Chapter 7
A.J's Gym
Hello and happy Veteran's Day! I know that's late and all. Also I went into all the previous chapters and changed it from third person to first person point of view. I was halfway writing this when I remembered that Brock was with them at this point. I sorry if your annoyed by this change but Shad is going to be like a second Brock and I said I wanted this to be somewhat my own story.
We were walking down the trail excited that we had 10 victories in a row.
"How were they able to do that with such big heads and egos?" Misty muttered to Shad.
"Don't ask me," Shad said with a shrug.
"That last battle was the easiest," Ash said.
"Yeah well obviously, even though I'm excited about it to, they were beginners just like us."
"Yeah you have a point."
"But still, we are awesome."
"And just when I thought he didn't have either a big head or ego," Misty sighed.
We walked a little while longer until we came across a fence with a sign that said,
A.J's Pokemon Gym (Not a Pokemon League registered gym.) Wins: 98 :Losses: 0
"Pfh, no losses. Well I'm going to be the ne who changes that," Me and Ash said.
"Oh really, well let's have that pokemon battle to see if your right," somebody said to our left.
"Huh?" we looked over and saw a kid maybe around Shad's age. He wore a red shirt and black jeans with white sneakers. His hair was black except for some spikes in the front that were green. "You're A.J?"
"Yeah, you have a problem with that."
"No I just thought that a gym leader, even an unofficial one, would be an adult."
"Rrrrr," Misty growled at the comment, although I have no idea why.
"Mhmm, typical. Everybody who comes here always thinks that I either lying or am just the leader's son, but I'm not, I am the leader."
"OK, but um, why build a gym and not get it registered?"
"One, a gym can't be registered unless it is or is close enough to be considered part of, a town or city. Two, who's gonna battle me first?"
"I will," Ash said.
"I get first battle next," I whispered to him.
"Whatever."
A.J took us inside his gym and brought us to the battle field. "Each of us can us two pokemon, not that I'll need two, and the first one out of pokemon is the loser."
"Fine. GO, PIDGEOTTO!"
"GO, SANDSHREW!"
Ash had Pidgeotto immediately attck the Sandshrew but it dodged and tackled the Pidgeotto, bringing it down. Then it used scratch attack and fury swipes. It then used a tackle attack and knocked out the Pidgeotto.
"GO, BUTTERFREE!"
This time Ash instructed Butterfree to fly up and use sleep powder. Before it reached Sandshrew however, Sandshrew went underground. Butterfree was looking around when suddenly, it jumped and hit Butterfree, while it was in the air! Butterfree came crashing down and the battle was over.
"Butterfree," Ash said as he picked up the fallen pokemon. "Return."
I looked over and saw that the board had changed from Wins: 98 to Wins: 99. This maybe hard. Butterfree was high in the air when it was hit so that Sand shrew was powerful.
"Are you ready for our battle now?"
"No, I'm thinking of what pokemon would be able to beat that Sandshrew."
"That will never happen. Only one person beat Sandshrew, and that was before i started to train it the way I do now."
I thought my best bet would be to use Spearow and then Squirtle. I realized what he said a second later and asked, "What do you mean the way you train it now?"
"I'll show you. Come on."
We followed him into a giant tent and saw something. . . weird. There was a pool in the center and a bunch of pokemon. All the pokemon were attached to a weird brace. I wondered what it was for when I saw him yelling at his Sandshrew. He ordered it to jump in the water and it did so. It didn't come out for at least a minute and before I could stop him, Ash charged at A.J.
"Stop! Your mistreating your pokemon!"
"Wa- AAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAA!"
Ash tripped and crashed into A.J and they both fell into the pool. By the time they surfaced, I was by the side when A.J yanked my hand and made me fall in. Let's just say I'm happy that I took off the bag and changed into a regular white t-shirt, olive hoodie, black chinos, and white sneakers this morning.
When I surfaced A.J yelled, "WHAT WAS THAT FOR!"
"What. Wait, that was my brother who accidentally tackled you in the pool, not me."
"What?"
"Yeah I tripped."
A.J turned and saw Ash on the ground. "WHA-"
"I heard you yell at Rinku," Ash said annoyed. "I said I tripped."
"But why did you charge at me?"
"Uh, because you were mistreating that Sandshrew."
"No I wasn't, this is the training I was talking about. Sandshrew is the only ground type I know about that isn't weak against water type attacks."
Well, that crosses by Squirtle out. Actually, I'm still going to try.
"Wow, that is very rare. I can't believe you trained it to that level of vitality."
"Well I trained for a long time. Well, Sandshrew did."
"How long exactly?"
"About ten years."
"Whoa, that like, since we were born."
"What do you mean we? Wait, are you twins?"
"Yeah," I said, confused on how he didn't realize that.
"Oh, I thought you were brothers that looked identical."
"Whatever so are you ready for our battle?"
"Whenever you're ready."
We went outside to the battlefield and we were about to start. I had to do think quick. I was definitely gonna Squirtle, but I had to figure out who to use for my second pokemon. I could use Spearow, it had a advantage with height, but the Sandshrew can jump high. I definitely wasn't using Pikachu because I don't think it could win against a ground type, at least not yet. My only other pokemon was Butterfree, which had the same problem as Spearow. I decided to use Spearow, it knew wing attack and also was my fastest pokemon, besides Pikachu.
"Alright, the battle has begun, GO VENONAT!"
"Venonat. Alright, GO, SPEAROW!"
Both pokemon looked like they were glad to be in a battle. I had Spearow use wing attack but the Venonat dodged. After it landed it used sleep powder. Spearow flew up to dodge but I had it stop and use gust. It used gust and blew the powder back at the Venonat. Before it could escape it breathed some in and went to sleep. I had Spearow use wing attack to finish it off.
"VENONAT IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! THE VICTORY GOES TO LINK'S SPEAROW!" Shad announced.
"GO, SANDSHREW!"
Sandshrew first started off by going underground. I had Spearow climb even higher than Butterfree did. When Sandshrew launched out, it barely missed. I was amazed at how high it went but while it was falling, I had Spearow use tackle. I tackled the Sandshrew damaging it, but it also used a scratch attack and hit Spearow. They both plummeted to the ground, receiving even more damage. The Sand shrew got up, but after 10 seconds Spearow was dubbed unable to battle. I completely forgot that I used Spearow in my 2 previous battles.
"Return, Spearow. GO, SQUIRTLE!"
"Really. OK. Well maybe you have a trick up your sleeve, but it's water attacks won't work."
Sandshrew dug down into the ground and before it could do anything, Squirtle used water gun at the hole. After a couple seconds, the hole flooded. Then I had it use water gun all over the area, except for where it was satnding. The Sandshrew came up gasping for air but it was under Squirtle. It was knocked on it's back in the mud. It tried to get up when Sandshrew jumped on it. Squirtle used water gun to knock Sandshrew in the mud. We both knew that the first one up was going to be the victor, but both got up. They both used tackle and fell. They got up and had a stand down. After a couple seconds, they both fell and were out.
"SINCE BOTH TRAINERS POKEMON ARE UNABLE TO BATTLE, THIS BATTLE IS A TIE!"
"Good battle. But since this was a tie, I neither won nor lost. I guess this time that board isn't changing. Sandshrew, return."
"Return Squirtle."
We went in the tent so our pokemon could get treated. After we set up the treatment, we went to wait.
"Thanks for the treatment."
"Your welcome. It the least I can do for a worthy adversary."
Ash's Pikachu and Sandshrew were over by the pool. Sandshrew took off a brace that curled pokemon in a ball. Pikachu touched it and it latched on to him. He curled up in a ball and couldn't get free.
Team Rocket were coming up with a plan to steal Pikachu, again.
"I got a giant rubber ball that we can all fit in. The plan is that we will go inside it, and cut a hole in the side when we get to the twerp's Pikachu. We will have on rubber gloves to of course. Then we sneak out and we wil have a Pikachu," Meowth said, dra
wing the plan in the sand.
"OK, does anybody else think that going in a giant rubber ball is stupid?" Ryan asked sarcastically.
"No now get in the ball," Jesse said as she shoved him in.
They cut a hole in the side of the tent and snuck towards the Sandshrew and Pikachu.
We were about to go outside to find my Pikachu when I saw the ball. I knew immediately knew that it was Team Rocket, but before I could do anything they grabbed Sandshrew and ran. I went to chase after them when I saw a yellow ball with brown stripes. We all went to free Ash's Pikachu and after A.J said, "We have to get Sandshrew back, I promised him."
Sandshrew was scared, trying to find shelter form the storm. It saw a person walking by with a backpack. As stealthily has it could, it tried to get in the bag. But alsas, the person felt the extra weight and spun around. He looked to his left then to his right. When he didn't see anything he checked his bag. He saw the Sandshrew and picked him off. Sandshrew assumed he was going to put him down or throw him when he pulled out an umbrella, then he said these words, "I know the rain must be causing you pain. So that's why I take you in as a pokemon and train you until you aren't bothered by water."
Team Rocket threw off the ball and looked at their prize. That's when they realized that they grabbed the wrong pokemon.
"Great. You idiots grabbed the Sandshrew, not Pikachu," Ryan said.
Then the Sandshrew bit Meowth's tail and it jumped into the air. When it landed Sandshrew dug underground and got away.
"And even that managed to escape," Ryan said, seeing if Meowth was awake.
Before they left A.J saw a mound of dirt moving towards them. He immediately knew it was Sandshrew and ran over. It popped out of the ground and they were reunited.
After our pokemon were healed Ash, Misty, Shad and I left. A.J also left on his own journey, feeling as if that tie was a win and counting it has is 100th win in a row. We set off to Pewter City again, in hopes of training and meeting new pokemon on the way.
Sorry for not having a Team Rocket blast off, or even a Team Rocket battle. What happened was they didn't attack because Meowth was out cold, and he had the backup plan.