The Adventure Continues!

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Kendra slipped her badge into her own pocket. "That was a super awesome battle, Brock. What's the next gym we should head to now

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The next morning, after enjoying a continental breakfast provided by the Pokemon Center, Kendra and Blake set off for Mt. Moon, ready for the challenges that lay ahead.

After two hours of walking, Kendra was ready for the challenges to stop laying ahead and to start appearing. She was bored, and it was hot out, and for whatever stupid reason, they hadn't run into a single wild Pokemon or trainer. Kendra had tried to keep from complaining, but she had just about reached her limit. She opened her mouth to say something... when they rounded a corner in the path and saw a Pokemon Center and, more importantly, the entrance to Mt. Moon up ahead. It would be an exaggeration to say that Kendra forgot all about her complaints, but the sight did lift her spirits considerably. Said spirits were lifted even more when a patch of grass up ahead and to the right began rustling in a way that just possibly meant there was a Pokemon there.

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"Awesome," Blake said, excited. "The center's just around here. If you don't mind, we could stop there for a short break before heading up to the mountain. I mean, it's not like-"

Blake was not as spacially aware as he would have preferred to be. "Clumsy" is a good word for it. In fact, the very patch of grass that Kendra had eyed moments earlier, Blake proceeded to walk over.

"-Row." Blake froze. He looked down, praying that his imagination had taken over. He had no such luck. His luck, instead, provided him with a fairly irritated Spearow that did not take kindly to getting kicked.

The Pokemon took flight, swooping down at Blake, taking pot-shots at the young man. Blake put his hands over his head to shield himself, but that was all he could think to do.

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Kendra, not being under attack at the moment, was able to take action. She tossed Olive's Pokeball, releasing the Oddish. "Olive, go! Use-" Kendra hesitated. An Acid attack was probably not the best idea when Blake was in the attack area. "Use Absorb on the Spearow!" Kendra called to her Pokemon.

Olive used its attack, and the Spearow broke off its attack when it felt its energy being suddenly drained. Kendra nodded in satisfaction. That would give Blake an opportunity to escape the Spearow.

Olive's attack ended, and the Spearow turned its attention to the foe that was attacking it. It flew towards Olive, intending a Peck attack. "Dodge it and keep using Absorb!" Kendra ordered her Pokemon.

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Had the peck been just a peck, the dodge would have worked, but when the Spearow saw the fruitlessness of the peck attack, it brought its claws to the ground, raking up sand for a Sand-Attack.

Blake moved to get out of the confined space he was in, and brought out his Psyduck.

"C'mon, Sai. Hit it with Water Gun! At least draw fire from Olive."

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"Every once in a while, I can get something right," Blake said, chomping down on his wrap. "I agree. We should head out. I'm rested enough, and the Pokemon seem to be healed. We can get going after the meal."

Blake called his Spearow back.

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Kendra and Blake soon made it to the entrance of Mt. Moon. The grassy areas had become sparser, giving way to lots of rock. Kendra made a face to herself. She wasn't keen on such ugly surroundings. Still, she could deal with it

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"Sticking to the path doesn't seem too terribly difficult," Blake muttered. Dark tunnels were not exactly his idea of a good place to be, particularly when the cave's maintenance crew gives a stern warning.

"At least we're not fumbling around in the dark, right? And the wild ones around here, they should be fairly easy to deal with, with our typings. There's no need to worry at all, Kendra."

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"The only thing I'm worried about is getting through the mountain in time for dinner," Kendra said cheerfully, punching Blake in the arm. "All right, let's go." She set off, Olive skipping along beside her.

Kendra and Blake walked along the path without incident for about an hour, keeping up a light conversation as they went. There were no wild Pokemon about, and the two trainers speculated to each other that the construction had driven them away.

"Hey, do you hear something?" Kendra held up a hand for silence. "I thought I heard something..."

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"I'm... Um, I'm- my leg. I'm caught on something on my leg." He did need to chill, he decided. It was something just grabbing on his leg, he could do this. He mustered up some strength and tried to jerk his leg forward. The root did not give way, instead tightening against his leg and leaving his calf resting uncomfortably against his other leg.

Blake yelped, then collected himself, trying not to look too weak in front of Kendra.

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"Um..." Kendra tried to think. She had no idea what Blake situation really was, but maybe she could still help him by tossing out ideas. "Um, maybe you could try backing up instead of moving forward, and then you'll become unstuck. You're the science dude, you just gotta experiment to see what works and what doesn't." She gave Blake a weak smile and tried not to think about how this delay was putting them farther and farther from Olive.

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Blake nodded. He scooted backwards. After a couple of seconds, he moved his ankle around, trying to get out as calmly as he could without frantically and violently gyrating his leg. The gentle method seemed to work, and he pulled himself forward, getting out of the tiny crawlspace.

"Right, then," he said, brushing some loose dirt off of himself. "Olive." With that, he held up his Pokedex and started pointing around until he found the signal again. It was not as faint as before, but Olive wasn't exactly nearby.

"Let's go."

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Kendra nodded vigorously, a relieved grin on her face. She shouldered her pack and followed Blake as he led the way. The signal grew stronger over the next ten minutes as Kendra and Blake blundered blindly through the blackness of the burrows inside Mt. Moon. Finally, Olive's cries were louder coming from the Pokemon herself than from the Pokedex's speakers, and Kendra burst into a run, stumbling towards where she heard her Pokemon.

A squeak from near her feet stopped Kendra. She felt a leafy tendril brush at her leg, and she dropped to her knees, blinding reaching for her Pokemon. "Olive! You're okay!" She scooped the Oddish up in her arms. "Blake! We're over here! You got a flashlight or something?"

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"Thank you, Officer Jenny, we'll keep that in mind," Kendra said in response to the sign, rolling her eyes. She dropped Blake's arm and grinned. "Man, I am so glad to be back on the path!" She patted the Pokeball at her waist. "And Olive's safe and sound, too. I guess all's well that ends well, right? Well, shall we go? Might as well get out before, like, we're chased by..." She thought for a moment, then snapped her fingers. "Zombie Clefairies!"

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Zombies always disturbed Blake. He shuddered at the joke. "Right, then. Let's... Let's leave before that silly thing that would never ever happen... happens." He turned on the balls of his feet, taking a step on the right path, feeling very sure in his footing... Until his sure-footing failed him and he fell over something none to tall.

"Another stupid Geodude..." Blake said, picking himself up.

"-Fairy," came the singsong voice of an adorable, pink, cotton-candy-like Pokemon.

Blake gasped.

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"Man, you're so clumsy," Kendra snickered. "You okay, though?" She trailed off when she heard the Pokemon. She poked Blake a couple times, hard, on the shoulder. "That's a Clefairy. I can't believe it! It's so cute!"

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"Well, as it's not pale and green, I'm inclined to agree with you." Blake said, nodding. "I'm very sorry and clumsy, Ms. Clefairy. I'll try not to trip over you in the future. I'm kinda blind in this tunnel."

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"Maybe there's a restaurant we can get take-out from," said Kendra. "I'm beat, too. We can just grab some fast food and bring it back here to eat or something if that sounds good to you."

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"I think I saw a noodle shop a few buildings over," Blake said. "Let's grab some and bring it back, unless you'd rather have something else?"

Really any food would do. If there was an artichoke heart store any closer than the noodle shop, he'd have opted for that.

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Sure enough, there was a Noodle Shack just down the street. Kendra led the way there, skipping with energy renewed by the proximity of food, bed, and bath. She wasn't a huge fan of noodles, but she'd eat anything right about now. Humming, skipping, Kendra was wrapped up inside her mind and therefore not paying attention when she reached the door to the noodle joint

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"I'm really sorry," Blake said sincerely. "You'll have to forgive us, see we were in a hurry from starving so long and we're not exactly the most elegant sort."

The other trainer nodded, her Vulpix sniffing around, disinterestedly.

"Sorry again," he said, offering his hand.

"No need to worry," she said, cautiously accepting the handshake, just barely avoiding eye contact, her gaze shifting from one side of his face to the other. "I was just on my way to grab something to eat, myself. Would you mind if I joined you?"

"We'd be happy to have you. Least we can do, right Kendra?"