As the two sisters left the others Ashley said, "So Amy, what kind of Pokémon have you caught on your adventures in the Johto Region so far?"

"So far I've got a Totodile, Pichu, Ledian and a Snubbull."

"Not bad."

"What about you?"

"So far it's just the Mareep that I traded with Zachariah and the two Braviary that Whit' 'n' I rode in on. What are you hoping to catch in here?"

"I'm not really all that fussed, as long as it's a bug type. Although I think that I would like a land-bound one to go with my Beedrill."

"I see, so variety is your taste huh?"

"My taste?"

"Yeah, there was this really annoying guy on my boat trip over that kept on about the 'taste' of a Pokémon's bond with their trainer. Complete crap if you ask me, but eh, whatever floats your boat." To Ashley's confusion her sister started laughing uncontrollably in a weird way that sounded like 'si-si-si-si-si-si', which prompted a tall, red, bug/steel type Pokémon to appear. Seeing that the one that was making the sound was not another Scizor the Scizor started to walk away before Ashley yelled, "Hey! Wait a second you. I'm gonna catch you." The Scizor turned and looked at before making a dismissive sound and turning away again. Ashley said, "Gible, I choose you." The Scizor, seeing the Pokémon that Ashley called out, frowning in anger before, without warning, its claws glowed red. It then disappeared before reappearing behind Gible and hitting it. The attack itself was rather weak, but the difference in power between the two Pokémon increased the damage inflicted upon Gible. After Scizor's attack it retreated away from Gible, not letting the Fury Cutter drop. Gible, irritated at the Bug Type, got straight back up ready to attack. Ashley called, "Gible, use Dragon Pulse." Gible quickly formed an orb of green energy in front of its mouth and, before Gible fired it, Ashley said, "Alright Gible, eat it." Gible then ate the Dragon type move, causing the bands around its tail and the 'jets' at the side of its head to glow green.

Amelia, who had long since regained a standing position, asked, "Hey sis', what the hell just happened."

Ashley smirked and said, "Just you watch. Gible, use Rock Smash." Gible's arm gained a bright red aura that surrounded it, before disappearing, just as Scizor previously had, and slamming it into the back of the Bug Type. Gible, without waiting for Ashley's command, shot a Dragon Pulse, twice the size of the previous one, at the falling Scizor, knocking it out. Ashley tossed her Park Ball at the downed Scizor, capturing it easily.

"So a Pokémon eating one of their own attacks can actually increase its power?"

"Well, I'm not sure if it would work for every Pokémon, but it has worked with Dawn's Mamoswine and my Torterra, I figured...why the hell not, after all it's not like we really had anything to lose."

"Hmm...I wonder..."

"I would advise against trying it out with any of your Johto Pokémon just yet."

"Okay, why?"

"Simple, they probably don't have the constitution to handle all that extra power. Besides, none of them have a mouth large enough to eat an attack."

"Well, that's true, so why Scizor?"

"I have actually wanted a Scizor for a long time now."

"Why? If you come up against a fire type with it it'll be decimated."

"Not necessarily, or have you forgotten my battle against Gary in the silver conference?"

"Well, maybe just a little..."

"He used his Magmar against my Heracross, yet I still won. In the time since then I've battled members of both the old Hoenn and current Sinnoh elite four, believe me when I say type really doesn't matter."

"Alright, so, onto mine then."

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Meanwhile Mikki and Whitney had not been idle themselves, they had seen many different Pokémon, all of which were promptly ignored however as Whitney was interested in getting another Pokémon that was not really known for being in the Johto Region and Mikki was on the lookout for a rather specific Pokémon herself.

Whitney, tired of the silence that had encroached upon the two female trainers, asked, "So, the Grand Festival huh?"

"Yeah. What of it?"

"Well, when Ashley was travelling around Johto she had a couple of Gym Leaders trailing around after her."

"Ah, I see. That's what you were wondering about, why Amelia has a coordinator with her?"

"Well, kinda."

"Well we've been friends forever, or did you forget that story I told you about Ash and Amelia back in the waiting room already?" Whitney laughed, scratching the back of her head, causing Mikki to sigh in consternation. "Well, I truly am glad that neither Ashley nor Amelia decided to go down the path of a co-ordinator."

"Huh? Why's that?"

"Although, to tell you the truth I think that they decided to become trainers for the challenge."

"The challenge?"

"Yeah. They don't really like to broadcast it too much, but both their mother and their father were top coordinators at one time, and, naturally, they both inherited that talent. Granted Ashley takes after their mother's style and Amelia after their father's. In Pallet Town, every year there is a festival held where you get given a Pokémon and use it in a 'talent show'. The idea is to show it off in the best way possible and then you are judged by Professor Oak, Ashley and Amelia's mother, Masae, the Pallet Town Radio DJ, The Mayor and The Nurse Joy from Viridian City. Whenever Ashley and/or Amelia competed it always, always, came down to the two of them. One year the judges tried to rig it by giving them a Grimer and a Shellder, didn't slow them down one bit."

"That can't be!"

"Oh yes it can. Like I said, I'm just lucky that they got bored of showing off their Pokémon."

Whitney said, "Well then if that's the case then it's really no wonder they struggled for a bit when they first started on their journey, after all, going from showcasing Pokémon to defeating them is a pretty big step."

"Well, I wouldn't know."

"So, does that mean that you're actually scared of those two sisters?"

"I suppose, in a sense."

"Hey, is that a..."

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Author's Note

Sorry, I couldn't resist stopping there.