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Shira was surprised to hear that Bastion didn't have a Pokemart...until she found out that it had a department store instead. A bit of walking brought her in front of the Bastion City Department store, and for a moment she just stood staring at the building, since it was by far the largest store she'd ever seen. Then she shook her head and stepped inside.

She spent a little time just quickly browsing the various departments it had before she started shopping. She first headed to the section with pokemon healing items, where she grabbed a some potions, a couple Super Potions, and an Antidote. She considered getting some other status-removing items, but decided to hold off, since her next purchase would be quite costly. She had to hope that the Lum berries she'd gotten at the Gym would be enough. Then she restocked her food and other things she'd for camping out.

Finally Shira made her way to the department that sold TMs. She spent a while browsing their selection and consulting her pokedex, trying to decide what would be best to teach Togepi. Eventually she selected a Shadow Ball. Before she checked out, she figured she ought to check if her any other pokemon might need one. Browising through Dennet's movelist gave her a shock; the Fighting-type pokemon only learned one Fighting move naturally, and that was the Double Kick it'd already learned. She chewed her lip as she thought; should she get him a Fighting-type TM move? Another look at the TMs showed that Brick Break would be her best bet. But it cost a bit too much for her to be able to but it and Shadow Ball.

So that was that then; she just couldn't afford it. She was about to put it back when she stopped. Somehow she'd unconciously come to like the idea of getting it. Was there a way she could afford it after all? She didn't want to return the healing items she'd already bought, since she'd need those. Same with her other purchases. She was mentally running through everything she'd bought, trying to figure out if she could return anything, when she stopped short. The Shadow Ball TM, of course! And she hadn't even bought it yet, which made things easier! Maybe she could get a cheaper TM for Togepi instead. After another bit of browsing through her pokedex, she exchanged Shadow Ball for Shock Wave. Now she could afford two TMs.

Feeling satisfied, Shira brought her final purchases to the register and rang then out. Right after she left the store, she pulled out her pokedex and the two TM disks. Quickly she taught Shock Wave to Togepi, then Brick Break to Dennet. She smilled as the device beeped to tell her that the attacks had been learned, then headed back to the Gym. She hoped she hadn't taken so long that her friends were wondering where she was.

(OOC: I figure it took some time for everything Shira's done in Bastion [catching a Pikachu, trading for Togepi, visiting the department store, etc.] to happen, while not much time has passed in the gym battle. So I'll have her come back in the gym after the battle's gone on for a while, and maybe not until partway through Aero's battle.)