May, Wally, and Brendan had just passed through route 113.

The entire time Wally was holding a cloth to his face. Also Grovyle refused to return to his pokeball while they traveled through the Route.

When they had finally reached Route 111 Wally pulled the cloth away from his mouth and let out a big gasp "oh air. I've missed you so much."

"Are you OK Wally?" Brendan asked.

"Yeah, I'm good." Wally said in between giant breaths.

"Grovyle?" the grass type said with concern.

"It's OK Grovyle. I'm all right." Wally said and took another deep breath.

"Good, because if you had collapsed neither of us were going to kiss you. We're going to leave the kissing to Alex." May said with a grin.

"It! Wasn't! A! Kiss!" Wally yelled with a bright red face.

"Sure. If you say so." May said with a big smile on her face.

"Alright that's enough children." Brendan said.

"Who are you calling children?" May asked.

"Mostly you." Brendan said to May with a grin that he hid.

May just pouted and stuck her tongue out at Brendan.

"Hey guys I hate to ask but would you mind if we stopped for a second." Wally said while leaning on a rock and breathing heavily.

May looked concerned and said "Wally? Are you ok?"

"Gro Grovyle?" the grass type said with a hand on Wally's back.

"Yeah but I don't feel like taking chances. Just a few minutes?" he asked.

"OK. It's almost time to eat anyway." Brendan said and took out several sandwiches and handed them to Wally and May.

"Thanks." they said.

Before they could start to eat however, a loud voice said "there they are!"

Turning towards the voices the group saw four people walking towards them.

They recognized the group of men as the guys they had all beaten in the Preliminary Round of the Tournament.

The largest and oldest man, Jek was just glaring daggers at Wally which caused the shy boy to back away.

The second one, Aaron was glaring at May with an annoyed look.

The third man, Tom looked at Brendan with a look that matched his friends.

The fourth man however looked confused and was looking around.

May walked forward and said "What do you four want?"

"That's simple. We want some payback." Aaron said.

"We beat you fair and square. It's not our fault that your sore losers." May said.

The biggest man, Jek, walked up to May, towering over her tiny stature but May didn't back down.

Before anything could happen the one called Mike said "where's Alex?"

"Who cares? We have these three brats. Let's take them down." Tom said.

"I don't care about these three. I just want Alex." Mike said.

"We're suppose to meet up with her around Fortree City." Wally said.

"Thanks." Mike said before he released a rather large Pidgeot and hopped onto its back and flew away.

"I hope he enjoys losing to Alex a second time." Wally said under his breath.

By now all six trainers had a pokeball in their hands.

"We don't have any issue with you. Just go away and leave us alone." Brendan said.

"Not happening. We all want a rematch and we're not letting you leave without one." Tom said before releasing a Pokémon that looked similar to Earnest's Alakazam.

And as if he read her mind, Brandon said "Kadabra, it evolves into Alakazam."

"So let's see just how well you do against us this time." Aaron said and released a Seviper.

"Seviper!" the long poison Pokémon hissed menacingly.

"And this time your the one who's going down." Jek said and released a Beautifly.

"Well guys, looks like we have no choice." Wally said.

"It's no problem. We beat these sore losers before and we can do it again." May said which caused Brendon to chuckle.

"What's so funny?" she asked.

"Nothing it's just that you actually sound like Alex." he said.

"Hey yeah she is." Wally said.

"Wally I will throw you into a pile of ashes if you say that again." May said before releasing Aron.

"Ron! Aron Ron!" Aron said after being released.

"Message received." Wally said and released Trapinch.

"Trapinch!" Trapinch said and snapped his mouth menacingly at their opponents.

"There's no need to start with death threats May." Brendan said and released Bagon.

"Gon! Bagon!" the dragon type said happily upon being released.

"I think I'll start first. Bagon flamethrower on Seviper!" Brendon said.

"Launch your own flamethrower Seviper!" Aaron said.

Both Pokémon launched powerful jets of flames from their mouths which clashed together in a large explosion.

"Bagon break it off and use headbutt!" Brendan said.

"Dragon tail!" Aaron said.

Bagon stopped his flamethrower attack and rushed forward head first not even flinching when the flames from Sevipers flamethrower hit his head.

However once Bagon got in range the blade of Sevipers tail shone blue and it swung it's tail at Bagon which hit his head and sent Bagon flying.

Bagon landed and grabbed his head in pain.

"Trapinch rock slide on all of them!" Wally said.

"Trapinch!" the ground type said before summoning a barrage of rocks that appeared right over the heads of the the opponents.

"Kadabra stop them with psychic." Tom said.

"Kadabra!" the psychic type said with its eyes glowing blue.

Suddenly all the rocks that Trapinch created stopped as if frozen in time.

"Now let's return the favor. Kadabra send them back!" Tom said.

Kadabra waved the spoon in its left hand and all of the stones flew at Aron, Trapinch, and Bagon.

"Aron iron defense!" May said.

"Trapinch dig!" Wally said.

"Bagon keep your head up!" Brendan said which confused both May and Wally.

Aron's body became outlined in blue and his body shone brightly right before the rocks hit him. However the rocks simply shattered against Aron's steel body.

Trapinch quickly dug underground and avoided all of the rocks that flew his way.

Bagon just braced himself and held his head up high. Every rock that hit his head just shattered.

"That's one hard headed pokemon." May said with a laugh.

"That was a terrible joke." Brendan said with a groan.

"Really terrible." Wally agreed which caused May to pout.

"Beautifly use energy ball on Trapinch!" Jek said.

Beautifly un-curled it's nose and formed a ball of dark green energy that flew right at Trapinch.

"Pinch!" Trapinch said and was knocked onto his back but quickly got back up.

"Bagon use flamethrower on Beautifly!" Brendan said.

"Dodge and use aerial ace!" Jek said.

Bagon launched a jet of flames from his mouth but Beautifly gracefully dodged and shone white and slammed into Bagon who was pushed back and let out a small grunt.

"Aron hit Beautifly with iron head while it's close to the ground!" May said.

"Stop that Aron with a focus blast!" Tom said.

"Trapinch get in close with dig and then use bug bite!" Wally said.

Aron rushed forward and became surrounded in silver energy and managed to slam his head into Beautifly.

Kadabra on the other hand was about to launch its focus blast when Trapinch shot from the ground, his teeth glowing white and bit down on Kadabra's arm which caused it to lose its focus and caused the focus blast to miss by a mile.

"Kadabra teleport yourself away and hit that weak Trapinch with an energy ball." Tom said.

Kadabra flickered out of sight and Trapinch was looking around for it. Kadabra then reappeared and launched a dark green ball at the ground type.

"Bagon blast it with dragon rage!" Brendon said.

"Bagon!" the dragon type said and launched a blast of dark blue energy at the dark green ball.

"OK Aron I think it's time for a bulldoze!" May said.

"May wait!" Brendan said.

But it was too late as Aron was already on his back legs and had slammed his front legs down on the ground which caused a shockwave that hit not just Seviper (which caused a lot of damage) and Kadabra who winced in pain. But it also hit Trapinch and Bagon.

"Pinch!" Trapinch said.

"Bagon Gon!" Bagon said angrily.

"May in a double or triple battle if you use a move like earthquake or bulldoze it doesn't just affect your opponents, it affects everyone." Brendan said.

"What? I didn't know that!" May said.

"And now, both Bagon and Trapinch's speed has fallen." Brendan said.

"While Beautifly is just as fast as ever." Jek said.

""Fly." Beautiifly said.

"Now Beautifly energy ball on Trapinch!" Jek said.

"Beautifly." the small bug/flying type said before launching another dark green ball at Trapinch which sent the small pokemon flying through the air.

"Bagon dragon rage!" Brendan said.

"Dodge it and hit back with aerial ace!" Jek said.

Before anyone could give out another attack Aron ran as fast as he could and managed to get in front of Bagon moments before Beautifly managed to hit him and ended up hitting Aron.

Beautifly hit with a loud "bong" and was stunned.

"Thanks Aron. Now Bagon use flamethrower!" Brendan said.

Bagon leapt over Aron and launched a jet of flames at the stunned Beautifly that caused it to cry in pain and was blasted backwards.

"That's a great idea Aron. We can use you as a shield." May said.

"Aron. Ron." Aron said with a smile.

"What good is a shield if it's broken? Kadabra use focus blast again!" Tom said.

"Trapinch rock tomb!" Wally said.

Trapinch quickly formed a large stone in his mouth and whipped it right at Kadabra.

"Kadabra!" the psychic type cried once the rock shattered against it.

"Bagon follow Wally's lead and use headbutt!" Brendan said.

"I don't think so kid! Seviper use use dragon tail again."

"Aron block it!" May said.

Aron quickly rushed towards Seviper and it's glowing blue tail and took the hit for Bagon who continued his charge and slammed into Kadabra who was just getting up.

"Now hit Seviper with iron head!" May said.

Aron rushed Seviper while surrounded with silver light and slammed into the poison type.

"OK Seviper wrap that Aron up and hold it tight!" Aaron said.

Seviper shot forward and wrapped it's entire body around Aron and squeezed which caused his metal like body to groan.

"Let's see how well you do without your so called shield." Aaron said.

"Jek get clear! Kadabra it's time for dazzling gleam!" Tom said.

Kadabra released a bright white light from its body that flew in every direction which hit Bagon and Trapinch but missed Beautifly.

"Bagon are you ok?" Brendan asked with concern.

"Gon." Bagon said with a nod but was panting heavily.

"OK. Wally follow my lead." Brendan said softly.

"Got it." Wally said back.

"OK Bagon flamethrower on Kadabra!" Brendan said.

"Trapinch dig!" Wally said.

Trapinch quickly burrowed underground while Bagon launched a jet of flames at Kadabra.

"Deflect it with psychic!" Tom said.

Kadabra shone blue and the flames turned and shot right into the sky.

"Wally go!" Brendan said.

"Right Trapinch bug bite!" Wally said.

Trapinch shot from underground with his large teeth glowing white and growing in length and bit down on Kadabra's arm which caused it to lose its concentration and caused the flames to fly right at it.

"Now Trapinch get out of there!" Wally said.

Trapinch quickly released his grip and dug back underground before Bagon's flames could hit.

"Now follow that up with a headbutt!" Brendan said.

Bagon rushed Kadabra and slammed his rock hard head right into its face which knocked the psychic type out.

"No we lost!" Tom said.

"What the hell was that Tom?" Jek asked annoyed.

"Seviper!" the poison type hissed angrily at Tom and squeezed Aron tighter.

"Guys, Aron could use some help!" May said.

"Trapinch use rock slide!" Wally said.

Trapinch held his head up high and summoned several rocks that slid down Beautifly, Seviper, and Aron.

"Dodge them Beautifly!" Jek said.

"Seviper throw Aron and then hit that Trapinch with aqua tail!" Aaron said.

Seviper managed to throw Aron with impressive speed considering Aron weighs over 100lbs and then quickly sped up to Trapinch with its tail surrounded with a spiral of water and slammed it against Trapinch and sent him flying.

"Trapinch!" Wally said with concern and ran to his fallen pokemon.

"Well, looks like it's two on two now." Jek said.

"Yeah so you two had better get ready to lose again." May said.

"Is that so? Beautifly use energy ball!" Jek said.

"Seviper use dragon tail!" Aaron said.

Beautifly launched a dark green ball at Aron while Seviper's tail turned blue and swung at Bagon.

"Aron block dragon tail and follow up with take down!"

"Bagon dodge energy ball and hit back with dragon rage!" Brendan said.

Aron rushed in front of the dragon tail and was pushed back but didn't even grunt before rushing forward and slamming into Seviper.

Bagon on the other hand leapt over the energy ball and then launched a jet of blue energy at Beautifly which knocked it out of the air.

"Switch!" May and Brendan said at the same time.

"Bagon dragon rage on Seviper now!" Brendan said.

"Aron take down on Beautifly before it gets up!" May said.

Both Pokémon launched their attacks which knocked both opposing pokemon out.

"Gon!" Bagon said happily and held his hand out for Aron but seemed to forget that Aron didn't have any hands so he couldn't give the dragon type a high five.

May couldn't help but laugh when Aron rose one of his legs and hit Bagon's hand.

"I told you that you guys would lose again." May said.

"Shut your mouth you brat!" Jek said angrily.

"Complaining about it won't change the face that we won and you lost. Now leave us alone." Brendan said while holding Armaldo's pokeball in case he had to use it.

"Come on Jek. We'll deal with these brats later." Aaron said and grabbed his friends arm.

"Fine. But this isn't over brats!" Jek said and walked away with Aaron and Tom following close behind.

"Geeze those guys are jerks." May said.

"Major jerks. But I actually hope we run into them again." Brendan said.

"What ever for?" Wally asked.

"So we can beat them again." May guessed.

"Bingo." Brendan said.

"Well May I have to say, the way you stood up to that big guy was pretty awesome." Wally said.

"Yeah when you did that I grabbed Armaldo's pokeball just in case he tried something." Brendan said.

"Well my dad always said if you back down to a bully then they'll keep pushing. Besides that guy was nothing compared to my dad's Slacking." May said.

"Well it was impressive none the less. Especially considering how tiny you are." Brendan teased.

"Hey I'm not tiny." May said with a pout.

"Really?" Brendan said and stood up straight. The top of May's head didn't even touch Brendan's chin.

May pouted again and said "whatever."

"Aw, she's pouting. How cute." Brendan said.

May smiled and kicked his shin "oww! Oww! Ok that hurt!" Brendan said while holding his leg.

"Well are you guys ready to keep on going? Provided you didn't break Brendan's leg." Wally asked.

"Sounds good to me." May said.

"Yeah. Let's go." Brendan said while groaning and holding his leg.

Outside Fortree City

"OK Frogadier finish this with a dark pulse!" Alex said.

Frogadier's blue frubbles turned black and he launched a swirling pulse of dark purple circles at the wild Kecleon who was blasted away into the tall grass.

"Great job as usual Frogadier." Alex said with a smile.

"Frog." Frogadier said with a smile before going back on alert and looking up at the sky.

"What's up? You see something?" Alex asked.

A Pidgeot landed and a guy dismounted the large flying type "what do you know. That green haired moron was actually telling the truth."

Alex couldn't put her finger on it but she knew the guy from somewhere.

Noticing the look on Alex's face the guy groaned and said "let me guess you really don't remember me?"

Alex held up a finger and said "give me a second it'll come to me. Mary? Miles? Max? Oh wait I got it! Morgoth!"

The guy face palmed and said "that first name was a girls name! And the last one isn't even a real name!"

"OK well as much as I would love to play guess my name with you I have better things to do. Namely beating Winona before May gets here." Alex said.

"Your not going anywhere until we battle." Mike said.

"Oh wonderful, a fan." Alex said.

"You humiliated me in the Fallarbour Tournament and I want some payback." the guy said.

"Sorry but do I get bonus points if I act like I care?" Alex said while filing her nails.

"You son of- let's just battle. And my name is Mike by the way." he said before releasing a Pokémon Alex recognized as Pumpkaboo.

"A Kalos pokemon?" Alex said with a look of surprise.

"Your not the only one who's got family in Kalos." Mike said.

"True. Well this is probably the best time for my newest Kalos pokemon. Phantump let's go!" Alex said.

"Phantump." the ghost/grass type said with three blue balls of fire surrounding him.

"OK Pumpkaboo use dark pulse!" Mike said.

"Block it with will-o-wisp!" Alex said.

Pumpkaboo launched a beam of swirling circles that collided with Phantump's blue fire ball.

"Shadow sneak!" Mike said.

Pumpkaboo sunk into the ground and only left it's shadow before rushing forward, leapt out of the ground, and slammed into Phantump.

"Phantump hit that shadow with shadow ball!" Alex said.

Phantump quickly formed a ball of shadow and threw it right at the pumpkin shaped shadow which knocked Pumpkaboo into the air.

"Flamethrower!" Mike said.

"Will-o-wisp!" Alex said.

Pumpkaboo launched a jet of flames from the holes on its lower body that collided with Phantumps blue fire ball and just like before nothing happened except a huge explosion.

"Now use shadow sneak again!" Mike said.

"Well this has been a fun little distraction but it's time to wrap this up. Phantump use phantom force!" Alex said.

Pumpkaboo sunk into the ground and shot at Phantump but suddenly he vanished.

"Boo? Pumpkaboo?" it said in confusion.

"Do it." Alex said.

Phantump appeared right in front of Pumpkaboo and slammed it with his small arms and knocked Pumpkaboo to the ground.

"What? No way?" Mike said.

"I know right? Not only is he cute but he a powerhouse too." Alex said and hugged Phantump who nuzzled back.

"I swear one of these days I'm going to beat you." Mike said and returned his Phantump.

"Well good luck living long enough." Alex said cheerfully as Mike started walking away.

"Phantump Phan Phan." Phantump said and waved at him.