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I took a moment to study her closely. She had fairly pale skin, a adorable button nose, rosy red lips and deep brown eyes, and when you looked close enough, you could see the slight gold-coloured flecks swimming in them.

Her soft luscious red hair was pulled away from her face in a loose pony-tail, a few strands hanging, and a couple pushed behind her ears, ears that were filled with various different piercings. I cringed at the thought of how much some of them must have hurt.

Miss Fitch was wearing a straightforward white vest, a tight one might I add, and extremely petite khaki shorts, donned with a pair of simple black Vans. Where her vest had ridden up I could pick out the beginnings of a colourful tattoo, but there was too little to decipher what it was.

She wasn't very tall, but her legs went on for miles in those shorts.

I felt a strange unfamiliar feeling in the bottom of my stomach, which put me on edge. Sure I'd found women attractive before, even dated a few, but Miss Fitch was something else completely. I just knew it.

After thoroughly checking her out, I lifted my eyes back to her face, catching the slight smirk playing on her lips, before she straightened it out again.

"You must be Miss Fitch?" I smiled nervously and held out my hand for her to shake.

"It's Emily. No need for politeness." She said curtly. "You are?"

"Err, Naomi, Naomi Campbell." I replied, fidgeting with the strap of my tattered satchel. I don't know what was happening to me. One minute I'm happy flirting with Nurse Joy, and now, a girl I barely know has reduced me to a nervous wreck.

Emily shrugged, nodded towards the referee to the side of the stadium, signaling that the battle was about to take place, and advanced to her side of the arena without muttering another word.

Huffing, I made my way across the unsteady ground to my side. I was feeling really tense now. I just wanted to get out of there. Funny thing was, I don't think it was the upcoming battle that had me shaking, I think it was Emily. There's just something about her. And unfortunately I'm not sure what that is yet.

"I hope you're ready for this Naomi!" She shouted over. "Good luck." I saw her wink at me. She winked at me. She actually winked at me! Mixed messages or what. I found myself surprisingly intrigued.

Oh, believe me Emily; I'm so ready for this! Just wait until she meets my Blaze.

The referee took this as his cue to state the rules of the battle. We were to use three Pokemon. Potions and Status healers were acceptable, but one-hit K.O moves were not. The Trainer left with no Pokemon left able to battle, would be the loser.

"After you Naomi!" I reached into my satchel and threw Bolt's Pokeball to the ground, watching him appear before me.

"This is one of our most important fights Bolt, stay strong for me okay?" I whispered.

Emily threw her Pokeball to the ground and the body of a huge Pokemon was presented before us. I whipped out my Pokedex quickly, hoping to obtain some information on this monster.

Nidoking, the Poison and Ground Pokemon. It's powerful tail can be used in battle to smash bones, and if it's body is touched, there is a 30% chance your Pokemon will become poisoned.

Oh crap.

Emily was grinning at me from behind the beast. It was three times the size of Bolt, not to mention ground type, which made the battle already practically impossible for me to win, and she knew it.

I quickly sorted through the list of Bolt's techniques in my head. Thunder was a no, Thunderbolt as also a no. However, Sand Attack could be used to partially blind the Nidoking for a period of time, and Quick Attack, although not heavily effective, would guarantee that I attacked first.

"Bolt, use Sand Attack, and then hit Nidoking with a Quick Attack!" Bolt turned around to face me, and kicked up a dust storm with his back legs, covering the Nidoking, before dashing towards it as forcefully as he could.

He collided with its stomach, only just fazing the Nidoking, but knocking Bolt to the ground with the force of it's rebound. As soon as Bolt hit the floor I heard Emily shout.

"Nidoking, hit Jolteon with Earthquake!"

Shit.

The rocks underfoot began to shake as Nidoking's Earthquake rumbled the whole Gym, the vigor of it nearly knocking me over. Emily's face held a look of pure pleasure; she knew she'd got me on this one.

I held my breath as I watched Bolt try and dodge the attack, but it was no use, there was nothing I could do. The move was just too powerful against him. It hurts to see my Pokemon in such pain, but that's to be expected when you are battling against the eighth Gym leader.

Ultimately even after my encouraging words, he ran out of energy, and his back sagged in the middle before he fully collapsed.

"Bolt, return!" I sighed. It wasn't Bolt's fault, but I couldn't help but be a bit pissed off. I thought I had this battle in the bag, but it seems like it's going to be even harder than I ever could have anticipated.

Although we were allowed to use three Pokemon, I still only had Blaze and Bolt, which immediately put me at a disadvantage. So even if I manage to defeat Emily's Nidoking, I've still got to undergo two more potential beasts.

"Blaze, get in there and do your best!" I tried to sound as encouraging as possible, hoping to channel some of my last energy into him. "Hit that Nidoking with a Body Slam!"

Yes! It worked. It wasn't super effective, but the Nidoking took some damage. The power of the attack caught it slightly off guard, which gave us a window of time to attack with Flamethrower.

And so the battle went on. Blaze managed to keep distracting the Nidoking a sufficient amount so that it didn't get much chance to attack him, until eventually he struck one last blast of Fire Spin, successfully trapping it and causing it to faint.

Emily's grins became looks of disgust as she called her Nidoking to return. She reached into the russet rucksack on her back and pulled out another Pokeball, caressing the top of the red ball gently.

"Watch yourself Naomi. You think Nidoking was hard? Wait until you meet my next one! Ninetails, I choose you!"

It wasn't long before Blaze was in the same situation as Bolt was earlier. He was barely hanging on by a thread, Emily's Ninetails giving blow after blow.

Blaze was tiring, his wings were hanging low, and his tail flame was scarcely burning. The stadium floor was torn up from its use, and smoke lingered in the air from Blazes attempts to cause some damage to the Ninetails.

"Ninetails, finish Charizard off with a powerful tackle!"

And that was it. One of the most important battles of my career, over in one shot.

The battle had taken its toll on me, as well as my Pokemon. I began to feel light headed, and there were suddenly two Blazes, two Ninetails, and two Emily's.

I vaguely heard Emily's voice calling my name, before I hit the ground and blacked out.

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