-1Important! I do not own Pokemon nor am I associated with Nintendo or Game Freak.

Chapter 6A

Rock Solid: Jason vs. Brock

After making it through Viridian Forest, Lexi and Jason decided to split up. Jason headed for Pewter City to face Brock, and Lexi stayed behind to train her Pokemon.

Jason entered Pewter City, the biggest city he had ever been in. That's not saying much, however, because he had never been past Viridian City. He knew that Pewter City was most famous for it's gym and Pokemon Museum, both he was sure to check out.

He immediately went to the Pokemon Center, Viridian Forest took a toll on his Pokemon. His Pokemon did become a lot stronger though, his Pidgey even learned Quick Attack! While his Pokemon were being healed, he thought up a strategy to beat Brock, the Pewter City gym leader.

Brock uses rock/ground type Pokemon, so Squirtle will do 4 times the damage, he thought to himself. I'll start with Pidgey and see how much it could do, and then finish him off with Squirtle. Yes, that's it!"

Jason got his Pokemon back from Nurse Joy and headed for the Pokemon Gym. Once he entered, he saw that the whole building was gray and covered with rocks, some small and some big. This would be like a battle he had never seen before.

He looked around because he couldn't see anybody. "Hello," he called. He heard his voice echo around the gym. It took two minutes before somebody came out of a door off to the side.

The man who entered had brown hair and was really short. On closer inspection however, he noticed it was a kid his age! "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the boy said franticly. "Welcome to Pewter City Gym, you have to beat me before you are aloud to see Brock!"

"Alrighty then," Jason said. "Go! Squirtle!" He threw out his strongest Pokemon out onto the field.

"This is unfair!" the boy complained. "I only have a Sandshrew, and it's weak to water!" He threw out his Pokemon, a yellow shrew Pokemon. "Use Scratch," he commanded.

Sandshrew ran at Squirtle, but Squirtle withdrew inside it's shell to dodge the attack. "Nice one Squirtle," Jason called. "Now use Bubble!" Squirtle blew bubbles at Sandshrew, making tired and hurt. "Use Scratch again," the boy commanded. Sandshrew ran at Squirtle, but it used another Bubble attack, knocking Sandshrew out. "Aw man," the boy said. "Now I have to let you see Brock."

The boy ran into a nearby door, and hit a switch. All of a sudden, the back wall opened up, making the room double it's normal size. Brock was standing there. "What's that for?" Jason asked.

"To fit one of Brock's Pokemon," the boy said laughing. He left through another door, leaving Jason and Brock alone. Jason gulped, if one of Brock's Pokemon was that big, he was in danger.

"Welcome to my gym," Brock said. Brock was a tall guy with dark hair, medium skin, and squinty eyes. He was more intimidating than you think. "Since you beat my understudy, I guess I will give you a chance to beat me, not that anyone has in a while,"

Brock threw out his first Pokemon, Geodude, a ball of rock with arms, eyes, and a mouth. Jason threw out his Pidgey, keeping with his original plan. "Your using a bird versus my rock type?" Brock asked laughing. "You'll be easier than I thought!"

"Use Gust," Jason commanded, wasting no time. He hated to be laughed at. Pidgey flapped it's wings, sending a mini tornado at Geodude. It was sucked up, but didn't sustain too much damage when it was slammed down.

"Now use Tackle," Brock said. Geodude flew toward Pidgey and sent it flying back. It hit a wall and was knocked out instantly. Jason recalled it. "That's it? That's all your Pidgey could do?" Brock was laughing again. "I could beat you in my sleep."

Bubbles flew at Geodude, doing some major damage. "Maybe you should pay attention," Jason said with his Squirtle in front of him. The battle was finally on.

"Grrrrr," Brock growled. "Geodude, use Defense Curl and hide yourself among the rocks." Geodude shut it's eyes and curled up in to a ball, it flew somewhere on the other side of the gym.

"Use Bubble," Jason said. But Squirtle just looked at him because it didn't know where Geodude was among the rocks. "Use it anywhere Squirtle!" Squirtle shot bubbles all over the gym, so that you couldn't see anything. Everything was quiet as nobody made a move.

Finally, they saw Geodude fly up from it's hiding spot. The bubbles had made it to the other side of the gym and hit him. It didn't make it back to where the battle was taking place before it fainted. Brock recalled it back into it's Poke Ball.

"Squirtle learned Water Gun," the Pokedex said.

"I guess you're better than I thought," Brock said. "But you'll need that Water Gun attack for my next Pokemon!" He released his final and best Pokemon, an Onix. Onix was a huge rock snake that filled up the whole gym.

Now I see why they needed this bigger room, Jason thought. He tried not to act nervous, but it was hard not to sweat every time he looked at that thing. "Onix," it called as it rose above him.

"Squirtle, use Water Gun," Jason called nervously. Squirtle went to use his new attack, but Onix used his tail to send Squirtle to the other side of the gym. "SQUIRTLE," Jason screamed.

Squirtle got back up, but it was now covered in dirt and bruises. "Look's like your Squirtle isn't as good as you thought," said Brock. "It can't even beat a Pokemon it has a type advantage to."

"Yeah, use Water Gun again!" Squirtle shot a stream of water out and it was about to hit Onix square in the face, but Onix blocked the attack with it's tail. "Dang it," Jason said, disappointed. "I'm going to have to change my strategy here." He thought and thought, but he couldn't think of anything. I'm going to lose.

"Now, Onix, use Rock Throw!" Brock commanded. Onix used it's tail to pick up some of the boulders littered on the battlefield and threw them straight at Squirtle.

"Squirtle, withdraw into your shell!" Jason called. Squirtle obeyed and the rocks harmlessly slammed into it's shell, doing minimal damage. "Yes!" Jason called. He then got a brilliant idea. "Squirtle," he called. "Get on the huge boulder Onix just threw, when Onix gets near, jump on it's head and spray it."

Luckily (and conveniently), Brock didn't hear any of this because he was commanding his Onix to use a Screech attack. Onix made a high pitch sound that made everyone in the room cover their ears. While everyone was immobile for a while, Onix moved to tackle Squirtle. Squirtle, however, had different plans.

When Onix came charging head first at Squirtle, it shot a Water Gun attack right at it's face, sending it back. "ONIX," Brock yelled.

"Nice one, Squirtle, (even though it wasn't my plan…)" Jason said. "Now use it again!" Squirtle again shot another stream of water at Onix, knocking it out. "I can' t believe I lost," Brock said sadly. He started to smile. "But that was the best battle I have ever had! You have officially earned the Boulder Badge!" Brock handed Jason a small brown badge, the first of eight that would enter you into the Kanto League Championship.

Jason put into his bag and shouted, "I have my first badge!"

Coming Up In 6B: Lexi radically improves her Pokemon party, Jake, Jonathan, and Rick return, and we'll learn more about the relationship between Team Rocket and Team Missile!
Author's Note: That was my favorite battle! I think it would be yours too! To give you a break from Brock, I will not have Lexi vs. Brock until Chapter 7B. Please Review!