"I challenge you to a pokémon match!" Ash yelled to the Viridian Gym leader, Giovanni, "This time I will beat you instead of your weak little cronies!"
"Don't be so sure," Giovanni smirked, "3 on 3! Send out your first pokémon."
"I choose Bulbasaur! Go!" Ash threw down his red and white pokéball, which let out a red beam that formed Bulbasaur.
"Well, then," Giovanni replied, "I'll choose… Gyrados!"
"Gyrados?" Ash said to himself, "Water types are weak against grass types. Oh, well. Bulbasaur! Use Vine Whip!"
"Gyrados! Use Water Gun!" Bulbasaur's twin vines shot out at Gyrados, slapping Gyrados' side. Water Gun shot out of Gyrados' mouth and soaked Bulbasaur, knocking him back and tangling him in his vines.
"Good, Bulbasaur! Now use Razor Leaf!"
"Gyrados! Use Flamethrower!" Leaves shot out of Bulbasaur's bulb, only to be scorched, along with the rest of him, by burning flames that emitted from Gyrados' mouth.
"I still don't understand why Gyrados can use Flamethrower," Ash muttered to himself. "Hand in there, Bulbasaur! Get him with another Razor Leaf!"
"Gyrados! Fire Blast!" Giovanni shouted. The two Pokémon braced for the attacks, and razor sharp leaves shout out of Bulbasaur's bulb again, slicing the Gyrados up badly. Gyrados, still charging up his Fire Blast, let it all out with a roar as his energy became exhausted. The blast knocked back Bulbasaur, who rolled a few times before fainting.
"Good job, Bulbasaur! Return!" Ash held out the Pokéball, which recalled Bulbasaur, and then brought out another, "Now it's time to try out one of my newest Pokémon!" he called, "Kirlia, go!" Ash tossed a great ball, which released the girl-like psychic pokémon.
[Kirlia: A psychic pokémon. The evolved form of Ralts. Evolves into Gardevoir at level 30. Its special abilities are either synchronize or trace.]
"A psychic type, eh?" Giovanni silently commended Ash for finally getting a head, "Then I'll use my new pokémon! Poochyena, go!"
[Poochyena: A dark pokémon. Its ability is run away, which allows it to escape from wild pokémon. Evolves into Mightyena at level 18.]
"Kirlia, use Psychic!" Ash called.
"Poochyena, use sand-attack!" Poochyena got ready to blind Kirlia with a sand-attack, only to be caught by a psionic force. It was then thrown up into the air, and then slammed back down, cracking the floor and sending dust flying.
"Great work, Kirlia! Now use Confusion!" Ash called.
"Poochyena! Use bite!" Giovanni replied. Kirlia shot out waves of confusion, sending Poochyena stumbling in random directions. Recovering itself, it jumped back and bit Kirlia, inflicting dark damage.
"Now, Poochyena! Use Thief!"
"Kirlia! Don't let him get you! Use Psychic!" Kirlia nodded, catching the disappearing Poochyena in her psychic wavelengths. Sending him smashing into the wall, Kirlia knocked Poochyena out, ending the second round of the match.
"Poochyena! Return!" Giovanni called the pokémon back into his ball. "I went easy on you that time, kid, but this one's gonna be harder! Go, Nidorant!"
"Nidorant?" Ash questioned, watching with peaked interest as the pokémon emerged.