Chapter 4- A Rocky Start

Today was the day Kelly would be challenging Paul. It has been 3 days since she got her Marill and her Wurmple evolved. Right now it was only 7 o'clock in the morning where our heroes were, but someone has been having a tough time getting some rest.

"Oh man...I'm so nervous about my battle that I couldn't get any sleep. And they're going to start serving breakfast in 1 hour!" The brunette said as she sat up on her bed.

She got up and did her normal morning routine. Brushed her teeth, took a shower, put on a clean set of clothes etc.

Later she and Michael were in the cafeteria eating breakfast. But then...

"OH CRAP!" Kelly shouted. And everybody started to look towards her.

"GET BACK TO YOUR BUISNESS!" Michael shouted at the people. And they went back to their "business."

"So um what's wrong?" Michael asked.

"I forgot to call my mom when I got here"

"Oh...and you got here like...almost a week ago"

"I know, OH I'M SO DEAD!" Kelly shouted as she ran out of the cafeteria with Michael trailing behind her.

"Sweetie! You just got to Littlerock Town? What took you so long!"

"Um hi mom and no I ugh got here like 5 days ago..."

"AND YOU DIDN'T CALL ME!"

"Wahh! Don't blame me! Blame my stupid brain for not reminding me!"

"Even if she did blame your brain, it's still a part of you therefore she's still blaming you"

"I wonder who that is..." Kelly's mother whispered to herself.

"Thank a lot mister know-it-all!" Kelly shouted at the boy.

"You know Michael you should start being more nice and-"

"Wahh! I know I know stop scolding!"

"Kelly who is this boy, your boyfriend? OHH MY DAUGHTER FINALLY HAS A BOYFRIEND" Kelly blushed.

"MOMMM!"

"He he I'm just joking sweetheart" Both trainers sighed. Mothers...

"Anyways I'm going shopping so see you later sweetie!" Kelly's mother added just before the screen went blank.

"Okay so how about a little training? If you want to battle Paul today then it's good to get in some training first thing before you do" Michael suggested. Kelly nodded and they both headed to the battle field to get some morning training done.

~x~x~

"Okay Kelly, are you ready for a little more training?" Michael asked.

"You bet, Michael. Bring it on!" The brunette said, all hyped up.

"Okay then. Go Staraptor!" Michael cried as he threw a poke ball into the air.

"Staraptor!" A bird Pokémon cried.

"A Staraptor huh? Okay I guess I choose Marill!" Kelly cried as she threw a poke ball into the air, quickly opening up to reveal her Marill. "Marill!" The water-type Pokémon cried.

"Okay ladies first"

"Don't mind if I do, okay Marill use Water Gun!"

The blue water Pokémon blew out a powerful Water Gun towards the bird Pokémon as fast as it could. "Dodge it!" Michael shouted as the bird Pokémon named Staraptor dodged it by flying to its right. Kelly and her Marill gasped to see that is was that easy to dodge. "Well I guess Staraptor has an advantage with it being able to fly and everything, but let's turn this around! Marill use Iron Tail!"

Marill jumped high up into the air only to come face-to-face with Staraptor just as its tail started to light up. "Staraptor dodge!" Michael commanded. But it was too late; Marill had already swung its tail and made a direct hit causing Staraptor to fall out of the sky. This time Michael gasped and Kelly smirked.

"Staraptor return" Michael said as his bird Pokémon turned into a red light being sucked into the poke ball.

"Huh? Why did you return Staraptor?" The brunette asked.

"Because I want to test you a little bit more, bring out another Pokémon"

"Um okay, Marill return" Kelly said as her Marill disappeared into the poke ball. "Okay go Silcoon!" Kelly cried as she through a poke ball into the air only to reveal her grey coloured Silcoon.

"So Michael um what Pokémon are you using next?" She asked.

"This one!" Michael said as he through another poke ball into the air only to reveal his Buizel.

"Bui Bui!" The orange coloured water type cried.

"Wow a Buizel..." Kelly said as she took out her PokeDex.

Buizel, the Sea Weasel Pokémon. It stores air in the sacs on its neck and uses them as floatation devices, and swims by spinning its two tails like a propeller.

"Hey that's so cool!" Kelly exclaimed.

"Yep, so how about a battle with my Buizel versus your Silcoon?" Michael asked.

"W-What! NO FREAKING WAY!"

"Why not...?"

"Because your Buizel is going to kill my poor little Silcoon" Michael sighed.

"I'll go easy on you"

"Yeah right!"

"Seriously! I swear to Arceus that I will go easy on you!"

"...Okay!" Kelly agreed.

"Hi there!"

"Brock!" Kelly and Michael said in unison.

"Yep the one and only Brock!" Both teenagers sweat dropped.

"So what are you two little love birds doing out here?" Michael froze and Kelly started to turn red like a Cherubi.

"Ha-ha I'm kidding!" Brock held in a laugh. The two teens fell to the ground anime style. (Lol I love anime style falls, although what I just said doesn't make any sense XD)

"Okay well we were going to battle and help me get ready for my upcoming gym battle with Paul" Kelly told him.

"Oh cool, I'll help you guys and referee okay?"

"Sure that's no problem at all" Michael said.

"Okay, battle begin!" Brock shouted.

~x~x~

After a long and hard battle, Kelly, Michael and Brock were in the nice and cool cafeteria having some lemonade. Although while Michael and Brock were happily chatting away, Kelly was deep in thought...

Kelly's POV

Okay, I'm going to battle Paul right after lunch. But can I do it? What if I mess up and get scared? What if he kicks my butt in one hit? What if my Pokémon can't stand a chance against him? NO! Don't think like that...you're going to do fine. Oh who am I kidding? I feel like a failure, like I haven't accomplished ay progress over the past 2-3 weeks of my journey. I mean, I don't feel like I'm ready to battle Paul. Even though Michael and Brock kept telling me that I'm ready to roll. I still don't feel like I am. But I don't want to cancel the battle now, I have to battle Paul and if I lose. Then I'll just work even harder to beat him. Ha-ha yeah that's right.

But...I feel like I'm never going to get out of this town.

Normal POV

"Hey Kelly you okay?" Michael asked. Kelly didn't answer. Brock and Michael glanced at each other and then back at Kelly. They decided to leave her alone.

~x~x~

"Here it is the Littlerock Town gym. Gym Leader Paul" Michael said. Kelly was so nervous that she tried to run back to the center on the way here but Michael dragged her.

"Can we go back to the Pokémon Center?" She asked.

"Kelly come on, you can do this. Have some confidence in yourself, okay?"

"Okay"

Kelly and Michael started to walk into the gym but to their surprise, no one was there. At least, no one was visible at the moment.

"Um is anyone here? I'd like to challenge the gym leader to a battle!" Kelly said.

"You want to challenge me to a battle?" Someone said from behind Kelly. She jumped and spun around.

"Y-Yes...is that a problem?"

"Well I was hoping for a stronger looking trainer but I guess I could pass the time by battling you"

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?"

"Kelly calm down!" Michael reassured her.

"FINE!" She yelled

"Stupid piece of crap, watch out Paul you're going down and I mean down!"

"SHUT UP YOU B-"

"OKAY ENOUGH WITH THE BAD TALK!" Michael yelled.

"Alright, what is your name?" Paul asked.

"Kelly"

"Okay Kelly, prepare for an epic gym battle!"

"Okay! Let's do this!"

"Paul where's your referee?" Michael asked.

"I'm here!" Someone said.

"Sorry I'm late again Paul" That person added.

"It's alright Reggie, you're just in time" Paul said.

~x~x~

"This battle between Kelly of Daydream Town and Paul the Littlerock Town's gym leader will now begin!"

"This will be a two on two battle. Only the challenger will be able to substitute Pokémon." Reggie added.

"Okay Geodude stand by for battle!" Paul shouted as he threw a poke ball into the air as a rock type Pokémon appeared in front of Kelly.

"Okay Marill let's go!" Kelly shouted as her Marill quickly appeared in front of her.

"Just because you have a Marill doesn't mean you can beat me!"

"Try me...Okay Marill use Water Gun!"

The blue coloured Pokémon quickly blew out a powerful Water Gun towards Paul's Geodude. Lucky for Kelly, it made a direct hit. But the Geodude just seemed to take it. It's like they didn't attack at all.

"Pshh, is that all you got? You have got to be kidding me! Let's finish this in one hit, Geodude Rollout!"

"Oh no you don't! Marill use your Rollout!"

"This is getting rough, Kelly really wants to win but she's only going with power alone. It's all about strategy, I hope she realises that." Michael thought as he watched the two Pokémon battle it out to see whose Rollout is better.

Both Pokémon put all their might into this one Rollout. Yet they seemed evenly matched. Until...

Kelly's POV

I glanced at my Marill and at Geodude. That Geodude looked pretty tired. I guess it can't take a Rollout after all! This is a piece of cake! Who knew battling like this would be so much! This beats practice battling Michael any day of the week.

Normal POV

Marill put in more of its strength until it finally sent Geodude flying, causing it to crash into the wall with its eyes changed into swirls.

"Geodude is unable to battle, Marill is the winner!" Reggie said.

"Woo-hoo alright!" Kelly shouted in excitement.

"Geodude return" Paul said as his Geodude disappeared into the poke ball. "You were terrible, that's not your true power"

"Wow Paul is so mean to his Pokémon, no wonder Geodude was struggling to win so badly. And it just ended up losing. I feel sorry for his Pokémon. He doesn't deserve to be a leader nor a trainer!" Kelly thought. She was absolutely disgusted at the way Paul treated his Pokémon.

"Okay, Go Onix!" Paul shouted as an Onix appeared before Kelly and her Marill. They both gasped. It looks strong, but how strong was it? They'll just have to find out.

"Marill use Water Gun!" Kelly commanded.

"That tactic again? OH PLEASE! Onix use Iron Tail!"

Paul's Onix quickly swung its tail towards Marill making a direct hit. Causing Marill to lie on the ground in agony.

"Marill get up! PLEASE! You have to get up!" Kelly cried. You could see the tears forming in her eyes.

"Come on Marill, you can do it" Michael thought.

"Please...Marill..."

"Oh please, it's over" Paul said.

WAAAHHHHHHH! PLEASE OH PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR MY TERRIBLE WRITING! IM HORRIBLE AT BATTLES :( I hope you understand that I'm just a beginner at battles and they won't be so good. But that just helps me improve. OMG 6 PAGES? NEW RECORD IN PAGES! BUT NOT IN THE NUMBER OF WORDS... Anyways Cliff-hanger! 3 I think...

Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review, it keeps me going. Bye!