) Blue's POV (

"So, um. what are yew gonna do?" Bill scratched his head. That annoying idiot. I can't concentrate with him around.

"What makes you think I know?!" I yelled. "Go ask that "perfectionist" Red!" That sudden outburst got me a few stares and disapproving mutters.

"I'm not a perfectionist! You're the one that actually spent time on a Porygon. 9,999 coins! 9,999!!!!!!!!" Red rolled up his sleeves.

"Let's settle this with a pokemon battle!" Something to keep my mind off things.

"Fine! Let's fight now, outside." We went outside, which we would have to have done sooner or later, because Nurse Joy looked disturbed. A crowd was drawn. "Go venasaur!"

"Venasaur!"

I whipped out my pokedex and selected a poke ball. "Charizard! Flamethrower!" A flame spouted from its mouth and headed for ivysaur.

"Venasaur return! Go Poliwrath! Water Gun!" It shot a stream of water at charizard.

"Gah! Return charizard! Pidgeot!" I recalled Charizard before it got hit by the water gun, and pidgeot took the damage. "Pidgeot, Wing attack!"

"Pidgeot!" It whacked poliwrath with one of its wings. "Flying/ Normal vs. Water/ Fighting! I win!"

"Hmph! Pika! Thunder!" Red threw another poke ball. My pidgeot got fried.

"Return pidgeot!" I consulted my pokedex. No ground or grass types. Charizard will have to do. "Charizard! Flamethrower!" Pika took a flamethrower in the face, and the heat caused it to faint. I smirked at him.

"It's not over yet! Gyrados! Hydro pump!" He threw the poke ball.

"Gar!" It appeared in a puff of smoke, and tall columns of water burst out of the ground, one eventually spouting out from under charizard. He fainted immediately.

"Charizard!" I glared at the pokedex. "Go Scyther! Slash!"

"Scyther!" Two large gashes appeared in the water dragon's side. Now gyrados was angry.

"Dragon Rage!" Red yelled. Blue flames were fired at Scyther. He took the hit, and little hp was left.

"Slash!" I yelled again. Gyrados fainted, but fired one more dragon rage before doing so. Scyther fell to the ground with a thud.

"Grr." Red returned Gyrados and chose Venasaur.

"Ninetails!" Fire vs. grass. He wouldn't last long. "Fire Blast!"

"Oh no." Red groaned. Before he could retrieve Venasaur, it had fainted. "Aerodactyl! Hyper beam!" Ninetails fainted, without a doubt.

"Golduck! Hydro pump while Aerodactyl is still recharging!" I liked this strategy, even if it meant sacrificing one pokemon. Big deal. I could heal it at the pokemon center later.

"Last pokemon. Snorlax, don't fail me now!" Red threw his last poke ball. Good. I still had two pokemon. More than enough.

"Machamp!"

"Snorlax, Mega punch!" It threw a raging fist at machamp.

"Henh. Low kick!" Well, not really. There was a sickening thud as machamp's foot connected with snorlax's face.

"Ooh." The crowd. Snorlax, unprepared, fainted on contact.

"Hmph, I won. No surprises there," I gave him a smug smile. "You're still a perfectionist." I walked back to the pokemon center to heal my pokemon.

) Tari's POV (

I got out of the waterfall when my spirits were lifted, went back to the pokemon center and searched for my pokemon. They were overjoyed that I was safe, and cried their eyes out. Daggers, who was very fatherly, reprimanded me for laving so abruptly. I told him if I had announced my leave, then they would all follow me and I wouldn't get any time alone. He nodded understandably, and went to talk to Charcoal, who had evolved into a charmeleon out of worry. I read a newspaper and found out some interesting stuff on team rocket. Seems that they used pokemon to experiment on. No accounts of human experiments were found so far. Well, there is one now. I put it down, gathered my pokemon, and walked to the east.

) Red's POV (

We had just beaten that freak three-headed bird, and I was just leaving when a charmeleon, pikachu, and dragonair came out of the bushes. They were followed by that weird girl Blue knew.

"Hey, um. what's your name?" I felt stupid.

"It's Tari," She looked at Silph, rather, what was left of it. "Aw. I missed the whole thing." She started pouting.

"Look Red. It's your fan girl," Blue popped up. Tari glared.

"I'm not Red's fan girl, and you're an egotistical git!" Her face was as red as a tomato.

"Fine. I'm an egotistical git. But you're still Red's fan girl," He replied coolly.

"Prove it!"

"You're always talking about being friends with your pokemon and treating them with love and kindness, you teach your pokemon to talk human language, and you listen to what they say," He ticked them off his fingers. "Four reasons. Is that enough for you, or do you want more?"

Tari's face was as red as a strawberry. "You're not an egotistical git! You're an egotistical moron!" She stomped off.

"Um, now that the storm's over, what was that all about?" I asked timidly.

"Nothing," He shook his head and walked away.

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