Chapter 12 - Roark
"Wow, that was amazing guys," said Roark as they made their way back to the oreburgh Gymnasium. "Kyle, since you saved me, I wanna fight YOU first!" he said. "Man, next time we gotta save a Gym Leader, I wanna fight." said Evan. "Alright buddy, your up. Make us proud!" They walked into the Gym. It was a long building with stairwells criss-crossing up to a plinnith where Roark took his position. "Alright Kyle, lets go! OWN HIM!" said Evan. "GO PRINPLUP!" yelled Kyle tossing out a Pokeball. His powerful starter came out of the ball and roared with pride. "Go Graveler!" said Roark. He cats out a Great Ball and Graveler popped out. "Graveler, Rock Blast!" said Roark. Obediently, Graveler blasted Prinplup with rock after rock, and out of 5 throws, 3 hit. "Prinplup, use Bubble!" said Kyle. "WHAT!? NO!!!" Graveler dove out of the way and he stream of bubbles missed. "Graveler, Magnitude!" The ground shook powerfully and knocked Prinplup over on its back. The walls seemed as if they were ready to crumble - MAGNITUDE 10! "Prinplup, get back up! Metal Claw!" said Kyle. Using both of its wings this time, Prinplup cross-slashed Graveler's masculine structure. There was an angry gash in Graveler's body where dirt started to leak out. "Graveler, Rock Throw!" said Roark. Graveler threw ferocious rocks at Prinplup and knocked it out. "Ugh... Are ALL of you guys this strong?" said Kyle. "No, in fact, I'M THE WEAKEST OF THEM!" said Roark. "Go Graveler!" said Kyle. Graveler emerged from its Pokeball and flexed its 4 arms. "Magnitude!" Graveler shook the ground powerfully and jarred Roark's Pokemon up on the wall, knocking it out. "Wow. I was wondering why the title of this story was "The Almost Legends of Sinnoh". Go Onix!" An angry snake of rocks came out of a Pokeball. "WHOA! THAT THING AINT JUST BIG! IT'S WAAAY BIG!" cried Evan. "Onix, Rock Blast!" said roark. It hurled rocks up at Graveler. They hit Graveler who used its muscular arms to fend he hit. It wasn't much, but Graveler was defensive anyway. "Graveler, EARTHQUAKE!" commanded Kyle. Graveler stomped the ground and jumped up and down angrilly and a vicious Earthquake roared through the city. Onix was shaken up and tried lashing out at Graveler with Bite. "Graveler, Rock Throw!" ordered Kyle thinking very quickly. Graveler hurled rocks up at Onix and they crashed in its head and under its neck. Graveler kept throwing rocks and they propelled Onix through the roof of the gym. "Onix, RETURN!" said Roark holding out a Pokeball. A jet of glowing red light emitted from Onix's body. It melted and sunk into the Pokeball. "You ARE pretty talented Kyle," said Roark. "But let's see if you can handle this! GO CRANIDOS!" He cast out his Pokeball and a Dinosaur Pokemon came out with a tough skull as hard as steel. "Graveler, Headbutt!" Graveler kneeled down and jabbed its skull into Cranidos' leg. Cranidos cried out and a sharp gash in its leg started to bleed soil. "Cranidos, Rock Smash!" Cranidos lashed out and punched Graveler in the belly knocking it back. Graveler, Earthquake!" The vicious tremor shook Cranidos. Cranidos shook it off and looked deeply into Graveler's eyes. "Cranidos, Rock Smash!" It punched Graveler again, more ferociously. "Graveler, Rock Throw!" Graveler hurled more rocks onto Cranidos' dinosaur body. "Cranidos, finish it! Iron Tail!" Cranidos' small tail gleamed and swooped around. In a flash it grew to mass proportions and slashed at Graveler's body leaving a deep slice where dirt was rapidly bleeding. Graveler fainted. "Great, i hope I CAN leave this gym without shame - GO STARLY!" he kissed his last Pokeball as he threw it out anfd his small starling Pokemon came out. "Double Team!" Starly created several dophlgangers to confuse Cranidos, and surrounded the dinosaur. "Double Team!" said Kyle again. More clones formed around Cranidos. "Starly, use Tackle!" Starly and 50 copies angrilly charged into Cranidos all at once knocking it any-which way. Cranidos was knocked backwards and upwards and sidewards, and inside-outwards. The last copy slammed Cranidos heavilly im its tough skull and knocked it against the wall. The wall crackd slightly and Cranidos fell to the ground - unconcious. "Alright!" said Kyle in great happiness. :"Kyle - you posess the skills a trainer is required to have in order to be succesful. It's my pleasure to present you with your first Pokemon League Badge - The Oreburgh City Coal Badge!" He held out a small shiny badge in his fingers that looked like a lump of shiny coal. He pinned it to some kind of case and gave it to Kyle. "This is a case for all of your League Badges. The other seven are in the precceding cities. Good luck!" said Roark. "Scotty - I wish to battle with you now!" "Alright then, but don't cry when you lose - HAHA!" Kyle stepped outside of the gym with Evan. "Hey Kyle, why don't you go back to the Pokemon Center. Ask for some food, you know give your team a rest. You've become so powerful nowadays - Just relax!" "Alright," said Kyle. "Hey, have you seen Starly anywhere?" he asked. "No, I dunno where it went." said Evan. "Go, GROTLE!" they could hear the battle starting in the gym. They looked up and saw a dark shaddow in the sky. It landed next to Kyle. It was a Starling that looked like Starly, just a LOT bigger. Kyle had a new Staravia!
