Hello people. This chapter is a little short, but filled with acion. Read, Review, and Enjoy!

"Hey Ash!" Brock said wiping his sweat off his eyebrows.

"What are you doing here?" Ash asked.

"You know the important visitor. The person standing right next to …" Brock said, getting cut off by Criss' words.

"Get on with the battle," Criss interrupted.

"Okay Brock. I challenge you to a Pokemon Gym Battle!"

"I accept your challenge," said Brock. Brock led the trio down the rusty rungs of the ladder. Ash could feel the rust building up and scratching his palms. Who knew a rich place like this could have rusty stuff?

Brock led the crew down a dark hallway. You could hear the plop of a dripping raindrop echo down the hall.

"This place is a dump!" Dawn shouted, a brown water droplet hitting her head, "No offence."

"That's because you didn't see the battlefield yet," Brock commented. After a brisk walk down a long hallway, an indistinguishable light emerged.

"It's so dark, like a cave," Ash said.

"That's because it is a cave," Brock replied, "Referee, can you turn the lights up." With the flick of a finger, the whole field lit up. Ash could identify the rocks that covered the battlefield. Some rocks were boulders, the size of Snorlax. Other rocks were as small as Pikachu. No doubt that none of the battlefield was flat. Every part of the battlefield was uphill or downhill, hard for Pokemon to run around in. Of course, rock Pokemon aren't known for their speed, so it was a home field advantage.

Brock and Ash walked to opposite sides of the rocky terrain. The battlefield was short, so Ash knew that fast Pokemon would not have an advantage here.

"This is a 6 on 6 battle with only the challenger able to substitute Pokemon. The person with Pokemon at the end of the match wins. Proceed to battle," said the referee.

"Go Sceptile," said Ash.

"Go Toxicroack," Brock said.

"What?" Ash said.

"That is allowed since the gym leader can use 2 non rock types." The ref said.

"Alright Sceptile use Dig!" Ash said. Sceptile dug underground and hid.

"Toxicroak use Earthquake," Broak said. Toxicroak slammed his feet on the ground producing a shock wave. A fissure emerged from under Toxicroak's foot, creating ripples all around. Sceptile, unable to handle the shaking, jumped out of his hole, barely escaping from damage. "Now Toxicroak use Gunk Shot!"

"Sceptile, wait for the right moment!" Ash shouted, "Now's your chance. Jump!"

Toxicroak shot a gunk of poison at Sceptile, but the swift Pokemon was able to jump into the air.

"Perfect. Toxicroak, when Sceptile lands, use Poison Jab!" Sceptile did a flip trying to evade Toxicroak while landing, but to no avail. Toxicroak's paw caught Sceptile's backside. Sceptile hollered in pain, before falling onto its knees. Suddenly, the groaning stopped and Sceptile collapsed.

"Sceptile is unable to battle," Said the referee.

Ash recalled Sceptile back into the Pokeball. "Good job Sceptile. You tried your best. Hey Brock, when did you get that Toxicroack to be so tough."

"Same time you got into the Ever Grande conference."

"Pikachu, you are up," said Ash, "Use Volt tackle"

"Toxicroak use Brick Break," Brock said. Toxicroak charged at Pikachu, fist glowing with white light. Pikachu, surrounded by crackling electricity, charged at Toxicroak. The two attacks collided in a burst of energy. The Pokemon were blown backwards, both hitting rocks. However, Toxicroak managed to jump off the rock at the last second and land safely on its feet. Both Pokemon were still standing with Pikachu struggling to stay up.

"Your Toxicorak is tough," Ash commented. "Pikachu, quickly use another Volt Tackle," Pikachu caught Toxicroak by surprise. With hidden strength, Pikachu ran at Toxicroak faster than ever and sent it flying at Snorlax sized rock. Crackling with electricity, the Toxicorack went through the rock, finally landing at Brock's feet.

"Toxicroak is unable to battle," said the ref.

"That's a good strategy Ash. You made us think Pikachu was weak when he was faking the damage. And when Toxicroak let his guard down, you attacked. We won't fall for that again!" Brock shouted, with as much fervor as he has when meeting girls. Brock recalled his Toxicroak.

"We have other tricks in our sleeves," Ash replied.

"Go Golem," said Brock. A tough looking giant rock ball came out. "Golem use Earthquake"

"Pikachu, Jump and then Iron Tail," Pikachu jumped and spun around with an iron tail.

"Golem, Protect!" Golem curled up into a ball while Pikachu tried to attack it. "Golem use Rock Slide," While Pikachu was trying to recover Golem slammed his foot onto the ground and retrieved a giant rock which he slammed on Pikachu's head. Pikachu fell on his knees but was done yet.

"Pikachu use Iron Tail again!" Pikachu didn't move though.

"Why isn't Pikachu moving?" asked Dawn.

"He flinched. Rock Slide can cause flinching," Criss curtly replied,absorbed into the battle.

"Golem use Earthquake!" Brock said. Golem stomped its foot onto the ground, sending a fissure heading towards the flinching Pikachu. Pikachu attempted to move its feet, but to no avail. Suddenly, the fissure reached Pikachu. Rocks were sent flying into the little mouse, sending it flying towards Ash.

"Good job Pikachu. Okay then! Go Gliscor!" Ash said. "Use Guillotine!" Gliscor proceeded to attack.

"Golem Protect!" Brock said.

"Perfect! Use feint!" Gliscor attacks Golem with full force knocking through the protect. "Now use Guillotine," Gliscor, soaring above Golem with its claws full sized and full of power, landed a direct blow right at Golem's head. Golem fell to the ground instantaneously.

"Go Sudowoodo!" Brock said. "Use Rock Slide!" Sudowoodo threw a bunch of rocks at Gliscor. Gliscor swerved to the left, flew upside down, veered to the right, dodging all the rocks. "Use Hammer Arm!" Sudowoodo snuck up behind Gliscor, "tree branch" glowing and bonked Gliscor in the head. Gliscor, feeling all dizzy from being bonked in the head, pummeled to the ground.

"Gliscor, Sudowoodo is slowed down. Use Guillotine!" Gliscor flew over to Sudowoodo with his claw raised, prepared to strike.

"Wait… Now use Mimic!" Sudowoodo did its mimic dance. Suddenly, Sudowoodo's "tree branch" grew bigger and glowed with energy. Both Guillotine hit at the same time. The energy from the attacks blew both Pokemon off their feet and in opposite directions. When the dust cleared both Pokemon were still standing, breathing heavily. Suddenly, in synch, both Pokemon collapsed to the ground.

"Not bad Ash…" Brock said.

"When did you get so tough?" Ash asked.

"My brother trained my Pokemon and I trained against other challangers," Brock said. "Go Chansey!" Chansey jumped around holding a Luck Punch.

"Go Snorlax," Ash said.

"Chansey use Egg Bomb," Brock said. Chansey threw an egg at Snorlax which did a lot of damage thanks to the Lucky Punch.

"Snorlax, use Brick Break" Ash said.

"Chansey Defense Curl," Brock said. Snorlax hit the curled up Chansey but when Chansey got up it was obvious she was damaged.

"Chansey, first Soft Boiled then Ice Beam," Brock said. Chansey healed itself and then struck Snorlax with a beam of ice, freezing the Snorlax. However, it was only a thin layer of ice.

"Snorlax, break out and use Hyper Beam" Ash said. Snorlax bulged out its muscles, the ice shattering around him. Snorlax charged up its attack, and shot a beam of light at Chansey.

"Chansey, full power ICE BEAM!" Brock yealled. The two attacks collided (like usual) in a big blast of energy. However, Snorlax's Hyper Beam was stronger, and knocked Chansey right into Brock.

"Go Rampardos!" shouted Brock, "Good try Chansey." A big dinosaur came out of the Pokeball.

"Rampardos, use Iron Tail!" Brock said. Rampardos jumped up and swung its tail right at Snorlax's head. Suddenly, Snorlax fell to the ground, sleeping. Rampardos swung its tail at Snorlax's had, but Snorlax was on th ground. Rampardos, realizing its mistake, tried to regain its balance to no avail. Rampardos, it's tiny hands and legs flailing in the air, was lying on its back, unable to get up.

"Um, why is Snorlax sleeping?"

"It ate a lot before it came here, and then it had a harsh battle. I guess it got sleepy. Whatever, go Gabite! Use dig!" Ash said. When Gabite came out of his Pokeball he quickly dug his way underground, and went to the spot where Rampardos tipped over. Gabite came out of the ground, colliding into Rampardos, but tipping it back onto its feet.

"Rampardos use Head Smash!" Rampardos' head glowed with a bright white and the spikes on its head enlarged. The strong dinosaur ran at Gabite and thrust its head right into Gabite's chest, knocking it over Ash's head into the concrete wall.

Ash recalled Gabite back into its Pokeball. "Come on out, my strongest Pokemon!" Ash threw a Pokeball into the air, and a Charizard stood in its place.

"Charizard, Rampardos is weakened. Use Steel Wing!" Charizard's wings shined with bright energy and power, as it knocked Rampardos back off its feet. Rampardos was left back on its back, unable to get up. "Okay Charizard, melt the battlefield around Rampardos!" Charizard opened its mouth and a huge flame emerged. The battlefield turned red and hot. It was so warm in the room, you could see the warmth distorting other images. The rocks in the battlefield started melting and the hot lava slowly crawled towards Rampardos.

Brock recalled Rampardos back into its Pokeball.

"Rampardos has forfeited the match," the referee said.

"Alright then, go Probopass!" Brock yelled.

"Go Charizard! Use Steel Wing!" Ash said. Charizard rammed into Probopass but Charizard's wings just bounced off of the highly defensive Probopass.

"Probopass, Thunderwave!" Probopass shot a beam of electricity paralyzing Charizard. Charizard trie to move, but when it moved its leg, electricity shot through its body, disabling movement.

"Charizard, one More STEEL WING!"

"Probopass, Use Giga Impact!" Both Pokemon collided head on and a giant blast occurred. The energy in this blast was so enormous, Ash had to shield his own face from being scarred.

"Both Pokemon are unable to battle. The gym leader wi…"

"WAIT!" interrupted Ash. He knew Charizard. Charizard always got up in the last second. Charizard can't fail now. Suddenly. Charizard got up and shot a flame into the air.

"Probopass is unable to battle. Ash from Pallet town wins!"

"Good game Ash" Brock said as he handed over the Dynamite Badge. "Remember, I am the weakest Gym Leader so good luck with the rest." Ash jumped in the air with shouts of joy. At the same time his stomach was in knots as he knew that he almost lost this round which means he had a higher chance of losing the next round.

"How did Charizard knock out Probopass?" Dawn asked. "The first time Charizard used Steel Wing, it did almost nothing."

"Charizard didn't knock out Probopass. Probopass knocked itself out. The energy from Giga Impact and Steel Wing was enough to create a blast, but when Charizard used Steel Wing, he bounced off of Probopass. The blast directed to Probopass was more than the damage directed to Charizard. Therefore, because Steel Wing did nothing to Probopass but bounce off, Ash won the match. It was a good strategy Ash," Criss elucidated.

"I didn't have a strategy for Charizard…" Ash said. "Who's the next gym leader?" Ash changed the subject.

Criss chuckled, "Brit. She uses baby normal type Pokemon but don't underestimate her. I did and lost the first time I battled her. Her Munchlax is tough!"

"I won't," said Ash and the trio hiked to their next stop, Cinnabonne City.

Meanwhile…

"You sure you want to join the organization James?" a dark, sinister voice asked.

"My friends abandoned me after what I did to Giovanni. I have no life left. Yes, I want to join…"