Last time on Pokemon EX: Our heroes continue trecking through the darkest part of Viridian City where they meet Jason, a bug type Pokemon Trainer. He asks for a battle in which Kevin accepts. They travel to a nearby clearing (which wasn't as nearby as Mike thought) and the two begin their battle. First up its Pikachu against Butterfree and Pikachu's speed earned him the victory. Next up was Charmander against Beedrill, it was a tougher battle but Charmander pulled through. That night, Kevin asks Amanda for help in teaching Pikachu Iron Tail.
Chapter Six: The First Showdown!
The morning sun, its rays glimmered over a campsite just off the road signaling a new day has began. Tents lay in a half circle near a still smoldering camp fire which the flames had died down long ago. In the green tent on the left side of the camp fire layed Kevin, a Pokemon trainer who knew a lot about strategy and battling just by reading, as of now he only has Charmander and Pikachu at his side but we all know that was enough for Kevin at the moment. Next to his tent was another green, but a hunter green tent where Mike lie. He was Kevin's best friend since they could crawl. He knows a little about battling and with Bulbasaur and Pidgey at his side, he doesn't worry. In the pink tent on the right side of the camp fire lay a girl the boys met while trying to rush Kevin's new Pikachu to the Pokemon Center in Viridian City and her name is Amanda. Her Pokemon team consists as of now a female Squirtle and her newly evolved Kakuna.
The three trainers had finally waken up from their night's slumber and exited their tents, greeting each other a 'good morning' and packed their camping gear in silence. After packing was done, they let out all ther Pokemon and ate their breakfast together. A little over half an hour passed and the three were ready to go.
"Let's go guys, we don't have much further until we reach Pewter City!" Kevin said happily. Amanda and Mike nodded as they returned to the road and began another days' adventure. It was about ten in the morning, according to Mike's watch when they finally reached Pewter City but of course the first place Kevin wanted to go was to the gym.
"Finally!" Kevin exclaimed, "I thought were never going to make it!"
"Calm down Kevin," Amanda said. Kevin didn't hear her as they walked threw the town in a nieghborhood where Pewter colored houses lined up one right after the other on both sides of the road lie. Toward the center of town the reached a brown and white looking stadium and out front of the gate lied a white sign with big red letters that read 'PEWTER CITY GYM'.
"Yes! We're here!" Kevin yelled. He could not contain his excitement any longer and rushed inside the gym.
Amanda sighed, "Oh brother."
"Yeah, he tends to get like that sometimes," Mike said softly to Amanda as if Kevin was around to hear it. Amanda laughed a bit.
Kevin walked through the big brown double doors and entered the gym. It was dark and a littly chilly and he barely saw anything. Then bright white spotlights turned on revealing a large rocky battlefied.
"Who goes there?" a mysterious deep voice said. It echoed through the gym.
"I'm-I'm Kevin from Pallet Town and I'm looking to challenge the Pewter City Gym leader," Kevin said nervously.
The voice laughed. "Then you've come to the right place." A teenage boy about 17 or even 18 revealed himself. His skind was a dark brown tone and had spikey brown hair and squinty eyes, that's if you could tell they were even eyes. His clothes button-up shirt was brown and his pants were dark brown, however, his tennis shoes were blue.
"I'm Brock, the Pewter City Gym leader and I accept your challenge," said the gym leader.
"Good," said Kevin. "What are the rules?"
"The rules are a two on two match with no time limit," replied Brock.
"Got it," Kevin said.
"The gym battle between the Pewter City Gym leader Brock and Kevin from Pallet Town is about to begin. This will be a two on two battle with no time limit. Only the challenger can substitute. Are you ready?" said the ref.
"Yes," the two battlers said.
"Let the battle begin!" yelled the ref.
"Go Geodude!" Brock yelled throwing his Pokeball. It opened up revealing a rather decent sized brown boulder with arms and eyes.
"Geo!" he said ready for battle. Kevin took out his trusty Pokedex.
"Geodude, the Rock Pokemon. Its round form makes it easy to pick up. Some people have used them to hurl at each other in snowball fights," it explained.
"Charmander, you're up!" Kevin yelled throwing his Pokeball. It opened revealing his red-orange lizard.
"A Charmander? I can't believe you'd use such a Pokemon. Prepare to lose the battle kid," Brock said amused. "Geodude, Roll Out!" The rock Pokemon began spinning, hit the durt and began rolling fast across the field.
"Charmander, use your Flamethrower to push yourself up into the air to dodge the attack!" yelled Kevin. Charmander aimed his flame towards the ground and fired away. The flames pushed Charmander high into the air, out of Geodude's path.
"Clever," Brock said. "But it's not clever enough. Geodude, use your Roll Out to get into the air!" Geodude rolled to a rock that was slanted over and took to the skies. He got close enough to Charmander.
"Now use Focus Punch!" Brock ordered. Geodude stopped spinning and his fist lit up. The punch connected to Charmander's face, sending the lizard to the ground.
"Charmander, get up!" Kevin paniced but Charmander got up in no time. "Alright, we're still in this fight!"
Geodude landed back onto the other side of the battlefield. "Geodude, use Roll Out again!" Brock commanded.
"Charmander, Fire Spin, trap that Geodude!" Kevin ordered. Charmander opened his mouth releasing out a thin stream of fire that turned into a whirling tornado, trapping Geodude. Geodude just kept rolling. Now the rock Pokemon was a rolling fireball as well.
"Wait for Geodude to get closer!" ordered his trainer so Charmander waited. The flaming rolling Geodude got closer. "Now use Iron Tail!"
Charmander's tail lit up and turned to steel. It surprised Kevin that Charmander actually knew how to use it, he called the attack as a bluff to throw Brock off track then a memory surfaced in his mind, hitting him like a tidal wave. He remembered yesterday when battling Jason's Beedrill right when he told Charmander to use his tail to knock the bee Pokemon off where his tail lit up for a brief second. Kevin was swiftly brought back to reality when he heard Charmander's steel tail slam into the flaming Geodude. It threw the rock Pokemon off track, causing him to spin into a large rock near the left edge of the battlefield.
"Iron Tail. I should have known he had some kind of trick up his sleeve," Brock said to himself.
"Alright Charmander, let's finish this one up. Metal Claw!" Kevin ordered. Charmander charged for the struggling Geodude. His claw lit up and turned to steel. Charmander reached Geodude, who was still trying to recover from being dazed out by Charmander's last attack, and he slashed across Geodude. The attack was too much for Geodude to take and fainted.
"Geodude is unable to battle, the winner is Charmander!" said the referee, holding up a green flag on Kevin's side of the field and a red flag on Brock's side of the field.
"Alright Charmander, we did it!" Kevin yelled, proud of his Pokemon.
"Don't get too cocky, kid. The battle's just about to begin!" Brock said grabbing his second Pokeball. "Go Onix!" He throw the red and white ball, it opened revealing a huge snake-like Pokemon made nothing but grey boulders.
Onix roared.
"Whoa," Kevin mumbled while he took out his Pokedex yet again.
"Onix, the Rock Snake Pokemon. It usually lives underground. It searches for food while burrowing through the ground at fifty miles per hour," the Pokedex informed.
"I'm sticking with Charmander!" Kevin said.
"Figured as much," Brock said to himself. "Alright Onix, Bind!" Onix swiflty slithered toward Charmander, wrapping its rock snake-like body around Charmader, completely immobilizing the lizard.
"Charmander!" Kevin screamed.
"Onix, Seismic Toss!" Brock ordered. Onix picked up Charmander and started swinging around the gym and threw Charmander flying across the room. The poor lizard slammed into the wall, extremely hard and fell the ground, limp. He layed their, fainted.
"Charmander is unable to battle, the winner is Onix!" declared the ref.
"Charmander, you did great buddy, now get some rest." Kevin said as Charmander was returned to his Pokeball.
Kevin turned to Pikachu slightly, who had been sitting on his shoulders the whole battle. "Alright Pikachu, it's all up to you!" Pikachu jumped off Kevin's shoulder onto the battlefield.
Brock began laughing, "You're going to use that puny little electric rodent to go up against Onix? You truely are pathetic. Your win against Geodude was just dumb luck and to think I started to believe you were a pretty worthy opponent."
"Whatever, just start the battle already," Kevin said letting Brock's remark just slide off his back.
"Onix, use Bind again!" Brock commanded. Onix slithered after Pikachu.
"Not this time pal, Pikachu, use Agility!" Kevin ordered. Pikachu ran off, bouncing off the rocks at high speed.
"Damn, he is a worthy opponent," Brock said to himself. "Onix, Dig!" Onix slammed into the ground and disappeared which caused Pikachu to stop.
Kevin cleared his head after he thought of what he could do. "Alright Pikachu, just listen very carefully so you'll know where Onix will resurface." Pikachu did just that, using his ears with his excellent hearing as if they were radar's, locking in the sound of Onix moving around underground. "Good, and when Onix resurfaces, get on top of it!"
"He's just setting himself up for a nasty defeat," Brock said to himself. "Onix, resurface!" Onix came barreling out of the ground but Pikachu jumped just seconds before and landed on Onix's head.
"Thunder!" Kevin yelled. Pikachu's orange cheeks began sparking.
"Pi-Ka-Chu!" he yelled, releasing a very bright and a great amount of electricity. A Thunder at close range against a rock-type, Onix did feel the pain a lot. "Now use Iron Tail on top of its head!"
"I knew it, they both knew Steel-type attacks," Brock said to himself as he watched Onix get pulverized across the head by Pikachu's Iron Tail. The pain caused Onix to fall to the ground.
"Onix, get back up and finish this!" ordered Brock. Onix tried to get up again.
"Pikachu, finish this up with another Iron Tail on his head!" Kevin said. Pikachu's tail lit up once more and turned to steel. The mouse used a quick attack to get to Onix faster. Pikachu jumped into the air and twirled, slamming his tail against Onix's head. This Iron Tail was much more powerful than the first, it was enough to cause Onix to faint.
"Onix is unable to battle, Pikachu is the winner. The victory goes to Kevin from Pallet Town," said the ref. He was holding up the green flag on Kevin's said of the battefield.
"Yes, we won Pikachu!" Kevin yelled. Pikachu ran into his trainer's arms. Brock returned Onix and walked up to Kevin and Pikachu.
"That was a very good battle. I never expected you to have Steel-type attacks up your sleeve," Brock said, this time his attitude had changed.
"Thanks," Kevin responded.
"And as your proof of your victory here, I award you the Boulder badge," Brock said as he handed Kevin the shiny boulder-shaped badge to Kevin.
"Yes, I got the Boulder badge!" Kevin said proudly, holding up it up in the air.
"Pi, Pikachu!" he said proudly.
Kevin said his farewell to Brock, who went back into the cover of darkness. He headed for the double doors and walked outside into the bright daylight with Pikachu on his shoulders. Mike and Amanda jumped up from a bench they were sitting on to greet Kevin.
"Well, did you lose?" Mike asked jokingly.
"Nope," Kevin replied. He took out his newly won Boulder badge and showed it to his friends.
"Cool, you did it man!" Mike said. "But I guess we have to come back tomorrow for mine, huh?"
"Probably, his Pokemon need rest," Kevin answered.
"One more thing," Mike said, curiousity was over taking him. "Can you tell me which Pokemon he uses?"
Kevin smirked. "You'll have to find out tomorrow."
Mike sighed as Kevin started walking. The left the Pewter City Gym grounds and walked back towards the edge of town where the Pokemon Center was located. They entered the center where another Nurse Joy was working behind a desk. They headed into the trainer lodging and claimed unoccupied rooms. Kevin made his way back to Nurse Joy and handed over Charmander for a check up. The trainers made their way to the dining area where they sat and had some lunch. After lunch, Kevin recieved his Charmander back and was in good health. He and Mike along with Amanda made their way back to their rooms where'd the rest.
Night had finally fallen. Mike and Amanda had already turned in for the night. However, Kevin was still up, admiring his newly aquired Boulder badge. Mike had fallen asleep just before Amanda, despite being so pumped up for his battle with the gym leader the next morning. Kevin just continued to stare at the badge.
"Seven more badges to go and then I'll be able to compete in my very first Pokemon League," Kevin said to himself. He remembered watching his father compete and win each and every league he had participated in.
"My dad would be proud that I won this badge," Kevin said and finally lied down and closed his eyes. Shortly he had fallen alseep with dreams of winning Pokemon Leagues dancing in his head. He reached the very first step in getting to the Pokemon League.
Now that Kevin won his very first badge, how will Mike fare? Find out on the next Pokemon EX!