Day Three- 10:00 A.M. Location: Route 10.

"Stop, guys!" Nan suddenly shouted. His companions turned and blinked at him.

"I challenge you, Alicia!" He said, pointing at her challengingly.

"Bruh. Why me?" Alicia rolled her eyes.

"BECAUSE YOU THREW ME OFF A MOUNTAIN!" He shouted.

"Bruh. I did that cuz you're always so hot-headed." Alicia sipped some hot tea.

"Where did Alicia get tea from?" Foxfire wondered.

"I made it for her!" Peanut giggled.

"YOU'RE GOING DOWN, RIGHT NOW!" Nan shouted as he sent out Skiddo. Skiddo charged at Alicia with a take down.

"Bruh, too easy." Alicia calmly sipped her tea and sent in Spewpa, who tripped Skiddo up with a string shot before finishing him off with a few bug bites.

"Wha...?" Nan gasped in shock.

"I told you I been training. Now take me seriously." Alicia glared at him darkly.

"Damn it... Charmeleon! Get the revenge we deserve!" Nan sent Charmeleon in. The fire lizard glared at Spewpa.

"String shot." Alicia ordered. Spewpa tied Charmeleon's snout with string shot. The Charmeleon glared and snapped the string off, taking Spewpa down with a powerful fire fang.

"Now go! Another fire fang!" Nan ordered, enraged.

"Charmeleon ain't good enough." Alicia snickered, sending out Staryu. The water type immediately unleashed a bubblebeam on the approaching fire lizard. However, Charmeleon managed to get through and gnash down on Staryu's core with fire fang before finishing Staryu with fury swipes. However, his weakened state allowed him to be taken down by Pikachu easily.

"Hm..." Alicia's eyes narrowed, and she out her tea down. "A bit impressive, but you still don't got what it takes."

"Like hell I don't!" Nan shouted, bringing out Bunnelby.

"Who dat?" Alicia blinked.

"I caught it back on the first route we went to. I brought it out to even the amount of Pokemon between us." Nan smirked. "Quick attack!"

"Bruh! You use quick attack too!" Alicia ordered. Pikachu and Bunnelby engaged in a quick attack battle which Pikachu eventually won. Nan was beginning to look uneasy.

"Uh... Goldeen..."

"Thundershock!" Pikachu successfully took her down, leaving Nan with one Pokemon left.

"Froakie!" Nan quickly sent him in. Froakie and Pikachu engaged in a quick attack battle, which surprisingly, Froakie won! Alicia sent in Fennekin next.

"This is easy!" Nan grinned. "Water-"

"Take 'im down with flame charge!" Alicia ordered. This succeeded, shocking Nan.

"I... Lost...? They trained... That much?" Nan fell to his knees.

"Long live the king." Alicia said, sipping the last of her tea.

"Savage." Peanut said.

"Ergh... I...!" Nan got up and started walking over to Alicia. Alicia narrowed her eyes, preparing herself when-

"Nuuuuuuuuuuu! Kiss and make up!" A brunette in her late teen years ran in, hugging them both tightly.

"Huh?" Alicia blinked as she was squished into the hug.

"Toxic? That you?" Nan asked after taking a few moments. Foxfire and Flash ran over.

"That was an intense fight, guys." Flash commented as Toxic released them from the hug.

"I was more curious about Toxic being here and all." Foxfire said, blinking.

"Oh, G sent me here a little while back." Toxic grinned goofily.

"He did tell me about her being here." Peanut grinned. A Eevee sauntered out from behind Toxic.

"Oh, and this be-" Toxic began.

"Imma Peanut Mark!" The Eevee cut in.

"Eh? If you're a clone of me, then why don't I recognize you?" Peanut asked, confused.

"Because Imma Peanut Fearless Overlord Mark." The Eevee glared menacingly, causing Peanut to hide behind Flash.

Toxic watched this in confusion for a moment before putting in her own input. "I named him Shadow, whatever the case!" She grabbed Shadow, hugging him. "He be the fluffeh!"

"Why are you here, then?" Flash asked.

"Headed to the next gym, I am!" Toxic grinned, putting on a slight Australian accent jokingly. "Shadow here suggested I travel with you guys, so..." Toxic struck a cheesy pose, a grin on her face and a peace sign on her fingers. "Here I am!"

New competitor: Toxic!

Day Three- 11:00 A.M.

As the group got further into the route, Alicia tugged on Flash's arm.

"Bae. Let's go see if there're any good Pokemon to catch." She said.

Flash nodded. "See you guys around." The couple ran off.

"Hey! I'm going to train too!" They heard Nan shout behind them.

Day Three- 11:10 A.M.

"Bruh. I ain't found shit." Alicia said.

"Me neither." Flash agreed. "Guess we should go back to the others and get to the next gym." Then he noticed something and blinked. A strange person dressed all in red was examining the rocks. They noticed Flash staring and ran. "I didn't like the looks of that... Let's go!" Flash gave chase.

"Coming Bae!" Alicia followed.

They soon reached a blocked off stone entrance, where the red dressed man was speaking with a similarly dressed woman.

"You're stalking the fashionable Team Flare! Back off!" They both struck poses. "Your fashion sense is terrible! Red is the new style, you know!"

Flash's one thought was: great. More weirdos.

Alicia's one thought was: Bruh. These bitches calling me unfashionable?

Alicia then voiced her thought to Flash.

"I believe so, Alicia." Flash nodded.

"Let's beat the shit out of 'em." Alicia cracked her knuckles. The male grunt sent out a Houndour while the female grunt sent out Electrike. Flash and Alicia had already sent out Inkay and Staryu.

"Bruh." Alicia deadpanned as Electrike defeated her Staryu.

"No time to worry, Alicia. Just send in your next Pokemon." Flash told her as Inkay struggled to fend off its attackers. After a few moments of thought, Alicia sent in Swirlix.

"Fairy wind!" Alicia ordered. Swirlix used the attack, successfully defeating Houndoom, but also defeating Inkay. "Sorry Bae!"

"It's fine." Flash said calmly, returning Inkay as the grunt sent in Golbat.

"Ooh! Lemme fight! I hate Team Flare members who use non-fire types!" Peanut glared.

"Go ahead." Flash grinned. Golbat took out Swirlix with poison fang.

"Bruh!" Alicia declared, sending in Pikachu. Pikachu used Thundershock, but Electrike had lightning rod and struck with quick attack. Pikachu was knocked back.

"We have to take out that Electrike!" Flash commanded.

"Right!" Alicia and Peanut said in unison. Pikachu and Peanut darted forward with quick attack, but we're both knocked back with razor wind from Golbat. Electrike further damaged Pikachu with quick attack, but Peanut managed to hit with a take down. Just as Pikachu was about to finish Electrike off, Golbat swooped in and hit him and Peanut with a razor wind. They landed and hissed in pain as Electrike began to shock them.

"Dang it!" Flash glared. "This ends now! Peanut! Quick attack! Alicia, hold back!"

"Aye!" Peanut darted forward, only to be struck back by razor wind. However, Pikachu took this opportunity to use quick attack. Electrike used quick attack, and they had a clash. Pikachu won out and used thunderbolt to finish off Golbat as well. A Croagunk came out next, and Flash quickly pulled Peanut out of the battle. He sent in Fletchling, and a combined wing attack and Thundershock took Croagunk out. The Team Flare grunts fled.

"Well that was eventful." Flash said bluntly. "Let's regroup with the others."

Day Three- 11:30 A.M.

After the other three had left, Foxfire and Toxic had been wandering up the route together. Foxfire was examining the stones on the route. Toxic blinked at him.

"...what chu doing?"

"I'm trying to figure out what these are." Foxfire explained.

"Oh. I think they're-"

Toxic was cut off by the arrival of a Team Flare grunt.

"Team Flare arrives with fashion! Red is the new fashionable color!" She declared. "You trainers best not interfere with our plans!"

Toxic's face turned serious. "Step back, Foxy... I'll deal with this."

"Lemme in! They piss me off!" Shadow declared. Just to clarify, Shadow, like Peanut, can only be heard by those in the main cast. Toxic nodded. The grunt sent in a Gulpin. Shadow used take down on it, dealing a load of damage. Gulpin's attacks did not seem to have much effect, most likely due to leveling, and Shadow quickly took him down with another take down. The grunt fled.

"Um... Toxic, have you met them before?" Foxfire asked.

"At a city before this. They're bad guys." Toxic nodded. "We should find the others before anything bad happens."

Day Three- 12:00 P.M. Location: Geosenge Town.

"Well, despite stuff happening, we got here in pretty good time." Flash commented.

"I didn't really get much training done..." Nan grumbled. "But I did meet someone..."

"Hm?"

A figure on roller-skates was waiting for them...