Capítulo 7: Evolution
It took us a day to get to Petalburg after the battle with May. Sucellus managed to learn the attack I had wanted him to learn, Leaf Blade, and we decided that tonight at the Pokemon Center I would give him the leaf stone to evolve. Sewaddle also learned a new move, Struggle Bug. She learned it during our training to increase her defenses, she had accidentally lashed out with her bug type energy as a sort of desperate counter blasting Sucellus backwards. Being early afternoon on the day we arrived in Petalburg, our first stop was the Pokemon Center since all of my pokemon were tired from having spent the past 2 weeks in the wild constantly training and battling.
Walking into the Pokemon Center I head straight to the counter and say, "Hello! Could you please take a look at and heal my pokemon?"
Looking up at me from the terminal she was reading Nurse Joy said, "Sure! Please hand them over. Is there anything I should know?"
Taking the pokeballs for my pokemon off my belt I hand them over while saying, "Nothing in particular, although we haven't been to a Pokemon Center in about 2 weeks. I've been using a rather large amount of potions and the like to keep them healthy, but I would appreciate a full check up to make sure there are no adverse affects. Oh, Sewaddle is really really close to evolution. It's to my knowledge that they become really timid and clingy as Swadloon so please let me know if she happens to evolve and you need my help to complete the exam. I was just going to go register for the Beginner Trainer's tournament while I wait."
Nurse Joy glared at me when she heard I hadn't been to a Pokemon Center for so long, but stopped when she heard I was doing my best to take care of them. After adding my pokemon to the healing machine behind her she said, "Alright, they should be ready in about an hour. Immediate scans don't show any issues other than general exhaustion. If you want to register for the tournament just stop by the gym, the tournament is sponsored by Leader Norman so his gym administrator is handling the registration. I would hurry though since registration ends tonight."
Luckily the gym wasn't too far from the Pokemon Center, only a 5 minute walk. I walked straight in and up to the gym administrator's desk and said, "Excuse me, I was told I had to register for the Beginner's Tournament here. Could you please help me with that?"
The woman sitting behind the desk looked up from what she was doing and said, "Sure, you're just in time. Registration closes in less than an hour. Could you please give me your trainer id?"
I reached into my backpack and pulled out my id as I said, "Sure thing ma'am. Are you going to need to know any other information?"
She happily took my id and inserted into the computer she was working on, after confirming that my id was real she answered my question, "I just need to know how many pokemon you have, what pokemon they are, and any nicknames they answer to if they have any."
"Alright, I have 3 pokemon. Currently, they are a nuzleaf that answers to Sucellus, a rhyhorn that answers to Gaia, and a Sewaddle that doesn't have a nickname. However, I should mention that I plan on giving Sucellus a leaf stone tonight assuming that there are no health issues according to Nurse Joy, and my Sewaddle will probably evolve before the tournament starts. I can't say whether it will be a Sewaddle, Swadloon, or Leavanny by the start of the tournament because of rather unique way Swadloon evolves."
She blinked at me as she took in what I said before she started typing rather fast on the computer, I'm assuming she was putting the info into the computer. She stopped typing and started reading whatever was on the screen for a few minutes before she said, "Isaac, you're a bit stronger than expected for this tournament. Legally, we can't stop you from entering, but I can tell you right now that I doubt you'll have any trouble winning. You fit all the requirements to join, but if Roxanne's memo on you is anything to go by your skill as a trainer is probably more like an Advanced Trainer than Beginner. Are you sure you still want to enter?"
I looked at her in shock before I nodded and said, "Yes I do. I promised my pokemon a tournament, and they need to get used to an audience seeing as the Pokemon League battles are fought in front of a huge crowd. Besides, there is always something to learn."
The gym administrator smiled at me before she finished up my registration. She handed back my id and said, "Please be back in 7 days at 09:00 for the start of the tournament. If you would like to challenge the gym at any point this week please come let me know. I'll make sure you get a chance to fight my husband."
I grinned and said, "Thanks ma'am. I wasn't planning on fighting the gym at all this week, but it could be a good experience. My pokemon are getting a bit overconfident since they have yet to face defeat except against each other."
I had a bit of time before I had to return to the Pokemon Center, so I took the time to explore Petalburg a bit. As I walked around I saw what she was talking about. Very few of the trainers I saw had pokemon that looked strong enough to even harm Gaia, with that I made my decision to challenge the gym in a few days. After checking the time I saw I still had 15 minutes before I had to pick up my pokemon, but decided to just wait for them. To my surprise the second I walked in Nurse Joy called out, "Isaac get over here now. Your Sewaddle just started to evolve!"
I practically ran across the Pokemon Center and followed Nurse Joy as she led me to the room my pokemon were being healed in. I rushed in and saw Sucellus and Gaia both in their pokeballs, but Sewaddle was glowing brighter and brighter. I made my way across the room until I was standing right next to her. Covering my eyes to block the light I just stood there and waited for her evolution to finish. It took several minutes but finally the light disappeared and less than a second after that I felt something grabbing my jacket and trying to hide inside it. I smiled at how timid Swadloon had become and as I picked her up and helped her hide inside my jacket I said, "Congratulations Swadloon! You've evolved!"
I heard a quiet and muffled cry of agreement and decided to just let her hide for now. Turning to Nurse Joy who was watching from the entrance of the room I said, "Thank you for letting me know so fast. Is Sucellus, my Nuzleaf, healthy enough to evolve, or should I wait?"
Nurse Joy grabbed a clipboard off the wall and after looking through it a bit she said, "Your Nuzleaf is more than healthy enough to evolve. In fact, he probably could evolved a while ago. You've done an excellent job of raising him."
I smiled as I rubbed the back of my head in embarrassment at the compliment and said, "Thanks. Would you mind staying here just in case while I evolve him now?"
Seeing Nurse Joy nod her agreement I grabbed Sucellus' pokeball with the hand I wasn't using to hold Swadloon and let him out.
"Leaf!"
I laughed at his excitement and said, "Alright Sucellus. You ready to evolve now?"
"Leaf, leaf, Nuzleaf!"
I replied, "Yes, I think I've out it off long enough." I reached into my backpack and took out the leaf stone Mrs. Alpin had gifted us and held it out to Sucellus. Right after Sucellus grabbed it there was a bright light that lasted for only a few seconds and then standing in front of me was Sucellus, as a Shiftry.
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Palancar For those of you who don't like the nicknames, too bad I'm not going back to change them, although I will put current and future Pokemon on information page. I only had 1 more Pokemon I was planning on giving a nickname to so you'll just have to deal with it.
Sorry about delay from last chapter. I actually had this mostly written almost a week ago, but well Pokemon Sword and Shield came out before I finished and I had to beat it first.
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