Johto Log 3
Well, a rather eventful few days. Not much happened at the start of the first day, just traveled down Route 32. Met some trainers, who were, for the most part, more courteous than most of the trainers in Kanto. They didn't demand battles, they asked. Of course, I never said no. Why turn down good training?
Anyways, some dude along the way tried to sell me a dried Slowpoke tail. Eww. And the price was a little outrageous. Only 1,000,000 Yen-Dollars. Yeah, right.
I felt like training a bit, mainly because Psycho was only a few levels from evolving. He agreed, partially because he was tired of only being able to ram things. I think he misses Psychic.
While I was training, that egg I got hatched. It turned out to be a baby Togepi. It was kinda cute, actually. I called Elm to let him know it hatched, and he told me that the next time I could get to him, I should show him the Pokémon that hatched from it.
Not too long after the egg hatched, Psycho finally evolved into a Metang and relearned Confusion and Metal Claw. Thank Mew for that. And now that he had evolved, we decided to try getting through Union Cave.
Union Cave was fairly straightforward, not too many problems in there. A few trainers, wild Pokémon, and the like. It wasn't very long, either. Not near as long as Mt. Moon and Rock Tunnel back in Kanto.
However, I stepped out of the cave and the first thing I notice is rain. I can't believe it started raining in the short time I was in Union Cave. I dashed through the rain, hurrying towards Azalea. I guess that it was only a light rain, though, because it stopped around the same time I reached the town.
I started heading into the town when I saw something odd. An old guy was talking with some guy in a black uniform that was oddly familiar. Then the guy says he's a part of Team Rocket. Hell no. And what's more, he says they've reformed as well. HELL NO. I do not need any more Team Rocket problems.
I go up to talk with him and beat some info out of him, but he denied everything. He just kept saying he was a normal guy keeping people from going into the unsafe well. What a phony.
So I continued into town. Azalea was a quaint little village, with only a few houses. Not much to see here. The Gym was smack dab in the middle of town, but it too was being blocked off by some Rocket grunt.
Everyone was also ranting about how all the Slowpoke were missing. I don't know what that was all about, but I guess everyone has an obsession with Slowpoke here.
I had no idea where to go, but a few people talked about this Kurt guy. They said he was pretty cool, but I didn't really care. I went to see him anyways, mainly because I had nothing else to do.
I go in and try to strike up a conversation, but he says he has no time and he has to go stop Team Rocket from cutting the tails off of Slowpokes. That explained so much.
I followed him, in hopes I could have a hand in Rocket removal. I head down the well, because somehow that Rocket grunt vanished, and find Kurt in a heap on the floor. He apparently took a fall down the well and hit his back. I was actually kinda worried for him, but he urged me to go on and beat down the Rockets on my own.
The grunts were just as weak as I remembered. Ahh, good times. Good times. Anyway, they all fell aside easily. Then I come across the guy who was clearly in charge. He called himself Proton and says he's often called the scariest guy in Team Rocket. He obviously wasn't around while Giovanni was in charge.
He fell aside almost as easily as the grunts. They must've lowered the bar after Giovanni left. After I beat him, he said that they never really disbanded, just kept going underground. Annoying pests. Then he does that really annoying 'vanish into thin air' thing.
I checked on the Slowpokes around that area to find they all had their tails lopped off. Poor things. Kurt then showed up and said his back was better and Team Rocket was out of here for good. We quickly left the well and headed into his house.
He tells me some history on Team Rocket that I already knew and gives me a special PokéBall. Cool, I guess...
I left his house and as I walked around, I noticed that Slowpokes were everywhere. I guess they really do worship them here.
Anyways, now that Team Rocket had left, I could enter the Gym. It was a strange place. I had to ride these Spinarak-shaped things across "webs" to get anywhere. Then these switches popped up that control what lines are active.
I found my way around to the Gym Leader, Bugsy. Who used Bug type Pokémon. I think Captain Obvious was his father.
Battle time! So he started with his Scyther, who used U-Turn to switch out to a Metapod. Then after that went down, he did it again to go to a Kakuna. What a douche bag move that was. Kakuna went down quickly as well, and finally the Scyther was by itself. I had to use a Super Potion on Psycho, however. A few Confusions later, Scyther was out for the count.
And with that, I earned the Hive Badge and received TM 89, U-Turn.
I left the Gym and healed up, and while I was walking around the town, looking for a place for the night, that red head Danny punk shows up. He asked me about Team Rocket returning, and then when I say I beat them, he laughs and says that if I did, I could beat him easy. So I battled him.
First he had a Gastly, which was a one hit KO with Confusion. Then came Croconaw, which took about three Confusions to send packing. Finally was his Zubat, and I think you know what comes next.
He grumbles about his team being weak and about how he hates the weak. Then he stormed off in a huff. Forget me saying Limey was annoying, this Danny jerk is way worse.
So after that, I found a room to stay in at Kurt's house, cause he was kind enough to lend me his spare room. Tomorrow, I check out that forest and see if I can get to Goldenrod. My PokéGear is indicating that there's a Gym there.
Status:
Metang/Psycho
Lvl. 23
Nature: Naughty
Moves: Take Down
Confusion
Metal Claw
Ability: Clear Body
