Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon as anything, be it franchise or concept ideas.
(Will take requests for OC-not too good at coming up with names Sigh)

The next day when Erina went to school, something different happened. She was bombarded by questions. "Why do you think you will be able to defeat the other members of the top 5?" "Don't you know how strong they are?" "You really are crazy."

"OK, everyone. Get to class!" Mrs. Maple shouted. The crowd dispersed & Erina went to class.

"Hey, are you Erina?" asked an angry looking student.

"Yes," Erina replied. She wondered where this was going.

"I challenge you to a battle. I will reclaim Susan's honor. My name is Ryan." He stated.

"Are you the fourth seat in the top five?" Erina asked.

"I am indeed. See you later on the dueling grounds." Ryan walked away with a high head & a smug face.

"Guess I will make it to first spot faster than I thought." Erina thought.

- End of school day-

"Welcome back, everyone." The announcer blared for the second day in a row. "I hope you are ready for another battle. I sure am." The crowd was filling in the bleachers of the stadium.

"Erina, good luck." whispered John from the top row.

"OK Erina, you got this." she said to herself. "This will most likely more difficult than last battle, but I got this. I will not lose until I become top of the school." Then Erina had a thought. "I can't lose to a man, not yet. I want to be single for at least a little longer".

"Alright everybody. Are you ready for a revenge match?!" The announcer. "Yaaaaay!" the crowd cheered. "Then let's get this battle started!"

"Go, Gulpin." called Ryan.

"Come on out, Metang." Erina said. Metang came out across from Gulpin with a fearsome metallic growl. "Metang, use bullet punch."

Gulpin flattened itself & dodged. "Gulpin, use shadow ball." Gulpin gathered shadows & shot the ball at Metang. Metang zoomed around the stadium, dodging the shadow ball.

"Metang, hit Gulpin with a zen headbutt" Metang hit Gulpin, who was thrown towards the wall. Gulpin jiggled up.

"Gulpin, hit Metang with an acid spray!" Ryan shouted angrily. Gulpin shot a blast of acid at Metang, who seems unharmed. "What? Why didn't it don anything?" Ryan asked.

"Poison type moves don't affect steel types," said Erina. "Don't you know anything about type advantages?"

"Don't you dare bring intelligence into this!"

"Metang finish it off with aerial ace!" Erina cried. Metang swooped in & took Gulpin down with one more blow.

"& Erina wins her second match here!" said the announcer. A decent size of the crowd cheered for her victory.

- The Next Day-

Erina made her way to her seat at the back of the classroom. She looked to the right & saw John. He looked like he was happy about something. She wrote it off as class started. "He looks better when he smiles."

Thank you for reading this chapter. If you have any lore or character related questions, please ask me. I will answer them.