Hello everyone and welcome to chapter twelve of Hoenn Adventures! This chapter will have Brendan's first Gym battle! How exciting! Enjoy!
May was walking back to their room in the centre, she was slightly angry towards Brendan for making her walk back with all of her bags but, like Brendan, she put it down to her own fault. She just saw an outfit and then before she knew it, she had bags full of clothes! She had to stop every ten steps or so to take a breath.
"Here, let me help." A voice called.
"Thanks, but I can ma-DYLAN?!" May exclaimed.
"Hey, May." Dylan replied "No need to shout."
"S-sorry, just startled me that's all." May shrugged her shoulders "Like I said, I can manage."
"So that's why you were taking a break every five seconds?" Dylan replied as May looked shocked.
"You mean you were watching me?!" May retorted.
"Kinda yeah." Dylan replied in a calm voice "Just watching you struggle with these bags. I thought you had a boyfriend, why isn't he helping you?" May froze at that sentence.
"H-he's busy." May replied.
"Busy?" Dylan gave a look that he wasn't buying it "If you're so sur-"
"May!" Brendan called. Brendan saw Dylan and stopped "Who's this guy?"
"Oh, this is Dylan. He's the guy I beat at the contest finals." May replied.
"So you're the guy who asked May out." Brendan raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, sorry. Didn't know that she had a boyfriend." Dylan said rubbing the back of his neck making it Brendan's turn to freeze.
"D-don't worry about it!" Brendan smiled trying to hide his embarrassment "We all make mistakes!"
"Bren, can you help with these bags?" May asked.
"Yeah, sure." Brendan said as he picked up a handful of the bags and May stood there like she expected Brendan to carry them all "I'm not picking them all up."
"Fine." May sighed as she picked up the rest "See you at the contest Dylan!" May waved at Dylan and Dylan waved back.
"So that's her boyfriend ey?" Dylan said in a quiet voice. "They're obviously not a couple. Their embarrassment to it confirmed it. I'll have to get to her before he does."
Brendan and May walked into the center, while Brendan was having no trouble, May was.
"Oh come on! They can't be that heavy!" Brendan teased as May looked up to him in anger "You're still expecting me to pick them all up? You're lucky that I picked up these ones." Brendan joked. May sighed and picked up the bags again and attempted to climb the stairs to their room. Once they got to their room, they put the bags to one side and May collapsed on her bed "What did that Dylan guy want?" Brendan asked.
"Nothing, just asked to help carry the bags." May replied and then she turned to Brendan "What about you? Who's the Gym Leader and what did the they say?"
"It's a girl called Roxanne. She looks barely a year older than you or me. She said to go their noon tomorrow." Brendan explained "You'll have to miss lunch."
"But-"
"You went through lunch fine in your contest, you can do it again, right?" Brendan asked.
"Fine." May pouted and Brendan just smiled not only for May being able to pass up a meal, but for her reaction too.
"Thank you. Wanna go down stairs to get dinner?" Brendan asked making May shoot up and ran to the door "Guess that's a yes." The two walked down to the cafeteria and got their servings: May's was large as usual.
"I'll have to get used to this again." May sighed "Your cooking is better."
"It's only for two days if all goes to plan. We'll be on the road again in no time." Brendan said trying to lighten the mood.
"OK..." May sighed again but seemed a little better. The two talked throughout their meal. They talked about what they would do after Rustboro. There was a route that lead to Rusturf Tunnel that would be a shortcut to Mauville City but it was blocked off due to rocks blocking the path. They had heard that the recommended second Gym was on an island named Dewford. Brendan then remembered that Steven said to go check out the Devon Corporation building. They agreed that that is what they would go after the Gym battle. After they finished their dinner, they went back to their room and got ready for bed. They talked a bit before sleeping.
The next day, Brendan was the first to wake since he was excited for his Gym battle against Roxanne. He had all morning to prepare. The time was 7:48am so Brendan decided to get changed and ready for the day. He decided to go to the battle fields until May was awake so they could go get breakfast together. He focused mainly on Treecko and Mudkip's training but Ralts' too. He wanted a back-up pokemon just in case Roxanne had a counter to grass and water types and Tailow wasn't the best option since it was weak to rock types so his only option was Ralts and, while it was a trial at first, Ralts had made big improvements.
After about an hour of training May woke up and saw Brendan training. Brendan decided to stop training and get some breakfast before continuing.
They sat down to eat their breakfast and Brendan explained what had happened during training. He explained that Ralts had learned double team and teleport allowing it to be more evasive during battles. Ralts had began to learn disarming voice but it's power was weak so they decided to work on it after breakfast. Treecko had learned quick attack, which allowed for combination moves, and mega drain which was double the power of absorb. Mudkip had learned foresight which had it's uses but wouldn't be helpful during the Gym battle.
After eating, Brendan went to train his pokemon while May tried new combinations using Ralts. After about half an hour, Brendan and May had agreed to have a battle but only use their Ralts. While the Ralts were hesitant at first, they were quickly convinced that it was a friendly battle and would stop before they got too seriously hurt. The other pokemon watched.
"Ready May?" Brendan called over to the other side of the battlefield.
"Ready to destroy you!" May smirked.
"We'll see." Brendan smirked "Since I'm a gentleman, ladies first!"
"Why thank you! Ralts confusion!" May commanded as Ralts let out a weak psychic wave.
"Dodge it!" Brendan commanded as his Ralts got out of the way of the psychic type attack "Disarming voice!" Ralts let out a loud scream that sent a pink circle with hearts in it towards the other Ralts.
"Use confusion on it!" May commanded, though this was a battle, she decided to use her coordinator mind to spice things up. Ralts used it's mind to make the hearts dance.
"Did you just turn this in to a contest battle?" Brendan asked playfully.
"Maybe. Ralts send it back!" Ralts used it's mind to send the attack straight back at the opposing Ralts.
"Dodge with teleport!" Ralts clicked out of existence and appeared closer to the female Ralts "Disarming voice, again!" Ralts let out yet another loud scream and sent another pink circle with hearts in it towards Ralts. It was undodgeable. Ralts was hit with the move but seemed unphased. A green wall was in front of it.
"What move is that?!" May exclaimed, she was about to bring out her Pokedex to analyze the move.
"That's protect! It blocks pretty much anything but if you use it again it's accuracy will drop." Brendan explained leaving a shocked May to listen.
"How did you know?" May asked in confusion.
"My Ralts learned it too. I didn't want to tell you but it seems that the cat's out of the bag now!" Brendan sighed "I wanted to surprise you in the Gym battle but guess I can't now."
"Ralts.." The Feeling pokemon sighed as well feeling the same as his trainer.
"Enough of the talking! Ralts confusion!" Brendan said quickly commanded to Ralts who follow his orders without hesitation. Ralts sent a psychic wave towards it's opponent.
"Block it with your confusion!" May ordered as her Ralts let out it's own confusion. The two weak psychic attacks collided with each other creating a small smoke cloud due to the impact "Disarming voice!" Ralts let out a scream and created it's own pink circle with hearts.
"Double team!" Ralts created multiple copies of itself as the disarming voice attack came closer.
"Fire multiple confusions!" May ordered as Ralts let out weak psychic waves that hit every clone.
"Teleport out of the way then use disarming voice!" Brendan called to his Ralts. Ralts snapped out of existence again and reappeared in front of May's Ralts and it screamed creating a pink circle with hearts on it.
"Protect!" May called but it was too late. The attack hit and Ralts skidded back alot. Both Ralts were panting heavily.
"Shall we call it here?" Brendan asked.
"Yeah, that sound good to both of you?" May asked as she looked at the Ralts who both dropped to the floor in synchronization "Take that as a yes!" May giggled.
"Ralts, return!" Both of them called. They went back into the center and noticed that it was almost noon: almost time for Brendan's Gym battle. They both handed their Ralts over to Nurse Joy and walked over to the Gym. They knocked on the door.
"Come in challenger!" A feminine voice said and Brendan and May both opened a door of their own. The gym's lights had were out and the only light was from the outside. The lights suddenly switched on. The gym had a huge rocky battlefield and at the opposite end from the door stood Roxanne, facing the wall. Roxanne turned towards the pair "Welcome to the Rustboro City Pokemon Gym! My name is Roxanne and I am the Gym Leader! I specialize in rock type pokemon, while they have a good number of weaknesses, they are defensive! If you feel ready, step onto the battlefield!" Roxanne called. Brendan smirked and went to the battlefield. May went to the side and watched the Gym battle. Brendan and Roxanne both walked into the middle to shake hands before the battle. Roxanne had brown hair that was styled impressively. She wore a giant pink bow at the back of her hair. She wore a grey vest over a white shirt that extended into a miniskirt. She wore pink tights and black pumps. She had brown eyes that matched her hair and pale white skin.
"Gym leader and challenger!" The referee called "Take your places!" Brendan and Roxanne walked to opposite ends of the battlefield "This is a Gym Battle between Roxanne the Gym Leader and Brendan King of Littleroot Town! This is a two on two battle and only the challenger may make substitutions! Gym Leader, send out your pokemon!"
"Geodude, show the power of rocks!" Roxanne called and sent out a rock and ground type. It had a round body with a very angry look and had two arms that had clenched fists.
"Challenger, release your pokemon!" The referee called.
"Mudkip, battle stance!" Brendan called as he sent out the Mudfish pokemon.
"Are both Challenger and Gym Leader ready for battle?" The referee asked and Brendan and Roxanne nodded in unison "Then let the battle BEGIN!"
"Geodude, tackle!" Roxanne began as Geodude launched itself across the battlefield.
"Mudkip, push it back with water gun!" Brendan called as Mudkip sent out a spurt of water straight into Geodude causing it to stop in the middle of it's attack to the quad-weakness.
"Defense curl!" Roxanne called as Geodude rolled into a ball to raise it's defense stat.
"Mud slap!" Brendan called as Mudkip's foot began to glow brown. Once it was close enough, Mudkip jumped and was about to hit Geodude with yet another super effective attack.
"Rock tomb!" Roxanne commanded as Geodude summoned rocks to the ground directly at the water type causing it to fall to the ground in pain.
"Mudkip, can you continue?" Brendan asked the water type. It nodded and got back into position waiting for it's next command. She's tougher than I thought, I'll have to keep my distance. Brendan thought "Water gun!" Mudkip let out another spurt of water from it's mouth.
"Use rock tomb to protect yourself!" Roxanne called and Geodude summoned rocks from the ground and surrounded itself in it's rocky barrier protecting itself from the water type attack "Rock throw!" Geodude picked up a rock and threw it across the field, it threw rock after rock. (A/N I know that Geodude doesn't know this move in ORAS but it knows it in Ruby and Sapphire).
"Dodge them all!" Brendan tried to stay calm as the rocks were being thrown at mad speed. Mudkip was hit by one or two of them leaving it panting but so was Geodude. I need to end this and quick! I can't attack from far away or up close! Brendan thought but then an idea clicked into his head Aha! I'll use that! "Mudkip! Earth Power!" Brendan called making everyone, even the referee, gasp. Mudkip stomped it's foot onto the ground and shouted as the earth shattered under Geodude causing it to cry out in pain. It hit the floor and it was revealed that it had fainted.
"Geodude is no longer able to battle! Mudkip is the winner!" The referee called and Mudkip jumped up in excitement and joy. Roxanne stood there shocked.
"H-how did Mu-" Roxanne began.
"I have no idea either!" Brendan shrugged "I got this pokemon from someone else and it just used it one time." Roxanne smirked as she returned Geodude.
"Looks like you're something else. I'm impressed, but I, too, have a trick up my sleeve!" Roxanne said as she pulled out her ace "Nosepass! Show them the power of rock type pokemon!" Roxanne sent out a blue pokemon with a giant red nose. It looked like one of those statues that can be found on Easter Island. It had black sockets for eyes but no pupils and flat hands which could only move up and down.
"Nosepass?" Brendan said as he held up his pokedex to the rock type.
"Nosepass the Compass Pokemon," the Pokedex began "Nosepass had been said to be completely unmoving, with its magnetic nose pointed due north. However, close observation has revealed that the Pokémon actually moves by a little over 3/8 of an inch every year."
"Interesting..." Brendan said once the pokedex finished "Let's end this quick, water gun!"
"Dodge and use rock tomb!" Roxanne countered. Nosepass dodged the blast of water and summoned rocks that lead towards Mudkip.
"Dodge it!" Brendan commanded.
"Thunder wave!" Roxanne countered (A/N I know that in no version Nosepass does know thunder wave in this gym battle but pretty much every Nosepass does plus this is noncanon so I make the rules!). Nosepass sent out a weak electric jolt that did no damage it just left the target paralyzed. Mudkip was too focused on dodging the rock tomb to see the jolt of electricity so it hit the water type dead on. Mudkip froze as a rock was summoned below it sending it into the air. It landed knocked out.
"Mudkip is unable to battle! Nosepass is the winner!" The referee called.
"Thanks Mudkip." Brendan smiled as he returned the beaten water type. He quickly looked at Roxanne.
"I told you Nosepass was my best. That thunder wave was just the beginning." She said smugly.
"Well, here's my best! Treecko, battle stance!" Brendan said as he released the grass gecko pokemon. Treecko stared down it's opponent and gave the signal that it was ready.
"Battle, CONTINUE!" The referee called.
"Treecko, mega drain!" Brendan quickly commanded. Treecko summoned roots that surrounded Nosepass that drained the Compass Pokemon's energy and gave it to Treecko.
"Nosepass, break out with rock tomb!" Roxanne called and Nosepass summoned rocks around itself cutting the roots that had taken it's energy "Now, tackle!"
"Counter with pound!" Brendan called. Both pokemon ran towards each other. Nosepass rammed towards Treecko and Treecko smacked it's tail at Nosepass. Both attacks hit each other sending each pokemon skidding backwards. They recovered quickly and waited for the next command.
"Rock tomb!" Roxanne called.
"Quick attack into pursuit!" Brendan retaliated. Nosepass summoned rocks from the ground but they were all easily dodged by Treecko's enhanced speed by quick attack. Treecko slammed it's body into Nosepass with the dark type move. Nosepass staggered back but was able to continue.
"Thunder wave!" Roxanne called and Nosepass shot out an electric jolt of eletricity.
"Oh no you don't! Treecko jump and use the height to slam down with pound!" Brendan called. Treecko jumped high into the air and swung it's tail down.
"Rock throw!" Roxanne called. Nosepass picked up one of the stones it had created and flung it at the grass type and because it was unable to dodge, the attack was a direct hit.
"Treecko!" Brendan shouted as the gecko fell to the ground face first. Brendan just watched it.
"Treek-" The referee began but was interrupted.
"Tree...ko..." The grass type struggled to stand but it tried it's best. When it had a grip, it began to glow. Brendan and Roxanne's eyes widened. Treecko began to grow in size. It's body, arms and legs extended. It's arms grew leaves at their sides and a leaf sprouted from it's head "Grovyle!" It called when the light disappeared.
"Ha ha! Well done Grovyle!" Brendan said putting a fist into the air "Let's end this quickly!"
"Let the battle, CONTINUE!" The referee called.
"So Treecko evolved but into what?" May said as she pulled out her pokedex.
"Grovyle the Wood Gecko Pokemon and the evolved form of Treecko," The Pokedex began "The leaves growing out of Grovyle's body are convenient for camouflaging it from enemies in the forest. This Pokémon is a master at climbing trees in jungles."
Grovyle ran towards Nosepass as it's leaves on it's arms glowed a dark green color and it slashed the rock type.
"What was that!?" Brendan exclaimed.
"Fury Cutter." Roxanne said "It's power increases everytime it's used successfully.
"Amazing!" Brendan exclaimed with a dopey smile "Grovyle, fury cutter again!" Grovyle ran towards Nosepass again with it's leaves glowing a dark green.
"Dodge and use thunder wave!" Roxanne commanded. Nosepass tried to step out of the wood gecko's line of sight but it quickly changed direction "What the-?!" Grovyle hit the rock type with a stronger hit knocking Nosepass onto it's side. The referee waited for a moment before speaking again.
"Nosepass is unable to battle! The winner is Grovyle making the winner the challenger Brendan!" The referee said raising the flag that was on Brendan's side.
"YES!" Brendan said as he fist bumped the air. He then ran over the Grovyle who was panting madly "You did tremendous! I can't thank you enough!" Brendan said bringing his started into a hug.
"Gro!" Grovyle was surprised at first from the hug "Vyle." The gecko responded the hug.
"Good job Nosepass, I couldn't have asked for more." Roxanne said as she returned the fainted rock type. She grabbed a small case and walked over to Brendan "I haven't had a battle like that in a long time. Steven was right about you. You have the potential to become the champion if you battle like that." Roxanne opened the box in her hand "I present to you, the Stone badge." Brendan took the badge and stared at it for a moment.
This is the first step. He thought as he smiled.
"It has been an honor to battle against you!" Brendan bowed and Roxanne giggled.
"No need to bow. I should be thanking you." Roxanne stated "I look forward to hearing about you again."
"Thank you once again!" Brendan said as he began to walk towards the door. Or atleast tried to as he was tackled to the ground "Why do you always do this?" Brendan went red very quickly.
"Congratulations!" May said looking at Brendan. May went red once she realized what she had done. She quickly stood up and helped Brendan up "Sorry, force of habit."
"It's fine, just a few broken bones." Brendan joked as they walked through the door.
"Was that a weight joke?!" May retorted.
"No." Brendan replied quickly "Yesitwas" He said very quickly.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that." May smiled as she nudged Brendan basically saying "don't do that again".
"Outta the way!" An angry voice called. May and Brendan's heads quickly faced the direction that the voice had come from. It was the Aqua grunt from the forest "Move!"
"Wait!" Another voice called, it was the complete opposite of the first voice, this one sounded scared and weak "Don't take my goods!" A scientist called. It was Scott. He quickly noticed Brendan and May "Y-you two! Y-you were the ones who helped me in the forest! Y-you have to help me again! P-please I-I'm begging you!" Scott pleaded.
"Alright, we'll help you. Just I need to get to the center first." Brendan said but he quickly got an idea "Tailow! Follow that grunt!" The ball snapped open and the flying type followed it's orders "May, follow Tailow, I'll join you once I'm ready." May nodded and followed the small flying type as Brendan sprinted towards the center. The only pokemon who was fit for battle was Ralts since he had been healed when Brendan was having his Gym battle. Brendan gave Nurse Joy Grovyle and Mudkip and quickly ran back to where the grunt had run off too.
May was following Tailow and was now on route 116. She had followed the Aqua grunt for a good minute or so. Route 115 was surprisingly short - if you are running. May stopped when Tailow stopped.
"Tailow!" The flying type called as it pointed inside of a cave in the sound of a mountain.
"He went in here?" May asked and Tailow nodded.
"You there!" A voice called. May turned around to see who had called over. She saw Mr. Briney "You have to help me! Some man stole my Peeko!"
"Peeko? You mean that Wingull that was with you?" May asked.
"Yes! I beg you! Help her poor soul! She's all I have!" Briney pleaded.
"Of course I will!" May replied with a smile.
"Oh thank you! Thank you!" Briney said with deep happiness "You be careful though, he looked like a ruffian."
"I will, I'm not alone though, I have my pokemon!" May said as she went inside of the cave as Tailow followed. The gave was mostly pitch black but there was enough light to see. It was a straight tunnel that looked man made "This must be Rusturf Tunnel." May said "Just over this mountain is Verdanturf Town."
"Oh great!" A voice called "It's you. The kid's girlfriend!" The Aqua grunt came from the shadows. May blushed at his comment but quickly shook it off "I'm stuck in here in this damn cave which is blocked off, I grabbed a useless pokemon and now you're here? Where did my life go wrong?!" The grunt said in an angry tone. May grabbed a pokeball from her bag "Is it a battle you want?! Well you're gonna get it!" The grunt said as he released his Poochyena.
"Torchic take the stage!" May said as she released the fire type.
"Poochyena! Bite!" Poochyena ran towards Torchic as it's teeth grew in size.
"Dodge and use ember!" May countered. Torchic dodged the attack and fired spurts of fire at the dark type "Peck!" Torchic launched itself at Poochyena with it's beak growing and glowing in size.
"Dodge and use tackle!" Poochyena dodged the flying type attack and charged into Torchic, knocking it over.
"Torchic! Can you stand?!" May called to her pokemon. After a struggle, Torchic got up and began to glow "This is...". Torchic grew in height. It's body and head began to form together like a pillar and it grew a piece of hair on it's head. It's grew arms with sharp claws. It grew stubby legs.
"Combusken!" It cried and May grew a smile on her face. She was going to analyze her knew pokemon, but now was not the time. Before she could call out an attack, Combusken ran towards the Poochyena and kicked it twice, knocking it out.
"Amazing! That was double kick wasn't it?!" May exclaimed and Combusken nodded "Tailow, go and find Bren." Tailow nodded and flew out of the cave.
"You little...bitch." The grunt said once he returned his Poochyena. He ran towards May, picked her up by the neck, and threw her to a wall "I told you to not meddle with me again! I won't let you live this time!" The grunt was squeezing May's neck. A Ralts was at May's feet.
"Ralts! Teleport!" A voice shouted. The Ralts grabbed onto May's feet and teleported her with it.
"What the-?!" The grunt exclaimed.
"You are under arrest for stealing Devon property and a pokemon and assaulting a child. Anything you say may be put against you." A police officer told the grunt in a stern voice handcuffing him.
May found herself teleported outside of the tunnel. She opened her eyes and saw Brendan smiling at her and she quickly threw herself a him as her eyes began to tear up.
"Hey hey, what's the matter?" He said noticing the tears in his friend's eyes.
"I-I thought h-he w-was g-gonna..." May said through sobs.
"It's OK now, that guy cannot hurt you anymore! I won't let him! You're safe now." Brendan said returning the hug comforting his friend. May looked up into Brendan's brown caramel eyes as he looked into her blue sapphire ones.
"I love you..." May whispered.
Cliffhanger! What what?! I flipped a coin to see if I should make this the moment thay confess and, it landed on heads and then it happened. If you don't like it...it's a bit late now! The coin decided it! Stay tuned!