Me: 3, 2,1 and we're back

Drew: Wow, chapter 4 and still one review?

Me: Hey, I ain't that creative.

Rui: Don't worry, you'll do great.

Me: Yah think so?

Wes: Sure, why not? I saved Orre.

Ash: Didn't you tell us Ho-oh blew up the helicopter?

Wes: Well, I saved the Pokemon.

Misty: But if it weren't for Ho-oh, they would still be out there.

Me: Yeah, and even when you "stopped" Cipher, they bounced back in five years.

Wes and Rui: WHAT?

Me: Yeah, they created a sequel to your game about how a ten year old stops them.

Wes: How could they do that to me?

Paul: I really feel like knowing the story so: MPF5 doesn't own Pokemon.

Me: MPF5 is an accronym for MegaPokeFan5.

May:They aren't dumb.

Me: And back to the story!

From Gym to Fail


Normal POV

"Finally! We're out!" Wes bolted awake.

He checked the time, 9:00 AM. That means Rui let them out, he thought. Good thing I slept in my pants.

He tried to look for his shirt, but after not being able to find it, it must be under the couch.

The others were in the kitchen as Rui made breakfast and was helped by Dawn.

"Do you know where Wes is?" asked Rui to the group. "I think he might be avoiding us," said Paul. They all laughed.

Wes walked in, still not having his shirt on. He was too lazy to fold the couch up and fold the sheets and everything, so he just decided to do that after breakfast. "What's so funny?" he asked. "Oh, nothing," Rui teased. Wes sighed and smiled. He sat down at the table as they all enjoyed breakfast.


Rui's POV

No one said anything about his shirt at breakfast, but I could tell they noticed. It must've been under the couch again.

I had a feeling that when Wes and I weren't looking, the other girls were, at him. I mean, he works out a lot, he WAS a tough member of an advanced criminal organization and he is pretty attractive. I guess that gives them a good reason, but they do have their own boyfriends, don't they?

When the guys went to get ready for the day, I folded the sheets as Wes folded the couch and put on his shirt, jacket and goggles.

The guys came out and the girls went in. When they came out, we started to go to Justy's pre-gym.


Ash's POV

"Time for an intense battle!" I shouted. Of course, the others thought I overdid it. Oh well. The gym wasn't that far away.

When we walked in, I wasn't the only one surprised. To my left was a Pokemon seminar, to my right was some guy in a chair at a control station and in front of me was a battle arena.

Wes started walking right, "follow me." We did and he walked up to the snoozing technician, went behind him and violently shook the guy's chair. The guy woke up wide-eyed and fell off the chair. "Dude!" he shouted. "You nearly gave me a heart attack!"

Wes smirked. "Nice to see you too."

We all greeted ourselves to him, but before he could tell us his name, Wes interrupted. "Hey man, could you hook up Ash with a gym battle? From the LEADER?" The guy caught what he was saying, which made me think this might not be a gym. "Sure thing!" he said. He turned to me, "go stand on the far side of the arena, closest to the seminar."

The group followed me as Wes, Rui and the guy stood on the other side.

"Wes, are you the leader?" asked May. The three on the other side laughed.

"Ladies and gentleman," Wes announced. "Let me welcome you to the Phenic City Pre-Gym leader: Justy!" The guy stood tall. He wore some sort of lab coat and had purple hair. We were all shocked.

"YOU'RE the leader?" I asked.

"Duh," Justy scoffed. "Now let's battle."


Normal POV

Wes stepped in as referee. "This is a four on four match with a double battle style. Only the challenger is allowed substitutions and the match is over when either side has lost all four pokemon. Let the match begin!"

"Let me introduce my Pokemon!" said Justy, throwing two pokeballs. "Cacturne!" "Slash!" A Cacturne and Sandslash, thought Ash.

"Right, Staraptor and Buizel, let's go!" Ash called, throwing two pokeballs. "Starrrraptor!" "Bui bui!"

Justy smiled. "You can make the first move Ash!"

Ash went on type advantage. "Buizel, aqua jet on Sandslash! Staraptor, aerial ace on Cacturne!" The two Pokemon attacked with good speed, but not the greatest speed.

"Switch up," called Justy coolly. The leader's pokemon switched targets.

"Now Cacture, double team and Sandslash use sandstorm on the entire field." Multiple Cacturnes appeared and Buizel went through the wrong one into a wall. Staraptor got pounded by the sandstorm as it covered the battle field. Cacturne went back to his usual self.

"Buizel, ice punch!" yelled Ash. Buizel almost made contact when Cacturn sped behind it. "Needle arm."(A/N: Cacturne and Sandslash have Sand Veil which increases evasiveness in a sandstorm.)

Buizel got swung out of the sandstorm. "Slash." So did Staraptor.

"Staraptor, carry Buizel above the sandstorm!" Buizel got above the sandstorm. "Now use water pulse into the middle of it!" Buizel jumped and used water pulse onto sandslash, knocking it out.

"Needle arm." Before the sandstorm could fade, Cacturne ran with great speed to a surprised Buizel, still in mid-air, and knocked it down. The sandstorm vanished. "Sandslash and Buizel are unable to battle!" (A/N: If you reconized that scene, it is from May and Drew's Kanto Grand Festival battle.)

"Great job Buizel, return."

"Nice one Sandslash."

Now it was time for the heat to come. "Go Infernape!"

"Let's go Gliscor!"

"Nape!"

"Gliscor!"

"Infernape, use mach punch on cacturne!"

Infernape was about contact when Justy said, "Destiny Bond." Cacturne's eyes turned red as it got knocked out. "Yes!" "Not so fast Ash." Infernape's eyes turned red and it fell.

"Both Infernape and Cacturne are unable to battle." This wasn't looking good for Ash. "Go Torterra!" "Alright Azumaril, come on out!"


Ash's POV

Man, I have a weakened Staraptor and Torterra against two healthy pokemon. But Torterra overpowers Azumaril any day.

"Torterra, energy ball!" It launched at Azumaril, but was avoided.

"Use hydro pump."

I had to act fast. "Use rock climb!" Giant rocks blocked the hydro pump as Azumaril was lifted to the peak.

Torterra almost can make it...

"Use X-Scissor." Gliscor knocked Torterra off his mountain.

"Azumaril, superpower."

"Close combat!"

Staraptor appeared in front of Azumarril to beat it up.

"Now use superpower." Staraptor was launched into Torterra and fainted. "Staraptor is unable to battle!" I recalled Staraptor.

"X-scissor and body slam."

Wait for it...

"Use leaf storm!" The attacking pokemon were hit with the leaf storm pretty hard. "Azumarril is unable to battle!"

"Now use energy ball!"

"Stone edge."

The use of leaf storm weakened energy ball, so stone edge easily blocked it. Torterra was hit, but not hard enough.

"Synthesis!" I called out. The leaves on Torterra glowed as he restored health. This meant he was vulnerable.

"X-scissor!"

"Rock climb!"

Torterra took X-scissor to his head and proceeded to have the rocks bring Gliscor to the top.

As he ran up, Justy called out "GIGA IMPACT!" So this was the last stand. There was a huge explosion and as the dust cleared...


Normal POV

Wes looked intently on the field for any signs of movement.

When the dust cleared, Torterra was wobbling, about to fall, but...

"Gliscor is unable to battle, Torterra wins and the victory goes to Ash!"

Torterra fell after that.

Ash recalled Torterra and rejoiced his win.

Wes and Justy shook hands. "I hope you come again soon," said Justy. "I think you should get out more," responded Wes. Rui giggled.

"Hey, wait a minute," questioned Misty, "where's the badge?"

The three from Orre looked at her. Justy was the one to answer. "This is a training center for people and pokemon wanting to grow stronger. There are no badges."

Ash looked downcast.

Drew spoke up, "Ash, may I remind you about the condition of your pokemon?"

A lightbulb flashed in Ash's head. "I need to get to a pokemon center!"


After Ash got all his pokemon healed up, he decided to have Wes tell them what he knows...

"about Orre gyms and contests. They must be pretty tough if there is a pre-gym."

The duo looked at them quizically.

"In Orre, there are colosseums, not gyms," started Wes.

"There are four rounds of difficulty and then there is Mount Battle, where you battle 99 trainers to battle the master. And there are no contests," finished Rui.

The group of teens fell over anime style.

"So what do we do now?" asked Dawn.

"Well," said Wes, "you could go to the Phenic City colosseum for starts."

Again, they fell over. May got up saying, "What could possibly go wrong?"


Me: Now we are done with chapter 4.

May: Oh me and my big mouth.

Ash: I can't believe I look like such an idiot.

Paul: But you are, so deal with it.

Wes: Paul, I have taught you so much and that's the best you got?

Paul: Why waste my best on the worst?

Wes: There you go.

Ash: What?

Me: So remember:

Misty: Read

May: and

Dawn: Review.

Me: Thanks!

Rui: By the way, what is the next chapter about?

Me: The obvious.

Rui: Oh.

Me: So long.