Chapter 5! A 5 chapter milestone! I don't have much to say about this chapter, but in this one the group will make it to Oreburgh City and someone will battle for the badge! However, when they get to the Pokemon League, only one will be able to successfully complete it. You make your predictions of which of the three will be the Champion! Anyway, this chapter will introduce Dipper's rival, who should be obvious by now, and Soos's rival, who isn't as obvious and might require a Google Search. Also, I've canned the Poketch idea. Probably won't introduce it until later.
Anyway, on with the show!
Chapter 5: Rock Hard Oreburgh Gym!
The group traveled into Route 207, a grassy route with multiple little ponds and trees. It was only an hour ago where Mabel had battled Pacifica, her rival. Mabel triumphed in the battle, and proceeded to heal her Pokemon at the Pokemon Center while Dipper and Soos went to buy some Pokeballs and Potions. They were heading toward the Oreburgh Gate when they where stopped by someone calling out to Dipper.
"Dipper Pines! I expected you to be here!"
They all turned, and to their surprise, they saw Gideon Gleeful, their arch enemy. Gideon as tried to make Mabel his girlfriend (and failed) and has tried to destroy the Pines family reputation.
"Gideon?! What are you doing in Sinnoh?!" Dipper asked in a state of shock.
"Oh, I just felt like deit. I overheard your plan to go to Sinnoh." Gideon replied. "I decided I would check it out, but then I learned about Pokemon, and I feel like it would be right to try and beat you like this."
"Gideon, seriously? Don't ruin this for us." Dipper said. "We just want to go to Oreburgh City and get the badge there."
"Hmm, I guess I could let you go, if you beat me in a double-battle." Gideon said.
"A double-battle?" Dipper said.
"A double-battle is when a battle is 2 trainers against to trainers or when each trainer uses two Pokemon at the same time." Gideon said. "It will be you and Soos against me and a friend."
"…Okay fine. But if we win, we go straight to Oreburgh City, and you just… go somewhere else." Dipper said.
"Yeah! Just leave us alone!" Mabel said.
"I was planning to go to Floroma Town you see." Gideon said.
"But there are giant rocks blocking the way." Dipper said. "You can't get through."
"That's where this comes in!" Gideon held up a brown TM that had the letters HM embedded on the top. It said HM07 on the bottom. "The Hidden Machine, or HM, Rock Smash will let me get through! Once a Pokemon learns an HM move, they can't forget it. You need the Oreburgh Gym Badge to use it."
"Then go get the badge." Dipper said. "You need it to use that HM, like you said."
"Oh Dipper, I already have the badge." Gideon said, smirking.
"W-What?! How long have you been in Sinnoh?!" Mabel cried.
"How'd you get the badge so fast?!" Soos asked.
"I've only been here for 3 days. I moved quickly." Gideon replied.
"You know what? Enough is enough." Dipper said, enraged. "Just bring out your damn friend and let's get this over with. I'm tired of you thinking you're better and stronger than me!"
"Dipper, you've never swore before!" Mabel said.
"Dude, that's… I agree with Dipper. Just bring out this "friend" of yours." Soos said.
Gideon blew a whistle sound, and out from the trees came Deuce, Soos's souble from the Tent of Telepathy back in Gravity Falls. Soos got an evil look in his eyes.
"Deuce! You're here too?" Soos asked. "Figures, trying to one-up me in the worst ways…"
"Nice to see you too." Deuce said. "Let's get this over with."
"I agree." Gideon tossed a Pokeball. "Go Zubat!" Out came a blue bat Pokemon with two strips for tails and no eyes with an open mouth.
"Go Hoothoot!" Deuce tossed a Pokeball and out came a brown owl Pokemon with a tan belly, one talon, and 2 big red eyes and black eyebrows in the shapes of arrows.
"Go Shinx!" Soos tossed a Pokeball and out came Shinx.
"Go Starly!" Dipper tossed a Pokeball and out came Starly. Stars burst from it as it exited the Pokeball.
"What the- A Shiny Pokemon?!" Gideon cried. "Where did you get that?!"
"I found it the 1st day we were here." Dipper said, smirking. "Am I lucky, or what?" This made Gideon mad.
"No matter! Zubat use Supersonic on Shinx!" Gideon commanded. Zubat shot multiple rays from its mouth towards Shinx.
"Dodge it and use Spark on Zubat!" Soos commanded. Shinx jumped out of the way and launched a spark wave at Zubat, who was hit and paralyzed. Zubat fell to the ground, knocked out.
"What?! Already?!" Gideon recalled Zubat into its Pokeball. "Go Mudkip!" Gideon tossed another Pokeball and out came a blue fish like pokemon with legs and a head fin as will as orange spiky gills on the side of its head.
"I'm guessing you have Mudkip as your starter?" Dipper asked.
"Yes indeed. I stole- er, borrowed it from Professor Birch in Hoenn." Gideon said, sweating. "But enough about that, Mudkip use Water Gun on Starly!"
Mudkip shot a trail of water from its mouth toward Starly.
"Starly dodge it and use Wing Attack!" Dipper commanded. Starly flew above the trail of water and, as its wings began to glow, slammed both wings into Mudkip, sending it flying to Gideon.
"Mudkip, get up and use Water Gun once more on Starly!" Mudkip barely got and shot a slightly weaker trail of water toward Starly, which made contact and knocked Starly out in one hit.
"Oh no Starly!" Dipper recalled Starly into the Pokeball. "You did great, Starly. Go! Chimchar!" Chimchar came out of the next Pokeball Dipper tossed.
"Hoothoot! Use Leer on Shinx!" Deuce commanded. Hoothoot shot a meanacing glare at Shinx. Shinx looked frightened as it glowed blue.
"Your defense has been lowered!" Deuce said in success. "Hoothoot use Peck on Shinx now!" Hoothoot's beak glowed white as he charged over to Shinx.
"Dodge it and use Spark, Shinx!" Shinx barely dodged it and hit Hoothoot with a small spark of electricity. However, Hoothoot was still standing, and it retaliated with a Peck attack. The attack was so close in contact that Shinx was sent flying into the air. Everything in the battle stopped, and everyone looked into the sky to see Shink come crashing down. It landed on the ground knocked out.
"Return Shinx!" Soos recalled his Pokemon. "Exellent work! Go Piplup!" Soos tossed out the next Pokeball and Piplup popped out.
"Piplup! Use Bubblebeam on Hoothoot!" Soos commanded. Piplup launched many bubbles rapidly out of its mouth, all of them landing hits on Hoothoot, knocking it out.
"Dang it!" Deuce yelled, recalling his Hoothoot. "That was my only Pokemon, too." While the others weren't paying attention, Gideon made his move.
"Mudkip, use Water Gun on Chimchar!" Mudkip launched a large trail of water out of its mouth at Chimchar, who didn't even notice before being splashed with water. Chimchar was sent flying into the air before smacking onto the dirt.
"Chimchar! Come on buddy, you can do this!" Dipper said. "I believe in you."
Chimchar got up weakly, but still ready for battle.
"How is he still standing?! I have the type advantage!" Gideon cried. "Mudkip, use Water Gun!"
"Intercept with a Mach Punch, Chimchar!" Dipper commanded. Chimchar gave him a smile of determination as its fist glowed white. It jumped up over the trail of water launched by Mudkip and smashed it in the head with its fist. A large, dusty explosion occurred, and nobody could see what was happening in the battle. When the dust cleared, Mudkip was knocked out.
"No! I- I can't lose! Dipper, I want a rematch!" Gideon cried, recalling his Pokemon. "I must win!"
"Face it Gideon, you lost." Dipper said, recalling Chimchar. "You can't win everything."
Gideon was about to say something before storming off. "Come on Deuce, let's just go to Floroma Town." Deuce quickly followed.
"Well that's over with. Good battle." Mabel said, petting Bidoof and Turtwig. "Let's get a move on toward Oreburgh, I'm getting bored here."
"Yeah we should move. But let's go back to the Pokemon Center and heal." Soos said. "Great battle dude." Soos and Dipper fist-bumped.
Sometime Later…
The group, after going back to heal, traversed the rest of Route 207 without any further interruptions. Dipper used his Old Rod to fish out Goldeen, a white goldish Pokemon with a horn, and that filled a page in their Pokedex's. Now, after a couple of trainer battles along the way, the group of three stood outside a massive entrance to a cave at the end of Route 207.
"Well this is it." Dipper looked at his map. "This is the entrance to the Oreburgh Gate which leads to Oreburgh City. If we get through here, a huge milestone of our journey will be done: Getting to the town with the first Gym."
"We have enough Potions right?" Mabel asked. "Our Pokemon might need healing when there isn't a Pokemon Center around."
"Yeah we have enough." Soos said, checking his backpack.
"It feels weird, it's like we never use them." Dipper said. "Probably because there is always a Pokemon Center nearby."
"Yeah that's it." Mabel said.
They all entered the cavern, finding it to be extremely dark and very massive. They all had trouble finding their ways around the cavern, constantly finding wild Zubats, little rock Pokemon with arms and faces called Geodude, and yellow ducks that held their heads called Psyduck. They were about halfway through the cave when a man stopped them. The man was large, had a hiking stick, a green shirt and a brown vest with a little fedora and large traveling backpack. The man also had a brown beard and moustache.
"I see you all must be on your way to Oreburgh City, yes?" The man asked.
"Yeah that's where we're going. Do you know where the exit is?" Dipper asked. The man pointed directly ahead of them, where they saw a little bright light.
"Anyways, you probably should have this." The man gave them all a disc containing HM07.
"No way! This is Rock Smash!" Mabel said, excited. "Now we can get to Floroma Town!"
"Ay, not without the Oreburgh City Gym badge. Using an HM without the specified badge can get you arrested." The man said. "You best be on your way, a few other trainers passed through here already, and two of them came back with Gym Badges."
The three finally made it out of the cavern straight into Oreburgh City. It was a far more mountainous town, with some homes being made in the sides of cliffs and boulders. There wasn't much grass, and the city was big enough to house a population of at least 90 to 95 people.
"We finally made it! Oreburgh City!" Dipper said as he marveled at the city before him.
"It only took three whole days of our journey to make it here!" Mabel said.
"Come on dudes, let's go get that Badge!" Soos said.
They all headed off into the city, looking around every corner for the Pokemon Gym that resided here. After a few minutes of searching, they found it. It was a giant mountain with a large steel Pokeball embedded in the side of it right above the doors. It in itself was a marvelous building, and one could only question how it was created in the mountain without it collapsing. The group entered through the double doors, only to be greeted by an attendant.
"Hello! Welcome to the Oreburgh Gym!" The attendant said. "I'm guessing you three are here to challenge the gym leader Roark"
"Yeah, we just started our journey and we want to try and win our first badge!" Dipper said, showing a smile of determination.
"I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait, as Roark is still in a battle, and it's his third battle of the day." The attendant said, much to the groups disappointment. "You can go and watch the match if you'd like. The entrance to the sidelines is down the hall."
The group entered and sat at the bleachers, wondering who could be battling Roark, and to the group's surprise, it was Pacifica! Pacifica had a new Pokemon on her team, a black poodle Pokemon with white fur that was styled by a stylist.
Meanwhile, Roark had a small gray dinosaur Pokemon with a blue head and spikes surrounding the blue at the bottom of its head. Mabel checked the Pokedex.
"The Pokemon Roark is using is called Cranidos, but the one Pacifica is using isn't registered in the Pokedex!" Mabel said.
"It's probably from another region." Dipper said.
"Maybe she found it on a rare encounter." Soos suggested.
"Furfrou!" Pacifica said, confirming the Pokemon to be called Furfrou. "Use your strongest Bite attack! And make it stylish!" Furfrou dashed towards Cranidos and attempted to bite it.
"Dodge it and use Pursuit!" Roark commanded. Cranidos jumped out of the way and, no having its body glow purple and black, smashed back down onto Furfrou, knocking it out.
"Oh Furfrou!" Pacifica retrieved her Pokemon. "Lousy stylist said this new look would raise its defense."
"You ruined my Pokemon's style and glamour!" Pacifica called to Roark, a hint of anger in her voice.
"I'm sorry, but I'm trying to battle here, so take this seriously." Roark said jokingly.
Pacifica pulled out another Pokeball and tossed it. "Go Combusken!" Out from the Pokeball came a bigger Torchic, more yellow than orange, and it had long wings that looked like they could karate chop anything, and it had two leg-talons that were made for kicking.
"Pacifica probably evolved her Torchic." Mabel said. "How does a Pokemon evolve anyway?"
"It just happens I guess. Probably when your Pokemon becomes strong enough." Dipper responded.
"Dudes, Pacifica is about to make a move." Soos said.
"Combusken! Use Double Kick now!" Pacifica commanded. Combusken jumped over to Cranidos and smashed its right foot into its head, then its left foot into its head. Cranidos went tumbling over to Roark, knocked out.
"Cranidos, return!" Roark said, recalling his Pokemon. He walked over to Pacifica, who recalled her Combusken. "Good battle, by try showing care to your Pokemon. Style isn't everthing you know."
"Ugh, I've heard that before, and now it annoys me." Pacifica said, annoyed. "Just give me the badge."
Roark was hesitant at first, but gave her the badge anyway.
"That is the Coal Badge. You can now use the HM Rock Smash outside of battles. Take care, and put that badge to use." Roark said.
"Ugh, whatever." Pacifica said, and she left. As she was leaving, she spotted the group. "Well well well, look who dropped by!"
"Good battle Pacifica! See you at the Pokemon League someday!" Mabel shouted. Pacifica just left without responding.
"I'm totally a better trainer than she is." Mabel said.
"Totally Mabel." Dipper said.
"Yeah, us three dudes show care for our Pokemon! She doesn't." Soos said.
Roark went to heal his Pokemon. The group went into the lobby of the gym to find him.
"I'm assuming you're here for a Gym Battle?" Roark asked, still a frown on his face from his last battle with Pacifica.
"Yes, mister Roark." Dipper said. "Unlike Pacifica, th girl you just battled, we care for our Pokemon!"
Roark smiled.
"Well, I'll be pleased to battle you then!" He said. "Which one of you will battle me first?"
Dipper raised his hand. "I will!"
-(End Of Chapter)-
This took half the day to write, as I had writers block for a little bit on deciding what to do next. Anyway, no new Pokemon for our protagonists, so no rosters for now. In the next chapter, Dipper will face Roark! Will he triumph or fail? Anyway, I bet you thought one of the three would battle Roark in this chapter, but I mislead you. I feel Furfrou is a good Pokemon for Pacifica, considering they both get styled in fabulous ways, and their both pretty pompous. It's a perfect match!
Stay Tuned!
~087-B