Journey To Greatness Pt. 3

Journey To Greatness Pt. 3

Violet City, home of a gym, the Bellsprout Tower and a Pokemon school.  I'm here for the gym and it's badge.

“Why can't I challenge the leader?” I asked.

“Because you aren't ready yet.” said the gym guy.

“But I want to challenge him.” I said.

The gym leader walks up to us.

“If you really think you can take us I have no choice but to accept your challenge.” said Falkner.

We took opposite sides of the battle field.

“Go Pidgey.” said Falkner.

“Go Wilow.” I said.

“Chicorita.” said Wilow.

“Pidgey use gust.” said Falkner.

The gust hit Wilow hard.  She didn't have much strength left.

“Finish it with quick attack.” said Falkner.

Sure enough Wilow fainted from the attack.  I recalled her.

“My turn.” said Kimiko.

“Kimiko use tackle.” I said.

“Pidgey use gust.” said Falkner.

Like Wilow before her, Kimiko was hit hard but not as hard.

“Finish it off with Quick Attack.” said Falkner.

Kimiko fainted from the attack.  I was announced as the loser.  I just don't know what went wrong.  I ran to the Pokemon Center to get Wilow and Kimiko healed.

“We hope to see you again.” said the nurse.

“Wait, are you saying you want my Pokemon to get hurt again like that?” I asked.

“Ha ha no, what I'm saying is I hope you come here if your Pokemon get injured again.” said the nurse.

“Oh, sorry.”I said.

“It's ok, I get it a lot.  I guess I should word it a little differently.” said the nurse.

“You think?” said Kimiko.

“Have you trained at the Bellsprout Tower?” asked the nurse.

“No, I haven't.” I answered.

“I highly recommended doing so, it will help a lot.” said the nurse.

“Thank you, I will.” I said.

I decided to travel to this tower, it was not far from the Pokemon Center.  I entered the tower to find some sages training.

“Um, is this the place I can train?” I asked.

A sage turned to me.

“Yes child, get to the top and you will get a reward from the elder.” said a sage.

“Alright, thank you.” I said.

“Wait.” said another sage.

I waited.  The sage handed me a Pokeball.

“I can tell you are a caring trainer, I want you to have this Togepi.” said the sage.

“Thank you very much.” I said.

“It has a nickname, Cupid.” said the sage.

“Interesting nickname.” said Kimiko.

“Oh, your Eevee talks.” said the sage.

“Yeah, I've been talking my whole life.  Not sure why I'm gifted like this but hey.” said Kimiko.

“Amazing.” said the sage.

I went up the stairs, another sage came up to me.

“So you seek to train, very well let's go.” said the sage.

The sage threw a Pokeball and a Bellsprout came out.

“Bellsprout.” said the Bellsprout.

I threw a Pokeball.

“Go Cupid.” I said.

“Togepi.” said Cupid.

“Bellsprout, use vine whip.” said the sage.

Bellsprout whipped Cupid hard.

“Cupid, use Extrasensory.” I said.

Cupid used an odd psychic power and knocked out the Bellsprout in a single hit.  The sage recalled Bellsprout.

“Well done child, you may proceed.” said the sage.

“Quick question, how do you know what attacks we know?” asked Kimiko.

“I just know.  Can't really explain it but it's like I have a list of my Pokemon's attacks and other info in a menu.” I said.

(Writers note: Ditzy is referring to the summery screen and battle display in the Pokemon games.)

“I'm not even going to ask, let's keep moving.” said Kimiko.

I did so, until I came across another sage.

“No matter how hard we battle, the tower will stand tall.” said the sage.

I guess that was a challenge to a battle because the sage sent out another Bellsprout.

“Go Wilow.” I said.

“Chicorita.” said Wilow.

“Wilow, use tackle.” I said.

“Bellsprout, use vine whip.” said the sage.

Bellsprout whipped Wilow but it didn't seem to do much damage, Wilow tackle hit Bellsprouts hard.

“Tackle again.” I said.

Wilow tackled the Bellsprout again and it fainted.

“Well done child, proceed.” said the sage.

I did and came across what seemed like a hallway.  I walked down it and saw an older sage and a young trainer.

“Well done young lady, you are worthy of this HM.” said the older sage.

“Thank you elder.” said the young trainer.

The young trainer turned around and walked to me.

“Hello, are you going to battle the elder?” asked the young trainer.

“Yes I am.  My name's Ditzy.” I said.

“Nice to meet you, I'm Christina.” said the young trainer.

“And I'm Kimiko.” said Kimiko.

Christina gasped and picked up Kimiko.

“Oh my gawd, a taking Eevee.  I love Eevee, my whole team is the evolved forms of Eevee.  I had to leave one out because of the dumb six Pokemon limit.  I heard there was a new Eeveelution discovered in another region, isn't that exciting.” said Christina.

Kimiko was clearly loving the attention.

“Um, can I have my Eevee back?” I asked.

“Oh, terribly sorry dear, anyway I'll see you around.” said Christina.

Christina put Kimiko down and left.

“Well, time to battle the elder.” I said.

End of Pt. 3