"Luck, use Scratch one more time!" Davin ordered. Luck swiped its claws against a Zubat, making it faint. "Yeah! Great job." He turned to his Pokemon. "All right. I think we've done enough for today. Let's head over to the gym and win that badge!" They all nodded as they were returned to their Poke balls.

"Time to get badge #2!"


After quickly healing his Pokemon, Davin headed over and entered the gym; it looked like a normal gym from the inside, but he knew to expect something more. "I'm here for a gym battle!" He called out.

"Be right out!" A voice responded. From the other side of the gym, a guy with sky blue hair, wearing an orange shirt and jeans, came out from the back door. "Nice to meet you. The name's Brawly, and I'm this town's Gym leader!"

"My name's Davin. Hope you're ready to lose because I've been doing some serious training for this battle!" He said this as he took his place on the battlefield.

"Feeling confident, huh? Well, don't get too into it, dude, because I'm no pushover."

The judge for the battle came to the side of the field. "This battle between the gym leader, Brawly, and the challenger, Davin, will now begin! This will be a 3-on-3 battle. Only the challenger may substitute. Now, begin!"

Brawly threw out his first choice. "Go, Machop!" A small, yet muscular Pokemon appeared on the field. Davin took out his info tool.

"Machop, the Superpower Pokemon. It continually undertakes strenuous training to master all forms of martial arts. Its strength lets it easily hoist heavy objects onto its shoulders."

"A Fighting type... Okay." Davin threw out his Mudkip on to the field. "Ros, use Water Gun!" It fired its water attack, but Machop blocked it by shielding itself with its arm. "No way!"

"Way. I've trained my Machop to block any kind of attacks that come straight at it. Machop, use Bulk Up!" Machop flexed its arms as its body was surrounded in a crimson aura. "Now, use Karate Chop!" It came at Ros with its hand glowing white.

"I thought he might do that. Ros, use Bide!" Its body became outlined in white and it endured the Karate Chop.

"Aw, man!" Brawly said. "If I keep attacking, the damage it'll fire will be increased. Machop, get ready to block!"

The Fighting type put its arms in the shape of an X for defense. When Ros was ready, a white beam was shot from its body. Machop was forced back as it skidded across the field trying to hold on. Then there was an explosion and through the smoke, Ros came and Tackle'd it, causing Machop to faint.

"Machop is unable to battle! Mudkip wins!"

"Nice work!" Davin complimented.

Brawly returned his Machop. "Not bad. But this is just the beginning." He threw another Poke ball and it let out a Pokemon that was in a meditating position. Davin scanned it for information.

"Meditite, the Meditate Pokemon. It continually meditates for hours every day. As a result of rigorous and dedicated yoga training, it has tempered its spiritual power so much that it can fly."

"So this one's part Psychic..." Davin called back his Mudkip and sent out Halo in its place. "It's still in its cocoon stage, but maybe by battling, it'll gain some power."

"Meditite, Bulk Up!" Like Machop, it flexed its arms, a crimson aura appearing. "Now, let's take that Silcoon out with Focus Punch!" One of its fists glowed light blue and it charged foward.

"Use Harden!" Halo's body flashed as Meditite's Focus Punch was bounced off. "Poison Sting!"

"Reflect!" Meditite's eyes glowed light blue and a glass wall appeared in front of it, repelling Halo's attack. "Now, use Bulk Up, and follow with Focus Punch!" The process was repeated from before, but this time Halo actually flinched upon contact. "Keep using Bulk Up and Focus Punch until it goes down!" For 5 times in a row, Halo Harden'd and Meditite punched.

Davin grunted. "Just hold on, Halo, for a little bit longer."

Meditite came with another Focus Punch after using Bulk Up.

"Harden!" Halo tried, but it failed, causing it to be knocked into the ceiling. When it fell to the ground, it eyes were closed while it was laying on its back.

"Silcoon is unable to battle! Meditite wi-" The judge was cut off when he saw Halo's body glowing.

"Wha?" Brawly exclaimed.

"Ah!" Davin's eyes widened. Halo's round body began to grow wings and ascend to the air. When the glowing stopped, a butterfly took Halo's form. "The plan worked! Halo's evolved into Beautifly!" He took out his Pokedex.

"Beautifly, the Butterfly Pokemon. Beautifly is the evolved form of Silcoon. Its colorfully patterned wings are its most prominent feature. It flies through flower-covered fields collecting pollen and despite its appearance, it is quite savage when angered."

Davin looked up to his newly evolved friend. "All right, Halo! Are you ready to win?"

"Beau!" It chirped with energy.

"Okay! Use Gust!" It flapped its wings to create a heavy breeze, knocking Meditite off of its feet. "Now, Stun Spore!" Orange powder was sprinkled from its wings to paralyze the Fighting/Psychic type.

"Meditite, try to use Light Screen!" A faint light appeared on its body, but it quickly faded.

"Tough luck! Now, Halo, use Gust and make it a big one!" The butterfly rose to the ceiling and flapped its wings hard to create a huge typhoon-like wind. Meditite was blown to the ceiling and when it fell, it fainted.

"Meditite is unable to battle! Beautifly wins!"

Brawly returned the fallen Meditite. "Got to say... I didn't expect it to evolve at that moment."

"Scared yet?" Davin taunted.

"As if. My last Pokemon is tougher than Machop and Meditite combined!" The last Pokemon on Brawly's side was released, revealing it to be a bulky Pokemon with slit eyes and red circles on its cheeks.

The Pokedex stated, "Makuhita, the Guts Pokemon. It loves to toughen up its body above all else. The strenuous training it undertakes in caves make quaking rumbles that people often hear."

"I'm not the least bit afraid! Halo, use Poison Sting!" It launched the poison needles out of its proboscis, landing a hit and causing Makuhita to be poisoned.

Unfortunately, to Davin's shock, Makuhita's body began to blaze with crimson aura.

Brawly smirked. "Guess you didn't know Makuhita had the Guts ability, huh? When affected with a status ailment, its attack increases by 50%." Davin gasped. "All right, Makuhita! Strengthen your attack more by using Bulk Up, then use Arm Thrust!"

The crimson aura increased in size, due to Bulk Up, then Makuhita jumped in the air began hitting Halo with its hands, one after the other. At the fourth hit, it sent the Bug/Flying type to the ground, causing a K.O.

"Beautifly is unable to battle! Makuhita wins!"