Not long after parting ways with Nemona, Arven, and the mysterious individual known as Cassiopeia, Bruce was making his way to Cortondo City to have his first gym battle against the gym leader of that specific City. From what he heard from Nemona, the gym leader specializes with bug type Pokemon.
Quaxly managed to learn wing attack in their time at the Academy, but Bruce felt like he needed more Pokemon if he wanted a chance to defeat a gym leader. So with plenty of time for his independent study, the middle aged rejuvenated young man began looking for new Pokemon to add to his team.
He used Koraidon to explore all over the area between Mesagoza and Cortondo for any pokémon that could possibly be useful against bug type Pokemon. He didn't have to look far, since around a grassy area he spotted a dog like Pokemon.
Specifically it was a quadrupedal, canine Pokémon with short, black fur and a red underbelly and muzzle. Its ears and tail are both short and pointed. Two fangs protrude from its upper jaw, and its triangular nose is black. There are white bands on its ankles and rib-like ridges on its back. The Pokemon also appears to have a simplistic, stylized skull on its forehead with the eye orbits creating eyebrow patterning above its actual eyes. It also has circular, red paw pads on each of its three-toed paws.
Bruce quickly pulled out his rotom phone and pulled out the Pokedex app to identify the pokémon that was in front of him and Koraidon.
(Pokedex: Houndour, the dark Pokemon. A dark and fire type. It is smart enough to hunt in packs. It uses a variety of cries for communicating with others)
"So it's part fire type. Dark type Pokemon are weak against bug type moves, but thanks to its additional fire type element, bug type moves will do normal damage instead of super effective damage. Plus I have a certain inkling with this Pokemon. So I'm definitely going to capture it."said Bruce to himself, who decided then and there to capture the Pokemon in front of him.
Houndour quickly noticed what was going on and did not look too happy to see Bruce or his paradox Pokemon. It quickly charged towards the two of them and tried to use ember against them!
"Quaxly, I choose you!"said Bruce, who quickly called out the duckling Pokemon for battle.
Now he could handle this himself, since he has dealt with worse than a fire dog. But considering the fact he hasn't been able to throw a proper punch make some suspect Chris made of put some dampeners on his abilities to prevent him from doing anything stupid in the Pokemon world. Plus there was the out of benefit of leveling up his starter Pokemon, so he decided to suck it up and let Quaxly do his thing!
"Use aqua jet!"ordered Bruce, causing the duckling Pokemon to surround his whole body with water before he launched himself in a stream like motion towards the dark Pokemon.
Houndour was caught off guard by this, and before it could do anything it was hit by aqua jet, causing super effective damage since it was part fire type!
The dark pokémon was quickly pushed back, but it was clear it was not ready to get up, because it got up a second later. A moment later it tried to use bite against Quaxly!
"Use water gun!"ordered Bruce, causing the duckling pokémon to take in a deep breath before launching a blast of water from his beak.
Houndour was quickly hit by water gun, once again being hit with super effective damage as it was pushed back into a nearby rock wall. Upon seeing that the dark pokémon was struggling to get up, Bruce immediately knew then and there that it was time to throw a pokeball.
"Let's see if these things work!"said Bruce while pulling out a poké ball from his backpack.
"Go pokeball!"shouted Bruce while throwing the pokeball towards Houndour with utmost precision thanks to his years of throwing batarangs.
The dark Pokemon was quickly absorbed inside of the pokeball as soon as it struck its head and it opened up. Once Houndour was successfully inside the pokeball did it close and began wiggling on the floor a few seconds later. Bruce, Koraidon, and Quaxly look down with anticipation as the pokeball continued wiggling. A couple of moments later it stopped wiggling in a click sound was clearly heard. This indicated to the aspiring Pokemon trainer that Houndour had been successfully captured!
"Good!"said Bruce as he disembarked from the paradox Pokemon to pick up the pokeball.
He quickly pulled out his pokedex app to scan his new pokémon so he could learn more about it.
"According to the Pokedex app, this Houndour is male. His ability is early bird, as well as a docile nature. His Tera type is fire, which means he'll be able to stand toe to toe with any bug type Pokemon the gym leader of Cortondo throws at him."said Bruce with a smirk, since he was glad to have added a new friend to his team.
Satisfied with the Pokemon he just captured, Bruce place the pokeball on his belt so he could take it to a Pokemon center later to get the dark Pokemon properly checked.
"I should add more Pokemon to my team. Since I don't know how many pokémon the gym leader will use. So I'll keep looking around for more Pokemon to add."said Bruce to himself, who decided to keep looking for more Pokemon to add to his team.
So with no other words coming out of his mouth, Bruce quickly got back on the paradox Pokemon and recalled his starter Pokemon back to his pokeball. He then began making his way up to a more mountainous area of the province. About 10 to 20 minutes later, Bruce stumbled on another Pokemon.
This Pokemon was a canine pokémon like the last one, only slightly different.
Specifically it is a brown, quadrupedal, canine Pokemon, with a dark gray snout and underside. It has a layer of thick fat under its skin that protects it from attacks. Its paws have four toes each. It has yellow tufts of fur on its head and back; the head fur makes the appearance of a crest. It also has a long, yellow, brushy tail. Its head has droopy triangular ears with yellow insides, and black beady eyes below two protuberances on its forehead that seemingly give it a constant anxious expression. Its snout contains a rounded triangular orange nose and a large mouth, with strong jaws and sharp fangs that look like they can crush boulders.
Bruce quickly pulled out the Pokedex app to identify the new Pokemon in front of him.
(Pokedex: Maschiff, the rascal Pokemon. A dark type. It always scowls in an attempt to make opponents take it seriously, but even crying children will burst into laughter when they see Maschiff's face)
"Hmm... A pure dog type Pokemon isn't good against bug type Pokemon. But it could prove useful in future Gym battles. So I'm going to capture it."said Bruce, who decided that in there to capture the rascal Pokemon.
Maschiff quickly notice the human looking at him and it did not look pleased to see him. It quickly let out a mighty, making Koraidon slightly uncomfortable.
"So I see intimidate is your ability! Now I want to capture you even more!"said Bruce with a determined smile on his face as he called out Quaxly once more for battle.
Both to capture the rascal pokémon and because it would help Quaxly level up!
"Use wing attack!"ordered Bruce, causing the duckling Pokemon's wings to become surrounded with flying type energy before he ran towards over to the rascal Pokemon and hit Maschiff with wing attack.
The rascal pokémon was quickly pushed back, but it was clear it was not out of the fight as it quickly tried to use bite attack!
"Dodge it!"ordered Bruce, causing the duckling Pokemon to jump out of the way, just in the nick of time to avoid getting hit with bite attack.
"Now use pound!"ordered Bruce, causing Quaxly to hit the rascal pokémon with its wing, causing damage from the normal type move.
Maschiff was quickly pushed back, but it was clearly a stubborn Pokemon as it tried getting back up.
Bruce, liking the guts this Pokemon had decided then and there to throw a pokeball. So he pulled one out of his bag and threw it at the rascal Pokemon.
Maschiff was caught off guard by this as it did not know what it was going to happen before it was too late. The pokeball quickly struck it in the head and it was absorbed inside a few seconds later. The pokeball containing Maschiff quickly fell on the floor, and it began wiggling for a few seconds before a click sound was clearly heard. This indicated to the trainer and his two Pokemon that Maschiff had been successfully captured!
"Good!"said Bruce, before he made his way towards the pokeball and picked it up.
He then pulled out his pokedex app to identify the new Pokemon he just added to his team.
"According to the Pokedex app, Maschiff is mail and he has the intimidate ability, something I already knew. It says here he has a serious nature, and the movie he knows besides bite include tackle, lick, and snarl."said Bruce to himself as he read what he saw out loud.
"Now to go look for another pokémon to use for the gym battle, since I can't use Maschiff for this battle."said Bruce to himself, who decided to look for another Pokemon to add to his team.
He didn't have to look for as he was spotted a rodent like Pokemon.
Specifically it was a small, quadrupedal, rodent-like Pokémon that has a body that is almost entirely orange, with cream colorations on its lower forelimbs, snout, and tail, and green on the insides of its ears. It has beady brown eyes and a tiny nose. Its forelimbs are considerably large, and it has a tuft of fur on top of its head.
Bruce immediately pulled out his pokedex app to identify the pokémon that just appeared before him.
(Pawmi, the mouse Pokemon. An electric type. It has underdeveloped electric sacs on its cheeks. These sacs can produce electricity only if Pawmi rubs them furiously with the pads on its forepaws)
"Hmm... An electric type could prove useful, so I think I will capture it."said Bruce to himself, who decided to add the mouse pokémon to his growing team of Pokemon.
He was going to use a different Pokemon besides Quaxly, because of the type disadvantage. But the duckling pokémon stopped him from recalling him.
"Do you want to battle against Pawmi?"Bruce inquire, to which his starter pokémon nodding his head to say he wanted to fight.
"I guess I'll let you take the floor."said Bruce before he took a step back.
Quaxly meanwhile begin approaching Pawmi. The mouse pokémon quickly noticed it and it tried to attack him using nuzzle.
"Dodge it!"ordered Bruce, causing the duckling pokémon to avoid getting hit with the super effective attack.
Pawmi was surprised that Quaxly was able to avoid its attack so easily. So I quickly switched tactics and tried to hit it with quick attack, something ain't manage to do by hitting the duckling pokémon in the stomach with the normal type of attack.
Quaxly found the wind being knocked out of him, but he quickly regained his composure and pushed Pawmi back!
"Use water gun!"ordered Bruce, causing Quaxly to take in a deep breath before he blasted Pawmi with the water type attack!
"Now finish this off with another water gun."ordered Bruce, causing the duckling Pokemon to take in another deep breath before he blasted the mouse pokémon with water gun again, causing Pawmi to hit a nearby Rock formation.
Bruce on the other hand pulled out of pokeball from his backpack and quickly threw it towards Pawmi!
The most pokémon was trying to get up before it was hit by the pokeball. A moment later the pokeball fell to the floor and began wiggling. Bruce looked on with his other two pokémon as they watched with anticipation to see if Pawmi would soon be joining their ranks or not.
After what felt like a couple of intense seconds of waiting, the pokeball stopped moving in a click sound was clearly heard.
This indicated to Bruce that a mouse Pokemon have been successfully captured.
"Excellent."Bruce said to himself as he walked over and picked up the pokeball.
He quickly pulled out his pokedex app to identify the pokémon that was now inside of his pokeball.
"According to the Pokedex app, Pawmi is mail and he has a docile nature. His main ability is static, which causes paralysis should he be hit one too many times with physical damage. That could definitely be useful. Now let's see, besides nuzzle he knows quick attack, scratch, and thunder shock. Hmm... I think I'll keep him."said Bruce to himself, who placed the pokeball on his belt after he said that.
Now that he had three new pokémon to his team, Bruce decided it was time to take a break since Cortondo was not going anywhere anytime soon. He quickly set up a table when began preparing sandwiches for each of his pokémon. Quaxly and Koraidon were more than happy to help. Bruce on the other hand finished making some sandwiches and called out Houndour, Maschiff, and Pawmi.
All three Pokemon came out of their pokeballs looking confused, wondering what the heck was going on when Bruce approached them each with a sandwich.
"No I know I caught you guys out of nowhere, but I expect your full cooperation. I have a feeling you all have potential, and I'm going to help each and every single one of you achieve it. So how about you agreed to become friends with me."said Bruce to the three Pokemon.
Houndour, Maschiff, and Pawmi looked at each other with uncertainty until the rascal pokémon approached Bruce and happily took the sandwich with its teeth. The dark pokémon soon followed and the mouse Pokemon was the final one to take the sandwich from their new trainer. It was clear to Bruce that they had accepted him reluctantly as their trainer, since he did defeat them in battle and all that. Now Bruce wonders how far he will get with his new companions on his team.
He guesses there is only one way to find out, and that's to build up some strength before taking on the gym leader of Cortondo!
So after lunch it was going to be time for special training!
Bruce Wayne's Pokemon team
Quaxly (Male)
Moves: pound, aqua jet, water gun, wing attack
Houndour (Male)
Moves: bite, ember
Maschiff (Male)
Moves: bite, tackle, like, snarl
Pawmi (Male)
Moves: scratch, nuzzle, thunder shock, quick attack
Koraidon (no gender)
Currently incapable of battle
I do not own anything!
