After three days of traveling, Nils, Ren and Firenze made it to Nils' mansion. Once they entered, Jessie showed up and hugged Nils.
"We heard that you stopped Team Bomb," said James as he came in the room while Jessie stopped hugging Nils.
"We're so proud of you Nils," said Jessie, "We always knew you would be able to accomplish great things."
"Thanks Mom and Dad," thanked Nils who was recovering from the hug, "By the way, I've decided to wait for the wedding and the Pokemon League here by doing some training."
"In that case," said James, "I know the perfect way for you to train." "You'll spend each day here having each of your Pokemon battle three of our maids and three of our butlers." "I should warn you though, the three maids and three butlers that you'll be battling are all strong trainers."
"Not a bad idea Dad," said Nils, "And I'm sure I can handle all six of them."
After the plan was decided, everyone went to the battlefield and Nils got on one side while the first of the three maids went on the other.
"Go Machamp," said Nils and Machamp was sent out.
"Go Nidoqueen," said the first maid and a Nidoqueen appeared.
"Use Dynamic Punch," said Nils and Machamp hit Nidoqueen with the move of choice which confused her but also activated her ability, Poison Point, which poisoned Machamp.
"Please use Venoshock," said the first maid and by luck, Nidoqueen used the selected attack which did lots of damage because of the poison.
"Use Strength until the confusion wears off," said Nils and Machamp kept using Strength while the confusion prevented Nidoqueen from using any more attacks.
By the time the confusion wore off, Nidoqueen was exhausted but still willing to continue.
"Superpower," said the first maid and Nidoqueen attacked Machamp with the attack that was chosen.
"Revenge," said Nils and after getting hit by Superpower, Machamp used Revenge which knocked out Nidoqueen.
"Good job Machamp," said Nils as he returned Machamp and the first butler took the maid's place, "Go Grumpig," and Grumpig was sent out.
"Go Mightyena," said the first butler and a Mightyena was sent out.
"Use Bounce," said Nils and Grumpig attacked Mightyena with the move of choice.
"Use Crunch," said the first butler and Mightyena hit Grumpig with the super effective attack.
"Use Signal Beam," said Nils and Grumpig used the move he learned while battling Team Bomb grunts at Ketchum co Building which gave super effective damage to Mightyena and confused it as well.
"Try to use Dark Pulse," said the first butler but Mightyena couldn't attack.
"Signal Beam again," said Nils and Grumpig attacked Mightyena with Signal Beam again.
"Use Crunch please," said the first butler and this time, Mightyena was able to attack.
"Power Gem," said Nils and Grumpig blasted Mightyena away with the selected move.
"Try Iron Tail," said The first butler and Mightyena, who had recovered from the confusion started to use the move of choice.
"Use Bounce to dodge," said Nils and Grumpig used the chosen move which made him dodge Iron Tail and knock out Mightyena. "Well done Grumpig," Nils said as he returned Grumpig and the second maid took her place. "Go Zebstrika," and Zebstrika was sent out.
"Go Butterfree," said the second maid and a Butterfree appeared.
"Use Thunderbolt," said Nils and Zebstrika used the move of choice which missed because Butterfree dodged.
"Struggle Bug," said the second maid and Butterfree hit Zebstrika with the move of choice which lowered his special attack.
"Overheat," said Nils who knew Thunderbolt wouldn't do enough damage now and it wasn't a good idea to use too many Wild Charges and Zebstrika used the selected attack which gave Butterfree super effective damage and lowered Zebstrika's special attack even more.
"Psychic," said the second maid and Butterfree used the move of choice which damaged Zebstrika and lowered his special defense.
"Use Wild Charge," said Nils and Zebstrika started to use the move of choice.
"Prepare for Solar Beam now," said the second maid and Butterfree prepared Solar Beam before getting hit by Zebstrika's Wild Charge.
"Use Thunderbolt," said Nils who knew Butterfree had to take more damage before Zebstrika could use the only move that could work and Zebstrika used the attack that was selected which gave some damage to Butterfree.
"Release Solar Beam," said the second maid and Butterfree hit Zebstrika with Solar Beam which caused lots of damage.
"Thrash," said Nils and Zebstrika used the selected move which knocked out Butterfree. "You were awesome Zebstrika," Nils said as he returned Zebstrika and the second butler came to the battlefield. "Go Ledian," and Ledian was sent out.
"Go Cradily," said the second butler and a Cradily was sent out.
"Use Focus Blast," said Nils and Ledian used the selected attack which inflicted super effective damage on Cradily and lowered it's special defense.
"Use Rockslide," said the second butler and Cradily used the selected attack which missed Ledian.
"Bug Buzz," said Nils and Ledian used the move of choice which cause a lot of damage because it was super effective and also because of Cradily's lowered special defense.
"Try Stone Edge said the second butler and this time Cradily was able to hit Ledian with the attack that was chosen.
"Acrobatics," said Nils and Ledian attacked Cradily with the chosen move.
"Confuse Ray," said the second butler and Cradily used the selected move which confused Ledian.
"Try to use Bug Buzz," said Nils and Ledian luckily used the move of choice which knocked out Cradily. "Great job Ledian," Nils said as he returned Ledian.
"I guess I should have used Confuse Ray sooner," said the second butler as he returned his Cradily and then left the battlefield for the third maid to take his place.
"Go Froslass," said Nils and Froslass was sent out.
"Go Miltank said the third maid and a Miltank appeared.
"Use Ice Beam," said Nils and Froslass used the attack that was chosen which hit Miltank but didn't do that much damage because Miltank's ability was Thick Fat.
"Use Iron Head," said the third maid and Miltank used Ironhead which Froslass dodged.
"If you intend to rely on flinching then so can I," said Nils to the third maid, "Use Ice Fang and Froslass hit Miltank with the selected attack which made Miltank flinch. "Now use Ice Beam," and Froslass used Ice Beam again which damaged Miltank and froze her. "Ice Beam until Miltank thaws and Froslass hit Miltank with five Ice Beams until Miltank thawed out.
"Use Shadow Ball," said the third maid and Miltank started to use the selected attack.
"Dodge and use Ice Beam," said Nils and Froslass followed instructions and knocked out Miltank with Ice Beam. "Nicely done Froslass," said Nils as he returned Froslass.
"I thought for sure I would win because of Thick Fat," said the maid who then let the third butler take her place.
"Go Venusaur," said Nils and Venusaur was sent out.
"You have done well defeating the others," said the third butler, "But I will be harder to defeat, go Dusknoir," and a Dusknoir was sent out.
"Use Petal Blizzard," said Nils and Venusaur attacked Dusknoir with the chosen attack.
"Power-Up Punch," said the third butler and Dusknoir hit Venusaur with the selected attack which wasn't very effective but did raise Dusknoir's attack.
"Use Energy Ball," said Nils and Venusaur used the move of choice which damaged Dusknoir whose special defense was lowered.
"Fire Punch," said the third butler and Dusknoir attacked Venusaur with the super effective attack which gave Venusaur lots of damage and burned her.
"Sludge Bomb," said Nils and Venusaur hit Dusknoir with Sludge Bomb which inflicted a little damage and poisoned Dusknoir.
"Fire Punch again," said the third butler and Dusknoir used another Fire Punch which gave Venusaur so much damage, Overgrow was activated.
"Use Energy Ball," said Nils and Venusaur used Energy Ball which knocked out Dusknoir because of the combination of Overgrow, the poison and the lowered special defense.
"You are strong indeed Nils," said the third butler as he returned his Dusknoir, "I think all six of us can easily see how you managed to win eight badges."
"Thank you all for battling me," thanked Nils, "I hope you can all battle me again for each of the days that I'll spend here."
"We will," said the second maid, "It is our duty to serve you anyway."
"That was awesome," said Ren as he, Firenze, Jessie and James walked over to Nils.
"I actually thought Zebstrika would lose to Butterfree," said Firenze, "But it's good that I was wrong."
"Well now that all of those battles are out of the way, let's have lunch," suggested James and everyone went to the dining room for lunch.
