Pokémon Moves

Five days later.

"Weedle, Bug Bite!"

On the training ground, Weedle slammed into a well-developed Squirtle, biting its tail.

"Squirtle!"

Squirtle cried out in pain.

"Stop!"

As the Trainer called to stop, Weedle let go of the hold of its mouth and trotted to Natsu's side.

"Let's stop here today, your Weedle is great, the best Weedle I've ever seen. Thank you for the battle." The Trainer put away Squirtle and said to Natsu.

"Your Welcome."

Natsu nodded, crouching down so Weedle could climb onto his shoulders.

"I didn't expect the Weedle in the Silver Pokémon battle club to be so strong. It is indeed the best club in Saffron City."

The Trainer left the training room with excitement.

That was Natsu's client today, and his goal was to spar.

Ian, a sophomore in junior high school, still had to go to school. He was at school during the day, so occasionally other club members would choose Natsu as their sparring partner.

But most people picked him because, in their minds, Weedle was a weak Pokémon.

It wasn't until the battle with Natsu's Weedle that their opinion slowly changed.

"Woo!" Weedle held its little head high.

He said I was the best Weedle ever.

Natsu flicked its head with a smile, "Don't be too proud, he said you're the best only because he hasn't seen too many other Weedles. There is still a huge difference between you and the best."

After all, Giovanni's Beedrill impressed him too deeply.

"Weed~le"

Weedle had gotten used to Natsu's words, reminding it not to be too proud every time it got complacent.

Similarly, every time it blamed itself for a loss, Natsu would comfort it.

As sparring partners, Natsu and Weedle have faced many Pokémon and their Trainers, and not every time can Weedle deal with them calmly. It is not uncommon for them to lose a battle and fail.

Natsu would not blame Weedle every time it loses, but that night before resting, they would sum up the reasons for the failure and their inadequacies and strive to correct their mistakes during the next battle.

However, most of the trainers who chose Weedle as their sparring partner were not very strong, so Natsu and Weedle won more than they lost.

"Your movement during Bug Bite was still a little stiff, and the power of the Bug Bite has not reached your current limit. This is a shortcoming and needs to be corrected." Natsu recalled the previous Battle and commented.

"Wooo~~" Weedle nodded, looking at him wistfully.

"You rascal..."

Understanding what it meant, Natsu scolded with a smile, took out a crystal clear Pokéblock from his pocket, and handed it to Weedle.

"Weedle!"

Weedle shouted with joy, rolled its tail over the Pokéblock, and ate it while humming a little tune, which he didn't know where it heard from, from time to time, looking very happy.

"Let's eat, if we don't have any customers after eating, we will continue the training."

Natsu walked to the corner of the room and held up a thick book titled 'Bug Type Pokémon Moves'. He searched for the topic 'Move Development and Battle Linkage'.

In his impression, Weedle didn't have much ability to learn moves, except String Shot, Poison Sting, and Bug Bite. Finally, it is also able to learn Electro Web via the Technical Machine. Even though the machine does not exist, Weedle should be able to learn Electro Web in real life.

How to train this move so Weedle learns it has troubled Natsu for quite some while.

At present, Weedle can only weave the spit threads into a net, but it cannot utilize Electric Type energy. It's a bit difficult to let a Pokémon of Bug Type and Poison Type develop an Electric Type move.

"Let's take our time", Natsu said silently in his heart. "The current focus is still on the mastery of existing moves. At present, Weedle's String Shot and Poison Sting have almost reached [Proficient], while Bug Bite can only be considered at [Beginner]."

Through reading, Natsu learned that Pokémon's proficiency in moves and the ability to connect during battles are divided into several stages.

[Novice], [Beginner], [Proficient], [Advanced], [Mastered].

The energy of a Pokémon is limited, and there are many moves that can be learned. It is impossible to train every move to [Mastered].

Therefore, it is the Trainer's responsibility to select a few moves that best fit Pokémon's characteristics and fighting style. And as long as a move reaches [Proficient], it can almost be released well in actual combat.

Fortunately, Weedle does not have the trouble of having too many moves. Of course, the ones it can learn, need to be trained and mastered.

Other than that, during this period of training and battles, Natsu determined that Weedle's Ability is 'Run Away', not the common 'Shield Dust', which belongs to the category of Hidden Abilities.

Ability is a special ability possessed by each Pokémon, similar to passive effects in many games.

The Ability 'Run Away', if it was in the Pokémon game, could play a very limited role. Run Away allows the bearer to flee a battle with a wild Pokémon without fail.

But in reality, the 'Run Away' Ability gives Weedle an increase in speed. It is a relatively good Ability, although the improvement in speed is not large. Maybe it can be explored further in the future.

Nightfall,

Natsu and Weedle sent off Ian and his Bulbasaur. Before leaving, Ian kept insisting that he should make time for the day after tomorrow to go on the trip to the dense woods together.

After five days of training and battles, Natsu and Weedle's tacit understanding and strength have improved a lot. There should not be too much danger in the densely wooded forest, which is already under the control of the Alliance. So Natsu agreed.

And just when he was about to take Weedle out of the training room and go back to rest, Anna found him.

In the past few days, Natsu and Anna have been in contact with each other a lot, so they were relatively familiar with each other.

"You're training so late again, you're really a lunatic."

Anna walked into the training room and saw Natsu and Weedle sweating profusely, and there was admiration in her eyes.

She had seen quite a few strong Trainers, but not many who work as hard as Natsu.

Natsu stopped and wiped the sweat from his brow.

"Do you need anything?"

"Here, this is your compensation for today." Anna handed over a stack of banknotes.

Because of Ian's care and occasional sparring tasks during the day, Natsu's daily income is about 400-500 Pokédollars. In the past few days, he had accumulated more than 2,000 Pokédollars. It was barely enough to supplement Weedle's Pokéblock.

But that's more than enough for his current needs.

"Thank you." He wiped his hand on his clothes, took the money, and put it away carefully.

"There is one more important thing, which was said by the supervisor. It may be an opportunity for you." Anna said again.

"Oh?" Natsu was stunned.

He heard Anna explain: "Two days ago, the club received an assignment from the Els Pokémon School in Saffron City. They hope that our club can send a few people to clean up the dense woods outside Saffron City tomorrow. Because the difficulty is not high, the supervisor decided to let the Primary Rank partners do the task."

Natsu's expression became a little strange.

The dense woods?

Anna didn't seem to notice the change in his expression, and continued:

"Under the supervisor's instructions, each of you is responsible for an area, cleaning up the potentially dangerous and aggressive Pokémon. You will bring a special camera, which the club will provide, to count the Pokémon you have been defeated or chased off."

Perhaps she didn't think she had mentioned the most important point, she said again, "This mission is probably related to your Rank. If you want to make more money, take advantage of this opportunity."

Is this the way to get promoted? Doing some quests for the Silver Pokémon Battle Club?

"Fragrwood Forest is a forest under the jurisdiction of the Alliance, and the Pokémon in it are not very strong, so you don't have to worry."

"Got it." Natsu nodded.

"And this is the map of Fragrwood Forest and the area you are responsible for." As she spoke, Anna handed over a document.

"Thank you." Natsu took the file.

"By the way, there is also a report of the evaluation of you and your Weedle, you can take a look, maybe it can help you. Rest early today, your task will start tomorrow morning."

With that, she turned and left.