Ash's Paldea Story

Chapter 23 Hide-and-Seek

Reisa is now coming with the two of us this time, and she will also come in next week, much to our delight. The three of us manage to arrive at Levincia City, and it is also a modern place with a lot of ads and buildings.

"Look at this place... it is charged up with electricity..." Lillie says.

"Reminds me of Lumiose and Sunyshore." I chuckle. "But anyway, places with Electric Type Gym often look like this."

"By the way, I have to assume that Electric Type is your favorite type?" Reisa asks, "Since Pikachu is an Electric Type after all."

"Maybe, though I admit that I use Pikachu more often than my other Electric Types. But I think that Luxray is powerful with its X-Ray eyes, and also Eelektross, which has no weakness because of its ability, and also some great Pokemon like Toxtricity, only that it is loud."

"And I still remember the day when you get the Electrium-Z from Tapu Koko on the first day of school." Lillie says.

"Yeah... and Kahuna Hala gave two 2 Z-Crystals instead of one because the Electrium-Z was broken." I add.

After heading inside the gym, we get a call from Nemona. "Hey, Ash, Lillie! It's meee! How's the Gym journey? Which one are you going for now?"

"The Lavincia Gym." I say.

"Wait, seriously? I'm close by! Hang on, I'll come say hi." And just after 5 minutes, Nemona manages to rush into the gym building, and we all jump.

"Hey hey! There you are!" Nemona says.

"You scared the hell out of us..." Lillie says.

"So this is the Gym you chose to be number three, huh? Well, you're up to the challenge for sure! But, like, just to be safe... you probably better have a pre-Gym warm-up battle with me!"

"Seriously, Nemona? We have been battling in school for who knows how many times!" Lillie says.

"That was before, and you probably held back. Now let's go! C'mon, the field of battle awaits!" Nemona grabs my hand and rush off, causing the other two to follow.

When we arrive at the large plaza in the middle of the city, I notice that it is also surrounded by water. "Before you take on a Gym, it's good to see if you can find the battle court in town and check it out. It helps to see where the court is, what it's made of - stuff like that. Those things might affect how the battle goes!"

"So this is where the Gym Leader is going to fight us?" I ask in surprise. "It sure is a good place for the Electric Types."

"Y'know, Ash, one look at your face, and it's obvious that you're getting even stronger! So are you ready for it?"

I sigh, she might be our senior, but she has been battling me and Lillie for a lot of time, and this time she is using Meowscarada, Midday Lycanroc, and Pawmot to battle, but all three of them are easily defeated by my Pokemon.

"Yup, your skills are ripening quick!" Nemona says. "Man, you sure battle like someone with more than two Gym Badges! Well, that was a great battle! Fruitful for sure!"

"I still think it was useless..." I mutter, but at least she gives us some Full Heals as compensation. "I'd challenge you again literally right now... but Champions have to be understanding. So I'll hang back and respect your time! Keep on collecting badges for now, and let's battle next time we run into each other at a Gym!"

"Geez..." Lillie mutters after seeing Nemona leaves. "Now Ash has to heal his Pokemon again."

Reisa says, "Just let her do what she wants. She's the school's prez after all."