1. Ash's Story (Part 7: Kalos)

Chapter 10

On the way, we met a woman named Penelope who wanted to challenge me to a battle. She uses a Sylveon and I battle her with Froakie, only to lose because of a combo of Attract and Draining Kiss, leaving Froakie a little embarrassed and sulky for a while.

It turns out that Penelope is a teacher in the kindergarten, and she wants us to show our Pokemon to others so they can play with them. We also meet a boy named Randall, who has been afraid of touching Pokemon. But it is thanks to Froakie who helps him out, I'm not sure what he has done because we are busy spending some time with the others, but we're happy to see he's gotten over his fear of Pokémon, and he even announces his plans to become a Pokémon Trainer when he gets older.

And then we have a slight problem with Chespin, he has been a heavy eater and he's been chubby these days. When I have Fennekin and Froakie train with him, he is moving too slowly and is defeated with ease. Even Bonnie's Dedenne can beat him with a flash.

David offers to create a treadmill so that we can help Chespin lose weight, but in the process, we find that Chespin has gone missing. When we find him, we find that he's with an old lady named Carrie, she wants Chespin to help battling her husband Wylie's Delphox. Going up against a powerful Fire-type Pokémon scares Chespin, especially since its very full belly is still making it hard to battle.

After hearing Chespin's determination, I decide to step in and help him battle, and I decide to have him use a new move Rollout, which is super-effective against Rock Types, and that move also causes Chespin to lose its weight and more like its usual self. Wylie is about to unleash a powerful move, despite his wife's warnings—but in the midst of giving this dramatic order, he hurts his back. The battle is called to a draw, and Wylie and Carrie explain that the purpose of the battle was to settle an argument they had the day before. But it turns out Wylie already bought Carrie a lovely cake to apologize, and they decide to share it with us as thanks for our help.

And after that, we met a trainer named Lena and her little sister, Lyn. It seems Lyn and Bonnie have a lot in common: they're both too young to be Trainers, but they love taking care of their older siblings' Pokémon. They also carry identical bags, which leads to a mix-up: as they're leaving the Pokémon Center, Lyn accidentally picks up Bonnie's bag, and Bonnie takes Lyn's. The girls don't realize their mistake until they discover the wrong Pokémon inside: Lyn has ended up with Dedenne, and Bonnie is surprised to see a Pichu peering up at her.

We decide to search for the two siblings, only to find Lena, who says that her sister is also missing. We then try to use Pikachu's electricity and we find Lyn and Dedenne being chased by angry Beedrills. After we find each other, the girls trade bags again, reuniting Dedenne with Bonnie and Pichu with Lyn, and everyone settles in to have lunch together before we continue their journey.

Along a road, Froakie and I are training. I yell at Froakie, "I want you to face the rock and use Bubble!"

Froakie then fires a barrage of bubbles at a big rock, nearly destroying it. "Now use Water Pulse on the rock!" Then Froakie also uses Water Pulse to destroy the rock. "Yes."

"You still have much work to do!" A voice rang through the forest, causing us to stop what we are doing and look around.

"What was that?" David asks in confusion.

"Froakie! Use Frubble on the tree!" I say as Froakie does it, and the stranger, having been disguised to blend in with the tree, reveals himself as a ninja. "So you've found me, eh?"

"Wow! A ninja!" Bonnie exclaims. The ninja says, "Now, Ninja Leaf Shroud!" Then he disappears again.

Froakie notices rustling in a bush, and when it shoots its frubbles, they are shot back, not only that, a Froagider appears in front of us.