School Days Chapter 13 pt 2, a pokémon fanfic

Chapter 13 pt 2

"Ok Ninetales, lets start off with a flamethrower!" Gemma called out to her pokémon.

Ninetales obeyed and sent a powerful stream of fire at the bunny pokémon.

"Lopunny, dodge it with bounce!" Dawn ordered her pokémon.

"Punny!" the pokémon replied as it bounced up into the air avoiding the attack.

"Now use dizzy punch!"

Lopunny's paws began to glow, using its fall to add power to its attack as it began to head straight for its opponent.

"Stop it with swift Ninetales!" Gemma called.

Ninetales looked up at her opponent coming down at her, ready to attack. She opened her mouth and fires a mirage of yellow stars toward the bunny pokémon. Realizing due to her position that she had no way to dodge the attack, Lopunny stopped her attack and brought her arms up in front of her body to protect herself from most of the damage from the attack. When swift finally got a hit on her, she was pushed back a few feet causing her to fall and land not too far in front of her trainer.

"Lopunny, are you ok?" Dawn asked her pokémon worriedly. Lopunny got up, struggling a little, and nodded towards her trainer, saying that she was ok to continue.

"Ok. Now use water pulse!"

Lopunny obeyed, forming a blue water orb in her hands and quickly sent towards its opponent who swiftly avoided the attack.

"Gemma's really good. Her pokémon hasn't got hit once. Of course, what better way to make use and show off a Ninetales' grace and beauty?" Zea observed.

"Hm," May simply nodded in agreement.

Zea quick glanced at her from the corner of her eye and smiled, then brought her attention back to the battle.

"Ok Ninetales, let's finish this quick. Move in with quick attack and use brick break!" Gemma called out.

"Lopunny, dodge it with bounce again and get behind it."

Lopunny swiftly dodged the attacks with bounce and landed behind Ninetales unharmed. Ninetales growled and turned her head slightly to look at the pokémon behind her.

"Let's slow it down Lopunny. Use thunder wave," Dawn called out.

Lopunny began to generate static electricity in its puffy fur and sent a weak electric charge at the fox pokémon.

"Ninetales, dig your paws into the ground now!" Gemma called out.

Acting quickly, Ninetales dug her front paws a few inches into the ground just as the attack hit. Ninetales eyes shut tight as she felt the electricity serge through her body, and travelled to the direction of her front paws. The ground was absorbing the electricity, hence leaving Ninetales unharmed. When all the electric charge was gone, Ninetales turned her head to the side to look at her opponent still behind her. She grinned and snickered at the bunny pokémon.

"Punny?!" Lopunny said, surprised that the attack had not worked.

"Dang it! Lopunny quickly use water pulse." Dawn said.

"Brick break Ninetales!" Gemma called out

Ninetales was a lot faster than Lopunny as her tails glowed bluish-white and she brought it down on the bunny pokémon. Dawn had called out for her pokémon to dodge, but it was too late. However, Lopunny did have time to complete the water pulse, and when Ninetales' tails came down on her, the water orb exploded, spraying water throughout the field. Ninetales got some damage from the attack as it had pushed her back in front of her opponent's trainer, but she quickly shook it off despite the super effectiveness of the attack.

"Lopunny, can you get up?" Dawn called out to her pokémon.

Lopunny struggled as she pushed herself to sit up. She cringed and quickly grabbed hold of her left arm with her right hand, indicating that it was in some major pain. She struggled again, finally getting back on her feet and breathing heavily. The combatants faced each other, standing in front of their opponent's trainer. Lopunny turned to look to Umbreon and noticed that he wasn't watching the battle but he was looking in the direction behind her. When his attention returned to the battle, she looked behind her and saw what, or who, had Umbreon's attention so much. It was her opponent's teammate, Flareon. Flareon noticed this and gave Lopunny a victory grin. Lopunny scowled and turned her attention back to the battle, determined as ever to win.

"Lop Lopunny…" she said to Ninetales.

"Nine nine." Ninetales replied with a knowing smile.

"Lopunny you're hurt. I think its time you got back to your ball." Dawn said, pointing her pokémon's pokéball at it to call it back.

When Lopunny saw what her trainer was doing, she jumped out of the way of the beam with some of the little strength she had left.

"Lopunny?" Dawn asked, confused and surprised by her pokémon's action.

"Punny!" the bunny pokémon said sternly to her trainer. Dawn nodded and understood what her pokémon meant so the battle continued.

"Your Lopunny has no more strength to continue battling Dawn. The next attack Ninetales uses in going to finish this battle. I don't want to hurt your pokémon more than it already is." Gemma said to her opponent. Flareon scoffed at what her trainer had said.

"That's Lopunny's decision. And if she wants to continue battling, then I'm not going to stop her!" Dawn replied.

"Ooook," Gemma shrugged. "But don't blame me if Lopunny won't be able to battle for a while,"

Dawn gave her pokémon a look of concern and certainty, at which the pokémon nodded in reply.

"Alright Ninetales, let's finish this!" Gemma called out.

"Nine!" Ninetales replied, getting to a battle ready pose.

"Double team around Lopunny!"

Ninetales obeyed, creating copies of itself and making a circle to surround the bunny pokémon. Lopunny looked from one Ninetales to the next trying to figure out which is the real one.

"And now; flamethrower!"

All the Ninetales illusions brought their heads back a little and then brought it forward, opening their mouth and sending out the attack at the same time.

"Lopunny, dodge quickly with bounce!" Dawn called out, in a desperate attempt to keep her pokémon from any further harm.

Using as much of the strength as she could from what she had left, Lopunny jumped into the air, avoiding the fire attack, which collided in the center of the circle, where she once stood.

"Iron tail!" Gemma called out.

Suddenly out of nowhere, Ninetales appeared above Lopunny, surprising both she and her trainer. Before Dawn could call out a command to her pokémon to get away, Ninetales brought her glowing tails down on the bunny pokémon, sending her crashing to the ground. Ninetales landed gracefully in front of her trainer, facing her opponent. When the dust that accumulated cleared out Lopunny was seen struggling to get up.

"What!?" Gemma said, slightly above a whisper, she and her pokémon surprised at what they were seeing.

"Lopunny is already in no condition to continue battling, so why does it even bother getting up?" Gary stated.

"Bre." Umbreon agreed with its trainer, completely oblivious to what Lopunny was aiming to achieve.

"Lopunny is already badly injured. Dawn should call off the battle for her pokémon's sake." Zea stated. Eve agreed with her.

"Seeing Lopunny in that state brings back all those horrible memories," Zea thought, her expression showing a sign of hurt as she looked down at her pokémon seated on her lap, who was focused on the battle. She then brought her attention back to the battle.

"Nine nine nine!" Ninetales said to Lopunny.

"Lo… pun… punny…" Lopunny replied with a determined tone, holding on to her injured arm.

"That's enough Lopunny!" Dawn cried out to her pokémon, but she didn't seem to hear her. Dawn called out to the lecturer to call off and end the battle. He acknowledged Dawn's decision and nodded, blowing his whistle to end the battle. Once he did, Dawn ran onto the battlefield toward her pokémon, Piplup following close behind. The sound of the whistle had caught Lopunny's attention and she quickly turned around, seeing her trainer running toward her, on the verge of tears. When Dawn got to her pokémon, she pulls her into a gentle hug and begins to sob.

"Please Lopunny, that's enough," she cried into her pokémon's fur. Lopunny felt bad for making her trainer worry like this. She was so focused on getting the attention of her affection that she didn't think of how her trainer, the one who raised her, would feel. "Punny." She apologized, bringing the puff of her hand up to her trainer's face and wiping off her tears. Dawn smiled and thanked her pokémon, who smiled back in return.

"Piplup pip?" Piplup asked Lopunny

"Pun." Lopunny nodded in reply

Gemma breathed a sigh of relief. "Great battle Ninetales."

"Niiiine," the fox pokémon smiled at its trainer.

The students and their pokémon then made their way off the field towards the lecturer. They shook hands, congratulating each other on a well fought battle, returned their pokémon to their pokéball and then went over to their respective seats.

"Great battle Gemma." Zea congratulated her once she got back to her seat.

"Yea… as always," May added.

"Thanks you guys," Gemma thanked them.

"Sorry you guys." Dawn apologized once she got back to her friends and took her seat. "But I couldn't bear to see Lopunny get hurt like that,"

"You have no reason to be sorry Dawn," Zoey said to her friend.

"Yea. We have no quarrels with Flame." Misty added. "It's the newbie and the loner we've got business with." Her tone and expression becoming serious. Dawn nodded with a weak smile.

The lecturer spoke up again, getting the attention of the students and then called out the names of the next two opponents.

"Ok, so your battle's not up yet Zoey. So Dawn and I are gonna go to the nurse to have our pokémon checked on." Misty told her friend, she and Dawn getting up to head out of the class.

"Go ahead. I'll text you if you aren't back when my turn comes up." Zoey replied.

Misty and Dawn nodded, made their way to the lecturer for permission and then made their way out of class to the nurse's office.

"I'll say this; Lopunny sure was determined to win today," Lucifer said out of the blue.

"Yea; so determined that it continued to get up even though it knew it had already lost." Ash added.

"Well… whatever the reason, Dawn did the right thing calling off the battle." Robert said.

"(Did you notice?)" Pikachu asked Vee.

"(Yea I did,)" Vee nodded in reply.

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"When a pokémon is paralyzed due to another pokémon's attack…"

"Oh maaaaan. I already know all this stuff," Jake whined, slouching forward and coming to rest his chin on his folded arms resting on the desk in front of him. He then let out a frustrated groan.

"I'd much rather be at that Battle class. I could be getting some killer photos, but no. I have to be in Statistics class."

"Staraptor star," his Staraptor said, standing next to his trainer's seat.

"Yea I know, but still."

"Star star,"

"Hmm? Saaayy… you're right! Thanks buddy!"

"Star!" Staraptor beamed.

"Mister Jake. Is there something you'd like to share with the class?" the lecturer called out to Jake. He had caught him talking and not paying attention.

"N-no Mr. Joseph. My uh, Staraptor was just getting a little restless so I was just settling him down," Jake quickly covered up.

"Star?" Staraptor looked up at its trainer in surprise, but its features quickly turned into a scowl towards his trainer.

"That's a bit unlike your pokémon, but ok. I'll let it pass, but don't let it happen again," Mr. Joseph warned, and then went back to his teaching.

Jake breathed a sigh of relief and then turned to his pokémon. He immediately saw the look his pokémon was giving him and sweatdropped nervously.

"Eh heh. I'll make it up to you later buddy. Promise."

"Star!" Staraptor sternly replied.

Outside in the school yard,

"Ok Poochyena, lets try your shadow ball one more time." A boy said to his pokémon.

"Poochy!" the pokémon replied, creating a dark orb from its mouth and sending it toward a target practice board which was a few feet in front of it, scoring a direct hit.

"Alright! We did it! Great job Poochyena!" the boy praised his pokémon.

"Poochy!" Poochyena beamed a bright smile at its trainer.

"Hey Max!"

The boy, now known as Max, turned to the source of who had called him. When he did, he saw his friends Laura, Andrea and Kento along with their pokémon Electrike, Pichu and Magma (Houndoom) respectively by their side, walking up to him.

"Hi guys," Max replied.

"Poochy." Poochyena said to the pokémon.

"We've been looking all over for you Max." Kento said. "Where have you been?"

"Studying and training as usual I assume." Andrea said, looking toward Max with a serious look. Her Pichu now perched on her left shoulder.

Max sweatdropped. "Y-yea kinda." He nervously replied.

"Well, since you spend most of your time in the library, I assume you didn't see your sister during break and lunch," Kento told him.

"What!?" Max asked surprised. "You guys saw my sister! But… that's not possible. Nobody sees May during break hours… not even me. Are you guys sure it was her?" His face showing uncertainty.

"Oh it was definitely her!" Andrea confirmed.

Max was silent for a few second, showing that he was deep it thought, as well as a bit worried.

"Was she… with anyone?" Max finally asked.

"You know the new girl everyone's talking about? The girl who helped me with Electrike," Laura said to him. Max's eyes widen in surprise.

"She's with… with…" Max stuttered. His friends grinned at his reaction.

"I think we finally got his attention," Kento laughed.

"When it comes to my sister, you have my undivided attention," Max exclaimed.

"Well, since we have your undivided attention," Andrea said, grabbing hold of his right arm. "Let's find a spot with less kids and the three of us can enlighten you on the day's events." Dragging him towards a spot she had spotted. Kento and Laura followed them, along with the group of pokémon.

A few battles had gone by and May nor had any of the boys gone up to battle yet. A battle between a teen with purple hair and one with green hair had just ended, leaving the purple haired boy victorious.

"That guy battled with brute strength. And from what I just saw, he doesn't care what happens to his or his opponent's pokémon, just as long as he wins. Who is that guy anyway," Zea said in disgust.

"Eevee!" Eve agreed, feeling the same as her trainer.

"That's Paul." May replied.

"Paul?" Zea asked.

"He's one of the toughest and most brutal students in this school." Gemma explained. "He battles by giving himself the type advantage so he could win easily. Or if he's at a disadvantage, he uses brute strength and power to win, no matter what."

"So I'm guessing he's never been beaten before." Zea plainly stated.

Gemma nodded. "I went against him once and almost won. But at the last moment, he pulled off a one hit KO move on my pokémon, so I lost that battle."

"I see," Zea said in a low voice.

"He's also one of the bullies in this school…"

"Why am I not surprised," Zea said sarcastically, interrupting Gemma briefly

"…But he's not your average bully." Gemma finished.

Zea blinked twice in confusion.

"Wait till after school. You'll see what she means." May informed her.

"O…k…" Zea unsurely replied.

Just as the girls had finished their conversation, the lecturer spoke up to announce the next two battlers.

"Our next two combatants are May and Zoey. Please step down to the field," Mr. Goodshow called out.

"Eep!" May squealed.

"You're finally up to battle May," Zea said to her with a smiled. Gemma also smiled towards her.

"Yea… but I'm going up against Zoey," May whimpered, placing her hands on top of her head and bringing it down in defeat. "I'm going to lose before I even call out one attack to my pokémon."

"May… listen to us," Gemma said, causing May to remove her hands from her head and bring her head up to look to her new friends.

"You can do it," Gemma encouraged.

"Just believe in yourself May." Zea told her. "Believe in yourself, believe in your pokémon. Once you've accomplished that, then we know you can win, or at least put up a good fight."

Despite all the effort her friends were putting to help her with her confidence for her battle, May still wasn't sure.

"May… Just take a deep breath to relax and clear your mind of doubts and worries." Zea said. May did as she was told. "You might not feel it now, but when the time comes, you will."

"Now get out there and do your best May." Gemma encouraged her again.

May smiled feeling a bit more relaxed, got up and started making her way to the field with Eevee perched in her left shoulder.

"Eevee." "Flareon," Eve and Flareon said to Eevee, who nodded in return.

"May's finally up to battle," Ash said with enthusiasm.

"Pika pika," Pikachu cheered.

"Yea, but do you think she's ready? I mean, she is going up against Zoey, who's just as strong as Misty." Robert stated as the group of boys and their pokémon turned to face where the girls were seated.

When they did, they saw that May had her head down with her hands on top. They then saw Gemma and Zea tell her something which caused her to bring her head back up; most likely giving her support and encouragement. The boys turned back to face each other, though Ash was the last to turn back.

"Well, from the looks of it, Gemma and Zea seem to have it taken care of," Lucifer concluded.

"Yea… but, is it enough." Ash stated worriedly.

"Piii ka…" Pikachu said with concern toward his trainer.

"May's battling skills were never really that good," Richie sympathized

"Yea, she always got beaten before she could even call out one attack. How embarrassing," Gary snickered.

"Bre…" Umbreon shook his head towards his trainer.

Ash glared at his friend whose grin became wider, if possible, when he saw the look Ash was giving him.

"I just love pushing his buttons." Gary thought happily.

"You're finally up to battle Zoey," Dawn said to her friend. She and Misty had made it back to class just before the last battle ended.

"About time too." Zoey replied

Misty snickered. "And I like the fact of who you're up against,"

Zoey smiled mischievously. "She's going down in one attack. Ha. I won't even be breaking a sweat." She said getting up from her seat and making her way down to the field, Glameow following close behind.

May and Zoey had made their way to opposite sides of the field.

"A normal field is fine Mr. Goodshow," Zoey said to the lecturer. He turned to May for her consent and she nodded unsurely.

"Your pokémon please," Mr. Goodshow called out.

"Glameow, you're up," Zoey said to the pokémon next to her.

"Meow," Glameow said, stepping onto the field.

"Just relax. Take a deep breath and calm yourself May. You can do this." May thought to herself.

"Ok. Delcatty take the stage," May called out, sending a pokéball releasing her pokémon.

"Meow," Delcatty cried out once it materialized.

"Ok, she sounded a little confident there. Let's hope she can hold it," Zea stated. Gemma nodded in agreement.

"A battle between two cat pokémon. If May keeps it up, this should be a good battle," Gemma stated. Zea nodded. She then thought of something and went into a giggling fit.

"What's so funny?" "Flare?" Gemma asked, confused by her new friends sudden fit. Flareon looked to her curiously as well as confused.

"Oh sorry. It's just that, the thought of two cat pokémon battling each other just brought up a word and I couldn't help but laugh at the thought and irony," Zea replied. Gemma still didn't get it.

"Catfight," Zea simply stated.

Gemma looked her for a moment until she understood what Zea meant and began to laugh as well, but only for a short moment.

"So May's putting Delcatty against Glameow huh?" Ash observed.

"Looks like it," Lucifer replied.

"Haha! It's a catfight," Gary laughed.

The boys looked at him for a moment until they got what he meant by it. They too started laughing at the irony of the situation but it was short lived when they heard the lecturer announce for the battle to start.

"Alright Glameow, lets start off with a shadow claw!" Zoey called out to her pokémon.

Glameow obeyed and made a run towards Delcatty. She then jumped into the air and came down towards her opponent with her right paw surrounded with a shadowy aura in the shape of a claw. Delcatty stood her ground prepared for what was to come next.

"Shadow claw? Why would she use that attack? Shadow claw is a ghost type attack and that does nothing to normal types. And I know Zoey knows that… unless she somehow forgot." May thought. "Oh well… might as well try to counter it."

May took in a deep breath to relax herself and think. She smiled, feeling a bit more confident and called out an attack to her pokémon.

"Ok Delcatty, counter it with iron tail." May called out.

Delcatty was mildly surprised by the feel of her trainer's sudden confidence. She smiled and did as she was told. With her tail glowing white, Delcatty jumped into the air meeting Glameow halfway through her fall. Glameow then stroked her attack first coming into contact with Delcatty. Delcatty made no effort to dodge when the attack came at her. Glameow mewed in confusion when her opponent didn't even flinch when she struck her attack. Delcatty got a little above Glameow, did an aerial flip and slammed her glowing tail onto her opponent which sent her crashing to the ground.

May, and her Delcatty were surprised by how much power the attack had, as well as the damage it had caused. Their opponent, Zoey, as well as the rest of the student body was surprised as well.

"So that's what Zea meant." May thought. "That's what happens when I'm confident and have faith in my pokémon. It feels… amazing. But I better not get carried away. After all… this is just the beginning of the battle."

"See what happens when one has confidence and belief in themselves and pokémon." Zea stated.

"Eevee!" Eve agreed.

"That's for sure." Gemma replied. "I think May's finally starting to see that from the look of surprise on her face."

"Flare flare," Flareon nodded.

"What an awesome comeback!" Ash exclaimed.

"Pikachu!" Pikachu cheered.

"Yea it was." Lucifer agreed.

"What do you have to say for that Gary?" Richie turned to the boy sitting next to him, only to find him staring at the battlefield in shock, his mouth slightly agape.

Robert snickered. "Looks like May just made him eat his words," he laughed.

The rest of the boys snickered while their pokémon, included Gary's own Umbreon, laughed at Gary's predicament. However, although Gary was speechless, he made a mental note to deal with his 'friends' once he come up with something to get back at them.

"Even so, but just remember this is still just the beginning of the battle. So don't get your hopes too high." Gary was finally able to counter back.

"Even so, at least she didn't go down in 'one attack'." Ash quoted and emphasized 'one attack'.

Gary simply humph in response to his friend.

"There's something else though," Robert said, getting the boys' attention. "Even if May didn't attack back, that shadow claw would have done nothing to Delcatty."

"You're right." Lucifer added on agreement. "Shadow claw is a ghost type attack and these attacks do nothing to a normal type pokémon."

Robert nodded. "Exactly. But what I don't understand is why Zoey would have Glameow use that attack. She's one of those who know how to use right attacks against who her opponent is."

"You're right. That is a bit strange," Gary replied, as they all pondered on it for a brief moment and then brought their attention back to the battle.

"Why didn't that attack work?" Zoey asked herself. She pondered on it for a moment as she watched Glameow recover from getting hit and slammed to the ground from Delcatty's iron tail. Then, realization came to her. "Ugh! I am so stupid! Shadow claw is a ghost type attack. It does nothing to normal types like Delcatty." She said bringing her right hand up to her head. "Ugh! This is what happens when Glameow and I barely ever battle normal types."

"Sorry about that mistake Glameow. We'll get back at them for that!" Zoey said to her pokémon with determination.

"Glameow!" Glameow nodded in reply.

"Get ready Delcatty," May said to her pokémon.

"Meow," Delcatty replied.

"Alright Glameow, use shock wave!" Zoey called out.

Glameow became surrounded in electric sparks as it began to generate electricity

"If that attack hits Delcatty, she won't be able to move and we'll be done for!" May thought worriedly. "Think May, think …got it!"

"Delcatty assist," May called out. "I know assist picks an attack at random but I hope she gets the attack I'm aiming for."

Delcatty's tail began to glow white and then she suddenly became surrounded by a quick flash of the white light. Quickly after Delcatty began to dig her way underground, just barely avoiding Glameow's attack.

"Dang! It missed," Zoey said in annoyance.

"Gla," Glameow growled through clenched teeth.

"That was a good comeback strategy from Zoey, using shock wave to try to paralyze the opponent to make up for the mistake of her first attack." Zea noted. "And May was kinda risking it with that assist. Unlike thunder wave, shock wave never misses its target. She's lucky that assist became dig."

"That's for sure." Gemma agreed. "If assist didn't become what it did, May and Delcatty would've been done for."

"Eee…" "Flarre…"

"May was kinda risking it with that assist don't you think?" Lucifer asked.

"I agree." Robert replied in agreement. "She's lucky it became dig or that would be it for her and Delcatty."

"She's getting a bit confident now." Ash thought. "What Gary said was true though…May always gets beaten before she can call out an attack. Hm. Looks like Gemma and Zea have helped quite a bit, or in May's case…a lot." He smiled.

"Perfect! Assist became what I was hoping for." May happily thought.

"Glameow, there's no telling where Delcatty is going to come out. Try to feel for her and use iron tail as soon as she pops out," Zoey said to her pokémon.

"Meow," Glameow nodded. She closed her eyes and her ears twitched as she began to concentrate to feel for her opponent's position underground. Her eyes snapped open once she found Delcatty's position. She readied her tail as it began to glow white and she swiftly turned around scoring a direct hit on the prim pokémon the moment she popped out of the ground to attack. Delcatty cried out in pain as she got hit by the attack and her body dragged a few feet, stopping about 3ft in front of her opponent's trainer.

"Oh no! Delcatty!" May cried out worriedly to her pokémon.

"Eevee!" Eevee called out to her teammate, just as worried as her trainer.

"Great job Glameow." Zoey called to her pokémon. "Now let's use shock wave one more time!"

Glameow did as she was told. Generating electricity from her body, she sent an electric charge towards Delcatty, who at that moment was struggling to get up when she got hit by the numbing electric attack. She didn't feel any pain, but whimpered when she tried, but could move her body.

"Delcatty, are you alright?" May asked her pokémon who gave a weak cry in response.

"There isn't much I can do. Even if I did call out an attack, Delcatty won't be able to move to… wait! There's one attack she has that doesn't require much movement." May thought. "It might not work but it's worth a try,"

"Glameow, let's finish this with fury swipes!" Zoey called out.

Glameow bared her claws and began to make a dash toward Delcatty. Unless her trainer came up with something, all Delcatty could do was stand and watch the catty pokémon charge towards her, ready to end the battle.

"Delcatty, try to slow Glameow down with blizzard." May called out desperately to her pokémon.

Getting what she had hoped for, Delcatty opened her mouth and fired the ice wind attack toward her opponent in an attempt to slow her down. Glameow didn't try to dodge. She brought her right claw bared paw forward, slicing through the powerful ice wind. Shocked at what she was seeing, Delcatty stopped her attack and watched as Glameow finally reached her. She shut her eyes in preparation of the end she knew was to come. Glameow brought her paws forward and scratched Delcatty four times with her powerful claws. Delcatty cried out in pain and soon collapsed to the ground.

"Delcatty!" May called out to her pokémon.

Delcatty whimpered in pain, shivering as she tried but was unable to get up.

"This battle is over." Zoey said proudly.

"Glameow!" Glameow cried out in triumphant.

The lecturer looked carefully toward Delcatty to be sure weather she was able to continue or not. He then nodded in confirmation.

"Delcatty is unable to continue. Glameow wins!" he confirmed.

There was a brief pause of silence, until one student started applauding and the rest soon followed after. Glameow elegantly walked over to her trainer, taking her usual place at her side as they both made their way off the field. May walked over to her pokémon who was sent a few feet in front of her when she was attacked. She picked up the prim pokémon, cradling her.

"Delcatty, I'm sorry. Are you alright?" She asked apologizing.

Delcatty slowly opened her eyes. She looked at her trainer and smiled. May smiled back in return.

"You did great. Take a rest," she said, returning Delcatty to her pokéball, and then made her way off the field as well, Eevee perched on her shoulder.

When she got there, she and Zoey shook hands and made their way back to their seats.

"This is the longest I've ever seen May and her pokémon last in a battle." Mr. Goodshow thought, looking up on the bleachers to where Gemma, May and Zea were seated. "She's only spent one day with the new student and already her confidence has been boost a little. Hopefully if she spends more time with her, she's have a lot less doubt and a lot more confidence in herself and her pokémon."

"Aww. She lost," Zea said, feeling sorry for May.

"Yea. But it's the longest she's lasted in battle," Gemma explained.

"Eevee…" "Flareon,"

"Oh well. The goal was for her to do her best and she did her best," Zea beamed.

"She DID do her best. I was surprised when she actually made an attempt for Delcatty to slow Glameow down, even when she knew there was no way out." Gemma pointed out

"Just goes to show you…"

"Just go to show what?" May asked, when she got back to her seat.

"I was saying, just goes to show you how much you can achieve with a bit of confidence." Zea finished what she was saying.

"But I still lost," May sighed, bringing head down in disappointment.

"But you did your best didn't you?" Gemma questioned, more on the lines of a statement. "And that's all that matters,"

May brought her head back up to look to her new friends and smiled, and they gave her a reassuring smile in return.

"By the way May, let me have a look at Delcatty," Zea said.

"She lost," Ash said sadly.

"Well that's no surprised," Gary smirked. This earned him a smack upside the back of his head from a very agitated Ash.

"Admit it Gary. Even though May still lost, she put up a good fight." Lucifer stated, trying to suppress his laughter, as were the other boys.

Gary growled in annoyance. "Fine. I guess she did put up a good fight, which means she has battle skills. She just needs a bit more confidence," he admitted.

The boys watch him, shock at what had come of the 'I'm so hot and popular' Gary. He smirked at their reactions.

"I agree. All she needs is more confidence and she'll winning battles like the rest of us." Robert stated, the others as well as their pokémon, nodded in agreement.

"I expected nothing less," Misty said to her friend with a grin, once she was back in her seat.

"We barely broke a sweat," Zoey stated proudly, Glameow meowing in agreement.

"What surprised me though, was that she actually fought back," Dawn added in.

"Yea, I wasn't expecting that." Misty agreed. "But now we have to be careful,"

"What do you mean?" Zoey asked

"If she was able to pull of those attacks with the little confidence she got, think of what she can do when she's completely confident in herself." Misty explained.

"Hmm, you right," Dawn agreed.

"I would worry too much though," Zoey added. Her two female companions looked toward her. "As long as her "boyfriend" keep putting her down, we won't have to worry about her." she said, quoting the word boyfriend.

"Ok. Up next we have Richie and Vannessa! Will the two combatants please come forward," Mr. Goodshow said, calling out the names of the next two battler.

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UPDATED: 09/12/09

I know, I know, it's been 3 months and I haven't updated and I'm sorry. But seriously guys, I do have other things doing. Remember in an earlier chapter when I said I was working on my art and was looking for an animation school? Well I was able to get through to two of them and I need to complete my portfolio in order to complete the registration and they need to be in by February 1st, so I need to practice as well as work on my portfolios. So I hope you guys understand.

In the meantime, this chapter passed the 5,000 word limit, so it should be able to hold you guys till I can update again. All the battles would have been in this chapter, but I needed to introduce or at least show what's going on with some of the characters that are to appear in this story.

Again, thanks for understanding guys, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!