I don't own Pokémon it characters etc.

I know it's been a while but I need to be in the right mood to right so sorry but you know, stuff happens.

"That was bad. Really bad," Rex said to himself as he waited for his Pokémon to be healed by Nurse Joy. He had challenged the Pewter Gym, and lost, badly. The leader, Forrest, had some really powerful Pokémon at his disposal: Ryperior, Graveler, and a Steelix. This was not gonna be easy for him.

Considering Steelix and Ryperior were ground types Joltick wasn't gonna be any help so he was left with Torch (who wasn't too good of a matchup either), Snivey, and Eevee (again not a good matchup). If he wanted to win this battle he was gonna have to rely on Snivey for Ryperior and Graveler, and Torch for Steelix. But first he needed a place to train. He would have to ask around after he got his Pokémon back.

An hour later he was on his way to a small grassy area at the top of a hill just on the edge of the forest that was riddled with rocks of all sizes. When he arrived he quickly surveyed the spot and nodded to himself, "This'll do nicely."

He figured he would train for a few days maybe a week and then see how he faired then he would try his hand at the Gym again. This went pretty well, only being interrupted for the occasional bug Pokémon bravely venturing out of the woods to attack him, not many were even a bother, but when a particularly brave and large Beedrill emerged from the forest he stopped and was bewildered that a bug could get so big. The big yellow insect was soon followed by a boy that was probably around twenty and dressed strangely like a samurai. This brought him back to reality. Rex stood there waiting to see if the strangely dressed boy would acknowledge him or just be on his way. He stopped and said, "Do you come from the town of Pallet?"

"Yeah, who's asking?"

"Nobody important, let's battle, Pallet boy. Just so you know, I won't take no for an answer."

"Can't argue with that, can I?" Rex smirked and felt a little cocky. What had gotten in to him? He was never like this; even at home he was kinda withdrawn. It must be the Trainer in him coming out.

They positioned themselves at each end of the small rocky area and on the samurai boy's mark they began. He called his Pinser out and Rex used Torch who was already out training with him and Snivey, who stayed out to watch. Compared to the battles Rex had had before this one was a challenge but not completely lost from the beginning like with Forrest either. The boy was a strong trainer, but not strong enough Torch's finally proved to be too much for the Pinser Rex won after about twenty minutes of intense battling. Then Torch began to glow a brilliant white. His form began to ripple and change and finally the light subsided and what was left was a bigger stronger Torch. He had evolved into a Charmeleon.

"Congratulations, Pallet boy. Your Pokémon has evolved I'm glad I didn't show up any later than I did. Now that it has evolved it has to be way more powerful." The samurai boy said and with a short "Goodbye, Pallet boy," he disappeared back into the forest.

"Torch," Rex said to his partner who replied with a low growl, "I think we're ready."

"Char," Torch growled and, if Rex was not mistaken, then smirked.

I hope that was worth the wait. How'd you like the throwback. If you caught it that is. Sorry again. I should be crankin' out a few more chapters in this session so please read and for the love of Arceus people REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!

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