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A: OH GOD GOTTA GET THIS CHAPTER OUT FAST DIFFERENT 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AHHHHHHH

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A: Okay, this is short, but I'm now panicking. It's 10pm. I gotta get this out soon. 1 year anniversaries and all. So, enjoy, see ya guys, bye!

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1st person: Kai

Chapter 15: Gym battles!

We all stood there in silence, hearing what Zoe had just told us.

Then we panicked.

"WHAT." Azura shouted.

"We're all gonna die!" Ross screamed, running in circles. The others gathered into a circle.

"Okay, if we leave now, we might be able to avoid him…" Draco explained.

"Yeah!" Ace agreed.

"Nope, you've already been marked. You're most likely gonna die." Zoe added, then they started to panic as well. Now, 8 people were panicking with their own routine.

In midst the chaos, Minerva asked, "Who's Giovanni?" Everyone stopped their individual panic routines and stared at her.

"…You're kidding, right?" I asked sceptically.

"Nope! I have no idea who Giovanni is!" Minerva announced, and we all sweatdropped.

"Wow, ok. You know all the people we just faced?" Ross said.

"Yeah?"

"Those with the R are Team Rocket. The leader is Giovanni."

"Ohhh…okay…"

"So, we need to watch out for Team Rocket now…"

"Yeah, they're tracking you."

My mind was swirling, but then I noticed something.

"Wait…how did you find this stuff out?" I asked. Zoe looked nervous.

"Uhhh…I overheard him say something about it! Yeah!" She answered.

"But something of this level isn't something you would overhear at a coffee shop or something…"

At this point, everyone had stopped talking and was now looking at Zoe. She was sweating a lot. Finally she sighed.

"Okay, fine, I didn't hear it from a coffee shop or anything. I heard it from their main building."

"But…isn't it supposed to be heavily guarded? How can you get to the top to even listen?" Azura asked.

"Okay, I'm not a normal trainer. I'm a…sort of spy. I work in espionage."

We were all silent, then Ross said, "Well, this makes so much sense,"

"WHAT exactly doesn't make sense?"

"Everything you just said. My mind is not computing it." Ross said, before falling backwards and fainting.

We all stared at him, before Zoe started walking away.

"Hey! Where're you going?" Draco called out.

"There's no need for me to stick around. I've warned you about Giovanni, I've got stuff to do." She stopped, then got a box from somewhere.

"WHAT. Where did that come from?!" Ace said, confused.

"Doesn't matter! Take this!" She called, throwing it to Azura. She walked off quickly into the distance. The last look I could see on her face seemed to be…smirking?

I looked at Azura. She was opening the box. Suddenly I realised.

"WAIT! Don't open that bo-" I started, but Azura had taken the lid off, and something creamy jumped up at her.

"…Ew," She said, covered in pie. There was a piece of paper stuck to the bottom. Azura pulled it out of the box and pulled it out. It said, in Comic Sans, "You got punk'd!"

"COMIC SAAAAANSSSSS!" Azura screamed into the air, the Comic Sans gods silently giggling and the actual Sans from Undertale shiver.

Ross woke up to see Azura screaming at the air, covered in pie, with everyone crowded around her, and fourth wall breaking happening.

"I…should go back to sleep." Ross said, and he fainted again.

After Azura had cleaned up and stopped shouting at the sky, and Ross had stopped pretending to be asleep, the now-massive group started walking towards the gym.

"Honestly, we should have done this in the first place…" Ace sighed.

"It would have saved a lot of time and wasted energy…" I said.

"Wait, so who needs a badge here again?" Azura asked.

"Me." Draco said.

"Me." Ace said.

"Also me." Minerva said.

"Us three" Ross added.

"Not us." Stephen said.

"Why not?"

"Cause WE ALREADY GOT IT." Max added.

"Okay…So only we've gotta do this."

We nearly reached the gym when Misty walked out.

"Oh, you're here! And you're with those guys as well!"

"Yeah, we're here to take your gym challenge!" I announced.

"Okay, I accept your challenge! But before we start the battles, I would like to thank you for your help against Team Rocket. I don't know why evil teams from other regions were there, but without you guys being there, I wouldn't have been able to release those trapped pokemon."

We all smiled, or grinned.

"No problem! We're happy to help!" Ace answered.

"So, why don't we start the challenge now?" Misty said, and we all walked into the gym.

Standing in the lobby, she added, "Okay, we need to pick a person to start with."

"Rock-paper-scissors?" Draco asked.

"NO!" Everyone shouted at him. He stepped back once.

"Wow, ok."

"Okay, let's just say that from now on, Minerva goes first." I said, and everyone nodded.

"Hey, why me?" Minerva complained, but Ross replied, "Just do it already,"

"Fine, I'll do it." Minerva said reluctantly, and instantly, the others were gone, sprinting up the staircase towards the stands.

"So?" Misty said to Minerva, "Will we do it?"

"Okay!" She replied. "Let's go!"

On the field…

Minerva and Misty were standing on platforms opposite each other. A pool that had various floating platforms was separating them.

A referee stood between them, on the side of the pool. Raising their hand, they called out, "The battle between gym leader Misty, and challenger Minerva is about to begin! Each side can use only 2 pokemon, and only the challenger is allowed to substitute pokemon!"

The referee took a breath, then called out, "Trainers, send out your pokemon!"

Minerva got a pokeball and threw it, and her Ralts came out, appearing from the red light and going into a defensive stance.

Misty pulled a pokeball from her pocket as well and threw it out, revealing a star-like pokemon. Ross pulled out his pokedex and pointed it at it.

"Staryu, the Star pokemon. The core of this Water Pokemon shines in a rainbow of seven colors, and core that is valued by some as a type of jewelry."

"Wait…" Azura said. "If that's true, then doesn't that mean that people use Staryu as jewelry? So they kill them?" Everyone went silent, then shivered.

"Let's just start this match." Minerva said, and Misty nodded.

"The battle between Ralts and Staryu is about to begin! Battle begin!"

"Okay Ralts, use Confusion!" Ralts raised its hands, and a glow emanated from them, going towards Staryu. The glow surrounded Staryu, then when Ralts lifted and lowered its hands, Staryu was lifted into the air and slammed into a floating platform.

"Staryu, are you okay?" Misty shouted, and Staryu got up, the gem in the middle blinking.

"Alright then, use Water Gun!" Staryu blinked, and a jet of water shot out of one of the water pokemon's limbs.

"Use Teleport to dodge!" Minerva called, and Ralts disappeared out of the place where the water type attack was going to hit.

"Don't give up! Keep on using Water Gun!"

Staryu was now firing multiple Water Gun's at Ralts, and she was doing her best to dodge, but she was slowing down. Finally one hit, throwing Ralts back.

"Ralts, are you okay?" Minerva called out. Ralts got up, nodding. "Okay, use Confusion once more!"

Ralts emanated the same glow as before and lifted Staryu into the air and slammed it down, but this time, Staryu emitted a faint glow then lay still.

"Staryu is unable to battle, Ralts wins!" Ralts stood back, a tired but triumphant look on her face.

"Yeah, good job!" Minerva cheered.

"That's only my first pokemon, though!" She got Staryu's pokeball out and recalled the fainted pokemon. She pulled out a new pokeball and called the creature inside it out. Materialising from the red light was a pokemon that looked like an evolved form of Staryu. It was purple and had 10 limb-like things instead of 5.

"Starmie, let's go!" Misty called out.

"Will you be switching out?" The referee asked, to which Minerva shook her head.

"Okay, the battle between Starmie and Ralts is about to begin! Battle begin!"

"Okay Starmie, use Bubble Beam!" Starmie pointed one of the purple limbs at Ralts and let loose a stream of bubbles at Ralts. Ralts tried to teleport away, but a stream collided with Ralts and sent her into the pool.

"Ralts! Get out!" Minerva shouted, and Ralts made an attempt to get onto one of the floating platforms, but she slid right back into the water.

"Okay Starmie, go into the water and use Rapid Spin on Ralts!" Starmie dived into the water and started spinning, rushing towards Ralts. It collided with the psychic-type pokemon and threw it out of the water.

"Now use Water Gun!" Starmie shot a jet of water at Ralts, shooting her out of the air and onto a floating platform.

"Ralts!" Minerva cried out.

"Ralts is unable-huh?" The referee was gonna announce, but Ralts slowly got up.

"Are you okay?" Minerva asked. Ralts nodded again.

"Okay, use Confusion!" Ralts emanated the blue energy, and it surrounded Starmie like it did Staryu.

Starmie was thrown into the roof of the gym, then thrown into the water.

"Now, use Icy Wind!" Minerva commanded.

"Huh?" Misty said, confounded.

Ralts held out her hands again, but instead of a blue glow, snow came out, slowly freezing the water.

"Starmie, get out of there!" Misty called out, but Starmie was already frozen to the bottom of the pool.

After the entire pool had frozen up, Minerva called out, "Now, use Confusion!" Ralts concentrated, and the frozen pool exploded in a mess of ice shards. The people spectating the match had to cover their faces to avoid being cut by the multiple flying shards.

When the air cleared, Starmie lay at the bottom of the pool, fainted.

"Starmie is unable to battle! Misty is out of useable pokemon, which means the winner of the match is Minerva!"

"We did it!" Minerva cheered, holding Ralts.

Misty walked up to the celebrating person, holding a shiny case.

"As proof of your victory at the Cerulean Gym, I present to you the Water Badge!" Misty opened the case and pulled out a badge that looked like a drop of water.

"Wow…" Minerva said, taking the badge and studying it.

"Now…" Misty said to the people sitting at the stands, grinning.

"Who's next?"

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A: Wow, this has to be my fastest chapter yet…Written in under 2 days…

A: Well, it's been a year since I posted that first terrible chapter of Different, and honestly…

I expected to have more done by now…SCREW YOU SCHOOL!

A: To be honest, I never intended Different to be a serious story. Yeah, maybe some serious bits, but not that serious…more of a comedy story filled with references…but wow. I was not expecting to be this 'popular'. And by popular I wasn't expecting this many people to read this…

A: Well, thanks for sticking around for the ride, everyone! Thanks to all the people who reviewed, faved, followed, and read, thank you! And you, person reading this now, thank you for reading this sentence right here! And I hope to see you guys later! Bye! *runs off celebrating*