in the next part of his adventure, kevin goes on a journey through the hoenn region and meets new pokemon, battles new characters and much more. this is the third book in the series, i would suggest reading the other books:
POKEMON a new journey...
I head into the pokemon center and get my pokemon healed. "Gwen, you ready to Challenge Norman?" i ask her. "oh yeah..." she says popping her knuckles. we walk in through the doors and get to Norman. "Welcome challengers... are you ready to face me? do you think you have what it takes?" he says pointing at a sign to the right that reads: "ALL TRAINERS ARE ABLE TO BATTLE, SUGGESTION: TO HAVE AT LEAST 5 GYM BADGES"
"you think we should wait a little?" i ask. "not at all..." says Gwen stepping onto the Challenger side of the arena. "ready challenger? then begin..." says Norman standing up. he pulls out three pokeballs from his pocket and decides which one he'll use. "its a 3 v 3 match..." Norman explains. "The battle between Norman and Gwen Olson will now commence! Begin!" yells the referee. a big screen shows the trainers picture and the gym leaders picture with three slots below them, the first slot on Normans is a strange pokemon i haven't seen before, Norman sends out the pokemon and i scan it:
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Slakoth The Slacker Pokemon
Slakoth lolls around for over 20 hours every day. Because it moves so little, it does not need much food. This Pokemon's sole daily meal consists of just three leaves.
"alright, if your using slakoth then i'll use Umbreon!" says Gwen, Umbreon comes out of the pokeball and is ready to fight. "alright Slakoth... use Bide..." says Norman. slakoth follows his command and gets ready for the next two attacks. "umbreon! we have a strategy for this!" yells Gwen. "umbre!" it agrees. "alright use nasty plot!" says Gwen. umbreon uses nasty plot and its special attack raises. slakoth still does nothing.
"another nasty plot!" yells Gwen. umbreon's special attack increases by another 2. slakoth stops storing energy. "alright now umbreon use dark pulse!" Gwen orders. "Umbre!" it yells and fires the beam, which is four times the power. slakoth explodes. slakoth is unable to battle. "return slakoth... c'mon out Vigoroth!" Norman yells. a pokemon bursts out of its ball. i pull out Dexter and scan it:
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Vigoroth The Wild Monkey Pokemon (and the evolved form of Slakoth)
Vigoroth is always itching and agitated to go on a wild rampage. It simply can't tolerate sitting still for even a minute. This Pokemon's stress level rises if it can't be moving constantly.
"Vigoroth! use slash!" orders Norman. vigoroth quickly jumps onto the wall and propels itself to the other till it gets closer and closer to umbreon. "umbreon dodge and use dark pulse!" umbreon manages to dodge the slash attack but vigoroth dodged the dark pulse with incredible speed. "alright Vigoroth, use Thunder punch!" yells Norman. Vigoroth gets to Umbreon quick and punches it into the wall. "umbreon are you alright?" asks Gwen. umbreon is paralyzed. "now finish it off with a slash attack." says Norman, Vigoroth quickly ends the fight with a slash attack, umbreon is unable to battle.
"return Umbreon. and come on out Beautifly!" yells Gwen, Beautifly bursts out of the pokeball. "alright Beautifly use wing attack!" orders Gwen, beautifly quickly attacks and connects the hit on vigoroth. "now use Slash vigoroth!" Norman says. vigoroth uses slash on Beautifly. Beautifly held on, "finish it with a signal beam!" yells Gwen, Beautifly uses signal beam and blows Vigoroth up knocking it out. "return vigoroth... come on out Slaking!" yells Norman. i pull out Dexter and scan it:
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Slaking The Lazy Pokemon (and the Evolved Form of Vigoroth)
Slaking spends all day lying down and lolling about. It eats grass growing within its reach. If it eats all the grass it can reach, this Pokemon reluctantly moves to another spot.
"beautifly use signal beam!" yells Gwen. "Slaking use Hyper beam..." says Norman. slaking generates a beam as well as beautifly, the beams collide and hyper beam blasts through and hits beautifly. beautifly is unable to battle. "return Beautifly... come on out Absol!" yells Gwen. "absol! use nasty plot!" orders Gwen. "absol!" absol's special attack went up by 2. "now absol use sword dance!" Gwen says. "sol!" says Absol, absol's attack raises by 2. "slaking use focus punch quick!" yells Norman. "dodge it and use night slash!" yells Gwen. Slaking is too fast for absol and punches it, absol held on and used night slash on slaking. "alright, now use dark pulse. the beam blasts and blows up slaking. Slaking is unable to battle.
"slaking is unable to battle, the winner is Absol, which means the winner of the match is Gwen!" yells the Referee. "We did it!!!" yells Gwen running out to Absol. she hugs her pokemon. "you did great. return." she absorbs the pokemon back into the pokeball and Norman walks out to her and hands her a Badge, and a TM. Gwen runs to me, "Kevin i did it!!! My first Gym badge!!!" she yells excitedly. "congrats Gwen, im sure the other gyms won't be a problem... but i dont think im going to challenge this gym quite yet... lets go to a different city..." i say. "what? why not? we're here, you can get a badge now." she says. "no... i cant... me and my pokemon still need some work. so please lets just go." i say. "alright, if thats what you want." says Gwen.
we wait till the next day arrives to travel to the next city, on our list... Rustboro City...
