Pokémon : Black Rising

16. The Base

" Mewtwo is right. We have to train more frequently now. The world might throw anything at us, but we must stand back up and hurl it back to them! We are going to be the Best Pokemon Team of the entire world! Nothing, absolutely nothing will stop us! No matter the problems, we will prevail! "

Everyone cheered at the end of my motivational speech. The time to train harder than ever has come. Gym battles have already began to become hard. Team Black's attention could have been already drawn to me. My rivals from Azel Town have been popping up to defeat me. I won't give in!

Dusk had already fell. If I were to travel now, I might as well be blind as a Zubat. I liked this place so a camp here would be great.

We were seated by the pond. Everything was quiet and calm. Unfortunately, this calm was going to get disturbed, " Let the training COMMENCE! "

Circuit Race!
We dashed forward with all our might. Avoiding obstacles galore will increase agility, destroying some will improve strength and careful navigation will skyrocket evasiveness. The results were obvious. Riolu First, Luxio Second, Turtwig Third, Charmeleon Fourth and I at the last (without surprise).

Not done yet! Boudler Training!
I punched a giant boulder. Nothing happened to the boulder but a lot of things happened to my fist.
Turtwig Tackled it. It developed wide cracks and fissures.
Charmeleon Slashed it. Two perfect halves were on the ground.
Luxio Tackled another one, it was smashed into five smaller ones.
Riolu punched yet another, the boulder was pulverised into rubble.

I was out of breath. But the training had to go on!
Meditation!
Focussing all the power left in me, I called upon the flames. The four flames surrounded me and they were dazzling bright. Two far ahead, pink and white, were glowing dimly. A dozen or more above were burning like the sun. It was refreshing.
My partners enjoyed the meditation too. It helps in experience gain, concentration, life-force increments and raw power.

During the meditation, I had a brilliant idea to hone this Aura Manipulation thing. I reached for the blue flame and when I opened my eyes, I was seeing what Riolu was seeing. Riolu's thoughts rushed into mine. In the tempest, I caught this: So we are one now? It sure did sound like Riolu.

We stood up. We tried to find my body, which apparently had disappeared. (We know that this 'we' thing is crazy, but that's the best explanation for this condition.) We focussed, the speed was immense. We were practically flying over the trees and bushes with each leap. One step and the ground beneath us broke apart. A single punch to the air generated enough pressure to blow apart the surrounding trees. We relaxed and let go. I was myself again.

That was tiring, nauseous and amazing at the same time. Riolu looked happy about the power. Once I caught me breath, I tried it on others. It kinda worked but the joining of minds didn't take place. I felt their thoughts and emotions but I was I. (Weird? Who else can be me?)

The boost in speed and strength were present but not as much as Riolu's. The more I perfected this new-found power, the stronger we could become.

By the end of that, everyone was exhausted. The sky had already turned dark red, indicating the coming of night. The time was six already so we called it a day.

I set up a campfire to roast a few marshmallows and other items I had bought in the PokeCentre. Yeah, there is a cafeteria of sorts.
The night sky was amazing. Loads and loads of stars were twinkling above us. A few shooting stars were visible now ans then. " That's a shooting star," I said to my Pokemon, " Make a wish and it might come true. "

" Turtwig! " " Lux. " "Charmeleon." " Rai! "

Maybe their wishes were completed. I wished to be the Best Trainer, a person who understands Pokemon.