Indigo League - A Rubber-Chu's journey through Kanto.

Chapter 2 - "Boulder Badge Showdown!"

Luico walks around the city, looking at every building, shop, road, and pathway. Just then, something catches wind of his attention. "Hm? What's this?" Luico questioned himself as he walked towards the stadium looking building. "Pewter City Gym - Home to Brock; The Trainer with will harder than stone"? What's that all about?" Luico asked himself as he began to ponder. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to give this "Gym" a try," and with that, Luico walks into the Pewter Gym. Completely oblivious to what awaits him inside.

 As Luico enters the Gym, he sees nothing but the darkness. "Hello?" Luico would suddenly find himself startled by a booming voice, "Who goes there?" The voice asks. "M- Me... sir." Luico responds nervously. Suddenly, the light flash on as Brock is seen kneeling on a tall rock. Despite his expression, he seems very much surprised by Luico's presence. "What's a Pikachu like you doing here?" Brock asks in confusion. "I've come to challenge this Gym!" Luico replies, catching Brock off guard. He'd quickly shake off his surprise and stare back down at Luico. "Are you sure? Your Electric-Type moves won't do anything to my Rock-Types." Brock lectures, yet it doesn't faze Luico's determination.

 "So what? I still wanna fight!" Luico responds eagerly. "Very well. If that is what you want. I shall accept your challenge." Brock says as he leaps from the tall rock and grabs a Pokéball. Brock would throw the Pokéball containing his first Pokémon. "Geodude, come on out with Tackle!" Geodude appears from the Pokéball and charges straight for Luico, who dodges the attack and smirks. "Alright! Here we go! Gomu no Gum...." Luico reels and stretches his arm back, which catches Brock by surprise. "W- Wha...." Luico's arm comes slingshotting towards Geodude with extreme speed. "POWER FIST!" Luico shouted as his fist slammed into Geodude with great force, sending it careening into the wall. Brock stares in shock as he looks between Geodude and Luico.

 "H- How?... H- ... H- How did you...." Brock stammers backwards as he returns Geodude. "T- There's no way you're a normal Pikachu... No Pikachu can do that!, let alone any Pokémon..." Brock, stunned by the bizarre attack he just witnessed, chooses to send out his Ace Pokémon; Onix. "Onix, use Bind!" Onix would appear from its Pokéball and swing its tail towards Luico, with the intent of straining him in a tight bind. Luico dodges the bind as his tail stretches back plentiful. "Gomu no Gum...." Luico's tail shapes into a hammer as he swings it down forth towards Onix. "HAMMER BLITZ!" Luico yelled as his tail smashed into Onix in a fury of blows, with the final one smashing Onix clean into the ground. Astonishingly, Onix manages to stay standing as the giant Rock Snake roars in anger and shock.

 "Onix! Use Tackle!" Brock said as Onix began charging towards Luico. "Rubber Shield!" Luico quickly said as his tail and arms flexed and wrapped around his body just as Onix rams into him, causing quite the explosion from the impact. Surprisingly, just as the dust and smoke appeared, Onix is seen bouncing back from where Luico was, and as the debris clears, Luico is seen completely unharmed by Onix's attack.

 "H- How!?" Brock stutters out, his expression dripping with shock. Luico chuckles in amusement as he dashes towards Onix, jumping into the air and reeling his arm back. "Gomu no Gum!; Power Fist!" Luico would shout as his fist slingshots towards Onix, slamming into it with force that nearly causes a moderate Whirlwind Storm as the attack lands - Sending Onix crashing into the ground with great speed.

 Brock stares at Luico in awe, shocked by his immense form of power. "W- Well done. You beat me." Brock would smile as he returns Onix, "Here, I declare you worthy of the Boulder Badge." Brock would hand Luico the Boulder Badge. Luico is seen walking out of the Pewter Gym, gazing at his Boulder Badge. "Hm... I wonder if there's anymore of these "Gyms" in the other towns," Luico would say as he gazes towards Route 3. "Looks like my adventure is truly just starting!" Luico laughs loudly as he runs off towards Route 3, happy to continue his adventure.

 (Meanwhile in the Pewter Gym), Brock is seen picking up a phone and dialing a number. "Hello, this is the Pokémon League Services. How can I help you?" The receiver asks from the other end of the line. "If he has time, can you bring Lance down here? There's something I need to show him." Brock says in a serious voice. "Okay, and your location?" The receiver asks once more. "The Pewter City Gym." Brock answers. "Alright... I'll see if I can have Lance over there this afternoon." The receiver replies as he hangs up the phone. Brock puts his phone down and sighs. "What was that Pikachu?... How was he so... so powerful?" Brock ponders silently as he waits for Lance to arrive.