Phillip tried keeping his walk straightforward. No detours this time around, now that he had the Pokemon he was looking for.

Speaking of, Pikachu seemed to get along fine with the other Pokemon on Phillip's team. Pidgey was slightly afraid at first, but warmed up to Pikachu at the end. However, that didn't mean Pikachu was close to Phillip. Phillip knew why, and just went with it for now.

There were a couple times when Phillip had to look around to ease the sense that someone was watching him. The sense was increasingly pressuring when he had defeated a bug without much of a glance, but disappeared just as quick.

At the end of the forest maze, the sense jumped immediately and Phillip swung himself around to view who ever was watching. The view when he did was weird on it's own right.

A kid was there wearing a samurai's suit, sword and all, and a bug net on his back. The suit was black and red with golden trim along with a blue skirt. The child was definitely a boy, if the angle his chin gave anything away.

The kid pulled out the sword from it's sheathe and pointed the sharp end of the one-sided blade at Phillip. " I have seen defeat many a bug Pokemon and their trainers. You seem to treat them as no threat. Therefore, let me show you the force of the undefeated Samurai and my army of bugs!"

Phillip looked at the boy without emotion. " Do you wish to lose that tittle today?"

Samurai's eye's narrowed. " I have yet to lose. I doubt you will win."

Phillip sighed. " Very well." Phillip pulled out Charmander's Poke Ball. " I'll win in, say... two hits."

Samurai smirked. " The Challenge begins! Pinsir, let us battle!" Samurai summoned his first Pokemon to the battlefield. This one was a large, brown beetle that stood on two thick legs. It had two long arms with three claws on each. It's mouth was an open slit that had rows of teeth on each side horizontally. It had squinting eyes and two large, spiked horns on top of it's head.

" Charmander, roast 'em." Charmander appeared with the same flash of light. " Charmander, Smokescreen."

" Ha!" Samurai laughed. " That's child's play! Pinsir, Tackle it!" Phillip noticed a dark figure rushing towards them.

" The smoke doesn't serve to block your view." Phillip said before pointing at the smoke. " Charmander, ignite the Smokescreen with Ember." A barrage of small flames shot out of Charmander's mouth and into the smoke.

An large explosion later, Pinsir was seen laying down with massive burns and swirls for eyes.

Samurai pulled the Pinsir back into it's Poke Ball and threw forward...

Phillip stared at the new addition. " You got to be kidding."

A Metapod stood there, staring at him.

" This one won't be as easy as the last!" Samurai yelled.

" I destroyed these things before! How is this different?!" Phillip replied with the same volume. With a sigh, Phillip gave the command. " Charmander, just... Ember until it faints. I don't really care." Charmander attack with slight pity towards the Metapod. In less than a second, the Metapod was brought back to it's ball due to it fainting. The kid bowed, gave up the required money, and ran off without much of a word, possibly due to Phillip's face, which was distorted with rage.

Phillip sighed before rubbing a hand over Charmander's head. " You're doing great. Now, let's see what level you are now." He pulled out the Poke Dex and had it scan over Charmander.

Charmander: Lv. 15

Moveset: Scratch

Growl

Ember

Smokescreen.

Phillip smiled at the Dex. This meant all of Phillip's Pokemon have become the same level. He stretched a bit to get whatever stiffness set in and started walking towards the exit of the labyrinth of a forest.

In a flash of light, Phillip found himself just outside of a new city. Similar to the others, the city was surrounded with trees and mountains. There were a large mass of low-level buildings, allowing the view of the surroundings hit full force from the hill Phillip was situated on.

That's when a voice spoke from beside him.

" Pewter City is gray, the color of stone. This town was always famous for stones."

Phillip turned to see a tanned, bearded man with a yellow shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his shoulders, green pants, brown shoes and a red snow cap on his head. Phillip could see a small tuft of brown hair behind the man's cap, similar to the man's beard.

Phillip spun his head away from the man and said, " I know about the Gym Leader here. Don't go playing the mysterious card on me, Flint." With that, Phillip walked towards Pewter City, leaving the man shocked.

Gabriel sounded his alarm in Phillip's head. " You do remember what I told you, correct?"

The geezer needed to return to his family, not sell boulders to idiots, Phillip responded.

Gabriel sighed. " Alright, but don't go speaking names just to change the plot of the dimension. We need everything to remain stable."

Says you

Phillip's first stop was at the Pokemon Center. After the quick healing from the Nurse Joy, Phillip turned his attention to the Poke Mart, which was north-east from the Center. He shuffled through the shelves swiftly and pulled a good amount of Potions from the place, thanks to the collection of money he had gained.

Gabriel spoke once more. " Just to tell you, I reactivated your " Double Money" that you received from Black. It should help here." Once outside and found an alley that no one would see him, he thanked the voice with bows and screams of joy that came out verbally. When finished, he pulled himself into the shadows to avoid walking out and replaced himself in front of the Gym doors.

The Gym was made completely out of rocks. Bronze pillars were seen holding a particularly large one for a roof that had " Pewter Gym" at the top left side and a couple more to make an outline and triangle to make it look like a house. The bronze doorway was found under the large rock.

Phillip cracked his neck and smiled. " Here we go." He walked up the stair case and opened the doors.

The gym was covered with boulders and rocks. However, there was a clear pass in front of the doors, allowing Phillip to walk past.

" Who goes there?" a voice said. Phillip looked ahead as some light shone over a small staircase. A tanned man sitting at the top. He had dark brown hair and wore a green flask jacket over an orange shirt along with baggy brown pants. His shoes were hidden as he was sitting with his legs crossed.

" Hello, Brock," Phillip said. " I am here to challenge you."

" Is this your first Gym Match?" Brock asked.

" Yes." was Phillip's answer.

" A Gym Match is different from other battles. This match is for Pokemon League Authorization. There are special rules." Brock told Phillip. He stood and continued. " We will use two Pokemon each. Understood?"

" Yes."

Brock waved his hand once. " Show me your first Pokemon." Phillip summon Charmander to the field to show Brock. " You are using a Fire-Type against a Rock-Type Gym?"

Phillip smirked. " This Fire-Type's stronger than you think. I know you won't win."

" Cocky." Brock stated. " That won't get you far here." With a snap of his fingers, the stage moved so that the rocks were closing in on the clear path. Phillip picked up Charmander and jumped to the front of the room.

Brock went first. " Onix, go!" He threw one of his Poke Balls and a large snake made of rocks formed from the light. Phillip scanned the beast quickly before shove the Poke Dex back into the pocket before the information could be spoken.

" You have the field, Charmander." Charmander walked onto the battlefield entered it's fighting stance.

" Onix, Tackle Attack!"

" Charmander, jump over it."

Onix charged straight forward to Charmander, but Phillip's order moved Charmander from harm. Instead, the Onix took a face full of rocks.

Brock nodded. " Impressive reaction time. However, it's the end. Onix, Bind it now!" Onix's tail jumped from the ground and wrapped around Charmander. The tail squeezed down on Charmander's body, causing it pain. Onix reared its head to watch the pressure build.

" Charmander, Use Growl twice, then Ember continuously on it's face." Charmander let out two low-pitched grumbles before bringing out a barrage of small flames onto the Onix. It reared it's face back when being hit with the endless fire and released its grip on Charmander, allowing it to fall back to the ground.

" Last attack, Charmander." Phillip called. " Smokescreen the field." Charmander sent out the black smoke to cover the grounds. Onix was too busy wiping out the cinders to realize the situation.

Brock's call for Onix was only swallowed by Phillip's yell of " Ember!" Charmander released the flames, igniting the smokescreen, and creating the large explosion from before to occur.

Onix staggered out of the explosion's remains and shook its head to regain its bearings. Brock sighed in relief at this while Phillip looked over the field with satisfaction. A large amount of the arena was destroyed, negating any chances for a Rock-Type move to be used.

Brock regained his grin. " It seems your attempt was for nothing. Onix, use Rock Tomb!" Onix slammed it's tail into the ground, but no rocks came to help. " What the-?!"

" My attack before was for two reasons," Phillip stated. " One was for the damage to your ace card, something you shouldn't send out first. The second was to get rid of any chances of you using a Rock-Type attack."

Brock smirked again, something that sent a slight chill up Phillip's spine. " You forgot. This entire Gym is a rock. Onix, use Rock Tomb!" Onix jumped up and slammed it's tail once more, this time on the ceiling. Several stalactites fell from above Charmander.

" Dodge!" Charmander leaped to the side to avoid the attack upon command. The stalactites crumbled on the impact of the steel floor.

Onix came rushing up with a Tackle, sending Charmander into the air. Onix then used another Rock Tomb to send down on Charmander, nearly sending it to its doom if Charmander didn't recover enough to avoid them all.

" Charmander, put all of your power in an Ember and fire at will!" Charmander reared it's head back to power up the weak Fire move. At this time, Onix moved to attack with another Tackle. When Onix was less than a inch away, Charmander released the Ember onto Onix's face. An explosion only slightly smaller than the Smokescreen one erupted at the impact zone and Onix flew back to its trainer with spirals as eyes.

Brock grimaced at this and called back Onix to its Poke Ball. " I admit: you are a strong opponent. Go, Geodude!"

A Pokemon that was basically a light brown rock with arms, eyes, and a mouth appeared onto the field.

Phillip transferred from Charmander to Pidgey.

" Bad strategy. Don't you know Flying-Types are weak against Rock-Types?" Brock asked with his arms folded.

Phillip placed his hands into his pockets. " I do. Once again, I also have a strategy for it. Pidgey, Sand Attack!"

Pidgey flapped it's wing ferociously to get high into the air. It continued to do so even after get its highest in the air. This caused a dust cloud to hit Geodude in the face and covering it's vision. This happened for a few more seconds before Phillip called Pidgey for a Tackle. Pidgey shot through the cloud and rammed into Geodude with enough force for Geodude to be sent into the air. Pidgey came back for enough, sending Geodude farther into the air, and Pidgey turned around to land another. This assault continued until Geodude hit the ceiling. It fell back down and slammed into the ground, unconscious. That was the end of the Gym battle.

Brock sighed as Phillip walked up to him. " Very well. I admit defeat and hand over the Boulder Badge." Brock held out his hand and gave Phillip a badge that looked, funnily, like a gray rock. " And here. I might as well as give you the move I taught my Pokemon." Brock then handed over a brown disc. " This disc is a TM, a mechanic that can teach a Pokemon a special move. This one in particular holds Rock Tomb."

Phillip nodded, moved back, and bowed before leaving the Gym in a relentless silence.

_Scene Change_

Phillip looked down at the Boulder Badge that laid in his hands before stuffing it into his pockets. He looked forward onto the new route and the large mountain at the end. He looked back to his new Pokemon, Charmeleon, who evolved from Charmander when it was brought out from its Poke Ball. Phillip pointed the device at Charmeleon and brought it back into the invisible realm. Phillip stood staring in the same direction, towards the Pewter Gym, as the sun fell behind the horizon. As the last gleam of the day's sunlight disappeared behind the trees, Phillip turned back to Mount Moon and continued to walk on the path.

That's a wrap!

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… Sorry for the wait. Really had to think on this one.