Bridging The Gap; The Final Records In Unova: An Autobiography

A Recilant Cresst To Vicchili

I sighed, staring down in disappointment at my Town Map.

Trixa, June, me, and Pidove, the Pokemon sitting on my left shoulder, walked under the sun.

It wasn't hot today, just sunny and windless. Striaton City was very calm. People walked by us, smiling and chatting with each other, enjoying the peaceful afternoon.

Pidove cooed and turned his head around, looking at his surroundings.

"I think that must be the Striaton Gym right there!" June said suddenly, pointing to the left of us.

We all turned and saw the very wide, very tall, brown building with a curved roof across the street. Several arches were lined up in front of the building, made of gray concrete.

I looked down at the Town Map and then squinted back up to the building. "Weren't we just here the other day?" I asked.

After what had occurred with Purrloin and Liepard a couple of days ago, June and I had managed to reconcile our problem with each other and she was once again traveling with us.

Trixa was delighted by this and suggested we spend the day together and explore Striaton City. I tried to suggest we just continue going for our Badges, but Trixa vehemently disagreed, practically demanding we have a nice day out instead.

June had gotten her credit card at the Pokemon Center and offered to take us all out to eat lunch and then later, dinner, all at her expense.

I agreed to go, but I absolutely refused to eat on her dollar.

Trixa surprised me by getting extremely angry and screaming that I was ruining the day by acting like that, so I agreed in order to calm her down.

We then got through lunch at an amazing restaurant, explored the city, had a friendly introduction of June's, Trixa's, and my Pokemon, where June revealed that both Pidove and Pansear were both male, and we ended the day with a really delicious dinner at the same lunch spot. When we finally went back to the Pokemon Center that night, Nurse Joy had been kind enough to give me a paper Town Map she had lying around.

I took it in dismay, but showed an appreciative face, though I couldn't hold back the sigh that escaped my throat. A paper Town Map was better than no Town Map, but that electronic one was incredible! I wasn't going to get the weather, time, and every last detail about every place in Unova from a piece of paper. The electronic one did things I hadn't even figured out yet!

The restaurant we ate at was definitely the building the four of us were staring at right now.

"Yeah, we were," June responded to my question. "But this is where it says it is." She pointed at the Town Map.

"Yeah, yeah, I see it," I grumbled. "But it can't be here."

"Well, where else could it be?" she asked.

"Maybe the people in the restaurant know!" Trixa said. "Those three guys with the funny hair seemed pretty informative! And they had goofy names, too!" She laughed.

"Oh, yeah," I remembered. "What were their names again?" For some reason, their names seemed awfully familiar to me when they had introduced themselves to us, but I couldn't figure out why.

"I only remember the guy with the red hair," Trixa giggled. "He was my favorite. I forgot the other two."

"One had blue hair, and the other one had green!" June smiled. "But, yeah, I forgot their names, too."

"Well, I'm not wasting their time with stupid questions," I said. "Those three work really hard. They don't have time for stupid inquires about Gyms."