It began inside the Pewter City's Gym as Reshon slowly awoke to the sounds of battle within. Reshon and Black Dratini had been unconscious for two whole days and the intense glare of the lights above her made her head swim.

"Wh--Where am I?" Reshon whined as she slowly turned in the small bunk bed.

"You're in the Pewter City Gym," a voice answered encouragingly.

"How long have I been…," Reshon began.

"It's been two hold days now, so lie down." The voice demanded as Reshon's world slowly began to clear.

"Michelle?" Reshon asked confused.

"Good, you remember." "I was afraid that you were worse off than my Dad had predicted, so how are you feeling?"

"Like I been hit by a bus," Reshon answered as she slow sat up.

"Well, you're lucky that is the worst of it." "That was a dangerous stunt you pulled yesterday, and I have never seen anything like it." "Oh yeah," Michelle smirked as she reached across to the table beside them. "Congratulation, Reshon you've just received your first Gym badge, the boulder badge." Then she handed the sleepy girl the badge.

Reshon smiled gleefully. "Now, I'm one step closer to becoming a Pokemon Master."

"I guess," Michelle yawned as she got off the bed and headed out the door. "I think I will go see how Norman is doing, so you should get some more rest, and also I think you should recall Black Dratini back into her pokeball."

"Hmmm, maybe she is right." "Black Dratini, do you want to go back into your pokeball now." Reshon asked the sleeping serpent like creature beside her.

"Drattttt!" she whined as she simply turned over in the bed.

"Fine, if that is your answer," Reshon stated as she reached out to the table beside her where her pokebelt and backpack laid. She then grabbed her pokebelt with all her pokeballs in it, and selected the golden one. This was Black Dratini's pokeball, so then she recalled her and then went back to sleep.

Meanwhile outside the small room, Norman was battling Brown for his gym badge.

"Ok, Breeze I choose you," Norman yelled as they started the three on three match. He hurled his pokeball high into the air where it burst apart to release a reddish light that streaked to a spot in the air and materialized into a huge purple butterfree.

"Hah, is that the best you can do?" Brown scoffed as he threw out his Great Ball which like Norman's pokeball split apart to release a reddish light, which materialized into a pokemon. "Let's see if your butterfree is a match for my Kabutops."

The two pokemon squared off as Norman and Brown both looked for an opening in the other pokemon's defense. Pichu squeak loudly as he tried his best to cheer on Breeze from his place on Norman's head.

"Breeze," Norman yelled," introduce that Kabutops to your sleep powder attack."
"Kabutops," Brown yelled in response," use your slash attack if that pokemon gets too close."
"Hah, Breeze isn't your normal butterfree." Norman smirked as Breeze tried to get close enough to Kabutops to fire her sleep powder attack.

"She looks like any normal butterfree to me," Brown smiled as Kabutops narrowly missed slashing Breeze's wing.

"Oh, yeah!" "Breeze combine your sleep powder with your fly attack and end this quickly."
"Beefree," Breeze responded as to the shock and amazement of Brown the Butterfree rose high into the air and then fired her sleep powder putting Kabutops to sleep and ending the battle.

"Hmm, that is unusual," Brown commented," I have never seen a Butterfree that can use Fly."

"Well," Norman began as he recalled Breeze back into her pokeball," you're about to see another one," he began as he prepared to hurl out his second pokemon.

"PICHU!" Pichu screamed as the small rodent on his head shocked him, which stop him from throwing the second pokeball. Then Pichu jumped from Norman's head unto the arena below. "Pichu, Pichu!"
"Hah, Hah," Brown laughed as Pichu began to prance around the ring. "It seems that your Pichu wants to battle."

"Awww," Norman responded as he dropped the pokeball in his hand to the ground beside Pichu releasing a blue butterfree.

"Beefree," the blue butterfree screeched as it spread his wings, and yawned.

Pichu then turn toward the butterfree and tried to thundershock him, but because it was so inexperience it accidentally shocked Norman breaking his trance.

"Huh, Pichu," Norman moaned as he slowly began to stir from his shocken state. "You want to battle?"
"Pichu," Pichu squeaked as it charged up his cheeks like he was about to do a thunder attack.

"Fine, Flutter bring me your pokeball, and lets give Pichu a shot!" Norman commanded his blue Butterfree.

"Remember Norman," Brown called out to him," this is a three on three match, which means if your Pichu loses. Then it will be a one on one match. Winner takes the badge."

"Humph, I only need one pokemon to beat you anyway." Norman spoke with a air of confidence," so Pichu, there is no pressure so do your best and try not to get hurt, Ok."

"PICHU," Pichu squeaked as Flutter flew back up to where Norman was with his pokeball in his grip.

"Fine, then I will call out, Onix!" Brown smirked as he sent out a huge rock snake pokemon. "Onnnn…iix!" The huge pokemon screamed when he was released from the pokeball.

"Let's do it, Pichu," Norman yelled. "Use your Thundershock Attack!"

"Onix, use rock throw and flatten that little rat," Brown yelled.

The two pokemon attacked at the same time, and Pichu ended up frieding both Brown and Norman in one blast, and completely missing his target. While on the other hand, Onix's attack was right on the money as a huge rock nearly smashed Pichu, who was able to avoid the big rock, and instead got conked on the head by a tiny pebble knocking him into confusion.

"Wheeee," Brown cough and black smoke poured from his now blacken form.

Meanwhile, Norman on the opposite side just stood there like a big pile of ash as he lean against the rail trying not to pass out from the shock. Then he shook himself one good time and screamed at the now dizzy pokemon," You're supposed to be aiming for Onix, not me!"

"Onix, finish him with a tackle attack," Brown yelled once he had also recovered from the shock. Onix leapt toward his target as Pichu still confused manage to waddle his way out of the charge pokemon's path.

"Huh," Norman yelled when he realized something was wrong with Pichu as Onix managed another near miss.

"Flutter," Norman yelled after that pass. "Go and get Pichu."

"Befree," Flutter responded as he swept past Norman and just as Onix was about to strike Pichu with its massive body the butterfly like pokemon plucked the small rodent out of the way and deliver him back into Norman's arms.

"I forfeit this battle." Norman yelled as he cuddled the small pokemon in his arms.

"So now it's a one on one match," Brown smiled. "Choose your best pokemon."

"Pichu," Pichu moaned as he slowed recovered from his confusion.

"You did a good job, Pichu!" "Next time you battle I'm sure you'll win."

Pichu looked up sadly, but cheered up when he looked into Norman's face.

"Humph, It's taking you too long, so I will choose my pokemon first," he shouted a he recalled Onix and sent out Sudowood.

"Big Mistake, Brown," Norman yelled as he threw out a pokeball unto the mat, which split open on contact. The light disappeared to reveal a navy blue pokemon called Marill. "Marill, end this quickly with your bubblebeam."

"Sudowood!!" Brown yelled now at a totally lost of words. He hadn't been expecting the boy to come out with a water type and he knew that Sudowood was too slow to get out of the way.

So the battle ended with Norman as the winner, and Michelle applauding him from below. Her dad had been made a fool of two days in a row, and she was beginning to see why he had emphasized on her starting a journey of her own.

"Oh, well," she thought as she took the now cheering Norman and his three pokemon Flutter, Marril, and Pichu into the back where Reshon was resting. Here Norman described his battle to his now partly a wake friend. Tomorrow Michelle's dad had said that Reshon would be back to normal, and they could continue their journey together as Reshon the weird girl with the weird pokemon, Norman the bug/water trainer, and herself the rock master. "What an interesting trio," she thought aloud.

"Huh, what is?" Reshon asked upon hearing her.

"Oh, nothing," Michelle moaned.