No Regular Trainer, A Pokemon FanFiction. Chapter 3, Badge No. 1

Author's Note: HEY GAIZ. IF YOU DIDN'T READ MY HOMEPAGE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE REALIZED THAT I'M POSTING A NEW CHAPTER FOR EACH OF MY FICS ALL AT THE SAME TIME. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THEN I HAVE TO REMIND YOU TO LOOK AT MY HOMEPAGE FOR UPDATES!

Man I needed to get that out of my system. I can now work more frequently than ever. I hope you enjoy this chapter, as there isn't much to explain other than some story progression and battles. Well, enjoy the story.

Disclaimer: It's tiring to do these disclaimers. It's taking more and more out of my life. So with that said, I DON'T OWN THE RIGHTS TO POKEMON. I'm going to make these disclaimers shorter and shorter.

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I slept at the pokemon center overnight. It was the only place I could sleep other than my old office which I couldn't even be at anymore because I'm not an employee. In the morning I got up to check on Luke. He was looking much better than he was after the battle, but he did have a couple of bruises. I hoped that wouldn't interfere with the photo shoot.

My plan after the photo shoot was to gear up on supplies and head for Oreburgh. There is where I would battle Roark, the first gym leader. He uses primarily rock types. It isn't a problem for them, but if one of his was ground type, Bolt would have many problems. I headed over to the communications center.

"I have an appointment with Mr. Talopi. My name is Jack Argonish," I told the receptionist.

"Hold on one sec," she said. She picked up the phone, so I assumed she was calling Talopi. "Yes, he's here. Okay I'll ask him." She hung up the phone and asked, "Is Luke fine?"

"Yes. He is all better," I answered.

She picked up the phone and answered Talopi, "Yes Luke is fine. Alright." She hung up. "You can head up to floor 3. Look for the photo room." I nodded and went to the elevator. When I got in I told the elevator manager to go to floor 3. I almost got lost until I saw a sign that said, "Photo Room". I went in and I saw Thomas standing there waiting. He looked patient, but I could tell he was wondering where I was.

"Sorry, I got lost. The place is huge," I told him.

"No matter. You have Bolt and Luke, correct?" he asked. I nodded. "Good. We had a scene set up for Bolt and Luke. We needed another Shinx for Bolt's shot, but for Luke, we're using cutouts." I felt a little sad for Luke. He would be in the shoot on his own while Bolt got a friend to play with. They had trained their pokemon, and I had taught Bolt what to do at the shoot before I went to sleep last night. As for Luke, I have no worries since I can talk into his mind.

"Who are we doing first?" I asked.

"We're going to do Luke's picture first. The stage is set, and whenever you and Luke are ready, we can begin," he answered. I took Luke from his capsule.

The first thing he asked is, "Where are we?"

"We're at the scene of the photo shoot. You need to be on top of that pedestal. Just take a fighting or meditating stance," I telepathized to him. He nodded. He jumped on the platform.

"He's all ready for the picture," I told him.

"Great! Camera man, get the best shots possible!" Thomas said.

"Will do," he responded. Luke took a few different stances, but I could tell by Thomas's expressions that he liked what he saw. After 5 minutes of pictures, it was over. Luke was satisfied. It was now Bolt's turn. I took him out.

"Wait, where are we?" he asked.

"Remember what I taught you," I said. He immediately realized that we were doing the photos.

"Alright, bring out the other Shinx!" he called out. The other trainer walked in. He was dark haired and fairly slender. However, what I didn't realize is that we were shooting with another shiny Shinx. I was surprised at first but I realized what he was setting up. He was showcasing shiny pokemon for a shoot that would take most people by surprise. Unfortunately for us, the two of them did not get along well. They would fight constantly. I would hear them yelling at each other, calling them names, tackling each other.

The funny thing was, it was perfect. We had gotten multiple shots of them battling each other. Things didn't go the way we wanted them to go, but it still worked out perfectly. Even if the two of them got into some serious fights. In the end of the day I was quite satisfied, even if Bolt had made a fool of himself in front of Talopi. I think the worst thing was when Bolt tackled the camera. It wasn't damaged, but it could have easily been. I went to a retail store and found a tent. I knew how to build one, as challenging as they are. I also bought a sleeping bag. I felt I was ready so I headed west.

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Route 203 was a fairly small route. However, it was a popular one do to the appearance of Abra. I really didn't need one, considering I had no use for a psychic-type at this time. I felt like I would just try to run through the route as quickly as possible. I got a bit stalled when a trainer came up.

"Hey you! Are you a trainer?" he asked. He was a young boy who had Blonde hair. He also looked ridiculously energetic.

"Yes. I can see where you're going," I said. He smirked because he knew that I knew that he wanted to have a battle. I thought, 'Hey, why not?'

"Alright! Go Turtwig!" he called out. Out came a little turtle that looked something like a little bean sprout. I knew they were the grass starter at this region, so I had nothing to fight him with. I called out Bolt to fight this one.

"Go Bolt!" I said. I called out Bolt. He quickly realized we were in a battle and the Turtwig was his opponent.

"How'd you?" he started.

"I just found him on Route 202. Extremely lucky when you look at it," I said. He nodded.

"Use tackle!" he said. The Turtwig rushed at Bolt.

"Bolt dodge it and use quick attack!" I said. Bolt jumped out of the way and rammed into the Turtwig from behind. The Turtwig was launched back.

"Turtwig use dig!" he called out. That wasn't good. It was ground and Bolt is electric. His weakness. He started to panic.

"Stay calm!" I yelled. But it was no use. Turtwig leaped out of the ground and threw Bolt into the distance. He was hurt from that, but kept going.

"Use Thunderbolt!" I called out.

"Dodge it!" he yelled. Turtwig dodged to be hit by the second thunderbolt. He was taken by surprise and hurt.

"Take him down!" I yelled. Bolt rushed at the Turtwig. He rammed him full-force and the Turtwig had no way to counter. However, in the end, it was futile. Turtwig was knocked out, but so was Bolt from the recoil of the Thunderbolt. We both laughed and returned them.

"Go Machop!" he called out. Out came a Machop, and a hefty sized one at that. I could tell he had gone through some practicing.

"Go Luke!" I yelled. I threw out Luke and he could also tell the situation.

"Wow. You never stop surprising me," he said.

"He's only a novice. Trust me," I said. The fight started.

"Use mach-punch!" he yelled. I was going to try something new.

"Use mach-punch while spinning around," I telepathized. He looked unsure, but did so anyways. Before I knew it the Machop went into the ring and was launched backwards. "Stop!" I telepathized. He realized what had happened and smiled. "Use bullet-punch to follow up." He then charged steel energy in his fist and rammed towards him.

"Now!" the trainer called out. The Machop turned around jumped behind Luke, and use focus punch against Luke. I heard Luke cry out from the massive blow that had just occurred. Luke was badly hurt now. More than the mach-punch did to the Machop. This must have been a more expertise Machop. The move he pulled almost no one could expect for such a young pokemon. But knowing this I could do the same. So I told him to Bullet Punch again. When the Machop tried to counter it he turned around and slammed his fist straight into him. They were at equal ends. We had a rough fight that ended in constant misses. However, at one point when Luke tried to mach punch. He Focus Punched him again before he could hit him. I was sure that Luke was down. But what surprised me is that he got up and acted like nothing happened, even though the physical damage was still there. I told him to use the daring thing that was called take down. It would finish the Machop, but there was a chance it could finish him.

"Promise me you'll hold after the take down," I said.

"Will do," he said. He then used mach-punch to rush him. Machop jumped out of the way to see him rushing at him again with bullet punch. The punch hit him, and he wasn't down. But after the bullet punch he was hit again with the full on force of a take down. He was knocked down, and best of all, Luke was still standing. He was far more energetic than his battle with Tyler yesterday. I was sure he wouldn't pass out.

"Wow. That was impressive. Here's your reward," and he handed me 40 poke. I thanked him and went on my way. The route was peaceful but I couldn't help but think something is watching me. It occurred to me mainly at the Oreburgh Gate.

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The Oreburgh gate wasn't the most welcoming of places. On the side of the entrance it listed the history of the gate and how it was used to pass through the mountains. I really didn't care, since the thing I was looking at was the menacing entrance. Unlike what people would thing. It wasn't a single open entrance that was well-rounded. It was an entrance that was roughened, had loose rocks surrounding it, and seemed that deep blackness would go on forever. But I know a billowing city with a gym leader who waited on the other side. Regardless, I went in. Like I said earlier, I thought something was following me. About 3 minutes walking through I heard a billowing whisper, "…skull…" it moaned. It freaked me out. I took out Luke. He was confused and argued why. But when it whispered, "…skull…" again, he was immediately bolted as well. We continued a little on edged until a minute later when we heard another moan. We were starting to get worried. No light went through the cave so I relied on a flashlight to go through. It occurred to me that it may not be a spirit but something else. I thought of the first thing that had skull in it's name. And then, right as I was about to get it, I hear the name jump me right at the second.

"Duskull!" it yelled in my ear.

"Aaagh!" I yelled out. I panted and sighed when I saw that the Duskull was having just a little fun. I heard down the tunnel someone calling.

"Dusk! Where are you Dusk? Dusk?" he was asking.

"I don't care. He made the mistake of letting me out," said the Duskull.

"You mean you don't like your trainer?" I asked it.

"How do you-" he started but got cut off when the trainer entered the scene.

"Sorry… Hope he didn't scare you," the trainer said.

"It's okay… I'm fine," I said. The trainer then returned the Duskull and headed off. From there on my opinions between the relationships of trainer and pokemon changed. Maybe not every pair got along so well…

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At the end of a tunnel I started seeing an opening crevice with light flushing into the tunnel. I rushed out quickly and felt the recognizable feel of hustle and bustle. And some smoke too. Oreburgh city was a huge earth town. The gym leader specializes in rock-types plus there is a mining pit at the southern end of the city. Of course, without haste, I rushed into the gym. A man greeted me and asked if I had at least 2 pokemon. I told him yes and he messaged Roark. A minute later and I saw the young gym leader come down. He had replaced the old one about 6 months ago. He seemed skilled, and very miner-like. He was even dressed in a miner suit.

"So you're the one I'm dying to meet," I said.

"Apparently so. This is your first big step in being a trainer. Are you ready?" he asked.

"Are you kidding me? I've been ready the whole time," I said.

"Let's go then," he said. He led me into a large room where a referee stood.

"Is the challenger ready?" asked the referee.

"Yes!" I called out.

"It Roark ready?" he asked.

"Of course," he said. Very calmly and smug.

"Go Geodude!" he called. I knew his Cranidos would overpower Bolt, so I had no choice but to send Bolt in against a ground type. It was hard to tell him how he couldn't use thunderbolt, but I knew Bolt could manage otherwise.

"Go Bolt!" I yelled. Soon enough, Bolt was petrified when he met his opponent. Roark looked surprised and happy. He had the upper hand.

"Start with magnitude!" he called out. Soon enough, the Geodude was pounding his fists into the ground.

"Use quick attack to jump up! Then use tackle to hit him!" I called. Bolt leapt into the air and then slammed down on Geodude, but the Geodude was still going hot.

"Use rollout!" he called.

"Spin 'im around!" I called out. Bolt knew what I meant. When Geodude got close, he would make him spin around in circles until he was dizzy. About 10 seconds later the Geodude was tired. "Now pound him!" Bolt started furiously hitting away at the Geodude. The Geodude was badly hurt, but not down, as he use magnitude while Bolt wasn't looking. Bolt was tossed, thrown around, and shaken up. Still going strong though, so I decided to end it with a quick-take down. He used quick attack to jump forward, and then slammed into Geodude with all his might. There was no questioning that Geodude was out.

"Geodude is unable to battle. Send in your next pokemon!" the referee directed. Roark was impressed but still confident. Satisfied, I returned Bolt into his pokeball.

"Give it your best shot, Cranidos!" Roark yelled out. And then the Cranidos came forward. A fearsome little dinosaur, he had a hard head. He was going to ram into Luke as many times. I had prepared him for the tough fight, but I was still highly unsure, and still guessing.

"Go Luke!" I called out. He was awestruck when Luke came out. I was starting to see, compared to pictures of Lucarios, he was most likely born to be an alpha Lucario. He was tall, muscular, and had an intimidating sight. The Cranidos looked the same, and I could tell he was already trying to attack first.

"Get him with a spin-around," I telepathized. Luke knew what I meant. He would jump around and mach-punch or bullet punch depending on the situation. Sure enough he jumped around the Cranidos's head butt and mach-punched him. He took the blow full on but seemed to be running on an infinite supply of steam. He did not flinch and immediately turned and charged him. He picked up Luke and mashed him straight into a wall. He wasn't only hurt, but was paralyzed. I saw him start to calm which could mean one thing. I was petrified. It was zen headbutt. It would render Luke useless.

"Get out of their!" I yelled. By the time he realized what situation he was in, he knew what kind of mess he was in. It was too late also. He rammed into him. He hit so hard that a cloud of smoke formed. Roark was extremely confident but his smile turned into a displeased face. Luke had, in the last second, performed a Bide. He was charging it, and by the time the cloud cleared, he beam released. It struck the Cranidos head on and knocked him back. He was hurt badly from that, both of them, but they still had an unlimited amount of energy in them.

"Charge! He yelled. The Cranidos started to do rollout.

"Use a regular spin!" I telepathized. He formed the bullet-punch energy and started spinning. By the time the Cranidos saw the spinning mirage, he had rammed into a fist and was sent flying. He smashed against a wall and was tired out.

"Finish it!" I said. He then used quick attack which led to a bullet punch that was reinforced by a mach-punch that crashed right into him. The Cranidos stopped moving and at that instant we knew it was over.

"Cranidos is no longer able to battle! The challenger wins!" pronounced the referee. Roark clapped in defeat and I felt pretty good inside. For the first gym battle it had went unexpectedly smooth.

"Here is your badge. You definitely earned it," he said. He handed me a nice shiny badge. It was fine shaped and I put it into a case he had given me complimentary. I packed it in and set off to a hotel I had rented with some money earned. I was already profiting.

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Once again I had to come up short. I can't go any farther without heating up the story a bit so I assumed it was a good time to quit. I really don't have a care in the world, plus in a few days I would be able to work as long as I wanted. So my production rate is going to speed up incredibly in a few days. Not sure when, but soon.

I've been heavily playing TF2 so I might be pre-occupied killing maggots and burning crud.

I'm going to post a chapter of a different, longer fic before the next chapter of this comes out. So I'd say expect new chapter to come in a week or so. Hope you have the patience until then.

There's nothing else to talk about, so I end this ender.

~DTH~