Tomo's Fourth Gym Battle

A few hours after Wake healed his Gyarados, Quagsire and Floatzel, it was time for Tomo to battle him. Wake and Tomo took their places on the battlefield while Ash sat on the sideline with Brock and Dawn.

"I can't wait to see how Tomo battles Wake." Dawn said.

"He'll be alright." Ash said.

The rules for the battlefield were the same as Ash's battle.

Wake sent out his Gyarados while Tomo sent out a Raichu.

"Did Tomo's Pikachu evolve?" Dawn asked.

"Yes." Ash answered. "Tomo's Pikachu wanted to evolve so Tomo used a Thunder Stone to evolve him."

Wake started the battle.

"Gyarados, use Hydro Pump." Raichu dodged it with Agility, jumping from platform to platform.

"Okay Raichu, Thunderbolt." Tomo said.

Raichu fired a thunderbolt and it hit Gyarados. But Gyarados wasn't knocked out yet.

"Alright Gyarados, use Bite." Wake said.

Gyarados dived under water to attack Raichu by surprise.

"Raichu, stand your ground." Tomo said.

Raichu stood still on the platform, waiting for Gyarados to appear. Suddenly Gyarados burst out of the water and got ready to attack Raichu.

"Quick Raichu, Thunderbolt." Tomo said.

Raichu managed to attack Gyarados before Gyarados could use Bite on him. Then Raichu hit Gyarados really hard with Iron Tail and it fainted.

"Wow Tomo's Raichu is good." Dawn said.

"Tomo caught Raichu as Pikachu in Kanto and it learned a lot from my Pikachu." Ash said.

Wake returned his Gyarados, impressed with Tomo's battling skill. Then he called out his Quagsire. Tomo returned his Raichu and called out Octillery.

"Why is Tomo using Octillery instead of Sunflora?" Dawn asked.

"Quagsire is a water/ground type, so it won't do much to Octillery." Brock noted.

"Yes and Ice Beam will do neutral damage to Octillery." Ash added.

"Octillery, Bullet Seed." Tomo ordered.

Quagsire jumped into the pool to escape. Octillery jumped into the pool to chase after Quagsire.

"Octillery's a good swimmer, but Quagsire is faster." Brock said.

"Attack with Gunk Shot." Tomo ordered.

Quagsire dodged before the poison could hit him.

"Quagsire, use Mud Bomb." Wake said.

"Counter that with Ice Beam." Tomo said.

Octillery's Ice Beam shot through Quagsire's Mud Bomb and then it hit Quagsire.

"Now Bullet Seed." Octillery fired a barrage of seeds which hit Quagsire.

Quagsire was weakened but not defeated yet.

"Quagsire, Ice Beam." Wake said.

"Bullet Seed again." Tomo said.

Octillery dodged Ice Beam and hit Quagsire with Bullet Seed. Quagsire couldn't take anymore after being hit by Bullet Seed again and fainted.

"Tomo only needs to beat Floatzel now." Dawn said.

"Yes, but Floatzel is very strong. Even I had a tough time with it." Ash said. "Not to mention Tomo's Raichu and Octillery are exhausted from their battles."

Tomo returned Octillery and called Sunflora out. Wake returned Quagsire and sent Floatzel out.

"I hope Sunflora can do this." Dawn said, slightly worried. "Since Floatzel knows Ice Fang, it will be hard for Sunflora."

"Yes, but don't count Sunflora out yet." Brock said.

Sunflora started the battle off with Bullet Seed, but Floatzel jumped into the pool to dodge it.

"Use Ice Fang, Floatzel." Wake ordered.

Floatzel moved in with Ice Fang, but Sunflora used Protect to defend herself from the attack.

"Leech Seed Sunflora." Tomo said.

Sunflora released a Leech Seed attack and Floatzel was wrapped up in the vines.

"Since Floatzel's energy will be sapped by Leech Seed, Sunflora can win this." Dawn said.

"Don't be so sure Dawn. Floatzel doesn't look like it's defeated yet." Ash noted.

He was right as Floatzel wasn't showing any weak signs yet.

"Good Floatzel, now use Razor Wind." Wake said.

Floatzel released a Razor Wind attack that hit Sunflora.

"Don't give up Sunflora. Use Petal Dance." Tomo said.

Sunflora released a Petal Dance attack and it did a lot of damage to Floatzel. Floatzel started to feel weak after being hit by Petal Dance and having it's energy sapped by Leech Seed.

"Don't give up." Wake told his Floatzel. "Use Ice Fang."

But Sunflora dodged it and used Razor Leaf. Floatzel couldn't take anymore after the attack and fainted.

So Tomo was the winner of the gym battle and happily hugged Sunflora. Wake returned Floatzel and presented Tomo with his Fern Badge.

"You two boys gave me a great battle." Wake told Ash and Tomo.

"Tough challenges are what I like the best." Ash said.

"Me too." Tomo smiled.

"Well then, I wish you luck in the Sinnoh League." Wake said.

After earning gym badge number four, the gang left Pastoria City to head to their next destination.