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Disclaimer: Don't own pokemon. So don't sue.

When we last met our young heros, Damian just met Shinobu by the lake...

"Hey what you looking at?"

"Aaahh!"

"I got you!"

"Sorry!"

After the trainers introduced themsleves to eachother...

"Cool! Then let's be off! Oh, my names Damian."

"My name is Shinobu Maehara."

They started to walk to the Pokecenter so Shinobu could heal her pokemon for their upcomming battle. But before you know it...

"Hey Damian!"

"Oh joy."

A mysterious young man appeared who happenes to know Damian!

"What you doing with a beautiful girl like this? C'mon you dont need to be with a loser like him. You should follow me."

"Uhh-"

"What are you doing here Andrew!"

But soon after they found out about the boy's progress...

"Heh, well after that girl Misty refused to go out with me I had to beat her for her badge, very easy of course."

"You...beat her...al...ready?"

Things started to get ugly...

"Hell yea kid shes too easy, reminds me of when I beat you not to long ago."

"Grrrrr oh yea! I wasn't even ready! You just came out of nowhere and challenged me! But now your going to pay!"

Pokemon Episode 2 : The Three Big Battles pt. 1

Rivals Face Off!

The pokeball thrown in the air flipped and twisted and soon enough a white light came out. The light then took form.

Sanshrew!" The pokemon cried out.

"Heh, I was expecting you to go crazy, now to put you to shame right here!" He yelled as he too threw a pokeball in the air. The light descended on ground and revealed itself.

"Ivy!" His Ivysaur growled as the two pokemon stood off.

Shinobu backed up a bit to make room while other people started to noticed and watch along with her. "Go...Damian." She cheered in her head.

Damian, deciding not to waste time, gave Ivysaur no break. "Sandshrew, Poison Sting!" He yelled.

"Shrew!" The pokemon nodded as it launched a series of barbs toward Ivysaur.

"Use Vine Whip." Andrew said casually as Ivysaur nodded and whipped all the barbs, canceling them out in the process."Now wrap them around that desert rat." He said once again in a laid back tone as they all watched Sandshrew get wrapped up and dragged towards Andrew's pokemon.

"Gotta think of something fast!" Damian thought as he quickly went over Sandrew's moves in his head. "Got it!" He thought.

"Ouick Sandshrew, use Sand-Attack!" He yelled.

"...Sandshrew!" His pokemon nodded as she got the idea.

As Ivysaur was reeling the ground pokemon in, Sandshrew dug it's feet in the earth, hurling immense sand in the process.

"Ivy!" The pokemon yelled as a whirlwind of dust particles covered its whole body. During this, Sandshrew was released and standing right in front of Ivysaur.

"Unleash a furry of scratches!" Damian shouted.

"Shrew!" The pokemon nodded and assaulted Ivysaur's face and body.

The pokemon yelled in pain as it tried to bat away the other pokemon at work but Sandshrew easily dodged the blinded Ivysaur's vines any time they got close.

"Focus!" Andrew yelled. "If you gonna keep getting distracted by these minor things then your throwing all our training away!"

"Andrew trains..?" Damian thought dumbfounded.

"Ivysaur!" His pokemon responded, closing it's eyes and concentrating on body heat and movement. All the damage it was receiving was minor now, and it could trace Sandshrew's pattern. "Saur!" It yelled as it released it's vines and snarled around Sandshrew.

"Shreeeew!" The pokemon cried out as it was repeatedly slammed against the ground.

"Sandshrew!" Damian yelled as Shinobu looked away from the gruesome scene. The crowd watching this were becoming more and more interested as the battle raged on.

"Now reel it in, from the air this time I might add, and finish it with Razor Leaf!" Andrew yelled.

"Ivy!" The pokemon nodded as it lifted the battered Sandshrew in the air and brought it in fast while executing a Razor Leaf.

"Saaandshreeeew!" The pokemon in pain screamed as it flew through the air after being sliced away from the sharp leaves.

"Now let's add the shame! One more Vine Whip!" Andrew yelled as Damian couldn't believe what he just heard.

"Quick Sandshrew! Return!" He said as he desperately tried to find his pokeball.

"Ivy!" The pokemon yelled as it brought down its vines hard upon Sandshrew.

The pokemon could only utter as it crashed down on the concrete.

"SANDSHREEEEW!" Damian yelled as he ran towards his pokemon. "Sandshrew...i'm so sorry." He said as he kneeled next to his pokemon and hugged it gently.

The pokemon could barely look at its owner, and soon everything went black.

"...Return." Damian said softly as the red light slowly engulfed the pokemon. The young boy didn't move, just there kneeling limp.

"Damian?" Shinobu spoke from the crowd.

silence

"Damian?" She asked again.

even more silence

"Haha! Giving up kid? How sad. Look at you! You look so pitiful! You might as well just give up, c'mon I wanna hear you beg. Go on say it!" Andrew ordered.

"Please..."

"Heh, please what?" Andrew asked as the crowd awaited a response as time seemed to slow to a halt.

"Please...Shinobu." Damian said softly getting up.

"Uh, yes Damian?" She asked surprised by his sudden act.

"Take Sandshrew and go to the pokecenter, don't leave her side until she gets better." He said stretching out his hand with the pokeball.

"Right!" She said as she took it and hurried of to the center.

"Now," Damian said as he looked over to Andrew, his cold glare of death striking fear in his heart, "You're dead."

"Go!" Damian yelled as he threw a pokeball high into the air as the crowd watched in silence. They all heard the pokeball open but the light ascended even higher until nothing was visible.

Damian caught his pokeball and tilted his head down, concealing a sick smirk.

"What the hell, I dont got all day!" Andrew yelled as no pokemon was seen or heard from the spot where the pokeball released it.

"Now." Damian whispered.

"Huh?" Andrew said as he heard a faint cry in the air. "What the hell..."

"Fearow!" The pokemon said as it torpedoed its way towards the plant pokemon.

"What the, Ivysaur! Get out of the way!" Andrew yelled to his pokemon but Fearow's speed was too fast as the crowd watched the bird pokemon make its way to Ivysaur, start to go in a drill state, and slam its way into the pokemon.

A shrill cry was heard throughout the city as the pokemon was being drilled to death by the other.

"No...Ivysaur." Andrew uttered as he watched the bird slowly stop spinning and flapped its way back to its owner's outstretched arm.

The young boy then raised his head to reveal a wicked smile. Tear streaks were visible on his face and the redness could easily be seen from his eyes.

"Ught, return now Ivysaur!" Andrew yelled in fear and rising anger as he grabbed one of his other pokeballs. "Go! Pidgeotto!" He yelled as he threw his pokeball straight towards Damian.

The ball stopped inches away from his unflinching face and the light took form of the second staged bird pokemon. Andrew caught his returning ball and his bird pokemon flew by his side.

"Pigey!" The pokemon yelled as both creature and master seeked out blood revenge.

"Quick Attack now!" Andrew yelled.

"Pigey!" The pokemon responded as it went in full speed for the attack.

"Quick attack! Show em who's boss!" Damian yelled as his Fearow leaped off his hand at a break-neck limit as well leaving nothing but air and dust blowing in Damian's direction.

In no time the two pokemon clashed into eachother eliminating a shockwave of rushing air that burst throughout the city, ripples in water, humans fighting turbulence, and a fresh new layer of dirt was visible.

Suffering minor damage, Fearow emerged victorious due to a more advanced stage and Pidgeotto was sent flying into a tree. It quickly tried to brush off damage, straining to get up.

"Quick Attack and Furry Attack now!" Damian yelled as his lust for pain was not satisfied.

"Fearow!" The pokemon yelled as it too felt the same way and quickly disappeared only to reappear as a bullet heading straight towards the young bird pokemon.

"Pidgeotto! Use Quick Attack to get out of the way!" Andrew yelled as his pokemon noticed the Fearow speeding straight towards him.

"Otto!" He yelled as he quickly dodged the other pokemon's sharp beak only being scraped in the process. Reappearing behind Fearow, he saw the bird repeatedly jabbing the beak at immense speed, quickly disposing of the tree in the two-second process.

"Quick Attack and Peck!" Andrew yelled noticing he gained a advantage but had to act fast.

"Pidgey!" The bird yelled and went in for the prey.

"Dodge using Quick Attack just like he did." Damian said not losing his cool as he watched his bird practically teleport behind Andrew's pokemon. "Now Peck, and make it hurt." The young boy said as he pictured the sight and smiled.

"Just like last time!" Andrew yelled as his bird got the idea and used yet another Quick Attack to get behind Fearow.

"Fear-"

"Pidgey!" Pidgeotto yelled as his wings started to glow and he attempted to slam Fearow down in pain but Fearow quickly maneuvered away and tried to Furry Attack Pidgeotto into punctured ribs. It started to turned into their own battle as their owners and the seemingly larger crowd watched, butunfortunetlyfor the bird, Pidgeotto managed to block himself with his glowing wing, parrying Fearow and tried to follow it up with a counter attack. Fearow saw this and used Quick Attack yet again to dodge and soon enough it became a teleporting match as the two birds tried to keep up with eachother as a result of parries and counters followed up to no avail, the two birds became frustrated and disappeared from near eachother higher into the air with enough feet between them and done the unthinkable for pokemon on their level. The people watched as the pokemon opened their mouth and a little orb with static occasionally pulsing around the little ball was forming. Soon enough both orbs began to get bigger and then the two pokemon unleashed the deadly beam. Pidgeotto's white and Fearow's orange clashed in midair and resulted in a huge explosion. Clouds deforming, nearby pokemon flying/scurrying away, and then all was silent.

Silence.

More silence.

Even more dramatic silence.

The dust soon cleared to reveal two shadows falling from the sky.

"Fearow!"

"Pidgeotto!"

The trainers yelled in unison as they rushed over to the landing spot and caught their beat and battered birds in their arms.

"I'm so sorry...you did a great job, thanks Fearow." Damian whispered to his pokemon as he brought out his pokeball.

"You did great, you deserve a nice long rest." Andrew said to his pokemon as he too brought out the little bird's mobile home.

"Return." They both said as the red light engulfed them.

The two pokemon both stared through half-open eyes at eachother being sucked away.

"Fearow..."

"Pidgey..."

"Now, i'm not done with you yet." Damian said as his eyes slowly settled on Andrew's.

"Just what I was thinking."

"Go!" They yelled as their last pokeball was thrown into their direction.

The pokeballs clasped hits and then the pokemon were revealed.

"Wartortle!" Damian's starter yelled.

"Nidorino!" Andrew's male version of the two nidorans cried.

"Now, Wartortle! Water gu-" Damian WAS going to yelled until he got interuppted by a siren.

"What..." Andrew thought.

The motorcycle pulled up to them to reveal a young looking woman.

"Halt! I, Officer Jenny, declare this pokemon battle over right now!" She yelled as she got of her motorcycle and walked towards the center of the stand off.

"Wartortle?"

"Rino?"

"Awwwww man!" The crowd groaned.

"What do you mean over! Where almost done just give me 2 min-"

"No! Residents in this area reported a pokemon battle that was getting out of control between two civilians." The turquoise haired police officer women interuppted Andrew as she looked over at the two. She stopped when she saw Damian. "You there, how old are you?" She asked him.

"Uhh-se-ten." He falsely lied.

"Hmm you look awfully short for a ten year old." She said getting a closer look at him.

"Tsch, he's no-"

"What? Gonna make up a lie and say im not ten so, since you have to be ten to legally be able to go on a pokemon journey, she's gonna take my pokemon, possibly release them, and we wont get to have our rematch until I get to that age that I already am hmm?" He asked already knowing Andrew's response.

"Tsch, see I wasn't even going to try and say something like that, I was just simply gonna say hes not even a good pokemon trainer." Andrew said quickly switching his story.

"Heh, whatever." Damian said tilting his head back in relief and released a long sigh. He cocked open an eye and saw Andrew looking at him. The two trainers exchanged smirks as Damian's hardest battle yet, was over.

"Return Nidorino, were outta here. I'll see you later Damian, were not finished yet." He said as he tucked his pokeball back into his waist belt.

"Yea, I know." Damian said as he too returned his pokemon.

"Well next time you boys battle where you can't cause so much destruction, your lucky no one was seriously hurt."The police womansaid as she got on to her bike and rode off.

It was until then when Damian remembered his Sandshrew and newly injured Fearow.

"Oh no, I gotta go check on Sandshrew!" He thought as he ran towards the pokecenter.

"Nurse Joy!" Damian's voce boomed throughout the center.

"She's in the emergency room." A kid about Damian's real age pointed.

"Shit!" Damian inwardly cursed as he ran towards the hall. He kept running, thinking the worse until he saw an emergency sign above a door at the end of it.

"Nurse Joy! Is-"

"Shhh, she needs sleep." Nurse Joy interrupted.

Damian could see the nurse and her Chansey next to a tray. He could also see other injured pokemon in the room but the main concern was his Sandshrew.

"Please...is she going to be ok?" He asked approaching the table looking at his sleeping bandaged pokemon connected to a machine. "Is she?" He asked again holding back tears.

"She suffered a hard hit on her back as you can see." She said pointing to a tray next to her.

He was able to see little yellow shards along with some other equipment.

"I see.." He said hoarsely.

"Luckily, she didn't suffer any spinal cord damage so she won't be permanently paralyzed, but there was a lot of bleeding from battle damage and her back is extremely sensitive now, so just give her time to rest and she should be feeling better in due time.

"Thank you so much Nurse Joy!" Damian said as he hugged her.

"No problem, you just be careful now, I heard a huge noise out there a while ago, was that you?" She asked as he let go.

"Oh, that...yea." He said rubbing the back of his head. "...Wait a minute my Fearow! He needs to be healed right away too!" He said getting worried again.

"Well is he as hurt as your Sandshrew?" She asked with a frown.

"No I wouldn't say that..." He said thinking about the battle.

"Fine," She sighed, "Leave it to me." She said stretching out her hand.

"Thanks." He said as he gave her his pokeball and watched her leave with Chansey.

His attention then focused back on Sandshrew and he went solemn. "I'm so sorry." He said as he gently stroked his pokemon's ear.

"Shrew.." His pokemon uttered as she slightly rolled over in her sleep.

He could see the scar on her back and winced at the sight. Although bandaged, he could still see the yellow skin. Tracing it over her body the skin then turned to a reddish black color and the rest was covered. He looked over to the tray and saw some of the broken shards of skin lying there.

"I'm so sorry." He said again as he heard sniffs from a corner in the room. Startled, he looked over to see a huddled Shinobu crying.

"Shinobu?" He asked approaching her.

She remained quiet until he was towering over her.

"Shinobu?" He asked again as he approached her level and rested a hand on her shoulder.

"Yes?" She asked through a muffled voice.

"Why are you crying?" He asked tilting her chin up with his finger revealing a tearful face.

"Because...you said to watch over her...and all I could do is sit here doing nothing while Nurse Joy operated...I could only cry. I let both you and Sandshrew down...im so..."

"No!" Damian interuppted startling Shinobu in the process. "Don't blame yourself. I was the one who caused this. It's my fault for her ending up on that table. If anyone was here to blame it would be me...heh, actually your the one who brought her here so imagine what would have happened if I waited after the battle to bring her...she probably wouldn't even make it. She owes her life to you, and I owe my thanks." He said to her looking in her eyes. "Journeys will have bad times, but we must overcome those bad obstacles in order to continue on that journey we're set for because journeys also have good times, and those good memories will last longer than the bad ones." He said as he got up and stretched out his hand to her. "Right?"

Silence filled the room as the two trainers stared at eachother.

"...Right!" She said as she took it and got up, looking at the young boy smiling at her, and smiled back.

To be continued.

A/N: And there's number two. Not bad? Bad? Horrible? Just R&R so I can see what I need (and not need) to do for the upcomming future chapters. Be prepared to see new faces...