After earning his first badge, Dustin along with Shane start to leave Violet City.

~The School Yard Battle!~

"Wow," Dustin said, admiring his Zephyr badge, "This is only step one," Dustin and Shane were walking down the streets of Violet City, almost to emerge out of it.

"Right," Shane said, "Only one step, and you have a lot more to go," Shane looked at Dustin.

"Your right," Dustin said, putting his badge away in his bag, "So where is the next gym?" Dustin asked.

"Azalea," Shane said, "A good while from here," Shane and Dustin were no the last street of Violet, "However," Shane looked to his left, "If you want more training we should stop by Earl's Academy."

"Whats that?" Dustin asked, "And where is it?" Dustin got excited.

"A school for young and bright pokemon trainers," Shane answered, he pointed to his left at a two story building, "There it is."

"ENOUGH SAID!" Dustin said, running to the building, "I WANNA BATTLE I WANNA BATTLE!" Dustin said, the door opened.

"O well," Shane smiled, following Dustin.

Meanwhile, on the top of the building directly to the right of the school Ken and Kym lied watching.

"He won a badge," Ken said smiling, "I didnt think he had it in him," Ken looked to Kym, who was in a deep thought.

"Hm..." Kym thought, "If he has a badge...then that Larvitar was worth more than we thought, and if he is going to a school..."

"Then we will snatch Larvitar and a lot more pokemon from some young punks!" Ken said, smiling evily.

"Corrrect," Kym replied, the two laughed wickedly.

"How may I help you?" A fat jolly man asked Dustin and Shane as they entered the lobby of the school, "O yeah, welcome to Earls School for pokemon!" the fat man laughed and twirled in a dance.

"Ah..." Dustin was speechless, "Are you Earl?"

"Yes," Earl replied, he stoped spinning, "And you are?"

"Shane," Shane replied, "This is Dustin."

"Nice to meet you two," Earl said, "But why are you here?"

"I want to battle!" Dustin replied.

"Hm..." Earl twirled then said, "Ok, my students are allways looking for a test," Earl twirled some and stoped, "Follow me..."

"K," Dustin said, the lobby was empty, Dustin and Shane followed Earl to the right of the desk in the center of the lobby.

"Here we go," Earl said, stoping in front of an elavator, "Up we go," he pressed the up button and started to twirl.

"Thats wrong in some many ways," Dustin whispered to Shane.

"They say he is smart though," Shane replied, "And a good teacher, knows all the moves," Shane said, the door to the elavator opened.

"This way please," Earl said, walking into the lift, Dustin and Shane followed. "Why do you want to battle?"

"I just beat Fawkner," Dustin said, "I plan on becoming a great trainer," Dustin replied and Earl just smiled.

"Here we are," Earl said, the door opened.

"Whoa..." Dustin and Shane said in unision, around forty kids around the age of fourteen were studing on computers, others training pokemon, all in one huge room, all the students wearing khaki shorts for the boys or skirts for the girls and a blue shirt with the letter E on it.

"MAREEP SHOCK IT!!!" A girl with dark brown hair commanded she looked around fourteen very slender, she was in a battle with a short boy with green hair.

"REEP!" the sheep shouted, sparks of lighting came from it's coat of fur.

"Whoa," Dustin said, pulling out his pokedex.

"Mareep, the wool pokemon, Mareep will store electric energy in its wool coat allowing it to double in size, touching it is not recommended," Devon analyzed and Dustin shut it off and put it up.

"JEN HOW FOOLISH!" the boy with green hair siad, "ROCK HAS A CLEAR ADVANTAGE, GEODUDE ROCK THROW!"

"DUDE!" Geodude shouted, thrusting it's self at Mareep.

"KEEP AT IT MAREEP!" the girl named Jen said.

"REEP!" the sheep put out more zaps of lightning, shrinking Mareep's wool coating.

"DUDE!" Geodude cried, being shocked black and falling from it's levitation.

"No Geodude!" the boy said, returning his pokemon.

"Remember Adam," Jen said, "A pokemons type isnt the only factor in a battle," she then looked at Mareep, "Return," Mareep was with drawn and the crowd watching the batlte clapped.

"Who is that?" Dustin asked Earl.

"Do you like her?" Shane asked, "I think you do."

"Whatever," Dustin said, his cheecks blushing, "She is kinda cute though."

"That is Jen," Earl said, "Our top student here."

"Cool," Dustin replied, walking up to her, "My name is Dustin," Dustin said, putting out his hand.

"Um...Jen," she said, shaking it, "Are you new here?"

"Nope," Dustin said, "I just came here from beating Fawkner, I wanted a battle."

Jen laughed a little, "Fawkner..."

"Yeah," Dustin said.

"No offense," Jen started, "But almost every student here could beat Fawkner and his excuss for flying type pokemon."

Before Dustin could say anything Shane had interupted, "My brother is Fawkner," Shane said, "And I dont know who you think you are," Shane's eyes flared, "But my brother is no push over."

"No push over eah?" Jen asked, "Then why dont you prove it."

"I will take you on any time!" Shane said.

"Not me," Jen said, she looked at Adam, "O Adam..."

"Yes," Adam said, walking up to her.

"Would you like a battle with a trainer from out home town gym?" Jen asked, and then looked at Shane.

"YEAH!" Adam said, Dustin didnt say a word.

"Fine," Jen said, she and Dustin got in the crowd as Shane and Adam prepared to battle, "One on one," Jen said, "GO!"

"GEODUDE!" Adam yelled, throwing his pokeball, out of it came the floating rock with arms, "YEAH!"

"SPEAROW!" Shane said, summoning his bird type to the field, "SPEAROW PECK!"

"ROW!" Spearow flew at Geodude.

"GEODUDE TACKLE!" Adam commanded.

"DUDE!" Geodude flew into Spearow.

"ROW!" Spearow cried, being knocked back some.

"STAY IN THEER!" Shane roared, "GIVE IT A GUST!"

"ROW!" Spearow furiously flapped it's wings, a small gust of wind started blowing Geodude back some.

"DUDE!" Geodude cried.

"HARDEN!" Adam roared.

"GEO!" Geodude's body turned harder and darker, the gust couldnt move Geodude.

"ROW!" Spearow chirped, it stoped the gust.

"SPEAROW!" Shane said.

"Face it, my rock type rules over the flying types," Adam smiled, "Jen I think I am figuring my own way of winning," he re-focused to the battle, "GEODUDE ROC THROW!"

"DUDE!" Geodude thrusted it's self toward Spearow.

"SPEAROW QUICK ATTACK!" Shane roared.

"SPEAR!" Spearow quickly faded away.

"Dude..." Geodude was confused.

"STRIKE IT WITH SKY ATTACK!" Shane commanded, hoping to defend Violet City's gym name.

"ROW!" Spearow reappeared and created energy around him, striking Geodude hard in the back.

"Dude.." Geodude fell over, knocked out.

"Wha?" Adam said, "How," Adam looked at Jen who was smiling, "Return," he returned his Geodude.

"I guess I was wrong...or was I right?" Jen asked Shane.

"ENOUGH!" Shane roared, "LETS BATTLE!"

"Fine," Jen said, Adam backed into the crowd, "ODDISH GO!"

"DISH!" Oddish said, coming out of the pokeball.

"SPREAROW PECK!" Shane roared.

"SPEAR!" Spearow flew at Oddish.

"STUN SPORE!" Jen commanded.

"DISH!" Oddish shook it's leafs, creating spores and pollen.

"GUST!" Shane shouted.

"SPEAROW!" Spearow flapped hard and gusted the wind back at Oddish.

"ODDISH," Jen smiled, "MOON LIGHT!"

"DISH!" Oddish started to glow, the spores relfecting off of it.

"Wha?!" Dustin said, amazed by the move.

"Allways have a back-up plan," Jen smiled, "NOW ODDISH LEECH SEED!"

"DISH!" Oddish shoot three seeds at Spearow.

"GUST AGIAN!" Shane said.

"ROW!" Spearow started to flap, however the seeds hit Spearow and spourted vines, the vines wrapped around Spearow and made it fall.

"No!" Shane said, "Reutrn," he withdrew Spearow, "Ah..." Shane said in displease, the crowd clapped for Jen.

"Type advantage isnt every thing," Jen smiled, "Any more challengers?"

Dustin jumped out of the crowd, "ME!"

"You?" Jen asked, "Fine." Jen returned Oddish. "One on one?"

"K," Dustin nodded.

"BEAT HER!" Shane cried from the crowd standing around, Earl was singing in the back-ground.

"I CHOOSE TOTODILE!" Dustin said, throwing his pokeball, summoning the gator into the battle.

"MAREEP!" Jen yelled, "If your truely a trainer you will find a way to get over the type disadvanted."

"Type smype!" Dustin said, not really caring what he said, "TOTODILE WATER GUN!"

"DILE!" Totodile sprayed water near Mareep.

"COTTON SPORE!" Jen cried.

"REEP!" Mareep's wool unleashed a blush of cotton stoping the water.

"Neat attack," Dustin smiled, "TOTODILE RAGE!"

"DILE!" Totodile cried, waiting on Mareep.

"SPARKS!" Jen roared.

"MA!" Mareep's wool coat sent a shocking blast.

"DILE!" Totodile was shocked.

"Not good," Dustin said, "TOTODILE Uh...." Dustin was running out of ideas.

"THUNDER WAVE!" Jen commanded.

"MAREEP!" Mareep sent waves of static at Totodile.

"DILE!" Totodile was stunned by the waves.

"Your not that great of a trainer," Jen smiled, "Too bad, Mareep finish it...THUNDERSHOCK!"

"MA!" Mareep's wool got smaller as it sent a bolt of electricity to Totodile.

"TOTODILE QUICKY WATER GUN!" Dustin shouted.

"DILE!" Totodile shoot water, the water hit the lighting and directed it back to Mareep.

"RE!!!" Mareep cried, being shocked by it's own water.

"BITE IT!" Dustin shotued.

"DILE!" Totodile ran up to Mareep and went to bite it when the elavator door opened and smoke started to fill the room.

"Huh?" Dustin said, "Shane what is it?"

"Dont know," Shane replied.

"STUDENTS REMAIN CALM!" Earl said.

"Students," a shadow figure said, "This is a stick up," the figure came from the smoke and revealed to be Kym.

"Not agian," Dustin said, Shane agreed.

"Who are you?" Jen asked.

"A bunch of thieves," Dustin replied.

"Then I better stop them," Jen said, "THUNDERBOLT!"

"RE!" Mareep started to shock when Ghastly appeared and started to drain it.

"Good call," Ken complemented, coming from out of the smoke.

"Thanks," Kym smiled, "Now hand over your pokemon."

"You want are pokemon," Earl said, "Kids...GIVE THEM YOUR POKEMON!" Earl started to swirl.

The students all smiled and started throwing pokeballs, Geodudes, Mareeps, Oddishes, Spearows, and Hoothoots all appeared, about fifty pokemon total.

"ATTACK!" the student shouted. All of the pokemon started to attack Team Alpha.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Kym and Ken shouted, the attacks hitting hard, "LETS GO KEN!"

"OK!" Ken and Kym started to run the opposite way of the elavtor, near the wall.

"TOTODILE WATER GUN!" Dustin commanded.

"DILE!" Totodile shoot a spray of water that hit Team Alpha.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Team Alpha shouted, the water busting through the wall and sending Team Alpha into the air, a flash blinked in the sky.

Earl stoped swirling, "Good job kids," Earl walked to Jen and Dustin as the students returned there pokemon.

"Mr. Earl..." Jen started.

"I know," Earl said, he started to swirl, "You want to go all over Johto?"

"How did you know?" Jen asked.

"Staying in this school all your life want allow you to learn the true nature of pokemon," Earl said, "You must learn hand on...but I would like you to travel with someone."

Shane smiled as Dustin said, "YOU CAN COME WITH US!"

"Really?" Jen asked.

"Yeah," Dustin said, "Plus we didnt finish our battle," Dustin smiled.

"We will call it a tie," Jen smiled, "I would love to travel with you."

"AND ME!" Shane inserted.

Jen laughed, "I am sorry about insulting your gym earlier."

"Its ok," Shane said, "As long as it doesnt happen agian."

"So you have made your mind?" Earl asked.

"Yes...I want to join them," Jen said. Earl started to twist.

Dustin, Shane, Jen, and Earl were right outside the school.

"Get all your stuff?" Earl asked.

"Yep," Jen replied, she had changed clothes, now in green knee-knockers, a white short sleeve shirt and a pair of shoes, her hair in pig-tails.

"Good luck," Earl said.

"Thanks," Jen said, "We better get going."

"Yep," Dustin said, Shane nodded his. "To Azalea Town...and the next GYM BATTLE!"

"AND FOR ME TO LEARN ALL ABOUT POKEMON!" Jen smiled. Jen, Dustin, and Shane started to walk out of Violet, Earl waving them good bye and twisting, the three on their way to Azalea Town.

********New character, lol, hope you liked it, Ch12 up soon...I hope******