Chapter 13: Nidoran and Torchie
"Alright use Quick Attack!" The trainer said. The Rattata charged toward Nidoran (male).
"Dodge it!" Roger yelled. Nidoran tried but was just too slow and gave in. As Roger, Kate, and Misty wander in Route 24 to find Bill, Roger stumbles into a two on two Pokémon battle.
"You did great." Roger called back Nidoran. "Take a good rest."
"Poor Nidoran." Kate said. "He is trying his best but is getting nowhere."
"Alright Torchie time for battle!" Roger threw an orange pokeball and Torchie appeared.
"Use Tackle!" The trainer said.
"I don't think so." Roger replied. "Torchie, Agility!" Torchie dodged Rattata. "Follow up with Peck!" Torchie started to peck Rattata.
"No!" The trainer said. "Use Tackle." Rattata ignored Torchie's peck and tried to tackle him.
"Dodge it!" Roger said. Torchie's speed boost took effect and dodged Tackle. "Now finish him off with Cut." Torchie's beak glowed and slashed at Rattata and he gave in. "Nice work!" Roger petted Torchie.
"Torchic tor!" Torchie cheered.
"But I'm afraid we have one more." Roger said.
"Tor torchic!" Torchie prepared himself for battle.
"Go Jigglypuff!" The trainer threw a pokeball and a jigglypuff appeared.
Roger scanned her with his Pokephone. "Jigglypuff might use Sing." He said to a Torchie. "I have an idea though!"
"Use Sing!" The trainer said in confidence.
"Nice try." Roger said. "I hope you know Growl, Torchie." Torchie used Growl and it blocked of Jigglypuff' Sing.
"Use Disable!" The trainer said countering Roger's strategy. Torchie wasn't able to use Growl anymore. "Now use Sing."
"Time for Plan B." Roger said. "Torchie use Flame Burst at Jigglypuff's mouth!" Torchie spit out a ball of fire and it went into Jigglypuff's mouth.
"Oh, no!" The trainer panicked. "Try using Pound!"
"Jigglypuff isn't going anywhere." Roger said. "So use Flame Wheel!" Torchie rolled up into a ball of fire and ran towards Jigglypuff.
"Dodge it!" The trainer yelled. Jigglypuff tried to but was too focused on her burnt mouth and Torchie slammed into her causing her to give in.
"Wow, that was close." Roger said in relief.
"Tor, tor, tor." Torchie said breathing heavy.
"I better get back to the Pokémon Center." The trainer said. "Thanks for the battle."
"Wow you two were amazing." Misty said. "That was an excellent strategy."
"Thanks." Roger said putting Torchie on his shoulder. "Well, let's keep going."
"I think I might know who this Bill guy is." Misty said while they were walking.
"Really? Who is he?" Kate asked.
"If I'm correct he studies Pokémon by dressing up like them." She said. "Last time I saw him he was trying to study a Dragonite in a lighthouse he lives him."
"Wow that's so cool." Roger was really impressed. "I can't wait to meet him." After forty five minutes of searching they eventually found a house all alone in the woods.
"This must be it." Kate examined the house.
"I hope it is." Misty walked up to the door and knocked.
"Come on in!" A voice said. They walked in and saw a Magikarp flopping on the floor.
"Um, why is there a Magikarp on the floor?" Roger tried picking up. "Wow this one is really heavy! I'm gonna catch it!" He pulled out a pokeball.
"Wait!" A voice cried out from the Magikarp. "Please, I'm not a real Magikarp, this is just a costume."
"Oh." Roger put back the pokeball. "Do you know the owner of this place?"
"That would be me." He said flopping towards Roger. "Do you think you can help me get out of this? There is a button on my tail but I couldn't reach it because Magikarp don't have arms to reach things with."
"Alright." Roger pushed the button and the Magikap costume opened.
A man with brown hair and a purple suit came out. "Whew! Thanks for saving me. I thought I would be a Magikarp forever. By the way, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bill."
"I knew it was you all along." Misty walked up to him.
"Misty!" He said. "It's been a long time."
"Yes it has." She said. "So how is the research going?"
"It's going great!" He said. "I've seen so many new Pokémon since we last met."
"So, you're Bill." Kate said. "Hi I'm Kate."
"And I'm Roger." Roger introduced himself. "And this is my buddy, Torchie."
"Torchic." Torchie chirped.
"Pleased to meet you all." He said.
"So I heard you know a ton about Pokémon!" Kate said.
"Nope, I barley know a thing." Bill said grinning.
"What do you mean?" Roger said a bit startled.
"There is so much to know about Pokémon that we don't even know yet." Bill explained. "For example a few months I discovered mega evolution when I went to the Kalos region. I also found an eight form that Eevee can evolve into called Sylveon."
"The Kalos region must be a really cool place." Kate said.
"It most certainly is." Bill said.
"Kate and I also studied Pokémon." Roger said. "I wrote this while I was studying, can you read it?" He handed Bill his notebook about fire and flying type Pokémon."
Bill flipped through all the pages. "Very good!" He said closing it. "Will you allow me to make a copy of it?"
"Yeah sure." Roger said. "Why not?"
Bill walked over to a printer with Roger and started copying some of the pages. "So I'm assuming that you specialize in fire and flying type Pokémon?"
"Well not exactly." Roger said. "They are just the Pokémon I've been around the most. I like all kinds of Pokémon."
"That's good to here." Bill said stacking up the pages. "Are you still a Pokémon researcher?"
"I'm more like a trainer." Roger said petting Torchie. "I research Pokémon with the Pokephone my Aunt gave me."
"A Pokephone?" Bill asked. "Can I see it?" Roger handed it to him. "Wow incredible." He examined the Pokephone and gave it back. "By the way you must be hungry. Would you like something to eat?"
"Absolutely!" Kate cheered. They walked over to Bill's table and he served them cheeseburgers.
"Yum this so good!" Kate ate in joy.
"You want some?" Roger asked Torchie.
Torchie nodded and took a bite. "Torchic chic chic!" Torchie enjoyed it.
While Roger and Kate were busy eating Bill whispered into Misty's ear. "Remember that Dragonite I was looking for when we last met?"
"Yeah." Misty said curiously. "Why?"
"Well I caught it." He showed her the pokeball under the table.
"Wow, I can't believe it!" She said.
"Yeah, since this Pokémon has never battled before, so I want to use him against Roger." He said.
"Go ahead." Misty said. "It would be good to see how Roger battles before our match tomorrow."
"Great." He said. Later on Bill started talking to Roger and Kate. "So where are you two from?"
"We are from Fortree City." Kate said eating.
"That's a wonderful place." Bill said. "So how long have you two been trainers?"
"About eight weeks." Roger said.
"Well I'm not a trainer, but I got my first Pokémon about six weeks ago." Kate pulled out Bulbasaur's pokeball.
"Well how about a battle?" Bill challenged. "I will do three on three with you." He pointed to Kate. "And a six on one with you." He addressed Roger.
"Six on one!" Roger was shocked. "That's not fair for you."
"Don't worry about it." Bill said. "Plus if you guys win your battle, I will give you something useful."
"Fine." Roger said. "But I need Kate to heal my Pokémon." Roger handed her Torchie and his pokeballs.
"Kate can heal Pokémon?" Misty asked.
"Of course." Bill said. "She does look like a Nurse Joy. Is your mother one?"
"Well actually, yes." Kate said healing Roger's pokeballs. "It's almost natural for us to heal Pokémon." She handed back Roger Torchie and his pokeballs. "Now let's battle."
"Great I will be the judge!" Misty cheered. They walked to and open area in the forest and prepared for a battle. "Each person is allowed to use three Pokémon with no time limit. Begin!"
"Go Nidoran (female)." Kate threw a pokeball and her Nidoran appeared.
"Let's start with Flareon." Bill threw a pokeball and Flareon appeared.
"That's Eevee's fire form." Roger scanned him with his Pokephone.
"Use Sand Attack." Bill said. Flareon blocked Nidoran's vision with sand. "Now follow up with Flare Blitz!"
"Jump up into the air!" Kate said. Nidoran trusted Kate and jumped to dodge Flareon. Flareon crashed into a tree. "Now wipe the sand off of you."
"Nido!" Nidoran wiped the sand off her and prepared for battle.
"Great!" Kate cheered. "Now use Tail Whip!" Nidoran whipped Flareon with her tail and lowered down his defense. "Follow up with Poison Sting!"
"Dodge it, quick!" Bill said. However Flareon took too long and was hit hard by Poison Sting.
"Flareon is unable to battle." Misty checked to make sure if she was correct and she was. "Nidoran wins."
"You did a fine job but we should work on speed." Bill called back Flareon. "Go Vaporeon!" Bill threw a pokeball and Vaporeon appeared.
"That's the water type for of Eevee." Roger scanned her with his Pokephone.
"Use Aqua Jet!" Bill said. Vaporeon surrounded herself with water and lunged towards Nidoran.
"Hit her with Tail Whip!" Kate said. Tail Whip and Aqua Jet collided but Vaporeon's defense decreased and Nidoran fainted.
"Nidoran is unable to battle." Misty declared.
"You did an awesome job." Kate called back Nidoran. "Now let's go Clefairy." Kate threw a pokeball and Clefairy appeared.
"Use Rain Dance." Bill said. Vaporeon danced and released a blue beam of energy causing it to rain. Then Vaporeon disappeared.
"Oh, no!" Kate said. "I forgot that Vaporeon can disappear once contacted by water. I hope Metronome works." Clefairy started moving her pointer fingers side to side.
"Use Aurora Beam." Bill said. A beam shot at Clefairy. "Now use Aqua Jet!" Clefairy had a critical hit."
"Oh, no!" Roger said. "If this keeps going on Clefairy will lose."
"Hurry Clefairy!" Kate cried.
"Clefa!" Clefairy said weakly and used Metronome. Colorful leaves sprung out of him and landed a critical at Vaporeon and she gave in. The rain stopped.
"Wow, that must be Magic Leaf!" Kate said.
"Vaporeon is unable to battle." Misty said.
Kate picked up Clefairy. "You did great but you should rest." Kate put Clefairy back in his pokeball.
"Now it's your turn Jolteon!" Bill threw a Pokeball and Jolteon appeared.
"Now it's time for my first Pokémon." Kate said. "Bulbasaur, let's give it a try!" Kate threw a pokeball and Bulbasaur appeared.
"Use Wild Charge!" Bill said.
"What's that?" Kate was caught off guard and Bulbasaur was hit.
"I have no idea what that move was!" Roger was surprised. "He must've been to region we don't know about."
"Now do it again." Bill said trying to see what Kate would do.
"Use Sleep Powder!" Kate said unfocused. Bulbasaur sprayed a green powder out his bulb and Jolteon ran into it. Jolteon fell asleep.
"No!" Roger said. "Jolteon's ability is Quick Feet which means when a Pokémon has a status problem like sleep their speed will increase."
"We will just see if Kate can defeat Jolteon on time." Bill said. "But I raised Jolteon to have a high defense."
"Use Leech Seed." Kate said desperately. Bulbasaur launched a seed out of his bulb towards Jolteon and drained his energy. "Try Tackle." Bulbasaur tackled Jolteon and made him hit a tree. "Use Vine Whip!" Bulbasaur repeatedly slashed Jolteon with his vines. "Nothing is working!" Kate started to freak out.
"Bulba!" Bulbasaur noticed that Kate was worried and he started to grow.
"That must be Growth!" Roger said. "That means he raised his attack power."
"Alright!" Kate cheered. "Now use Tackle!" While Jolteon got up Bulbasaur already tackled him. Jolteon gave in.
"Jolteon is unable to battle." Misty declared. "That means the victory goes Kate and her Bulbasaur!"
"Don't be ashamed you gave them a good fight." Bill called back his Jolteon.
"We did it!" Kate said to Bulbasaur.
"Saur Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur ran to Kate and jumped on to her.
"Congratulations Kate." Bill said. "I will give you that thing I was talking about after my battle with Roger."
"Ok." Kate said. "I will just heal my Pokémon while I'm waiting."
"Alright!" Roger said. "Let's have our battle."
"Good idea." Bill said pulling out a pokeball.
"The battle between Roger will is now underway. Roger will be allowed to use six Pokémon while Bill is allowed to use one as requested. There will be no time limit. Begin!" Misty said.
"Alright come out." Bill threw up a Pokeball and a dragonite appeared.
"Oh, no!" Roger scanned him with his Pokephone. "This won't be easy. Go Squirtle!" Roger threw a pokeball and Squirtle appeared. "Use Bite."
"Use Thunder Punch." Bill said. Dragonite punch Squirtle back into Roger's hands. Squirtle gave in.
"Squirtle is unable to battle." Misty said.
"That's some power!" Roger said. "Alright take a good rest." Roger called back Squirtle. "It's Pikachu's turn!" Roger threw a pokeball and Pikachu appeared. "Use Volt Tackle!"
"Use Hyper Beam." Bill said.
"Dodge it!" Roger said. Pikachu charged towards Dragonite dodging the Hyper Beam and hit him with Volt Tackle. "Now use Thunder Bolt! Thunder Bolt hit Dragonite."
"Alright use Dynamic Punch!" Bill said.
"Use Volt Tackle." Roger said. Volt Tackle and Dynamic Punch collided but Dynamic Punch overpowered Volt Tackle. Pikachu gave in.
"Pikachu is unable to battle." Misty said.
"Nice try, you did a good job." Roger called back Pikachu.
"I got to say, that Pikachu was very impressive." Bill said. "You've raised it well."
"Thank you." Roger said pulling out a pokeball. "Just wait until you see this one." Roger threw the pokeball and Lapras appeared.
"I like this match up." Bill said. "This should be fun. Use Thunder Punch."
"Use Ice Beam!" Roger said. Ice Beam froze Thunder Punch and hurt Dragonite. "Great now use Surf!"
"Use Iron Tail!" Bill said. Iron Tail knocked Lapras over. "Now Dynamic Punch with your other hand!"
"Quick use Ice Beam!" Roger said. Dynamic Punch was also frozen by Ice Beam. "Now use Surf!"
"Use Hyper Beam!" Bill said. Hyper Beam knocked Lapras off the wave and made her give in.
"Lapras is unable to battle." Misty said.
"You did a nice job, I'm proud of you." Roger called back Lapras.
"That was a really impressive tactic, freezing Dragonite's hands." Bill said.
"Thanks but it won't last." Roger said. "Go Mercedes!" Roger threw a pokeball and Mercedes appeared. "Use Flamethrower!" Roger said.
"Dragonite put your hands in the fire." Bill said. Dragonite put his hands in Flamethrower to melt the ice.
"Just what I wanted." Roger said. "Now use Flamethrower max power!" Flamethrower burned Dragonite's hands and overpowered him. "Now use Bite!"
"Haven't we been through this?" Bill said. "Use Iron Tail."
"Aha!" Roger cheered. "Use Flamethrower!" Mercedes burned Dragonite's tail. "Nice idea huh?"
"You're forgetting something." Bill said. "Use Thunder Punch!" Thunder Punch hit Mercedes and she gave in.
"Mercedes is unable to battle." Misty said.
"You did great. You deserve a rest." Roger called back Mercedes.
"Wow you two were perfectly in sync!" Bill said.
"Thanks." Roger said. "Mercedes was the first Pokémon I've ever met." Roger pulled out another pokeball. "Go Nidoran (male)!" Roger opened the pokeball and Nidoran came out. "Use Poison Sting!"
"Use Iron Tail." Bill said.
"Dodge it!" Roger said. It was too late Nidoran was already hit and was in critical condition. "Oh, no! Nidoran!" Roger ran to Nidoran and picked him up. "Here watch how Torchie battles."
"Ni." Nidroan said weakly.
"So, Nidoran's not battling anymore and it looks we're down to my last Pokémon." Roger said.
"Nidoran has been banned from the battle." Misty said.
"That's fine with me." Bill said.
"But be warned." Roger got serious. "Torchie is my first Pokémon, and we won't lose!"
"Torchic!" Torchie jumped into the battlefield ready to fight.
"Alright now it's time to get serious." Bill said. "Use Thunder Punch!"
"Dodge with Agility." Roger said. Torchie ran away from Thunder Punch and then used his Speed Boost which Bill was unaware of.
"Use Iron Tail!" Bill said.
"Flame Wheel won't over power it so we have to use Fire Spin." Roger suggested.
"Torchic." Torchie agreed and wrapped Dragonite's tail with Fire Spin.
"Nice shot." Roger said. "Now use Flame Wheel!"
"Use Hyper Beam!" Bill said.
"Dodge It by running around Dragonite!" Roger said. Torchie started running around Dragonite while he kept missing with Hyper Beam. Torchie started to build serious momentum.
"Alright, use Iron Tail!" Bill commanded.
"Fire Spin is still on his tail." Roger noticed. "Okay Torchie run up Dragonite's tail!" Torchie ran up Dragonite's tail and absorbed the Fire Spin."
"Well this is very interesting." Bill said.
"It gets better." Roger said. "Use Flame Wheel." Torchie jumped into the air and landed a critical hit on Dragonite.
"Amazing." Bill said. "But we aren't done yet. Use Hyper Beam." While Torchie was in midair, he was hit by Hyper Beam and was falling quickly toward the ground.
"Torchie!" Roger ran to where Torchie was landing and caught him before he hit the ground. "Are you okay?"
"Torchic!" Torchie nodded.
"Was that Agility?" Bill said a bit excited.
"What do you mean?" Roger asked.
"Do you realize you just ran one hundred yards in five second?" Bill showed Roger his stop watch.
"I did?" Roger was surprised and turned around to find out Bill was right. "Whoa."
"We will discuss this later." Bill said. "But for now let's continue our battle.
"Right." Roger said. "Now use Crush Claw!" Torchie jumped on to Dragonite's neck and started squeezing it with his talons.
"Wait, how does Torchie know so much moves?" Bill asked.
"My Aunt did some experimenting on his egg and he just knew all the egg moves he could possibly learn." Roger said. "However knowing so much moves Torchie forgot how to evolve. But I like him just the way he is."
"Very interesting." Bill said. "This pokemon is very smart. So we have to be smarter use Thunder Punch!"
"Dodge it!" Roger said. Torchie jumped up and Dragonite accidentally punched himself and was paralyzed.
"Alright!" Roger said. "Use Rock Slide and follow up with SmellingSalt." Torchie dropped rocks on Dragonite then sliced at him. Dragonite was cured from paralysis but was badly damaged.
"Use Dynamic Punch!" Bill said. Torchie was punched down to the ground. "Now Thunder Punch."
"Wait a minute!" Roger realized something. "Torchie wait for him to get closer than use Reversal." Roger whispered. Dragonite got closer to Torchie and was flipped over receiving plenty of damage. Dragonite finally gave in.
"Dragonite is unable to battle." Misty said. "Therefore the winners are Roger and Torchie."
"We did it buddy!" Roger said hugging Torchie.
"Torchic!" Torchie cheered.
"Nido!" Nidoran was surprised to see the amount of power and speed Torchie had.
"Congratulations Roger and Kate for both beating me." Bill walked up to them with two pokeballs. "These are for you."
"You mean for us." Debra said out of nowhere. Jason's Bellsprout grabbed the pokeballs with vine whip.
"Oh, no!" Bill said. "It's Team Shadow."
"Hey those are ours!" Kate said. "Give them back."
"No." Jason hoped on his dirt bike. "We are out of here." They started to leave.
"Roger, you are the only one who can stop them." Bill said.
"What do I do?" Roger asked.
"Remember, you know Agility." Bill said.
"Right." Roger ran in front of Team Shadow with amazing speed. "Stop, give back the pokeballs now!"
"Or else what?" Debra asked.
"This." Roger's fist started to glow and punched Bellsprout. Bellsprout dropped the pokeballs and they rolled to Roger.
"No way!" Kate said. "That was Mach Punch!"
"Now you made me mad." Debra said. "Go Spearow!" She threw a pokeball and Spearow appeared. "Use Wing Attack!"
Roger stood still until Spearow was close enough for him to knock down. "You should start leaving now." He said.
"That was Take Down." Bill said.
"We are not leaving without those." Jason pointed at the pokeballs.
"Yes you are!" Roger used Mach Punch on Debra and Jason and sent them flying. "Glad that's over with." Roger picked up the pokeballs.
"That was so cool." Kate said. "I didn't know you actually knew Pokémon moves."
"Yeah me neither." Roger said looking at the palms of his hands.
"Well anyway those pokeballs are yours." Bill said. "Why not see what's inside."
"Okay." Roger and Kate opened the pokeballs and two Eevee appeared.
"Wow thank you so much." Roger said petting his new Eevee.
"Hello there, I'm Kate." Kate introduced herself to her newest Pokémon.
"Eevee!" Eevee licked Kate.
"Well now that you're my seventh Pokémon I guess you're going to be the first Pokémon to use my Pokeball Transporter!" Roger said. "You see the form of Eevee I want can't be found in the Kanto Region so I will save him for later."
"Me too." Kate said. "So can I use it too Roger?"
"Wait." Bill said. "What is a Pokeball Transporter?"
"It's a machine that can transport pokeballs from anywhere." Roger said. "So I don't have to go to Pokémon Center to do it." Roger pulled it out. "And yeah, you can use it Kate, right after I'm done figuring out how to use it."
"Try calling Professor Birch." Kate suggested.
"Good idea." Roger pulled out his Pokephone and called Professor Birch.
"Hello, this is Professor Birch speaking." She answered.
"Hey Aunt Birch, can you tell me how to use the Pokeball Transporter?" Roger asked.
"Oh, hello Roger." His Aunt said. "You have to type the address of the place you want to send it to. Why, have you caught your seventh Pokémon?"
"Yep." Roger said. "Also Kate wanted to use it so I think she might send it to you. If that's okay."
"I had a feeling she would want to." Professor Birch said. "So that's why I made a shelf for her Pokeballs too."
"Okay, thanks Aunt." Roger said. "And did you know I won my first gym badge and I'm going for my second one soon."
"That's great." His Aunt said. "Best of wishes and good luck." She hung up.
Roger typed the address of the Littleroot Town Laboratory in the Pokeball Transporter. "Alright Eevee I will see you around." Roger called back Eevee, placed his pokeball on the Pokeball Transporter and hit send. The ball disappeared and went to his Aunt Birch.
"Don't worry I will use you later." Kate called back her Eevee and sent her to Aunt Birch.
"That was really neat." Bill said. "Well you guys should get going."
"Wait." Misty said. "Why don't you stay in my gym, we have plenty of room and water type Pokémon."
"Let me think." Bill considered the opportunity. "It does get lonely out here sometimes and I just moved here so why not, I will come." Bill packed up some stuff. "I will use this place for research." He locked the door.
"You guys can sleep at our gym too." Misty said.
"Thanks." Kate said. They walked back to the Pokémon gym and unpacked their stuff in their rooms. "So what's the plan for this battle?"
"I want to confuse her." Roger answered. "I will Pikachu, then Mercedes, and the Nidoran."
"I see." Kate said. "You want to use Pikachu because she would think that he is the only that has the advantage over her Pokémon. Mercedes so she can boil the water. But why Nidoran?"
"Because I have faith in him." Roger looked at his pokeball. "Well time for some training."
"I will come too." Kate went with him. They exited the gym and went to an open area with a stream in the woods.
"Alright everyone, come on out!" Roger threw all six of his pokeballs and his Pokémon appeared. "So Pikachu, Mercedes, and Nidoran will be battling for us in that order."
"Pika pika!" Pikachu's cheeks sparked in excitement.
"Growlithe!" Growlithe ran in circles energetically.
"Nidoran!" Nidoran was scared because he did not want to ruin the battle for Roger.
"It's okay, that's why we are training before the battle." Roger petted Nidoran. "So Lapras and Squirtle, hop into the water."
"Squirtle!" Squirtle happily did a flip into the water.
"Lapras!" Lapras slowly got in relaxed.
"And you guys should stand on the rocks." Roger said to his other Pokémon. "You should join too Torchie."
"Torchic!" Torchie followed Nidoran, Mercedes and Pikachu to the rocks.
"Now we are gonna play a little game." Roger said. "Lapras and Squirtle are going to any attack they want and try to knock you off the rocks. Your job is to stay on the rocks and defend yourself. So let's begin!" Lapras started using Surf and Squirtle started with Bite. Mercedes defended herself with Flamethrower, Pikachu defended himself Thunderbolt and Torchie jumped over the wave. However Nidoran was bit by Squirtle's Bite and fell into the water. "It's okay." Roger picked up Nidoran a dried him off.
"I hope Nidoran can get it together on time." Kate said. "He is trying his hardest."
"Round Two!" Roger said. The Pokémon kept defending themselves for hours until Roger realized that they weren't going to fall. "Okay now time for defense. Squirtle and Lapras are going to use water gun and you guys will take the hit. Let's see how long you last." The Pokémon stood next to each other and was hit by water gun. Nidoran lasted thirty seconds while all the other Pokémon lasted five minutes. "Impressive, you guys are doing great. Now time to work on fighting back." Lapras will use Surf and Squirtle will use Bubble you guys have to defend it with any attack you choose." Torchie blocked Surf with Flame Burst, Pikachu used Thunderbolt, and Mercedes used Flamethrower. Nidoran use Poison Sting on Bubble and knocked down Squirtle. Lapras was eventually knocked down later. "Well, you all did great good job for all of you." Roger called back all his Pokémon except Torchie who perched on his shoulder.
"It's getting late let's go the Pokémon Center and then to the gym." Kate said. They went to the Pokémon Center to heal their Pokémon and to have dinner. Then went to their room in the gym.
"You guys can sleep outside your pokeballs today." Roger threw all his pokeballs and his Pokémon appeared except for Lapras because she was too big.
"Yeah you guys should come out too." Kate threw her pokeballs and her Pokémon appeared. The Pokémon started to play with each other until Roger and Kate went to sleep.
At the middle of the night while everyone was sleeping Nidoran woke up Torchie and Nidoran (female). "Ni ni (Wake up guys I need your help)."
"Torchic (What is it)?" Torchie yawned and got up.
"Nido (Huh)?" Nidoran (female) got up.
"Nidoran ni (Torchie can you please help me become as strong as you)?" Nidoran asked.
"Tor (Why)?" Torchie asked Nidoran.
"Ni (So why did you wake me up)?" Nidoran (female) asked.
"Nido Nidoran ni (I don't want to disappoint Roger and I just wanted you to come)."
"Torchic tor tor tor (Okay I will try to help you get stronger, follow me)." Torchie left the room and walked outside the gym to a tree. "Torchic (Use Tackle on the tree)."
"Nido (Okay)." Nidoran tackled the tree and got hurt. "Ni (Ouch)!"
"Torchic tor (Keep going, we all have to work hard to get stronger)." Torchie encouraged Nidoran.
"Nidoran (Right)." Nidoran kept tackling the tree and kept shaking it. Eventually he tackled it so hard the tree fell down. "Nidoran (I did it)!"
Then Beedrill came out of the tree. Torchie grabbed Nidoran (female) and jumped out of the way. "Nidoran (You have to save him)!" Nidoran (female) said to Torchie.
"Tor, Torchic (No, he needs to save himself)." Torchie said. "Tor tor tor (Come on do it for Roger)!"
"Nidoran (For Roger)." Nidoran echoed. "Nidoran (For Roger)!" Nidoran started focusing his energy and used Tackle on all the Beedrill causing them to flee.
"Torchic (Good job)." Torchie said. "Torchic tor (Let's go back to the gym before anyone knows that we left)." As they were walking back to the gym Torchie realized that Nidoran learned Focus Energy. Torchie was also aware that it was a good sign of evolution.