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The New Normal - 9-14 - Interlude - Steven & Bruno

The New Normal – 9-14 – Interlude – Steven & Bruno

Bringing in Bruno as his personal trainer was the best decision he’s ever made.

Ever since he had started training with Bruno, he could feel that his Pokémon were getting stronger with every session they ...

The New Normal - 9-14

The New Normal – 9-14 – A Call to Action

As I hoped, my announcement and call to action spread rapidly across the entirety of Indigo. Cerulean was only the starting point, as more successful cities like Viridian, Blackthorn, Fuschia and many others echoed my sentiments....

The New Normal - 9-13

The New Normal – 9-13 – The Pokémon Storage System

It had only been a day since the Pokémon Storage System, otherwise known as the PSS, was released to the public and able to be bought by anyone. And already it found its way into all of the major cities as businesses,...

The New Normal - 9-12 - Interlude - Lance

The New Normal – 9-12 – Interlude – Lance

There were times where being Champion was a slog, where you were forced to handle the myriad of mind-numbing responsibilities placed on you. There were times where being Champion was fun, like when you could do all the speeche...

The New Normal - 9-12

The New Normal – 9-12 – Calm Conversations

“Oh…damn. Is Sabrina doing okay?” I asked concernedly to my parents.

My dad gestured to my mom, “She’s talking to Sabrina’s parents right now.”

“Don’t worry, Katrina says that Sabrina’s doing fin...

The New Normal - 9-11

The New Normal – 9-11 – Power Projection

Overall, I was pretty satisfied with my crushing performance against Shin, to the point that I even hoped that he would challenge me again just so I could have a repeat performance. Alas, I had to make do with relishing in the de...

The New Normal - 9-10 - Interlude - Shin

The New Normal – 9-10 – Interlude – Shin

“…CERTAINLY ONE TO BE REMEMBERED!” No matter what he tried, Shin could still hear the damning last words from the announcer echoing constantly in his head.

Those accursed words. The humiliation. The despair...

The New Normal - 9-10 - Pokenet Reactions

The New Normal – 9-10 – INTERLUDE – Pokenet Reactions

[THE INDIGO CONFERENCE FINALLY BEGINS! ARE YOU READY FOR THE OPEN QUALIFIERS?!] By the Indigo Post

[Symbol of the League Logo] [Picture of all the current Indigo Elite Four, with Champion Lance in the middle]...

The New Normal - 9-9

The New Normal – 9-9 – Wrath of a Tyrant

My match against Shin turned out to be easily scheduled. I had given my public acceptance to Shin’s ‘invitation’ practically right after his TV interview was over, and suddenly I had a call barely two hours later saying tha...

The New Normal - 9-8 - Interlude - Intermission

The New Normal – 9-8 – Interlude – Intermission

(John POV)

Putting down my phone, I walked out of the house and back into the training fields. Right after my talk with Karen, Cynthia had called, apparently having coincidentally having watched Shin’s c...

The New Normal - 9-8

The New Normal – 9-8 – Growing Wrath

I hurried out of stadium and rushed over to the nearby Pokémon Center, immediately finding Sabrina and Janine hovering over protectively over my tearful sister.

Sabrina’s eyes immediately snapped to mine as I arrived, “Don...

The New Normal - 9-7

The New Normal – 9-7 – To the Indigo Conference

Time flew quickly after that. And in what felt like a blink of an eye, the Indigo Conference was starting up once again. It actually made me feel quite nostalgic – seeing the news talk about the many hopefuls and their p...

The New Normal - 9-6 - Interlude - Bruno

The New Normal – 9-6 – Interlude – Bruno

Bruno let out a satisfying groan as he just completed his final stretch of the evening. He had just got done wrestling with his Onix, but he still wasn’t able to lift the Rock type fully over his head yet.

He’ll manag...

The New Normal - 9-6 - INTERLUDE - Whitney

The New Normal – 9-6 – INTERLUDE – Whitney

They had been throwing their all into their training, but while they pushed their Pokémon hard, they were always careful never to overly exhaust and tire out their Pokémon. It wasn’t healthy to do so.

But now, after...

The New Normal - 9-5

The New Normal – 9-5 – Training for a Crowd

Turns out I had nothing to worry about. My sister – being the little pink ball of sunshine that she was – was able to quickly put Silver at ease.

Oh he was still very shy about suddenly being surrounded by older girl...

The New Normal - 9-4 - Interlude - Cynthia

The New Normal – 9-4 – Interlude – Cynthia

Although she was not someone that was prone to arrogance, she was pretty confident in saying that Aaron was just not at her level.

Especially after her Lucario just decimated his Scizor in under a minute.

The norm...

The New Normal - OMAKE - April Fools

The New Normal – OMAKE – April Fools

Suddenly, I received an emergency call from Lance.

“John, I need you to hurry over here.” He said to me with obvious alarm and panic in his voice. I had never heard him so unsettled before, “I know you’re busy, but you ...

The New Normal - 9-4

The New Normal – 9-4 – An afternoon in Lavender Town

My press conference made the headlines the very next day, as I expected it to. The news, as they were wont to do, were all busy discussing the implications of this discovery, trying to play up this ‘revelation’ of...

The New Normal - 9-3

The New Normal – 9-3 – Interviews and Meetings

Even though I still had a several more meetings to go through, I didn’t let that stop me from getting up late the next day. I was tired and exhausted, so I believed that I deserved to be able to lie-in for once.

Tha...

The New Normal - 9-2 - Interlude - Steven & Bruno

The New Normal – 9-2 – Interlude – Steven & Bruno

(Steven POV)

Steven took a sip of his tea as he waited for his invitee to arrive. There were a few people fluttering around the restaurant at Cianwood, but he thought reserving the entire restaurant ...

The New Normal - 9-2

The New Normal – 9-2 – Building a Team

“Welcome home, son.” My mother and father greeted me at the door. “How was your journey?”

“It was good. I made some new friends.” We then moved to the dining table, where we continued our discussion over dinner. I...

The New Normal - 9-1

The New Normal – 9-1 – The Indigo Circuit

“It’s so much warmer here.” Will muttered to me as we stood near the railings of the boat, facing towards the docks of Vermillion City in the distance.

“I prefer the cold, but Sinnoh was a little too cold ...

The New Normal - 8-18 - Interlude - Giovanni

The New Normal – 8-18 – Interlude – Giovanni

There could be no doubt in anyone’s mind that Giovanni was a busy man. With all of his many known, and less known, commitments, he barely had any time for himself. Let alone his family. Especially now that Petrel and Arch...

The New Normal - 8-18

The New Normal – 8-18 – The Return Trip

As I expected, buying gifts for the many, many, acquaintances and friends that I had was a huge headache. I actually had to write down who was in my contacts list to see who I had to buy gifts for because of how many people I had ...

The New Normal - 8-17

The New Normal – 8-17 – A Meeting

After that enjoyable evening with Cynthia, I was a bit too distracted to really focus on anything else.

It was still unreal to me that I was DATING Cynthia. A part of me thought that it was all a dream, but the small yet cute smil...

The New Normal - 8-16 - Interlude - Lorelei

The New Normal – 8-16 – Interlude – Lorelei

“You could have done better.” Those were the words that her loving uncle had for her after her victory over Surge. But all she did was roll her eyes at him; he wasn’t worth the effort to argue against.

B...

The New Normal - 8-16

The New Normal – 8-16 – A Conversation

I was satisfied with the good start that I had with Wraith, and I spent the next hour or so making sure trying to settle him in with working and training with the rest of my team.

It was a good thing that the more senior memb...

The New Normal - 8-15

The New Normal – 8-15 – Tabling the Results

Who knew that the feeling of having warm, fresh air breezing past your face could be so comforting? But upon returning from the cave systems and back to the surface, just being able to see the open sky and feel the wind on my ...

The New Normal - 8-14 - Interlude - Pokenet Reactions

The New Normal – 8-14 – Interlude – Pokenet Reactions

[INDIGO DELEGATION ARRIVES AT CANALAVE CITY?! ELITE LUCIAN GREETS ELITE WILL AND ELITE JOHN OF INDIGO!] by Sinnoh News

[Pictures of John and Will disembarking from the ship, being greeted by Lucian]

And...

The New Normal - 8-14

The New Normal – 8-14 – Hisuian Discoveries

As we watched the terrifying army of wild Pokémon stampeding towards us, I realized that, for the first time since we entered into the caves, we no longer had the raw numbers advantage compared to the wild Pokémon, since we ...