I do not own pokemon or any reference I may make, they belong to their respective owners.

Characters are based of me and my friends with a few twists.

There's only a Gym battle in this chapter.

After the tournament, the boat announced its departure, so anyone who wasn't going with the boat left as quickly as possible. I stopped back at the pokemon center to heal up my pokemon from all the fighting. After they were all fixed up we headed back to the Gym.

We entered the building and there stood Surge, slightly surprised at my appearance.

"So you think after a day of training that you could beat me?" he asked

"I think so"

"Well you're not the first to try"

We both sent out our respective fighters.

"So he evolved"

'Don't get too cocky kid, just because you evolved' Surge's Raichu said

'Don't be too cocky just because you've been evolved for a longer time, plus I almost beat you last time'

'I'm going to enjoy this more than I should'

"Well now let's see if he's gotten stronger, use Thunder Bolt"

"Dodge and charge in there"

Raichu fired the Thunder Bolt at Firaga, only for him to jump to the side and start running forward. He definitely got faster because he got over to where Raichu was in no time.

"Now use Ember" "Quick Shock Wave"

Both fired their attacks, only for them to collide and cancel each other out.

"Do it again" Both Surge and I ordered

Once again both pokemon fired their attacks, but this time the attacks flew by each other and struck their intended targets.

"Now use Iron Tail"

"Retaliate with Metal Claw"

Both pokemon rushed towards each other. Raichu's tail began to glow, while Firaga's claws did the same. Raichu swung its tail, only for Firaga to jump over and slashed forward at Raichu, who jumped back and swung his tail again, but missed as Firaga ducked under it and then jumped forward to swipe at its feet. Raichu jumped to dodge it and span forward to swing his tail down, but Firaga blocked it by crossing his claws over head. Sparks were seen as they struggled for a bit trying to break through each other's attack, until Firaga was able to push Raichu's Iron Tail back, only for it to jump away.

"Now use Mega Punch" "Get in there with Slash"

They once again ran forward with fists and claw's glowing. Raichu punched at Firaga who side stepped; only for Raichu for deliver a punch to Firaga's gut sending him flying upwards.

"Quick, send your self down with an Ember and continue with the last attack"

Firaga shot an Ember upwards to send himself flying downwards, readying his claws as he flew at Raichu. Raichu didn't react fast enough, which resulted in him being slashed in the face. I looked at Surge to see a big grin on his face.

"Ha, so he's having fun too"

"Quick use Shock Wave"

"Dig your claws into the ground"

Firaga looked at me out of the corner of his eye for second, but obeyed and stuck his claws into the ground. Raichu's attack struck, but it didn't hurt as much.

"Nice, using the ground to absorb the electricity"

"I've seen it work in anime's so I thought it might actually work"

"You can't be serious" All three of them thought.

"Well doesn't matter, your using whatever you know to your advantage, now your thinking like a soldier, but I can't just give you the badge"

I smirked "Now use Ember"

"Dodge and use Shock Wave"

Raichu moved to the side to avoid the Ember and sent a wave of electricity. It hit Firaga before he could use the trick again.

"Now finish him with Thunder Bolt"

I saw that Firaga was glowing red.

"Heh, gotta love Blaze, dodge it and use Ember"

Firaga jumped to the side and the bolt passing by him.

'You're finished' he said before firing an Ember attack bigger than before.

'Oh crap' Raichu was able to mutter before he was hit and knocked out.

"Oh yeah, we won" I cheered.

Surge walked up to me, holding the Thunder Badge.

"Good job, that was pretty fun. Hey it's late and I'm closing the gym, so how about you and I go celebrate your victory with a drink, your old enough right?" He seemed confused.

"Oh yeah, still haven't shaved" "Sure, sounds good to me" I accepted his offer.

I tried to make the match a little more brutal, but I couldn't really do anything. Well I hoped you enjoyed, so review please.