A/N: Sorry it took so long for an update... well here it is...
Chapter 5: Battle for the Bolder Badge
They finally made it to Pewter City… but first they need a rest. They sat on some rocks that were on the edge of town.
"So tired…" said Luffy.
"Your not used to walking around, are you?" asked Misty.
"I'm not…" said Ash.
"I wasn't talking to you…" said Misty.
"Pewter City's grey like the rocks…" said a voice.
There was a small cliff where they were sitting about a few feet high. Underneath it was man with a beard and a beanie.
"What?" asked Luffy.
"Oh its nothing, the name's Flint want to buy rocks… for your trip at Pewter City." said man named Flint.
"You sell rocks?" asked Zoro cocking an eyebrow.
"Yeah their official Pewter City souvenirs." said Flint.
Everyone sweatdroped, "By the way… get off the merchandise."
The rocks they were sitting had price tags on them and they quickly got up. They noticed a set of small stairs that led to the bottom of the small cliff thought Luffy just jumped down from it.
"Well if you'd like I could show you to the Pokemon center…" said Flint.
"That would nice…" said Ash.
Right before Flint would them the way, "By the way you need to pay for resting on my rocks." said Flint.
They all anime fell while Nami also had an angry vein, causing Zoro and Luffy to sweat drop.
They got to the Pokemon center to have their Pokemon checked out and found Nurse Joy there. Ash, Luffy, Zoro and Nami were surprised by this.
"Nurse Joy?" said Ash.
"Oh you met my sister… you wouldn't happen to be Ash?" asked Nurse Joy.
"I am um… I'm confused." said Ash.
"My sister is the Nurse Joy at Viridian City." said Nurse Joy, "Thank you helping her back there with the Pokemon… you 4 as well..."
"Did she say there's more than one Nurse Joy?" Luffy whispered to Ash.
Ash shrugged it sounded like she did say it.
"Oh by the way did you see that poster?" asked Nurse Joy.
All 5 turned around and saw a poster for the Pokemon League Championships.
"All right! Awesome! Yippee!" cheered Ash.
"Yippee?" said Nami.
"Um… yeah…" said Ash.
"Hey Ash… see the disclaimer?" asked Misty.
Ash looked closer to the poster which said that every participant must have 8 gym badges.
"What are gime badges?" asked Luffy.
Everyone sweatdroped, "Um… Luffy that says gym… not gime" said Zoro.
"Oh…" said Luffy.
"You know… it will be very tough for someone like you defeat Brock." said Flint who apparently was still in the Pokemon center.
"Who's Brock?" asked Ash.
"He's the leader of the gym… he's very tough I don't think a kid like you can beat him." said Flint.
"Hey!" yelled Ash.
"It's the truth though…" said Flint as he began to leave.
Not too long later all 5 of them were eating lunch…
"You know Ash… Flint is right, I don't think your ready to face a gym leader… you don't have that much experience and you've only been in one real battle and you lost by default…" said Misty.
"So Pokemon battles aren't like that?" asked Luffy.
"No Luffy, Pokemon Battles aren't like that…" said Misty with a sigh, "Okay since Ash is newbie trainer too I'll explain it to you, there are many types of ways to be with Pokemon, Pokemon trainers are the normal kind of trainer who battles, another person is a breeder who raises Pokemon, there's also coordinator who trains Pokemon for contests… the most repeatable however is a Pokemon master… they are the best trainers and only the best of the best can be called a Pokemon Master… In order to be considered a Pokemon Master you have to make a name for yourself, a good way is to win various championships however before you reach the championships you have to beat 8 gym leaders, they are tougher than normal trainers." said Misty.
"Wow Misty how do you know all that?" asked Luffy.
Misty seemed to freeze for a second before saying, "Picked it up I guess." She said.
"She's hiding something." thought Zoro.
"I'm pretty sure it will be fine..." said Ash.
"Ash like I said you should wait, you only have three Pokemon and you're not that good of a trainer yet." said Misty.
"Yeah, yeah…" said Ash.
Misty got up to leave, "Just don't come crying to me when you loose."
"I wonder what that was about?" asked Luffy.
"I don't know… but I think she knows more about the whole Gym Leader thing than she's letting on." said Zoro.
After picking up their Pokemon they went to the Pewter city gym. It was a building that looked like it was made of a giant rock.
"This is the place?" asked Nami.
"Looks like it." said Ash.
Zoro yawned, and saw a tree across from the gym that looked nice to sleep under.
"I'm going to take a nap, tell me how the match goes…" said Zoro.
"Okay…" said Ash with a sweat drop.
All three humans and two Pikachus entered the gym, there was a teenager meditating inside. He had tanned skin with dark brown hair and squinty eyes, he wore brown pants and an orange shirt with a green vest. He noticed he had company so he got up.
"So I see that you three had come to challenge the gym…" said the teenage boy who was clearly the gym leader.
"No, just me…" said Ash.
"Oh that's good and in that case…" said the teenager, his eyes exploded into pink hearts and began to skip towards Nami. "My name is Brock… what is your name?" he asked.
"Um… Nami…" said Nami not knowing what to say.
"Ahhhh… Nami I was thinking that maybe later if you have the time maybe we can have a nice dinner…" said Brock.
"Um… maybe…" said Nami with a sweat drop.
"He's funny…" said Luffy.
"Yeah… excuse me I hate to be rude… but I'm here for a battle…" said Ash.
Brock let out a nervous laugh, then sighed he went back to where he was meditating.
"This is your first gym right?" asked Brock.
"Yeah…" said Ash.
"What is your name?" asked Brock.
"Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town." said Ash.
Brock was thinking about intimidating Ash by insulting his Pikachu but… he didn't want to come off as a jerk to Nami so he kept it in. The walls opened up as a rock battle field came in.
"Okay gyms aren't like regular battles there are rules. A gym leader must accept all challenges another is that there is a set amount of Pokemon… in this gym is two on two… also gym leader must except all challenges." said Brock, "You choose first…"
"Okay go Pikachu!" said Ash.
Ash's Pikachu went to the battlefield all set.
"Go Onix!" said Brock letting out a giant snake-like rock Pokemon.
"Whoa that's so big!" yelled Luffy.
Nami and Luffy's Pikachu sweatdroped
Ash's Pikachu got scared… very scared… so scared it ran back to Ash and tried to call out Pidgeotto.
"No Pikachu this is your battle…" said Ash.
"Pikachu…" said Ash's Pikachu (Translation: Jerk…)
Pikachu unwillingly went back into the battlefield.
"Onix use Tackle!" said Brock.
Onix went into for the attack which Ash's Pikachu narrowly dodged.
"Now use Bind!" said Brock.
Onix used the attack, on Ash's Pikachu… Pikachu could barely move.
"Pikachu use Thunder Shock!" said Ash.
Remember what Misty said about Ash not knowing about type advantages… he really needed work on type advantages as Electric attacks does nothing to Ground Types. Pikachu wasn't doing too well… he knew Pikachu don't like its Pokeball… but it was the only way for him to help Pikachu... he took out the Pokeball but couldn't get though the attack… he had only one choice left…
"I surrender!" he shouted.
"Ash…" said Luffy.
Later Ash was carrying Pikachu out of the gym, Pikachu was unconscious due to the battle there was an awkward silence. Zoro woke up from his nap.
"How did the battle work out?" asked Zoro with a yawn.
Ash glared at him… Zoro knew the look well… the look of defeat… he was probably angry because Misty told him it would happen.
"So you got beaten…" said Flint showing up seemingly out of nowhere.
"What about it?" asked Ash.
"Come with me… I give you and your friend's food…" said Flint.
He brought them over to his cabin and gave them a stew.
"Hey do you have any meat?" asked Luffy.
"For the last time no!" said Flint.
They all began to eat the stew…Ash who just seemed to stare at it.
"You know Brock's one of the best trainers around… he can really go places… become more that just a gym leader…" said Flint.
Everyone looked at him.
"What do you mean?" asked Ash.
"I'll show you…" said Flint.
They left Ash's Pikachu at the cabin and Flint showed them Brock's house… inside were 9 children that looked a lot like Brock and there appeared to be a woman doing dished, while wearing a handkerchief around her head and a pink apron.
One of the kids who was a little girl began to ask the woman.
"Brock… please fix my dress." said the little girl.
"Okay…" said the woman… who actually was a guy not was that but was Brock.
"I thought that was a woman…" said Luffy.
"Me too…" said Ash.
Brock began to sew the little girl's dress… while still wearing the handkerchief and pink apron.
Flint began to leave and the others fallowed.
"You see he has to take of all 9 of brothers and sisters… his father left on a Pokemon joinery a while ago and his mother… she died…" said Flint… though the last part sounded a little like a lie... Nami and Zoro picked up on this.
"That's really sad… I'm unsure if I can put my heart into next time I fight him…" said Ash.
"So you're going to have a rematch…" said Flint.
"You bet I am… it not like he's unbeatable…" said Ash.
"That's great!" said Luffy.
"I have an idea… if you're going to have a rematch…" said Flint, "Let's got get Pikachu…"
They went back to Flint's house and then he took them to what looked an old mill.
"Why did bring us to an old mill?" asked Luffy.
"This isn't an old mill… this is a small power plant, here we can boost Pikachu's power…" said Flint.
"That sounds like a good plan…" said Ash.
Both Nami and Zoro sweatdroped… they thought it was a little crazy.
"So all have to do is hook up Pikachu to that doo-hicky and it will get more powerful…" said Luffy.
"Uh… yeah… but however it runs on the river and right now it's pretty much dried up…" said Flint.
Everyone else anime fell.
"Why did you show us this then?" they yelled.
"Because I have an idea…" said Flint.
Ash, Luffy and were outside the old mill while Zoro, Flint and the two Pikachus were inside, Flint explained that it would be intense at first for Ash's Pikachu and that is why Luffy's Pikachu was there… for moral support. While Flint's original plan was for Ash to use the water wheel like a ladder Luffy insisted a better solution… and he would take no for an answer… but this solution had to be kept secret from Flint of course... Luffy stretched his arm and wrapped it around the wat5er wheel a few times. Nami made sure he didn't turn it too fast.
"Thanks Luffy…" said Ash.
"It's no problem." said Luffy giving Ash one of his trademark smiles.
Inside Ash's Pikachu was getting the electricity in it… it was painful but Luffy's Pikachu told it to endure it.
Back outside Misty showed up.
"You Ash why don't you ask for my help instead of this crazy power up plan…" said Misty.
"I don't your help… I want to earn this badge by myself…" said Ash.
"Then why is Luffy turning the wheel with his powers… you be turning the wheel…" said Misty.
"Luffy doesn't hound me for money I don't have… that and he wouldn't take no for answer…" said Ash.
Misty sighed and walked away… "If you did use my Pokemon you could beat him easily…" she said to herself.
Ash's Pikachu continued to endure the electricity… it was painful… but it will be all over soon. IT did manage to endure it and the next day Ash and his Pikachu were at the gym… with Luffy, Luffy's Pikachu, Nami and this time Zoro to cheer him on…
The group entered the entered the gym… Brock was in the same place.
"So Ash you back…" said Brock… then he entered a love filled daze as he ran over to Nami. "I'm glad you came with him, Nami…" he said with pink hearts for eyes.
"My battle…" said Ash with a sweat drop.
"Oh… yeah…" said Brock.
Brock went back to his spot.
"You know I think I'm going to go easy this time…" said Brock, "Go Geodude!"
He called out a small boulder like Pokemon with arms.
"Go Pidgeotto!" said Ash decided to start with Pidgeotto calling out his bird like Pokemon, "Use Gust!"
Pidgeotto used the attack… but sadly nothing happened.
"You know Ash… Flying Types are weak against Rock…" said Brock.
Ash sighed… he really needed to work on that.
In the rafters Misty watched the battle… she was cheering for Ash. Then all of Brock's brothers and sisters joined her.
Back to the battle, Geodude knocked out Pidgeotto and Ash returned it. "You ready Pikachu?"
"Pika!" said Pikachu (Translation: Yeah!)
Pikachu went out into the battlefield.
"Use Thunder shock!" said Ash.
The attack fried Geodude.
"Whoa…" said Brock.
"No way… it worked…" said Misty.
"You go Ash!" cheered Luffy very loudly.
"Pika! Pika!" cheered Luffy's Pikachu with pompoms.
"Luffy… where did Pikachu get pompoms from?" asked Nami.
"I have no idea…" said Luffy.
Luffy's Pikachu also shrugged… it didn't know where it got the pompoms either…
"Okay then go Onix!" said Brock.
He let out his giant snake like Pokemon again… Ash's Pikachu was scared again but this time but didn't run away to Ash… he let out a huge Electric attack… however it was extremely unfocused, bolts every where, one almost hit Ash, some destroyed rocks on the battle field even set some fires… one hit Luffy… but he's made of rubber so it didn't effect him.
"Hey is your friend all right?" asked Brock.
"Yeah…" said Luffy.
"Okay…" said Brock who just shrugged, "Now Onix, Bind!"
Onix used the same attack from before…
"Pikachu used Thunder bolt!" said Ash, he knew Pikachu gained new attack after powering up.
Pikachu let loose the attack, and it worked… however it couldn't keep up the attack while Onix was using Bind… it's attack stopped. Ash didn't know what to do…
"Stop!" said Brock.
Onix obeyed its trainer's order and let go of Pikachu. Letting the mouse like Pokemon fall to the ground.
"I don't want you Pokemon to get hurt… you should surrender…" said Brock.
Ash didn't know how to react… however a blessing in disguise happened… the sprinklers turned on because of the fire… Onix cried out in pain because it…
"Ash… Onix is weak against water! You should attack now!" yelled Misty from her spot.
"Misty when did she get here?" he thought, "Pikachu!"
"Pika!" said Pikachu and let out an attack.
The Electric Poke shocked the giant rock snake… Onix fell to the ground.
"That's showing them!" yelled Luffy.
Ash was about to finish it however his concouis got in the way he closed his eyes he couldn't bear it…
"I can't do it… my concouis is taking the form of Brock's little brothers and sisters… that they are stopping me…" said Ash out loud.
"Ash…" said Nami.
"Open you eyes…" said Misty.
He opened his eyes… and it was true, his little brothers and sister were holding onto Ash stopping him.
"Whoa… I could see them too…" said Luffy.
Zoro, Nami and his Pikachu sweatdroped.
"This an official match… pleases don't but in…" said Brock.
"But Brock… we know how much you care for your Pokemon…" said one of his little sisters.
"Yeah…" said one of his little brothers.
Ash remembered what Brock did for him... all Brock's little brothers and sister got off of Ash and those who could get of on their own Ash helped down, "Pikachu! Come on…"
"Wait… where are you going?" asked Brock.
"The match was fluke I was only winning because the sprinklers went off… if it didn't happen you would have won…" said Ash.
He and his Pikachu began to leave… the three pirates looked at each other and shrugged. Misty sighed... Ash was strange.
At sunset Ash, Luffy, their Pikachus, Nami and Zoro were leaving town.
"So you're going to try again another time?" asked Luffy.
"Yeah… I can always to go another town with a gym and beat them…" said Ash.
"He has a good idea… try one where the Pokemon doesn't have a type advantage over Pikachu…" said Zoro who picked up on type advantage faster than the others… including Ash.
Ash anime fell… "How did you learn more than me?" he mumbled.
"Ash!" called out a voice.
Ash got up and saw Brock running towards him… he began to catch his breath "Hey I forgot to give this to you…" said Brock, he held out what looked like a pin, "It's a Boulder Badge…" said Brock.
Ash was confused, "But I didn't beat you…" he said.
"You did… you see I don't like battling, I want to be a Pokemon Breeder… the best in the world… to be a breeder you have to show love to your Pokemon… and you beat me in that… when you called off your attack you showed that… I would fallow my dream but my family needs me… so take this and fallow your dream…" said Brock looking towards the sky.
Ash nodded, they shook hands as Brock gave him the badge.
"Brock you should fallow your dreams…" said Flint showing up seemingly from nowhere, he removed his beanie and his the beard he had which was fake… relieving a man who looked a lot like an older version of Brock.
"My dad…" said Brock.
"Your dad!" yelled everyone but Luffy in surprise.
"Dun dun dun!" said Luffy.
"Did you really need to do that?" asked Nami.
Luffy just laughed…
"Sorry… I failed as a Pokemon trainer… I couldn't come home as failure even after your mom left on her journey…" said Flint.
"Wait you told us that she died…" said Luffy.
Flint coughed, "Well anyways… go on your journey and live your dream… I'll take care of things at home…" said Flint.
"Dad… there is something I wanted to give you all these years…" said Brock.
He reach into his vest and pulled out… a thread and needle. Then began to give instruction on taking care of his siblings… it was quite funny… Flint could keep up with all them especially since Brock gave them pretty fast.
That night the group gained another member… in the form of Brock.
"Okay let me get this strait… you three are from a different dimension posing as Pokemon Trainers until you can figure out a way home and in your world, you're a small pirate crew and pirates are common place… Luffy also ate a fruit that turned in to rubber?" asked Brock trying to get his facts strait…
"Yep…" said Luffy.
"It a shame that you might be leaving soon…" said Brock to Nami.
"Yeah…" said Nami with a sweat drop.
"What about her?" asked Brock pointing to Misty who was fallowing them.
"Ash destroyed her bike…" said Zoro.
"Oh…" said Brock.
"That's right… and I'm not leaving until you pay me back!" yelled Misty.
Ash sweatdroped then turned to Luffy "Luffy…" said Ash.
"Right…" said Luffy knowing what Ash wanted to do...
Ash and both Pikachus grabbed on to Luffy, he stretched his arms, grabbed some trees and launched all of them a long ways by using his move "Gum Gum Rocket."
"Luffy…" said Zoro.
"That moron…" said Nami.
"I take it he does these a lot…" said Brock.
The three began to chase after them with Misty fallowing behind them… who knows what will happen next…
Next Time: The group lands at Mount Moon where they help a Scientist named Seymour...who'sa little over dramatic... and Pokemon called Clefairy... however Team Rocket is up to something and they want to steal something precocious from the Clefairy. Will they be able to get it back? All this and more next time.