***Ch28 here it is I'm hoping to have up to Ch30 by Christmas, have a good one!***

~Let The Rain Fall Down!~

After suffering a lose at the Goldenrod Gym Dustin and the gang wait for Dustin's pokemon to be healed at the same center.

"She was tough," Dustin sighed, "I was sure Larvitar or Cyndaquil could have stoped her, why did I lose?"

"Losing is just as important as winning," Jen told Dustin. "Plus it's your first lose at a gym, so what? You can allways fight her agian."

"We can go right now," Shane added.

"Nah," Dustin sighed, "I'm not ready."

"We'll I've gotta get out for a little bit," Jen stood up from the table, "I'll meet you two back here later."

"It's gonna rain soon," Shane informed her.

"Oh well," Jen smiled, "Rain is good for the soul." Jen walked out the sliding doors.

"Where do you think she's going?" Dustin asked Shane, this wasn't like Dustin to be sad, he was allways so happy.

"Not sure," Shane answered, "Maybe get something for her pokemon or something..."

Dustin silently preyed on the memories of the previous battle with Whitney, 'What went wrong?' he asked himself.

"Dustin you can't get down on yourself," Shane tried cheering him up, "You'll win next time, you might need to train some before, but you'll win!"

"You think so?" Dustin slowly asked.

"I know so," Shane replied.

In the busy streets of Goldenrod Jen was looking around, trying to make her way through the crowd.

"Where to go..." she asked herself, "Maybe the casino...nah..." she turned away from the casino and saw the hair cut place, "YEAH!" she ran inside.

"How may I help you?" a slender teal haired girl asked, the shop was for humans to Jen's surprise and it looked really cool.

"You give human haircuts then..." Jen sighed.

"Why yes," the women smiled. "Would you like to try a new look?"

"Why not..." Jen smiled back and sat down in one of the chairs.

"Your pokemon are healed," Nurse Joy annouced to Dustin, "Seems the gym was tough, don't worry your not the first one."

"-Uh..thanks," Dustin said as he walked up to the counter and got his pokeballs, "Does anybody ever beat Whitney?"

"Yes," Nurse Joy replied, "It just takes some time, she's a tough girl, people give her no credit because of her looks."

"Oh," Dustin smiled, "Thanks."

"Your welcome," Nurse Joy reposnded and walked behind the counter agian.

"I will win next time," Dustin told Shane as he sat down, "But first I have to do some thinking!" Dustin smiled.

"We made it..." Kym lazily walked through the crowd, "This place is so packed...."

"I know what you mean," Ken slowly walked behind her, "Why would anyone want to live here?"

"It's so full of people!" Kym grunted, then she saw a shop with a lot of pokemon in the window, "A POKEMON RAISING CENTER!"

"What's that?" Ken asked.

Kym slaped him upside the head, "It's where they raise pokemon for trainers on the go, theres all sorts of powerful little pokemon in there!"

"Let's steal some!" Ken viciously laughed.

"All done!" the haircut lady told Jen back at the saloon, "And it looks great on you!" she spun the chair around so Jen could see her new look.

"Whoa..." Jen admired the new style, her hair was still the same length but now with some red and blonde streaks to match her natural color. "Thanks."

"Totally," the girl replied, "Your my best work yet!"

"I know!" Dustin said at the center, "There's gotta be a place where a lot of trainers get together to battle!"

"Hm..." Shane read the map, "Yep, a small stadium, Golden Stadium, right near the hair cut shop!"

"Let's go!" Dustin said, placing the pokeballs on his belt. He and Shane walked out the sliding door and saw the new Jen.

"Hey guys," Jen smiled, "Where you going?"

"WHOA!" Shane and Dustin said together.

"What is it?" Jen was confused, "Oh the hair...do you hate it?"

"NO!" Dustin replied, "IT ROCKS!"

"Thanks!" Jen was glad they like it. "So where WE going?"

"Golden Stadium," Shane informed her, "For some training."

"Cool," Jen smiled," It's right by the place I got my hair cut."

"Then let's get going," Dustin said as they walked off in direction of the stadium.

"THIEVES!" a short man ran out of the pokemon raising building.

"Huh?" Dustin turned around and saw the building, "Did he say thieves?"

"I think so," Jen answered.

"We better go!" Shane added, all three of them walked into the building and saw the pokemon in cages.

"What's the deal?!" Dustin shouted.

"THE PUNK!" Ken turned around after putting a Igglybuff in a cage.

"NO!" Kym whined, "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GO AWAY!"

"GO CYNDAQUIL!" Dustin threw the pokeball and out of the light appeared Cyndaquil. "USE SWIFT NOW!"

"QUIL!" Cyndaquil got on all four and sent a bragade of stars at Team Alpha.

"GHASTLY REFLECT!" Kym shouted, locking away another Marill.

Ghastly appeared in front of Alpha and created an invisible screen, knocking the stars in other directions.

"HOUNDOUR USE EMBER NOW!" Ken shouted.

Houndour howled like it was a full moon and blasted a fireball at Cyndaquil.

"QUICK ATTACK!" Dustin shouted.

Cyndaquil ran on all fours and dodged the fireball it then quickly thrusted it's body into Houndours, knocking Houndour back some.

"GO MARILL!" Jen unleashed her water pokemon. "MARILL WATER GUN!"

"RILL!" Marill sucked in some air and exhaled an icy cool jet of water, hitting Ghastly directly and knocking it out.

"ODDISH GO!" Kym sent her second pokemon out quickly while she was caging up another pokemon.

"DISH!" Oddish spun and sent two sharp blades at Marill.

"FLAME WHEEL!" Dustin shouted.

Cyndaquil ran toward the leaves and engulfed it's self within a steaming flame, "QUIL!" Cyndaquil burnt the leaves and hit Oddish head on.

"Dish..." Oddish was knocked out.

"BUBBLE BEAM!" Jen pointed to Houndour.

"RIL!" Marill nodded and jumped up spraying a ray of chilled bubbles, poping on Houndour and knocking it out.

"NO!" Kym was angry, "O WELL!" she pressed a button which blew up the cieling, "GOTTA GO!" she jumped out with a caged Igglybuff.

"HEHE!" Ken smirked and jumped into on the ceiling.

"SPEAROW GO!" Shane called out his pokemon. "GET THAT CAGE BACK!"

"ROW!" Spearow flew to the roof and pecked Kym on her head.

"YOU!" Kym droped the cage.

"ROW!" Spearow flaped it's wings hard creating a twister.

"OH NO!" Ken said as the twister sucked him and Kym up, "NO!" the two were blasted into the air.

"Row!" Spearow locked on to the caged pokemon with it's talons and took it back to Shane inside.

"Good job," Shane thanked his pokemon and returned it.

"Where are the thieves?" two Officer Jennys said, slaming through the door.

"There's two of them?!" Dustin was confused.

"There like the Nurse Joys, all kin," Jen whispered to Dustin.

"Oh..." Dustin replied.

"We took care of the thieves," Shane informed to two ladies.

"Oh thank you then," one of them said.

"We'll take it from here," the other one finished.

"K," Dustin said as he and the gang walked back into the city, the black clouds above rolled with sounds.

"It's gonna rain soon," Shane said to the gang, "Let's get going to the stadium."

"Nah," Dustin replied, "I want to feel the rain."

"Huh?" Shane was confused. "Why?"

"The rain is like a new begining," Jen informed Shane, "A new hope, a new light."

"So you think the rain will help you beat Whitney?" Shane sarcastically asked.

"Yep," Dustin nodded, the sky was filled with light drizzles and the group scattered only a couple of people were still walking.

"It's now offically raining!" Shane said, "Let's go!"

"Nope," Dusitn smiled as the drizzle formed into a heavy rain, Dustin and Jen sat there smiling as the rain danced on them.

"Your crazy," Shane told them, but instead of leaving he sat there too, secretly enjoying nature's refreshment.

"YEAH!" Jen splashed into a puddle.

"ROCK ON!" Dustin laughed and kicked around in the water.

About thirty minutes had passed and the group was soaked, slowly the rain started to end.

"That was fun," a drenched but happier Dustin told the group, they replied by laughing and smiling.

"Look," Jen pointed to the sun, now more victorious than even, "The rain brought out the sun, how amazing."

"A rain is a revivial," Dustin smiled, "Asuring everything will be ok..."

***This was actually a better chapter in my opinion, maybe some people hated it o well it linked revival of Dustin's faith(symbolism with the rain) I've decided Ch30 will have the second Whitney battle, however Ch29 will have some evolution(sh...It's a secret)***