Sonic and co were walking to the Heat City pumped and ready to face the gym leader.

"So Sonic who are you going to use against Firero?" asked Tails

"Are you going to use Honedge, Snivy, and Metang?" Knuckles asked

"No, not Snivy she is weak to fire, she may know a water type move, but i think the gym leader planned for a water type move. Honedge will have his time to shine soon. Metang is weak also, Knuckles..."

"So you are going to use..." Shadow smirked

"Pupitar, she has good resistance against fire. Pikachu can take down the pokemon with his dig. I guess I'll use those two."

"Yeah if the gym leader has 2 pokemon, but i heard Firero perfers to use 3 pokemon" Dakota stated

"Yeah well guess it is 2 against 3" Sonic said with Pikachu raising his fists.

"Okay then hope you do well" Knuckles said "I could beat him better than you could."

"Knuckles, you suggested that Sonic use three pokemon weak to fire" Shadow bluntly said

"So! At least I try to help you emo bastard"

"Your Funeral..." Shadow hissed getting out his gun

"Shadow, no.." Dakota gasped

"Fine I'll let the bastard live"

They all then reached the gym and walked inside.

It was pitch black when the doors closed. They looked around for a light switch. Burst of flames lit the dark hallway. The flames were scorching hot, spewing white flames like a ghostly fire.

They walked down the hallway to a red door.

"Greetings challenger, you will answer five questions" The door spoke

"Sure! Fire away"

"Inverse type match, If you encounter a steel and dragon pokemon, what type would it be weak against? Fire? Ground? or Poison?"

"Now normally Steel isn't effected by Poison, but since it is inverse...it is Poison"

"What?" Knuckles whimpered

"CORRECT! Next question..."

"I'm confused" Knuckles said

"You see inverse match is where super effective moves become no effect, and no effect become supereffective. Normal damage stays the same." Tails explained

"I'm still confused"

"Question 2. What type is Larvesta?"

"I remember seeing a trainer with a Larvesta, I think it is a Bug and Fire type"

"Correct! Question 3, why is it the best to use move the same type as a pokemon? Hint short term is STAB"

"Sonic remember when i taught you about type weakness and all that"

"Okay from what I know, Tails said you will get bonus power from a move the same type of attack as the pokemon. So it is important because of Same Type Attack Bonus." Sonic answered

"CORRECT! Fourth question, if a Pokemon evolves can it's personality change?"

"Yes?" Sonic nervously said

"Correct! Last Question! If a pokemon were to have every single type what is the one only weakness it would have?"

"Damn, uhh that one is kinda hard. I guess I'll Scorch through the question when I have the answer"

"Don't make another pun" Shadow said

"Sorry, couldn't help myself" Sonic smiled

"Answer when you are ready" The door spoke once more.

"Okay let's see, if all types were on one pokemon...then it would have Elecetric which is weak to ground...but at the same time would not effect it because of flying, which is not weak to electric now; where as at the same time would not be weak to ice because water and fire resist it. So then we move on to Dragon, it would not do anything because it would have fairy type...so if it were rock it would be super effective against flying ice and fire and it would be resisted by Steel and ground and normal damage for other types. So that means it is Rock!" Sonic huffed

Everyone stared at Sonic.

"What?" Shadow said astonished

"Yeah I'm with Shadow, what?" Knuckles added

"It makes total sense!" Tails said "Although i could explain about every type and how it is rock"

"Oh hell no" Shadow facepalmed.

"CORRECT! You may pass through to get to the gym leader." The red door opened to another pitch black room.

"Welcome challenger! I am the Gym Leader of the Heat City Gym! Firero!"

Then the lights turned on with white flames illuminating the room.

"Hey! Your that kid me and Spine saw at the Pokemon Center!"

"Yes! I knew you had great potential when i first saw you and then when you had those badges in that blue ring, I knew you would challenge me. So let's...Dakota, it has been a while. How have you been?"

"Oh uh..I have been fine" She said as she started to develop a slight blush.

"Alright so shall we begin?" Firero asked.

"Yes! Let's do this!"

Sonic's friends went and sat on the sideline bleachers.

"Alright! Pupitar go!" Sonic shouted throwing Pupitar's pokeball.

"Pupitar!" She beamed.

"Alright! Ninetales, go!" Firero shouted.

"NINE!"

"Let the battle begin!" The judge said

"Pupitar use Rock Slide!"

She leapt up in the air and sent rocks flying down.

"Alright Ninetales! Use Double Team!"

Ninetale created images of itself everywhere on the feild.

"Okay! Spin and use Rock Slide!"

It swirled around and sent rocks flying eventually hitting Ninetales.

"Not bad! Ninetales use Flamethrower!"

It hit Pupitar but it wasn't very effective.

"Pupitar you good?"

"Pupitar!" She responded

"Good, use Crunch!"

"Alright Ninetales, use Headbutt!"

"Pupitar you can take it it is not very effective against you!"

"Really?" Firero smirked

Pupitar used Crunch and did critical damage to Ninetales.

"Ninetales! Use Confuse Ray!"

The ray hit Pupitar, Pupitar became confused!

"Pupitar!"

"Now she can't do much now!" Firero taunted

"Tails? Why is Pupitar doing that weird stuff on the ground?" Knuckles whispered

"Because she is confused, she may be able to get a move or two in. Yet she will most likely cause damage to herself."

"Pupitar is not the only one who is confused" Shadow said

"Pupitar!" (Damn! I need to find a way to buy some time for Pupitar to recover from confusion) Sonic thought to himself.

Pupitar was twirling around when Ninetales slammed her in the ground.

"Pupitar!" Sonic called out

"Okay Ninetales finish this!" Firero ordered

"Pupitar! You can do this!"

Pupitar then snapped out of confusion...

"Alright! Use Rock Slide!"

"Pupitar!" She used the move and it hit Ninetales causing it to faint.

"Ninetales?"

"Yes! Knew you could do it!" Sonic said to Pupitar.

"Return Ninetales", I will admit I expected the confusion to last longer but it seems your Pupitar was able to snap from it. Now it is your turn, Magmar!"

"Okay Pupitar can you continue?" Sonci asked

"Pupitar!" She responded

"Okay then use Rock Slide!"

"Magmar! Use Iron Tail!"

Magmar cut through the rocks and hit Pupitar twice! Throwing Pupitar into a wall.

"No!"

Pupitar fainted...

"You did great, return! Take a well deserved rest." Sonic looked up from the pokeball to the Magmar.

"Well that was a blaze" Firero taunted

"Okay, you ready Pikachu?"

"Pika!"

Pikachu ran onto the battlefield.

"Alright Magmar! Use Fire Punch!"

"Magmar!" It spouted

"Pikachu dodge and use Thunderbolt!"

"Magmar! Surround yourself with fire!"

"Alright then Pikachu! Use Dig!"

"Wait for it Magmar!" Firero ordered

"Firero probably has another Pokemon, so if Pikachu faints, who is he going to use?" Dakota asked.

"Don't know, Metang, Snivy, and Honedge are weak to fire. Gigalith just won't obey Sonic." Tails told her.

"Well let's hope Pikachu will do good" Knuckles said

Pikachu came out of the ground and missed Magmar!

"Magmar use Iron Tail!"

"Pikachu! Brick Break!"

The two blocked each others attacks!

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"

"Magmar use Flamethrower!"

Sonic and Firero commanded their pokemon at the same time.

Both Pokemon hit each other with their attacks causing smoke to fog up the battlefield. The fog cleared and both pokemon were fainted.

"Damn" Sonic whispered

"Return Magmar!"

"Pikachu are you okay?"

"Pika!" Pikachu said as he walked behind Sonic.

"Alright! Go Volcorona!" Firero said

"Voool"

"Who am I going to use? Guess Snivy since she knows Aqua Tail" Sonic muttered

When Sonic tried to get Snivy's Pokeball, he dropped Gigalith's pokeball and it opened up. Gigalith was brought into the battle.

"Oh Shit!" Sonic said

"Oh no, this can't end well" Tails faceplamed

"Well, are you going to use that pokemon?" Firero asked scratching his head

"Might as well, since Gigalith will attack me if I tell him to return."

"Okay then let's continue!"

"Gigalith, will you listen to me this time?" Sonic asked

Gigalith pretended not to hear.

"Well I'm screwed" Sonic stated

"Volcorona use Bug Buzz!"

Volcorona used the move on Gigalith dealing damage. Then Gigalith became pissed, he used Stone Edge and missed the quick Volcorona.

"Gigalith calm down! Let me tell what moves to use!"

Gigalith Ignored and used Superpower against Volcorona.

"Volcorona use Heat Wave!"

A blast of fiery wind hit Gigalith burning it.

"If Gigalith doesn't calm down, Sonic is going to lose this match!" Tails exclaimed

"Gigalith looks weak doing that!" Knuckles yelled

"That's not helping!" Dakota scolded Knuckles

"Gigalith! Calm Down!" Sonic ordered

"Pikachu!"

"Gigalith!" he grunted trying to hit Volcorona

"I have no choice but to faint it! Use Bug Buzz one more time!"

"Volcor!"

Volcorano uesd the move and it hit Gigalith causing it to lower its head, it was knocked out.

"The winner is Firero of the Heat City Gym" The judge said

"Return Volcorona. Hey I hate saying this but, maybe if Gigalith would obey you...you might have won this. Come back when he listens. I am not being rude but i would suit you if he obeys." Firero said as he walked into the pitch black part of the room.

Sonic ran up to Gigalith.

"Gigalith, are you okay?"

Gigalith turned its haed away from Sonic.

Sonic sighed, "Return Gigalith"

Everyone else walked up to Sonic.

"Sonic you good?" Knuckles asked

"Yeah it's just... I don't understand why Gigalith wouldn't obey me. Why does he hate me?"

...

Later...

"So Gigalith won't obey you and hates you, there must be some reason." Tails said.

"Well maybe you use a translator for pokemon and ask Gigalith what is wrong." Shadow said.

"Alright I'll get to it! Great thinking Shadow!" Tails said.

Shadow gave a "yeah right" look on his face.

"So Sonic while Tails works on that, what will you be doing?" Dakota asked

"I don't know, train my team I guess..."

"Well better start because if it weren't for Gigalith, you might have won. You were lucky you got that far" Shadow said not opening his eyes, petting his Umbreon.

"Yeah I guess your right! We can learn from this loss. I need to get Gigalith to trust me when it comes to battling."

"Maybe Gigalith has a reason to dislike you Sonic." Knuckles said.

Sonic opened Gigalith's pokeball.

"Gigalith why did you lose control like that?" Sonic asked

Gigalith simply ignored.

"Is something wrong? I want to help you, please? How do even feel being trained?"

When Sonic asked Gigalith how he felt about even being owned by a trainer, it made him trust Sonic a little bit. Gigalith hates trainers because they never asked him how he feels...also for another reason.

"Gigalith?" Sonic asked again.

This snapped Gigalith out of his thoughts, Gigalith just turned and walked away.

"Where are you going Gigalith?" Sonic asked

Gigalith tilted his head down and continued for the woods where the haunted mansion was.

"Damnit, I don't want Gigalith to be sad and depressed. Tails are you done with that translator?" Sonic rushed

"Yeah made a little version of the one i used for the Wisps.."

Sonic took it and ran after Gigalith. Even leaving Pikachu looking worried.

"...and that is how i made this...Sonic?" Tails then opened his eyes to realize Sonic wasn't there.

"Sonic left about few minutes ago, feel bad don't you?" Knuckles said

"But he's smarter and feels better than you" Shadow taunted

"Oh yeah bet he feels better than what happened with Maria!" Knuckles said

"Your...Motherfucking...Funeral" Shadow hissed

"Knuckles run!" Tails screamed.

"Oh shit!" Knuckles screamed

"Get back her! I'll use your skull as a hood ornament for my BIKE!"

Knuckles was eventually chased out of the Pokemon Center where Sonic was looking for Gigalith. Sonic ignored Shadow and Knuckles and kept up with finding Gigalith. Jet then appeared.

"Well look who I found! Someone who lost a match to Firero"

Gigalith was sitting behind some bushes and over heard Sonic and decided to eavesdrop.

"Jet this is not a good time..." Sonic bluntly said

"Why? I saw a Gigalith walk past here, wouldn't happen to be yours would it?"

Gigalith expected sonic to say no...

"Of course he is my pokemon!"

This made Gigalith shocked...

"Why won't it obey you then?"

"I don't know, but I want to help Gigalith anyway I can."

"Giga?" He said to himself

"Yeah right it would most likely be best to get rid of it! He is weak" Jet taunted

Sonic got pissed and grabbed Jet by the throat. "Listen here you feathered broom! Gigalith has never been weak! I never once thought about getting rid of him. If he doesn't want to be on the team I respect that! I just want him to know that I will always stick by his side when he needs someone to help with his problems, I am a Trainer who raises Pokemon with love and care. Gigalith is one of my Pokemon. Obeying or not Obeying, he is a strong willed Pokemon that I am glad to have an opportunity to catch him and have him on the team."

"Giga...lith" Gigalith whispered as he started to get tears in his eyes...

"Now piss off before i beat you worse than Shadow did."

Sonic stood there looking for Gigalith while Jet grunted and walked off.

"Gigalith? Are you out here?"

Gigalith walked out from a bush trying not to cry.

"There you are! Listen, I want to helo you out with why you hate me so much. Just speak and Tails' device will help me understand you"

"Gigalith, Giga Giga Gigaaalith!"

"Oh I see, you was abandoned so many times when you were a Roggenrola and as a Boldore...You then were so heartbroken...looking for a Trainer that wouldn't abandon you or abuse you. the last trainer you had, abused you so much that you stabbed his heart out with Stone Edge. You then had a renewed hatred for Trainers...you also heard what I said about you..."

Gigalith nodded his head.

"So, you decided to give me a chance?" Sonic asked

Gigalith then nodded his head and came closer to Sonic.

"Well, I won't disappoint you."

Sonic hugged Gigalith who started to cry...Also Sonic had a tear coming out his eye.

"Pikachu" Pikachu nodded his head after following his blue hedgehog trainer.

With this Sonic and Gigalith now are closer than ever, they will become stronger together and surpass in training. Sonic and Gigalith now have a bond to share that will grow like never before.