I was shocked at the power the Ducklett was exuding.
The Ducklett let loose a fearsome amount of pressurised water clipping Cet in the side, the water crashing into the ground harshly for a couple of seconds.
'The hell is that move, it's too strong. Stronger than Bravebird.' I thought looking at the Ducklett in shock.
'I must give Cet more treats. Even when I was shocked, he still dodged adhering to his training,' I thought deciding playtime is over.
"Back and bite, Cet," I called out hoping to end this match.
Cet looped onto the Ducklett back biting onto its neck, adjusting his position for better grip.
'With Ducklett's being better swimmers than fliers, it should have maintained some range.' I thought as Cet pressed the Ducklett onto the ground, leveraging its weight.
'If the Ducklett didn't use the move so near to Cet, he wouldn't be able to dodge it with just a scratch,' I thought thinking about what the move could be.
"Absorb," I called out.
The Ducklett unable to move and in pain, thrashed around.
With that powerful move as its egg move, it won't have any more moves surprises for me.
Cet slowly recovered his health, bringing the Ducklett onto the ground and pinning it.
'The Ducklett can't escape from that, I hope the Swanna is not too angry,' I thought looking at still Swanna.
With a sad croon, Ducklett stopped resisting.
Just as the Ducklett appeared to pass out, I ordered Cet to come back to me.
Cet landed on me and looked at me expectantly, as I stared at the Swanna and the downed Ducklett.
He licked and nudged my hand, getting my attention.
I gave him his job well-done treat and petted him.
The Swanna called out its name and gestured to the Ducklett and at my treat package.
I nodded at the Swanna and recalled Cet, taking a standard treat. I made my way to the Ducklett.
Seeing it lying on the ground exhausted made me feel bad, as I was the reason for this.
I slowly extended my arm with the treat towards the Ducklett, it looked at me and pecked at the treat.
I sprayed a potion at the Ducklett and swiftly retreated.
'The hell! where is the Swanna,' I looked around in surprise.
It disappeared.
As I kept looking around at the trees, confused, something tugged at my pants.
I looked down to see the Ducklett biting my pants. I gave it one more treat and carefully took it into my arms.
I distracted the Ducklett with another treat and started petting it. It finally relaxed in my arms after some thorough spoiling session.
'Maybe the Swanna want its kid to join me on my journey, I thought it just wanted some battle experience for the Ducklett,' I thought grinning at my luck.
Now this is some protagonist-level luck, getting an Elite's kid as my second Pokemon. But compared to most successful trainers' kids, it is not much.
The rich second generation can have a whole team of Elite offspring.
' I must think of a way to get an Elite offspring for my third Pokémon too,' I thought optimistically, searching for the Swanna one last time.
Not seeing the Swanna anywhere I started walking to join route C, which leads to Celadon and has more Trainer traffic.
' I will have to investigate some evasion techniques for my 1st gym battle, learning moves takes too much time,' I thought thinking back on the way the match went.
Maybe I shouldn't have underestimated the Ducklett. But I didn't know what the Swanna wanted, so I played along not wanting to defeat the Ducklett too easily.
As I marched on Ducklett fell asleep in my arms.
'It's a well-deserved rest,' I thought looking at the peaceful Pokemon in my arms.
I didn't use Pokeball to capture the Ducklett yet, in case the Swanna changes its mind and comes back.
'Best to avoid any awkward situations,' I thought and took my Pokedex to search for Ducklett egg moves.
'Brine. It must be this move,' I thought happily at the new powerful addition to my team.
Brine's power doubles when the target is at or below 50% of health.
'Today is full of surprises,' I thought.
My first win, my first draw, my first catch, my first encounter with an Elusive wild elite.
The encounter with the Swanna made me feel incredibly alive, generally, if you encounter a life-or-death situation, it makes you aware of your mortal coil, but in my case, it showed that I am truly alive and can experience so much more.
And I came out of the encounter with a silly Pokemon too.
My? Ducklett has the normal cute-silly look that all the Duckletts pull off, but it looks too cute sleeping.
'I have to plan for its training too.'
'I hope that I don't have to waddle like a duck, to get it to learn basic commands,' I thought bleakly, suddenly not at all looking forward to the future.
….
The main route was wide, with plains as far as I can see. It was beautiful with the sun shining gently and winds buffeting the high grass of the plains and an odd oddish jumping out of its disguise of pretending to be grass, now and then.
I thought I saw a group of Exeggutors at a great distance away from the route, but maybe it was just trees moving from the wind.
With battles occurring at the side of the road, route C was quite lively.
I reached the main route after two days of travel from the day Swanna accosted me, successfully capturing the Ducklett on the previous night, not seeing any trace of Swanna over the span of two days.
The silly duck didn't even resist after I fed it and gave it a treat.
I decided to name her Naiad, Nia for short, after the Greek water spirits who are known for their elegance and beauty.
After she becomes a Swanna, she will be incarnate of elegance for sure.
Postponing the daily training to that day's evening, I started running hoping to reach Celadon city by late afternoon.
Training Nia took my headache to a whole different level.
With no Pokenet plan due to my Budget, I stopped teaching Nia after the Ducklett tilted its head at my Flight manoeuvre instruction for the nth time.
Instead, I had Nia practice water guns and wing attacks. This was easy, as Cet having no concept of boundaries got too close to the Ducklett one too many times, making her resort to firing water guns to keep him away.
Cet will get to practice his flying manoeuvres and the Ducklett water guns.
But most of the time the Wing attack practice turns into a game of chase with Nia chasing Cet to punish him.
The game generally ends with Nia flying to my embrace with her head down, I didn't mind as after some spoiling, she goes after Cet with more enthusiasm.
I had Cet practice his new movement technique by dodging Nia's Brine. He almost got it, but I decided to teach him quick attack after the gym battle for more controlled movement.
The route was quite crowded with trainers of all types of Pokemon, I even saw a ghost-type Pokemon -Gastly.
As I was making my way watching the interaction between novice trainers and their starters, a guy called out to me.
He looked quite like me with an oversized shirt and loose pants, which he had to adjust every few seconds.
"I am Rex, how about a battle?" he asked, observing me.
I shrugged and accepted.
He didn't look like he had any food to spare, so I didn't bother asking him.
I think Madlyn's food spoiled me for normal food; my bland food was even worse after eating the delicious battle-won food.
We went to the side of the road.
After filling in details in our respective Dex, we threw our Pokeballs at the same time.
Following the robotic voice coming from our Pokedex's countdown -in perfect synchronisation.
'A Rattata, Huh!' I thought looking at the Pokemon.
A purple rat with large front teeth, the size of a household cat.
Rex groaned on seeing Cet and I had an idea why.
Rattata like most of the common wildling Pokemon don't have any ranged attacks, even a Geodude rock throw is considered a mid-range attack as the rocks will lose most of the power after a certain range.
" I forfeit, I would not be able to do any worthwhile damage and I don't waste my potion if I can avoid it," he said shyly looking at the ground.
Taking pity on him, I accepted his forfeit on my Dex.
If I hadn't and he still wanted to withdraw, I would have gained more money as you cannot back down from a match without consequences. But I took pity on him as he was essentially in the same position as me.
He thanked me profusely and left.
"Hey, you with the Zubat. I am Connor. Let's battle." A guy wearing much better clothes than me called out, adjusting the spectacles on his nose.
'What another already! I must reach Celadon city,' I thought estimating the time I had and deciding I could have time for two more matches.
"Ok! But I have one condition," I spoke.
He looked smug on hearing me accept like he got one over me.
"You will give me a meal package if I win."
"Why should I?" he questioned, cocking an eyebrow.
"Come on, if you are so sure that you are going to lose why are you even challenging me? You can just scram!" I said taunting him.
"Ok! Let's do it."
' Like taking candy from a baby' I thought grinning.
After formalities, he released his Pokemon.
'Oh! Come on,' I exclaimed inwardly on seeing his Pokemon.
A Geodude appeared flexing his arms. Seeing he challenged me after viewing my previous match if you can call it that, I thought he had a perfect counter to my Zubat.
Like a Fletchling or a tricky ghost-type Pokemon, but I can see where his confidence comes from, with poison-type attacks being not effective against rock-type and rock-type attacks being super effective on Zubat as he is part flying type.
But I already defeated a Graveler, what's a Geodude gonna take to defeat?
Granted that Zubat had Hypnosis in its arsenal.
"Sandscreen and Agility, Cet," I called out.
Connor looked confused upon hearing my commands.
As Cet roused dust as cover up to increase his speed unhindered, I thought.
' Maybe I should have Cet learn Hypnosis, On second thought he took more than the standard required time to learn it even with an elite Gengar helping him,' I shook my head and looked at the battlefield as the dust cleared.
' As expected, he didn't try to do anything because I ordered for a status buff move.'
'Wrong choice,' I thought and ordered.
"Absorb."
The game of Cat and Mouse begins as Connor tries everything to stop Cet from using the super-effective move.
Ultimately, he failed.
After recalling his Geodude, he tried to walk away.
"Hey! You forgot about my meal Package," I called out, blandly.
"It's illegal to bet things on a battle, I am letting you off easy. So, Scram!" he said smugly.
' He is not as smart as he thinks,' I thought looking at his smug face.
"The participants can bet on anything below a certain price range. So, you better give me what I won, if you don't want to have a black mark this early in the season," I spoke with zero emotion in my voice, already tired of him.
"My father.." he began to say, but I cut him off.
" I don't care. You will give me a meal package and leave before I count down to three, otherwise, I will report you. "
He glared at me and walked away leaving behind a meal package.
I examined it.
'Wow, Costlier than Madlyn's,' I sniggered madly looking forward to eating it.
As I looked at the smug kid's retreating figure, I regretted not hearing more about his father.
I shouldn't have interrupted him. I know this is not a Xinxia world, but having information and it going to waste is better than not having it when needed.
This was how I used to treat everyone before- curt and precise, even the ones who were nice.
As my day was full of work assigned to me by my parents, I subconsciously started paying less attention to things that I considered burdensome or irritable, to optimise the free time I had.
Now, all I have is free time. I shouldn't ignore things just because I consider them stupid or burdensome. Ignoring things can cause fatal repercussions.
'If I have enemies, I will make sure whatever they do won't surprise me. I don't want to be dumb like some novel MCs, as I don't have plot armour to save me,' I thought determinedly.
Thinking back on what I know about the smug kid, I analysed.
'He owns a Geodude, which has no egg moves. His Geodude doesn't have any power-boosting items. So, his father is not as important as he likes to think.'
Hoping it wouldn't come and bite me in the back, I started walking towards Celadon once more.
After defeating two more trainers, I started to refuse challenge invites, making some trainers glare at me.
Defeating another Rattata and Oddish didn't take much effort from Cet.
I only had two more days to prepare for my 1st gym battle, training Cet is more important than these battles for now.
I plan on using Nia only as a last resort, as Nia has only water-type moves and a wing attack, for which she must go into melee leaving her defenceless from most attacks.
'Nia is suited for long-range combat and she will be a terror, that one,' I remarked, my thoughts drifting to the intense adorable Ducklett.
Both the trainers who challenged me looked poor, with lowest-level league-issued gear and hand-me-down clothes.
'Ah huh! My clothes made them think I was weak. This explains why well-dressed trainers didn't challenge me other than that smug kid.'
League would have provided funds for any trainers who showed their intelligence through exam results and one would buy better clothes with those funds, unlike me who didn't give buying better clothes any priority.
So, trainers with hand-me-down clothes are generally considered dumb and weak as their starters won't be strong, like a Rattata, which doesn't have any long or mid-range moves.
Making defeating easy when everyone only has their starter with them.
Chuckling at my situation, I started jogging ignoring some trainers' calls.
Now, a trained Rattata or Raticate can be as strong as any other Pokemon, but they hit their power growth plateau fast. Improving after hitting the plateau will be tough and slow, where the trainer can pick up the slack if he or she is very talented.
Talented here means Aura, I guess.
Aura wasn't mentioned anywhere I searched, but the general concise on this issue is the same. Several distinguished Pokemon professors think so too.
I did allocate some time for meditation to get in touch with my Aura, which had no results until now.
I am apprehensive about Aura, so I didn't want to mess with it too much until I knew more about it, making me reduce the time to 10 minutes per day and also whenever I am bored.
Celadon City's arrival is heralded not by its humongous walls, but by the vast farms surrounding it.
The farms had everything, from common grains to rare berry clutches that were surrounded by common crops again, like diamonds amid pearls.
While I was strolling past the farms, I encountered a Growlithe pack that was patrolling the farms.
They were so cute and alert on their duty. Growling when I stopped to look at them, most likely trained to warn any trespassers who wanted to enter the farms.
As I moved near to the city, I noted every clutch of berries was being monitored by a Pokemon mainly from the sky ranging from an odd Fearow to rarely a Gaint Pidgeot.
'Huh! They are using a Pidgeot for patrolling. Is it the rangers or the farmers?' I thought looking at the speedy form of the bird of prey, patrolling the skies.
The walls of Celadon spanned nearly ten times the area covered by my starting city.
Deep Grey coloured and pristine they looked imposing and majestic.
I was able to get into the city without any problems after they checked my trainers' License.
I think I saw a couple of Kadabra's patrolling on the walls. Impressed by the security guarding the crops, I stopped for a moment to take in the bustling City.
The City looked too green like everyone's favourite decoration for their house is plants or most precisely creepers, still, the city looked pretty awesome and the fresh air.
'Ah! The fresh air,' I thought inhaling like I just ran a marathon without any training.
Satisfied, I moved towards the Pokemon Centre.
The Pokemon in the city mirror the Gym it hosts. Grass-type Pokemon are a frequent sight, followed by bugs and flying-type Pokemon.
The city has 3 Pokemon Centres near each of its entrances and these colossal complexes sprawl across acres of land, overflowing with trainers and their Pokemon.
On showing my scheduled gym match with Erika, the pink-haired male receptionist allotted me a room to stay in for free.
I have to vacate the room after my match or pay more to extend my stay.
My room came with a bathroom attached and even had a bathtub.
Happy with my living arrangements, I took Cet and Nia for a bath.
After chasing and scrubbing the puppy in the form of a bat, I relaxed as Nia allowed herself to be washed properly.
As my tent didn't have a bathtub, I took some time and relaxed in the tub.
I nearly drifted off to sleep, but woke up, startled, as Cet draped himself across my face.
Recalling him and the sleeping Nia, I made my way across the centre to call Joy.
Seeing Joy didn't lift the call, I sent a recorded video saying I reached the Celadon and introduced Nia.
Making the little Ducklett glare at me as I disturbed its sleep.
After a treat, dinner and some coaxing, Nia went back to sleep, making me yawn.
I fed Cet and went to the cafeteria, calling it a day.
I ate some dinner and went to bed early, making plans on how to best use my next two days.
The next morning, I woke up and went to the Centre's training area, rejecting some battle requests.
I had Cet and Nia do their morning routine as I joined them in doing some exercises.
Just like every other morning, I had to stop Cet from deviating from his routine and trying to mimic my actions, making me shake my head at the over-energetic bat.
'At least Nia is concentrating on her routine,' I thought consoling myself.
I had Nia fire water guns and use Brine at ranged targets until today, as I can access Pokenet now, I am going to have her learn some flying maneuvres, just like Cet.
We spent the whole day training and taking frequent breaks.
Cet perfected his movement technique, making me thrilled for our upcoming battle.
'One more day to go,' I thought sleeping on my bed, utterly exhausted from training the whole day.
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