Chapter 11: Set Sail
Ben and Noah are sitting down in the lounge area of the Botson Pokemon Center talking while Selena is getting three tickets for the ferry to Toshington tomorrow morning
Noah, "I was really impressed with your battle against Revere Ben."
Ben, "Thanks but you should be impressed with my Pokemon they did all the work!"
Noah smiling for a second, "I'm so happy i came on this journey with you and Selena. I didn't realize i had so much to learn about pokemon before I became a gym leader. Watching you battle teaches me so much."
Ben, "No problem, and your great to have. You help me and Selena out so much, i don't know what we'd do without you."
Noah, "So do you know what gym you're going to challenge next?"
Ben, "I don't know yet what ever is closest to Toshington City i guess"
Noah, "We can look more into it when we get there then."
Selena then walked over to them and sat down, "Just got our tickets, we leave tomorrow at 10 am. So we can just relax for the rest of the night!" smiling
Ben, "If that's the case i think i'm going to call Prof Spruce and my Mom to check up on them." as he starts walking over to a monitor with Selena and Noah following him, wanting to introduce themselves. Ben then types in a number into the PC and suddenly Prof Spruce appears on the monitor
Spruce, "Hello Ben i wasn't expecting you to call."
Ben, "I just wanted to check up with you and tell you about my progress" as he flashes him his two badges.
Spruce, "Wow you already have two badges, and you have provided me with lots of good data during your travels."
Ben, "Oh yeah, i forgot about my pokedex. It's kinda just muscle memory at this point then me actually doing it." as Selena nudges him in the back. "Sorry professor i forgot to introduce to my friends that i'm traveling with
Selena, 'Hi, I'm Selena and I'm a pokemon coordinator"
Noah, "And I'm an apprentice gym leader."
Spruce, "Well very nice to meet you two, and where are you'll going to next?"
Selena, "Toshington City, for my first pokemon contest"
Spruce, "Exciting, i'll be sure to watch" making Selena blush, "Thanks professor."
Ben, "By the way is my mom there."
Spruce, "Actually yes she has been helping me take care of all the pokemon at my facility." as Ms. Kayonk shoves Spruce of the screen
Ms. Kayonk, "Why haven't you been calling me?"
Ben, "I'm sorry mom i've just been training really hard lately and haven't had time, and why are you working for the professor"
Ms. Kayonk, "Well with my last boy out of the house, i needed something to preoccupy myself."
Ben, "Okay bye Mom, i have to go now."
Ms. Kayonk, "Fine but call me soon."
Ben , "okay will do mom." turning off the monitor, "so what should we do before we go to be for the night?" as the three just stared at each other for a few seconds
Noah, "How about we go to the docks and look around for a bit. We haven't been to that side of the City yet!"
Selena, "Sounds like fun, let's go!" the three then went to the train station connected to the Pokemon Center and headed toward the docks
***30 minutes later as they get of the train***
The three friends walk out of the station entrance to find a lite up farmers market along the beach like a boardwalk with dozens of booths filled with different foods, clothing, and other items.
Noah, "I'm going to go and check out the supplies area and see if we are low on anything" as he darts deep into the market."
Ben, "so where do you want to go Selena?"
Selena, "I thought we could just walk around and look around. I don't really need anything specific."
Ben, "Okay well i think i'm going to go down to the beach and look for rare Pokemon and train!" starting to walk away
Selena, "Wait Ben, do ever relax and have fun? You've been training a lot lately which isn't bad but you just earned another gym badge. Why not have relax and explore tonight."
Ben thinking about it for a moment, "You're right Selena, Lead the way!" smiling
The two then walked along the boardwalk, Selena teaching Ben how to relax and just have fun. However after an hour of Selena buying clothes and Ben watching uninterested.
Ben, "Hey Selena, i think i'm starting to get bored with relaxing."
Selena then quickly thought of a way to keep Ben there looking up at a ferris wheel, "Well how about we go to that carnival" pointing toward ferris wheel with tons of lights going into the sky. Ben suddenly looked interested when Selena took his hand and dragged him toward the carnival. The two then had a fun night, riding all the rides and playing games. Ben even won a stuffed mawile doll which he then gave to Selena as a thank you for teaching him oh to relax. They eventually left to go find Noah. who they found on the beach fishing with an unknown old man in a sailor's uniform.
Noah seeing them, "Hey guys i was buying some medicine when i ran into Captain Fran" gesturing to the man he was fishing with, "He's actually the captain of the ferry we are riding tomorrow, he's been teaching me how to fish ever since!" as Ben and Selena looked relieved to find out the man wasn't some nut case.
Fran, "Nice to meet you two, i assume you are Ben and Selena"
Ben, "Nice to meet you, Noah i think we are heading back to sleep for the night if you want to come?"
Noah looking back, "Sure thing let me just" but suddenly his fishing rod started tugging
Fran, "You got a bite son! Reel her in."
Noah, "Oh my gosh, my first ever catch i'm so excited" as he starts to reel it in only to find a old boot. Ben and Selena then couldn't stop themselves from laughing and Noah's face became very red.
Fran, "don't worry son, it happens to the best of us."
Noah, "Okay we can go back now." still with a red face
Ben, "Man, i'm never going to forget that!" with Selena still chuckling as the three started heading back to the Pokemon Center
***The Next morning***
"Umbre, umbre" as Umbreon wakes up his master Ben
Ben moaning, "Thanks for waking me up, Umbreon" petting his first pokemon, "I wanted to make sure i wasn't the reason we missed our ferry." after Ben got ready for the day he and Umbreon walked down to the lobby to find he was the first to wake up. A few minutes later as Ben was eating breakfast Selena, her mawile, and Noah walked down surprised.
Noah, "I would have never expected to find Ben to be the first one awake."
Selena, "well there's a first for everything." as Ben laughed. The three then joined Ben and Umbreon for breakfast, and proceeded by heading to the docks.
Noah, "Hey captain Fran." waving at the captain who was introducing himself to the people boarding his boat
Fran, "Who are you again?"
Noah who was red again, "It's me, Noah, we fished yesterday night?"
Fran, "Doesn't ring a bell, sorry son." Ben and Selena then laughed even harder then last night as the boarded their boat.
Noah, "Look at that Ben and I are right next to your room Selena!"
Selena, "That's so lucky" the three then went to their rooms and began unpacking for their two day journey on the sea.
***A few minutes later after they are done packing***
Noah, so what do you want to do to pass the time?"
Ben, "You want to walk around for a little and then go fishing!"
Noah, "Sure!"
***After a few minutes of touring Boat, Noah and Ben reach the stern (The front)***
As Ben and Noah are walk up to the stern of the boat they see a large pool surrounded by chairs which is where Selena is in a white bikini and her mawile tanning along with many other passengers relaxing around the pool.
Ben, "Hey Selena." Selena, who was sleeping, almost fell of her chair.
Selena, "Oh hey guys i didn't think i'd see you guys here."
Noah, "Well we thought we'd get to know where everything was on the boat and then go fishing for pokemon!"
Selena, "Okay well have fun, ill see you two tonight for dinner!" Ben and Noah then walked to the back of the boat where they casted their line and relaxed for the rest of the day.