Into Mt. Moon

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"Speech"

'Thoughts'

[Pokemon Speech]

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[Yo, dude. Do you think Ash will actually learn from his defeat?]

"Hm? I would assume so... if the anime is anything to consider that is."

[Yeah, probably gonna take a good damn while though]

Nate and Kayden were conversing with one another as they were now heading towards the exit towards Route 3, they wanted to leave now since they were pretty sure they had exhausted the most they could out of the benefits they could get from training here.

It had been only twenty minutes since their little encounter with Ash and Misty, they had already finished getting any items they may have left in the pokemon center before quickly making their way towards the exit.

[Wait, is that him?] Nate blinked at Kayden's words as he turned around to see that Ash was running by, Misty nowhere in sight as he held Pikachu in his arms. Most likely bringing Pikachu to the pokemon center. [Guess must have lost. That didn't take long...]

"Well, hope he learns from this little pathetic act of his, for his own sake. Otherwise, it's going to be one rough damn road ahead." Nate voiced calmly as they both turned and continued their way out of the exit. "Whether or not he will doesn't concern us."

[Agreed. Though, I am curious to know how he will win against Brock, or make the guy pity him to give him the badge. This world is more logical, so plot won't save him this time] Kayden voiced as Nate nodded in agreement. It was true, plot won't be here to save Ash anymore, so just using electric attack won't be defeating Brock.

Nate only gave Ash that bit of advice before mainly for his own reasons, being to see if Ash truly wasn't as thick-headed as he was in the anime. Unfortunately, it seemed as though he was still as arrogant and idiotic as he was in the anime.

Not like Nate and Kayden really cared.

They doubted that they will be helping him at all anymore unless certain circumstances come to rise that force them to do so. Such being that if they find themselves in a situation with him that ends up psychologically causing them to help him in some way. They won't physically help him though, only give a few words.

Whether or not Ash decides to listen and take those words seriously doesn't concern them.

[By the way, are we going to end up catching anything soon before the next gym?] Kayden wondered curiously as Nate glanced at him before giving a shrug. Nate hadn't really given much thought to that, he didn't really need to.

"Not really. Unless we run into a pokemon that can really bolster up our team in some way, then I don't really want to." Nate stated as Kayden just listened. "Plus, I'm quite confident you and Wimpod will be more than enough. If Wimpod ends up evolving before the gym, then more to us. You should be more than fine."

Nate wasn't the type of trainer that would catch anything and everything he sees, only the pokemon that he would have an interest in training. So, he would definitely avoid situations that would end up making him feel bad if a pokemon were to want to go travel with him. Plus, catching too many pokemon was a hassle, and it would also be a bit of a hassle for Professor Oak since he would have to take care of them all.

Well, not a hassle per say... it was just that his workload was already massive as is.

He was definitely already busy with taking care of other trainer's pokemon as well.

[Not to be arrogant. But, I'm pretty certain I can take the gym on by myself, though it kind of depends on the pokemon that they will use. Well... Misty will use, if she ends up getting there before we end up getting irritated before leaving]

"Yeah, I don't want to deal with those annoying sisters of hers..." Nate deadpanned as he shook his head. He did remember vividly that Misty's sisters in the anime didn't care about battles and just gave away badges so they could focus on their looks and their show.

Nate and Kayden were the types that very much preferred to earn what they gain, so just being given something like a badge without actually battling and winning for it just left a really damn sour taste in their mouths. The fact that those sisters even did that disgusted them.

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"Kayden, use your electricity to light the way for us."

[Sure] Kayden responded as the two could now be seen walking through a dark cave, which was actually the inside of Mt. Moon. They had arrived only a few moments ago as they quickly entered without hesitation. There really wasn't anything that was going to interest them much at all in here.

It wasn't dark for too long though as Kayden soon began releasing faint sparks from his body, not too much that he would exhaust himself at a rapid pace. The small sparks did give a decent glow though as the path ahead of them lit up a good bit, enough for them to properly see where they were stepping.

Part of the cave was lit up by a few lights that had been set up by other people, but that quickly ended the further they went through. They hadn't seen anyone else inside of the cave, though they would definitely like to keep it that way.

As they continued their way through, it didn't take long before they found themselves walking into a rather large open area within the cave, along with a number of other connecting tunnels leading to different sections within the mountain.

[Should we stop here for a while?]

"Why not? Plus, this feels like a perfect opportunity to let Wimpod get some serious training in." Nate smiled as they walked into the chasm. It was also pretty awesome since there were a few holes in the top of the cave that allowed for the light of the sun to shine through.

True to his words, since Wimpod was a water-type and this mountain was pretty much filled to the brim with a number of rock types, it is an optimal place to train. While Wimpod may be weak against rocks, Nate doubted any of the rock types in here were as strong as Brock's onix.

"We'll stay for a few hours to train. I'll set up to start on making some food for us." Nate stated as Kayden nodded his head. However, Nate blinked when he noticed something. To which he soon widened his eyes. "Kayden, jump back!"

[W-Woah!] Kayden quickly understood and saw what made Nate react as they both quickly jumped backward, narrowly avoiding something that had just leaped at them before landing with a crash on their previous position. [Damn, that's a lot of graveler...]

"No shit..." Nate gave a small nervous smile as they watched as a number of boulders soon began to shift, which were all previously embedded into the rocky ground. As they slowly rose, all of them were revealed to be many graveler. Probably around twenty or so. "Looks like this is an ambush..."

[Fucking hell... I've always hated monster houses in mystery dungeon. This reminds me of that]

"Yeah, though we aren't exactly limited to waiting our turn to attack. Let's quickly get rid of these guys." Nate narrowed his eyes as he focused on all the gravelers, who were all now turning to face them. "Alright, Kayden. Ready to do this?"

[Hell yeah!]

"Then let's quickly start of with a little Rain Dance!"

[Get ready, assholes! Prepare to get soaked!] Kayden grinned as the gravelers blinked their eyes upon hearing this. Kayden then seemed to start dancing as if he was hearing music and dancing to the beat. [If there's one thing wrong about the anime and more, it's that the pokemon don't damn dance when they use this move! I shall start a revolution... dance revolution, bitch! Gangnam Style!]

As Kayden was doing his gangnam style dance moves, black rain clouds soon started appearing up above them. The gravelers recoiled back as powerful rain soon started showing down on them, the only ones not bothered by it were Nate and Kayden.

Even if the rain didn't exactly hurt them a lot, it seemed as though it was affecting them mostly mentallly as they were trying their best to cover themselves from the rain with their arms, though it wasn't exactly working too well.

"Kayden, stop your grooving and finish this!" Nate shouted as Kayden snapped out of his dance before turning to face the graveler. Who were previously trying to ambush them, only to get this treatment. "Striking them all down with your continuous Iron Tails!"

[Let's go, bitches!]

Kayden's tail quickly took the properties of iron as he sprinted forwards into the pouring rain, grinning as he then began mowing down all of the gravelers by striking against their legs, causing them to fall. To which he continued to run back and forth amongst all of them while striking with his tail.

Nate just watched with a calm look on his face as he then turned and reached into his bag.

"Well, I'll let him deal with that." Nate then took out Wimpod's pokeball, to which he then sent out Wimpod. When the pokemon appeared, he looked around before spotting Kayden and all of the gravelers, making release a confused expression. "Don't worry about Kayden, Wimpod. He'll finish with them in a bit."

Wimpod just looked at his trainer before giving a nod, though with a still confused look on his face. Nate just began setting everything up before starting with the cooking, Kayden was still mowing all of the graveler down, though should be finished very soon. Wimpod was helping Nate with whatever he could.

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