As we walked, Annora started to look a bit bored. I tried to think of something fun to pass the time, then like a lightbulb going off on top of a character's head in a cartoon, I got an idea.

"Hey Annora, wanna battle?" I asked her.

"Fine. As long as you don't get yourself into stupid." She said.

I would've Imagined her saying something like "Baka" at the end of that sentence. She took a few steps back. I did the same, not wanting to be hit by an attack when we were battling.

I threw Lavender's Pokeball and the purple cat-like Pokemon jumped out, ready for battle.

"Espeon..." Lavender cried.

"Heh heh, the gym leader was easy, huh? I won't be as easy to beat!" Annora boasted, sending her Marowak out of it's Pokeball.

"Mar, Marowak!" The Pokemon cried out.

"Lavender, psyshock!" I yelled.

Lavender nodded as her eyes glowed bright blue, and orbs of the same color appeared in the air in front of her, shooting towards Annora's Marowak.

"Throw it back by using Bone club!" She yelled before realising that Lavender's Psyshock hit her marowak already. Marowak got up and awaited her command.

"Bonemerang." She said nonchalantly.

Marowak responded by throwing the bone in its left paw at Lavender.

"Psychic!" I yelled.

Without hesitation, a bright blue glow surrounded the bone, sending it towards Marowak.

"Grab it and use Bone club!" Annora yelled, yet with her normally calm tone of voice.

Marowak grabbed the item it always battles with, and seconds later, running towards Lavender with it's short, stubby but powerful legs.

Marowak smacked Lavender with it's weapon made from a creature's remains. It hit hard, leaving the psychic type disoriented for a few seconds, leaving enough time for another attack from Annora's side.

"Stone edge!" She yelled.

Rocks and other ground material surrounded the air around it, hitting Lavender not even a few seconds after due to the close distance between them. The hit made Lavender snap back into reality, awaiting a command from me.

"Shadow ball!" I commanded.

A surprisingly long fifteen minute battle left our Pokemon exhausted, but neither sides were ready to give up the title of "Who's the better rival". My throat was dry and I definitely needed a break from all of the shouting I've been doing. I could tell Annora was too, I heard it in her voice after a mere few minutes into the battle. No wonder she has such a quiet voice.

"Marowak, Bonemerang!" She yelled, her voice hoarse.

"Dodge it, Lavender!" I commanded.

She nodded and weakly moved out of the way. The bone went right past me. I knew it would go back to Marowak, and I hoped that it would hit it.

Hope. Hope was all I could think about as I felt a sharp pain strike that back of my head.

Everything went black.

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I have been very lazy. If it wasn't for me being smart enough to summarize all of the chapters on some note, this might've been cancelled. But it WON'T! I will be eagerly working on this until the end, making it my first successful fanfiction! Don't give me a prize yet, though. I still have...more chapters to write. I don't wanna bail unexpectedly and let you guys down, so I will try my best to finish this and not be so lazy that I decide to write a chapter in the middle of a boring class.

-GamerKitty

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