Ch16- Gym battle and Misty

Three sisters were standing in front of me. Lily has a Goldeen, Violet has a Shellder and Daisy has Seel. Goldeen is out because it always stays in the water and Ralts can't even swim properly. Seel might be good but even seel can go underwater, so I have only one choice, that is to choose Shellder. Although Shellder can go underwater, it won't be much of a problem as it is too slow.

"I choose Violet for my second gym badge"

As soon as I said that

"Challenger get on the stage and let's finish it quickly. I have a lot to do and this is just wasting my time."

'what kind of attitude is that??'

"Sure, Ralts you are up"

[Sir, I think I am really close to evolution and all I need is to win this.]

"Sure just stay on those platforms and teleport between them to avoid attacks."

[Yes Sir]

"Shellder common out, Get in the water."

"Shadow sneak and don't let it get inside"

Ralts attack hit Shellder before it goes underwater. Shellder because of the impact fell inside the water. 'Wtf'

"Shellder use ice shard and don't let Ralts escape."

"Shell Shelder"

"Ralts teleport away and use confusion, hit them till Shellder gets confused." Confusion will hit shellder, no matter if it's inside or outside.

Violet was fuming now as she can't do anything. Ralts is too fast and nothing is hitting her.

"Shellder Get closer and use Clamp and then icy wind."

'This is the shittiest battle I ever had but I can't scold them as I want their pokemon to teach ice type moves.' I will finish this now.

"Ralts let it get closer and the moment it opens the mouth for Clamping, launch Psybeam dead centre inside the mouth."

Violet couldn't yell anything as the psybeam hit shellder. Shellder hit the pool floor due to the force and fainted. 'Ok now I seriously doubt why this is the second gym. It should be a zeroth gym.'

'Maybe my Ralts is too strong'

I look at Ralts for signs of evolution but nothing happened. I should be stupid to expect an evolution with this kind of battle.

"Shellder return, and you!!!! collect your gym badge from the registration counter."

I was embarrassed as fuck and how could I ask them to teach my pokemon.

"Ahem...I actually wrote a message to Prof.Oak asking if you could teach my pokemon some ice moves. So did the professor inform you?"

"Oh.., so you are the one who asked Mr.Oak. Ya, we got the message from him and no, we don't have time for you as there are a lot of shows to perform."

"I will work in the gym for a week. Like, cleaning the pool and maintaining the whole gym. How about it? At least you can recommend me with someone."

"Nice. I like that you are not asking for a free lunch. I have a younger sister, she is 15 this year and she has a lot of Pokemon that know ice type moves. You can ask her to teach, although she is younger than you, she was trained by our father. He was the old gym leader."

"Sure, Thanks and I will start from tomorrow. Where do I meet her?"

"She is at the main pool, you can go in. I am warning you that she has a bad temper and she absolutely hates bug type Pokemon, so keep them away."

"Ahhh ok"

"Ralts let's go"

We went inside and Ralts started talking

[Sir, I am sorry that I did not evolve but will surely try my level best next time.]

"Don't be like that Ralts, you were so strong out there. You did not even go full power so it's not your fault. Don't be so modest, you are very powerful."

[Thank you, but I feel I can be better]

"Sure, don't worry about the evolution and just concentrate on learning. We have a lot of time before the League matches."

While I was chatting with Ralts, I saw an orange-haired girl sitting near the pool playing with her shellder. She was slim and had a kooky styled ponytail. She noticed us coming and was looking at us curiously. I walked up to her

"Hey, I am Gunn from Pallet town. With the recommendations from Prof.Oak and the Gym leader, I am here to ask for some help with teaching ice moves to my pokemon."

First, She was awestruck by my appearance but she straightened up in a moment

"Oh hey, I am Misty but I don't know who recommend me. I am a water specialist, not an ice type one, so I won't be much of help. And what's in it for me, if I teach your Pokemon?"

"I volunteered to help with the gym."

"That's got nothing to do with me, I asked you what's in it for me? not my sisters."

"How about this? I can teach you about something that's not released yet and it will help you training your water types more easily. And after that, I can give you information on every water type that exists in all of eight regions including the legendaries and mythical pokemon."

"Oh...I like your proposal, its fascinating and all. But how do I believe in what you say? You might just say random things and the legendary pokemon part is suspicious. I bet that you never saw a legendary."

"You are right I did not see one but what I have in my brain is info and sightings of all the legendaries. I stayed in Professor Oak's lab for a year and everything in his library is in my head. So I think that's more than enough."

She was excited when I mentioned Prof.Oak's Library.

"Deal, but show me your pokemon first. Before that, I will only teach hmmm...let's see, a total of three moves. You can ask me and I need a minimum of a week's time to a max of two weeks depending on the learning capability of your Pokemon."

'three moves is even better'. I released Riolu out. "Riolu Lu"

"This one is a fighting type and its called Riolu. I want you to teach her Ice Punch."

"Fighting-type huh? it will be a bit easier then, as punching moves are their bread and butter."

"As for this one on my head, she is Ralts. She knows telepathy, so it will be easy to teach her. I want you to teach her icy wind."

"Ya, I can do that, not to mention they are both cute and adorable. What about the other move."

I did not know how to say, Scyther is a bug type and she might freak out.

"You see, I heard from your sister that you can't stand bug pokemon and....."

"No....absolutely no. I am not teaching any bug types. I hate them and if you bring him out then I will cancel our deal."

'what the hell...Y shout like that.'

"Can you just lend me a pokemon of yours. I want to teach my Scyther Rain dance. So I hope the pokemon you lend me knows Rain dance. Don't worry, I will train him outside the gym and leave my two pokemon here in the meantime. As you said before, they are my cute and adorable pokemon."

Hearing my offer she contemplated a bit and slowly gave a nod.

"I will lend you my Horsea. She knows Rain Dance but you need a pond for her as she can't stay on land, at least not yet. There's a lake backside of our gym. You can train there but be very gentle with her."

She threw Horsea Pokeball out and explained her about the situation. Horsea was very happy to meet someone new and shot a water gun at my face. 'This is going to be fun' I thought.

I wanted Scyther to learn Rain dance because of his weakness to fire types and when he evolves, that will be his only weakness. Rain dance can decrease the power of fire moves, it will be very helpful in the long run.

So I took Horsea and Scyther to the lake. These 14 days are going to be fun...

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That was a long chapter....

Fun fact:

In the Pokemon anime series, Pikachu and Meowth are on opposite sites, with the latter belonging to the notorious Team Rocket. However, the opposite theme runs deeper than this alone. Pikachu is number 25 in the Pokedex whereas Meowth is the reversed number 52. There is also the more obvious association of the two being a cat and mouse.