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Chapter 5-Rockin it in Pewter City

Here is the next chapter! We’re finally getting into some interesting battling here with the first gym battle!

Special thanks to my beta reader aegagrusScholarship! Thanks so much!!

Enjoy!!

By the time Neth and his team made it to Pewter City, the sun had already started to set and the gym was closed for the night. So, they made their way to a Pokémon Center to stay until the gym was open again.

“Ah!” Jasper sighed, stretching on the foot of the bed. “Never thought sleeping on a bed would feel so cozy.”

“You mean you never slept on a bed before?” Morgan asked, sinking into the soft bed. Jasper shook his head in reply. “Well. I love sleeping on beds, it feels warm, safe and cozy.”

“Easy for you to say.” Amber replied. “You said you're from Prof. Oak’s laboratory, right?”

Morgan nodded. “That’s right.”

“That means you know all about the comfort lifestyle.” Amber said.

Morgan chuckled nervously. “Well you're not wrong. Living with the Professor was nice. He made the best food, we had time outside, but...” he paused to take a deep breath. “There were times where I just wanted to leave the lab.”

“Why?” Jasper asked.

“Well.” Morgan started. “I never got along with many of the Pokémon at the lab. There was only one who was nice to me, but most Pokémon avoided me or I was too much of a wimp to talk to other Pokémon.”

Jasper and Amber looked at one another, both reaching a wordless agreement that Morgan was completely wrong about being a wimp.

“Well, you don’t look or sound like a wimp to me.” Jasper reminded him. Morgan looked up at the other two, confused.

“You’ve been talking with us just fine.” Amber added.

Morgan was surprised, not having realized that he was interacting well with his new teammates. He blushed in embarrassment, rubbing the back of his head with his vines. “I-I never noticed.”

“Maybe because you’ve already adjusted to traveling, so you didn't notice.” Neth said, exiting the washroom in his pajamas and a towel in hand. He threw the towel to the side, and sat down on the bed. “Alright, we’ve done enough training, and now we should get some sleep for the gym battle tomorrow.”

Morgan, Jasper and Amber nodded, then settled down at the foot of the bed. Neth yawned and got under the bed sheets, and before shutting the lights off, Neth took one last look at his team, who had already fallen asleep, and gave them a smile.

The following morning, Neth and his team went to the dining hall to grab themselves some breakfast before they took on the gym. There were pancakes and omelets for the humans, and a mix of different berries for the Pokémon.

Neth grabbed a plate of pancakes and an omelette for himself, and three plates of berries for his team. His Pokémon started to dig in as soon as he'd brought the food to their table.

“This is good!” Jasper sighed, his mouth stuffed full of berries.

“Slow down.” Neth warned. “You don’t want a stomach ache before the gym now, would you?”

Jasper shook his head, swallowing the food in his mouth before he continued, eating much more slowly than before.

“You know, it would be nice for Peridot and Kunzite to join us.” Morgan suggested, looking at the two Pokéballs on Neth’s belt.

Neth swallowed his food and looked at the Pokéballs as well. “I know, but cocoon Pokémon don’t eat.”

“But can they battle?” Jasper asked.

“They can.” Neth replied.

Jasper jumped up and cheered. “Awesome! We got this battle in the bag!”

“Not so fast.”

The Rattata flopped back down, confused.

“After breakfast, I need to get you guys checked up before we take on the gym.” Neth informed his team, who all groaned in reply.

Once breakfast was finished, Neth headed on over to Nurse Joy and got his team checked up. It didn’t take long before the nurse returned with a smile on her face. “Your Pokémon are doing well and healthy!”

“Thanks Nurse Joy!” Neth beamed.

“However,” She started. “I did check up on Bulbasaur’s eye to see if it was infected in any way.” Neth’s smile dropped, feeling concern for Morgan. He forgot about Morgan’s eye and how the nurses would react to seeing it.

“Is it bad?” He asked, worried the scar was infected.

“No.” Nurse Joy said. “Your Bulbasaur is fine. The scratch is not infected at all.”

Neth sighed again, glad that Morgan’s scar didn’t get worse. “That’s good. Do I need some medicine or anything to treat the scar?”

Nurse Joy shook her head. “No, just have it checked when you stop at a Pokémon Center. The nurses there would help if it gets infected.”

Neth nodded and retrieved his Poké Balls. He then started to make his way towards the Pewter City Gym. The walk wasn’t long, just turn right on the Pokémon Center, turn left past the museum, head south, turn right, and the gym was right there!

The gym was a dark grey building with a pewter colored roof, a sign out front that read “Pewter City Gym'', as well as a smaller sign affixed on top of the other one that showed the Boulderbadge, a simple grey octagon.

“Well, we’re here.” Neth said.

“That’s the gym?” Jasper asked, tilting his head. Neth nodded and entered the gym.

Once inside, Neth and his team noticed how dark and quiet it was. “Where is the gym leader?” Amber asked.

“There’s no one here.” Jasper whispered as the team walked further into the gym, looking around for any sign of the Leader. “Maybe it’s closed?”

“No.” Neth replied, shaking his head. If the gym was closed, then they wouldn't have been able to enter in the first place.

Without warning, the gym doors slammed shut.

Morgan let out a scream as his vines shot up and accidentally hit the lights, turning them on and revealing a young camper boy standing right in front of them.

“Hey you! You’re 10,000 light years away from beating-” the camper shouted. Morgan yelped and immediately smacked him with his vines, knocking him out before he realized what was happening.

“Oops. I wasn’t supposed to do that, right?” Morgan asked slowly.

“Nope.” Jasper replied. Neth and Amber winced and shook their heads as well.

Neth ran to the camper and shook him a bit. “You okay kid?”

The camper slowly woke up and groaned.“Y-yeah. I’ve been smacked before. It’s fine.”

“Hey trainer!” An older voice yelled. Neth turned to the back of the gym, his eyes widening when he saw who had spoken. “Here to challenge me?”

Neth gulped and nodded. “Y-yeah.” He replied. “Are you the gym leader?”

The gym leader nodded. “My name is Brock! I’m the Pewter City gym leader and specialize in rock-types. My rock-hard willpower is evident even in my Pokémon!”

“Well, I’m Neth! I’m here to challenge you!” Neth shouted.

“I know.” Brock replied.

“Really?” Neth asked, confused.

Brock nodded. “A trainer that was here before you said that you’ll have a hard time beating me.”

That must have been Miles. With a chuckle, Neth replied, “Well, I’ve been training hard, and I couldn’t wait to battle you and the seven other gym leaders!”

Brock smirked as he pulled out a Pokéball. "We'll see."

The lights dimmed as music began to play, signifying that the battle was starting. “Go! Geodude!” Brock shouted, taking his place on one end of the field as he threw his Pokėball. Out came a rock-type Pokémon with arms- a Geodude, which let out a growl.

“Alright, who are we fighting now?” Geodude asked.

Brock pointed to Neth, who sent Amber out.

Geodude chuckled. “Oh, this will be fun!”

Amber smirked. “Bring it.”

“Geodude, use Tackle!” Brock commanded.

Geodude growled and started to ram towards Amber, who braced herself and pushed Geodude away.

“Amber, let’s use Low Kick!” Neth commanded.

“You see, while a fighting-type like your Mankey should have knocked out my Geodude with that Low Kick, my Geodude’s level- and thus, his defenses- are a bit higher than yours, letting him handle Fighting attacks more easily than you expect.” Brock explained.

Neth glared. “Amber, use Low Kick once more!”

“Alright!” Amber yelled as she ran and went in for another Low Kick on Geodude.

“Now, Geodude- Defense Curl!” Brock commanded.

Geodude’s body glowed white as the Low Kick came in. The attack had even less impact than it did before. Geodude snickered and glanced back at Brock.

Brock nodded. “Geodude! Tackle attack now!”

Geodude continued snickering before ramming into Amber, sending her flying into the wall. The Mankey groaned, slowly trying to get up, but fell back down.

Not wanting to see Amber in so much pain, Neth grabbed Amber’s Pokéball and sent her back. “Amber, return!” He yelled. He then looked down at Morgan, knowing the Bulbasaur was the only one remaining who could handle Geodude. “Ready, Morgan?”

Morgan nodded. “I am…sort of.” He replied, running up to the battlefield and looking at the Geodude. “Okay, Amber already attacked it, so this will be easy!” Morgan said to himself.

However, Morgan was so into his thoughts that he didn’t realize Geodude was coming in with another tackle attack.

“Morgan! Look out!” Jasper and Neth shouted at the same time.

Snapping out of it, Morgan turned and realized Geodude was ready to attack. His realization was too late, though, as Geodude rammed into Morgan, pushing him back a bit.

“You okay?” Neth asked.

“Barely.” Morgan replied.

Neth sighed before turning his focus back to the battle. “Morgan, use Vine Whip!”

Morgan glared and slapped Geodude with his vines, slamming him into the wall for a knockout. Geodude groaned as he slowly slid off the wall.

“Oh no! Geodude!” Brock yelled.

“Morgan, that was amazing!” Jasper cheered.

“It was?” Morgan asked with a smile. Jasper nodded in reply.

“Of course it was!” Neth exclaimed.

“That was great, but the battle ain’t over yet.” Brock explained as he returned Geodude and grabbed another Pokéball from his belt. “Go! Onix!” He yelled, throwing the Pokéball.

Out of the Pokéball came a large rock snake that reached as high as the ceiling and let out a deep, mighty roar.

Morgan felt his stomach drop, his eyes widening as he saw how big Onix was compared to him. “Oh my Arceus.” He whimpered.

“Don’t worry about the Onix, Morgan! Size doesn’t matter!” Jasper yelled. Neth and Morgan raised an eyebrow at the statement. “What?”

Morgan gulped and turned back to Onix. The grass-type Pokémon felt scared fighting this thing, despite the type advantage. Morgan started thinking that Vine Whip wouldn’t do much- with how large Onix was, all he needed to do was squish him like a Caterpie with his long rocky tail.

“Morgan!” Neth shouted, snapping Morgan out of his thoughts. “You’ll be fine, don't worry!”

“Okay. Okay.” Morgan repeated. He took a deep breath, preparing himself for the battle. “I can do this Morganite. I can do this.” He thought to himself.

Thinking that the Bulbasaur was ready to battle, Brock decided to make the move. “Quick, Onix, use Bind!” Brock commanded.

Onix roared, ready to attack.

Quickly, Neth commanded Morgan to retaliate. “Morgan, Vine Whip!”

Morgan squeezed his eyes shut and followed Neth's command. There came a loud thud- and Morgan slowly tried to open his eyes, thinking he had been killed and was now a spirit in Pokéheaven.

However, that wasn’t the case.

The Onix laid on the floor, knocked out from a critical from Morgan's Vine Whip. He blinked in surprise as he processed the fact he took down an Onix. A big, scary Onix.

“I did that?” Morgan asked himself.

“You did.” Brock replied, returning Onix to his Pokéball for some well-needed rest. He smiled and walked up to Neth and his team. “That was a great battle. I loved how you gave your Pokémon encouragement and how you quickly returned Mankey to her Pokéball when she was injured.You're going to be an amazing trainer, Neth.”

Neth smiled and blushed in embarrassment. “Aww, thanks. It was nothing.”

“As an award for defeating me you receive this, the Boulder Badge.” Brock said as he dug into his pockets, pulled out the Boulder Badge and handed it to Neth.

Neth looked at the badge in his hand, his eyes widening and sparkling with joy. “Awesome! Thanks so much!” he replied, grabbing his red badge case and putting the Boulder Badge inside. One badge earned; seven more to go.

“You know.” Brock spoke up, causing Neth to look up at him. “You’re way different from the previous trainer.”

Neth blinked and realized Brock was talking about Miles. Neth and Morgan wondered how he and Charmander battled Brock.

Once leaving the gym, Neth and his team walked back to the Pokémon Center for some well needed rest and healing.

As Amber was being healed, Jasper bounced up and down in excitement. “So, are we going to leave for the next gym, now?”

“Well, it’ll take us at least a day to get to Cerulean, but Morgan and Amber are a bit tired from the battle. So we’ll have dinner, rest for one more night, and leave first thing in the morning.” Neth explained. Jasper nodded in agreement.

Soon after, Nurse Joy came over and brought back Amber and Morgan's Pokéballs. “Your Pokémon are all healed up.”

“Thank you!” Neth replied as he got his Pokéballs back and let Amber and Morgan out. Once outside, the two Pokémon yawned from their refreshing nap, fully healed.

“Man, that felt great!” Amber sighed.

Neth smiled. "Glad you rested well. Are you two feeling hungry?”

Before Amber or Morgan could respond, both Pokémon heard their stomachs rumble.

“Guess we are.” Morgan replied.

“Great, because to celebrate, I’ll be buying dessert for everyone!” Neth announced.

Once they finished their dinner in the Pokémon Centre’s dining room, Neth ordered dessert for everyone-cream puffs with berries inside. The moment Neth put the dessert down, his Pokémon went at it.

“Excuse me?” A voice asked. Neth looked up with cream and crumbs all over his face and saw a man with a white lab coat and glasses holding a brown package. “Are you Neth?”

“Y-yeah,” he replied, his mouth still full from the creampuff. “What is it?”

“Oh. I’m Professor Oak’s aide. I’m here to deliver a package to you from your mother,” the aide explained, putting the package on the table.

“Thank you so much!” Neth replied. “B-but… how did you know I was here?”

The aide chuckled. “Well, I live on Route 2 and I was going to give the package to Nurse Joy to deliver it to the Pokémon Center in Cerulean since that’s where I thought you’ll be next. However, Nurse Joy told me you were here having dinner so I decided to give it to you now.”

“Wow, thank you!” Neth replied with a smile.

“Don’t just thank me, thank your mom as well.”

“I will!”

“Have a good night, Neth!” The aide then waved goodbye and left.

“Night! Get home safe!” Neth yelled back. Soon after, Neth opened the package to see what his mother had sent him. Inside he found a pair of sneakers, and a photo. Ignoring the sneakers, Neth grabbed the photo, noticing there was a note on the back.

Found this. Hope this brings you luck!

-Love Mom

Neth turned the photo back around, his eyes widening. It was a younger Miles and him when they visited the local fair; the two of them were grinning, with their arms around each other.

“I remember this,” he whispered.

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