Shaun trained as well, getting her pokemon to their appropriate levels. Gothita evolved to Gothorita, Purrloin evolved to Liepard, Mareep evolved to Flaaffy, and Azurill evolved to Marill through happiness, and immediately evolved to Azumarill. Growlithe stayed the same, not being able to evolve without a fire stone. He began heading to the gym, but first he ran to his father's shop, where he recieved one fire stone for free, and then payed his own money for another. His father was happy to see him, but his mother wasn't there at the moment. Shaun said it was okay and ran to the gym, passing by Kaysi quickly. He challenged the gym, and blew through it using his Growlithe. He exited the gym, finding Kaysi waiting outside.
"Whew! That was tough. How did your gym battle go?" Shaun smiled. He held out his own badge before putting it in his badge case. He also reached into his bag and pulled out a fire stone. "This is for Hunter, in the future. I think I'll wait for a little while to evolve my Growlithe, too."