Welp, it's time for chapter 20 and Owen's second gym battle of the Kalos region. I'm surprised I've actually managed to stick to my idea of spacing out the gym battles (albeit there have only been two) and I hope I can keep it up. Now, this chapter will lead into the next chapter, which is the finale of the arc, and I think you'll all enjoy it. So, let's get this going.

Also, thanks to MCMXCV for the submission of Daniel

NodokaLover: There's a chance he could get a fossil

Pkmn (guest): Yeah, it does stink that she lost so early, but Brooklyn will find out why she did so poorly

Guest: Jynx would be a really interesting addition, I'll definitely consider that

MCMXCV: Daniel's definitely going to win a lot more contests, so this is just the beginning. And don't worry, Brooklyn will be getting another, more confident Pokemon very soon

Owen's team

Frogadier, (m), level 20, Pound, Lick, Bubble, Quick Attack, Water Pulse*, Smokescreen*

Charizard, (m), level 70, Flamethrower, Dragon Claw, Seismic Toss, Blast Burn, Aerial Ace*, ?*

Butterfree, (f), level 28, Tackle, Silver Wind, Psybeam, Gust, Poison Powder*, Sleep Powder*

Pikachu, (m), level 22, Thundershock, Quick Attack, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Electro Ball*, Double Team*

Frogadier, Pikachu, and Butterfree all sat in front of Owen as he waited outside the gym, giving his usual pre-battle speech.

"I know we're at a bit of a disadvantage given our typings," Owen started, looking at Pikachu and Butterfree as he said that, "but if we give this everything we've got, that'll offset the mismatch. Pikachu, I'm going to have you open up the battle, are you ready?" Owen quizzed.

"Pika," Pikachu replied calmly, giving his trainer and teammates confidence.

"Good, now return." Owen zapped Butterfree and Pikachu back into their Pokeballs as he and Frogadier walked into the gym, where his fiends were waiting. "Thanks for waiting."

"We kind of had to. I mean, you are the one challenging the gym," Cindy replied with a smirk. Brooklyn looked over and shot the brunette a nasty glare, and Cindy locked eyes with the older girl while showing her teeth like a rabid dog.

"Let's hurry and start the battle," Owen informed both girls as he started walking towards the large stone pillar in the middle of the enormous building. An elevator was placed on the two short sides of the structure, and all four kids stepped forwards. The elevator doors closed as soon as the group was safely inside, and it shot straight upwards. After it stopped, the doors of the elevator opened and the group walked out and onto the battlefield. A large waterfall was behind the gym leader's trainer box, and there were two ramps that led to the bleachers for spectators. The battlefield was also covered in rocks and there were a few large ones that looked like they could act as shields, which Owen kept a mental note of.

Owen released Charizard from his Pokeball and he followed Brooklyn, Fennekin, Cindy, Litleo, and Eddy to the bleachers. Once they were seated, the gym leader climbed up the wall and jumped onto the battlefield with a broad grin that could be spotted from outer space.

"It's nice to see you here again. The name's Grant, and I'm the gym leader of Cyllage," the dark skinned man from the day before greeted kindly while extending both of his arms to his sides.

"I'm Owen Plateau, and I'm here for my second badge," Owen informed the gym leader as he pointed at himself. Grant nodded at the information and a robot flew up from the ground and hovered in the referee's area.

"This will be a three versus three gym battle between Grant and Owen where only the challenger may substitute Pokemon! Furthermore, once all Pokemon on one side are unable to battle, the battle will be over! Grant, choose your first Pokemon!" the robot ordered blandly.

"Alright then. Owen, I wish you the best of luck, because my Pokemon and I aren't going to hold anything back. Geodude, rock and roll!" Grant shouted, causing everyone to sweat drop at his corny saying. A Geodude appeared from the Pokeball he threw, and it floated a foot above the ground on the gym leader's half of the battlefield. Owen looked down at the Pokeball he had just taken off his belt and then at Frogadier before tossing it forward.

"Pikachu, let's show 'em your speed!" Pikachu shot out of the Pokeball and landed on the ground on his feet, and a bit of electricity began to dance around his red cheeks. Grant raised his eyebrows at Owen's strange decision, but he shrugged it off and the robot raised both of its tiny arms to signal the beginning of the battle.

"Owen, you may have the first move," the steel object informed the challenger, who nodded in response.

"Let's get this started with Quick Attack!" Owen shouted, pointing straight at Geodude. The yellow rat dropped to all fours and dashed forward as white light trailed his body. Grant and Geodude were too slow to react as Pikachu slammed his head against the floating rock's, but Pikachu stumbled back in pain while rubbing his head. Meanwhile, Geodude acted as if nothing had happened, and he began to crack his knuckles intimidatingly.

"Geodude, grab Pikachu and use Seismic Toss!" Geodude flew forward as Pikachu continued to rub his aching head, and the rock wrapped his arms around Pikachu's body. Then, they shot into the air before Geodude dropped back towards the ground at a blistering pace. Then, Geodude hurled Pikachu against the ground head first, and the electric rodent let out a loud cry of pain as he rolled on the ground holding his head.

"Come on, Owen, you have to switch Pikachu out!" Brooklyn shouted to her fellow teen. Fennekin voiced a similar concern and repeatedly pointed at Frogadier, trying to get Owen to put him in the battle.

"Well, who is he going to put in?" Eddy asked Brooklyn, who stopped shooting and turned to face the eight year old. "If he sends Frogadier out now, then he's going to be exhausted for the later stages of the battle." The older girl looked back at the battlefield and seemed like she was about to argue with Eddy, but she closed her mouth and sat down with a disgruntled expression.

"Pikachu, are you able to keep going?" Owen asked in concern as the electric type continued to hold his head in a fetal position.

"Chu!" Pikachu responded loudly as he pushed himself back onto his two feet, albeit sluggishly.

"Great." Quickly, Owen scanned the battlefield and then Geodude before a lightbulb suddenly went off in his head. "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on the ground!" Everyone looked at Owen like he was a madman, including Frogadier and Pikachu, but the electric type obeyed his order. Grant smirked at the attack, thinking it wouldn't hurt Geodude, so he didn't bother trying to stop it. Much to his surprise, the two bolts of electricity Pikachu fired caused the rocks from the battlefield to shoot into the air and smack Geodude.

"What the?"

"Now use Quick Attack and use that rock in front of you as a ramp!" Pikachu bolted towards the rock that was slightly to his left and he flew through the air like a paper airplane, causing everyone to gasp in shock. Pikachu then landed on Geodude, and the boulder began to fly around angrily while trying to shake Pikachu off.

"Use Rollout, Geodude!" Grant yelled, knowing that the attack would launch Pikachu. Geodude quickly began to roll like a wheel, and Pikachu was too slow to let go of his opponent, leading to him being flattened. Then, after Geodude had finished rolling around, Pikachu was stuck in the ground after he had originally been flattened, leaving him susceptible to another attack.

"Oh no. This doesn't look good for Pikachu," Cindy said to Litleo. The lion cub nodded in agreement while Charizard watched in silence, shaking his head at the predicament Pikachu was in.

"Finish this with Mega Punch, Geodude!" Grant commanded. Geodude flew forward surprisingly quickly while his fist was glowing white, and he wound up before punching Pikachu as hard as he could, making the ground shake slightly. Once Geodude flew back to Grant, the robot ref flew over to Pikachu and raised its arms.

"Pikachu is unable to battle! Owen, choose your next Pokemon!" the ref ordered as Owen withdrew Pikachu back to his Pokeball.

"Thanks for the effort, Pikachu." Slowly, Owen put the Pokeball back on his belt, and he looked down at Frogadier with a grin. "Are you ready, Frogadier?"

"Froga!" Frogadier replied excitedly as he leaped forward and landed on the battlefield. Grant's Geodude turned around to see his next opponent, which was the Pokemon he was originally expecting to start the battle.

"I see you're trying to get the advantage with Frogadier's typing. Don't think I haven't battled against water types before," the gym leader warned while shaking his finger in a dismissive manner.

"Don't worry, that's not why I picked Frogadier," Owen shot back with a smirk as he quickly glanced at the battlefield. The rocky terrain suited Frogadier's leaping ability well, which was the main reason he was chosen to battle.

"Interesting. Let's find out why you picked him, then!" Grant shouted excitedly.

"This battle will be between Geodude and Frogadier! Begin!"

"Geodude, use Rock Blast as fast as you can!" Grant shouted while throwing both of his arms forward. Geodude formed several rocks with his hands and chucked them at Frogadier as fast as he could, but Owen's quick thinking combined with Frogadier's speed resulted in the attack missing horribly.

"Frogadier, dodge it and use Water Pulse!" Frogadier hopped up and landed on the first rock before hopping to the others in order to get closer to Geodude, catching Grant and the rock type by surprise. Frogadier then generated a ball of water in his hands and he threw it at Geodude. The attack exploded on contact and sent Geodude rolling across the rocky battlefield, but he got back up and resumed floating.

"Hang in there, Geodude! Use Seismic Toss!" Geodude flew towards Frogadier as he fell towards the ground and grabbed him before flying straight into the air. Geodude then zipped towards the ground and threw Frogadier, dealing more damage to the water type.

"Use Quick Attack and then Lick, Frogadier!" Owen demanded. Frogadier quickly got back up and sprinted towards Geodude while a white light trailed his body, and he licked Geodude with his freakishly long tongue. Everyone cringed as the attack ended, and Geodude remained stationary while being disgusted by the slobber all over his face.

"Geodude? What just happened?" Grant asked worriedly.

"Frogadier's Lick paralyzed him," Owen explained happily. "Now use a close range Water Pulse!" Frogadier nodded at Owen's attack and he ran towards Geodude as a ball of water appeared in his hand, and he prepared to end the battle.

"Geodude, counter with Rollout!" Geodude suddenly snapped out of his paralysis and rolled towards Frogadier, hitting him directly. Surprisingly, Frogadier managed to catch Geodude with his left arm and he had the perfect opportunity to deal the finishing blow with his right hand.

"Fight through the pain, Frogadier! Finish this!" Frogadier wound his right arm back before slamming the ball of water in his hand against Geodude's still spinning body, and the rock type was sent spiraling back towards Grant.

"Geodude, no!" the gym leader cried out as his first Pokemon was laying on the ground with his eyes shut closed.

"Geodude is unable to battle! Grant, choose your next Pokemon!" the robot referee told Grant, who withdrew his fainted Geodude with an impressed look on his face.

"Way to go, Frogadier!" Brooklyn cheered along with Fennekin, who was howling for the evolved frog. As they continued to cheer, Eddy peered at Frogadier before looking back at Brooklyn and Cindy, who were still cheering.

"There's no way Frogadier's going to faint. He has a type advantage over all of Grant's Pokemon," Cindy stated ignorantly with a wide smile. Charizard shook his head at the stupidity of the comment and looked over at Eddy, who understood why Charizard had been shaking his head.

"I hate to burst your bubbles, but look at how tired Frogadier is. I don't think he can keep going at this rate," Eddy told the older girls and their starters. The four looked at Frogadier and saw he was panting quickly while his body was covered in bruises and cuts. "Owen has to switch him out."

"Onix, I need your help!" Grant shouted as he launched his second Pokeball into the air. Brooklyn and Cindy gasped as the gigantic rock type slithered around the battlefield before roaring at Frogadier intimidatingly.

"Frogadier," Owen called, recognizing how fatigued the water type was. "Come back, I need you for later." The water type nodded at his trainer and walked back to Owen's trainer box and sat down immediately, showing everyone how tired he was, which didn't sit well with Eddy, Cindy, and Brooklyn. Charizard simply looked at the Kalosian Pokemon before waiting for Owen to send out his final Pokemon, which would have to take out Onix if he wanted any shot at beating Grant. "Butterfree, take to the skies!"

"Fweeh!" Butterfree cried as she flew around before settling over Owen's head. The bug type stared at Onix with her gigantic red eyes while Grant looked at Owen in disbelief. First, he started with an electric type, and now he was using a bug and flying type to combat his Onix.

"This battle will be between Onix and Butterfree! Begin!"

"Butterfree, use Psybeam!" Owen commanded. Butterfree's eyes flashed bright red for a split second before she fired a slinky-esq attack that was blue. All of the blue rings smashed against Onix, and the large Pokemon cried out in pain before roaring angrily. Grant looked up at Butterfree in shock, not expecting such power behind the bug's attack.

"Onix, take Butterfree out of the air with Iron Tail!" Onix began to roar at a deafening pitch, making everyone that wasn't Grant grab their ears in pain. Butterfree did the same, resulting in Onix slamming his tail over her head, sending her straight into the ground. The battlefield cracked underneath the force of her body, but Butterfree got back up and took to the air.

"Be careful, Butterfree! Get close to Onix and grab onto his head!" Owen shouted to the strongest of his new Pokemon. Butterfree flew towards Onix gracefully, but Grant tried to stop her from grabbing onto Onix.

"Smack her out of the air with Iron Tail, Onix!" Grant shouted. Onix's tail turned silver once again and began to shine, blinding Owen and Butterfree. Somehow, Butterfree managed to spin away from each of Onix's swings, and she latched onto the horn on his head, causing the rock snake to flail around recklessly.

"Use Psybeam again, Butterfree!" Owen ordered. Butterfree unleashed another wave of blue rings that slammed against Onix's head, knocking the rock type over. Once he hit the ground, the entire battlefield shook, and Owen even lost his balance. Butterfree, however, refused to let go of her colossal foe, enraging Onix further.

"Onix, use Stone Edge into the air!" Onix roared as he returned to his normal posture, and he fired a series of rocks into the air, but they quickly descended towards Butterfree, who looked up in fear.

"Cancel it with Silver Wind!" Butterfree's wings turned bright white and she began to flap them after letting go of Onix. Several crescents of silver energy crashed into the stones, protecting Butterfree from taking massive amounts of damage. Onix, meanwhile, was celebrating the fact that Butterfree had finally lost her grip on him, which made Owen feel nervous.

"Use Iron Tail, Onix!"

"Dodge it and strike with Psybeam!" As Onix's tail began to glow silver, he swung it into the air and tried to spike Butterfree into the ground for a second time. Seeing this, Butterfree flew as high as she could, evading Onix's vicious attack, and then she fired a series of blue rings of psychic energy. The attack hit Onix, and the mighty Pokemon let out a cry of pain before collapsing with his eyes shut, prompting Owen to pump his fist into the air while Butterfree flew in a circle around her trainer.

"Onix is unable to battle! Grant, choose your final Pokemon!"

"Wow! Butterfree was incredible!" Brooklyn shouted as she began jumping up and down with Cindy. After realizing who she was celebrating with, Brooklyn turned away and crossed her arms just like Cindy, while Eddy start hollering for Owen. Charizard also had a confident look on his face, and he roared powerfully before pointing at Butterfree, who nodded back at the older Pokemon.

Grant stared in awe as he withdrew his second Pokemon, and then he looked at Butterfree and Frogadier, who were still celebrating the massive (no pun intended) victory. The gym leader then smiled after withdrawing his Onix, and he took out his final Pokeball.

"That was an impressive win, but I'm not going to let you win this gym badge! Tyrunt, let's go!" A tiny t-rex appeared in front of Grant, and it began snapping its enormous jaws. Tyrunt's skin was light brown and looked like the rocks on the ground, and it had a silver colored jaw. There were also three spikes of white hair on its neck, and there were two orange spikes on its he'd and one on its short tail.

"Butterfree, do you think you can go again?" Owen asked the bug that was resting on his head. Without hesitation, Butterfree took to the air and nodded at Owen while Frogadier continued to rest next to Owen. For some reason, Tyrunt kept looking over at Frogadier with an arrogant look, catching the starter's attention.

"This battle will be between Tyrunt and Butterfree! Begin!"

"Tyrunt, use Dragon Tail!" Tyrunt sprinted forward at a blinding speed and he hopped in the air while his tail began to glow light blue. Owen quickly threw his arm to the side while Butterfree waited for a counterattack, and she began to back away from her incoming opponent.

"Butterfree, dodge and use Silver Wind!" Butterfree attempted to fly into the air, but Tyrunt's tail clipped her right wing, causing her to fall towards the ground while Tyrunt slammed against the ground feet first. The bug type was quick to recover, though, and she began to flap her wings while silver crescents of energy were sent towards the prehistoric Pokemon.

"Use Bite to destroy it!" Grant countered. Tyrunt opened his gigantic jaws and chewed up the bug type attack, striking fear into Butterfree, Owen, Frogadier, and the spectators.

"That's some serious power. Butterfree, Poison Powder!" Owen remarked before issuing another attack.

"Dodge!" Grant screamed. Tyrunt sprinted away from the purple cloud of toxins, but he turned around and started sprinting towards Butterfree, who didn't know where Tyrunt was. "Dragon Tail!" Grant commanded. Tyrunt sprung into the air at a ridiculous height, similar to Owen's Muk, and he began to spin like a wheel. Butterfree turned and was met by Tyrunt's glowing blue tail slamming over her head, sending her straight into the ground.

"Butterfree!" Owen shouted as he ran to the fainted Pokemon's side.

"Butterfree is unable to battle! Owen, choose your last Pokemon!" the robot demanded as Owen helped Butterfree off the ground.

"Holy crap. This isn't good," Cindy remarked as Owen carried Butterfree over to his trainer box, where Frogadier was waiting. "Grant's Tyrunt is way too strong for Frogadier."

"Fenna!" Fennekin barked at the twelve year old before shooting an Ember attack at her, causing Cindy to scream before running over to a different area of the bleachers. Charizard laughed quietly at the interaction between the young fire type and Cindy before looking back at the battlefield with a solemn look on his face.

"Butterfree, you were absolutely incredible out there. You deserve a long rest," Owen told the fainted Pokemon as he withdrew her to the Pokeball in his hand. He then peered down at Frogadier with a confident look, and he nodded at the water type. "This battle is all your's, Frogadier."

"Dier," Frogadier muttered to himself as he leaped forward onto a large rock on Owen's half of the battlefield, and he locked eyes with Tyrunt. The rock and dragon type began to snap his jaws aggressively while Frogadier simply remained in a crouched position, ready to pounce.

"This battle will be between Tyrunt and Frogadier! Begin!"

"Frogadier, use Quick Attack!" Owen commanded. Frogadier leaped off the rock he was camped on, and he stared running towards Tyrunt with a white light trailing his body. "Now use Water Pulse!" As he ran past Tyrunt, Frogadier chucked a large ball of water that struck the powerful prehistoric dinosaur, who was knocked onto his back.

"Tyrunt, use Ancient Power to knock Frogadier onto the ground!" Five large rocks appeared around Tyrunt's body, and all of them were flung towards Frogadier, who was still running around the battlefield. Much to Owen's dismay, Frogadier was crushed by two of the rocks, and he was sent bouncing across the rough battlefield before hitting into a large rock that stopped his movement.

"Frogadier, are you okay?" Owen's question was answered with Frogadier hopping on the top of the rock and giving him a thumbs up, making Owen smile in relief. "Alright, use Smokescreen to hide yourself!" Frogadier generated a black ball of smoke in his hand, which he slammed against the ground, causing several black clouds to cover Owen's half of the battlefield.

"Tyrunt, smell Frogadier out and then use Bite!" Tyrunt began to sniff the air before charging into the smoke while growling. Miraculously, Tyrunt managed to find Frogadier and he bit his right arm, causing the frog to shriek bloodymurder.

"Frogadier, slam a Water Pulse against Tyrunt's head!" Owen yelled as the smoke began to dissipate. Frogadier formed a ball of water in his left hand and smacked it against Tyrunt's head, sending the large rock type rolling to the side of the battlefield. He then retreated back to Grant, and both Pokemon began to pant rapidly while hunching over.

"Damn, it looks like Frogadier took a crap ton of damage from that Bite. Tyrunt's power all comes from his jaws… I got it!" Owen thought to himself as a smile crept across his face.

"Come on, Frogadier! You can do this!" Eddy cried. Brooklyn, Fennekin, Cindy, Litleo, and Charizard all cheered along with Eddy, and Frogadier turned to them before nodding.

"Tyrunt, use Ancient Power!"

"Frogadier, hop from rock to rock and then jump towards Tyrunt!" As Tyrunt sent the five rocks towards Frogadier, the water type hopped up and began to jump from rock to rock before using Quick Attack to enhance his leaping distance. As he did so, Tyrunt opened his mouth in order to bite the evolved Pokemon.

"Tyrunt, end this with Bite!" Tyrunt lunged at Frogadier and attempted to bite the Pokemon, but Owen was quick to counter.

"Spin and shut Tyrunt's mouth with your frubbles!" Frogadier rapidly began to spin like a drill and he barely avoided Tyrunt's powerful Bite attack. Then, he grabbed some of his frubbles and glued Tyrunt's mouth shut, preventing the prehistoric Pokemon from using his jaws. "Finish this with Water Pulse!" Frogadier then threw a ball of bright blue water at Tyrunt and it exploded on contact, launching the dragon type across the battlefield. Once the ref floated over to Tyrunt, it raised its arms.

"Tyrunt is unable to battle! That means Owen is the winner!"

"Yes! Way to go, Frogadier!" Owen cheered as he ran towards Frogadier and hugged the exhausted Pokemon. Frogadier smiled at Owen before his eyes closed and he collapsed in Owen's arms while everyone ran onto the battlefield.

"That was an awesome battle! You were so cool out there!" Eddy shouted in excitement before running towards the elevator.

"Way to go out there. You had a really impressive strategy," Cindy complimented before running after Eddy with Litleo in tow.

"Owen, that was one heck of a battle. I can't believe you used a Butterfree and Pikachu and pulled out the win. You truly earned the Cliff Badge," Grant told Owen as he handed over a tiny piece of metal. Owen graciously took the badge and placed it in his badge case delicately. "The next gym is in Shalour City, which is up past Geosenge Town. Good luck with the rest of your travels."

"Thanks, Grant," Owen said before bowing. He walked away from the smiling gym leader alongside Brooklyn, and they stepped into the elevator, where Cindy and Eddy were waiting.

"Where to next?" Cindy quizzed.

"Shalour City!"

Owen has just won his second gym badge, and the Cyllage Arc will be coming to a close with the end of next chapter. So, that's about all I've got. Till next time, peace out.

1) Predictions for the next chapters?

Next Chapter: Save the Fossils!: Shortly after winning his second badge, Team Grim strikes and attempts to raid Glittering Cave. Refusing to allow the criminals to steal Pokemon, Owen and Charizard take on an Admin! Will they be able to stop Team Grim?

Shalour Arc Chapters

Chapter 22: Hawlucha the Wild Warrior

Chapter 23: Teaching Tyrunt Manners

Chapter 24: The Power of Aura

Chapter 25: Mastering Mega Evolution!

Chapter 26: Straying from the Pack

Chapter 27: Go Go Gogoat

Chapter 28: Forming an Alliance

Chapter 29: Mega Destruction