Hey Guys! Here's Part Two! Just like I promised! Hope you guys like it!

Chapter 35

The Suitor Part Two

The night at the Pokémon Center had been calm and peaceful. Jason's confidence was at its peak. After his little skirmish battle with John yesterday, he felt that he had his next Gym battle in the bag. He had his Pokémon healed before leaving the center. Now him and Luxio were heading towards Akira's house. There hadn't been enough room at Akira's house for everyone to stay, so Jason had willingly decided to stay at the Pokémon Center. Jason must have been up really early, because the streets of Viridian were empty. Jason shrugged and kept walking.

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"So what do you have planned today, Jason?" Akira asked as the group was sitting in the main room. "Gonna go get your last badge?"

"Yup." Jason nodded.

Luxio and Blitz were sitting by the window together.

"Do you want us to tag along for moral support?" Mal asked.

"Nah." Jason shook his head. "I think I'll take this one alone."

"Kelly's going to be there isn't she." Maria said.

"Jason just wants so alone time with her." Brian nudged Jason.

Jason could feel himself blushing. Maria giggled a bit.

"Well if you want some alone time, then maybe me and Brian could use some alone time also." She said.

Brian looked over at Maria and smiled when he saw the tempting look on her eyes.

"Yeah, some alone time would be great." Brain said, not breaking eye contact with her.

"Well, Mal wanted to go to the Viridian Forest." Akira smirked. "We'll just go there so you guys can have your 'alone time'."

Mal was too focused on taking pictures of Luxio and Blitz together to know what was going on.

"They look so CUTE together!" She squealed.

Brian's Axew was resting next to him and Maria's Glaceon rested next to her feet.

"I can't believe that my journey is almost over." Jason said. "It feels just like yesterday that I started."

"It does." Akira agreed. "The journey went by too fast."

"I wonder what's going to happen after this is all over."

Those words were followed by silence as everyone started to realize that soon they would be separating.

"Well we'll still have plenty of time together." Maria said. "For now, Jason needs to go get his last badge."

Jason nodded and stood up off the couch.

"Alright guys, I'll see you in a bit." Jason said. "Luxio come on." He looked over at his Pokémon

Luxio looked at him and nodded. She turned back and nuzzled Blitz then walked after Jason as they both left.

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Jason and Luxio stood in front of the Viridian Gym. The Gym was now open, the lights were on and the door was wide open, waiting for Jason to enter. He knew something wasn't right. Kelly wasn't here waiting for him. The air felt thick and heavy just like before. But there was something else also.

"I have a bad feeling about this Luxio." Jason said.

Luxio looked up at him with a worried expression."

"I know girl." He replied. "As long as we stay together, we'll be fine."

Jason took a deep breath and him and his Pokémon proceeded into the gym. The room was brightly lit and it was just a flat open room with a dark blue marble floor. There was a battlefield in the middle of the gym with bleachers on the right side of the field. Jason spotted John and Kelly at the bottom of the bleachers. John was wearing a long trench coat like black suit and Kelly was wearing a beautiful red dress that hugged her body, showing off her curves. Jason instantly knew something was wrong. Kelly and John were talking and Kelly appeared to enjoy John's company.

"Didn't she hate him yesterday?" Jason thought to himself.

He shrugged and him and Luxio walked closer to them.

"Well you finally show." John said.

"Oh! Hey Jason!" Kelly turned and smiled at him.

Jason glared at John as he approached him.

"Hey Kelly." Jason smiled at Kelly and leaned in to kiss her.

Kelly suddenly pushed him away and moved closer to John, who put his arm around her.

"What are you trying to do!" Kelly looked at Jason with a scared look in her eyes.

"I-I was just going to kiss you….like I always do." Jason said, confused.

"What do you mean kiss me like you always do?" Now Kelly looked confused. "I never kissed you before! We're just friends!"

"How can we be friends? I'm your boyfriend!" Jason said.

"Boyfriend? How can you be my boyfriend when I'm engaged to John?" She laughed. "I mean you're just a commoner and John's the richest and most handsome man in the world." She looked up at John and gave him a smile and a quick kiss on the lips.

Jason frowned. He felt hurt and confused. What was going on? Luxio was glaring and growling at John.

"Come on Jason." John said, making eye contact with him. "You know it to be true."

Jason kept eye contact for a while, and then his frown turned into a glare.

"I don't believe a word you say." Jason said accusingly to John. "You did something. I know you did!"

"I have no idea what you are talking about." John said with a clueless expression.

Jason knew something was terribly wrong here. Kelly wouldn't just call him a commoner and after yesterday, Kelly wouldn't say she loved John. Jason didn't know what to do though.

"Give me the battle I came for." Jason said.

"If that's what you wish." John smirked.

Jason angrily turned away from the two and head to his side of the battlefield, Luxio following him. When he got to his side, he knelt down next to his Luxio.

"Something isn't right here, Luxio." Jason whispered to his Pokémon. "Something is terribly wrong. John has done something to Kelly. Keep an eye out."

"Lux." Luxio nodded.

Jason stood up and looked over at John, who was already on the other side.

"It'll be a three on three battle." He said. "Try not to lose too fast."

Jason growled.

"John!" Kelly called out. "Good luck baby!" She blew him a kiss.

John pretended to catch it. He looked over at Jason and smirked at the expression on Jason face. It was an expression of disbelief, pain and anger. Jason just couldn't believe what was going on. Jason angrily drew a Pokeball and called out his Vaporeon. He hadn't formed any sort of strategy, he just wanted to kick John's butt.

"Oh by the way, Jason Malone." John smirked as he drew a Pokeball. "I'm a master of Dark type Pokémon. Sableye! Ascend into darkness." John tossed the Pokeball.

A small, purple, bug like Pokémon with jewel eyes appeared. Jason gritted his teeth at the sight of the Sableye. He knew this Pokémon had no type disadvantages and it being part Ghost meant that normal and fighting type attacks wouldn't affect it, but it was a slow Pokémon.

"Vaporeon use Water Gun!" Jason wasted no time getting to it.

Vaporeon opened its mouth, but before it could launch an attack, Sableye quickly moved and it Vaporeon, forcing it to flinch.

"How'd you like that?" John smirked. "Fake Out."

Jason growled at him.

"Vaporeon use Aqua Tail!"

Vaporeon's mermaid like tail started to glow a bright blue as the Pokémon rushed towards the Sableye. Jason had underestimated the Sableye. It was fast. Fast enough to jump over Vaporeon's attack and then strike back with a Thunderpunch all before Jason even knew what had happened. Vaporeon had been paralyzed by the attack.

"Zen Headbutt." John said the order calmly.

Sableye lowered its head and then launched itself, striking Vaporeon hard. Vaporeon was thrown back to Jason's feet, fainted. Jason frowned.

"Yeah! Good Job baby!" Kelly cheered John on.

John continued to smirk. Jason sighed. He had done terrible that last round. He was better than this, but he was letting rage and jealous run him. He had to calm down if he wanted any chance at winning this. Jason looked over at Kelly; she was smiling and cheering for John. He grimaced and looked away. Jason felt something nudge his leg. He looked down and saw Luxio look up at him with a determined expression.

"You want a shot at him?" He asked his Pokémon.

"Luxio." Luxio nodded.

Jason smirked and nodded back. Luxio turned to face John and his Sableye and ran out onto the field.

"Your electric cat can't save you now." John said.

"We'll see." Jason replied. "Luxio use Flash!"

"Lux!" Luxio cried as her body flashed brightly for a second, blinding the Sableye.

The bright light disappeared, Luxio was gone and in her place was a freshly dug hole.

"You think a hole will help you?" John said.

"No, but it's a start." Jason smirked.

"Sableye." John said in an amused tone. "Go after it."

Sableye jumped into the air, and then slammed down into the ground, digging after Luxio.

"Big mistake!" Jason said. "Luxio Discharge!"

The ground shook, as if an earthquake was happening. A huge dome of electricity shot out of the ground, destroying the battlefield and leaving a huge crater in the middle of it. Sableye had been hit by the power attack, but, surprisingly, was still standing. Luxio jumped out of the crater and landed on Jason's side of the field.

"How dare you destroy my battlefield." John said.

"That's not all I'm gonna destroy." Jason replied. "Luxio Iron Tail!"

Luxio jumped down into the crater and then started to run towards Sableye. As Luxio neared the edge of the crater, she jumped up to hit Sableye from the air.

"Mud Slap."

Sableye got a handful of dirt and tossed it at Luxio, hitting her right in the eyes and blinding her. Luxio hit the ground and rolled. The Iron Tail attack was still going and, luckily Sableye was hit by the attack and had fainted.

"No!" Kelly gasped when Sableye fainted.

"Don't worry my dear Kelly." John said.

Jason frowned when he saw Luxio trying to get the dirt out of her eyes. If she couldn't see, then she couldn't battle.

"Luxio! You still in this?" Jason called out.

Luxio opened one of its eyes and nodded. Jason couldn't' help but smile.

"There's not a Pokémon in the world that can stop you." He said.

"Not bad, street rat." John said as he called back his Sableye. "But that was only the beginning." He drew another Pokeball. "Mightyena! Lead them to the dark!"

A huge dog like Pokémon appeared. It barred it fangs at Luxio. Luxio growled back at it.

"Mightyena use Me First!"

Jason waited for Mightyena to make a move, but it never moved.

"Luxio use Quick Attack!" Luxio was about to run forward, but suddenly Mightyena used Quick Attack and hit Luxio. Luxio was knocked to the ground. Luxio got back to her feet.

"Now use Scary Face."

Mightyena glared at Luxio. Luxio froze and started to tremble in fear.

"Luxio! Come on! Snap out of it!"

"Now use Payback."

Mightyena jumped forward and struck Luxio with its claws. Luxio roughly rolled around the ground and came to a stop in front of Jason. Luxio was unable to keep battling.

"Yes!" Kelly cheered. "Good Job Mightyena!"

Jason sighed. He knelt down and lifted up Luxio. Luxio was bigger than Shinx, but not too big that Jason couldn't carry her.

"You did good." He said to her. "Now rest up."

She looked up at him sadly as he set her down on his pack.

"Don't worry Luxio. I got this." He winked at her.

Jason turned back to face John. Jason was down to his last Pokémon. The battle wasn't going too good and Kelly's constant cheering for John didn't help him focus. He sighed and drew his last Pokeball.

"You're my last hope." Jason tossed the ball and out came his Charmeleon.

"Char!" The Pokémon roared.

Jason always had depended on Charmeleon in a pinch. Charmeleon had never let him down before.

"Mightyena use Bite."

Mightyena started to run around the crater, approaching Charmeleon at a fast pace. Jason didn't give Charmeleon any orders; he just waited for the dog Pokémon to get closer.

"Brick Break!"

Just as Mightyena neared Charmeleon, Charmeleon chopped Mightyena with his hand. The attack connected and was super effective. Mightyena was stopped in its tracks.

"Dragon Pulse!"

Charmeleon fired a blue beam from its mouth. The attack knocked into Mightyena, sending it flying over the crater and landed at John's feet. Mightyena was no longer able to battle.

"No! Mightyena!" Kelly cried.

Jason once again lost his focus. John called back his dog Pokémon.

"Once again you impress me." John smirked. "You're pretty good for middle class, but sadly it all has to end here. For you will not beat my next Pokémon. I do have a proposal for you. Let's up the ante."

Jason looked at him for a second.

"I'm listening." Jason said.

"I don't' know what compels you to keep battling. Could it be the girl?" John said. "She is quite beautiful." They both looked up at Kelly.

She couldn't hear their conversation.

"Let's say the winner of this battle gets to marry her." John continued.

Jason instantly blushed.

"Marry Kelly?" Jason said.

Jason thought it was still too early in the relationship to even consider marriage, but he'd be lying if he said he hadn't thought about it.

"Yes. The Winner will get to keep seeing Kelly and the loser has to get out of her life." John said. "You'd come this far, street rat, but can you finish what you'd started."

Jason growled at him. He hated being called street rat.

"Fine. I'm in." Jason replied.

John smirked.

"Weavile. Strike from the shadows!" John tossed his last Pokeball.

Weavile appeared. The same Pokémon that Jason had defeated yesterday. Jason's confidence came back to him.

"I got this." He thought.

"Charmeleon use Flamethrower!"

Charmeleon fired a stream of fire towards the Dark Ice Pokémon. Weavile, without a care in the world, just stepped to the side and completely avoided the attack.

"Weavile, show them you're true power."

Weavile smirked and then disappeared. It reappeared in front of Charmeleon and struck the fire lizard with a power Night Slash attack. Charmeleon was knocked to the floor, but he quickly recovered.

"Charmeleon use Brick Break."

Charmeleon rushed towards Weavile, but just as it neared it, Charmeleon was blasted back by a wave of dark energy. Charmeleon hit the ground, bug got up again. A bit slower this time.

"Weavile use Quick Attack Night Slash combo barrage." John ordered.

Weavile's claws started to glow a dark color as it sped towards Charmeleon. Weavile moved so fast that all that could be seen was a red and purple blur. Charmeleon was continually being hit by Weavile, unable to move or counterattack. Jason felt his hopes slipping as Charmeleon fell to one knee and grimaced in pain. John smirked evilly. The battle from yesterday had been a ruse. John had purpose lost the match to give Jason a false sense of confidence going into this Gym battle and then tricked him into agreeing to their little wager. Soon he would have Kelly all to himself. Jason felt the end becoming more and more apparent. He couldn't believe it was going to end this way. He wasn't going to get his last badge, he wasn't going to be able to partake in the World Tournament, but most importantly he was going to lose Kelly. Jason looked over at Kelly. She was smiling and cheering and even though he knew it wasn't for him, it's still made him happy.

"I love you." Jason said at a whisper. "And I'm not going to lose you."

He looked back onto the battlefield.

"Come on Charmeleon! You can do it!" Jason said as he felt his own confidence grow. "I'm counting on you! You're my go to Pokémon when I'm in trouble! Come on buddy!"

Charmeleon must have heard every word, because the flame on its tail doubled in size and grew a little bigger every time it was hit. Jason knew what this was and he smirked. Charmeleon had just learned Rage.

"What are you smirking about?" John frowned.

"Well John…" Jason continued to smirk. "Let's just say my luck has turned."

Charmeleon stopped flinching from the attacks and its tail flame had tripled in size.

"Charmeleon, just because you can't see it doesn't mean you can't hit it." Jason said. "Stick your tail out and spin."

Charmeleon nodded. It stuck its tail flame straight out and started rapidly spinning in place. Soon, small embers were shooting out of his tail and firing all over the place. Weavile was hit by a few embers and it appeared close to Charmeleon. Charmeleon stopped spinning and jumped forward, hitting the Weavile with a mighty Fire Punch attack. Weavile was sent flying and knocked out in one attack. Jason smirked as John realized Weavile had fainted.

"Charmeleon! You did it!" Jason cheered.

"Char! Char!" Charmeleon said happily.

Kelly had stopped cheering and had frowned. John frowned as he called back Weavile and walked over to Jason.

"You beat me." He said, still frowning. "I admit defeat."

John handed Jason the Earth Badge. The last badge that Jason need.

"And…I'm a man of my word." John waved his arm and Kelly fainted in the stands. "She won't remember any of this."

"Who are you?" Jason asked, an intense look on his face.

"There are things in this world, Jason…" John said. "..Bigger threats. Rocket and Anubis aren't your biggest problems."

John disappeared. He just disappeared. Jason and Charmeleon looked around confused, unsure of what had happened.

"What did he mean?" Jason was confused.

He suddenly remembered Kelly. Jason quickly called back Charmeleon and Luxio, and then ran over to the stands and up to where Kelly was. He held her in his arms as she started to wake. Kelly yawned and slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes went wide when she saw Jason.

"Jason?" Kelly sat up "How'd I get here?" She asked as she looked around.

"Good morning sleepy head." Jason smiled. "You fell asleep during my Gym battle."

"I fell asleep?" She said confused. "I'm so sorry! I was suppose to cheer you on! Do you win?"

Jason held up the Earth Badge for her to see. Kelly's face lit up when she saw it. She moved forward and hugged him tightly.

"I'm sorry that I fell asleep. I'll make it up to you." She said as she pulled away.

"You'll make it up to me?" Jason repeated.

Kelly nodded.

"I know a way you can make it up to me." Jason smirked.

Kelly smiled and they kissed. It was the best kiss they had ever had.

Whoa! The guy just totally disappeared! I wonder who he really was Anyway, Jason won back the girl an new everything is back to normal. Jason also has his last badge, so now he can compete in the World Tournament! Please don't forget to review and Thank You for reading!