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My feet drifted as I followed the gym leader. It's scary how confidence can slip through your hands in a matter of seconds. Now I was feeling regret, despair, and there was a growing pit in my stomach. I was beginning to shift on Whit's side, step by step.

"What's wrong?" Sarah inquired. I snapped out of my concentration on the gym leader's shoes and stropped, "Nothing."

Now was time for another edition of…

What

Would

Deaven

Do?

I stepped on the platform and counted the shimmering Pokeballs on the gym leader's belt as she walked away. Six. I felt my balls. Two. The odds were stacking up against me. I didn't just hate Whit now. I loathed him.

I looked at my opponent from the other end and shakily grabbed Sassy's ball.

"Go Geodude!" said Roxanne.

"Go Geo-I mean-" I stuttered. Whit began laughing hysterically until Sarah elbowed him in the gut. With red still fuming on my cheeks, I tried again, "Go, Sassy!"

Sassy looked at the floating rock with arms. I breathed in. Maybe, by chance, I would never breath out, go to the hospital, and not be able to battle.

No such luck, self-consciously, I let it out and stood my ground.

"Sassy," I started, "I believe in you and-"

The announcer cut into my heartfelt speech and declared, "The match between trainer Alexis," he coughed as I thought Wow, I don't even get the trainer Alexis… he continued, "And the gym leader, Roxanne will now begin. First to win four matches wins."

I began to shout in my head SHE GOT A THE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!

As I was thinking of how stupid the announcer was, Roxanne made her first move.

"Geodude!" she cried as she flung her fist in the air, "Tackle!"

I counter intuitively tried to imitate her, "Sassy," I began as I flung my fist in the air. I must've done something wrong, because Whit started cracking up.

I was getting so sick of this guy. Chuckle, chuckle this, sarcastic comment that, push-the-sunglasses-up-like-Elvis here, make an annoying accusion there.

"BEAT-UP-ANNOYING-GUY-ATTACK!" I screeched. Everyone stared at me, even the Pokemon like I was from Mars, (Whit looked at me normally, like I was from Mars…figures…) but Sassy understood, or at least I hoped she did, she had done it so many times with Kevin.

She rushed at Geodude and made horrifically powerful hits on Geo with her delicate head. Hardcore stuff man, hardcore stuff.

Geodude surprisingly fell to the ground, but all Whit did was yell at me, "Alexis, you idiot, do you know what you've just done?!"

I stared at him in dismay as he continued, "Sure you've beaten one guy, but you put your Pokemon in a stage of fatigue, and you still have five more opponents to beat!"

I looked at Sassy while she was dizzily making circles with her feet. Whit was right.

"I'll bring out Kevin then." I said.

"To take on all the others? Alexis, it'll be at least four matches until your Whismur's okay," he breathed, "You can't lose any of those matches either or it's over! You weren't ready fo-"

"I can do it, you nerd!"

With that I dismissively returned Sassy to her Pokeball and brought out Kevin. I must've looked nervous, I was nervous, THE WHOLE TIME I WAS AGAINST THIS LEADER I WAS NERVOUS! I was shaking, my knees were buckling, and all I was thinking about was how much I wished I had listened to Whit in the first place!

I closed my eyes and breathed softly, Calm down Alexis I reassured myself What would Whit be saying if he knew what I was thinking? He'd taunt me, that's what he'd do, so stop shaking like an earthquake and do something right for once in your life! Best advice I'd ever gotten from myself!

With my feet almost glued to the ground so I wouldn't shake, I hesitantly looked at Roxanne pulling out her second Pokeball in this match. I knew I'd lose this, I just felt it, and nothing could make it better. Cold, losing felt cold, but knowing you were going to lose before your opponent even started, ice. Nothing could make me feel any warmer.

"Go Alexis!"

My ears tingled at the sound of the shout. Slowly, my head turned to Sarah as she shouted again, "You rock, 'Lex!" Okay, this definitely isn't my school… I thought to myself. My eyes slurred around my fan club quickly. Sarah was confidently acting like a cheerleader, pom-poms and everything, while Whit was just sitting with eyes closed, like he was sleeping. My gaze returned to Roxanne as she threw the ball.

"ONIX! GO!"

I stared at the red beam from the Pokeball, "And Onix is a…" I couldn't finish my sentence considering there was a HUGE ROCK-SNAKE THIRTY THOUSAND TIMES MY HEIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!! I shivered and screamed, "DODGE FOR YOUR LIFE, KEVIN!!"

"Way to handle it maturely, you dork." Whit scoffed. Sarah whistled, but continued to cheer on. I looked to the group for help, well, to be more specific, I was looking at Sarah, because I knew Whit wouldn't help me anymore. "Onix is a rock type, and Kevin's a water type," she finally started, "Water is rock's weakness. Use water attacks, and a Pokemon can't use the same attacks forever. Keep dodging them and Onix will run out of attacks."

I nodded. Much better I thought.

"I'm still here!" Roxanne shouted, "Focus!" with that she ordered Onix to slur and crash toward Kevin and rap in in its tail. Of course I ordered Kevin to dodge, and this pattern went on until I got really bored and screeched, "Kevin, Water Pulse!"

As Kevin began his pulse attack, something swished behind me. I quickly turned to see nothing. Yet again, something swished behind me and before I knew it the thing was swirling around me. My head was turning this way and that, trying to make out the unseen figure. Soon I was surrounded in an unbreakable binding of black and purple lines. They flowed almost like gasses, but when I touched them, my fingers burned and I pulled away. The lines grew thicker and thicker and soon I couldn't see the others.

The lines grew closer and closer to my thighs until there was only an inch between my body and the tube of gasses.

I heard Whit's laugh ring out. That jerk, he was laughing at me! He didn't even know what was going on, and he was still an inconsiderate jerk! The lines swished and swirled around me.

I could barely hear mumbling and suddenly two bangs were made against the tube, but instead of just the tube getting the damage, I felt it and toppled back against the back of the tube, and burned my back!

I cried out in pain, "AAAAH! THAT HURT!" After a couple more 'Ows' I finally quit and tried to figure out what was happening.

I felt something drop on my head and fall to my feet, so I made an effort to look down without touching the circle. Revive and some sort of health thing. Well, I thought, Thanks for the random blessing… now I'll never be able to use it!

I closed my eyes and dismissively fell on the side of the circle for no reason, maybe suicide, I wasn't exactly sure, but instead of burning, a hard hit from the other side of the tube hit and the gas broke and the pieces and I crashed to the ground. My eyes were automatically set on the pair of shoes. My eyes slowly climbed up the nicely built hero's body, only to find…

"WHIT!" I screeched, "YOU IDIOT! IT TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!"

He grimaced, "Wow, thanks. That's why I choose to help girls in peril, to be yelled at afterwards." He jumped back in the peanut gallery, where he belongs, and I gathered up my weird "gifts from above."

Of course, no one like me can bounce back after that! "Okay, does anyone know WHAT WAS THAT?"

Everyone but Whit shrugged, so I narrowed my eyes to him. He just said simply, "Tell you later."

I exploded, "WHAT? YOU EXPECT ME TO-" Whit pointed to Onix and Kevin looking at each other. I sighed and returned to the battle.

I was mad, so when I ordered something, Kevin would do it without hesitation, and also the fact that Onix was tired after accompanying Whit in getting me out of the tube also helped so…

"Winner: Trainer Alexis!"

A smile was painted on my face as Onix retreated to its ball. 2/6 were beaten. "Man…" I whispered.

"Graveler, go!"

"Wow, I wonder how it got its name." I commented sarcastically, "Gravel…"

I think this must've been a new recruit to Roxanne's team, because out of all the Pokemon, this one was the easiest. One hit and he was out of there, of course that one hit was Water Pulse, so…

"Yes," I whispered, "If I beat this guy that'll be 4/6, so I would win! Awesomeness! Kevin, all we have to-" and as if on cue, Kevin dropped, "Wow, thanks Kevin…"

"Steelix, go!" Roxanne cried.

Steelix was just like Onix, except bigger, much bigger. Time to use my gifts from above, I suppose… I searched in my pocket and pulled out the health thing, which name escapes me and slipped it into Sassy's ball. I threw the Pokeball out and Sassy appeared, healthy as ever!

Horror struck Whit's face, "But how… Sure, I was expecting it to be okay after a few matches, but not that okay!"

I winked and grinned in a I'm-right-you're-wrong way. Then I returned to the battle, "Okay! Sassy-"

"Steelix! Tackle!"

"Sassy! Dodge!"

And so the commands were fulfilled. I was totally clueless about facing a bigger monster than Onix.

"Alexis!" Sarah cried from the side, "Lower its stats!

"What?!"

"Just use Howl!"

I looked at Sassy, unsure, but what did I have to lose? "HOWL!" Sassy opened its mouth and a wave echoed from her mouth and to Steelix. I couldn't see what happened to Steelix, but it weakened, I knew it!

"Sassy," I began, "dig under the ground and make a smiley face with holes!" Hey, I had to use something I learned from contests, but something was wrong with my plan-instead of a cheering crowd, I had Steelix. Steelix's tail was stomping everywhere, so Sassy's tunnels were very close to caving in.

She didn't make the entire smiley. Just half of it, but it would have to do, "Sassy, ice beam it through the holes!" I shouted. A smile crossed my face as I looked at what Steelix was on top of. One of the holes.

Ice flew out of the holes and hit Steelix exceedingly hard. Steelix flew back and hit the ceiling. It lay there for a second, and I realized what was about to happen. Steelix was going to fall on the tunnels and crush my Whismur!

My feet began to move to the holes. My pace quickened, and before I knew it, I was in a hassled run. I jumped into one of the holes and looked around the tunnel. Sassy had just completed ice beam and was about to jump out.

I jumped and grabbed Sassy. I jumped out of the hole and with my longer and less coordinated legs, ran and tripped. "I'm an idiot," I whispered. We were huddled in the shadow of Steelix. I looked around. Whit was standing up and jumping into the stadium, Sarah was standing (Wow-real helpful.), and Roxanne was looking up, wondering how to get the ceiling fixed (Okay, never mind about Sarah, Roxanne takes the cake!)

I could see Steelix began to fall. I covered my head with my arms and prepared for the hit, but it never came.

I looked up. Steelix laid on a barrier made with the same gas-like material that appeared earlier in the match. Whoever was randomly saving me was okay in my book!

"Girl," a voice thundered from above me, "I see promise in you. Now go, I'm not holding this shield forever."

"Who are you?"

"Go!"

I stood up, bundled Sassy in my arms, and stood at the very edge of the barrier. It dissolved and Steelix fell a few inches away from me. I sighed. Whit ran up and stood in my personal bubble, "Again with Mewtwo?"

"Who two?"

"Mewtwo?"

"Blue tooth?"

"Mew-two, man, you can be such a kid!" Whit spat.

"You're the kid-er," I whined.

"YOU GUYS!" Sarah broke in, "Who's Mewtwo, Whit?"

Whit sighed and looked at the announcer, "She win?" The announcer blinked, "Uh, yeah…" I began to laugh and rub it in Whit's face, while he looked away coolly, although I could see scorn in his covered eyes. Roxanne smiled and gave me some weird badge thing. It was weird, but I accepted it.

As we walked out the gym, I brought the question up again, "What's a Mewtwo, Whit?"

He sighed and stared into the orange, sunset sky, "It was a long time ago, you guys, but I won't forget it," And then he started a long, long, long, story, that will be in the next chapter. Ha!

Longest. Chapter. Ever. That's a record! 5 pages! Whoo! WhiteQueen on KeonieCopper11's account