Author's Comments: Hey guys. I couldn't sleep tonight and was extremely bored. There was nothing to watch on tv, so I decided to post another chapter for my story. Hope you guys like it.
P.S. There isn't a lot of Pearlshipping in this one. Its mostly just battles. I tried to make the battles as close to the real thing as possible. Enjoy and Review!
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon or its franchise. This is purely fan-made and has nothing to do with the show. (Well it does since it's based on the show, but you get what I'm saying)
Welcome to Oreburg City! said the sign.
Ash, Dawn, and Brock finally arrived at Oreburg city. Along with them are Pikachu sitting on Ash's shoulder, Riolu walking beside Ash, Starly resting in its pokeball, Piplup being carried in Dawn's arms, Mantyke sitting comfortably in its pokeball, and the newest addition... Croagunk! It was sitting in its pokeball, chilling out.
Brock had been out on a walk by himself when he saw a pokemon following him. He turned around and found a Croagunk following him. He let it follow him, but after a few days it was apparent it wanted to follow Brock. So he asked it to be his pokemon and caught it!
Now the trio walked into town and headed for the Pokemon Center. As soon as they walked through the door Brock was already holding Nurse Joy's hand.
"Nurse Joy, your beauty shines through the dark night sky! Your eyes burn with passion and so does my heart! Please, allow me to take you out on a ~. Ahhh!" Brock yelled out and fell to the floor as Croagunk popped out of its pokeball and used Poison Jab on Brock. Croagunk pulled him away by the leg as he croaked in amusement.
Ash and Dawn stood there with a bemused but annoyed look on their face. They had seen Brock do this many times before, and every time it always ended up like this.
"Hello Nurse Joy! Could you heal our pokemon for us?" Ash asked as he recalled Riolu and handed her his pokeballs. Dawn did the same, and before you could say Pokemon! Brock was there handing his pokeball over too.
"Certainly!" Nurse Joy said in her usual perky tone. As soon as they got their pokemon back they headed to check out the Oreburg Gym. As they stepped inside they noticed someone they didn't really want to see. Paul.
"Well well well. If it isn't Ketchum and his band of losers. I doubt you can beat Roark. So I wouldn't even try. If you do, then you'll have to wait in line. I'm up first!" Paul said and walked into the gym.
The trio followed in to see Paul's match. He won, but pushed his pokemon to near death as usual. It was Elekid vs. Geodude, Chimchar vs. Onix, and Grotle vs. Cranidos. As he exited the gym Ash caught up to him.
"Aren't you even going to heal your pokemon after that battle!" he asked Paul.
Paul just said one word and walked away. "No"
The next day after Roark's pokemon were well rested Ash went in to challenge him.
"Roark, I challenge you to a gym battle!" he cried out as he entered the gym.
"Hey, you're that kid from yesterday who was watching from the sidelines. This isn't going to be an easy match." said Roark as he walked up to Ash.
"I never like it easy." Ash remarked and headed to his side of the battle field.
Ash looked over at the sidelines and nearly passed out when he saw Dawn. She was wearing a tight pink cheerleading outfit. A pink top that showed all her curves, a pink mini-skirt that hid almost nothing, and a pair of pink pom-poms. Ash looked over to Brock only to see him smirking at him 'He knows.' Ash thought.
"Go-go Ash, you're the man! If you can't beat him no one can!" Dawn started cheering. However all it did was make Ash blush furiously and look back at Roark, who was smirking at him too.
"I see you've got your own posse and cheering squad." said Roark. Looking back Ash saw that Piplup was dressed in a similar attire as Dawn.
"Well after that I can't lose!" he cried out, still blushing like crazy as he saw her jump around. Looking back towards Roark he said, "Let's get started."
"This will be a three on three match. The challenger is allowed to swap out pokemon at any time, while the gym leader is not. Challengers, choose your pokemon." the referee declared.
'I've gotta save Riolu for Cranidos. Let's see. He might start out with Geodude or Onix. Fine, I'll go with Pikachu first.' Ash thought. "Pikachu, I choose you!" the little mouse pokemon ran out onto the field.
"Bad choice. Go, Onix!" Roark cried out as a giant pokemon came out. It looked like a giant snake made of stone.
"Let the match begin!" the ref said blowing his whistle.
"Go Pikachu. Use agility to confuse Onix, then use quick attack." Pikachu started running so fast it looked like there were ten of them. Suddenly one of them charged straight at Onix.
"Onix, use dig." Roark said in a cool manner. The giant rock-snake slid underground. Pikachu stopped and looked around.
"Pikachu, jump now!" Ash ordered Pikachu as he saw the ground bulge right under Pikachu. Pikachu jumped into the air, Onix bursting out of the ground as soon as Pikachu's feet left the ground. "Now Pikachu, use spin and use Iron Tail right in between Onix's eyes. Hit him as many times as you can."
Pikachu obeyed his master and did just that sending Onix crashing to the ground. "Now Pikachu, jump on to Onix's nose and use Thunder!" Ash cried out. Pikachu landed on Onix's nose and holding on tight used one of its most powerful attacks. Electricity flowed through Onix's body. Even though he had type advantage, he was getting hit directly on his head. Onix writhed on the ground before collapsing to the floor.
"Onix is unable to battle. Pikachu is the winner." the ref declared.
"Pika, pika pi!" Pikachu cried out jumping into Ash's arms.
"Pikachu, take a nice long rest, you did great." Pikachu jumped behind Ash and lay down.
"You're pretty good. Not many people have gotten past my Onix. But now you're in for a real battle. Go, Geodude!" Roark said as he threw a pokeball into the air and out popped Geodude. Geodude looked like a giant boulder with arms and a face.
"Go Ash! You can do it.!" Dawn cried out again. Ash looked over at her and immediately regretted it. He became all flustered and a blush came back over his face. "Go, Starly!" he said sending out his bird pokemon.
"Starly!" he cried out as he circled the room.
"Let the second battle begin" the ref called blowing his whistle.
"Starly, use Ariel Ace!" Starly flew up high and suddenly swooped down with blinding speed. It was a direct hit sending Geodude flying into the rocks.
"Geodude, use rollout!" Geodude tucked in its arms and began rolling around the floor. Suddenly it rolled up a rock and flew through the air right at Starly.
"Starly, drop down. Then use Quick Attack followed by Ariel Ace!" Starly swooped down barely escaping from getting hit by the rock type pokemon. The with amazing speed it flew straight at Geodude was falling back down and was defenseless. Geodude was sent flying across the room. Then using its speed from Quick Attack, it flew at Geodude once more with speed unseeable by the human eye. Geodude landed by its trainer's feet, its eyes in spirals.
"Geodude is unable to battle, Starly is the winner."
"I have to admit, you're really good. But will you be able to stand up to Cranidos?" said Roark.
"I have a few tricks up my sleeves as well." Ash remarked. Roark sent out his Cranidos.
"Go, Riolu!" Ash cried out as Riolu appeared on the field.
"Well, this is going to be an interesting battle." said Roark, amazement in his voice and a surprised look on his face.
"Let the battle begin!" the ref declared for the last time.
"Let's go Riolu, Brick Break!" Riolu jumped on top of Cranidos and smashed his glowing arm onto his head. Cranidos didn't even look like it had a scratch.
"Now, let's show em real power Cranidos. Zen Headbutt!" Cranidos's head began to glow blue and suddenly it ran at Riolu with amazing speed.
"Don't get so cocky." Ash remarked. "Stop that Zen Headbutt Riolu!" As soon as Cranidos reached Riolu, the little blue fox-like pokemon held out its hand right at Cranidos' head. Cranidos hit Riolu's arm. An explosion occurred kicking up dust.
When the dust settled, they all looked shocked. Cranidos had been thrown back into the wall behind Roark, while Riolu looked as though it had barely moved an inch.
"How is this possible!" Roark cried out in disbelief.
"I'll tell you," said Ash to everybody in the gym. "Riolu and I had a secret up our sleeves. Riolu, use Aura Sphere!" Riolu shot a blue orb at Cranidos sending it back into the wall it had just climbed out of. "Right when Cranidos' head collided with Riolu's arm I had it use Aura Shpere. This created a barrier between Riolu and Cranidos, neutralizing Cranidos' attack. Then Riolu used another Aura Sphere in quick succession. Riolu was able to do it so quickly and powerfully because of all the energy released when Zen Headbutt hit. Understand?"
"It's genius!" Roark said as he helped Cranidos back onto the field. "First neutralizing the attack, then using all the energy from it to power your own. You're one smart kid Ash. But now that we know how you did it, we won't fall for it twice. Cranidos, use Rock Head!"
Cranidos began to glow in a blue fire around him as he shot forwards at Riolu. Riolu used Aura Sphere again, but this time closed its eyes and used Aura to sense Cranidos. He noticed that the legs were flexed, ready to jump. He opened his eyes and shot the Aura Sphere straight above it. Cranidos jumped into the air at the same time as Riolu shot the Aura Sphere. It had no way to protect itself as the blue orb smashed into his unprotected belly. There was another explosion and the dust kicked up again.
What happened to the pokemon? Who won? Stay tuned to find out!
Muahahaha! After posting 4 chapters in quick succession I wanted to be evil so I made it a cliffhanger. The cliffhanger is not the best and its pretty predictable who won.
Man this chapter was long! Over 2000 words!
Anyways, in chapter 2 (or was it 3, I don't remember) when I said Dawn was 15 I meant that she would turn 15 in a couple of episodes.
P.S. I want you guys to vote in the reviews and tell me what you want to happen first, Advanceshipping or Pearlshipping. Its going to end with Pearlshipping but I want to know if you guys want Ash and Dawn to be together when May comes, or Ash and May to kinda flirt a little and go out for a few chapters before Ash and DAwn hook up. Vote Now! I will give you guys until the 6th chapter to vote.
I may put up chapter five tomorrow, I'm not sure.
Until next time. C Ya!