Chương 27: Ch25- Saffron City and The Dojo
We were standing opposite to each other facing our final match. Sand storm will be useless because the opponent also has the ability sand veil.
"Gible, start with a sand attack"
My Gible was too fast for a baby and before the opponent could dodge, he hit his female counterpart.
"Gible, use tackle now...."
My Gible went for the tackle but Cynthia also gave a command
"Use metal claw and dodge to the side."
'egg move, nice'. Gible was hit with a metal claw but he endured it pretty comfortably.
"Gible get close and use iron head."
"Counter that with Metal claw," said Cynthia.
Both were hit and her Gible was pushed back. Before she gets up I asked my Gible for a dragon move.
"Now, unleash that rage Gible."
Gible was covered with draconic energy, it surrounded him with a purplish colour as if he was bathing with it. His jet engine head like protrusions were shining. He flew with an amazing speed and hit Cynthia's Gible. Although it looked more like a normal dragon attack, it was enough to counter a baby. I think this is what Pokedex meant by semi. It's not that powerful and looked like a mini dragon rage. There was one advantage though, Gible could be in her right sense unlike unleashing three or two straight, before getting confused.
Cynthia's Gible couldn't take the hit of a two feet tall Gible and it fainted.
I patted my Gible praising him, he was really happy as he was jumping around. I returned him and everyone inside the Pokeballs.
"That was a great match, Cynthia. Although I won, I learnt a lot from the first two matches."
"Same with me Gunn, But I think I need more practice. It looked like a one-sided match."
"your mistaken, my Pokemon are strong because we battled a lot after pewter city gym and we also have the second gym badge unlike you who just got the first badge. If we were on equal terms, I am not sure who would have won it."
"Maybe Gunn, but that will just be an excuse. Loss is a Loss, so next time I will surely win it."
She thought about something and then continued
"Leave that for now, What plans do you have next? I mean where will be going?"
" I am planning to Visit Silph Co in Saffron and then go to Vermilion to challenge Surge."
"Hmmm, then I will challenge pewter gym later and as you said before, Cerulean gym won't be of any worth, so I will challenge them after I get my fourth badge here."
"Then let's start our journey tomorrow, Pack everything you need and I will go pay my bill."
Like that we parted for today. I packed up my things and also paid the amount to the Old lady. My plans are to visit Silph Co, then talk to the professor about my current problem with the clans. Oh.... I forgot I also need to ask him about the changes in the league. Although Cynthia said everything, I wanted a detailed explanation regarding the alterations that were made.
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Next day
We went together towards Saffron city, it was actually very close to the DayCare. Mostly it will take us two days to reach there.
I heard that Saffron is the busiest and the biggest City in Kanto. Me and Cynthia were chatting pretty well, we did not look like strangers anymore. Her Riolu was silent throughout the journey while Roselia and Kirlia were talking non-stop. My Gible and her Gible were really like kids, they were jumping on each other and trying to prank others which they failed utterly.
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Two days later
We are in front of the Saffron City gates now. We showed our IDs and went inside. I was shocked by how big this city was.
I know that it is modelled after Japan's capital city of Tokyo and is the largest and one of the busiest cities in Kanto, being famous even in other regions.
It is the tenth most populous city in the Pokemon world and one of the only cities in Kanto that has enough visible houses to accommodate its population in the games. In reality, it was much grander and bigger, The large Silph Co. headquarters building stands firm as the city's centrepiece while two Gyms dominate the northeastern corner district. Not only is this the central business district of Kanto, but it also holds the region's largest infrastructure, including the Magnet Train station, which allows ease of access between Kanto and Johto.
I will challenge Sabrina later, but the other gym which is more of a training gym now looked like a good spot. It's the fighting dojo, I can ask them to train Riolu and Cynthia also has a fighting type.
The Fighting Dojo and the Saffron Gym once competed against each other to determine which one would be Saffron City's Gym. Due to the type advantage that the Saffron Gym's Psychic-type Pokémon had over the Dojo's Fighting-type Pokémon, Saffron Gym easily won and became the official Gym.
I talked about my plan with Cynthia
"Sure Gunn, my Riolu is really upset because of his loss, it will be good to have him train with a specialized fighting master."
As it was decided, we checked into the Pokemon centre and then took a ride to the dojo. The Dojo outer appearance was similar to the traditional Japanese style, had sliding doors to enter and was a two-floored building.
The moment we entered, what presented was a scenery of several masters training different Pokemon. A guy walked up to us and said
"Welcome to the Fighting dojo trainers, if you are here for training then you need to complete a challenge."
We nodded at that and he continued
"You have to fight against a black belt of our dojo, you and your Pokemon fight simultaneously side by side. If either your Pokemon or you are able to defeat one opponent of our side, you will be accepted
and same goes for the trainer of our dojo."
"So, if I defeat the trainer or if my Pokemon defeats his pokemon, it's our win? Ok....so among us two and you two, whoever gets defeated first is the loser??"
"Ya, are you ready for it?"
"If we do win, what's the catch? I mean what do you train us with?"
"We train the winner's Pokemon with a move that they can learn from the choices we provide. As for the trainer, we will teach you advanced techniques of Karate. You still need to pay us with a significant amount, it's the only way we can keep this dojo going."
"Sure, let's start then. Cynthia, are you going to take the challenge? I mean if you are familiar with fighting hand to hand, you can try."
"Don't underestimate me you idiot, I was trained in the clan and I myself have a black belt."
"Interesting, Mister trainer can we also use any fighting techniques or should you only use Karate?"
"You are welcome to use any techniques, it's not limited to Karate."
Good, in the original world I learnt taekwondo and I was pretty good at it. Since coming to this world, I never stopped doing workouts and practising daily. I think I can stall some time until my Riolu beats his Pokemon.
"Then we are ready to take the challenge. Can I know the options of moves you teach the Pokemon?"
"No, you need to win first. So go get dressed up and arrive in the arena over there."
he pointed at the far right corner, I saw a ring there. It was similar to Earth's boxing ring. I nod at him and we went to get changed.
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x-----Chapter End-----x
Fun Fact:
British graphic designer James Turner, who works at Game Freak, became the first Westerner to officially design Pokémon in 2010. He designed seven Pokémon for Pokémon Black and White, two for Pokémon X and Y and another two for the Pokémon Sun and Moon. Aside from the adorable Vanillite evolutionary line, his designs tend to lean a little more on the creepy side, such as Vullaby, Trevenant, Buzzwole, and Guzzlord.
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