<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Davey couldn't fault Toorop's enthusiasm about not falling behind Jackie and Jason as Trainers.  But, after hearing Toorop describe Xena as a 'giant paperweight', Davey was comforted in his decision not to let Toorop's Machop carry her.  But as to the question about what other pokémon Davey thought he wanted for his team, Davey was not so certain so he said, "Good question," and pondered a bit before voicing his thoughts.<br/>
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Before he began to vocalizing his musings, he saw Toorop and his pokémon pick up some good sized rocks to carry during their hike.  <i>'Wow,'</i> Davey thought, <i>'they are <u>serious</u> about training!'</i>  Davey smiled at their ability to focus.  <br/>
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Then, to be sociable, Davey decided to muse out loud.  He said, "Well, to do all of the traveling that I want to do, I'm looking to add pokémon to my team that can learn and use moves like <i>'cut'</i>, <i>'surf'</i> and <i>'strength'</i> out of combat.  This forest is generally known for pokémon like Pidgeys, Ratattas, some common Grass Types and Bug Types.  Anything else here, like I've heard that there are Dratini here, is likely hard or near impossible to find.  If there are any ponds or streams with some shallows that we can wade into, because I don't have a fishing pole, then maybe there's some Magikarp or Goldeen to be had?  But unless we come across something uncommon to catch, I probably won't find another pokémon for my team.  So, I imagine I'll be having my team work on getting stronger."<br/>
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Davey found that his arms were now getting tired, so he told Xena that he was going to carry her in her pokéball for a bit and he'd carry her again when he was stronger.<br/>
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It was only a minute later on their hike that Davey thought he saw some motion in a clump of tall grass to the right of their route.  He held a finger to his lips and made a 'shush' sound.  Then he took out his pokédex and stepped into the grass where he'd seen movement to find a Bug Type....<br/>
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"Ledyba, the Five Star Pokémon", the pokédex announced.  "These naturally gentle Bug Types gather in groups during cold weather to keep warm."  Judging from the glare that the pokémon was giving him, Davey wasn't so sure how 'gentle' this particular Ledyba was.<br/>
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Imagining that Xena would soon evolve into Beedrill, Davey wasn't that keen on catching another Bug Type pokémon.  But it was another good pokémon for his team to train against.  Grabbing Xena's pokéball first and called her out of it to participate in the fight.<br/>
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But the Ledyba got in the first hit with a Swift attack move.  I was a potent hit, but Davey judged that Xena had at least half of her stamina left and her just finished Harden Move would likely have her easily endure another such strike.<br/>
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Then the Ledyba attacked with the Supersonic Move, which Davey used with generally good results when Kraken was fighting, but amazingly the attack missed in the Ledyba's haste.  Davey withdrew Xena and brought out Kraken, saying, "Kraken, it's time to battle!"<br/>
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When Davey called out for his Tentacool to use the Poison Sting Move, it was faster than the Ledyba and it hit the Bug Type squarely.  The Ledyba's color paled as the venom circulated in it's body.  It should simply just be a matter of time, but being overconfident would not be a good thing.<br/>
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The Ledyba again tried the Supersonic Move, but Kraken 'flowed' to one side and avoided it.<br/>
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The battle raged on and the victory was a near thing for Kraken, but it's Constrict Attack Move along with his superior amount of health and the poison in the Ledyba proved just a bit greater than the Ledyba's attacks and health and Bug Type pokémon fainted.  Once it processed the poison, Davey thought, it should be fine.<br/>
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Speaking of 'fine', Davey applied two potions to Kraken and the Tentacool seemed as good as new.</div>
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Minutes after the fight, there was an alarm tone coming from Davey's pokédex.  Since it was way too early for Kraken to evolve into Tentacruel, Davey suspected that Xena had gotten enough experience from the fight to evolve.  Awesome!<br/>
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"Xena!  Come on out!" called Davey as he deployed his Bug Type's pokéball.  Almost immediately and for the second time in her existence, Xena's body began to glow in a blinding fashion.  When the glow faded, Xena now used her new wings and hovered as a newly evolved Beedrill!  Davey opened his arms wide and Xena carefully embraced him.<br/>
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"Beedrill ('I'm so happy!)!", said Xena.</span></span>