Now we get back to the main story...
(Chapter 2: Battle for the Badge) Revised 2018-03-05
After a year-long journey through the Kanto region, 11-year-old trainer, Ash Ketchum had obtained 7 Kanto badges. Now, it was almost time for his to get his final badge, allowing him entry into the Indigo League, the Pokemon league of the Kanto region.
"Everyone look up ahead everyone! It's Viridian city!" said a frantic, hyperactive Ash as he dashed towards the town ahead of him. His two friends attempted to follow him but were not nearly as fast.
"Ash wait up!" a clearly exhausted Brock and Misty yelled as they tried to no avail to get their friend to slow down.
"I'll see you two at the Viridian Gym!" Ash yelled back as he made a mad dash across the town.
Brock and Misty sweatdropped as he ran past a corner with dust trails behind him.
"I really wonder where he gets that energy from," Misty said as she stopped to catch her breath.
"He's probably just psyched for his gym battle. After all, this is the last one before he is granted entry to the Indigo League." Brock replied, also stopping to take a breather.
After, dashing through Viridian city, Misty and Brock managed to get themselves to the Viridian Gym, only to be welcomed by an unfriendly sight. On the ground in front of the gym was Ash's rival Gary, unconscious with Ash and Pikachu on top shaking him, attempting to wake him up.
Ash continued to shake him rival in attempts to wake him up "Gary wake up! What happened?". Slowly Gary began to regain consciousness. "Ash… what are you doing here?"
Brock and Misty quickly ran up to the two boys, asking, "What happened?".
"I found Gary unconscious in front of the gym as soon as I got here," Ash replied.
Gary began to fully regain consciousness. "I… I don't know what happened, I tried to challenge this gym but there was no leader inside when I entered. Then, suddenly a Rhydon appeared from nowhere and knocked me out… Wait! Where are my Pokeballs!?".
Brock looked at the gym and said, "Do you think they are still inside the gym?"
Misty grimaced, "Some gym… What kind of gym just knocks out challengers?!"
"That would be our gym. So prepare for trouble!"
Suddenly the gym doors opened up, revealing 2 adult figures and a small, feline Pokemon.
"No way, not you three again" Ash yelled in an annoyed tone.
"Who else did you think it was, so make it double." the male figure replied.
"To protect the world from devastation,"
"To unite all people within our nation,"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love,"
"To extend our reach to the stars above,"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or we will beat you in this fight!"
"Meowth that's right!"
While the trio said their motto, Gary noticed something. "Hey, those Pokeballs your holding are mine! Give them back!"
"Unfortunately, they are now the property of Team Rocket, just like the Viridian Gym," Jessie replied. "In fact, this is our newest promotion by the boss, Gym leaders of the Viridian Gym." James continued.
Misty then yelled at them, "That doesn't mean you can just steal challengers Pokemon!".
"Well too bad, we're not giving th-"
Suddenly, Ash cut in. "Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
"Pi! PikaaaAAAA CHUUUU" Pikachu then sent a shockwave of electricity at the trio, zapping them and forcing them to drop the stolen Pokeballs. "Oh no! Our stolen prize!" James yelled as he recovered from the shock.
"Alright, Pikachu now give them a Thund-"
"Wait a second twerp!" Jessie yelled.
Confused, Ash asked, "What for?"
Brock realizing something, then asked "Team Rocket, is it true that you are the actual gym leaders right now?"
"Truest of the true, and if you blast us off, you won't get this!" Jessie said as she took out an Earth Badge.
Ash did not like this but had no choice. "Fine, then I challenge you to a gym battle. It's your duty as a gym leader to accept!"
James replied. "Alright twerp, but if you lose we're going to pilfer every Pokemon you have."
Misty turned towards Ash. "Ash, I think we should challenge another gym, you can't afford to lose here."
Ash turned to Misty and said. "Relax Misty, this is Team Rocket we're talking about."
"True, but be careful."
Everyone proceeded into the gym. Misty, Brock, Gary, James, and Meowth sat in the bleachers while Jessie walked up to the leader's podium. Ash stepped up to the challenger's podium. The battlefield was a standard sized arena, full of rocks on both sides.
"This will be a 3 on 3 battle twerp, no substitutions from either side," Jessie said as she readied a Pokeball.
"That's fine with me, and I won't lose" Ash replied grabbing a Pokeball of his own.
"Then let's get this battle started, as the leader of the Viridian City Gym, fall to the overwhelming power of our ground type Pokemon!" Jessie yelled.
(ASH VERSUS JESSIE)
[3 v 3]
(Just imagine the battle intros in the XY anime when this happens)
"I'll go first twerp, go Nidoking!" Jessie said as she sent out the large, bipedal, purple Pokémon.
"Nido… NIDOKING!" It roared, as it got into a battle stance.
"Then I choose you, Squirtle!" Ash yelled as he threw his Pokeball, sending out the small blue turtle.
"Squirtle!" It cried, then it sweatdropped at the overwhelming size of the Nidoking.
"Alright Nidoking, Horn Attack!" Nidoking began running across the battlefield with its horn in front, glowing.
"Squirtle dodge it and use Bubble!" Squirtle jumped out of the way of Nidoking at the last second and then began firing bubbles out of its mouth.
"Pop those bubbles with Poison Sting!" Nidoking began to fire white needles out of its mouth, popping the bubbles.
Misty watched as Squirtle jumped out of the way of more poison stingers, and commented to Brock, "That Nidoking is surprisingly powerful."
Brock replied, "Yeah, Ash might be in trouble. This battle is not in his favor."
Gary jumped into the conversation, "Yeah but those attacks almost seem a bit too powerful…"
Brock looked back towards the battle, "Your right, those attacks are way too powerful to be sustainable."
Ash frowned. The battle was not going in his favor "Wow! That Nidoking is a high level! How do I stop it?" Then the young boy saw something out of the corner of his eye. "That's how!"
"Squirtle jump to the rock on the left!" Squirtle nodded back to its trainer, quickly jumping onto the rock.
Jessie frowned, "Let's finish this battle already Nidoking! Use Horn Attack!"
Ash smirked as the bipedal reptilian charged at Squirtle. "Now Squirtle! Use Withdraw and roll off the rock!" Squirtle quickly jumped into its shell and rolled off the rock. Nidoking could not stop itself at its current speed and rammed into the rock, jamming it's horn inside. "Oh no! Nidoking" Jessie cried. Ash took the opportunity. "Squirtle! Now hit him with a Water Gun!" Squirtle popped out of its shell, facing the now stuck Nidoking and blasted a high power dose of water at it. The water struck Nidoking hard, knocking it out of the rock.
"Grrr! Nidoking! Hit that pathetic Squirtle with a Thunderbolt!"
Nidoking obeyed, but due to Jessie's aggravation, it was mistimed. It launched a Thunderbolt, just as Squirtle jumped off the rock it was standing on, missing completely.
"Squirtle! Skull Bash!" Ash cried, and Squirtle tucked its head in, and rammed Nidoking, slamming it into a wall.
Nidoking popped out of the wall, surprising Squirtle. Jessie smirked, "Thunderbolt now!"
Nidoking launched a bolt of electricity at Squirtle, who spun out of the way despite the surprise.
Ash noticed this and thought, "Nidoking must be getting tired! Its aim is off!"
Ash informed Squirtle, "Nidoking is tiring! Just keep dodging!"
Squirtle nodded and dodged another Thunderbolt. At this point, sweat beads began to appear on Nidokings body, and it was visibly panting.
"Nidoking Fury Attack!" Jessie yelled.
Nidoking slowly walked towards Squirtle, clearly exhausted.
Ash commanded, "Squirtle, stand your ground! Water Gun!"
Squirtle launched a continual stream of water at Nidoking. Nidoking flinched but then began to push through the water. Suddenly Nidoking lost its footing, due to fatigue and promptly got slammed into the wall from the constant stream of water, knocking it out.
"Oh no! How could Nidoking lose?" Jessie said as she returned Nidoking back into its Pokeball.
Misty and Brock cheered, Gary let in a small smile, "I knew it, unlike my Nidoking, those attacks were pure power, using up all of its energy quickly, I would know since my Nidoking doesn't waste all of its energy during the beginning of a battle."
Aggravated, Jessie sent out her next Pokemon. "Not bad twerp, but take this!" The ball flew in the air and opened sending out a bipedal brownish yellow colored Pokemon. Ash quickly checked his Pokedex.
-SANDSLASH THE MOUSE POKEMON. IT IS SKILLED AT SLASHING ENEMIES WITH ITS CLAWS. IF BROKEN THEY START TO GROW BACK IN A DAY-
"Huh, another ground type. Squirtle are you ready?" Ash asked. But what he heard was weird. Instead of the normal "Squirtle Squirt" he usually heard, he seemed to faintly hear a voice along with the normal Pokespeech. It faintly sounded like "I'm ready". Ash dismissed the odd occurrence and prepared to battle again.
Ash took the initiative, "Squirtle use Water Gun!" Squirtle immediately shot out a blast of water at Sandslash.
Jessie countered, "Dodge it and use your Slash attack!" Sandslash suddenly moved out of the water's path and jumped towards Squirtle, slashing its claws.
"Squirtle!" the turtle cried as it was sent smashing to the gym's wall, ending up with swirls in its eyes. Ash frowned. "Rotten luck! A critical hit! How do I take on that kind speed and power?" He thought for a few seconds and then decided. "Alright, I got this! I choose you Pidgeotto!" Ash threw another Pokeball revealing the medium-sized bird Pokemon.
"Go Pidgeotto! Use Gust!" The bird began to flap its wings as fast as it could sending a blast of wind as Sandslash.
"Grrr… Use Swift!" Sandslash began to roll into a ball and spin in place sending stars in all directions.
"Pidgeotto dodge them". Pidgeotto began to dodge but the stars followed her and struck her tail feathers, knocking her out of the air ."Pidgeotto no!"
Suddenly, Misty yelled out to Ash. "Ash Swift can't miss!"
"Let's finish this Sandslash! Use Fissure!"
Sandslash smashed the ground around the field creating a giant fissure. Suddenly Pidgeotto leveled its wings and regained height right before it hit the ground. "Pidgeotto now use Wing Attack!"
"Sandslash Scratch!" The two Pokemon charged at each other with their attacks and crashed into each other, Pidgeotto taking most of the damage.
Ash thought, "It's fast, and Pidgeotto can't outlast it, we need to find a way to get some damage in."
Ash looked around and noticed cracks forming on the ground. He thought of an idea.
"It's risky but I have no choice, it's just too powerful." He thought.
Suddenly he said, "Pidgeotto land on the ground!" Pidgeotto landed on the ground and faced Sandslash.
Everyone in the room except for Ash was confused, they knew that a flying type on the ground lost its advantage against ground types.
"Heh, wrong move twerp! Fissure!" Sandslash slammed the ground forming even more cracks that headed towards Pidgeotto, glowing.
Ash grimaced, the cracks were going forwards too fast, he then sent the command he had planned.
"Sorry, I misjudged… Mirror Move." Then, the floor caved in.
When the dust cleared, both Pokemon were knocked out, partially buried in the ground.
"Pidgeotto! Return!" Ash said as he returned the bird to its Pokeball.
"What!?" Jessie said as she returned her Pokemon back to its ball.
Ash looked down to the Pokeball and said, "I was planning for you to fly away after Mirror move, but it was too fast, sorry Pidgeotto." He then looked back at the field and readied his next Pokemon.
Jessie turned to Ash and said, "You might have beaten Sandslash and Nidoking, but I still have the bosses ace Pokemon!".
Ash smirked. "Whatever it is, I'll beat it and get my Earth Badge"
"We'll see about that twerp!"
Oh, look a cliffhanger…
So yeah I changed the battle to be a bit… groundier and… more gym battley and whatever. Please tell me how I'm doing with this fanfic, as I still am not that good at English writing. Also, I'm following the logic that flying type properties don't apply on the ground.
Edit: Extended Battle, made it reflect more on Jessie's temper and Ash's insane strategies.
