Gabe nodded. "Gible are cool, they are dragons after all, and they can be used in the league because they are part ground so that is a plus. They can be a bit dangerous though, my sister Sarah told me I was lucky it didn't bite me when it saw me, they have a tendency to go after anything that moves." He glanced at Absol. "I hope your Absol reacts well to threat as he is in front he might get targeted first."
Not that Gible attacks were very frequent but still, travellers were advised caution in the rocky area.
"We also have to be careful for holes and caves, Onix can be found too. Even a really big one."
Gabe thought for a moment about Bakuto's question. "I never plan anything. So I am not looking for anything special either. If I stumble over a pokemon I like I'll catch it. I probably should be looking for at least a couple of pokemon I can use in the league though but so far I haven't really searched."
Mareep walked up to Absol again and looked at him. "You see that tree on the left side? When we pass it we should take a left a the big boulder. That path leads to the place where Gabe once saw a Gibble. We don't know if it strayed or if that was it's home though."
Sarah nodded as she reached for a side pocket in her backpack. "I have pokeballs." Sarah doubted for a moment, she was hesitant to just let her Weedle charge for the Hoppip as she didn't want to scare it off but she also knew pokemon often had to be weakened before they could be caught. It was easier in the books than out here.
Hoppip placed itself before Weedle and started to stare Weedle down. Weedle lowered his head a bit in response.
"Very well, Weedle, poison sting," Sarah ordered. Weedle raced towards the Hoppip as fast as his little body could go. Hoppip responded with a tail whip but got hit nevertheless. The impact made Hoppip bounce back far.
"Weedle, string shot on Hoppip, we don't want to lose it."
Weedle shot his string shot at Hoppip.
"Haul it in."
Weedle pulled on the string shot, making Hoppip slam into the ground.
Hoppip got on her feet and tackled Weedle, who got slammed against a rock.
"Are you ok Weedle?" Sarah asked concerned. Weedle nodded and jumped back up, only to be hit by another tackle.
"Poison sting!"
But Hoppip was out of reach before it could hit. She came in for another tackle.
"Poison sting again, faster this time," Sarah said.
Hoppip hit Weedle but Weedle quickly stabbed Hoppip with his stinger before she could retreat.
When Hoppip retreated again and came back for another tackle Sarah was prepared.
"String shot!"
The string shot hit Hoppip right in the face, stopping the attack.
"Alright, a few more poison sting should do it."
While Hoppip tried to shake off the String shot Weedle hit her again with a poison sting. Hoppip tried to fend off Weedle with tail whip and splash but got a few good hits. Hoppip fainted and flew back again, tumbling on the wind, when Weedle stabbed a final poison sting with all the force his little body could muster.
"String shot to catch it and launch Hoppip this way," Sarah said as she enlarged a Pokeball.
Weedle fired his string shot, and with a twist of his head, he changed the direction the Hoppip was tumbling off too, more or less in Sarah's direction.
"Good job," Sarah said as she threw a pokeball.
The Pokeball hit Hoppip, catching it in the red beam and sucking it inside the pokeball.
The Pokeball shook a couple of times before the ping indicated a catch.
Sarah walked up to the pokeball and picked it up. She petted the heavily panting Weedle on his head before she let out Hoppip.
She held the pokemon while she reached to a different side pocket to get a potion.
"There, this will make you feel a bit better but we'll have both of you examined by nurse Joy," she said as she sprayed the potion on Hoppip, who giggled as the spray hit her.
Saur extended a vine to 'high five' Weedle.
Sarah looked at Regan. "Let's go back, I want to go to the pokemon centre for Hoppip and Weedle and report back to the professor." She said as she returned both pokemon to their balls so they could rest.
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