Authors note: Got 2 reviews. One bad one good. Well both of you... A Gym leader battle!

Sapphire struggled to get free from Arbok. Sparky shot a thunder bolt at Arbok. Arbok dodged letting go of Sapphire. Sapphire grabbed off the net and realised he had caught the Zubat. Sparky shot a thunderbolt at Team Rocket blasting them out of the cave! Team Rocket had gone.

"Phew!" sighed Richie

"I got 3 Pokemon too" sapphire commented. They then found a spot to sleep.

In the morning they arrived at Violet city.

"There's Bellsprout tower" said Richie pointing out the place. "There's the gym"

They both headed towards the gym and there was Fawkner

"I'm Falkener, the bird gym leader it's 3 on 3 begin?" asked Fawkner

"Uh, yeah" replied Sapphire. "Go Ledyba!" Sapphire sent out Ledyba.

"Hmph. I send out pidgey, sand attack!" Fawknerr ordered. Pidgey used sand attack in ledyba's face making it dizzy.

"Ledyba! use tackle" commanded Sapphire. Ledyba instead bashed into the gym wall.

"Pidgey wing attack!" ordered Fawkner. Pidgey swiped at ledyba sending it flying.

"Ledyba, you did good now return!" said Sapphire. Fawkner returned Pidgey.

"A bit weak bug pokemon are weak against flying types, anyway go Hoothoot"Fawkner told Sapphire. Someone came in behind Richie.

"Huh?" said Richie turning around it was a girl. She had Blonde curly hair. She was wearing a black vest top with a blue jacket on top and a white skirt.

"Hi" she said.

"Hi" said Richie.

"Who's that trainer?" asked the girl.

"He's Sapphire a friend of mine, his first gym. Are you new too?" replied Richie.

"Yeah. I'm hoping to be a gym leader when I'm older I've got my first Pokemon already." she answered. "He's cute!"

"yeah. Sapphire you got a fan!" called Richie.

"Totodile go!" said saphire. "hi!"

"Enough talk let's battle Hoothoot peck" said Fawkner. Totodile dodged the attack.

"Ok! Totodile water gun!" comanded Sapphire. Totodile shot water at Hoothoot knocking it inot the ceiling.

"Return, Hoothoot" said Fawkner. "Let's begin the final round Go! Noctowl!" Fawkner sent out a Noctowl ready for battle.

"Sapphire, that Noctowl's at a very high level you got a chance of loosing big time!" explained Richie.

Hey Sapphire, my name's Daisy!" said the girl.

"Hi. Well sure go Zubat!" said Sapphire. Out came Zubat for the final round. They began both of them swooped at each other, both missing each other.

"Noctowl! it's a zubat, we can win use foresight!" ordered Fawkner.

"Zubat, supersonic!" ordered Saphire.

"Go sapphire!" cheered Daisy.

"You only just met Sapphire, Daisy" complained Richie.

"Noctowl come to your sences and wing attack!" yelled Fawkner. Noctowl couldn't come to its sences at wing attacked the roof and knocking it down to the floor. "Return. Well done you won, here the Zephry badge." Fawkner gave Sapphire the badge.

"So you got the badge then" said Richie, with Sapphire at the pokemon center.

"Yeah. Now all the rest!" Sapphire told Richie.

"Well I got to go...to Bellsprout tower" said Sapphire, leaving. hey waved goodbye and Richie left. When Sapphire's Pokemon were healed, Daisy came in running to Sapphire.

"I won!" she cheered. "My Mareep really beat that Noctowl in about 2 shots"

"I done...about 2 or 3" said Sapphire. "Well. what other Pokemon do you have?"

"I have a Mareep,Tediursa and Hopip" replied Daisy. "There so cute!"

"Cool, well are you going to heal your pokemon?" asked Sapphire.

"Yeah, I forgot" Daisy replied, running towards Nurse joy. A minute later she came back.

"Daisy, do you want to travel me around Jhoto?" asked Sapphire.

"Sure why not. I could learn great tips from you." Daisy replied, hapily. One hour later they left towards Azeala town, where Sapphire would get his second badge.