CHAPTER 3: Rock-hard Battles
Giovanni and Miyamoto were traveling in the Viridian forest for some time now. "Oh my gosh look Giovanni it's a Pinsir!" said Miyamoto pointing to the right. Giovanni looked to where Miyamoto was pointing and soon spotted the Pinsir too. "I have to catch this," said Giovanni. "Ok I'll let you have this one," said Miyamoto. "Go Nidoran!" said Giovanni throwing a pokeball and it came out. "Nidoran Poison Sting!" he commanded the poison pokemon. Nidoran charged at Pinsir and stuck the horn on his forehead into Pinsir's back. Pinsir roared in agony as the poison surged into its body. "Nidoran tackle it!" he commanded. After a swift tackle from Nidoran, Pinsir tried to run away but fell in the process. "This battle has been won," said Giovanni throwing an empty pokeball at it. The ball twitched for a few minutes then froze. Giovanni picked up the pokeball and hooked it on his belt. "Nidoran return" said Giovanni returning the poison pokemon.
"Hmm that was good…I guess," said Miyamoto. "But can you beat the Pewter City gym leader D.J.?" (Note: This was way before Brock became the gym leader, he wasn't even born yet) "D.J.?" said Giovanni confused. "Yes D.J., his specialty is rock pokemon" said Miyamoto "And he's so CUTE!" "Uhh…"said Giovanni. "On to Pewter City then…"
After a few hours in the Viridian forest they had finally made it to Pewter City. The first stop was to heal up their Pokemon in the Pokemon Center. "Well now to the Pewter City Gym" said Giovanni as they exited the Pokemon Center. "Yeah we're going to see D.J.!" cheered Miyamoto. "Give me a break," he groaned. "Oh my gosh, look there's the gym! squealed Miyamoto running up to the gym doors. Giovanni ran after her until they had reached the large stone doors of the gym. They stood there not quite sure what to do when all of a sudden the doors automatically opened.
Giovanni and Miyamoto walked in as the doors closed behind them. Then all of a sudden Rock 'n roll music started playing. The two looked up and saw a weird guy with green hair, a red headband, blue jeans, a red shirt, and a black vest. He was holding an electric guitar. "Are you D.J.?" asked Giovanni. "The one and only!" sang D.J. playing a few notes on his guitar. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe I'm actually meeting D.J.!" squealed Miyamoto once more. "Good to see I have some fans" said D.J. "So which one of you has came here to challenge me?. "I have" said Giovanni in a serious voice. "Very well then, two pokemon each" said D.J. putting his guitar down. "It's time to Rock'n roll!" "Go Geodude!" said D.J. sending out a rock pokemon with arms. "Geo!" said the rock-type pokemon. "Hmm…a Geodude..then I choose Nidoran go!" said Giovanni sending out his poison pokemon. "Geodude it's time to play our opening notes, use tackle," ordered D.J. "Evade it!" said Giovanni. Nidoran leaped out of the way just in time. "Nidoran show him your tackle!" he said. Nidoran tackled it straight on. "Now focus energy!" he commanded again. "Now Geodude hit it with some hard notes, use Rock Throw!" ordered the gym leader. Geodude instantly started throwing large groups of rocks at Nidoran. "Nidoran evade all the rocks and strike back with Horn Attack!" commanded Giovanni. Nidoran charged at it and pierced Geodudes rock-hard skin with its horn. Geodude froze for a few minutes and collapsed on the gym floor fainted. "Geodude return" said D.J. returning his pokemon. "That trainer has some potential," mumbled D.J. to himself. "I've never seen a rookie trainer battle like that before". D.J. took a pokeball from his belt and threw it.
A big rock snake appeared. "This is my Onix, my toughest pokemon," said D.J. proudly. Nidoran looked up shocked at Onixs enormous size. "Bind it!" commanded the gym leader. Onix picked up Nidoran with its tail and binded it. "Nido!" screamed Nidoran in pain. "Drop him" said D.J. simply. Onix obeyed its master and released the Nidoran as it crashed into the floor in a heap. Nidoran had fainted. "Nidoran return" said Giovanni returning his beaten pokemon. (Meowths claws wouldn't work against its rock-hard skin so I'll have to go with Pinsir) thought Giovanni. "Go Pinsir!" said Giovanni throwing a pokeball. Giovanni had trained Pinsir A LOT in the Viridian Forest. It was surprising how strong it had gotten. "Use Slash!" commanded Giovanni. Pinsir slashed Onixs tail. A big mark remained but it didn't do any major damage. "Rock Throw!" commanded D.J. as Onix threw even more rocks then Geodude did. "Pinsir Harden now!" screamed out Giovanni. Pinsir hardened its skin as the rocks came down and hit Pinsir with no effect. "Bind it!" yelled D.J. desperately. "Wow this is really going down to the wire!" said Miyamoto. Onix picked up Pinsir and binded it. "Harden again!" yelled Giovanni as Pinsir once again hardened it's skin even more. The bind had barely taken any effect on Pinsir. "Dang it, this isn't working" said D.J. frustrated. "Release it!" Onix released Pinsir. "Bad move" taunted Giovanni "Now Pinsir Seismic toss!" Pinsir took hold of Onixs tail and with unbelievable strength tossed it to the other side of the gym as it crashed into the wall and fainted.
D.J. gasped. "Onix return" said D.J. returning his rock-snake pokemon. "I can't believe it" the defeated gym leader said. "Pinsir return" said Giovanni smirking as he returned his pokemon. "Hmm…I accept defeat," said D.J. walking towards Giovanni. "Here is your Boulder Badge". Giovanni carefully took the badge out of his hand and put it in a small pocket in his backpack. "Well it's time we departed Miyamoto" said Giovanni walking out of the gym with Miyamoto shocked walking right behind him. "Let's go to the Pokemon Center" he said.