I Don't Own Pokemon


After a decent five hour nap at the Pokemon Center, something that took me way to long to actually find. I was currently in the lobby, waiting on getting my Pokemon back from their examination. I knew that there wasn't anything wrong with them, but it examinations were free so I wasn't going to not do it.

While I was waiting on my Pokemon, I wondered what I was going to do for the gym. It was Brock still, that much I knew since I got into town before Ash. But all that let me know was that I would be fighting an Onix and Geodude. And those two weren't good type match up's with Shinx and Pidgey.

I already looked into the moves that the two of them could learn, and the options weren't that good to try and over come type weakness. Shinx had Ice Fang which was super effective and Night Slash which was at least neutral which was good. So he could make up for it decently well.

And while Pidgey could learn Twister given enough time, I don' think he currently has the power to pull the move off, so I wanted to hold off of the move at least till he evolved into a Pidgeotto. So I was going to have to rely a bit heavy on Shinx. It didn't mean that Pidgey was that much weaker but he just didn't have any moves that would justify using him over someone who had a better advantage.

And to be fair even then both my Pokemon were still weak to the type they would face. I sighed as I realized I was just building up to much tension to be probably health if I just kept thinking about it. My best plans come from making stuff up on the spot anyway, I don't see how it would be any different.

It was then that, I heard my name being called from the front desk. Standing up I made my way over towards the nurse that was also standing behind the main desk, with two pokeballs in her hand. Nodding to her I collected Shinx and Pidgey before turning and making my way out the door.

After a while I managed to find the Gym. And I was honesty getting annoyed at my sense of direction. The Building was literary a massive stone block, it shouldn't have spent me over twenty minutes trying to find it. Ignoring that I took a decently big breath as I pushed the doors open and stepped in.

Thankfully it wasn't like the anime, as the platform was already set out as it seemed that the room was already ready for battle. But looking around I noticed that Brock wasn't anywhere to be seen. That's when I heard a voice come from behind me.

"Oh sorry, I didn't know a challenger had entered the Gym. I was just busy helping out my sister with something she was working on" I turned to face the voice and wasn't surprised to see Brock looking back at me. I just gave him a smile before saying.

"Don't worry, I've only been here for a minute or so. If you need more time I can come back later if you have to help your sister some more" I didn't really want to come back later but I've noted that people are less annoying if they're in a good mood, and being understanding usually helped people relax and even feel guilty to accept whatever you said.

"No, I don't mind, it shouldn't take to long anyway and it's my job so I can't in my right mind send you away" I wonder if I should feel bad about using our conversation to manipulate him into battling, even if it was a small one. Nah, I want to get the badge then head out, so I didn't feel bad about speeding things up.


With that our conversation ended as we took our ends at the battle field. I listen was Brock talked about the basic rules of his Gym. Two-on-two, with the challenger being able to swap out. Afterwards I watched as he sent out his Geodude, once a moment had past I grabbed Shinx's pokeball and gave it an underhanded toss into the air.

I noted that Brock had taken to studying Shinx for a moment before calling for the match to start. With the battle on, I instantly started calling out commands.

"Shinx use quick attack to get in close and when use Night Slash!" I watched as Shinx charged, and as Geodude tried to smack him out of his charge he seemed to appear behind the rock Pokemon and hit it with a hard attack to the back. It didn't go down of course but it did do damage. Though it was then that Brock counter-attacked.

"Geodude, use rock throw and get that Pokemon away from you!" The Rock Pokemon reached down and ripped some rock from the ground and got ready to throw it at Shinx.

"Shinx, use Quick Attack to get back and start building up an Ice Fang" Given enough time if Shinx can power the move up enough, then it should be able to finish Geodude off. The only problem was Brock seemed to understand that as well.

"Geodude, start using Defense Curl, and brace yourself as best you can" He knew that I probably already won this but that didn't mean he couldn't wear Shinx out, to give his Onix a better shot. I frowned as I thought up plans as Shinx slowly got closer and closer to being hit with Rock Throw. That's when I got an idea.

"Shinx, you'll have to focus for this. Quick Attack to get close into Night Slash to get behind into Ice Fang to end this!" It was risky because this was a charge into a Pokemon using projectiles and if he got hit then it would all be for nothing, but I knew he would be fine.

And fine he was, it even surprised me when he manage to get past five rock throws before he got hit, what surprised me even more was that he powered threw the rock and used it as a distraction to get behind Geodude to serve the finishing blow. I felt Shinx's pride as we watched the Geodude fall over, the reason was because I was just as proud.

But he was exhausted so I unclipped his pokeball and called out to him to get his attention.

"You did a great job Shinx, you deserve your break" I really was proud of him and figured he would enjoy the rest, I didn't expect him to ask not to be returned though.

"No! Master I can finish this, please let me continue!" I didn't know what to think about that. I clearly didn't want him to fight again, against an even strong opponent, when he was already so tired. So I made my opinion known.

"You can't battle while your this hurt Shinx I'm sorry but no" With that I leveled the pokeball back up to him, only for him to surprise me yet again as a bright light began to shown from his body nearly blinding me. He really was a stubborn cat when he waned to be.

Looking back at the arena, I couldn't help but smile as I saw the fully refreshed Luxio looking up at me with a look of seriousness on his face. I sighed and shook my head before saying to him.

"Fine, Luxio, you win. You can finish this battle if your so set on it" And just like that the serious look gave way to the happy and cheerful look on his face that I was use to. Though even he seemed surprised that he had evolved. Looking up at Brock I gave him a look to tell him we were done and that I was sorry for taking so long. I'm quite expressive.

Thankfully he just seemed happy for me and Luxio's moment. But that didn't mean it stopped him from sending out his Onix. And I got to say I was underestimating how big it was, though I got to give props to Luxio as he just glared at the rock snake and even managed to make it flinch, something I suspected to be the Intimidate ability. And just like that the battle was off once again, though I didn't have time to make the first move.

"Onix, use Harden then Bind!" He was trying to trap Luxio by making Onix defensive enough to outlast Luxio using Ice Fang when they get in Bind. And I knew even with his evolution he wouldn't outlast Onix, which meant he needed to dodge.

"Shinx, Quick Attack to dodge, then get ready for another Ice Fang, Night Slash combo when it gets close" Night Slash attacked from picking a moment to best attack a Pokemon, using it meant I could exploit that feature to have Luxio always in a better attacking position than he could normally get into, even with a giant rock snake being the one attacking.

Thankfully Luxio managed to stay out of the charging path of Onix while also getting a glancing blow on it but the damage wasn't near enough to defeat the massive thing especially with a Harden up. Which meant I couldn't be near as straight forward as I was with Geodude.

"Alright Luxio, time for another plan, start charging up and when it gets close jump onto it" It was risky but the hit and run attack I used before wouldn't work to many more times before Brock figured out a counter. Still I'd admit I was worried as I watched the Onix charge tackle Luxio.

But thankfully it was for nothing as Luxio managed to dodge then hop upon the rock snake, though it was clear that he wouldn't be up their for long. Hopefully Brock thinks that I don't know my types and I'm planning to use an electric type move on Onix, that's why I had Luxio use Charge, to lower his guard.

"Good job Luxio, now get to it's head and start using Ice Fang" Another risky move but if Onix wanted to get Luxio off then it would have to slam its head into the ground which would just do damage to itself if I could get Luxio to jump off in time. Really this whole thing replied on timing.

Unfortunately it seemed my timing was off as Brock had figured out that I wasn't planning on using an electric attack a little to soon, I was hoping Luxio would be able to do more damage before he was discovered. Another thing was I underestimated Onix's moveset as Brock called out his next command.

"Onix underground now!" Wasn't the field only like five feet deep before it hit the floor? Whatever not important.

"Luxio! Quick Attack to get off of it now!" He was just barely able to get out off before Onix went underground. And now I didn't know where it would be resurfacing. That was going to be a problem.

"Luxio, you won't know where it comes up from, so just make yourself harder to hit by keeping on the move" It was flimsy at best but I didn't think Brock was willing to mess up his floor for the battle and Shinx was being to tire out to much to justify using Quick Attack in random directions to make sure he wouldn't be hit.

Still it was a tense few moments before Brock yelled out something but I didn't pay enough attention to it as I was already calling out to Luxio to use Quick Attack to dodge. But I reacted to slowly and paid the price for it as I watched Onix burst from the ground and use Bind on Luxio. I would lose, I saw that but it didn't mean I couldn't also win.

"Luxio, you'll have to hang in here, start using as many Ice Fangs as you can!" It hurt watching the Luxio in a battle of will against the Onix. I didn't notice before but Brock's Pokemon was also quite tire and over the battle Luxio landed more hits than receiving ones. So it was all down to which one gave in first.

And like I said I didn't like watching Luxio in pain as he tried to stay concentrated on his Ice Fang. After seemed what like way to much time for long a few minutes to past Brock and I watched as Onix slowly began to fall down and released Luxio from it's grasp.

I felt the smile on my face that I didn't even notice before during the battle, that was dwindling during the battle of wills, come back to full force as I watched as Luxio slowly began to make his way towards me. I didn't let him make it more than three steps before I was sprinted at him.

Reaching him, I bent down and pulled the cat into a hug not even minding that he was about three times more heavier than before. He seemed about to pass out but he managed to get a word in before he fell asleep.

"I told you I could do it master" You smug little kitten, I couldn't be more proud, I noted his voice had changed, it sounded older, not by much but there was certainly a more mature aspect to it. But I didn't care, I was just proud of how well he did. After a moment I looked up and noted that Brock was holding out his badge for me to take.

I returned Luxio for his well deserved nap before taking the Boulder Badge and placing it in my badge case. Standing up I noted Brock was holding if hand out to be shaken. It took me longer than I was comfortable to admit to reach out and grab his hand. And I was well aware that I couldn't keep all of the grimace off my face either, but thankfully he didn't seem to notice.

"Good battle, I'm impressed that you managed two beat both my Pokemon with an electric type, at least I assume it's an electric type. Sorry to say but I don't recognize it" Thankfully he let go of my hand so I could focus on what he was saying. Still I forced a smile to my face and said.

"The Luxray evolution line is mostly found up in Sinnoh, so I'm not surprised you haven't seen one before" He gave a thoughtful nodded, with that I turned and made my way out of the Gym. As I turned to face away from him I let my smile drop, but it didn't go away completely, as I looked down once more at the badge case.


Alright done. I do have to say, I knew one of the pokemon of his team would evolve but I wasn't sure whcih one. But it seemed to be the right then to do while I was writing the battle. Speaking of the battle what do you people think about how I'm handling the battles. I'm use to first-person in the middle of the actoin writing so I've had to supplement most of the actual fight with the thought process going into the fight while watching how those decisions worked out. Much more cause and effect I feel. Anyway, I don't have anything else to talk about so, See ya