Training, Myself And Them

It was the start of the next day, and I was pretty excited since Zinnia agreed to help me train. My battle with Astrid opened my eyes for me.

All of my Pokemon don't have an organized battling experience, and I needed to simulate real battles. That's where ZInnia comes in. There was also a lot of other stuff I wanted to do.

I got up, got dressed, and went out of my room. I went one room down and started to knock on her door. After 3 minutes, a head peaked out of the door. She didn't want to fully open the door, as she was only in her underwear.

"Jeez, it is 5:00 in the morning! I didn't mean to train this early", Zinnia cussed at me. She was visibly mad.

"You won't accomplish your goal working as hard as everyone else", I retorted back at her. It was true, I need to put myself to a higher standard to be great.

Zinnia let out an audible groan. " Fine, I guess. Give me some time to get dressed, and I'll be out in a minute", she said closing the door.

Then I waited out the door for 30 minutes, and Zinnia finally came out in her clothes. The training area was open after 3:00, so me and Zinnia were good to go.

We went outside, the sky was still dark, and we started to get to work. The first line of business was getting Pinsir to be 100% in the program.

I grabbed one of my Luxury Balls and released the Stag Beetle Pokemon. As soon as Pinsir was released, he started to run towards me, trying to attack me.

I returned Pinsir to its ball, before releasing him further away from me. " Pinsir, calm down and it'll be good for you".

Pinsir was contemplating whether or not he should be aggressive with me. After a while of contemplating, he decided to not fight me.

I smiled, before pulling out of a long black case, opening it, and pulling a gem out. The gem in question was the Bug Gem, a gem imbued with the essence of bugs.

Pinsir's eye sparkled when he saw the gem, instantly feeling the Gem's power. The reason he couldn't feel the gem's power before was because the case was laced with materials, designed to mask the energy signature.

He ran towards me, this time was not malicious and snatched the Bug Gem. He started the process of absorbing the gem's power.

Zinnia, seeing all the gems I have, gasped. " I wished I had the Dragon Gem. I Thought, I couldn't choose between my three Pokemon to absorb it".

I raised an eyebrow at what she said. Pokemon could only absorb gems of their respective typing. So I don't understand how Aron or Feebas, both not Dragon type, could absorb the Dragon Gem.

I brought it up with her, and her mood dropped instantly. She thought about it for a moment, before deciding to talk.

" My Feebas and my Aron are kind of special. Sure they're each Water and Steel type, but they have a secondary typing of Dragon", Zinnia informed me.

My mouth dropped at the information. Zinnia saw my reaction and chuckled. Were these weird typings something related to the Draconian Tribe, perhaps?

I released the rest of my Pokemon, which were Charmander, Gible, and Magikarp. Magikarp flopped into a small pond in the clearing Zinnia released her Bagon, Aron, and Feebas, which the latter also went into the pond.

I thought about a training regime that would get my Pokemon to their maximum potential. I have been thinking about it all night, as I couldn't sleep that well due to the excitement.

The first part of the training regime was the physical part of training. Physical training was one of the most important things a trainer aspired to become strong. I mean, you can have all the moves you want, if your base defense isn't good, you're going nowhere.

For Charmander, Gible, and Pinsir, I made them run laps around the training area, training their speed and endurance. Bagon decided to join in on it too. They had rocks as weights to slow them down and cause resistance.

And for Magikarp and Feebas who decided to join, They swam laps across the lake with rocks tied as a weight.

For the next hour, they ran, and they ran. Soon, My pokemon started to get tired. He wasn't as physically talented as Charmander and Gible, or Zinnia's Pokemon.

I let them rest before starting the second phase of my physical training. At that time, I gave them Pokemon food that was designed to maximize training efforts. Life with a sponsor was amazing.

I learned more about my Pokemon, especially their personality, which will help me with training.

Charmander, even though he was not the strongest, was the clearly defined leader of the team. He had immense respect for me and demanded everybody show the same. The only flaw Charmander had was a little jealousy towards Gible and Bagon, as he wished he was a Dragon type.

Gible has some sort of underdog mentality. Coming from the trash of Lumiose, Gible doesn't ask for much. She has a soft spot for me though.

Magikarp was kind of a loner on this team. He couldn't get to know all my other team members, as he was in the water all the time. Other than that, he was pretty smart and resourceful.

Pinsir was like the second leader of the team behind Charmander. He was my strongest Pokemon currently and he acts like it. He was kind of a muscle brain, proud of his physical strength. He was always flexing, trying to show everyone .

While our Pokemon were chowing down on the food, I started a conversation with my training partner, Zinnia.

"I have been bothered about this since I saw it, but what was the blue stuff when you were meditating", I asked Zinnia. I knew what it was, I just wanted Zinnia to open up to me more. She seemed like a cool person.

"Do you want to know?", Zinnia responded to me.

I nodded and she continued. " It's the living essence of all of us, including our Pokemon. It's called Aura". I smiled, as I was extremely happy that Zinnia was opening up." I'm just a beginner though".

Soon, our Pokemon was done eating their share. Now they will go to the second phase of the physical training. Strength training.

I instructed Pinsir to train its Pincers by lifting objects on doing reps, strengthening the muscles in its pincers. I also told him to do pull-ups on a nearby tree.

I told Charmander and Gible to train their body as well but with an emphasis on their claws. They did what they were told, practicing their claw strikes on a boulder.

I just told Magikarp to do the same things as before. Zinnia's Pokemon like Bagon, Aron, and Feebas started to train too, under the Dracanoid's command.

After another hour of physical training, I decided we were done with the physical part of our training. Now to my favorite part, where Zinnia will come in handy.

I had scanned Zinnia's Pokemon during this time. Zinnia wasn't lying, as my scan from the PokeDex read:

[

Species: Bagon(A)

Level: 9

Type: Dragon

Ability: Rock Head, Sheer Force

Gender: Male

Height: 3'3

Moves: Dragon Claw, Dragon Dance, Fire Fang, Shadow Claw

]

[

Species: Aron(A)

Level: 8

Type: Steel/Dragon

Ability: Rock Head, Heavy Metal

Gender: Male

Height: 2'11

Moves: Iron Head, Dragon Claw, Curse, Superpower

[

Species: Feebas(A)

Level: 8

Type: Water/Dragon

Ability: Swift Swim, Adaptability

Gender: Female

Height: 3'5

Moves: Dragon Breath, Water Pulse, Light Screen, Reflect, Protect

]

Her Pokemon were so gifted, all of them being Alphas of their species. I needed those Pokemon to help my Pokemon learn some moves.

My Pokemon needed a variety of moves of Physical Moves and Special Moves. In this world, it was normal to be a mixed attacker, even if you're a Machamp. You need a ranged attack if you are going to be good.

I told Zinnia my plan, and she happily accepted.

She instructed Bagon to help Charmander and Gible learn Dragon Claw. I needed Gible to learn some physical Dragon-type moves and it seemed like a good move about Charmander.

Bagon started to happily start to teach the move to Charmander and Gible, and his new students complied.

She told Feebas to help Magikarp learn Water Pulse, and Dragon Breath if she could manage. Feebas flapped in the water, happy to help.

Pinsir was a little bit different for me. I just told the Stag Beetle Pokemon to train his move, "Leech Life" and become proficient at it. Tomorrow, I'll try to see if Aron could help Pinsir learn Iron Head.

My mind was on another thing and I had a goal. I walked over to Zinnia, trying to talk to the Dracanoid Woman.

" Yo Zinnia, I have been trying to talk to you about something", I said to her, getting her attention. She looked at me, trying to see what I wanted.

"Remember that Aura stuff you were talking about?", I said to her, to which she nodded, remembering." I would like to learn it if you could teach me".

Her eyes widened when she heard what I proposed. " I don't know about that, Alain. Aura is a hard thing to learn, and it's better to focus on your Pokemon".

" I can do both, and you know that. Please, Zinnia. Teach me Aura", I asked Zinnia, getting closer to her.

She looked me in the eye for a few moments, before finally breaking. " Ok, I'll teach you for a week and if you find no progress, you promise to leave it be".

Yes. Aura will be an awesome ability, and mostly because of one usage it had.

When used with a Key Stone and a Pokemon, It could use to find the matching Mega Stone from miles away. With such an ability, I could find Mega Stones for me and Sycamore pretty easily.

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It was the next day at 5:00 in the morning, and I didn't need to wake up ZInnia this time. We went over to the training area in the backyard of the Pokemon Center.

We did our physical training again, before finally moving on to our Moveset Training.

I told Pinsir this time to let Aron help him teach Iron Head, which he reluctantly agreed to do. Aron and Pinsir started to train together, while all the other Pokemon did what it was doing yesterday.

I had my things to do, like starting my Aura training with Zinnia.

"First thing one must do while learning Aura, is meditating", Zinnia told me.

I did as I was told, before sitting crisscrossed. I was instructed to meditate and go into a deeper state.

I closed my eyes and tried to go into a deeper state. As much as I tried to calm down, I just couldn't. I had a million thoughts per second. All of a sudden though, I felt Zinnia's hand on both of my shoulders and she started to massage my shoulders.

"This is what my mother used to do when I was meditating. She always said I was so stiff. I guess you are too", Zinnia said to me.

It began much easier to meditate after that. Maybe this might be easier than how Zinnia told me.

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another chapter finished.