***Another [normal] chapter, and plus me I think this one will be a good one(lol) cause the Special Chapter wasn't all that great, anyways please R&R***

~Kickin' Some Grass!~

The gang makes a small pit stop to replenish themselves at the small Pokemon Center on the way to Blackthorn City.

"We're so close!" Dustin smiled as he viewed the pokegear's map. "I can't wait! I'm gonna kick the leader's butt and get my badge!"

"Easy there," Shane responded, the group was at a table in the center waiting on Dustin's pokemon to be healed, "Don't be so sure, the leader of Blackthorn is the strongest in all of Johto."

"Clair," Jen continued, "I heard she's trained with the Dragon Master Lance." She took a sip of her water and then put it up in her bag, ready to go.

"So I take it she uses Dragon types," Dustin thought for a moment and pulled out his dex from his bag, looking up dragons.

"Dragon types," Devon started, "Pokemon that contain the dragon trait often use multiple elemental attack and prefer to be weak to ice types."

"Easy," Dustin said after putting the dex and gear in his bag and zipping them up, "I can switch out for Swinub here."

"Maybe if you had like a year to train Swinub," Shane corrected Dustin. "Swinub isn't the toughest of your pokemon."

"It needs a lot of training," Jen finished.

"Your pokemon are healed," Nurse Joy said as a ding went off from the counter. "Dustin your pokemon are healed."

Dustin got up and walked to the coutner, "Thank you," he took the tray from Nurse Joy and latched an ultraball, a fastball, and four pokeballs to his belt.

"Your welcome," she nodded as the door opened, "Oh hi Art," she looked around Dustin and talked to a tall man around twenty-five, skinny with short blonde hair, dressed in green pants and a light blue shirt.

"Hello Joy," he replied, his voice had a nerdy touch. He walked to the counter, "How are things?"

"Good," she responded, "And how is the gym?"

"Just fine," he answered.

'Did she say gym?' Dustin thought and looked at Art. "Do you have a pokemon gym? Like I could win a badge?"

Art let out a light chuckle, "Well I do have a gym, but it's not offical yet, so no you can't win a badge."

"-Oh," Dustin sighed.

"But if you'd like," Art offered, "You could come by, it's not far from here, and we could battle. That is if your a pokemon trainer."

"I am a trainer!" Dustin jumped up and smiled, "Sure I'd love a battle with a leader...uh good trainer!"

Art laughed, "Ok let's get going."

"One minute!" Dustin told Art and ran to his friends at the table. "Hey guys, that guy over there runs an un-offical gym, I wanna go!"

"You can't win a badge," Shane informed Dustin.

"I know," he shook his head, "But think about it! I could train my team! And...get better so I can beat Clair!"

"Sounds like a plan." Jen smiled at Shane, who glared a stern look at her.

"Then it's cool!" Dustin slamed his right hand on the table, "I get to battle Art and practice some!...Then we can finish going to Blackthorn!"

"Ok," Shane sighed.

The gang walked about five minutes from the center with Art, after being introduced, to a large building, like a gym however on the outside was a huge and plentaful garden with flowers and grass pokemon playing.

"Oh how cool!" Jen gasp at the two wild Bulbsaur playing with the wild Chikorita. "Are all these pokemon wild?"

"Nope," Art answered, "They belong to me, I've raised them from eggs, not only do I battle with my pokemon I also raise them."

"So I take it you use grass types," Shane hypothesised.

"Your correct," Art chuckled, "Do any of you have any grass pokemon? If you do you should let them out."

"Ok," Dustin nodded and threw his pokeball, summoning Bayleef, "Bayleef have fun!"

"Bay!" the grass type replied with a happy cry, it ran into the flowery area and layed down, fliping it's leaf and closing it's eyes.

"What happened to it?" Dustin asked.

"Bayleef is using Sweet Scent," Jen informed Dustin, "The flowers around it help the aroma of it's leaf grow, making it's grass type moves stronger."

"Very good," Art claped at Jen's explanation. "I bet you like learning about how pokemon live."

"Sure do," Jen nodded. "Now for my grass type," she enlarged a pokeball, "Go Gloom!" she threw it and called on the flower pokemon.

"Gloom," it slowly made it's way to a grassy area where three Oddishs and two Glooms played, Jen's joined in on the fun.

"Grass pokemon really love it here," she smiled.

"Now that our pokemon are playing," Dustin interupted the peaceful view, "Let's battle!"

The gang and Art walked into the gym like building into a grassy battle field, Dustin and Art took their places in the trainer's box as Jen and Shane sat in the bleachers.

"This gym calls for three pokemon each," Art annouced, "I'll be judging, I hope that's ok with you?"

"Sure is," Dustin noded and enlarged a pokeball. He thought to himself, 'Quilava can burn through this place.' "Go Quilava!" he threw the pokeball.

"Lava!" the mouse jumped into the grassy arena, it's body flames ignited into a rainbow of yellows, oranges, and reds.

Art threw his pokeball, "Go Meganium!" he threw the spinning pokeball, as it opened a huge green creautre, similar to Bayleef roared as it touched the grass arena.

"What's that?" Dustin asked and pulled out his pokedex.

"Meganium," Devon analyzed, "The evolution of Bayleef and final form of Chikorita's evolution, this pokemon is said to have the power to revive dead plants."

"Sweet," Dustin's eyes wided, he then put up the dex. "Quilava go! Show Meganium your Flamethrower attack!"

"Dustin seems confident," Jen pointed out, "Though Meganium has a little more experience Quilava has type advantage."

"Quil!" the mouse chirped and opened it's mouth as a red and yellow fireball formed, "Lava!" it blew out the fireball in the form of a jet at Meganium.

"Block it with Light Screen," Art calmly commanded.

"Mega!" the plant's antenas on it's head glew as a golden wall appeared before it, blocking the flame and fading a short time after the fire did.

"No biggie!" Dustin told Quilava, "Use another Flamethrower!"

"Earthquake," Art replied.

Quilava opened it's mouth once more revealing the fireball, Meganium stoped the groud with it's front right foot, causing a huge shake and knocking Quilava off balance.

"Ah!" Dustin was shooken and fell over, "Ouch!" he quickly got back up and commanded Quilava, "Use Quick Attack!"

"Quil!" it sprinted on all four across the grassy field, moving swiftly from left to right until it came about a foot from Meganium, "Lava!" it leaped up and slamed it's head into Meganium's chest area.

"Hm..." Art grined as Meganium stood it's ground. "Counter."

"Mega!" it cocked it's long neck back, "Nuim!" it swirled it's neck and slamed it's head into Quilava, causing the mouse do a back flip.

"Hold on Quilava!" Dustin ordered as the mouse landed on it's back paws first, reverting it's body and getting back into proper position. "Flamethrower!"

"Light Screen."

"Lava!" the flaming pokemon bellowed out a powerful redish orange flame, which was stoped before contacting Meganium by the golden barrier.

"Now Ember!"

"Va!" it blasted out a fireball fused with the flaming jet, the fusion combination smashing into the barrier and breaking it, burning Meganium crisp as it fell over with X's in it's eyes.

"Return," Art withdrew his fainted grass type and softly congratulated it, shirking it down and enlarging another pokeball after latching Meganium's to his belt. "Your Quilava's ablities are amazing," he told Dustin.

"Thanks!" Dustin took the complement.

"But let's see how you do agianst this one!" he threw the other pokeball, when the ball opened and the light faded a coconut tree formed. "Exeggutor!"

"That's an Exeggutor," Jen gasp and said to Shane, "Despite it's grass type it can also use psychic attacks!"

"Go Quilava use Flamethrower!"

"Counter it with Confusion!"

"Guttor!" the tree strayed back and forth as all it's eyes glew purple, an aura surrounded Quilava and lifted it into the air.

"Wha?!" Dustin gasp. "Use Flamethrower!"

"Guttor!" the plant still control the mouse's body, "Tor!" it's eyes glew brighter as Quilava was slamed into the ground and then lifted up agian, only to be slamed down agian.

"Lava..." the fallen pokemon layed on it's back, flames gone. "Lava...." it panted with swirls in it's small eyes.

"Great job Quilava," Dustin said as he withdrew it, shirkning it down and thanking it, then latching it to his belt. "Art your Exeggutor was strong," he smirked and enlarged another pokeball, "But Eevee can do it!" he threw the pokeball and the cat like creature pured upon landing on the grass area.

"Confusion!" Art's tone of voice had changed since Meganium lost, from light and soft to powerful and stern.

"Double Team!" Dustin retaliated.

"Vee!" the small pokemon pured as two more images morphed from it, an aura of blue envoked the one to the left, lifting it up, the image faded.

"Wrong one!" Dustin smiled, "Take Down now!"

"Vee!" the main Eevee formed with the fake one and came charging on all four, leaping and slaming it's whole body into the trunk of Exeggutor, knocking it back.

"Get up!" Art commanded, the tree kicked it's feet but it's shape wouldn't allow it to get back up.

"Now use Bite!" Dustin ordered with a hint of joy in his voice.

"Eev!" the pokemon chanted and jumped on the trunk of Exeggutor, walking to the coconut part and sinking it's sharp fangs into the center coconut. Exeggutor kicked it's feet and let out a painful cry, eventually fainted with swirls in it's eyes. "Vee!" it jumped off the plant.

"Return!" Art recollocted his pokemon and thanked it, shirnking down the ball and placing it on his belt.

"I guess all that training with Eevee paid off," Shane pointed out.

Meanwhile outside the gym in the garden area, the grass pokemon belonging to Art, Dustin and Jen played peacefully, not knowing they were being watched.

"That's a lot of grass types," Clyde said to Bonnie, the two hide behind a tree, "Just image how much the boss would love us if we got them those!"

"Grass types use powerful status problems," Bonnie pointed out, "We should use a stragety before stealing them..." she evily grined.

"I guess you've left me no choise," Art smirked, "Prepare to meet my strongest pokemon ever!" he threw an enlarged pokeball, when the light died down a powerful reptile like frog with a huge flower on it's back appeared.

"A Venusaur!" Jen gasp. "One of the strongest grass types ever!"

"Dustin be careful!" Shane yelled from the bleachers.

"Allways," Dustin waved and looked at Eevee, "Good job with Exeggutor, but this might be too much," he withdrew Eevee and latched it to his belt. "I've never seen a Venusaur before, this one is gonna be fun," he enlarged his fastball, "Go Pikachu!"

"Chu!" the yellow mouse sprinted from the white light into the grass battle field, it's cheecks sparking with small blue jolts of eletricity.

"Not agian?!" Jen smacked her forehead with her right hand and sat down, "Will he ever learn...." she sighed.

"Venusaur use Vine Whip!"

"Dodge with Agility!"

"Saur!" it roared as two vines extended from it's flower, making their way to the yellow blur known as Pikachu. The mouse dodged each vine with grace and agility, jumping right in front of Venusaur with the vines behind it.

"Thunderbolt now!"

"Pika!" it's cheecks charged up as it's body emited small sparks, "Chu!" it scruntched it's cheecks tight as a yellow lightning bolt slamed into Venusaur, after dieing down Pikachu landed on the ground, "Chu!"

"That did it!" Dustin smiled, as the dust died down however he was proven wrong, an un-harmed Venusaur stood there. "Huh?" he was confused.

"As long as Venursaur stands on it's feet lightning moves don't effect it," Art informed his opponent and then commanded, "Pull in your vines!"

"Saur!" the reptile grunted as it's vines came it's way, snatching Pikachu by it's feet and triping it, the vines came back in it's body.

"Try getting back up!" Dustin suggested, the mouse grunted and got back on up, ok. "Good job, we can do it!"

"Chu!" Pikachu smiled at it's trainer.

"Let's prove them wrong," Art pointed at Pikachu, "Shut it down with an Earthquake!"

"Venu!" it lifted up it's front right leg, "Saur!" it slamed the leg into the ground, causing an uproar in the land and making a terrible shake.

"Ahh---" Dustin hopped around, hoping not to fall.

"Chu?!" Pikachu cried and fell over on it's back, scared.

"Pikachu!" Dustin shouted with fear, before he could finish his order a lodu noise filled the grassy forest stadium.

"What's that?" Jen asked and stood up.

"The alarm," Art gasp, "Something is going wrong," he withdrew Venusaur, "Come on!" he ran outside with the gang and Pikachu following.

When they came out they saw a huge truck like machine, in the back was a rubber cage full of all the grass pokemon, including Dustin's Bayleef and Jen's Gloom.

"My pokemon!" Jen and Dustin gasp in unision.

"What is that?" Shane asked, looking at the machine, a fog of smoke appered as two figures merged from the roof of the truck.

"Prepare for forest grassy trouble!" a fimilar and annoying girl's voice proclaimed.

"Make it plant fun double!" the other voice joined in.

"To abolish the world with devistation!" the girl's voice said as the boy's voice followed.

"To destroy people of every nation!"

"To annouce the evils of darkness and love!"

"To extend our wrath to the stars above!"

The smoke died out and Bonnie appeared, "Bonnie!"

Joined in with her was her parnter Clyde, "Clyde!"

"Hand those pokemon back!" Art shouted at the two Rockets. "There not yours!"

"Duh," Bonnie smirked, "But we're taking them!"

"Pikachu use Thundershock!" Dustin pointed at the truck.

"Pika!" it nodded as it's cheecks scruntched up, "Chu!" they developed and unleashed a chain of lightning hitting the truck but not phasing it.

"Huh?" Dustin asked.

"This truck is super strong," Bonnie pointed out.

"Not even a shock can stop us!" Clyde laughed.

"Hand them back!" Art commanded and enlarged a pokeball, "Go Meganium!" he summoned the huge plant creature. "Break the cage with Razor Leaf!"

"What's that?" Clyde asked.

"Mega!" it lifted it's neck and twirled it, two sharp leaves came flying at the cage, cutting the bars and slashing them apart.

"Now be free!" Art told his pokemon, all the grass types came running out of the cage and surround themselves by Art.

"Bayleef!" Dustin ran and huged his pokemon as it came running to it's master.

"Gloom!" Jen huged her plant pokemon as it made it's way to her. She stood up and looked at Bonnie and Clyde, "You'll pay for this one!"

"This truck is unstopable!" Clyde stuck out his tounge.

"But your not," Dustin smiled, "Pikachu!" he said, the mouse jumped in front of it's trainer, "Bayleef!" the grass type joined in, "Take care of 'em!" he smiled.

"Chu!" Pikachu sent out a charge of lightning, shocking Bonnie and Clyde hard. Bayleef then extended two vines and whiped Bonnie and Clyde hard, making them cry in pain.

"Ouch?!" the two Rockets cried in pain.

"Now leave!" Art gave the Rockets a chance.

"Right!" Clyde nodded and got off from the truck and ran the opposite direction, Bonnie giving him a dirty look.

"-Uh?" she looked at the gang, "What can I say?" she jumped off of the truck and followed Clyde, "We're blasting off agian!" the two ran out of sight.

"Bayleef, Pikachu," Dustin huged the two.

"Why did you let them get away?" Shane asked Art.

"Everyone needs a second chance," he replied.

The gang stood outside the gym, preparing to leave as Art bid them farewell.

"I guess we won't get to finish our battle," Dustin sighed.

"Don't worry," Art winked, "You'll do fine in the leauge."

"You think so?" Dustin got anxious.

"I know so," he replied.

"Bye Art," the gang waved goodbye as the gang made their way on the dirt road, leaving the gym.

"Goodbye everyone," Art waved back, "Good luck!"

"Get enough training?" Jen asked Dustin as they continued their way to Blackthorn.

"I can handle Clair," Dustin smiled as the gang made their way on the dirt road, very near Blackthorn, the final Johto gym!

***DONE! And I liked this chapter, defenally a redimention from the last chapter(lol) anyways the next chapter will be in Blackthorn and will be titled, "The Tini Dratini" lol so please look out for it and R&R, have a good day ^_-***