Chapter 7

Rocking the Gym

Okay, guys time for chapter seven and the first Gym battle. But first, on to the reviews.

Gamelover41592: Glad you enjoyed it.

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Now then, my friends... Let's kick it up.

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It was in the early morning above Lake Verity, before the sun had even risen when a small purple Bat-like Pokemon flew over the lake while being chased by a flock of Murkrow. As the Pokemon flew, it did a half roll before looking down and firing out a purple flame from its mouth, managing to hit two of the Murkrow. This only managed to further enrage the Dark/Flying Pokemon as the remaining nine of them fired blasts of dark energy that hit the Bat Pokemon square in the back causing it to fall from the sky.

(At the Loud House.)

Lisa had called Leni, Lucy, and Luan down to the basement.

"So, what's the deal, Lis?" Luna asked as she reached the bottom of the stairs with Leni.

"Siblings, I believe I have finally repaired the arch." Lisa said as she walked to a keyboard that was connected to the arch.

"So, we're going through?" Lucy asked.

"Not just yet." Lisa said. "We need to test it before attempting to go through it our selves. I merely invited you down here for the first activation." She explained before pressing a few keys.

With that, lights around the arch began to slowly light up before the portal opened, thankfully stable.

"It worked!" Leni cheered.

"Way to go, brain box!" Luna exclaimed as she pulled Lisa in to a hug.

As the rest of her sisters were celebrating, Lucy approached the portal, noticing that something was amiss. She then quickly ran forward as something shot out of the portal.

"Lisa! Shut it down!" Leni shouted before Lisa turned off the portal. She then ran over to Lucy to see what had come through the portal, finding in her gothic sisters arms, the bat like Pokemon.

(Theme song)

:I wanna be the very best like no one ever was: Lincoln stood in the center of the road watching the sun rise over the mountains.

:To catch them is my real test. To train them is my cause!: A Diveball caught Mudkip as Eevee high fived Lincoln with her tail.

:I will travel across the land. Searching far wide.: Lincoln, Eevee, Maylene, and the twins were running across an open plain as a heard of Horse-like Pokemon with flaming manes ran with them.

:Teach Pokemon... To understand... The power that's inside!: Lincoln stood in a stadium as Eevee leapt forward and charged a giant Shadow Ball.

:Pokemon! Gotta catch'em all! It's you and me." Lincoln held Eevee and Shinx in either arm as Mudkip jumped on top of his head.

:I know it's my destiny!: Eevee Hit a giant rock snake Pokemon with its Iron Tail.

:Pokemon! Oh. You're my best friend... In a world we must defend!: Lincoln, Eevee, Maylene and the twins stood against a group of people in black and white suits with Gs on the chest.

:Pokemon! Gotta catch'em all! Our hearts so true!: Maylene preformed a kata with Meditite, Tyrogue and Breloom as Lola was standing in with Glameow in an arena wearing an elegant gown while Lana looking over a Pokemon egg with Poliwag.

:Our courage will pull us through.: Lincoln jumped out of a broken window on to a large Pterodactyl-like Pokemon.

:You teach me and I'll teach you. PO KE MON!: Lincoln's three Pokemon stood together, Mudkip firing mud out of its mouth, Shinx shooting out a purple beam with squares coming off it from its mouth, and Eevee firing off swift.

:Gotta catch'em all. Gotta catch'em all! Pokemon!: Lincoln stood back to back Maylene with Eevee on his shoulders and the twins beside him before the Pokemon logo appeared.

With Lincoln:

Lincoln and the girls were having breakfast at the Pokemon Center.

"So, what strat do you have for you battle with Roark, Lincoln?" Maylene asked as Lincoln was mixing honey in to his coffee.

"Well, since he clearly uses Rock types, any one of my Pokemon will do with the move sets they have." Lincoln said.

"What about his Lileep?" Maylene asked, being cautious about the Fossil Pokemon.

"Don't worry. I have a plan." Lincoln said, looking down to his three Pokemon eating.

After the group finished their breakfast, they made their way through the city before finally arriving at the Gym.

"This is it." Lincoln said before pushing the door open to reveal a large room that Roark was standing at the end of.

"Welcome to the Gym guys." Roark said as he walked up to Lincoln and shook his hand. "You ready for our battle, Lincoln?" He asked.

"You know it." Lincoln said with a fire in his eyes.

"Then, let's get this started." Roark said before looking to Lana, Lola, and Maylene. "If you three would go up to the viewing area." He said, gaining a nod from the three girls as they waked up a nearby staircase to a balcony.

"Poliwag! Cascoon! Come out!" Lana called as both her Pokemon came out of their balls.

"What are you doing, Lana?" Maylene asked.

"I just thought they'd like to help us cheer for Lincoln." Lana said.

"Say. That's not a bad idea." Lola said before pulling her Pokeballs. "Glameow! Silcoon! Come on out!" She called with a smile as her Pokemon appeared.

"Okay, time for mine too." Maylene said before calling out Meditite, Breloom, and Tyrogue. "Alright, everyone. Let's cheer as hard as we can for Lincoln!" She said getting a nod from Meditite and Tyrogue and a disinterested look from Breloom.

"You got some pretty good friends up there." Roark commented, gaining a smile from Lincoln.

"Yeah. They're the best." Lincoln said before pulling out his Diveball. Now, what do you say we get this battle started?" He asked.

"You got it." Roark said pulling out a Pokeball of his own as the Gym ref raised his hand up.

"This will be an official Gym battle between Roark the Gym Leader and Lincoln from Sandgem Town. This will be a three on three battle and only the challenger will be aloud substitutions. Let the battle begin!" The ref called out.

"Mudkip! I choose you!" Lincoln called as the Water type appeared.

"Okay, then. Archen come out!" He called a as Bird-like Pokemon with a yellow body, yellow wings with blue tips, a red tail with a blue feather on the end, red feathers around its neck, and a blue head with a red stone beak.

"What?" Lincoln asked in shock.

"Another one?" Maylene asked in equal amazement as Lana pulled out her Dex to understand the confusion.

{Archen: The First Bird Pokemon. In addition to the belief that this Pokemon was the predecessor to all Bird Pokemon, many researchers theorize that it was unable to fly. This is hard to prove as this Pokemon went extinct long ago.} The Dex said.

"Another Fossil Pokemon? What is he? John Hammond?" Lana asked in amazement.

"Oh this is gonna be fun." Lincoln said, his eyes blazing with excitement at the prospect of facing down two Fossil Pokemon. "Let's start things off with an Aqua Tail, Mudkip!" He called out as Mudkip rushed forward to hit Archen with the Water type move

"Archen! Fly up and avoid it!" Roark called out as the Rock/Flying Pokemon took to the air.

'So much for the 'no flying' thing. I'll have to tell the Professor about that.' Lincoln thought.

"Use rock throw!" Roark called.

"Shoot it out of the air with Mud Shot!" Lincoln called out as a flurry of mud balls shot out of Mudkip's mouth.

"Use Wing attack!" Roark called as Archen swooped down to attack Mudkip.

'Now's our chance.' Lincoln thought. "Now, Mudkip! Jump and use Headbut on Archen's wing!" He called as Mudkip flawlessly pulled off the command. "Now! Aqua Tail!" He called as Mudkip's tail slamed down on the Rock/Flying type's head, knocking it out.

"Archen is unable to battle! Mudkip wins!" The ref called.

"Yes! One down!" The twins cheered in unison.

"Not bad, Lincoln." Roark said before pulling out another Pokeball. "But we're just getting started!" He exclaimed as he threw the ball, calling out his Lileep.

"Well. Saw that coming." Lincoln muttered before recalling Mudkip. "You did good. Now rest up." He said before pulling out his Premierball. "Shinx! I choose you!" He called out as the Electric type appeared.

"An interesting choice. I hope you don't regret it." Roark said before continuing the battle. "Lileep! Ancient Power!" He called as glowing fossil looking stones appeared and were flung at Shinx.

"Dodge it and use your Signal Beam!" Lincoln called as Shinx stepped to the side of the attack and launched out a beam with squares coming off of it, hitting Lileep head on.

"Nice! A direct hit from a Bug type move like Signal Beam is sure to do massive damage on a Grass type like Lileep.

"Maybe. But this will even things out a bit. Ingrain!" Roark called as Lileep stuck its feet in to the ground and started pulsing with a glow.

"Not good." Lincoln said as Lileep began to regenerate.

"Now! Ancient Power once more!" Roark called as the Rock type move was sent out in a wide shot.

"Now! Jump it!" Lincoln called as Shinx jumped over the attack.

"Now! Another Ancient Power!" Roark called as the attack was sent out with Shinx unable to dodge in mid air and getting hit head on.

"Shinx!" Lincoln called as he ran to catch the Electric type. "Are you okay?" He asked as Shinx nodded and jumped out of his arms to continue the fight.

"Is he okay to keep going?" Roark asked as Shinx nodded.

"You sure, Shinx?" Lincoln asked as Shinx nodded once more. "Okay. Then I've got an idea." He said with a smirk before Shinx began running at Lileep once more.

"Lileep! Ancient Power!" Roark called as Lileep let out another wide shot.

"Slide under it!" Lincoln called as Shinx got under the Rock type move. "Now! Signal Beam through Ice Fang!" He called.

"What!?" Roark Maylene and the Twins asked as Shinx fired out the Bug type move, biting down on it with the Ice type move to combine the types and powers of the moves together, catching Roark an Lileep off guard and knowing the Grass type out as it tour chunks of the ground out as it was launched in to the air.

"Hope you were paying attention to that, Lola. Combining moves will serve you well in contests." Lincoln said with a smile.

"I'm starting to get nervous. But I'm not giving up just yet." Roark said before pulling out his last Pokeball. "Here we go, Cranidos!" He called as a grey Pokemon resembling a Pachycephalosaurus took the field.

"Seriously?" Maylene asked as Lola pulled out her Dex.

{Cranidos: The Headbut Pokemon. This Pokemon was theorized to have dwelled in jungles and use its iron hard head to seek out food one hundred million years ago.} The Dex said.

"Okay. No way around it. He strait up is John Hammond." Lola said in concurrence with her sister's earlier joke.

"Alright. Time to end this." Lincoln said before recalling Shinx and looking down at Eevee as the two shared a nod. "Eevee! I choose you!" He called as the Normal Type jumped forward on to the field.

"Cranidos! Use Flamethrower!" Roark called as Lincoln snapped his fingers, signaling Eevee to use Shadow Ball. The two moves quickly collided, causing a small explosion. Lincoln then clicked his throat before Eevee fired out a Swift to hit Cranidos from multiple angles.

"Cranidos! Rock Tomb!" Roark called as several large boulders appeared above Eevee. In response, Lincoln calmly gave Eevee the signal to use Dig to escape the Rock type move. He then clapped his hand together before Eevee shot out of the ground, hitting Cranidos head on with the combined force of Dig and Iron Tail, knocking it out as it slid along the ground.

"Wow! That was impressive." Roark said, recalling his Cranidos. "Having a strong enough bond your Pokemon to have actually come up with silent commands.

"Well, we've been together a long time." Lincoln said with a smile as Eevee jumped in to his arms.

"Even so, you were able to completely sweep my team even when one of your Pokemon, I know for a fact was only caught yesterday." Roark complimented. "You have more than show the skills to earn this Coal Badge." He said, holding out a small metal pin that somewhat resembled a silver and brown Pokeball.

"Our first Badge." Lincoln said with a smile before letting Shinx and Mudkip back out. He then leaned down as Eevee jumped out of his arms and stood between the other two. "Thanks, you three. This win all because of you." He said before holding his hand out as each of his Pokemon put a paw on it all while Maylene watched from above with a kind smile.

Lincoln looked in to the eyes of all three of his Pokemon, confident that this was the first of many great victories they would achieve together .

(Back at the Loud House)

Lucy sat in the Attic with the Bat-like Pokemon sleeping on her lap when suddenly, she heard a knocking on the door.

"It's unlocked." She said as the door opened and Luna climbed.

"Hey." Luna greeted before looking at the Pokemon. "So, Lis finally finished looking at the scans. That thing was hurt before the portal opened. It's probably a goo thing it came though." Luna explained.

"So, that means we can go tomorrow, right?" Lucy asked.

"Ain't no stopping us now." Luna responded as a small smile graced the gothic girl's face.

Lucy then looked up at the moon through the attic window, her band shifting to reveal a singe violet eye as she thought 'I'll see you soon, big brother.'

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Well, there you go guys. I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next time, the rest of the Louds enter through the portal as Lincoln deals with a rather large problem in Oreburgh. Until then and as always... Keep on keeping on.