Sorry for the late update, I haven't really been motivated to update, but I will press on for you guys! Enjoy the chapter and the first Gym Battle against the NEW leader of the Pewter City Gym! ^_^


It was morning and the 5 teens had woken up and gotten dressed and eaten breakfast, the main group were eager for their first ever gym battle.

"Alright! Today's the day I get my first badge!" Diego announced as he dashed off towards the gym, Jack and the girls ran after him

"Glad to see Diego hasn't changed one bit!" Yuki remarked

"That's Diego for ya', he never stops moving!" Jack replied "he's been that way since we were kids!'

Once the 5 teens were in front of the gym the 4 that would battle the leader questioned who would battle first

"So how are we gonna decide this?" Renée asked

"Rock-paper-scissors?" Julia suggested, the others looked at her confused

"Honestly... that's not a bad idea!" Jack laughed

The 4 quickly drew out their hands, Renée had paper, Diego had rock, and Jack and Julia both had scissors.

"So its between you two then." Diego stated, he was a little disappointed that he wouldn't battle first

"Why don't you go first Julia, its manners to let a lady go first!" Jack remarked, he blushed as he said this prompting Renée and Diego to cast a sly grin upon Jack

"Aww thanks!" Julia replied, hugging Jack and causing him to blush more, Diego and Renée teased him a bit about it as they went inside


The inside of the gym looked like the inside of a warehouse, a battlefield was in the center, there were bleachers on the walls for a better view of the battle, the battlefield was loaded with rocks giving it a mountainous appearance, at the one end of the battlefield stood the gym leader, he was a tall young man with light tan skin, his eyes gave him the appearance as if he was squinting, he wore a green shirt with a brown vest and light brown dress shoes, when he noticed the group he approached them.

"I heard I was going to have challengers today! My name is Forrest and I am the gym leader of the Pewter City gym!" He announced

"My name is Julia! This is my sister Renée and my friends Jack, Diego, and Yuki!" Julia introduced

"I'm not here for the badge, I came to support my friends!" Yuki stated

"That's perfectly fine!" Forrest replied "So who am I going to battle first?"

"I am! This is gonna be soooooo much fun!" Julia said eagerly


Julia's Battle

"To make this battle fair I'll use as many pokemon as you want!" Forrest stated "So how many will it be?"

"Lets make it 1-on-1!" Julia replied

"Alright then, Graveler, come on out!" Forrest answered sending out his Graveler, his strongest pokemon

"Graveler? Lets check it out." Jack said scanning it with his pokedex

"Graveler: the Rock pokemon; Rolls down slopes to move. It rolls over any obstacle without slowing down or changing direction."

"Ok Spheal, lets see what you can do!" Julia said, sending out her Spheal

"I'll let you make the first move!" Forrest stated

"Alright Spheal, use Water Gun!" Julia commanded, Spheal shot out a forceful jet of water at Graveler, it took the hit full force without taking any visible damage

"Woah, that's amazing, Graveler didn't take any damage!" Diego remarked

"It has to be VERY well trained!" Yuki said, clearly impressed

"Graveler, use Rollout!" Forest commanded

Graveler rolled towards Spheal very quickly and slammed into it knocking Spheal back a few feet

"Oh no! Spheal, fight back with Powder Snow!" Julia said, Spheal blew a cold wind at Graveler, it managed to slow Graveler down a little but Spheal was slammed again, this process repeated again and again, Graveler gained speed and power with each hit.

"Spheal, please fight back! You can do it, I believe in you!" Cried Julia, after she said that, Spheal formed a ball of ice around the size of a baseball and shot it at Graveler, knocking it back a little bit, but Graveler seemed to ignore it and continued rolling forward.

"What kind of attack was that?" Diego asked

"I think that was Ice Ball" Yuki answered "Its like Rollout but its an ice-type move and just like Rollout, it gets stronger and stronger with each hit!"

Spheal continually shot Ice Balls at Graveler, each ball was bigger than the last and hit Graveler harder each time, knocking it back more and more. Eventually Spheal formed an Ice Ball larger than Graveler itself, Spheal shot it at Graveler, once it hit it sent Graveler flying the wall of the gym, knocking it out and securing a win for Julia!

"Yay! We did it Spheal! We did it! We did it!" Cheered Julia, hugging her pokemon, her sister and friends congratulated her on her victory, Forrest had walked up to Julia

"Congratulations, with your victory I am pleased to give you the Boulder Badge!" He said, giving Julia her badge "Now I think it would be best to wait a while until my Graveler is ready to battle again."

The others nodded in agreement


During the wait Jack asked Forrest about the gym

"So Forrest, I heard that you only became the gym leader recently, who was the leader before you?" Jack asked

"Well, my dad was the gym leader for a while but he passed the position down to me, but before that the gym leader was my older brother, Brock, he left the gym on a journey with a trainer years ago, eventually he became the world's best pokemon breeder and doctor. But a few years ago, he came back to Kanto and decided to aim higher than a gym leader, where he is now though... well I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise!" Forrest answered

"That's amazing, but are you sure you can't tell us where he is now?" Diego asked

"Sorry, family secret!" Replied Forrest "So who is going to battle me next?"

"I will!" Diego announced eagerly

"Well my Graveler seems ready to battle too, so lets not waste any more time!" Forrest said, both of them had an eager look on their faces


Diego's Battle

"Lets make this battle 2-on-2!" Diego proclaimed

"Fair enough. Go Omanyte!" Forrest responded, sending out his Omanyte

"Omanyte?" Diego questioned scanning the fossil pokemon with the pokedex

"Omanyte: the Spiral Pokemon; Revived from an ancient fossil, this pokemon uses air stored in its shell to rise and sink in the water"

"A Rock and Water type? Alright then, go Pichu!" Diego challenged, sending out his Pichu

"You can make the first move!" Forrest said

"Bad move!" Diego warned "Pichu use Thunder shock!"

Pichu zapped Omanyte with a small electric bolt, it actually managed to do some noticeable damage

"Impressive, but it'll take more than that to beat us! Omanyte, use Water Gun!" Forrest commanded, Omanyte shot a forceful jet of water at Pichu

"Pichu, quick! Dodge it!" Pleaded Diego, Pichu quickly jumped out of the way to avoid the water. Pichu then took a deep breath and gave a loud screech with visible sound waves, the sound waves were pink and moved quickly towards Omanyte, once they made contact with Omanyte it quickly knocked Omanyte out!

"Woah! What was that?!" Diego asked astounded at what just happened

"That was Disarming Voice, its a fairy-type move! I heard normal Pichu don't have that move normally, Diego's must be unique!" Yuki stated

"Not bad Diego, but its not over yet! Go Graveler!" Forrest declared, sending out his Graveler again

"Pichu, return!" Diego recalled his Pichu, he felt that Pichu deserved a break "Go Charmander!"

"A fire type against a rock type? Bold move Diego!" Forrest said, fire types were at a disadvantage against rock types

"Im not giving up! Charmander, use Ember!" Diego ordered, Charmander let out a small fireball at Graveler, it didn't appear to do much, but Graveled did look noticeably more irritated after the attack

"Graveler use Rock Slide!" Forrest ordered, Graveler sent a barrage of Boulders at Charmander, Charmander managed to avoid all of them except 1, it hit Charmander hard sending it to the floor

"No, Charmander fight back! Use Ember!" Pleaded Diego, Charmander stood up, its claws began glow a light grey, and they grew sharper, he dashed towards Graveler and slashed him repeatedly

"I know that attack! Its Metal Claw!" Diego exclaimed

"Well, it looks like you have an attack that could damage my Graveler, but im still not giving up!" Said Forrest

"I hope you dont! Charmander use Metal Claw!" Diego ordered, Charmander dashed towards Graveler and slashed it repeatedly, Graveler looked noticeably damaged and out of breath

"Graveler, use Rock Blast quickly!" Forrest demanded, Graveler shot a barrage of rocks at Charmander, once the barrage stopped Charmander had trouble standing upright, it began glowing with a red aura

"Thats the Blaze ability!" Jack commented, remembering how it activated the other time, Diego immediately took the opportunity to strike

"Charmander use Ember! Finish it!" Diego commanded, Charmander shot a large fireball at Graveler it hit dead on and made an explosion on the arena, Graveler was still standing...

...but it collapsed shortly after

"Well, that settles it, you win Diego!" Forrest stated

"I told you guys I would win!" Diego said a bit pompously


Renée's Battle

"Let's make this battle 2-on-2!" Renée said

"Alright! Go Kabuto!" Forrest said, sending out his second Fossil pokemon

"Go Mareep!"Renée sent out her Mareep, like Diego's Pichu, it had a type advantage against Kabuto

"Mareep useThunder shock!"

Mareep shocked Kabuto with a weak jolt of electricity

"Kabuto use Mud shot!"

Kabuto shot various globs of mud at Mareep, Mareep barely managed to avoid the shots!

"Mareep, use Charge Beam!" Yuki looked very confused, as Mareep shouldn't have that attack yet, but her confusion changed to awe as Mareep began charging electricity in its fleece then it shot the beam at Kabuto who went down after the shot

"Thats amazing!" Forrest commented "Mareep shouldn't have that move until its evolved! But the battle isn't over yet! Go Graveler!"

"Im sticking with Mareep!" Renée announced, she was confident she could win

"Mareep, use Growl!" Renée said, Mareep growled at Graveler in an attempt to intimidate it

"That's a smart move, Growl can lower the opponents attack strength!" Jack noted

"Graveler, use Bulldoze!" Forrest commanded, Graveler stomped on the ground causing a small earthquake that shook the building, Mareep went down extremely quick!

"Woah, how did... oh man!" Renée stammered, she was speechless "G-go Growlithe!" Renée was hesitant in sending Growlithe out

"Graveler, use Rock Blast!" Graveler shot round after round of rocks at Growlithe until Growlithe could barely stand up

"Oh no, Growlithe please get up!" Renée pleaded, Growlithe got up, though it could barely stand up, though to everyone's surprise, Growlithe started glowing with a light blue/white aura, Renée quickly caught on to what Growlithe was doing

"Growlithe, use Reversal!" Growlithe charged towards Growlithe and dashed into it, launching Graveler back several feet, knocking it out.

"Wow, I'm just getting dominated today aren't I!" Forrest chuckled, handing Renée her Badge


Jack's Battle

"Alright Jack, you're the last one to battle for the badge!" Forrest announced

"I'll be sure to be the toughest battle yet!" Jack replied

"Im sure you will, go Onix!" Forrest commented, sending out Onix

"Onix?" Julia scanned the pokemon in the dex

"Onix: the Rock Snake pokemon; It usually lives underground, it searches for food while burrowing its way underground at 50 miles per hour"

"Onix huh? Alright then Bulbasaur, show us what you've got!" Jack exclaimed, sending out his Bulbasaur "Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip and slam it down!"

Bulbasaur lashed out its vines at Onix, but instead of whipping it, Bulbasaur lifted Onix off of the ground, spun Onix around a bit and then SLAMMED Onix back onto the battlefield. Forrest was shocked at this.

"For a Bulbasaur to lift an Onix off the ground, it has to be incredibly strong!" He said, the others were speechless

"But as impressive as it was I'm not giving up! Onix, use Rock Tomb!" Onix launched several boulders at Bulbasaur, Bulbasaur just barely managed to avoid them all

"Bulbasaur, use Sleep Powder!" Bulbasaur then sprayed a mist of light blue powder at Onix, due to its large size, Onix couldn't get away, and it quickly fell asleep

"Uh-oh!" Forrest said, genuinely worried

"Now, Leech Seed!" Bulbasaur then shot one seed at Onix which easily hit its target, Onix's health was quickly sapped and it was knocked out

"Thats one down!" Jack said

"Well Graveler is much stronger!" Forrest warned, he then sent out his Graveler again

"Leech Seed!" Jack ordered and before Graveler could react he was hit with the seed

"Graveler, use Rock Slide!" Graveler launched boulders at Bulbasaur

"Bulbasaur, head right through it!" Jack commanded

"What?!" Julia screamed

"Are you crazy!?" Yuki shouted

But Bulbasaur wasn't getting hurt, he was instead jumping from boulder to boulder, avoiding them all!

"Now, Vine Whip!" Bulbasaur then extended its vines and smacked Graveler with them, with the speed Bulbasaur reached from hopping the boulders, Bulbasaur gained enough velocity for the Vine Whip to cause serious damage

"Lets finish it with one more Vine Whip!" Jack stated, Bulbasaur used the vines to latch onto Gravelers arm and swing him into the wall, knocking Graveler out and giving Jack the win!

"Im very impressed Jack, you have incredible potential as a trainer, all of you do! But to be honest, I wasnt not really trying, I have pokemon much stronger than the ones you have seen!"

The trainers were shocked with Forrest's statement, Diego however, looked eager

"I guess that means we'll have to battle again someday!" He said

"I look forward to it!" Forrest answered, handing Jack his Boulder Badge "But before you go, take these" He handed the 5 of them small brown colored disks

"What are these?" Julia asked

"Those are TM's or Technical Machines, they teach moves to your pokemon! I usually give them to trainers who have successfully defeated me!" Forrest explained

"Wait! But I never battled you!" Yuki stated

"True, but your friends told me you're aiming to be a Coordinator, a TM could surely help!" Forrest explained, Yuki smiled at his words "Good luck to all of you!" and with that the group continued onwards towards Mt. Moon

"So Yuki, are you going to stay with us?" Julia asked

"Maybe, my first Pokemon Contest is in Cerulean City so staying with you might be fun!" Yuki answered

"Great! The more the merrier!" Julia commented


Meanwhile in a zeppelin above them a group of people were talking, they were obscured by the shadows

"Empress we are approaching Mt. Moon!" One of the people said, the voice said, it sounded like a man

"Excellent, send the Beta Squadron down there!" A woman's voice answered, this person seemed to be sitting on a throne above all the others "Keep an eye on these four trainers as well, they can be... useful!" Four cameras then focus on Jack, Simon, Ray, and Pandora. The last we see of this figure is a glowing red eye shining from what appears to be a mask the woman wears...


And that is the first gym battle! Did you enjoy it? What do those people plan to do with Pandora, Simon, Ray, and Jack? And what do they plan to do at Mt. Moon? These questions will be answered soon, but for now, let me know how you felt about the chapter in the reviews! ^_^