Disclaimer: I Do not own Pokemon. (I wish I did though... sigh)

I AM SO SORRY!! I was busy last week and couldn't post up this chapter during the weekend. And when I finally got it edited... FANFICTION wouldn't let me into my account! Don't ask why. It told me to wait for a few minutes but apparently I had to wait for a whole day. Again I'm sorry.

Well, because I was busy, this chapter is short which means the battle will continue into the next chapter... sorry! I'll try to finish the battle in the next chapter. Well, on to chapter 10! Remember to read my author notes.

Chapter 10

"Alright.You stir until the timer clicks. Make sure you stir well or else the food'll be burnt. Careful and don't spill anything." Charity and Crystal were using one of the stoves in the store to cook the Poffins. There were other coordinators there carefully cooking as well. Each were sharing their own recipes or gossiping as they cooked.

"Okay, thanks Charity," Crystal said. She wrote the tips and notes down onto a small notepad.

"Yeah, I have to go right now. I have an appointment, so I'll come back in a little while," Charity grabbed her bag, thanked the old lady, whose name was Carol, for allowing Crystal to use the kitchen materials, and hurried out the door.

"Okay, I think I got it," Crystal mumbled stirring the contents carefully. The sweet aroma of peaches filled the air.

"You're pretty good for your first try," Carol complimented as she continued to sweep the floor.

"Well, I've been cooking for most of my life, so this is nothing really," Crystal explained. She watched the timer carefully, seeing the hands slowly turn, and when she heard the "ding," she immediately poured the liquid soup out of the pot and into a batter where small holes were already made to make the shapes of the Poffins. Crystal put the small pan onto the table and waited for it to cool. She took off her blue apron and set it on the hook.

"Whew, that was tiring," Crystal sighed. "Cooking Poffins take a lot of work." She checked her Pokegear and saw that it was already late afternoon. She would have to finish fast if she wanted to hurry to the Pokemon Center before she would challenge Jimmy.

"Hey! Did you hear?" a boy said, walking into the room. Crystal looked up and saw a young trainer talking to another girl who was carrying a whole bag of berries, ready to be cooked.

"Hear what?" the girl asked while she looked for an empty space to cook her berries.

"Laura challenged some weird kid to a Pokemon battle," the boy said, as if it was a funny joke.

"Laura?" The girl raised her eyebrows with surprise as she dropped her bag on the counter, "I thought she quit battling after she came to Johto."

"Yeah, well apparently some guy ticked her off or something like that and then she challenged him to a battle," the boy replied, still grinning. "But I bet you ten Pokedollars that she's going to win."

"Well, there's no doubt about that," the girl replied, rolling her eyes, "Laura's one of the strongest trainers around here. That kid was either really good or really stupid to accept her challenge."

"We'll find out soon enough. I got a friend of mine to watch the battle for us," the boy said quickly, "By the time we're finished here, the battle will probably be over." Crystal raised her eyebrows at this news. Apparently, whoever this Laura was, she seemed to be a really good trainer; all the residents around here knew about her ability.

Hmmm... I wonder if Jimmy's one of the people that're watching the battle, Crystal thought as she cleaned up the mess.

...

"WHAT?!" Jimmy yelled as he saw Laura's first Pokemon appear. He watched as the pink Pokemon shook its white fur and growled softly.

"That looks like a Mareep... only different," Jimmy said, bug eyed. Laura stared at the idiotic boy and rolled her eyes. A couple of people who were watching the battle started to snicker at Jimmy's stupidity.

"Uh, no duh?" Laura said sarcastically. "Flaaffy is the evolved form of Mareep." It took a while for Jimmy to process this information. Then all of a sudden, he started yelling like crazy at his Aipom.

"Aipom, show no mercy! That's the reason why we had to run for our life and lost our dinner!" Jimmy thundered, angrily pointing to the bewildered Flaaffy. Aipom, remembering the incident with the Mareep, nodded and started to get pumped up. Laura, bewildered, felt heavily insulted at this comment.

"How dare you accuse my Flaaffy for unrelated things! Flaaffy, Thunderbolt!" Blue lightning shot from Flaaffy and directed on Aipom.

"Oh, we're not falling for that! Jump and then use Swift!" Aipom used the hand on its tail and jumped into the air, then showered down golden stars. Flaaffy shriek as the stars hit her fur.

"Urgh! Flaffy, use Cotton Spore!" Flaffy emitted white puffs that attached to Aipom. Aipom tried to shake the strange cotton spores off, but it wouldn't come off.

"Aipom, Sand Attack!" Jimmy said, trying to counter the Cotton Spore attack. Aipom grabbed a handful of sand and threw it toward Flaaffy's face.

"Flaaffy, hang in there! Use Thunder!" Flaaffy send streams of static electricity everywhere. Aipom managed to dodge most but some of the sparks ignited the spores and started a fire.

"Oh no, Aipom!" Aipom tried desperately to put out the fire, but the flames got stronger and stronger.

"Aipom return!" Jimmy sent Aipom back into its Pokeball.

"Calling back your Pokemon already?" Laura asked bewildered as Jimmy put Aipom's Pokeball on his belt and took out another one.

"I didn't go to the Pokemon Center," Jimmy said, shrugging, "I don't want Aipom to get more hurt than it already is." Laura paused a moment in surprise. This kid seemed to be an okay person after all.

"Alright! Now to get really serious! I'm going to use my best Pokemon!" Jimmy threw the Pokeball into the air.

Flash!

Author's Notes

So tired... Need sleep... now...

Yeah, I haven't been sleeping well the past few days. Probably because I had a physic test and history test this week. Summer is so close yet so far...

Urgh. grammaguy I fixed the errors. Too busy. I'm late for my concert.

Next chapter we'll see Jimmy's second Pokemon. (I've just realized that I've been only showing Aipom as Jimmy's Pokemon.) Can you guess what Pokemon it is? (guess right and you'll get a free car lol jk)

Oh right, now to thank my reviewers.

Lady of the DarkFire

yay! first one to review for chapter 9. Sorry I'm prolonging the battle, and I don't know how to end it, so yeah... Thanks for the review!

writer's block 2000

Lol I had English Ap as well. And Chemistry. (sigh) I hope I did okay though. thanks for the review and I hope you did okay on your AP too.

grammaguy

thanks for editing. I'm suprised you finished it so fast. Please continue to review (even though you know the story ahead of time). I ENVY YOU. To me Dog is equal to happiness.

Jarkes

Thanks for the OC, but I have a question. Who is Donatello? You told me to see the next Pokemon, but its said Luigi the Blastoise (Is Donatello Luigi/Blastoise?). Respond soon. I'll try to have your OC up ASAP depending on my schedule for writing.

Alright thanks for reading. Now if you'll excuse me. I have to go to a concert that will probably end till midnight and study for my history test. T.T

Please review and no flames! I'll try to post up the next chapter this weekend, but I can't guarantee it.

-JapanDreamer