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While doing some thinking and research about the Hoenn Region, Tadashi figured that of all the things he had been doing in his solo traveling time since leaving home that maybe it was time for him to get out there and maybe catch some new Pokemon, and even work on training up to maybe challenge the league trainers like he had heard about. Tadashi, of course, wasn’t exactly well versed in what kind of Pokemon he may or may not be looking for or interested in training and capturing, but he knew enough to listen about interesting and unique places and knew enough that in one particular area, Nanghi and Ostinato might be able to do some good work. There was a place called the Fiery Path in the central part of the region, around the desert that was famous in the Hoenn Region, and being full of fire type Pokemon and Poison type Pokemon, he at least knew that having a water type and a steel type could bode well for him.
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”Well, I guess we’re here,” Tadashi said aloud as he and his few Pokemon had moved along the worn path that they had been directed towards. Tadashi heard his voice come back to him from the mouth of the cavern that was in front of them, filling his sight with clarity and crisp images before fading back.
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”Let’s try out some of this training business, huh? Maybe we’ll find something neat in here,” Tadashi commented down to Cassio who stood beside him, a bit begrudgingly, but with Nanghi behind him and Ostinato in tow too, the small group had made their way into the Fiery Path to explore.

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Stepping into the mouth of the cavern that they had come up on, Tadashi was pleased with the acoustics of the Fiery Path, he could definitely see as clearly as he really could in any instance with the way that sound reverberated and bounced off of the walls. Even something so small as Nanghi’s ears brushing and flapping against her smooth skin or Ostinato starting to pad around and knock his shell on the rocks that were in the cavern, everything was providing him with a crisp image of where they were.
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”Wow Cassio, I can even see some of the spines in your fur,” Tadashi commented as he looked down to his companion, and the Jolteon gave a small yip of a response as he remained close to Tadashi, sniffing around at their new surroundings.
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”I don’t hear a whole lot though… I wonder if there’s even anybody else around here…,” he commented, the occasional Pokemon sound came off of the walls, the sounds of rocks and pebbles shifting and moving around, but he didn’t hear any voices or anything, at least not yet. What he did hear though was Ostinato giving a small cry at something coming towards them, the Oshawott was quick to jump back just in case something happened, but Tadashi turned at the sound and found a small figure coming towards them, something thin and wispy almost…
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”What is that,” he questioned, he could barely make out its shape with how thin it looked, but he pulled out his Pokedex all the same to try and figure it out. The device spoke aloud and referred to the Pokemon as a Bellsprout, a grass and poison type Pokemon that resembled a flower bulb. Tadashi looked up, still barely able to make out the shape of the Pokemon, but he was rather confused now.
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”A grass type? But what is it doing here? That doesn’t sound right…,” he trailed off, but the Bellsprout gave out a shrill cry before the ground shook and a mess of huge vines came up from the ground and struck at the ground around it, clearly dismissing any notion at all that it was in need of help or assistance, that it was in fact a very strong force to be reckoned with. Nanghi huffed and raised her trunk at the suddenness of the attack, and Tadashi panicked with a yelp at all of a sudden being attacked by the small grass type. He reacted quickly, sweeping up Ostinato into his arms and releasing the clasp from Cassio’s leash and harness as he rushed towards Nanghi.
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”Cassio, use your speed,” Tadashi called out as he rushed up Nanghi’s broad trunk to get up onto her back in an attempt to keep out of harm’s way. The Jolteon barked in response, the vines and whips that the Bellsprout had summoned were in full force, but Cassio knew that he was faster. The electric type rushed over the rocky ground, quick and light on his paws, dipping through vines and ducking under the swinging whips, and found an opening to strike with a swift attack at the Bellsprout. The grass type recoiled, but only just, and swung again with the vines, striking at Cassio’s side. The Jolteon yelped a bit at the strike, skidding along the dusty ground on his paws, knowing that this was mostly going to be a battle of speed and stamina. He eyed the Bellsprout again and made for another rush attack, using the spines in his fur to fire, they were small and thin and managed to make it through the onslaught of vines and struck again at the Bellsprout, and Cassio understood that so long as he could stay at a distance, he might be able to fend off the attacker.
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”Wow, I guess being surrounded by fire types this Bellsprout got really strong… I wonder if it will let me catch it,” Tadashi commented as he peered out from atop Nanghi’s back, listening to the battle below. It was an incredibly fast paced battle, Cassio getting struck by vines while finding openings, the electric type keeping his distance and striking with long range Pin Missiles and Swift attacks, and finally it seemed that the vines were starting to wane down and dwindle as the battle waged on. Tadashi slid down from Nanghi’s trunk with a Pokeball in hand, and he was able to spot the thin figure of the Bellsprout, taking an opportunity to throw a Pokeball at it to make his first capture attempt.

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The battle won, and after throwing his Pokeball, Tadashi was actually a bit shocked at himself that he was able to pull that off! He’d heard the click of the device, and heard it roll around on the ground for a few moments, but then it fell still and denoted that he had in fact successfully captured the Bellsprout.
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”Wow! How cool is that, we’re not too bad at this training stuff, huh,” Tadashi commented with a smile beneath his pale eyes, he was actually pretty pleased with the notion that he’d captured something as he moved towards Cassio. The Jolteon had fought admirably, and while the strikes from the vines were pretty intense, he made out alright and put his head in Tadashi’s hand to let him know that he was back at his side.
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”You did great Cassio, really,” he said as he patted the electric type’s head, and he moved to pick up the Pokeball from the ground. He’d only taken a few steps though before there was a rumbling, grumbling gurgle of a sound that he heard coming towards them, a deep guttural call. Tadashi looked around… He didn’t see anything that looked like the figure of a Pokemon despite how close it sounded… But Cassio was now pulling at his hand and Nanghi was trumpeting behind him, stomping her feet at the Muk that was coming up on them.
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”What is it, there’s nothing here,” Tadashi tried to argue, but as Cassio moved him out of the way, Nanghi rushed forward with her raised trunk, striking the ground where the Muk was approaching. The poison mass could hardly do anything, it lunged and only slid off of the smooth surface of the Copperjah’s skin, and as it plopped and dripped back onto the ground, Nanghi shook the ground again with her powerful feet as spikes of earth and rock protruded and shot upwards with the high power of her ground type attack. Tadashi took out his Pokedex, and it caught the sight of the poison type Muk, and that’s all it really was was just a mass of toxic poisons and other such materials… That was so strange to him, but thankfully it seemed that Nanghi had taken care of the Pokemon as it slunk away back into the stretches of the cavernous Fiery Path.
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”Okay… So literal walking poison is a thing… I guess that’s good to know, and something to watch out for…,” Tadashi commented as he moved slowly then to trek through the cavern.

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Gaining his footing and making sure to keep his hearing open for things that might be approaching, Tadashi was quickly learning that there were going to be things around here that didn’t even look like it could be a Pokemon when in fact it was… Like the Bellsprout, he could barely even see it’s thin figure, and a giant blob of a mass was a Pokemon too? Sure, he’d been traveling around for a while now… Years by now as he thought about it, but he’d spent all of his time trying to make his way to the different places that he’d heard about but never got a chance to visit… Like Alamos in Sinnoh where the world's largest musical instrument was, or Hau’oli City where the beaches were absolutely to die for… It wasn’t until fairly recently that he had started learning about the Pokemon that the world contained, and it seemed like he had a lot of things to grasp… He hoped that not all of the poison types that might be in the Fiery Path would be as truly dangerous as a sludge monster Muk though. He knew that Roxie in Unova was famous in her city for training poison types, and now that he really thought about it, Tadashi thought that was crazy, working with something so dangerous… But maybe that’s why she was so famous and so strong as a gym leader?
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Tadashi was a bit lost in his own wonderings, Ostinato and Cassio both padding around alongside him, when Ostinato squeaked at something coming towards them, raising his shell in taking on the offensive. Tadashi was quick to react, he still held his Pokedex in his hands now, and the device identified the small figure that he could see as a Pansear, a fire type monkey Pokemon.
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”Oh, a fire type? You can give this a try, right Ostinato,” Tadashi asked of the small otter, and with a tap of his tail the Oshawott flung his shell like a frisbee towards the Pansear, showering it with water as the shell struck. The monkey screeched a bit at the suddenness of the attack, and didn’t hesitate to lunge towards Ostinato, and at that point it became a battle of chase with bursts of fire and showers of water. When the monkey came too close and almost hit Nanghi with its flames, the elephant trumpeted again and stamped her powerful feet against the ground, scaring off the fire type.
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”Hey, hey! It’s okay,” Tadashi tried to say, calming down Nanghi in her bit of a fit, but when she stopped shaking the ground, Tadashi’s keen hearing caught on to something, a voice in the distance? Bouncing off of the cavernous walls?
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”Hello?? Hello,” he called out, watching the sound of his voice carry and bounce off of the various stones and rocks that surrounded him, carrying through the Fiery Path.

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