Sorry about the wait. I was supposed to put this up yesterday, but I caught distraught. Anyway hope you likey.


Brendan and Wally were currently in the middle of a practice training battle.

"Tail, use Wing Attack!" Tail flew over to Mari and hit her repeatedly with his wings.

"Mari, use Aqua Tail." Mari slammed her tail on top of Tail; soaking him. May watched from the side. Like she normally did when they battled; she decided to groom her Pokémon. Kenni, who finished first, was snacking on some Pokeblock. Linea, who had just finished was chasing her spiky tail. Yena was currently in the process of getting her tail brushed; therefore she decided to take a nap.

"Okay Mari, finish with Blizzard!" Wally commanded. The powerful ice-type attack froze Tail and knocked him unconscious. Brendan ran over to Tail.

"Are you okay Tail?" Tail nodded affirmatively. "Great." Brendan looked over at his latest capture.

"Hey Num, you want to go next?" he asked smiling. Num turned his head and began to take a nap. Brendan was now angry. "That pesky little…" Wally and May laughed.

"Maybe Num will feel better after a little lunch." May suggested. In actuality, she was the one who was hungry. Brendan and Wally agreed nonetheless.

"Hey Num, do you like the food?" Brendan asked. Num turned around so his rear would face Brendan. May and Wally chuckled to themselves.

"I just don't understand why Num doesn't like me." Brendan said. Yena barked at Brendan angrily.

"I don't like you either, you sexist!"

"Yena quiet." May whispered in a sweet tone.

"Besides, you did catch Num kind of on the spot back there." Wally said. Brendan's mouth fell.

"ME! I'm not the one who randomly caught an injured Marill with a repeat ball!" Brendan hollered.

"I caught her to heal her." Wally protested. Well, at least that's half the reason.

"You caught her just so you could have three Pokémon like May." Wally sweat dropped nervously, since that was actually the other half of reason he'd caught Mari. May giggled at the two quarrelling boys.

They're so funny. Brendan's a real hot-head and rushes into most things without thinking, while Wally is calm and thinks out his decisions. It's funny to think that two complete opposites a traveling on a long journey together. They're both such great friends to have on my journey.

"Brendan, relax. The point is that Num isn't use to you yet." Wally said.

"Yeah, he use to work for the evil Team Magma, and now he has to battle for some boy who hates them." May added.

"Yeah…whatever." Brendan said shrugging them off.

"So Brendan, I guess you're not going to use Num in the gym battle, are you?" May asked.

"With the way he's been acting, I don't think so."

"What about you Wally?" May asked.

"I'll use Kirli, because of her psychic abilities, and Mari."

"You're going to use Mari in a gym battle; so soon?" May asked.

"Yeah Wally, I thought you'd have more scene than to do that." Brendan added.

"I'm actually confident that Kirli could win by herself. I'm just going to test Mari's defense." Hey said taking a bite out of his pancakes.

"Well, if you think so." Brendan said.

"Hey May, why don't you show us some of Yena's new contest moves?" Wally asked. Yena growled at Wally, but he didn't seem to notice.

"Sure, why not." May said. "Come here Yena." Yena slowly trotted to May, upset at being taken away from her food.

"Yena, use you Crunch attack on…" Before May could finish her command, Yena bit down on Wally's leg. Wally screamed and jumped up from the table.

"MAY! GET HER OFF OF ME!"

"Yena! Let Wally go!" May yelled. She tried to pry Yena from Wally's leg, but to no avail.

"Kip, use Mud Slap to…" Brendan began.

"No! You'll dirty up her fur!" May interrupted.

"Fine then. Use Water Pulse and…"

"No! Her fur will be all wet!"

"Arghh! May, what do you want me to do then?" Brendan yelled.

"I know. Kenni use Peck!" Kenni pecked Yena to the point of annoyance, in which she let go of Wally's leg. May grabbed Yena while Brendan looked at Wally's leg.

"Wally, are you okay?" Brendan asked examining his leg. "You're not bleeding and you don't have any open wounds."

"It hurts a little." Wally's voice was shaky.

"Wally I'm so sorry." May said. "Yena. Apologize!" Yena turned her head, refusing to apologize. The other Pokémon, save for Num, angrily scolded her. Despite his trauma, Wally chuckled at this.

"It's funny. She's acting kinda like Num."

"Speaking of which, where is Num." Brendan asked, noticing his absence. Everyone looked over to see a bunch of empty food bowls. Num had taken this opportunity to eat all of the other Pokémon's' food. Kenni and Tail were furious; Kip Grow, Kirli and Mari looked sad; and Linea looked heartbroken.

"Num! Why did you eat everyone's food?" Brendan yelled. The stubborn little Numel continued to eat without even looking up at his trainer. "Num return." Brendan held out Num's Pokéball and called him back to it.

"Looks like Num is still pretty selfish." Wally said. "Too bad Brendan didn't catch him in a luxury ball."

"Luxury ball? Oh, that makes captured Pokémon friendlier doesn't it?" May said grinning.

"Maybe we can buy some when we get to Dewford Town." Wally said.

"Oh yeah, Dewford Town! We have to get moving!" Brendan said.

The three trainers had just made it in time to catch the boat to Dewford Town. "Whew. I can't believe we made it." May said.

"I thought for sure we'd miss the boat." Wally added.

"Yeah yeah yeah. Anyway, let's get to the gym." Brendan said happily.

"What!" May shouted. "Can't you take a break?"

"We just ate lunch and hour ago. That was our break." Brendan argued.

"The gym leader isn't even at the gym anyway." A voice said.

"Any how do you know?" Brendan asked, turning around.

"Because I'm the gym leader." A young man wearing an orange shirt and blue pants, with a Makuhita at his side, walked up to them. "I'm Brawly."

"Brawly, you look…thin." May said. Brenan and Wally fell to the ground. Brawly sweat dropped. "Back in Johto, the fighting-type gym leader is really big and bulky."

"Johto? Oh you must mean Chuck. Yeah he is pretty big compared to me."

"You know Chuck?" May asked.

"Know him? I learned everything about fighting-types from him." Brawly said.

"In that case, you must be really good. How about we have our gym battle now?" Brendan asked.

"Brendan, I told you to relax." May said.

"And since when are you the boss of me?" he asked. Wally stretched his hands between them.

"Guys, can we please not do this right now?" Wally asked. Brawly and Makuhita laughed.

"Are they always like that?" he asked.

"Not unless provoked." Wally joked.

"So are three of you challenging me?" Brawly asked.

"No just…" Wally began before he was interrupted by Brendan,

"Wally and I are battling. May's a coordinator." He said eagerly.

"Hm. Interesting. Good luck in those contests May." Brawly said. "So anyway, I guess I can battle you guys now."

"Really? Great!" Brendan exclaimed.

As they arrived at the gym Brendan decided to let Wally battle Brawly before him. He, May, and their Pokémon watched from the sidelines.

"Brendan, you were so excited to come here and now you're letting Wally go before you?" May said confused.

"Well ya know, I went first last time. Might as well give little Wally a chance to go first sometimes.

"I'm Brawly! Dewford's Gym Leader! I've been churned in the rough waves of these parts, and I've grown tough in the pitch-black cave! So you wanted to challenge me? Let me see what you're made of!" Wally sweat dropped.

"Do all gym leaders start with phrases like these?"

"Just hurry up Wally!" Brendan yelled.

"Calm down!" May said firmly. "If you were going to act this way, you might as well have gone first."

"What're you talking about?" Brendan yelled. The two continued to argue as the battle began.

"Go Machop!"

"Go Mari!" Machop landed on the field and flexed his muscles. Mari twirled after exiting her repeat ball; then looked around with her ears twitching.

"Machop, start out with Bulk Up!" Machop flexed his muscles, causing them to grow larger. "Now use Karate Chop!" Machop did as instructed and hit Mari with a powerful blow to the stomach.

"Mari, use Bubble Beam to slow him down!" Mari's attack surrounded the Machop and restricted his movement.

"Machop, use Leer!" He angrily glared and Mari; causing her to shudder.

"Mari, use Aqua Tail!"

"Machop, get her with Seismic Toss when she gets close!" Mari's Aqua Tail hit Machop in his chest. Unfortunately, Machop grabbed Mari's tail, jumped up with her, and then slammed her into the ground.

"Mari!" May, Brendan, and Wally exclaimed together. When they smoke cleared, Mari was confirmed unable to battle.

"We did it Machop." Brawly said, giving him a thumbs up. Machop laughed happily, but then fell to the ground immediately afterwards. "Machop!"

"It looks like they both tired each other out." Brendan said.

"That's great. Now it's just a one-on-one battle." May said.

"Now it's your turn Makuhita." Brawly said to the Pokémon at his side. Makuhita jumped onto the field, sending vibrations to Wally's side.

"I choose, Kirli!" Wally exclaimed as he sent out his Ralts.

"Wally's going to win this next battle." May said. "He has a super-effective advantage." She giggled. Brendan face palmed.

"Makuhita, use Bulk Up!" Makuhita flexed his muscles and they grew larger. "Now use Arm Thrust!" Makuhita ran up to forcefully smack. Kirli.

"Kirli, use Teleport." Kirli instantly vanished from the place she stood.

"Hey, where did she go?" May asked, looking around the room.

"Now use Confusion!" Kirli's attack lifted Makuhita off the ground, and then blasted Makuhita with a beam of energy. Makuhita fell to the ground.
"Wow! That did a lot of damage." May exclaimed.

"Makuhita, get up and use Vital Throw!" Makuhita flipped onto his feet, grabbed Kirli, and threw her into a rock.

"Kirli, use Confusion again." Kirli repeated her previous actions. However, she threw Makuhita into the wall, effectively knocking him out.

"Yes!" Brendan exclaimed.

"Wally won!" May shouted gleefully. She and Brendan happily hugged each other, before May pushed him away.

"Whoah, wow! You made a much bigger splash than I expected! You swamped me! Okay, you've got me. Take this Gym Badge!" Brawly said handing Wally his badge.

"Great. Now that Wally's done I can battle." Brendan said. He and his Pokémon jumped from the stands onto the battlefield. Wally approached him.

"Brawly said his Pokémon need a lot of rest before their next gym battle. He said you'll need to wait at least five hours."

"FIVE HOURS!" Brendan yelled. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" May and Wally sweat dropped.


Yeah, I know. That scene with Yena biting Wally was pretty useless. I thought it might be funny. Well make sure to review :)