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Chapter 19 – Seriously? With Benny flying close to him, Andy continued his walk through the forest. They had seen the shrine mentioned by the old day-care man and had rested there for a moment. Andy had found the place to be serene, so he had taken his time to sit down and relax for a bit, with his Butterfree in his lap. After that he had continued his walk towards Azalea town, curious to meet this Kurt guy the old day-care man had talked about. Apparently a Pokéball maker. Mighty interesting. And that Slowpoke Well George had talked about, he’d love to see that as well. “We’ll soon be there,” Andy said to Benny, even though he had no clue how far away the city was from where they were, or where they were in the forest exactly. To say he was lost was exaggerated of course, awesome trainers like Andy don’t get lost. They make a slight detours to enjoy the surroundings and observe Pokémon in their natural habitat. That’s all. Andy was talking to Benny, explaining how excellent he was as a trainer and how many victories they both would have. Benny just flew next to him silently, letting him talk and boast and nodded occasionally. Andy was in the middle of explaining how he planned to win a league or two when he heard a deprecatory sounds coming from the trees. He looked up to see a Hoothoot sitting on a branch and looking at him. “What, you disagree?” he asked the Hoothoot. The Hoothoot gave him a look as if to say ‘wasn’t that obvious, oh featherless one?’ The eyebrows of Andy rose a bit, but soon a grin appeared on his face. “Do you think you know it better them me?” “Hoot,” the Pokémon simply replied, calmly readjusting some feathers under his wing. Andy leaned a bit to Benny, who came flying closer to hear what Andy had to say. “This Pokémon over here, he seems to disagree with me.” Benny nodded. “He looks awfully serious.” Again Benny nodded. “And he seems to think he knows things better then me. If I’m not mistaken he even seems a bit... conceited.” For the third time Benny nodded. “I want him in my team.” “Free.” The Hoothoot let out a sigh, turned around and flew away. “Benny, go after him and tackle him!” Benny quickly flew away, caught up with the Hoothoot and tackled him in the air. The Hoothoot flapped irregular with his wings to stay in the air and retaliated with a tackle of his own. “Use your gust!” With his wings, Benny created a gust of wind that hit the Hoothoot. After this the Hoothoot came flying to Benny, pecking his head with his beak. “Hang in there, Benny! Use your confusion!” The eyes of Benny started glowing and a blue aura surrounded the Hoothoot, who got slammed into a tree. The Hoothoot quickly recovered and his eyes started to shiny yellow, but Benny was able to tackle him before the hypnosis took affect. “Tackle him again,” Andy said and Benny went towards the Hoothoot again. Andy took a Pokéball, his eyes focused on the Hoothoot he wanted to catch. He would wait for the right moment. Benny landed a tackle and the Hoothoot was pushed back in the air. "Now!" With all his might Andy threw the Pokéball to the Hoothoot. And missed. The ball flew past the Hoothoot, who didn't even have to try and evade it, and hit a tree instead. With a silent cracking sound the Pokéball broke and fell on the ground. "Drat." Benny started laughing, tumbling down from the sky. The last few feet above the ground he flapped his white wings for a soft landing and on the ground he fell on his back, still laughing. "Don't laugh," Andy told him, but that didn't help. It didn't make the Butterfree stop laughing. "Maybe I wanted to hit that tree, did you consider that?" Andy asked with a grin. The Hoothoot was flapping his wings to stay in the air, shaking his head and he turned around to fly away. “Not so fast you! Benny, after him!” Benny, who was still laughing softly, flapped his wings and went after the Hoothoot. “Use your gust to knock him out of the air.” Benny did as he was being told and the gust took hold of the flying Pokémon and made him slam in the ground. “Alright, second try!” Andy said enthusiastically and he threw another Pokéball at the Hoothoot. This time he managed to hit the Pokémon with it. The red and white ball opened and dragged the Hoothoot in. The Pokéball was lying on the ground, rocking back and forth and the light in the button was going on and off, until the light finally died out and the ball stopped moving. “Yes! Did I tell you how awesome I am?” he asked his Butterfree, who agreed with that with a nod. “But you agree, right?” Benny chuckled and nodded again. “Great! That’s what I wanted to hear.” Andy walked over to the Pokéball and picked it up. He looked at it with a smile on his face. “Welcome to my team.” This Hoothoot seemed like a nice addition, although it looked really serious. The smile turned to a grin. He would have a great time with this Pokémon.