A month had passed since Forest's 11th birthday.
And quite a bit has changed in his day-to-day life.
Before he would wake up, go to the forest, train, go home, sleep.
He would just do that every day.
Forest realized he should probably take his time. He still has a little less than 4 years before he can become an official Pokemon Trainer.
So instead of training every day, some days he would stay at the Orphanage and help around, or he would just hang out.
As time passed he really started to appreciate everyone there. He really felt like they were a family.
Although he wasn't much older, or even older than some of the kids there, he felt like a big brother to everyone there.
"Okay guys," Forest said, "I'll be back later."
"See you Forest!"
"Come back soon!" Some kids replied
As he was walking out of the door, he walked by the Directress.
She smiled and said, "Be safe, Forest"
Forest smiled back and said "Always."
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Forest arrived at Viridian Forest with his Pokemon. A while ago, they had found a cool little clearing a bit of the way in the forest. It was nice, so they decided to make it their training spot. Signs of them battling there were around and some of the surrounding trees had claw marks or scorch marks.
He chuckled thinking of Igna's and Cerberus' battles. They really went at it.
Before they started training, Forest looked at Igna's info.
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Pokemon: Chimchar
Level: 15
Type: Fire
Gender: Male
Potential: Blue
Stats
Health: Decent
Defense: No Good
Special Defense: Decent
Attack: Pretty Good
Special Attack: No Good
Speed: Decent
Moves: [G]Fire Punch, Thunder Punch [N], Power-Up Punch, Ember
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Forest frowned
Not because he was unhappy or anything, on the contrary, he was quite happy with Igna's progress. But he was confused.
'Didn't Chimchar evolve at level 14?' Forest thought
Maybe he forgot and got confused with other starter pokemon.
So he aimed for level 15, yet he still hasn't evolved.
'Hmm, maybe 16 is the level?' He hoped
Forest was scared that Igna couldn't evolve for some reason.
"Ahh" He sighed
'If he doesn't evolve, I'll just have to ask that Professor, I'm supposed to go there next year.' Forest assured himself
He then looked at Cerberus' info next.
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Pokemon: Houndour
Level: 13
Type: Fire/Dark
Gender: Male
Potential: Blue
Stats
Health: Decent
Defense: Decent
Special Defense: No Good
Attack: Decent
Special Attack: Decent
Speed: Decent
Moves: [G]Ember [N]Howl, Bite, Smog, Roar
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Forest's Houndour had learned a couple of new moves.
Previously, he had learned Howl, which can increase his and Igna's attack power. This is very good in team battles.
After seeing a Beedrill in the forest using a poison move, he seemed to be inspired.
After a couple of times spitting out fire or smoke, he finally was able to kind of copy the Beedrill.
He learned Smog, a poison move.
Forest was surprised when Cerberus learned it because he wasn't aware Houndour could learn poison moves, though it was a pleasant surprise.
And finally, he learned Roar.
The first time he used it was actually towards the kids at the orphanage, he got sick of them and he snapped.
Everyone got scared and ran away.
Forest knew he meant no harm and that he just didn't like being bothered too much.
This is a pretty good move to keep from being bothered by low leveled pokemon.
The area they like to train in is devoid of pokemon because of Cerberus's roar.
All in all, Forest is very proud of their progress.
Though he is still slightly worried about Igna's evolution situation, he was sure it would be fine, they just needed time which was all they had.
As Forest looked around their little training area in the clearing, he thought aloud to his pokemon.
"Hey guys, what would you think about staying the night here one of these days? I think it would be really fun."