"What do we have to talk about? And what’s all this that you were worried we were hurt?" Medira looked side to side as they continued along the hall.

"The shadows," Will answered in a low tone, "They’re more than just tricks of light. They’re reflections from a Psychic viewing portal."

"Viewing portal? Psychic?" Eevy cocked her head, "What in the world do you mean?"

"This," Luri stopped in front of the poster of Peter and pointed up to it, "is watching you."

"What?" Eevy and Medira choked together.

"He must be watching for the next Champion to be chosen and it appears he’s selected you as one of his targets," Jason muttered, trying not to scare them.

"WHAT?!" Eevy jumped, "I quit!" she turned and started back out to the door, "No way! Absolutely no!"

"Hey! You can’t quit! She can’t quit!" Lance shouted, "Get back here! I forbid you to leave!"

"He’s gonna get it now," Medira nodded slowly.

"What…Did you…Say?" Eevy growled and turned around, "You have no right to tell me I can’t leave."

"Actually, I do," Lance informed her, "Remember who I am. I am the Elite Fourth and anything I say to you goes."

Eevy’s eyes widened then narrowed, "I don’t care who you are! I’m not parading around this city with a loon after me! It’s bad enough you’re watching me, now I’ve got that sick-o too! Forget it! I'm gone!" she turned and started walking again.

"I won’t let you leave!" Lance grabbed her wrist.

She let out an angry grunt and swung to hit him, "Let me go!"

His other hand went up, snatching the one she swung for his face, "Didn’t think anyone could beat you, huh?" he snickered, sending her to the ground, "Looks like I did."

"Just because you sent me down, doesn’t mean I’m staying down. If you don’t mind, I’d rather live to see another day than have some weird, jealous, nut following me!" she stood up but he sent her down again, "Stop it! You’re not keeping me here!"

"Hey! Leave her alone, Lance!" Luri pushed in, "If she wants to leave, let her!"

"You shouldn’t force her to do what she doesn’t want to," Will added, "Leave her on her way and let her go."

"You don’t see me trying to keep her here, do you?" Jason asked and pointed to Medira, who gave an odd expression, "Let her be."

"Fine," Lance stepped away, "Let her leave and see if I really care. If she wants to be a quitter and a coward, let her. We don’t need a Champion like her that’ll quit like a wimp at the sight of a shadow. All I have to say is good riddens," he turned around and stomped down the hall, "I should’ve known you were a little sissy just by looking."

"Quitter?" Eevy flamed, "Coward?" she turned red hot, "Wimp?" she started boiling over, "Sissy?" she snapped, "You may be a Master!" she cracked and ran after him, "But I’m Evangelina Hikoboshi!" she kicked him in the back, sending him to the floor, "You should get a life and a better attitude. I’m going to stay in the League just to beat you into the dirt! Don’t ever mess with me!" she put her right shoe down on the back of his neck, "All it’d take is one swift jump from this position and trust me, I can put you down there again. Hope you like the taste of marble."

She pulled her foot away, standing and growling as he stood up, "You’ve got a lot of nerve," Lance spat, "I could have you wiped clean off the Earth’s face in a matter of seconds for what you just did. Threatening me like that was the dumbest thing anyone I know has ever done. But you know something," he narrowed his eyes at the scowl she shot, "I won’t get you in trouble. No, I’ll save you for Peter and let him have his fun."

Eevy turned one way and Lance the other, both crashing off down the hall in opposite directions, "Good bye!" the shouted back to each other as Will, Luri and Jason followed Lance and Medira followed Eevy.

"Are you nuts?" Medira jumped, "You probably are! You must be! You’ve got to be! Only a nut would threaten a Master’s life!"

"Don’t push me right now, Medira. I could burst at the slightest anger spell and I don’t want you to get caught in the storm," Eevy kept walking along the hall, not even noticing she passed the door they’d come in.

"I know you’re mad and I can definitely see why, but don’t go postal on me, alright?"

"I won’t," she paused, "Did we pass the door?"

"Lance!" Will grabbed his shoulder, "Stop!"

"I will not," he threw him away, "I don’t want to hit you, but I will if I have to."

"Why did you beat on her like that?" Jason wanted to know.

"I wouldn’t have if she hadn’t threatened to quit like that."

"That’s not what I asked."

"And since when," he stopped and turned around, causing Jason to run into him, "did you get the authority to question me?"

"Since you threatened the girl you’re supposedly crazy about," Luri snapped, "You’re losing it, Lance. You really are."

"The only thing I’m losing is my patience with the three of you," he turned around again and resumed his walking, "Leave me alone."

"No," the three of them said together.

"Excuse me?" he stopped and turned again, "If you make me stop one more time-"

"Shut up," Will spat, causing Lance’s eyes to widen, "I can understand if you’re worried or upset but-"

"I do not worry and I do not get upset."

"Well, whatever it is you call it, you didn’t have to go after her like that! Can you imagine what she’s going to think of you when you tell her who you are, or rather were?"

"No, because I’m not going to tell her. I’m never telling her a single thing. She can go on believing that he left her."

"You-you-you-you…" Luri was looking for the right word, "You bastard."

"What?" the other three asked together and looked at her; two in surprise and one in anger.

"You heard me!" she spat, "That’s just what you are! Do you know what that’s going to do to her? You’re ripping her heart out! Can you even imagine what she’s going to feel like? No, no you can’t. You don’t have a heart to imagine the pain in."

Lance started toward her, "Why you little-"

"Don’t do it," Will growled and stepped between them, "Back off, Dragon Master."

"Get out of my way."

"I won’t! I don’t know what’s gotten into you, but I’m not about to let you take it out on Luri, Eevy or anyone else."

"If you so much as breathe on Medira-" Jason stopped there.

"Fine!" he turned and continued walking, "See if I give a damn."

"What’s wrong with him?" Luri whimpered, "What am I going to do?"

"You’re not going to do anything," Will turned around and pulled her, now shaking, into a protective hug, "Don’t worry about him. He’ll cool down."

"Nothing’s going to happen to you, Luri," Jason nodded, "Not to you, Eevy, Medira or any of them or us."

*^~^**^~^*

"Stupid moron!" Eevy rammed through the door of her room where everyone else had been waiting for her, "I should have taken him out when I had the chance!"

"Calm down," Medira whimpered in behind her, "Don’t do anything brash."

"What happened to her?" Morty leaned away from his sister and asked Medira.

"She and Lance got into a fight. A good sized one too. The both had at least one chance each to really hurt the other, but both backed away."

"That bad?" Lisle swallowed, "Is he alright?"

"Yeah, he’s fine. She sent him to the ground and threatened to break his neck, but he got up and told her he wasn’t going to get her in any trouble. He kept sending her to the ground, but she still didn’t really hurt him."

"She got Lance to the ground?" Yuu-Yuu bugged, "But he’s huge!"

"All it took was a kick in the back," Eevy spat, "Jack-moron deserved it."

"What started this?" Sooney sat down and crossed her legs.

"They told us that Rubeus is watching for the next Champion and that he’s focusing on us and-"

"What?!" the group blared together.

"Calm down and sit!" Eevy barked.

"Anyway," Medira continued, "Eevy said she was quitting to keep herself safe, and that set him off. He kept sending her to the ground to keep her from leaving. The other three got him to stop and as he was walking away he called Eevy a bunch of names. Eevy got all flared up and kicked him to the floor, face first, with her boot on the back of his neck. She was actually going to do it, I think."

The group turned with their eyes wide in surprise at Eevy, "What?" she asked innocently, "Nobody gets away with talking to me or treating me like that. Not anymore. I had enough of that with Taylor and Lance was mirroring one of my last days with that scum sucker. I dealt with it and that’s that."

"Whatever you say," Mizu turned away and whispered to the rest of the group, "Do you think she’s alright?"

"She looks alright, but she’s acting weird," Eusine answered, "Really weird."

"I think she’s actually scared," Morty added, "She sort of looks it."

"But I thought she was never scared," Sooney put in.

"She looks like a statue to me," Beth noted, "A stone cold statue."

"Me too," Skiff swallowed, "Like if you pushed her over she’d smash into a million pieces."

They heard Eevy’s cell phone ring and also heard her growl, "Hello!" she spat into the phone, "Sorry. Alright. Thanks. Bye," she hung up and shook her head at the phone, "With the mood I’m in, I’ll tear through him like tissue paper," she stood up and grabbed her pack, "Let’s go, Medira. Challenge number six awaits on the Fire Field."

"Do I have to? You’re scaring me…" Medira whimpered.

"Now!"

"Yep…"

*^~^**^~^*

The speaker was overly annoying to Eevy today, "Round six is about to start on the Fire Field here in Spectral Stadium! Entering from the eastern entrance is Evangelina Hikoboshi or Rose Town and her Coach Medira Kurayami of Dogwood City!"

Eevy ignored the cheers, "Get on with it," she muttered as she walked towards the field.

"Entering from the western entrance is Rob Igneous of Shrapnel City, Hokubu! Coming onto the Sand Field from the southern entrance is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town and for the same battle from the northern entrance is Roberto Lorenzo of Fuchsia City, Kanto."

"I never thought I’d battle you," Rob attracted Eevy and Medira’s attention, "The girls who spoke to the Elite."

Medira choked when she looked at him, seeing that he looked similar to Grahaem. She shivered a bit, and Eevy rolled her eyes. His black hair was almost identical to Grahaem’s, but ever so slightly different. He was dressed mainly in dark, midnight blue with deep violet. Even his eyes were like Grahaem’s.

"Excuse me," Medira pushed in, "Are you, by any chance, related to Master Grahaem Darkeen?"

"He’s my cousin."

"Figures…"

"Shall we begin?" Rob took a Poke’Ball from his belt.

"Sure," Eevy smiled evilly, "I’ll start off with, the Flame Ball!"

"I’ll start with, the Sonic Ball!"

"Hikoboshi will begin with a Flareon," the ref stepped away, "And Igneous with a Golbat. Begin your battle now!"

"Alright then, Zovo! Let’s show this one what we’re made of! Agility now!"

"Get in there, Golbat! Show these two your Haze attack!"

The Agility was started but halted by the Haze. Zovo ran into the thick cloud of mist, stopping and searching for some sign of where he was. He looked left and right along with turning around to see what he could catch a glimpse of.

"Golbat, Wing Attack now!"

"Zovo! Watch yourself!"

Zovo ducked as the Wing Attacking Golbat zipped over head. Golbat arced back, coming straight for him again. Zovo jumped instead of crouched, letting Golbat go under him instead of over. Golbat turned, this time launching a Supersonic.

"Zovo, get away from there!" Medira called.

"Golbat, make sure you hit it!" Rob cheered.

"Zovo, Quick Attack!"

The Flareon skidded to a stop, turning around as his slipped. He saw the Supersonic heading towards him and quickly jumped to avoid. He lunged to the side with the confusion wave flying past. With a spin on one leg, Zovo retaliated with a Quick Attack into Golbat's side. The bat shrieked and spun toward Zovo with an uncalled Bite attack. Golbat kept Biting and Zovo kept dodging. Every so often a Bite would catch the Flareon off guard. Zovo put his front legs down, whipping his back legs around and catching Golbat right in the face. Golbat toppled back, tipping on one foot.

"Golbat!" Rob called, "Get your balance straight and use a Double Team!"

Zovo watched the blue/green bat multiply himself more than even Lovo did. He watched as best as he could, causing a dizzy spell.

"Zovo! Calm down until you can find the real one!" Medira cried, "It’s not worth getting dizzy to try and attack all of them!"

"Sense the presence," Eevy muttered, "Feel the real one’s body heat…" she watched each Golbat carefully, "There! Golbat at two o’clock! Fire a Flamethrower!"

Zovo turned, launching a Flamethrower straight for that Golbat. Sure enough, that was the real one. He stood on one leg, both wings outstretched and eyes wide in surprise as the fire ripped over him. When the flames cleared he let out one quick puff of smoke and tipped backwards.

"Ah!" Rob flipped, "My Golbat! It’s alright, buddy. You tried your best. Return!" he scowled at Eevy, "You’re pretty good. No wonder the Elite like you."

"Get on with it," Eevy stated flatly.

"Go, Poke’Ball!" he shouted, releasing his next Pokemon, "OK, Scorch. This one’s a tough one. Watch yourself carefully."

"We can take that on!" Zovo cracked, "Right, Eevy?"

"Right, Zovo! We can take anything! Especially a wimpy Charmeleon!" Eevy laughed.

"Don’t be so sure," Rob smirked nastily, "Go, Scorch! Use you Smokescreen!"

"Zovo, fight it off with a Fire Spin!"

Zovo returned his attention to the Smokescreen billowing towards him. He launched a Fire Spin straight into it, breaking the black cloud down as the fire roared through.

"Great job, Zovo!" Medira called, "Keep it up!"

"Zovo, show it your Ember attack!"

"Slash attack, Scorch!"

Scorch bellowed long and loudly and charged through Zovo’s Embers. He swung for a Slash attack, but Zovo leaned away and retaliated into his stomach with a Skull Bash. The Charmeleon stepped back, pushing Zovo away. The green/yellow Flareon drug its foot nastily, hissing at the Dragon-ish thing in front of him. Scorch seemed totally unharmed.

"Scorch! Use your Dig attack!"

"Watch yourself, Zovo!" Medira shouted, "It could come up from anywhere!"

"Now, Scorch!"

Scorch came up right beneath Zovo, chucking him into the air. Zovo went flying, stomach up, into the air. He didn’t have any chance of attack.

"Now a Fire Punch!" Rob called.

The Charmeleon jumped, crashing his flaming fist into Zovo’s back. Zovo cried out and finally got to turn over, now feet towards the ground. He shot a chain of Embers, but Scorch dodged every one.

"Now end it with Fury Cutter!" Rob cheered.

Zovo let out shriek after shriek as the Charmeleon’s sharp claws tore over him over and over again. After five straight slashes, Scorch fell to his feet and Zovo to his side. Zovo pushed himself to stand, trying desperately not to give up, but fell back whimpering.

"You did great, Zovo. You deserve a good long rest. Return, now!" Eevy called.

"Good job, boy," Medira said as the Flareon was returned to his Poke’Ball, "What now?"

"I choose you! Jolt Ball!" Eevy used as an answer.

"Another of these jerks is messing with my family?" Lovo spat, "Well, excuse me, but LAY OFF!"

"Scorch. This one’s a good opponent. Good enough to take out Fran Fairinhite’s Ampharos. Keep your guard up and you should be safe."

"Go, Lovo! Use your Quick Attack!"

"Scorch! Use Dragon Rage!"

"Dragon Rage?!" Medira and Eevy jumped together, "Look out!"

Lovo got in his hit, but took his as well. He went flying backwards, tumbling in midair and bracing himself with his claws as he flew down. He came to a slow stop and stood up with a shake.

"Lovo! Take Down now!"

"Scorch! Dig down now!"

The Charmeleon went down again, disappearing into the ground. Lovo looked side to side, even though he knew it would come up below him. He swallowed hard and waited.

"Now, Scorch!"

"Jump to the side!" Eevy commanded.

Lovo did as he was told, believing he was safe, but he wasn’t. Scorch came up from beneath him anyway, sending him up into the air. Medira and Eevy choked as Lovo flew through the air.

"We knew you’d try to get away. Everyone does," Rob laughed, "We came prepared. Scorch digs a hole directly under and a ring around the Pokemon so no matter which way you jump he can still get you! Now, Scorch! Give it your Dragonbreath!"

The fiery breath ripped upward toward Lovo who spun to be feet down. Knowing that Dragon attacks are water based, he sent an electric charge down the attack, zapping straight into Scorch and lighting him up. Rob couldn’t believe what he was seeing. No Pokemon had ever been able to stand up to his Scorch.

"Scorch! Just hang on and give them an Iron Tail attack!"

"Eevy!" Medira called Eevy’s attention, "Have Lovo get back to him with a Double Kick. Fighting moves are great against Steel- types and they can break through Fire- type attacks."

"Good idea. Thanks, Coach! Lovo, Double Kick now!"

"That’s twice you owe me now," Medira muttered, referring to her rescue in the Moss Bogs.

"Scorch! Use that Iron Tail!"

Scorch wasn’t fast enough to use his attack, as he was partially paralyzed from that roaring Thunderbolt that had just crashed down his Dragonbreath. Lovo rammed in with a kick in the face and then one in the back. He jumped away panting as Scorch lay flat out on the ground on his stomach, eyes spiraling.

"Scorch, no!" Rob flipped, "You’d better take a nice long rest in your Poke’Ball. Return, Scorch!" he gave Eevy a "you’re so cruel to me" face which she returned with an "oh, boo-hoo for you" face, "This is my last chance. But I trust you," he took out a violet and indigo Poke’Ball, "I know you can take them down, so let’s go! Get out there, Sai Ouja!"

"Sai Ouja?" Medira cocked her head, "Eevy, what does that mean?"

"Sai…Rhino. Ouja…King. Rhino King?" Eevy choked.

"Rhino King?" Morty mused out loud, "What?"

"Dexter2, analyze!" Eevy ripped out her Poke’Dex while the Pokemon still formed from the Poke’Ball in front of her.

"Pokemon number 34. Nidoking. Poison/Ground. Breeding groups of Monster and Ground. The evolved form of Nidorino. Evolved by Moon Stone. Uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break its prey’s bones. It swings its big tail around during battle. If its foe flinches, it will charge with its sturdy body. Its tail is thick and powerful. If it binds an enemy, it can snap the victim’s spine quite easily. Approach with extreme caution, as this Pokemon is known to be very temperamental and violent. General Status…OK. Hit Points…300. Attack…200. Defense…180. Special Attack…200. Special Defense…180. Speed…190."

"Thanks for the uplifting report," Eevy moaned at her Poke’Dex, "It’s half Ground, so Thunder attacks won’t work."

"Maybe you should recall Lovo and send out someone else," Medira suggested.

"No, let Lovo try. He can do it. Go, Lovo! Show it what you can do! Give it a Take Down!"

"Sai Ouja, stay put and take that hit!"

Lovo charged forward, ramming into Sai Ouja’s chest and simply bouncing back. The Nidoking lazily scratched his stomach and yawned. Eevy and Medira facefaulted and Lovo drooped.

"Sai Ouja, use your Poison Sting!"

"Lovo, Agility!"

Lovo let out a surprised shout as he jumped away. Sai Ouja followed him about the arena, shooting Poison Sting after Poison Sting. Lovo hopped and ran on only his front two legs as a long string of needles crashed down behind him. After Sai Ouja had paused to gather more poison, he returned his back legs to the ground and continued moving.

"Sai Ouja! Use Horn Attack, now! Shut it down!"

"Lovo! Watch your side!"

Lovo watched, yep, watched the Horn Attack whirl into his side. He went skidding back, growling insanely at the pain. He crouched for a moment, regaining his awareness and stood up, bowing to the left, where he’d been hit.

"Sai Ouja! Great job! Now, hit it with your Strength!"

"Lovo, jump away!" Medira cried, "Hurry up!"

Sai Ouja let out a roar and called out his strength attack, throwing the great piece of earth forward. Lovo jumped back, slipping to a stop. The boulder slammed down where he had been, breaking and splintering to send rock shrapnel everywhere. Lovo, who had been dead in the line of fire, was trashed through with shot after shot of rock. They left numerous scrapes and scars, but the most prominent being those on his left eye and ear. He flailed to his side, pawing at his eye.

"That was pretty good, Sai Ouja, but now finish it with a Hidden Power!"

"Lovo! Look out!" Eevy called, but she was too late.

Lovo bounced backwards, shrieking in pain and sliding to a stop just in front of Eevy’s platform. Morty choked, realizing Eevy had only one more Pokemon and this Sai Ouja thing hadn’t even taken ten damage.

"Oh! Lovo! You’d better return and take a good long rest," Eevy stood silently to everyone but herself, "If I use Sovo, he’ll have an advantage over the Poison side and if I use Novo he’d have an advantage over the Ground side. Which one?"

"Eevy," Medira looked up to her, "That thing’s really strong. What are you going to do?"

"Fight power with power," Eevy muttered, "I choose you, Rain Ball!"

Rob snickered evilly, "What’s so funny?!" Medira snapped.

"That was a dumb decision. Go, Sai Ouja!"

"I trust my decision. Go, Novo!"

"Come on, Novo!" Medira cheered, "Go for it!"

"You’re my last chance! Go, Novo! Use Water Gun!"

"Sai Ouja! Use Focus Energy!"

Novo shot his Water Gun straight for Sai Ouja’s face, but it simply splattered him and dripped away, not even fazing him at all. Novo stepped away and Eevy choked. Medira bit her bottom lip nervously and the group in the bleachers was almost silent. Ash was having this same problem with his opponent’s Rhydon. Eevy looked at the Nidoking as it pumped up and prepared to attack with whatever it was going to use.

"Novo, be prepared. Use Hydro Pump!"

"Even stupider than before," Rob smirked, "Sai Ouja! Thunder attack now!"

"Watch out, Novo!"

The Thunder clap roared down from the sky, slashing into the ground and zapping Novo sky high. He was thrown into the air and back into Eevy’s platform. He hit so hard the podium quaked and dust flew from around him. He flopped down and stood up, hissing wildly and growling with his sharp teeth bared.

"What goes?!" Rob flipped, "That thing should be keeling over!"

"Novo, are you alright?" Eevy begged.

Novo nodded and charged forward, letting out a roaring Waterfall. Sai Ouja ducked to avoid with the water rushing over him. He splashed the water away with a thrust and growl. Novo and Eevy stepped back a step, but came right back again.

"Go, Novo! Whirlpool attack, now!"

"Go, Sai Ouja! Thunderbolt now!"

Sai Ouja took his hit and launched his own. It was obvious this Nidoking’s stats were immense, just like Dexter2 had said. Novo took his hit as well and charged forward, smacking into Sai Ouja with a Headbutt. Sai Ouja simply pushed him away, but he stood up again, growling even nastier than before.

"That’s one tough Vaporeon," Skiff blinked, "He just takes his hits and dishes out his own. What a cool Pokemon."

"Cool…Pokemon?" Yuu-Yuu’s light bulb clicked on, "Hey, Eevy!"

"What?" Eevy called up, looking between the bleachers and the battle.

"Skiff says your Pokemon’s really cool," she emphasized with a quick wink.

Eevy’s light flicked on as well as Medira’s, "Thanks, Skiff," they waved together.

"Sai Ouja! Horn Drill!"

"Novo! Waterfall!"

Novo propelled himself into the air on the Waterfall as Sai Ouja charged forward. The Nidoking ran into the wave of ice cold water and shrieked in pain. Rob choked seeing his Pokemon cry out in more pain than ever before.

"Sai Ouja! Thunder!"

"Novo, Ice Beam attack," Eevy stated plainly, "Freeze straight through the Waterfall and down around Sai Ouja!"

Sai Ouja was in too much pain to attack as Novo blasted the blue beam of freezing power down the water. The Waterfall was encased in a think sheet of ice as the power roared downward. The wave of water around Sai Ouja froze solid, encasing him in a frame of cold. He stopped shouting and started flailing, as he was stuck tight in the pattern of frozen pain.

"Yes!" Yuu-Yuu cheered and leaned over, kissing Skiff, "Thank you!" she commented, "You just won that battle."

"I…did?" his head fell to the side.

"We won!" Novo jumped, "We really won!"

"You did it, Novo!" Eevy shouted, "You did it! You did it!"

"Yay!" Morty called, "Great job!"

"Return, Sai Ouja. You did your best and I’m very proud," Rob recalled his Nidoking in a flash of light, "Congrats, Eevy. Good luck," he turned and walked out the entrance he had come in.

"Now I’m one step closer to beating Lance down into the dust," Eevy smirked almost evilly, "Yes!"

*^~^**^~^*

"Well," Peter smiled, "Maybe I should just leave Lance and Eevy to each other. They could save me a lot of time. She could have had him out of the way if she wasn’t such a softy. I must admit, she is a very good fighter, not to mention quite the looker. That Medira is quite the cutie too. Now that Lance isn’t hanging around I should have a better chance at getting to them. How is the question…"

*^~^**^~^*

Eevy and the group walked along the street of Rainbow Metro. Most of the group stopped at the sight of Lance, but Eevy kept walking. He purposely stepped in front of her, but she shoved past, letting out a nasty growl as she kept walking. He followed her for a few minutes then started lagging behind when he saw the looks he was getting from the rest of the group.

"Eevy," he called.

"That’s Evangelina or Hikoboshi to you," Eevy snapped, "And besides, I am in no mood to speak to you right now."

"I only want to apologize."

"Forget it, Lance," she snapped, "I’ll drop you again."

"Don’t start with me!"

"I’ll start when I want!"

"Not with me you won’t!"

"Wanna bet?!"

"Sure do!"

"I guess you were right, Medira," Sooney nodded, "They really are mad."

"Yeah," Lisle nodded slowly, "Look at them go at it."

"I’m not going to fight with you, Eevy! I just wanted to apologize and say you did good in your battle! Instead I come down here and get my head taken off!"

"Maybe if you hadn’t flipped on me before, Lance, I wouldn’t be this mad! You should think before you speak and before you act!"

"You should too! You should have known your Jolteon didn’t stand a chance against that Nidoking!"

"Lovo can take anything on! Anything anyone tries on us!"

"You want to prove that?!"

"You better believe it!"

"Fine! You and me! Right here, right now! One on one!"

"You’re on!"

"You can’t battle!" Morty jumped, "There’s too much at stake!"

"Nothing at stake!" Lance spat, "Let’s go!"

"You better believe it!" Eevy cracked, "You and me!"

"I choose you, Dragonair!"

"I choose you, Lovo!"

"If you want a battle, I’ll be more than happy to give it to you!"

"No problem, I’ll take you on without the slightest hesitation!"

"Look there!" someone called, "A Pokemon battle! OH! Master Lance!"

In a few seconds the duo was surrounded with Morty and the group pushed back away from the front. Eevy and Lovo both let out similar growls and Lance and Dragonair scowled long and hard.

"Lovo, this isn’t for a Badge. This isn’t for the next round. This is for pride. Move in!"

"Dragonair, this isn’t just for fun. This isn’t just because. This is for honor. Get in there!"

"Lovo, Agility now!"

"Dragonair, Thunder Wave!"

Lovo ran to the side as more and more people piled over. The Thunder Wave crashed to the ground, ripping a ditch in the center of the ‘arena’. Lance growled and Eevy hissed. People started cheering and calling out to the players of this unannounced, no arena, nothing at stake Pokemon Battle. Plus, it was between a Master and a possible later Challenger.

"Lovo! Thundering Pin Missile!"

"Dragonair! Dragonbreath attack, now!"

Lance’s Dragonair was launching his attack as Lovo was connecting with his. Dragonair’s head went back in pain and Lance growled and took a step back. Eevy sneered from her side of the not-so-arena as the Pins and Thunder lit into the Dragon Master’s Dragonair.

"Great job, Lovo! Now show it a Double Kick!"

"Wrap around and Pound!"

Dragonair moved swiftly, wrapping its long tail around Lovo’s oncoming legs. With one swift swing, he slammed Lovo down onto the ground. He unwrapped his tail and swung it down in a furious attack, beating on Lovo’s down and out body. Eevy cringed more and more with each hit.

"Lovo! Roll over and use Thunder Wave!"

"Dragonair! Get away from there!"

Lance was too late and the Thunder Wave washed over his Dragonair with lightning speed. He was frozen solid in paralysis, his skin twitching in pain. Lance growled a bit and realized just how strong her Pokemon really were.

"Lovo! Finish this with Thunder!"

"Dragonair!"

The lightning ripped toward Dragonair who cried out in pain and anger. The jewel on its neck continued sparking even after the Thunder attack had ended. Dragonair flew face first to the ground, moaning sharp cries of pain. Eevy gave a nasty half smile and Lovo snickered. Lance’s face was indescribable. His eyes were wide in surprise, yet his pupils were small in amazement. His teeth were clenched together, yet his mouth was wide open. He let out an annoyed growl and hiss and swallowed hard.

"I don’t believe it," he said between clenched teeth as Will, Luri and Jason shoved in behind him.

"Woah," Luri looked at Dragonair, "Who did that?" her sight went from Dragonair to the Jolteon and she suddenly choked, "Eevy!"

Eevy gave a cruel laugh, "Never call my Pokemon weak."

"You were pestering her again, huh?" Will smirked nastily as Lance collapsed to his hands and knees.

"I don’t believe it," he breathed, "I just don’t believe it. I’ve got to train harder, faster, better in every way. If she did it once, she can do it again."

"Eevy!" Eusine called, "You beat him! You beat him!"

"We’re sorry he was bothering you," Jason nodded, "We’ll try to keep him in check."

"Let him challenge me again. I’ll drop him like now and like before."

The cheers were pretty much muffled chattering now as Lance recalled his Dragonair, "Dragonair! Return! Let’s go and train," he stood and started to walk away but paused, "We will battle again and I will not lose. Nevertheless you did well."

"That was an absolutely superb job, Lovo. I think you’d better take a long rest," Eevy nodded to Lance and the rest of the group, "We will battle, but you will be wrong," she turned and walked away, continuing down the street with many puzzled trainers babbling about behind her.

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