Goldenrod City

When the gang arrived in Goldenrod City, they were amazed by the size of the city.

"Goldenrod City looks wonderful." Misty said. "I can't wait to look around."

"Me neither." Brock added.

Ash thought it was a good idea to look around as well. Besides he was tired from traveling and so was Tomo. Ash and Tomo decided to head over to the Pokemon Center to check their Pokemon out and rest. Misty and Brock headed over to the shops and let Ash and Tomo know they would meet back up with them later. They agreed and went to the Pokemon Center.

Before getting to the Pokemon Center, Tomo noticed a shop that was selling milk, cheese, yogurt and ice cream.

"Hey big brother, what's that?" He asked.

Ash looked at the shop.

"That must be a shop that sells Moomoo Milk and dairy products made from it." Ash said. "Moomoo Milk is produced by Miltank and it's good for both Pokemon and humans."

The two brothers decided to check it out; they and Growlithe tried a sample of the Moomoo Milk and thought it was delicious. They also tried the ice cream and found it to be delicious as well. Then they went to the Pokemon Center to recover.

An hour later Misty and Brock went back to the Pokemon Center and gave their Pokemon to Nurse Joy for a check-up. Brock bought more medicine and food. Misty bought cute charm bracelets and necklaces that had water type Pokemon decorations.

"So Ash, have you decided what Pokemon you'll use in your gym battle?" Brock asked.

"Well I found out Whitney uses normal type Pokemon." Ash replied. "So fighting type Pokemon will be effective. My team will be Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee and Togetic."

"Seems like a good idea to me." Brock said.

Misty and Tomo agreed.

That afternoon, the gang arrived at the Goldenrod Gym.

The Goldenrod Gym was a plain dome building with a pink roof. A pink-haired girl with a Clefairy by her side was standing outside the gym.

"Hi there." She said. "Are you here to challenge the gym?"

"Yes I am." Ash nodded. "Are you the gym leader Whitney."

"Yes I am." Whitney nodded back. "And I accept your challenge."

Inside, the gym was just a pain battleground, nothing special or decorative. The referee gave out the introductions of the battle between Ash and Whitney and that it was a three Pokemon battle.

Whitney began the battle with a Sentret and Ash sent out Togetic.

"Okay Sentret, use Swift." Whitney said.

Sentret shot yellow stars from it's mouth at Togetic.

"Safeguard Togetic." Ash said.

Togetic glowed blue and a blue force field surrounded her, repelling the stars.

"Okay Sentret, tackle Togetic." Whitney said.

Sentret charged towards Togetic.

"Extrasensory, Togetic." Ash ordered.

Extrasensory did some damage to Sentret.

"Headbutt." Ash commanded.

Sentret fainted instantly after being hit by Headbutt.

Whitney returned Sentret and sent out Clefairy. As soon as Clefairy was on the battlefield, it began to wave it's arms around.

"Oh no it's going to use Metronome." Ash said. "Togetic use Metronome as well, but be careful. You never know what attack Metronome copies."

Togetic waved her arms to perform Metronome.

Just as Togetic started to wave her arms, Clefairy started to perform an attack. The thing is the attack turned out to be Splash. Then Togetic performed an attack with Metronome; her attack was Dynamic Punch. Togetic punched Clefairy really hard and sent it flying. When Clefairy picked itself up, it ran back to Whitney. Apparently this Clefairy was a bit of a coward, so Ash won this round because Clefairy forfeited.

Ash thought that this gym battle would be a little too easy to win. He preferred battles to be challenging.

"This isn't over yet Ash." Whitney said. "Because I have one very tough Pokemon that you have to beat."

Her last Pokemon was a Miltank.

*'Since she uses a Miltank in gym battles.'* Ash thought. *'This Miltank won't be a pushover.'*

Ash was right; Miltank was using the move Rollout and it proved to be trouble. Miltank was rolling around the battle arena nonstop and Togetic found it difficult to fight Miltank like that. Just then Togetic was hit really hard by Rollout and fainted.

*'Oh man.'* Ash thought. *'This is going to be tougher than I thought.'*

Ash returned Togetic and sent Hitmonchan out. Miltank began rolling around again.

"Okay Hitmonchan, hit that Miltank with Dynamic Punch." Ash ordered.

Hitmonchan's right fist glowed white and Hitmonchan tried to punch Miltank as hard as he could. With Miltank still rolling, it was a bit tricky for Hitmonchan's punch to actually connect.

"Try to use Thunder Punch." Ash ordered.

Hitmonchan's left fist glowed yellow with static electricity around it and Hitmonchan punched Miltank hard with his electrical fist. At first it didn't seem to do much to Miltank because she was still rolling, but then a static shock made her stop rolling and flinch a bit.

"I think Miltank is paralyzed." Misty said.

"Thunder Punch does that on occasion." Brock noted. "It can paralyze an opponent, like how Fire Punch can burn an opponent and Ice Punch can freeze an opponent."

"Use Rollout again." Whitney told Miltank. Being paralyzed made it difficult.

"Okay Hitmonchan finish it with Mach Punch." Ash commanded.

Hitmonchan's right fist glowed blue and then it punched Miltank really hard.

Miltank fainted after that last punch.

"Miltank is unable to battle." The referee said. "So the winner of this gym battle is Ash."

Ash ran over to Hitmonchan and bumped fists with him.

"You were great Hitmonchan." He said.

Whitney walked over to Ash with Clefairy and Miltank beside her.

"I have to say Ash that was a great battle." She admitted.

"Honestly, your Miltank is really strong." Ash confessed.

"Well Ash I present to you the Plain Badge." Whitney said, showing it to Ash.

The Plain Badge was a yellow badge in the shape of a plain diamond. Ash took it from Whitney and Tomo, Misty and Brock congratulated him.

With the gym battle over, the gang said goodbye to Whitney and left the Goldenrod Gym.