Chapter 8
"Hey look what this sign says." Will said as he began to read out the aforementioned sign, "Welcome to Pewter City, home of the Pewter City Gym."
"More importantly, there is a Pokemon Center for us to heal our Pokemon." Sarah said
"Ok let's go." Will exclaimed.
"We can challenge the gym tomorrow." Sarah declared.
"I guess that I can wait." Will uttered.
The pair strolled over to the Pokemon Center. They walked into the Center and saw a familiar face at the counter.
"Oh hey Nurse Joy. I didn't know you worked here as well." Sarah exclaimed as the group saw the pink haired Nurse.
"I don't quite remember you. What are your names?" Nurse Joy said.
"Don't you remember I gave you my two Pokemon to heal in Viridian City?" Ash asked
"Oh you must be talking about my cousin, who coincidentally is Identical to me and has the same name and profession." The nurse stated.
"I don't mean to be mean, but that is kind of a very strange coincident." Sarah said.
"It is okay. I get it a lot and as a matter of fact I have numerous amounts of cousins with the same features." The nurse declared.
The pair sweat dropped.
"Nonetheless, how may I help you? the pink haired nurse exclaimed.
"Ummm yes can you heal up our Pokemon?" the two asked.
"That will be no problem."
"Thank you." Will and Sarah both said.
After some time had passed, Sarah asked "Should we go ahead and get a room for tonight?"
"Yea I guess. Are we not going to get two rooms?" Will inquired.
"We can, but I trust you enough to sleep in the same room as me after last night." Sarah declared.
"It is fine with me." Will stated.
"Nurse Joy, can we book a room for the night?" Sarah asked
"Sure thing" the nice Nurse said
"Now that, that has been taken care of, would you like to go eat?" Will questioned
"I would love to go eat." Sarah declared
"We probably should wait on our Pokemon." Will acknowledged.
"Ok" the young girl said.
After receiving their Pokemon, the pair went to the cafeteria and sat down with each other and their companions.
"Are you nervous about tomorrow?" Sarah asked
"Sort of, but I am sure we can do it." Will declared as he looked at his starter, Growlithe, "Are you going to challenge the gym leader as well?"
"I am going to try, but I kind of want to do a little more training beforehand." Sarah stated
"That is pretty reasonable. It probably wouldn't hurt to train a bit before my match as well." the young boy replied.
"So do you want to get up early tomorrow to help me train?" Sarah inquired
"Yea that would be perfectly fine with me." Will answered
The two finished feeding their Pokemon and headed off to their room. After preparing for bed, the two lied down on each of their beds. Growlithe jumped atop Will's bed and curled up next to him.
"We're are going to beat that gym tomorrow. Aren't we Growlithe? Will whispered.
The dog simply nodded and began to doze off. Will looked over at Sarah, who had already fell into a deep slumber. She looked so peaceful and beautiful at the same time. He had hoped she would find what she wanted to do with the rest of her life, but the one thing he had hoped for the most was that she would never leave him. Will started to doze off as well.
"I hope she does well tomorrow." Will thought internally
The morning came and with it came a lot of anxiety for the two young aspiring trainers. After the two had eaten breakfast, they went to an open field and started to train with each of their Pokemon. Will had seen this technique online on how to train both of his Pokemon at the same time. It was to have them battle each other while trying to win with both of them respectively.
"Growlithe use Bite and Nidoran use double kick." Will exclaimed
The purple rodent made first contact, but as he tried to land the second kick, Growlithe bit down on Nidoran's leg that had just kicked him.
"Growlithe do not let go. Nidoran use Fury attack." Will commanded
The Nidoran struggled to get out of the hold of the orange dog, but eventually he escaped its jaws. Then Nidoran released a series of jabs upon Growlithe that looked to have caused some pain.
"Growlithe use Agility to escape Nidoran. Nidoran use Focus Energy to hone in on Growlithe and use peck."
Growlithe proceeded to run circles around the rodent. As predicted, Nidoran was confused at first, but started to focus in on Growlithe's position. The rodent lunged at the orange dog, but missed by a short margin.
"Growlithe use Flame wheel and Nidoran use Poison sting." Will shouted
Growlithe cloaked itself with fire and charged at the opposing Pokemon. Meanwhile Nidoran charged with his head down and covered with Poison. The two collided and both Pokemon flew back after contact. They laid motionless on the ground, until Growlithe started to stir. Growlithe stood up and looked across the field for his opponent who laid unconscious.
"Good job for the both of you." Will said congratulating the two members of his team.
He returned his Nidoran to his ball.
"You are going to do great in the battle today, Will." Sarah said from behind him
"I really hope so." Will uttered
"So can you help me train for a little bit?" Sarah asked
"Yea that will be no problem." Will declared
He healed his Growlithe with a Potion that he had picked up earlier and the two trainers began to spar. After their intense training session, the pair walked to the Pokemon Center. They healed up their Pokemon and headed to the gym. As they walked in, they saw a young man sitting at the end of a field. He had a green shirt on and had squinty eyes. The two approached him.
"Hello My name is Forrest and I am the Pewter City Gym leader." the young man announced