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.