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Chapter 14

Battle with a prehistoric part 2

The next day Ash, Dawn, and Brock headed to the gym while Eric took off to head to Eterna City. When Ash's group got to the gym Roark was waiting for them and his assistant was talking to him about the mines and news coming from the workers.

Roark spotted the group. "Well Ash, are we ready to go?"

"Yes I am." Ash nodded.

"Where's Eric? I would have thought that he would have come to see you battle."

"He has other things to attend to." Brock said.

The group headed into the gym and Ash and Roark got ready for battle. "The three-on-three battle between Roark the gym leader and Ash the challenger will now begin. The battle will end when all of one sides Pokémon are unable to battle. Also, only the challenger will be able to change Pokémon. Is each side ready?"

"I am." Ash announced.

"As am I." Roark said.

"Battle begin." The announcer said.

"Onix, go!" Roark yelled.

"Go Pikachu." Pikachu jumped down from the platform and onto the field. "Pikachu use quick attack."

"Quick attack? But normal moves don't work well against Onix."

"Now use iron tail." Ash said. Pikachu bounced against a rock and pelted towards Onix at high speeds. Then Pikachu's tail started to glow and he hit Onix right underneath the head, which caused Onix to go flying.

"Oh no Onix." Onix got up and shook its head. "Now use double edge."

"Pikachu spin." Pikachu charged the charging Onix and spun like a top to dodge. While Pikachu was spinning it was creating wind pressure which acted like a buffer that protected him against damage. "Now use Iron tail." Pikachu's tail glowed and this time it hit its mark. Onix went down and laid still.

"Onix is unable to battle. Pikachu is the winner." The announcer said.

"That was a good job Onix." Roark put the Pokéball away and pulled out another one. "Geodude you're up next." The ball opened to reveal the rock with arms.

"Pikachu, come on back. Let's go Aipom." The little monkey came out and landed on her tail. "Aipom use focus punch." Aipom's tail started to glow and she ran forward.

"Geodude, use roll out." Roark said. Geodude started to roll and charge towards Aipom.

"Aipom spin then hit it." Aipom spun just like Pikachu and once she was past Geodude she hit Geodude and sent it flying into the wall. It never recovered from that hit.

"Geodude is unable to battle Aipom is the winner."

"That was amazing Ash. Spinning and then using the speed from opposite forces to send one spinning out of control. That really is a sight to behold." Roark put Geodude back into its ball and then took out another. "Go Cranidos." The ball opened and the small dinosaur came out.

"I'll stay with Aipom. Now use swift." Aipom jumped into the sky and swung her tail and stars came out. Cranidos just let the stars hit it.

"Cranidos use Zen headbutt." Cranidos' attack hit dead on. Then Aipom slowly got up and faced off. "Now use head smash." Cranidos hit Aipom so hard that she flew into the air and broke a rock on her way back down.

"Aipom is unable to battle, Cranidos is the winner."

"Good job Aipom. Let's go Pikachu." Pikachu jumped down and faced off. "Pikachu use quick attack and then use iron tail." Pikachu ran and then pushed off and rock and then hit it on top of the head. "Now use volt tackle."

"Cranidos use head smash." They both charged at each other and they met in the center of the field. There was a big explosion of dust. Pikachu came out, but Cranidos didn't appear. It took a while for the dust to settle but when it did Cranidos was no longer there, now there was a larger dinosaur there.

"Alright. Now Rampardos use headbutt." Rampardos hit Pikachu and sent him flying.

"Oh no Pikachu." Ash ran to Pikachu.

"Pikachu is unable to battle, Rampardos is the winner."

Ash walked back to the stage and held Pikachu in one arm and took a Pokéball out with the other. He tossed it and Turtwig came out. "Turtwig use Razor leaf."

"Rampardos use flamethrower." The flames took out the leaves and scraped Turtwig. The flames may have stopped the leaves but they didn't stop Turtwig. Turtwig ran forward right underneath Rampardos and let loose another barrage leaves. These knocked Rampardos over and caused Rampardos to shake up the ground. "Now flick your tail." Turtwig's legs were swiped out from under him.

They both stood up and faced off and waited for a command. What should I do Rampardos is so much stronger now and a lot bigger also. Then it dawned on him. "Turtwig you need to trust me. Run and use razor leaf." Turtwig ran and let loose another barrage of leaves.

"Rampardos use flamethrower." Rampardos' flame hit the leaves and burned them, but while they were falling they obscured their sight so they lost sight of Turtwig.

"Now Turtwig, jump." Ash commanded.

"If they're going into the air then so will we. Rampardos jump high." Rampardos jumped high, but when they saw Turtwig it was spinning on the ground and stopped right where Rampardos had been standing.

"Now Turtwig, use razor leaf." This time the attack hit dead on. Rampardos came back down to earth with an enormous crash.

"What happened?" Roark asked.

"Now that Rampardos is evolved its strength may have gone up, but so did its weight. As the old saying goes, the bigger they are, the harder they fall."

Roark smacked his head. "Of course its weight increased so you used his power against him. You made sure that he got in the air and then made sure that he came down uncontrollably by attacking him, making sure that he wouldn't land correctly. Very ingenious indeed."

They made their way to the outside of the gym and Roark approached him with the badge. "Ash for your ingenious attacks and skills on the battle field, I present you with the coal badge."

Ash took the badge off the tray. "Alright I just got the coal badge"

"Congratulations Ash." Dawn hugged him and held him while his Pokémon crowded around them. "Hey Brock, where's Eric?"

"He left early this morning to go to Eterna City. He wanted me to tell you that because he's not very good at goodbyes."

"Well we'll meet again someday." Ash stated.

"I just hope that he'll be alright." Dawn said with and edge of worry on her voice.

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Eric's plan had gone off without a hitch. No one knew he left and he had already gotten to the next village. He decided that he would train for a while so he went out back and let his Pokémon out. He worked on Vulpix's fire moves and Eevee's ability and made great progress with her ability and her control of it. He figured that it would only take a little more training and she would have full mastery of it.

When he went back to the Pokémon center Nurse Joy gave him a message.

Dear Eric

I saw you training with your Pokémon today and decided not to bother you. But I want to see you again, so tomorrow I will meet you in the next town that is only a few miles down the road from here. Can't wait to see you.

Zoey.

Eric went up to his room and went to bed knowing that tomorrow he would be seeing his girl and maybe travel together for a while.

A/N: Hey everyone review if you like.