Audino and Venipede are both in shaky bushes. Audino are great for quick leveling, but a Venipede would be awesome compared to Ham n Cheese (sorry buddy).
To be honest I don't even think Ham n Cheese notices anything going on... ever. He reminds me of someone...
ANYWAYS, there are also Honedge here, in the grass to the sides. A Honedge would be a nice edition to the team, helping me get a Pokémon with a little bit of everything and great defense. So I have some choices, but the two I want most are Venipede and Honedge.
I fight the first couple trainers and their levels are catching up to mine, but are fairly easy at this point.
And as I'm heading back to heal up before I try my luck at a Honedge, the bushes shake to my right and a Pokémon launches out at me.
This will be the first Pokémon I see here, which means it is either a Audino or Venipede...
NO WAY! Something I wanted! I love these guys! They are a quick Poison/Bug and a fast Poison Pokémon is a helpful Pokémon, especially with the addition of Fairy-type. Also when it evolves it looks pretty rad.
From its head to the end of its tail, on average it is over EIGHT FEET LONG. And it weighs over 400 POUNDS. The thing is huge, but it still has a base speed of 112, which is not too shabby. I like him, so I am stoked.
A friend recommended a name for this guy and he gets the name "Shevchenko", and it has the ability Poison Point at level 10.
Shevchenko, for those of you who do not know is a Ukrainian soccer player.
I welcome him to the team immediately by switching out Ham n Cheese for Shevchenko.
So let us get to training. Lots of Honedge are showing up, but I'm excited for Shevchenko, so I'm not too bummed. They are falling left and right, right and left. Shevchenko hits level 12 and another Honedge shows up and immediately does a Swords Dance. That's fine, Shevchenko just learned Pursuit, so they are going down faster and I don't need to switch him out anymore.
I deal about a third in damage. Nice shot! (see what I did there, it's like he's a soccer player)
The Honedge hits me for just above half. So that means I can survive another hit easy. I go to use Pursuit again, but...
I accidentally hit Rollout...
I will explain what Rollout does. It is a low power Rock move, that builds up in power everytime it hits, for five turns. Usually by the fifth turn it is dealing lots and lots of damage. Ront has this move and he abuses it. But when using this move you cannot cancel the move at all.
Or call back the Pokémon.
Honedge is strong against Rock moves since it is part Steel.
Which means this move will do nothing to it.
I can do nothing, but watch...
And Shevchenko... dies two hits later.
And it is because I was hitting moves too fast. I killed Shevchenko.
As the rules state... when a Pokémon... NO. A friend. Faints in battle... I must treat it as it has died and release it into the wild.
I go back to the Poké-Center and...
Goodnight, Sweet Prince...
I am distraught. It was my first loss of a Pokémon, and it was one I wanted. And I am ticked-off because it happened because I was careless. I can't let that happen again. And it happened fast. I need to beef these guys up and make sure this doesn't happen again.
I run back out and start training. Rocky style.
I won't let something happen like this again. Not on my watch.
Neggs is weakest on my team at this point so I send him out first. It's an Espurr. It's a creepy looking cat thing. It has one of the most vacant stares, one that even rivals Slowpoke.
It's only a few levels lower than Neggs, this will be simple. I Thundershock it and it is paralyzed. Sweet. And it brought it into the red, even better.
Espurr uses Confusion. It takes me down about a third, it was a hard hit, but that's okay. Neggs can take it.
Neggs however, becomes confused. That's still okay. Even if it damages itself it will have enough HP to be switched out. Neggs tries a Quick Attack, but hurts himself. He's just about at half health. That's plenty.
Espurr uses Confusion again.
No.
It can't be.
CRITCAL MOTHEROFGOD HIT
Neggs dies.
I finish that battle destroying Espurr with Rosco.
And I hold Neggs as I take it to the Poké-Center.
It is your turn as well, my dear...
Two Pokémon in the span of ten minutes of perished. One to my own error and the other simply because it was unlucky. Both of them were Pokémon that would have taken our team far, and now this Godforsaken challenge will be that much harder.
I will never forget the two of you.
I'm done for today.
My Team:
Ham n Cheese (Gulpin) level 15 - Route 5
Rosco (Pidgeotto) level 19 - Route 2
WenchWench (Bunnelby) level 15 - Route 3
Skeeter (Bulbasaur) level 12 - Lumoise City
Murray (Ralts) level 16 - Route 4
Ront (Dunsparce) level 14 - Route 22
PC
Bulbasaur (Chespin) level 12 - Aquacorde Town
Deceased
Shevchenko (Venipede) level 12 - Route 6
Neggs (Pikachu) level 14 - Santalune Forest
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