The last time we saw our heroes, Sydney and Daniel had

finished their battle, and Daniel's Shroomish had evolved into

Breloom, a grass and fighting type, and learnt fighting-type

moves. Now continuing on their journey….

"I think I'm ready for my Gym Battle!" Daniel said, and

rushed to the Rustboro Gym, readily prepared for the battle

against Roxanne. "We'll be rooting for you!" Sydney and

Brennan said, following his path to the Gym. In the Gym, Daniel

was on the battlefield, facing his opponent Roxanne. "Alright I

choose you Nosepass!" shouted Roxanne and launched out a

small grey stone with an orange-pink nose. "Alright Breloom

come on out!" shouted Daniel, and the bipedal mushroom

creature exited its pokeball in a flash of blue light. "We've got

this! Breloom Mach Punch!" Breloom's fist glowed and he shot

it out at a super speed. Nosepass was knocked backwards, and

Daniel took this time and commanded Breloom to use Stun

Spore. The orange dust engulfed Nosepass completely and

allowed Breloom to instinctively finish him off with Headbutt.

"You did well, Nosepass. Okay then, go Geodude." Roxanne

said. The rocky pokemon was recognized by Daniel, who

commanded Breloom to use a Leech Seed on Geodude.

Geodude was seeded and lost health almost immediately. "Too

easy!" remarked Daniel, as Breloom finished it off with 2 Mach

Punches to the face. "Alright, looks like I earned myself a Stone

Badge, right?" "That's right. You're good, kid! Here you go."

Roxanne handed Daniel the rectangle shaped badge, with two

edges emphasized in gold, instead of brown. "Cool! Thanks,

Roxanne. You did well, Breloom. I'm proud of you!" said Daniel

and returned Breloom to its pokeball. "Woo! Yeah! Go Daniel!"

Shouted Sydney, racing to his side and hugging him. Noticing

the hugging, Sydney immediately blushed and let go. "You did

well, man! Now I understand why we need to train!" said

Brennan, patting Daniel on the back. "Ok! Now we should help

Brennan train! Let's go!" In the open, Brennan let out

Carvanha. "We need to train you for the land, buddy." Said

Brennan, gently letting Carvanha on the ground from his hands,

and on ground, Carvanha struggled to stay upright. Its body

structure didn't allow for it on land. After a few tries though,

Carvanha eventually got the hang of staying upright on the

ground. However, Carvanha was only able to stay upright whilst

staying still. The moment it tried to move, it immediately

toppled. Daniel let out Torchic and Carvanha tried to hit him

with melee attacks like Ice Fang. Torchic was slow, so it was

practice for him too. After several attacks from Carvanha, both

were better at moving on land. Torchic had also took the liberty

of learning Quick Attack in order to dodge Carvanha's attacks,

and Carvanha learnt Water Gun as a ranged attack, so he didn't

have to move too much.

After 2 hours of tough training, all trainers and pokemon

were ready to take a break. "Brennan, feel ready for a battle as

the last part of training?" "Alright, Daniel" said Brennan and

threw out Treecko. Daniel smiled and let out Torchic. "Torchic,

Ember!" Torchic launched embers of a fire at Treecko, and

being a grass-type, Treecko took more damage than usual.

"Treecko, Vine Whip!" Brennan commanded, and Treecko

lashed out at Torchic with long vines. "Ha, you forgot, Torchic's

better at dodging now." Said Daniel, as Torchic ran around,

effectively dodging Vine Whip. "Torchic Quick Attack, then

Scratch!" Torchic raced towards Treecko, with a white trail of

light glowing behind, and slammed headfirst into the gecko

pokemon. Treecko recovered quick from the attack, but Torchic

had already hit him with Scratch. "No! Treecko don't let him

defeat you! Use Pound!" Treecko's bushy tail pounded on

Torchic, forcing him onto the ground. Torchic slowly climbed

back up on its feet, and the moment Daniel said the word

'Ember', Torchic launched bright red-hot embers at Treecko.

Treecko was obviously burnt, so Torchic took the opportunity

and fired another Ember attack at Treecko, knocking him out.

"Yeah! You did well, Torchic!" said Daniel, petting Torchic's

head gently. "Treecko, you're improving! You should get some

rest before the Gym Battle!" said Brennan, returning Treecko to

inside the pokeball.

"Alright! That was a wonderful battle!" said Sydney, who

was sitting at the side of the battle area. She ran over to where

they were, and they took a break at the Snack Shack. At the end

of their break, Sydney and Daniel hurried Brennan into the

Gym, and took their spectator seats at the side of the arena.

"So, you're persistent, kid! Let's battle then!" said Roxanne, at

the other end of the arena. She sent out Geodude first, and

Brennan sent out Treecko. "Ha, we've trained, and we're

stronger now! Treecko Vine Whip!" Treecko shot vines which

hit Geodude spot on, and being a rock-type, Geodude took

extra damage being weak to grass. "Treecko keep hitting it with

Vine Whip, and then finish it off with Absorb!" Brennan's tactic

worked, and within a minute it was all over. "You know what's

pokemon. "Brennan! Nosepass can only move towards and face

the north! Use that to your advantage!" shouted Daniel from

the sidelines. "Thanks, Daniel. Alright Treecko, you heard

Daniel, run behind Nosepass and then keep using Pound! This is

a total troll!" Brennan said and Treecko followed, resulting in a

fainted Nosepass, lying on the floor, still facing the north.

"Here, looks like you got yourself a Stone Badge." Said

Roxanne, passing him a Stone Badge, with a design exactly

identical to Daniel's. "Alright! This is awesome!" said Brennan,

rushing out of the Rustboro Gym to meet his friends. "That was

amazing! We're going to be able to compete in the League in

no time!" said Daniel, walking to Brennan with Sydney. Daniel

gave his friend a high-five, and they walked together out of

Rustboro.

After both of them defeating Roxanne successfully, Daniel,

Brennan, and Sydney are on their way to the next Gym, and

they are going to face many more challenges!