"Ariados hit Umbreon with pin missile, and Banette use shadow ball against Absol." The purple coordinator smirked as he called out his attacks.
"Oh Harley, you'll need some good combinations to beat my team." The red-haired coordinator put her hands on her hips. "Now Umbreon sand attack to shield you and Absol from Harley's attacks."
Umbreon nodded to its trainer and used sand attack, the battle field was then covered and Harley's attacks were sent straight into the air missing both of their marks.
Harley loses some points and start to grind his teeth together. "Ugh, the nerve."
"Now Absol spin into a swords dance, while Umbreon you jump into the air. Let's go." Kaitlin called out.
Absol immediately used swords dance which cleared the sand and spun towards Banette and Ariados hitting both of them directly.
"Now Umbreon hit Banette with headbutt." The red-haired coordinator shouted.
Out of no where Umbreon came hurtling towards Banette from above, Umbreon quickly made contact sending Banette into the ground.
"Banette no!" Harley screamed. "You need to get up, this little girl is not going to win."
"Looks like someone is a little scared." Kaitlin smirked.
"Not at all." The purple-haired coordinator noted. "Ariados use string shot on Umbreon."
"Absol stop that attack with Slash." The red-haired coordinator extended her arm.
Absol did just that a cut threw the string.
Harley continued to lose points but he didn't look worried. "That's just what I hoped for, now Banette Will-o-wisp on Absol."
Banette appeared from the smoke and sent colorful flames towards Absol, they made direct hits sending the disaster Pokemon flying back.
Kaitlin noticed her points going down so she took a deep breath.
"I knew that Absol had such a strong instinct to protect Umbreon, I used that to my advantage." Harley smirked.
The red-haired coordinator glared to Harley then turned to Absol as it stood up angrily. "Absol won't go down that easily, neither will Umbreon. Now Absol and Umbreon slash let's go!"
"Banette ride Ariados' string shot to dodge." The purple-haired coordinator crossed his arms.
Banette did just that after Ariados sent a string shot towards the ceiling.
"I'll be using that as an advantage thank you very much." Kaitlin smirked.
"Wait what?" Harley shouted as his eyes widened.
Absol jumped above Umbreon and slashed threw the string sending Harley's Pokemon falling.
"Now Umbreon use tackle to speed up their fall." Kaitlin called out.
Umbreon smirked and started to spin in mid air and lunged towards Banette and Ariados.
"Absol help Umbreon finish this off by using Sucker punch!" The red-haired coordinator clenched her fists and looked at Harley.
Absol and Umbreon flew quickly after Harley's Pokemon, the two dark Pokemon made a powerful contact. Umbreon and Absol quickly jumped away right before the hit the ground.
Banette and Ariados landed directly in center stage with dust surrounding them.
"Get up you two, right now!" Harley screamed.
When the smoke cleared Harley's Pokemon were visible. Both had swirls form where their eyes were.
"Well there you have it folks, a double knockout. This will send Kaitlin to the quarterfinals. Let's give Kaitlin, Absol, and Umbreon a hand folks." Cynthia smiled and clapped.
"Absol and Umbreon!" Kaitlin called out as she ran to embrace her two Pokemon. "I'm so proud, you two were perfect, thank you."
"Sol, sol." Absol rubbed its cheek against Kaitlin's.
"Umbreon." Umbreon smiled and nuzzled its trainer.
Then the three of them stood up and bowed to the crowd. Kaitlin then returned her two Pokemon and left the stage.
When she got downstairs before she could see her friends she felt someone jerk her to the side.
"Listen here you little punk." Harley growled. "You made a fool out of me for the last time."
"I don't have anything to do with you looking like a fool. You did that yourself." Kaitlin struggled to get away.
The purple-haired coordinator felt fire burn inside of him. "That's the last straw sweetie. You will regret the day you ever met me."
"Oh you're just realizing that now? I've always regretted it." The red-haired coordinator wanted to scream, it hurt even more the fact that she was yelling at him.
"Keep laughing while you have the chance too, I know about everything that has happened. That whole Drew kissing Dawn thing, and I know that he does love her. He's never liked you, he's told me." Harley smirked and kept Kaitlin pressed against the wall.
"You Liar!" Kaitlin hissed.
"Oh honey, I'm no liar, I'm just trying to spare your feelings. But he's not the only that doesn't like you, all of your so called friends, would rather see May crush you in battle." The purple-haired coordinator snarled.
"Shut up! Shut up!" The red-haired coordinator held back tears.
"Looks like I'm finally getting to you." Harley chuckled."The truth hurts."
"But you aren't telling the truth, you can't be. I mean I know they've known her longer, but they do like me Harley, you're wrong" Kaitlin stopped struggling and looked down.
"Oh no, I'm right. It's sad I know, it hurts, I get that. But let me help you, I can help you take May down, I've fought her plenty of times." The purple-haired coordinator smirked.
"I don't want to betray my friends." The red-haired coordinator bit her lip.
"But Kaitlin, you wouldn't be betraying your friends, because they aren't your friends." Harley stated.
Kaitlin felt something burn inside of her and it triggered something. "You're a liar Harley! All you do is lie Harley! You have no one, so all you do is make others feel low. I do have friends, you can't tell me other wise." She started to try and push him off again.
"Wrong answer honey." The purple-haired coordinator slammed her against the wall and held her there. "You will listen to me, you don't have any other choice."
"Y-you're wrong." The red-haired coordinator felt tears form in her eyes.
"Let her go!" A voice came from behind Harley as he suddenly was pulled off of Kaitlin.
Kaitlin fell to the floor with her head in her hands.
"Looks like you always have your so called friends fight your battles for you." The purple-haired coordinator chuckled.
"Shut up Harley and leave Kaitlin alone." The voice was Drew's, he glared at Harley.
"Oh look it's so called Prince Charming, I'm so scared." Harley smirked.
"You should be." A voice said as three more people walked up.
Solidad, May, and Iris stood next to Drew with their arms crossed.
"Drew said leave her alone, so back off Harley." Iris snapped.
Misty came up from behind them with Ash, the two ran over to Kaitlin to help her stand up.
The red-haired coordinator felt her whole body shake. "D-don't waste your time on him, he's not worth it."
"Don't expect me to just drop our little conversation, the offer is still up. Think about it Kaitlin." The purple-haired coordinator smirked and waved as he walked off.
Brock, Cilan, and Dawn soon ran up to their friends.
The blue-haired coordinator took one look at Kaitlin and her heart sunk. "Oh my. What happened?"
"Well we don't know exactly, but Drew came running when he heard Kaitlin yelling at Harley." The brown-haired coordinator noted.
"Kaitlin, are you okay?" Solidad asked as she walked over to her red-haired friend.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." The red-haired coordinator smiled slightly at Ash and Misty and stepped slowly away from them. She immediately fell to the ground.
"Kaitlin!" Misty and Ash rushed to help her back up.
"Okay, maybe I'm not all that okay." Kaitlin noted.
"What exactly happened?" Cilan asked.
"How about I tell you after Drew's match?" The red-haired coordinator asks.
Everyone nods in agreement.
"Sounds good, well I'm off, wish me luck." The green-haired coordinator smirks and walks up to the stage.
"And now we have a true crowd favorite from LaRousse City, let's welcome Drew!" Cynthia cheered.
Drew walks on stage, and mere sight of him makes girls go crazy. He just smirks and waves to the crowd.
Brock, Iris, Cilan, Dawn, Misty, and Ash make it back to their seats to see Drew.
"Let this match begin." Cynthia announced.
Drew's opponent smirked and threw out his two poke balls. "Combusken and Golem, let's do this!" He catches the poke balls as his two Pokemon emerge.
"Two Pokemon I haven't seen in awhile." The green-haired coordinator flicked his hair making his female fans faint. "Now Flygon and Butterfree, show them how it's done."
Out of the two poke balls, Drew's Pokemon appear.
"Free, Butterfree." Butterfree flew around.
"Flygon!" Flygon landed in front of its trainer.
"Now Flygon hit it with dragon breath and Butterfree follow that with gust!" Drew calls out.
Flygon opened its mouth and sent out its powerful attack hurtling towards his opponent's Pokemon.
Butterfree started to flap its wings sending a strong wind to carry the dragon breath even faster and made it stronger.
"Such a great combination folks." Cynthia noted.
"It really was." Solidad agreed and smiled.
"He really is amazing at this." May chuckled and turned to Kaitlin.
The red-haired coordinator wasn't even watching the performance anymore, she was to busy thinking about what Harley said.
"Hey is everything okay?" The brown-haired coordinator asked.
Kaitlin looked up and snapped out of her deep thought. "What? Oh yeah, just thinking about some things. I think I'm gonna go call someone, I'll be back."
"Okay, I'll come up after Drew's match to get you." May smiled.
"Okay sounds...good." The red-haired coordinator nods and stands up and walks up to the lobby and sit down by a phone. She takes a deep breath and dials the number.
A familiar face pops up on the scree, it was Kaitlin's mother. "Hey sweetie." She smiles.
Kaitlin smiles softly. "Hey there Mom."
Her Mom's look fades fast. "What's wrong honey? Did something happen? I saw your great win, surely you aren't upset over that."
"No Mom, I'm not upset about that. It's just well, I went against everything you taught me. I yelled at Harley today, he got me so angry and I couldn't help it. He just added to the anger I already felt to Drew." The red-haired coordinator sighed.
"Wait, what happened with Drew?" Her Mother asked.
At that moment May slowly walked into the lobby and heard Kaitlin's conversation.
"It's just well, he kissed Dawn. He just grabbed her and kissed her right in front of me." Kaitlin felt tears forming.
"Oh honey, I'm so sorry. I know this must hurt, knowing how you feel about him." She felt so bad for her daughter.
"It's okay, really Mom I'm fine." The red-haired coordinator looked behind her mom and saw another familiar face. "Um Mom, where are you?"
"Right here!" The voice came from behind Kaitlin.
"MOM!" Kaitlin couldn't help but smile as she ran to embrace her Mom.
After a few moment she pulled away and looked behind her mother. "Gary? What are you doing here?"
Ash's life long rival smirked. "Well, I've been watching you on TV with your Mom and sister. Then your Mom wanted to see you so I left your sister with Professor Oak and her and I came to see you."
"It's so great to see you." Kaitlin smiled and ran to hug her life time friend. "I've missed you."
"I've missed you too." Gary smiled and hugged his friend back, tightly.
The two pulled away and smiled widely at each other.
May couldn't help but wait any longer so she walked out from behind and plant and walked to Kaitlin. "Hey there Kaitlin."
"Hey May." The red-haired coordinator smiled. She turns to her Mom. "Mom this is my good friend May."
Kaitlin's Mom shook May's hand and smiled. "It's very nice to meet you, I've heard great things."
The brown-haired coordinator smiled. "It's great to meet you as well."
"And this is Gary." Kaitlin motioned to the brown-haired Pokemon trainer standing next to her.
"A pleasure." Gary shakes May's hand.
"I've heard a lot about you." May smiled and shook his hand.
"From Ash I'm guessing." He chuckles.
"You guessed right." The brown-haired coordinator nodded.
The red-haired coordinator smiled at her two friends. She quickly turns to May. "So what happened, did he win?"
"Of course." May smiled widely. "It was a very close battle, though. But he pulled it together in the end."
"Sounds just like Drew." Kaitlin smiles.
"Well come on you two, I want to meet the rest of your friends." Kaitlin's mother said.
"Mom, first let's go check you into the hotel. May, could you go tell everyone to meet us at the hotel?" The red-haired girl asks.
"Yes of course." She smiles and walks off.
"Okay well come on Gary, let's go check you guys in." Kaitlin smiles and her, Gary, and her Mom walk off to the hotel.
"I'm back." May said as she walked into the coordinator's room to find her friends.
"Hey there May, where's Kaitlin?" Ash asks.
"She went back to the hotel, and I wanted to come get you guys and bring you back there." The brown-haired coordinator noted.
"Well okay then." Brock said.
"Let's go." Iris and Cilan said in unison.
"Oh and Drew, she says congrats on the win." May adds.
"Okay cool, I'll tell her thanks." The green-haired coordinator responded.
Dawn, Misty, and Iris took note to the tone in Drew's voice, it was disappointment.
"I hope he get's a chance to talk to her." The orange-haired gym leader says.
"Yeah, me too." Iris agrees.
The friends walk off to the hotel.
"So Mom now that you are checked in, you can come up to my room. And Gary I hope you don't mind bunking with us." The red-haired coordinator smiled.
"No it sounds great." He says with a smile.
"Awesome, let's go." Kaitlin grabs Gary's hand and runs upstairs with him.
Her Mom smiles as she walks behind them. "They have always been so close, I'm glad he's here to help take some stress away."
"I beat you." The red-haired coordinator calls out as she enters the hotel room.
"No fair! I could have won, but Poochyena cheated and jumped on my face." He laughs and scratches Poochyena's ear.
"Whoops." She chuckles and smiles. "You hungry?"
"Yeah, I am. And I've missed your cooking to be honest." Gary laughs.
"Good then I'll make your favorite, french toast with honey." Kaitlin nods and grabs the supplies and starts to make the food.
"Thanks Kaitlin. But I have to say, it is great to see you." The brown-haired trainer states.
"It's so great to see you as well Gary. I've missed my best friend." The red-haired coordinator smiles as she starts to cook the french toast.
"It get's lonely sometimes on the ranch without you, Shinx and Vulpix miss you a lot." He smiles.
"Well I miss them too, and after this. I'm coming back to the ranch again for awhile and I'll see them. I have to bring back Dragonair anyway. I'm sure Professor misses her already." She chuckles.
"You have no idea." Gary laughs and smiles as he pets Poochyena.
She smiles back and finishes making his french toast and puts it on a plate and lays it in front of him. "Bon Appetite." Kaitlin giggles.
The brown-haired trainer smiles and digs into his food. "Wow this is so much better than I remember."
"Well thanks." Kaitlin blushes.
"I hope you made me some." Kaitlin's Mom smiles as she walks into the room.
"As a matter of fact I did." The red-haired coordinator sets out another plate for her Mom.
Poochyena jumps off of Gary and climbs to Kaitlin's mom and nuzzles against her cheek.
"I've missed you too Poochyena. Speaking of your Pokemon, I brought two little friends with me." She took out two poke balls and opens them.
Shinx and Vulpix emerge from the light. Their eyes light up when they see their trainer in front of them.
"Vulpix and Shinx, I've missed you both so much." The red-haired coordinator runs to her two small Pokemon and hugs them. "It's been to long."
Gary and Kaitlin's mom admire the touching site.
"Well looks like they've missed you as much as you've missed them." Gary smiles.
"Looks like it." Kaitlin chuckles.
All three of them laugh and smile at each other.
"Don't have to much fun without us." Ash said as he walks inside with everyone else.
"Hey there you guys, I have some guests." The red-haired coordinator smiles as she points to Gary and her Mom.
"Hello everyone, my name is Nicole, I am Kaitlin's mom. I've heard great things about all of you." Nicole smiles at Kaitlin's friends.
"It's very nice to meet you. I'm Ash." Ash shakes the tall red-haired mother's hand.
"I know who you are." She chuckles.
"Well I'm Iris" The purple-haired girl smiles at Kaitlin's Mom, and her Axew smiles as well.
"And I'm Misty." The orange-haired gym leader says and smiles with Azurill.
"My names Brock." The Pokemon breeder smiles.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I am Cilan." The green-haired connoisseur states.
"It's great to meet all of you." Nicole turns to the pink-haired coordinator. "Oh my, you're Solidad. Kaitlin has said such great things about you, I am such a big fan of yours."
"Well thank you, I am honored." Solidad shakes her hand.
"The pleasure is all mine." Nicole turns to Drew and looks at him up and down. "You must be Drew."
"Yeah." He pauses for a second. "That's me. It's great to meet you."
"Same to you." Nicole's expression softens and she shakes the green-haired coordinator's hand.
"Well now that everyone knows my mom, I'm sure most of you know this person. If you don't this is Gary, one of my best and oldest friends." The red-haired coordinator smiles and grabs Gary's arm and looks at her friends.
"It's great to see you again Gary." The raven-haired boy says.
"You too Ashy boy." Gary laughs.
"How have you been Gary?" Brock asks.
"I've been great Brock, thanks for asking." The brown-haired trainer smiles.
"It's great to see you again." Misty smile.
"Yeah, right back at you Misty." He smiles.
"Well you don't know us, but I'm Cilan, and this is Iris." He points to a purple-haired girl who smiles. "And this is Dawn." Cilan motions to a blue-haired girl who's holding her Piplup.
"It's great to meet you all." The brown-haired trainer smiles.
"Well enough with the introductions, I'm starving." Ash says.
"Well you're in luck, I made french toast for everyone." Kaitlin smiles and points to the kitchen counter.
"Sounds great." May chuckles and rubs her growling stomach.
"You guys go ahead and eat, I'm not hungry." The red-haired coordinator smiled as her friends ran to the kitchen, besides Gary and her mother.
"I'm sure they will enjoy those as much as I did." Gary laughs.
"You guys have some catching up to do, go ahead. I'll keep these kids sane for a little while." Nicole smiled.
"Okay Mom, thanks." Kaitlin responds and her and Gary turn and walk out onto the balcony.
The green-haired coordinator notices this and he feels his heart sink into his stomach.
Solidad looks at Drew's expression and sighs. She grabs her plate then walks to sit down next to him. "Drew, they haven't seen each other in forever, let them catch up."
Drew didn't say anything he just nodded and started o eat his pancakes.
Vulpix and Shinx run up to Misty and Ash.
"Well who are these cuties?" The orange-haired girl asks and she picks up Vulpix.
Ash picks up Shinx and smiles. "They must be Kaitlin's."
"That is correct Ash." Kaitlin's Mom smiles at Ash and nods. "I brought them here. Oh and I also have something for you Ash, from Professor Oak." She pulls out a poke ball and hands it to him. "This little guy has missed you so much."
The raven-haired teen takes the poke ball and opens it, out popped his ever so loyal Bulbasaur. "Bulbasaur!" A wide smile forms on Ash's face as he picks up his long time friend.
Shinx smiles widely at his grass type friend.
"Saur, saur." Bulbasaur rubs its cheek against Ash's.
"I've missed you so much buddy." Ash smiles and looks at Pikachu who was also very happy.
"Cha." The yellow mouse Pokemon greeted its old friend and smiled.
"I can take Bulbasaur back with me, when Gary, Kaitlin, and I leave after the festival." Nicole says.
"Thanks, I'll be happy having him till then." The raven-haired boy smiles.
"Wait Kaitlin's leaving next week?" Dawn asks.
"Yes she is, she says after this festival, she may stop coordinating and study to become a Professor with Gary under the supervision of Professor Oak." Kaitlin's mom informs the teens.
"Oh well, that sounds like a big change." The brown-haired coordinator notes.
"Yeah it really does." Iris agrees.
"I'll miss her, that's for sure." The Pokemon breeder sighs.
"It's hard to believe that in these next passing weeks, we won't all be together." Misty states as she looks down at Kaitlin's Vulpix and her Azurill.
"I don't want to think like that." Ash sighs as he looks down at the three Pokemon sitting on him.
"Guys, we should just enjoy what we have this week. It will make this week harder if we don't enjoy it." The green-haired connoisseur stated.
"Cilan is right." Solidad says as she stands up. "We need to make this a great week, it's nothing different from whenever we've separated before."
"So let's not treat it any differently." Drew adds as he stands up next to Solidad.
"Now that's a good idea you kids, great thinking. It's better to just enjoy yourself, and besides I'm sure you guys could visit Pallet anytime you want to. And Ash don't forget that your Mom wants to see you from time to time as well." Nicole chuckles.
"I was actually thinking of coming home before I start my new journey." The raven-haired teen admitted.
"Then you could come back on train with Kaitlin, Gary, and I if you'd like." Kaitlin's mom offers.
"I'd love to." Ash says.
"And stops to LaRousse City in Hoenn is on the way there, and so is Pewter in Kanto." Nicole adds.
"How about Cerulean?" Misty asks.
"And Petalburg?" The brown-haired coordinator looks at Kaitlin's mom.
"Well I don't know about that, but I can find out when we get to the station next week." She smiles.
"Sounds good." May and Misty say in unison.
"Sadly, Iris and I will be going the opposite direction to Unova." Cilan sighs.
"That's okay, I'll be staying in Sinnoh anyway, I can ride with you guys." The blue-haired coordinator reassures her two Unova friends.
"I'd love to go with you Dawn." Iris smiles and looks down at Axew. "So would Axew."
Dawn smiles. "It will be great you guys."
"Right." Cilan and Iris nod.
"Well come on you guys, let's watch a movie." The pink-haired coordinator suggests.
Everyone smiles and sits down in the living room, on the couch, chairs, and the floor.
"So Kaitlin, your Mom told me that something was troubling you. Do you want to talk about it? Gary asks.
"I guess so. I mean I want to, because you're my best friend. It's just I hate how everything isn't as simple as it used to be. When it was just us with the Pokemon on the ranch." The red-haired coordinator confessed.
"Kaitlin I get why you're upset, but it's going to happen. Things change and people change." The brown-haired trainer said.
"I honestly would give anything to go back to those days when we said we would get married and catch millions of Pokemon for our own ranch." Kaitlin chuckled as she thought of the past.
"Those really were the best times, but those are in the past. I mean don't get me wrong some things never change. If it was just you and me still at the Professor's ranch, I probably would want the same things." Gary stated.
"Well what changed your mind?" The red-haired coordinator leaned on the balcony railing as she turned to Gary.
"Well not to long ago, but when I saw you on TV, you looked so happy out on stage. I knew that I couldn't give you that if we were just on the ranch." The brown-haired trainer smile softly.
"Well, you know none of that matters anymore. I told you that I want to come back and study with you under Professor Oak." Kaitlin smiled back.
"Are you sure that's really what you want? You'd be giving up so much, and you are the best coordinator I have ever seen Kaitlin. I'd hate for you to just quit." Gary put his hand on Kaitlin's shoulder.
"I mean, I still have time to decide, but I just miss the simple life. I miss everything I had...everything we had." The red-haired coordinator blushed softly.
"We will always be friends, no matter what you decide. I'm not going anywhere, you know where to find me Kaitlin." The brown-haired trainer smiles and hugs Kaitlin.
She hugs him back tightly and as they pull away she kisses his cheek then turns away and walks into the hotel room.
"She's so confused right now." Gary sighed as he turned away and walked into the room behind Kaitlin.
The two life time friends join everyone else in watching the movie.
Kaitlin's Mom then stands up. "I'm off to bed, I'll see you all tomorrow. Good night."
"Night Nicole." Everyone says as she walks out of the room and goes downstairs to her room.
"I'm going to bed too." May says as she stands up.
"I'll go as well." Solidad smiles and stretches as she stands up.
"I guess that means I'll go too." Drew yawns and stands up.
"Good night you three." Everyone else says as the three walk next door to their hotel room.
The rest of the group broke apart and went to bed.
Kaitlin smiled as she picked up Poochyena, Shinx, and Vulpix and carries them into her room and showers then soon falls asleep.
The next morning came soon then the coordinators and trainers had thought.
Everyone seemed to get up at around the same time which was 9:15. They all took showers and ate breakfast.
Kaitlin was eager to go to the arena to see the battle round two match ups. "Guys we need to go, come on."
"Wow, she is as eager as Ash is before a battle." Brock chuckled.
"I have to agree with her though, the suspense is hard to over come." The blue-haired coordinator stated.
"Well than come on." Iris smiled.
The eight friends and their Pokemon walked to the arena hoping that they'd meet up with the rest of their friends when they got there.
The red-haired coordinator busted through the front doors to find everyone was staring at her. She slowly looked around and saw that Solidad and were no where in sight. But luckily she ran into May. "Hey May, what exactly is going on?"
"Well you see, you should really look at who you are going up against next round." The brown-haired coordinator pointed to the board.
There Kaitlin and the rest of her friends saw it. The next opponent for Kaitlin was none other than Drew.
Kaitlin felt a lump form in her throat as she shook her head not wanting to believe what she saw. "No." That little word was all she could say as her opponent walked up to the group of friends with the exact same expression as Kaitlin.
Okay so this is the end of chapter 14, i really hope you enjoyed it. I added Gary because I thought he'd be a good mix with the group of friends, also because so many people don't like Drew and Kaitlin, I'd thought I'd give you a taste of Gary and her. Let me know who you'd rather her be with. But don't worry Ash and May will be together, I just don't want there relationship to be so in your face. So let me know if you like this. Reviews are welcomed and appreciated. Thanks for reading. Only a few chapters left, then it's going to be the alternate ending story, and the bbrae (teen titans) story, then probably another advanced story, would you guys want another story with Kaitlin in it? Let me know. Thanks again.