Attack of the trees post 1/3
John was still sweating because of the last battle he had. Silence was across all the room, and only the breathing of the two trainers standing looking to each other could be heard. John's eyes followed Kent as he crossed the stadium in his direction. When he reached John, Kent extended his hand on John's shoulder and said:
"Congratulations John. You have won the Maple Badge. This battle made me know that i still have much to learn, as you certainly do. I hope we battle again someday. I'll be stronger by that time. Now, take the maple badge. Its yours and you deserve it."
John extended his hand to grab the badge. He was proud. Proud to achieve something he always wished. But he also knew that that was only a beggining. Many challenges were coming up ahead, and he knew they werent to be easy. John pressed Shuck's pokeball, and with a red flash of light, the Pokemon appeared, to join Shroomish, his trainer, and Kent. Both Pokemon knew what was going on, and they smilled to their trainer's. John smilled back, and proudly said:
"Shuck, Shroomish, this is all thanks to you guys. Thanks"
"Shroomish...Shuckle..." - said the two Pokemon with a happy look on their faces.
The two Pokemon gathered at John's feet, and the three of them hug. Kent assisted the scene with a smile on his face. After it ended, he said:
"John, you have to leave now. Your father's detectives will come here to look for you. I may be able to win you some time, so you have to keep going. At this time of the day, everyone is working so they may not notice you. But be extra careful. We will meet again. And i will train much harder, till your next meeting. Good luck. Farewell"
John made a look of agreement on his face and shaked Kent's hand. With a mist of respect and friendship, the two trainers spit up, each one to follow its one way.
As soon as John got out of the gym, lots of workers could be seen, harvesting the maple trees along with their Pokemon. No one seemed to notice him. Despite this, John made himself sure that no one crossed the streets he crossed. He followed all the way, he had done with Kent from the Pokemon Center, and gave his Pokemon to Nurse Joy. As sure as they were healed, John left. His pace was quick, but not enought to show that he has actually running from something. As we peeked in another street, John noticed two shady looking man. They were all dressed in black, with black sunglasses. John quickly ran out of there, thinking at the same time:
"They are here already. I must be quick. Anyway dad sure could get something better looking. Those guys look like they were taken off Man in Black. Whatever..."
He reached a roundabout with a signpost on the middle. It could be read:
"Left - Grassy Plains; Right - Pokemon Center; North - Rocky Trails; South - Pokemon gym"
John went North, till he reached a lake. Maple City was far behind now. He looked up, and noticed a path with many rockfalls, and spiky rocks.
"So this is why they call this Rocky trails?"
As soon as he tried to begin the climb, an odd tree showed up. John could swear it wasnt there a second earlier...He tried to slam it, but the tree would not move an inche...In one of the slams, the Pokedex fell from John's pocket. He quickly said:
"Sudowoodo, the imitation Pokemon
Sudowoodo camouflages itself as a tree to avoid being attacked by enemies. However, because the forelegs remain green throughout the year, the POKéMON is easily identified as a fake during the winter."
"So you're a Pokemon...Since you are a stubborn one, i cant get you to move by easy means. Lets see what i can do..."
At that instant, an old looking man showed up just behind John. John gave a creep when we turn himself and saw that man so close to him. He quickly said:
"What the ...? Who are you? What are you doing behind me?"
"I see that you are having a problem with that sudowoodo. Hes part of the family... Everytime a new trainer tries to cross this place, he shows himself, blocking the path. Follow me..."
John followed the old man, always looking at him. He looked quite weird. Maybe because of living there for so much time...When they reached close to the lake, the old man said:
"The sudowoodo will only move if you hit it with water. At this lake there are many water Pokemon you can catch. If you dont want to have the job, you can always rent one of mine, but that will cost you money...I will rent you a boat, so you'll have to pay anyway..."
"Mingy old man..." - John whispered...
" I will take a boat. I may need a water Pokemon in the battles ahead."
John entered the boat. It was a wooden boat with no motor, so John had to do the job with his hands. Slowly, he advance to the centre of the lake. Something slammed the boat and John almost fell. He looked behind and a squirtle appeared. John shouted:
"See where you swim!!!!"
The squirte shoot a jet of water to John's face, and quickly vanished.
"WHATEVER...." - John said with his face all wet. In that moment a Pokemon that looked like a ball came to surface. The pokemon was blue, and had some white parts on its fur. John quickly toke out his Pokedex, that rang:
"Spheal, the clap Pokemon
It is completely covered with plushy fur. As a result, it never feels the cold, even when it is rolling about on ice floes or diving in the sea."
"Go Shroomish!!!" - With a flash of red light, the shroom Pokemon appeared in the boat.
"Shroomish use absorb!!! We should have type advantage!!
The shroom Pokemon quickly tried to absorb Spheal's energy, but the Pokemon dove underwater.
"Shroomish keep yourself in position for anything"... Suddenly flocks of snow begun to fall.
"Snow? At this time of the year?" John looked to Shroomish. The pokemon was suffering. Every single flock of snow caused him damage.
"It must be powder snow! So this Pokemon can use ice type moves as well? That leaves things much more difficult..."
Spheal came to surface once again.
"Shroomish use tackle!!!" Shroomish was going to rush into Spheal but it managed to counter. With an amazing water jet being shoot out of his mouth, shroomish was being juggled in the sky. It looked like an amazing performance of a circus show. Water was rising like in a fountain, and shroomish was on top of it.
"Shroomish, try stun spore!!" Lots of yellow spores got out of shroomish's head, and made their way down into the water.
With the sun making the water shine with its reflex, the two Pokemon moves looked like an amazing fountain with yellow spores falling all around it. As the wind blowed the spores, Spheal got caught. Yet, it looked to have no instantaneous effect. The pokemon moved so the spores had not worked yet. With a strong final jet of water, Spheal sent Shroomish right into the boat again. John caught Shroomish on his arms and looking endearly to the pokemon he said:
"We can give up on this one. There are tons of water Pokemon. Wanna to rest?
The Shroomish, stood up, and loudly said:
"Shroomish, Shroom"
"Well I will take that as a no then...Shroomish try leech seed"
Seeds got out of Shroomish head. Spheal begun shining, and it looked to reflect the sunrays even better than the water. It was beggining to stay with an iron looking toughness.
"Not defense curl..." The seeds hit Spheal but were rebounded, falling into the water deepness...The Spheal was trying to use a move but it couldnt. It was trying harder and harder, but she couldnt move a single muscle.
"Finally stun spore!!! Now shroomish, spheal cannot defend herself! Use absorb!"
Shroomish begun to absorb green balls of energy coming all over Spheal's body. The water Pokemon looked tired, and at each second that passed, weaker.
"Now let it with me. You were amasing Shroomish. My turn now! Go Pokeball!
The red and white ball hit Spheal. With a red flash of light, the pokemon got inside. John knew what was next. He moved the boat next to the place where the Pokeball was, and waited paciently to see what would be the result. The Pokeball's button flashed from white to red, and the Pokeball was shaking. With his heart pounding, John's eyes never changed target...
(I tried the best to describe what happened x) Hope you like it better this time)