Morning had arrived in Lilycove City. Davin stepped into the Pokemon Center lobby and stretched his arms. "Mmmmm... that was some good sleep last night." He yawned.
Maura trotted down the stairs behind him. "Morning, Davin. Ready to go?"
"Hmm? Go where?"
"Mossdeep City?" She gave him a strange look.
"Oh yeah." He smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. Guess I'm not fully awake yet."
Maura giggled. "I understand." She headed towards the exit, but noticed that Davin wasn't following. "Something wrong?"
Davin had his head down. "It just occurred to me... Mossdeep City is across the ocean near here, right?"
"Yeah?"
Davin looked up. "So how are we going to get across it?"
Maura giggled and winked at him. "I'm already one step ahead of you."
Sometime later, Davin and Maura exited the Pokemon Center and stood on the city's ocean shore, watching the waves.
"So, Maura... what exactly is your plan?" The boy questioned.
"Just be patient and you'll see." She answered, not taking her eyes off the water.
Davin sighed. "I just don't see what staring into the ocean has to do with us getting across th..." He was cut off by the sight of bubbles popping out of the ocean.
Maura smiled. "Here it comes..."
In the area of the bubbles, a big, blue, sphere-shaped creature came out to the surface of the sea. It sprayed water from the top of its head into the air.
"It's here." Maura confirmed as Davin took out his Pokedex to see what 'it' was.
"Wailmer, the Ball Whale Pokemon. Wailmer can store water in its body to make itself bounce on the ground. The more water it stores, the higher it can bounce."
"Go, Crawdaunt!" Maura threw a Poke ball and a big lobster with a star on its forehead appeared on the sandy surface.
Davin's Pokedex
"Crawdaunt, the Rogue Pokemon. Crawdaunt is the evolved form of Corphish. Due to its violent nature, it is compelled to challenge any living thing to a fight. A Crawdaunt that has prevailed in hundreds of battles has large pincers marked with countless scars."
"So... you mind telling me what's going on here?" he asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" she said. "Wailmer can carry a fair amount of people on its back and if I catch it, we can go across the ocean to Mossdeep City with no problem."
"Oooh, now it makes sense! Go for it, Maura!"
She nodded. "Okay, Crawdaunt! Crab Hammer!" It jumped in the air and dived towards the whale with its right claw.
Wailmer responded by blowing out white smoke from its blowhole, obscuring Crawdaunt's vision.
"It's using Mist." Davin stated.
"Crawdaunt, Protect!" It landed on the ground and crossed its claws as a green forcefield surrounded it. As expected, Wailmer came through the Mist and tried to slam itself into Crawdaunt, but failed and was knocked back into the water.
"Night Slash!" Crawdaunt's left claw glowed purple and it used it to hit Wailmer on top of its head.
The Ball Whale Pokemon spouted water from its blowhole to create a whirlpool on top of its head. With a single thrust, the swirling water was thrown at the enemy.
"Intercept it with your claws!" The dual type Pokemon followed orders and managed to hold off the whirlpool. With a small amount of effort, it destroyed it by tossing it in the air.
"All right! Finish it with Guillotine!" Both of its claws glowed and it snapped them shut on Wailmer's skin, forcing the Pokemon to roll over with its head in the water.
"And now! Go, Poke ball!" The red and white sphere sucked Wailmer inside as soon as it touched it. On the surface of the water, the ball shook with the red light on. Soon, it stopped shaking and it just floated there casually.
"Success!" Maura cheered as Crawdaunt went into the water and brought her the ball. "Wailmer is all ours!"
"That's great!" Davin said. "Maura, you were awesome."
"Thanks, but it was Crawdaunt who made this possible. He was just too strong for Wailmer to handle, right?"
"Craw Crawdaunt!" It agreed as Maura stroked its back.
She called back the Water/Dark type and released her new Pokemon out in the water. "Hi, Wailmer. Sorry about earlier, but we just needed a way across the ocean. You don't mind taking us, do you?"
"Wail Wail." It shook its head with a smile.
"Cool!" She ran to Wailmer jumped on to it. "Come on, Davin!"
"Right." He came to them and Maura helped him on to the Pokemon.
"Okay, Wailmer! Head straight north to Mossdeep City!"
"Waaaaail!" It bellowed as it took off. The passengers held on while laying down on their transportation.
Davin grinned. "Seventh badge... here I come!"
