Teaching Riolu life lessons

The next day

Three days before the contest.

The man was walking to the Pokemon center. His Riolu was in his pokeball. He had already stopped doing part time jobs as he has earned a lot of pokedollars in the past few days. He was just strolling the city in search of hooligans.

Hooligans were the main source of income for him. With his speed and reaction speed, most of the hooligans were unconscious before they even saw what hit them. Those who had seen became unconscious after seeing a black silhouette. Most of them didn't even got the chance to even summon their pokemons.

With a swoosh and they were unconscious with a few broken bones. Those who had their pokemon outside the pokeball were even more miserable as he broke their pokeballs and released them after defeating them.

The man had checked his physical activities and he found that he could easily lift 30 tons. His speed was also top notch. He thinking speed was 9 times faster and his body both had flexibility and strength. He could jump really high, around 10 metres and he was able perform many different fighting styles and maneuvers at ease. He has a near eidetic memory as he can't remember his past life but he can easily remember each details of his life after coming in the Pokemon World.

He knowledge pool from his past life was just limited to the pokemon series and his basic life knowledge like how to cook, how to brush his teeth, how to wear clothes and how to release pent up emotions, by doing yoga etc. He didn't remember anything after that. It was like someone either forcefully deleted or suppressed his other memories. He believes that the former is more likely because his brain felt empty. He doesn't know how he knows this, but he just knows that his brain is empty.

His training with his Riolu was going smoothly. The Riolu has become stronger amd learnt counter. A fighting type move that reflects double the physical damage dealt to the user. It reflects, meaning the user will also experience the attack and only after that the damage will be reflected. It wasn't deflection.

He also taught her protect using a TM. It was a life saving move and it could be used as a game changer during battles.

Now his Riolu knew tackle, vaccum wave, quick attack, scratch, protect and counter. In just a week, she would be able to have her first gym battle.

Pokemon center

Practice garden

[ I don't know what to call that place.]

The man was teaching his Riolu fighting techniques.

" Now remember these special words. When I say 'P' use protect and when I say 'C' use counter. I am using these characters because it is easy to remember them and it will not cause confusion as the words sound so different that if did become confused between them then we should stop league challenge. Ok?"

"Rio, rio ,lu riolu riolu, " She said with fighting spirit leaking out of her body.

" Yup. Yup. I didn't understand a single thing. So nod once if it is 'yes', nod twice if it's a 'no'.

She nodded once.

"Ok , then lets practice combo attacks and their patterns. First, we start with a quick attack and then tackle or vice versa. And the other one is to use protect or counter at different times. Lets start with quick attack. Can you try to use quick attack in rapid succession and then use tackle or change your attacks in the middle. Well, I haven't seen anyone do that so either it means no one taught of that or it is impossible or really hard to do. We chall check it ourselves.

*One quick hour later*

Using two techniques are difficult, down right impossible for now but the good news is that Riolu can use a non-charge move immediately after the end of a move. This can help a lot if...

" Can you adjust the duration of your skills like the distance, time and power?"

"Rio." She nodded once.

"Great. Then can you try to use quick attack from here and stop at there and use tackle the moment you stop your quick attack." The man said in elation.

She had problems for a few times before she succeeded.

" You are either a genius or humans are weak. I shall check on that later. Now you just need to develop your battle sense. I can't just instruct you fully as there are many things happening at the same time in a gym battle and what I see is different from what you see. I can inform you of big details but you are the one fighting there so your judgement needs to be better. There can be many times where I am wrong or I made a wrong decision, at those times use either just trust me fully or use your own judgement. Both are things that is helpful to you. I am not a sadist that like to torture others nor I am a person who would behead you if you didn't listen to me."

"We are not some great pokemon masters nor are we friends that can understand each other without words. We are just rookies and there will be a lot of times where we lose, badly at that. In those times, you need to remember that you can fight once again only if you are alive or not seriously injured. Many injuries can make you unable to even run properly, much less fight. Always remember, safety first, you can win any fight as long as you can fight again, what is the point of winning in a simple battle but losing in life."

"Always remember to go all out and finish your opponent as fast as you can, never hold back until I say so or you feel the need to do so. Understood"

"Riooluuu" she nodded once.

'That was weird, she sounded like a cow'