Ch 14: Dewford
After another day of traveling Ash and May reached the coastline where the ferry service use to be. When they reached the docks there was a sign that said. "Closed will reopen in 3 weeks" "3 weeks, oh come on" Ash said.
That's when May heard a ruckus from a house just a few meters away. She and Ash went over and looked inside to see an old man and a wingull getting chased by a houndoom. "Run Peeko run!" The old man said as the houndoom kept chasing them.
"Oh no, Piakchu use thunderbolt" Ash said. Pikachu jumped down and hit the houndoom with thunderbolt. The houndoom then turned to them and ran at Pikachu. "Pikachu use volt tackle" Ash said. Pikachu charged up and clashed with houndoom knocking him back and out of the house.
The old man and wingull stopped running as they tried to catch their breath. "My my thank you I didn't know how much longer I could run" The old man said. "What happened?" May said. "I was out picking berries for Peeko and I went too far into the woods and I picked from a plant that the houndoom ate from". The old man said.
"Excuse me for asking but why did you come here?" He asked. "We came here to get to Dewford" Ash said. "Oh I have a boat let me take you there" He said. He led them to a boat and they all got on board, the windgull jumped on board as well. The old man took out a key and turned the boat on, "Alright to Dewford" He said.
The boat went across the water and occasionally they would see some water pokemon like Magicarp and remoraids."I heard from my dad that Brawly left the Dewford gym and gave the position to one of his students" May said. "Whoever he is I hope he's as tough as Brawly was" Ash said. After about an hour they reached the island of Dewford.
"Well here we are glad I could repay you to for helping me" The old man said. After Ash and May got off the boat he backed up and drove back from where he came from. May and Ash first left their pokemon at the center to be looked at as they looked around to see had Dewford had changed. There were a few more houses on the island and the Gym was gone "Hey where's the gym?" Ash asked.
The two went back into the pokemon center and asked nurse Joy. "Oh I forgot to tell you the new gym leader challenge trainers on a small island cave just off the coastline. His students take people there by a lapras on the beach" Nurse Joy said.
Ash and May went down the beach and walked past the tourists. Near a rock jetty were a pair of teenage boys wearing a fighting outfits. The two practicing her fighting moves on eachother while a lapras rested in the water beside them.
"That must be two of the new leader's students" Ash said. He and May walked up to them. "Hey fellas" Ash said. The two turned to them,"I came to challenge the gym leader" Ash said. "And you?" The one on the left asked May.
"I came to support him" May said. "What are you his girlfriend" One joked. May gave him a mean look and said, "Actually I am". The second trainer then broke out laughing at the first one as the first one felt like an idiot.
"Josh is uh in the sea caves on the island Kyle will take you there" The first one said quietly. Ash and May rode on the lapras across the water toward an island made entirely of rock. "So I hear the new leader was one of Brawly's students" Ash said.
"Yeah his name is Josh, he's a good trainer maybe even better than Brawly was" Kyle said. When the lapras got to the island the 3 stepped off and walked in. There were several lanterns placed on the walls lightning the cave up. Occasionally a zubat would appear in the darker corners of the caves.
"Josh has beaten most of the challengers that have come here though. The Dewford gym's reputation is pretty high" Kyle said. After a few minutes they reached the inner cavern. The cavern was massive with many stalactite and stalagmite. In the center was an island of rock surrounded by water.
The island of rock was shaped much like a battle arena and two people were having a battle on it. One was a young man maybe 19 years old. He had a fighting outfit on with a blackbelt on his waist. He was tan with blueish hair and green eyes with a muscular build. His opponent was none other than Barry.
"Ok vigoroth use slash" Barry said. Barry's vigoroth ran at Josh's hitmonchan, "Hitmonchan dodge and use mach punch" Josh said. The hitmonchan avoided the attack and then threw a massive mach punch which ko'd Barry's vigoroth. "Ah Vorgoroth!" He said.
"I though you said you competed in the Sinnoh leage" Josh said. "I did!" Barry screamed. He returned virogoth, "Lemme show you, go Breloom" He said. Barry had sent out his new Breloom. " Ok Breloom use force palm" Barry said. "Dodge it quick them use ice punch" Josh said. Hitmonchan lurched back avoiding Belroom then swung his right fight with an ice cold puch which delt significant damage to Breloom.
"Oh no, Breloom quick use tackle" Barry said. "Hitmonchan use detect" Josh said. Hitmonchan stood still for several moments then moved out of the way just as Breloom came at him. "Now quick use firepunch" Josh said.
Hitmonchan came back and punched Breloom knocking him out. A ref standing on the side proclaimed Josh the winner. "Oh man, Breloom return. Sigh I guess i'll just have to train some more and come back" he said. Barry turned to sprint out when he nearly hit Ash, "Yaaah, Ash , I didn't see you" He said.
"Oh you're here for the gym leader too well good luck he said then ran off. Ash turned back to the gym leader. "Hello I'm Josh if you're here to challenge me I have to drop my pokemon off at the center first" He said. "That's ok mine are still at the center too" Ash said.
At the pokemon center Ash and May talked with Josh. "So your Norman's daughter" Josh said. "Yeah, though i'm not a trainer like he is i'm a coordinator" May said. "My name's Ash" "Yes Brawly told me about you. I'll tell you he thinks highly of you" Josh said. "Thanks" Ash said.
Barry handed nurse Joy his pokeballs then saw Ash and the others. "Hey mind if I wait here with you?" He asked. "No problem" Ash said. Barry sat down at the table next to Josh. "So Barry did you catch that vigoroth and Breloom here?" Ash said. "Yeah, I used my Sinnoh pokemon to fight norman. But I thought i'd try out my new pokemon here" Barry said.
"Maybe I should just use my Sinnoh pokemon again" He said. "Barry you can't just use the same pokemon over and over again. You have to train with your new ones so they can get strong too" Ash said. "All it takes is time and experience and you'll get better" May said.
"Your right , thanks guys" He said. "Excuse me your pokemon are all ok" Nurse joy said. She handed Ash and Josh their poke balls and Pikachu jumped onto Ash's shoulder. "Alright Ash lets have our battle" Josh said.