The last time we saw our heroes, Sydney and Daniel had
finished their battle, and Daniel's Shroomish had evolved into
Breloom, a grass and fighting type, and learnt fighting-type
moves. Now continuing on their journey….
"I think I'm ready for my Gym Battle!" Daniel said, and
rushed to the Rustboro Gym, readily prepared for the battle
against Roxanne. "We'll be rooting for you!" Sydney and
Brennan said, following his path to the Gym. In the Gym, Daniel
was on the battlefield, facing his opponent Roxanne. "Alright I
choose you Nosepass!" shouted Roxanne and launched out a
small grey stone with an orange-pink nose. "Alright Breloom
come on out!" shouted Daniel, and the bipedal mushroom
creature exited its pokeball in a flash of blue light. "We've got
this! Breloom Mach Punch!" Breloom's fist glowed and he shot
it out at a super speed. Nosepass was knocked backwards, and
Daniel took this time and commanded Breloom to use Stun
Spore. The orange dust engulfed Nosepass completely and
allowed Breloom to instinctively finish him off with Headbutt.
"You did well, Nosepass. Okay then, go Geodude." Roxanne
said. The rocky pokemon was recognized by Daniel, who
commanded Breloom to use a Leech Seed on Geodude.
Geodude was seeded and lost health almost immediately. "Too
easy!" remarked Daniel, as Breloom finished it off with 2 Mach
Punches to the face. "Alright, looks like I earned myself a Stone
Badge, right?" "That's right. You're good, kid! Here you go."
Roxanne handed Daniel the rectangle shaped badge, with two
edges emphasized in gold, instead of brown. "Cool! Thanks,
Roxanne. You did well, Breloom. I'm proud of you!" said Daniel
and returned Breloom to its pokeball. "Woo! Yeah! Go Daniel!"
Shouted Sydney, racing to his side and hugging him. Noticing
the hugging, Sydney immediately blushed and let go. "You did
well, man! Now I understand why we need to train!" said
Brennan, patting Daniel on the back. "Ok! Now we should help
Brennan train! Let's go!" In the open, Brennan let out
Carvanha. "We need to train you for the land, buddy." Said
Brennan, gently letting Carvanha on the ground from his hands,
and on ground, Carvanha struggled to stay upright. Its body
structure didn't allow for it on land. After a few tries though,
Carvanha eventually got the hang of staying upright on the
ground. However, Carvanha was only able to stay upright whilst
staying still. The moment it tried to move, it immediately
toppled. Daniel let out Torchic and Carvanha tried to hit him
with melee attacks like Ice Fang. Torchic was slow, so it was
practice for him too. After several attacks from Carvanha, both
were better at moving on land. Torchic had also took the liberty
of learning Quick Attack in order to dodge Carvanha's attacks,
and Carvanha learnt Water Gun as a ranged attack, so he didn't
have to move too much.
After 2 hours of tough training, all trainers and pokemon
were ready to take a break. "Brennan, feel ready for a battle as
the last part of training?" "Alright, Daniel" said Brennan and
threw out Treecko. Daniel smiled and let out Torchic. "Torchic,
Ember!" Torchic launched embers of a fire at Treecko, and
being a grass-type, Treecko took more damage than usual.
"Treecko, Vine Whip!" Brennan commanded, and Treecko
lashed out at Torchic with long vines. "Ha, you forgot, Torchic's
better at dodging now." Said Daniel, as Torchic ran around,
effectively dodging Vine Whip. "Torchic Quick Attack, then
Scratch!" Torchic raced towards Treecko, with a white trail of
light glowing behind, and slammed headfirst into the gecko
pokemon. Treecko recovered quick from the attack, but Torchic
had already hit him with Scratch. "No! Treecko don't let him
defeat you! Use Pound!" Treecko's bushy tail pounded on
Torchic, forcing him onto the ground. Torchic slowly climbed
back up on its feet, and the moment Daniel said the word
'Ember', Torchic launched bright red-hot embers at Treecko.
Treecko was obviously burnt, so Torchic took the opportunity
and fired another Ember attack at Treecko, knocking him out.
"Yeah! You did well, Torchic!" said Daniel, petting Torchic's
head gently. "Treecko, you're improving! You should get some
rest before the Gym Battle!" said Brennan, returning Treecko to
inside the pokeball.
"Alright! That was a wonderful battle!" said Sydney, who
was sitting at the side of the battle area. She ran over to where
they were, and they took a break at the Snack Shack. At the end
of their break, Sydney and Daniel hurried Brennan into the
Gym, and took their spectator seats at the side of the arena.
"So, you're persistent, kid! Let's battle then!" said Roxanne, at
the other end of the arena. She sent out Geodude first, and
Brennan sent out Treecko. "Ha, we've trained, and we're
stronger now! Treecko Vine Whip!" Treecko shot vines which
hit Geodude spot on, and being a rock-type, Geodude took
extra damage being weak to grass. "Treecko keep hitting it with
Vine Whip, and then finish it off with Absorb!" Brennan's tactic
worked, and within a minute it was all over. "You know what's
pokemon. "Brennan! Nosepass can only move towards and face
the north! Use that to your advantage!" shouted Daniel from
the sidelines. "Thanks, Daniel. Alright Treecko, you heard
Daniel, run behind Nosepass and then keep using Pound! This is
a total troll!" Brennan said and Treecko followed, resulting in a
fainted Nosepass, lying on the floor, still facing the north.
"Here, looks like you got yourself a Stone Badge." Said
Roxanne, passing him a Stone Badge, with a design exactly
identical to Daniel's. "Alright! This is awesome!" said Brennan,
rushing out of the Rustboro Gym to meet his friends. "That was
amazing! We're going to be able to compete in the League in
no time!" said Daniel, walking to Brennan with Sydney. Daniel
gave his friend a high-five, and they walked together out of
Rustboro.
After both of them defeating Roxanne successfully, Daniel,
Brennan, and Sydney are on their way to the next Gym, and
they are going to face many more challenges!