Chapter 8 Part 1: First Gym Battle!
Xavier looked up as he approach the Pokemon Center's doors; the sun was already gone and the sky was clear. Xavier entered the Center, he saw that the other trainers there were eating and so were their pokemons. He looked around for the others until he saw them sitting on a table eating and the pokemon were eating their Poke food on the floor. Xavier released Bulbasaur and Growlithe sat down with and then noticed Ricky and his Pokemon weren't there.
"Where's Ricky?"he asked the girls. "Training!" the girls replied at the same time. "He healed his Pokemon and then left again to train a while ago" said Kari as she put her water down. " He didn't even eat" said Kim. "So where did you go?"asked Laura. "I went to see the Coal mine and then this guy asked me to help him take a fossil to his lab"Xavier started. The girls listened to what Xavier was saying. "It turns out the guy was this city' gym leader Bryke"said Xavier. "You met the gym leader!?"asked Kari. Xavier nodded. The girls started asking him a lot of question to Xavier, as to which he happily answered. "His taking challenges tomorrow, so that's your chance"said Xavier "But his Pokemon looked strong...". "You girls better be ready" said Kim. "We can handle it, right Laura?"asked Kari. "Yep!"replied Kim. Xavier got up. " Where are you going?" asked Laura. " I'm gonna see how Ricky's doing"he said as he headed out and Bulbasaur and Growlithe hurried behind him. "There he goes again" Kim sighted.
Ricky was in the middle of a field, he looked tired an so did his Pokemon. "Heat Fist! Flame Wheel!, Voltic Iron Tail!, XL Aqua Jet" commanded Ricky. The three Pokemon did as they were told. "Good Job guys!" said Ricky as he then sat down from exhaustion and close his eyes. Chimchar?- Heat Fist slightly shook his trainer. Ricky opened his eyes again as he felt Heat Fist shake him" I'm okay Heat Fist, let's get back to training"he said as he got up again. He walked pass his Pokemon and signal them to attack again and they continue training.
After a few minutes Ricky focused on training Heat Fist."Heat Fist use Focus Punch on that rock!" commanded Ricky. Heat Fist started to gather energy and leap forward to the rock he pushed his fist as it faintly started to glow only to go away in a second. Heat Fist got upset again; he has been trying to do the move many times already.
He was strong of course but he was trying to learn Focus Punch which he couldn't quite get right. Heat Fist tried many times and was about to give up, but when that was about to happen Ricky encourage him to not give up. Heat Fist knew Ricky was exhausted as well, but he stood there helping him to learn just a move. This made Heat Fist work harder. He started going at the rock again.
As Xavier and his Pokemon walked through the fields, his Bulbasaur slowed down a little. Xavier who was walking fast with Growlithe, didn't noticed. Then two Eevees came out an stopped Bulbasaur. Bulba? Bulbasaur stood there confused as he looked at the Eevee. "A Bulbasaur not common in this region, might as well catch it!" said a voice from the bushes the Eevee came out of. A boy came out from the bushes he had wild red hair, black glasses and he was dress in a Black shirt, Gray pants and Black shoes. "You two worthless Pokemon!" he said as he looked at the Eevee. "Do something useful for once attack that Bulbasaur!"he yelled at the Eevee. The Eevee seem upset but still did as they were told. The Eevees started attacking Bulbasaur.
Xavier was still walking around, he then started to slow down. Growlithe stopped and stood quiet. Xavier did the same and heard the cries of battle from the trail he had took. Xavier look back and noticed that Bulbasaur wasn't behind him so he hurried back with Growlithe to find Bulbasaur. He ran back down the path he had took before. He anxiously searched for Bulbasaur; he then heard the cries of battle again this time they were closer, too close. He decided to see what it was, he pass some bushes were the cries were coming from. He then saw Bulbasaur.
"Bulbasaur!" he hurried to Bulbasaur and he stopped in front of it. One of the Eevee that was in the middle of a Tackle attack directed at Bulbasaur, accidentally hit Xavier instead. Xavier fell back from the tackle but wasn't hurt. The Eevee was about to ran over to Xavier but was stop by the boy.
"Hey! You there! that's what you get for getting in the way!" the boy yelled. Xavier got up and looked at the boy. "Now get out of the way I got something to do!" he yelled at Xavier as he send a Pokeball at Bulbasaur. The Pokeball hit Bulbasaur on the forehead but was send back. "What the-" he yelled. "That's my Bulbasaur" Xavier said as Bulbasaur ran over to him, Xavier knelled down to pet Bulbasaur. "Don't you know you should keep your Pokemon in their Pokeball!" the boy said. Xavier didn't reply, instead he examined the two Eevees. "Did you get those Eevees not long ago?" said Xavier as he walked to the two Eevees. "That's not of your business,Loser!"said the boy as he shook his head.
Xavier knelled down to the Eevee that had tackle him "That was a pretty strong Tackle you use" he said as he petted the Eevee. Eevee! happily said the Eevee. "Betcha! you're strong too" he told the Eevee that was behind the Eevee he was petting. Xavier noticed the two Eevees had a scar on their necks, the male Eevee the one he was petting had it on the left side while the female Eevee had the scar on the right side of it's neck. This Eevee seem to have been pushed hard. The boy got mad at Xavier for petting his Pokemon and returned them. "That Bulbasaur seems to fit you!" he said with a grin. " He wouldn't attack! Feelings only make you weak and so those making friends with Pokemon" the boy said again. "That's why you would never be strong!" The boy said as he walked pass Xavier and suddenly disappeared. "Tsk! We'll just see about that!" he thought. He remember the Eevees "Bulbasaur...". Bulba?. " Did that guy treat those Eevee bad?. Bulbasaur sadly nodded. Xavier stood quiet again. "Anyway are you ok?" he asked his Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur nodded. "Good!".
Just then he saw Ricky walking towards him with Heat Fist sleeping in his arms. Ricky yawned and the saw Xavier and Bulbasaur. "How did the training go?" Xavier asked. "Let's just say, we made some progress"he said as he yawned again "Where you looking for me?". Xavier nodded and returned Bulbasaur "Let's go back to the center, you got a big day tomorrow" he said. Ricky nodded and both of them headed back to to the Pokemon Center.