We see our heroes at the nearby Snack Shack, enjoying
some fries and a burger! They are in Rustboro City, where the
nearest Gym Leader, Roxanne, is.
At Rustboro, after their meal at the nearby Snack Shack,
Daniel suggested they train. "Train? LAME! I don't need to
train!" commented Brennan as he strolled to the Rustboro
Gym, chest puffed up with pride. Daniel sighed, breathing
visible air, and followed him. In the air-conditioned gym, Daniel
took one of the spectator seats, and watched the battle unfold
before him. "Alright go out Geodude!" Roxanne shouted and
threw out a pokeball, containing a rock-like Pokemon with arms
of stone. "Alright I choose YOU Carvanha!" Brennan said,
launching a pokeball, and out came a flashing blue light, which
formed into a piranha-like pokemon with sharp yellow teeth
and fins. "Carvanha Ice Fang! Now!" Brennan commanded, but
Carvanha, being so unused to the hard, solid ground, was not
able to maneuver the attack properly and missed by a longshot.
"Geodude, take advantage and use Rollout!" "Carvanha
dodge!" But Carvanha was still slow on ground and got hit by
Rollout. "Geodude end this!" Roxanne shouted and Geodude
used Tackle, finishing off Carvanha, its eyes swirled. "No!"
Brennan cried, and returned Carvanha to its pokeball.
"Treecko, your turn!" Brennan said. "This is almost too
painful to watch." Daniel muttered under his breath. "Treecko
Pound!" Treecko rushed towards Geodude, tail prepared for
the attack. Treecko pounded Geodude, and hard, with its leafy
tail. "Ha! We've got this!" Brennan said "Treecko Absorb!"
"Geodude dodge and use Mud Sport!" Geodude dodged and
launched balls of mud at Treecko. They pinned him to the
ground and covered his eyes, disabling his sight. "Treecko!"
Treecko cried, jumping onto his feet and trying to rub away the
mud. "Geodude Rollout and quick, before Treecko rubs away
the mud!" Roxanne commanded, and Geodude obeyed, hitting
Treecko with Rollout, causing him to faint. "Oh no!" Brennan
rushed over to Treecko, and wiped the mud off his eyes.
"Better luck next time, kid. You tried hard." Roxanne said
before walking away. "Told you so. You should've practiced,
you know." Daniel walked to his side "We need to get to the
Pokemon Center and heal your pokemon, for training". "Hi
guys. Haven't seen you for a while!" a girl voice shouted from
the entrance.
It was Sydney! "Oh, hi! Brennan just got PWN'd by
Roxanne, sorry Brennan." Anyways, I caught a pokemon!" said
Sydney, letting out her newly-caught Pokemon. In front of them
stood a Surskit. "Isn't she just the cutest thing?" asked Sydney,
hugging her Surskit tight. "We caught some Pokemon too!"
Brennan said, letting out his new pokemon, and so did Daniel.
Now in the middle of the three stood Surskit, Shroomish, and
an almost-completely fainted Carvanha. "Cool!" said Sydney, as
they returned their Pokemon. As Brennan and Daniel started to
walk towards the Pokemon Center, Sydney asked "Hey! Where
are you guys going?" "Over to the Pokemon Center to heal our
pokemon. "Okay. I think I'll follow you guys on your journey. It's
so scary on my own!" Sydney said, running after Brennan and
Daniel.
At the center, Nurse Joy handed Brennan back his healed
Pokemon. "Hey, thanks, Nurse Joy!" Brennan said, taking his
Pokemon and latching them onto his belt. "Hey Sydney, wanna
have a battle?" Daniel asked "We can train our Pokemon too!"
"Sure, why not?" Sydney replied, running out of the center into
Rustboro City. "Go Mudkip!" Sydney said, and out came the
cute little blue creature. "Here's your chance, Shroomish!" The
pale yellow green polka-dotted Pokemon exited its Pokeball
into Rustboro, facing Mudkip as its opponent. "Shroomish Stun
Spore!" Shroomish launched an orange sparkly dust into the air,
and once Mudkip inhaled it, he was paralyzed. His body was
stuck in place, unable to move. "Mudkip, fight the Stun Spore!
Try to move!" Mudkip tried to turn his head, and did so, but
with extreme effort. Shroomish faced Mudkip, ready to make a
move at his master's command. "Shroomish Leech Seed! After
that, Mega Drain!" Daniel said, and Shroomish obeyed,
successfully seeding Mudkip and then draining more of his
health away. Seeing Mudkip weakened, but starting to move
again, Daniel made his move. "Shroomish Mega Drain, again!"
In the blink of an eye, Mudkip lay on the ground, with swirling
eyes. "Oh no! Mudkip return and get your rest! Go Surskit, do
your best!" The four-legged water bug skidded on the ground,
prepared and ready for the tough battle.
Shroomish stood on the other side, facing his opponent,
tired but still standing strong. "Shroomish Mega Drain, and
quick!" Daniel said, and Shroomish pulled off the move.
However, Surskit dodged, and Sydney called out her move.
"Surskit use Quick Attack!" Surskit followed her command, and
hit Shroomish. Shroomish had visible bruises, but they didn't
seem to bother him. "Shroomish Stun Spore!" Daniel called out,
for the second time, but Sydney had learnt from Mudkip that
inhaling the spores were NOT a good thing. "Surskit avoid
breathing the spores!" Sydney said, waving her hands to warn
Surskit. Surskit was smart enough and ran out of the way of the
dangerous cloud of orange dust. "Ha! That's not going to work
on me a second time!" Sydney said, whilst asking Surskit to use
Bubble on Shroomish. Shroomish wasn't ready, and got hit. "Oh
no Shroomish! Hang in there!" Daniel cried out, but suddenly
Shroomish started to glow. "What? He's evolving so soon?"
Brennan said, from the side of the arena. Shroomish started to
change shape, forming into that of a large bipedal mushroom.
Breloom, the mushroom pokemon. Breloom is the evolved form
of Shroomish.Its excellent footwork gets it within striking
distance of its opponent where it unleashes a barrage of
punches. "Nice. Alright, Breloom, use Mach Punch!" Surskit,
who was totally surprised by the sudden evolution, got hit, and
hard, by Daniel's attack. She was left, lying on the ground.
"Good match, Daniel! It was exciting!" Sydney congratulated
Daniel and they shook hands. At that moment, Sydney knew
she had an instant crush on Daniel.
As our heroes have finished their battle, Daniel feels ready to
take on the Rustboro Gym leader. With his new Breloom, and
with Sydney as part of their team, what will fare of them? And
will Sydney ever get to ask Daniel out? Find out, by reading
more chapters, when they come out!
