As the heroes found the Gym Battle, they saw the human standing outside the door. It was Viola, gym leader of Santalune City. The other people don't realize or notice that the six heroes are not humans.
"Ready Sonic?" Amy asked.
"Definitely, Ames" Sonic said as he walked up the steps to the gym leader.
"Hello, I'm Sonic and these are my friends" he introduced.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Viola, the gym leader. I believe you here for a battle?" Viola asked.
"Yup, and to win the badge" Sonic grinned.
"Settle down, Sonic. No need to get excited" Amy said.
"Now now. It's quite alright. So, Sonic right? Follow me" Viola said heading into the gym.
"This is gonna be awesome. Let's go in, guys" he said as they followed Viola inside.
"Wow, Viola. You took pictures of Pokémon Bug types? Awesome" Amy said, walking down the halls of the picture frames.
"Thanks, it's just a hobby if mine" Viola said while walking.
As they went outside to the gym battlefield, Sonic was ready to battle.
"Okay, Sonic. Ready when you are. You guys can sit on the bleachers to watch" Viola pointed.
The others nodded and went to the bleachers while Viola and Sonic went to either side of the battlefields.
"The battle between Viola the gym leader and Sonic the challenger will begin. Each trainer is allowed to use two Pokemon each. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute. And, begin!" The referee said.
"Surskit, come on out!" Viola tossed her Poke Ball.
"Oh a bug water type. I wonder what Pokemon Sonic's going to use?" Nebula said.
"Luxray, let's go!" Sonic tossed his Poke Ball in the air as Luxray came out.
"Luxray!" Luxray called.
"Alright. He's using Luxray" Amy said.
"Luxray's an electric type. So it was an advantage. It's also very fast" Shadow said.
"Let's see what happens" Nebula said.
An hour later of the battle, Sonic was the winner. Thanks to his Pokémon Luxray.
(I'm not very good with writing battle scenes. So I'll try my best for the next chapter)
"All of Viola's Pokemon are unable to battle, Luxray wins, which means the winner is Sonic the challenger!" The referee said.
"Alright Sonic!" Amy said.
"Not bad, Sonic" Viola said.
"Thank you" Sonic grinned.
"I know present you the bug badge" Viola said handing it to him.
"Wow, this is so awesome!" Sonic said with excitement, grabbing the bug badge.
"That was amazing Sonic!" Amy said going up to him and hugging him.
The blue hedgehog blushed and hugs the sakura rose back.
"Sylveon!" Sylveon goes up to Luxray and kisses his cheek.
"Lux…ray….." Luxray dazed dreamily when he received a kiss.
"Aww….so cute" Viola said.
"Yeah. They've been like that all day. Anyway thank you Viola" Sonic said.
"No problem. By the way, mind if I take a picture of your Sylveon and Luxray?" Viola asked.
"I don't mind. That would be great" Sonic said.
"I don't mind" Amy said.
Viola kneels down with her camera and takes a picture of Sylveon kissing Luxray's cheek.
"This is so cute" Nebula chuckled.
"Definitely Sonic and Amy" Blaze said.
After having their pictures taken by Viola, they thanked her for the awesome battle and that they earned a Bug Badge.
After Sonic healed Luxray, the heroes gathered at a table to discuss where to go next.
"All right. So we got the Bug Badge" Sonic said.
"So the next badge is the Cliff Badge" Amy said.
"Which is in…..Cyllage City" Shadow said, he knew that Sonic didn't want to go near the beach due to his aqua phobia.
"Aww man" Sonic groaned.
Amy patted his back, "Calm down, Sonic"
"So the gym battle is a Rock type Pokémon. So their weaknesses are Fighting, Ground, and Steel" Silver said, looking at the map of Kalos.
"Well Sonic has a Lucario" Nebula said.
"I can't battle again. We need to take turns" Sonic said.
Nebula rolls her eyes, "Alright. Who else has a Steel, Ground, or Fighting type?"
All of them shook their heads.
"Hmmm…How about we find a Pangoro? It's a fighting type Pokémon" Nebula said.
"I guess so. But who should keep it?" Shadow asked.
"You should, Shadow. It's also a Dark type too. You know you like Dark type Pokémon" Nebula said.
"Hmmm...alright then. But where are we supposed to find a Pangoro?" Shadow asked.
"In Route 5. But we have to find a Pancham to make it evolve into Pangoro. And Route 5 is a little close to where our destination is to get our badge" Nebula said.
"Alright. Let's go catch one" Sonic said.
As they managed to reach Route 5, they see the grass and they know there's a Pokémon hiding in there.
"Well, here we are" Silver said.
"Yup. Umbreon, see if you can find Pancham in the grass field" Shadow said to his Pokémon partner.
"Umbreon!" Umbreon nodded and looked through the field.
"Liepard, help Umbreon too" Nebula said to her Pokémon partner.
"Liepard!" Liepard nodded and looked around.
As the two worked together to find Pancham in the grass field while the heroes wait.
"Aren't Pancham rare to find?" Amy asked.
"Usually" Shadow said with a shrug.
"LIEPARD!"
"UMBREON!"
"Huh?" the heroes hear them scream and saw Umbreon and Liepard being chased by a Pangoro.
"What?" Shadow shocked.
"Shadow this is your chance!" Sonic said.
"Right!" Shadow threw his Poke Ball towards Pangaro.
Pangaro disappeared in a red aura into the pokeball. Umbreon and Liepard finally stop running.
The Poke Ball was wobbling a bit which made Shadow a bit worried.
Everyone looked intensely at the ball wiggles. As soon as it stops, the red glow on the circle center of the ball sparked in glitters.
"Yes!" Shadow said.
He goes up and picks up the pokeball.
"All right, Shadow!" Nebula cheered.
"What level is it?" Sonic asked.
"I'm guessing its level is 32" Shadow guessed.
"Looks high enough to me. But should you train it first?" Silver asked.
"Yes. But who should I battle with? Does anyone have a big Pokémon?" Shadow asked.
"I do. I have Charizard" Blaze said.
"Alright. Let's begin!"
"Go Charizard!" Blaze threw a pokeball in the air.
"Go Pangoro!" Shadow threw the pokeball in the air.
"Charizard!"
"Pangoro!"
"This will be fun, cat woman" Shadow chuckled with a smirk.
"We'll see, Shadow" Blaze smirked.
"Alright! Charizard, use Flamethrower!" Blaze said.
"Charizard!" Charizard used his Flamethrower from his mouth like a fire breathing dragon.
"Pangoro, dodge it!" Shadow said.
"Pangoro!" Pangoro dodged to the side.
"Now use Hammerthrow!" Shadow said.
"Pan...gor...o!" Pangoro did the attack on Charizard.
"Charizard!" Charizard got thrown against the tree.
"Charizard!" Blaze said.
Charizard grunts and gets up.
"Great! Quick use Dragon Rage!" Blaze said.
"Charizard!"
"Pangoro, dodge it!" Shadow said.
As the battle keeps going for like 10 minutes, Charizard was defeated which makes Shadow and Pangoro the winner.
"Thanks Charizard, return" Blaze returned Charizard into its pokeball.
"Pangoro, return" Shadow said as he held his pokeball for Pangoro to return.
"Well he certainly is strong" Blaze said.
"Yup" Shadow said.
"I think he's ready" Silver said.
"Yup. Now let's head to Cyllage City!" Amy squealed.
"Sylveon!" Sylveon cheered happily.
The heroes start traveling to Cyllage City.