The Aura Within.
Chapter 5: On to Rustboro!
The pair emerged from the forest into the bright midday sunlight.
"I've been through here many times." Said the girl.
"What's your name?" Said Riolu, going slightly off-topic.
"I'm Janet." She replied.
"Now, why have you been through here many times?"
"I have been trying to beat Gym leader Roxxane for a long time now, but she's a Rock-type leader, and I couldn't beat her with just Seven. I've been going into the woods every time I lose to find more pokemon, but before today I've never found pokemon worthy of keeping. Hi Cindy!" She shouted as we passed a nice-looking lady in a green dress.
"Like what?" Riolu asked.
"Like slakoth, with the stupidest ability in the world, or shroomish, which evolve into something good, but at that level are pretty wimpy and almost useless for battling."
"Why do you want to beat the Gym leader?" Riolu asked.
"Boy, you're full of questions aren't you." She sighed. "A Gym leader is basically a really strong trainer that gives out badges if you beat them. The badges let you get into the place where you can battle the Elite 4 and the Champion, so you can become a Champion yourself. They also let you control pokemon with increasing levels, and use HMs that allow you to do stuff like fly from place to place on your pokemon." She gasped for breath.
"Besides, pokemon trainers don't really take you seriously if you don't have at least one badge." She finished.
"Hey!" A voice said. No, two voices. "We've ignored you since you've only had one pokemon, but we see you have another now! Battle us!"
Janet rolled her eyes. "You two again? I've been wondering why you left me alone."
Riolu tugged on her pant leg. "Who are they?"
"They're twins." She said. "They had been bugging me to battle them, but I have only had one pokemon, and they refuse to battle alone. Recently they've not been around. I wonder where they went?"
"They're back now." Riolu said.
"Yeah."
"You gonna to battle or what?" The twins said, sounding annoyed.
Riolu and Janet looked at each other. "Yes" Janet said.
"Send out some pokemon!" they said in unison.
"It's kinda creepy how they do that." Riolu commented.
Janet nodded, pulling Neo's pokeball from her belt.
"Alright! Breeze! Neo! Go!" She said, releasing Neo and giving Breeze a push so he would step onto the designated battle area.
"Skitty!"
"Machop!"
"Lets go!" Said the twins.
Just like they said, a skitty and a machop stepped onto the field.
"Skitty! Assist!" Said one of the twins. The skitty held still, it's tail glowing white, preparing a Focus Punch?"
"Machop! Karate Chop!" The other twin said.
The machop rushed at Neo, preparing to hit him.
Am I reading this right? Janet thought. "Oh well, no time! Neo! counter with Aeriel Ace!"
The Grovyle waited until the machop got close then suddenly jumped high in the air, and one of it's leaf blades started glowing. It plummeted down onto the machop who was looking around, and didn't see that Neo went up.
Both the twin who sent out the machop and Janet winced as the while-glowing blade slammed into the machop's shoulder from above.
The twin recalled the machop without a word. Looking a bit put out.
That still left the tail-glowing skitty and Riolu.
"Riolu! I trust your judgement! Take this one yourself!"
Riolu looked back, and nodded.
He charged up an Aura Sphere, just in case he might need it, and waited for the skitty to attack.
The skitty opened it's eyes. It started running towards Riolu who got into a battle stance.
The skitty started throwing it's Focus Punch, and in mid-swing Riolu grabbed it's tail and flung the poor skitty right into the ground.
"Nice use of Counter Breeze!" He heard Janet say.
While the skitty was on the ground he circled around to the back, so when the skitty got up, he hit it from behind with a Force Palm sending it right back down. It left a trench as it skidded along.
"This seems like an awfully one sided fight." Janet mumbled to herself.
And right on cue. "This skitty is awfully weak compared to that swampert." Riolu remarked.
Janet decided to try something. "Well, if that's the scale of what you judge as normal, then you will be severely disappointed by a lot of battles."
"How did you do that?" Riolu replied.
"I don't know, I just wanted you to hear that without anyone else hearing. Heh, this is gonna make so many less people think I'm crazy that I talk to my riolu."
"Huh?"
"Never mind."
Riolu floored the skitty once again, and this time it didn't get up.
The other twin recalled her skitty without a word, just like her brother.
She came forward and handed Janet some prize money. Then backed up and they started towards the Pokemon Center.
"We'd best be headed that way too." Janet said to Riolu. "That's the way to the Gym. Come on!"
She quickly recalled Neo who was watching, and they started running in the direction of Rustboro.
"Riolu!" Riolu stopped and looked around confused, then he remembered. "Latias?"
"Yeah, right here! You sure you want to go on this big a detour? This might take a very long time!"
"I'd like to go with Janet for now, if that's okay. I thought we had this conversation already?" "I didn't know she wanted to go all the way to the Champion, with your level and your ability it might not take too long though, and I suppose that if it goes on forever I can always bribe Palkia..."
"So it's a yes!?"
"Sure Riolu, I'll be here whenever you need me."
"Yes! Yay! Thank you Latias!" Riolu said, dancing with glee.
"You coming Breeze?" He heard Janet say.
"Coming~" He said, skipping along after his friend.
End Chapter.
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