Chapter 3: A bugged out battle

"Alright, Jason, pay attention. There are eight gyms, and you have to have a set number of badges to progress." "Okay." Tails was explaining the gym system to Jason, who was holding on to every word. "Viola's gym is the first one, so you don't need any badges to fight her. But, you need one badge to fight Grant, the second leader, and so on and so on. "Right. What gym type is Viola anyway?" "I think she's a bug-type gym leader." "Okay, so you want to use electric, fire, and flying, and don't use dark, psychic, or grass," Max said, turning around and walking backwards to face Jason and Tails. "Nerd," Tails half-coughed and half-said. "I heard that," Max said, then backed into a lamp post. "Okay, you two, don't make a fool of me when we get there." "When do we do that?" Max and Tails said together. "Just don't fight." "Oh, we're here!" Tails pointed at a building with a glass roof. "Alright, let's-" Jason was about to open the door to enter, but was cut off by someone yelling at him. "You!" The trio turned to see the trainers that were at Professor Sycamore's office, and they looked mad enough to kill. "We didn't get our starer Pokemon because of you!" The boy in the blue coat said. "Uh... nice to meet you too?" Jason said, then stuck out his hand. "I'm Jason." "Yeah, and I'm the guy you screwed over!" The boy said. "Okay, how did we do this?" Max asked. "Like, you three took the last Kalos starters, so we had to, like, get starters from this place called Kanto!" the girl with the pink hat said. "I have a friend from Kanto," Jason said. "Me too," Max said. "That's not the point!" the boy with orange hair said. "You took the good Pokemon, so we got stuck with these!" The boy in the coat sent out a Squirtle, the girl sent out a Bulbasaur, and the boy with orange hair brought out a Charmander. "What's wrong with these?" Tails asked. "Yeah, I don't see why those are any better or worse than our Pokemon," Jason said. "Just look at these things! They look so stupid!" the boy with orange hair said. "Hey, these 'things' can hear!" Max said. "Whatever, these Pokemon are, like, soooooo lame," the girl said. "Yeah, well I'm glad our Pokemon didn't end up with you," Tails snapped. "Like, same here. Poor Chespin, having a trainer with, like, hair like yours." Tails lunged at the girl, but Jason grabbed the back of Tails' shirt, holding her back. "Calm down you nut!" he said, yanking her backwards. "Wow, like, someone needs anger management classes." "Calm down, Serena," The boy in the blue coat said, pushing her aside. "Look, just move so I can challenge the gym leader." "What's your name?" Jason asked. "Caelum, why?" "Because, it's rude to say no to someone if you don't know there name." "Just move!" Caelum tried to push Jason aside, but to no avail. "Do you guys feel a breeze?" he asked, as Caelum punched him in the arm. "Do you feel that?" Max asked. "What? The gentle breeze going in the air? It's quite refreshing." Caelum had enough, so he took a few steps back, and slammed into Jason! They both fell into the gym, and Max and Tails rushed in to help there friend up, while Serena and the other boy stayed outside. "Are you okay?" "Why would you do that you idiot?" "He wouldn't move, I made him move. Simple." "You slammed him into a glass door!" "Potato, pototo." "No, potato, door slam!" "Whatever, I'm just here to get my bug badge." "That's why I'm here," Jason said. "Well, looks like I'll get mine first!" Caelum ran into the battle arena, and five minutes later come back out. "So, how'd it go?" Max asked. "I... lost." Jason, Tails and Max started laughing until it hurt. "How could you lose?" Tails asked. "I... only have one Pokemon." "Well, I'll be back in two minutes, Braivary should be able to one-hit-knockout all of the leader's Pokemon. Or, should I use Doduo?" "Doduo," Tails said. "Braviary," Max said. "I'll just use Rotom." The three entered the battle arena, and Max and Tails went to the side to watch. "Well, are you Jason?" a woman asked as she came through another door on the opposite side of the gym. She looked a lot like Alexa, Jason's friend, and she had light brown cargo pants, a white tank top, and a camera around her neck. She was also blonde, like Alexa. "Uh... yeah. Why?" "Because, Alexa told me about you." "Alexa? You know her?" "Know her? She's my sister!" "Oh! Well, let's get this started! Go, Rotom!" "Go, Surskit! Now, you can only use two Pokemon, alright?" "Okay! Two is all I need! Use ThunderBolt!" "Use Ice Beam on the floor!" Rotom hit Surskit spot on, and Jason had to wonder why Viola used Ice beam on the floor. "Now, Tackle!" Surskit slammed into Rotom with incredible speed, due to the ice. "Alright, Dark Pulse!" "Signal Beam!" thw two moves struggled for a bit, but Signal Beam came out on top. "Okay... Shadow Ball!" "Dodge it, and use sleep powder!" Surskit got out of the way of Shadow Ball, and covered Rotom in a green powder. It (Rotom is genderless) started to levitate lower, and snoring." "Come on Rotom, just because you're sleepy, you're gonna let yourself get beat up!?" Jason was answered with snoring. "Now, signal beam!" Rotom was hit with full force, and got knocked out. "Rotom, return! You did good." Jason put his Pokemon away, and frantically looked for another Pokemon to use. A Poke Ball fell out, and in opened to send out... an Emolga? But, Jason didn't own an Emolga! It turned and winked at him, and it hit him! It was Iris'! But, why would he have her Pokemon? "Nice Pokemon," Viola said. "Use Signal beam!" "Dodge it! Now, use Acrobatics!" Emolga knocked out Surskit, and Viola returned it and sent out a Vivillon. Jason checked his PokeDex to see what is was, and it said, "Vivillon, the scale Pokemon. Vivillon with many different patterns can be found all over the world. These patterns are affected by the climate they live in." "Huh, a Vivillon. Well, use ThunderBolt!" "Protect!" "Acrobatics!" "Gust!" Vivillon blew Emolga backwards, and Jason knew this was going no where. Then, he had an idea. "Use Attract!" Emolga blew a kiss at Vivillon, and Vivillon fell in love. "Okay, now use ThunderBolt!" One-hit-knockout. "Well, Alexa was right. You did have it in you. Nice job. And here." Viola walked over to Jason and gave him a badge case with a Bug Badge in it. "You're gonna go far, kid." Viola said. "Thanks."