(The Next Day)

(Down in the Lobby)

"So were are we going to train at?" asked Katie.

"I do not know yet" said Brady.

"What is the closest park?" asked Katie.

They walk over to a map that is on the registration desk and look at it. They noticed there are a lot of little parks but nothing big enough to train at. They keep looking and looking till Katie spotted one.

"What about Oak Park?" asked Katie.

"Well that should be big enough. I think that will do it. " said Brady.

They left the hotel as they did they looked at the closed gym across the street hoping that it will open soon so they can each get their second gym badge. After about 10 minutes of walking they finally made it to Oak Park.

(At the Park)

They all looked around the park and they all spotted this one statue by the pond which is full of Finneons.

"Hey what pokemon is on this statue here?" asked Katie thinking of all the pokemon they have seen and heard about.

"Well my friends that would be Reshiram" said Andrew walking up to the three from across the pond.

"Thats cool and whos there?' asked Katie turning around still wondering why a statue of Reshiram is at this park.

"Well its Andrew" said Brady turning around to see him.

"Hey" said Emma also turning around to see Andrew.

"Good Morning to all of you" said Andrew.

"Yeah you too" said Brady still interested in the statue.

"You three here to challenge the gym leader?" asked Andrew.

"Yeah but she not here" said Brady.

"I knew she left a couple of days ago and went home" said Andrew.

"Do you know why?" asked Brady.

"Yeah her dad is ill I was just there" said Andrew.

"I thought you were in Timmins, Ontario, Canada." said Brady confused about how Andrew can be here.

"I was there two days ago I just thought I see how the new gym is going" said Andrew.

"So how is it going?" asked Brady.

"Its coming along" said Andrew.

"Thats good to hear" said Brady.

"Why are you three here anyway?" asked Andrew.

"At the park or at Chicago?" asked Brady.

"At the park" said Andrew.

"We are going to do some training" said Brady.

"Thats cool" said Andrew.

"Care to join us?" asked Katie looking at Andrew.

"Yeah sure I can" said Andrew.

"How do you usually train?" asked Katie.

"I usually have two of pokemon battle each other" said Andrew.

"How do you do that?" asked Brady.

"Let me show you" said Andrew taking two pokeballs off his belt. "Go Glaceon and go Gallade." said Andrew.

He ready both of his pokemon as many people in the park gather around to watch this battle. Brady Emma and Katie all watched as Andrew's two pokemon was ready to go.

(Training battle Andrew's Glaceon vs. Andrew's Gallade)

"Gallade you use leaf blade."

"Glaceon you dodge it and you use ice beam." The ice beam hits Gallade but he shakes off the attack.

"Now Gallade you use Close Combat."

"Glaceon use dig to dodge it." The Glaceon dug a hole down to dodge the attack.

"Now Glaceon dig up and pop out of the hole and use shadow ball."

"Gallade use psychic to catch the shadow and toss it back at him." The Gallade waited for Glaceon to dig up and use shadow ball once Glaceon did Gallade caught the shadow ball in his psychic and reversed it back at Glaceon.

"Glaceon use ice beam and stop that attack." Now Glaceon completely froze the shadow ball and once it froze the ball just dropped and shattered into tiny pieces.

"Gallade you use double team to confuse Glaceon." The Gallade created a complete circle of himself around Glaceon.

"Glaceon use dig to get out of there." Again Glaceon dug down and made a hole.

"Gallade Calm mind." The Gallade calm himself as he waited for the Glaceon to dig up again.

"Now Glaceon hit him."

"Gallade jump into the air to dodge the attack." As the Galceon came up to launch an attack at Gallade. Gallade jumped into the air.

"Now Gallade focus blast." While in the air the Gallade charged up and launched a powerful focus blast at Glaceon.

"Glaceon dive back into the hole." Just as quick as Glaceon popped up from the hole he popped right back down. The focus blast hits the ground and leaves a small crater were the attack hit the ground.

"Wow what a powerful attack" said Brady. "Yeah I know" said Emma. "Focus blast is a powerful fighting type attack in which the user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power" said Andrew explaining what focus blast is. Now we return to the battle.

The Gallade land inside the crater.

"Ok Glaceon come out of the hole and use ice beam."

"Gallade I want you to use protect." Gallade created a little shield in front of him in which took the ice beam attack.

"That is enough for today" said Andrew returning both of his pokemon.

(After Andrew training battle)

"That was good" said Brady.

"Ok whos next?" asked Andrew.

"Well I guess I will" said Brady.

"Now must of these battles should only go for about 10 to 15 minutes so keep that in mind" said Andrew.

"Ok" said All three of them.

Brady then walks over to where Andrew was standing and chose his two pokemon. "Go Murkrow and go Nuzleaf" said Brady.

(Training battle Brady's Murkrow vs. Brady's Nuzleaf)

"Murkrow use peck."

"Nuzleaf dodge it and use energy ball."

"Murkrow use your peck to go right thought the energy ball." The Murkrow keep on target and his peck shattered the energy ball.

"Nuzleaf use bullet seed."

"Dodge it Murkrow an you use wing attack." The Murkrow dodged the bullet seed and dived at Nuzleaf.

"Nuzleaf use solarbeam." The Nuzleaf too in sunlight and fired a powerful yellow blast of energy from his mouth. The move did not hit Murkrow but it caught a lot of attention from the trainers in the park.

"What was that?" asked Emma.

"Well thats solarbeam" said Andrew.

"Wow what a powerful attack" said Emma.

"Tell me about it if that hit the Murkrow he would have fainted" said Andrew.

A couple of kids walk over and look at the Nuzleaf who just stood there.

"We may have just seen the end of this battle" said Andrew.

"Your right Andrew" said Brady returning Nuzleaf and Murkrow.

"Your next two pokemon" said Emma.

"Oh yeah go Timburr and go Piplup" said Brady tossing out his last two pokeballs.

(Training battle part 2 Brady's Piplup vs. Brady's Timburr)

"Timburr use low kick."

"Piplup dodge it and use water gun."

"Timburr use your log to dodge that attack." The Timburr dropped his log right in front of him which split the water gun around the log.

"Piplup use bubblebeam."

"Again use that log Timburr." Again the use of the log popped all the bubble that were coming at Timburr.

"Timburr rock throw."

"Piplup use water gun to break up the rock." Piplup's water gun was not strong enough to break up the rock so Piplup was hit with the rock.

"Piplup you ok" said Brady. The little blue bird got back up and continued to go. Then the Piplup started glowing. "Piplup is starting to evolve"said Andrew. "Thats cool" said Emma. "Good job Brady your Piplup is evolving" said Katie. Next thing you see were the Piplup was standing was his new Prinplup.

"Prinplup use water gun."

"Timburr use that log to block the attack." This time the water gun broke the log right in half and sent the Timburr back a little.

"Ok thats enough" said Brady returning his pokemon.

(After Brady's training battle)

"I guess I will go next" said Emma.

"Ok go Combusken and go Herdier" said Emma.

(Training battle Emma's Combusken vs. Emma's Herdier)

"Combusken use ember."

"Herdier dodge and use take down."

"Combusken stop that take down and use fire spin." The Herdier was trapped inside the fire spin which caused him to burn.

"Herdier continue with that take down.

"Combusken double kick." The double kick stopped Herdier.

"Herdier use tackle."

"Fire spin Combusken." This move caused the Herdier to faint.

(After Herdier fainted)

"Well return you two" said Emma.

"Katie I think its your turn" said Andrew.

"Nah I do not want to go right now" said Katie.

"Thats fine" said Brady.

(After the training)

"Now what?" asked Brady just standing there looking between the three others.

"Well I have to go so I will catch you all later" said Andrew walking away from the three others.

"Andrew wait up can I walk with you" said Katie running after Andrew to catch him.

"Yeah sure" said Andrew stopping and waiting for Katie.

"Well me and Emma will go eat then" said Brady.

"Ok I will catch you guys back at the hotel" said Katie leaving with Andrew.

(Andrew and Katie)

"Whats up Katie?" asked Andrew.

"Well yesterday on Lake Michigan I think I saw Azelf" said Katie.

"Interesting the lake pokemon is not known to just come out for any trainer" said Andrew a little perplexed.

"What do you think it means?" asked Katie.

"Well if it was Azelf he might be trying to warn you of trouble that is on the horizon" said Andrew.

"Trouble what do you mean?" asked Katie looking puzzled.

" Unfortunately I do not have that answer" said Andrew.

"Was it really Azelf?" asked Katie still looking slightly confused.

"Honestly I do not know if it was you are very lucky an if it was not then I do not know" said Andrew.

"Ok" said Katie.

"Azelf is the Being of Willpower he can grant you more willpower and he can take it away" said Andrew.

"Ok" said Katie.

"I want you to understand whatever you saw Azelf or not it would be an amazing sight so understand this. This world is full of amazing pokemon whatever you saw just keep remembering that sight. Knowing if it was Azelf it will show itself to you again" said Andrew.

"Thanks for telling me that. That helped me out a lot" said Katie looking more relaxed rather then confused.

"Don't mention it thats what I do" said Andrew.

"One more question. Why did you give me a fire stone?" asked Katie.

"Well you will see when your Vulpix is ready to evolve" said Andrew.

"When is that?" asked Katie.

"You will know" said Andrew.

"Again Thank you your a good friend to have" said Katie.

"You too" said Andrew.

"Know be ready once that gym leader gets back if she does you best be ready her pokemon are going to be tough" said Andrew.

"Ok" said Katie.

"Good night Katie" said Andrew walking into the lobby of the hotel he is staying at.

(Back at the hotel)

"Hey there you are" said Emma looking at Katie.

"Yeah how was dinner?" asked Katie a little distracted from what Andrew was telling her.

"It was good and we brought you something back" said Emma handing Katie a Styrofoam container.

"Thanks" said Katie.

"Now what did you Andrew talk about?" asked Brady.

"Well I talked to him about my recent Azelf sighing" said Katie.

"What does he thing it is?' asked Brady.

"He did not know but he did say this world is full of wonderful pokemon." said Katie.

"That is good" said Brady.

"Yeah I know" said Katie.

"Ok so what are we doing tomorrow?" asked Emma.

"Well you can go to the town triathlon" said a guy in the lobby.

"What is that?" asked Brady.

"Well you and one of your pokemon do various activities do earn points in the end the one who earns the most points wins a Dusk stone" said the guy. "Is that all?" asked Brady.

"Yeah the bonus you get awarded it by the master of the event Andrew Hanson" said the guy.

"So that would explain why he is here" said Katie.

"Ok we should do that" said Emma.

"Yeah we should we will sign up in the morning" said Brady.

Honestly I want your opinions on what you thing Katie saw. Do remember it was dark and it was on the lake so it was most likely misty. But I know what it is and I will gladly share it to you later on so keep up with the updates.

Poke Update:

Brady's Piplup evolved into Prinplup

You meet Andrew's fourth pokemon Gallade.

Trainer Update:

They will participate in the triathlon.

This should be fun.

DD Update:

Can the recent sighting of Azelf mean the DD are connected?

Wait and see.