Chapter 2: Something Good Out of Something Bad
The next day was a Saturday, so I called up Steph and Samantha and asked them if they wanted to go to Statue Plaza to hang out. They said yes, so I got dressed in the Union Bay fashion, grabbed my Ultra Ball with my Dratini inside it, and ran out the door and down Qwilfish Street to Entei Boulevard. Running down Qwilfish, I noticed the mammoth Radio Tower poking out of the skyline of medium sized skyscrapers and four-story single homes. When I thought I was almost out of breath, I had arrived at Statue Plaza. The clock tower had just rung ten times, and as I looked around, searching for any sign of Samantha or Steph, I noticed some other familiar, unwanted faces. I noticed a whole group of boys sitting at a café, and they were all wearing varsity jackets. "Here we go again!" I shouted. Deciding they weren't going to ruin my day, I walked across the street to the statues and the clock tower, with flowers all around. I thought they had noticed me when I flipped back my hair, but I guess they didn't . for now I mean. But when I started to smell one of the flowers, they noticed me and started making a scene.
"Hey Aaron, it's Rachel from school!" Seth shouted to Aaron. "Who's Rachel?" another goon asked. Aaron told his friend who I was, I guess, because I didn't hear what he said. Then, as I turned around and looked at the clock tower, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that all of them got up and started walking towards me. I panicked, and then started jogging away from them. When they started running, I ran too. Down Entei Boulevard to the Shorefront, running as fast as I could with eight varsity soccer players on your tail is not exactly a picnic. On the way to the Shorefront, I passed some Pokemon boutiques. They had a Lure Ball, which I thought would be really cool to house Dratini. Passing another avenue with several cars zooming by, I ran into someone. I excused myself, and ran some more. As soon as I reached the Shorefront, a street with pastel-colored houses on one side and the beach on the other, a bus pulled up. This one was a dark blue bus with a light blue stripe and a fake Tentacool in the front. I jumped on board, and three seconds after I got on, it closed, and I was finally away from those annoying boys.
After escaping that wild child and all his little friends, I wouldn't have minded anything. Sitting next to a window, I stared out into Union Bay, with which the town was named for. Seeing the stadium as the bus passed by it, I imagined myself holding the Imoto Pokemon Trophy high in the air with my Dratini right beside me. I imagined myself shouting out into the crowd, shouting, "I'm the best!" Of course, this would be perfectly normal, if I hadn't really shouted it. I slithered down into my seat so that everyone would stop staring at me.
About ten miles down the road, I came across the Union Bay Pokemon Gym. Union Bay is unique in that both the Union Bay Stadium, where the Imoto Convention is held, and the Union Bay Gym, one of the eight gyms that the Imoto Pokemon League has validated. This one just happened to be a Water Pokemon Gym, run by my aunt, Aurora, an extremely experienced Water Pokemon Trainer. I got off the bus at the corner and ran inside. The receptionist greeted me and told me that my aunt was inside in the poolroom where Water Pokemon trainers come and practice. I walked in to the chlorine-smelling room, where I met with my aunt.
"I have a problem, Aunt Aurora." I told her. "Well, what is it child? You know I can help with anything." She replied with confidence. "Well, these boys from school are really freaking me out. They keep chasing after me!" I started sulking. "Well, boys will be boys. I guess the only thing you can do is teach them a lesson." Then, when I thought I had gotten rid of all my troubles, at least for one day, who would walk in but Seth and Aaron and all their friends, looking for a Pokemon match. I started to get paranoid again. "Those are the guys I was talking about, Aunt Aurora! What do I do?" I was really nervous. "Well, in this case, I say the best thing to do here is to teach those boys a lesson. I have a plan, if you're interested." She always came up with the best plans. She then told me of her plan. I was going to act as the Gym Leader of the gym for this match, and since my aunt had great confidence in me, I knew I would be able to overcome anything. She then asked me if I had brought Dratini, which I didn't, so I'd have to use one of her Pokemon, but that was okay, since I spent time raising them myself. I picked Lanturn and Qwilfish, two of the Pokemon I had bonded with most closely and two of the most strategically advanced Water Pokemon. I picked out their Pokeballs, and attached them to a belt. Then I went to get changed, and if you're interested, it was into a royal blue bikini with blue and aqua strings hanging from it. I decided to take a quick dive into the pool. It felt so good as the tips of my toes touched the cool tile on the pool floor, feeling free like that. Then, when I saw that those goons had entered the room and were awaiting my arrival, I rose to the surface, making sure they didn't see whom I was, and since they had never seen me wear this before, I was safe. I walked out of the pool and grabbed a towel, throwing it on my head and rubbed my hair dry, moving into my position. My aunt started the battle. "Trainer, are you ready?" she said to Aaron, the one battling today. Aaron, with a serious look on his face, shouted, "Ready!" Then, my aunt turned to me. "Gym Leader, you are ready?" It was time for my cue. I grabbed the towel, threw it into the sky, and it landed across my shoulders. Then, I revealed my face to my opponents with a determined look on my face. "Let's do this!" The boys jumped back a little. Seth, a little confused, turned to Aaron and said, "Dude, she's the gym leader!" Aaron smiled. "Then I will certainly enjoy this battle." I stood there with no reaction, then yelled, "Are you ready or not?" And with that, the Pokemon battle began. The rules were explained; use one Pokemon and the first to knock out both wins, and no switching. Aaron, playing smart, revealed his first Pokemon. "Electabuzz, go!" I laughed. He had fallen right into my trap. "Lanturn, go! We can do it!" Lanturn jumped out of its Pokeball, and with a determined face, shouted, "Lan lan lan lan Lanturn!" Aaron, at first laughed. "Electabuzz, jump in and use Thunderbolt!" Electabuzz charged up and released lightning from its antennas, but unfortunately for Electabuzz, Lanturn, even though a Water Pokemon easily shook off the attack due to being half-Electric. Plus, I noticed that Electabuzz wasn't all that strong. I smirked. "That's what I thought. You assumed that all water Pokemon are the same. Lanturn, return fire! Use your Spark attack!" Lanturn, using Spark, paralyzed Electabuzz easily.
I told Lanturn then to use Whirlpool, and it swam around Electabuzz at an alarming speed. A whirlpool formed around Electabuzz, throwing it up out of the pool and making it crash into the roof, then throwing it back into the water, surprisingly KO'ing it. Aaron, disappointed, returned Electabuzz into its Pokeball. "Well, looks like you're both beautiful and powerful." He then gave a little smirk. "The best of both worlds." Seth smirked as well. I turned to my aunt, and said, "Well that wasn't much of a workout, was it? I would escort these fine ." I bit my tongue to that, ". gentlemen outside, but I'm afraid I'm tied up with the associate trainer tryouts." I then turned to the boys, who I hated even more. "Excuse me, gentlemen." I then walked into one of the next rooms, a spare office, closed the door, and laughed with my hand over my mouth. "Maybe that will show them I mean business." I laughed.
The next day was a Saturday, so I called up Steph and Samantha and asked them if they wanted to go to Statue Plaza to hang out. They said yes, so I got dressed in the Union Bay fashion, grabbed my Ultra Ball with my Dratini inside it, and ran out the door and down Qwilfish Street to Entei Boulevard. Running down Qwilfish, I noticed the mammoth Radio Tower poking out of the skyline of medium sized skyscrapers and four-story single homes. When I thought I was almost out of breath, I had arrived at Statue Plaza. The clock tower had just rung ten times, and as I looked around, searching for any sign of Samantha or Steph, I noticed some other familiar, unwanted faces. I noticed a whole group of boys sitting at a café, and they were all wearing varsity jackets. "Here we go again!" I shouted. Deciding they weren't going to ruin my day, I walked across the street to the statues and the clock tower, with flowers all around. I thought they had noticed me when I flipped back my hair, but I guess they didn't . for now I mean. But when I started to smell one of the flowers, they noticed me and started making a scene.
"Hey Aaron, it's Rachel from school!" Seth shouted to Aaron. "Who's Rachel?" another goon asked. Aaron told his friend who I was, I guess, because I didn't hear what he said. Then, as I turned around and looked at the clock tower, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that all of them got up and started walking towards me. I panicked, and then started jogging away from them. When they started running, I ran too. Down Entei Boulevard to the Shorefront, running as fast as I could with eight varsity soccer players on your tail is not exactly a picnic. On the way to the Shorefront, I passed some Pokemon boutiques. They had a Lure Ball, which I thought would be really cool to house Dratini. Passing another avenue with several cars zooming by, I ran into someone. I excused myself, and ran some more. As soon as I reached the Shorefront, a street with pastel-colored houses on one side and the beach on the other, a bus pulled up. This one was a dark blue bus with a light blue stripe and a fake Tentacool in the front. I jumped on board, and three seconds after I got on, it closed, and I was finally away from those annoying boys.
After escaping that wild child and all his little friends, I wouldn't have minded anything. Sitting next to a window, I stared out into Union Bay, with which the town was named for. Seeing the stadium as the bus passed by it, I imagined myself holding the Imoto Pokemon Trophy high in the air with my Dratini right beside me. I imagined myself shouting out into the crowd, shouting, "I'm the best!" Of course, this would be perfectly normal, if I hadn't really shouted it. I slithered down into my seat so that everyone would stop staring at me.
About ten miles down the road, I came across the Union Bay Pokemon Gym. Union Bay is unique in that both the Union Bay Stadium, where the Imoto Convention is held, and the Union Bay Gym, one of the eight gyms that the Imoto Pokemon League has validated. This one just happened to be a Water Pokemon Gym, run by my aunt, Aurora, an extremely experienced Water Pokemon Trainer. I got off the bus at the corner and ran inside. The receptionist greeted me and told me that my aunt was inside in the poolroom where Water Pokemon trainers come and practice. I walked in to the chlorine-smelling room, where I met with my aunt.
"I have a problem, Aunt Aurora." I told her. "Well, what is it child? You know I can help with anything." She replied with confidence. "Well, these boys from school are really freaking me out. They keep chasing after me!" I started sulking. "Well, boys will be boys. I guess the only thing you can do is teach them a lesson." Then, when I thought I had gotten rid of all my troubles, at least for one day, who would walk in but Seth and Aaron and all their friends, looking for a Pokemon match. I started to get paranoid again. "Those are the guys I was talking about, Aunt Aurora! What do I do?" I was really nervous. "Well, in this case, I say the best thing to do here is to teach those boys a lesson. I have a plan, if you're interested." She always came up with the best plans. She then told me of her plan. I was going to act as the Gym Leader of the gym for this match, and since my aunt had great confidence in me, I knew I would be able to overcome anything. She then asked me if I had brought Dratini, which I didn't, so I'd have to use one of her Pokemon, but that was okay, since I spent time raising them myself. I picked Lanturn and Qwilfish, two of the Pokemon I had bonded with most closely and two of the most strategically advanced Water Pokemon. I picked out their Pokeballs, and attached them to a belt. Then I went to get changed, and if you're interested, it was into a royal blue bikini with blue and aqua strings hanging from it. I decided to take a quick dive into the pool. It felt so good as the tips of my toes touched the cool tile on the pool floor, feeling free like that. Then, when I saw that those goons had entered the room and were awaiting my arrival, I rose to the surface, making sure they didn't see whom I was, and since they had never seen me wear this before, I was safe. I walked out of the pool and grabbed a towel, throwing it on my head and rubbed my hair dry, moving into my position. My aunt started the battle. "Trainer, are you ready?" she said to Aaron, the one battling today. Aaron, with a serious look on his face, shouted, "Ready!" Then, my aunt turned to me. "Gym Leader, you are ready?" It was time for my cue. I grabbed the towel, threw it into the sky, and it landed across my shoulders. Then, I revealed my face to my opponents with a determined look on my face. "Let's do this!" The boys jumped back a little. Seth, a little confused, turned to Aaron and said, "Dude, she's the gym leader!" Aaron smiled. "Then I will certainly enjoy this battle." I stood there with no reaction, then yelled, "Are you ready or not?" And with that, the Pokemon battle began. The rules were explained; use one Pokemon and the first to knock out both wins, and no switching. Aaron, playing smart, revealed his first Pokemon. "Electabuzz, go!" I laughed. He had fallen right into my trap. "Lanturn, go! We can do it!" Lanturn jumped out of its Pokeball, and with a determined face, shouted, "Lan lan lan lan Lanturn!" Aaron, at first laughed. "Electabuzz, jump in and use Thunderbolt!" Electabuzz charged up and released lightning from its antennas, but unfortunately for Electabuzz, Lanturn, even though a Water Pokemon easily shook off the attack due to being half-Electric. Plus, I noticed that Electabuzz wasn't all that strong. I smirked. "That's what I thought. You assumed that all water Pokemon are the same. Lanturn, return fire! Use your Spark attack!" Lanturn, using Spark, paralyzed Electabuzz easily.
I told Lanturn then to use Whirlpool, and it swam around Electabuzz at an alarming speed. A whirlpool formed around Electabuzz, throwing it up out of the pool and making it crash into the roof, then throwing it back into the water, surprisingly KO'ing it. Aaron, disappointed, returned Electabuzz into its Pokeball. "Well, looks like you're both beautiful and powerful." He then gave a little smirk. "The best of both worlds." Seth smirked as well. I turned to my aunt, and said, "Well that wasn't much of a workout, was it? I would escort these fine ." I bit my tongue to that, ". gentlemen outside, but I'm afraid I'm tied up with the associate trainer tryouts." I then turned to the boys, who I hated even more. "Excuse me, gentlemen." I then walked into one of the next rooms, a spare office, closed the door, and laughed with my hand over my mouth. "Maybe that will show them I mean business." I laughed.