Hey everybody, how about that cliffhanger for a battle in last chapter? Last chapter, Owen and Fate gained a new travelling companion named CJ, who is an extremely powerful trainer. So, Owen also saw Burt and that's why he chased the guy in silver that works for Team Rocket. P.S this chapter won't be as long as I thought it would be.

Owen's team

Charizard, level 39, Flamethrower, Wing Attack, Metal Claw, Fire Spin

Nidoking, level 35, Poison Sting, Tackle, Double Kick, Sludge Bomb

Kabuto, level 30, Water gun, Harden, Tackle, Bubble

Squirtle, level 28, Water gun, Tackle, Bubblebeam, Ice Punch

Alakazam, level 31, Psybeam, Hypnosis, Light Screen, Psychic

Cubone, level 23, Tackle, Bone Club, Boomerang, Mud Slap

With Professor. Oak

Ivysaur, level 26, Vine Whip, Razor Leaf, Tackle, Mega Drain

"Gladly! Go, Nidoking!" The teenager began to laugh.

"Magmar, crush it! Flamethrower!" A big, red and yellow Pokemon stood in front of the guy in silver. It was very scaly, and its body was shaped like a volcano.

"Dodge, then use Poison Sting!" Nidoking was covered by the Flamethrower, and sent back a little needle. Magmar caught it with its fingers, and snapped it.

"Flame Wheel!" Magmar started to topspin, and then was covered in flames. The wheel of fire rolled right into Nidoking and sent him flying back.

"Hit it with Sludge Bomb!" Magmar was hit by the powerful poison attack, and countered with another Flame Wheel. Nidoking was pinned to the ground, with Magmar standing on top of him.

"Fire Punch."

"Block it with your head!" Owen countered. Magmar punched Nidoking's horn on its head, causing Magmar to become poisoned, and Nidoking to faint.

"Magmar, return. Go, Parasect!" Owen really didn't want to use his big guns to early in the fight, but decided against it.

"Charizard, I choose you!" Charizard eyed the hermit crab, waiting for an order from Owen. "Fire Spin!"

"Cross Poison, let's go!" Parasect was hit by the weak fire attack, falling back towards its trainer.

"Now, Flamethrower!" Charizard blasted Parasect with his signature attack. Parasect was roasted, literally. All that was left of the Pokemon was ash.

"Return. Go, Weezing!"

"Charizard, return. Alakazam, go!"

"Weezing, use Smog!"

"Counter with Psychic!" The blue beam pierced through the purple gas, and struck Weezing down to the ground.

"Selfdestruct!" Weezing blew up, knocking itself, and Alakazam fainted.

"Alakazam, return. Cubone, go!" The battle was interrupted by Josh and Dominique running towards Owen's foe.

"Pon! Those two trainers up their whooped us!" Josh started.

"Yeah. Pon we have to leave," Dominique added.

"Fine," Pon said, while flipping his messy blonde hair. "You're a good trainer. I know that we'll battle again." With that, Pon, Dominique, and Josh drove away in an SUV. Owen saw his rival, laying face down in the corner of the room.

"Burt! Burt, wake up!" His rival's eyes slowly opened.

"He..beat me. I didn't...land a single hit," Burt told Owen, still laying down.

"Owen! What happened?" he heard Fate scream. As soon as she saw Burt she looked disgusted.

"I didn't win, but I didn't lose." Fate and CJ looked confused. "They left during the battle," Owen summed up. They walked out of the Game Corner, carrying Burt, and walked back to the Pokemon center.

"So what are we doing now?" CJ asked.

"I want to challenge Erika today..if you guys don't mind."

"Not at all," Fate replied. Owen headed over towards the Pokemon transporting machine. He typed in Professor. Oak's number.

"Owen! Hello sonny. What can I do for you?"

"Can you send over Ivysaur?" he asked.

"Sure, just send someone back and Ivysaur is all yours." Owen put in Kabuto's Pokeball and watched it be vaporized, and sent to Professor. Oak. "By the way, Ivysaur has been training extremely hard. He really doesn't want to be here at all," the Professor acknowledged while laughing.

"Thanks Professor," Owen said as he hung up.

Owen checked in on Burt, and then left. The gym was right across the street from the Pokemon center, and they all walked in.

"I'm here for a gym battle," Owen told the receptionist.

"Right this way," The lady escorted them towards the battlefield. It was covered in grass, and right away, Owen knew who he was going to use. At the other end of the gym, Owen saw a black haired woman wearing a Kimono dress. She was in her early-mid twenties, and pretty attractive.

"Welcome, challenger. I am Erika, the leader of this gym. I will accept your challenge. The rules are 3 vs 3, and only the challenger may substitute."

"I thought I had to battle a gym trainer," Owen told the woman.

"Normally, I would have you challenge one of my gym trainers, but they're all gone on vacation." She sighed, getting ready for battle. "Go, Victreebell!" The Pokemon was large and yellow. Its mouth was on top of its head, with leaves for arms.

"Go, Squirtle! Use Ice Punch!"

"Vine Whip!" Squirtle was smacked by the Vine Whip. Squirtle shook off the super effective attack, and struck Victreebell with Ice Punch.

"Now, Bubblebeam!" Owen ordered.

"Block it with Razor Leaf, Victreebell!" All of the bubbles were popped, and Squirtle was slashed by the sharp leaves.

"Squirtle, return." Squirtle avoided the red beam and glared at Owen. "OK then, Water gun!" Victreebell was knocked down by the Water gun, and slowly got back up.

"Rzaor Leaf!" Squirtle shot a beam of ice, and froze the leaves.

"Awesome, Squirtle! Use Ice Beam!" Squirtle froze Victreebell. It was knocked out and withdrawn.

"Victreebell, return. I hate battling. It always results in Pokemon being hurt. Go, Tangela! Use, Constrict!"

"Dodge it!" Squirtle dodged the vine that tried to grab him.

"Ice Beam!" Tangela avoided the inaccurate Ice Beam, and used Giga Drain on Squirtle. "Squirtle, return!" Squirtle was in critical condition, and Owen didn't want him to faint. "Go Charizard! Use Flamethrower!"

"Dodge, then use PoisonPowder!" Erika commanded. Tangela avoided the attack, and then poisoned Charizard.

"Wing Attack!" Charizard swooped down and struck Tangela with a Wing Attack. Charizard dropped to the ground in pain.

"Constrict!"

"Dodge, then use Flamethrower!" Tangela was knocked down.

"Now Tangela, use Ingrain!" Tangela began to regain health rapidly.

"Owen, you have to knock it out in one move!" CJ shouted, his face covered in his green hoody.

"Charizard use a close range Flamethrower!" Tangela was burnt to a crisp, collapsing along side Charizard.

"Tangela, return. Now for my trump card! Vileplume, go!"

"Squirtle, you're up!" Squirtle came out of its Pokeball looking in bad shape. "Squirtle can you battle?" Squirtle gave a half hearted smile, before giving a thumbs up.

"Vileplume, use Acid!"

"Squirtle use Water gun!" Acid overpowered the Water gun, and Squirtle was down and out. "Squirtle, re-" Owen was cut off by Squirtle getting up to his feet. Squirtle had a new mentality than when he was first caught. Owen treated him well. His trainer would protect him at all costs. Squirtle would run through a wall for Owen. He proceeded to run at Vileplume, using Ice Punch. Just as he swung at the flower Pokemon, his legs gave out and Squirtle fainted.

"That is one determined Pokemon," Erika analyzed.

"And his effort won't go in vein, Ivysaur, I'm counting on you!" Ivysaur growled at Vileplume.

"Vileplume, Giga Drain!" A green tornado moved over towards Ivysaur.

"Dodge it, then use Tackle!" Ivysaur knocked Vileplume back, before getting an Acid attack to the face.

"Vileplume, let's wrap this up with Petal Dance!" Vileplume was surrounded in pettles, and decked Ivysaur.

"Tackle!"

"Use Giga Drain!" Ivysaur was engulfed by the green tornado. He dropped to the ground, crying in pain.

"Ivysaur, come on! You can do it!" Ivysaur shakily got to its feet, looking at Vileplume with an intent to kill.

"Petal Dance!" Vileplume charged forwards. Before Owen could react, Ivysaur was already off and running towards Vileplume. They smashed heads, and both Pokemon collapsed to the ground. Vileplume was starting to get up, but Ivysaur wasn't.

"Ivysaur is unable to battle! The winner is Eri-" the referee stopped. Ivysaur was evolving! The bud on its back bloomed, and what used to be Ivysaur was now huge!

"Venasaur, the evolved form of Ivysaur. It is able to convert sunlight into energy, making it more powerful during the summer."

"Venasaur, use Vine Whip!" the gigantic Pokemon slammed Vileplume into the wall, across the gym. Vileplume was .

"The winner is Venasaur, and the victory goes to Owen!" the referee announced. Erika walked over and handed Owen his fourth gym badge.

"I present to you, the rainbow badge. You earned it."

"I couldn't have done it without my Pokemon.

"Speaking of your Pokemon, that Venasaur is incredibly strong. If you don't mind, I could train it for you." Owen looked at her as if she had just killed someone. Then he thought about what Venasaur wanted. He turned to his Pokemon.

"What do you want to do, buddy?" Venasaur walked over towards Erika and sat down.

"Don't worry, he'll be fine. And if at any point you need him, just call me." She exchanged PokeGear numbers with Owen.

"Take care Venasaur, I'll be back soon." Owen patted his Pokemon on the head before leaving with CJ and Fate. Venasaur watched as his trainer left.

"The next time you see me, I'll be the most powerful grass type ever. Just you wait and see, Owen."

Who saw that coming? So Venasaur will now be training with Erika, which means little Cubone is going to be traveling with Owen at all times now. I would really appreciate if some of my faithful readers could answer these questions.

1) Do you like having one of Owen's Pokemon being featured in a chapter? For ex. Ivysaur for this chapter, and Squirtle during Rock Tunnel.

2) Do you think Owen did the right thing, in leaving Venasaur to train with Erika?

3) Do you want to see Owen get Venasaur back, later in the story?

4) Will Burt give CJ any problems, like he does to Owen and Fate? *hint *hint

5) Do you like longer chapters, or shorter chapters?

6) Why are there so many questions for this chapter?