Promise By The Ferris Wheel (N x Reader)

Part 7: Route 4

"What now, trainer?" Litwick asks as you wander around the city.

"Well I should probably stock up on potions and Pokéballs, but I don't really have any money..."

"When you battle trainers you get money!"

You stop. "Do you think you can handle a bunch of battles?"

"Yeah! When I'm with trainer I can do aaaaaanything!"

Her enthusiasm is much appreciated, but you're not sure how far that will get you.

You head to Route 4, a desert route with a lot of backpackers.

One of them makes eye contact with you and demands a battle, sending out a Patrat.

You have Litwick use...

a. Ember

b. Will-O-Wisp

a. "Litwick! Use ember!"

Litwick jumps forward, spewing balls of fire and landing a critical hit.

"Patrat, tackle attack!" the backpacker calls.

The Patrat barrels forward into your Pokémon, sending her flying back.

She quickly gets up and uses ember again, causing Patrat to faint.

b. "Litwick! Use will-o-wisp!"

Litwick summons purple fire, which dances around her before shooting to Patrat, inflicting a burn.

"Patrat, use bite now!"

Patrat suddenly gains a bunch of speed and runs up to Litwick, chomping her with sharp fangs.

It's super effective!

Litwick jumps back up and uses ember.

Patrat is left with one HP, but then gets hurt by its burn.

"Wow, you're pretty strong," the backpacker admits. He hands over some prize money and you're left to look for more trainers.

Time skip bright to you by Burgh...for no reason

After a few more battles, as well as visits to the Pokémon Center, you finally have enough money to buy 10 potions and 10 Pokéballs.

"Thank you for your purchase," the cashier says with a bow. "Have a Premier Ball as an added bonus."

You head back through Castelia City and to Route 4 with your new stuff.

There are lots of cool wild Pokémon, like Darumaka and Sandile, as well as the occasional Scraggy. They all seem to coexist in harmony.

Maybe that's what N had been talking about, wanting to help Pokémon to live happily.

You almost step on a Stunfisk, which Litwick warns you about. 

"Sorry little guy," you tell it.

Stunfisk lets out a long hum and flops away.

"Trainer look!" Litwick yells.

Up ahead, the light of Nimbasa City flash brightly with neon colours, and even though you're still pretty far away, you can hear the loud music blaring.

Seems like a very upbeat place.

A group of Team Plasma grunts are gathered near the entrance.

"Hey, didn't you say Lord N is here?" one asks.

"That's what Zinzolin told me!" another replies.

"Apparently he was pretty angry about Ghetsis takin' Zoroark away," says the third.

"Yeah, he values that thing more than anything else."

"But Ghetsis only did that to make Zoroark stronger, or so he says."

"But oh boy, was Lord N angry. I'm a little scared to give it back." The grunt holds a Pokéball in front of him, then sees you. "Oh hey!"

Holding Litwick tightly in your arms, you approach.

"You're part of Team Plasma, right?"

You nod.

He shoves the Pokéball into your hand, which you almost drop due to Litwick being there. "N's somewhere in Nimbasa City. Will you take this to him?"

The group of grunts run away before you can answer.

A/N: I think I've made it clear that I hope you're enjoying the story so Imma stop saying that because I feel annoying. But what's this? The next chapter has the same title as the story??? What could it mean, what could it mean..!