Ah that ending probably got quite a few of you thinking. I always found that move rather interesting and the nearly countless ways of using it in a battle to one's advantage. Too bad that in the games it really sucks. So without any further waiting here's the battle.

"Start."

Snapping back into the battle Ash tried to put the sight behind him. "Pikachu use Quick Attack!"

"Dig underground Eevee!" May countered.

Before Pikachu could regain his composure from watching his opponent copy him nearly perfectly and start his attack, Eevee was already gone with only a small hole as evidence of where to.

"I knew that she would be using Dig sooner or later," Ash thought. "Ground is good against Electric so it's only natural. Good thing that I was ready for it."

"Pikachu use your ears; listen for her digging through the ground!"

Unlike the last time that she used Dig on him Pikachu was fully prepared for this one. Honing his keen hearing towards the ground he slowly began to pick up the sound of her paws moving the ground as she burrowed towards him.

Noticing that his partner had located Eevee, Ash was quick to give his next order. "Iron Tail when she comes out!"

With his tail glowing metallic silver Pikachu quickly jumped to his right just as the Evolution Pokémon popped out underneath him. Swinging his tail in a sweeping motion Eevee was easily able to evade it, and even use it as a springboard to throw herself up into the air.

But even though her Pokémon didn't get hit May was slightly disappointed in the attack. "Pikachu should be much faster than that," she thought. "And the rest of his movements are a bit sluggish compared to their usual. Either Ash is underestimating us again or Pikachu doesn't want to go all out on Eevee. For this to work we need both of them to take this battle a bit more seriously."

"Alright Eevee, Return!" May called out knowing that out of all of their attacks that was one of the two that would get their attention the most.

"Return?" Ash asked with a very confused look on his face. "Why do you want her to return to you? I never would have thought that you would surrender a match like that May."

May just said nothing in return as she looked up at her partner, knowing that everyone would be in for a little surprise.

"Vee," the little Pokémon nodded as she reached the apex of her jump. As Eevee began to make a decent her entire body began to glow in a soft white light. In the process her speed greatly increased as she dropped straight down, head first.

Ash may not have completely understood her order but he did understand when not to test his luck. "Pikachu dodge, now!"

The tone in Ash's voice told Pikachu that this was a true command and not just as part of a leisurely battle with a friend. In a split second the electric mouse moved several meters to his left just as Eevee hit ground.

The resulting impact surprised virtually everyone there as a small tremor shook the earth and dust billowed up from the force of the attack. A few seconds later as it cleared one could start to make out the small fox shaking her head clearing off the dirt, in the middle of a sizable crater where Pikachu just was.

The original target was wide-eyed as he looked at who he thought was the more docile of his two suitors. If that would have hit it would have pretty much been game over for him no matter how you look at it.

"Dear god May what the heck to you feed her?" Ash exclaimed after regaining his senses.

"Now Ash you know that a master never reveals her secrets," May told him with a wink. "Or at least I won't tell you until dinner. Maybe now you'll take us a bit more seriously."

"I don't think that I was underestimating them but I figured that Pikachu would have been able to stay at least one step ahead of her most of the time. Guess I can't even take that for granted," Ash thought as May just stood there, almost as if she was waiting for something to happen.

"Alright if you say so, we'll go full power."

Pikachu quickly looked back at his trainer who had an apologetic look on his face. Neither wanted to go all out on their friends, for different reasons of course, but after that last attack they really didn't have much of a choice. He would much rather be keeping her from harm instead of causing it.

"Pikachu Thunderbolt!"

At his command Ash could see a smirk come over May's face. "Eevee dodge and use Thunderbolt!"

"What!" Both Ash and Dawn where wondering what the heck May was talking about as Pikachu launched his attack, a brilliant bolt of pure electrons headed straight for his opponent.

Without too much trouble Eevee was able to sidestep the attack and not long after all members there could see the sparks start to fly from the Evolution Pokémon's body before they finally combined into another bolt of white hot energy. But unlike the last one, Eevee's Thunderbolt veered off target and hit a nearby tree, frying it to a crisp and even splintering a good portion of it.

"Guess we need to work on our aim a bit," May said innocently.

Once again both Ash and Dawn were taken back as to what they just saw, that single attack breaking virtually every paradigm they had about that Eevee.

"Okay this is not what I signed up for when I thought up this battle, that last attack of hers looked exactly like Pikachu's and it almost had the same strength too. I was thinking it would be nothing but a small but enjoyable skirmish between two friends, and while Pikachu would probably come out ahead in the end we would both have a bit of fun with it. Not one where Pikachu is actually getting a run for his money from a Pokémon that I thought was specialized in appeals. But no matter how odd their attacks seem they still can't beat us in speed. At least that should give me some more time to think this over and come up with a counter-strategy."

"Pikachu Agility! Stay out of her range for a little while."

Again Ash could see a small smirk come across May's face and he had no clue as to why. Pikachu began to race around the battlefield with the Evolution Pokémon trying to keep a careful eye on him, waiting for her next order.

"Forget about that for now, we just need to get ahead again. What is it with her and being able to counter me so easily? I mean first it was the battle a couple days ago with Venusaur and not it's this battle with her Eevee. To start it off she perfectly mimics Pikachu's battle position right down to the electricity and then…" It was at that point that he realized his mistake.

"Oh no, Pikachu stop!"

"Too late Ash; Eevee Sand Attack, Double Team, and then Mimic!"

Quickly kicking up a blinding cloud of sand in all directions, Eevee became lost from their sight for just a moment. It didn't take long for everything to settle and by that time the one Eevee was replaced by several copies of herself across the field, all with a big smile on their face as Ash and Pikachu quickly scanned from Eevee to Eevee.

"Something this simple won't work on us May, you should at least know that one. Forget about targeting them individually; use Thunder Wave to get them all at once." Ash was getting back into his full battle mindset by this point. May was pulling tricks that he never expected and was actually winning as of this point, even if neither had actually landed an attack on the other. He just didn't want to receive another embarrassing loss like before. Well that and not having to pay for everyone's dessert.

Focusing on his electric attack again Pikachu also knew that he underestimated Eevee and May. But even if she wanted to become his mate he wouldn't lose this easily to someone several years his junior in battle experience. Sending out his electricity in a large pulsating wave it didn't take long for him to cover the entire field with the paralyzing voltage.

One by one the shifting Eevee copies were hit and faded away until none remained.

"Okay if they were all Double Team duplicates then where is the original," Ash thought as he scanned the ground, not noticing anything out of place since the Sand Attack covered their sight.

"Alright Pikachu try to smell out and catch Eevee's scent; she's around here somewhere, we just need to find her."

Almost laughing at the thought Pikachu followed his trainer's orders nonetheless, no matter how hopeless he thought it would be. Closing his eyes the electric mouse took a deep breath in through his nose. To his surprise there actually was a scent in the area, but it wasn't what he was expecting to smell. Coming from every direction was that scent that he had been smelling from Eevee since yesterday, but it was much stronger than any other time he had smelled it. Considering how strong it was this time he could finally start to analyze the smell. It was the most unique fragrance that he had ever experienced and it was actually almost hypnotizing. For the first time ever he completely forgot that he was in the middle of a battle and just took in another deep breath, enjoying the distinctly sweet aroma that seemed to tingle his entire body. There was something about it that made him feel quite different than he had ever felt before. It was exciting and relaxing at the same time, it was hard to explain yet there was something about it that made him unable to think of anything else. Even the new commands his Pikapi were calling out to him fell upon deaf ears.

Noticing that their "secret weapon" had begun to work May decided that it was time to try and end it before Pikachu had a chance to recover. "Alright Eevee time to finish this, Attract!"

As the last word left the coordinator's lips Buneary's mouth dropped as she started to squirm to get out of Dawn's grip, calling out what would have been incomprehensible sentences even to other Pokémon. She had to try and stop that attack at virtually any cost. But by the time she hit the ground to run up to her love interest it was too late as Eevee had already begun to make her move. Yet as the rabbit began to run she too could pick up an odd smell in the area, it wasn't all that strong but there was something about it that made her anxious and quite irritated.

In nothing but a brown blur Eevee dashed out of the hole that she had dug earlier and in no time was right next to Pikachu. Of course with his attention elsewhere the Electric-type never noticed her arrival until she was right next to him, the aggressive stance from battle replaced by a relaxed almost seductive one as she slowly took the last couple of steps up to him.

"Vui," she cooed softly into his ear. Rubbing her full body up against him, the little Pokémon suddenly felt better than she had felt all the time that they were back. Here they were together and he had nothing on his mind but her. There was no Buneary, no vacation, even no trainers. As she rubbed past his electric sac she could feel a small tingle run through her body, to her surprise she found it quite enjoyable. But before she could do a return trip Pikachu fell onto his back completely unconscious, an odd but obviously content smile on his face.

"Wow that worked far better than I thought," May thought out loud as both Ash and Dawn looked dumbstruck at the winner.

"Um, I guess that means Pikachu is unable to battle. May and Eevee are the winners," Dawn stated, still not completely believing that May had beaten Ash yet again. With Eevee nonetheless.

Running up to Pikachu, Ash made it to him just after Buneary did, who was already looking over the fallen Pokémon casting an accusing glare at her rival. Eevee appeared to still be in seventh heaven from the battle, even with the thought of actually winning in the complete back of her mind.

"Pikachu, Pikachu are you okay?" Ash asked his partner, picking him in his arms.

"Pi…ka…chu…" Pikachu too seemed to be completely out of it, staring off into space and just purring softly every once and a while as he rubbed up against Ash's arms.

"What's up with him?" Ash asked, looking over Pikachu to see if he had any injuries; which of course, considering that not a single attack hit, there were none.

"Beats me," May replied innocently. "Though his reaction was a quite a bit unlike than what the usual Attract attack should provoke," she added with a sly smile.

Looking over at the brunette with an accusing stare, Dawn could only wonder what she was planning. There was obviously something behind this battle than what appeared. Looking at not only the two participants of the battle but also her own Pokémon as well there was obviously something that went on between them. There was something about the whole battle that seemed almost too well put together, too well planned, all the way down to the final Attract attack.

"Alright this just doesn't add up, up until now I could swear that Eevee didn't have any real attraction to Pikachu but looking at what just happened there is almost no way to try and defend that point anymore. And by the looks of it May is helping Eevee to try and get Pikachu. So much for the 'like trainer like Pokémon' comment. I don't think that it would be a good idea to try and confront her about it at this point but there is no doubt that Buneary will be having competition as well. Looks like our 'easy win' isn't coming anytime soon. The initial battle, helping me get together with him, Eevee's crush, the wrestling match out in the ocean; has May planned everything out between not only the Pokémon but us as well?"

"So Ash it looks like you are going to be paying for our dessert this evening," May stated proudly as she walked up to him and Pikachu, the latter of which was just starting to fully wake up in his trainer's arms.

"No kidding, although I have a few questions to ask you about your battling this evening while were eating," he said breathing a sigh of relief that Pikachu already seemed back to normal. "But before we head out I have something that I want to do first. You two can go and find the restaurant, just nothing too expensive, and call me with your decision. I'll see you in a few minutes." Waving a bit the trainer swiftly hurried off into the city.

Watching him leave Dawn quickly turned to May after picking up a still annoyed looking Buneary. "I just remembered that I had something to do as well, I'll leave the selection of the place to you May. Just call or text both of us with what you found. Later!" Running off she followed generally the same path that Ash did just moments ago.

"Well so much for that," May said with a bit of surprise. Grabbing her own Pokémon and lifting her onto her shoulder May started to head into town, yet a different direction that the other two had gone. "So it looks as if the plan worked even better than we thought," the brunette told her partner as they cruised down Main Street looking for a good place to eat. "I figured that Pikachu would react at least somewhat positively to your advances but not to the point where he would be completely knocked out. Of course Ash is bound to have plenty of questions about how we were able to battle one of his most powerful to a virtual standstill. We'll just have to leave out portions of it when we tell him. I just wonder what made both of them run off like that."

Shrugging it off May continued to look for a good place to eat, and yet not some overly classy restaurant that would make Ash go broke from paying for it. Finally asking several locals for suggestions she found her way to a slightly exotic looking one. There were plenty of people in there, meaning that it shouldn't be too bad in terms of quality but there were still spots open so they wouldn't have to wait for a table.

Deciding that this was as good as any May opened up her Pokétch and sent a text message to both Ash and Dawn telling where the place was and what the name was. Closing it up May walked up to the counter and it wasn't too long before a waiter came up to her.

"Welcome to the Tea House, it is just you and your Pokémon tonight?"

"Actually I have another couple friends coming in just a little bit so a table for three please" May told him.

"Okay…" Looking over a small chart he crossed out one of the tables. Grabbing a few menus he started walking off towards the seating area. "Please follow me."

Walking over to the table May ordered some tea for herself and some water for Eevee while they waited for everyone to arrive. It didn't take long for her to get her drinks so she poured out a bowl of water for Eevee and a cup of tea for herself.

After a couple minutes the first one to arrive was Dawn, and May noticed that she was rather peppy and happy as she came in. Walking over to the table she let Buneary down onto the ground before sitting down.

"What's with you?" May finally asked as Dawn began humming to herself, "did you just win the grand prize in the lottery or something?"

"Something like that," Dawn stated letting out a content squeal. "I'll tell you later tonight."

"Okay…" May had absolutely no clue what the heck she was talking about, let alone why she was actually humming. May even recognized the song, but sadly Dawn was off-tune on many of the notes making the brunette cringe every once and a while.

"So have you ordered yet?" Dawn finally asked as she picked up one of the menus.

"Nope, just got something to drink for both me and Eevee."

"So then let's see what they have to eat here."

Sighing at the other coordinator's actions May just looked back at her own menu, but no sooner as she did Ash came walking into the place as well. Unlike Dawn he wasn't looking all that cheerful. Though it wasn't as if he was down or anything, in fact as soon as he caught sight of Dawn and May he seemed kinda nervous as he walked over.

Sitting next to Dawn and letting Pikachu down on the table Ash quickly grabbed a menu and started to look it over.

"So first Dawn comes in acting like she's won coordinator of the year and just after Ash comes in looking like that," May thought as she looked at the drastically different moods that her two friends were in. But it was what her imagination started to conjure up that made her chest start to tighten up slightly. "I get the feeling that something happened between them just now and by the looks of it, it wasn't something small."

"So have you…"

"No Ash, we haven't ordered yet," May interrupted him, forgetting the uneasiness she was beginning to feel. "I've just ordered something to drink and Dawn has barely begun to look over the menu."

Noticing Pikachu taking stray glances over at Eevee, May couldn't help but smile at the thought that her plan might have actually worked. Of course almost as if on cue out of the corner of her eye May saw something trying to crawl its way up onto the chair next to her.

Needless to say Buneary didn't like being put onto the ground when Pikachu and Eevee were up on top of the table. But considering how her trainer was acting there really wasn't much that she could do about it. At least one of them was having an easy time on their mission. Quickly making it up on the table she made it up just as the electric mouse averted his eyes away from the other Pokémon present there. Casting another accusing glare at Eevee she made her way back to her trainer's side of the table, conveniently right next to Pikachu.

"Now May you said that you would be explaining a few things tonight about that battle," Ash said as he continued to figure out what to order.

"Don't worry I haven't forgotten. Let's just order our food and then we can talk about it," May told him in a slightly annoyed tone. What did he think that she would have forgotten about something like that in that short of time?

"Are you three ready to order? Or would you like some more time?"

Looking up from their menus the three saw a black vested female waitress looking down at them, some glasses of water in her hand.

"Well I've been ready for a little while," May told her; looking over at her other two companions she could tell that they were probably ready as well.

"Alright then." Putting down a glass in front of Ash and Dawn she took out a small booklet and flipped open a page before grabbing a pen. "So what would you like tonight?"

"I'll just have a large bowl of ramen and some egg rolls," May said, knowing that it was a slightly odd combination.

Nodding her head as she wrote it down the waitress looked over at Dawn.

"Let's see, do you just have a garden salad?" The blunette asked while still looking through the menu.

"Yes we do," the waitress confirmed.

"Then I'll have that."

"And what kind of dressing would you like?"

"Vinaigrette would be nice," Dawn told her as she closed her menu.

"Alright, and how about you?"

Ash continued to scan the menu before actually telling his order. "Alright I'll have the tiger pork, the bacon wrapped shrimp, white rice, a few egg rolls, and a big bowl of ramen as well."

Stifling a nervous chuckle at the large order the waitress wrote down his order. "Would you two like anything else to drink?"

"I'll just have what she's having," Ash told her while motioning at May.

"And I'll be fine with water," Dawn added in.

"Thank you, your order shouldn't be too long," she told them before walking off.

"What the heck is tiger pork?" May asked Ash as he nearly drooled at the thought of all of his food.

"I dunno but it looked delicious in the picture," he said, still envisioning the meal. "But there are other things to talk about. Alright May spill it," Ash quickly told her in a half-way playful tone after snapping out of his daydreaming. "How the heck did Eevee beat Pikachu?"

"And how exactly were you able to beat the Sinnoh Champion twice in a row while only taking second in the Johto Grand Festival?" Dawn added in.

Now I may have a love for Eevee but I'm virtually always against having a character being all-powerful, it kinda takes away from the fun. So of course as you can guess there will be several explanations coming. And not only for the attacks either. Thanks for reading, please review, comment, or even ask questions if you have them. Til' next time…