura surrounding him giving him more strength hid Marshals pokeball and nodded. Marshal seeing Narrisa letting him fight once more rushed back in front of Narrisa now awaiting for orders.
"Well it seems you're still willing to fight on even after all that beating, well then lets make this quick" Roxanne said with a grin on her face. "Geodude Mega punch!" Roxanne ordered.
The Geodude reciving his command charged towards Marshal and swung his fist back. Marshal waiting for the attack to near soon dodged it easily and got behind him. "Now Marshal! Water gun" Narrisa commanded.
Marshal preparing his attack soon fired down on the Geodude grinding him on the field as it pushed him down. The Geodude taking the attack soon got up after it ended but had noticable cracks around its body. Roxanne shocked to see this acted fast.
"Geodude use Rock tomb now!" Roxanne commanded fast. The Geodude slamming his fist on the ground with such force that more pillars of rock soon launched towards Marshal but as he attacked more crack marks started appearing all over his body with small bits falling off.
"Marshal dodge it" Narrisa commanded and soon Marshal was able to get out of the way. "Now Marshal finish it off with Water gun!" Narrisa quickly commanded for Marshal to act. Marshal now preparing his most powerful Water gun carefully took aim and blasted. The Geodude left out in the open tried to block the attack with its arms but failed for his body gave up and crumbled completely as the attack rushed through him.
"Marshal we did it!" Narrisa said excitingly.
"Yeah...we did" Marshal said panting a bit.
As Narrisa and Marshal celebrated a bit on defeating the Geodude, Velouria and Branden were cheering them on too. As they celebrated for their victory, Roxanne on the other hand had a grin on her face.
"Not so fast their Narrisa, the challenge has yet to be done" Roxanne said as she brought out another pokeball. "I still have one more Pokémon you have to go through if you want my badge" Roxanne said with a slight grin. "Now come on out Nosepass!" Roxanne said as she tossed another pokeball into the air letting out her last Pokémon.
The nosepass emerging out on the field kicked up a cloud of dust as it lands on the field in front of Marshal. Marshal seeing the Nosepass on the field took a step back as its shadow was enough to tower over him. Narrisa taken aback by this looked down at Marshal and back to the Nosepass and saw the huge difference.
"Marshal I don't know if we can handle this" Narrisa said still staring widely at the Nosepass.
"I'm sure I can handle this" Marshal said a bit unsure with himself.
"Well then with all the introductions done, let's get this show on the road!" Roxanne exclaimed from her side of the field. "Nosepass use Rock tomb" Roxanne commanded with her arm stretched forward and her palm wide open. Nosepass hearing the commanded soon slammed his foot down and massive rocks started hurdling towards Marshal.
"Marshal dodge it" Narrisa commanded. Marshal able to dodge the first few rocks that came his way but was grazed by the last rock knocking him down. Marshal struggling to get up kept his right front leg bent for the impact of the attack was enough to sprain it along with bruising a good portion of his side.
"Now finish it off with Zap cannon Nosepass" Roxanne commanded once more. The Nosepass's red large nose was soon starting to spark and an electrical surge was flowing through it, after a few seconds of charging the red nose soon glowed with sparking yellow and soon let out a powerful electrical blast through the field.
Marshal seeing the attack coming for him was trying to limp out of its path with little success. As the strong electrical blast nears him time felt slow as he desperately try to move out of its way. As the attack landed a huge explosion soon occurred with a pillar of smoke to be seen. Narrisa shocked to see what had just happened fell down to her knees with a few tears dripping from her eyes as she suspects the worst.
"Well that ends that" Roxanne said with a grin on her face.
"Marshal please no..." Narrisa said while sobbing. Up on the stands both Branden and Velouria couldn't believe their eyes for Marshal was gone. As a few seconds pass and the smoke slowly subsides a weak coughing could be heard from the field. "Marshal?" Narrisa said as she wipes of some of her tears.
The smoke now subsiding a bit soon revealed a small figure behind it struggling to get up. As the smoke now disperses Marshal was shown leaning down on a wall as he struggles to breath. "*cough*...*cough*...I will not...*cough* go down that easily" Marshal said with a weak tone in his voice.
As Marshal force himself up the blue aura that was surrounding him soon glowed brighter and brighter. "I...will not...die here!" Marshal tried to yell out. As he got up the aura around him started flowing furiously in response to his determination.
"Well we'll see about that, Nosepass use Zap cannon once more" Roxanne commanded. The Nosepass now charging up once more soon fired and aimed straight at Marshal with nowhere to dodge to.
"THAT WILL NOT STOP ME!" Marshal yelled out as he took the hit once more. The attack causing another explosion soon faded quick as a bright light was erupting through the black smoke and dispersing it all together. As the smoke and light died down what came out of it was something Narrisa didn't expect; Marshal has now evolved.
"Marshal! You evolved!" Narrisa said surprised to see him.
Marshal examining his new form soon gripped on to his first and charged towards the Nosepass. "Quickly Narrisa what are your orders?" Marshal asked while still charging.
"Umm use Water gun" Narrisa commanded a bit unsure with her call. Marshal receiving his command leaped up into the air and blasted a powerful stream of water towards the Nosepass. The attack gushing straight towards the Nosepass managed to hit its right arm and blasted it clean off with a few sparks cracking.
"What?" Roxanne surprised to see how powerful Marshal got. Roxanne snapping out of it soon commanded for another attack. "Nosepass quickly stop him with Rock tomb" Roxanne pointed towards Marshal. Nosepass shaking off what happened soon slammed down once more sending rocks towards Marshal.
Marshal seeing the attack heading his way jumped back a bit but the force of the attack landing in front of him caused him to lose his balance upon landing. Roxanne seizing her opportunity once more called for another attack. "Now Zap cannon!" Roxanne quickly commanded.
The Nosepass now charging up his attack for the third time was ready to fire but Marshal was already one step ahead. "Oh no you don't" said Marshal as he hurled a ball of mud hitting the Nosepass as it fired. The two attacks caused another explosion to happen only this time hitting the Nosepass. As the smoke clears the Nosepass was left standing their facing down with cracks covering its entire body with a few chips falling off, its nose broken to bits and sparks popping through it.
Narrisa now wanting to end the battle called for one last attack. "Now Marshal use Mud slap!" Narrisa commaded.
"You mean Mud shot!" Marshal corrected as he leaped towards the Nosepass and launched another ball of mud hitting its broken nose piece and coming out the other side. The Nosepass feeling its last few moments soon fell over face first kicking up some dust and sparks slowly stopped flowing through its body.
Narrisa and Marshal seeing the battle now over soon cheered for themselves as they won. "Good job Marshal! Its finally over" Narrisa said cheering him on.
"Yeah we did it..." Marshal said weakly as the blue aura surrounding him disappeard and he soon felldown on his back. "Can I...take a break now...I'm beat" Marshal said in between breaths while laying down.
"Sure thing, return" Narrisa says as she called back Marshal into his ball. Up on the stands Velouria and Brendan was cheering wildly from their battle before rushing their way down to cheer her on further. Roxanne stunned to see that she has been defeated took a deep breath before calling Narrisa over.
"Hey kid get over here" Roxanne called from her side of the field. Narrisa hearing her call went up towards her. "You know I didn't expect you to beat me this hard" Roxanne said with a smile on her face. "Your going to be a great trainer I know you can" Roxanne said complimenting her even more. "Anyways give me your hand for a sec" Roxanne said with her palm wide open in front of Narrisa.
"Okay" Narrisa responded as she placed her hand on top of Roxanne's. Roxanne grabbing hold of Narrisa's hand soon reached for something in her pocket before placing it down on her hand.
"Here I present to you the stone badge. With this badge it proves that you have succesfully beaten the rustburo city gym" Roxanne said as she removed her hand on top of Narrisa's revealing the stone badge. "And as a gift for reciving the badge you may have this T.M." said Roxanne as she revealed a small case with a cd in it. "Technical Machines or T.M's. for short contain moves you can teach to your Pokémon. This T.M. contains the move Rock tomb, it may not be accurate as you saw earlier but when it does hit they would be in a world of pain" Roxanne explained.
"Thank you Roxanne" Narrisa says as she places the T.M. in her bag and the badge in a pink case. "So what are you going to do now since your Pokémon are now well..." Narrisa trails off as she gestures behind her.
"Oh don't worry about that I didn't become a gym leader only to have two Pokémon ya'know" Roxanne reassuring Narrisa. "And besides that's the team I use on rookies like you" Roxanne pointed out. "Wait until you see my real team" Roxanne said with a grin.
"Oh I'm sure they are quite strong" Narrisa says as she took a step back and shaked both hands in front of her. Roxanne seeing this just laughed a bit before patting her right shoulder and staring straight at her. Narrisa shocked to see this just looked away and blushed a bit.
"C'mon kid let me walk you out of here" Roxanne said as she patted Narrisa on the back and started heading down the stairs. Narrisa starring blankly at Roxanne as she passed by soon snapped out of it and ran after her. At the foot of the stair case she was met with Brandon and Velouria with Roxanne behind them.
"Congratulations on winning hour first gym badge Narrisa" Brandon said with a smile on his face revealing his teeth. "We were sure worried up their when we saw Marshal got hit by that Zap cannon" Brandon said with a much more serious face.
"Well lets move on from that, what is important is that Narrisa won" said Velouria trying to change the mood.
"Yeah I guess you're right, c'mon lets head back out so that we can get Marshal some needed rest in the Pokémon center" Brandon said as he gestures for them to start moving.
"Okay c'mon let's go" Roxanne said as she led the three of them out of the gym.
As they reached the gym doors it suddenly swung open as a man in a green suit came in panting and sweating. "Please...help...someone stole...goods from me..." the man said as she breathed heavily with his back bent down and hands on his bent knees. As the man looked up he saw Narrisa's face and soon recognized her. "Wait you're that wonderful girl that helped me earlier, pleass you got to help me" the man pleaded while grabbing on to her arms
Narrisa seeing his desperate face nodded in agreement. "So where were they headed?" Narrisa asking the man.
"I think they went towards route 116 north west from here" the man said trying to recall. "But please you got to hurry" the man added.
"Okay we're on it" Narrisa reasurring the man. "C'mon let's go" Narrisa gestured as she slipped out of the mans grasp.
"But what about Marshal?" Velouria quickly asked.
"Don't worry about it me and your friend here would go up ahead just follow us once you dropped him off, okay?" Roxanne reasoned out.
Narrisa nearing this nodded once more. "Okay let's go" Roxanne said and soon the man, Roxanne, and Brendan headed off towards route 116. Narrisa left standing by the doorway with Velouria soon went towards the Pokémon center with Velouria following behind. Upon reaching the Pokémon center's doors Narrisa soon rushed in towards the counter.
"Miss is everything alright?" the nurse asked with a confused look on her face.
"Sorry no time to talk but can you heal up this Pokémon" Narrisa said as she placed down Marshal's pokeball.
"Umm sure" the nurse said as she picks up Marshal's pokeball and placed it on the machine behind her. Narrisa seeing this soon took off. "Wait aren't you going to wait for your Pokémon!" the nurse called out.
"Don't worry about it I'll be right back" Narrisa said before she got out of the Pokémon center with Veouria trailing behind her. As the two ran through the street they soon stopped at an intersection in front on them.
"Which way did they go?" Velouria asked. Narrisa looking around the are for any indication on where they went she soon saw a sign right across from them.
"Look a sign" Narrisa pointed out and soon both Velouria and Narrisa ran up towards it. Narrisa reading the sign soon knew where to go. "I know where they went come on" Narrisa said as she ran off taking the left path with Velouria following soon after.
As they ran through the path they reached the end of the cemented road and onto a grassy field. As the two continue to run through the grass patches Narrisa soon saw Brendan and Roxanne up ahead with their Pokémon out. "Quickly they might be in trouble" Narrisa calling for Velouria way behind her.
"Hey its hard to run past through the tall grass being this tall okay" Velouria answered back. As Velouria try her best to run past the tall grass a wild Pokémon suddenly appeard in front of her and without any warning theh both bashed into each other. Velouria and the Pokémon fell down on the ground together with Velouria tumbling out of the grass. "Oww that hurts" Velouria said as she got up shaking off the pain.
"Hey are you okay?" Narrisa said stopping to look back.
"Don't mind me just go, I'll handle things back here" Velouria quickly responded trying to urge Narrisa to go on. Narrisa not wanting to waste time nodded and took off. As Narrisa left the Pokémon that Velouria bumped into got up and started slowly making its way towards Velouria. "Okay Velouria you can handle this" Velouria said to herself as she toom a deep breath while staring back at the grass patch.
Narrisa running as fast as she can soon made it towards the three with another accompanying them. As she got closer she soon saw that Roxanne and Brendan were fighting off two guys with matching sailor outfits like the guy he fought earlier in the woods.
"Hey whats happening here?" Narrisa asking both Roxannd and Brendan.
"We managed to catch up with the culprits but the one with the stolen items ran off to that cave over their and even managed to nab this guys Pokémon" Brendan explained their situation.
"Yes dearie it was awful me and my Pieko were just taking our daily stroll when that odd looking guy took of with her" the old man explained to Narrisa. "Please you got to go help her" the old man pleaded.
"Go ahead Narrisa me and Brendan here have things under control here" Roxanne pointed out. Narrisa without any further delay ran off pass the two guys in sailor outfits.
"Hey come back here, Zubat stop her!" said one of the guys.
"Oh no you don't, Aggron use Thunder wave!" Roxanne quickly commanded and the Aggron soon shocked the Zubat.
Narrisa now far from the two soon entered the cave to chase down the guy with the stolen goods and Pokémon. Upon entering the cave it didn't take her long to catch up to the guy for the cave lead to a dead end.
"End of the line thief" Narrisa called out to the guy facing the wall. The man surprised to see Narrisa in front of him took a step back and pressed his back against the wall.
"Tsk curses running into this cave was a bad idea" said the man with a pissed off tone. "Oh well at least this kid is the only one stopping me from getting away" said the man taunting Narrisa. "You better run away now for I am a member of team aqua!" the man said defiantly with a pokeball in his hand.
"Oh we'll see about that" said Narrisa with a serious tone in her voice as she reaches for her own pokeball
The team aqua grunt trying to act calm soon sent out his Pokémon. "You forced my hand kid, go Poochyena" said the team aqua grunt. The Poochyena standing on the field took on a defensive stance and growled at Narrisa.
"Go Vivian" said Narrisa as she tossed Vivian's ball in the air. Vivian now out of her ball was fluttering around before stopping to face the Poochyena.
"*yawn* you called me out for this? How boring might as well make this quick" Vivian taunted.
The team aqua grunt hearing her taunt got pissed of real quick. "Oh you're getting it now, Poochyena use Bite" the grunt commanded. The Poochyena hearing his command soon leaped towards Vivian with its jaw wide open.
"*yawn* oh please" said Vivian not caring about the battle as she easily dodges the attack. "Now its my turn" Vivian said with a deadly stare as she shoots her String shot at the Poochyena as it landed. The Poochyena unaware of the attack was caught in the strings and couldn't move. "Its time to finish you off baby" said Vivian in a much more devious tone as she jabs her long straw like mouth into the Poochyena shooting her Poison sting directly in to its body. The Poochyena struggling and wailing wildly soon came to a halt before its body laid limp and its mouth started oozing a purple liquid.
"Now that's over, hand over the goods and the Pokémon you stole" Narrisa pointed out. The grunt now out of options soon had an idea based on what Narrisa said.
"Oh you mean this Pokémon" the grunt said with a devious smile as he grabs hold of a Wingull by its neck. "If you don't want any harm coming for this Pokémon I suggest you step aside and let me through" the grunt said with the same expression.
"You wouldn't dare" Narrisa answered back.
"Oh wouldn't I" the grunt said as he squeezed on to the Wingull's neck causing it to squeal out in pain. "Now move aside or else it would feel more than just that" the man said threateningly. Narrisa not knowing what to do just stepped aside clearing up a path for the grunt. "That's a good little girl now call back your Pokémon" demanded the grunt. Narrisa called back Vivian and the grunt slowly walked by. The grunt now pass Narrisa was walking away backwards still keeping his eyes on her when he suddenly felt a bulky metal body pressed on to his back. The grunt shocked at this slowly looked up to see an Aggron breathing down on him with its eyes locked on him.
"And where do you think your going?" said the feminine voice from behind the Aggron. Narrisa now walking towards the Aggron saw Roxanne and Brendan right behind it.
"Sorry we're late Narrisa they had more Pokémon then we expected" Brendan said from behind Roxanne. "It's a good thing Roxanne's Aggron here took them out easily" Brendan said while rubbing the Aggron's back with a smile on his face.
"Well now with our explanation as to why we were late is done I think its time for you to hand over them goods and release that Wingull" Roxanne said with a serious tone in her voice. "Or else you'll be answering to my Aggron over here" Roxanne added threateningly.
The grunt fearing for his life soon released the wingull from his clutches and gave the goods sealed within a briefcase to Narrisa. "Now get out of here and tell your team aqua that they should never come back to rustburo!" commanded Roxanne. The grunt hearing this nodded and quickly ran out of the cave. "Now with all this over lets get out of this cave its starting to get heated in here" Roxanne says as she calls back Aggron to its Pokéball.
"Okay then" Narrisa quickly replied and so the three of them plus the Wingull trailing behind started heading of towards the cave exit. The three of them now out of the cave they were quickly approached by the man wearing a green suit and the old man.
"So where are the goods?" the suited man asked.
"And to my poor Pieko where is she?" the old man also asked.
Narrisa stepping up soon gave the suited man the briefcase which he gratefully accepted. "And as for your Pieko she's right here" Narrisa said as she moves aside for the Wingull to pass.
"Oh my sweet little Pieko" the old man said as he scratched the underside of the Wingull's beak. "And as for you lassie thank you, you've done an old man a great deed" said the old man thanking Narrisa. "C'mon now Pieko" said the old man before walking away from them.
"And as for my thanks I would like you all to meet my company's president so that he may give all of you a handsome award for your troubles" the man offered to the three of them.
"I'm sorry but I must refuse for I was just doing my job as this city's gym leader" Roxanne reasoned.
"Yeah me too, I barely did anything since Roxanne did majority of the battling" Brendan rejecting the offer as well. "That only means the reward should go to Narrisa since she did go in alone to take back both the goods and Pokémon" Brendan explained.
"Oh no a reward really isn't necessary" said Narrisa trying to sound modest.
"Oh that's just nonsense you did the company a huge favor for bringing back these goods so a reward is more than necessary" the man persisted.
"Well if you so insist, okay then I accept your offer" Narrisa said with a smile.
"Well its settled then, c'mon now we don't want the president waiting" the man said as he gestured for her to follow. As the four of them start walking Brendan soon noticed that Velouria wasn't with Narrisa.
"Wait where's Velouria?" Brendan asked. Narrisa now too noticing Velouria was not with them soon started calling out for her.
"Velouria where are you?" Narrisa called out.
"I'm over here!" Velouria soon responded. Narrisa looking around to find Velouria she soon saw her sitting down under a tree with a new Pokémon right beside her. Narrisa now nearing Velouria soon recognized that the Pokémon beside Velouria was a Skitty rubbing up next to her while making purring noises.
"So umm what happened here when you got left behind?" Narrisa asked as to why the skitty was so affectionate towards Velouria.
"I don't know really, she was the reason why I fell down a while ago" Velouria said while staring down at the Skitty. "I tried running away from her but she wouldn't let me after we bumped into each other and now we're stuck like this" Velouria explaining what happened.
The Skitty now noticing Narrisa in front of her soon rubbed up on Narrisa's legs while making more purring sounds. Narrisa seeing how cute it is just picked her up and carried it in her arms. "Aww she's so cute let's keep her" Narrisa says as she pets the top of the Skitty's head.
"Oh you got to be kidding me" Velouria said with an unamused look. "We already have Bandit pestering me so we don't need another one" Velouria trying to reason with Narrisa. Narrisa looking down on the Skitty once again was now staring at the Skitty's face as it made an 'Nya' sound.
"Yup we're keeping her" Narrisa says as she carries the Skitty back towards the group. Velouria just sitting their with her jaw dropped open just sighed and rolled her eyes before following Narrisa and the others. Narrisa now back with the others with Velouria behind her was given a confused look by Brendan.
"I thought you went off to find Velouria not replace her" Brendan said jokingly. Narrisa catching the joke just chuckled lightly before answering.
"Well Velouria found this Skitty and it was so cute so I kept it once I found them" Narrisa explaining what happened to Brendan.
"Well now since everyone's here let us go" the man said before gesturing the others to follow.
As the group made it back to the city streets Brendan and Roxanne decided to part ways with Narrisa and the man. "Well I better head back to the gym to get things ready for any new challengers so bye now" Roxanne said before heading off towards her gym.
"Yeah me too, I still need to find the cut master. I'll find you once you're done okay" Brendan said before taking off as well.
"Well then it just leaves you and me" the man pointed out. "Come along now the company is this way" the man said before leading Narrisa to a big red building. As the two got near the building's doors it soon opened automatically letting them both in. Inside the building Narrisa was looking around the place for this was her first time in such a big building. "Welcome to Devon co." the man said before walking ahead.
"Wow this place sure is big" Narrisa says as she stopped to look around the place. "What do you think Skitty?" Narrisa asking the Skitty. The Skitty just said 'Nya' in response.
"Yeah I know right" Velouria said right beside her oblivious to whether or not the question was for her.
"Ahem this way please" the man said calling for Narrisa's attention. Narrisa now no longer looking around followed the man towards a set of stairs. "Right this way please" the man said as he walks up the stairs with Narrisa and Velouria following soon.
Upon reaching the top of the stair case Narrisa noticed so many people in lab coats working on various projects. "Wow what is this place?" Narrisa asked.
"Well our company is the one in charge when it comes to producing trainer goods such as pokeballs and healing items" the man explained. "This floor here is where all the research and development happens and the one downstairs was the reception our destination is upstairs" the man said before continuing to move on towards another set of stairs. "Come on we're almost their" the man said before heading up.
As they ascend further up on the stairs they soon managed to reach the end of the staircase and into a huge office like room. "Wait here I'll go talk to the President" the man said before leaving them. As a few minutes passed and still no word from the man he soon walked back towards Narrisa and her Pokémon. "The President would like to see you now" the man gestures for Narrisa to move forward.
Narrisa nearing the end of the room saw a huge glass case in front of her with various stones inside. Further down the room she reached a big desk with a man sitting on a chair behind it. "Good afternoon you must be miss Narrisa am I right?" the President asked still seated on his chair.
"Yeah that's right umm Mr. President" Narrisa replied.
"Please you may call me Mr. Stone" Mr. Stone said calmly.
"Okay Mr. Pre- I mean Mr. Stone" Narrisa said correcting herself.
"Good and let me start things off by saying thank you in behalf of our company since not only did you help our staff out once but twice and even safely getting back our stolen goods" said Mr. Stone thanking Narrisa. "And as a reward for doing all this I would like you to have our latest model of the Pokémon Navigator or PokéNav for short" Mr. Stone said as he revealed a yellow device and handed it to Narrisa. "With this version of the PokéNav you are now able to check up on your Pokémon's stats and even help them improve it, it also comes with a function in which you can interact with your Pokémon without bringing them out" Mr. Stone explaining its various functions.
"Thank you Mr. Stone" Narrisa said before she places her PokéNav in her bag. "Well I better get going now, it was nice meeting you Mr. Stone" Narrisa said before turning around to leave.
"Wait young lady!" the man from before said stopping her. "I'm guessing you're going to get your second gym badge correct?" the man asked.
"Yeah, why?" Narrisa said with a curious look on her face.
"Can I get you to deliver these goods for me to slateport? Since I was tasked on doing it but after todays events it seems that it would be safer if it was with you" the man explained before handing Narrisa the suitcase.
"You sure about that?" Narrisa asked once more.
"Don't worry about I already talked about it with the President and he is more than happy for you to do it" the man explained.
"Yes that is correct also can I get you to deliver this letter for me to a Mr. Steven he is at Dewford currently" Mr. Stone said as he brings out a letter from his desk and hands it to Narrisa.
"Okay then I'll be on my way now" said Narrisa as she places the letter in her bag.
"Wait their is one last thing" said Mr. Stone stopping Narrisa once more. "I arranged an old friend of mine to take you to Dewford and Slateport on his boat at the other side of Petalburg woods as an additional award so to say and oddly enough he was more than happy to take you once I mentioned your name to him, I wonder why?" Mr. Stone said with a skeptical look on his face. "Well that is all you may go" Mr. Stone said leaning back down on his chair.
"Well okay then I'll call once I delivered both of these so bye, come on Velouria let's go" Narrisa says as she walks straight for the stairs Velouria following after.
"That girl she might even best Steven" Mr. Stone said as Narrisa left.
Narrisa now walking out of the Devon building was soon greeted by Brendan waiting outside. "Hey took you long enough" Brendan said with a smile on his face. "So what did the President give you?" Brendan asked with a curious look.
"Well he gave me this" Narrisa says as she brings out her PokéNav.
"Wow that looks so cool" Brendan said admiring it. "Oh right I just remembered something" Brendan said as he searches around in his pocket. "Here it is" he said while holding on to a blue case. "In here is the Hidden Machine or H.M. Cut, it's a very useful move for clearing paths blocked by bushes or small trees" Brendan explained.
"Oh cool so that means you already met the Cut master then?" Narrisa now the one asking.
"Yeah I did, here you can have it I already thought it to one of my Pokémon already" Brendan said as he hands Narrisa the case.
"Okay thanks" Narrisa replied while placing the case in her bag. "So what are you going to do now?" Narrisa asking Brendan once more.
"Well I'm going to stay here for a while and maybe catch some new Pokémon. What about you? What are you going to do?" Brenda asked.
"Well Mr. Stone tasked me with delivering his letter to Dewford and these goods to Slateport" Narrisa answered back.
"Oh your going to Dewford? I heard theirs a gym their maybe you can beat them" Brendan said with a confident smile.
"Oh I don't know about that but I will try" Narrisa said shyly. "Well anyways I got to get going now before it gets to dark out so see ya" Narrisa said before walking pass Brendan.
"Okay bye" Brendan said waving her off.
Narrisa and Velouria with their new companion Skitty now walking towards the outskirts of Rustburo are now ready to head on back to Petalburg woods to get to their boat. Velouria walking beside Narrisa looked up to see her still carrying the Skitty.
"Skitty's can walk to you know like all other Pokémon" Velouria trying to reason with Narrisa.
"Aww but she's to cute to put down, isn't that right Skitty" Narrisa said baby talking the Skitty. "Also while we're talking about the Skitty I think we should give her a new name" Narrisa said now raising up the Skitty and facing her towards her. "What do you think Skitty do you want a new name?" Narrisa said baby talking her once again.
Nya is the only thing the Skitty said. "It's settled then your name would be Mimi" Narrisa said with a grin. Nya is what the Skitty responded with again. "You know talking about cute Pokémon makes me feel like we're forgetting something" Narrisa said as they passed by the Pokémon center.
"Nah I'm pretty sure Bandit is in his ball" Velouria responded.
"Yeah I guess you're right c'mon lets hurry before the sun starts setting" Narrisa said as she starts to walk a bit faster.
"Hey slow down!" Velouria called out as she was being left behind.
Back in the Pokémon Center Marshal was pacing around the place waiting for Narrisa. "What's taking her so long it's been half an hour since she left me here?" Marshal asking the nurse tending to other Pokémon in their pokeballs.
"Oh I'm sure she'll be here soon" said the nurse as she picks up the balls one by one and placing them on trays.
"Well I'm going to check outside and see" Marshal said as he heads for the door. Outside he soon saw Narrisa and Velouria about to head out of the city. "Hey that's her!" Marshal pointed out. "Well thanks for the healing" Marshal says as he reaches for his pokeball on the table next to him before giving chase. "HEEEY! WAAAAIT" Marshal yelled out as he runs as fast as he can.
"Oh hey it's Marshal" Velouria said looking back. "So should we wait?" Velouria asking Narrisa.
"Hmm maybe later once we're near the woods" Narrisa said as she moves a bit faster now. "And plus this would be good training for our next gym battle" Narrisa said now in a sprint.
"Okay if you say so" Velouria said now keeping up with Narrisa.
"Oh screw you guys!" Marshal said now sprinting and just trailing behind Velouria.
As Narrisa and her Pokémon run back to Petalburg woods after a tiring day in Rustburo and getting their very first official gym badge they are now heading their way to their new destination for their second gym badge in Dewford. End of chapter 7.
Authors note: to those who are confused as to why Roxanne's Pokémon had those moves it's because I gave her the moves she used both in the anime and manga to make leader battles more interesting so I would most likely do that for other leaders but I will remain true to the games though on what Pokémon they used.