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Chapter 5- Perfect Match

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Linda and Matt were sitting in a small, empty room with two chairs, which they sat in. The girl that brought them in to the room firmly told them that as soon as their name was called, they were to come out of the room, and they would be on their side of the battlefield. But for now, they had to wait patiently.

"Hey Linda?" said Matt all of the sudden.

"Yeah?"

"Did that girl who brought us here look familiar?" Matt had been trying to guess where he had seen her from.

"No not really" said Linda. "She seemed to be our age though, so it's odd that she works at this tournament. Maybe it's just a part-time job."

"Yeah maybe…" it was still bothering him that she looked familiar.

Suddenly the two could hear a loud voice come over loudspeakers.

"Ladies and gentlemen let me welcome you to the Arena 5 1st round match. As many of you know, this match is a four on four battle, each of the four trainers using two Pokemon, one at a time in a two on two battle. Now let's introduce our contestants shall we?"

Linda could hear loud cheers from the crowd. "Wow it sounds like a lot of people are here. It's only the first round…"

Matt nodded. "It seems like a lot more people than the other first round matches. Maybe we're playing a well known team."

The announcer continued. "On the right we have Andy and Lenny, two new Pokemon trainers from Viridian City in Kanto. And on this side, we have Linda from New Bark Town, and Matt from our very own Cherrygrove City."

Matt opened the door and the two walked out. Under the bright lights of the stadium was a large Pokemon arena. On the other side was the seventeen year old boy Linda remembered from watching her battle with Jorie, and a boy that looked like a 12-year-old version of him. Probably brothers thought Linda. From all around, Linda could hear cheering. Voices echoed toward her and Matt.

"Go get 'em, cutie!" shouted a girl's voice, looking at Matt. He blushed and looked down. Other voices were ringing out.

"You got this, guys!" "Whup 'em!" "Hit one for me, hottie!" shouted three teenage boys from a few rows up. It was Linda's turn to blush.

"Trainers call out your Pokemon!" said the announcer. Matt and Linda nodded to each other.

"Go Horsea!" shouted Linda.

"I choose, Mareep!" yelled Matt.

The older boy called out a Rattata and the younger one a Goldeen.

"This is a double battle with four Pokemon for each team. It will be Linda's Horsea and Matt's Mareep vs. Andy's Rattata and Lenny's Goldeen. Battle begin!"

"Rattata, use Hyper Fang!" shouted Andy.

"Quick Horsea, counter it with Water Gun!" yelled Linda.

Rattata's large teeth began to glow dangerously as it charged toward Horsea. Horsea quickly jumped and shot a Water Gun and missed.

"Now" Linda whispered to Matt. He nodded.

"Mareep, Spark attack on Rattata!"

"Ratta?" The Rattata seemed confused. Mareep's spark hit dead on, knocking it far on it's back.

"Rattata is unable to battle. Matt gets three KO points."

Huh? Thought Linda. She didn't remember anything about KO points. Whatever, just focus. She told herself.

The older boy, Andy, called back his Rattata, sending out a Butterfree. Lenny seemed to be taking this time to his advantage. "Goldeen, use Horn Attack!"

Goldeen charged at Mareep furiously.

"Mareep!" Matt shouted but didn't have enough time. That attack hit straight on.

"Defend it Horsea! Use Bubble!"

Horsea shot out bubbles which floated around Goldeen and hit her, causing minimal damage.

"You have a type advantage Mareep, use Spark again!"

"Butterfree, get that Horsea!"

"Horsea, use tackle!"

Butterfree flew across and darted at Horsea, but Horsea was too quick. It dodged it and tackled Butterfree. Meanwhile, Mareep kept trying to spark Goldeen but ended up getting hit by another Horn Attack.

"Mareep, hang in there! Try a take down attack!"

Mareep struggled to get up, but did and charged at Goldeen, smacking a critical hit.

"Yeah! Nice job Mareep!" Matt jumped in the air happily.

The crowd was cheering frantically. The chanting of "Mareep! Mareep! Mareep!" filled the ears of the entire stadium. Goldeen was lying on the ground motionless. Horsea and Butterfree were in a tackle fest.

"Goldeen is unable to battle. Matt gets another KO point."

Linda gave the announcer a puzzled look, but continued. "Horsea hang in there! Spray it with Water Gun, and then tackle it again!"

The young trainer pulled out another Pokeball. "Go for it Pidgey!"

A large Pidgey popped out.

"Quick Mareep, you have the advantage again! Use Thundershock!"

Horsea had finally landed a sharp tackle. Butterfree, basically giving up, plopped on the ground.

"Butterfree is unable to battle. Linda gets a KO point."

Now all that's left is Pidgey

Mareep's Thundershock landed head-on, knocking Pidgey to the ground, paralyzed.

"Tackle it Horsea, finish this!" shouted Linda.

"Sea!" shouted Horsea. It lunged and slammed into Pidgey. Knocking it back near the trainer.

"Pidgey is unable to battle. Linda gets another point. Matt and Linda are our winners! And the also each get two KO points, for a perfect victory!"

The crowd went wild.

"Yeah, we did it! We totally won!" said Matt. "Nice work Linda!"

"Yeah, you too!" said Linda, totally absorbed in the moment. They both waved around at the crowd.

"Congratulations, to our happy victors. Now, how about a kiss for the crowd hmm?"

Linda and Matt gave the announcer a puzzled look, then looked at each other, confused.

"How cute, they're shy. Kadabra, why don't you help them a little bit."

Matt and Linda started to glow purple, being controlled by the psychic powers. Linda tried to open her mouth to say something, but couldn't. The psychic was lifting them closer together. Closer, closer… They were both hovering a few feet from the ground. What's going on! Thought Linda.

Linda was suddenly only about 3 inches from Matt, his sparkling blue eyes looking around, obviously as confused as Linda was. Wait, he didn't mean blow a kiss- he meant us kiss! Realized Linda. What's with that?

Kadabra's psychic was too strong. The two pulled together, lips touching. All the while, the crowd was cheering and yelling.

"Lucky son of a-" "Ugh no fair! I wanted him!" "Aww… how cute!"

Linda closed her eyes, trying to resist the psychic. Something is seriously wrong. As they kissed, they slowly swirled around in the air, softly rising. The crowd was still cheering. The psychic suddenly dropped them to the ground, and pushed them into the room they were in before the match.

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Jade laughed and cheered along with the crowd, concealed by the noise and massive amounts of people. She, her brother and a few other operatives were under cover just to make sure everything went according to plan.

"Stick with me Colin" Jade said to her brother, who was falling behind.

"I thought we could never say our names to anyone" he said, jogging to catch up. He had just turned 10, his small legs not enough to keep up with Jade. He was dressed in a male, smaller version of Jade's outfit, a dark red beanie with a white stripe, a dark red shirt, tan shorts, and sandals. His short, spiky hair was a dusty blonde color, unlike Jade's dark jet black. He had the same eyes though. He put gel in it in the front to form it up into a cow lick.

"It doesn't matter now," said Jade, "we're hidden in a large crowd. Let me see the article again, take a few pictures."

The fight was just beginning. Linda's Horsea and Matt's Mareep were battling their opponents weak Pokemon. Colin handed her the article and took out his new Super-Zoom Po-Camera. This was designed for Pokemon professors to take pictures of shy Pokemon from far, far away. Colin used it to take pictures of whatever he chose however. In this case, Linda and Matt. The boss gave him this camera, along with giving jade the new laptop.

Jade re-read the article again, looking at the pictures. Her boss gave her a digital editing program, where she took Colin's pictures of Linda and Matt and digitally shifted them to show them in a more romantic pose. One that worked perfectly was pictures of the two eating lunch. Matt put his elbow back on the chair and let his arm hang to the side. All Jade had to do was take a picture of Linda leaning on the front desk of the tournament's main building, cut out Linda and fit her snug next to Matt. It looked perfectly like Linda was leaning on Matt's shoulder with his arm around her.

Jade smiled. Dang, she was good. She remembered when she was just a newbie at all this stuff…

-Flashback-

There was a tall, tan man with sandy blonde hair and a rough, deep voice. Near him was a dark haired girl about 13 and her small brother.

"Now. Although young, you two have demonstrated great skill. I'm going to appoint you to Team Sand's J1 division. This is a tough job; it covers all areas in the Johto region from New Bark Town to Ecruteak City. Agent 22? Agent 23? Are you ready?"

"Yes sir" chorused the children.

"You know, something about you two reminds me of an old rival of mine. He was a tough, perhaps the toughest gym leader in the Kanto Region."

The girl immediately knew what he was talking about. "Um… I've never been to the Kanto region. Neither has my brother."

"Oh?" said the man. "You should go some time. It's quite nice."

The girl relaxed a bit. "I'm sure" she said somewhat cheerfully. The man smiled, which wasn't very cheering.

"Now go, you two. An agent will come to get you in a while. Pack all your things."

The kids hurriedly left.

"Phew, that was a close one" said the younger boy.

"Yeah, I guess our job in Blackthorn City reminded the boss too much of dad… oh well. We won't let it happen again."

"Dad sent us here so we could be free of speculations based upon his acts. He made us promise that no one would ever know we were related to him" he continued.

The girl nodded. "And we'll keep that promise."

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A bit more drama in this chapter. Will try to update more frequently. BTW, you guys are in serious lack of reviewage. PLZ review and give positive (or negative) feedback.