After catching his newly found companion, Robert looked around the cave for an exit. There, on the left of him, hung a mossy rope. He climbed it, struggling, as it was wet. He felt that it became dryer and dryer as he ascended. He popped his head out of dry sand, and made a quizzical expression. He then got up shaking sand off his head. The sun blazed. There is a large brass wall in the distance. "Well, if that's a city..." He wondered "I'll send everybody out!". He grabbed his Poke Balls and through them into the air. His Pokemon landed right beside him. "Alright everyone, before we head into the Oasis, we should do a little training. Three way battle, Jerome (his diglett), I want you to practice your dig attack. Finn (his newly caught mudkip), as the only water Pokemon on my team, I will have you train with Leon" In the next moments, he will train, sort-of battling with himself.
"Okay guys, you can rest" Robert pants. He walks up to the oasis, and a man with a garb comes up to him "You shall not pass" says the dressed man. "No, you don't understand, my Pokemon are week, I need to rest in the city" Robert complains. "If you wish to pass, you must prove yourself. Two on two, if yours are tired" the man states. Robert sends out his mudkip with a sigh "Alright Finn, let's go". The man smirks a little "I must let you know, I am very experienced with battles. In fact, I am a gaurd here, my name is Ghonfa, and I will defeat you" He sends out his cubone. The scratch on cubone's eye make Robert worried. In a split second, he thinks over his strategy "Finn, use mud-slap!". Cubone, threw a bone club at the patch of dirt. His bone is now in the ground. "Cubone, pick it up!" Ghonfa commanded. "Alright Finn, use growl to frighten him!" cubone becomes startled, and drops the bone. Mudkip, before even making a second thought, uses mud-slap, nearly burring the cubone. The cubone doesn't seem very shaken, in a moment, it gets up and uses headbutt "Wait, Cubone! I changed my-" mudkip doges the attack, and then uses a tackle attack. "Okay, cubone, use a leer attack to weaken it" Ghonfa commanded. Mudkip tackles it again, but misses five times, cubone using leer every time, making mudkip even angrier. "Finn" Robert says "target its' bone, like you did before, using mudslap, make it as big as possible". The mudkip flaps its' tail around. Sand covers the field. Cubone's bone club is nowhere to be found. "Cubone, headbutt, finish him!" cubone attacks at a high speed. Mudkip falls to the ground. "Alright, Finn, remember what we practiced with Leon, use tackle, full speed!" the collision knocks both of them backwards. It ends as a tie.
"You seem very experienced, and strategic, you will go very far as a trainer" Ghonfa says "You've still much to learn, as you will face my most powerfull Pokemon. Go, Sonic!". Out of a golden Pokeball, flies a sandshrew. It is covered in scars, and its' eyes are bloodshot. The claws on it a paired, but sharp. "Get ready for the ride of your life rookie. Sonic, use rapid spin!" sandshrew spins in the sand, flipping up much debris. Mudkip gets trapped in the vortex, and flies out, hitting Robert. They both collapse. "Return." Robert withdrew mudkip. "Damn, if I kept this up, I'll never win. Okay, my strongest Pokemon is Leon, but Jerome would be a better choice. No, It would just use that attack again" He thought "Okay, go, Leon!". Leon popped out of the ball, confident as ever. It chomps its' jaws ferociously, showing immense crushing power. "Leon, use dig, and hit that thing as fast as you can!" the trapinch dug deep in the ground. Sandshrew looks confused. "Sonic, use dig, and find his path. once you do, use rapid spin, and go out fast!" the sandshrew digs into the ground as trapinch did. A pit is made in the dirt. They both go up for air. Trapinch lunges directly at sandshrew, and bites it, but misses. "Sonic, use rapid spin attack!" sandhrew tries it again. Trapinch it shot into the air, much like mudkip had, but before landing, it is withdrew. Although he lost, Robert is given a few herbs, and is let into the city.