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Vincent smirked at Ash and May. "Bring it on, kids! Let's see on how you can hang with the grown-ups!" he said smugly, letting out his Tentacruel, Wailmer, and Barboach.

All of the pokemon looked enraged. Ash narrowed his eyes, a muscle in the corner of his mouth twitching. The comment had been a deep insult to not only his pride, but his ego. He looked at May who looked just as angry.

May was a rookie trainer, and she knew it. But she had learned a lot in the past weeks from her loving husband, who was presently glaring daggers at Mauve and Vincent.

"You ready, honey?" Ash asked, looking at May, his eyes softening. In reply, she kissed him swiftly on the lips.

"I'm ready when you are!" she replied. That said, they got into position for battle.

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Amber stepped up, eyeing her opponent, Vincent's Barboach. Ash frowned, feeling very unsettled. It didn't help that Mauve kept watching them (or, if he was honest to himself, HIM) out of the corner of her eye, or that everything was going awry as the battle was about to start.

Another thing that didn't help matters-Amber, being at Level 16, was two levels lower then Barboach, not to mention the fact that electric attacks would be no good against the water/ground type pokemon.

Suddenly, Ash smiled at the floor, the strategy he just thought of clear in his mind. "Amber, Charm."

Barboach whimpered, as his overall attack power was lowered. Vincent growled, glaring at Amber, who stared between Barboach and him defiantly. "Mud Sport!" he barked.

"Amber, dodge it with Quick Attack," Ash said, sticking his hands in his pockets. Barboach shot the mud at Amber, who darted away as quick as lightning, and towards the attacking pokemon, connecting with him. Barboach rolled a few feet, and jumped back.

"Water gun," Vincent ordered. Barboach shot the stream of water out of his mouth, at the awaiting baby Pikachu.

Ash, looking around calmly, smiled. "Thundershock, Amber."

The electricity built up in Amber, before she let it loose. The lightning that she was shooting out was attracted to the water, and went straight for it. Barboach fainted, when the electricity hit his body and surged through it.

"Pika!" Amber squealed, jumping up into Ash's arms. He hugged her.

"You did great, Amber," Ash said. Amber was more then satisfied with just having her daddy's (what she thought of him as, along with Millenia and Ryudo) attention.

Vincent called back the fainted Barboach without comment. He sneered at Ash, who had just put his attention back to the battle at hand. "No more games!" Vincent snapped, "Go, Tentacruel!"

Ash let Amber crawl up onto his head, where she sprawled out in exhaustion. "Chaaaaa," Amber cooed, blinking.

"Charizard, come out." Ash threw the pokeball containing the fire dragon. He knew Charizard could take the punishment the water would put against the pokemon. "I hope May is doing alright..."

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May smiled. Treecko was doing great against Mauve's Marshtomp. She had known the starter, being a grass type, would have the advantage over the water/ground type which was Marchtomp.

Mauve was absolutely livid. To see that *her* Marshtomp was being beat by such a small pokemon,, and a rookie to top that, angered her. "Marshtomp, use Mud Slap" she commanded.

Marshtomp started throwing mud at Treecko, who waited for some type of command from May. "Avoid them with Quick Attack," May said.

Treecko ran like a rocket past the piles of mud. When the small pokemon was almost right next to Marshtomp, May ordered him to use Absorb.

She knew she was going to win the battle. Treecko's eyes closed, as he concentrated on stealing Marshtomp's energy. All eyes were on the two pokemon. Even Ash and Vincent had paused their battle to watch.

Marshtomp wobbled and fell. It had fainted from the Absorb attack. May hugged Treecko, who started to glow a bright white. Squeaking from surprise and fright, May dropped her glowing pokemon.

"It's evolving," Ash said softly. The light died down from the started, and standing in its place was a Groyvle. May stared at the new Groyvle, surprised at the change, as it was her first pokemon to evolve.

Mauve, glaring at May, decided to take advantage at her shock. She let out her Pelipper, and ordered, "Pelipper, use Wing Attack on that little pest!"

Pelipper flew up to the ceiling, and swooped down. Millenia saw the attacking pokemon, and flew up, and countered the Wing Attack with her own. May looked up, seeing the struggling pokemon. Ash looked at Mauve, anger etched into his expression. She had just ordered her pokemon to attack May!

The Aqua woman smirked. "This should be easy, since I now have the type advantage!" Mauve said, "After I beat that silly little firebird of yours, I'll just have to take it AND your sexy husband too!"

May heard Ash make a strangled noise, trying his hardest not to show his embarrassment. She glared at Mauve, who was still smirking. "MY Ash would NEVER want a whore like you, you Aqua witch!"

Millenia was already willing to fight for her, Amber, and Ryudo's mommy, and it showed it her stance. Her wings were glowing a brilliant red- orange, and she seemed to radiate power from her small body. It was up to Millenia to prove whether Team Aqua would win or not.

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New record for this fanfiction! Chapter finished in two days! XD Not much to say about this chapter, so I'll just go straight to reviews-

DJ Rodriguez- ^^ It is getting good. And I love this cliffhanger. It makes you wonder whether they will win or not.