A Pokemon fanfiction. I do not own pokemon... but I seriously wish I did.

So this is just a little something that I made with the intention of making a one shot. I accidentally made it too open ended but at least is it can still work as a one shot… right?

Who am I kidding?

I hope you enjoy

"Aron, use metal claw!" I ordered my pokemon

Aron dashed forward and slashed at the Sableye in front of it.

"Alright, that should be enough" I thought as I threw my pokeball at the wild pokemon.

The ball made a direct hit and was now shaking violently. After a few minutes, the pokemon gave up and allowed itself to be captured.

"Yes!" I shouted as I had just caught my third pokemon

My name is Alex. I'm a pokemon trainer from Dewford town. I got my first pokemon a few days. He was an Aron. I decided that I would train him to be the strongest pokemon in the world and face the Elite 4 with him.

In my training I managed to catch a Wingull, and a Sableye. I managed to get them to a high enough level to face my first gym. I hope Brawly is a good fighter

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"Hello? Anyone there?" I asked as I peered into a dark and empty gym.

"HELLO THERE!" a guy with glasses jumped at me, scaring me to my wits end

"Arceus almighty, what is wrong with you!?" I shouted at him.

"Oh, sorry. I'm new here. Hi, I'm this gym's new guide. I'm here to help any newbies with problems" the guy said to me.

"Well… why is it completely dark in there? I thought this gym was open"

"Oh, it is open. Don't worry; the trainers here just like to train in the dark."

"… uh huh…"

I didn't know if what that man said was true and if so why they did it, but it seemed that I had to fight in the dark

"Just because they fight in the dark doesn't mean you have to. Here's a small light. The trainers will make the lights inside brighter if you defeat them. Try and get through the maze to Brawly." The man told me

"Uh… thanks. Okay well, I'll see you when I win" I gave him a nervous thumbs-up

"You sure are confident" The man commented "Good luck then"

I walked into the darkness of the gym's maze

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"Wingull, watergun!" With a graceful dive, Wingull blasted the enemy's Machop from above with water before pulling up right before it hit the ground

"Machop, karate chop!" the gym trainer yelled

"Wingull, give him another watergun!" Wingull circled around to shoot another burst of water at the machop before banking a bit to the right to just dodge the karate chop.

The machop fell on its back and didn't get up again.

"Machop, return" The trainer pointed a pokeball at the fallen pokemon and it proceeded to dissolve into the ball.

"That was a great battle. You've got skill, boy. But if you think you can beat Brawley, you may need a bit more training" the gym trainer said with a smirk "Hey Alan! The kid beat me! Turn on some more lights!"

The darkness surrounding me slowly grew brighter.

I have defeated three trainers now. At this point, I could see without the help of the flashlight that guy gave me earlier. My only problem would be my pokemon's heath. They weren't doing too good. They may not have had that much injury, but a pokemon can only take so much fighting before it needs to take a break.

"So what do you say guys? Should I keep going or do you want to take a rest first?" I asked my team

From within their pokeballs, I saw the fire in their eyes; the look that told me they wanted to fight. It was all the answers I needed as I continued navigating the maze.

"You've been doin' great to get this far." A blue haired surfer dude told me "The name's Brawly. Pleasure to meet ya, dude"

"My name's Alex. Ditto"

"So dude, this your first gym battle?" Brawly asked me

"Yeah"

"Alright then. I'll be usin' these two" Brawly walked to a podium that had six greatballs on it and selected two from the group.

"Makuhita, Meditite!" He threw the balls in the air and out came his two pokemon.

"Okay then." I said

I studied his pokemon. They were both fighting type, except meditate was also psychic. None of their attacks would work on Sableye, but I don't want to use her yet. Wingull should be safe from them since he's a flying type, but Aron's a rock and steel type. He's really vulnerable to their attacks… I have an idea

"Brawley, is it okay if we face in a double battle?" I asked him

Brawley looked at me with a grin. "Sure thing, kiddo'."

"Alright. Aron, Wingull, I choose you!"

Aron, Meditite, and Makuhita stood on the middle of the battle ground with Wingull circling above.

No one made a move. We were both holding our breaths, waiting for the other to attack.

Not yet. Wait for it Alex. It'll come

Brawley exhaled.

My chance had come "Aron, dig; Wingull, wing attack!" Aron disappeared with a cloud of dust and the sound of broken concrete. Wingull dove, wings stretched, hoping to hit both adversaries at once.

Meditite dive rolled away from the attack but Makuhita took a solid hit from Wingull.

"Aron, take out Meditite!" Aron exploded from the ground and hit Meditite, who had just gotten to her feet upon finishing her summersault. She stumbled back

"Arm thrust!" Brawley's Makuhita palm slammed Aron away from Meditite. He then followed with another, and another.

"Wingull, protect Aron. Watergun" Right before Makuhita was able to make another hit, he was blasted by water and got pushed back.

"Aron, metal claw" Aron got up and took advantage of Makuhita's stagger and swiped at his stomach.

"Focus Punch" Meditite jumped over the Makuhita slumped on the floor and was about to hit Aron with a focus punch that was bound to knock it out

"Wingull-" I was about to give the order but it was too late. Meditite landed a solid focus punch right to Aron's face. Aron was out cold.

"Supersonic" I finished my order and Wingull made a sudden descent in front of Meditite and rang out a high pitched wave of sound. Meditite was put in a reeling state of confusion.

"Aron, come back and rest" Aron promptly returned to its pokeball. "Go, Sableye!"

"Makuhita, use arm thrust on Wingull!"

"Wingull, dodge it!"

Wingull dove for Makuhita and slammed its wings on his head before pulling up, knocking Makuhita out.

"Feeling cocky aren't we Wingull?"

"Focus punch on Wingull" Wingull was circling back when Meditite pounced on him.

"Sableye, block the hit!" Sableye jumped in front of Wingull. Sableye was hit and ignored it completely.

"Wingull, watergun!"

"Dodge it, Meditite"

Meditite attempted to dive out of the way, but she was still out of it from the supersonic dealt on her earlier. She ended up toppling to the ground. She did end up dodging the water gun, though, not that it meant much.

Wingull was circling back and was nearly upon Meditite "Wing attack!" Wingull dropped and crashed into her, failing to pull out of the dive.

"This is what you get for showing off" I scolded while I treated Wingull's broken wings with the miracle-cure known as potions. Amazing things science can do right? If only it could be used on people…

Wingull squaked in pain as the potion stung him. "Don't worry Wingull. I just need to get you to a pokemon center and you'll be fine in no time."

The room was flooded with light when all the windows and lights were opened.

"Dude, that was an awesome battle. Here kid, take this. This is the knuckle badge" Brawley handed me a pin "This badge is proof that you beat me. It's also a licence to light up dark places like caves with pokemon attacks like flash."

Hey took out a disk "I also give you this. It's TM. With that, you can teach your pokemon Bulk up. It makes your pokemon tougher for a few minutes. I didn't really get to use it in our fight. You kept me on my toes, dude, you know that? So what do you plan on doing now?"

"I plan on going to the mainland. Face the other gyms there."

"Good. I wish you luck on your journey."

"Thanks Brawley."

I walked out of the gym.

"That was so awesome!" The guy wearing glasses shouted at me "Your pokemon were like whoosh! And Brawley's were like wham! And when your Aron exploded from the ground and it was like BOOM! I swear that was the most amazing fight I've ever seen!" The man said with the excitement one would expect from a child

"… uh" I was a little embarrassed by him "aren't you new here? I'm sure there have been a lot of battles that were way cooler than this one" I said with a blush

"Yeah, well duh. That's why said 'the most amazing fight I've seen' I haven't seen better ones yet" The guy's tone changed dramatically. It was now dry and sarcastic.

"… uh huh" I was confused "Okay then."

I hope not all gym guides are like that. I though as I continued my way home.

When I got home, I checked the mailbox and waved at Pix, the Tropius our dad brought home when he went on his journey.

I went inside to find my mother in the living room watching the local news. It was showing the match I had at the gym earlier.

"You're very skilled in battling." My mother complimented me "You're just like your father. Did you train at the cave?"

"Yeah, and at the shoreline at the north of the island too." I need to tell her now or else I'll never go ahead with it. "Mom, I've decided to go on a journey to become the Hoen League's new champion"

"Really? Who's gonna pay for it?" My mom asked disapprovingly

I frowned. I expected her to disapproved, but not like this. "I'll pay with the prize money I get for winning battles"

"What if you lose?"

"I'll only lose half my money, mom"

"Gambling is not a good thing, son" she countered

"Maybe I should have asked dad. He would have just said yes."

"Look, Alex. I want to see you on TV defeating the Hoen champion as much as any mother would, but I'm concerned for you." My mom told me "What if you run out of money? We only have enough money to get you on a boat to Slateport or Petalburg. We're not in close relations with anyone who has a boat that can take you to either. And what about after you get there? Bus rides are cheap but will eventually weigh down heavily on you."

"Mom, I'm gonna be walking. I need to catch and train pokemon, remember?"

"Oh yes, I guess I forgot that…" My mother looked distantly at the corner of the room "Still, I'll be very worried about you."

"I'll call every day whenever I'm at a pokemon center"

"Those places are safe right?"

"Mom, it's a hospital for pokemon. Of course it's safe. It's required by law to be safe."

"… okay. When do you plan on leaving?"

"The moment I buy the boat ticket"

"Well… I hope you have fun" She said with a trace of sadness in her voice

"Mom…"

"I'll be lonely with you gone"

"You'll still have dad right? And uncle?"

"I guess"

"Tell you what. I'll wait until we have enough money for two boat tickets so you can join me."

"You'll do that for me?"

"Yes, mom. Just promise me you won't embarrass me."

"I won't… much"

"I guess that means you'll try… That's good enough for me"

"Okay. I'll call your father and see if he can help with this" she said cheerfully

"Will he be having dinner with us?" I was glad that mom was no longer gloomy

"Yes. I suppose he will"

With that I headed up stairs to my room.

I woke up feeling as if metal weights were put onto my chest while I was asleep. In a way, you could say that was the case.

"Tank, please get off me" I had decided to name my Aron Tank. It took a while for him to get used to the name, but eventually it grew on him.

I has also named my Wingull Ace, and my Sableye Opal.

Tank jumped off my bed, making a painfully conspicuous landing. Well… now they know I'm up.

"Alex, time to get up! Our boat will leave a ten-thirty!"

Two weeks have passed since I defeated Brawley and I was training hard. But there's only so much training one could do at the same level before feeling the need to train at a higher level. The pokemon on this island have become too easy for pokemon to fight, and just in time, we finally got enough money for two tickets to Slateport.

Truth be told, we had the money for a week and a half, but my mom wanted to have a buffer fund for us.

So that day, I, with my pokemon (Tank the Aron, Ace the Wingull, and Opal the Sableye), my mom, and her pokemon (Pix the Tropius), set out on a journey to become the Hoen League Champion

Ending notes:

- I don't watch the anime so I don't know how Brawly talks in that, but in the game, he didn't have enough personality. I gave him a surfer-dude kind of personality. I'm sorry if it's OOC.
- Aron, and Sableye can both be caught at the cave north of Dewford. Wingull can be caught when surfing the waters around Dewford.
- Sableye is a Ghost/Dark type if I remember correctly. No attack Brawley's or his mooks' pokemon can throw at her will do any damage.
- I planned on adding a scene where Alex fails to catch an Abra, but I sorta got lazy.
- I hope you guys enjoyed :)