Danny's Journal, Part 3- Departure and Badge
...Well, today has been a huge wake-up call. The Pokemon world can be very unforgiving.
I was training my team for the upcoming Gym battle in Route 31, and my newly evolved Kakuna, Venom, was up against a wild Pidgey. He was so close to evolving into a Beedrill, when the Pidgey struck him with an unexpected critical hit with a Tackle. The blow shattered his shell... and he died almost instantly.
I was devastated. I was really growing to like him, too... and the thing that really got me was that I think he tried to hug me right before we got into that battle. I feel so bad for Venom, and the rest of my team was sad, as well. We decided to bury him right outside of Violet City, close to where I captured him.
After I gave Venom a proper burial, I decided to finally face off against the Violet City Gym. The trainers in the Gym were easy, Thorne took care of them no problem. Falkner was a bit of a challenge, especially with Pidgeotto. Pidgey went down fast thanks to Thorne; but I used Vesuvius against Pidgeotto, and its constant Roosting was getting on my nerves. A critical hit from Pidgeotto was nearly fatal, but Vesuvius countered with a critical hit of her own, and the bird went down. The best part was that she evolved because of the battle! Her spunkiness seems to have evolved, as well. She won't stop bouncing.
After exiting the Gym and visiting the center to rest, I got a call from Elm saying that he wanted me to look after the egg I gave him. I went to the Pokemart to pick up the egg, as well as some items my mom apparently bought with my money. Note to mother- next time, buy something actually useful, other than random berries, please.
Violet City is strange, though- some random lady in a kimono came up when I was walking around the city and told me to take good care of the egg. I was confused, I had never seen her before in my life. She was hot, though. Must have been the kimono.
After walking around the city for a little while, the egg hatched into a Togepi! He's now sitting on my head. I named him Charain, and he's a powerful little bugger. He was born with a Psychic-type move, Extrasensory, so he's been leveling up rather fast.
I then went south towards the Union cave. Nothing special happened, just got a couple more phone numbers and raised my team a bit more. Indiana seems to be scared of his own reflection in the water, and Scheme keeps taunting poor Charain. Other than that, everyone's getting along great, even though the empty space on my team is rather noticeable.
Anyway, onto the Union Cave now. I hope to make it through without any more casualties... R.I.P., Venom... you shall be missed greatly.
Current Team:
Quilava 'Vesuvius' Female, Lv.16
Spearow 'Thorne' Male, Lv.16
Ekans 'Indiana' Male, Lv.14
Gastly 'Scheme' Male, Lv.14
Togepi 'Charain' Male, Lv.10