Just because I�m travelling with Tetsubo, no doubt, I�m asked to tell the world about my Gym Battles. I�m not a very good speaker, so after some careful thought, I decided to hand in some diary entries. When you�ve got amnesia, you tend to start being cautious about memories and write things down, this will probably show another side to me that I feel the world need not see, but I suppose its for the best. I�ve decided that Tetsubo is nice once you get to know him, he doesn�t treat me like a child, but if he thinks he�s going win the Kanto League rather than me then he�s wrong, I have to win or I may never find my parents. --- Gym Battle in Pewter City (by Michael Keens/ Exodus) --- I arrived in Pewter quickly, after riding on Armour, my protective Rhyhorn. He shielded me from danger like I meant the world to him, it made me wonder about the person I used to be. I had just showed a girl with green hair that even withdrawn trainers could win matches. It was kind of pathetic the way I took her Pok�mon apart, literally. They were sure to be headed up here, and I wasn�t in the mood for any more of that girl�s patronising speeches, or that boy with the turquoise hair telling me that he had seen me in the Safari Zone, I kept it in mind though, I might find my memories or my parents there. I went to the Gym before it closed up for the evening. �One last trainer before I shut up for the night.� said a gruff man. He looked of Asian heritage, and had spiky hair, a yellow shirt and blue trousers, and his eyes were locked in a narrow stare, almost as if his eyes was shut. �I suppose this�ll be quick.� I wasn�t giving him satisfaction by answering. �What�s wrong, can�t you talk?� �Only when I have to.� �You sure are direct, little girl, I�ll go easy on you. Two-on-two battle.� I was cross from the little girl treatment but there was no need to answer to that either, I was mature for my age and if he was stupid enough to underestimate me, then he deserved to lose through his generosity. �I choose Graveler!� "GRAVELER!" �Pixie, you�d better handle it.� �Clefairy!� �A tiny Pok�mon like that won�t win, Rock Pok�mon have a great defense against Normal-types.� �Show him how good you are Pixie, Metronome.� �Clefairy!!!� A weak Psychic attack pushed the Graveler back but it curled into a ball and rolled forward. �Pixie, move aside...� By now Pixie had picked up on my way of thinking, �Move aside� to me, meant �Run a lot� to her. I rarely showed my fear, or fear for my Pok�mon�s safety, but they knew I cared. �Pixie, another Metronome, concentrate on Grass or Water attacks.� �Cle-fairy!� A Flamethrower attack appeared from her fingers. �No, Pixie, I don�t think that�s right.� I said sarcastically. She sighed and leaped over the rolling Graveler. �Clefairy! Fairy! Fairy!� An Egg Bomb, a Poison Sting, and a Thunderbolt. All ineffective. Pixie was trying her hardest but the nature of Metronome was basically like a box of chocolates, not knowing what you�ll get. �Don�t worry Pixie, just keep avoiding that Graveler until it happens.� She smiled and shot out a Water Gun which blasted the Graveler back, it tumbled into a heap and stayed down. �Nice...� I said simply, rather than releasing a lot of positive emotions. I simply didn�t find the use for leaping and shouting like some other trainers I�d met. �You proved your point girl, but your doll won�t be able to withstand this Pok�mon�s attacks.� �RRHHHYYY!!!� My eyes narrowed and I almost felt like smiling. �Pixie, Return, Armour, this is your specialty...� �RRHHYYY!!!� The Gym Leader gasped, �How did you manage to catch that Rhyhorn, no one has brought one of those in here!� �To tell you the truth I�m not quite sure myself.� �Don�t make jokes, child! Rhyhorn! Horn Attack!� �Armour, do the same.� They clashed together and wrestled with their spikes. �You can�t beat my Rhyhorn, he has experience! Rhyhorn! Take Down!!!� Armour was hit and slid back. �Stomp it down!� �Move aside, Armour.� He moved away slowly, like me he remained very much calm most the time, the other times, he was quite ferocious and only I could control his actions. He moved to the side and the other Rhyhorn crashed down. I didn�t expect the next occurrence, the stomping caused a tremor in the arena and it knocked me down and towards the enemy Rhyhorn as it was stomping. Armour screamed and used �Take Down� rather effectively. The enemy collided with the wall and fell down damaged. Armour looked weary, damaged by its own attack. �Armour...� I said surprised, he had just saved my life. �I knew you were protective of me but...� �Rhhhyyy...� he groaned but gave me a rare look of kindness. I didn�t know what drove Armour to protect me, but I was rather happy to have someone to fend off danger. When I chose the name Armour, I didn�t know how much the name would suit him. �Okay Armour... Fury Attack.� �RRRHHYYY!!!� He charged forward and rammed the enemy with all his strength. And the match was ours. The Gym Leader was astonished. �I�m sorry I doubted you, you really do know how to handle your Rhyhorn, I see I�ll have to improve my training to match those like you.� �There are no others like me.� I replied darkly. �Here you go, a Boulder Badge.� he said handing me a grey octagon gem. I held the badge and stared at it, then closed my hand around it quickly. I left the city late at night. With no money I�d have to camp out in Route 3, and continue living off people�s generosity. It wouldn�t always be like this, I constantly told myself. I�d find my parents and maybe regain the traits of my former self. --- Chad's Second Gym Battle Chad's Third Gym Battle Back to the Side Stories Back to the Pok�zone
