Chapter 2

Well, here we go with the next chapter of this story. I would have had this up a week ago, but My computer deleted it for some reason. I got so mad about it that I decided to drop it for a while and come back to it later. Well, one week later, and here you are.

The Deadline is stuck at Chapter one because I'm having a writer's block on it. No one has wanted their OC as the Villain, so I have to draft a few names for it. So until then, the story is temporarily paused, sorry.

I'm going to stop talking and just the story started now.

Chris had been walking for what seemed like hours. He had managed to capture a Starly that had attacked him. Since then, however, things had been quite uneventful. He finally had arrived outside of the city entrance, he decided to wait until tomorrow to challenge Roark, as he was tired from all the walking.

Chris headed into a local Pokémon friendly hotel close to the gym. He used some of the money his parents had given him to rent a nice room for the night. When he got inside the room, it was quite the decent sized room with a king sized bed. Chris released Buizel and Rilou before jumping on the bed, quickly starting to fall asleep. The two Pokémon, without even asking, jumped on the other side of the bed and made themselves comfortable. Chris let out a small chuckle, the two weren't really supposed to be on the bed, but there wasn't any point in arguing over it. He closed his eyes and let himself fall into a deep slumber, not even worrying about getting under the covers.

When Chris woke up the next morning, he got up and stretched before stepping out onto the balcony. He looked around the city, everyone was happily going about their day without a single worry in the world. Chris sighed while gazing into the environment, he had a very big day today. He would be competing to get his first badge; his resolve would be tested to the very limit. He wanted nothing more than to win, but Roark was a Gym leader. His father had told him all about Gym leaders when he was younger. They were some of the best trainers that test your skill and the power of your Pokémon, if he was going to win, he had better give it everything he's got.

Chris went back inside to see Buizel and Riolu awake and moving about the hotel room, they smiled when they saw him. Chris walked over and hugged them before getting some food out of his bag for them. He then sat down at the table and began to think about strategies, he wasn't hungry, so this seemed like the best alternate option. Buizel and Riolu saw this and frowned, Chris saw their stress and Spoke to them.

"I'm all right guys, I'm just thinking about our upcoming battle today." Chris said, Buizel and Riolu smiled at the response and resume eating.

When the two were finished, they got up and sat on the bed, facing Chris. Chris walked over and sat between the two, he wanted them to know he would always be there for them.

"If we are going to win today, we need to give it our all. Roark is a Gym leader, he has probably seen everything, and you know he is going to be tough." Chris spoke.

The two assured him that they were ready for anything, before the three headed out the door, straight for the gym. While heading to the Gym, Chris couldn't stop thinking about something, he continued to occasionally understand what his Pokémon were saying. It wasn't all the time, but he could sometimes here a few jumbled words and such. He never brought it up to anybody because he didn't want people thinking he was a freak. Buizel and Riolu had noticed, but didn't really seem bothered by it.

After walking for five minutes, they had arrived. Roark was outside, waiting eagerly for a trainer to battle. He smiled when he saw Chris. He walked over an introduced himself to the young trainer.

"Hello, my name is Roark, I'm the Gym leader here. I favor the superior Rock type, and I'm always eager for battle." He spoke.

"My names Chris, I want to be a Pokémon master." Chris smiled as he spoke.

"Well Chris, why don't we go inside and get this battle going?" Roark suggested as he walked inside.

Chris nodded and followed him inside. The Gym was quite large, and the battlefield was definitely made for Rock and ground types. Chris only had two Pokémon that stood an honest chance here, if they fainted, he would have no hope. He knew it wasn't a good idea, but he'd have to put all the weight on Buizel and Riolu.

When Chris walked inside, he looked at Buizel and Riolu, they looked nervous, but ready to battle.

"Guys, we are going in on a disadvantage here. Starly isn't going to be much help here, so everything falls on you guys." Chris spoke.

The two nodded and signified they were ready for battle. Chris was finally going to prove his worth, her and now.

Roark was already standing in his position, ready to begin. Chris had finally taken his position, and the ref took his place. Chris was nervous, this was going to take everything he has.

"The battle between Roark the Gym leader and the challenger Chris will now begin. Both trainers will each use three Pokémon each, with only the challenger allowed to switch Pokémon. The battle will be over when one side is out of available Pokémon." The ref signaled for the battle to start.

Roark laughed before sending out his first Pokémon, a Geodude. Chris decided he would start this off with Buizel. Roark looked at the young trainer with a smile, Chris might have had the type advantage, but Roark is no fool, he's a gym leader.

"Let's get this going, Geodude use tackle." Roark commanded.

Chris ordered Buizel to dodge, which Buizel managed to do easily.

"That Buizel is fast, but it will take more than that to beat me, Geodude use Rollout." Roark shouted.

"I don't think so, Buizel dodge and use water gun." Chris shouted in response.

Buizel stood still just before the attack would hit, before getting out of the way and slamming the Rock type with a powerful water gun. Geodude was stunned, but barely managed to recover. Roark looked surprised, this rookie trainer battled almost as if he was experienced.

"My Buizel is a lot more than just fast, he's powerful, and doesn't intend to lose to anyone. Not even you, Buizel finish this with another Water gun." Chris ordered buizel.

Buizel launched another water gun towards Geodude, Roark ordered Geodude to use Rock throw on the water gun. When the attack hit, it exploded into rubble, causing Geodude to become stunned. When he recovered, Buizel was right on top of him and slammed into him with an Aqua jet. Geodude was sent flying back towards Roark, completely out cold.

"Geodude is unable to battle, Buizel wins!" The Ref announced.

"So, that was a pretty impressive strategy for a rookie trainer. How long did it take you to come up with that?" Roark asked, impressed with Chris.

"I spent the entire night planning on this moment, I figured you favored rock types, so I made a strategy focusing on that one type." Chris answered, proud of his intelligence.

"Well, let's see how well you do against my Onix, Shall we?" Roark said before summoning Onix onto the field.

"Buizel, do you want to take a break and let Riolu handle this?" Chris asked, Buizel nodded and ran back over to him.

Riolu stepped forward onto the battlefield, staring at his much larger opponent, this was going to be a hard battle.

"Onix, get this started with Screech." Roark ordered.

"Riolu, dodge that now and used Force palm." Chris commanded.

Riolu managed to avoid the screech and connect the force palm. But it didn't seem to face Onix much at all. Chris and Riolu gasped, how could a super effective attack not even faze this rock type.

"It's going to take more than just that to beat me Chris, my Onix won't be fainted by that attack. Now, use wrap." Roark commented, before ordering his next attack.

The wrap attack hit, Riolu was desperately trying to escape the attack, but to no avail. He was in serious pain and couldn't escape. Roark ordered Onix to toss Riolu as far and hard as he can. Chris panicked and returned Riolu to its poke ball, then let it out next to him once more.

"A wise idea to pull out in a bad situation Chris, now call out your next Pokémon." Roark ordered.

Chris ordered Buizel to take over once again, the small sea weasel responded by jumping back into battle while Chris leaned down to check on Riolu, who was already standing and cheering his friend on.

Chris sighed and faced his opponent, he was right, this battle was going to be difficult. But no matter what, He will never give in.

End of Chapter 2

Well, I do believe Chapter sucks, I wanted to finish the battle in one chapter, but I couldn't due to the same reason I always run out of time. I appreciate the support I'm getting from people who read my stories and understand that I'm going through some troubling times right now.

I apologize if the quality is not the best, but do not fret. If and when things get better, I may try to redo all of these chapters when I get the chance to. Thank you for the support and understanding.

And can someone answer this for me in the Reviews or PM's, is Pokeball one or two words. I know that's a stupid question, but it's a valid question.

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