1.Ash's Story (Part 2: Johto)

Chapter 27

Now we're back in Olivine City, and Ethan and I are running with our Pokemon for training. "You have to be faster, Ethan." I say to him.

"I am trying!" Ethan says back to me.

"You guys are looking good, Ash!" And much to our surprise, Irena is now with Reisa and the others. Irena says, "Your Pokemon are looking good too."

"Thanks, Irena." I say.

"So are you ready to go, Ash? Ethan?" She asks me.

"You bet I am." But while we are walking, we find a giant Wobbuffet robot in front of us. It looks like Team Rocket's new scheme. I use my Crystal Steelix, and Irena sends out her own Shiny Steelix, and then we use Tackle to knock the robot down.

"You have a Shiny Steelix?" Lillie asks Irena, and she says, "My mom gave me this Pokemon a year ago."

It seems that the Robot is actually tough, but we all use Crunch and the robot is cracking.

"Iron Tail!" We both yell at the same time, and the machine breaks and Team Rocket is blasting off again.

"They really are a pain..." Irena sighs.

"I agree. It will be a miracle if we don't have to deal with them..." I say.

Then we finally arrived at the gym, and we could see there were a lot of arcs in the building. The Gym Guide is also there and he just tells them only one thing, "Jasmine uses Steel-type Pokémon. She's trying to hide her tenderness behind her steely coldness."

"That's it? Nothing else?" We are confused, but we don't say anything as we walk forward, as we are stopped by a Gentleman. "I knew you'd come here. Thank you for helping the Gym Leader, but the battle is a separate matter. Go for it."

We are confused, as the Gentleman isn't going to battle us, and when they continue, we find a lass and she says, "I guess...I know how capable you are from the Lighthouse. It's time you showed that side of yourself to Jasmine! Good luck!"

Irena says, "Every gym trainer here knows how you fight your way up the lighthouse and help save Mom's Amphy. So they all decide not to battle you and let you get to Mom in the end.

"I'm not complaining if I can just get to battle the Gym Leader, that really saves us a lot of time after all." I say as we reach Jasmine, who is at the end of the room.

"Thank you for your help at the Lighthouse... But this is different. Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Jasmine, a Gym Leader. I use the...clang! Steel type! ...Do you know about the Steel type? They are very hard, cold, sharp, and really strong! Um... I'm not lying."

"Of course, we know about Steel Type Pokemon." I say. "And we are here to have our battle."

"Right! Skarmory!" Jasmine starts with the Skarmory, so I decide to go with Ampharos to battle.

"Ampharos! Let's go with Power Gem!" I say, and Ampharos fires the gems at Skarmory. But Skarmory dodges the attacks with ease.

"Skarmory, use Steel Wing." Jasmine says, and Skarmory swoops down from above and uses its wings to attack Ampharos, hitting it time after time. Kris says, "This is going to be very hurtful..."

"Thunder Punch!" I yell, and just when Skarmory goes for the close range, Ampharos strikes the Skarmory with the attack, and it also causes Skarmory to get paralyzed.

"Now it's our chance! Use Signal Beam!" I yell.

"Skarmory! Use Wing Attack!"

Both attacks clash with each other, but in the very end, Skarmory falls to the ground and faints.