Thank you for your comments:
MiMiTheAngel – thank you for your comments, and Elliot will be back later, so please wait;;
lizzle2513 – thank you, and yea it was kinda hard to put Misty's personality in it, and thank you, I really hope I am getting better in my writings.
Xtreme Gamer - thank you for the comment, and yea, Zach is a lot more like his father than mother, it's kinda hard to make him like his mother, but I'm trying
Rawhide – thanks for the comment, actually I kinda forgot the old Team Rocket motto, so I made up a new one, and I didn't really want Stacy and Brad to be siblings so this was the only way I could do the pairings.
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Our young heroes have just finished up in Rustboro and are headed for their next destination. "Where to next?" Zach asked as he turned back to look at the red haired little boy who was looking at his pokenav.
"Says here that the next gym is Dewford." Tori said as he put the Pokenav back in his bag.
"We're off to Dewford!" Zach exclaimed as he ran. Then in the middle of his running he stopped and turned back, "Uh how do we get there?" he asked the three. Kim, Tiff and Tori all fell, anime style.
"There is a dock just up ahead, and we better hurry, cuz it's probably gonna leave soon" Tori said, pointing in the direction of the dock.
"Alright then!" Zach shout punching into the air, "Let's go!"
The four of them made it just in time to catch the ferry to Dewford, and they all boarded. In a matter of hours the four young friends made it to Dewford, where Zach was ready to get his new badge, still hot from his last battle.
"Wow, how cool, look at all these pokemon!" Tori said as soon as they docked. They had landed near the water where a whole bunch of water pokemon were swimming.
"Marshtomp!" a blue pokemon yelled as it got out of the water. "Cool a Marshtomp!" Zach yelled as he went over to the pokemon. Suddenly, a Huntail and a Sharpedo started attacking the poor Marshtomp.
"Marshtomp!" it cried out in pain, but the attacks on it would not cease. "Hey cut it out!" Zach said as he ran in front of the Marshtomp, protecting it. Instead of stopping, the two pokemon kept at it, and since Zach was in front of Marshtomp, he was getting hit by the attacks.
"Vileplume let's go!" Tiff said, throwing her pokeball. "Vile – plume!" it said as it came out. "Vileplume, use petal dance!" Tiff ordered her pokemon.
"Vile!" it said before releasing tiny little petals from it shoot. The Huntail and Sharpedo soon backed off and left. "Hey are you ok?" Kim, Tori and Tiff asked as they came over to Zach.
"Yea, I'm fine, are you ok?" he said turning to the pokemon he had been protecting. "Marshtomp!" it said, nodding its head happily. Zach smiled at the pokemon, "I'm glad, well see ya!" he said, waving goodbye to it.
"Marshtomp?" Marshtomp said quietly as the four friends left. Marshtomp soon began to follow at a safe distance.
"So where's the gym?" Zach asked turning around to his friends. "The gym should be just up ahead, and the leader is Brawly, he specializes in fighting types, meaning your Tailow can come in real handy at this gym." Tiff said as she placed her handbook back in her bag.
The four friends walked along, with Marshtomp following at a distant. "Hey Zach, I think that Marshtomp is following us." Tiff said, after having noticed it for a while. "Really?" Zach asked turning back. He walked over to the Marshtomp with the others behind him.
"Zach, why don't you ask Marshtomp if it wants to come with us." Kim suggested.
"Hmm…hey Marshtomp, wanna come with me?" Zach asked bending down.
"Marshtomp!" it said happily as it nodded it's head. "Alright then," Zach said taking out an empty pokeball, but before he had a chance to throw it, Marshtomp jumped inside it.
"Looks like you got yourself a new pokemon." Kim said smiling. "Yea! I got a Marshtomp!" he said posing with the pokeball.
The four friends kept walking until they came to the Dewford Gym. "Hello, is any one here?" Zach asked entering, "I'm here to challenge the Dewford gym!" he yelled into the emptiness.
"Yes, welcome," said a man in his late twenty's with blue hair. "I'm the gym leader Brawly!"
"I'm Zach Ketchum of Cerulean City, and I'm here to challenge you." Zach declared proudly.
"Ketchum, huh? Is your dad Ash Ketchum by any chance?" Brawly asked as he looked at Zach. "Yea." Zach replied.
"Awesome, that dude was cool and a great trainer, I expect the same from you man." Brawly said as he pointed to Zach.
"Yea!" Zach said as he ran to the stage and readied himself. "Ok, let's get this started, yo referee dude, come on, we've got a challenger." Brawly said as he called into the next room.
A tall brown haired man came out, he was to be the referee. "Ok, the battle between Zach from Cerulean City and Brawly the gym leader will now begin. They will battle until someone is out of usable pokemon." He said waving his hands.
"Alright, go Machoke!" Brawly called out as a very strong looking pokemon came out. "Machoke!" it said, flexing its muscles.
"Let's go Treecko!" Zach called out, "Treecko!" it said as it leaped about and then finally settled down.
"Let the match begin!" The referee said waving his hands again. "Treecko, go! Use your bulletseed." Zach ordered, confidently.
"Treecko!" it said as it unleashed it's attack. "Machoke!" it said as it held out its arms to block the attack.
"No way!" Kim exclaimed unable to believe what she was seeing. The other two looked on in shock.
"How is it blocking my attack so easily?" Zach said between his teeth.
"Machoke, karate chop!" Brawly ordered his pokemon. "Machoke!" it said before charging at Treecko with it's powerful attack. With one attack Treecko fainted.
"What? No way!" Zach said in disbelief as he recalled his pokemon.
"Fine then!" Zach said as he threw Tailow's pokeball. "Tailow!" it screeched as it flew out of it's pokeball.
"What, Tailow already?" Tori asked turning to Tiff. "I think Zach is too overconfident, since wining his last battle." Tiff said observing closely.
"Tailow use Ariel Ace!" Zach said confident that there is no way his attack couldn't work.
"Tailow!" it said before flying up and disappearing, then reappearing and attacking Machoke.
The power of the collision was so great that Machoke was knocked out. "Machoke" it cried as it fainted.
"Machoke return. You're like your father, you're both headstrong and think only about power." Brawley said as he recalled his pokemon.
"Go Meditite!" Brawly called out his next pokemon.
"Zach, be careful, Meditite is also part psychic, super affective against flying types." Tiff warned Zach.
"Doesn't matter to me, go Tailow, use your gust!" Zach called out.
"Confusion!" Brawly called out to his pokemon, who started glowing blue and soon Tailow was immobilized.
"Tailow!" it called out in confusion. "Hang on Tailow, try to break free!" Zach called desperately to his pokemon.
"Meditite, use your focus punch!" Brawly called out, and Meditite obeyed, sending Tailow ramming into the wall.
"Tailow!" Zach called out to his pokemon. "Tailow!" it said as it got up and was determined to win.
"Tailow! Use Wing attack!" Zach ordered, and Tailow went straight for Medititie, it's wings glowing. "Meditite use Mach Punch!" Brawly ordered, "Now, use Ariel Ace!" Zach said quickly, just as Meditite and Tailow were about to collide.
Tailow in flash disappeared and reappeared with a strong attack, on the confused Mditite, and Meditite fainted from the power of the attack.
"Good job Zach." Brawly commented as he released his final pokemon. "Hariyama, let's go!" he said, as he released his pokemon.
"Hari – yama!" it said, it looked very strong and powerful. "We can do this with our eyes closed!" Zach said confidently.
"Really?" Brawly said smiling, "Hariyama, arm thrust!" Brawly ordered, Hariyama was faster than Tailow and Zach thought and since they weren't prepared it came even faster.
With that single attack, Tailow fainted. "Tailow!" Zach said, unable to comprehend what he had just saw.
"Return." Zach called his pokemon back, "Go Charmeleon!" Zach said throwing the ball into the air.
"Charmeleon, Char!" Zach's loyal companion and friend said as it came out.
"Charmeleon, use Sky Upper Cut!" Zach said, Charmeleon went straight toward Hariyama, but it was just knocked away. "Char!" it yelled as it was slammed right into the wall.
"Charmeleon, let's try your flame thrower!" Zach ordered getting desperate. "Charmeleon!" it said as it spat out the fiery attack. But it was to no avail, "Hariyama, arm thrust!" Brawly ordered, that was all that was needed to disperse the flames.
"That's pretty cool, using arm thrust as a defensive move." Kim said, thoroughly amazed.
"Yea, it's a very good thing, when a trainer is able to use offensive moves for defense and defensive moves for offense. It is also very good in contests too." Tiff said, giving Kim a look. At hearing this, Kim began to take notes in her head, to help her improve her skill in contests.
"Hariyama, let's finish this quickly. Use focus punch!" Brawly ordered for a final attack.
"Hari – yama!" it said as it launched it's finishing move on Charmeleon.
"Char!" it said as it was once again pounded against the wall.
"Oh no, Charmeleon," Kim said from the sidelines, as the other two watched in shock.
"Charmeleon, get up, are you ok?" Zach called out desperately to the pokemon pressed against the wooden walls.