Ash woke up, suddenly as the sunlight began to pour out of the window and onto his face. He sorely got out of bed, waking Smaug from his resting place at his legs. Ash yawned and stretched and yawned, before tapping the large water tank to wake up Mael. He drowsily floated to the surface before regaining his usual stoic and relaxed nature.

Smaug breathed a small cloud of fire, and cracked his knuckles and his neck. The effects of the past few days of training had left all three of them exhausted, but ready for the challenge of Pewter's Gym.

Adam and Julia had left about two days ago, Adam becoming impatient about challenging the gym, had rushed towards to the gym to battle it. Julia came too, to make sure Adam didn't do anything stupid.

After a though, but well fought battle Adam and Julia won against the Gym Leader and were awarded the Boulder Badge. They told him they would wait for him in Cerulean and together they would challenge Surge, Leader of the Lighting-type Gym.

Ash put on his armor, making sure that everything was fastened and secure. He sheathed his sword in his scabbard and equipped his satchel before heading out the door. Finally he would challenge the Pewter Gym.

He quickly made his way through the bustling streets of Pewter. He reviewed his plan of actions again in his head.

'I'll use Smaug first. I bet he'll tire out after he defeated at least one of the Leader's pokemon. Then I'll use Mael to wipe out the rest.'

After agreeing with himself about his plan, Ash found himself in front of the Gym, its large grey walls towering above Ash. Smaug chirped excitedly, forcing Ash out of his dream-like state, and he took his first step into the gym.

The Gym was dark inside, and his boot's echos resonated through out the entire gym, Smaug's tail light provided some light through the darkness.

Then the lights came on, revealing a large field of dirt and small boulders that spread from wall to wall. And at the end stood the largest of the boulders and upon sat a young man with a brown vest, brown pants, and a green shirt. He spoke, his voice booming, "Who goes there?"

Ash straightened his posture and spoke with equal strength. "I'm Ash, The Drake."

The man, somewhat, chuckled before saying. "Ahhh, another dragon master wanna be. Just because you have a Charmander doesn't mean your becoming one." he spoke mockingly. Smaug growled, but Ash's hand stopped him from doing anything else.

"You have no right to criticize my goal, you don't see me saying anything bad about being a Gym Leader am I? And I thought it was your job to help trainers along, to keep their morals up, to help them realize there was challenge in the world."

The man gained a flabbergasted expression before a grin threatened to split his face. He stepped of the rock and stood on the field, his hand on a pokeball.

"Ohhh, looks like you got yourself some spirit. I, Brock Slate accept your challenge. Three on three match. No substitutions."

Ash nodded in agreement before nodding to Smaug to go up. Smaug gave a victorious chgrowl before walking to his designated area.

Brock squinted at Charmander, before releasing a Rhyhorn. The stone rhinoceros-like creature stomped its feet on the ground before giving a large snort of challenge.

Ash smiled, already a plan forming in his head. Rhyhorns were almost impervious to physical damage. In exchange Rhyhorns were brutes with almost unparalleled strength, but they weren't so bright.

"Take Down!" barked Brock, the Rhyhorn being obedient, recklessly charged at Smaug, its horn lowered and quickly gaining speed.

"Dodge among the rocks, make sure he follows you." Ash said, contemplating if his plan would work. Smaug followed his orders and began running it the area of the field where the boulders were clustered.

Rhyhorn followed suit, and chased after Smaug. It sloppily turned angles and avoided rocks before ramming straight into one. Rhyhorn staggered a bit, a large bruise forming on its face.

"Now Dragon Pulse! It the ground beneath its feet!" Smaug nodded, before a sphere of green, dragon energy was hurled towards Rhyhorn.

"Dodge it!" yelled Brock, in vain. Rhyhorn was still in mass confusion from hitting its head against the rock and was in no position of following orders.

The sphere of draconian energy hit the ground beneath Rhyhorn and exploded. The ground beneath it crumbled and soon a small crater was formed. Rhyhorn tipped over, having half its body unbalanced with the lack of solid ground, and its belly was know exposed. Rhyhorn struggled to tip back over but couldn't because of its weight, no matter how hard it tried.

"Iron Tail!" commanded Ash, Rhyhorn was exactly where he wanted it. Smaug's tail was engulfed in silver light, he jumped into the air above Rhyhorn before slamming it into its unprotected stomach.

Rhyhorn screamed in agony, before it belched some blood out. Ash eyes widened as Rhyhorn coughed out more blood. Could

"Rhyhorn!" Brock cried in distress as he ran onto the field.

"Smaug, stop!" Ash barked out. Smaug stopped his attack before running over to Rhyhorn trying to help it move.

Brock was examining Rhyhorn before he returned the beast into its poke-ball. He turned to Ash before he said, "He has a broken rib, he'll be fine, but he needs a trip to the Pokemon Center. You have one strong Charmander my friend."

Ash nodded before signaling Smaug to come back. He ran back to their side of the arena before facing Brock again.

"Lets see if you can match up your dragon to mine." Brock said, as he released his second pokemon. A small theropod-like creature, with brown scales, strong hing legs, stubby fore arms, a patch of fur around its neck, and two small, orange horns on its head.

"A Tyrunt." Ash said in awe. They were native to Kalos, a region far from Kanto. They were a dual-type of Rock and Dragon and their scales were tougher than a Rhyhorns.(I'm going to have all the fossil Pokemon still living but rarer.)

Tyrunt let lose a loud roar before stomping its foot on the ground in challenge. Smaug released a stream, of fire into the air as if accepting the challenge.

"Tyrunt use Dragon Claw!" commanded Brock, but Tyrunt just mindlessly charged at Smaug completely ignoring Brock's order.

Smaug just dodged the blunt attack before it slammed a silver tail right into it side. Tyrunt fumbled a bit before it regained its composure. Then Tyrunt released a loud roar that grew louder the longer it roared. Soon Smaug, Brock and Ash were covering their ears.'Hyper Voice' he thought.

Tyrunt soon stopped the roar and headbutted Smaug right in the stomach. Smaug backed up, clenching its stomach, before he released a sphere of green energy, point blank, at Tyrunt.

The ensuing explosion threw Tyrunt back and gave Smaug enough time to regain his composure. Tyrunt charged again at Smaug before it was smacked away by a well placed Iron Tail.

"Dragon Pulse!" called out Ash, Smaug formed the familiar sphere of dragon energy before he launched at Tyrunt.

"Dodge it!" yelled Brock, trying to get Tyrunt to listen to him. But Tyrunt just stood its ground before it released a ball of flaring blue energy at Smaug. 'Dragon Rage' Ash thought with shock seeing that Tyrunt knew such a powerful move.

The two spheres of draconian energy clashed in the air, power warping off like an electrical cable exposed to the rain. Then the force of the two attacks became unstable and soon it imploded, sending a cloud of dust everywhere.

When the dust cloud disappeared, revealing the two pokemon, unconscious. Ash recalled Smaug and said a word of thanks before grabbing Mael's.

"I applaud you Ash, your the first trainer in a while that I have to use Onix against. You did great so far, but you won't beat him." Brock said, confidence evident in his voice.

Soon the gigantic rock snake appeared, its intimidating size of 20 feet snaking through the field. Ash released Mael, his presence some how bringing a cloud of dread over the gym.

"Onix, Dragon's Breath!" barked Brock. The gigantic serpent released a burst of green fire that surged its way towards Mael, who kept up his stoic face.

"Hydro Pump!" commanded Ash, a large stream of water burst out of Mael's snout and clashed with the green fire. Steam was everywhere as a war of fire and water raged on. Soon the two attack ceased, steam still in the hair, making the gym extremely humid.

"Onix Dig!" said Brock. Onix dove into the ground, tunneling beneath the surface towards Mael.

"Mael use Surf into the hole!" Ash said calculatingly. Water from every direction soon surrounded Mael, and was poured into the freshly dug hole.

"Onix get out of there!" yelled Brock, but Onix was too far in the ground to here his order.

The ground in the middle of the field began cracking, spurts of water coming out, before it gave way and a mountain of water came pouring out, Onix among the gallons of water pouring out. It landed on the ground with a thud, clearly unconscious. Brock stood there, flabbergasted. No one had beaten him so easily, especially his Onix.

"Well done I underestimated you and I paid for it. As proof of your victory here is the Boulder Badge." Brock said, holding a small, shiny badge designed like a rock.

Ash graciously took the badge before delicately in his case before putting it into his bag. He had claimed the first badge of the 8. He knew their would be more powerful Gyms, but it felt good that he had defeated one.

Ash returned Mael before exiting the Gym, a rare smile gracing his lips.

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