Chapter 6: Brandon Proves his Braveness

After Harper had defeated the mysterious guy named N, they walked to the Pokémon centre. They got their Pokémon healed so that their Pokémon were in full health when they went to the next route. After they were handed their balls back, they walked outside of the Pokemon centre. Pedro had already gone, but Harper knew she would come across him again. They were going in the same direction, which was the next town to get a gym badge.

They got to Route 2. Outside there was a sign that said: "A rustic road where beginner Trainers challenge each other". The route was much like the first route, which was called Route 1, which contained a massive paddock, with a few patches of short grass which had a few wild Pokémon running through it. There was a second path, but it was a ledge which was small enough to jump down from but impossible to climb back up. This was to make it easier for people to return from Striaton City without having to come across any wild Pokémon.

"I want to catch a Pokémon," said Brandon.

"I might not," replied Harper. "I am happy with the Pokémon I already have."

"I think that is a Purrloin!" he pointed. "I always wanted one of them. I’m so excited! Bulbasaur, I choose you! Go and do it your best!"

Out of its ball came the Bulbasaur. The Pokémon galloped into the wild grass and towards the Purrloin. The Purrloin wasn’t paying any attention and was more interested in catching some rat that was in the wild grass. The Bulbasaur took out its vines and grabbed the Purrloin from a distance. Grabbing hold of the Purrloin, it used its wines to hit the Purrloin up and down. The Purrloin was able to get out of its grip though, and charged at the Bulbasaur and used its scratch ability to knock the Bulbasaur out.

"Oh! No!" Brandon said panicking. "What am I going to do now?"

"Use another pokemon," Harper lectured him. He nodded his head. "It's pretty obvious you know."

"Sandshrew, I choose you!" Brandon said as he took out one of his other Pokémon balls. He threw it out and from it came his Sandshrew.

The Sandshrew started to roll around into the wild grass, hiding from the Purrloin. The Purrloin was looking around, trying to work out where the Sandshrew was. To be able to dodge an incoming attack, the Purrloin had to know where the Sandshrew was. Purrloin tried to strike but missed. This allowed Sandshrew to hone in on the target and swipe it with its big massive claws. That knocked the Purrloin down to a small amount of health

"Time to catch myself a Pokémon!" he yelled with excitement

He took out one of his balls. He bided his time since he didn't want to throw and miss. The Pokémon was slowly trying to get away, but Brandon knew that he wasn't going to let that Pokémon go. The Purrloin was his for the taking and no one else was going to say otherwise. He quickly threw his ball out; making sure that it hit the Pokémon. The Pokémon was absorbed into the Pokemon ball. It shacked for a few seconds before it lighted up to tell Brandon that he had caught his fourth Pokémon.

"Yuppiedom!" he said pointing his hand into the air with his new Pokémon, which was in its ball, clutched into his fist. "I have always wanted a Purrloin! MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE!"

Suddenly Pedro approached them. His brown curly hair was waving in the gentle breeze. He had his hand in the pocket of his jacket. He pulled out one of his balls and pointed it toward Brandon. They looked at him in shock. Harper hadn't seen him since they had left Accumula Town, so she was excited to see him again.

"I, Pedro of Dallas Texas, challenge you to a Pokémon battle, the great Brandon!" he said. The moment Pedro noticed Harper he blushed. "Oh, I didn't know that you were with him? I should get going."

"Go ahead," said Brandon. "It's fine. I need the practice."

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"It’ll be great to see you two take each other!" Harper said with massive excrement.

"Ok, that's good. Let's do a triple Pokémon battle!" Pedro replied. "Mudkip, Zigzagoon, and Minun - come and play!" Out of his balls came his Pokémon, all of them ready to battle.

"I've never done a Triple battle before," Brandon said wondering.

"There's a first time to do anything!" said Harper. "Go do your best! I'll be supporting you all the way!"

"Ok," said Brandon. "Sandshrew I choose you. Bulbasaur, come out of your ball, and come on Herdier, go kick some butt!" Out of his balls came his Pokémon.

"Ready… steady…" announced Harper. "GO!"

Sandshrew and Bulbasaur charged at Pedro's Minun. Minun used its thunderbolt to attack Brandon's two Pokémon, but they were able to dodge it. With one attack, they were able to knock it out. The other two Pokémon of Pedro's had charged into the high grass. Herdier charged into the bush searching for them. He started barking, and Sandshrew and Bulbasaur followed him into the high grass. Out of nowhere came a wild Patrat.

The Patrat tried to use a Sand-Attack on Sandshrew and Bulbasaur, but because Sandshrew was use to sand it didn't affect him. Unfortunately, Bulbasaur got its eyes covered in sand. The Pokémon started to panic, which opened its position up to Pedro's Pokémon, who came charging toward him. A water gun attack came out of nowhere, which was done by Mudkip. It didn't defeat the Bulbasaur, but it annoyed him. Suddenly, Zigzagoon came out of nowhere and to strike Bulbasaur down, knocking him out.

Sandshrew seeing this, curled into a ball and started rolling around the Zigzagoon. Each time he circled around the other Pokémon; the circle would get smaller. However, Zigzagoon knew what to do, and as Sandshrew got closer, it jumped out of the way and darted off back through the high grass. Sandshrew looked about, not knowing where anyone was. It had lost all form of direction. Suddenly from nowhere, he heard a bark. This was a sign that Herdier was in trouble.

Annoyingly, the wild Patrat that had ambushed them before appeared again. It tried to bite the Sandshrew, but Sandshrew was able to dodge that move. Patrat annoyingly performed Hypnosis which worked. Sandshrew started to feel dizzy. Everything around it felt like it was spinning. The Pokémon wanted to throw up it was that bad. It suddenly heard another bark, but it wasn't in any move to get out of that position. The barking started to get even more desperate. And then, out of nowhere, came the Herdier, all panicking.

The Herdier looked like it had been given a beating. But it was strong enough to kept going. The Herdier tackled the wild Patrat before biting it. This knocked the wild Pokémon out cold. Suddenly the Zigzagoon jumped onto the Herdier, tackling it. It was too late – the Herdier was knocked out. Sandshrew by now and lost its dizziness and knew the dangerous situation it was in. It stared at the Zigzagoon, which was growling. Without warning, it leapt at the Sandshrew, but Brandon's Pokémon was quick, and curled into a ball and rolled away. The Zigzagoon charged after the Sandshrew but the other Pokémon was too quick.

The Sandshew managed to find the Mudkip, which was searching through the bush, not realizing that the Sandshrew had spotted them. The Sandshrew slowly crawled up towards the Mudkip as silently as it could. With one massive swipe, Sandshrew swiped at the Mudkip. The other Pokémon turned around, bursting out a burst of water. Sandshrew was hit by it. Mudkip came closer to it, about to strike, when another wild Pokémon charged at it. The Mudkip had been knocked out.

There was only one last Pokémon left. Sandshrew softly moved through the wild grass, making sure not to make a sound. The Zigzagoon was searching for it. When Sandshrew got close enough, it performed a sand attack on the Zigzagoon. The other Pokémon started panicking. Sandshrew used this moment to strike, using its swipe attack. The Zigzagoon was knocked back, giving Brandon the victory.

"Yes!" said Brandon. "I won that match."

"That was a good battle," said Pedro.

"I think it's getting dark. Let's get to the next town," said Harper.

"Of course," said Brandon.

"I can’t wait to talk about this battle to my friends," said Pedro. "You are an amazing Pokémon trainer."

"Yeah, you’re too. I thought for a moment that I wasn't going to win," Brandon commented.

"I thought I was going to win!" laughed Pedro.

They kept laughing as they walked towards the next town. Harper was happy, but something inside her knew that the next battle she will have won't be as easy. She was about to face a gym leader and she didn't know if she was prepared for it or not.

"Don't worry," said Brandon. "I'm in the same boat as you. And I doubt they'll go too hard on you."

"Don't sweat," said Pedro. "I was scared the first time I face my first gym battle. It was a rock trainer and my Mudkip walked all over it."

"That's why I'm worried. I have a Tepig which is a fire Pokémon. What if I come across a rock Pokémon? I will be beaten easily."

"I'm sure you won't," said Brandon. "I heard that they have a different way of doing gyms here. I’m sure everything will make out fine."

"Just don't worry. You’ll be able to get through this," said Pedro. "We all believe in you."

"You’ll win it," mentioned Brandon.

"I hope so too," Harper said nervously.