At the outskirts of Slateport Narrisa, Brendan, and Velouria are headed towards Mauville city to where Narrisa's third gym badge awaits. Taking it slow and leisurely Narrisa and Brendan were just chatting as they walked through the path while Velouria was just minding her own business near the grass patches. The two talking about certain things, mostly about battling and research, found their way to a huge bridge crossing a river bed with a gate pass right below it.

"Hey where does that bridge lead to?" Narrisa asked as she points towards it.

"Oh that? That's the cycling road" Brendan answered. "People with bikes use it to get to Mauville faster" he as explained as they walked passed the gate pass.

"Do you have your own bike?" Narrisa asked once more.

"Oh me? Yeah I have a bike but I left it at the bike shop at Mauville to get fixed since it broke down weeks ago" Brendan answering her again. "So yeah that's another reason why I'm headed to Mauville" he added.

"Why what happened?" Narrisa asked now curious on what Brendan did.

"Well..." Brendan trailed off as he tries to remember what happened. "You could say it wasn't my best idea" he said as he shakes his head a bit.

"Yeah, sure" Narrisa responded as she was unsatisfied with his answer.

"Well enough about me. What about you? Did you ever have one?" Brendan said now returning the question.

"No I don't have one" Narrisa replied.

"Aww how come?" Brendan asked wanting to know more.

"Well I never really go out much when I was young so having a bike seemed like a waste" Narrisa explained.

"Oh okay that makes sense" Brendan replied. "So now that's over, what do you want to talk about now?" Brendan asked, wanting to talk about something else.

"Well..." Narrisa continued on as they talked about various other things

As the two continued walking along the path just chatting away, having fun and laughing they soon saw an oddly placed house at the end of the road. Narrisa curious at this decided to walk up ahead and soon saw a sign with the words 'Trick house' written on it. Curious even more what's inside decided to walk back and beg Brendan to go in with her.

"Hey Brendan this place looks fun. Let's go in and see what's inside" Narrisa said pointing towards the house while grabbing hold onto Brendan's arm. Brendan already knowing what's inside just grimaced as she says this.

"Maybe we shouldn't. I've been here before and I didn't enjoy my time" Brendan explained as looks away from her.

"Oh c'mon, please" Narrisa begged in her cutest way possible. Brendan looking back at her saw that she was looking at him with an innocent enough expression. "Please" she said once more. Brendan in conflict with himself just gave in to Narrisa's begging and nodded with a sigh. "Great. I knew you would see it my way" she said with a grin as she pulls him towards the door.

"Hey wait up" Velouria said from behind them as she jumps out of a small patch of grass.

The three of them now approaching the Trick house the door soon opened by itself as they got close. Narrisa seeing it now open decided to walk in while still pulling on Brendan's arm and Velouria coming in after. Inside the house was a small room with only a square table in the middle along with a few drawers and potted plants but what stood out the most was the giant scroll hanging in the wall across from them. As the three of them entered the door automatically closed itself once they were inside.

"Welcome strangers..." a loud voice suddenly echoed in the room immediately after the door closed.

"Eeek" Velouria jumped as the voice caught her by surprise.

"Welcome to my Trick house" the voice echoed once more. "This place is filled with challenges that would leave you confused, disoriented, lost, and most of all tricked" the voice added. "For the first part of the Trick house is that you must find me but I must warn you I'm..." the voice was cut of when Brendan revealed him.

"Really?" Brendan said unamused as he lifts the covers over the table.

"Oh c'mon you didn't even let me finish" said a man as he crawls out from underneath the table. "Anyways I'm the owner of the Trick house and you may call me Trick master" the man introduced himself.

"Yeah yeah just get on with it" Brendan said as he was unamused.

The Trick master taking a good looki at him soon recognized who he was. "Wait a minute, you're that Brendan kid that came here earlier" Trick master pointed out. "Came back for a rematch huh?" he added with a grin.

"No I did it not come here because I wanted to" Brendan said while crossing his arms. "I came here because she begged me to" he explained as he points towards Narrisa.

"Aww that's cute of you to bring your girlfriend with you" the Trick master joked.

"Sh-she's not my girlfriend!" Brendan exclaimed a bit flustered.

"Whatever, you've been here before you know the drill already" Trick master said as he opens a trap door under him. "Well be seeing you at the other side" he said before entering and locking the trap door.

"Screw that guy" Brendan said under his breath. "C'mon Narrisa, the entrance is just behind that scroll" Brendan pointed out as he walks towards it and reveals a huge gap in the wall.

"Oh okay" Narrisa said as she follows him in.

Entering through the hole in the wall Narrisa was now in a room bigger than the previous one. Looking around she saw that they were in a narrow hall leading them either left or right with no other indication of where to go.

"Hmm this place was different the last time I was in here" Brendan said as he looks from side to side.

"Really? What was this place last time?" Narrisa asked now curious.

"It was a series of door mazes that I couldn't make heads or tails of" Brendan explained.

"Yes you are right. This place is different from before" Trick masters voice soon echoed in the room. "For the Trick house takes on a new form every new day that comes" explained the Trick master trying to sound dramatic. "For this challenge you must get through a series of mazes but I warn you for their are trainers set to challenge you as obstacles. Now be off with the challenge" the Trick master said before the room fell silent.

"Okay this is easier then expected" Brendan said a little bit skeptical. "Oh well let's get this over with" he said before walking towards the right.

"Oh umm okay" Narrisa says as she follows him while looking around the place.

"You sure are interested in this place" Velouria asked Narrisa.

"Well this place looks fun to me. I don't know why Brendan doesn't like it here" Narrisa responded as they follow Brendan around the corner.

As Narrisa and Velouria follow Brendan around the maze they soon ended up in a cross road with two paths leading left and right.

"So which way should we go?" Narrisa asked as she looks both ways only to see Brendan taking the left path. "Hey how sure are you that's the right way to go" Narrisa called out to Brendan.

"I don't" Brendan answered back as he continues to walk.

"Wait so you're telling me you were walking around blindly?" Narrisa said as she and Velouria catxh up to him. "We could be lost you know"

"Don't worry we won't get lost as long as we stick to one side of the wall we would eventually make it out of here" Brendan tried to assure her.

"I don't undersrand you" Narrisa says as she was co fused to what Brendan said.

"Look at it this way. Every wall is connected and their is only one exit here so if we follow one side we would eventually get out of here" Brendan explained.

"Okay I guess" Narrisa responded.

"Just trust me alright" Brendan looked back at her with a grin.

As they walk around the maze only taking left turns they were making good progress up until they hit a dead end with someone waiting for them.

"Finally took you long enough" a young girl said as she approached them.

"Let me guess you're one of the trainers here to stop us? Brendan asked with his arms crossed.

"Yup that's right and if you beat me I'll give you this in return" the girl said in respond as she shows them a scroll.

"A scroll? How would that help?" Narrisa asked from behind Brendan.

"I'll tell you once you've beaten me but for now all I'm going to say is that you'll need it if you want to get out of here" she responded. "And since their is two of you let's have a little fun and make it a double battle" she said with a grin as she holds onto two pokeballs one on each hand.

"Well at least this side track of ours isn't a total loss" Brendan said as he grips on to his pokeball. "You ready Narrisa?"

"I sure am" Narrisa replied with a nod as she stands beside him.

"That's what I like to hear. Go Zigzagoon and Oddish" the girl said as she called out her Pokémon.

"Want me to take her on?" Velouria asked from behind Narrisa.

Narrisa thinking it over decided not to go with Velouria's request as she had someone else in mind. "Sit this one out Velouria. I think its time for someone else to be in the spotlight"

"Awww okay" Velouria replied with a sad tone.

"Don't worry about it but for now..." Narrisa trailed off as she grabs hold of her pokeball. "Come on out Mimi" Narrisa called out as Mimi was sent out.

"Nya" is all Mimi said as she stands in front of her.

"Okay then my turn. Let's go Grovyle" Brendan called out as his starter Pokémon was now on the field newly evolved.

"Wow that Treeko of yours sure got stronger since the last time we fought" Narrisa complimented as she stares at the Grovyle.

"Yup he sure did. I'll tell you all about it later but for now let's focus on this battle" Brendan said as he readies himself for the battle.

"All right, let's start things off with Cut on that Skitty Zigzagoon" the girl commanded getting all pumped up.

The Zigzagoon hearing its command soon charged forward with the sharp nails in his front paws glowing.

"Mimi quickly stop him!" Narrisa pointed out for Mimi to act.

Mimi quickly responding swiftly swung her tail around as the think end of her tail started glowing instantly knocking the Zigzagoon aside causing it to flinch.

"Whoa what move was that?" Narrisa said as she was surprised to see how fast of a hit Mimi dealt.

"Its called Fake out. A move strong enough and fast enough to cause opponents to flinch" Brendan explained.

"Oh okay then. What else can you do Mimi?" Narrisa asked now curious on what Mimi can do.

Mimi hearing this soon started meowing in a singing tone as musical notes started appearing all individually hitting the Zigzagoon. The Zigzagoon getting hit by the attack soon felt drowsy as he fell asleep on the ground almost instantly.

"That was Sing. A move that can make Pokémon fall asleep" Brendan explained.

"Oh cool" Narrisa said as she was getting excited for Mimi.

"Well then let's finish it off. Use Leaf blade Grovyle" Brendan commanded.

"You got it" said the Grovyle while running up to the unconscious Zigzagoon raised his right arm up as the leaves on its wrist started glowing green forming a sharp blade.

"I don't think so. Oddish stop him with Stun spore" the girl quickly commanded.

The Oddish ready to attack soon let out a yellow colored spores towards the Grovyle completely covering him instantly stopping him in his tracks. The Grovyle still standing the cloud of spores couldn't move at all.

"Get out of their Grovyle" Brendan said getting a bit worried

The Grovyle fighting of the painful surges soon got out but was left standing on one knee while breathing heavily for the paralysis was still taking affect.

"Grovyle can you still fight?" Brendan asked getting concerned for his Pokémon. The Grovyle just nodded in response. "Okay I trust you"

"Let's see how much that Grovyle of yours can still take" the girl said with a grin. "Oddish use acid now"

The Oddish standing ready took aim at the Grovyle and soon spat out a yellow colored ooze at him. The Grovyle seeing this was able to dodge away from the ooze and landing flat on his chest struggling to get up.

"Good job Grovyle" Brendan praised but still was very much concerned for him.

"Well then my turn use umm something else you haven't used yet Mimi on that Oddish" Narrisa said not knowing what to say.

Mimi understanding on what to do soon ran up to the Oddish swinging her tail wildly at it. The Oddish dodging and ducking the attacks was soon hit on the side causing the next few strikes to hit in succession.

"That move is called Double slap. A move that can swiftly hit an opponent multiple times in quick succession" Brendan explained once again.

"Okay" Narrisa nodded.

"Now let's try this once again. Grovyle use Leaf blade" Brendan commanded for his Pokémon to act.

The Grovyle fighting of his paralyzation soon managed to form his blades once more and ran up towards the Oddish. The Oddish shaking off the blows didn't notice the Grovyle coming after him and was soon cut down by the attack cleanly cutting him in half.

"Yeah way to go Grovyle" Brendan cheered his Pokémon on. The Grovyle just responded with a thumbs up and a side grin.

"Now the only thing left is that sleeping Zigzagoon" Narrisa pointed out. "Let's end this, Mimi use Double slap"

Mimi now running towards the still sleeping Zigzagoon was instantly barraged by Mimi's attacks hitting mostly his head and the back of it's neck. Mimi landing a few more good hits soon stopped when the final blow to it's neck was enough to snap it making the Zigzagoon breath its last.

"Yay you did great Mimi for your first ever battle" Narrisa cheered her on as she ran up towards Mimi and hugs her tightly.

"Nya" Mimi responded as she purrs.

The girl just standing their shocked to see her team completely wiped out just breathed out and smiled. "Well that's that and like I said here catch" she said as she threw the scroll towards Brendan.

Brendan catching the scroll mid air soon looked back at the girl only to see her gone along with the dead bodies. "Wait where did she go?" Brendan asked looking around.

"Ah I see you two finally found the scroll" the Trick master's voice echoed throughout the maze once more. "That scroll holds the password needed to open the door on the other side but don't open it yet until you reach the end or else something bad will happen muwahahaha" he laughed maniacally. "Just kidding but seriously don't open it" he said last before the maze fell silent.

"Okay that just happened. Well c'mon let's find our way out of here" Brendan said as he leads them back.

"Sure thing. Let's go Mimi" Narrisa says as she follows Brendan with Mimi in her arms.

"*sigh* I swear you're going to spoil her like Bandit" Velouria said silently to herself as she follows.

Brendan leading the way around the maze was making good and was getting more confident with himself because he can feel the exit is nearby. Walking around more they also encountered a couple of trainers trying to stop them but Brendan and Narrisa easily wiped them out. After what seems to have been a few more minutes of walking the exit was already in sight.

"Hey we did it we're almost their" Narrisa cheered as she points towards the exit with Mimi still in her arms.

As the four of them make their way towards the exit one last trainer was standing in their way. "I'm not letting you guys out that easily" he said defiantly.

"Yeah you're on" Brendan answered back.

"Wait let me handle this one you've been fighting most of the battles anyways" Narrisa reasoned out to Brendan.

"Fine, my Grovyle needed a rest anyways" Brendan said in response.

"Great! Come on Velouria it's your time to shine" Narrisa said excitingly as she walks up.

"Finally I've been waiting all day to battle" Velouria said confidently as her fangs start sparking.

"Heh you should have went with someone else" the boy grinned deviously. "Go Aron!" The boy announced he calls out his Pokémon.

The armored Pokémon now out onto the field shined under the light for his metallic shell reflected the light back.

"Can you handle this Velouria" Narrisa asked in concern.

"I can try" Velouria nodded in determination.

"Okay then let's start things off with Howl Velouria" Narrisa commanded.

Velouria letting out a loud howl that echoed throughout the maze was being surrounded in a red energy granting her strength before disappearing. Velouria now filled with more attack power stared down at the Aron as she snarls.

"Let's show them what you're made off. Use Metal claw Aron" the boy let out his command.

The staring back at Velouria let out a nod before charging straight at her with both of his front feet glowing a metallic silver.

"Velouria intercept his attack with Thunder fang!" Narrisa announced for her Pokémon to attack.

Velouria seeing the Aron charging towards her soon ran up to it with her fangs sparking wildly. Both Pokémon charging at each other soon met in the middle and lunged at one another. As the two met in the middle they were both stuck in a stand still as Velouria caught the Aron by its neck but her left shoulder was bleeding.

"Aron get yourself out their!" The boy exclaimed as his Aron was struggling.

"Don't let go Velouria!" Narrisa commanded as she squeezes Mimi causing her to squeal a bit. "Oops sorry" Narrisa apologized as she scratches Mimi's head.

The Aron struggling to get out started Head-butting Velouria's neck and shoulder causing her to struggle to hold on tight. Velouria biting down harder started using Thunder fang once more, sending electrical shocks each time she bit down. The two refusing to give in was lashing at each other with their all but eventually the pain in Velouria's shoulder was too much to handle causing her to let go. The Aron now free from Velouria's grasp jumped back a bit but sparks of electricity was coming out of him showing that the paralysis took effect.

"*pant*...*pant* Finally...*pant*" Velouria said as she breaths heavily and struggles to keep her left foot down.

"Are you okay Aron?" The boy asked in concern.

The Aron with his eyes tightly closed trying to fight off the electrical surges in his body just nodded with his right eye slightly opened.

"Okay then, use head butt Aron" the boy commanded as he points towards the struggling the Velouria.

The Aron now charging towards Velouria with his head ducked low but suddenly stopped mid charge when the paralysis kicker in.

"Velouria pin him down now!" Narrisa quickly called out while the Aron was still paralyzed.

Velouria without any hesitation charged towards the Aron knocking it down to its side before pinning him down with her right foot.

"Finish it off with Bite Velouria" Narrisa commanded.

Velouria arching her neck back was about to bite down on the Aron when her fangs suddenly started glowing and extending a bit before biting down on his neck. As Velouria bit down the force was strong enough to pierce through the metallic plating covering its neck puncturing the soft tissue within. The Aron desperate to get out from under her can barely hold on as he squirms under her. As seconds go by with Velouria biting down on the Aron struggling under her soon came to a halt when a metallic crushing sound was heard.

Velouria pulling her fangs out from the Aron's neck was still glowing and long but soon went back to normal as the battle was over. "Phew that took a lot of effort" Velouria said as she walks away from the Aron limping a bit.

"Good job Velouria" Narrisa said with a smile as she pats Velouria's head.

"Yeah" Velouria responded with her own smile as well when suddenly a bright light completely enveloped her. Velouria's small figure was still outlined in the light as her body started expanding slowly with her legs, neck, and tail extending. As her transformation came to a stop the light died down showing that she had evolved into a Mightyena.

"Wow. Velouria you evolved!" Narrisa exclaimed happily to see her newly evolved Pokémon.

"Yeah it looks like she did. Must have been after learning Crunch that it gave her enough power to evolve" Brendan confirmed.

"Well in any case congratulations you may pass" said the bot to them.

"Thank...you" Narrisa said as she looked up only to see him gone along with the dead Pokémon.

"Okay how do they keep doing that?" Brendan asked out of curiosity.

"Well anyways come on let's get out of here" Narrisa says as she leads the way towards the door.

As they all get near the door they noticed it had no knob or handle or anything to open it nor any indication as to how. As they got closer the Trick masters voice soon echoed around the maze once more.

"Congratulations challengers you have made it all the way to the end" the Trick aster said in a congratulatory tone. "In order for the door to open you must cast the magic words written on the scroll" the Trick master explained to them for the last time before the room fell silent.

"Well what are these 'magic words' then" Brendan said as he brings out the scroll and reads it. "Oh you got to be kidding me? I am not reading this crap"

"Let me see?" Narrisa asked curious as to what was written. Brendan giving the scroll to Narrisa saw what the magic words say. "Oh that's it? I expected more" Narrisa said a bit disappointed.

"You know if no one is going to read it show it to me then I'll read it" Velouria said to both of them as she walks up to Narrisa.

"Oh okay" Narrisa says as she holds the scroll with one hand in front of Velouria.

"Oh..." Velouria trails off as she read what was written. "Oh well...*clears throat*...The Trick master is...Fabulous" Velouria announced to the door.

"Yes he is" Trick master said through the other side of the door as it slides open. "Congratulations you two. Didn't expect anyone to actually get this far so as a prize you two will receive these rare candies" he said as he holds in both of his hands two small containers containing a few rare candies.

"Oh sweet!" Brendan exclaimed as he pockets his instantly. "My Pokémon are definitely going to get strong at this rate"

Narrisa curious to what Brendan said soon kept hers first before asking. "Wait how often do you use those?"

"Not too often. I usually use it on weaker Pokémon I want to use in order for them to catch up easily" Brendan explained.

"Oh okay that makes sense" Narrisa said in response.

"Well anyways congratulations once again you two. You may now go if you wish" Trick master said as he walks to the side.

Brendan and Narrisa now done with the Trick house stepped out of the maze with Velouria right behind them only to enter the first room they were in before.

"Wait how did-" Brendan stopped as he looks back to see the door behind them was gone with the Trick master nowhere in sight. "Okay I'm definitely getting out of here" he says as he quickly walks towards the door.

"Hey wait for us" Narrisa says as she follows Brendan with Mimi still in her arms and Velouria following.

The four of them now out of the Trick house started to resume their journey to Mauville city with Brendan leading the way. Brendan taking the lead soon lead them to an underpass just below the Cycling road that is also headed towards Mauville city.

"So Brendan do you usually walk here or take Cycling road?" Narrisa asked as she follows him.

"Hmm mostly here since even though I have a bike I use it to cross here instead" Brendan explained.

"How come though?" Narrisa asked wanting to know more.

"Well it's because up their, their are people who would actually challenge you to high speed Pokémon battles so I just cross here to keep things in a steadier pace" Brendan explaining himself once more.

As they walk on while Narrisa and Brendan making idle chit chat every now and then they also fought trainers along the way along with encountering wild Pokémon. Among those Pokémon Narrisa caught an Oddish a grass type Pokémon to add in her team with the help of the newly evolved Velouria.

"Good job Velouria" Narrisa congratulated as she strokes Velouria's long fur strips.

"Yeah good thing I didn't over do it or else it would have been crushed" Velouria said in response.

"What are you going to name it though? Since you do name all of your Pokémon" Brendan asked as he walks up next to them.

Narrisa thinking it over soon thought of a perfect name for the Oddish. "I know I'll name him Marley"

"Marley? Where do you get all these Nicknames from?" Brendan responded a bit skeptical.

"That's a secret" Narrisa replied with a wink. "Now come on we don't have all day" she said as she walks on forwards.

"Whatever" Brendan said as he follows.

As they continue on they fought more trainers along the way with them teaming up from time to time and Narrisa swapping between Velouria and Mimi.

"Good job Grovyle, return" Brendan said as his Grovyle was done battling wild Minun.

"You know watching you battle with that Grovyle of yours got me thinking" Narrisa said from behind Brendan.

"Thinking about what?" Brendan asked as he returns Grovyle's pokeball in his holster.

"I was thinking that we should give your Grovyle a nickname since he is your starter after all" Narrisa answered. "So what do you think?"

"Hmm nah Grovyle's name is good as is" Brendan says as he continues to walk along the path.

"But giving them nicknames is a good way to separate them from the others just like them though" Narrisa reasoned as she follows him.

"I understand where you're going with this but I like calling them by their actual names, they look cooler that way" Brendan explained.

"Oh c'mon please" Narrisa begged the same way as before.

"No! Your begging won't work on me again this time" Brendan said dismissively as he crossed his arms and tried to look away.

"Oh fine" Narrisa pouted. "You're missing out a lot of fun though"

"Oh whatever heheh" Brendan jokingly said as they turned a corner with Mauville now in his site. "Hey we're almost their" Brendan pointed straight ahead.

Narrisa looking a head soon saw a massive square building with four tall tower like structures standing in the middle of each wall.

"What kind of place is Mauvile?" Narrisa asked as she stares at the massive building

"Mauville is a very high tech umm 'city' with fancy restaurants and many stores to buy from also the city is a giant hotel for people to stay in" Brendan explained to Narrisa. "Cool huh" Brendan said with a smile.

"That does sound cool, right Mimi" Narrisa says as she cuddles Mimi in her arms.

"Nya" is all Mimi said. Velouria in the other hand just shook her head at Narrisa.

"You are seriously spoiling her" Velouria said blatantly.

"Oh you're just jealous since Mimi is cuter than you. Ain't that right Mimi" Narrisa responded as she hugs Mimi even more.

"Nya" Mimi said once again.

"See Mimi agrees" Narrisa said as she struts along.

Velouria just letting out a sigh soon followed them towards the front gate of Mauville city.

"Well we're here" Brendan said as he stops just outside the gate. "Well let's go" he says as he enters.

Narrisa entering the city gate decided to block her eyes with her free arm for bit for the lights from the gateway was to bright for her to see through. As she makes her inside of the gate she slowly lowered her arms to see a few stores lined up at the sides.

"Wow even the entrance looks cool" Narrisa says as she walks along the path.

"Yup. This city fails to amaze" Brendan responded with a smile. "If you think this place looks cool you should see the...uhh Narrisa?"

Narrisa ignoring what Brendan was saying was just standing by a store window staring idly at what's inside. Brendan peering through the window as well saw a mannequin wearing a pink dress, with the upper part designed as a shoulder less crop top with short sleeves, and the bottom resembling a tutu. It is adorned with a ribbon design in the middle and a pink belt with a pokeball buckle off to the side. It also wore a yellow bracelet on its left wrist and a purple ribbon on its head.

"You really want that dress huh?" Brendan said as he looks at Narrisa still staring at the dress.

Narrisa not saying a word just nodded slowly not taking her eyes off of it while mouthing the words yes.

"I'm guessing if I pretend I never saw it and left, you would pester and beg me to help you buy it while we're still here in Mauville" Brendan said with his eyebrow raised.

Narrisa just nodding slowly once again in response. Brendan just sighing in defeat just took in a deep breath before entering the store with Narrisa slowly following.

"I'll uhh wait out here I guess" Velouria said as the door closes on her.

As a couple of minutes pass by with Velouria just sitting quietly, the door soon opened with Narrisa skipping happily with a shopping bag hanging by her arm and Mimi following after. Walking right out after them was Brendan hunched over with his wallet in his hand and looked like he was very depressed and was about to cry.

"Thank you Brendan" Narrisa said cheerily as she gave him her sweetest smile.

Brendan looking up to see Narrisa's smile gave him enough strength to stand up straight but the damage was to much for he just forced a smile as he feels his wallet nearly empty.

"Well anyways let's go, Mauville's gym awaits" Narrisa said happily as she struts along with Velouria and Mimi following.

Narrisa completely oblivious to Brendan's pain just left him their standing. Brendan very much depressed deep inside just followed the cheery girl to Mauville city. As Brendan walked slowly towards the exit, the people who saw what happened were talking about him as he passed by.

"Poor guy not even a reward from his girlfriend" one guy said.

"Man I wish my boyfriend was that sweet" said a young girl.

"Yeah mine too" said her friend.

"He reminds me when I was his age" said an elderly man to his wife.

As he walks by over hearing talk about him and Narrisa being his girlfriend made the pain much worse. "She's not even my girlfriend" he said silently to himself as he reached Narrisa waiting for him at the end.

"What took you so long?" Narrisa asked still unaware of his dilemma.

"Oh nothing just window shopping that's all" Brendan lied as he forces a smile.

"Did you see anything you liked?" Narrisa asked again.

"Not really" he lied again. "Anyways I had enough of this place so let's go" Brendan hurried along past them.

"Oh okay wait up" Narrisa said as she follows.

As they exited the gateway they were now in another hallway with many stalls and stands scattered about selling a variety of items with a lot of people walking around. Narrisa looking ahead saw a set of double doors made of glass that looks like it leads to a courtyard in the middle of the city.

"Wow this place looks a bit more like a huge shopping mall rather than a city once you're inside" Narrisa said as she was amazed to see the number of shops to buy from.

"Yeah it sure is" Brendan said with a weary smile.

Narrisa looking around the place with many things to do she suddenly had an idea.

"You know what while we still have time as a thank you for buying me this dress it's my turn to treat you to some shopping" Narrisa said as she grabs hold of his right arm. "C'mon it would be fun" she smiled cheerfully.

Brendan not knowing if Narrisa was now feeling his pain for spending so much just accepted her offer either way with a nod for it helped sooth him a bit. "Sure that sounds nice" said as he gave a much more authentic smile.

"Okay then let's start" Narrisa says as she pulls Brendan to follow her. "You two can stay at the courtyard over their if you want" Narrisa says to Velouria and Mimi as she points towards the double doors.

"Wait no don't leave me with...Mimi" Velouria tried to reason with Narrisa but was too late for she ran off with Brendan already.

"Nya" Mimi said to Velouria as she purrs and rubs her head at Velouria's leg.

"*sigh* C'mon Mimi, let's go to the courtyard" Velouria said unamused with her situation as she leads Mimi to the courtyard.

Narrisa and Brendan walking through the halls of Mauville city buying everything they liked and were having a great time. Brendan seeing how happy Narrisa was with their little shopping spree was slowly getting over his depressed state and was feeling happy for her instead. The two walking along now with nothing else to buy decided to sit down on a nearby bench with small potted trees at the sides.

"That was a whole lot of fun" Narrisa smiled facing Brendan.

"Yeah it sure was" Brendan smiled back.

"Man I wish we could do this again sometime" Narrisa says as she leans on Brendan's shoulder. "*yawn* Man what time is it?" Narrisa asked as she felt a bit tired with todays events.

Brendan searching around his pockets for his phone soon found it and checked the time. "It's almost noon"

"Oh really? Well then we better start heading for the Mauville gym" Narrisa says as she straightens up. "Will you watch me again?"

"Sure" Brendan nodded.

"Okay then" Narrisa says as she got up. "Let's go find the gym" she said with enthusiasm

"Alright, follow me" Brendan replied as he got up and gestures for them to follow.

"Oh wait we need to go back and get Velouria and Mimi at the courtyard" Narrisa says as she tries to go back where they came from.

"Don't worry about it. Their are four ways to get to the courtyard and one of the entrances is across from the gym so we can get to them later" Brendan explained to Narrisa.

"Oh okay" Narrisa replied as she follows Brendan instead. "I wonder what they are up to though?"

Meanwhile back at the courtyard Velouria was just sitting still in a corner with Mimi trying to climb up her back.

"Mimi stop it" Velouria said unamused as her right eye twitches every time Mimi tries to climb up.

Mimi successfully climbing up on top of Velouria's head just laid itself on top of her.

"*sigh* Why do I even bother" Velouria sighed as she tries to keep her balance.

Back to where Narrisa and Brendan was, they are now heading towards Mauville City's gym as they see the sign that shows it was the gym. The two of them now reaching the gym's front doors Narrisa surprised to see it wasn't its own building.

"So what Pokémon do you think the gym leader here uses?" Narrisa asked.

"I'm not sure but I did see an old bearded man wearing a yellow jump suit with an opened buttoned up shirt walk in here the other day with a Manectric, does that help?" Brendan responded as he tries to remember what he saw.

"Manectric? What type is that Pokémon?" Narrisa asked with a curious look on her face.

"Electric" Brendan replied.

"I see" Narrisa says as she crosses her arms and thinks for a second. "Anyways where is this other entrance to the courtyard?"

"Over their" Brendan says as he points behind her.

Narrisa looking back saw another set of glass doors leading out to a grassy plane. "Okay wait here and I'll be right back" she says as she leaves Brendan by the gym.

"Sure thing" Brendan replied just before Narrisa went through the doors.

Narrisa now out into the city courtyard noticed their was a Pokémon center to her left and a mart on her right. Walking towards the middle of the courtyard Narrisa soon saw where Velouria and Mimi were waiting for her. Looking closer she noticed that Velouria was just laying down with her head low with Mimi on top of her nibbling and tugging on her left ear causing Velouria to twitch every time.

"Hey you two!" Narrisa called out to both of them.

Velouria hearing Narrisa's voice raised her head up causing Mimi to fall off of her. Mimi shaking her body as she got up soon noticed Narrisa as well and decided to run up to her. Narrisa seeing this just stood on her knees with her arms stretched out to meet her.

"So did you and Velouria have fun while we were gone?" Narrisa asked as she catches Mimi and pulls her in for a hug.

"Nya" is all Mimi said.

"Oh we had a blast" Velouria said sarcastically.

"Heheh glad to hear it" Narrisa said jokingly. "Anyways c'mon it's time for our gym battle" Narrisa says as she walks back towards the gym.

"Finally" Velouria said with grin.

Narrisa now back with Brandon in front of the gym doors was just holding on to the handle with her free arm taking in a deep breath.

"Are you ready?" Brendan asked.

"More then ever" Narrisa replied as they entered the gym.

Narrisa now inside the Mauville city gym was ready to take on it's challenge. With the help of the newly evolved Velouria along with Brendan cheering her on would this be enough for her to conquer this gym challenge? Will her team be strong enough to face the gym leader that awaits? All of which Narrisa would find out once the gym challenge starts. End of chapter 11.

Deaths:

Vivian the Beautifly

Emilia the Wingull

Authors note: This chapter was the hardest for me to write since writing about dating and all really isn't my best suit and I feel like there is still more room for it to improve but I will eventually get the hang of this since I'm just going to say it now that their will be more similar chapters like this so yeah that's all see ya.