Gym In The City
---------------
Last time, our heroes travelled to the country of Australia to do an
errand for Professor Oak. Ash discovered that there was a pokémon
league in Australia and decided to compete in it. Now a whole new
pokémon journey begins.
(-o-)
It was a beautiful day for a walk. The sun was shining, and Ash was in
a good mood.
"What a beautiful day!" cried Ash.
"It sure is!" said Misty.
"Where is the first gym, Brock?" asked Ash.
Brock had the map in his hand. He opened it.
"According to this map, the next gym is just up this road," he said.
"And how far is that?" asked Misty, preparing for what Brock said next.
Brock looked at the map. "A fair way yet."
"Awwwwww," groaned Misty and Ash together.
"Maybe we can take a shortcut," suggested Ash.
"NO!" screamed Misty and Brock.
"Last time we did that, we got lost!" Misty advised.
"Right, so we should follow this road," said Ash.
"That would be the best idea," said Brock.
(-o-)
An hour later, Misty felt like she could just drop.
"I'm exausted!" complained Misty.
"Me too," said Ash.
"I'm sure its not too much further," said Brock.
Suddenly, a pokémon appeared out of some bushes. Ash instinctively
reached for Dexter.
"There is no data," Dexter simply said.
"Ash! Maybe this is one of the pokémon Professor Eucalypt told us about,"
Misty suggested.
"Yeah, lets take a look at those files," said Ash.
They looked through the files, and found that it was Din-go. The files also
stated that Din-go had a weakness to grass- and electric-types.
"This will be perfect!" Ash said. "Pikachu! I choose you!"
"Pikachu!" said Pikachu.
The pokémon and the trainer took their standing positions.
"Pikachu, quick attack!"
"Piikaa-chu!" Pikachu yelled, as he carried out the Quick attack with
great speed and agility. The Din-go was taken quite aback by this, and
lurched out and bit Pikachu's tail.
"Piiiikkaaaaaaa!" yelped Pikachu.
"Go Pikachu, thunder attack, now!"
"Piii-kaaaaaaaa-chuuuuuuu!!!" cried Pikachu, as he carried out the Thunder
attack with great flair.
"Howwwwll!!" cried Din-go, collapsing to the ground.
"All right, pokéball, go!" cried Ash as he hurled the pokéball towards
the weakened Din-go. The ball hit Din-go, opened up and sucked it in.
The ball wobbled around for a few moments. Ash clenched his fist as if
he was about to punch the concrete battleground upon which he stood. The
ball stopped shaking, and the light on the ball's button turned off.
"Yeeeesss! I caught Din-go!" Ash made a "peace" symbol with his hand.
"Pika pi-ka!" called Pikachu, doing likewise.
"Well done, Ash!" said Misty.
"Nice work," called Brock.
Ash put the pokéball on his belt. This was a proud moment.
"Hey!" A distant voice called.
A man emerged from the bushes.
"Maaate, that was fantastic!" he said. "Where did you learn to fight like that?"
"I've been a trainer for a while," said Ash.
"Cool! Where are you from?"
"Kanto Island."
"Hey, I know you! You won the Orange League, and the Johto league, right?"
"Sure did."
"That is way cool, mate! I reckon you'd be the right stuff for the Oz league
for sure!"
"Yeah, we're headed for a gym now."
"You headed for the gym in the city? Cool, you wanna know about the leader,
mate?"
"Sure, OK."
"She's a chick, see, and she raises beaut water pokémon, see. You've got a
Pikachu, I see. It shouldn't be too much of a hassle. But I would not think
her too lighty if I was you."
"I'm sure you've learnt your lesson from that, right Ash?" laughed Misty.
Ash went a bit red in the face.
"Its cool, mate, you gotta do stuff like that, its really the best way to
learn." The man held out his hand. "The name's Lyle."
Ash shook his hand. "I'm Ash, and I'm gonna become a pokémon master!"
Misty shook his hand, too. "I'm Misty, and I'm gonna be the best everything."
Brock did as well. "I'm Brock, and I'm gonna become a pokémon breeder."
"Sweet! Hey Ash, that Pikachu looks worn out. I'll take ya to the pokémon
center."
"Ok," said Ash. "Lets go!"
(-o-)
Ash placed his pokéballs on the desk before the Joy there.
"Hello Ash," said Nurse Joy.
"How did you know my name?" inquired Ash.
"I've heard of you from my Second Cousin, the Azalea Town Joy.
Very nice things. And congratulations for winning the Johto
league, as well."
"Thank you!"
A few minutes later, the pokémon returned. "Here you go, come
again!"
They left the center, with their eyes set on the gym, which was a few metres away,
not even that.
"Wow, the gym and the pokémon center are pretty close," Ash noticed.
"Its league policy that a pokémon gym and a pokémon center may be no further
than 40 metres apart," said Lyle.
"Well, let's go!"
(-o-)
The gym had a large sign in front of it: "Homebush Bay Gym". There was a large
Totodile behind the sign. There were inspirations of awe.
"Awwwwwwwwww," said Ash, Misty, Brock and Lyle.
Err, I said awe - A-W-E.
"Ooooooooooh," they said.
Much better.
The Homebush Bay gym in Sydney was well organised. To the left were the aquariums,
where all kinds of water pokémon were on display. Inside was a man feeding them.
And to the right was the pool in which pokémon battles were held. There was a
battle in progress. They went up and sat in the stands to watch it.
"Right, Totodile, finish it off with HYDRO BLAST!" commanded the gym leader.
"To-to-diiiiiiile!!" screamed the Totodile, launching an impressive hydro blast
attack
"Mreeeow!" yowled the Persian, before it collapsed.
"The winner of this match is the team of Ashley and Totodile!"
"Nice battle," said Ashley.
"Thanks," said the challenger. "I'll be back later for another!"
"Bye!" Ashley noticed Ash. "Hey, another challenger!"
"Hi," said Ash. He turned to see Brock's funny look. "Don't tell me..."
"Aaaah," moaned Brock. "She's beautiful!"
"She's outta your reach, Brock, mate," said Lyle, "She's already taken."
"I don't care, she's pretty."
Misty rolled her eyes.
"Never mind him," said Ash, "I'm Ash, and I am challenging you to a battle!"
"I'm Ashley, and I accept your challenge," said the gym leader. "Let's
get this underway, then, shall we?"
(-o-)
"We now begin the battle of Ash vs. Ashley for the Splash Badge. The match
will be played to PokéOz rules, which are as follows: three pokémon each,
no time limit," said the referee. "Let the battle begin!"
A scoreboard lit up above the battlefield. To the left was a picture of
Ash. To the right was a picture of Ashley. There were three uncoloured
tabs under each picture. The scoreboard looked a lot like the ones used
in the other pokémon league competitions he competed in before.
"Chikolita, I choose you!" commanded Ash, throwing the pokéball containing
Chikolita. The ball opened, revealing Chikolita.
"Chikoo!" cried Chikolita.
"And I choose Wooper!" commanded Ashley.
"Woopa!" cried Wooper.
"Chikolita, tackle attack now!"
"Chikoo!" cried the pokémon as it tackled the Wooper.
"Wooper, water gun now!"
"Uu--paa!" cried Wooper, as he blasted Chikolita with water.
"Chikolita, vine whip!"
The vine whip failed. The Wooper was too fast for Chikolita.
"Ok, Wooper, get it with a headbutt!"
"Chikolita, razor leaf attack."
"Chiiiiiikoooooo!" It launched such a magnificent razor leaf, that it prevented
the headbutt, and knocked Wooper out.
"Wooper is unable to battle, the winner is Ash!"
A tab was coloured in below Ash's picture.
Ashley spent a few moments thinking about what she would do next.
"Ok! Go Squirtle!" she commanded.
"Squirtle!!" cried Squirtle as it emerged from its pokéball.
"Squirtle, skull bash!"
Squirtle carried out the skull bash very well. Its hit knocked Chikolita
to the floor.
"Chii-koo," cried Chicolita, weakly.
"Hang in there, Chicolita," called Ash.
Ash was in deep thought. Could Chicolita do it? Should he call Chicolita back?
"Are you OK, Chicolita? Should I call you back?"
"Chii-koo!" yelled Chicolita, in disagreement.
"Ok! Razor Leaf attack, now!"
"Chii!! Koo!!! Chii!! Koo!!!" The Squirtle was taken quite aback by this sudden
improvement.
"Now, finish it off with a vine whip!"
"CHii-koooooo!" The vine whip Ash carried out knocked the Squirtle about quite
a bit.
"Now, tackle!!"
"CHiii-Koooooo!!" Squirtle was knocked out by this blow.
"Squirtle is unable to battle, Ash is the winner!"
Another of Ash's tabs was coloured in.
"I now choose Totodile!" called Ashley.
"To-to-diiile!" cried Totodile.
"Totodile, hydro pump now!"
Totodile carried out an impressive hydro pump attack, it knocked Chicolita right
off its feet.
"Chicolita!"
Chicolita looked like it was down and out. Just as the referee was about to raise
the flag to determine victory of the set to Ashley, Chicolita stood up, barely able
to stand.
"Are you right there, Chicolita?"
"Chii-koo!" called Chicolita.
"Let's show them that attack I taught you before!"
"What attack?" asked Misty.
"I think Ash has a trick or two up his sleeve," stated Brock.
"Go Chicolita, Solarbeam, now!!"
Chicolita collected the energy from the sunlight coming in through some windows
on the sides of the arena. Then Chicolita lauched a spectacular blast.
"Chiii-kooooo!" Totodile was knocked out on the spot.
"The winner is the team of Ash and Chicolita!" called the Referee.
"Yeah, mate!" called Lyle.
"Go Ash!!" yelled Misty.
"Hooray for Ash!" cheered Brock.
"Nice battle, Ash," said Ashley.
(-o-)
"It's my pleasure to present you with the Splash Badge," said Ashley. The badge
looked like a cresting wave.
"Yeah!" cried Ash. "I got my first badge!"
"Hey, you're pretty cool, mate. You got a Pokégear?"
"What's a Pokégear?"
"You're from Kanto, aren't you? They haven't been released there yet. Its an
addon for Pokédex. What's the model number of yours? It should be on the back."
Ash turned over the Pokédex. He read out the model number "PO-8088".
"Oh," said Ashley. "Yours is a bit old, has it ever been updated? What's the
firmware version? Press the Green button then the red button to get that."
Ash did so, and Dexter said: "I am Dexter, firmware version PO-80286"
"Your Pokédex will need to be replaced if you want Pokégear."
"What does it do?" Ash wanted to know.
"Pokégear is an addon that allows someone to make and receive phone calls. You can
even call Pokégear users from a normal phone."
"Cool!"
"If you ever do get it replaced, here's my number."
Ashley handed a card to Ash. "Maybe we can organise something." Ashley winked after
saying that.
"Sure, maybe."
(-o-)
"Bye!" called Ash.
"See you soon!" called Ashley.
"Ash, I think Ashley has got a crush on you," said Misty.
"What makes you think that?" asked Ash.
"Are you dense? The winking, her giving you her number? Lé obvious!"
"Oh man!" said Brock. "I notice her first, and you get her. That sucks!"
"Ah well, maybe you can fantasise about Misty instead."
Everybody laughed, but Misty.
"Oh shut up, Ash. You still owe me a bike."
And they wondered off into the sunset, on their next pokémon adventure!
- To be continued... -
---------------
Last time, our heroes travelled to the country of Australia to do an
errand for Professor Oak. Ash discovered that there was a pokémon
league in Australia and decided to compete in it. Now a whole new
pokémon journey begins.
(-o-)
It was a beautiful day for a walk. The sun was shining, and Ash was in
a good mood.
"What a beautiful day!" cried Ash.
"It sure is!" said Misty.
"Where is the first gym, Brock?" asked Ash.
Brock had the map in his hand. He opened it.
"According to this map, the next gym is just up this road," he said.
"And how far is that?" asked Misty, preparing for what Brock said next.
Brock looked at the map. "A fair way yet."
"Awwwwww," groaned Misty and Ash together.
"Maybe we can take a shortcut," suggested Ash.
"NO!" screamed Misty and Brock.
"Last time we did that, we got lost!" Misty advised.
"Right, so we should follow this road," said Ash.
"That would be the best idea," said Brock.
(-o-)
An hour later, Misty felt like she could just drop.
"I'm exausted!" complained Misty.
"Me too," said Ash.
"I'm sure its not too much further," said Brock.
Suddenly, a pokémon appeared out of some bushes. Ash instinctively
reached for Dexter.
"There is no data," Dexter simply said.
"Ash! Maybe this is one of the pokémon Professor Eucalypt told us about,"
Misty suggested.
"Yeah, lets take a look at those files," said Ash.
They looked through the files, and found that it was Din-go. The files also
stated that Din-go had a weakness to grass- and electric-types.
"This will be perfect!" Ash said. "Pikachu! I choose you!"
"Pikachu!" said Pikachu.
The pokémon and the trainer took their standing positions.
"Pikachu, quick attack!"
"Piikaa-chu!" Pikachu yelled, as he carried out the Quick attack with
great speed and agility. The Din-go was taken quite aback by this, and
lurched out and bit Pikachu's tail.
"Piiiikkaaaaaaa!" yelped Pikachu.
"Go Pikachu, thunder attack, now!"
"Piii-kaaaaaaaa-chuuuuuuu!!!" cried Pikachu, as he carried out the Thunder
attack with great flair.
"Howwwwll!!" cried Din-go, collapsing to the ground.
"All right, pokéball, go!" cried Ash as he hurled the pokéball towards
the weakened Din-go. The ball hit Din-go, opened up and sucked it in.
The ball wobbled around for a few moments. Ash clenched his fist as if
he was about to punch the concrete battleground upon which he stood. The
ball stopped shaking, and the light on the ball's button turned off.
"Yeeeesss! I caught Din-go!" Ash made a "peace" symbol with his hand.
"Pika pi-ka!" called Pikachu, doing likewise.
"Well done, Ash!" said Misty.
"Nice work," called Brock.
Ash put the pokéball on his belt. This was a proud moment.
"Hey!" A distant voice called.
A man emerged from the bushes.
"Maaate, that was fantastic!" he said. "Where did you learn to fight like that?"
"I've been a trainer for a while," said Ash.
"Cool! Where are you from?"
"Kanto Island."
"Hey, I know you! You won the Orange League, and the Johto league, right?"
"Sure did."
"That is way cool, mate! I reckon you'd be the right stuff for the Oz league
for sure!"
"Yeah, we're headed for a gym now."
"You headed for the gym in the city? Cool, you wanna know about the leader,
mate?"
"Sure, OK."
"She's a chick, see, and she raises beaut water pokémon, see. You've got a
Pikachu, I see. It shouldn't be too much of a hassle. But I would not think
her too lighty if I was you."
"I'm sure you've learnt your lesson from that, right Ash?" laughed Misty.
Ash went a bit red in the face.
"Its cool, mate, you gotta do stuff like that, its really the best way to
learn." The man held out his hand. "The name's Lyle."
Ash shook his hand. "I'm Ash, and I'm gonna become a pokémon master!"
Misty shook his hand, too. "I'm Misty, and I'm gonna be the best everything."
Brock did as well. "I'm Brock, and I'm gonna become a pokémon breeder."
"Sweet! Hey Ash, that Pikachu looks worn out. I'll take ya to the pokémon
center."
"Ok," said Ash. "Lets go!"
(-o-)
Ash placed his pokéballs on the desk before the Joy there.
"Hello Ash," said Nurse Joy.
"How did you know my name?" inquired Ash.
"I've heard of you from my Second Cousin, the Azalea Town Joy.
Very nice things. And congratulations for winning the Johto
league, as well."
"Thank you!"
A few minutes later, the pokémon returned. "Here you go, come
again!"
They left the center, with their eyes set on the gym, which was a few metres away,
not even that.
"Wow, the gym and the pokémon center are pretty close," Ash noticed.
"Its league policy that a pokémon gym and a pokémon center may be no further
than 40 metres apart," said Lyle.
"Well, let's go!"
(-o-)
The gym had a large sign in front of it: "Homebush Bay Gym". There was a large
Totodile behind the sign. There were inspirations of awe.
"Awwwwwwwwww," said Ash, Misty, Brock and Lyle.
Err, I said awe - A-W-E.
"Ooooooooooh," they said.
Much better.
The Homebush Bay gym in Sydney was well organised. To the left were the aquariums,
where all kinds of water pokémon were on display. Inside was a man feeding them.
And to the right was the pool in which pokémon battles were held. There was a
battle in progress. They went up and sat in the stands to watch it.
"Right, Totodile, finish it off with HYDRO BLAST!" commanded the gym leader.
"To-to-diiiiiiile!!" screamed the Totodile, launching an impressive hydro blast
attack
"Mreeeow!" yowled the Persian, before it collapsed.
"The winner of this match is the team of Ashley and Totodile!"
"Nice battle," said Ashley.
"Thanks," said the challenger. "I'll be back later for another!"
"Bye!" Ashley noticed Ash. "Hey, another challenger!"
"Hi," said Ash. He turned to see Brock's funny look. "Don't tell me..."
"Aaaah," moaned Brock. "She's beautiful!"
"She's outta your reach, Brock, mate," said Lyle, "She's already taken."
"I don't care, she's pretty."
Misty rolled her eyes.
"Never mind him," said Ash, "I'm Ash, and I am challenging you to a battle!"
"I'm Ashley, and I accept your challenge," said the gym leader. "Let's
get this underway, then, shall we?"
(-o-)
"We now begin the battle of Ash vs. Ashley for the Splash Badge. The match
will be played to PokéOz rules, which are as follows: three pokémon each,
no time limit," said the referee. "Let the battle begin!"
A scoreboard lit up above the battlefield. To the left was a picture of
Ash. To the right was a picture of Ashley. There were three uncoloured
tabs under each picture. The scoreboard looked a lot like the ones used
in the other pokémon league competitions he competed in before.
"Chikolita, I choose you!" commanded Ash, throwing the pokéball containing
Chikolita. The ball opened, revealing Chikolita.
"Chikoo!" cried Chikolita.
"And I choose Wooper!" commanded Ashley.
"Woopa!" cried Wooper.
"Chikolita, tackle attack now!"
"Chikoo!" cried the pokémon as it tackled the Wooper.
"Wooper, water gun now!"
"Uu--paa!" cried Wooper, as he blasted Chikolita with water.
"Chikolita, vine whip!"
The vine whip failed. The Wooper was too fast for Chikolita.
"Ok, Wooper, get it with a headbutt!"
"Chikolita, razor leaf attack."
"Chiiiiiikoooooo!" It launched such a magnificent razor leaf, that it prevented
the headbutt, and knocked Wooper out.
"Wooper is unable to battle, the winner is Ash!"
A tab was coloured in below Ash's picture.
Ashley spent a few moments thinking about what she would do next.
"Ok! Go Squirtle!" she commanded.
"Squirtle!!" cried Squirtle as it emerged from its pokéball.
"Squirtle, skull bash!"
Squirtle carried out the skull bash very well. Its hit knocked Chikolita
to the floor.
"Chii-koo," cried Chicolita, weakly.
"Hang in there, Chicolita," called Ash.
Ash was in deep thought. Could Chicolita do it? Should he call Chicolita back?
"Are you OK, Chicolita? Should I call you back?"
"Chii-koo!" yelled Chicolita, in disagreement.
"Ok! Razor Leaf attack, now!"
"Chii!! Koo!!! Chii!! Koo!!!" The Squirtle was taken quite aback by this sudden
improvement.
"Now, finish it off with a vine whip!"
"CHii-koooooo!" The vine whip Ash carried out knocked the Squirtle about quite
a bit.
"Now, tackle!!"
"CHiii-Koooooo!!" Squirtle was knocked out by this blow.
"Squirtle is unable to battle, Ash is the winner!"
Another of Ash's tabs was coloured in.
"I now choose Totodile!" called Ashley.
"To-to-diiile!" cried Totodile.
"Totodile, hydro pump now!"
Totodile carried out an impressive hydro pump attack, it knocked Chicolita right
off its feet.
"Chicolita!"
Chicolita looked like it was down and out. Just as the referee was about to raise
the flag to determine victory of the set to Ashley, Chicolita stood up, barely able
to stand.
"Are you right there, Chicolita?"
"Chii-koo!" called Chicolita.
"Let's show them that attack I taught you before!"
"What attack?" asked Misty.
"I think Ash has a trick or two up his sleeve," stated Brock.
"Go Chicolita, Solarbeam, now!!"
Chicolita collected the energy from the sunlight coming in through some windows
on the sides of the arena. Then Chicolita lauched a spectacular blast.
"Chiii-kooooo!" Totodile was knocked out on the spot.
"The winner is the team of Ash and Chicolita!" called the Referee.
"Yeah, mate!" called Lyle.
"Go Ash!!" yelled Misty.
"Hooray for Ash!" cheered Brock.
"Nice battle, Ash," said Ashley.
(-o-)
"It's my pleasure to present you with the Splash Badge," said Ashley. The badge
looked like a cresting wave.
"Yeah!" cried Ash. "I got my first badge!"
"Hey, you're pretty cool, mate. You got a Pokégear?"
"What's a Pokégear?"
"You're from Kanto, aren't you? They haven't been released there yet. Its an
addon for Pokédex. What's the model number of yours? It should be on the back."
Ash turned over the Pokédex. He read out the model number "PO-8088".
"Oh," said Ashley. "Yours is a bit old, has it ever been updated? What's the
firmware version? Press the Green button then the red button to get that."
Ash did so, and Dexter said: "I am Dexter, firmware version PO-80286"
"Your Pokédex will need to be replaced if you want Pokégear."
"What does it do?" Ash wanted to know.
"Pokégear is an addon that allows someone to make and receive phone calls. You can
even call Pokégear users from a normal phone."
"Cool!"
"If you ever do get it replaced, here's my number."
Ashley handed a card to Ash. "Maybe we can organise something." Ashley winked after
saying that.
"Sure, maybe."
(-o-)
"Bye!" called Ash.
"See you soon!" called Ashley.
"Ash, I think Ashley has got a crush on you," said Misty.
"What makes you think that?" asked Ash.
"Are you dense? The winking, her giving you her number? Lé obvious!"
"Oh man!" said Brock. "I notice her first, and you get her. That sucks!"
"Ah well, maybe you can fantasise about Misty instead."
Everybody laughed, but Misty.
"Oh shut up, Ash. You still owe me a bike."
And they wondered off into the sunset, on their next pokémon adventure!
- To be continued... -
