While Icy celebrates Buttercup’s return, another trainer is wandering through the Viridian Forest…

    Meeko shuts her eyes and reaches slowly towards the handles, slowly, slowly...
    ( Just open the stupid door already! ) Bulba says and opens the door, all the other Pokémon follow.
    “Huh? Wha-?” Meeko slowly peeks inside, and walks carefully in.
    Jigglypuff!
    “What Jigglypuff?”
    Jigglypuff!
    “Caterpie what did she say?”
    ( Nice gym! )
    “Yeah, to be turned into dolls....”
    “Hi!” a twelve-year-old girl leaves the trainees and walks over to Meeko.
    “Ekk! Oh, uh, hi, I’d like to battle Icy, what’s your name?”
    “My name’s Sara, come this way, he’s in here, your name would be?”
    “Meeko, uh, Icy hasn’t turned anyone into dolls has he?”
    “Not that I know of...” Sara gives Meeko a weird look, “Here he is, Icy, a girl named Meeko has come to get the Forest Badge.”
    As Sara walks over to Icy’s side, she mutters under her breathe, “Dolls..???”
    “You are here to challenge me for my Forest Badge I suspect?”
    “Uhhh, yes…”
    “C’mon girl, have some confidence.  Let’s hear some enthusiasm!”  Icy wasn’t in the business of belittling his opponents.  He didn’t find it amusing when the Elite 4 did it to him, so he figured it wasn’t the greatest way to be a gym leader.
    Meeko cheered up a bit.  “Alright.  Yes, I challenge you Icy!  I want that Forest Badge!”
    “That’s the spirit!  Ok, here are the rules.  This will be a 4 on 4 match, to make things interesting.  No time limits, and all of my pokémon are legal in accordance with unofficial gym rules.”  Icy kinda laughs upon hearing himself use the words ‘rules’ and ‘unofficial’ in the same sentence.
    “Fine with me.  Alright, I choose Caterpie!”
    Icy picks up a green pokéball from the stand behind him.  “Ok guys, let’s go for another victory.  Ready to fight, come in sight!  Icy calls, BUTTERCUP!”  Icy’s green Butterfree flew out over the field.
    “Caterpie, string shot!”  Buttercup’s small size helped her to easily avoid the string attack.
    “Buttercup, don’t waste any time, psybeam attack now!”  Buttercup charged and released her psybeam at Caterpie.  It tries to get up but cannot and Meeko is forced to recall it.
    “Oh no, Caterpie return.  You’ll pay for that!  Pikachu, I choose you now!  Thunder shock now!”  Pikachu sends out a thunder shock and hits Buttercup.  She is hurt but still manages to stay in the air.  “Huh?  How’s that possible?”
    “Buttercup is a very strong pokémon, but even she can’t keep going forever.  Buttercup, this isn’t worth getting hurt again, return now.”  Icy called his friend back to her pokéball.  He knew not to push her too far anymore, since she would loyally do whatever it took to win as Icy had seen.  “Ok Meeko, you fight well, but you’ll have to try better than that Pikachu to win this badge.  Ready to fight, come in sight!  Icy calls, HOCUS!”
    The amazing Kadabra appears on the field.  “Ahh, a Pikachu!  Pppphahahahaha!!!!”
    “Hey, stop laughing at my Pikachu.  Go on, thunder shock attack!”
    “Hocus…”  Icy commands his Kadabra telepathically.
    “Humph, such a weak electric attack.”  His eyes glow blue.  “Let’s see if you can take all that you can deal.”  Hocus points his finger back at Pikachu and the lighting bolt follows.
    “PIIII!!!!!”  Pikachu is hit by its own attack and falls over defeated.
    “Noo, oh, now I remember why I hate psychic pokémon.  Return Pikachu.  It’s a long shot, but here goes.  Jigglypuff, I need you now!”
    “Jigglypuff???”
    “Yes!  Jigglypuff, explosion now!”
    “Hocus, psychic attack.”  Icy went back to a more serious stance.  He never liked to reveal his thoughts to the opponent through facial expressions, so it was generally hard to tell whether he was mad or even happy.  At most, Icy would sneer or grin slightly, but that was all.
    “Right.”  Hocus used his psychic attack to float Jigglypuff into the air.  She became confused from it all that she forgot about performing her attack.
    “Jigglypuff?  Hey, what’s wrong with her?”
    “And now for my next trick.”  Hocus floats Jigglypuff over to him.  He takes her in on hand and begins dibbling her.  Jigglypuff expands and deflates a bit.
    “Huh, what was that for.”
    “She’s mad that your Kadabra is playing B-ball with her.”  Hocus floats Jigglypuff high into the air, then proceeds to slamming her into the ground.  “Ok, ok, that’s enough.  Jigglypuff return.”
    “Uhh, do you surrender Meeko?  It’s 3 to 1.”  Icy didn’t want to have to beat another of Meeko’s pokémon, at least, not with Hocus.
    “No, I’m going to win still.  I call Bulba now!”  Mekko’s Bulbasaur materializes on the field.  “Solar beam quick!”  Balba takes advantage of the situation by charging his solar beam.  Meanwhile, Hocus is still cracking up over the cruel joke he played on Jigglypuff.  He turns around just in time to see the glaring heat of the solar beam just inches from his spoon.
    “WHAT THE!”
    “YEAH!!!  You beat him!”
    “Hm.  So, you think you can really defeat a psychic trainer huh…”
    “{gulp}”
    “You have yet to see the full extent of my pokémon’s power.  Ready to fight!  Come in sight!!  Icy calls…  FLUTTER!!!  GOOOOOOOOOO”  Icy’s new Butterfree appears ready to take on Bulba.  “Flutter, psybeam attack!”
    “Aghh!”
    “Huh?”  Flutter just flutters over the ground unsure what to do.  “Opps, I forgot, you still don’t know that move.”
    “Haha, now’s my chance.  Bulba, stun spore!”
    “Flutter, whirlwind the spores away!”
    “Reeee?”
    Icy sweatdrops.  “Ohhhh…  Look, do this.”  Icy starts waving his arms.  “Flap your wings really fast.”  Flutter just gives Icy and confused look.  The spores hit him and he falls to the ground paralyzed.
    “Ok Bulba, finish him off with Razor Leaf!”  Bulba uses its razor leaf attack on Flutter and wins.
    “Ohhhh…  Flutter, return.  Hmm, I guess he needs more training…”
    “Yeah, guess so.”  Meeko tosses Icy some special herbs.  “Here, they will make him feel better.”
    “Thanks,” Icy replies catching the bag.  He hands them to Sara who gets started with treating Icy’s pokémon.  “Ok Meeko, you have made an impressive comeback.  Time to show you how a real pokémon battle is fought.”
    “Uh oh.”
    “Hmm, hmm, hmm…  Ready to fight, come in sight!  Icy calls, CYBER!!!”
    “Hey, that’s not a pokémon, it’s a machine.”
    “On the contrary, this little guy is most definitely a pokémon…  Cyber, Double Team Attack!  Multiple psybeam attack NOW!”
    “Bulba, try using your stun spore!”  The spores phases out one of Cyber’s clones, but the remaining two nails Bulba with their psybeams.
    “Finish it Cyber.  Sharpen and tackle!”  Cyber finishes off Bulba and the match ends.
    “Bulbasaur…”
    “It’s over young one.”
    Meeko looks up at Icy almost about to cry.  “Uhh, yo you don’t turn people into dolls by any chance do you?”
    “Dolls?  Oooooohhhhh….  Hehehe, you mean like what Sabrina once did?  Nooooo, and she’s a lot nicer now.  Besides, I don’t waste precious psychic power for that kinda stuff.”
    “Shew…”