Aria Vs. Brock!
Episode 5: Part 2

Aria's Point of View

"You sure took your time." I looked up at Ash as he finally made it to the gym.

I noticed the look of confusion on his face when he saw that there was a certain someone missing from the group.

"Where's Luke?" He asks.

"He left." I replied crossing my arms over my chest. "He left us a message that he wanted me to tell you. This is what he said, "Hey Ash, sorry to tell you but I already have a badge at this gym. It was before I met you and Aria that I had returned to Pallet Town to take care of an errand. I know you'll be upset that I didn't say anything or left without telling you, but I know that we'll run into each other very soon. Trust me on it." That's it."

Ash frowned. "That sucks. I thought we'd be going on a journey together."

"Well, family comes first." I flick him on the forehead. "You'd do the same thing if you were in his place. Besides, you'd know I'd go with you even if it means not having a gym battle."

Ash smiled, shaking his head.

"You've been changing personalities ever since Duke has been teaching you for the past couple years." He pointed out.

I scowled, turning around so my back faced him. I can't believe he would bring that up! Sure I learned a few things from him but it was only the medicine and herbal foods and drinks!

"I have not! Now, come on! We have a gym battle to take care of!" I made my way towards the door with him following behind me.

Pikachu was walking between us as we pushed the large doors open. The first thing we noticed was that it was really dark but we could see some of it.

"Hello?" Ash called, his voice echoing through the building.

"It seems like it's closed, but something doesn't feel right." I pointed out. We stopped in one spot, glancing around to see if there was even anyone here.

"Who goes there?"

Okay there was one.

We both yelped as light came on over a brown haired man sitting with his legs crossed as he stared at the two of them.

"You must be Brock." Ash put his hand together in a fist as he held it up near his face. "I'm Ash from Pallet Town and I challenge you!"

"Is this your first gym match?" He asks, looking over the both of us. "A gym match is different from other battles. This match is for Pokemon lead authorization. There are special rules."

"What do you mean by special rules?" Ash asked.

"It's a Pokemon Battle against a gym leader. The gym leader gets to decide on these rules and depending on what will happen might give us a chance to win a gym badge here. It could be a double battle, one Pokemon each, or something even surprising."

Brock nodded his head at me. "We will use two Pokemon each, understood?"

We nodded our head in response.

Brock glances down at my brother's Pikachu and looked slightly curious.

"How long have you been with that Pokemon?" Brock asked Ash.

"I think about two weeks, I guess."

"Yes, you're Pikachu is in its cutest stage. It can't win."

Pikachu looked a little down when he thought he was being complimented by the gym leader.

"I'll worry about my Pokemon and you worry about yours alright?" Ash snapped.

I placed a hand on his shoulder, whispering to not irritate the gym leader.

"Suit yourself. As a gym leader I have to accept every challenge. So let's just get this over with." He snaps his fingers together and the lights flashed on instantly. A door to the rigth of us opened to reveal a hidden rock field being pulled out towards us.

My eyes widen, grabbing my brother's arm and running back away from it. Pikachu followed behind us but was faster considering its speed. The battlefield was connected in two separate panels and it was easy to get squished into it. Luckily for us I was able to quickly pulls us out of the way before it was put together.

I stood up, helping Ash up onto his feet. Brock jumped down from his spot and landed on the ground with a Poke Ball in his hand.

"You in the white, let's battle first." He said to me.

I grinned, reaching into my bag and pulled out my own Poke Ball.

"It's settled then." I throw out the Poke Ball and called my partner. "Bulbasaur go!"

My companion appeared in front of me, ready to battle.

"Onix go!"

When I heard the word Onix I knew I was done for. The large rock Pokemon appeared before us, tall and mighty as it stared down at my startled Bulbasaur.

"Don't be scared Bulbasaur!" I told it softly. "We can handle this as long as we believe! Don't let a Pokemon so big imitate you!"

Bulbasaur glanced back at me, blinked for a moment. Then he nodded his head, looking back at the Onix, more confident this time.

"That's the spirit! Alright, start of with a tackle attack!" I told it.

Bulbasaur ran forward, faster than I would imagine and got a direct hit on the Onix, but he only bounced off of it like it was nothing. My eyes widen in shock that not even a tackle did a bit of damage.

"Rock and Ground type, that's right." I mutter to myself.

"Onix use Bind!" Brock called out.

Onix's tail reached out to wrap around Bulbasaur, but I noticed that even Bulbasaur was fast enough to even jump into the air and dodge the fast attack.

I noticed this a while back when I first received Bulbasaur that his speed was really fast. When we were in the middle of catching Spearow his speed manage to match it perfectly. Is it possible for me to even win this match with just speed alone? For such a large Pokemon like Onix it would be easier to have speed to evade such large attacks. Maybe this could work out as an advantage for us.

"Bulbasaur stand in place!" I told it.

Bulbasaur looked back at me in shock, even Ash who was standing behind me was gasping.

"Aria what are you doing?" He asked, a confused Pikachu beside him.

"Trust me on this Bulbasaur!" I told it, winking at my partner.

Bulbasaur nodded its head slowly, looking back at Onix.

"Onix, tackle!"

Onix charged forward, surprising Bulbasaur by its fast movement.

"Use Vine Whip to stop it in place!" I commanded.

Bulbasaur's vines shot out, wrapping around Onix's head and horn, stopping it in place before it could make a hit.

"W-what!?" Brock exclaimed shocked.

I smirked as my plan worked as it should.

"Now use Leech Seed!"

From the top of the bulb on its back appeared a seed which launched towards Onix, roots appearing out of it and wrapping around it. A red shock emanated from it, knocking Onix back as it cried out.

I looked down at my Bulbasaur and noticed that most of its energy returned.

"What kind of move was that?" Ash asked shocked.

I collapsed.

Let's just say I wasn't expecting those words to come out of his mouth.

"That was called Leech Seed. It's a grass type move that attaches to a Pokemon and takes its energy and gives it back to the user. Bulbasaur can use this since he is a grass type Pokemon after all." I explained to him, getting up from the ground. "The move is there until the end of a battle or if it is removed some how by the Pokemon getting hurt by it."

Seriously how did he not know what Leech Seed was?! Hasn't TV taught him enough of how Pokemon Battles or the moves work?

I'm gonna make sure I teach him a lesson or two about Pokemon Battles, because he's really in for it if he's going to be getting all eight badges.

I shook my head and focused back onto the battle. Let's just say that today is going to be a very long day.

Uh...hi? Look I'm just gonna finish apologizing about late updates for this series, so I'm just going to straight into it! Welcome back! I hope you guys are enjoy this chapter as the beginning where Ash, Aria and Brock first meet! As you can tell I'm making a few arrangements around here such as this chapter being in Aria's point of view, so that's a big change so far! It's going to be switching in and out of other characters point of view so keep your eye out for that!

Since there was really only one vote I guess I'll just leave it to that Vulpix might end up being Aria's next catch. Who knows really when I'll actually being updating this so...

Oh well things happen! Speaking of which, I designed a new art style for Aria in this story with her clothing but it's not done yet so I'll let you guys know when it is fully up! All of the chapters for this one will be updated as soon as I can get to them so they actually make sense unlike the past me which kinda sucked at writing at the time.

And if you were wondering why Luke left, it was because he actually does have family that has certain...conditions. I won't go too into detail, but I'll just point out that he comes from a large family and was influenced by another to become a Pokemon Trainer but there were others who didn't want him to be one blah blah blah, can't say because they will end up spoilers.

Another character that was mentioned in this chapter who happens to be called Duke also plays and important role in Aria's life considering that he was the one to teach her how to use plants as medicine or how to use herbs and such. Yeah, I've been keeping him in the dark for the longest time since I haven't updated much. But I'll say this much is that you might like his character! Even thou his a bit of a quiet one...

So yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter once again and I'll see you guys soon! Later!