Ash vs Barry

Emerging from the forest, the gang came to a town.

"Finally some rest and some food." Ash sighed.

"Hey Brock, where's the Pokemon Center?" Dawn asked.

Brock was just about to look it up on his Pokegear, but he felt something poking him on the leg.

"Hey, who's doing that?" Ash demanded.

Suddenly the Gible from before jumped out of the ground and bit him on the head.

"Ow!" Ash screamed.

"Hey it's Gible. The one with Wilma before." Dawn said.

"What's it doing here?" Tomo asked.

"Well since it likes biting Ash's head I would say he likes Ash a lot." Brock said.

Ash managed to pull Gible off his head.

"You like me huh Gible?" He asked.

Gible nodded yes.

"Well then I will catch you." Ash said.

He threw a Poke Ball at Gible, but Gible ate it.

The issue with Gible is that they are the type of Pokemon that like to bite anything, especially things that are metal.

"Hey I can't catch you if you eat the Poke Ball Gible." Ash was a bit irritated.

He tried again and this time Gible let the ball hit it. Gible was caught and the Poke Ball teleported to Prof. Oak's lab.

Just then Officer Jenny appeared.

"Oh so that Gible is yours?" She asked Ash.

"Well it is now." Ash replied. "It was a wild Pokemon and I just caught it. Did something happen?"

"Come see for yourself." Officer Jenny said.

She led them to a park. A lot of the park was damaged; a fountain, a bench and some park equipment for children had been chewed up.

"What a lot of damage." Brock said.

"Did Gible do that?" Ash asked.

"I'm afraid so." Officer Jenny answered.

Ash looked Gible up on the Pokedex.

"Gible, the Land Shark Pokemon. It nests in small, horizontal holes in cave walls. It pounces to catch prey that stray too close."

"Oh great, so Gible is the type of Pokemon that bites down on anything." Ash sweat dropped. "I better let Prof. Oak know about this right away."

Ash quickly found a phone booth and called Prof. Oak immediately to tell him about Gible.

"I realized Gible likes to bite things." Prof. Oak said. "It chewed up one of my chairs."

"Please tell me you returned it to the Poke Ball, professor." Ash said.

"I have and I will take it outside later." Prof. Oak said. "No doubt Venusaur and Grotle will teach it how to behave."

"Oh Professor, there's something else about Gible I need to tell you about." Ash said. "It really wants to learn Draco Meteor, but hasn't really mastered it yet. So make sure it keeps practicing the move in a place where it can't hurt the other Pokemon."

"Don't worry Ash, I'll have your dragon type Pokemon keep Gible under control." Prof. Oak said.

"Thanks professor." Ash said.

The phone call then ended.

So Gible was sorted out and Ash wasn't in trouble with Officer Jenny. She understood what wild Pokemon were like, but she did warn him not to let Gible run wild and destroy anything again.

Before the gang did anything after that, a bicycle came up to them and Barry was on it.

"Hey, what's up everyone?" He asked.

"Hi Barry. Where did you get that bike?" Ash asked him.

"Eterna City." Barry said. "They had a free bike distribution event over there."

"Nice." Dawn said.

"So what are you guys doing here?" Barry asked.

"We are on our way to Daybreak Town so I can earn my fifth ribbon." Dawn answered.

"Then we are going to Sunyshore City so Ash and I can get our eighth badges." Tomo added.

"Eighth?" Barry repeated. "Then you two have seven badges."

"We sure do." Ash answered.

He and Tomo showed off their seven badges to Barry.

Barry went berserk again because he had six badges.

"Still, I will be battling Fantina soon so I will catch up with you." He said.

*'How does Barry change his personality so quickly?'* Dawn thought.

"Wait Ash, are you going to challenge my dad after you get the eighth badge?" Barry asked.

"Yep." Ash answered. "Since the Battle Tower is in Sunyshore City, I'll challenge Palmer after I obtain my gym badge."

"Humph, I can't wait to see my dad beat you again." Barry smirked, remembering how Ash lost to his dad before.

"I'll have you know Barry, I've trained some Pokemon of mine for when I do get to face Palmer." Ash said.

"Like that will do you any good." Barry replied.

He didn't believe Ash would be able to defeat Palmer.

"That's what you think." Ash said, slightly annoyed with Barry's attitude.

"Come on Ash, let's just go to the Pokemon Center already." Dawn interrupted.

She was getting fed up with Barry's attitude too. So they left Barry for the Pokemon Center.

At the Pokemon Center the gang had something to eat while their Pokemon were being taken care of by Nurse Joy.

"Hey Ash, are you going to train with Aggron a bit more?" Dawn asked.

"No not at the moment. Aggron has already done a lot of training these last few days so I'm letting him take a break."

The truth is, Ash had decided to use his Aggron against Palmer's Rhyperior when he battles him again. And so Ash had been training Aggron some time for it.

"Have you also decided what Pokemon to use against Palmer's Dragonite and Milotic as well?" Brock asked.

They learned about Palmer's Milotic from Johanna back in Twinleaf Town.

"Don't you worry Brock, I've got everything sorted out no problem." He said.

After all the Pokemon had been checked out and everyone was fed the gang was just about to leave the Pokemon Center when Barry showed up.