Here's a look into Brawly's past with Roxanne. It was originally going to be a small little flashback followed by the Gym battle but I kinda just kept on going and going until it became its own chapter. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: Pokémon has not, does not, and never will belong to me.
Brawly had invited the three to stay at his place. Roxanne understandably denied the invitation but Brendan and May took him up.
"so you dudes are interested in my side of this whole drama with Roxanne huh?" Brawly asked.
"Yeah. I feel like there's something going on that she's completely missing here." Brendan suspected.
"What we know is that you're her ex. She didn't like you hanging out with your groupies so she broke up with you. She couldn't keep a boyfriend for very long after that. You tried to drug her and sent Chaz to the hospital, and she completely cut ties with you." May summed up.
Brawly looked a little mad at the recount.
"Chaz is the reason all this shit went down." He said with clenched teeth.
"Who is this Chaz?" Brendan asked.
"He was a child star who specializes in dance. He referred to himself as the teen pop idol, Leaf Green's rival but he was nowhere near as popular as her." May explained.
"Nowadays the slimeball is a famous Pokémon Coordinator." Brawly added.
"Leaf Green huh? Never heard of her. Must have just been a Hoenn sensation. Anyway why is all of this his fault?" Brendan questioned.
"I heard he's infamous for causing drama. I became friends with Leaf when she transferred to my school. She told me she was bullied out of her last school by a rumor he spread and she was eventually bullied out of ours too…" May said with a hint of guilt in her voice.
"He's all about himself and nobody else. He'll stop at nothing to take down his competition. When I started dating Roxanne he saw his opportunity and set his plan into motion to take me down." Brawly explained.
Brendan and May raised a brow to Brawly claim.
"I'm popular and he sees that as a threat. Once I started going out with Roxanne I told my fans to chill but Chaz paid them off to stick to me like glue." Brawly began to explain.
"And that lead to Roxanne feeling neglected and breaking up with you." May pieced together.
"I really tried to get them to stop but by the time they did Roxanne was done." Brawly said with a sad expression.
"So this all could have been avoided if she just sat down and talked to you? She really needs to pull her head out of her ass." Brendan said angrily.
"What about her boyfriends after that?" May asked.
"All spineless losers. I would test their character myself and threaten them. If they weren't scared of me and still wanted to be with her then they would be the right guy for her."
"That seems a little possessive don't you think?" May pointed out.
"Nah you got it wrong baby. I really dig Roxanne which means the most important thing is her happiness. If she's not happy with me there's nothing I can do about that. What I can do is make sure she ends up with someone that will treat her right." Brawly explained.
"That's...actually kinda sweet." May said.
"Unfortunately Chaz was extremely cunning. He had taped a few of my interactions, especially his. Then everything came crashing down on Roxanne's sweet 16." Brawly said, looking depressed.
About a year ago
Brawly fought with his mind as to actually do this or not. However he needed to make sure Roxanne's new boyfriend was right for her. He tracked down Chaz in Slateport City but he seemed like he was expecting this.
"Well well what a surprise. The famous Brawly has blessed me with his presence! Truly a wonderful day indeed." Chaz taunted.
"Listen here pretty boy…" Brawly began but was cut off.
"I already know how this little talk goes. You threaten me to test my character, correct?" He asked smugly.
Brawly was quite taken back by this. How did Chaz know of this? He was about to continue until he heard a familiar voice in the distance.
"There you are Chaz! Oh...hi Brawly." Roxanne greeted.
Brawly's eyes widened. What was Roxanne doing in Slateport?
"Ah there you are darling. I just happened to run into my good friend Brawly while waiting for our date." He said, slinging his arm around Brawly.
He gave a devilish smile to Brawly.
"So that's it. He knew when I would confront him and planned a date with Roxanne so she would interrupt us. What a conniving prick." Brawly pieced together.
"Oh? I didn't know you two knew each other." Roxanne said.
"Oh we are just the, how do you say it again Brawly? Ah yes the tightest of bros." Chaz said, with amazing acting skills.
Brawly wanted to slug him right there but didn't want to start a scene in front of Roxanne. He decided to play along.
"Umm...yeah...real tight." He said nervously.
"In fact I was wondering if we could invite him to your sweet 16. I know you two have some bad history but I think bygones should be bygones, wouldn't you say?" Chaz asked.
Brawly would love to be invited but Chaz was up to something and he didn't like it.
"I still consider him a friend plus I know Brawly is usually the life of the party. Of course he's invited." Roxanne said, giving them both a smile.
"Perfect. Good to know you'll be there." Chaz said to Brawly with a very slight hint of malice in his voice.
The whole interaction left a bad taste in his mouth. He definitely needed to look out for Chaz.
About a week went by and Brawly had just arrived in Rustboro. Chaz really pulled out all the stops here. Perks of dating a rich boy I guess. It was a more formal event so Brawly had to go get some dress clothes first. He wore a black button up shirt with the first few buttons undone and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. It was untucked from his black dress pants that had an orange stripe going up each leg. He also decided to leave his goggles at home. The party was in full swing. Brawly decided to hang with Flannery and Winona, two Gym Leaders elected at the same time he was. Winona was wearing a sleek light purple full length strapless dress with a slit down the right side to expose almost her entire leg. She had ditched her pilot headgear and had done her up in a large elegant braid that hung down over her left shoulder and ended at the middle of her breast. She also had a necklace with a beautiful turquoise gem in it. Flannery opted for a more revealing outfit. She wore an extremely tight red thigh length strapless pencil dress. It looked like her massive chest was ready to pop out of it at any moment and if she bent down too far her ass would ripe the dress. However no matter how much she moved everything stayed in place. Guess you learn how to make clothes like that work when you've had tits the size of watermelons since the age of 13.
"Well if it isn't hot stuff and cool breeze. How's it hanging girls?" Brawly asked, offering them some drinks.
"Haha! Brawly! The party animal finally arrived!" Flannery cheered, reaching for one of the drinks.
Winona slapped her hand away and glared.
"You already had three drinks and the party isn't even an hour in." she lectured, taking her drink.
"Fine! I'll pace myself...party pooper." Flannery said like a spoiled child.
"Anyway I'm surprised you're here Brawly. I thought you and Roxanne had a bit of a falling out." Winona said curiously.
"It wasn't much of a falling out. She just broke up with me out of the blue. I don't know why but whatever." He explained, taking a drink.
The two girls looked at each other with a bit of a confused face.
"She didn't tell you why?" Flannery asked.
Brawly shook his head.
"It's because you kept flirting with all your groupies." Winona explained.
"What!? I wasn't flirting with them. They were harassing me. Every chance they got they would harass me. I kept telling them to buzz off but they just kept coming." Brawly defended.
They changed the subject and started having a good time but Brawly was still on edge. He kept a watchful eye on both Roxanne and Chaz. Chaz was to his surprise being a pretty stand up guy. He was greeting all the guests and even gave a big speech to introduce the birthday girl. Brawly had to physically keep his jaw from dropping when she walked in. She was dressed like a fairy tale princess. Her dress was a beautiful deep pink and reached down to a little bit above her ankles. The straps were big and puffy and went around her arms instead of her shoulders. Her hair was in it's usual style and she was outfitted with a beautiful necklace and several bracelets.
"Winona! Flannery! Oh and Brawly too. Glad you all made it." Roxanne greeted cheerfully.
Flannery gave her a big drunken hug, almost suffocating her between her tits.
"Happy birthday Roxanne!" she screamed.
"I see you still can't handle alcohol...also did you have to wear such a revealing dress? Have at least a little modesty." Roxanne lectured after escaping her friend's embrace.
Chaz was coming to join the group and Brawly could see the malice in his face again.
"Brawly my friend! So glad you came." he greeted.
"Yeah. pretty fancy party." Brawly said, trying to make small talk.
"But of course. Only the best for my darling." Chaz said, slinging his arm around Roxanne.
Roxanne giggled and Brawly tried his best to seem happy for them but let a slight pissed off eyebrow twitch slip through. Both Flannery and Winona caught this and seemed a bit worried.
"Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go get my darling a drink." Chaz excused himself.
He stopped next to Brawly, put his hand on his shoulder and began whispering loud enough for Brawly to hear him clearly but not enough that the rest could.
"You shouldn't have come here. Now your downfall is imminent." he said.
"The hell are you going on about? I could break you like a twig if I wanted to." Brawly threatened.
"Go ahead if you want, just know that if you try anything against me a video of you threatening all of Roxanne's boyfriends will play for everyone in attendance to see." Chaz threatened back.
Brawly's blood froze. How the hell did he have something like that?
"What do you want with me? What did I ever do to you?" Brawly asked.
"I guess I can tell you my plan seeing as no matter what you do tonight, you lose. You see you're a threat to my popularity so I must destroy you." Chaz began to explain.
"You serious?! This is just for popularity?!" Brawly asked in shock.
"Fame is everything and I do not share the spotlight. You remember Leaf Green? Well she's gone because of me. She was easy. Bend the truth of her father's trial a bit, spread it around like wildfire and bam! No more rival. However I wouldn't be able to take you down with a rumor so I spent countless nights thinking of how to end you." he continued.
Brawly was seriously disturbed by how messed up this man was quickly becoming.
"Then it hit me. Out of all the girls that throw themselves at you, you wanted the girl that had no interest in you and would even berate you. That told me she was special so of course step one was to break you up. I paid off those groupies of yours to never stop flirting with you and knowing Roxanne she would dump you eventually." he said.
Brawly couldn't believe it. His plan was in motion that far back? This man was an evil genius.
"I figured you would try and make sure Roxanne was with someone who made her happy so I had someone tail you and record all those interactions. That's also how I knew you'd confront me. This brings us to now with you perfectly ensnared in my trap." Chaz finished as he walked away.
Brawly had gone pale. Chaz had calculated everything and even knew how everyone would react beforehand.
"Hey are you ok? You look kinda pale." Winona asked in concern.
"Huh? Oh yeah I'm...fine. I'm gonna go grab another drink." Brawly lied.
He passed Chaz again on his way to get a drink and he just had an evil smirk. Over at the drink table Brawly took a second to regain his composure.
"This is seriously fucked up! What the hell is wrong with this guy?!" What does he have planned?" Brawly thought to himself.
After he began to think clearly again he noticed something just under the table. He picked it up and his blood went cold again. It was a bag with a few pills in it. It didn't take long for him to figure out what it was.
"He's...he's going to...drug Roxanne? No…" he thought.
He looked back to the group and saw Chaz about to give her the drink. Brawly's body just moved. In just a second Roxanne went from seeing Chaz happily handing her a drink to seeing him with Brawly's fist buried in his cheek. With Brawly having flared up his Aura Chaz went flying across the room.
"Don't you dare touch her!" Brawly screamed.
It took Roxanne a second to process what had happened but when she did her wrath fell to Brawly.
"I...can't...believe you…" she said through gritted teeth.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to let him…" he began but was cut off.
"I can't believe that you are such a jealous prick that you would attack my boyfriend on my birthday!" she yelled, grabbing anyone who wasn't already looking's attention.
"What? No that's not…" he tried to defend.
"Please restrain that man!" a wounded Chaz yelled.
Brawly's blood began to boil again.
"I didn't tell you right away because you still called him a friend but he was trying to drug you." Chaz explained.
The group of Gym Leaders all looked at him in shock then they looked to Brawly.
"No I...It's not...What?" he mumbled while trying to get his thoughts together.
In his confusion he dropped the bag he was holding to confront Chaz with. As it hit the floor Brawly finally understood what Chaz meant when he said he was going to lose either way. If Brawly had done nothing then Chaz would have raped Roxanne but with Brawly taking action the plan was to now frame him. With a quick look Brawly saw Caz's devious smile. Roxanne stared at the bag in shock.
"Y-you were...going t-to...drug me…?" Roxanne asked, her anger turning into fear.
Seeing Roxanne with a genuine look of fear in her eyes cut Brawly deep. Too many emotions started whirling around in his head and after a brief panic attack he came out with one goal. Kill Chaz. His Aura flared far beyond what he was known to be capable of. Filled with nothing but rage now he closed the distance between him and Chaz, who had just got back on his feet, in an instant.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" he screamed as he pummeled him into the floor.
Relentless was the only word to describe Brawly. Punch after punch with no let up. It didn't take long before blood started to be flung everywhere. Roxanne, Flannery and Winona all powered up and pulled Brawly off of the unconscious bloody pulp that was Chaz now. Even with all three of them at full power it was hard to hold him back. After a minute Brawly calmed down and gave up his fight. Roxanne immediately called for an ambulance.
"Roxanne I'm...I'm sorry…" Brawly tried to apologize.
"Leave." was all she said.
It was rare that Roxanne wouldn't bitch him out. That meant see was beyond mad. Brawly tried to talk again but was shut down.
"Leave and never talk to me again. All of this just because I didn't want to put up with your playboy attitude and because you were too jealous to accept that I wanted to be with someone else. I hate you and I never want to see you again. Leave now." Roxanne said with tears rolling down her face.
Brawly didn't even try to fight. He just left with a defeated expression.
Present Day
"After that there was a whole police investigation and I was put on trial to keep my Gym Leader position. Luckily they couldn't pin the drugs to me however they couldn't pin them to Chaz either." He said with clenched fists.
Brendan and May were dumbfounded. Chaz was a seriously messed up person.
"I try to talk to her during Gym Leader meetings but she won't give me the time of day." Brawly added
"Take this opportunity to talk to her. You guys are going to have to discuss me anyway." Brendan suggested.
"Heh. Thanks man. I'm not giving up until the very end and you shouldn't either! I'm psyched to face you tomorrow." Brawly said with a new fiery spirit.
"Don't worry. I never give up." Brendan said, punching his fist into his hand.
I decided to make Chaz the mastermind behind Leaf's bullying completely on a whim and I like it. It sets up Chaz perfectly for the minor villainous role I have planned for him as well as something I have planned for Kanto Region. Anyway Next time will be a great fight with Brawly, Pokémon with Brendan and words with Roxanne.