Sorry this one showed up so late. I had a really bad computer virus to deal with.

Now, with the title of the previous chapter...

There is actually no pun intended. It is nothing more than simple intials to shorten the length of the chapter's title.

Okay, here's the next chapter.

Chapter 8

"Go Hitmontop!" Butch shouted as he threw out his pokeball.

"Go Houndoom!" Cassidy said as she threw her pokeball.

A big black dog with horns and a pokemon with three legs appeared.

"Hitmontop! Hi Jump Kick!" Butch shouted.

"Houndoom! Use Crunch!" Cassidy said.

Hitmontop reared its knee up and headed to Umbreon, while Houndoom charged at Luvdisc with its mouth wide open.

"Quick! Dodge it!" Max and Misty yell at the same time.

Umbreon didn't react fast enough and got hit hard by the attack. Luvdisc barely dodged the attack.

"You okay, Umbreon?" Max asked. Umbreon immediately got up and showed that it was ready to battle. "All right!" Max said in excitement.

Misty then looked at her pokemon very carefully. "Luvdisc has the advantage, but there's no way it can win this." She thought. She then took out a pokeball.

Cassidy saw that Misty was about to return her pokemon and quickly attacked. "Houndoom, Pursuit!"

A black aura surrounded Houndoom and it quickly charged right at Luvdisc, knocking it out before Misty could return it.

"Luvdisc!" Misty shouted.

"Impressed? I knew my recent training of keeping an eye on the trainer would come in handy." Cassidy explained.

"Well, let's just see how well you handle this one." Misty said as she got out a new pokemon. "Gyarados, I choose you!"

The blue serpent dragon roared as it came out, ready to battle.

"Gyarados! Hydro Pump!" Misty shouted.

The dragon pokemon launched a huge burst of water right at Houndoom.

"Houndoom! Sunny Day!" Cassidy yelled.

Houndoom reared its head up, and launched an orange beam into the air. A bright light engulfed the whole room. Some of the Hydro Pump evaporated, giving Houndoom only minimal damage.

"What! No way!" Misty said in shock.

Cassidy gave a smirk. "You think that I wouldn't prepare this poke for water types? I'm alot stronger than I was the last time we met." She said.

"I can see that."

"Umbreon, take advantage of this! Moonlight!" Max shouted.

Umbreon started to glow white. In a few seconds, all of its wounds were healed and it was ready to battle.

"Oh good move! Now its back at full health!" Butch said with a sarcastic tone.

"Hey! I had no idea that it knew Moonlight!" Cassidy shot back.

"Well, you should've thought of that before you made that move!"

"If I didn't, my pokemon would be knocked out right now!"

As Butch and Cassidy continue to argue back and forth, Misty sees her chance.

"Gyarados! Flamethrower!" She shouted.

Gyarados reared back its head and launched a burst of flames right at Hitmontop. Receiving no command from its trainer, Hitmontop took the full force of the hit and was knocked out.

"Oh, now look at what your Sunny Day move did!" Butch shouted.

"What do you mean? You're the one who wasn't paying attention!" Cassidy shouted back.

Butch and Cassidy continue to argue back and forth.

Brock then gives a small smile. "You know, Ash. Those two are alot like you and Misty."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ash and Misty ask angrily at high volume.

Brock just trembles and sweat drops.

"That's it! New rule! You can not help your teammate!" Butch shouted.

"What? You can't change the rules! That's not fair!" Max said, complaining.

"Our field, our rules!" Butch said. "Now! Get ready for this pokemon!" He shouted as he threw out a new pokeball.

End Chapter 8

Hope you liked that one.

I hope to have the next chapter up on Saturday.

See ya Later!