Pokémon Ash's: adventure
Authours note: A big thanks to Dante R Vale for the review I hope you enjoyed my reply in this chapter Brock makes his big debut enjoy. All rights belong to Nintendo and the Pokémon company
Chapter 10: a new challenge and training
Ash and violet soon found the exit of Viridian Forest and saw the several buildings of pewter city they were both in a great mood the successful capture of Pikachu and evolutions of their bug Pokémon made them ready for anything.
It was only early afternoon so Violet and Ash were discussing who should challenge brock today "I think I should Ash you need more time with mischief and charmander I'm positive I can win with the type Advantage of Bulbasaur and Squirtle" Violet nodded and grinned at Ash who nodded also thinking to himself Violet seems very sure of herself a gym leader was a different challenge to ordinary trainers they trained a specific type of Pokémon so knew the advantages of their chosen type very well he also knew brock must come across a lot of beginner Pokémon like charmander, bulbasaur and squirtle so must have a plan to beat them Violet might be heading for a fall but rather than tell her Ash knew she would learn from it.
After passing the Pewter city museum and poke mart Ash and Violet had reached the poke centre to heal some very tired Pokémon after their long journey pushing through the door they noticed a crowd around the TV and decided to see what was going on.
They reached the big TV hanging in the corner there was a news program on and a breaking new bulletin was being broadcast in the Kanto region it paid to keep up with the news especially with team rocket running around the regions terrorist group a man in a black suit appeared on the screen next to nurse joy from another Pokémon centre "good evening ladies and gentleman today around eleven this morning a large bag was found outside the viridian city Pokémon centre nurse joy what can you tell us about what was in the bag?" he turned the microphone towards nurse joy " when we opened the bag to investigate we found twelve Pikachu each were severely injured not only that their electric levels were at a low level so low I'm surprised their still alive" the man responded "what do you think caused this?" nurse joy answered" well it's an unusual case maybe a new species of Pokémon moved in the area though I doubt it or a natural disease amongst the Pikachu of the area" once again another question was asked "last question nurse joy what do you personally think happened? and what is going to be done about the situation?" again she answered "well judging by the injuries they were attacked and caught for some reason mainly for the electricity probably to power something and dumped them outside the Pokémon centre when they were done professor oak and the police will be investigating the area anyone who have travelled through recently are required to make a report to the police or professor oak thank you" the man nodded " and you nurse joy now the sports news with jerry".
Ash and Violet looked at each other "wow you don't think my Pikachu was hiding from whatever was in the forest the poor thing after all it was in my bag" worried Ash Violet nodded "I think your right Ash you heard what they said on TV though we got to phone professor Oak" Ash also nodded "yeah your right let's just get our Pokémon checked over" they walked over to the reception area nurse joy saw them and asked " how may I help you" Ash replied " hello nurse joy we need our Pokémon checked over and I should let you know I caught a Pikachu from viridian city so you will need to screen it after what's been going on in the area" nurse joy smiled " ok young man I will take a look have you told the police or professor Oak" she inquired " oh don't worry nurse joy we were about to phone him may we also book a room for about four days please?" answered Violet "of course dear let's see I have a room with bunk bed available will that do?" asked nurse Joy both nodded "of course nurse Joy thank you" she smiled at them "well here are your keys room twelve and your Pokémon will be ready in an hour thank you" waving bye to nurse joy they both left to use the phone.
They made their way to the phone when Violet realised something "Oh no Ash Gary would of told him what happened with Paul god he's going to kill me" Ash nodded sympathetically "yes probably Vi but it will only be a lecher besides we have lots to talk about first so Don't worry hon" Violet blushed did he call her Hon "your right Ash thanks" she took the phone and put in the number "hello professor Oak speaking oh hello Ash Violet how are you?" Ash answered "yes professor how are you?" he looked at Ash than violet than his expression hardened they both knew this face it was disappointment "I'm good but disappointed in you young lady how could you offer your Pokémon the Pokémon I gave you in a battle like that its frowned upon give me one good reason why you should stay on your journey young lady" yelled Oak Violet was speechless never had she been shouted at like this it was always ash and Gary "professor I won't apologise for her I was angry myself but she is learning so much from her journey and her Pokémon really love her thankfully she won and me and Gary already told her not to pull this stunt again and believe me if she does I will personally send her to you" defending her and also letting her know what will happen if she betrays his trust Oak looked at Ash " thank you for that Ash and young lady you will agree not to pull that stunt again ok?" she nodded "good now why did you to phone me" they told the professor all that happened in viridian forest stating that apart from Pikachu obviously hiding from something that everything seemed fine "well that doesn't give me much to go on but its seems nothing natural is wrong which means it most probably a criminal organisation behind this I will still go to the forest but I doubt I will find much the police will have better luck I'm sure now you two good luck with your gym battle do not underestimate brock and violet apart from that incident you are doing a great job and same goes for you Ash goodbye guys" "bye professor oak" they cried.
They left the phone which had a huge line after their long chat "well Vi how about we get our Pokémon than I will do some training with everybody and you can go have your gym battle ok" Violet smiled "let's go Ash".
After picking up their Pokémon which were all fine even Pikachu which ruled out a Pikachu disease they both were outside about to leave Ash went up to violet holding her close whispered in her ear "good luck Violet "she blushed feeling ash's body was intoxicating "hey you can let go now" Ash also blushing joked violet let go a little too quickly man I'm not that bad thought Ash Violet looked down "ok Ash good luck with training bye "she yelled running off.
She stopped running when she reached the gym ok no more thinking about Ash got to focus not that I won't win she thought how could she not with bulbasaur and squirtle she looked at the building it looked like a big arena with a big sign saying pewter city gym with the boulder badge besides it time to go inside she thought and entered the gym inside it was like a cave the lights were dimmed and the ceiling and ground were filled with rocks and boulders a figure of a man was in the centre he turned round when he heard footsteps he looked to be in his twenties had brown spikey hair and brown eyes he was over six foot tall and muscly "my names brock the gym leader here my gym specialises in rock type Pokémon and you must be Violet Oak Gary showed me a picture after he beat me I take it you're here to challenge me" he smiled "that's right I challenge you to a gym battle" brock looked at her for a moment and said "I refuse you're not ready I can see it you think you've already won how arrogant and disrespectful to me so go and come back with a better attitude " he shouted Violet was stunned but stood her ground "no I'm ready I'm not arrogant I'm confident you are just scared what is it fed up of being known as the whipping boy of the gyms fed up of beginners beating you" she shouted she was angry and that anger was talking for her it was what led to her battle with Paul and knew if her grandpa learnt of this he would be disappointed with her "what how dare you think you can talk to me like that in my own gym is being granddaughter to the famous Oak inflated your brain get in the challengers position and I will show you the power of a gym leader and why you need to grow up girl" he thundered outraged at her Violet numbly walked over to the challengers podium she'd gone too far and she knew it "this will be a two against to battle match is over when the first two Pokémon are knocked out only the challenger is allowed to withdraw Pokémon begin" shouted the referee "you may go first yelled brock no longer angry but prepared "bulbasaur go" she shouted brock laughed at her "now I get you think you can win cause you have type advantage how quaint sandshrew go" out appeared as it was a mouse looking Pokémon with a yellow squared body and white stomach "let's see how you handle this".
Meanwhile Ash left for the field just outside Pewter he and Violet were to meet up around seven at their room for dinner and to find out how Violet had done and would hopefully be celebrating a victory though he doubted it if his feelings were right his feelings man they were all over the show today with having to play peacemaker with Violet and Professor Oak and his feelings for Violet were getting stronger this journey was doing that to him the closeness of it and it was only the first gym challenge.
Having finally making it over to the field which was about half a mile away on the boundary of pewter he called out mischief and Charmander the secret to his battle with brock would be speed dodging rock throws and physical attacks of brocks rock Pokémon even a tackle of those creatures would hurt because of the tough skins they had after all a geodude was pretty much a large rock coming out at you.
After calling his pokedex out he could see that charmander was close to evolving but also could learn a new move if he started practicing it the move was dig a ground move which was strong against rock types so learning it was a must he simply had to get charmander scratching at the dirt and it would soon develop hard enough claws to dig up the dirt like it was nothing.
As for mischief he would be dodging attacks from Ace as fast as it could while using confusion Ash needed him to gain a lot of speed at dodging when he got good enough to dodge Aces attacks which would be quite an achievement he would call out pickachu and get mischief to use harden to raise its defence while pickachu will use thunder shock to toughen him up hopefully during these moves he would learn the moves stun spore, sleeping powder and poison powder when it raised its level.
"charmander I want you to scratch at the soft mud in the centre of the field when you start learning dig there you will move on to tougher surface soil ok" charmander nodded and started scratching at the soil bits of mud flying everywhere "now mischief I will called out Ace he will be sending gusts and using quick attacks on you your job will be to dodge them and use confusion getting it as strong as you can when you have mastered dodging Aces attacks I will send Pikachu out he will be using thunder shock on you we will improve your harden attack and will also test your endurance hopefully you will learn some attacks that will help us ok" mischief nodded ok "ok let's begin".
Violet looked at bulbasaur while brock shouted "ready when you are" she looked up "ok bulbasaur use razor leaf two twin razor leafs appeared towards sandshrew "sandshrew use sand attack than hide" throwing up sand in front of itself the sandshrew moved behind a boulder somewhere on the field "well Violet where is he?" asked brock anger pulsed through Violet "destroy the boulder in front of you bulbasaur" bulbasaur used vine whip at the boulder but they just bounced off "how pathetic didn't you take this seriously at all your bulbasaur may be at a high level but its stats are important as well power speed and defence need to be worked on just as much as advancing in level let me show you sandshrew tackle now" sandshrew appeared from behind a boulder to the left of bulbasaur moving so quickly that it was too late to stop it with an attack sandshrew tackled into bulbasaur hard and hid again from the dust created from the tackle "do you see it now with good stats, level and strategy even Pokémon at a type disadvantage can win also not all moves Pokémon learn are off the same type of Pokémon for example sandshrew use rollout" this time sandshrew appeared from the right in front of bulbasaur "quick dodge it bulbasaur" cried Violet as quick as bulbasaur tried to dive out of the way sandshrew still hit him rolled up in a ball sandshrew rolled in to him hard and managed to roll back the over way again hitting bulbasaur and retreating into another hiding place bulbasaur was dead on its feet panting hard and in great pain "one last lesson you must learn is to admit defeat to force a Pokémon to battle when it is in great pain and you are not ready yourself is folly and a sure way to defeat every single time I will ask you do you surrender you are not ready?" Violet stared at him stubbornly "no I can do this bulbasaur use vine whip at another boulder I know you can do it" bulbasaur tried to use its attack but was to tired it fainted in exhaustion "bulbasaur no" she ran to bulbasaur crying hot tears "do you see now Violet I might be the first gym leader new trainers face but there are reasons for that I give them a taste of what to expect in a gym battle the real experience I teach most of them hard lessons that they can use later and give them experience to deal with situations like this" he paused to get a breath "you said that I'm known as the whipping boy of the kanto gyms well most trainers don't want to admit they lost in their first gym battle those people are fools and I hope you are not a fool too eighty percent of the trainers I see every year lose their first battle against me because they're not ready most come back stronger and using their brains to win you are not ready and I will not continue a match where your next Pokémon will most likely be injured badly cause its trainer let you down I hope you can move on from this and be stronger I will set a rematch in three days' time I hope you will be ready good day".
Brock swept out recalling sandshrew leaving Violet alone and in tears looking at bulbasaur she wept "return bulbasaur we will train hard I won't let you down next time" she promised and ran out of the gym heading to the Pokémon centre.
Ash meanwhile had successfully taught charmander dig on the soft soil and ordered him to try on the hard surface very proud and pleased with himself Ash turned his attention to mischief at first the Butterfree had trouble dodging Ace but after many revives was now just as quick at dodging as Ace was quite an achievement for the Pokémon not may Butterfree were that quick now the training would be painful but worth it in the end.
Turning to Ace Ash called "good job Ace you have made mischief much better at dodging and improved your quickness as well return" a red light shot at the bird Pokémon who hooted happily before going back.
"go Pikachu" shouted Ash and out appeared pickachu looking confused "hello Pikachu how are you I realise you were only in my bag because something was harming the Pikachu I didn't mean to make your day more stressful" Pikachu nodded " ok Pikachu I want you to use thunder shock on mischief here we are trying to raise her defence ok " "pika" replied Pikachu "good ok mischief come here I want you to practice using harden and enduring Pikachu's thunder shock ok" mischief nodded "ok go commanded Ash.
After that the training went even better Mischief learned sleeping powder and stun spore and was really close to learning poison powder its stats were at a higher level and was now ready for Brock "ok return guys" shouted Ash happily now to see how Violet was.
After healing her Pokémon Violet ran from the centre hoping to find Ash when she bumped into someone "ooof" she cried " oh sorry miss are you ok" she looked at the guy with the deep voice she bumped into he sort of looked like Ash she nodded "goo the names Richie".