Okay, I am back for another chapter. I would like to apologize for the long leave... I am sorry I didn't get this out sooner.


I sat on a rock eating my sandwich as the sun began to rise overhead. "Did you know that Petalburg means, "Flower head"? In Japanese it can be translated to Touka," I announced proudly. Paul looked at me in disgust as he stood there watching me eat. "Are you sure you aren't hungry?" I asked. I lifted my sandwich to him, but he showed no interest at all. Once again I really couldn't take the silence, and he had been at this all day. Just staring at me; no words... in fact, he looked kind of angry; not like it was easy to decipher though. "Well are you mad at the whole Drew thing…" I started.

"Will you just shut up?" he snapped. I hung my head. Of course that would be the first thing he tells me. I continued to eat my sandwich as I watched him. He was now kicking dirt and looking around every so often. I hurried gobbled the last bit down and smiled at him, receiving his same cold glare in return.

"Why are you so mad?" I asked. Instead if answering he started walking and I had to jog to keep up. "Well," I questioned. He continued to walk ignoring me.

"Great timing," I heard a voice call. I looked around desperately trying to locate the origin of the voice. Paul obviously saw him first since he spoke.

"What do you want?" he questioned. I finally found him; Drew was only a few feet ahead of us, now that I think about it, I am surprised I didn't recognize his voice. Paul glared at him as Drew continued to smirk. "What?" Paul asked again harshly.

"We need to battle," Drew answered. He then flipped his hair and picked out one of his many pokeballs. Paul raised an eyebrow but said nothing as he picked up the only ball he had. "Do you really only have one?" Drew asked skeptically. "Well whatever, you ready Dawn?" he questioned. My voice got trapped in my throat as I tried to answer; or rather choked.

"I thought you were about to battle Paul," I answered he rolled his eyes and then I heard May giggle. She threw her entire weight on my back causing me to struggle to keep my balance. "What's going on here?" I asked.

"It is simple, we are getting ready for the next contest," May chirped. I looked at her for an explanation but she was too busy jumping around. I watched as Paul stuffed the Pokeball back into his pocket.

"Let me guess, you don't know of the rule change do you?" Drew asked. I shook my head and then looked to him for the instructions. They have changed the rules for each contest here; each place has added their own rule to make things difficult. This upcoming contest has added the primary and second," she stated.

"Primary and second?" I questioned. Drew and May nodded.

"That means that you have to have another person battle with you. I am going to be the primary for this battle and Drew is going to be my second. If we win, we both get a ribbon," May finished.

"So if you win you both get a ribbon," I reiterated to myself. "That sounds great, Paul you have to be my second!" I exclaimed. Paul glared at me but then looked back towards the road.

"Look, I have a battle to win, and I refuse to waste time on stupid things like coordinating," he muttered. I sighed. This would be harder than I thought, I was expecting just normal ribbons, now there was going to be a twist… and I didn't even have a partner.

"Well I have a battle too Paul and you don't even have enough Pokémon for a battle yet! Please be my partner, please help me this once?" I pleaded.

"He is probably scared," Drew answered. Paul turned from the road and glared at Drew. "I mean obviously he has done gym battles but coordinating is a skill. He knows just as well as we do that trainers just aren't the same as coordinators," Drew finished.

"Scared?" Paul questioned. He then pulled out his pokeball once more. "One on one right now," he answered. Drew flicked his hair and looked away.

"I would, but I am working on my training. Don't worry, if I ever feel like beating someone for fun I will call you," he retorted. I watched as Paul clenched his fist in his hands. He was getting angry. I then thought about it, he seemed angry last night when he left Drew and I in the field. Maybe he really just didn't like Drew.

"Fine, come on Dawn," Paul answered. I looked up at him shocked. He ignored me and faced May and Drew once more. "So how does this battle work?" he questioned.

"Well you and I will use two Pokémon, Dawn. Now Drew and Paul will both use one. The team that has knocked out all three of the opponent's Pokémon wins," May explained. Paul and I both nodded. Everyone reached for their first pokeball and threw it toward the center.

"Blaziken, take the stage," May cried. The huge bird- like Pokémon landed in front of me.

"Hounchkrow, stand by for battle," Paul said. The Pokémon then came out hovering above our heads waiting for further instructions.

"Lopunny, spotlight," I chimed. My Pokémon appeared in front of me and began to hop back and forth.

"Absol, let's go," Drew called. His Absol landed under Paul's Hounchkrow and examined both opponents.

"Blaziken, use mega kick on Hounchkrow," May cried. Her Pokémon jumped upwards into the air, towards Paul's Pokémon.

"Hounckrow, dodge that and use sky attack," Paul called. Just as Blaziken swung his foot to kick his opponent, Houchkrow disappeared and reappeared behind him glowing white and blue.

"Razor wind now, Absol," Drew called. The wind flew right behind Blaziken causing Hounchkrow to have to pull up to avoid the attack. It soon stopped glowing as it began to fly back to Paul's side.

"Alright Lopunny, go around and use jump kick on Absol," I cried. I watched as my bunny jumped up in the doing a full flip. She then came crashing done on Absol knocking it back on the ground in front of Drew. "Yes, keep it up," I cried. I smiled as my bunny jumped back in front of me waiting for my next move.

"Brave bird on Blaziken now," Paul muttered. I watched as Paul's Hounchkrow flew back before being consumed in light again as it charged for May's Pokémon.

"Blaziken, overheat," May yelled. The Pokémon then began to blink on and off as it store up the massive energy it had.

"Absol, help out Blaziken and use iron tail on Hounckrow," Drew responded. His Pokémon then began running towards both Blaziken and Hounchkrow.

"Lopunny, use jump kick on Absol one more time," I called. I watched as Lopunny jumped into the air and began to aim for Absol who was now in mid-air over Houchkrow. Before my Pokémon got a chance to hit a huge bright orange light engulfed the area followed by a lot of dust. Once it cleared I saw Absol sliding back. It looked highly damaged from May's attack. I looked and saw my Pokémon lying on the ground. "Lopunny," I cried. It struggled to get up but then fainted. I quickly returned it and looked to see Paul's Pokémon hitting Blazekin with its brave bird attack knocking it out as well. Once it flew back up I noticed the damage it had taken, it wasn't in the best of shape either.

"Zigzagoon, spotlight," I called. It came out and timidly looked at the others. "Come on, this is going to be your first battle do your best, okay?" I encouraged. I looked at our opponents and was relieved that at least we were even.

"Glacion, take the stage," May called. Her fox like Pokémon gracefully flipped in front of me and everything began once more. "Use ice shard on Hounchkrow now," she called. Her Pokémon did another flip as shards of ice flew from its mouth toward Hounchkrow whom waited for instructions.

"Dodge that and use wing attack on Absol," Paul stated. The Pokémon then dived down missing the ice shards and charged towards Absol.

"Use flash," Drew called. Suddenly a blinding flash of light engulfed the area, blinding the pokemon. I then squinted into the light to see if it had hit.


Muhahahhwhahahhahaha… this is the end of this chapter. You must comment to find out who wins. Oh, and tell me who you think will win? Anyway, like I said before… sorry for disappearing for a while. I will be updating more quickly soon, so no need to worry. Hurry and review for the ending.