Hey, I'm Back Once more with the next chapter of this story, hope you enjoy this Chap and please leave a review as it helps me understand my story and its readers better. First some of the Pm's I got.

The reason Ash has Nidoran was because I like that Pokémon and as Nidoran can be found just left of Viridian city it is not hard to think that one could get lost and end up on route 1, and the reason its shiny is because I like that one better than the other.

The reason I gave Ash the Rainbow Feather was not because of the Movie it was because of another Fanfic I read called "The Master Challenge" By NoSignalBlueScreen, a great writer who used it in his story only much later in the journey.

Yes, there is romance in this only much later

Chapter 3

It had only been a few minutes since Ash and Misty had entered Viridian Forest but it was the hardest thing Ash had ever done as Misty was clinging to him and screaming at every little movement that had happened, Ash would have asked for the reason she was doing this but the answer came after Misty had spotted a weedle in the tree above her and she screamed out, "keep that filthily bug Pokémon away from me", while she was clinging to him.

"Come on Misty, it's just a little caterpie, how dangerous could it be" Ash said this as he was looking at the Pokémon that was climbing its way up a tree, while Misty was cowering behind Ash.

"I don't care if it's dangerous or not, I DON'T LIKE BUG POKEMON", Misty screamed at Ash as they passed another weedle, that was munching on some leaves.

"How, can you not like bug Pokémon, what's so bad about such a little Pokémon" Ash said this as he was looking at the Weedle that they had passed.

"Come on Ash, everyone has things they hate, mine just happens to include bug type Pokémon" replied Misty as she walked on in front of him, while looking around nervously.

Ash and Misty continued their journey further into Viridian Forest or for Misty the Forest of Bugs, after what seemed like ages for Misty, but actually only two hours, they two decided that they would stop for lunch and Ash wanted to train his Pokémon, he released Nidoran and had him battle Pikachu.

"Pikachu, for this battle alternate between using quick attack and Thundershock, while Nidoran you will be alternating between Poison Sting and when you get close Double Kick or Peck, Alright and begin training", Ash gave out his orders and both Pokémon began the training, Pikachu was able to land a few good quick attacks on Nidoran, that did some damage but because Nidoran was part ground type, his thundershocks didn't faze him much which in turn allowed Nidoran to get much closer and land one or to Double kicks before Pikachu could dodge out of the way using quick attack as a speed boost, the training ended once Pikachu was hit by Nidoran's Poison Sting on his side and had to be treated with antidote to cure the poison.

While the whole training was going on Misty and Ash were having their lunches, Ash was asking Misty why the only types of Pokémon that she had with her were water types.

"That's because I want to be a water type master", said Misty as she finished eating her food.

"I see now, you're a type specialist trainer and you chose Water types as your specialty, right", asked Ash as he looked over at his two Pokémon training.

"Yup, that's me, I'm a water type specialist who will become a water Pokémon master", Misty said this with a proud smile on her face, which didn't last long as not a moment later did a Caterpie fall off the branch above her and land on her head, the second she felt the Caterpie touch her head Misty let out a loud shriek and bolted upright causing the caterpie to fall backwards from her head and land upside down on the ground, she then jumped at Ash causing him to fall backwards and letting one of the empty pokeballs he had on his waist to roll over to the now confused caterpie and causing it to bump in to it, the pokeball open and caterpie was sucked in with the red light, the ball shook twice before dinging signifying that the caterpie had been caught, while this happened Ash was lying on his back with Misty burying her head in his chest shaking with fear over what had happened, Ash calmed her down by rubbing her back gently and once she started to get back up, Ash could see some tears in her eyes, Ash went to his backpack and pulled out and handed Misty a tissue to dry her eyes, while he looked at his accidental Pokémon capture, he released the caterpie from the Pokeball and scanned it with his Pokedex.

Caterpie the worm Pokemon. Caterpie has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes. From its antenna, this Pokémon releases a terrifically strong odor. This Caterpie is Male and has the ability Sheild Dust. He knows the moves Tackle and String shot. This Caterpie also possess the Egg moves Bug Bite, Electroweb and Iron Defense, which still need to be unlocked.

"Welcome to the team caterpie, I hope we can get along", Ash smiled as he looked at the happy little caterpie that was now rubbing his foot.

Misty at this point was now calmer, but once she saw the little caterpie at Ash's foot, she grimaced at the sight, she knew that now she was going to have to spend the rest of her journey with Ash and that Caterpie. Ash returned the Caterpie and walked over to Misty and his bags, he returned Nidoran and healed Pikachu after their training battle.

"Ash, do you have to keep that caterpie, couldn't you just release it and leave it here with the rest of them", Misty spoke in a glum voice.

"Misty, I need some more Pokémon, that can help me against the gym leader in Pewter City, I only know that the gym leader uses Rock/Ground types, and I only have two Pokémon right now, Pikachu who is electric type is not going to be very effective.

"Pika Pi Chu Pika Pi Chu Pikachu", (Hey, I can still battle you know), Pikachu lightly zapped Ash with ThunderShock.

"I know you can still, battle buddy, it's just that the first gym leader has a type advantage against you, and I don't want to see you get hurt", clarified Ash as he scratched Pikachu's ear, he continued explaining himself.

"Besides, Pikachu, I only have NIdoran, who is a Poison/Ground type, so while he can withstand more damage from Rock types and has the Fighting type move Double Kick, which is strong against rock types, I don't think he can do it all on his own, so I want to increase my Pokémon so I have a better chance when I battle him and with a Caterpie I can do that as a Butterfree can learn status moves like Poison and Sleep powder, so that can help me in the battle.", Ash said as he picked up his Backpack and motioned for Misty to continue walking with him.

Ash and Misty continued waking for another while, Misty was scanning the forest around her, while Ash was thinking about what the next pokemon he should catch be, he was thinking that he could catch Flying type, like a Pidgey or go fishing and catch a water type like Goldeen or Staryu as that would help him greatly against the first gym leader. His thoughts about this were broken when a loud caw was heard above him, he and Pikachu looked around franticly as they thought it could be the fearow and Spearow again, but what they saw was a medium size bird Pokémon that was cream and brown and had a red plume of feathers on its head, Ash smiled as he knew this Pokémon was a Pidgeotto the evolved form of Pidgey, Ash decided that this was going to be his next Pokémon but Pikachu and Nidoran where tried from their earlier training so that left only one Pokémon to use and he knew that this wasn't the best choice to use but he had a plan to deal with it. Ash unclipped the second Pokeball on his waist enlarged it and called the pokemon out.

"I, choose you, Caterpie" shouted Ash as he threw the pokeball out, next thing a bright white flash happened and the Caterpie he had caught earlier had appeared, instantly Misty hid behind and tree and then berated Ash for calling him out and for acting stupidly as Pidgeotto was a bird and Caterpie a bug and Bird eat Bugs. Ash just shout back that he knew what it looked like but he has a plan. He knelt next to the quivering Caterpie and whispered to him.

"I know that this might seem hard but all you have to do is dodge its attacks and slow it down with string shot, so that Pikachu here can attack it, can you do that for me little buddy", Ash whispered this to Caterpie and Caterpie nodded and took up its battle stance, once this happened Pidgeotto dived down using Quick attack to increase its speed, Caterpie was able to barely dodge the swooping bird, but he managed to fire off his string shot that had hit Pidgeotto's wing causing it to stick together and causing Pidgeotto to fall and crash into a tree after its loss of flight, once this happened Ash called for Pikachu to use Quick attack to get close to the Pidgeotto and then use Thundershock to knock it out, the Pidgeotto was dazed for a few moments after hitting the tree and was then shocked and passed out from the pain. Ash threw a pokeball and it absorbed the Bird pokemon in a flash of red light, after that and the Ball shook three times and then dinged telling him he had caught the Pidgeotto, Pikachu and Caterpie yelled out their own cries and the next thing Caterpie started to shoot his string shot into the air and wrap it around itself. It started to glow in a bright white light, its body grew a bit larger and his antenna disappeared, his body took on a more hardened structure and when it faded a new pokemon was there, it was a Metapod, Ash instantly lifted Metapod up as he was happy that Caterpie had evolved after this battle, he set Metapod down and scanned him with his Pokedex.

Metapod the cocoon Pokemon and the evolved form of Caterpie. the shell covering this Pokemon's body is as hard as an iron slab. Metapod does not move very much. it stays still because it is preparing its soft innards for evolution inside the hard shell. Upon Evolution Metapod's ability has changed form Sheild dust to Shed skin. Upon evolution Metapod has Learned Harden and has unlocked the Egg Move Iron Defense.

"Wow, good job Metapod you learned Harden and Unlocked the Egg move Iron Defense, I know that those moves will really help us in the future", Ash beamed as Metapod seemed to have a happy expression on his face. Ash thanked Metapod for all he had done and released Pidgeotto to heal and scanned it.

Pidgeotto the Bird Pokemon and the evolved from of Pidgey. Pidgeotto claims a large area as its own territory. This pokemon flies around, patrolling its living space. If its territory is violated, it shows no mercy in thoroughly punishing its foes with its sharp claws. This Pidgeotto is Female and has the Ability Keen Eye. She knows the moves Gust, Quick attack, Tackle and Sand attack. This Pidgeotto also possess the Egg Moves Brave Bird, Heatwave and Steel wing, which still need to be unlocked.

"So, you're a female, Pidgeotto, well that good and those are some great Egg moves that will definitely help use in the future with the more powerful gym leaders.", Ash said this as he removed the string shot from her wing and sprayed some of the potion on her to help ease the pain from being shocked. Pidgeotto ruffled her feathers about before she began to pick at them, she was cleaning the parts were Ash was unable to clean.

After she was done cleaning herself up Ash returned her and continued his journey towards Pewter City. It had been an interesting week since Ash had started his Journey towards Pewter City with Misty joining him, he had Caught two new Pokemon a Caterpie and a Pidgeotto, to which his Caterpie had evolved into a Metapod afterwards, then he ran into team rocket again, the crooks had come after him and Misty as revenge for stopping them in the Viridian City Pokemon Centre, they tried to steal their Pokemon but a Thunder wave from Pikachu had Paralyzed them and that gave Misty time to release her Staryu and use watergun on them and with them wet, a quick thunder Shock from Pikachu once again sent them blasting off, and if that wasn't bad enough a weird kid wearing a samurai outfit wielding a katana, had challenged him saying that he had Battled the other three trainers from Pallet town and kept calling him the fourth kid from Pallet town. They had a two vs two battle with Ash winning each one, it started with the kid sending out his Pinsir, when this happened Misty paled and hid behind a tree away from the large bug with two massive horns, Ash scanned it for his Pokedex.

Pinsir the Stagbeetle Pokémon. Pinsir has a pair of massive horns. Protruding from the surface of these horns are thorns. These thorns are driven deeply into the foe's body when the pincer closes, making it tough for the foe to escape.

Ash had used his Pidgeotto to battle it, Pidgeotto had used a combination of Gust and Sandattack to cause a small sandstorm and finished up with a quick attack to Pinsir's back as it was blinded, in doing the combination attack, Pidgeotto had learned how to start the new move of Twister, she could only do a small one for now, but Ash said he will be working on helping her master it in the future.

The Samurai Kid then proceeded to call out his next Pokémon a Metapod, Ash returned Pidgeotto and called his own Metapod as he wanted it to gain some more battle experience and to try out his newly learned moves. Misty called out to him and called him an Idiot for doing this but all Ash did was shoot back that he knew what he was doing, the samurai called for his Metapod to use harden while Ash called for his to use tackle and when he got close Iron Defense, with the add defense and weight of Iron Defense and the speed from the tackle, the Samurai's Metapod was knocked back and hit a tree, knocking it out, but that tree was the home of some Weedle's and Kakuna's so when they fell, some started to evolve into Beedrill and started to attack the three trainers for what had happened. While the three trainers were running Ash had scanned the three pokemon and got their data.

Weedle the Hairy Pokemon. Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capably of distinguishing its favorite kind of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis(nose).

Kakuna the cocoon Pokemon and evolved form of Weedle. Kakuna remains virtually immobile as it clings to a tree. However, on the inside, it is extremely busy as it prepares for its coming evolution. This is evident from how hot the shell becomes to the touch.

Beedrill the Poison Bee Pokemon and evolved form of Kakuna. Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest-this is for their own safely. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.

Ash and Misty were able to defeat some of the beedrill, while other's scattered after they had used a combination of Watergun and ThunderShock from Staryu and Pikachu and even Ash's metapod had helped as it had used Stringshot to hold some in place while they had attacked, with this the Beedrill were all gone and when the last one had left their sights, Metapod had started to glow and a large crack appeared on the back of Metapods shell, next a pair of white and black wings appeared out of the crack then a purple body followed by two long antenna's, the light faded away and there flying around was Butterfree, Ash cheered out and walked over and patted the newly evolved Pokemon on the head, he then took out his pokedex and scanned him.

Butterfree the Butterfly Pokemon and evolved form of Metapod. Butterfree has superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can even search out, extract, and carry honey from flowers that are blooming over six miles from its nest. Upon Evolution Butterfree's Ability has changed from Shed skin to Tinted Lens. Upon Evolution Butterfree has learned Confusion, Poison Powder, Sleep Powder and has unlocked the Egg moves Bug bite and Electroweb.

"That's brilliant Butterfree, you have learned all your egg moves and learned to use some new moves and it looks like you will be very useful as you have learned Confusion which can be really helpful during the battle against the first gym a Rock/ground one", Ash complimented Butterfree as he rubbed his head before Butterfree fluttered up and landed on Ash's head, Ash let a little groan as Butterfree was a bit heavy.

Ash and Misty departed from the samurai with the promise that they will both get stronger and challenge each other again. Ash returned Butterfree and Pikachu climbed onto Ash's shoulder again, now the two of them continued along the path towards Pewter city, when they had arrived at the outskirts of the city, Ash climbed on top of a large boulder to view the city below him, at which point a man with a scruffy beard and tanned skin called out for him to get off his merchandise, the man told him and Misty that he was Flint a rock salesman selling genuine Pewter city rocks, Ash after refusing to buy one of the rocks as a souvenir asked where the Pokecentre was, Flint showed him where it was and went back up to his rock stand. Ash and Misty enter and give their Pokemon over to nurse joy to get them healed and the two booked two rooms in the center, while Misty said she was going to clean herself up, to remove the smell of bugs from her body, Ash said he was going to look around town for the gym, pick up some much needed items and to think up a battle plan for his battle against the gym leader tomorrow. Ash met up with Flint again who told him that he had no chance against the Pewter City gym leader a guy by the name of Brock, this was because flint had only seen Ash with Pikachu and didn't know of his other pokemon, he did give Ash some advice and that was if his Pikachu could learn the steel type move Iron Tail he might stand a chance. Flint left after saying this and Ash looked up the move on his pokedex.

(Iron Tail is a steel type move, where the user coats their tail or similar appendage in steel and hits the opponent.)

Ash, closes his Pokedex and thinks how he can start to help Pikachu learn this move for the future, Ash headed to the Pokemart after this and picked up some more potions and more status removal potions, along with more Pokefood. Once he had all of this he headed over to the gym to get some more information on how his battle was going to go tomorrow, he found out that before he could challenge the Gym Leader Brock to a Pokémon battle he had to defeat the gym trainer who was a local trainer and was studying at the gym to learn more about Rock/Ground types.

Ash went back to the Pokémon center and as he was walking in he was called by Nurse joy to say that his and Misty's Pokemon were fully healed and could be taken back, Ash thanked her and took his and Misty's Pokémon back, Pikachu jumped on to Ash's shoulder while he clipped his pokemon to his belt and grabbed Misty's and left for her room. Ash knocked on her door and the next moment Misty answered it, at this point Ash looked away quickly and then had the door slammed in his face, this was because Misty thought it was Nurse joy who was there and came to the door wrapped in a bath towel, this had caused Ash to go red and look away while Misty slammed the door and was bright red. Misty opening the door a few minutes later and the next moment Ash was seeing stars as he got hit on the head by a wooden mallet Pikachu leaped off his shoulder before the mallet hit and was now on the floor poking Ash's face and when that didn't work he lightly shocked him, that got him up. Ash was now sitting on the chair opposite the bed were Misty was sitting, she had changed out of the towel and was now wearing her usual clothes only her hair was not tied up, Ash was rubbing the bump Misty had given him while Misty was trying the calm down after hitting him.

"So, why were you knocking on my door" chastised Misty as she was stroking Pikachu's chin and glaring at Ash.

"I only came to return your Pokémon that Nurse joy had said was healed" Ash spoke as he handed over her Pokémon to her, while he was glances at Pikachu and calling him a little traitor, Pikachu just stuck out his tongue.

After that Misty thanked him and asked what he had learned about the gym leader and what he was going to do about it, he told he had learned that the gym leader was named brock and that he had to battle a gym trainer before he could battle Brock, he also told her that he planned to have Pikachu start learning the move Iron Tail, as it was a steel type and was effective against rock type pokemon which was one part of the dual type gym leader, Misty said that she would lend Ash one of her water types but Ash said that this was just one part of being a trainer and that he needed to show the gym leader that he could beat him with his own strength.

After their conversation both of them went to the cafeteria and had some food before Ash took his Pokémon and started to have a training battle with his Pokémon, he had Pikachu fight against Nidoran only using Thundershock to help improve its power so he could learn Thunderbolt and had Nidoran only use peck so that he could improve his speed with it and learn Fury attack, while this happened he had Pidgeotto and Butterfree battle with Pidgeotto using her new move twister to increase its power while he had Butterfree alternate between using Iron defense to improve his defense against flying type moves and using Electroweb a bug style electric type move that is powerful against flying types, he wanted Butterfree to be able to catch Pidgeotto in the web, this training ended after an hour, when it ended, Pikachu had improved his power and Nidoran had improved his speed, Pikachu could now use a weak Thunderbolt and Nidoran was able to use Fury attack to have five hits, Pidgeotto had improved her wing strength and power and could now use a move powerful twister, while Butterfree had improved his defense and had managed to improve his accuracy with his electroweb and had caught Pidgeotto twice but the web wasn't strong enough to hold her for more than a few seconds before she tore it apart with her twister attacks. After this Ash moved on to the next part of his training, now he had Nidoran start to gather power in his mouth and try to turn it to water, this was the start of his training to unlock water pulse, He had Butterfree use his gust attack on rocks to power it up more, He had Pidgeotto do the same training as Pikachu and that was to focus power onto her wings to start off the progress to learning Steel wing, Pikachu's training was to get him to learn Iron tail, he knew that the basic idea was for the Pokémon to store power in their tail or appendage as to turn it into steel, so he had told Pikachu to start with trying to focus as much power he could on his tail, this training lasted an hour and in the end Pikachu was able to make his tail slightly glow from the stored power, once this was done Ash headed back into the Pokémon Centre and gave his Pokémon to nurse joy for healing and told her to give them some dinner and let them rest for the rest of the day. Ash went back to his room and started to plan his battle against the Pewter City gym.

It was early in the morning when Ash woke up. He brushed his teeth, showered and changed into some new clothes before gathering up his things and heading over to Misty's room, this time he knocked the door after saying his name out, so she knew who was there. Misty opened the door a bit later, she was wearing her usual clothes and was carrying her red bag over her shoulder, he said "Morning" to her and she said it back before the two of them went to the front so Ash could collect his pokemon. Once this was done the two of them headed over to the Pewter City Gym which was a large stone building with two large wooden doors. Ash pushed the doors open, at first there was nothing but pitch blackness, but a second later the lights flashed on and both Ash and Misty could now see, the gym was surrounded by large rocks and the battlefield was a rocky one with boulders and smaller rocks littered about and at the back was a raised rock platform were a tanned teenager was standing, he was wearing a black t-shirt with a light brown V-necked jumper and brown cargo pants, with brown and black boots, the man called out to them.

"My name is Brock and I am the Gym leader of the Pewter City Gym, which one of you is the Challenger for me today", the tanned boy introduced himself as the gym leader and wait to see you his challenger will be, Ash stepped forwards and answered.

"I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet town and I am the challenger", Ash called out to him and he responded back.

"Alright, Ash, is this your first gym challenge", Ash nodded, " Ok, before you can challenge me, you have to defeat my gym trainer", Brock called this out and next a door on the left side opened and a boy wearing a boy scout outfit, he appeared to be ten of eleven years old, he walked to the red side of the battlefield and waited for Ash to move to the blue side, after Ash moved a referee came out and started the battle with announcing the rules.

"This is a two-on-two battle between the Challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet town, and the Pewter City Gym trainer Elliot. Only the challenger can switch his Pokémon", the referee called this out.

"Good luck, Ash," Misty said this as she walked over to the benches on the sidelines, Pikachu was with her as Ash said he would call him if needed.

Elliot called out his first Pokémon, a small rock like Pokémon with two arms on its side, Ash took out his pokedex and scanned it.

Geodude the Rock Pokémon. The longer a Geodude lives, the more its edges are chipped and worn away, making it more rounded in appearance. However, this Pokémon heart will remain hard, craggy and rough always.

Ash looked at the Geodude and could see that it was chipped in some places, showing that it had been used in some battles. Ash put away his Pokedex and called out his pokemon.

"Right, I choose you, Nidoran", Ash called out as he threw out his pokeball, the ball open and in a white flash, a light blue Nidoran appeared.

Both Elliot and Brock raised an eyebrow seeing the shiny Pokémon appear before them, they quickly got over it and Elliot called out the first attack.

"Geodude use tackle", Elliot commanded this and Geodude started to roll towards Nidoran, he was picking up some speed the closer he got to Nidoran, but this was to Ash's advantage as with that speed, Geodude was unable to dodge, so Ash called out his move.

"Nidoran, use Double Kick and send that Geodude flying", Ash called this out and when Elliot called for Geodude to stop and dodge out was already too late, as Nidoran had turned and kicked out hitting Geodude and sending him flying and landing in front of Elliot knocked out from the force of the attack and cracking the ground where he had landed, the referee called the battle.

"Geodude is unable to battle, Nidoran wins, Gym trainer please call out your next Pokémon", the referee announced.

Elliot returned his fallen Geodude and called out his next Pokémon a, light brown mouse Pokémon with a white belly, Ash scanned the new Pokémon.

Sandshrew the Mouse Pokémon. Sandshrew's body is configured to absorb water without waste, enabling it to survive in an arid desert. This Pokémon curls up to protect itself from enemies.

Ash recalled Nidoran and called out his next Pokémon, Pidgeotto, Brock, Misty and Elliot all wondered why Ash would bring out a flying type against a ground type like Sandshrew, the referee called the battle.

"Sandshrew vs Pidgeotto, let the battle begin"

Straight away Elliot called for Sandshrew to use Defense curl, instantly Sandshrew curled itself up into a ball improving its defense, Ash looked at the now ball of Sandshrew and tried to see what he could do, he knew he had to break the defense curl or he wouldn't be able to win, he analyzed the battlefield and saw what he needed, he then called out his attack.

"Pidgeotto, use your Twister attack on Sandshrew", Pidgeotto started a twister around Sandshrew, Elliot knew that Sandshrew was too heavy for the twister to lift him, so he wondered what ash's plan was. He got his answer a few moments later when Sandshrew let out a cry and released his ball form, when this happened Ash called out for Pidgeotto to Quick attack and aim for his chest. Once this happened Pidgeotto dived and attacked Sandshrew in the chest sending him backwards into one of the boulders of the field and that had knocked him out.

"Sandshrew is unable to battle, Pidgeotto wins, the match goes to the challenger, Ash Ketchum of pallet town, who can know face the Gym leader Brock", the referee announced this while raising a green flag on Ash's side, both trainers returned their Pokémon, once that was done Elliot called out to Ash.

"Hey, Ash I was wondering about your twister there, how where you able to get past Sandshrew's defence and injure him", when Ash heard this he pointed to the ground and spoke.

"That was easy, over there is where your Geodude fell and cracked the ground, so when I saw that you had called out your Sandshrew and he was next to the hole, I just used twister, which caused the rocks that had become loose and the broken ground to hit your Pokémon from all sides, and that caused Sandshrew to take damage and caused him to release the Defense curl", Brock, Misty and Elliot were amazed at how Ash had used the battlefield to his favor and win the match. Elliot thanked Ash for that information and went to the Pokémon Center to heal his Pokémon and Brock walked down to the Battlefield and took his position on the Battlefield, Ash faced him and the referee started the battle, he called out the rules once more.

"This is a two-on-two battle between the Challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet town, and the Pewter City Gym leader Brock. Only the challenger can switch Pokémon", the referee announced.

"Since this is your First Official Gym Battle I'll use this guy", Brock threw out his Pokeball and out of the whit flash appeared a Geodude, now this Geodude was bigger than the first one and was more chipped in places given it a more smoother appearance, showing that it was more experienced and had been in lot of battles, Ash thought about his choices decided to go with a new Pokémon, so he called out his next pokemon.

"Ok, I'll use him then, I choose you, Butterfree", the pokeball opened and a large butterfly Pokémon appeared and fluttered in front of Ash.

"A Butterfree, well I was hoping for your Nidoran, but this shouldn't be much of a problem", Brock smirked when he said this, Misty nor Ash liked this as they thought he was acting arrogant.

The referee raised his flags, " The challenger has the first move. Ready, start"

"Type won't help you in this match, Butterfree use Confusion", Ash commanded.

"Geodude, use Rock Polish, then use Rollout to move around the field", Brock called out to his Pokemon. Geodude started to rub his body against rocks nearby, and when he was done his body looked a lot smoother, he then began to roll around the battlefield, dodging Butterfree's confusion, he was getting faster the more he moved. Ash had Butterfree stop his Confusion attempts, Butterfree did this and went back to fluttering in front of Ash, while Brock's Geodude's kept Rolling around the Battlefield, Ash knew that he had to stop Geodude's Rollout or he couldn't beat him, he could barely keep up with how fast Geodude was spinning, Ash after looking around came up with a plan.

"Butterfree land on the large boulder over there and get ready", Ash called out and Butterfree moved over to the large boulder, he landed on the boulder and waited for his next command, once he landed Brock called out his command.

"Geodude, ram the boulder, then use rock throw to knock Butterfree out", Geodude changed direction quickly and sped towards Butterfree, when he was near, Ash called out his next move.

"Butterfree, use Sleep field, now", yelled Ash, Both Brock and Misty were confused, since there was no move called Sleep field, so what was this going to be, Butterfree started to flap his wings very hard like he was using the move gust but there was no wind hitting Geodude, after a few seconds of this Geodude started to slow down before he came crashing into the large boulder, causing a lot of dirt and dust flew up, once this happened Ash called out another move.

"Butterfree, shot your string shot and tie Geodude to the boulder", Butterfree immediately shot out a thick string of web at Geodude, he covered both of his arms and then fluttered over to Ash, when the dirt and dust cleared you could now see a sleeping geodude stuck to the boulder, Ash recalled Butterfree and sent out Nidoran at this point and called for him to attack.

"Now, Nidoran, while Geodude can't defend use Double Kick and knock him out", Ash yelled out and Nidoran, ran up to Geodude and kicked him hard, it was strong enough to push Geodude deep in to the boulder, causing cracks to appear around the boulder, Geodude was knocked out after that attack.

"Geodude is unable to battle, Nidoran wins", the referee announced.

Brock returned his Geodude after telling him that he had done a great job, before Brock called his next Pokémon out he had a question for Ash.

"Ash, could you please explain to me what that last move your Butterfree used was, you called it Sleep field, but I have never heard of that move before", Brock asked Ash this and he said he would explain after the battle, Brock nodded to this and sent out his next Pokémon, a loud roar came after he had released his Pokémon, but when the light died down, a large boulder snake was in front of him and Nidoran, Ash scanned the new Pokémon.

Onix the Rock Snake Pokémon. Onix has a magnet in its brain. It acts like a compass so that this Pokémon does not lose direction while it is tunneling. As it grows older, its body becomes increasingly rounder and smoother.

"So that's an Onix, right Nidoran return and come on out Butterfree", Ash called as he returned his Nidoran and chose to call out Butterfree again, the referee called the next battle.

"Onix vs Butterfree, let the battle begin"

Brock quickly called for his Onix to use Rock Throw on Butterfree, as he wanted the battle to ended quickly and not give Ash a chance to counter, Onix slammed his tail into the ground causing small rocks to fly straight into the air where he would smack them, sending them flying at Butterfree, Ash ordered Butterfree to dodge and to use Electroweb to stop the rocks from hitting that, Ash also dodged the rocks that had landed on the ground causing small parts to fly at him. Brock could see that while the rocks where getting close to Butterfree, because of its small size the move wasn't able to hit, he knew that if given a chance ash would use that move again and that would be the end so he changed his order.

"Onix, stop Rock throw and switch to Rock tomb", Brock ordered this and Onix quickly changed his attack style, he slammed his tail harder on the battlefield and fired the boulders at Butterfree would was worn down and could not dodge the incoming attack, so Ash quickly returned him as he didn't want Butterfree to be hurt.

"I withdraw Butterfree from the battle he was too tired to dodge that attack and I didn't want to see him hurt", once Ash said this the referee called the battle.

"The Challenger has withdrawn his Pokémon, so the winner is Onix, Challenger please call out you Pokemon"

Ash then called out his Nidoran once more to fight, the referee started the battle.

"Nidoran vs Onix, let the Battle begin"

Brock quickly ordered Onix to use Rock throw once more, as to block off all paths for Nidoran to take, Onix once again slammed his huge tail against the ground and sent the rocks at Nidoran, Nidoran dodged the incoming rocks and waited for his orders from Ash.

Ash was looking around the battlefield to see what he could do to get near Onix, after a few more rocks came down he saw what he needed to do and went for it, Ash called out his order.

"Nidoran, I know this will be hard but please, use your fury attack to smash the rocks and get close to Onix", Nidoran quickly turned for the direction it was dodging and started to destroy the smaller of the rocks and had made a path towards Onix, once he was out of the rock trap, Onix appeared in front on him and Ash called out once more.

"Nidoran, use Double Kick Now", Nidoran jumped and slammed his back legs against Onix's tail, it moved a little but didn't cause Onix any real damage, when this happened, Brock called out.

"Onix, use bind on Nidoran", Brock yelled this out and Onix started to wrap his tail around Nidoran, he was slowly crushing Nidoran who was struggling to move, this went on for a few moments before Onix loosened his grip and Nidoran escaped and was now panting in front of Onix who had a purple hue around his eyes.

"What happened, why did you let go Onix", Brock called out when this happened and Ash answered.

"Nidoran's Ability Poison Point happened, the move Onix wrapped the quicker the Ability was going the activate", Ash smiled as his Pokémon was now free, but that smile became bigger when he looked at Nidoran as he was now glowing, showing that he was about to evolve, his body started to get bigger with barbs appearing on his back and his horn grew larger as well, when the light died down, Ash quickly scanned his Pokémon and smiled from what he read.

Nidorino the Poison Pin Pokemon and evolved form of Nidoran(M). Nidorino has a horn that is harder than a diamond. If it senses a hostile presence, all the barbs on its back bristle up at once, and it challenges the foe with all its might. Upon Evolution Nidorino has unlocked the egg move Water Pulse.

"Nidorino, great job in Evolving, now use your new move and win this battle", Ash called out and Nidorino started to concentrate and a moment later a ball appeared in his mouth before he fired it out and it slammed against Onix's head, once that happened Onix fell backwards and landed with his eyes spinning, knocked out.

"Onix is unable to battle, Nidorino wins, the match goes to Ash of Pallet town", the Referee raised the green flag on his side, Ash took a moment before he ran up and hugged his Pokémon, Pikachu was cheering alongside him as he had come over after the battle had been won, Misty was now walking towards him and she congratulated him as will.

"That was a great battle Ash, now you have you first badge", Misty and Ash smiled at each other after she had said this. Brock was walking over to Ash holding a brown box to which he opened and presented him with the Gym Badge of Pewter City the Boulder Badge, Ash took the Badge and cheered.

"Alright, I won the Boulder badge", Ash and Pikachu struck a Victory Pose, Ash then placed the badge inside his jacket, "and from me i would like you to take this TM".

Brock handed Ash a small micro disc, this was TM 80, Rock Slide, Ash put the TM into his Backpack.

"So, Ash could you now explain to me what that move was, Sleep field and how did it effect my Geodude", Brock asked Ash.

"Sleep Field, is a move I made up, it uses the move Sleep powder and gust, by having Butterfree use a light gust attack and sleep powder at the same time I can have the whole area covered in the sleep powder, and it put your Geodude to sleep easily because Sleep powder is a grass type move to it worked easily against Geodude a rock/Ground type", Ash explained this to Brock.

"Wow, you're the first trainer I met that used a combination move against me, that really surprised me", Brock thanked Ash for telling him that.

"Well, I'm heading over to the PokeCentre to heal my Pokémon", Ash said this and head over there after saying goodbye to Brock. Ash and Misty arrived at the Centre and Ash handed his Pokeballs over to Nurse Joy. After that he told Misty that he was going out to continue Pikachu's training with Iron Tail, Misty said that was ok, as she was going to train with her Pokémon as well.

"Ok, Pikachu we will be continuing the training from yesterday, so start once more concentrating the power into your tail and when you can feel enough power try and turn it to harden your tail and hit the rock over there", Ash said this and was pointing to the rock over near the edge of where they were training. The training lasted for two hours and in the end, Pikachu was able to control the flow of power in his body and could focus his power in his tail much better and was able to harden his tail somewhat and could make little cracks in the rock, both Pikachu and Ash were happy with this as it was quite the improvement from yesterday. Ash returned to the PokeCentre and met up with Misty half way, and they decided to head to a local café to get some food after handing Pikachu and Misty's Pokémon over to Nurse Joy for healing and some rest. Ash and Misty went to the café and chatted about the battle and Misty kept asking ash if he had any other combination moves, other than the one's see seen, but he told her that she just had to wait and see, she even tried to force him with her mallet but he wouldn't give up any other information, after their meal the two of them head back to the Pokemon Centre and went to their rooms.

The next morning Ash and Misty prepared to leave so they packed their bags and had some breakfast in the cafeteria before collecting there Pokémon, Pikachu was once more on Ash's shoulder, they thanked Nurse joy and head towards the city limits on the road towards the next City, when they were near it they heard shouting coming from behind them, "Hey wait up you guys" was what the voice shouted.

Turning around the two of them saw the Gym Leader of Pewter city running at them, he had different clothes on him now and was carrying a larger backpack, after he was able to get to them, he stopped to catch his breath before talking.

"After are battle yesterday, I found my father waiting for me at home , he told me that he had met the two of you and that had given him the courage to return home and after we talked he told me that he would take over as gym leader again so that I could get my chance at journeying the world as I want to become a Pokémon breeder, and I believe that by travelling together with you two and by studying the different Pokémon you catch I can learn more about them, also I would like to study your Nidorino as not much is known about the Shiny Pokémon of this world, so is that ok with you two, if I join you"

"Yeah, its ok with me, is that ok with you Misty", Ash nodded in response, while Misty said that she was fine with it.

"Great, so your fine with me even after how I acted during the battle", asked Brock

"Yeah, I know it was all just part of you being a gym leader, but now that you are coming with us, I was hoping you could teach me more about Rock and Ground types as they are your speciality, and with you around I know that all our Pokémon will get even stronger", Ash replied as he started to continue on his journey.

"So, where are you heading to next", Brock asked as he walked beside ash and Misty.

"Why, don't you ask Ash as he won't tell me" replied Misty

"Where, heading towards my next badge the Gym in Cerulean City" Ash exclaimed as he walked.

"Wait why does it have to be there"

There we go everyone the next Chapter of my story finished and I hope you liked it and will leave a review.

Brock – 15 years old and 3 months, Height 5'87

Group's Pokemon

Ash – Pikachu, Nidorino(Shiny), Butterfree, Pidgeotto

Misty- Staryu, Starmie,Goldeen

Brock- Geodude,Onix

That's all, until next time goodbye

DracoLightning