Chapter III
The Beginnings of a Rivalry
"Greatwood City..." Ryan said to himself. He had already decided that he
would take the Gym Challenge, as Prof. Redwood had suggested. He
pulled out his Phone and called mom to tell her what had happened.
"Mom! Prof. Redwood wanted me to help him with his research, and
he also gave me a pokemon! I'm going to be heading to Greatwood
City soon, and take on the Pokemon Gym there!"
"That's Great, Ryan! Before you head to Greatwood City, you should
come home first, I have something to give you." Ryan agreed to go
home first, and they hung up. Just as Ryan was about to head home,
a boy about his age walked out of Prof. Redwood's lab.
"Hey! You! Let's have a Pokemon battle!" said the Boy. Ryan had never
had a Pokemon battle and wanted to see what it was like.
"Okay. Let's Battle!" They both threw out their pokemon and started the
battle.
"Go! Chimchar!" said Ryan, throwing Chimchars pokeball, releasing him
from his pokeball.
"Go! Mudkip!" said the Boy, throwing out his Pokeball. Ryan took the first
move.
"Chimchar, use Scratch!" said Ryan, commanding Chimchar to use his move.
The move hit and took 1/3 of the boy's Mudkip's HP. The boy took the next
move.
"Mudkip, use Water Gun!" said the Boy, commanding his Mudkip. The move
was super effective. Chimchar fainted. Just then, Prof. Redwood came outside,
applauding the boys for the battle.
"That was a splendid battle! You both did excellent! Ryan, this is my grandson,
Aaron. Normally, you would pay the victor of the battle, but since you didn't
know, I will pay for you." Ryan walked over to Aaron and shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you Aaron, my name is Ryan. You battled well, but next time,
I will win."
"Nice to meet you Ryan. You battled good as well. Next time we meet, we
should battle again!" said Aaron. Ryan shook his head in agreement and
headed home.