***Ah...it's Saturday(my fav day of the week ^_-) so here's a chapter(I'm hoping to finish the whole Blackthorn City thing this weekend) please R&R***

~The Tini Dratini!~

Our gang takes a nice long rest near a crystal blue stream, little do our heros know that they're only footsteps away from Blackthorn City. Jen is eating some fruit while Dustin with Shane's help continued to train.

"Go! Eevee!" Dustin ordered the small cat like pokemon who was allready in battle, practicing on a near by stump. "Iron Tail!"

"Eev!" it nodded as it's tail glew a silvery iron color, it sprinted near the log and slamed it's tail into the stump, breaking it in half. "Eevee!" it gleefully chirped.

"Where is that Golbat?!" Dustin asked in confusion, he thought it was ducking behind the stump. "Eevee be on guard!"

"Golbat come on out with Air Cutter!" Shane ordered.

"Bat!" the big blue bat flew out of the sky in a nose dive, stoping before it hit in the ground and kicking up a hard gust, Eevee dug it's small paws into the ground and held it's ground.

"Good job Eevee!" Dustin smiled, "Now use Headbutt!"

"Vee!" the pokemon jumped from the ground and hit the hover Golbat in the right wing, causing the bat to go off balance and crash into the ground.

"Golbat fly back up!" Shane retaliated.

"Bite it's wing Eevee!"

Golbat kicked up it's wings and made it about a foot of the ground whe Eevee sank it's fangs into the injured right wing, "BAT?!" it cried in pain and crashed down agian.

"Golbat?!" Shane gasp as Eevee purred and walked to Dustin, the bat's eyes turned to swirls. "Good practice," he told Dustin.

"Thanks," Dustin replied as he pet Eevee on the head.

"Here you go Golbat," Shane bent down and sprayed Golbat with a Super Potion, the bat squaked and got up healed. "Great try," he huged it.

"You guys ready to get going?" Jen asked after she packed up everything, she stood up. "I think we're close to Blackthorn."

"Then let's move out!" Dustin replied.

The gang traveled along the trail beside the crystal, flowing stream, every now and then Magikarp would jumped our and slam back into the water, creating a beatiful splash.

"So your plan on beating Clair?" Shane asked Dustin in curiosity. "Besides being weak to ice moves dragons also hate dragon moves."

"I don't have any dragons," Dustin sighed as they continued on their way.

"I've allways wanted a Dratini," Jen's eyes went star struck, "I just love their color, power, gentleness, and beauty!"

"Tini," a squeek came from the flowing stream, a small head appeared from the water and floated from the stream to in front of Jen.

"Huh?" Dustin wasn't sure what it was, this creature floating in front of them, they stoped as Jen seemed pleased.

"A Dratini!" she smiled big, "I gotta catch it!" She enlarged her netball, "Go Butterfree!" she threw it as the pink butterfly appeared. "Tackle!"

As the butterfly came charging from the air to Dratini the dragon's eyes became wider; a critical hit knocking Dratini back some.

"Sorry I have to do this to you cutie," Jen winked at Dratini, "Butterfree use Gust!"

"Free!" it flaped it's light wings which stired up a powerful cyclone, catching Dratini and slinging it some, when it died down Dratini layed on the ground injured.

"I'll heal you as soon as I catch you," she enlarged a pokeball, "Go pokeball!" she threw it but a large tail, not Dratini's swiped it back at her, she caught her pokeball in her hands. "Huh?"

"Dragonair return!" a voice called as the beam sucked up the pokemon with the long tail, a women dressed in researcher clothes with light blue hair in a wierd style approched Jen. "What were you thinking?! Trying to catch this new born!"

"-I didn't know," Jen replied with fear. "I'm sorry."

"You should be," she bent down and sprayed the Dratini with a Super Potion, Jen withdrew Butterfree. "Who are you?"

"I'm Jen," she gulped.

"Shane..."

"Dustin," he smiled trying to bring some peace, "We're on our way to Blackthorn so I can blast that Clair chick out of the water and get my final badge!"

"That Clair chick," she stood up, "Is me!"

"Huh?!" Dustin was surprised. "Your the Blackthorn City Gym Leader?"

"Yes," she smiled, "It's me! Clair the Dragon Mistress!"

Jen bent down and pet the healed Dratini, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were a newborn...I feel so bad..."

"Tini!" Dratini floated up and laided it's head in Jen's arms, showing effection and love.

"I know you didn't know," Clair explained, "It's ok. New born Dratini's have to shed their skin several times near waterfalls to stay safe, I was making sure this one was sheding properly."

"Is it?" Jen asked as she pet the dragon's head.

"Yes," Clair smiled, "In fact it's done sheding, today was the last time."

"So can we battle?" Dustin asked with a wink.

"Not here," Clair laughed, "You'll have to come to Blackthorn, it's not far from here, there we can go to my gym."

"Tini," Dratini chirped and floated back near the stream, swiming away.

Jen stood up, "Bye Dratini!" the dragon waved it's tail in the water in response. She looked at Clair, "Can we follow you to the gym?"

"Sure," Clair nodded, "Right this way."

The gang along with Clair followed down the stream until they came to a huge gate, this protecting Blackthorn, the same Dratini came floating behind Jen.

"Huh?" she looked around and saw the pokemon, "Oh hey cutie," she walked up to it and pet it on the head, it squeeked in joy.

"One...two...three!" two fimilar voices said from the sky as an iron cage fell from an air baloon, slaming into the ground and traping Jen and Dratini.

"Huh?" Dustin asked.

He was answered, "Prepare for trouble we got Dratini!" Bonnie jumped from the air baloon and landed on the ground.

"Make it double we got your friend!" Clyde also leapt to the ground from the air baloon.

"To abolish the world with devistation!"

"To destroy people of every nation!"

"To annouce the evils of darkness and love!"

"To extend our wrath to the stars above!"

"Bonnie!"

"Clyde!"

"Let me out!" Jen banged with her fist on the cage, only hurting her hands.

"And you are..." Clair asked.

"A bunch of sorry thieves!" Shane responded to Clair's question. "Let Jen out! And that Dratini, it's a baby!"

"We don't care," Bonnie smirked as Clyde pressed a button on a remote he held, the iron cage made a floor and was lifted into the air by a rope tied to the air baloon.

"Go Houndoom!" Clyde threw his pokeball, "Use Smokescreen now!"

"Doom!" the black dog roared, a thick and heavy grey smoke flowed from it's mouth, causing a huge confusion.

"No!" Clair shouted, when the smoke died down nothing was left of Dratini and Jen, "They got away!" she gasp. "Dratini..."

"And Jen!" Dustin added.

"Don't worry," Shane smirked and enlarged a pokeball, "We'll find them!" he threw the pokeball and summoned Skarmory. "Go find those thieves!"

"Mory!" the steel creature noded and lifted it's self into the air, soaring away and looking for the air baloon.

"We'll follow on feet," Shane annouced. Clair and Dustin noded as all three began to run, following Skarmory, who was in the air.

Meanwhile in a small clearing in the woods near Blackthorn a very happy Bonnie and Clyde cheered on about their new catch.

"We stole a Dratini!" Bonnie laughed with wickedness.

"And one of the punks!" Clyde giggled like a girl.

"Let me out!" Jen slamed her fist agianst the cold iron cage, but it was no use. "Let me out!" she continued to fight the cage.

Bonnie laughed, "Now use little girl, that cage is super though!" she stuck out her tounge and then laughed some more.

"Let us out!" she said and hit the cage, hurting her right hand hard this time, "Ouch..." she cried in pain.

"Tini" her caged partner rubed her hand with it's tail, trying to calm her down. "Tini!" it said to Jen.

"You wanna help?" Jen questioned, the dragon nodded. "Ok," she nodded, 'I hope it's strong enough.' "Dratini use Iron Tail!"

"Huh?" Bonnie and Clyde quit laughing and watched as Dratini's iron tail slamed into the cage, breaking it. "Wha?!" the two Rockets cried in surprise and fear.

"We're free," Jen laughed as Dratini floated behind her, "Great job," she said to the dragon, it nodded in reply.

"You haven't made it anywhere!" Bonnie threw two pokeballs, summoing her sneasel and snake. "Get that Dratini!"

"Ready?" Jen asked the dragon, it noded. "Ok Dratini! Go! Use Flamethrower!" she smiled.

Dratini floated in front of Jen as Bonnie's two pokemon came charging, it opened it's mouth and blew out a redish-blue fire, burning Sneasel and Arbok hard and knocking them over and out.

"Wha?!" Bonnie gasp, "I thought it was a new born?!" she withdrew her pokeball, "Clyde help me out!"

"Uh-?" he was scared but threw his pokeball, summoning the dark dog, "Houndoom Flamethrower now!"

"Quick use Water Pulse!" Jen countered.

"Tini!" it squeeled as a wave of water slamed into Houndoom's mouth, stoping the flamethrower and hurting it.

"Now take care 'em!" Jen commanded to Dratini like it was her own pokemon, "Use Dragon Rage!"

"Tini!" it noded and started to spin around in mid-air, a cyclone of blue fire formed and wraped the Rockets and Houndoom up in it.

"We're blasting off agian!?" they cried as they were thrown out of sight along with Houndoom, the tornado died down.

"We did it!" Jen hopped up and down with Dratini by her side, her happiness was interupted as a Skarmory flew down beside them. "Huh?" she asked, "Oh it's Shane's!"

"There they are!" Clair along with Shane and Dustin said, running up to Jen and Dratini, confused on Team Rocket's location.

"Where is Bonnie and Clyde?" Shane asked.

"Me and Dratini," Jen smiled and pet the dragon, "Took care of them," she replied as Dratini squeeked with glee.

"Dratini really seems to like you," Clair winked, "I know...I want have all the time you will to train it, Jen why don't you have Dratini?"

"Do you mean it?" Jen asked, Clair noded. "Yes!" she smiled and huged the dragon, "I got Dratini!" she seperated and enlaregd a pokeball.

"Tini," the dragon floated over to the ball and hit it with it's head, being sucked up in a red light and placed in the pokeball, the ding conformed the catch.

The gang followed Clair back to the gate, outside Blackthorn City, the sun was setting in the back ground.

"Tomorrow we will have our match," Clair said to Dustin, "Rest and meet me at the gym," she walked off into the city.

"I can't wait!" Dustin clinched his fist and smiled, "Tomorrow...will be my final gym battle....this is gonna be so cool!" he jumped up as the sun set in Blackthorn City.

***Kinda short, kinda funny, I liked it, lol, Jen got a Dratini O_O she allways seems to get the rare ones ^_- anyways the next chapter will be Clair's battle, please R&R***