Joe continued explaining, "That guy, he's a beginner, (referring to the senpai in glasses) but he's so much older than everybody else in the class that they don't bother to help him like they help me."
Misty asked, "What do the teachers say about that kind of help?"
"They don't even know! ... Or, if they do, they pretend not to."
Ash was visibly mad at how the school was being run.
"Well I, for one, think this is a violation of students' rights that must stop immediately! If not sooner! I wanna meet the student in charge of this system and I want to see that it stops!"
Joe searched for something oin his pocket. "Here's a picture."
A beautiful girl with brown hair and brown eyes was on the picture.
When Ash saw the photo, he felt how he wanted to look at the picture more and more. There was something...alluring about her image. She seemed so cute, so pretty...
"It's a girl!?" Misty said.
"Oh yeah... You're right about that..." Ash said.
"She could violate my rights if-" Brock added in.
"Hey! If she's making your life so miserable, how come you're carrying her picture around?" Misty asked Joe.
"I hate the way she treats us, but I like the way she looks." Joe said.
"Yeah, not like some other girls who treat you bad and look even worse." Ash roasted Misty. Both Ash and Brock were still fawning over the photo.
"While you two are so focused over that sloppy picture, I'll go find that rich witch and give her a lesson!" Misty shouted as she stomped towards the school building.
""H-hey, Misty, wait!" Ash said. He definitely thought the girl on the photo was cute but he wasn't going to let anybody get away with bullying.
Our heroes proceede to enter the school building as they searched for the girl in charcge of this whole bully-business.
... ... ...
"Her name's Giselle. She always practises here by herself." Joe said as he brought our heroes to a training room on the first floor of the school building filled with computer machinery. "But even if you win her in a battle that won't matter to her. All she cares about is skill, which she defines by the standards I told you about earlier."
"That's exactly what I'm counting on! I've got 2 Pokemon GYM badges!" Ash said in a pretentious tone.
"But Giselle's a Top Beginner. That counts as 3 badges here at the Tech. Actually i'm a Beginner myself, as I said before" Joe explained.
"Wait a sec! I'm a leader at Cerulean Gym and are you trying to say that you can beat me?" Misty asked in an unfriendly tone.
"Yep, we train everyday on the simulation computers." Joe booted up the computer. He showed Misty a demonstration match between a Water Type Pokemon and a Grass type Pokemon.
"Your stupid simulation doesn't convince me! Let's see if you can handle the real deal!" Misty shouted.
"Ok...sure." Joe agreed.
"Starmie...I choose you!" Misty said.
"Heh...Weepinbell!" Joe said.
"Starmie...Water gun."
The sea star Pokemon unleashed a powerful flow of water onto the "Rafflesia" plant Pokemon.
One blow was enough to knock out the Weepinbell.
"What!? How!? I had the type advantage?!" Joe exclaimed.
Suddenly, someone approached our heroes from behind.
"True...But there's one thing you didn't know - your opponent's from the Cerulean city GYM. Her Pokemon has much more experience battling. You should've known that. you're an embarrassment to the whole school." Giselle said in a condescending tone. She finally appeared in person, with the crowd of boys who were mocking Joe standing behind her.
She was dressed in black shiny leather school shoes, white knee-length socks that left her thighs exposed to the eye, a blue skirt, a blue school uniform vest, a white sleeveless shirt with "puffed" shoulder area fabric, and a red ribbon tied as a loose bowtie. She was holding her hands on her hips as a stance of confidence. There was something in her smug voice that made her really look mean but at the same time so appealing - it was her self-confident attitude, perhaps.
"B-but Giselle" Joe tried to argue.
"SHE'S REALLY PRETTY, ISN'T SHE!" Ash exclaimed. As much as Ash wasn't really attracted to girls in the romantic sense...There was just something about Giselle that made him completely tremble on the inside. Her image couldn't convey how graceful she appeared to be in person. She seemed so refined, especially with her immaculate sttyle of clothing - she even managed to pull off wearing an ordinary school uniform while still looking beautiful.
"Yeah, she looks just like a movie star." Brock commented. He got it right. It was her inner confidnce combined with her natural cuteness that mad her stand out. She was actually acting like a lady unlike Misty who didn't even bother to make a similar impression on Ash.
Giselle had heard that Joe brought some travelling trainer kids from the outside to battle her so she brought her "lackeys" as cheerleaders. After all, respect and prestige is what she liked the most about being the star of the Beginner Class. She trained hard everyday to be the best - she couldn't afford to be left behind like some loser senpai in her class who was left for several years - there was a person who she desperately wanted to surpass - however she needed to concentrate on keeping up a dignified exterior to support the impression she made on the boys around her - she didn't necessary find this difficult nor did she dislike doing this but when she talked like that she felt like wasn't really being true to herself. But that's just how she had to survive in Pokemon Tech, this hive of rich kids if she wanted to uphold her reputation.
Anyways, seeing as Joe had lost to one of the Cerulean GYM Leaders (Giselle wondered why she came here anyway?) - it was her turn to step in and show what Pokemon Tech students were made of.