A/N: Hey guys, it's your friendly neighborhood doctor DrPhill26 here once again with another chapter to give you guys today.

Tyler: You seem to be in good spirits today Phil. What's up with you?

DrPhill26: Oh nothing really, it's just that today's Easter you know? Another nice holiday where we get to spend time together celebrating family and togetherness and being with the people that we care about.

Wendy: Why do I get the feeling that there's a catch like there was with this Thanksgiving thing from forever ago.

DrPhill26: Because naturally, we celebrate the togetherness and bringing together of our families that this holiday represents by pumping ourselves full of chocolate and chasing after an imaginary bunny that lays eggs filled with more candy.

Tyler: Wait... your bunny rabbits don't lay eggs?

DrPhill26: No! Yours do?

Wendy: Yeah, look at Bunnelby and Lopunny and the like. They all lay eggs.

Tyler: And you think we're the weird ones. *laughing* Your rabbits what, give birth like humans do?

DrPhill26: Look, Easter is just kinda weird. And while I don't really give a hoot for the whole "hunting for eggs" thing anymore. I still preach the togetherness thing which is (kind of ironically) why I'm here with you guys and a new chapter. Because I see you guys as part of my family as well :) So go enjoy you guys and spread some holiday cheer... or eat a bunch of chocolate and pass out on the couch. You know, whatever floats your boat. Team summaries are on the bottom for those of you who need it but yeah, go have fun.

Pulse: Aren't you forgetting something Phil?

DrPhill26: Am I? ... OH I AM! Special thanks to story follower The Pokemon Otaku for his OC who is making his official debut in this chapter... even though he was in the last one too to a lesser degree. So yay to you!

"So I'm walking across this giant patch of ice, looking for a walking stick." Tyler explains as he pretends to slip on an invisible patch of ice. "I walk across the ice, find a nice looking branch on a fallen tree and try to snap it apart."

"Uh-huh." Rose replies, fully engrossed in Tyler's story.

"So I get my new stick, name him splints, and turn back around. The hood is just lying there empty on the ice and Yuki is walking towards that huge ice crystal I mentioned. And she's like already right next to the thing and I'm like 'Dammit Yuki no! Okay? You're hurt, you shouldn't be moving around; I don't care how pretty the crystal is.' But she just gives me this 'Please let met touch it. Just once and I'll be a good girl.' kind of look.

"Sounds like Wendy from what I remember of her." Will teased as Wendy stuck her tongue out at him.

"Right, so I give in and am like 'Okay, but just one time, then come right back here'. So she touches it, and looks real cute reaching out to it. But she touches it and then her body starts glowing white and these orbs of light start forming around the area and the crystal starts glowing as she starts growing. A moment later, the orbs scatter and the whole area becomes bathed in prismatic light. And standing at the center of it on the ice is Yuki as a Glaceon for the first time."

"Holy Arceus that's so cute!" Rose falls into Will's shoulder with the most innocent of smiles on her face.

"It gets better though." Wendy giggled as she saw Rose perk up again. "Because right after that was when Tyler named her."

"Or rather, she reminded me of the one she wanted for herself." Tyler smiled warmly himself. "See, have you heard of the story called 'Yuki of the Snowy Mountain?

"Ooh! I have!" Rose clapped her hands together. "Yuki's named after the princess in the story?" Tyler nodded. "Oh that's even cuter! I love that story!"

"Well I used to read that story to her like every night when she was an Eevee." Tyler continued. "But when I tried to give her her name, she just flat out refused the ones I gave her at first because I wasn't thinking of the story at first. And she got sad because she'd been wanting a name like the rest of my team, but I didn't want to name her until she evolved. So she started drawing lines in the snow and dragged her paw across them like she was reading a book. Then I remembered our story and the princess' name and she's been my Yuki ever since."

"Tyler that is such an adorable story!" Rose said wiping a tear from her eye. "I just wish I could meet this cutie myself. She sounds totally precious."

"Well unfortunately she's in Solaceon Town until she passes her egg." Tyler sighed, making Rose look severely disappointed. "But after that I can introduce you."

"I'd love that! I bet she's even cuter in real life than in my head."

"She is." Wendy chimed in happily. "Okay, so now it's your turn. Tell us about Thor here."

"Jolt!" The Electric typed Eeveelution sitting between Rose's legs stood up and barked, earning a wave from Wendy and getting Rose to pet his forehead.

"Well, it's not quite as magical, but it's got some whimsy to it." She smiled as Jolteon barked a second time. "Have you guys heard of the kimono girls in Johto?" Tyler shook his head but everyone else nodded. "Well the kimono girls are a traveling group of dancers in Ecruteak City who each have one of the Eeveelutions as their dance partner. Well, before I talk about them, I should probably say that Thor was a gift from my stepmother that I got when I first started my adventures through the world. Anyway, so we were in Ecruteak together and they were performing at the dance theater. And while watching it, Thor here would not stop watching the Jolteon girl dancing and his tail wagged excitedly the whole performance. The dancers saw that and invited us backstage where they had a Thunderstone and asked him if he wanted it. Thor quickly reached out and touched it and poof, I had a Jolteon."

"Hey that's pretty cool too." Tyler said as he watched the Jolteon scratch its head with his foot.

"But I couldn't come up with a name either so we walked back to the Pokémon Center. I was going to come up with one when we got back, but before we could this freak thunderstorm came out of nowhere and we got caught in it. So because it seemed like he'd summoned the storm himself, I named him Thor, and then we celebrated by dancing in the rain until it got really bad and we finally ran inside."

"Okay, that is pretty cool." Tyler chuckled as the Jolteon yipped again and received another petting from his trainer.

"So what about you Eric, would you like to tell the story of your Sylveon?" Will asked as the group turned their collective attention to the Fairy typed Eeveelution and her trainer.

"Sylvie?" The Pokémon happily smiled at her trainer.

"Uh… well I…" Eric scratched the back of his neck looking uncomfortable. "Well you see, Nymphia is uh…"

"Sylveon vee-on!" She replied.

"You want me to tell them?" Nymphia happily mewled again, lightly putting a ribbon on his hand.

"Well it's not that easy you know. Our story is complicated. I don't think we have time for it."

"Vee…" Tyler watched as the Sylveon apparently rolled her eyes at him. "Sylvie vee-on! Sylveon!"

"Hey if you're so adamant about it, you tell them how you evolved." Again the Sylveon looked at him with a disapproving stare. "Oh right… you don't speak human."

"Sylveon." Nymphia replied seemingly in a happier mood as she curled up into a ball between her trainer's legs. "Vee-on Sylvie Sylvie."

"Yeah gee thanks, way to leave me hanging." Eric sighed as he put his head in his hands. "Okay well, like I was saying, Nymphia-"

"Attention people of South Stadium, the next match is about to begin in ten minutes." A voice announced over a PA system.

"Oh thank God. Uh, I mean oh darn, our battle is about to start. Looks like I don't have time to tell my story." Eric said with a sigh of relief to the group's collective disappointment.

"Awww, but I want to hear about your Sylveon more." Wendy complained as Eric and Will both stood up.

"Later right Eric?" Will said with a firm pat of Eric's back that made him jump forward.

"Uh right, later then…" Eric laughed nervously as he stood up. "Come on Nymphie. Let's get going."

"Sylvie Syl-vie!" The Sylveon happily stood back up and fell in stride with her trainer, wrapping a ribbon around his arm and talking at him.

"I was gonna tell them honest, but we ran out of time." Eric groaned as he drifted out of earshot to Will's amusement.

"My partner's a weirdo don't you think?" Will chuckled absentmindedly.

"Not any weirder than you though." Rose teased as she stood up on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "Good luck out there babe." Will smiled at her, giving her one more kiss before turning around and leaving, only to be spanked playfully by Rose. "Not that you need any luck though."

"We'll keep things interesting for you." Will said as he left, leaving Tyler, Wendy, Rose and Alicia by themselves backstage.

"Shall we get going ourselves?" Rose asked the group.

"I miss Sylveon already." Wendy sighed glumly which made Rose put her hands on her hips.

"Fine, you can play with Thor, happy now Wendy?"

"Very much so thank you!" She replied with her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Let's just go already." Tyler rolled his eyes as the group began following him out of the backstage area and into the general bowl of the stadium itself for the second time. As they found new seats to watch this round's action from, Tyler looked out at the battlefield already seeing a pair of trainers waiting on the box opposite of the field from where they were sitting. One of them, a female was sitting calmly inside the box wearing what Tyler could only describe as wispy clothing. A purple and pale blue tunic that looked like it was dancing in the breeze across the battlefield almost eerily but still elegantly. The man next to her had his hands firmly resting inside an open white labcoat, lazily rocking on the balls of his feet.

"So Tyler, what do you think of the opponents here?" Rose asked as she caught Tyler staring at them.

"Honestly, I dunno. They both seem pretty relaxed." The group stopped as they took their seats with Wendy sitting on the aisle again to play with the Jolteon more easily.

"You wanna make a little bet with me on the battle?" Rose offered playfully.

"What kind of bet?" Tyler looked at her suspiciously.

"Just a friendly little bet, nothing big. Just…" Rose paused to think for a moment. "Let's try to guess the final score of their battle. I think Will and Eric win 4-0."

"4-0?!" Tyler shouted, then laughed suspiciously. "You're sure you're not just being overconfident in Will's ability because he's your fiancé?"

"Well if that's what you think, then what do you have to lose?" Rose teasingly elbowed his stomach.

"Nothing, because I don't know what we're betting."

"Okay… how about if you win, I'll do any one thing you want me to do. And if you lose, you do any one thing I want you to." Tyler felt his face quickly start heating up at the potential implications of those statements, which only made Rose laugh at him. "You stupid perv, I didn't mean anything like that when I said that. But I guess it's too late to take it back now that it's on the table."

"Uh… so anything other than a 4-0 win means I win right?"

"Yup. What do you say Alicia, you want in on this too?" Rose offered the girl sitting next to her.

"Huh? Um… no thanks." She replied modestly.

"Suit yourself, so what do you say Tyler?" Rose grinned as she turned back to Tyler. The red haired boy frowned as he thought about this. Something in the way Rose was speaking made him seem like this was actually a bet he could lose. But the odds of a 4-0 happening were so small! Sure he'd done it earlier today with Jason, but that was because they knew one of the opponents already. These two were complete strangers, and looked very relaxed, which seemed to mean confidence in themselves as Tyler looked at them.

"I need an answer Tyler." Rose prodded him again.

"Alright, fine. I'll take your bet. I think it'll only be 2-0." Tyler finally agreed as Rose held her hand to him.

"Then you have a bet buster." Tyler smiled as the pit in his stomach churned nervously. Why did he have a bad feeling about this all of a sudden?

But he didn't think on it for much longer, as the crowd around them began to applaud respectfully as both Eric and Will made their way onto the arena floor. The two of them seemed to be sharing a causal conversation with each other as they approached, showing their own relaxation level that was on par with their opponents. As the two of them stood in their boxes, both of their opponents quickly took their position as well and the judge quickly jogged out from behind them, ascending his podium once again.

"Well well, it appears this is going to be quite the interesting exchange." The wispy-clothed woman spoke through her microphone.

"Agreed," Her partner replied as he pushed his glasses back up his nose. "I'll be curious to see if our strategies bear fruit in this battle."

"Oh don't talk about food right now." Will laughed jokingly as he patted his stomach. "I am absolutely starving right now." The crowed seemed to join Will in brief laughter but his partner was not one of them.

"Let's get this party started already." Eric replied quickly, already having a Poké ball raised in his hand.

"Ladies and Gentlemen of South Stadium, welcome once again to this first round matchup in the Hearthome Tag Battle Tournament!" The judge announced to a fair response. "I'm sure we all know the rules already, but let's review them anyway. Standard Double Battle rules apply here, both trainers are allowed only the use of two Pokémon, both sides must battle until all four of one team's Pokémon are defeated. Clear?" The battlers all shouted a response of yes, which made the judge point to Will and Eric. "Eric Jesevee-Lee and William Weiland, are you ready to fight."

"Always."

"As ready as I'll ever be." They both said in response as the judge turned to their opponents.

"Ryan Hayden, Isabella Viola, are you ready?"

"Standing by."

"I am ready." They responded in kind.

"Then begin!"

"Take flight Tropius!"

"Come forthwith Kadabra!" Ryan's and Isabell's Pokémon both emerge from their balls at the same time. First the large sauropod Pokémon descended on the battlefield, flapping its leafy wings as it let out a bellowing roar that shook air around him. Landing beside him within his silver spark shower was a humanoid creature, yellow skinned and brandishing a spoon in its left hand.

"Rule the shadows Nyxx!" Will's voice boomed as he threw his ball sky high, bursting open to reveal his Absol as it landed gracefully on the battlefield before him, quickly adopting a battle ready stance."

"Hey, that's my line." Eric quipped as he enlarged his ball and threw it sky high. "Rule the oceans Revera!" At his trainer's call, a large and elegant looking red serpent with a cream colored underside let out a siren's call as it landed on the field, her body sparkling in the low light.

"Water type huh?" Ryan said with a sneer. "You're brave I'll give you that. Tropius use Leaf Tornado on Milotic!"

"You use Energy Ball on her too Kadabra!" Isablela commanded as both Pokémon began to charge their attacks. Her Kadabra began molding a ball of sparkling green energy in front of one of its spoons and threw it towards the serpentine Pokémon across from him. The Tropius meanwhile began flapping its leaves, discharging fallen leaves from it before blowing them in a spiraling motion towards the same target.

"Counter that with Icy Wind Revera!" The Milotic reared back its head and let loose a frosted breath that flowed across the field, intercepting the swirling leaves. Each one of them soon became coated in ice and fell safely to the ground in front of her. However, the sparkling green ball continued its approach.

"Block that attack with Dark Pulse!" At Will's command, Nyxx swiftly appeared in front of her partner with a purple orb glowing in her mouth. With a growl she fired off a beam of spiraling black and purple energy into the green attack, stalling it out and causing it to explode harmlessly before her.

"Oh-ho, new developments." Ryan commented as he turned his attention to the Absol. "Tropius, use Air Slash on Absol!"

"Fight it off with Psycho Cut!" The Tropius reared back, gaining altitude as it beat its wings ferociously, creating a shockwave of rippling air that shot towards the stationary Absol. But Nyxx simply let out a roar of her own as her horn glowed a light purple color. And with a simple slash motion of her horn, she fired off a glowing cut of her own that cut through the attack and continued into the Tropius, leaving him stunned in the sky.

"Well we can't have that. Set up some barriers Kadabra, use Reflect!" The Psychic type's eyes glowed the psychic blue as he held his spoon forward and bent it, creating a transparent barrier of pentagonal barrier around him and his flying partner.

"Water Pulse on Kadabra!" As soon as the barrier flashed, Milotic began charging a ball of watery energy in front of her mouth and fired it towards the Kadabra.

"Now add a Light Screen!" Kadabra's spoon bent even further over and a second barrier, this time a yellow hexagonal one began forming inside the first barrier. With both defensive bariers up, the Milotic's attack harmlessly splashed into a puddle of water falling at the front of the attack.

"Time for phase two Tropius! Use Sunny Day!" The Grass/Flying type let out a loud cry as he arched his body towards the sky and a blinding flash of light emanated from around him. Tyler had to shield his eyes from the solar flare and when he looked down at the field again, it was bathed in a heavy sunlight that seemed to heavily ripple through the air.

"Ugh… too hot." Wendy complained as she started fanning herself with her hand. "Tyler how do you stand this weather?"

"Because I grew up in it?" Tyler winked cheekily at her as he sunk into his seat more comfortably.

"Well lucky you. But I'm melting, so this has to come off…" Wendy reached up to her chest and untied the knot of the shirt around her chest and proceeds to take the tied up shirt off. Then quickly her usual sweater was removed, briefly exposing her in a just a simple black bra. But before the catcalls could even make themselves heard, her tied up blue t-shirt fell on top of them quickly. "There, way better, right Thor?"

"Jolt!" The Jolteon replied excitedly as Wendy scratched him beneath his chin.

"Now Solar Beam on Milotic!"

"Kadaba, you use Focus Blast on Absol!" With that the two Pokémon sprang into action. First the Kadabra righted its spoon and molded a large ball of blue energy in front of it, before throwing it towards Nyxx. Tropius meanwhile had his entire body begin glowing a soft white, focusing more intensely around his wings as a ball of white light formed in his mouth. A short moment later an intense blast of pure white light shot from it towards the Milotic.

"So predictable…" Eric grinned as he watched the attack race forward. "Use Mirror Coat!" Suddenly a faintly glowing sphere of blue energy surrounded the Milotic's body, suspending the attack as it crashed against it. Her body shook as she tried to maintain the presence of her barrier, struggling a bit before letting out a cry of her own and the beam redirected back towards the Tropius. Unable to react in time, the sauropod Pokémon took the attack head on, flipping him over as it knocked him away and sent him plummeting to the ground.

"Nice job Eric! Now let's show off ourselves Nyxx, use Double Team!" As the blue sphere raced across the field, Nyxx created a group of clones of herself, one of them taking the attack and disappearing quickly. But a small group of four remained. "And now Feint Attack!" With each of the clones charging at the Kadabra. The poor Psychic type tried to follow the clones, but each of them swiftly moved around him, changing places and continually faking attacks until the real Nyxx finally landed a powerful blow from behind that sent the Kadabra flying and his spoon even further across the field from him.

"You good to go Tropius?" Ryan asked with concern as his Pokémon struggled to get up. "I just need a bit more from you. Use Aerial Ace to get rid of those clones!" With a pair of powerful flaps of his leafy wings, Tropius took off once again and quickly took out the closest Absol and landing an attack, knocking the real Nyxx off her feet.

"Revera, use Water Pulse on Tropius!" Another sparkling ball of water formed in front of the regal snake's mouth.

"Quick Kadabra, Teleport close to Milotic and use Thunderpunch!" As Milotic launched its attack, Isabella's Kadabra suddenly appeared besides it with a fist sparking with lightning. He turned and punched the side of the Pokémon, which made Milotic flinch but not much more than that.

"Bat him away with Aqua Tail!" Quickly, Milotic spun around with her tail glowing a vivid blue as she slammed it into the side of the Kadabra's body, sending him flying back across the battlefield again and landing on top of his spoon.

"That's it Revera! Now use Ice Beam on Tropius!" With another proud cry, the Milotic locked eyes with Tropius and fired off a beam of frigid energy towards it.

"Fly up and dodge it!" But Tropus saw the attack coming, and barely managed to fly up and over the incoming attack, flying highly above the battlefield again. "Now Solar Beam on Absol!"

"Sucker Punch Nyxx!" At the same time as the Tropius fired another brilliantly sparkling beam of energy, Nyxx summoned a black fog around her body. She jumped up towards the attack, disappearing as the beam obliterated her cloud only to reappear right next to her opponent in the sky. She tucked herself into a ball and slammed her scythe-like horn into the Tropius, knocking him out of the sky with a heavy thud right next to his partner Kadabra.

"Finish them with Blizzard Revera!" Before the dust had even settled from Tropius' hit, Milotic blew it away with an intense blast of frozen air, ice quickly clinging to both Tropius and Kadabra's bodies as they became entombed in pillars of ice.

"Kadabra and Tropius are unable to battle! Both Isabella and Ryan are down to their final Pokémon." The judge announced as the sun faded to its normal intensity and the crowd applauded.

"Uh-oh…" Tyler gulped nervously as Nyxx landed on the battlefield again, letting out a powerful roar.

"Nervous Tyler?" Rose teasingly elbowed his chest, looking at him with a sinister stare. "It's already two-zero, but both Will's and Eric's Pokémon don't look too tired."

"Well… yeah, but it's just getting started." Tyler replied defensively. "You haven't won just yet."

"True, but I'm feeling pretty confident." Rose giggled as she stood up and cupped her lips with her hands. "COME ON HONEY! KICK THEIR BUTTS!"

"Damn… that plan didn't work out." Ryan mumbled dejectedly into his microphone. "Okay, sharpen your claws Weavile!"

"Come forth Drifblim!" Isabella called out as the two Pokémon appeared on the arena to replace their allies. First a Pokémon Tyler was vaguely familiar with as it looked like the one that had attacked him before, only bigger and with a full collar of red fur around its neck. The other… made him scream and hide in a ball.

"W-what?" Rose laughed suspiciously as she looked at him. "What's up with you Tyler? You realize you're gonna lose all of a sudden?"

"Oh dear…" Wendy frowned as she looked at Tyler, then at the purple Ghost type that had appeared on the battlefield that looked like a hot air balloon. "Tyler… doesn't really like Ghost type Pokémon."

"Oh…" Rose frowned as she sat down next to the shivering boy, putting a reassuring hand on his back. "Well you'll be fine Tyler. He's over there, nowhere near us." Tyler whimpered an unintelligible response as Wendy and Alicia swapped spots, Wendy joining Rose in trying to help him feel better.

"Bold strategy, I like bold." Eric applauded as he looked at his new opponents. "Here we go Revera, use Hydro Pump on Weavile!

"Nyxx, you use Night Slash on Drifblim!" With the numbers advantage theirs, Eric and Will decide to get aggressive. The former's Milotic arcs her body again and fires a torrential pillar of water towards her new opponent. The Absol meanwhile ran forward with her scythe glowing a dark purple color.

"Use Fake out Weavile!" With its impressive speed, Weavile charges forward underneath the watery attack aimed towards it and jumping up quickly to eye level with the regal snake. It then threw its claws wide and clapped them together, creating a shockwave of air that pushed the Milotic's head back away from it.

"Use Will-o-Wisp Drifblim!" Isabella's Drifblim floated lazily forward as a ring of blue fireballs surrounded it. Once Absol got too close, the Ghost type threw its arms forward and the fireballs followed, glancing off the side of Nyxx's body and holding her away just far enough for her scythe's slash to miss its mark. When she landed on the ground however, her fur looked singed and her legs buckled beneath her.

"Damn…" Will grumbled as he looked at the Ghost above him. "Okay let's use Dark Pulse instead!"

"Weavile, use Ice Shard on Absol!" As Nyxx molded another orb of dark purple in her mouth and fired her attack towards the Drifblim, the Weavile hurled a large rock of ice at the Dark type, cracking against her head and briefly staggering her.

"Dodge and use Hex!" Drifblim lazily floated underneath the Absol's attack as it curled its arms upward and a group of black beams shot out of them, molding together above the Pokémon's head in a cloud. Suddenly within that cloud an ominous red eye appeared and stared intensely at the Absol as faint blue rings surrounded the Dark type and lifted it off the ground.

"Nyxx!" Will yelled out in concern as he watched his Absol fly wherever the ominous red eye was looking.

"At least they aren't looking at me." Eric commented to himself. "Revera use Recover!" The Milotic's body began emitting a soft green glow as it lowered its body into a defensive stance.

"Now throw the Absol into the ground!" With that the eye cast its gaze towards the ground and the Absol was thrown into that exact spot with a heavy thud and letting out a pained cry. "Now do it again!" A second time Nyxx was lifted off the ground and held above the arena.

"Weavile, use Brick Break on the Absol as it lands!" Ryan's Weavile raced forward as Nyxx was lowered to the same spot as before. The dark cat's claw was glowing a bright white color as it leapt up and reared an attack back. But the attack met thin air as Nyxx's body became outlined completely in red and was retreated to her ball. "Damn… we almost had her."

"You've already done plenty Nyxx. Take a break for now okay?" Will said calmly as he returned her to his belt, grabbing a new ball. "Play time Kacela!" As Will tossed his next ball sky high, an Arcanine quickly descended from its silvery spark shower and looked around the battlefield at her potential playmates, barking excitedly as she shook her fluffy tail.

"Whoa… I don't want anything to do with that." Ryan said as he looked back at the snake across from the fiery dog. "Use Night Slash on Milotic Weavile!"

"You use Thunder Wave on Arcanine Drifblim!" Ryan's Weavile turned on its heel, racing forward back to its earlier prey and leaping at it with the same agility from before as its claw became etched with shadowy tendrils. Drifblim meanwhile pointed its arms towards the Fire type and formed a ring of lightning between them before throwing that towards the Arcanine, but that only made Will smirk at his opponents.

"Let's play girl, use Extreme Speed on Weavile!" In the blink of an eye, Kacela disappeared from sight as the Weavile made a lunge for Milotic. But as he was about to throw his attack, a bullet of orange fur knocked him out of the sky and sent him crashing to the ground in a grimace. But despite clearly harming her playmate, Kacela barks happily at him, seeming to encourage him to get back up.

"Uh… thanks for the save Will." Eric blinked in confusion at Kacela's apparent overly playful nature.

"Yeah, glad to help." Will smiled in response.

"Well that was interesting… okay Weavile, you use Surf!"

"Fly above the water and launch a Shadow Ball at Milotic!" Ryan's and Isabella's Pokémon quickly responded in kind. The Weavile sneered at his opponents as a ring of blue energy turned into a pillar of water at his feet that he rode up to the top. Drifblim meanwhile began floating lazily up above the arena with a purple ball charging in front of its mouth.

"Freeze the water with Blizzard!" Revera let out a powerful cry as another frozen gale of wind began to encase most of the pillar in ice.

"Damn, alright new plan. You use Night Slash!" As the Weavile's water became completely frozen, he leapt off of it and a shadowy tendril formed around his right claw as he fell towards his target.

"Kacela quick! Get in position and use Will-o-Wisp on Weavile!" In a blur of fiery fur, Kacela raced across the field to a spot underneath the falling Weavile. She opened her mouth and small blue flames formed in them which she spat above her towards the Weavile.

"Quick Drifblim! Block that attack for Weavile!" As the blue fireballs raced towards the Weavile, Drifblim quickly floated over and took the burning attack for him, leaving the Weavile to fall and connect with his shadowy attack against the Milotic. "Now Thunderbolt on Milotic!" Despite being singed by the flames, Drifblim floated along, its body sparking with electric energy before a jagged beam of lighting shot out and struck the Milotic.

"Revera return!" Eric quickly grabbed his Poké ball and returned his Milotic, clearly sensing her to be in danger with the accumulated damage. He then swapped balls with another on his belt and threw the enlarged ball over the field. "It's your turn Seijun!" Bursting out from the ball and appearing beneath his spark shower was a small white squirrel with blue electricity sparking around his body.

"Ha! A little rodent? That's your next Pokémon?" Ryan taunted, seemingly sure of himself. "Weavile, use Poison Jab on Arcanine!"

"Drifblim you use Psychic on it as well!" Isabella said as they decided to focus down on Kacela. But Eric only sneered a half-smile as the two began charging their attacks.

"Seijun, use Follow Me!" The electric squirrel shook its tail and struck an energetic pose with light sparks crackling in its cheeks. Both the Weavile and Drifblim couldn't keep their eyes off of it, disrupting their concentration enough that both of them shifted their targets to him. The Pachirisu began levitating briefly before inadvertently being knocked back by a psychic force just as Weavile was going to connect with the purple and black coated claw.

"Hey nice partner. Now let's see if we can finish this!" Will grinned as he looked at his fiery pup. "Kacela, use Wild Charge!" The Arcanine growled menacingly as she lowered her head and ran forward, her body beginning to spark and become shrouded in a cloud of electricity.

"Climb up and use Shadow Ball!" Isabella called to her Pokémon, but as she did, a fiery flash appeared across the Ghost type's body, making it stay in place. The burn from earlier preventing it from floating away long enough for Kacela to slam into him at full speed, knocking him away and crash landing in an electrified heap before his trainer.

"Come on Drifblim! Get up, I know you can keep fighting." Isabella said encouragingly and her Pokémon responded, albeit with major difficulty as it tried to float back above the ground. "That's it, use Ominous Wind!"

"Flamethrower Kacela!" With a powerful roar, Kacela spat out a ferocious looking pillar of flames from its mouth, intercepting the purple gale headed towards it and canceling it out in a fiery explosion.

"Tch, can't have you getting in our way again." Ryan glared at the small Electric type. "Weavile, use Night Slash on him!" The Dark type threw its claws wide, both of them glowing a faint shadowy black as he charged forward for an attack.

"Use Nuzzle when he gets close!" With Weavile's speed, it didn't take long for him to close the gap between the two Pokémon. He made a swipe with his left claw that the Pachirisu dodged, and as he went for the second, the squirrel jumped forward with a static charge around his body that shocked the Weavile, freezing him in place with his claw held high.

"Dammit!" Ryan yelled as his Weavile became paralyzed. "This isn't happening! I can't believe I'm struggling against this little squirrel!"

"It's about to get worse for you though." Eric sneered as he struck an emphatic pose. "Finish him off with Thunderbolt!" The Electric squirrel's boy began crackling with vivid yellow energy as the Weavile's body soon joined it, shaking wildly from the electricity coursing through its body until it could take no more and collapsed besides the smaller squirrel.

"Weavile is unable to battle!" The judge announced as Pachirisu celebrated with a short dance. "Ryan is out of usable Pokémon!"

"Grrr, fine! Drifblim use Shadow Ball on Arcanine! Put everything you've got into it!" With another fiery singe flashing across its body, Drifblim floats back up again multiple orbs of black and purple forming in front of him.

"Get behind him with Extreme Speed!" With each of the balls being fired, Kacela raced forward and effortlessly dodged all of them, finally appearing behind her target. "Now Fire Blast!" With one more powerful roar, Kacela spat out a blast of fire shaped like a man that quickly engulfed the Drifblim in flames. It wasn't much longer before a the now charred balloon fell to the ground again and was unresponsive.

"Drifblim is unable to battle, therefore the winners of this battle are Eric Jeseeve-Lee and William Weiland!"

"WHOOO! That's my future hubby!" Rose jumped out of her seat, cheering loudly for her fiancé's victory. "Kicking ass and taking names! That's how we do it!"

"YESS!" Tyler also jumped up with a loud cheer of his own. "Sayonara you stupid Ghost! Go back to purgatory where you belong! Come on Rose, up top!" He said, turning to Rose with his hand held high.

"Yeah!" She happily clapped her hand together with Tyler's, giggling excitedly as she looked at him. "But you do realize that I've won our bet now right?"

"Wait what?" Tyler looked out at the battlefield and saw Ryan and Isabella returning their Pokémon.

"Yup!" Rose chirped with a cheshire grin. Tyler meanwhile just blinked at the groups as Will and Eric exchanged a hi-five of their own.

"SHIT!" He yelled dejectedly, his head hanging in defeat.

"Aw don't beat yourself up too bad buckaroo." Rose teased as she slapped his back. "I won't make you do anything too bad when it's time to pay up."

"Whatever." Tyler mumbled as he looked up again in time to see Kacela tackle her trainer, yipping playfully in his ear which the cameras had zoomed in on and put on the big board.

"Awww, look at Kacey!" Wendy cooed as she stood up. "She's so happy they won."

"Looks like Will is too." Alicia added as Will was clearly laughing beneath the tongue bath his Arcanine was giving him.

"But hey, now it's food time right?" Wendy said as the group started making their way down the steps towards the first rows. "I'm thinking pasta. You guys want to get pasta tonight?"

"Ooh, no more pasta for me." Rose said shaking her head. "Will and I did pasta two nights ago and made too much. Any more and it'll come out my ears."

"Then what do you think we should do instead?" Wendy offered.

"How about Okeer's? Me and Will haven't been there in ages."

"Yeah but me and Wendy had-" Tyler tried to interject but was quickly cut off.

"Yeah! Let's go! I want more pickles!" Wendy chirped excitedly, which again made Tyler frown.

"We had lunch there this aft-"

"Do they still have that broccoli cheddar soup there? That would definitely hit the spot."

"Oh totally! I almost got a bowl last time I was there." Wendy and Rose continued their conversation completely ignoring Tyler's attempted protests.

"We were just-!"

"Perfect. I already know what I'm getting!" Rose smiled as she clapped her hands together, jumping up towards the railing at the first row. "Hey Will! You wanna go to Okeer's for dinner tonight with Wendy and everyone?"

"Count me in, I'm starving!" Will yelled back as he waved at the group.

"Yes! Oh this is going to be a blast!" Rose squealed as Tyler just decided to give up. The flavors of that sandwich from lunch were too good not to want to experience it all over again. "What about you Alicia? You want to join us?"

"Uh, no thank you." She replied quietly. "I'd like to go home and relax a bit."

"You sure? It won't be the same without you?" Rose insisted but her petite partner still shook her head. "Alight, see you tomorrow."

"Okay, bye Rose, bye everyone." Alicia smiled at the group but then made her way up the stairs as Will approached the group from behind.

"Hey babe." He smiled as he climbed the railing and stepped into the bleachers. "I heard you cheering for me."

"Of course." She smiled giving him a peck on the cheek. "You kicked butt just like I knew you would."

"So, we going to Okeer's now?" Will asked putting his hand on his stomach. "Because this guy hasn't stopped growling since you said it."

"Eic's not coming?" Wendy asked and Will shook his head.

"Dude's got a shift tonight looking after the rental Pokémon over at Masuda University as part of his major requirements. He can't make it."

"Damn." Wendy frowned. "I wanted to hear more about his Sylveon!"

"Still, the four of us is plenty for a good time." Rose smiled but Will shook his head. "No?"

"I say we invite more people. I haven't seen Jay in a while myself; it'll be nice to catch up again."

"I'll see if Maddie is available." Wendy said, quickly pulling her phone out and giving he a call.

"Yeah… I don't have a phone to call Jason with." Tyler frowned. "Mine's still in the shop until tomorrow morning."

"That's fine, I'll give him a call." Will said pulling his own phone out. "But let's get going, my stomach won't let me stand here any longer." With that the group of four made their way back up the steps and followed a crowd out of the stadium. Wendy and Will both got on their phones and tried to get a hold of Jason and Madison respectively to try and entice them into joining them for what would be a lovely dinner of sorts.

A/N: So there you have it guys, 35 chapters are in the books and... surprise surprise, there's a 36th coming really really soon! See, originally I had wanted there to be two battles taking place in what was originally this chapter. This one that you just read and another after it. But that one just got way the heck away from me and before I realized it, I would have been giving you guys a 15,000 word chapter... again. And I cant' do that again. I learned my lesson last time, so now we're making the split, which is already finished. I just need to make one or two final adjustments to it and I'll have that chapter ready to upload. So, with that being said, stay tuned over the next couple days for yet another Easter present from me to you and in the meantime, this is DrPhill26 signing out and I hope I'll get to see you all again really soon... and I mean that literally this time :P

Tyler's team: Magnus (Quilava, Male), Caelum (Staraptor, Male), Felix (Gligar, Male), Yuki (Glaceon, Female)

Wendy's team: Pulse (Lucario, Male), Tess (Ampharos, Female), Yuri (Lilligant, Female)

Will's team: Nyxx (Absol, Female), Kacela (Arcanine, Female)

Eric's team: Nymphia (Sylveon, Female), Revera (Milotic, Female), Seijun (Pachirisu, Male)