In front of the Viridian City Gym, Kamon was peering inside.  The lights in it were on, but Gary was battling another trainer.  He couldn't make out the Pokémon because, not only were the windows slightly tinted, but they were also smeary.  He couldn't even make out what Gary looked like.  But he did see two trainers battling in there, which gave him hope that he could batle Gary very soon.
"Oh, well," Kamon sighed. 
Kamon walked back to the Pokémon Center, and tried to figure out what Pokémon to use.  The thing was, though, he didn't know what Pokémon Gary had. 
He walked over to the computer and sat down.  He shook the mouse, which was oddly shaped like a Pikachu, to make the screen saver go away so that he could see the desktop.  He double-clicked on theInternet icon and was brought to the Pokémon homepage; www.pokemon.com.  He then went to the Elite Four's website, www.indigoplateu.com/elite4.  He was trying to figure out how to exactly see what Gary's Pokémon were when he beat Lance five years ago.  He failed.  He then went to www.gymleaders.net/kanto to try to research Gary.  It gave no description of his Pokémon.  He then walked over to the counter and retrieved his Pokémon from Nurse Joy.
He sat down in a chair to think.  If Gary has  a Ground-type Pokémon, a Dark-type Pokémon, a Poison-type Pokémon, a Fighting-type Pokémon or a Normal-type Pokémon, I'm sorta out of luck, Kamon thought.  Those were the only typess he couldn't counter-attack very well.  Or Dragon, he then added.  He resolved to head to Gary's house in Pallet Town to try to ask his sister Daisy if she knew his Pokémon.  He was walking out just as a familiar face walked in.
"Well, fancy seeing you here, Kamon," Drew said.
"Oh, no, not you again…" Kamon moaned.  "What do you want?"
"I didn't want to talk to you at all, Kamon.  I was planning on healing my Pokémon.  I just got through battling, and winning, against Gary of Viridian City Gym," Drew replied.
"You…you won?" Kamon stuttered.  "Well, Drew, could ya do me a small favor?"
"Well, sure, but what?" Drew asked.
"Could you tell me what Pokémon he has?  I haven't a clue."
"You honestly don't?  Oh, wait.  That's right.  My hometown is Pallet Town.  I already knew all of the Kanto Gym leader's Pokémon.  What was a surprise to me was the Johto Gym Leader's Pokémon.  But, eh, I don't live here anymore.  I'm gonna live in Cherrygrove.  It has no gym, which means that not a whole lot of people will be battling and stuff there.  I don't like small towns really, and Cherrygrove isn't; it's basically a Blackthorn City without the gym.  You know what I'm saying?  I like the big city, just without the gym.  I wouldn't get any credit for living there if there was also a gym leader.  Trainers would be like:  'Oh, have you fought so-in-so?' not 'Oh, did you meet Drew?  You know, the kid who conquered the Elite Four, all of the Kanto Gyms AND Ash?'  I don't want that.  I want to be known.  That's why I'm gonna battle, and beat, Ash."
"Oh, that's nice," Kamon said after Drew's five-minute speech.
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot.  Gary's Pokémon.  Well, I'm gonna list them from least powerful to most powerful.  He has an Exeggutor lv. 67, a Pidgeot lv. 68, an Alakazam lv. 69, a Gyarados lv. 70, an Arcanine lv. 72, and then an Umbreon lv. 74.  He's no pushover, I'll tell you that," Drew concluded.
"Was he hard for you?" Kamon inquired.
"Of course he was.  But it doesn't mean I didn't win as easy as I beat you.  In fact, he got me down to my last Pokémon."
"Oh.  Well, thanks!"
Drew wasn't sure if the 'thanks' he had received was a sarcastic 'thanks' or if Kamon was really thanking him.
"No problem," Drew said, "well, see ya Kamon."
"Yeah, see ya…"  Kamon wasn't as happy as Drew was.  Kamon concluded that he needed Snorlax more than Golem in this bout.  But, only for this one battle.  He didn't want to get rid of his Golem; Golem was one of his M.V.P.'s, Most Valuable Pokémon.  He walked over to the computer again, but had to wait for someone to check their E-mail.  He then logged onto B.P.S.S., Bill's Pokémon Storage System and logged in.
First name: Kamon, he typed.  Password: 63711.  He waited for two minutes while they 'located' his Pokémon.  Finally, a 3-D version of the 2 Pokémon he had in the PC, Noctowl and Snorlax.  Next to Snorlax's name, there was a flashing '+' sign.  He clicked on it with the Pikachu mouse. 
       This symbol means your Pokémon is a shiny, or sparkling Pokémon, it said. 
       Wow!  I actually caught a shiny Pokémon! Kamon thought.  He will be sure to give me an advantage now.  He withdrew his sparkling Snorlax and deposited his Golem.  He then walked into the Viridian City Gym, and challenged Gary to a match.

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"Gary, I challenge you to a match," Kamon said. 
       A boy, 17 years old with redish brown hair and a purple long-sleeved shirt on, with jet-black pants and brown boots was standing on top of a trainer's box somewhat like Kamon's.  It was small and circular, but it didn't hover.it was elevated about 10 feet above the ground, though, by a think pole.  The same went for the opposing side.  The rest of the indoor stadium as much like Kamon's also.
       "That's nice," Gary said.
"Er…what do you mean, that's nice?" Kamon asked.
"Well, that's perfectly fine if you want to battle me.  I don't care."  Kamon sensed a bit of cockyness to Gary's voice.  Kamon's face tensed.
"Well, Gary, I'm going to tell you something.  I came over here to beat you, not to take your criticism, sarcasm, and rather rude remarks.  Now, hurry up and send out your Pokémon before I do!" Kamon came back.
"Okay, okay!  Calm down, man.  Well, Pidgeot, go!"
"Delibird, come out!  Use your Blizzard attack!" Kamon commanded.  Delibird blew snow and ice crystals at Pidgeot, but he quickly dodged them.
"Ha!  Trying to take my Pidgeot early, huh?  Won't work, kiddo.  Pidgeot, Steel Wing attack on Delibird!" Gary ordered.  Pidgeot divebombed Delibird, and struck him with his ferric wings, a reasonably good hit.
"Delibird, Ice Beam!"  Delibird turned around and blasted a beam of frozen water at Pidgeot, when something very unexpected happened.
"Pidgeot, Mirror Move!" Gary yelled.  Pidgeot returned the attack back at Delibird, going mediocre damage.
"Delibird, Icy Wind, and then a Blizzard!" said Kamon.  Delibird blew an freezing gale at Pidgeot, lowering his speed just enough for Delibird to get another attack in.  Delibird then created the snowstorm, an K.O. Pidgeot.
"Wha-what?  My Pidgeot!" Gary exclaimed, recalling his Pokémon.  "Well, Arcanine will finish you, won't you?  Arcanine, go!  Use Flame Wheel to finish Delibird off!"  A ring of fire surrounded Delibird, and then engulfed him, finishing him off.
"Delibird, return.  Corsola, go!  Use Hydro Pump!"
"You won't learn, will you?  Don't try to use the overpowerful attacks on me so early.  Arcanine, Extreme Speed!"  Arcanine sped around the room, dodging multiple cannon fires from Corsola.
"Corsola, Surf, now!"  The wave of water rushed over Arcanine and did a lot of damage, but not enough to knock it out by far.  "Okay, now use a Rock Slide!" said Kamon.
"Arcanine, dodge it!" said Gary.  Arcanine leapt around the room, using his speed to try and avoid the rocks.  He was hit by one, however, and lost some speed, and was therefore hit by several more.  "Now, Arcanine, use Take Down!"  Arcanine rammed into Corsola, making her fly into a wall, but Arcanine did damage to itself, also.
"Corsola, another Surf!" Kamon said.  Corsola twirled around for a second, while yet another crest of water rushed over Arcanine, doing a lot of damage.
"Arcanine, try a Fire Blast!"  Arcanine blasted a wall of flames at Corsola, burning and almost knocking her out.
"Okay, good, Corsola.  Now, finish Arcanine with a Spike Cannon!" said Kamon.  Spikes flew at Arcanine, doing minimal damage but just enough to K.O. it.
"No!  Not my precious Arcanine…return.  Okay, I know who I'm gonna choose.  Exeggutor, go!  Egg Bomb, now!"  The Psychic-and-Grass-type Pokémon emerged from a green Pokéball, a Safari Ball, and proceeded in using the attack Egg Bomb, a mediocre attack, but did just enough damage to knock out Kamon's Pokémon.
"Corsola, come back," Kamon said.  Hmm…Kamon thought, I could easily use Typhlosion, but what if…  "Snorlax, go!  Use Fire Blast!"  Snorlax came out, sparkling.  Exeggutor, being the slow Pokémon it was, could not dodge the Fire-type attack.  "Good, now use Body Slam!"  Snorlax slammed its massive bulk onto Exeggutor, paralyzing it.
"Darn it," said Gary, "Exeggutor, Psychic, now!"  Exeggutor used its telepathic powers, creating a blue aurora around itself and Snorlax, and then with a flash, Snorlax took great damage.
"Snorlax, Amnesia, and then a Blizzard!"  Snorlax increased its special defense, and then launched the ice and snow at Exeggutor, knocking it out.
"Wow.  Not only is your Snorlax shiny, it possesses great strength.  Exeggutor, return.  Gyarados, go!  Thrash and then a Hyper Beam!"  Gyarados started lashing out and striking Snorlax, doing an incredible amount of damage.  After Gyarados stopped his rampage, he then cured itself with a Mint Berry.  Just then, he launched a gold beam from his mouth, making Snorlax fly into a wall and, with a huge explosion, almost knocked him out.
"The…the Focus Band worked!  Yes!  All right, Snorlax, finish Gyarados off with a Thunder!"
"A one-hit knock-out," Gary remarked, "that's all you've been trying to do, and its not working.  And it's not about to, either."
"Well see," Kamon responded.  A sheet of lightning came down from the ceiling and then crashed down on top of the blue serpent Pokémon.  Because of the double-damage, Gyarados was also almost knocked out.
"Ha, I told you."  What Gary didn't realize was that Gyarados was also paralyzed.  "Gyarados, finish it with a Water Gun!"  Gyarados used the small Water attack, and knocked out Snorlax.
"Okay, Snorlax, return.  Electabuzz, go and use Spark!"  Kamon's Electabuzz used the shocking attack and knocked out Gyarados rather quickly.
"Hmph.  Gyarados, come back.  All right, Alakazam, it's your turn!" Gary said, using the Psychic-type Pokémon.  So far all of these Pokémon Kamon had seen before.  "Alakazam, Psychic, now!"  With a flash of light, Electabuzz took some serious damage.
"Electabuzz, Hyper Beam, now!" Kamon commanded.  The gold beam was launched at Alakazam, doing a whole lot of damage; almost enough to knock him out.
"Alakazam, Recover while Electabuzz is recharging!  Good, now use a Thunder Wave!"
Now that Electabuzz was paralyzed and Alakazam was almost at full health, Kamon doubted seriously if he could win or not.
"Electabuzz, Thunderbolt, now!"  Electabuzz was unable to move, letting Alakazam get in a final attack.
"Finish it," Gary started, "Psybeam, now!"  A rainbow-colored beam struck Electabuzz, and knocked her out.
"Come back, Electabuzz.  Now, Umbreon, I choose you!  Use Faint Attack!"  Umbreon hit Alakazam with the Dark-type attack, going quite ome damage.
"Alakazam, Seismic Toss attack!"  Alakazam at first tried using its Psychic powers to throw Umbreon into a wall, but that failed.  Instead, he picked up Umbreon and then hurled her across the room, doing mediocre damage.  "Okay, now another Recover!"
"Umbreon, Toxic, now!  Then follow up with a Confuse Ray," Kamon said.  Umbreon poisoned Alakazam with liquid poison, and then a shimmer of light fell on top of Alakazam, confusing it.
"Um…er…" Gary stuttered.  He didn't count on an attack he couldn't Recover from.  "Alakazam, Dynamic Punch attack, now!"  Alakazam hurt itself in confusion, leaving time for Umbreon to use another attack.
"Now, finish it with a Faint Attack!" Kamon yelled.  Umbreon disappeared from view and then reappeared behind Alakazam, and knocked it out with the Dark-type attack.
"You defeated my Alakazam by predicting what was going to happen and finding a weakness, more like a flaw, in my attacks.  I would have never thought of that.  Good job.  Now, Alakazam, return.  As my final Pokémon I'm choosing Umbreon!  Go!  Use your Mud-Slap!"  Gary's Umbreon kicked mud into Kamon's Umbreon's face, lowering her accuracy but doing minimal damage.
"Umbreon, use your Confuse Ray!"
"Protect, and then a Toxic!" Gary commanded.  Kamon's attack was deflected, and then his Umbreon was greatly poisoned.
"Umbreon," Kamon started.  Man, he thought, this is going to be a total strategical battle.  Umbreon's attacks aren't good enough to inflict major damage on eachother.  Darn it!  Well, Kamon, this is a real test of strength.  I'm taking the experience of beating Koga and Janine into this battle.  Here we go!  "Umbreon, Mean Look, and then another Confuse Ray!"  Umbreon made sure Gary's Umbreon didn't escape, and then confused him.
"You sealed your fate, Johto boy," Gary remarked.  "Umbreon, your Mean Look!"
"No!  Quickly, a Baton Pass!"  Gary was taken back by this attack.  He figured that if Umbreon couldn't retreat, then how could she use Baton Pass?  Just then, it occurred to him that Baton Pass keeps both Pokémon's status's while the user gets switched.  Kamon was smarter than he thought.  The Pokémon Kamon sent out: his Typhlosion.  "All right, Typhlosion, you know what to do.  A Dynamic Punch attack, now!"  Typhlosion punched Umbreon, and with the impact of the explosion plus ramming into a wall, Umbreon was knocked out.  Kamon had won.
"Oh my!  My…my Umbreon…return.  Well, Johto boy, I mean, Kamon, you proved yourself against all of the Kanto Gym Leaders.  You have prevailed through all challenges, and you have won.  Congratulations," Gary said.  He handed Kamon the Earth Badge, and sent him on his way.  Kamonthen went back to the Pokécenter and healed his Pokémon, took out Golem, and then headed straight for
Mt. Silver, and his final challenge.