Miyu and Atsuo stared up at the Pewter Gym before approaching the large door. Miyu twisted the knob only to find it locked. "Damn, locked…" she muttered under her breath.

"M-Maybe we should try coming back another—"

Miyu began to pound her fists on the door, causing Atsuo to sweat-drop. "Hey, open up! I need to get inside!" Miyu shouted.

"Who's out there making all that noise?" About half a minute later, the sound of locks being turned were heard before the door was slowly pushed open. Standing before them was older teenager with spiky brown hair wearing a brown shirt underneath a green vest with some dark brown pants.

The young man stared down at the two trainers and frowned. "Why are you out here banging on my door?"

"I've come here for a gym battle, dur!" she exclaimed as if it was obvious.

He folded his arms over his chest and frowned. "I just got done with a gym battle, try coming back at another time when I'm ready." He exclaimed, shutting the door.

Miyu quickly put her foot in between the door, not satisfied with his answer. "Wait, did this guy happen to have spiky brown hair and an arrogant attitude?" she asks.

He rubbed his chin for a moment before he nodded. "Yeah, I think he went by the name of Gary. Yeah, that's it Gary Oak."

'That bastard…' she fumed in her mind.

"Listen um…" she trailed off, not knowing his name.

"Brock," he added.

"Right, Brock. Listen, my name's Ichirou and that guy happens to be my rival and he's always one step ahead of me. If you just let me battle you, I'll be able to prove him wrong and show him that I'm just as good as him, maybe even better. So I can't let him show me up so…please?" she begged, clasping her hands together in a dramatic manner.

Brock stayed quiet for a moment, contemplating his answer before he opened his mouth to speak. "Fine, wait here." He sighed in defeat.

She grinned, removing her foot from the door before he slammed it shut.

Atsuo sighed, shaking her head. "I-I don't think that was a very good idea to force him into battling you Ichirou." She frowned.

"Eh, who cares? He agreed to battle me and that's all that matters right? I'll be one step ahead of Gary in no time." She grinned mischievously.

Atsuo sighed, shaking her head in disapproval. She was beginning to see that Gary's winning was taking a toll on Miyu and going to her head, more so than usual.

Brock stood on one side of the rocky battle field while Miyu stood on the opposite side. Atsuo was sitting on the sidelines, holding her Bulbasaur in her lap. 'I hope she doesn't get carried away…'

"It's a good thing I had extra potions on me because I usually don't take a challenge right after I just finished one, but who am I to stop a person from their goal?"

Miyu grinned and nodded in approval before Brock continued. "You're persistent; both an admirable, yet not a trait that will always work in your favor."

Miyu frowned at this, no longer wanting to beat around the bush. She pulls off a pokeball from her belt. "So, what are the rules Brock?" she asks.

"You're only permitted to use two pokémon in this battle. The one with the pokémon standing wins." Brock explained.

"Sure, sounds easy enough." Miyu agreed.

"Alright," Brock nods pulling a pokeball off his belt, tossing it into the air. "Go Geodude!"

A large gray boulder like pokémon with muscular arms popped out from the pokeball, staring at Miyu to wait for her next move. "A Geodude huh," Miyu whispered to herself. 'I remember being told he's a ground type. So with Poliwag, I've got the advantage.' She smirks to herself.

"Poliwag, you're up!" she shouted, tossing out his pokeball into the air. Poliwag appeared and stood on the battle field in front of Geodude, his tail wagging back and forth a bit.

"A water-type huh, smart move…" Brock murmured to himself. "You may have the advantage, but it doesn't mean I'll be easy to beat. Geodude, use Tackle!"

"Dodge and use Bubble!" Miyu countered.

Geodude flew towards Poliwag, intending to tackle him. Poliwag quickly jumped out of the way to dodge, releasing a flurry of bubbles right at Geodude. "Nice one Poliwag!" Miyu cheered.

Brock frowned as Geodude took the attack head-on, but eventually regained himself. "Use Rock Throw!" Brock commanded.

"Geo," he nodded, punching his fist into the ground, causing the ground to shake underneath Miyu and Poliwag. Small rocks rose from the ground before they were tossed at Poliwag.

"Use your tail to block them!" Miyu ordered.

Poliwag quickly jumped in the air, spinning in midair while smacking a few rocks back at Geodude who quickly avoided them. Geodude threw an even larger rock that was twice Poliwag's size and managed to knock Poliwag right to the ground.

'Crap…' Miyu frowned, staring at her Poliwag. Poliwag quickly jumped to its feet, shaking off the attack and Miyu smirked.

"Use Hypnosis!"

"Counter it with Defense Curl!"

Right before Geodude began to curl up into a ball; his eyes were mesmerized by Poliwag's stomach that began to swirl around clockwise. Geodude began to sway back and forth before falling into a deep slumber. Brock bit down on his lip whilst Miyu smirked even more. "Finish it off with Water Gun before he wakes up!"

Poliwag did what he was told before unleashing a spew of water from his mouth, pushing back Geodude a few good several feet off the battle field. Geo stayed motionless, a dizzy look in his eyes that indicated he was too tired to move on. "Geodude is unable to battle, Poliwag wins!" the referee shouted.

"Yes! Nice work out there Poliwag!" Miyu shouted with glee. Brock rushed over to his Geodude and smiled a bit before returning his rock pokémon.

"Not bad, but this battle is far from over my friend." Brock smirked a bit. He pulled off another pokeball from his belt, tossing it out onto the battle field. "Go Onix!"

A large rock pokémon that resembled a snake stood before Poliwag and Miyu. Both of their faces turned white at the large size of the snake-like pokémon. She pulled out her pokedex, scanning it.

'Onix, the rock snake pokémon. It usually lives underground, it searches for food while boring its way through the ground at fifty miles per hour.'

'Fifty miles, that's crazy! I'll have to find a way to keep him from going underground…' she thinks. 'But how am I supposed to do that?'

"Alright Poliwag, use your Water Gun!"

"Counter it with Tackle!" Brock retorted.

Onix let out a roar, raising its tail to block the water gun before slamming Poliwag with it. Poliwag was forcibly thrown off the battle field before colliding with the wall. Poliwag sat there motionless, completely exhausted. "Poliwag is unable to battle, Onix wins!"

Brock nodded in satisfaction and Miyu quickly rushed over to her Pokémon's side. She picked him up and held him in her arms. "Nice job out there Poliwag, I'll let you rest…" She returned Poliwag before taking off her last pokeball.

She glared at Onix and Brock before staring down at her pokeball. 'All I got left is Charmander, and a fire-type isn't very strong against a rock-type. But I've come too far to back down now!'

"Charmander, you're up!" she shouted, releasing Charmander.

Charmander let out a small cry from its mouth, the fire on his tail getting a little bigger. Charmander cowered a bit in fear when Onix stared him down. Brock stared at the Charmander and looked back up at Miyu. "You realize you're at a disadvantage here right?" Brock reminded her.

Miyu narrowed her eyes at him. "I know that, but I'm not gonna back down and forfeit the match. That's the coward's way out!" she shouted.

"Fine, have it your way…"

Evafan24: Ah, looks like it's a battle between Charmander and Onix. How will Miyu cope in the final battle? You'll have to stay tuned and find out. Feedback is welcome, or critique if you have any tips. There's always room for improvement. Just no flames please. ^^;;