Pool was awestruck. He couldn't believe that the Onix was real. He rubbed his eyes a few times. "Tackle it head on!" Pool tried to sound brave but his voice reaked with terror. Bulbasaur did in fact charge at Brock's Onix. It did hit too, but Onix barely felt a thing.
"Bind," Brock commanded. Onix didn't move much. Onix's tail lifted Bulbasaur in the air and started squeezing the life out of poor Bulbasaur.
"Hang on! You can do it!" Pool shouted out to his pokemon. Bulbasaur hung on, it wasn't done yet. Pool jumped for joy as he called out "Razor Leaf!" Leaves appeared around the Grass type's bulb and were shot at Onix, who took the hit like it was absolutely nothing. Hm... Pool thought. He was getting frustrated.
Onix's grip tightened even more. Bulbasaur tried to hang on. There was about fifteen seconds of a complete standstill until Onix put Bulbasaur's unconscious body back on the ground.
"No!" Pool was devastated. He had lost. Bulbasaur returned to it's pokeball. Pool then walked outside of the gym, more depressed than a clown at a business meeting.
"Tough loss," Kaiser commented as he walked out right behind Pool. "Don't worry though, you will be able to beat him, you just need some more practice! Well I have to go. I'm meeting my friend Nico in the next city." Kaiser then walked east.
"Okay," Pool responded as he still walked around lost in the big city. Pool heard some sound that almost sounded like footsteps, right behind him. He turned around, but no one was there. There it was again, but this time it was more apparent. Pool turned around once more. And there was a 16 year old kid, a little taller than Pool. "Why have you been stalking me?" Pool blatantly asked.
"I haven't been stalking you. I would say... following." He responded.
"Great..." Pool rolled his eyes a bit. Now he was a loser, AND he was getting stalked.
"I watched some of your gym battle. And I would like to know if you wanted to train with me. So wattya say? Want to? By the way, my name is Daniel."
"I guess... so what do we do first?"
"Well first we need to train! Lets go to the nearby lake, I'll have to go by my house to get my fishing stuff though." Pool agreed, and off they were. After 10 minutes of walking they arrived at daniels house. Well, house is a loose term. More like mansion. Daniel came from a great line of pokemon trainers and breeders. Daniel rang the doorbell and a servant came to the door. "Oh yes, master Daniel. Came here for your fishing things?" the servant asked. "Yes Steve. Could you fetch them for me?" The servant rushed away into the garage. "Oh and Pool I know what you are thinking. Yes, I am rich. I come from a great line of pokemon trainers and breeders. Here is One hundred dollars, use it well. Daniel handed Pool a wad of cash. "Really? I don't need this." Pool said. "I insist" Daniel replied. Then Servant Steve came back with a bucket and other fishing equipment. He handed the fishing supplies to Daniel and before you could say pokedex, Daniel and Pool were off to the lake. Once they arrived, Daniel found some stools laying around to sit on and then they were fishing. Pool almost instantly got a tug on his line. He tugged hard and out came a blue menacing looking pokemon...