It was light out, a great morning where all the citizens of Pewter City were wandering around the city. Sean was planning on going out back to Route 2, and meet Kairi back at the Gym, like planned, so he did.
He walked over to the gate that separates Route 2 and Pewter City. There was a tall grass spot, which was the perfect place to train Growlithe up. He walked over, searching for any Pokemon up for battle. There was not much luck, they were all not there. Even searching over and over didn't help.
Behind him, out of nowhere came a tall girl, which was no taller than Sean. "Hello I was intrested in a battle with somebody. Know any good trainers around?" the girl said. "Well, I happen to be training too, maybe we could have a battle. The girl had looked just like Diane did once he challenged her. "Well, I must warn you I am good. My name is Kirsty by the way." Sean could sense something that looked like Diane, maybe they were related. "Shall we get this started?" Kirsty looked ready. "Alright, bring it on!"
Kirsty had sent out her Rattata, which was weak-looking, not much problem for Sean at all. "Alright, go Kakuna!" Sean had tossed out the ball and Kakuna had came out. Only one thing, he forgot that Kakuna can't move.
"Kakuna! Use Harden!!" Sean commanded. Kakuna had shone, with a white light, making it stronger. "Ratatta! Knock out that thing with Tackle!" Kirsty shouted. Kakuna couldn't move, therefore each move Ratatta makes would hit. The small mouse came running up fast, at intensifying speed, knocking right into Kakuna.
Due to the high defense on Kakuna's shell, not much damage was taken. "Huh? That went so wrong!" Kirsty had soiunded real annoyed, like things didn't go her way.
"Alright Kakuna, show them you still can attack back! Use your Tackle!" Kakuna had shot, head first in the direction of Ratatta, at a good speed. Ratatta tried to dodge, but Kakuna had bashed right into it with the strong head surface.
"Oh no! What's going on!" Kirsty was real tired of it now. "Alright Ratatta, use Tackle again and give it all you've got!" Ratatta then came shooting at a sharp speed, but before it had reached Kakuna, Sean had quickly commanded, "String Shot!". Kakuna spat out a web of string through the small mouth, and caught the Ratatta, making the attack fail. "Alright! Now finish it off with Tackle!" Kakuna had shot up right in the direction of Ratatta, which couldn't move being stuck in the web. The hard surface of the head on Kakuna had hit Ratatta right on the weak spot, taking critical damage. Ratatta was then knocked out. "Oh no, come on Ratatta, take some rest." Kirsty had withdrew Ratatta. "Alright, now for my second, you haven't won yet Sean!" Sean wondered what this one would be, a Caterpie?
"Go! Caterpie!" Wow, he got it right. Kirsty had thew the ball to the ground. "Caterpie! Use Tackle!" The small worm had moved rather fast, hitting Kakuna in the weakest part of the shell. Kakuna was still up though, not totally down. "Alright Kakuna, use Tackle!" Sean had commanded to it. Kirsty however had plans. "Dodge it Caterpie!" The Caterpie was weak from hitting the hard shell of Kakuna, but it still had enough energy to move away. Kakuna had hit the ground head first, which had hurt a lot. Yet, it was defensive, so it was not completely knocked out. "Hang in there Kakuna! Try and use String Shot!" he tried to do what he did last time. Kirsty had a trick up her sleeve though. "Alright Caterpie, use your String Shot to the full! Make it a good one!" Kirsty had looked confident about her tactic. There were two long spits of String, forcing through the air, until they collided together. This caused a huge pile of String. They kept firing String until one of them would get trapped, however it did not work. The Caterpie had ran out of energy to spit string any more. "Kakuna! Use Tackle now!" Diane had looked shocked, she never saw this coming. The Kakuna came firing out like a bullet towards the Caterpie, knocking it out with a great force of power. "Aw man! This can't be happening! Come on Caterpie, you'll do better next time!" she retreated Caterpie. Sean had no idea what would be next, but he would have thought that it would be her toughest, as she sounded like a cunning trainer. "Alright Sean, you're going down now! Go Pikachu!!" she threw the ball to the ground.
This time, it was more serious. "This is the last time Sean, and your last time, you better be ready to lose! Use Thundershock, Pikachu!" The Pikachu had charged up a thin bolt of lightning, and unleashed it on Kakuna, which was knocked out. "It's alright Kakuna, you did your very best. Now get some rest." He didn't intend on the rhyme. Kakuna was withdrew back in the ball. "Now, Kirsty, I think you better be ready to lose. And have a good one." of course, they were just joking with each other, they weren't enimies. "Go Growlithe!" Growlithe was already out of the ball, and put on the ready-for-battle face that it usually puts on when challenged. "Growlithe! Show it what you got with Bite!" Growlithe had bared its teeth, sharp and healthy which were ready to attack the Pikachu. The teeth and pushed right into the skin of Pikachu, causing a scratch that looked painful. "Oh No! Alright Sean, this time it's serious! Use Thundershock again!" Pikachu, charged up more electricity again, and unleashed a bolt of lightning, forcing more energy into it than before. The shock had hit right on the head of Growlithe, leaving Sparks after, Growlithe struggled moving. "Growlithe! What's wrong?!" Sean sounded worried. "If you knew, that would be Paralysis. It can be unable to move, which makes me more superior to you at the moment." Kirsty was getting on his nerves, making him sound like an idiot. Sean remembered, he bought some Paralyze Heals from the PokeMart. He grabbed his bag and opened it up, looking for the bottle with the label "Paralyze Heal" on it. When he found it, he grabbed it out and sprayed it all over the patches on Growlithe which could not move. After that, Growlithe was better and free to move. "Alright Growlithe! We've had enough of her! Use Ember and give it all you've got!" Growlithe had built up a small ball of fire in its mouth, which was turning red. When it could no longer be charged up, the ball had been unleashed right onto the Pikachu, which hurt real bad. So bad that it left black marks. "Oh No! Pikachu, don't do this to me again!" Kirsty got worried, but it was too late. Pikachu had fell to the ground with spirals in its eyes. "Alright! We did it Growlithe!"
Kirsty took it well, she realized that sometimes people win and lose. Even though it was her Pikachu that causes the loss, she was seriously attached to it. "Great battle. I enjoyed that! Maybe we'll see each other again sometime." Kirsty had walked off, eithout saying anythign else. Growlithe licked Sean's face several times in happiness. "We better get you and Kakuna to the Pokemon Center before the Gym Battle." Sean had retreated Growlithe back in the PokeBall and walked back into Pewter City, going into the Pokemon Center. "Oh, Hello again. Need your Pokemon healing?" Nurse Joy seemed to ask him before he said anything at all. "Well, sure. I came here for that." Sean gave her the PokeBalls, containing the Pokemon he had. "Take a seat right here, we'll only be a minute."
Kairi would be waiting at the Gym, he knew she would. She was only going to the Museum, and the battle blew off a whole lot of time. Before Sean knew it, Nurse Joy was back with Growlithe and Kakuna. "Here you go. Are you heading over to the Gym? If so, be careful. Brock is a tough opponent." Nurse Joy read his mind. "Yes, I am. Thanks for the heads up. I'll give it my best shot." Sean sounded real confident. He looked around the town, finding the place where the Gym was. When he found it, he ran over to it as he was excited to take a look inside, and what it would be like to finally have a Gym Battle. When he opened the door, Kairi was inside. "Hey Kairi. I battled a trainer I saw called Kirsty, and had a great battle with her. She was tough, but I beat her with Kakuna and Growlithe. Now I think they're ready to beat the Gym."