Next day___
Kota went back deep in the forest together with Charmeleon, Sneasel and Scizor.
"Today, Charmeleon will be having a proper durability test, " Said Kota while walking in the front and making Charmeleon puzzled.
Kota led his pokemon towards a frozen lake, it was a very big one.
"Cha?"
Charmeleon stood on the edge of the lake and looked at Kota with confusion.
"Today instead of just water, it will be ice frozen water, " Said Kota while smiling at Charmeleon, the latter almost fainted because of it.
"Charrrmeleonn!"
Charmeleon shook his head furiously, he definitely didn't want to even touch this cold water.
"Scizor, " Called Kota, a black shadow flashed by his side towards Charmeleon.
Rock Smash!
With his claw glowing, Scizor slammed it on the ice below Charmeleon and cracked it into pieces.
"Char!"
With his half body in the cold water, Charmeleon let out a painful scream.
"Scizor!"
Scizor came back on the snow ground beside Kota while nodding towards Charmeleon.
"Come on, it's not that cold, " Kota stared at Charmeleon and sighed.
"Charr!"
Charmeleon shouted back at Kota, he held his body tightly with his arms.
The fire on his tail immediately flared. Charmeleon was angry because of this kind of treatment.
"Is this how you will become stronger? By saying you can't and not even giving your best?, " Asked Kota while looking seriously towards Charmeleon.
"Char!"
Charmeleon looked back at Kota, he saw how serious his trainer was.
He grinded his teeth tightly, clenching his fists. Charmeleon endured with all his will.
Sneasel and Scizor went some distance, and they both trained together.
Mostly targeting their agility, they were trying to improve their speed.
Kota didn't intervene, he went and climbed on top of a tree near the lake and kept his eyes on Charmeleon.
After five minutes, Charmeleon was already feeling dizzy and his eyes were turning black.
"Charmeleon!"
With the last roar, Charmeleon's body lost its strength but it didn't fall in the cold water.
Kota managed to call Charmeleon back into his pokeball before that happened.
Scizor and Sneasel stopped their training as they heard the roar of Charmeleon.
They understood that Charmeleon had already lost his strength. Of course it was a mind blowing thing that Charmeleon lasted for five minutes.
"You two, continue, " Kota looked towards Scizor and Sneasel, and said.
"It's cold, " Kota muttered while exhaling warm breath on his palms.
He crossed his hands over his chest and rested on his back on the tree trunk.
Few hours later, Kota returned back to the city and went to the Pokemon Center.
After the check up of his pokemons, Kota headed towards a restaurant to eat lunch.
As he took a corner seat, Kota felt his body temperature rise above normal.
Even while he ate his meal, Kota didn't feel better but his head started to hurt.
Visiting the doctor, Kota came to know that he actually caught a cold.
Shaking his head in disappointment, Kota took the medicines suggested by the doctor.
Afternoon, Kota went back to the forest and Charmeleon continued to endure the cold water.
This time, Gyarados also accompanied Charmeleon and swam in the lake.
Scizor trained with Sneasel, Kota didn't let his sight off Charmeleon and Gyarados.
"Charrr!"
Charmeleon shouted from time to time, his durability was starting to increase.
This time, Charmeleon managed to stay in the cold water for ten minutes which was already doubled.
The day ended with that as Kota went to his room and rested.
For the whole week, this same torture kept on going and Kota had his face turn red.
Yet, he went into the forest and let Charmeleon strengthen his durability.
"Charr!"
Charmeleon was not the only one to understand that Kota had caught a cold because of staying in this weather.
"Scizor!"
Scizor instead of training with Sneasel, sat down on the same branch with Kota.
Sneasel didn't stay ideal, she trained by herself and worked on her flaws.
Gyarados learned to control his body temperature, he could now increase or decrease it till a certain point.
While Charmeleon had endured and went on in the cold water for about twenty five minutes.
"Char!"
Charmeleon shouted, his eyes were red. Some white vapors came out from his body.
"Charmeleon! I am also enduring this cold right? Just half an hour, then we can stop it!, " Said Kota while smiling weakly towards Charmeleon.
"Char!"
Charmeleon looked at Kota and nodded his head lightly, he closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
Time seemed to pass very slowly, Kota's breathing became heavier and rough.
"Scizor!"
Scizor looked at Kota with worried eyes, he then turned his sight at Charmeleon.
As the time came to be exactly half an hour since Charmeleon went in the lake, Kota clapped his palms.
"You did it! Charmeleon! Get out of the lake!, " Said Kota weakly, he climbed down the tree with the help of Scizor.
"Charmeleon!"
Charmeleon slowly walked out of the lake water, his body letting out a huge amount of water vapors.
Red flames came out of his mouth, Charmeleon looked entirely different from a week ago.
"Charmeleon!"
With a roar, Charmeleon shone in bright light. Kota, Scizor, Gyarados and Sneasel stared at Charmeleon with anticipation.
The light went out and a huge deep orange pokemon was visible, flames produced in his mouth whenever he took a breath.
Charizard, a fire/flying type pokemon. It is known as the Flame Pokemon.
A height of 3.8 meters, two wide wings and a very strong tail with the same fire at the end.
Charmeleon evolved into a Charizard, which is also the last evolution of Charmander.
"Chaaaa!"
Charizard blew red flames from his mouth, he then checked his own body.
He got bigger, stronger and now he can also fly in the sky like Fearow.
"I was not expecting this, but it's for the better, " Said Kota while coming in front of Charizard.
"Chaa!"
Charizard lowered his head to look at Kota, he then flapped wings before taking a flight.
Kota raised his head to see Charizard flying in the sky at a very high speed.
There was a smile on his face, Kota was truly happy for Charizard.
It's been more than a month since he went on the Journey to become a Pokemon Trainer.