Journey Towards Greatness

Julian walked towards Cranidos and picked him up, Cranidos gained his consciousness and looked at Julian, he was a little disappointed because he fainted, if it was Gible he would have easily swept the whole gym without breaking a sweat.

Julian knew what Cranidos was thinking.

Julian "You did great, you were at a disadvantage and your last opponent was much stronger than you but you still won, I am proud of you"

He said and patted his head and sent Cranidos back to his Pokeball.

Paul just sat there and went over how Julian fought this battle, he didn't understand why Julian didn't switch his pokemon during battle.

Paul 'Why didn't he switch his pokemon during the battle, he could have won easily, is there something I am missing?'

He questioned himself, he doesn't get why Julian didn't use other types of pokemons and used a rock type with is clearly weaker, even though he won his performance could have been a lot better if he used another pokemon.

Maylene also called back her Lucario into its Pokeball, then she walked towards Julian with a Cobble badge in her hand.

Maylene "This is a Cobble badge, a proof of your victory against the Veilstone city gym"

Maylene handed over the badge to Julian, Julian nodded and took the badge.

Julian "I will be leaving then"

Julian said and walked away without bothering to stay here anymore, he wanted to visit lake Valor quickly, Julian just walked out from the gym.

Paul looked at Julian leaving and got up from his seat as well.

Paul "I will be challenging your gym next time"

Paul said and walked out as well, he soon followed behind Julian because he wanted to find out the reason behind Julian's decision of using a rock type during this battle.

He soon saw Julian walking out of the gate and rushed towards him.

Paul "Wait"

Paul called out.

Julian heard Paul and stopped, he turned around to see Paul rushing towards him.

Julian "What is it, Paul?"

Julian asked.

Paul "Why did you use Cranidos during this battle, you could have easily won this battle in a few minutes, why drag it till the end?"

Paul asked.

Julian stared at him and sighed, even though Paul is really good at training his pokemon and comes up with best-case scenarios to battle his opponent he still lacks experience.

Julian "Paul, tell me why do you challenge the gyms?"

Paul "To get into the pokemon league"

Paul answered straight away without thinking.

Julian "Is that all the reason you got?"

Julian asked once again.

Paul "Is there more to it?"

He asked.

Hearing this Julian sighed.

Julian "Tell me why do gym exist?"

Paul "So that the trainers can grow stronger, well that is what others say"

Paul said.

Julian "What do you think about gyms, I don't want other's opinion"

Julian asked.

Paul "I think it's useless, I never lost once while challenging these gyms"

Julian "And why were you able to win so easily over these gyms?"

Paul "Because I used pokemon that had an advantage over them"

Julian "Indeed, you have always used pokemon that had an advantage over the other party, or you had a pokemon that had a type of move that can cause heavy damage to the other party"

Paul nodded his head after hearing Julian.

Julian "How about this, the nearest gym should be in Pastoria city, its a water type gym, why don't you use Ground or a Fire-type pokemon for your next battle, and when we meet again, tell me what you experienced, and no cheating, you can only use pokemon that are weak to water types"

Julian said and walked away.

Paul just stood there, he didn't understand why Julian told him to do so, he had already planned to sweep that gym using his Electabuzz but now Julian has told him to use pokemon that are weak to water types.

He decided to go with Julian, he wanted to see how hard it will be for him to overcome this challenge.

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Julian soon got back to his hotel room and got ready to leave but he suddenly got a call from Chloe, seeing this he sighed, he knew he won't be able to leave this room today because Chloe is going to bombard him with tons of information that he doesn't need.

Gengar "Gegegegege"

Julian could clearly hear Gengar laughing at him, this annoyed of Julian a little but he didn't mind, it was Gengar's nature to find this kind of thing funny, his mighty master is completely helpless against his own girlfriend.

As Julian had expected he talked to Chloe and Daisy for quite a while before hanging up, seeing it was already midnight he went to sleep after placing Crystal onto the cushion, Crystal would always fall asleep in his pocket and he would have to always take it out of his pocket and put it on top of the cushion next to him, he then went to sleep as well.

Next morning Julian woke up and got ready to leave for Lake Valor, he wanted to see if whoever placed those cameras are actually the Team Galactic and if they have acquired one of the orbs.

And if they did Julian has to get it back so they don't cause trouble anymore.