Sorry. I'm kinda busy this week, so I only had time to pop this out. Sorry if it's too short.
Either way, enjoy!

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Dustin was walking to the Gym when he finally plucked the courage to talk to William. "So, are you okay, William?"

'I'll live, but something like that again will kill me, so make sure that when I say bugger off, you bugger off so you don't kill me.'

"Noted."

They reached the Gym and saw that a sign was put there to tell other trainers that he already has a challenger waiting. It was probaly him, so he walked inside.

His first impression was of brown. All of the walls and everything looked as if it was made with dirt. His next impression was of dirt smell. It smelled like a compost heap. He couldn't get used to the smell, so he used his Aura in small amounts to plug his nose. He was successful, and he only felt a little tired. He walked up to the main challenger's stage. On the other side was Mark.

"Well! Are you ready, Dustin?"

"Ready as I'll ever be!"

A referee came to the side of the battle field. "This match shall be two on two with no time limit! The winner is the one wo has any Pokemon remaining standing. The match is between the Gym Leader Mark," Loud applause. There was an audience watching this. "And the challenger Dustin Lomax. Is each side ready?"

"I'm ready!" Dustin called.

"Just get it on with already, Mike!"

"Okay! The challenger may call his Pokemon out first if he chooses."

"Sounds good to me! William, you're up!"

William walked to his place in the arena.

"okay, then. Go, Graveler!" He tossed a Pokeball out onto the field.

In a flash of white, a Graveler popped out with a hearty "Graveler!"

"Let the match begin!" Mike waved his flags to signify the start of the match.

"William, use Razor Leaf!"

'Razor Leaf!' He shot a flurry of leaves towards the Graveler, but the Graveler rolled out of the way, and kept rolling.

"William, watch out! It's Rollout! Use your vines to propel yourself in the air!"

"William extended his vines and pushed himself up as far as he could go.

'Good! Now, seed him! Aim it carefully, and make sure it counts.'

'Right!' He aimed very carefully. He predicted where his target was gonna be, and shot a Seed at that place. It worked. It hit the Graveler, and caused it to stop. It started to thrash about, but the vines spread too quickly, and sapped just as quick. Graveler was passed out, and let the win take over.

"Graveler is unable to battle! Bulbasaur is the winner!"

"Alright! Go, William!"

Mark smiled. "I'm impressed! But it'll take alot more than that to end my streak! Go, Rhydon!"

He threw another Pokeball and a Rhydon the size of two Dustins was standing there.

'Uhh, got some advice?'

"Let the match begin!"

'Run like hell!'


William began to run away from Rhydon, and as he did so, he brought out another seed from his bulb.

"Heh. Rhydon, Fire Blast!"

The Rhydon shot a blazing Fire Blast towards William. It hit him hard, and he fell. Hard.

"Come on, William, get up!"

'I'm sorry. I'm done for now.' He fell defeated.

"Bulbasaur is unable to battle! Rhydon is the winner!"

"Alright! Way to go, Rhydon!"

"Graur!" Was all it could say.

Then, Dustin had an idea. It wasn't due to the Lucario in him. It was his idea, and his alone.

He tried hard to connect to the Rhydon. When he did, he said 'Are you happy?'

The Rhydon looked around confused. 'What? Who's there?'

'Just answer! Are you happy?'

The Rhydon stopped spinning around and stared down at his feet. 'No, not really.'

'Why not? You have a great trainer, you're incredibly strong, what's not to be happy about?'

'Well,' He started to dig his foot into the ground. 'I'm horny.'

Dustin was surprised by this, and tried not to show it in his voice. 'Well, give these guys a good match, and if you do lose, start crying. Mark will ask what's wrong, and the other trainer will step in and help. You will be fine.'

'*Sniff* Okay.'

"Call out your next Pokemon!"

"Okay. Luna, honey, do you want to fight?"

'Send me in, daddy!'

"Okay. Let's go, Luna!"

Luna ran out onto the field. "A Riolu, huh? Heh. Not gonna be much fun, but I guess if that's the best you can do, then I guess there's nothing else to do, but fight! Rhydon, let's go!"

"Graur!"

"REady, Luna?"

'Ready!'

"Let the match begin!"

'Luna, Force Palm!'

Luna dashed on Rhydon and landed a flurry of blows that got stronger the more they hit. After about 9 hits, Rhydon swung his arm forward at the ground. Luna jumped away quickly.

'Atta girl! Now, do you know how to use aura Burn yet?'

'Yep!' She focused her palm to apply heat. She flew head first towards the Rhydon. She landed a big smack on his forehead.

"Ooh! Could've had a V-8, Rhydon!" Dustin called out. (I just had to do it. It was funny!)

Rhydon fell backwards clutching his head and crying out in pain. "Rhydon, what's wrong?"

'Luna, finish it with Aura Ball!'

Luna focused once again, but this time, a blue sphere formed in between her paws. She shot it towards Rhydon, and it landed. As it landed, Rhydon fell backwards. His eyes had crosses.

"Rhydon is unable to battle! Riolu is the winner! The victory goes to Dustin from Pallet!"

"Yeah! Alright, Luna!" He ran up to Luna and picked her up and gavce her a squeezing hug.

'Dad, that's too tight!' She could say normally because it was in her mind.

He released a bit. 'Better?'

'Much.'

"You really surprised me there! I didn't think anything could take down my Rhydon!"

Dustin looked up and saw Mark coming over to him. He held out his hand. Dustin took it. "Thanks! I'm glad to have battled you. Me and my daughter." He looked at Luna as he said it.

"Whoa. Your daughter?" He examined her then him. "Well, I see some resemblence. But if your the father, who's the mother?"

'That would be me!'

Sylvia walked out of the shadows. "Maek, meet Luna's mother, Sylvia."

'A pleasure to meet you.' She held out her hand to him.

Mark took the hand and shook it. "You have an incredible daughter, ma'am."

'She gets it from her father.' Sylvia winked at Dustin. Dustin smiled back.

"Well, either way, you deserve this." He held out his hand with a badge in it. "The BoulderBadge."

Dustin grabbed it and pinned it to the inside of his vest. "Thank you."

All of a sudden, Rhydon started sniffling. Mark turned around and looked at him. He was crying.

"Rhydon, what's wrong?"

Rhydon wouldn't say anything, except start crying a little more. Dustin walked up to Rhydon and put a hand on his shoulder. "He thinks that he's trapped here. He wants to be free."

At once, Rhydon stopped crying and looked at Dustin, who winked at him. Rhydon sat up and started to rock back and forth.

"Well, if you want, Rhydon, I can release you. I'll miss you, but if you want to be free, I'll let you free."

Rhydon looked at him expectantly as if to say "Really? You'd do that?"

"Don't sweat it!" He held out Rhydon's Pokeball and retracted him, but only for a moment, for he pressed the emergency release on the ball and Rhydon was released in a flash of blue light.

"You're free. Go on, get out of here." Mark said.

Rhydon went to Mark and gave him a hug. The biggest one of his life.

"Rhydon! Choking... not breathing!"

Rhydon released him and went over to Dustin. 'Thank you.'

'Just don't hug me. Or eat me.'

'Never.' Rhydon started walking towards the door. As he reached it, he said 'You are a trainer apart, Dustin. I think there may be some good things coming to you in the future. If you need me, just call.'

'I will.' Dustin smiled.

Rhydon walked out of the door and into the wild. As he ran off, Dustin said "We'd better get going too. We've got a long trek through Mt. Moon. Thank you again for the battle."

"It was my pleasure. You take care of your family like our brother did us!"

"I will!"

Dustin walked out of the door and into the field. It was a great day. He got his first badge, he learned that Luna could be useful in fighting, and he will learn that Rhydon was right. There was something good coming his way. Only, he didn't know it.

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Well, well! What could this something good be? Guess we'll just have to find out next time!

Again, sorry for shortness, but I'm hyped up on caffeine. If there are some spelling mistakes, that's why. Don't forget to review. I live off of those.Chapter End Notes:Once again, Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended