"There it is Ash, Celadon city." Brock said with a smile.
Ash's eyes lit up.
"Finally we're here." He gasped. "Well what are you waiting for?" Ash shouted as he sprinted towards the city opening.
"What a fool." Misty sighed.
Ash stumbled through the gate to Celadon city, barely staying on his feet.
"This is it Pikachu, time to get our third badge!" Ash exclaimed.
"Pika!"
"For god's sake Ash! Why do you need to do that every time?" Misty said angrily.
But Ash ignored her; he was relishing the prospect of getting yet another Gym badge.
"Well what are you waiting for Ash, let's go to the gym!" Brock said with a smirk.
Ash ran through the doors of the gym, to be surprised with what he saw.
His jaw dropped as he saw an extremely pretty girl before him.
Ash tried to speak, he spluttered and stuttered, but couldn't manage to make any sounds that made the least of sense.
"Time to battle, 3 on 3." She commanded.
Still lost for words, Ash rummaged around and threw the first Pokéball he found.
Rattata sprung out of the ball.
"Hmm, Caterpie I choose you!"
Ash finally found the strength to talk "Rattata use quick attack!"
Rattata hit the unsuspecting Caterpie with a powerful blow that knocked it backwards.
Caterpie attempted to tackle Rattata, but Rattata avoided the attack with ease.
"Quick attack again Rattata!"
Rattata once again, hit the Caterpie, this time it was knocked completely of balance.
"Rattata use Hyper Fang to finish it off!"
Rattata wrapped its teeth around the Caterpie, and bit down hard.
The Caterpie could no longer get to its feet.
"Yes Rattata!" Ash shouted, as he took his Pokéball out and withdrew Rattata.
"Good battle, but don't think you've won just yet, Ivysaur I choose you!"
"Let's go Pikachu!"
Pikachu ran into the arena, to face Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur use tackle!"
The Ivysaur flung itself into Pikachu, Pikachu rolled backwards but managed to regain its balance quickly.
"Pikachu use Thundershock!"
Pikachu focused, as a beam of electricity soared across the arena, but seemed to do little harm to the Ivysaur.
"Let's try another tackle Ivysaur!"
This time Pikachu was able to avoid the attack.
"Pikachu use Slam now!"
Pikachu flung into the Ivysaur, causing it to slide backwards, but it didn't lose its balance, and once again it seemed to have little effect on it.
"One more tackle Ivysaur!"
Once again Pikachu was able to avoid the attack of Ivysaur.
"Ahh, it's not working!" Erika shouted in frustration. "Ivysaur use stun spore, and this time don't miss!"
The Ivysaur obliged, and Pikachu was left paralyzed.
"It's our chance now Ivysaur, use Solarbeam!"
The Ivysaur took in sunlight, and hit Pikachu with a deadly ray of light.
Pikachu lay lifeless in the arena, it was defeated.
"Pikachu!" Ash screamed, as he ran to pick it up.
"Hey! You've got to keep battling kid." Erika said sternly.
"I know, Primeape I choose you!"
Erika smirked, and threw out a final Pokémon.
Find out Erika's final Pokémon and the outcome of the battle in the next chapter!