A/N: Well, here is the first chapter in a while. I'm so very sorry, I got so caught up in planning my new story "Pyke's Adventures" that I forgot about RBAM.
Well, here's the fourth Gym Battle.
The Road To-Becoming-A Master
(Let's Do It!)
I'm gonna be, the very best,
Like know one ever was…
Catching them is my real test,
Training them is my cause.
My whole life is set on this,
Time to prove my skills.
I know I just can't wait to show the world!
Born to be The Winner!
(The Road)
Born to be The Champion!
Born to be The Winner,
Born to be the very best!
(Pokemon)
(The Road)
Born to be THE WINNER!
I'm Master!
Geyser Madness
"OW!" Saul laid down on his stomach and rubbed the back of his head. He turned over to see the Pokemon Center table above him.
"Dang, I rolled off the couch."
He rolled again and hopped onto his feet, rubbing his head again.
He yawned, though the knot on his head woke him up quick enough. He began walking only to be knocked down again and hit the back of his head on the table.
"OW! Hey, what's the big deal?!"
He rubbed his head and opened one eye to see his friend Kip jumping up and down on his chest.
Saul stared at his Pokemon. Then he grabbed hold of him and hopped to his two feet, "Kip! Your okay!"
"Mud!"
But the celebration ended quickly when Kip fell over to his state he had been in yesterday. Saul blinked in confusion.
He was startled by a voice that caused him to whirl around, "You might not want to get him excited like that."
Saul blinked again at the familiar nurse in front of him, "What do you mean?"
Nurse Joy folded her hands together, "I'm sorry, but your Pokemon is Astonished."
"Astonished?"
"You've heard of the Pokemon attack Astonish, right? It can cause a Pokemon to not attack. But your Mudkip somehow received a very powerful one, one no ordinary Pokemon could do. Your Mudkip will go like that every time he gets excited."
Saul burst out at the news, "You mean he can't battle?!"
Nurse Joy waved her hands, "Calm down, calm down! The procedure is easy; you'll just need to leave him here for a while."
Saul blinked with wide eyes, "But I have a Gym Battle to get to!"
Nurse Joy quickly turned stern and stood over Saul, "Well then you'll just have to battle with some other Pokemon, your Pokemon is in NO condition to battle. He just needs to be in my care for a few days and then be on medication and he'll be fine!"
Saul dropped himself to the couch, "Fine, sorry," he said as he held out the frozen Pokemon.
Nurse Joy picked him up took him quickly away to the P.E.R.
Saul shrugged, "Well, I guess I better go challenge Flannery, sightseeing can wait for later."
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After a bit of looking around, he finally located the Gym.
Saul looked up at the strangely small building and winced, "This place isn't much to look at."
The metal door opened in front of him, screeching from a rusty hinge or two, "If you don't like then outside maybe you'll like the inside."
Saul tilted his head in confusion but followed the Gym Leader into the room. There we're many circular holes around; on the floor, wall, and ceiling.
As they both lined up, Flannery grabbed one of her Pokeballs. When she looked up she noticed Saul's vacant shoulder, "Hey, where's Kip?"
Saul looked down to a hole at his feet, "Uh, he's taking a nap back at the Pokemon Center. But what are these holes everywhere?"
"Steam geysers, they can make or break a battle. Speaking of the battle, how about a 3-on-3, I haven't had one of those in a long time."
Saul looked up to see Flannery had already grabbed a Pokeball, so he reached for one of his own, "Okay, you bring out first."
Flannery tossed the Pokeball a few feet ahead of her and revealed a small, slug like Pokemon.
"Slugma."
"Ew, what's that?"
The Gym Leader put a hand on her side, "It's called a Slugma."
Noting that Slugma shouldn't be the Fire-Type for him to get, Saul released his Pokemon.
"Sweeell!"
Flannery laughed to herself, "A Swellow, that's a bit…"
"A bit what?"
"Oh, nothing. Slugma, start out with an Ember."
Saul smirked, "That's easy to come by, Flitz, try a Steel Wing."
A small amount of lava oozed from Slugma's mouth and Flitz began to glow his wings. He then started towards the seemingly weak enemy.
Just before striking, Slugma released his small fireballs and hit Flitz's wing. His body flew the few inches to the ground and skidded. Slugma was tripped, but didn't seem badly injured. Flitz, on the other hand, was paused above on of the holes.
"Flitz, use Quick Attack."
Flitz struggled up a bit, and pushed his back foot to start up. But the efforts were put down when the geyser below it blew.
The steam quickly dissipated and the Pokemon was fainted.
Saul rolled his eyes at he brought back the Pokemon, "Okay, that was a bad idea, but I bet this will work."
He tossed another Pokeball, bringing out the familiar Plusle. "Plusle, start with a Quick Attack."
Plusle dashed away out of sight and quickly hit the Slugma. It simply melted as Flannery recalled it, "It's okay Slugma, you did your best. Torkoal, your turn."
The large turtle was released and grunted at its small enemy.
"Plusle, use another Quick Attack."
"Plud." Plusle nodded as it speeded away."
"Torkoal, just wait and use Body Slam at the right moment."
It nodded slowly as it waited for the hit. Plusle ran into the shell of the large Pokemon and fell under it. Torkoal let its wait down on the smaller Pokemon.
He lifted and moved out of the way to see Plusle in a small crater in the floor.
Saul recalled the Pokemon, "Okay, that was just practice. Here's a real challenge."
He released a small Pokemon, "Ar." It buzzed.
"Scrap, your good at this, use and Earthquake."
Flannery looked down to see her Pokemon over one of the geyser holes, "Torkoal, use Iron Defense."
Scrap launched a crack from his feet and pushed it in the direction of Torkoal. The shaking, however, caused his each geyser along the way to go off, Saul and Scrap from their enemy.
Flannery watched a geyser shoot the Torkoal shell into the air. Saul could here one command through the geysers, "Use Body Slam."
Saul nervously adjusted his sight upward and watched as a giant shell came down on top of Scrap.
Torkoal once again shifted to see the sight. Scrap was in a small crater in the ground.
After the geysers subsided, both Trainer and Gym Leader called back their Pokemon, "Well that was fun!"
Saul scowled at the Gym Leader's cheering, "This is not my day."
"Why don't you just take a dip in the hot springs, they might give you an idea if you relax in them," Flannery explained.
"Hot springs?"
"Yeah, there right by the Pokemon Center."
Saul sighed, "Now I just have to find the Pokemon Center again."
A/N: This chapter was a so-so. I haven't really felt the urge to write for a little bit, so I'm not sure what's going to happen. I fell this story might be endangered if I'm taking to much interest in my "Pyke's Adventures".
