The pair were walking through Viridian Forest, quite larger than the city, the trees were mostly about a yard or two from each other. It was nearly as bright in the forest as out, although the boundaries weren't actually that distinguished. For the most part, unremarkable Weedle and Caterpie crawled along the ground.
"Hey, Osaka, look," Chihiro gestured towards a Butterfree that was floating along the forest, "You don't see many full grown Butterfree around here."
"How do you know it's fully grown?" Osaka questioned.
"Well it's already a- never mind, I think I'll try to catch it," Chihiro brought out her Pokeball and released Pidgy. The Pidgy immediately burst into Peck, but the Butterfree dodged, and used Confusion, hitting the target. It started to flee but Pidgy followed it, the two going in a somewhat circular motion. Both scarcely dodging trees until the Pidgy circled around and caught the enemy by surprise with Gust. Chihiro hit it with relative ease using her Pokeball. Another success.
"New Pokemon captured, Butterfree, Bug-Flying, partial to psychic attacks." The Pokedex sounded.
Nothing very eventful took place through the rest of the journey, although it was lengthy, three or four hours. Before they knew it they were facing the Pewter Gym. Pewter was much larger than the other destinations so far, It could truthfully be called a city, complete with hospital, police and a museum. It took roughly 20 minutes of navigation to find the Gym, but it was the second stop they made, after the routine Pokemon Center visit.
The lights in the massive room were off, but there was a faint glow from what looked like star stickers on the walls, illuminating mountain like structures. Directly in front of Chihiro nothing was visible. Then from the darkness:
"Prepare for trouble." Said a scratchy, mechanical voice, vaguely female.
"And make it double." Followed a gentleman's voice.
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all peoples within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and-" There was a loud clicking sound, and the lights came on, revealing a well-dressed, thin man with purple hair. He was holding a tape recorder.
"Oh, it just isn't the same without my dear Jackie," He started rambling, "Since we became Gym Leaders we can't battle together anymore! Oh how I miss the days!" His voice was crawling to historics, "She was the only one for me, and now she is far away, taking another Gym, in another part of Kanto. How tragic! I always think-"
Chihro yelled out, "Hey! We don't know who this Jackie person is, but were here to challenge the Gym Leader!" This was just getting ridulous.
"Oh, that would be I, and I am indeed him, John, the Pewter Gym Leader," The eccentric man, now known as John, replied.
"Jackie sounds nice..." Osaka mused. John ran straight to the girl and began a new speech.
"Indeed she is! Her battle skills are impeccable, and her flowing pink hair majestic! It's all to bad tha-"
"Can we just battle!" Chihiro raised her voice to the man.
"You guys use to many exclamation points," Osaka stated.
"Sure, sure, I'll battle the girl who praised Jackie first," he began, "You will partake in a two on two battle here, against my Rock Type Pokemon, hope you're ready."
"Sure?" Osaka replied.
The stage was set for a battle between the two, the field was mountainous, though to a small degree. There were boulders here and there, varying greatly in size, and in the corner was a sandy area.
"Go, Kabuto, I put trust in you!" John's Kabuto appeared from the infamous red glow, and reared up, battle ready.
"Rattata." Osaka's Pokemon came out in a similar manner.
"GO!" Shouted Chihiro, working as witness to this battle.
The Kabuto immediately launched a Water Gun, which Rattata dodged by rolling down the hill, the Kabuto crawled after it. Rattata used Quick Attack to ram into the pursuiter, then followed up with Tail Whip, softening it's shell. The Kabuto launched a scratch at the Ratata, and scrapped it's target, both Pokemon held back for a little, and used Leer and Tail Whip respectively a few times. Rattata broke the trend with Quick Attack, and then was hit from behind with Tackle. Osaka returned Rattata, and sent out Salad. One Tackle was all it took to finish Kabuto.
"You may think you've won, but I'm the opposite of done! You'll be weeping in the end, as in Onix I depend!" The giant Pokemon was sent out to combat Salad.
The Onix dug into the ground, and Salad ran over to a nearby boulder, before Onix surfaced and then used Bind. The Onix saw no resistance, so began to squeeze. Salad use Sleep Powder, then put all of his energy into a Vine Whip which sent the Onix crashing into the nearby boulder. When the Onix awoke, he was already dazed, and Salad got a few good Vine Whips in, causing the beast to faint
"Great job Osaka!" Chihiro came up to the girl with her hand ready for a high-five. Said high-five took about nine seconds, due to Osaka's delayed reaction.
"Ah, bested by a small girl, though with eyes of pearl. The Stone Badge you have earned, and much is what I've learned!" John replied, "So, you there, Chihiro, do you want to take a go?"
"Sure!" Chihiro replied.
The stage was left as it was at the end of Osaka's battle, the boulder bits still on the field.
"Go my dear Geodude, I hope your in the mood!" Said Pokemon was sent onto the feild. In return Chihiro sent out her rather recently caught Butterfree.
The Butterfree immediately started with Confusion, as the Geodude dodged and retaliated with Rock Throw. The Butterfree was not as lucky and was brought to the ground, where Geodude used Selfdestruct. "Can't have someone that pesky against my next Pokemon," John commented. Both fainted. John sent out Ryhdon and Chihiro sent out Bubbles. The Ryhorn rushed into a Fury Attack, Bubbles dodged one outburst then grabbed onto the horn and released a Watar Gun into the Rhyhorn's face, the third and fourth attacks hit, however. The Rhyhorn went into another Fury Attack, but Bubbles dodged by firing a Bubble at the ground, from his new position in the air, he dropped straight onto the Rhyhorn and used a devastating Rock Smash. The final move used was another Water Gun.
"Oh such a tragedy, three losses in two days!" John exclaimed, to Cihiro's annoyance.
"Wait, three?" Osaka asked.
"Yes, Kagura was her name, and she claimed battling her game."
Oh, that's great, she's a step ahead of us," Chihiro replied. She turned to Osaka, "Let's get a move on."
They left the Gym, spent the evening battling local trainers, and found themselves at the Pokemon Center outside Mt. Moon by the day's end.
Author's Note: I'm sure some things were horribly wrong. I've come to greatly appreciate the certain user putting up with my literature technique while both helping and teaching. Hopefully I'll just be getting better and better. Also, this is a little rushed due to computer problems.
Thanks Chargone.