[color=8882be]"Phew, guess that wasn't what I thought,"[/color] Indigo coughed, thoroughly embarrassed at his overreaction. Hero chuckled, wriggling his body around in mirth. [color=8882be]"Whatever, Hero, you were totally ready to fight too,"[/color] Indigo replied dryly. Not long after, they finished their swim and Indigo came up to the shore. Hawka promptly went to peck at his toes. [color=8882be]"Ow, woah, hey, calm down!"[/color] She quieted when Indigo fluffed the crest at the top of her head and Hero said a few reassuring squeaks of his own.

They still had the whole day ahead of them, and Dan seemed to be doing his own thing. [color=8882be]"Alright, well, what do you guys want to do?"[/color] He asked the pokemon. Hawka squawked and took her favorite battle stance with Hero jumping by her side and also posing. They looked ridiculous.  [color=8882be]"Okay... So I guess you guys want to train. Well, whatever... I guess I can supervise."[/color] And so the pokemon eagerly went back into Breezy Forest. For they wanted to teach that bully Rattata a lesson! But they couldn't do it without some much needed hard work. 

Hawka and Hero battled against each other, Hawka familiarizing herself with the terrain better and Hero practicing his Tackles. They gained experience for the next hour or so. Indigo watched them, feeling quite... Inadequate. His pokemon had the constant drive to work hard but he didn't. And it was a guilty, nagging feeling for sure. [color=8882be][i]Well I'm training with them, aren't I?[/i][/color] He tried to convince himself. Yet all of a sudden, his thoughts were interrupted by a pokemon Indigo hadn't seen before!

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