"Well Timas," I replied, "according to the sign, the next gym is normal type. I heard we can find Nidorans in the grass here on Route 35, and they learn Double Kick. If we get one, we'll have more than just Rock Smash at our disposal in the way of super-effective moves."
"Ah. But there are a lot of trainers."
"But," Gideon said, "if you battle another level and I battle another three, then we'll both evolve."
Timas looked at Gideon excitedly. "Then what are we waiting for?" He rushed off to battle some trainers, barely waiting for the rest of us.
After battling the trainers, both Gideon and Timas began to glow. Timas got much larger and bulkier, whereas Gideon also grew, but gained the start of an interesting hairdo. They were now a Bayleef and a Pidgeotto. Bella learned Twinneedle as well and we soon made it to the grass where we were greeted by another Drowzee.
Larten, DROWZEE (male)
Insomnia; Gentle (+Sp. Def., -Def.)
Lvl 14, Route 35
"At least it has a better nature," Silver said trying to cheer me up.
"Yeah, I guess."
After we finished with that, we went back into the city. I still had places to visit, after all. The first stop was the hidden bike shop. After finding my way there, I found that the owner was just as annoyed with its location as I was. He gave me a bike and told me it was free - all I had to do was ride it and advertise for him doing so. I rode it around a bit, but it didn't seem to get much interest...
The next stop I made was Bill's house. I went to see if the legendary pokémaniac was home, but he was not. Apparently, he had recently traveled north to Ecruteak City. Well, I guess we knew our next stop after beating the gym here...
I went to investigate the underground and I saw Lyra again. She told me about a place where I could dress up my pokémon and gave me a fashion case to keep track of accessories. None of my pokémon seemed interested, however, so we continued downstairs to find some trainers waiting with some interesting pokémon. They, however, were no match for my team.
I went to the game corner next. They had an interesting game going, one I remembered playing before somewhere. I picked up the rules quite quickly and won some coins, but nowhere near enough to get any of the TMs they had for prizes. I would have to just come back later.
The last stop before the gym was the radio tower. They first had a drawing in which I won a prize, but I saw the real prize further down the counter - a radio card for my pokégear. I had to do a quiz first, but the questions were all pretty simple. After I got the card, a girl who was watching me commented on how well I did.
"Wow, you got them all right! I was sure you had that last one wrong..." She looked at her watch quickly. "Uh-oh, I have to get back to the gym." With that, she darted out. I decided to follow her, since it was my last stop.
The gym was great training for Bella. She swooped in and destroyed all of the regular trainers pretty easily. Thanks to the battles on Route 35 and in the underground, my team was already ready to take on the leader. After healing again, I got to the end of the gym and found the girl who was at the radio station.
"Oh, its you again. Nice to see you."
"Nice to see you too. I take it you are the leader?"
"Yep. My name's Whitney and I use the cutest of cute pokémon, normal types. Are you ready to battle?"
"Of course."
She started by sending out her Clefairy. I first sent out Timas. He shrugged off Clefairy's first attack, then poisoned Clefairy. I then switched to Bella, who promptly took it out with a two Rock Smashes.
Next she sent out her Miltank. I tried to use a similar strategy, but her Miltank attracted Timas. I had to switch him out, so I tried Silver, figuring I could put it to sleep. Silver, however, also became attracted to Miltank. At this point, Cecelia had had enough. She jumped out and accused Whitney's Miltank of being a slut. Then she started chucking rocks at it. The Miltank got angry and powerfully counter-attacked, but Cecelia reigned supreme and beat it, earning me the Plain badge. Or so I thought.
After I won, Whitney started crying. I looked at Cecelia, who shrugged. I looked at her again, and she frowned. "Okay," Cecelia said. She hopped over to Whitney. "I'm sorry. Your Miltank isn't a slut."
Whitney looked down at Cecelia and chuckled. "I know...It just has been a while since I was beaten. Here, you can now have the Plain badge. And this TM of Attract." She handed us the two items and then chuckled. "And now your pokémon can become sluts too."
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