Kayla POV

"Sigh..." I sighed as I walked through town with Finn once again.

I can't believe my luck...I've been separated from everything I know and now I'm stuck in this world... I groaned.

"Hey Kayla, do you know what you're going to do until the machine is fixed?" Finn asked.

"I dunno what I can do to be honest." I replied.

"Hmm...I know." Finn stopped. "I know this really cool place in town you might find interesting. C'mon!"

Finn led me to a stone building in the middle of town.

"What is this place?" I asked.

"This is the battle dojo. Many pokemon come here to watch and participate in battles against other pokemon. Come in and see." He said.

Inside led to an area downstairs with many lights shining the way. Down the stairs there was a stadium where two pokemon were battling now.

"Hey, check it out!" Finn exclaimed as he went to see a pidove and a bagon battling in the field.

"Hrgh!" The bagon unleashed a powerful purple blast at the bird.

"Argh!" The pidove cried as it was hit.

"Why don't you try this?! Hrgh!" The pidove then flapped its wings to create powerful blasts of air thrown at the bagon.

"Grr..." The bagon growled as he took the hit.

"So pokemon come down here all the time to battle?" I asked.

"Yup. There's almost always a battle going on here." Finn replied.

"That's kinda cool." I said.

"Ember!" The bagon blasted fire embers at the pidove.

"Argh! Ah..." The pidove was hit by the move and fainted right after.

"Jet is unable to battle! Blast is the winner!" The referee declared, followed by the cheering of other pokemon.

"Sweet! I can't wait until I can battle like that." Finn said excitedly.

"Why can't you?" I asked.

"Well, I just don't think I'm ready yet. I don't have a big moveset, just pound and tail whip." He replied.

"Oh."

Finn and I left the dojo and headed for Finn's house.

"Hi mom!" Finn greeted as he ran to his mom.

"Hi, Finn. Kayla, how did it go with the professor?" Miss Shade asked as I walked inside.

"Eh...not so good. Apparently I'm stuck here until he can build a machine to send me back..." I replied.

"Really? That's too bad. You're of course welcome to stay here until he builds it." She offered.

"Thank you. I'll have to take you up on that." I replied.

"I told you once, and I'll say it again, battle me like a true pokemon!" A rough voice commanded.

"What was that?" I asked.

Finn, Shade, and I ran outside to see a mankey backing a litleo against a wall.

"I already told you...I don't want to battle!" He pleaded.

"Hey! What's going on out here?" Miss Shade asked as she went up to the two.

"Oh, my little litleo friend and I are going to have a battle." The mankey replied.

"I never said that..." The litleo protested.

"What's all this fuss about a battle?" I asked as Finn and I approached them.

"Well if you must know, I plan on becoming a pokemon grand master, and to do that I need to become stronger." The mankey explained.

"Okay then, but I don't think it's right to just challenge other pokemon and not take no for an answer." I replied.

"Fine then. You'll take his place for me then." The mankey pointed.

"What? Me?" I asked.

"Yes you. You talk big for a pokemon like yourself. Battle me, and this litleo gets off easy." The mankey stated.

"But...I don't know how to battle..." I informed.

"...What?! Y-You actually don't know how to battle? What kind of pokemon are you? Ha!" The mankey laughed.

"Um..." I hummed

"Listen, Iro, I know you're set on battling, but don't you think you should save it for another time?" Shade asked.

"No way. I battle this pikachu now, or I battle this litleo now. I can't wait." The mankey said impatiently.

"...Fine. I'll battle." I said.

"What?! But Kayla, you said you don't know how to battle?" Finn reminded.

"I know that. Even if I lose, this litleo doesn't have to battle, right?" I replied.

"I like your answer. Lets battle." The mankey challenged.

Iro got into his position, I stood in front of him a good few feet away.

"Okay, this battle is between Iro the mankey and Kayla the pikachu. Battle begin!"

"Alright then! Focus energy!" Iro called as he focused the energy in his body.

"Um..." Think, Kayla. What moves can a pikachu learn?

"Grrrargh!" I growled. Iro appeared to have been intimidated by the attack, but not a lot.

"Growl attack? That's all you got? Why don't you try this?! Argh!" The mankey dashed forward and used a powerful scratch attack.

"Argh!" I grunted.

"Kayla!" Finn called.

"Grrrawrgh!" I growled again.

"Growl again huh? See how you like this!" Iro then gave a firm glare at me, using leer.

"Grr..." I then felt something shoot out of my cheeks.

"Grrawgh!" I then unleashed a jolt of electricity at the mankey.

"Argh..." Iro grunted as he took the hit.

"Heh, not bad. But I can do better!" He said. "Low kick!" He called as he ran up and kicked me, sending me back.

"Argh..." I grunted.

I feel weak...This mankey is stronger than I thought...I have to do something to beat him...

"Grrargh!" I growled as I unleashed another thundershock.

"Grr...Low kick!" Iro ran up and kicked me, sending me back.

"Argh..." I grunted as I got up.

"Grrrr..." I then started running up, pulling back my fist.

"Huh?" Finn said as he watched.

"Grrr...hrgh!" I got close to the mankey and threw a punch, sending him back as well.

"Was that...Mega punch?" Finn asked his mom.

"It appears so." She replied.

"Gah...Mega punch...Not bad..." Iro said as he got to his feet. "But I'm better! Hrgh!" He grunted as he started to run towards me.

"Grr!" I growled as I ran towards him.

"Low kick!" He yelled.

"Mega punch!" I yelled.

We both ran towards each other, both attacks colliding.

"..." I paused, looking out of the corner of my eye at the mankey. Iro did the same.

"Gyah..." Iro then falls to the ground.

"Iro is unable to battle! Kayla is the winner!" Shade announced.

"Hah...Hah..." I breathed.

That...That took a lot out of me...Is this what battling is like? Hah...

"Kayla, are you okay?" Finn asked as he ran over to me.

"Gah...Yeah, I'm fine. Whew..." I panted.

"Grr..." Iro got up on his feet. "You win this round. But next time you won't win so easily." Iro said as he walked away.

"T-Thank you for standing up for me, miss." The litleo thanked.

"Hah...no problem." I replied. "I'm Kayla by the way."

"I'm Dana." He replied.

"What happened to make Iro want to battle you so badly?" Finn asked.

"I'm not really sure...I just got to this town and he suddenly came up and challenged me." Dana replied.

"That's kind of weird..." I commented.

"That's Iro for you." Finn said.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah. He claims he's battling to become a pokemon grand master, but he only trains by battling other pokemon in the street." He replied.

"Pardon me for asking, but what is a pokemon grand master?" Dana asked.

"You don't know? Grand masters are really strong pokemon. Some are really famous explorers, some are scientists." Finn replied.

"I'm afraid that Iro won't become a grand master any time soon with the way he's training." Shade commented.

"Hah...He's strong though..." I said.

"You need to rest up. Come on, I'll make us some dinner." Shade said as she headed inside.

"Hey Dana, want to join us for dinner?" Finn asked.

"I don't want to impose..." He replied.

"It won't be at all. My dad is out of town so we'll need someone to eat his fill." Finn chuckled.

"Haha, then that'd be great, thanks." Dana smiled.

Dana, Finn, and I headed inside Finn's house. Shade was cooking in the kitchen, so Finn lead us upstairs.

"Okay. Kayla, this is gonna be your room while you stay here." Finn said as he lead us into a room in the house. It was the same room from before, but it appeared to have been decorated.

"Nice." I smiled as I looked around.

"Wait, while she stays here?" Dana asked.

"Oh. Kayla here came into town today too, but she doesn't know how she got here." Finn replied.

"Huh..." Dana said.

I walked over to the bed. It was right next to a window on the middle of a wall. On the opposite wall was a poster with different kinds of pokemon on it. Across form the doorway was a dressed with many books on it.

"This is...pretty nice." I said.

"Yeah. Oh, and check this out." Finn climbed the dressed and grabbed a book off the top of it. "There are some good books up here. This one here has stories of pokemon teams and adventures they've been on." Finn said as he flipped through the pages.

"Teams?" I asked.

"Yeah. Exploration teams. They go on missions, rescue pokemon, finding treasure, all kinds of neat things. It's, uh, kind of my dream to be in an exploration team someday." Finn said.

"Sounds cool. Maybe I'll take a look at it." I said as I took the book.

"What other books are up there?" Dana asked.

"Oh there are plenty of others that are similar. Some even show different pokemon move techniques." Finn explained.

"Pokemon techniques?" Dana asked.

"Yup. I've tried one of them out, but the move still needs work." Finn replied.

"Oh."

"Kids! Dinner is ready!" Miss Shade called.

"Coming!" Finn yelled. "C'mon guys." Finn said as he raced out the door.

"Is he always this quick?" Dana asked me.

"I'm assuming yes." I replied as I started to follow Finn.

Dinner was great. I had never thought of having oran berry soup, but it turned out to be better than I imagined.

I then found myself climbing into my temporary bed.

"Good night, Kayla." Finn waved goodnight from the hall.

"Night." I replied as I shut my bedroom door.

I crawled under my sheets. "Ahh..." I sighed with comfort.

"...Hmm?" As I laid down in a position I was used to, I didn't think about one thing, my new tail. It was kind of away from my body awkwardly.

"Hrgh..." I grunted as I tried to move my tail closer to my body.

"Sigh..." I sighed.

Being a pokemon is weird...It's hard enough getting used to a new body, but that battle earlier really took a lot out of me. I hope that somehow I can manage until the professor fixes his machine.

But what if I never returned home? Would I be a pokemon forever? What about my family? My friends? Are they worried about me? Do they know I'm gone? So much is running through my mind all at once...I hope things go better tomorrow... I thought.

I looked out of the window to see a full moon in a clear night sky.

Maybe...Maybe things will go better tomorrow...

And there's the end of chapter 2! Hope you guys enjoyed that chapter.

Okay, now here's where I'm going to do something a little different. I am going to ask you guys to post your own oc submission for this story. Pick a pokemon (but preferably a pokemon that hasn't evolved. I will make acceptations for those that evolve from baby pokemon, like say Pikachu.) But try to keep the character's pokemon different than the ones presented in the story so far. I kind of want a variety of pokemon in the story. Keep in mind that I might have to limit how many I accept as it would be overwhelming to bring in so many characters at once.

Okay! Hope you guys enjoyed that chapter and I can't wait to see what characters you come up with :D