Ash's Paldea Story

Chapter 58 Glaseado Gym Battle

When we get to the battlefield, we are waiting for the Gym Leader to show up. And just then, we find a white Pokemon walking toward us. Lillie asks, "What's that?"

"It's a Cetoddle." Drandon says. "It is an Ice Type Pokemon."

The Pokemon is jumping in front of me, and I was confused. Just then, a blue-haired man with a scarf covering his mouth and wearing a white coat walks towards the Cetoddle and says, "There you are!"

He shivers a little and says, "Brrrr... I'm freezing..." He turns to me and says, "I take it you're a challenger? Ash Ketchum, the World Monarch?"

"So you're Grusha? The Gym Leader?" I ask.

"My name's Grusha. I'm a snowboarder. Used to be pro, actually." He says. "Now I'm a Gym Leader. I saw you on the slopes. Your skills... Yeah, they were pretty cool."

"Thanks?" I ask.

"But don't let that go to your head. Winter mountains are dangerous. They can throw your life right off course, easy as that." Grusha says to me.

"Yeah, I think I've already had some experience with that." I wince a little.

"Same thing with Pokémon battles, really... It's always the most dangerous when you're just starting to get the hang of things. Today's not a great day to face me, you know... You're better off giving up. You sure you want to battle me?"

"Give up? Like hell, I'm going to give up!" I yell, for some reason, I don't like this Gym leader.

"Still tryin' to act cool, huh? That's too bad. Well, this is my job now...so don't take what I'm about to do personally."

So he is just like Pryce from the Johto Region, huh... no matter, I'm going to win this battle for sure. The staff comes and says, "The Battle between the Glaseado Gym Leader Grusha and the challenger Ash Ketchum is about to begin. Each trainer will be using 6 Pokemon, and when one loses all 6 Pokemon, the other trainer wins."

"Get ready to feel the icy bite of reality. Frosmoth!" His first Pokemon is Frosmoth, huh? Then it will be perfect if I go for a Rock Type.

"Stonjourner, I choose you!" I decide to go with Stonjourner first.

"Don't say I didn't warn you. Not my fault if you get overwhelmed." Grusha sighs. "Tailwind!"

He is going to set up the Tailwind, huh... I sigh as I say, "Stonjourner! Let's set up Stealth Rocks!"

I also decide to go with the move and create a lot of invisible rocks, Grusha says, "Quiver Dance and go for Bug Buzz!"

Frosmoth gets a power boost and it lands the attack on Stonjourner, but I have Stonjourner use Heavy Slam to hit back, dealing some damage.

"Now let's go with Stone Edge!" I yell, and once the Stone Edge hits, Frosmoth is getting a lot of damage.

Lillie says, "Nice... Frosmoth is going to take that much damage.

"Use Blizzard!" I have Stonjourner use Wide Guard to protect against the damage, and eventually, I defeat the Frosmoth with Stone Edge again.

"Looks like you do have some skills as rumors say." Grusha says as he sends out his second Pokemon, a Beartic. Beartic goes for the Aqua Jet, dealing a lot of damage to Stonjourner.

"Stonjourner! Use Body Slam!" I decide to have Stonjourner use the move, and it makes Beartic paralyzed, but Beartic goes for the Earthquake, defeating the Stonjourner.

"You did a good job." I recall Stonjourner and decide to go with my second Pokemon. "Hawlucha, I choose you!"

When Hawlucha is sent out, I decide to have it go with the Karate Chop, but Beartic goes for Icicle Crash and it deals a lot of damage to Hawlucha.