Pokémon: King of Kings

Chapter 12 - Pewter City and Cerulean City - Part 1 - A long overdue beatdown

(Cerulean Dewgong Diner, Cerulean City, Kanto Region, Pokémon World)
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(Cobalt POV)

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Cobalt and Acerola were in Cerulean City, they were presently in a small diner where Cobalt and Acerola were going over the data he'd gathered from various sources. They were deciding whether or not to stick with their original goal of challenging Pewter City before Cerulean City or to challenge Cerulean before they headed towards Pewter and inevitably had to backtrack to Cerulean anyway.

''What do you think Cobalt? Statistically what favors us the most?'' Asks Acerola.

''Hmm, Flint is a purist, he has Pokémon who use moves that match his chosen typings. The Cerulean Sisters use Water-Types with either a second type or have a collection of moves of alternate typings to shore up their weaknesses.'' Cobalt says before sighing heavily.

''But?'' Asks Acerola.

''Challenging Flint gets our mons some extra experience before a tougher opponent. Especially considering we don't know which Cerulean Sister will face either of us. Each one has the same generic Pokémon except for one. They each have a Pokémon that gives them an ace over others. Daisy, the oldest, allegedly has the most powerful. Now that could be a Gyarados, but I can't be sure considering the Sisters are known to travel to other regions.'' Says Cobalt.

''We challenge a weaker gym to gain experience and give our mon's a headstart. Or we challenge the slightly tougher opponent who there are three of, and we have no real chance of knowing whom we will face of those three. If we beat the Cerulean Gym first, the amount of progress our Pokémon gain will be a leap compared to what we'd gain challenging Flint first.'' Acerola counters.

''Maybe, but I'd like to avoid any surprises when we draw first blood on our journey to the Kanto Pokémon League. Flint is a person I can build a more specific strategy towards. He's easier to build a strategy around because he's not the type of trainer to be so flashy and out there.'' Says Cobalt.

''Maybe, but wouldn't it be easier to build a strategy against the Gym Leaders here, their local shows would give us ample opportunity to get an idea of how to counter them.'' Says Acerola.

''No, because there's three of them it's very hard to build an effective strategy around that. The sisters are known for occasionally doing double or triple battles as well, so that's another problem, honestly beating flint first gives us the better chance against the sisters.'' Says Cobalt.

''Well it's early days, and our only real experience IS local tournaments, so in this particular case, I'll defer to your judgment Cobalt.'' Says Acerola.

''That gives us a day for our next train. I was hoping to visit Cerulean Cave when we first arrived here, but we might want to run the length of Route 24 for a few hours if only to find some more Pokémon. Some of them could prove useful especially since the connected Route 25 is the veritable gateway for other regions Pokémon to migrate here.'' Says Cobalt.

''What's been known to be found there?'' Acerola asks.

''Ahh, off the top of my head? Abra, Oddish, Venonat, Bellsprout, Bidoof, Buizel, HootHoot, Slakoth, Psyduck, Slowpoke, and Buneary.'' Says Cobalt thinking hard.

One of the reasons he wanted to hit that route was because of his suspicions that that was where Ash had gotten his Charmander, the other was to get his hands on an Abra. The longer he had one in his possession, the better off he'd be against Sabrina, since it would give Abra the necessary time to evolve into Kadabra. Cobalt knew his biggest threats to getting past the gyms of each region, he'd done his homework. As far as Kanto was concerned; Surge, Sabrina, Giovanni, Koga, and Blaine represented his biggest threats.