Swanna Song, Sung Throughout Sinnoh

No Defense Like A Good Offense

"TYRANITAR CANNOT BE HARMED BY ANY KINDS OF ATTACKS!!!" Gary bellowed at Tyranitar not far from Oreburgh City, surrounded by grass and trees and waving the Pokedex in the air. After arriving at Oreburgh City and healing and feeding all the Pokemon he had, he left the city again, stopping just outside of Oreburgh Gate, deciding to get some things off his chest, his anger aimed at Tyranitar. "YOU HEARD IT YOURSELF, YOU-!!" Gary stopped himself. Why should I?? This worthless piece of sh-!!

"Gary, is that you??" a voice called.

Gary had gritted teeth, not wanting to even face whoever had spoken. He inhaled hard, glaring at his sad Tyranitar.

Tyranitar's face went from being ready to cry, to looking up with a mix of sadness and surprise at who had just spoken out.

Electivire had his arms crossed, watching and listening to the yelling with a frown, but now turned to see who was coming.

Breathing out, Gary turned to see who was approaching. He couldn't believe it! "ROB!!"

"HA HA HA HA HA!! It is you!!" Robin's laughter was cut short, his smile lessening. "I'm surprised, though. I mean, yeah, you're the one with the short temper, but at your Pokemon?"

Gary, now embarrassed, lowered his eyes. "I'm just... dealing with some confusion, I guess."

"With a Tyranitar, though? How bad could it be? Is it disobedient?" Robin let out heavy laughter.

"Not that, no. Just..." He stared at Tyranitar, but the giant refused to look back, staying in a sitting position and looking feeble. "We're just learning stuff about each other," Gary finished bitterly. While his blazing anger finally began to die down, he could feel himself starting to feel a little dizzy; tired. Confusion began to trickle into his heart and he gave his head a couple of hard shakes. Whoa. Am I sick? I don't feel too good right now, Gary thought. It wasn't but a second after thinking that, that he felt just fine. He inhaled hard through his nose and exhaled while Robin kept talking.

"All Pokemon are different. I don't have a Tyranitar myself, but I believe they're supposed to be hard to raise. Like how Gyarados are? Hey, how many Pokemon have you caught so far? I'm up to ninety-nine altogether! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!"

Gary narrowed his eyebrows at Robin. What is so funny? Silently sucking his teeth, he rolled his eyes, smirking, and then lowered them down, thinking about his own captures. Ninety-nine? That's crazy! What do I have?? He punched buttons on his Pokedex. Breathing sadly out of his nose, he stared sadly at his device. His heart began to beat faster as he stared longer at the number. "Only sixty-f- three total..." he said glumly. "Sixty-three."

"Sixty-three is great, bro! What's wrong?? Aha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Gary sneered a little, looking down for only a second. "So, well, how many Badges do you have?"

"Only one, man." Robin looked disappointed now, frowning down but looking back up quickly. "June was right. Sinnoh's League is a lot tougher, I hate to admit. I can't even beat Roark, but I'm not beaten, yet! Ha ha ha haaa!" He was back to smiling again.

Gary swallowed uncomfortably at the mention of June's name but pondered on Robin's words about her. "You lost to Roark?"

Robin nodded. "He gave me a three-on-three, and I did beat two of his Pokemon, but Roark's prepared. You'll see."

"What does he have?" Gary insisted.

"You know, I'm the type to go into a Gym battle without all the facts. I like it that way. I feel like it challenges me better," Robin kept smiling. "I think that's the best way to go about it, because when we get to the League, we won't know what our opponent is gonna bring. Even using the League database isn't gonna promise us the Pokemon we'll face. So, no better way to prepare for unknown circumstances than to start early, against the Gyms!"