It is the day of Tristans 10th birthday and he is as excited as ever. Today is the day he begins his Pokemon journey and is given his Pokemon. He leaps out his bed and runs downstairs to find his parents with breakfast and his presents ready. he hugs his parents and tears open the presents. He gets a new jacket, a rucksack and a mobile phone, just what he wanted.
"Ah thanks mum, thanks dad! That's amazing!" He says.
"We thought you'd like them. The jackets from your dad and the bags from me. Isn't it cute," says his mum, Carol.
His dad smiles too, "that's just like my old jacket when I travelled the world too. You're gonna be just like your old man."
"Cheers dad, this means so much. I actually want this so much. Mum, dad, my dream is to make you guys proud of me and put us on the map." Tristan raises his fist to the sky and his parents remind him how proud they are already that he is undertaking this journey.
When a trainer turns 10, they leave home and can begin their Pokemon journey. They are given a starter Pokemon by professor oak and then must go on to defeat the gym leaders from that region. Tristan had read up on everything and was determined to become the champion of Kanto. It was a dream for the young trainer and was the main discussion between him and his friends.
Tristan left home with his head in the clouds dreaming of what was to come. He had packed the magazines, new mobile phone and all the money he had, which was virtually nothing. His parents had taugh him to bargain for any possessions and to win battles for money from trainers. He thought about which Pokemon he was going to choose. The fire type Charmander was an interesting choice because everyone knew Charizard was the coolest and fire types were the strongest. There was Bulbasaur who had great attacks like solarbeam and Squirtle who evolved into blastoise and had two mega cannons coming it of its back. Tristan could imagine himself with a Charmander shooting fire or a Bulbasaur using vine whip on its opponents. But he would have to get the Pokemon he wanted before his friends did.
He reached professor oaks lab and waited outside for the professor to open it at 10, when everyone was instructed to be there. It was 9:45. He waited until he saw another figure come into view.
"Steve!" He shouted, the figure walked a bit quicker towards him. It was his old friend Steve who he had known since he was a baby.
"Hey man, how's it going? Actually, who cares, I'm so pumped for this. I've been waiting so long for this day. Hey what one are you choosing?"
Steve had a checked shirt and wore the old moth eaten jeans he usually wore when the two met. Tristan deliberated before giving his answer.
"Well, I want a Charizard so I'm getting Charmander. How friggin cool would it be to have a dragon."
Steve imagined it for a moment then nodded, "yeah, that would be pretty sweet. You'd be the most powerful trainer in Kanto." He rubbed his hands with glee.
Tristan paused, "wait what are you having?" He asked worried.
"I'm getting a Charmander too." Steve replied.
"No way, there's only Charmander in the lab and I'm getting it." Yelled Tristan.
Steve frowned, "chill man, I'm not arguing but Im getting the Charmander here. It's tough but that's life. It suits me more than you."
"I'm taking the Charmander and both you pussies can forget about it," the voice surprised both trainers. Next to them stood Clark, the powerful rival who you knew would give his opinion on something. Tristan glared at Clark as did Steve.
"Anyway boys, that Charmander is mine so you get to choose from Squirtle and Bulbasaur. Don't worry their still good, but I'm having the fire type."
"Get lost Clark, you turned up last for this so Charmander is mine by right," Tristan told him trying to stand up for himself.
" look, it's good you turned up early and that's good character, but a Charmander isn't going to want you for a trainer. It's looking for someone more powerful than yourself."
Clark was not liked by Tristan and Steve. That was obvious. Suddenly, the door to the lab opened and out stepped professor oak. The world renowned Pokemon professor who knew everything about Pokemon.
" thank you for coming, and now if you will all come inside I will talk to you about your Pokemo journey to come," he said and ushered them in.
The three stood in a line opposite the professor as he began to talk to them. Next to him there was a table with three poke balls inside. The three young trainers could only guess what was inside each one.
"This journey before you will be a real test of character, make no bones about it. You may have dreams to defeat the Elite four and become champion of Kanto, or to catch every Pokemon I'm Kanto. Whatever your aims, you must be true to yourself and to your Pokemon and look out for them like you would yourselves. Now, I am not at an age where I am able to do this still which is where you come in. I am looking for you to travel the region and gain as much information as you can on every type of pokemon you come across. I am going to give you each a pokedex, a machine which contains information on every Pokemon in the region and you must each fill it up to complete it." He handed a red device to each trainer. Tristan took his and opened it to see a screen and buttons that confused him.
"This pokedex is voice activated and is used to gather information on Pokemon. Now, before you leave you must each take a Pokemon from my table to begin your journeys. Steve, why don't you go first."
"Awesome, said Steve and he took the pokeball on the right and released it. A blue turtle with a hard shell popped out in a bright light.
"Squirtle, squirt!" It said as it jumped on Steves shoulder. Awesome, thought Tristan.
"Clark, which one is for you?"
Clark took the one in the middle and released it to reveal the fire lizard, Charmander.
"Yes," said Clark, "just what I wanted."
"Excellent choice, it's a tough one to raise but very worth it. Tristan you take the one that's left."
"Damn, I wanted that one," he said to Clark, who glared at him. Tristan took the last pokeball off the table and threw it to the floor where a four legged creature with a bulb on its back popped out. It nuzzled Tristans leg and Tristan picked it up and examined it. Maybe it's not so bad, he thought.
"Now you have each chosen you are able to begin your journeys," said Prof Oak. He smiled as they each left the lab. "And good luck."
Tristan and Bulbasaur were getting to know each other. Tristan had it out of its pokeball and was having it tackle a tree to up its power. Each tackle was getting noticeably tougher and the tree was being separated from the ground slowly. He saw Clark approaching him and Bulbasaur stopped in its tracks.
"Tristan, I think you're weak but I want to test out my pokemons ability, as do you. I propose we battle," he said and extended his hand.
Tristan took a while to make a decision but agreed, "yeah and when I beat you it will feel better than anything."
The two faced off with Charmander against Bulbasaur. Charmander began by using scratch but Tristan had Bulbasaur use tackle. The two collided and Charmander comes off better. Clark has Charmander use leer which makes Bulbasaur freeze for a second and Charmander hits it with scratch. Bulbasaur falls to the ground and faints. Tristan curses and runs over to pick it up.
"Too bad, before I thought you might actually be worth something, but now I'm not so sure. Thanks for helping me test my Charmander," said Clark before leaving abruptly. Tristan falls to the floor and begins to hit the floor in anger.
Tristan is back home and talking to his parents.
"It sucks, my first ever battle and I blew it, I lost," he vents to his dad. Tristans dad looks up from the paper.
"But isn't it good to lose, more things are learnt from losing than from winning. Trust me, son when I started my journey I lost a lot too. But it's how you pick yourself up that matters."
"I suppose, yeah I can still do this. I'll put this behind me and move on. Thanks dad."
He picked up the potions that his parents had brought for him and told his parents he would see them when he was the champion.
"Good luck son, and call us when you get to Viridian. And for goodness sake, make sure you catch a Pokemon soon," Tristan bounded out the door.
"Of course I will dad, alright see you when I'm in Viridian City."
Tristan made it to Viridian City in a few days. It was a long trek but aside from a few battles with wild Pokemon him and Bulbasaur stayed on route. He was very tired and Bulbasaur needed to go to a Pokemon centre, but they both remained untroubled. Tristan had actually trained Bulbasaur up to a stronger level and was teaching it Vine Whip which would be useful for battling. Tristan located the Pokemon centre and sat down after giving Bulbasaur to nurse joy. Tristan was enjoying having Bulbasaur because it was a constant companion that met his needs for friendship and battling. It looked like Bulbasaur was enjoying having tristan around too. The ,usual liking was growing and Tristan had almost forgotten about not getting his preferred Pokemon.
As he sat down on a sofa he saw Steve walk into the centre and ran up to him. Steve saw him coming and they hugged, each glad to see the other.
"Steve, wow how did you get here?"
"I walked doofus," replied Steve.
"Shut up," Tristan smiled goofily. Steve gave his Squirtle to nurse joy and the two sat down for a long awaited chat.
"How's Squirtle doing? Actually, I never asked. You had first choice and wanted Charmander didn't you, why didn't you choose Charmander?" Asked Tristan curiously.
Steve just shrugged and have minimal response, "I dunno, I thought about it and it didn't really bother me which one I got. I suppose they would all be good, wouldn't they."
"Wow, yeah. I hadn't thought of that. I'm really happy with Bulbasaur, it's cute and easy to get along with. I think it's growing on me," replied Tristan.
"Squirtle is great to have. We swim together and it's really a good laugh. I dunno but I'm just having a good time hanging out with it. Don't get me wrong I want to be champion of Kanto so bad but I'm enjoying this part of my journey more than I thought I would." Steve stared away into the distance as he said that. Tristan nodded and thought more about his journey. He and Bulbasaur had never argued, they were only agreeing on everything and Tristan was happy about that.
"Say, what are you planning on doing next?" He asked Steve and Steve turned round.
"I saw a sign that said pewter city is a few days travel from here. The sign also said there is a gym there and I suppose I should go there. It's best to defeat the gyms that are closest because they will be the easiest."
"There's a gym here in Viridian City int there? I heard it from my dad before I left. Let's go check it out." Offered Tristan.
The two got directions off a local and found the gym. It wasn't much of a site. The place was wrecked and there were building blocks around the place. It looked like it hadn't been used in a long time but perhaps like things were going to be refurbished there. Tristan was disappointed
"Damn, I thought this should have been the easiest gym cos it's so close to the start of the journey."
"Don't worry mate, I'm sure it will be fixed in a while." Steve offered his condolence at the gym not being in working order.
The two returned disappointed to the Pokemon centre and retrieved their Pokemon. Tristan resolved to go to the PokeMart and would travel to Pewter city in the morning. Steve said he was leaving today and would try to get through the forest as soon as he could.
"What forest?" "There's one outside Viridian City a way down the road. It will take a fair few days to get through. Good luck, I'm sure I'll see you some time." He said and left. Tristan wondered when he would next.
Tristan was on the route out of Viridian City. He held in his hand a pokeball that he brought from the PokeMart. He was scouting the long grass for any movements when suddenly a ruffle of feathers caught his attentions. He prepared himself and threw himself at the feathers with his pokeball. A bird jumped into the air and Tristan missed his dive. The bird threw up a gust of wind and knocked Tristan back. Tristan managed to get up and get a look at his attacker. His pokedex went off and the voice talked to him, "Pidgey, the pigeon Pokemon. A common sight in forests and woods. It flaps its wings at ground level to kick up blinding sand."
Tristan got his pokeball out and released Bulbasaur for battle. The Pidgey used sand attack to throw sand at Bulbasaur and blind it. It threw whipped up a strong gust of wind and Bulbasaur got caught up and thrown far back. Tristan watched helplessly as Bulbasaur is knocked out and left unable to battle. Tristan runs to Bulbasaur and picks it up before running back to the Pokemon centre he passed 20 minutes ago. He wonders why his tactics were wrong for trying to capture the Pidgey.
Tristan is in Viridian forest and has a pokeball in his hand. He is on the lookout for new Pokemon to capture in order to become a Pokemon master. He wanders off the path and sees a wild spearow in a tree. He throws a pokeball at it but the spearow flies away to avoid it. Tristan runs into tall grass and finds a Pidgey pecking at the ground for food. Tristan changes tact and throws out Bulbasaur to tackle the Pidgey. Bulbasaur hits it hard and Pidgey is thrown into a tree. Tristan punches the air but the Pidgey gets up and fights back, using sand attack. Tristan has Bulbasaur use vine whip to lash at Pidgey which takes a hit and stutters slightly but appears fine. Pidgey the comes in with a gust attack which Tristan tells Bulbasaur to dodge. Bulbasaur is thrown against a tree again but is able to continue and uses tackle. Pidgey dodges and uses sand attack. Bulbasaur is blinded and Pidgey uses gust again. Bulbasaur manages to hit it with a vine whip and Pidgey is thrown to the ground. This time Tristan grabs a pokeball and throws it at Pidgey, Pidgey is unable to resist and the pokeball shuts successfully. Tristan runs to grab the pokeball and kisses it. Bulbasaur runs up to Tristan, who scoops it up and hugs it. Tristan throws the pokeball into the air and introduces himself to Pidgey, Pidgey flies around and lands on a branch.
"Alright Pidgey, I want you to kick up some sand and make sure it hits the target," Instructs Tristan. Pidgey kicks up a sand spree and hits the branch target straight up. "Excellent," says Tristan and has Bulbasaur practise using tackle on certain targets like rocks. Tristan looks at his map and checks where they are up against where pewter city is. He is about three days away by his calculations. Tristan feeds his Pokemon when he is interrupted by a figure that has walked up to him. It is a boy around his age, maybe older, carrying a large net and claiming to be a bug catcher.
"Hello, I believe you must also be from pallet town. I'm a bug catcher and it is my hobby to challenge all those from pallet town. All those who have come my way have battled me and have beaten me. But their battles have been real epics. Tell me have you ever won a Pokemon battle."
Tristan freezes, "well not actually, I've had one but I lost it."
The bug catcher tuts, "well let's get down to business. Make this one as good as my other battles." He throws a pokeball on the field and it reveals a metapod. Tristan uses his pokedex.
"Metapod. This Pokemon is vulnerable to attack while its shell is soft, exposing its weak and tender body."
Tristan throws out his pokeball and reveals Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur begins by using tackle and metapod uses harden. Bulbasaur strikes metapod and it is thrown away. Bug catcher orders another harden and Bulbasaur uses tackle again. Metapod is struck again but appears less damaged than before. Bug catcher orders harden again and Tristan orders vine whip which lashes metapod. Bug catcher laughs and Tristan begins to get impatient.
"Call this a great battle? You're not attacking."
"I don't need to attack when my defence is so high." He orders another harden. Tristan orders a tackle followed by a vine whip which knocks metapod out.
"Yes, we won," shouts Tristan.
"Not yet you haven't, go caterpie," yells bug catcher. Out shoots a caterpie from the pokeball. Again, Tristan aims his pokedex.
"Caterpie, it's shirt feet are tipped with suction cups that allow it to tirelessly scale walls."
Bug catcher orders a tackle, as does Tristan. Caterpie is thrown back and so is Bulbasaur.
"Come on Bulbasaur, show us what you've got," yells Tristan. Bug catcher orders a string shot which stops Bulbasaur in its tracks and makes it unable to move. Tristan has to concede defeat and throws out another pokeball to reveal Pidgey.
"Pidgey, use gust," Pidgey whips up a large wind that sends caterpie flying back. Bug catcher uses string shot which Pidgey avoids by diving down. Pidgey then flings sand into caterpie as Tristan had trained it to then hits it with another gust. Caterpie slumps to the ground and bug catcher calls it back.
"Well done, yes, I'm sure you have trained your Pokemon well. This battle is up there with all my others. You pallet town folk do battle well."
"Erm thanks, I think." Tristan was pleased at his first pokemon battle win.
"If you are planning on battling the gym leader you will need to be fast. I hear that others are in pewter doing this already." Tristan stopped in his tracks, "who is?"
"I battled this boy, very confident with a Charmander. He's going and a boy with a Squirtle a few days ago. I believe he has reached pewter by now." Tristans ears pricked up, "I'm sorry but you battled Steve, and Clark?"
"Yes I think that it have been their names, they were fine battlers." Tristan walks away and continues up to Pewter city.
Tristan is in the Pokemon centre bandaging up Bulbasaur and Pidgey when he is touched on the shoulder. It is a girl, who introduces herself as Mia. "Do I know you?" asks Tristan. "You might not," she begins, "I lived a few houses down from you." Tristan thinks back and can't remember her properly.
"I started my journey a few weeks ago, I think you did at the same time." Tristan thinks back, were there other people who began their journey? "I began three weeks ago. How are you finding it? What Pokemon did you get?" Tristan puts his hand to his face,
"Calm down. Wow! I got a Bulbasaur, come on out Bulbasaur," and Tristan showed Mia his Bulbasaur. "It's so cute," she starts to pet it. "I'll show you mine. It's amazing , wow, just look at it. Go Squirtle." She releases a Squirtle and Tristans jaw drops. "Where you get that from? What the hell? Prof oak said there weren't any more." "Well I got one but I guess that's too bad huh. Anyway, how your mum doing. Don't you remember when we used to play on the street with everyone. Oh wasn't that fun, I guess everyone has started their journeys too. How's Steve doing? And Clark, oh I hate that boy." Tristan replies bluntly, "Steves good and clerks ahead of me. Where are you planning on going next?"
"Well, I've got it planned mostly. I'm going to travel around with Squirtle and go to as many places as I possibly can. My next destination is saffron city, it s got the most beautiful buildings. Why don't you come too?" Tristan smiled but shook his head, "why don't you go to celadon city? It's got some massive department stores. Everything you could want there." Mia smiles back and Tristan thinks she might miss the times before their journey where all the kids in the neighbourhood used to play in the streets and go round each other's houses. Tristan bids her farewell and collects Bulbasaur from nurse joy.
Tristan looks at his map, he had been walking for an hour and was outside pewter gym. There were people outside the gym who he assumed might be trainers too. Tristan walked up and peeped through a window. There wasn't much life inside, shocking really. The two people outside the gym looked at him and begin to talk.
"If you're going in you must be warned. A gym battle is unlike any previous battle you may have had. A gym battle requires intense concentration and power, while a strategy is necessary to win. This gym is run by Brock, the rock type gym leader. All battles will be adhered to the rules set out by the gym leader. Now you have heard are you ready?" Tristan nods confidently and they open a door for him.
"Good luck, you'll need it," he hears them say and they shut the door on him.
Tristan takes a deep breath and looks around the gym. It is well lit and the floor is covered in rocky tiles. It's obvious from the floor and various rocks that the gym is a rock based one and Tristan is impressed. This was his first ever time inside a gym and he had stories about them but never seen them. Now he was inside one it felt incredible, like the first real step of his journey. He was very nervous because a gym battle is something he was untested against so he waited on the battle spot before a figure appeared on the other battle spot.
"Hello," the figure waved to him to reveal the gym leader, a bit older than Tristan. "I'm Brock and I'm the gym leader for pewter city. I believe in rock hard defence and determination! That's why my Pokemon are all rock type! Do you still want to challenge me?" Tristan froze for a second at this question but nodded, signalling his ambition to walk out the gym with the badge.
"Fine then," continued Brock, "show me your best!" He clenched a fist and threw a pokeball on the field. It burst open to reveal a rock type Pokemon. Tristan got out his pokedex.
"Geodude. Found in fields and mountains. Mistaking them for boulders, people often step or trip on them." The Pokemon had two long arms and looked very rough and ready. Tristan gulped, but threw a pokeball on the field. "Go Pidgey," and Pidgey burst out of the pokeball and flew upwards.
"Interesting choice," said Brock, "but did you think about the type advantages?" Tristan stood with his mouth open. What, he thought, what does he mean?
"Err, Pidgey begin with gust," Tristan thought an attack would be the best thing but Brock was quick to react.
"Bury yourself and hold your ground, geodude," herder end and geodude threw itself into the ground and was not budged by the weak winds that threatened to throw it around the arena. Brock smirked, "excellent, now use defence curl." Geodudes whole body hardened and its defence had been raised. Tristan didn't know this though. "Gust again, let's go," he ordered and Pidgey tried to raise stronger winds on geodude. Geodude was untroubled again.
"Kid, have you seen what I did. My pokemons defence was raised by that move. You did know that didn't you?" Tristan shook his head and Brock was surprised.
"Look kid, you need to learn your basics. I'm sure you don't know about the type advantages I have over you. Geodude use tackle." Geodude leapt out of the air and hit Pidgey head on, Pidgey was sent tumbling to the ground and was knocked out. Tristan yelled to Pidgey and returned it. He was trembling, this battle wasn't going as he wanted.
"Kid, you can quit if you want to. It's fine, but you'll need to learn some more about Pokemon before you come back."
"No," Tristan snapped impatiently, "I came here to win and that what I'm gonna do," Brock sighed. "Fine, but this won't be pretty. Go onix."
He threw a pokeball onto the battlefield and it released a gigantic rock snake.
"Wow," mouthed Tristan. "What's that," and got his pokedex out.
"Onix. As it grows, the stone portions of its body harden to become solar to s diamond, but coloured black."
"This is my pride and joy, kid." Tristan threw out his second pokeball which revealed Bulbasaur.
"Bulbasaur use tackle," ordered Tristan. Bulbasaur ran at onix but bounced off, causing minimal damage.
"Stop using weak attacks, have you trained your Pokemon to use any other moves?" Yelled Brock.
"Erm, my Bulbasaur knows vine whip." Tristan replied. "Well use that! It's super effective against my onix because grass has the advantage over rock." Tristan was surprised to hear this. "What advantage?" He asked, clearly unheard of this information.
"Pokemon have type advantages over each other. Grass beats rock, fire beats grass, water beats fire. Use these attacks to beat Pokemon of weaker types. Use wine whip and it will cause greater damage to onix than tackle will." Tristan nodded, "Bulbasaur use vine whip."
The vines shot out of Bulbasaur and made straight for onix. But onix cut them off with a powerful sound blast that threw Bulbasaur back hard. "What was that?" "You think I'm gonna sit back and let you attack me. No kid, that was screech. I'm not submitting for you to learn about Pokemon. That not how gym leaders work."
Tristan was taken aback. "Bulbasaur vine whip," Bulbasaur shot out its vine and struck onix tough body. Onix grabs Bulbasaur with its tail and begins to squeeze the life out of it and Tristan stands there in shock. "Bulbasaur use tackle." Bulbasaur cannot get any strength to attack and onix throws it to the ground to reveal the unconscious Pokemon on the floor.
"No Bulbasaur," screams Tristan and races over to pick it up. Brock returns onix calmly and begins to lecture Tristan.
"Kid I can tell this is your first time against a gym leader. You have a lot to learn. This defeat is humiliating but setbacks happen. You need to learn about type advantages and battling. Train up your Pokemon and come back to battle me again. Don't worry, everyone has to learn these lessons sometime." Tristan looks up at him, "thanks," he mumbles and clutching Bulbasaur, runs to the Pokemon centre.
Tristan is on the outskirts of pewter city a week later and is training Bulbasaur and Pidgey still. Bulbasaur is dodging attacks from Pidgey and avoids a Gust. "Bulbasaur, vine Whip," orders Tristan and Bulbasaur strikes Pidgey with two hard vine slaps. Pidgey falls to the ground. "Pidgey get up," orders Tristan but Pidgey just lays on the ground before finally flying back up, moving slower than usual. Tristan orders a sand attack which Bulbasaur blows back. Bulbasaur uses tackle again but Pidgey dodges by gliding to the left and then attacks from behind with Gust. Bulbasaur is sent flying and Tristan shakes his head at the pair of them. "It's not all bad, I suppose, we are learning."
Tristan looked through the book in the library of the Pokemon centre. It had chapters on type advantage. Tristan skipped through to the chapter. It read : "type advantage is important to winning battles. You must have a Pokemon with s type advantage to have a better chance of winning. If you have a grass type, it will beat a rock type and an electric type will beat a water type. If the type of a move used by a Pokemon is strong against the opponents type, then the damage done is twice the amount of a normal move. If a move type is ineffective, the damage done is half the normal amount." Tristan took in this information and realised that vine whip would do more damage against onix than tackle would. He talked to Dexter about moves and damage and made sure to improve himself in future battles.
Tristan looks at the gym in front of him, about two weeks after the humiliation of losing. He had read about type advantages and the basics of Pokemon battling by reading in the library at the Pokemon centre. He liked Brock, he had encouraged him to work harder and Tristan had done that. He was a better trainer for doing that and his Pokemon were stronger. Tristan walked up to the gym and said hello the two people who opened the door for him again. Tristan took his spot on the battlefield again. The tall figure of Brock appeared on the opposite side of the field. Brock smiled at seeing Tristan and greeted him. "Hello, I see you've come back. Let's hope you have taken on board what I have said and wised up." Tristan nods, "I have. I'm ready to win this and leave with that badge."
"Excellent, you certainly look better than last time," Brock retorted. He threw a pokeball into the air. "Geodude I choose you," and geodude landed on the battlefield. Tristan threw his pokeball into the arena and released Pidgey.
Geodude begin with tackle but Pidgey dodged but moving to its left and then struck with a Quick attack. Brock has geodude use tackle again but Tristan orders a sand attack which blinds geodude and causes it to miss its attack.
"Haha, Pidgey keep up the good work and use quick attack again." Pidgey is too quick for geodude and strikes it again, geodude falls to the ground but Brock orders a defence curl. Geodude defence is raised. "Now geodude, use tackle," geodude slams into Pidgey with a powerful tackle attack. Pidgey falls to the floor and is left reeling at the power of the attack. "Yes, good attack geodude. Use tackle again." Said Brock.
Tristan orders Pidgey to dodge and it manages to fly up to avoid the hit then unleashes a powerful gust which covers the whole arena and sweeps geodude il before throwing it to the floor. Geodude is left unable to continue. Tristan punches the air and Brock claps his hands. "Well done, you have learnt and developed a strategy. Now you must face my onix." He releases a second pokeball and reveals onix, which roars at Tristan.
Tristan orders back Pidgey and sends out Bulbasaur.
"Using the same strategy as before. Well let's see how that goes." Tristan replies, "I've thought this out. You will see a different person to the one that you beat before."
Tristan orders Bulbasaur to use vine whip which slashes at onix and causes it to roar in pain. "Onix, screech," orders Brock and onix lets rip a gigantic sound wave that pierces the arena. Tristan has to cover his ears and watch as Bulbasaur is thrown back. Brock has onix use tackle on Bulbasaur and it dives forward to crush Bulbasaur under its massive weight. "Bulbasaur, are you OK?" Yells Tristan and he is answered as onix gets up and Bulbasaur lies motionless on the ground. However, it recovers, being left weakened. "Yes," screams Tristan and clasps his hands together. "Use vine whip again," he orders. "Onix, use tackle." Bulbasaur dodges the attack and then lashes onix hard with its vines. Tristan orders another vine whip but Brock has onix use screech which causes Bulbasaur to miss. "Bulbasaur, be careful and read to dodge an attack," orders Tristan and Bulbasaur prepares itself by keeping itself crouched. Onix comes charging at it with a high speed tackle and Bulbasaur just manages to dive away. "Again," yells Brock and onix manages to get up and charge again. Bulbasaur manages to avoid the attack again and Tristan orders it to use vine whip while onix is on the ground. Bulbasaur delivers several super effective lashes and onix roars in pain. "Onix, use tackle again," yells Brock but onix is moving slower than the high speed charges it delivered just a few seconds ago. Tristan orders Bulbasaur to keep moving and Bulbasaur dodges the attack before delivering a final vine whip which pushed onix to the floor and leave it unable to continue. Brock returns onix and Tristan runs over to hug Bulbasaur. It has just sunk in that he has won the battle. Brock comes over to shake Tristans hand. "I'm glad you learnt the hard way. Take this lesson and learn to battle better than you ever thought you could. Here take this Boulderbadge. This will show that you have defeated me and is recognition for her you go to the elite four." He hands Tristan a badge that looks like a boulder. "Awesome," Tristan says . "This is amazing. I beat a gym leader." Brock smiles, "you deserved it. It was a good battle. Now, go through mt. Moon because it will take you to cerulean city." Tristan shakes his hand and leaves the gym with his new badge and heads back towards the Pokemon centre.