Chapter 10: Showdown at Pewter City
Roger woke up and saw Kate dressing up Pikachu and Jasper in cheering uniforms. "Uh, what are you doing?"
"I'm just dressing up Pikachu and Jasper to cheer for you during your battle." Kate said finishing Jasper's outfit.
Roger wasn't too thrilled about having his Pokémon wear clothes. He picked up Pikachu. "Do you like wearing this?"
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu nodded.
"Why?" Roger asked.
"Pika pi!" Pikachu pointed at Jasper.
"Oh now I know why." Roger said figuring it out. "You like it because Jasper likes it. Right? You're starting to act a lot like me, you know."
Kate giggled. "Well that just shows the bond between a trainer and his Pokémon."
"I guess you're right." Roger said. "So are you going to cheer for me?" Roger asked Pikachu.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu nodded and jumped off Roger's hands so Kate can finish up his outfit.
"I'm cheering for you too!" Kate said pulling out her uniform.
"Wow." Roger liked the uniform. "Looks good."
"Glad you like it." Kate said.
"Well I'm going to change." Roger walked to the bathroom and changed into his normal clothes. "Today's the day." Roger said to the mirror and left. Torchie, Squirtle, and Mercedes jumped in his arms. "Hey guys." Roger said trying to hold all of them. "Ready for the battle?"
"Torchic!" Torchie jumped up and down in excitement.
"Squirtle!" Squirtle was also excited.
"Growl!" Mercedes pulled out a cloth with a picture of the Feather Badge on it.
Roger took the cloth. "Kate what is this?" He asked.
"I can't make cheer uniforms for Pokémon that walk on all fours." Kate said. "So I decided to make a cloth with our town badge on it for Bulbasaur and Mercedes."
"Good idea." Roger said. "Anyway let's get some breakfast." They called back their Pokémon except for Torchie and Bulbasaur and walked to the cafeteria. "Here you go." Roger handed Torchie some oran berries. "You will love these."
"Tor!" Torchie enjoyed it.
"Here you go, Bulbasauar." Kate handed Bulbasaur some pecha berries. "So are you ready to win?" Kate said eating a banana.
"Yeah!" Roger said eating strawberry yogurt. "I can't wait!" Then they finished their food. "Torchie I need you to go in my pocket so Brock doesn't see you."
"Tor chic chic!" Torchie jumped into one of Roger's pocket.
"Alright." Kate said. "Let's get going!" They walked to the Pewter City gym and saw a line. "How are we going to get in?"
"Hello again." Forrest said. "I heard you are challenging my brother today. Follow me." He walked to a waiting room. "Roger you will wait in here for your battle."
"What about me?" Kate asked.
"You and your Pokémon will watch in the front row." Forrest said. "Let me show you."
"Wait!" Kate ran to Roger and grabbed his hands. "I know this is your first gym battle and all so I just wanted to wish you good luck." She kissed his forehead.
"Thanks." Roger kissed her back. Then Mercedes and Pikachu managed to get out of their pokeballs and onto Roger's arms.
"Please don't lose." Kate said.
"I won't." Roger said. "All of us trained for this really hard and if we work as a team then we can't lose."
"That's what I like to hear." Kate said. "Come on guys let's go." Kate followed Forrest with Bulbasaur, Pikachu, and Mercedes.
"Ok." Roger said to himself. "I got this." He walked into the waiting room, and saw three couches, a television and five trainers (one of them were Ace). Roger sat on the left side of Ace's couch and pulled out Torchie. "I thought we were gonna see Brock, so you can stay out for now."
"Torchic!" Torchie was happy to wait with Roger and jumped onto his lap.
"Hello, I'm Mr. Fossil." He said. "I'm the Pokémon Judge for your battle today. I will name the order of the trainers that will be fighting. First is April, second is Max, third is Ace, fourth is Johnathan, and fifth is Roger. I wish you all the best of luck." He left. Then the television turned on.
"Hello I'm Issac and I will be your commentary for today!" A person on the screen said. "Today we have five brave trainers that will be battling for a Boulder badge!" He showed the badge to the camera and the crowd started cheering. "Now I would like to hand the mic to our very own gym leader Brock!" He handed the mic to Brock.
"Hello everyone!" Brock said. "I would like to thank all of you for coming!" The crowd started cheering. "So without further to do, let's get this thing started!" The crowd started cheering again.
Forrest walked into the waiting room. "Alright April, you're up first." He said. April walked out the room.
"Introducing April Adam from Cerulean City!" Issac said. The crowd cheered.
Roger was watching the fight for thirty minutes. "Wow they are both really good right buddy?" Roger asked Torchie.
"Torchic chic tor!" Torchic nodded trying to say his opinion.
"Hmm." Roger said petting Torchie's head. "I wonder what you are trying to tell me."
"It seems both April and Brock are both down to their last Pokémon!" Issac said. "But let's not forget that Gyrados already worn out Brock's Onix. Who will Kate's Pokémon be next?"
"I choose Victreebel!" She threw a pokeball and Victreebel appeared. Roger scanned the Pokémon with his Pokephone. "Use sleep powder!"
"Onix use dig!" Onix burrowed underground.
"Pull him out with vine whip!" Victreebel pulled up Onix with his vines. "Now hold him tight and use leaf storm!" A huge pile of leaves came towards Onix and he couldn't escape because of the vines. Onix had to give in. "Yes!" April cheered.
"Onix is unable to battle. Therefore the victor is April and her Victreebel!" Mr. Fossil said.
"And your winner is April!" Issac cheered along with the rest of the crowd.
Brock walked up to her. "Congratulations, please accept this as a symbol of defeating the Pewter City gym." He handed her a boulder badge.
"Thank you!" She waved to the crowd and left.
Forrest went in the waiting room again. "You're up next Max." He said and Max followed him. Roger and Torchie have watched the battle for seven minutes.
"Well Brock has two more Pokémon left while Max only has one. But which one is it?" Issac said.
"Go Blastoise!" Max threw a pokeball and Blastoise appeared.
"Hey Squirtle evolves into that." Roger scanned Blastoise and then Graveler with his Pokephone.
"Oh, no Blastoise was hit by Graveler's stealth rock." Issac said.
"Blastoise, hydro pump!" Max yelled. Graveler was slammed by gallons of water coming from Blastoise.
"Ok, not bad." Brock said. "Graveler use explosion!" Graveler grabbed Blastoise and exploded. Both the Pokémon gave in.
"Both Pokémon are unable to battle. However Brock still had one more left, therefore he is the winner." Mr. Fossil said.
"And your winner is our very own, Brock!" Issac cheered with the crowd.
Forrest came back in the room. "Ace, it's your turn."
"Ok." Ace said. "Watch and learn Roger. Watch and learn." He left.
"Up next is Ace Chapman from Pallet Town!" Issac announced.
"Go Graveler!" Brock threw a pokeball and Graveler appeared.
"Go Charmander!" Ace dropped a pokeball and Charmander appeared. "Use scratch!" Charmander scratched Graveler but didn't cause much damage. "Now use ember!" The flames hit Graveler but still not much effect. "Come back. Go Mankey!"
"Graveler use stealth rock!" Brock said and rocks surrounded Ace's side of the battlefield with rocks. "Now use Magnitude!" Graveler used Magnitude 5. "Now use tackle."
"Dodge and use karate chop!" Mankey jumped and chopped Graveler causing him to give in.
"Graveler is unable to battle, Mankey wins." Mr. Fossil said.
"Which Pokémon will Brock chose next?" Isaac asked with the crowd.
"Go Geodude!" Brock threw a pokeball and a geodude appeared.
"Use Karate chop." Ace said. Mankey chopped at Geodude.
"Geodude use rollout!" Brock said. Geodude rolled at Mankey and knocked him down. When Mankey tried to get up Geodude rolled at him again.
"And Geodude makes a comeback with rollout!" Issac said.
This happened five times. "Mankey use karate chop!" Ace said.
"Geodude use double edge!" Brock said. Mankey's karate chop was not strong enough for Geodude's double edge so he had to give in.
"Mankey is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil said. "Geodude wins!"
"Charmander come out!" Ace said. The stealth rock took effect.
"It looks like Graveler's stealth rock hit Charmander." Issac said.
"Charmander use ember!" The flame hit Geodude and he fainted.
"Geodude is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil said. "Charmander wins."
"It appears that Geodude fainted because of Mankey's karate chop and then from the recoil of his double edge." Issac explained.
"Go Onix!" Brock threw a pokeball and an Onix appeared.
"Charmander use scratch!" Ace commanded.
"Onix use slam!" Brock said. While Charmander ran to Onix he was hit by Onix's tail and slammed into the wall giving in.
"Charmander is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil said. "Onix wins!"
"Well both of them are down to their last Pokémon. Which one will Ace choose?"
"Alright, let's see Ace's newest Pokémon." Roger said to Torchie.
"Tor." Torchie was just as interested as Roger was.
"Go, Paras!" Ace threw a pokeball and a paras appeared. Stealth rock took effect.
Roger scanned it with his Pokephone. "Ok so it's a grass type but it's also a bug type. This could be good or bad for Ace."
"Onix use tackle!" Brock said.
"Paras dodge is and use growth!" The Paras dodged it and grew taller. Ace did not know or care about Paras' attack stats being raised.
"Onix try rock throw." Brock said.
"Dodge and use growth again." Ace said. Paras crawled under the rock then grew taller.
"Onix use bind!" Brock said.
"Dodge and use growth one more time." Ace said. Paras jumped over Onix's tail and grew taller.
"That's it, use slam." Brock said.
"Perfect." Ace said. "Use stun spore." Paras released spores from his mushrooms paralyzing Onix. "Now use scratch!" Paras jumped and scratched Onix's face.
"Ladies and gentlemen." Issac said. "What you are witnessing is Onix's weak armor ability. When hit by a physical attack Onix defense decreases but his speed increases. But since Onix can't move, it seems that Paras has the advantage!"
"I didn't know that." Ace said to himself. "But thanks for the idea."
"Onix use rock throw!" Brock said.
"Dodge it!" Ace said. However Onix was just too fast and Paras was hit. "Ok used leech life." Paras stole some of Onix's energy.
"Onix use slam!" Brock said. However Onix couldn't move. "No!"
"Paras finish him off with scratch!" Ace said. Paras scratched Onix's face and caused him to give in.
"Onix is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil said. "Therefore the winner of this match is Ace and his Paras!"
"And the winner is Ace Chapman!" Issac cheered with the crowd.
"Congratulations." Brock handed him the Boulder Badge. "You finally beat me."
"Thanks." Ace said and left. He walked back to the room where Roger was. "That's how it's done."
"Ok cool, are you staying to watch my battle." Roger said.
"Yeah." He said. "But I will have to sit in the crowd. See ya around."
"Guess what Torchie. We are almost up soon!" Roger said.
"Torchic!" Torchie was happy to get ready to fight.
Forrest walked into the room. "Johnathan, you're up next." He said. Johnathan followed him.
Roger and Torchie decided to sleep during this one because they were a bit tired. When they woke up they heard Issac's voice.
"And the winner is, our very own Pewter City gym leader, Brock!" He said cheering with the crowd.
Ten minutes later Forrest came in. "Well it's time for our main event." He said.
"Main event, I didn't know I was the main event." Roger said.
"Yep, Brock thought you were good enough after he saw what you did in the museum." He said.
"Well, then let's get ready bud." Roger put Torchie back in his trench coat pocket. "Let's go." Roger followed Forrest.
Right when they made it to the entrance of the battlefield Forrest stopped. "Wait one second."
The light's dimmed out and a huge spotlight shinned on the battlefield. "It is now time for our main event." Issac cheered. "Representing Fortree City and the Hoenn region. Roger Birch!"
"Go!" Forrest said.
Roger ran out the entrance and into the spotlight. "Hi everyone!" Roger waved out the crowd and found Kate cheering for him with their Pokémon. He also found Ace who was in the top row.
"Allow me to inform you guys with what happened at our Pewter City Museum of Science." Issac said. "Team Shadow had fifteen people held captive by a Bellsprout's wrap attack." The crowd started to boo. "Then Roger and Brock bravely battled them and won." The crowd cheered. "And finally," The spotlight pointed at Kate. "Kate Joy managed to free the captives with her Bulbasaur's sleep powder." Everyone started to cheer. "This is also Roger's first official gym battle so let's give him a big Pewter City welcome!" The crowd continued cheering.
"Thank you for agreeing to take me to Fortree City with you." Brock said. "But I'm afraid I can't go easy on you."
"I would hate it if you did that." Roger shook his hand.
"The battle between Roger and our gym leader Brock is about to begin." Mr. Fossil said. "Each trainer will be allowed to use three Pokémon with only the challenger being allowed to switch out. Begin!"
"Go Geodude!" Brock threw a great ball and a Geodude appeared.
"That's the Geodude that helped us fight Team Shadow." Roger said. "Go Squirtle!" He threw a pokeball and Squirtle appeared. "Use tail whip." Squirtle slapped Geodude with her tail and lowered down his defense."
"Geodude use rollout!" Brock said.
"Squirtle use withdraw!" Roger said." The two Pokémon collided.
"Wow, it seems like both Squirtle and Geodude are an equal match!" Issac said.
"Geodude continue using rollout!" Brock said.
"Squirtle use bubble!" Roger said. As Geodude rolled Squirtle blew bubbles at him. Geodude was both damaged by it and had his speed decreased. "Now follow up with withdraw!" Squirtle went in her shell and the two Pokémon collided again.
"Geodude use rock throw!" Brock said. Geodude threw a rock at Squirtle.
"Ok Squirtle bite!" Roger said. Squirtle bit geodude. "Now use water gun!" Geodude was brushed with water."
"Oh, no!" Brock said to himself. "Geodude use selfdestruct!"
"Squirtle, come next to me and use withdraw." Squirtle ran to Roger and went in her shell, then the explosion occurred. Squirtle survived. "You did it!"
"Squirtle squirt!" Squirtle gave Roger a thumbs up.
"Geodude is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil said. "Squirtle wins.
"It looks like Squirtle survived by staying far away from Geodude and by using withdraw, a very clever move." Issac said. The crowd, Kate, and their Pokémon continued cheering.
"Come back." Brock called back Geodude. "Go Onix!" Brock threw an ultra ball and an Onix appeared.
"Squirtle you did great, take a good rest." Roger called back Squirtle. "Go Lapras!" Roger threw a pokeball and Lapras appeared.
"These two Pokémon are almost the same size!" Issac said. "Onix weighing 463 pounds and Lapras weighing 485 pounds. Another great match up!" The crowd cheered.
"Onix use screech!" Brock said.
"Nix!" Onix screeched and Lapras' defense decreased.
"Lapras use water pulse!" Roger said. Lapras hit Onix in the head with a huge bubble. Onix got confused.
"It looks like Onix is confused. This could be bad for Brock." Issac said.
"Onix use rock throw!" Brock said. Onix ended up throwing rocks at herself.
"Great!" Roger said. "Lapras use body slam!" Lapras threw herself at Onix and slammed into her.
"Onix!" Brock said. Onix snapped out of her confusion.
"It looks like Onix feels better now." Issac said.
"Great, Onix use dig!" Brock said. Onix went underground.
"Lapras use surf and aim it towards the hole Onix dug!" Roger said. Gallons of water came from Lapras' shell and most of it ended up in Onix's hole. Screeching can be heard from the hole that Onix was in. "Now use surf on the whole entire battlefield!" Roger said. Lapras blasted the whole battlefield with water.
"It looks like Roger changed the setting of the battlefield." Issac said. "It looks like the battlefield is a swimming pool rather than a rock type battlefield." The crowd was very impressed.
"Now!" Brock said. "Onix came out of the underwater hole and slammed into Lapras with dig. Lapras fainted.
"Lapras is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil said. "Onix wins."
"It was a close one." Issac said. "But Brock remained victorious!"
"Thanks Lapras, you deserve a nice long rest." Roger called back Lapras. "Go Squirtle!" Roger threw a pokeball and Squirtle appeared.
"Squirtle!" Squirtle was happy to be able to swim in water.
"Onix use rock throw on the whole battlefield!" Brock said trying to cover the water.
"Squirtle stop her with water gun!" Roger said quickly. Squirtle shot some water at Onix's head preventing her from being able to use rock throw.
"Onix use bind." Brock commanded. Onix grabbed Squirtle with her tail and took her out of the water. "Now use rock throw all over the water."
"Squirtle use water gun on her face!" Roger said. Squirtle sprayed water at Onix's face landing a critical hit. Onix gave in.
"Onix is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil said. "Squirtle wins!"
"It looks like it is two to one, Roger!" Issac cheered with the crowd. "What will Brock's final Pokémon be?"
"Well this water battlefield won't effect this Pokémon!" Brock said. "Go!" Brock threw an Ultra ball and Aerodactyl appeared.
"It seems that Brock didn't want to have problems with the water battlefield so he chose a flying type Pokémon." Issac said.
"Use wing attack!" Brock said. Aerodactyl came at Squirtle at high speed and hit her.
"Oh, no!" Roger said scanning the Aerodactyl with the Pokephone trying to come up with a plan. "That's it. If we hit his wings, he can't fly and he will have to go in the water." Roger said to himself.
"Aerodactyl use take down!" Brock said.
"Squirtle jump out of the water and dodge." Roger said. Squirtle jumped out of Aerodactyl's way and he fell in the water. "Now use bite on his left wing!" Squirtle bit his left wing. "Now bite the right wing!" Squirtle bit the right wing. "Now use bubble on both his wings!" Squirtle blew bubbles and they popped at Aerodactyl's wings lowering down his speed.
"Get out of there hyper beam!" Brock said. Aerodactyl hit Squirtle with hyper beam and flew away.
"Are you ok?" Roger asked Squirtle.
"Squirtle." Squirtle weakly got up.
"Ok you still have some fight left in you." Roger said.
"Impressive." Brock said. "Use wing attack!"
"Use water gun!" Roger said. Squirtle shot water at Aerodactyl but he flew threw it crashing into her. Squirtle gave in. "You did amazing you deserve a rest." Roger called back Squirtle.
"Squirtle is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil said. "Aerodactyl wins!"
"Well it looks like this battle is going to be a one on one!" Issac said. "Which Pokémon will Roger choose next?"
"Torchie everyone is counting on you!" Roger spun around a Torchie came out of his trench coat.
"Tor tor tor." Torchie jumped onto his shoulder.
"Huh, fire type?" Brock was very confused and caught off guard. "Why?"
"Wow and it looks like Roger chose a fire type for this battle." Issac said. "For those of you that don't know Torchic is a rare Pokémon that can be found in the Hoenn region."
The crowd was very surprised. "Haha." Kate was laughing. "It looks like Roger caught everyone off guard. Let's start cheering for them." Kate and the Pokémon started cheering.
"Aerodactyl use wing attack!" Brock said.
"Jump in the water." Roger said calmly.
"Torchic." Torchie was more than happy to swim.
"What!" Brock said.
"Wow did Roger tell his Torchic to go in the water? Is he crazy?" Issac said. The crowd gasped.
"Torchic tor!" Torchie started swimming.
"Wow Torchie doesn't even seem a bit worried about the fact that he is in water. This is amazing!" Issac said and the crowd started cheering.
"Alright use bite!" Brock said. Aerodactyl flew towards Torchie with his mouth opened.
Roger remembered what happened in the Viridian Forest when he was battling Debra's Zubat. "Use flame burst at his mouth!" Torchie spit a ball of fire into Aerodactyl's mouth. "It worked."
"How?"Brock asked. "Use agility!" Aerodactyl flew up and started circling around Torchie. "Now wing attack!"
Torchie's speed boost took effect. "Use quick attack at his stomach!" Roger said because Aerodactyl's stomach was unguarded. Torchie hit the center of Aerodactyl's stomach and he fell down.
"Uh oh." Brock said. "Not good."
"Torchie use rock tomb!" Roger said. Rocks fell on Aerodactyl's wings and he could not get out of the water."
"Fight out of it!" Brock said. Aerodactyl couldn't because his wings were trapped and injured.
"It looks like Aerodactyl won't be able to fly anymore." Issac said.
"Torchie use fire spin!" Roger said. Aerodactyl was surrounded by fire. However the water evaporated. "Oh, no!"
"It looks like Roger's plan to put a rock type in water failed because fire spin evaporated it." Issac said.
"We have to secure the trap!" Roger said. "Use rock tomb again!" Rocks continued to fall on Aerodactyl completely trapping him with no escape.
"Try getting out with wing attack." Brock said. "It didn't work because his wing were injured.
"Grab his neck with crush claw!" Roger said. "Do it five times." Torchie repeatedly grabbed Areodactyl's neck five times completely lowering down his defense. "Now use feather dance." Torchie shook feathers off him and they landed on Aerodactyl lowering down his attack. "Now use dig." Torchie dug underground.
"No!" Brock said. "You have get out of there. Use hyper beam on the rocks." One by one the rocks were blasted hyper beam.
"You have to hurry Torchie!" Roger warned. Speed boost took effect again. "Combine speed boost with agility." The ground started to rumble.
Once Aerodactyl destroyed all the rocks he tried to fly but his wings were too tired. "Come on, fly." Brock said.
"Pop out!" Roger said. Aerodactyl slowly got up but it was too late. Torchie popped out from underground and slammed into Aerodactyl.
"Use hyper beam!" Brock said. Aerodactyl only had enough energy for one more.
"Use flame burst!" Roger said. The two moves collided.
"Well it look like this will determine the winner of this match!" Issac said. "Who will it be?"
"Let's end this buddy!" Roger said. "Use flame burst again!" The two flame balls overpowered hyper beam and it shot back at Aerodactyl causing him to give in.
"Aerodactyl is unable to battle." Mr. Fossil declared. "Therefore Roger and his Torchic, Torchie wins the battle."
The crowd cheered. "They did it!" Issac said. "The fire type unexpectedly defeated the rock type. This amazing, congratulations Roger!"
Kate and their Pokémon ran to Roger. "You did it. You actually did it." She kissed him and their Pokémon tackled them.
Brock walked up to them and helped them up. "Congrats." He said. "You really impressed me out there with that Torchic you had. Who know he knew those kind of egg moves?"
"Tor torchic!" Torchie jumped onto Roger's shoulder.
"That's why I have no shame in giving you this." Brock handed the Boulder Badge to Roger. "You earned it."
"Thank you." Roger looked up and saw Ace leave. "Alright, we got a Boulder Badge!" Roger showed his Pokémon the badge.
"Thank you all for coming." Issac said. "Have a safe trip home and goodnight!" Everyone started leaving.
"Well I will see you after you're done with the Indigo League right?" Brock asked.
"Of course!" Roger said. "See you soon." He shook Brock's hand and left.
"Great job!" Kate hugged Roger. "That was so cool!"
"Thanks." Roger said. "But my Torchie, Lapras, and Squirtle deserve the credit."
"But the trainer deserves most of it." Kate said in a flirty way.
"Ah, ok." Roger blushed. "I guess." When they got to the Pokémon Center they gave Nurse Joy their pokeballs.
"I saw your battle today." Nurse Joy said giving them back their pokeballs. "Congratulations."
"Thank you." Roger took the pokeballs. "Glad you saw it." He walked upstairs to his room. "What a day." He sat on his bed and threw four pokeballs. Mercedes, Pikachu, Squirtle, and Torchie appeared.
"Yeah I know." Kate went to their bed and threw up three pokeballs. Bulbasaur, Jasper, and Butterfree appeared.
"Check it out guys." Roger showed them the Boulder Badge. The Pokémon cheered. "Yep we did it." Roger fell asleep.
"Goodnight." Kate kissed his forehead and turned off the lights.