"Staryu! Seel! Use water gun!" Daisy commanded. I recognized the stances they took, because I've seen Squirtle use water gun many times now. I threw Pikachu and Apollo up in the air at the last possible second and dodged the water gun attacks. Daisy stomped her heel in anger.

"Argh! This is so frustrating! Bow before my overflowing feminine beauty!" Daisy screeched.

"No. Pikachu, use thunder bolt. Apollo, use wake-up slap." I whispered.

"Whaaaaaaaaat? You're supposed to shout attacks! It's not fair that I don't know what you're going to do!"

"There isn't trainer etiquette. I can do whatever I want."

"Yeah there freaking is! Duh!"

"Well then… Screw the rules, I have sexiness." (AN: Yes… I had to…)

When she wasn't looking, my Pikachu used thunder bolt at an angle that hit both Staryu and Seel at the same time. Then, Apollo used wake-up slap on Seel. Both pokémon fell over.

"I can't believe you! You made my pokémon fall over!" Daisy exclaimed.

"I'm going to the next pool. Bye." I returned Pikachu and Apollo to their respective PokéBalls. I heard Daisy totter over to me on her 6 inch heels.

"Hey! Wait!" she called.

"No." I ran into the hallway leading to the next pool and slammed the door. I ran into the next pool room before Daisy could catch up with me. In the next pool, I found a dead body. Or rather, a body that floated in the water as if dead. I cannot lie, that freaked me out. I quickly jumped into the pool and swam towards the floating body. Then, the person somehow grabbed my leg and pulled me underwater. I groped for a way to swim to the surface, but the person kept me down under the water. So, I ripped off the person's swim suit and quickly forced myself up to the surface. I paddled over to the edge of the pool and emerged from the water.

"That was rude! You shouldn't rip off people's clothing!" the girl screeched when she reached the surface while squirming back into her swim suit.

"It is also rude to pretend to be dead to drown other people." I argued.

"I was just playing around!" she argued back.

"How in all the circles of hell is drowning just 'playing around'?"

"Well…"

"Ah, screw you, I'm getting my gym badge." I started to walk toward the next pool, but noticed that she was fuming.

"No one leaves… UNLESS I TELL THEM TO!" She lunged toward me and attempted to punch me in the face. I dodged quickly, and used the fist that she tried to punch me with and deflected her energy into the wall.

"What the hell kind of gym leader are you? Aren't you supposed to be battling with pokémon, not fists?" I asked. The next thing I know, I'm on the floor on the opposite side of the room, dazed.

"Real men battle with fighting spirit and their own bare hands! That's how I get things done here." She responded smugly. I stumbled getting up and wiped the sweat off my forehead. She chuckled maniacally and sprinted towards me. I ran up the wall and jumped behind her, then let my fist meet her back. The girl let out a small cry of pain, then fell onto the ground. Before she could regain consciousness, I ran toward the next pool.

The last person in this horrible chain of gym leaders was Misty. She was sitting at the edge of the pool with her feet in the water. She looked up at me and grinned.

"I knew you were the Midnighter…" she admitted.

"What gave me away?" I asked her. She shook her head.

"It was just my woman's intuition." She responded. She pulled a PokéBall out of her pocket. "What is your approach when you catch Pokémon? My policy is an all-out offensive with water type Pokémon!" Misty fiercely summoned a Staryu. I calmly sent my Pikachu out to the battlefield.

"Staryu! Water gun!" Misty commanded.

"Pikachu! Dodge it, then quick attack from behind!" I yelled quickly. Pikachu dodged from the large spray of water and, in seconds, appeared behind the Staryu and knocked it over. Staryu got up and used water gun on the pool to push himself upwards. Pikachu, sensing what Staryu was about to do, used thunder wave to paralyze the airborne Staryu. Staryu fell from the air and slammed into the pool water. When it surfaced, it was unable to move. I motioned for Pikachu to come over to me.

"I want you to slam into the centre of Staryu, it seems like the source of its power… Or something along those lines" I suggested.

"You got it, boss!" Pikachu replied confidently. He leaped into the air and body slammed the paralyzed Staryu.

"No! Staryu!" Misty called out to her fainted pokémon. I grinned for a second, and then hid my excitement behind a stoic face. Staryu was returned to his respective PokéBall and replaced with Starmie. "Starmie and I have been together through thick and thin, I know we can win this!" She announced confidently.

"We'll see about that." I answered calmly. Pikachu dashed out and double teamed on Starmie. Instead of randomly attacking the different Pikachu, it used bubble beam on all of the Pikachu, eventually hitting the real one. Then it acted like a boomerang and flew around in different directions, aiming at Pikachu from different directions. Pikachu continued to dodge Starmie's aerial assault with alarming speed. Then Pikachu grabbed Starmie and threw it into a wall.

"Starmie! Harden!" Misty yelled right before Starmie ran into the wall. However, it was too late; the impact of the wall on Starmie injured it severely, making this another win for Pikachu. "I-I can't believe I lost… Wow… You can have the Cascade Badge now… And this too." She handed me a badge the shape of a raindrop and a disc.

"Thanks." I replied calmly.

"The TM is Water Pulse." She informed me, then hugged me.

"Um…"

"I'd love to travel with you, but I have duties here."

"Yeah, I get that."

"But… I wanted to tell you that I like you…"

"Sorry, my heart's set on someone else." I walked slowly to the back entrance, flung my card at Misty (it read: "Better luck next time! -Midnighter"), and exited the Gym. I found Koutarou waiting patiently outside near the back door.

"I figured you'd go out this way." He said without reason. I nodded, grabbed my stuff from Koutarou, and we quickly walked out of Cerulean.

Sorry I haven't updated in a long time. I'm going through a little drama-patch in my life at the moment, so I haven't worked as quickly and as much as I wanted to. Thanks for being patient you guys.