Okay...Palkia's in the bag, I've fully healed up, & I'm ready for my next Gym in Sunyshore...Well, not yet...Before doing so, I decide to take on a side quest! The mission: To get those darn floating fairies into my Pokedex. Unfortunately, I have to cross water to get to them, so I have to get Slave (Bibarel) back out. This time, Treadshot (Pachirisu) gets to take a rest in the PC while this side quest.
I fly to Sandgem & head to Lake Verity to find the pink fairy. I confront it, ready to...watch it chicken out & run away like a noob. Stupid Fairy.
So...I then decide to fly to Snowpoint to deal with the fairy in Lake Acuity, and when I get to Lake Acuity, I find a yellow fairy & confront it, ready to...watch it chicken out & run away like a noob. Stupid Fairy...Oh, wait, is it still there? Oh, yes! It didn't chicken out & run away like a noob! Now to catch it...
I send in Metapod (Mothim), & instantly get it to U-Turn to Faricimo (Kricketune), who I was relying on to send it into dreamland & catch the bastard. After a Future Sight, Faricimo then Screeches at it, reduces its health to the "Red Zone" with
X-Scissor, before putting it to Sleep with Sing. I used my weakest Poke Balls first & worked my way up, cycling between putting it to sleep, healing Faricimo, & chucking balls at it. Eventually, I catch it in my 6th Ultra Ball & 13th overall. I name it "Knowxie" (Knowledge & Pixie) & heal up at Snowpoint.
I then fly to Pastoria & head to Lake Valor to catch the third floating fairy. I arrive at Lake Valor & find a Blue fairy. I confront it, ready to...watch it chicken out & run away like a noob. Stupid Fairy...Oh, wait, is it still there? Oh, yes! It didn't chicken out & run away like a noob! Now to catch it...
Like last time, I send in Metapod. Metapod survives a Confusion to U-Turn out to Faricimo. Faricimo misses with Sing to be killed by Confusion. So Ungulate (Mismagius) comes into the fray & knocks it into KO range with Payback. Several failed captures later & Ungulate falls to consecutive Future Sight hits. BlueBomber (Drifblim) enters the battle & after doing lol damage with Frustration, stood tall while I continued to throw balls at the fairy. Eventually, The fairy finally manages to sink in a Dusk Ball, my 12th Capture attempt. I name it "Will Power" (Geez, I fail at naming) & head back to Pastoria City to heal.
After healing, I decide to head out to Sunyshore City, starting with Route 222. I battle the trainers there & arrive in Sunyshoe, where I find a red-head named Flint, who tells me to visit the lighthouse. I go there & find a yellow-head & talk to him. He then pisses off to the Gym, awaiting my challenge. So I go to the gym & beat the trainers. After beating, It was becoming obvious that this gym wasn't going to be a cakewalk, so I decide to battle Volkner & try to beat him.
I send in Faricimo while Volkner sends in Raichu. Raichu gets the jump on Faricimo with Charge Beam. Faricimo replies by fufilling the one sound move per trainer battle she appears in requirement by using Sing...And misses...God I'm becoming pissed off with Sing, though there's always Screech. Raichu comes back hard with Thunder Wave, paralysing Faricimo, while Faricimo replies with X-Scissor. Raichu then tries to kill Faricimo with Brick Break? (Okay. AI must really be that dumb...) It does crit, but it wasn't enough to kill Faricimo, who replies with another X-Scissor, KOing Raichu.
Next up is Luxray. Luxray quickly finishes a weakened Faricimo off with Thunder Fang.
I send in Treadshot to replace Faricimo. Treadshot Discharges away while Luxray does the following: Paralyse Treadshot with Thunder Wave (Where Treadshot spends the next turn fully paralysed), get paralysed itself by Discharge, Charge Beam Twice, before picking off Treadshot with Thunder Fang.
So I send in BlueBomber, & because I have to, I do lol damage with Frustration first up. Luxray laughs & wallops BlueBomber with Thunder Fang...Which BlueBomber miraculously survives! BlueBomber then uses Shadow Ball, lowering Luxray's Sp. Def & forcing him to consume a Sitrus Berry, before killing off BlueBomber with Crunch, taking Aftermath Damage in the process.
Unsure of how Metapod would fare, I send in Big O (Empoleon) to pick off Luxray. Big O gets into gear right away, KOing Luxray with Chrome Buster (Ice Beam).
Volkner sends in Ambipom, & instantly Baton Passes nothing to Octillery...Taking a hit from a Big O Cannon Party (Hydro Pump) in the process, halving Octillery's health. Instead of using Cannon Party again, I use Chrome Buster, & took it down to red health...Octillery replied with Bullet Seed, which hit twice, not doing much damage. Volkner then scrambles for a Full Restore, while Big O made a Sudden Impact (Drill Peck) on Octillery's health, even though it didn't do much. Big O then used Chrome Buster, putting Octillery into KO range for Cannon Party, while Octillery lowered Big O's Accuracy with Octazooka. Big O missed with Cannon Party, while Octillery got in another Octazooka, this time, doing no damage to Big O's accuracy. Big O then hit with Cannon party, KOing the Octopus.
Ambipom then made another appearance, & raised its Speed with Agility, while Big O put Ambipom into KO range with Cannon Party. Ambipom then raised its Sp. Atk with Nasty Plot while Big O missed with Cannon Party, which was now out of PP. Ambipom got cocky & used Nasty Plot again, but Big O hit with a Sudden Impact on Volkner's team, KOing Ambipom, winning me the battle, & winning the TM for Charge Beam.
After that, I got a HM for Waterfall from Jasmine & healed up at the Pokemon Centre. I send Ungulate into the PC to get Slave back out of the PC & teach Slave Waterfall. I then head out onto Route 223, surfing north towards the Pokemon League, battling the trainers along the way. One of the battles was an "epic" 2v2 where Faricimo & Metapod (The two struggling Bugs on the team) hold of a horde of 6 Water Types to win. I eventually reach the Waterfall that takes me to the Pokemon League. I use Slave to get up the Waterfall & I find a Pokemon Centre & the entrance to Victory Road. I heal up at the Pokemon Centre, get Ungulate back into the party at the expense of BlueBomber, & get ready for Victory Road. And that's where we leave off...