"I'm bored...."
Shoto then slumps on the table just in front of Julia.
A day has already passed since Shoto was called to the Vice-Headmaster's office and recieved the, oh so many gifts from his aunt and cousin....
Meanwhile a Bagon headbumps Shoto hard, jolting him to stand up..
"ouch.... HEY!"
I said annoyingly as the said Bagon looks at me menacingly and was getting ready to charge at me again before I raised it up using my hands...
"Quite a fiesty little guy isn't it... it'll grow up to be a ferocious beast...
Julia comments with a snicker, while I held my Bagon. She feeds it with a peice of Pokémon food.
"Hm... is it really a good idea to own a psuedo-legendary as a Junior trainer?
Julia does indeed have a good point, Salamence. Bagon's final evolution. Is only reached by the time I'm at my 8th gym battle, and it's not a secret that before becoming a Salamence, the Bagon line is quite weak...
"Well... I'll probably be relying on Hawlucha and Grookey to be my main damage dealers. I'll be doing the Samsa City's Gym this week, I already have an idea on my main strategy for the gym..his 1st Badge line-up and team is quite a tough nut to crack"
Julia's eyes then widen, as she didn't really expect Shoto to battle his first gym this early... that goes to show how ahead Shoto is, in terms of his plans...
"Samsa City Gym huh... So you're going for a Bug type Gym first? That's quite a generic Gym type for a first.... but why this Gym? Mayor Samsa is one of the strongest Elite trainers in Sovaria, You're quite bold challenging such a foe on your first Gym..."
Julia then walks right next to my seat and feeds Bagon again before sitting next to me
"Well... Mayor Samsa is a war veteran known for his tactics during his service.... my father speaks highly of him, and I also want to learn more about different Tactics for Singles too, since I already learned a lot about the doubles format from Raiya..."
Mayor Samsa is in the top 10 when it comes to Singles battles, both in 6v6 and 3v3.... though since my current options are.... Limited, I'm forced to fight Mayor Samsa in a 3v3 if I go along with my plans...
"I'll be first training Hawlucha, Grookey, and Honedge for the fight... I already have a good strategy in mind, but i still need the raw power to pull it off.."
"I'm cutting classes today.... I'm going shopping. Bye!"
I wave goodbye and returned Bagon to its pokéball and walked out of the lunch hall..
Julia then sighs and says to herself..
"I should really work a bit harder, so i can catch up..."
she then slumps to the chair... relaxing till the start of next period..
Mahogany Market, University of Sovaria.
I gave my long shopping list to the clerk... It took awhile since there were many items...
The clerk gets back with a lot of items and began repeating the list to confirm everything i want is here...
"1 TR for Steel Beam, Fire Punch, Close Combat, Rest, Sleep Talk, Toxic, and Grassy Glide."
(Though Honedge can only learn steel beam with a tutor move i decided to just made it work with a TR)
"Then two TRs of each for Acrobatics and U-turn"
"As for mints the minds.. 1 Adamant and 1 Relaxed"
"Then the Tera Blocks... Tera Flying and Fire Blocks"
(in the games a chef makes a dish that changes a Pokemon's tera type by giving him 50 tera shards, so i thought Blocks that can change teratype would make sense)
"That will be 9.7 thousand points..."
I then gave the clerk my student id, and i check it to see my points went down from 15 thousand, to 5.3 thousand points..
Every Student starts with 15 thousand points and gets another 15 thousand after every exam... so 45 thousand points in a year.
Though you can also earn another 15 thousand points if you beat a gym leader, though we can only buy items with the points... because of how abundant items are, they're quite cheap honestly..
I leave the Market and head straight to my room's training area, where my Pokémon where... To be honest, It's mostly just Grookey doing the hardwork since its my current level gap...
I first Plan to evolve Grookey before tackling the gym.. to i go over where Grookey is and checked its level with my Pokédex..
Grookey (M)
Level: 14
"A six level increase in one day huh?? not bad..."
I kneel down to Grookey's level and gave it headpats. It jumped up and down from the compliment and stopped while holding out its fist.
"Groo- Grookey!"
A fist bump huh?, I fist bump it for the hard work and try to find Honedge and Hawlucha...
I go even further from the training area and see Hawlucha and Honedge sparring with holograms..
Despite Holograms not actually giving much expirience, their better talent makes it more productive because they get first hand expirience battling Pokémon.
I decided to call out to them for a meeting and they both met with me and Grookey after finishing up their practice.
I first gave their Mints the Adamant one for Grookey and the relaxed one for Honedge
Grookey (M)
Nature: Brave ----> Adamant[mint](Atk+, Spa-)
Honedge(Shiny) (F)
Nature: Sassy ----> Relaxed[mint](Def+, Spe-)
I then fed the Tera blocks to Grookey and Hawlucha.
Grookey (M)
Tera Type: Ghost ----> Flying[block]
Hawlucha(M)
Tera Type: Fighting ----> Fire[block]
And Finally... I gave out the TRs to my Pokémon for the upcoming match.
Honedge(Shiny) (F)
+TR Moves:
Rest
Sleep Talk
Toxic
Steel Beam
Grookey (M)
+TR Moves:
Acrobatics
U-turn
Grassy Glide
Hawlucha (M)
+TR Moves:
Acrobatics
U-turn
Fire Punch
Close Combat
"Wew.. thats all the prep work done.. now I just have to wait until Grookey evolves and I'll do the gym.. probably the day after tommorow. I should probably get a reservation."
I then call the Samsa City Gym for a gym battle reservation for the day after... now, It's finally time for my first real battle...
TO BE CONTINUED
(Authors notes: Tommorow is the first Gym battle YAY! 2 chapters back 2 back for tommorow's update, and I definitely tried to cook an interesting team for the gym leader, and already have the team sheets ready for both Shoto and the Gym leader...)
(Authors notes 2: kinda ehh, still no power stones, comments, nor reviews... reviews will help me improve my writing, though i don't really expect any yet since this fic is still new and not that popular... but it would be fun.)
(Authors notes 3: I'll be putting up Shoto's team before Gym battles in Auxileries starting tommorow. So to those curious about Bagon's status page, wait till tommorow. Sorry)