Ash's Second Sinnoh Gym

Today it was time for Ash and Tomo to take Gardenia on for their second gym badge. This time Ash was going to challenge the gym first and then Tomo would follow. The Eterna Gym was a dome shaped building and since Gardenia used grass type Pokemon, the gym had trees and bushes inside and outside the building. Even the battlefield had trees and bushes and grass. Ash and Gardenia took their places.
"This is a three on three Pokemon battle." Gardenia's assistant Yoko explained. 
Tomo and Growlithe promised to pay close attention to this battle, since Tomo would battle Gardenia next. 
First off Gardenia sent out her Cherubi and Ash sent out his Mothim.
He took a quick look at the sky and saw the sun shining really bright. He reckoned that Gardenia's Pokemon would use the sun to their advantage, especially with Solar Beam; he had experienced this before. 
"Mothim, Tackle." Ash said. 
Cherubi dodged the attack.
"Use Psybeam." Cherubi quickly dodged this attack as well.
It was due to it's Chlorophyll ability. This ability increased a Pokemon's speed in sunlight.
"Cherubi, Solar Beam." Gardenia said.
The sunlight allowed Cherubi to fire Solar Beam immediately.
"Protect, Mothim." Ash said.
A barrier appeared around Mothim, canceling out Solar Beam.
"Now use Aerial Ace." Ash ordered.
Mothim charged at Cherubi and tackled it really hard.
"Nice, but you'll need to do more than that Ash." Gardenia smirked.
"Cherubi, Solar Beam." She ordered.
The sun was covered by the clouds though.
"In that case, Magical Leaf."
"Counter that with Hidden Power." Ash said.
Magical Leaf and Hidden Power collided with each other.
"Wow, Ash's Mothim is doing well despite evolving from Burmy not that long ago." Dawn said.
"That's because he's been spending time with Ash's Dustox, Beautifly, Butterfree and Venomoth at Prof. Oak's lab." Tomo explained. "He learned a few things from them."
"Like we told you before, newer Pokemon learn a lot of things from older Pokemon." Brock reminded her.
It started to sink in for Dawn.
"Okay Mothim, let's use Aerial Ace again." Ash said.
Before Cherubi could do anything, Mothim charged and tackled it.
"Now time to use Psybeam." Mothim released a rainbow colored beam that struck Cherubi.
It couldn't take anymore and fainted. 
Gardenia returned her Cherubi.
"Well Ash, you certainly knew what to do despite the sun being out." She said.
"I've fought trainers that used the weather to their advantage before." Ash responded.
Gardenia then sent out her Turtwig. Mothim remembered the last time it battled Turtwig.
"Let's show that Turtwig how strong you are now Mothim." Ash said. "Use Confusion."
Mothim held Turtwig in place with Confusion and then used Psybeam.
"Your Mothim has improved since our last battle." Gardenia said. "But we're not through yet."
"Turtwig, Leech Seed." She ordered.
Mothim was snared by the vines before Ash could give a command.
"Quick move in with Poison Powder Mothim." Ash said.
Mothim quickly released a purple powder from it's wings. Turtwig tried to get away, but it was poisoned.
"The poison will certainly bring that Turtwig down a notch." Tomo said.
"Ash must known Turtwig would use Leech Seed like last time. He planned to use Poison Powder to even the odds a little." Brock said.
Despite being poisoned, Turtwig could still fight and it tackled Mothim really hard. The tackle and leech seed were too much for Mothim and he fainted.
Ash returned Mothim and sent Leafeon out.
"Oh wow Ash." Gardenia said, liking Leafeon. "Did you evolve that from a Eevee?"
"Well I got him as an Eevee when he was an egg." Ash responded. "A old friend of mine evolved Eevee into Leafeon through the Moss Rock in Eterna Forest since he was already coming to Sinnoh."
Ash and the gang saw the Moss Rock that evolved Eevee into Leafeon while they were in Eterna Forest. Seeing Leafon compelled Gardenia to get her own Eevee and evolve it into Leafeon.
Turtwig was still willing to fight and used Tackle. Leafeon erected a barrier with Protect, so it wasn't hit by Tackle. 
"X-Scissor, Leafeon." Ash said.
Leafeon slashed Turtwig with glowing blades and since it was a bug type move, Turtwig took a lot of damage.
"Wow Ash's Pokemon surprise me every time I see them." Dawn said. 
"Ash's Leafeon and Glaceon are stronger than they were as Eevee." Tomo said.
He knew this because he already saw how strong they are. A moment later Turtwig fainted due to the poison. 
Gardenia returned Turtwig.
"I'm really impressed with the bond you and your Pokemon have Ash." She said. "But you still have one more Pokemon of mine to beat."
Her last Pokemon was a Roserade.
"We need to be very careful." Ash said. "Roserade is a grass/poison type."
Leafeon nodded in understanding.
Leafeon started off with Tackle, but Roserade used Grass Knot, tripping Leafeon.
"Now Roserade, Weather Ball." Gardenia said.
Since the sun was shining brightly, Weather Ball turned into a fire type move. Leafeon fainted after Weather Ball hit it.
Tomo, Brock and Dawn were left speechless after seeing that, especially since Leafeon was taken down with a single attack. Ash returned Leafeon and then released Glaceon.
"Since it's a ice type, it will have a advantage over Roserade, right?" Dawn asked.
"Yes, but with the sun shining brightly it will be hard for Glaceon to defeat it especially with Weather Ball." Brock said.
Ash knew the bright sun was going to present a problem, so he decided to change the weather.
"Glaceon, make it hail." He said.
Glaceon glowed light blue, made clouds cover the sun and made it snow.
"Changing the weather is a good idea." Brock said. "The move Hail not only makes it snow, it also powers ice type moves up."
"And Roserade's Weather Ball is now a ice type move." Tomo added.
Dawn was learning some new things today.
"Okay Glaceon, time to use Blizzard." Ash said.
Glaceon blew a bitter cold wind at Roserade.
"Don't give up yet Roserade. Use Magical Leaf." Gardenia said.
Roserade fired sharp leaves, but Glaceon countered with Ice Shard. 
Then Glaceon used Ice Beam, hitting Roserade dead on. It couldn't take anymore after being hit by Ice Beam and fainted. Ash won the gym battle.
"Thanks Glaceon." Ash hugged him.
Watching the gym battle helped Tomo understand what he would be up against during his gym battle. Gardenia handed Ash his gym badge; it was called the Forest Badge and it was green with white outlines and shaped like three trees in a forest, with the trunks whited out. 
"That was a exciting gym battle Ash." Gardenia said.
She then turned to Tomo. 
"I'll battle you tomorrow because my Pokemon need to recover." Tomo nodded.
He could wait for his battle.