Chapter 16- Training wreck

I frantically looked on the floor in hopes that I just dropped it and that it wasn't stolen. But to my misfortune it wasn't there. Someone must have stolen it. But who? I was now on a mission to find my lost belt with my pokemon. It would be really hard to find it. But I had high hopes that I could get it back.

"You dropped this." I whipped around to see a short, silver haired old man with a puckered brow in his hand was my belt! I took the belt grateful that nothing went missing or that I didn't need to cause a scene about it.

"How could you just leave your belt unguarded? It could have been stolen!" He growled at me with that horrifying frown. By my wild expression he sighed. "My name is Kurt I'm this towns pokeball crafter." Pokeball crafter! That reminded me of the apricorn I had in my bag that I got towards the beginning of my journey.

"Kurt? The pokeball crafter Kurt? It's a pleasure to meet you. Can you make a pokeball out of this?" I showed him the green apricorn. He showed no break of emotion and took the apricorn.

"Fine. I will have your pokeball done in a day." With that he left to what I thought would be his guild. Now what would I do?

"Did you see how strong he was?" A girl replied to her friend who was accompanied by her pokemon.

"Yeah I'm lucky that I won with my pokemon. That was really hard." They must have been talking about the Azalea gym leader.

I thought to myself was I even ready to do something like that? This was my second gym battle and my pokemon didn't get much stronger from last time. Maybe a training session was in order.

I walked out by the forest and sent out Slowpoke and Totodile. I then walked through some tall grass to see if I could find something to fight. I tried to advance but I felt my leg snag on a vine I tried to free myself but every time I even tried to struggle I would get more entangled in it.

"Help me." My pokemon dashed into the tall grass with me and got caught in the vines. "I meant get help. Not to make the problem worse." I groaned not daring to move in case I got myself more tangled. That worked out for a while until I was shoved even farther by my struggling pokemon.

"What are you doing?" I heard a voice from someone, someone familiar. I looked around but couldn't see anyone. "I asked you what are you doing?" The voice barked.

"I was training my pokemon and I got stuck." I sighed as I felt the vine get tighter.

"Well your training got you in an angry nest of Tangela and Tangrowth."

I felt the arms of the Tangrowth throw me around I screamed in terror.

"What do I do?" I moaned.

"Nothing you can do." The voice said the arms started to wrap around the throat. I slowly started to panic. Slowly? No I was rapidly panicking. I was going to die.

"Please help." I cried maybe pity would work.

"Get them free." The voice replied. I soon was able to breath as I was let down I stood on the ground dazed gasping for breath. I looked up to see a Machop and a Machoke. But that wasn't the important part I saw someone I recognized. The mean girl I met at the beach. What was she doing here?

"Why do you have a tailless slowpoke?" She looked at my pokemon. "Along that pokemon? You know he can't evolve now?"

"Why not'? I scoffed.

"Because they need to fish out a Shelder with it's tail in order to evolve. He can't do that when he has no tail." She had a point there.

"Bur it doesn't mean he isn't strong." I scoffed the girl rolled her eyes. "See I'll battle you to prove it." I called out my Slowpoke out. This may have regrettably been the stupidest thing I have ever done.

"Fine if that is what you want." She reached into her bag to get an ultra ball. She was way ahead of me in the game I would surely lose. "Gyrados go!" I swallowed hard Gyrados had a hot temper not to mention really powerful moves.

But that didn't stop me from trying it anyways "Slowpoke lets use take down." The attack hit but Gyrados was still there.

"Iron tail." She called out to her pokemon. Just by the size of the pokemon I knew my poor Slowpoke would be crushed. But my pokemon came through and moved out of the way just in time. The iron tail hit and missed by a tails length, which was something my pokemon, didn't have.

"Slowpoke I have an idea." I replied looking at the snake like sea monster. Slowpoke nodded, he knew what I was going to do. "Let use bite." The other two looked at us in confusion as Slowpoke charged at Gyrados.

"That was foolish of you. Gyrados when he get's close enough to you, I trust you know what to do." The pokemon smiled at it's trainers words very much like how Slowpoke and I got our plan of attack. But I was glad to surprise the two as my pokemon charged straight at the head of the behemoth. They were expecting me to drive my pokemon straight at them but at the last minute Slowpoke took a sharp turn and climbed up the body of Gyrados and stood on it's head and bit the pokemon. Gyrados cried in pain and I saw it's trainer have a small issue where she couldn't control her pokemon. But they got a grip fast, way too fast for my liking. " Smart. But not smart enough Gyrados use Extreme speed." I felt my heart stop beating for a minute she was catching on to my moves. I didn't know her pokemon could use that move. I watched in horror as Slowpoke was knocked off his pedestal on the cold hard ground; knocked out.

I ran to my pokemon and gently set him in my arms. I stroked his belly and spoke softly words of encouragement. I was proud of my pokemon for getting that far a small Slowpoke was no match of a Gyrados like that.

"Well let me tell you that was an impressive battle. I never thought you would get that far." Would her arrogance ever end?

"Thank you." Was all I could say I was more worried about Slowpoke then I was about our loss.

"My name is Karrie by the way. Aren't you the girl that was at the lab when the attack happened? Or when the ruins of Alph blew up?"

"Yes." I replied wondering how Karrie knew all this.

"Well that's just great. You also bring bad luck to whomever your by." She laughed at my misfortune, which just set me off.

"I am not bad luck! It was coincidental." I argued my voice raising.

"Whatever. It doesn't matter anyway because it still happened anyway." This girl loved getting on my bad side.

"Well I bet your not miss luck herself." I retorted. Kassie for a moment looked a little hurt but changed her expression really quick.

"I don't need luck I only need skill which is something you don't have." I felt my heart shatter into tiny little pieces at that comment. Why did I care what she thought?

I was probably really lucky for what happened next or I might of just accidently started world war three. "Kassie what are you doing here?" I heard another grumpy voice say. I whipped around to see Kurt standing there.

"I was helping this girl out Dad." Why didn't I see that one coming? They had the same attitude, the same angry voice, and they looked very similar.

"Hey aren't you that kid that gave me that green apricorn?" Kurt snorted. "Here is your pokeball I got it done faster because I have a client I needed to get the pokeballs done for a client so I rushed to get it done." I couldn't believe how gruff and rude the man was.

"Thank you sir." I replied taking the pokeball. It was well polished for a pokeball. I looked at the type of ball it was. But to no avail did I find out what type of ball it was. 'I'll call it a Kurt ball' I placed my Kurt ball in my giant bag and watched as Kassie and her father leave back for Azalea town.

I looked at Slowpoke who fully recovered. That's where an idea came to me. "I'll name you Speedy" Speedy grinned as I gave him his name and I knew he liked it. It was by his hard training and determination even through his hardships that he got his name. Now it was on both of our minds; Training was over.