18 Summer day

Red: "Ok, then. I'll be in the city for a few days, so take your time."

Brock: "Thanks. I owe the two of you a meal, I hope you can come and dine with my family tonight."

Well, that won't be bad, I need to ask Flint where is that old hydroelectric plant. I don't need to overcharge Pikachu but it will be fine to train him to handle with high voltage electricity.

Red: "Sure. See you then."

Misty: "Don't tell me you are going to train..."

Red: "No. I'll leave my pokemon to rest for today."

Tomorrow training will be different so it will be better if they are in fit condition.

Misty: "It doesn't bother if I'm going with you, Brock?"

Brock: "Of course not, I need to buy some things for dinner."

Red: "See you, Pikachu and I are going to find a nice shadow where to sleep until its time for dinner. Today has been a tiring day."

I turned around and start to walk away while yawning.

Misty: "Don't be late!"

Red: "Don't worry, I'll be sure to be there."

'Pi pika pi'

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After walk for a while, I did find a nice tree on the outskirts of the city.

Red: "This place looks fine. Come Pikachu, let's rest here for a while."

'pikachu'

The wind in this city is so different from Pallet town, is too dry and hot. I suppose I just miss Pallet town, it's really a good town to live. I wonder how is mom doing it. I'm not used yet to not see her every day, I also miss her food.

My level is still 8, but my skills have been growing at a good pace. My aura mastery is already beginner 8. I wonder what will do once I got it into intermediate rank. It's not something required to be a great trainer, but if I will go against team rocket then I'm going to need everything within my reach.

"You also feel a little nostalgic, Pikachu?"

'pika?' he is so clueless...

I took my cap and put it on his head while smiling.

"You already knows Quick Attack, isn't that right? I 've been thinking about a new attack for you, Pikachu. Its a simplified version of Volt Tackle, but it's not that strong. It aims to use your speed at its full, I will give you the details tomorrow, ok?"

'pikachu'

Woooaaahhh, the sunlight is really intense today. I can see the heat waves shimmering around the rocks.

Wait. This could be a good chance to test that.

I took a pokeball from my belt, is time to karma to test his ability.

"Come Karna."

'Chaaaaar'

"Hi buddy." I patted him

'charmander'

'pika' Pikachu also came to greet him.

"Today a special chance has shown up."

'char?'

"We are going to test your ability to absorb energy from the sunlight. Your ability allows you to become stronger but also will hurt you if you absorb too much. We are going to do it carefully, ok? "

'charmander chaar' He looks fussy.

"You don't have to worry, we are near to the pokemon center. If anything happens I'll take you there." I did stand up.

"As you can see we are on a shadow actually. Try to move your tail out of it and try to feel the sun."

He has a worried expression on his eyes but he did it anyway. It doesn't do anything.

"You feel different?"

He shook his head. This is weird.

'Chaaaaar!'

Karna finally felt it, he doesn't look in pain or anything like that. The fire in his tail has become stronger.

"Very well, you got it. Do you feel the power?"

'Charmander' He nods to me, he looks excited.

"Now I want you to reject that energy, that power only will be useful if you are the one on control."

He doubted for a moment, then he closed his eyes and starts to concentrate on fight back the solar power. It seems that is really hard for him.

'Pika!'

Something is bad, he is becoming more and hotter. He can't handle it.

'CHAAAR!'

I took off my jacket and wrap Karma with it as I put him on the tree's shade, I did also pull a potion from my bag and use it on him. That seemed to calm him down. I have to be careful with this ability, I can't use it in battle like this.

"It's over now, You did it nicely for a first try. We are going to try once again when you become stronger ok?"

'Charmander' He downcast his eyes.

"Don't be sad, its hard to learn to use a new power. Even I've been striving myself to increase my understanding of aura force before I can use it. I'm sure you'll get there."

'Pikachu'

'Charmander chaaar' Pikachu gave him cheers.

We stay resting there until sunset. After that Karna returned to his pokeball and I started to make my way towards Brock's house.