Pokemon Gates to Infinity the Novel Series

episode 8 the battle of gym leader brock

"As expected of my friend Ash. He always knows things about pokemon." Ritchie complimented.

"I only know so much thanks to Prof. Oak and my mentor, if anyone knows more about pokemon its those two." Ash stated but it was clear his response was modest and not an arrogant reply something Gary Oak would do non-stop.

"Anyway Ritchie, do you know what pokemon you'll use against the gym leader Brock?" he asked.

"I'm gonna use Sparky against him!" he said with determination.

Misty looked at him, "Your going to use an Electric type against a Rock type gym?"

"Of course! You'll see we'll blow them away!"

"Pikachu!"

"Now hold-'' she was cut off by Ash, "Ritchie are you sure you wanna use Sparky against those Rock types in there?"

"Yeah, you'll stay and watch right Ash?" he asked.

"You know it, I mean I have to challenge the gym myself y'know." He reminded.

"Ash, would it be all right if we go first?" he asked hopefully.

"I don't mind."

"Great!"

"Look there it is!" Molly yelled pointing to a building with some rocks surrounding it. The place looked run down on the outside, but who knows? It was probably well maintained in the inside.

Ritchie took a deep breath then opened the doors, which were heavier than they looked. They all walked in and noticed it was dark on the inside.

"Hello, is anyone here?!" Misty called out but no one answered.

"Are they out?" Ash wondered.

"Who goes there?" a voice boomed.

Startled they looked up to see a boy a little older than Ash and Ritchie. They couldn't see his face, but they knew he was the gym leader.

"My names Ritchie Hiroshi from Frodomar City and I challenge you to a gym battle!" Ritchie declared.

"Pikachu!" Sparky copied.

"My names Ash Ketchum from Altomare, and I also challenge you to a gym battle!" Ash said.

"Both of you against me?" he questioned.

"No, Ritchie will go first I'll go after him." Ash said.

"Alright then, I accept your challenge!" the boy said. The lights suddenly came on showing a young man with brown hair skin with squinted eyes wearing an orange shirt, green sleeveless jacket, brown pants and white shoes.

"A Gym battle is different from a normal battle you do realize that right?" he stated.

"So what if it is, I came here to win and that's exactly what I'm gonna do!" Ritchie declared.

"Pikachu!"

Misty just shook her head, while Molly tilted her head in confusion about what the older boy meant.

"Gym leaders have an arsenal of pokemon at their disposal and while they're not as strong as the Elite Four they are still the highest-ranking members of their gym." Ash said.

Misty nodded her head in appreciation not only for Ash's knowledge of gym leaders, but because he finds them to be taken seriously.

The young man looked at Ash with unidentified expression on his face, "You seem to know more than your friend here."

"He's my friend and I suppose," he shrugged at the statement, "Now then we'll get off the field and let you two have your battle." He said ushering both girls to the stands so they could watch the gym battle, "Why don't we all cheer for Ritchie?" Ash said.