After we got our Pokémon healed up, the three of us went back out to the field. Jessy and I were ready for our battle. We set the rules of it only being a one on one of Cass vs. Eevee since they were our starters. The two Pokémon stood facing each other, ready to begin their friendly bout.

"Cass, Smokescreen!" Jessy commanded. The Cyndaquil leapt into the air and fired a black ball that hit the ground by Eevee, surrounding her in smoke. I could hear her coughing as some of it got in her mouth.

"Be careful, Eevee." I told her, not sure what to have her do.

"Now, Cass, Tackle!" Jessy told her. I couldn't even see where she was, and neither could Eevee, apparently. Eevee came flying out of the smoke cloud, landing on the ground.

"C'mon Eevee, you can do this. Try Detect." I told her.

Cass came out of the smoke ready to fight again.

"Tackle, Cass!" Jessy told her. The cyndaquil tackled towards Eevee, who dodged effectively thanks to detect.

"Now, your turn, Eevee!" I commanded, my normal type Pokémon barging towards Cass, who merely dodged the attack, taking both of us by surprise.

"Another Tackle!" I heard Jessy say. Before Eevee could even react, she was hit in the back by Cass. This time, Eevee couldn't get back up.

"Well, Eevee is unable to battle." Vic told them. "Looks like Jessy and Cass win."

The smoke quickly cleared up and Cass ran over to Jessy, leaping right into her arms. The two were laughing happily as they celebrated their win. I walked over to Eevee and pet her.

"You did a good job, Eevee." I told her. I picked her up and she immediately began rubbing against my arm. She was clearly disappointed in her loss, but knew she did a great job.

"Impressive." we heard a voice tell us. We saw a young boy wearing a green shirt and with spiky brown hair. "Sorry for interrupting, but I was impressed by what I saw. My brother would be impressed to see a battle like this.

"Your brother?" Vic asked.

"Yeah. He's the leader of the gym here in town." the stranger told us. He looked not that much older than the rest of us.

"Your brother is Brock?" Jessy asked.

"Yep. I was just out getting some things for the gym and I noticed you guys battling. Were you guys thinking of challenging him?"

Jessy and I nodded. We didn't even know Brock had any siblings.

"C'mon, I'll introduce him to you." the young boy told us. He led us to a house not that far away from what looked to be Pewter City's gym. It was a pretty big house, much bigger than the other houses in Pewter. It made sense, considering Brock was a gym leader.

"Hey guys, I'm home!" the young man called out, a few people turning to us. The house was full of children, and only 2 adults, that we could see.

"Hi Forrest." one of the younger children told him.

"I brought some new people." Forrest told them. "They were having a really cool battle."

"Sounds like they were training for Brock." an adult woman told him. The children all came to the living room along with their parents. "Please, sit." the woman told us. The three of us sat on the couch, Cass quickly becoming timid again and hiding her face away from the children.

"So, you three are here to challenge Brock?" the adult man asked.

"Yeah." Jessy told him. "I'm Jessy, and these are Vic and Joe."

"It's nice to meet you." one of the older children told him.

"Thanks." Vic told them, looking rather confused.

"So where is Brock?" Forrest asked them.

"Well, he's coming down the stairs right now." we heard someone say from the stairwell. The children all giggled as he said that.

Brock was wearing an orange shirt and gray pants. He looked very much like Forrest did. In fact, he looked like older versions of all of his siblings, and also kinda like his dad.

'So, that's the legendary Brock, huh?' I thought to myself. Brock was often considered as a respectable trainer amongst the gym leaders. He was more easygoing than a lot of gym leaders were.

"Hey Brock. These three were planning to challenge you." Forrest told him.

"I heard. So, you three just started your journey?" he asked us.

"Yeah." I told him. "You seem like a respectable guy."

"Well, you'd be right." he responded "C'mon, we'll talk on the way to the gym."

The four of us walked on our way to the gym.

"You should know that being a Pokémon Champion is a very difficult task." he told us. "It's especially trying if you plan on traveling to the different gyms around the region, or even around the world. You have to be capable of leading different Pokémon of different natures, and sometimes different types. Plus you have to strive towards the goal of wanting to be a champion."

"Well, I don't really want to be a champion." Vic told him. "I mean, I might challenge a few gyms, but my goal on this journey is just to have fun exploring the world and making friends with Pokémon."

"That's fine." he told him. "But this is a very big world, and there are a lot of Pokémon. The world is harsh to some people, and just journeying isn't easy."

We made it to the gym and he opened the doors for us. The gym's walls seemed to be made out of stone themselves. There were stands along the sides and an arena in the center.

"So, which one of you three is willing to challenge me?" Brock asked us.

"Well, I'll do it." Jessy told him. "I mean, I did win our battle."

"Alright then. You two can sit in the stands to watch us." he told the two of us.

Both Vic and I took our seats. Jessy stepped up to what seemed to be some sort of machine, placing her Pokémon and her PokéDex on it. Once it did something, she stepped onto a small podium while Brock stood on the other. A screen popped up on the wall opposite us showing Brock's picture and Jessy's. A man then stepped onto a podium on the side of the battlefield.

"This battle shall be between the challenger, Jessy Orion from Saffron City, and the Gym Leader, Brock, for the Boulder Badge will now begin!"