LadySakura: Okay here's the next chapter, sorry it took longer than I thought to write it. I don't own Pokemon.

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Chapter 5: Claw Badge

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She had a new friend.

Yuri was awed as she looked at the view around her. The town of Berrysburg, where Yuri grew up, was small and contained few residents, all of which knew each other. This city, Whiteroot, was huge. Paved streets and skyscrapers, honking cars and people everywhere. There were also tons of shops lining street corners with things of the kind Yuri had only dreamed of.

"Hey moron, you look like an idiot with your mouth open like that." Came a snide remark from her right. Yuri turned to the voice, hands on her hips.

"Oh don't tell me you're not also awed by the sight too?" She asked smirking. Leo glared at her. Yuri smiled. Flame neighed beside her and Yuri looked at her. Just then she noticed people were staring at her ponyta. 'Hmm…maybe I should put Flame back in her pokeball…its probably uncommon to keep your pokemon out on busy streets.' She thought. She took out her pokeball.

"Okay Flame, come back." She said. A brilliant flash of red light then Flame disappeared inside the pokeball. Leo stared at her.

"I'm impressed, you actually did something smart for once." He said with sarcasm clear in his voice. Yuri ignored him. She looked up ahead and noticed a large building.

"Hey look it the gym!" She exclaimed. "Didn't you want to challenge the gym leader Leo?" She asked him, her eyes bright. Leo smiled.

"Yeah! Let's go!" He said exited. They both entered the gym. It was bright inside, with tons of little rattata toys everywhere. They looked around them as they proceeded down the hall, both wondering what kind of gym would have all these toys. As they reached the end of the hallway, a skitty appeared before them.

"Oh look Leo!" Yuri said staring at it with stars in her eyes. "It's so cute." Leo sighed and pulled Yuri with him, following the skitty into a large chamber. The skitty ran to the other side and jumped into the arms of a very strange looking lady. She had pink hair and cat like, yellow eyes. She was wearing all white and what looked like a tail was hanging from her belt at the back. Leo and Yuri stared at her uncertainly.

"Oh, I see I have some challengers." The lady purred. "I am Gym Leader Catnip, which one of you wants to challenge me."

Leo stepped forward, "I do!" He said simply.

"Very good, please get ready; I want to get this over with as quickly as possible so I can take my afternoon nap." Catnip said softly.

Leo stepped up to the box at one side of the field while Catnip stepped in the other. Yuri stood at he sidelines to watch. A referee appeared.

"This will be a two on two battle, first person to have both pokemon faint loses." The referee said.

"Come on out Swoop!" Leo yelled throwing a pokeball. The pidgey appeared, taking flight in front of Leo, awaiting his command.

"Fight for me my darling!" Leader Catnip said as she threw her own pokeball. A glameow appeared. It jumped in front of Catnip, getting a fighting pose. The referee raised both flags, he swished them down and the battle started.

"Swoop use quick attack!" Leo said, not wasting a second. Swoop charged at the glameow.

"Dodge it and use scratch." Said Catnip. Glameow jumped out of the way and pounced on Swoop, scratching his face. Swoop fell back, stunned, but quickly recovered.

"Go Swoop, peck." Swoop dived in and used peck on glameow, who jumped out of the way, but not quickly enough. Swoop got the cat pokemon right in the chest and it was knocked backward in a cloud of smoke. The smoke cleared to reveal glameow fainted on the ground.

"No!" Catnip hissed and recalled glameow. She sent out another pokeball and a persian appeared. "Now Persian, use Slash." The Persian rushed up and slashed Swoop before either Leo or his pidgey could do anything. Swoop fell back in a dead faint.

Yuri whistled in amazement, that Persian was strong! Leo frowned and called back Swoop, then sent out Tide. The poliwag jumped out and immediately pounced on Persian. "Bubble!" Leo said and bubbles shot out of Tide's mouth. The Persian fell backward, but immediately recovered.

"Bite!" Said Catnip and Persian ran up and bit Tide, refusing to let go.

"Use bide!" Said Leo. Poliwag started glowing, but Persian still held on. Time stood still. Sweat dropped from Leo and Catnip, both waiting. Then, Tide glowed even more and his eyes opened. Persian let go, stepping back, but too late, Tide charged her and she was knocked into the wall. When the smoke cleared, there was Xs in her eyes. Tide wavered, exhausted, but didn't fall. The referee put up a green flag.

"The winner is Leo from Berrysburg!" The referee said. Yuri cheered and Leo stared in amazement. Tide ran up to him and Leo knelt down and hugged his pokemon.

"We did it Tide!" He said happily and recalled his pokemon. "Come on, you deserve a good rest." Catnip walked up to him.

"Here you are, the Claw Badge as proof that you beat me." She said handing him the badge. Leo smiled and thanked her.

Leo and Yuri both walked to the entrance of the gym. Leo was smiling, staring at his badge. He had won his first gym battle.

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LadySakura: Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. I might be slow posting the next one since I'm also working on another story, well tata for now! Review!