Paul's Gym Battle

Some exciting things happened after the gang left Jubilife City. First Ash had his Swellow train his Starly and Tomo's Natu. In the midst of that Starly evolved into Staravia and Natu evolved into Xatu. Second Brock's Bonsly evolved into Sudowoodo after it learned the move Mimic. The gang ended up learning that some Pokemon evolve after learning a special move. For example, a Yanma could evolve into Yanmega after learning Ancient Power, a Bonsly could evolve into Sudowoodo after learning Mimic, a Lickitung could evolve into Licklicky after learning Rollout and a Aipom could evolve into Ambipom after learning Double Hit. Finally Brock caught a Nuzleaf that became fast friends with Sudowoodo. 
Now the gang had made it to Oreburgh City where Ash and Tomo can obtain their first gym badge. Oreburgh City was like a factorial town because it had a big coal mine called Oreburgh Mine and the big chimneys would help control the air in the mine and out. 
"Tomo this is where we begin collecting gym badges." Ash said.
"Ash, is it alright if I battle the gym leader first?" Tomo asked.
He wanted to go first because he was excited about his first gym battle. Ash agreed to let him battle first.
"You ready for this Tomo?" Brock asked.
"I'm ready as I'll ever be and so are my Pokemon." Tomo answered.
The gang made it to the gym; the outside of the gym was like a huge stone cave.
"This is impressive." Tomo said.
"Hmm from the design of this gym I would think that this gym's specialty is rock type Pokemon." Ash said.
"I think you may be right Ash." Brock agreed.
Suddenly Paul came out of the building.
"You defeated the gym leader already?" Ash asked. 
Paul replied that he hadn't because the gym leader wasn't present at the moment. Just then a man with long green hair came out. His name was Ian and he was the gym leader's assistant.
"Excuse me Ian, but does the gym leader here use rock type Pokemon?" Ash asked.
"Yes he does." Ian replied.
This surprised Paul; he didn't have a water type Pokemon on his team.
"I'll wait at the Pokemon Center until the gym leader gets back." Paul said.
He then left. His plan was to capture a water type Pokemon before challenging the gym leader.
Ash explained to Ian that he and Tomo wished to challenge the Oreburgh Gym. Since Paul asked for a gym battle first, the brothers had to wait for their turn. They didn't mind it. Ian gave both Ash and Tomo a lavender-blue colored gym badge case that had a Poke Ball design on the lid. Ian explained that the gym leader, who's name is Roark, was working at the Oreburgh Mine. 
"I heard that it's famous for it's coal." Brock said.
"Not only does Roark dig for coal, he also digs for treasure." Ian said.
The gang was curious about that and decided to visit the Oreburgh Mine to see Roark themselves.
At the Oreburgh Mine, it was very busy; lots of miners were digging and there were lots of fighting type Pokemon helping out with carrying the heavy stuff. 
"Is Roark here?" Ash asked some miners.
They were just about to answer when two miners came out of a mine, pushing a big cart that had a giant stone in it. A man wearing a red helmet came out of the mine.
"That's Roark, the foreman of the Oreburgh Mine." The miners said.
Roark was smiling at the stone; it was actually the fossil of a ancient Pokemon. The gang then walked up to Roark.
"My name's Ash." Ash introduced himself to Roark. 
"My brother Tomo and I wish to challenge you to a gym battle, and there is another person who wishes to challenge you." He said.
After hearing that he had three challengers, Roark decided to go back to his gym immediately.
Once Roark and the gang returned to the gym, Paul came back too ready to face Roark. Dawn had never seen a gym battle and had never been inside a gym.
"Can I watch the battle?" She asked.
Roark agreed to let the gang watch the battle, and surprisingly Paul didn't mind either. To Ash this meant that he would not only find out what Pokemon Roark had, he could also see how Paul and his Pokemon fight in gym battles. 
The battlefield of the Oreburgh Gym had rocks on it, just like the Pewter Gym. The gang sat down in the seats to watch, and Paul and Roark took their positions on the battlefield. Ian was the referee.
"This battle is a three on three Pokemon battle." He explained.
Dawn felt a bit excited as this was the first time she watched a gym battle. 
"Make sure to pay attention to this Dawn." Brock advised. "You will learn a lot from this gym battle."
The battle then started and Roark sent out a Geodude. Dawn looked it up on her Pokedex.
Paul sent out a Azumarill and Dawn also looked it up on her Pokedex. The Azumarill was what Paul captured to use for the gym battle.
"Since it's a water type Pokemon, Geodude's at a disadvantage." Dawn said.
"Normally yes." Brock replied. "But gym leaders train their Pokemon to overcome opponents that have a advantage over them. Keep watching and you'll see what I mean."
"Hydro Pump." Paul told Azumarill.
"Hidden Power." Roark told his Geodude. 
This turned out be grass type and it knocked Azumarill's Hydro Pump back before Hidden Power hit it. 
"Rollout." Roark then told Geodude.
"Go." Paul tried to have Azumarill use Water Gun, but Geodude was too fast. Azumarill was hit twice by Rollout and fainted. Paul wasn't happy and returned Azumarill.
"Good for nothing." He angrily said.
Ash heard that and wasn't happy.
Dawn was surprised to see Geodude beat Azumarill.
"Like I just said." Brock remarked. "Roark trained his Pokemon to defeat opponents that have a advantage over rock types. Still, I'm surprised Geodude effortlessly beat Azumarill."
"I'm not." Ash retorted. "Paul just captured that Azumarill and wasn't trained for this yet."
He used his psychic power to obtain that information from Paul's mind.
Dawn, Tomo and Brock were surprised with his statement and didn't like where this was going.
Paul sent his Elekid out next. Roark was surprised because electric types did nothing to ground type Pokemon. 
"Elekid, Brick Break." Paul ordered.
"Use Rollout again." Roark told Geodude.
Elekid effortlessly knocked Geodude out with Brick Break. 
Dawn was shocked.
"You see Dawn, you can overcome any disadvantage with the right move." Brock informed her.
"That's right Dawn." Ash added. "And Pokemon can learn moves to defeat a Pokemon with a advantage over them. Pikachu here knows Signal Beam to deal with grass type Pokemon and Iron Tail to deal with rock types."
Dawn still had a lot to learn.
Roark sent out a Onix next and Dawn scanned it.
"This Onix is strong." Brock noted. "Since I raised a Onix, I can tell it's fought some tough battles."
"Elekid, Brick Break." Paul ordered.
Onix dodged it and struck Elekid with it's body.
"Protect." Paul ordered.
A barrier appeared in front of Elekid protecting it from Onix's attack. Then it used Double-Edge and with the barrier gone, the attack connected with Elekid. Roark's Onix had the Rock Head ability, which prevented it from taking recoil damage from moves like Double-Edge. 
"Stealth Rock." Roark told Onix.
"Not good." Ash muttered. "The next Pokemon Paul sends out will take damage."
"You're right." Brock agreed. "Roark is making this battle tricky for Paul."
Ash and Tomo paid close attention to the battle; they would experience this during their battles with Roark. 
Onix slammed into Elekid and was paralyzed as a result.
"Hey, wasn't that Static?" Dawn recalled Pikachu's Static ability kicking it during the Jubilife contest.
"Yeah. Elekid also has that ability." Brock nodded.
"Elekid, Brick Break." Paul commanded.
"Onix, Double-Edge." Roark commanded.
Even though it was paralyzed, Onix could still move and the Pokemon collided. 
Elekid was becoming exhausted every minute and Paul was getting angrier. He recalled Elekid.
"Hey, doesn't Paul care that his next Pokemon will take damage?" Tomo asked.
"Paul doesn't care about anything." Ash replied.
Paul's next Pokemon was Chimchar. Because of Stealth Rock, it took some damage.
"Chimchar, Dig." Paul ordered.
Chimchar tunneled underground.
"Try to sense it's movements, Onix." Roark said.
Just then Chimchar surfaced and tackled Onix.
"Wow Chimchar tackled Onix even though it's a lot bigger." Dawn said.
"Pokemon that use Dig can tackle opponents no matter their weight." Ash retorted. "I've had Pikachu use Dig on Onix, Rhydon and other heavy Pokemon before. Dig always works."
"Dig's super effective against Onix because it's a ground type move." Brock pointed out.
"Onix, Double-Edge." Roark ordered.
Chimchar dodged it with Dig. Then it emerged and tackled Onix. Onix wasn't able to take anymore and fainted. So Roark had one more Pokemon while Paul still had two.
Roark sent out his final Pokemon. This Pokemon was a gray and blue dinosaur with spikes on the back of it's head.
Ash looked it up on the Pokedex.
"Cranidos, the Head Butt Pokemon. It lived in jungles around 100 million years ago. It's skull is as hard as iron."
"Hey Brock, is Cranidos a fossil Pokemon?" Ash asked.
"It is." Brock answered. "And that Cranidos looks tough."
"Use Dig." Paul told Chimchar.
Cranidos sensed it's movements and when Chimchar came out of the ground it hit Chimchar really hard with Headbutt.
"Chimchar, Bullet Seed." Paul ordered.
Cranidos dodged the attack and hit Chimchar really hard with Zen Headbutt.
"Oh man, that Cranidos is strong." Tomo said.
The others agreed. Chimchar continued to be headbutted by Cranidos. Ash felt at this rate Chimchar was going to be knocked out. Suddenly Chimchar began to glow a orange-red. 
"The Blaze ability." Ash said.
"Blaze is a ability that kicks in when a fire type Pokemon is weakened. It makes their fire type moves twice as strong." Brock explained to Dawn.
"Chimchar, Flame Wheel." Paul commanded.
"Cranidos, Zen Headbutt." Roark ordered.
Thanks to Blaze, Chimchar's Flame Wheel was a lot stronger than normal and it hit Cranidos' legs hard. Chimchar then used Flame Wheel again and Cranidos was struck a second time. 
"Chimchar, Dig." Paul ordered.
"Cranidos, Headbutt." Roark ordered.
After coming out of the ground, Chimchar was hit by Cranidos' head and fainted. Paul was left with a single Pokemon and returned Chimchar.
"I'll deal with you later." He angrily said.
Paul sent Elekid out to battle again, as it took damage from Stealth Rock after coming out of the Poke Ball. 
"Cranidos, Flamethrower." Roark ordered.
Elekid dodged it and struck Cranidos on the leg with Brick Break. After that it was paralyzed by the Static ability, but Cranidos had the Mold Breaker ability preventing other abilities from affecting it. Cranidos was no longer paralyzed. 
"Cranidos, Zen Headbutt." Roark ordered.
It was in a lot of pain thanks to Brick Break and Chimchar's Flame Wheel, so it wasn't able to attack properly. Elekid then struck Cranidos with Brick Break again.
"I think Cranidos will lose this battle since it's legs are keeping it from battling right." Tomo said.
"That must be why Paul was relying on Chimchar to activate Blaze." Brock noted. "It was meant to weaken Cranidos first before having Elekid finish it off."
"This means he's too reliant on his Pokemon's abilities and their strongest moves." Ash observed.
"Cranidos, Zen Headbutt." Roark commanded.
"Elekid, Brick Break." Paul commanded.
The two Pokemon collided and then fell back. Elekid and Cranidos were exhausted, but Cranidos was even more so as it fainted. Paul was the winner.
Paul returned Elekid, not showing any emotion towards his victory or Pokemon. Roark presented him with the Coal Badge. It was brown with grey outlines and in the shape of a boulder and Poke Ball. Paul accepted the badge and started to leave. Ash stared at him; he didn't like how Paul battled at all.