With 20 minutes left before the Rustboro City Gym closes, Link, who has only been a trainer for 3 days, comes to challenge them.
Mikey agrees with his statement, "There should still be enough time."
That's right, she'll end this predictable battle immediately!
Gym Trainer, Mikey, here to challenge!
"Go! Geodude, Nose-Up!"
"Fennekin, Finneon, prepare for battle."
The Rustboro City Gym's field is covered in rocks, and as soon as the battle begins, Finneon, who entered the field on its side, lands on the ground.
"Fennekin~"
immediately uses "Psychic" to levitate its teammate, making Dolphin swim in the air like a fish in the Sword/Shield battle simulator.
"A Water-type Pokémon?" Mikey raises an eyebrow. "The choice of a type advantage is correct, but letting a fish land is too pitiful."
"Use 'Rock Fall'!" "
She didn't specify which Pokémon to use, because determined to finish the battle quickly, she planned from the beginning to have both Pokémon use 'Rockfall' together to achieve a near-rockfall effect and defeat her opponent.
Water-type Pokémon are indeed super effective against Rock-type, but how many fish would be left on land...?
'Use Water Jet on Nosebridge,' Link said calmly.
The Water Finneon, floating in mid-air, manipulated its internal energy to spray water, propelling it directly towards Nosebridge, which was about to use its move, using it as a springboard to leap higher into the air!
With just one strike, Nosebridge was unable to battle!
Seeing this, Mikey's pupils dilated in shock. Where do fish fly on land? Is this a dolphin or a jet plane?!
While her opponent's pupils dilated in shock, Geodude didn't miss the opportunity, immediately releasing a large number of fist-sized rocks to attack the nearby Water Finneon."
"Psychic!" "Water Gun!"
However, the Fennekin in the back wasn't idling; it immediately used Psychic to forcefully interfere with Geodude's "rockfall."
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Waterfowl, who was used to aiming and shooting in mid-air during its daily leaps in Twilight Town, spat out "Water Gun," a jet of water as thick as a bowl that accurately hit Geodude, rendering it unable to battle on the spot.
Before it even landed, Link directly aimed a Poké Ball at the Waterfowl and recalled it into the ball.
It was over. This was the lowest difficulty gym challenge with 0 badges, and the gym only had 2 Pokémon.
Link glanced at his watch; registering, rushing over, and ending the battle had taken a total of two minutes, enough time to finish the gym challenge before they went home.
"Alright, Mikey, let Gym Leader Dujuan come out."
Hearing this, the Gym Leader blushed slightly, surprised that the Finneon was so powerful…
The difficulty of a 0-badge battle at the Rustboro Gym was only this much; ultimately, it was just a way for new trainers to understand type matchups, and the Pokémon sent out was only around level 10.
"Um… I'm really sorry, Lin, it's a weekday, and Gym Leader Dujuan is at the Trainer Academy supervising evening classes. Could you come back at 9 AM tomorrow?"
As she spoke, she recalled her two Pokémon that had lost their battle ability and took the Rustboro Gym Rock Badge from her badge box.
However, before she could hand the badge to Link, the latter, realizing Dujuan wasn't there at this time, sighed regretfully and left the Gym with his Pokémon.
"Sorry to bother you, I'll come back to challenge her tomorrow morning."
It seemed that even if he was impatient, he couldn't win Dujuan's favor.
However, tonight he had confirmed the Dolphin's strength and agility on the rocky terrain, increasing the success rate of his prepared tactics for the Gym challenge.
Back at the Pokémon Center, Link prepared a midnight snack for his two Pokémon to reward them for their hard work in the battle. Then, following Mew's instructions, he brought Fennekin and Finneon into the Pokémon Dream World...
...
Where is this?
When Fennekin woke up, it found Finneon swimming through the air as if remotely controlled by its "psychic powers."
The surrounding room was brightly colored, and Dolphin was... perched on its trainer's face.
"I can't... I can't breathe..."
"!"
Fennekin quickly jumped aside.
Its sleeping posture certainly wasn't very good; it instinctively snuggled up to its trainer's head.
"Ahem, this is the Pokémon Dream World I told you about."
Link, having straightened his clothes, took a drawing board from the bookshelf and showed the two Pokémon the drawings inside: "Look, this is a drawing of you. I can let the Pokémon on the drawing board come in with me."
Fennekin and Finneon were amazed, especially the latter, who truly gained the ability to swim freely in the air, as if in a dream, completely unrestrained.
The three of them went outside, watered the Starf Berry Tree, and picked three fruits.
Two were shared between the Fennekin and the Water Finneon, while Link kept the third to give to Mew.
Time was of the essence, so Link immediately led his Pokémon to the main island.
However, to his surprise, Mew wasn't there today; Cotton was handling the food delivery at the café.
"Link, Mew has something come up today, and we're really struggling without its psychic powers. Could you help the café with something?"
"I can help you deliver food, but I can only stay in the Dream Realm for a very short time."
Whimsicott waved its hand, "You don't need to go to that much. Just find us a Fire-type Pokémon to heat the food, and a strong Pokémon to help carry it."
Was it just Link's imagination? Cotton's requests seemed tailor-made for Fennekin and Water Finneon.
He nodded, agreeing to the task.
Cotton thanked him profusely and left on its light, cloud-like cotton.
So Link had the Fennekin and Water Dolphin order some of their favorite food, while he looked around, searching for and locking onto suitable targets.
To his surprise, most of the spirits in the Dream Realm were friendlier than he had imagined, and it didn't take long for him to find two spirits willing to assist him.
"Fire type... strong... um, I think I've completed the Black... Whimsicott's request."
Hearing this, the customers fell silent, looking at the two choices Link had made, wanting to complain but unable to find the words. Link
himself, however, seemed thoughtful, inspired by Whimsicott.
Although he himself would die a thousand times and still not be able to successfully challenge the Dream Heaven Battle, what if he tried recruiting these spirits who frequented the café?
Perhaps someone would want to try challenging themselves?
With enough manpower and enough powerful helpers, even that Scizor wouldn't be able to withstand a combined attack from the spirits for long, right?
Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and introduced himself to the spirits who were enjoying their snacks and coffee!
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