Uh, I think I'm starting to get a headache from all of this introductory editing…. Microsoft Word helps he in the spell checking, but I have to do this introductory part thing alone… anyway, here's chapter 17

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Chapter 17 - Battle Frontier Frolics...

In the world of Pokémon...Geez this sounds pretty funny but anyway back to the narration.... In the world of Pokémon, there's a region they call Hoenn. And in this region is a city by the seas called Slateport. And in this city stood the new attraction for trainers called Battle Frontier. This new attraction has just been recently been there, seeing that only a few trainers have gone inside it. The real purpose of the attraction has been unknown, until now...

While touring Battle Frontier and also celebrating Phil's twelfth birthday. Avegaille had given Phil a small gift as a present. Phil finally revealed the gift that Avegaille gave to him to everyone. Brendan and May were listening but their Pokémon seem to be eating the buffet on the table.

"Is this a TM?" Phil asked as he took out the small technical machine from inside the box. He looked closer at it and saw that it can teach Earthquake to one of his Pokémon. Then, he looked at Avegaille, who was still a bit nervous.

"TM moves, you know Phil, those things are really expensive," May remarked. "There are only a few marts selling TMs in this region. Anyway, who are you going to use it on?"

"I have to think about that," Phil replied as he placed the TM in his backpack.

While Phil was organizing his things, the Pokémon were quite having the fun of their life as they talked a lot about things going on around. The trainers were having a conversation of their own. It seem that Brendan had make up with his friends by apologizing to them yesterday. So, now everything's back to the same thing, in which no one is fighting. Phil joined the conversation of his friends after he just finished organizing his things.

"What the big deal with this Battle Frontier anyway?" Brendan asked out as he looked at his friends.

"Well, first, they give you a pass," Avegaille started as she took out her pass and showed it to everyone. "You collect points here by battling the certain events going on here. When you think you have enough points, you can exchange those for prizes. I think most of the prizes here are dolls and decorations for secret bases. Any more questions?"

"Yeah, where did you get the money to buy all of this food?" Brendan asked as he looked at Avegaille with a doubt.

"Ziggy, could you help me out here?" Avegaille asked out as she sweat-dropped.

" Sure! " Ziggy replied as he jumped off the table and quickly ran to her trainer. " What's the problem then? "

Avegaille picked up Ziggy as she saw another item that Ziggy was holding. It was a nugget. Avegaille took it as she gave it to Brendan.

"Nuggets? You get the money from all of the nuggets that your Pokémon has been picking up?" Brendan asked as he took a closer look at the nugget he was holding.

"Oh, haven't you been listening, Bread Head?" May asked as she was getting irritated from Brendan's questions.

"If you like, you can keep that," Avegaille said to Brendan. She stroked Ziggy's fur with her fingers. "Anyway, it's not just Ziggy's Pickup ability that made me catch him. I think it was something else."

"Hmm, well, what is it then?" Phil asked as he stood up from the bench he was sitting with Brendan and May.

"Um, uh...that's the part that I have nothing to say," Avegaille said nervously as she blushed and sweat-dropped. She placed Ziggy on the ground as she approached Phil. Ziggy ran off back to the table with the other Pokémon.

"Well, Brendan and I are going to try out the events in this place," May interrupted as she quickly took Brendan's arm and quickly stood up from her seat. Then, she ran off, dragging Brendan along.

After May and Brendan left, Avegaille had finally some time to talk with Phil alone.

"What's your real purpose for giving me that TM?" Phil asked Avegaille as he smiled at her.

"I thought it could help you, well, you know, defeat the gym leader in Mauville," Avegaille explained to him, still nervous in front of Phil.

"Yeah, I already get what you're trying to do." Phil looked at Avegaille, who was looking somewhere else. "Anyway, you're not doing anything for this day are you?"

Charlie noticed the conversation of the two trainers from his spot in the table and decided to have some fun and interrupt their conversation. He crept into the floor until he was close to his trainer to surprise her.

" Hey, what are you talking about with Phil? " Charlie asked in a teasing manner to Avegaille. He quickly stood up from the ground as he looked at Avegaille.

"Charlie!" Avegaille exclaimed, with a slight blush coming out of her face. "What...what do you want?" She looked directly at her Pokémon.

" Nothing, just thought that I could join your conversation, " Charlie replied as he smiled at his trainer. " So, can I, please, please, please? "

"No, you...you can't," Avegaille replied, getting a bit annoyed. "Maybe some other time, okay?"

" Yeah, sure, that's what you always say, " Charlie said in a way he knew what is going on. He knew that there was something going on between Avegaille and Phil. He looked at them even closer." Anyway, if you need, I'll be with the other Pokémon which are part of my new friends. "

Charlie walked off, going back to the table in which the food there was emptied out. It seems that the others have finished eating everything on the table.

Avegaille then got back to where she was on. She still was having a conversation with Phil. She couldn't think of anything else to talk about and they can't just go since they have to keep an eye on the Pokémon that she and her friends had let out for a while. Phil didn't have much to talk about, so the two of them stood there on their spots for minutes.

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While Avegaille and Phil are having a hard time making topics, Brendan and May are having the fun of their life. They have joined almost every event in the Battle Frontier in just a few minutes and had won a lot of points in exchange. The two of them are saving their points for something later. When the two of them are about to enter the next event, they saw a kid with shiny green hair, wearing a purple collared shirt opened out with a black long sleeved shirt worn inside it. He was wearing green pants, which matched his green hair. Brendan thought it was Wally with another outfit, so he decided to approach him immediately.

"Just what are you doing here!" Brendan asked the boy demandingly as he quickly went near him. May was following him.

"Do I know you?" the boy asked Brendan in a confused manner.

"I've known you anywhere with that green hair, Wally!" Brendan exclaimed out.

"You know, you shouldn't be jumping to conclusions," May warned as she held to Brendan's shoulder to stop him from moving any further.

"Wally? No, my name's Drew and if you're challenging me to a battle, I won't do it," he explained himself. He took out a Pokéball from his belt.

"Why so?" May asked as she looked at Drew in a serious way. She let go of Brendan's shoulder.

"I'm a Pokémon Coordinator, I only specialize in contests, not battles," Drew replied as he looked at the two trainers. He started to chuckle a little. "So, what brings you two here?"

"Well, actually, there's four of us but..." Brendan started but was cut off by Drew's laughing.

"What? What's so funny?" May asked Drew as she was starting to get worried.

"Nothing, it's just that just seeing you two together makes me think that, well, that both of you make such a cute couple," Drew explained as he continued laughing.

"Okay, this guy is even more creepier than that weirdo Wally," Brendan murmured to himself as he was starting to get irritated.

Drew stopped laughing as he looked at May. He noticed that May was looking at her Pokénav, checking on the Hoenn Region Map.

"If you're a Pokémon Coordinator, shouldn't you be in Lilycove?" May asked Drew after she finished looking at her Pokénav.

"Well, actually, I'm also a trainer, but that's just my secondary thing," Drew explained. "I've got enough badges to fly me around here and there, but mostly I rent out a room in a hotel rather than in a Pokémon Center."

"Once I get to Lilycove, I want to try this whole new Pokémon Contest thing," May said to herself in an excited manner. She turned around as she saw Avegaille and Phil approaching her with all of their Pokémon following them. Her Pokémon and also Brendan's Pokémon was also with them.

"So, what's been happening here?" Phil asked as he went near Brendan. He noticed the guy that May was talking to. "And who is that guy?"

"He calls himself Drew," Brendan replied. Then, he looked at the guy suspiciously. "I think he's just Wally in another outfit."

Phil started to laugh, knowing that Brendan is making the biggest mistake of his life. He knew how Wally looks, even on the shape of his body and his appearance. And the guy that they were in front of is definitely not Wally. But then, he remembered the guy now, just seeing him.

"Aren't we an enthusiastic trainer?" Drew asked as he smiled and looked at May. "Anyway, once you get to Lilycove, just be sure to look for me around the Pokémon contest hall there." Then, he noticed Phil who was talking to Brendan. He knew who he was, so he quickly approached him.

"Drew? Is that really you?" Phil asked as he quickly went closer and hugged him. "It's been quite a while. So, what have you been up to?"

"Still competing in contests," Drew replied as Phil released him. He noticed that Phil had changed quite a lot too. "I just came here to see the new attraction that they built over the old contest hall."

"Yeah, it's so sad, isn't it?" Phil asked in a sad way. He looked around and saw Avegaille talking to her Pokémon again. Then, he knew that May and Brendan haven't introduced themselves to Drew yet, since they have mistaken him for Wally. "Oh, Drew, by the way, these are my friends, Brendan, the guy who mistaken you for someone else and May, the girl that you're talking to." Then, he looked at Avegaille who was still talking to her Pokémon. "And finally, that's Avegaille over there, the one talking to her Pokémon."

"Well, at least now I know that you're not going on your Pokémon Journey alone," Drew remarked. He sent out his Roselia from the Pokéball that he was holding. "So, what Pokémon did you got as your starter?"

"I've got a Treecko as a starter, at least the two of us have the same Pokémon type," Phil replied as Terk went near him. "He evolved into a Grovyle while I was training him."

"That's good to know." Drew smiled at Phil. He looked around and saw Phil's friends doing different things. May and Brendan were arguing to each other while Avegaille is still talking to her Pokémon. Then, he looked back at Phil. "You're not getting tired of hanging out with your new friends, are you?"

"No, they're fine with me," Phil replied as he looked at Drew.

"By the way, it's your birthday, right?" Drew asked as he handed over to Phil a box wrapped in a fancy paper.

"I thought you didn't know," Phil started. He held the box in his hand.

"How could I not forget?" Drew asked. "We're friends when you were still in Lilycove. I was there to make things fun for the two of us. But we had different interests. You like to be a trainer while I wanted to be a coordinator."

While Phil and Drew were sharing their past moments, Avegaille was still talking to her Pokémon, about how really feels about Phil. All of her Pokémon were listening. May and Brendan's Pokémon were with their trainers, trying to figure out how to end the argument.

"Charlie?" Avegaille looked at her Pokémon with a slight nervousness.

" Yeah? " Charlie asked as he went closer to his trainer.

"You're not going to tell anyone about what I said to you and your team mates, are you?" Avegaille asked.

" What? You mean about you crushing on Phil? " Charlie asked innocently. He saw that Phil was already behind Avegaille. he knew that Phil had heard every single word he had said.

"Um, yeah, that," Avegaille finally said as a slight blush from her face appeared.

"Hey, Avegaille," a voice from behind her called out.

"Huh?" Avegaille turned around as she saw Phil with Drew. Her nervousness was getting into her again. "P-phil?"

"Um, yeah," Phil replied as he shrugged. "Anyway, I want you to meet my friend, Drew."

"D-drew?" Avegaille asked, still nervous. "Is h-he y-your f-friend?"

"Are you all right?" Phil asked as he was starting to get worried. He looked at Avegaille in a puzzled way.

"U-um, y-yeah, I'm f-fine," Avegaille replied, still nervous. She was blushing and she didn't even know it because she was too nervous to know about it.

Gee, I can't believe Phil hasn't told me that someone is already liking him, Drew thought to himself. He continued to watch Avegaille and Phil's conversation. Well, at least he's following into my footsteps, seeing that at least a girl likes him...

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End of chapter 17

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