After Chris left the checkpoint he headed straight to Pewter City. In 20 minutes, he had reached the city limits.
"Here it is Totodile, the place where we get out first badge!"
"TO-TO-DILE!" said Totodile in agreement.
"Alright!" exclaimed Chris "Lets go!"
Chris and Totodile headed to the city, in the direction of the gym, or so they thought.
About half an hour later, Chris realized they were lost.
"Why do we always get lost...that Rei girl has probably already beat the gym and is probably in Cerulean by now. I can only imagine how far the other trainers are in front of us."
Looking around, Chris spotted a PokeMart.
"Yes! Maybe they have that PokePhoneNav." Chris entered the store
"Hi, umm...do you have the PokePhoneNav?" Chris asked the clerk
"Nope sorry, just sold the last one. Wathcha looking for anyways?"
"The Gym, but I have no idea where it is"
"The Pewter gym is down the street, two blocks from here. But...if I were you, I'd hit the Pokemon center for a night of rest first. The Viridian Forest can take a lot out of you. The PokeCenter is right next to the gym."
"Alright, Thanks" replied Chris
Taking the clerk's advice, Chris and Totodile headed to the Pokemon Center for a night of rest. Before the sun set they started working on Totodile's Ice Beam attack. After a few hours, they had improved from a stream of cold air, to a thin, narrow, light blue beam. After the sun had set, Chris checked Pidgey's and Totodiles moves, as well as rock type moves, then went to sleep.
The next day, Chris had his pokemon healed and headed to the gym.
The gym looked like a giant rock from the outside with a big sign that read "Pewter Gym"
"Geez Totodile...how'd we miss that" Chris said sarcasticallly.
Chris and Totodile headed to the main entrance and opened the door, the gym was pitch black.
"Umm...HELLO!" Chris yelled into the darkness. Suddenly, a spotlight appeared on Chris.
"Welcome, to the Pewter Gym challenger number two, my name Brock." Chris also noted the TV crew behind Brock, filming the encounter.
"My name's Koji and I would like to challenge for a badge."
"(Humph) How many pokemon do you have Koji"
"Two Sir"
"Ok then, this will be a two on two battle"
A spotlight then focused on the referee in the middle.
"HEY!" exclaimed Chris "You're the guy from the pokemart"
"Yeah, my name is Jake, I do both the PokeMart and also referee here sometimes. Anyways this will be a 2 on 2 battle with only the challenger being allowed to switch. Koji, you have the first move"
<alright, I should save Totodile for last, since that's what he'll be expecting.> Chris thought ot himself
"Go Pidgey! exclaimed Chris
"Geodude, Go!" yell Brock in response.
Chris closed his eyes <Ok, first battle. Stay calm, you seen this 8,000 times. Remember how Stevin battled, along with everyone else you've seen. Just remain calm.>
"Begin!"
Remembering the moves he checked the night before, he called out "Pidgey, use Sand Attack!"
Pidgey swooped down and threw sand in the Geodude's eyes impairing its vision.
"Good idea" complemented Brock, "However, this stratigy has been used before, and Geodude can still hit you. Use Rock throw Geodude!"
Geodude rocketed rocks from the ground at Pidgey.
"Quick Pidgey, dodge now!
Now, Chris was on defense, dodging rocks left and right.
<Dang...Pidgey cant keep this up forever> Then, as if on cue, Pidgey was hit square in the face by a rock, then plummeted to the ground.
"Pidgey, are you ok?"
The small bird got right back up into the air.
<dang, that rock throw is keeping us on defense, if only...> Chris then got an idea.
"Pidgey fly directly above Geodude!"
"Quick Geodude, use Rock Throw before they can try anything!"
Geodude threw a rock straight up at Pidgey.
"Pidgey, dodge right now!"
The rock barely missed Pidgey, zooming right past it, before falling back down to the floor, hitting Geodude square in the head.
Dazed, but not knocked out, the Geodude swayed left to right.
"OK PIDGEY, FINISH WITH TACKLE" Chris yelled
Pidgey rammed into the Geodude, knocking it into the wall and knocking it out.
"Pidgey is unable to battle" said Jake "Pidgey is the winner."
"Great Job Pidgey"
"Pidgey" it cooed back.
"Good idea, using Geodude's own move against him." Complemented brock. "But that won't work against my next pokemon. GO ONYX!"
Brock threw out a pokeball, and a large rock-snake was beamed out.
"Pidgey vs Onyx. BEGIN!" exclaimed Jake
"Ok Pidgey, use sand-attack!"
As Pidgey swooped down Brock yelled "Not fast enough, use Bind Onyx"
Onyx's tail slammed sown on Pidgey, knocking it out.
"Pidgey is unable to battle, Onyx is the winner!"
"Good Job Onyx," said Brock
"For my last Pokemon, I choose Totodile!"
"Totodile!" Totodile exclaimed as he jumped off Chris backpack and onto the field.
"Totodile vs Onyx. Begin!"
"Totodile lets wrap this up fast, use Water Gun!
Totodile let loose a stream of water from it's mouth
"Quick Onyx, block with your tail! Brock told Onyx
Onyx blocked the incoming stream of water with it's tail.
"HA. I've fought many water Pokemon over the years. As long as water doesn't touch Onyx's face, we'll win. Use Slam Onyx!"
"Totodile dodge!
Onyx's tail slammed down onto the floor, right where Totodile was only seconds before.
"now Totodile, jump onto Onyx's tail!"
Totodile jumped on Onyx's tail and Onyx accidentally vaulted Totodile into the air above it.
"Lets finish this battle with a Water Gun!"
Totodile let it's most powerful Water Gun yet hitting Onyx square in the head, knocking it out.
"Onyx is unable to battle, Koji and Totodile are declared the winner!"
We did it Totodile!" Chris exclaimed as Totodile jumped into his arms
"Toto Toto!"
Brock approached Chris "Congratulations Koji, here is your BoulderBadge, you deserve it after a great first battle like that. Ill be watching you closely. And thanks to this camera crew, this battle was broadcast all over Pewter City. Good Luck in your journey."
Chris then said goodbye to Jake and Brock and left to their next destination, Cerulean City, for their next badge.