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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 Poké...

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, Blackth...

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 i...

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 Champi...

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�...

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 performanc...

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.

...

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 Ind...

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 sudde...

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, apparent...

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 eye...

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 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...

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. ...

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...

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 deci...

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 u...

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 dis...

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...

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 Cianwoo...

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...

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 th...

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 alo...

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 ...

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 th...

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 w...

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. 2024-03-11 07:42:34 +0000 UTC View Post

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...

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...

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 ...