The next day, Nils, Ren, Firenze and to the Gym to try again at Nils having a Gym Battle with Jackie. Once they entered the Gym, they saw Jackie and Chris waiting for them.

"Ready for the delayed Gym Battle," asked Jackie.

"You know it," answered Nils and they all went to the battlefield.

"The battle between Jackie, the Gym Leader, and Nils, the challenger, will now commence," said a female, middle aged referee with a blond ponytail who was wearing a white jacket, "Each trainer will use only three Pokemon and only the challenger can switch Pokemon." "The winner will be decided if they defeat all of the other trainer's Pokemon," "Now begin."

"Go Weavile," said Jackie and the Weavile from the previous day was sent out.

"Go Machamp," said Nils and Machamp was sent out. "Use Dynamic Punch," and Machamp used the selected attack which Weavile dodged at incredible speed.

"Use Slash," said Jackie and Weavile attacked Machamp with the chosen move.

"Machamp I've got an idea," said Nils, "Wait until Weavile comes at you again," and Machamp did as instructed.

"In that case," said Jackie, use Rock Smash," and Weavile hit Machamp with the move of choice.

"Use Low Sweep now," said Nils and Weavile got hit by Machamp's Low Sweep which slowed it down and caused super effective damage.

"Use Icy Wind," said Jackie and Weavile did as instructed.

"Dynamic Punch," said Nils and Machamp used the chosen attack which did lots of damage to Weavile, confused Weavile and sent Weavile flying. "Use another Dynamic Punch when Weavile lands." and once Weavile landed, Machamp charged at Weavile preparing another Dynamic Punch.

"Weavile," said Jackie, "Try to focus and use Rock Smash," and Weavile miraculously did as instructed and landed a Rock Smash before getting knocked out by the Dynamic Punch.

"Weavile is unable to battle," said the referee, "Machamp wins."

"You did good Weavile," said Jackie as she returned her Weavile, "Take a good rest." "Go Jynx," and a Jynx appeared on the battlefield.

"Use Dynamic Punch," said Nils and Machamp started to use the chosen attack.

"Use Ice Punch before it hits," said Jackie and due to Machamp getting slowed down by the earlier Icy Wind, Jynx managed to stop Machamp's Dynamic Punch freezing him in the process. "Use Ice Punch again," and Jynx then used another Ice Punch which gave Machamp extra damage because of the effect of the two earlier Rock Smashes. "Now Psychic," and Jynx used the selected move which knocked out Machamp.

"Machamp is unable to battle," said the referee, "Jynx wins."

"You were great Machamp," said Nils as he returned Machamp, "Take a nice long rest." "Go Grumpig," and Grumpig was sent out.

"I see you are using a Psychic Type with the Thick Fat ability against my Jynx," said Jackie, "That's very clever."

"Thanks," said Nils.

"I can understand The Psychic Type but why is Thick Fat clever," asked Ren who was sitting in the stand with Firenze, Jessie and Chris.

"Because," answered Chris, "Thick Fat is an ability that decreases the damage caused by Fire Type attacks and Ice Type attacks." "My mom taught me that along with many other problems Ice Types have so I can prepare to inherit the Gym when I'm older.

"Use Power Gem," said Nils and Grumpig launched the selected move which gave Jynx super effective damage.

"Use Avalanche," said Jackie and Jynx used the attack of choice which gave Grumpig a lot of damage regardless of Grumpig's ability.

"Use Bounce," said Nils and Grumpig managed to hit Jynx with Bounce.

"Sweet Kiss," said Jackie and Jynx use the selected move which confused Grumpig. "Now Ice Punch," and Jynx used the chosen attack which did some damage to Grumpig.

"Grumpig," said Nils, "Try to use Psybeam if you can hear me," but Grumpig couldn't hear Nils and did nothing.

"Use Psychic," said Jackie and Jynx launched the move of choice on Grumpig who was still confused.

"Use Psybeam," Nils said again and this time Grumpig hit Jynx with Psybeam which confused her just as Nils had hoped.

"I guess both of our Pokemon are confused now," said Jackie, "No matter, use Ice Punch," but Jynx couldn't attack.

"Use Power Gem," said Nils and Grumpig listened, hit Jynx with the chosen move and recovered from the confusion. "All right Grumpig, now use another Power Gem," and Grumpig used another Powergem which caused damage to Jynx who couldn't listen to Jackie. "Finish with Bounce," and Grumpig hit Jynx with the chosen move which knocked her out.

"Jynx is unable to battle," said the referee, "Grumpig wins."

"Nice job Jynx," said Jackie as she returned her Jynx, "You know, I've always considered battling Weavile and Jynx as practice, but my last Pokemon is what I believe the real opponent for challengers." "Go Mamoswine," and a Mamoswine appeared.

"Use Psybeam," said Nils who knew Grumpig couldn't handle another hit and Grumpig started using the move of choice.

"Icicle Crash," said Jackie and Mamoswine used the move of choice which stopped Psybeam.

"Power Gem," said Nils, and Grumpig used the selected move which hit Mamoswine.

"Use Ice Fang," said Jackie and Mamoswine charged at Grumpig while preparing to use Ice Fang.

"Use Bounce to dodge," said Nils and Grumpig followed the command.

"Use Dig to dodge that," said Jackie and Mamoswine used the chosen move which allowed it to dodge Bounce and then attacked Grumpig who was knocked out.

"Grumpig is unable to battle," said the referee, "Mamoswine wins."

"You did what you could Grumpig good job," said Nils as he returned Grumpig, "Go Snorunt," and Nils sent out Snorunt hoping her attract could help.

"Interesting choice," said Jackie who didn't expect Nils to choose to use a Snorunt.

"You'll see why I chose Snorunt," said Nils, "Use Attract," and Snorunt used the move of choice on Mamoswine but it didn't work.

"I see," said Jackie you intended to turn the tide of battle by using Attract." "That would have been a good idea however, both Mamoswine and Snorunt are girls so that move won't work." "Now use Thrash," and Mamoswine used the move of choice which gave Snorunt so much damage, everyone thought she was going to get knocked out.

Snorunt however didn't get knocked out and slowly got back up while Mamoswine became confused.

"This is not good," said Jackie who knew Mamoswine may be in trouble due to the confusion.

"Great job in hanging in there Snorunt," said Nils, "Now use Ice Beam," and Snorunt used the move of choice which hit Mamoswine.

"Try to use Dig," said Jackie but Mamoswine couldn't do it because of the confusion.

"Now use Ice Fang," said Nils and Snorunt used the selected move on Mamoswine causing more damage. "Ice Beam," and Snorunt went back to using Ice Beam which gave even more damage to Mamoswine.

Just then, Mamoswine recovered from the confusion and was ready to defeat Snorunt.

"Use Dig," said Jackie but just before Mamoswine started to use Dig something happened.

"Use Ice Fang," said Nils and Snorunt hit Mamoswine with the chosen move which caused Mamoswine to flinch and was unable to use Dig.

"Ok then," said Jackie, "Use your Ice Fang," and Mamoswine started to use her own Ice Fang.

"Use Ice Fang again," and the two Ice Fangs collided which caused some damage to both Pokemon and made an explosion.

"Use Thrash when the smoke clears," said Jackie and Mamoswine began to wait for the smoke to clear.

"Use Ice Beam before you get hit," said Nils and once the smoke cleared, Mamoswine charged preparing to use Trash but before impact, Snorunt hit Mamoswine with Ice Beam which knocked out Mamoswine.

"Mamoswine is unable to battle," said the referee, "Snorunt wins which means the winner of this Gym Battle is Nils, the challenger."

"Amazing as always Mamoswine," said Jackie as she returned her Mamoswine and then walked over to Nils who was hugging Snorunt. "That was a well fought battle Nils." I'm impressed you managed to raise your Snorunt so well despite having her for a short time."

"How did you know that I recently caught Snorunt," asked Nils.

"I've been to the hill near the port and many Snorunt live there," answered Jackie, "I also happen to have recognized your Snorunt when she used Attract, your Snorunt was one of the strongest ones that lived there, you should be proud to have it and you should be proud to have Nils as your trainer Snorunt."

"Snorunt," said Snorunt who was happy for the compliment.

"Anyway," said Jackie, "Since you defeated me, I shall now give you the Snowball Badge," and Jackie gave Nils a round, light blue badge.

"Thanks," said Nils who now had six badges.

That was a wonderful battle," said Jessie after she and the trio went to the Pokemon Center to heal Nils' Pokemon, "I'm so proud of you."

"So what are you gonna do now Mom," asked Nils.

"Now that I have seen how you do in battle," explained Jessie, "I'm gonna take the family jet home and tell your dad how great you are doing on your journey."

"Uh Jessie," said Firenze, "Do you think you can take me and only me to Cinnabar Island first."

"I guess so but why would you want to leave your friends," asked Jessie.

"Because, Cinnabar is nearby and I think it's time that Nils and I have the Gym Battle that we've been waiting to have since we first met," answered Firenze.

"I see," said Jessie, "In that case I'll take you there right away."

Later, the group went to the jet and Jessie and Firenze went on.

"We'll see you at the Gym," said Nils to Firenze.

"Yeah," said Firenze, "See you both there," and the jet took off for Cinnabar Island.

"We should get to Cinnabar Island as soon as possible," said Nils.

"Agreed said Ren and the two of them started taking their own way to Cinnabar Island.