Return of the defeated (on hold)

Part 17

"Ok I think understand so yesterday wasn't quite as intense then."

"Right, once we reached the peak we kinda lightened out trianing a bit so we wouldn't burn ourselves out or have an injury we couldn't treat without a Pokemon Center." Ash said. The rest of their walk to Vermillion City was filled with Ash describing certain types of trainings they did and May wondering if she could utilize a few of them for her contest training.

They entered the town just past midday and made their way to the Pokemon Center to heal their pokemon and book into a room. After getting their pokemon back from Nurse Joy the pair went to there room to drop off their things. Ash opened the door for May and the pokemon, Pikachu and Glaceon imedantly jumped on on of the beds to relax on the soft blankets. May went over the the window opening it to allow some fresh air in while Lucario sat cross legged against the wall. While the others were doing this Ash was busy trying to figure out his Poketech, after a few moments and fidgeting with the screen he found what he was llooking for.

"What you doing Ash?" May asked smiling at her boyfriend struggle with it. 'Technology was never his strong suit."She thought to herself.

"I'm trying to figure this damn thing out to send a message." Ash replied with his eyes focused and narrowed on the screen. "Ha got it dumb thing anyways." Ash said triumphantly.

"Who are you sending a message too." May inquired, knowing he really only ever talked his mom, Professor Oak, or some of their friends and he'd call them.

"I'm letting Lt. Surge know that I'll be there tomorrow morning so he'd better be ready." Ash said looking up after he hit send.

"Oh ok that makes sense, but are you sure you're ready? I mean it's only been a day and half of training, I know you and your pokemon are strong but is it enough?" May asked honestly.

"We'll be ok. We're just a tad rusty, but we'll do one more training session this afternoon before getting some good rest before tomorrow." Ash said with determination in his voice and smile on his lips.

Hearing his confidence and passion May knew that she had nothing to worry about and that Ash and his pokemon would be amazing. "Ok then, let's go train then." May said in a cheery tone.

The pokemon stood up along with their trainers and left the room and walked outside. May was a bit perplexed when Ash turned them away from the trianing area and more towards the trees.

"Why are we going this way?"

"The training fields are great but sometimes going into the trees and woods will completely change your thought process. Remember when I was training for my rematch with Brawley and we used the island in different ways?"

"Yeah I especially remember you using the waves to practice dodging." May said fondly reminiscing their younger days.

"I've adapted that type of training to work anywhere in a sense. For instance today we'll train by having Lucario and Krookodile attack from the trees hidden from view. It only gives us a split second to dodge or counter." Ash explained as the found a nice clearing that was a way from any buildings.

"I get it, doing this will help battle against electric attacks that are typically faster than other types." May said.