Roark vs Byron

Today the gang was heading to the Canalave Gym because they found out from Nurse Joy that the gym leader Byron was back from Iron Island. 
"It's time now." Ash said.
He was looking forward to a gym battle and so was Tomo. The referee came out of the gym.
"I'm Ash, this is Tomo and my friends Dawn and Brock." Ash introduced himself and the others.
"I remember you kids from the other day." The referee said.
"We heard Byron returned from Iron Island so we are here to battle him for the gym badge." Ash said.
"Byron is here, but now is not a good time because his son is visiting." The referee said.
"What's that got to do with having a gym battle?" Dawn asked.
"Well it's hard to put this." The referee said. "But Byron and his son are quite a pair. You see, if something goes wrong between the two of them it takes a while for them to fix the problem."
The referee proved his point when he led the gang into the gym. There was the sound of arguing coming from a room where the battlefield was. The battlefield had rocks all over it like the Oreburgh Gym did. Two men were shouting at each other over who loved fossils more. To their surprise one of the men was Roark. This meant that Roark was Byron's son. The referee called out to Byron to let him know that he had two challengers waiting to battle him.
"Hi Roark, nice to see you again." Ash said.
"Hi Ash, I was wondering when I may see you here." Roark said.
"The challenger is your friend?" Byron asked him.
"Ash and Tomo challenged me back at the Oreburgh Gym and they won badges." Roark answered.
Byron stared at the brothers.
"Ash, Tomo I'm sorry, but you two will have to wait because I'm not letting this one go." Roark said. "Because when it comes to fossils dad, you won't outdo me."
Byron started to growl in anger.
"I'm telling you, I love fossils the most and that's that!" He shouted. 
"No way, I do!" Roark angrily shouted.
"Wow Roark and Byron really are a pair." Tomo said. 
He felt a little scared.
Byron led Roark and the gang into a room that was filled with fossils. 
"Wow, what a collection of fossils." Ash said.
"I haven't seen anything like it." Tomo said.
What impressed Roark the most was an big Anorith fossil that was stored in a glass cabinet. 
"If I restore this Anorith fossil it will be an Anorith bigger than it's normal size." Byron said, proudly. "So give up on trying to beat me with fossils."
"I have never seen anything like this big Anorith fossil." Roark said. "But when it comes to Pokemon restored from fossils nothing tops my Rampardos."
"Sorry to have to correct you, but it's my Bastiodon that tops everything." Byron said.
He and Roark started to have an argument about Rampardos and Bastiodon. Brock stepped in to stop the fighting and Dawn suggested that Byron and Roark battle to see which Pokemon was better. Byron and Roark agreed to the idea.
Before the battle began Roark had a talk with the gang in a hallway.
"I'm amazed Byron is your dad Roark." Ash said.
"Yes and as you just saw we get a bit carried away when it comes to fossils and stuff." Roark said. "The reason I came all the way over here was to ask my dad to come back to Oreburgh City for his and my mom's anniversary."
Roark explained that his dad used to be the leader of the Oreburgh Gym. But one day he was asked by the Pokemon League to become the leader for the gym in Canalave City. He accepted the offer immediately because there were fossils to dig up in Canalave City. So he packed up and left, leaving Roark to become the new leader of the Oreburgh Gym. 
"He never even considered how mom and I felt about him leaving." Roark said, finishing the story. "He only consulted himself when making important decisions and always took the two of us for granted. And the truth is not only are there fossils here in Canalave City, there are also a lot of fossils on nearby Iron Island."
"Wait so the reason why we waited for him to come back from Iron Island was because he had been digging up fossils." Ash said.
"Ash, Tomo I'm really sorry I have to make you wait longer to battle my dad." Roark apologized. "I don't want him to out fossil me."
Ash and Tomo nodded, then wished Roark good luck with his battle.
A minute later, it was time for Roark to battle his dad. The gang sat down on the sidelines while Roark and Byron took their places on the battlefield.
"This is a one on one Pokemon battle." The referee announced.
Roark released his Rampardos while Byron sent out a Bastiodon.
"We'll have to pay close attention to how Byron battles for ideas on what to do during our battles." Ash told his younger brother.
"Zen Headbutt." Roark told Rampardos.
"Bastiodon, Iron Defense." Byron ordered.
The two fossil Pokemon rammed into each other.
"Whoa, this is like a battle between a shield and spear." Ash said.
"You're right Ash." Brock nodded. "That Iron Defense move really knows how to stop attacks."
"Rampardos, Zen Headbutt again." Roark ordered.
For the second time Bastiodon stopped it with Iron Defense and pushed Rampardos back.
"I think the shield is going to win." Ash feared.
Bastiodon used Flamethrower next, but Rampardos dodged it. Roark was forced to admit it; his dad really did know how to battle.
While the battle was underway, trouble was brewing. Team Rocket was breaking into the gym. They heard that Byron collects Pokemon fossils, so they wanted to steal them and give them to the boss.
"Tell me, why are we going to steal these fossils?" Jessie asked. "We've already given fossils to the boss."
"Yes, but I've heard that these fossils are bigger than the ones we gave to the boss." James replied.
"James is right. Look at this." Meowth said.
He was looking at the glass container with a big Anorith fossil.
"Wow, I've certainly never seen anything like this." Jessie said, impressed with the fossil.
"If we take that to the boss he'll have a big Anorith which will evolve into a big Armaldo." James said.
"The boss will love that and give us more money." Meowth said.
The trio then began preparing to steal the fossils.
Back with the Pokemon battle...
Rampardos was starting to become exhausted. Roark wasn't about to give up yet.
"Rampardos, Head Smash." He ordered.
"Bastiodon, Iron Head." Byron ordered.
"I fear Roark's going to lose." Ash said. "Especially considering Bastiodon hasn't broken a sweat."
"I think you're right Ash, taking into account the recoil damage from Head Smash." Brock agreed.
Dawn and Tomo also feared Roark would lose.
"Rampardos, Flamethrower." Roark commanded.
Bastiodon countered with Flash Cannon. It seemed this battle would never end.
Suddenly a alarm started blaring.
"What's going on here?" Dawn asked.
"Dad, what is it?" Roark asked.
"That's the exhibit room alarm." Byron answered. "This battle is over."
He returned Bastiodon and went to check out the fossil exhibit room. Roark returned Rampardos and followed his dad. Ash didn't like the sound of this. He and the others decided to follow as well.
Once everyone got to the room where the fossils were kept there were two big holes in the ground. Byron, being a hole, tunnel and cave maniac, admired the holes and was impressed with them. Roark and the gang couldn't believe that kind of attitude. 
"Hey." Roark called out. He noticed that the fossils were gone. 
"Dad, the fossils are missing." He told Byron.
Byron was upset to hear his fossil collection was missing. Roark jumped down to go after the person who stole the fossils. Byron followed him along with the gang.
Just then a big drill machine came out of the ground. It belonged to Team Rocket. The machine had mechanical claws and carried a big sack containing the fossils they stole.
"Success!" James cheered after he and the other two emerged from the tunnel.
He spoke too soon because Roark, Byron and the gang appeared after following the tunnel.
"Why am I not surprised this is your handiwork?" Ash angrily asked.
Byron acted like a child again as he was impressed with Team Rocket's machine. 
"They're the ones who stole the fossils." Roark reminded him.
Byron came back to his senses.
"Return the fossils immediately!" He and Roark ordered.
Naturally they refused to do so.
Byron and Roark sent out Bastiodon and Rampardos to take them on. Meowth held the remote for the drill machine to fight back, while Jessie held onto the sack of fossils. Bastiodon and Rampardos used Iron Head and Zen Headbutt on the machine, but it wasn't taken out yet. Meowth controlled the mechanical claws with the remote and had it fire big stones at Rampardos.
"Rampardos, use Zen Headbutt." Roark said.
Rampardos destroyed the stones, but Meowth had the machine throw mud at it throwing Rampardos off balance. Then Meowth had the machine fire rocks at Rampardos again. Bastiodon got in front of it and protected Rampardos with Iron Defense. 
"Now you see why I always talk about the value of good defense!" Byron shouted at his son. "Listen son, it's about time you show off that attack you say is so great."
Roark acknowledged the point.
"Rampardos, Head Smash." He ordered.
Rampardos' body was surrounded in a whitish-blue aura, and it shoots at the robot with it's head pointed at it, slamming into it with it's head. It took damage from the attack and was becoming tired. Ash and Tomo decided that this was the perfect time to lend their assistance. 
"Growlithe, Fire Blast." Tomo ordered.
The machine had burn marks on it.
"Pikachu, Thunder." Ash ordered.
A large yellow thunderbolt came straight down, striking the machine. It exploded and Team Rocket was sent flying, as Jessie let go of the sack.
After their victory, another issue was presented. All of the fossils came out of the sack and fell onto the ground.
"All those precious fossils!" Byron and Roark shouted at the same time.
They ran over to the fossils to check for any damage. Fortunately none of them were cracked or had any other signs of damage. Just then Roark noticed Byron looking at something. Byron revealed a small box containing a leaf-shaped fossil.
"Is that a Sunkern leaf fossil?" Roark asked.
Just then he remembered something from his past. When Roark was a kid he found a Sunkern leaf fossil in the Oreburgh Mine and gave it to his dad.
"Is that really the same Sunkern leaf fossil?" Roark asked.
"It's by far the most important fossil in my collection." Byron said.
Roark was happy to hear that.
"Then that means you really do care about the family." He said.
"If I remained in the position of the Oreburgh gym leader, you would always be my apprentice." Byron admitted. "I figured this would be a good opportunity for you to take the reins as the new Oreburgh gym leader."
Roark realized he had been wrong this whole time.
"Sorry dad." He apologized.
Roark and Byron had now made amends.
Seeing them reconcile made the gang happy.
"You know, this is starting to make me miss my mom." Dawn said. "I should call her."
"Good idea." Ash said. "Tomo and I will call our mom to see how she's doing."
"I'll call my family as well." Brock agreed.
Byron turned to Ash and Tomo.
"So Ash, Tomo, I will be battling you two next." He said. "The wait's not over though. My Bastiodon has to recover, so how about we wait until tomorrow."
Ash and Tomo nodded in understanding; they had no problem waiting one more day. 
"I'll be the referee." Roark volunteered as he wanted to see their gym battles. 
The gang liked the idea because they had never seen a gym leader act as a referee.
"Just a heads up, you two will be obtaining the Mine Badge the hard way." Byron told them. "Get ready for the battle of your lives." 
"Just make sure you're ready to battle me and Tomo." Ash replied.
After Byron and Roark made amends, Ash and Tomo could finally look forward to battling Byron for the Mine Badge.