The Road to Honor

by FourKins

Like every boy in pallet town, Love was meant to become a pokemon trainer, and after his father died and his older brother left, that was the only reason the government paid them till he could grow up and support his mother on his own. The only promblem; he's a she. Ever since Love was little, her father has been dressing her up as a boy and even her next-door neighbor is fooled.

6. Chapter 6

Chapter 6- Cerulean City

Love walks around the city Cerulean City. She walks into an electrode that was sitting in town. "Hey there sweet heart," says Love with a smile. "How are you doing?"

She is ignored by Electrode.

"Well... that was rude!" says Love.

"Don't worry about it," says a girl who was electrode's trainer. "He's always like that."

"Is that so?" asks Love. "Then why don't you try harder?"

"What do you mean?" asks the girl.

"If you spend more time with them, and... hum... like if you treat them like a seven year old."

"A seven year old?" asks the girl.

"Like if you have a seven year old, they want to do everything, but also be independent. So if you just believe in them they'll live life better," explains Love. "So when you make diner, ask if your pokemon wants something and if you let them out of the ball more, then they'll be able to see how hard you work so much and start to understand your feelings some more. Treat them like a pokemon, and they'll love you~! I should know! Because my name is Love!"

"Wow~!" says the girl as she gets sparkly eyed. "That's so deep. What's your name?"

"Oak... Blue Oak," says Love with a smile.

"How charming," says the girl with a smile.

"So were you," says Love with a bow. She walks into a house and there was numerous pokemon.

"And who are you?" asks Love as she stoops down at eye level to the oddish.

"Orddissh!" says the oddish.

"You don't say," says Love.

"Pikii!" says the sandshrew.

"I'll talk to you also," says Love as she gets over to sandshrew. "And what is happening to you?" asks Love.

"Pikii!" says Sandshrew.

"Oh... I understand, you're shy aren't you," says Love. She then notices the bulbasaur in the room. "And who's this guy!"

"Bubba! Zoar!" says the Bulbasaur.

"You're so lucky!" says Love as she looks at the Bulbsaur and pets his head.

"I take care of injured pokemon," explains the girl. "I nursed this bulbasaur back to health. It needs a good trainer to take care of it now."

"Don't worry," says Love with a cheerful smile. "A good trainer will own her one day. I bet on it! Oh! Do you know where Misty gym is?"

"It's in this town," says the girl. "It's the really big gray building."

"Thank you!" says Love cheerfully as she runs out towards the gym. "I'll see you after the win and show what a good trainer I am for bulbasaur!"

Love looks around at the big, watery gym. There was an old fashioned bridge with water everywhere. "Look Chu-Chu! Isn't this amazing!"

"Pi pika pi," says Chu-Chu.

"Splash!" says someone from the sideline.

"Excuse me?" asks Love, startled.

"I'm first up! Let's do it!" says the person as he swims up to Love.

"Well... don't you get to the point," says Love with a smirk. Swimmer then sent out a horsea.

"Bubble!" says Swimmer.

"Gust Birdstar!" says Love. Birdstar then follows up with quick attack and horsea uses bubble again. Birdstar uses quick attack and horsea used bubble again.

"Bubble," says Swimmer and Birdstar faints.

"Chu-Chu! Let's show 'em what a strong pokemon can do!" says Love. "Thundershock!"

"Bubble Horsea," says Swimmer.

"Hit 'em again! Hit 'em again~!" says Love as she starts to jump up and down with the energy. "Quick attack."

Horsea was still able to use bubble.

"Ah man~! I really thought that would do it," says Love. "One more time!"

Chu-Chu uses quick attack and horsea faints.

"You did it!" says Love as she hugs Chu-Chu. "And he was five levels above you! Congradulations on you're new level!"

"Shellder!" says Swimmer as he throws the pokeball. "Tackle!"

"Chu-Chu, use thundershock," says Love.

"Tackle," says Swimmer.

"NOOOO~!" says Love. "You're a pain in my rear for too long! Tapi! Murder the sucker!"

Tapi comes out with confusion and shellder instantly faints.

"The one-hit wonder strikes again~!" says Love as she dances around. "This is why you're my hero!"

"That can't be!" says the Swimmer.

"You better believe it! My Tapi is hard to beat and she's smart too!" says Love as she puffs out her chest. "There's no way that anyone can beat her!"

Love ran out to the Pokecenter to take care of her pokemon before she continued to the next trainer.

"I'm more than good enough for you!" says the girl.

"I don't doubt it," says Love. "But that doesn't mean I won't give up so easily!"

"Misty can wait," says the girl with a smile. "Goldeen!"

"Birdstar!" says Love as she throws out her pokeball.

"Goldeen, super sonic," says the girl.

"Oh crap," says Love as she flinches. But nothing happens. "Haha!You missed me you missed me! Gust Birdstar!"

"Super sonic," says the girl. But once again it failed.

"Yes! Let's not push our luck Birdstar! Gust!" says Love. "And follow with a quick attack."

"Goldeen! Use peck!" yells the junior trainer like a spoiled brat. "No use it again!"

"Use gust Birdstar!" says Love.

"Super sonic," says the junior trainer. This time it made Birdstar confused.

"Oh crap!" says Love as she falls to her knees. "Push through it Birdstar!"

But Birdstar ran into a wall and fainted.

"This is like tripping over you're own feet," says Love as she falls to her knees. She then looks up with a new flame. "Chu-Chu! Let's show 'em the fire!"

Goldeen used supersonic and confused Chu-Chu and he hurt himself in confusion.

"Oh come on Chu-Chu! You can do better then that! You're a fighter and you can win this!" says Love as she slowly stands on her feet.

"Goldeen, peck," says Junior Trainer.

"No fair! Let me at least go!" says Love.

"What's fair is fair," says the Junior Trainer as she sticks her tongue out. Chu-Chu then shakes his head as if the birds got out of them.

"Way to go Chu-Chu! Nice fighting there! Now use thundershock!" says Love revved up. Goldeen pecked at Chu-Chu, but it wasn't very effective. Chu-Chu then followed up with a thundershock and made goldeen faint.

"Way to go Chu-Chu! You're the best," says Love excited as she twirled around Chu-Chu. "And you leveled up! You're going to be much, much stronger the next time we battle in this gym!"

"You overwhelmed me!"

"What's fair is fair," says Love with a smile and she stuck her tongue out.

"Shut up stupid!" says the girl.

"Who you calling stupid!" says Love. "Oh wait!"

Love russles through her bag and pulls out a potion to give to Chu-Chu. "Here you go little one," says Love with a smile. "I need you extra strong for this next trainer."

Love looks up to see a gorgeous girl with bright red hair in a pony-tail and brilliant green eyes.

"Hi, you're a new face!" says the girl with a cute smile. "What's your policy on pokemon?"

"Wow! You're really pretty," says Love as she looks up at Misty.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. What about your approach to pokemon?" asks Misty.

"Oh! My approach? It's be kind and fight, fight, fight!" says Love with a big smile.

"My policy is an all-out offensive with water-type pokemon!" says Misty.

"Whatever I can get my hands on is normally my type. I can't be picky at this point," says Love as she scratchs the back of her head and laughs.

"Well, Misty, the world-famous beauty, is your host! Are you ready, sweetie?" asks Misty with a smile.

"Well, you're not that world-famous because I've only heard about you're skill, not that you were this gorgeous," says Love with a shrug.

"Why don't you say that after I beat you're butt!" says Misty as she throws out a staryu.

"I'm always ready for a fight~!" says Love as she throws out Chu-Chu. "Let's fight this battle right Chu-Chu!"

Staryu tackles and almost kills Chu-Chu.

"Use thundershock Chu-Chu!" says Love. There was another tackle from Staryu and a thundershock from Chu-Chu. As Misty uses X defense, then Chu-Chu uses thundershock.

"Water gun!" says Misty.

"No~!" says Love as she looks at Chu-Chu. "I'm sorry about that. The enemy is weak! beat 'em Tapi!"

Staryu tackles and Tapi recovers with confusion. Soon then Staryu faints.

"Starmie!" says Misty as she throws out another pokemon.

"Holy crap! That's a level 21!" says Love.

"A level what?" says Misty, confused.

"Level 21," says Love. "The experience level of your pokemon."

"Tackle Starmie," says Misty. "How do you know the experience level?"

"Confusion Tapi!" says Love. "I don't know, I guess I'm really in tune with pokemon."

Starmie then uses tackle and Tapi copies. With an X defend from Misty, Love took this time to get ahead, but it doesn't have much effect.

"Bubblebeam!" says Misty. This makes Tapi faint.

"Oh crap!" says Love. "Let's get him Oran!"

"Bubblebeam!" says Misty.

"Not fair! I wasn't even able to attack~!" whines Love.

"Fair is fair," says Misty as she sticks out her tongue. Love throws out Dora and Starmie tackles.

"Come on Dora! Use scratch!" says Love.

"Bubblebeam!" says Misty.

"You've got to be kidding me!" says Love. "Sue! Please, please, please win!"

Starmie tries to tackle, but Sue had dodged it.

"Off to a good start, please keep it up!" says Love as she just watchs, waiting for something better to happen, some turn of the tables. Sue uses scratch.

"Harden Starmie!" says Misty.

"Okay, let's see how long this stays up," says Love. Sue then scratches once more and waits.

"Harden Starmie!" says Misty. Sue follows with a scratch.

"Harden Starmie," says Misty.

"I'm glad that I have a few more moves to try, but why do you keep using the same move~!" whines Love.

"You'll see," says Misty with a wink.

"Don't try to be cute with me," says Love. "Scratch Sue!"
"Tackle," says Misty.

"Stay alive! Stay alive~!" begs Love. "Scratch~! Please!"

"Tackle," says Misty and Sue faints

"I thought I could have won this one," says Love as she falls to her knees.

"Too bad," says Misty with a cute wave. Love then blacks out and Misty just rolls her eyes.

Love wakes up in the pokecenter and looks around. "I thought I could have done it~!" whines Love as she sleepily looks for her clothes. She feels her warm skin to check that they weren't on her, and all that she felt her smooth skin.

"Nurse Joy!" says Love as she searches for her clothes.

"What do you want?" asks someone as they walk in. It was a handsome male with jet black hair and gorgeous sparkling eyes (based off of an older Ash). He was dressed in a white vest and pokecenter hat. He wore normal blue jeans and a white shirt.

"Oh my god!" yells the boy as he quickly gets out.

"What are you doing in here!" yells Love.

"I'm a nurse-in-training, Red!" says the boy.

"I don't care who you are! I'm asking why you came into my room!" says Love.

"Because I'm suppose to be changing the sheets and this room was suppose to be vacant," says Red.

"You weren't suppose to see that," says Love as she quickly gets dressed.

"I'm sorry! I was just doing my job!" says Red. Love opens the door and glares at Red.

"If you ever tell anyone that I'm a girl, I'll whup your butt!" says Love as she balls her hand into a fist. She pushes past Red and storms off towards the gym.

"Hi, you're a new face!" says Misty.

"I've seen you before," says Love.

"What's your policy on Pokemon?" asks Misty.

"Let's cut the crap, I already went over this," says Love. "Let's start the battle!"

"Come on out Staryu," says Misty.

"Birdstar! Let's beat them!" says Love, energized. Staryu tackles Birdstar. Birdstar then uses gust. Misty then sprayed X defence on Staryu.

"We gotta beat 'em! We gotta beat 'em!" says Love. "Use gust!"

"Tackle Staryu!" says Misty.

Birdstar then attacks with gust again. Staryu uses tackle and almost kills Birdstar.

"Gust! Beat her back!" says Love.

"First is me!" says Misty. "Use Water gun!"

"No~! Don't die Birdstar!" says Love as she runs over to Birdstar's side.

"Po...poppo," says Birdstar as he lays his head down.

"That's it! Chu-Chu! Let's show them our spirit!" says Love as Chu-Chu runs out in front of her.

"Not this whimp again," says Misty with a laugh.

"Don't underestimate us!" says Love.

"Tackle Staryu!" says Misty.

"Thundershock!" says Love. Staryu counters with water gun and Chu-Chu uses thundershock again, making Staryu faint.

"Chu-Chu, step back and let Tapi try now," says Love. "I want to save you for later."

"Pika pi," says Chu-Chu as he steps back.

"Tapi! Confusion!" says Love.

"Wait! I get to go first!" says Misty. "Starmie, use harden!"

"Now can I go?" asks Love.

"Sure, go now," says Misty with a shrug.

"Confusion!" says Love.

"Water gun," says Misty. Tapi then uses confusion again, but does little damage.

"Harden," says Misty. Tapi then uses confusion again with the same results.

"Harden," says Misy. Tapi uses confusion again, hoping to make a little dent in Starmie's armer.

"Harden," says Misty.

"Tapi, let's mix it up and use tackle," says Love.

"Use bubble beam," says Misty.

"Oh crap," says Love as Tapi faints. "Your sacrifice shall be avenged! Oran, come out!"

Misty sprays X defend on Starmie. Oran then uses horn attack, hoping to do some damage.

"Harden," says Misty.

"Ah~! If this continues then we'll never get past her defence! Why can't we battle a trainer like the people we battled getting to you! They were really easy! I only used two pokemon for them!" complains Love.

"Stop being so loud and attack!" yells Misty.

"Horn attack!" says Love. Starmie tackles Oran.

"Oh thank gosh! If it had been anything else then we'd a been screwed," says Love as she lets out a sign. "Counter with horn attack!"

"Bubblebeam!" says Misty.

"Like that! That's what I was talking about!" says Love. "Dora! Let's do this!"

"Bubblebeam," says Misty.

"Only one attack and we're dead," cries Love as she falls to her knees. "We have to be able to finish this! Sue! Do some damage!"

Starmie tackles Sue, but Sue barely lives. Sue then scratches Starmie.

"Harden," says Misty.

"Ha! Nothing happens," says Love. "Now use Scratch Sue!"

"Harden! Come on Starmie, Harden already!" says Misty.

"Starmie is hard enough!" says Love.

"That's really gross," says Misty.

"Why do be immature," says Love. "Scratch Sue!"

"Harden!" yells Misty.

"Let's take this oppertunity and scratch the stuffing out of her!" says Love.

"Harden!" yells Misty, starting to get angry.

"Let's take this oppurtunity again!" says Love. "You know what to do! You might be able to win this girl!"

Starmie then tackles Sue and Sue faints.

"Well... I guess I spoke too soon," says Love. "Now Chu-Chu, please don't faint. Please stay alive to win this! Please, please, pllleeeeassseee!"

As Chu-Chu steps on the field, Love starts to pray really hard for a win. Starmie then tackles and Chu-Chu instantly faints.

"I knew it was too good to be true," says Love as she just wallows in her self-pity. Love then blacks out.

Love wakes up in a bed in the pokecenter. Red was looking at her and smiling.

"Would you stop looking at me!" yells Love as she pulls the covers to cover up her body.

"Well... there's nothing to see anyway," says Red with a shrug.

"Just give me my clothes," says Love as she sticks out her hand.

"Here," says Red as he hands her the red and white shirt, her black undershirt, blue jeans, and hat. "Why are you back here?"

"I wasn't able to beat Misty again!" says Love with a pout.

"Wow," says Red as he stares at her.

"What?" asks Love.

"You really can look cute," says Red with a smile.

"Shut up!" says Love as she throws the sheets off and reveals her clothed self. She then steps off the bed and starts walking away.

"Hey wait! Cross-dresser," says Red.

"What~!" says Love as she looks over her shoulder, annoyed.

"What was the big brown thing on your back?" asks Red, curious.

"A birthmark," says Love.

"What! That thing went all the way across your back, it was huge!" says Red.

"Yeah, I can't remember how my back looked without it, because I was born with it," says Love with a smile. "My mom says that no one else in the Kanto region. She doesn't even know if there is anyone else in any other region also. But she thinks that it is on people from other planets or something have it, but only special people have it. Well, hopefully I never see you again!"

"And why's that?" asks Red.

"Because that means I beat Misty!" says Love with a smile as she rushes out of the room and towards the gym.

"What an intressting girl," says Red with a smile. Love bursts into the gym and Misty sees her.

"You're a new face," says Misty with a smile.

"I was here a few minutes ago! Now let's get this over with," says Love.

"Birdstar! Whup his butt!" says Love.

"Watergun!" says Misty.

"Gust," says Love. Staryu then tackles Birdstar and Birdstar counters with gust. Another watergun from Staryu and Birdstar was out for the count.

"Dora! Let's do this!" says Love as she throws out another ball. Staryu uses water gun and Dora scratches at Staryu. Misty then sprays X defend on Staryu and Dora continues her scratch strategy. Staryu uses watergun and Dora uses scratch. Staryu tackles dora for the final move. Now Love was pissed.

"Oran! fight!" says Love as she throws out Oran.

"Tackle!" says Misty, but Oran easily dodges it.

"Horn attack," says Love icily.

"W-what happened to that cheerful boy I knew?" asks Misty.

"You pissed him off," replies Love.

"Tackle!" says Misty.

"Horn attack," says Love as staryu faints. "Good job, now do that for Starmie and we won't have to deal with Misty anymore."

"What's that suppose to mean!" yells Misty.

"You're cute and all, but you're Starmie is being freaking ridiculous and I'm sick of it," says Love as she crosses her arms in front of her chest so show that her guard was up.

"S-starmie!" says Misty. She then quickly runs towards Starmie and sprays X defend on her.

"Don't bother," says Love as she glares. "Horn attack."

Starmie uses water gun and makes Oran faint. Love then throws out Tapi and returns to her guard stance.

"Water gun!" says Misty.

"Tackle," says Love.

"Bubble beam!" says Misty.

"Way to stick with it Tapi!" says Love with a confident smirk, even though on the inside she was sweating like crazy. Starmie then uses water gun.

"Nice job Tapi, take a rest," says Love. "Now Sue! Show them what we are about."

Starmie tackles Sue and Sue uses scratch.

"Harden," says Misty. Sue then scratches at Starmie. Starmie tackles Sue, but Sue isn't down for the count, she's barely standing, but she isn't down for the count. Starmie then tackles and makes Sue faint.

"Way to cheat," snarls Love. "Now Chu-Chu! Why don't we try one more time to show our true spirit?"

"Pikachu!" says Chu-Chu passionatly.

"Harden," says Misty. Chu-Chu then uses thundershock.

"Water gun," says Misty.

"Please stay alive, please stay alive till we win," begs Love.

"Bubble beam," says Misty.

"Why can't you let me attack! What's wrong with you! It's even in the freaken rules!" yells Love.

"It doesn't matter now," says Misty. "And what was that about you're spirit!"

"All I know about you're spirit is that you obviously don't care for people to show their true strength," says Love as she faints.

Love wakes up to see Red staring down at her. "What was that about not seeing me again?" asks Red with a smile.

"CRAP!" yells Love as she punches the wall.

"Wow! You really have a bad personality," says Red.

"Don't look down at me because I'm a girl!" yells Love.

"How can I look down if you can't look down on you if you can't beat a girl," says Red as she starts to put her clothes on. "I would if you're a guy, but you did beat guys before, you just have to get over this obstacle."

"Ten days in the wildreness!" yells Love as she runs out into the wild.

"What a rambunctions girl. God! I'm addicted to her!" says Red with a harty laugh.

After a day in the tall grass, Love came back with Kiki the mankey and two new evolutions from Oran and Dora. She smirks as she marches up to the pokecenter.

"One quick recharge before I beat the gym leader," says Love with a big smile.

"That's what you said the last few times," says Nurse Joy.

"Shut up! I was just going to beat him," says Love as she waited.

"It's done," says Nurse Joy.

"Thank you so much!" says Love happily as she takes her pokemon and quickly gets out of the pokemon center. She finally gets into the gym and stomps up to Misty.

"Hi, you're a new face!" says Misty.

"I'm sick of listening to this dumb speech, because I am obviously not a new face! So challenge me!" says Love.

"Very direct," says Misty. "I respect that. Staryu! Come on out~!"

"Birdstar! Let's show 'em what we're all about!" says Love.

"Staryu, water gun," says Misty. And Birdstar quickly faints.

"Well, I can't say you didn't try," says Love with a sigh. "Let's try it out Sue."

Staryu tackles Sue and Sue starts to scratch at staryu. Another tackle from Staryu and a scratch from Sue.

"Tackle!" says Misty. Sue then scratches at Staryu. Misty then grabs an X defend and sprays it on Staryu. Sue scratches at Staryu again.

"Tackle!" says Misty. With one more hit and Sue was down for the count.

"You did perfect," says Love as she picks up Sue and returns her to her pokeball. "Just rest up Sue. Tapi! Let's do this!"

"Tackle!" says Misty. Tapi returned the attack with a copy. Staryu and Tapi both tackled each other again. Staryu then used water gun and Tapi almost fainted. With a tackle from Tapi, Staryu was getting weaker.

"Tackle!" says Misty. Tapi returned with a copy move.

"Tackle again Staryu!" says Misty. But Tapi fluttered just above the attack and returned the attack. She destroyed staryu and gained a level.

"I knew you could do it! If it's Tapi then she can do it!" says Love with a smile as she twirls around with a joyful smile. "That's what we needed, a win in our favor! And congrates on your level up!"

"Bata batafuuurrrri~!" says Tapi with a happy flutter.

"Starmie," says Misty.

"Now, you don't have to kill this pokemon, but you have to injury him as much as you can. Even if you don't, you were still a great help to us," says Love with a smile.

"Bata," says Tapi with a determined look.

"Water gun!" says Misty, and Tapi fainted.

"Oh Tapi, you did very well, I'm super, super proud of you! And when you and Birdstar and Sue wake up, tell them I meant to say that to them also," says Love with a smile. "I've been so proud of you lately and I'm sorry I haven't been able to show it!"

"Bata... furi," says Tapi as she closes her eyes.

"Dora! Make some noise!" yells Love as she throws the pokeball.

"It seems this one leveled up," says Misty, impressed as she squirts X defend on starmie. Dora scratched at Starmie.

"Tackle starmie!" says Misty.

"Scratch!" says Love. Starmie tackled Dora, but Dora came back with a scratch. Starmie shot a water gun at Dora and Dora countered with scratch.

"Way to stick with it! You're doing great! A few more and you'll be fabulous," cheers Love.

"Harden!" says Misty.

"This is the final stretch," says Love. "Use Scratch and maybe it will to enough damage."

"Water gun!" says Misty and Dora went down like a rock.

"Dora!" yells Love as she runs up to Dora. She smiles down sweetly at Dora and says, "What a wonderful battle! You really showed you're true colors today! I wouldn't have wanted it any way else! Oran! Show us what you're made of!"

"Bubblebeam," says Misty. Love whinches, hoping against hope that he stays alive. When he gets back up Love lets out a deep breath.

"Let's show them you're horn attack! Up grade!" says Love. Starmie uses water gun and makes Oran faint.

"They only did this because of how strong you are," says Love with a smile. "You're too big of a threat, but don't worry, we'll figure this out. Chu-Chu! It's our time to shine."

"Harden!" says Misty.

"Thundershock!" says Love. Starmie uses watergun and almost kills Chu-Chu. Chu-Chu counters with thundershock and their about equal. The next move will determine the winner.

"Bubble beam," says Misty.

"Ah well!" says Love with a smile. "We got this far!"

Love then blacked out.

Love quickly woke up and struggled to put on her close. She turns to look at some sound from the corner. Red was there, sleeping. Love just giggled and kissed his cheek as she runs out towards the door and out into the field to train. After half a day and two extra levels for Chu-Chu. Love tried one more time.

"So you're back," says Misty with a cruel smile.

"I just want to say," says Love as she tackes a deep breath. "That after me battling you, that I have became extremely humble and patient. But I'm going to beat you're butt!"

"Yeah, yeah!" says Misty. "Let's just finish this. Staryu! Come out!"

"You too Birdstar~!" says Love with a smile.

"Staryu, watergun!" says Misty. Birdstar then uses gust. Staryu tackles and Birdstar uses gust. With one final blow, Staryu uses water gun to put Birdstar out of commishion.

"You did sooo well Birdstar, that the next rare candy is yours," says Love with a big smile.

"Poppo!"says Birdstar as he closes his sweet eyes.

"Come on out Sue!" says Love. Staryu instantly tackles Sue as she gets out of the pokeball. Sue then gets infuriated and scratches at Staryu.

"You've gotten better," says Misty with a smile as she walks up with an X defend to spray on Staryu. Sue took that oppurtunity to scratch at Staryu.

"Tackle!" says Misty. Staryu gets up and tackles Sue, but Sue was ready for it with a dodge. Sue then quickly turns in her dodge and scratches at Staryu.

"Hito~" says Staryu.

"Parparpar!" laughs Sue, which was a mistake, because Staryu tackled Sue and did her double damage. Sue then scratches at Staryu and Staryu hits Sue with a tackle.

"Scratch Sue!" says Love. Staryu then tackles Sue and she faints.

"You did so well," says Love as she smiles down at Sue.

"Para," says Sue quietly.

"Tapi! Come on out!" says Love as she throws out the pokeball. Staryu quickly tackles Tapi before she could find the wind. Tapi then uses that to her advantage and tackles him back. Tapi flutters above Staryu. Staryu tackles Tapi again. Tapi does a cute little puff of her breath and dives for Staryu in a tackle, but Staryu uses the water around the battleground to her advantage, making Tapi miss.

"Staryu! Water gun!" says Misty. Tapi counters with tis a tackle of her own, which makes Staryu faint.

"You did it Tapi! Way to go! I'm so proud of you~!" says Love as she spins around with Tapi in her hands.

"Don't get too cocky! I still have Starmie, someone you haven't been able to defeat!" says Misty.

"She's right," whispers Love. "So use poison powder whenever you can so that each move she makes hurts her."

"Bata~!" says Tapi with a nod of her head.

"Good girl," says Love as she pets Tapi's head. Tapi then quickly flutters her wings.

"Starmie! Let's finish this!" says Misty as she throws out her pokeball.

"Suta~!" says Starmie as she gets out of the pokeball.

"Harden," says Misty.

"Tapi! use poison powder!" says Love. With the poison powder poisons Starmie.

"Way to go Tapi~! You did it in the first try and everything~!" says Love as she jumps up and down.

"Bubblebeam!" says Misty with a smirk.

"Well, it's all over now," says Love with a roll of her eyes and her mood instantly drops. With one hit, Tapi fainted.

"Come on Dora, Come on Dora, I'm betting all I have on you!" says Love as she throws out the pokeball. Dora comes out and dances.

"Starmie! Water gun!" says Misty.

"Dora use scratch!" counters Love.

"Bubble beam," says Misty with a smirk. Dora instantly faints.

"You know! I need that move! Then I'll get an instant kill," says Love.

"Only if you beat me," says Misty.

"Stingy!" yells Love with her tongue out. "Oran! Let's avenge you're Dora! Come on Oran!"

Starmie tackles Oran just as he comes out of the pokeball. Oran then uses a horn attack and Starmie counters with a tackle.

"Horn attack!" says Love. Starmie then tackles Oran again and Oran uses horn attack. Finally, Starmie switches it up with a bubblebeam which makes Oran faint.

"You were extremely helpful Oran," says Love with a smile.

"Nido..." says Oran has he faints.

"You only have on left," says Misty with a smirk.

"But you forgot that he is a pikachu," says Love with a smirk all her own. "And you're Starmie is poisoned. Chu-Chu! Let's Show them what we've got!"

Chu-Chu runs out and puts his guard up.

"Starmie, come here," says Misty as she gets her X defend ready. She sprays it on Starmie and sets her loss.

"Thundershock Chu-Chu!" says Love.

"Harden!" says Misty.

"This is it! Use thundershock Chu-Chu!" says Love as she starts to feel the victory. With one more thundershock, Starmie fainted.

"You did it Chu-Chu! I always knew you were going to be a hero! You were so awesome!" says Love as she picks up Chu-Chu and spins around and around and around.

"I can't believe I lost!" says Misty as she falls to her knees. She then pops right up in her spirits again. "All right! You can have the cascadebadge to show you beat me! The cascadebadge makes all pokemon up to level 30 obey! That includes even outsiders!"

"What does that even mean?" asks Love.

"Let me finish!" yells Misty. "There's more, you can now use Cut anytime! You can cut down small bushes to open new paths. You can also have my favorite TM!"

"To tell you the truth, I can't believe I won," says Love with a big smile. "Oh, and I wanted to apologize for my outburst yesterday. It was uncalled for and you didn't that. You're very talented and I was starting to feel worthless next to someone as talented as you."

"It's fine, I get that kind of outburst every once in a while," says Misty.

"I know, but there still wantn't a reason for that kind of behavior. I shouldn't have faced you like that," says Love with a laugh. "I use to think that if I got angry enough, all the enemies will go away, strong or weak, but you taught me that only the weak cower under my rage."

"Who are you?" asks Misty

"Love Ashford!" says Love as she skips out of the gym.

"Wait!" says Misty.

"What?" asks Love as she looks behind her.

"Can I come with you?" asks Misty.

"Why do you want to come with me?" asks Love.

"Because I'm sick of being here and I don't want to stay," says Misty.

"I'm sorry, but what about the other trainers?" asks Love.

"My sisters can take care of it," says Misty with a shrug.

"Are you sure you want to come with me?" asks Love.

"Yeah~! You seem like a blast!" says Misty with a smile.

"And I get to battle all the trainers and pokemon we encounter?" asks Love.

"Of course," says Misty.

"Fine," says Love, "but I have a secrete I need to tell you before we go."

"What's that?" asks Misty.

Love then leans in and whispers into Misty's ear, "I'm a girl."