Gold- A Pokémon Story

Chapter Five: A New Rival

Silver's gym battle had gone far better than mine. Totodile had managed to defeat Natu pretty easily and he had managed to get Murkrow down on the ground.

"Murkrow! Get up!" Falkner shouted.

Silver grinned. "Totodile let's finish this up! Hit them with Ice Fang!" Silver threw his hand forward as he gave the command.

Totodile rushed forward with his mouth wide open while Murkrow struggled to his feet. "Murkrow! Faint Attack!" Murkrow winced and prepared to attack but Totodile quickly closed the gap and bit down on his wing.

Murkrow immediately fainted on contact and Falkner recalled his trusty ally. "Well done, rarely does a trainer beat me with just one Pokémon." He told Silver.

I ran from the sidelines and gave my friend a high-five. "Silver that was so cool!" I told him as Falkner handed him the badge and TM.

Silver's cheeks went as red as his hair and he smiled. "It wasn't that cool!" He said.

"Both of you did wonderfully! I hope you continue to train your Pokémon and achieve great things." Falkner told us.

Silver and I smiled at him. "Thanks!" We said in unison and we stepped onto the platform that took us to the bottom.

The four of us exited the gym while I recounted the battle I had experienced just a little while ago.

"Well kids," Blue said. "That was some great stuff from both of you! Maybe we'll run into each other again, but I've got to get going."

Bill nodded. "Same here! But I wanted to give you kids something." He reached into his bag and pulled out two Poké Balls. "I've been studying Eevee a lot so I have a bunch of them! And I want you kids to have them!" He said, handing us each a Poké Ball.

"Really? That's awesome!" I cheered, looking down at the new Pokémon.

"Mhm! Let me know what they evolve into when we meet again!" Bill told us.

Silver and I put the Poké Balls away and grinned. "Thanks so much!" Silver said.

Bill waved it away. "Don't mention it! You kids are helping me out by being field testers." Bill and Blue waved and walked off in separate directions, leaving Silver and me outside of the gym.

I exhaled loudly. "Wow. We really just got to have two famous trainers watch us battle!"

"And we were even given Eevee!" Silver recounted. "This is so cool!"

We were about to walk to the Pokémon Center when I noticed a girl making her way up to the gym. Her auburn hair was tied up in a bun and it bounced up and down slightly as she walked. The girl looked to be a few years older than us and a lot taller.

She had small freckles dotting her light skin and her blue eyes were narrowed. "Hey, trainers!" She called to us. Her features were soft and she seemed generally inviting.

"Hm?" Silver turned around to face her. I noticed how she was dressed for warmer weather, wearing a pink skirt that went up to her knees and a floral patterned blouse.

"You kids just took on this gym, right?" She confined. Silver and I nodded and she grinned. "Perfect! Give me the scoop, how hard was it?"

Silver shrugged. "We beat it on our first try. So I guess it wasn't too hard."

She thought about what he said. "Alright, I can work with this then. I want to warm up my Pokémon though, hows about a battle?" The girl offered.

"For sure!" I said.