Misty reached the bay area of Cerulean Cape. Her Pokémon all jumped straight into the ocean (all but Oddish that is). Misty quickly changed into a blue two-piece swimsuit, and jumped into the water as well.

"Okay everyone, let's get to work!" Misty exclaimed. The 4 Pokémon all let out a cry of agreement. "Alright, Goldeen, I want you to learn Ice Beam. Poliwag, can you help it out?" Misty asked.

"Poli!" replied Poliwag happily, and swam of with Goldeen.

"Staryu, you need some more variety in your moves, you only have Water and Normal moves" Misty stated, "So let's try to teach you Thunderbolt".

"Hyahh!" responded Staryu.

Misty got out of the water, and walked over to, and picked up Oddish. "Oddish, it may be too soon for you to battle…" said Misty, "I also don't have much experience with Grass types…" she admitted.

"You may have to sit on the side lines, at least for a little bit" said Misty. Oddish sighed, but nodded.

"Thanks for understanding, Oddish. I promise you'll get to battle soon" Misty promised.

(Later)

"Growlithe, Ember!" a female voice called from further down the beach. Misty turned to see a Growlithe attacking a rock with an Ember attack. About a metre away, stood a girl, presumably the fire type's trainer. She appeared to be around the same age as Misty, she had long auburn hair which she wore pigtails. She wore a crimson beanie with a black Poké Ball mark, a black vest, a white tank top, and blue jeans.

"Who's that?" wondered Misty out loud.

"Great Growlithe, now Heat Wave!" The girl ordered. Growlithe began focusing hard and then let out a large, uncontrolled wave of heat. The radius of the attack was so large that Oddish's leaves caught on fire. Oddish began to run around in panic.

"Ah! Oddish quick, put your leaves in the water!" Misty instructed. Oddish quickly did as it was told, and sighed in relief once the flames were out.

Relieved that Oddish was fine, Misty turned and glared out the girl, and started stomping towards her. "HEY!" she yelled.

"Huh?" The girl said in surprise and turned to see the redhead coming towards with a mad look on her face.

"That attack made my Oddish's leaves catch on fire!" Misty informed to girl, anger clear in her voice.

"Oh, sorry 'bout that, Growlithe kinda has problems controlling Heat Wave, but I'm sure it'll get the hang of it eventually" the girl explained.

"And what makes you so sure of that?" Misty asked.

"Because, I plan to be the best fire type trainer in the world, so I have to be able to help it master a fire attack" the girl replied proudly.

"Oh really now? Well I plan on being the number one water type trainer" Misty responded.

"Oh, and you plan on doing that with an Oddish?" the girl asked sarcastically.

"For your information, Oddish is my only non-water type!" Misty shot back, "my other 3 Pokémon are water type"

"Whatever, water types are nothing special anyway" the girl responded.

Misty's eyebrow twitched, "What was that!" Misty yelled back angrily.

"You heard me, fire types are so much better" the girl said with a smirk.

Misty decided she definitely did NOT like this girl. "Who do you think you are?!" Misty yelled.

"The name's Amber Fiamma, from Cinnabar Island, now who are you?"

"Misty Mizuyawa, one of the Cerulean City Gym Leaders" Misty replied with pride.

"Ha! You? A Gym Leader? Don't make me laugh!" Amber retorted, with a laugh.

Misty was really getting angry now.

"Grr… You wanna prove fire types are better? Fine! Let's battle, right now!" Misty yelled.

Amber smirked "You entering Cape tournament?" she asked.

"Yeah, so what?" Misty asked.

"I am too, so let's wait till we get matched up in the tournament" Amber suggested.

"Fine by me!" Misty agreed.

"See ya then, come on Growlithe" Amber said as she walked off with Growlithe following behind. "Oh Misty, try not to lose before we get to battle" she instructed before leaving the beach.

Misty growled as she watched Amber leave, but was interrupted when she heard a small "Odd?" from below. She looked down to see Oddish and Poliwag looking up at their trainer with concern.

"Don't worry you two, I'm fine, she just rubs me the wrong way, that's all" she assured, as she crouched down and pet the two blue Pokémon.

Misty entered the Pokémon Center and found her friends sitting in the cafeteria, with Ash and Pikachu stuffing their faces, as usual. She walked over to their table, and sat down next to Leaf with a huff.

"Hey Misty, tough day?" Leaf asked.

Misty sighed, "No, not really. I just met this girl who thinks fire types are better than water types" she answered.

"Oh, anyway, how'd your training go?" Leaf inquired.

"Pretty good actually" Misty replied, "Goldeen's starting to get the hang of Ice Beam, thanks to Poliwag, but Staryu is having some trouble with Thunderbolt" Misty explained "hey Ash, you think Pikachu could help it out later?" she asked.

"Sure Mist, right, Pikachu?" Ash asked his partner.

"Pika Pika!" Pikachu answered, giving a "thumbs" up.

"Thanks Pikachu" Misty thanked, "so, how did you guy's training go?" she asked.

"Mine went pretty well, Geodude and Onix both learned Rock Tomb and Zubat's working on learning Confuse Ray" Brock explained.

Leaf spoke up next. "As for me, Butterfree learned Silver Wind, and Bulbasaur learned Razor Leaf."

"I guess that just leaves me" stated Ash. "Pikachu perfected Thunderbolt, Charmander making decent progress with Dragon Rage, Pidgeotto learned Twister, Beedrill learned Pin Missile, Nidoran hasn't gotten the hang of Poison Jab yet, and Bulbasaur is working on learning Sludge, but still has a bit to go."

"I'd say our training days went pretty well, wouldn't you say?" Brock asked.

"I agree with you there Brocko" Ash replied, "I say, since the tournament doesn't start for another day, we relax tomorrow" he suggested.

"Sounds good to me" replied Misty, "hopefully it will help me get my mind of that Amber girl…"

Author's Notes:

I know this took longer to come out than it really should have, but hey. I should probably say I procrastinate, like, a lot. So don't expect frequent updates (as much as I would like to update often…)

Anyway, I was originally going to show Brock and Leaf's training, but ultimately decided to just focus on Misty. After all, I mostly just make these up as I go, though I do start with an idea in mind. But I kinda forgot I needed to introduce Amber, who if you couldn't tell, is going to be Misty's rival, for probably up until the end of Johto, but I'm not 100% sure yet. Amber was kinda based on Macy, who was one of Ash's opponents in the Johto League, who had a crush on Ash. Amber isn't going to have a crush on Ash though.

Next chapter will more than likely be the start of the Cape Tournament, though when that comes out I have no idea. Soooo, yeah… Umm, see you next time I guess!