Chapter 2- "Falling Hook, Line, and Sinker!"

{A/N: Thanks to Wqeu for writing my first review. :3

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Pokemon. Promise.}

At daybreak, Misty was training as hard as she could. Today, her goal was to not give out any Cascade Badges. After a few hours of exasperating work, She let her Pokémon rest. "Alright, Staryu. Have a rest. You deserve it." The red head said and smiled. She only showed this kind of affection to her Pokémon nowadays. The Staryu's center glowed with joy as it was returned by its trainer. Misty took a deep breath and dangled her feet in the pool's water to relax.

Violet was the first one to come out to her. "Hey Sis." She said and sat next to the gym leader. "Do you, like, wanna take the afternoon off? We could, like, hold up the gym." She offered, wanting Misty to take a break.

"No, No, I'm fine." The die-hard water trained replied.

"Oh, COME ON!" Violet said, suddenly aggravated. "You haven't done anything fun since you took over as leader. You need to relax! Lily, Daisy, and I are still League-Recognized leaders!" She was so serious that she hadn't said 'like' once.

"I have so!" Misty retorted. "There was that one time I…" She said and tried to think of something. "Well when I hung out with…" She kept stuttering, hoping to stall and buy herself some time to think of something. "You know, I've done plenty of fun things, okay?!" Misty said like it was final. But Violet wasn't going to give up just yet.

"No, girl. You couldn't even, like, think of one thing you've done outside this gym." Violet argued and leaned back to look at her sister, as an aspiring trainer walked through the doors.

"I'd like to challenge whoever's the leader here! I'm here to win a cascade badge!" The kid was a boy, about the age of Misty when she traveled Kanto and Johto when she was younger. Violet just rolled her eyes and stood up; the League Rules required Misty to accept any challenge. Plus, Misty would, like, accept ANY challenge. Mandatory or not.

"I accept!" She heard her little sister's booming voice as she sauntered in to her other two sisters to report how things went.

"So, how did it, like, go?" Lily asked.

"Like, bad." Violet inferred them. "I was just about to win an argument with her, when a kid had to, like, challenge her."

"That's Perfect!" Daisy said excitedly.

"Uh, no. That's like, bad." Lily corrected.

"No, it's like, Perfect!" Daisy insisted. "We'll have the best chance of putting the plan into action when she's like, all peppy from winning!" Daisy said, pretty confident in the outcome of the battle. Not many people won against Misty.

"You're right!" Violet realized. Misty would accept, like, ANY challenge, after all. "We can talk to her after the battle." The Sensational Sisters all agreed and squealed before talking about clothes.

"Vaporeon, I guess it's up to you." Gary said, holding the pokeball in his hand and looking at it before sending out the Pokémon that was inside. It was his sixth and final one left.

"This should be easy then." Ash said, returning his Heracross in full confidence his best friend would suit this better. "Alright, Pikachu." He said with a flick of his wrist. The obedient and loyal little yellow mouse leaped off his shoulder and stood in a battle-ready stance, it's cheeks sparking. "Agility." Ash said with a smug smile on his face. The electric Pokémon darted around its target.

"Vaporeon, Double-Team!" Gary said, in hopes of lessening his chance of an embarrassing loss.

"Alright Pikachu." Ash said, seeing his opponent's battle strategy. "Thundershock that one on the right." He instructed. A burst of electricity came from the mouse on the field and went straight through the optical illusion. "You know what?" The trainer said, thinking better of it. "Send out a Shockwave." He instructed, knowing it would eliminate all unnecessary targets and paralyze the real Vaporeon. Pikachu was getting charged up when he was knocked over by a Slam from the side by one of the Vaporeons; what must've been the real one. "Pikachu!" Ash yelled to make sure his Pokémon was okay.

"Pika!" The rodent squeaked as it sqrung back up. "CHUUUUUU!" I said as it unleashed a wave of electricity, running through about 10 illusions and one Vaporeon, who was now frozen in place.

"Thunderbolt, Now!" Ash yelled, already tasting victory. The Vaporeon fainted, and Gary returned it to its pokeball.

"Well done, Ashy-boy." Gary congratulated. "Gramps and I have been studying Shockwaves caused by electric Pokémon recently." He informed his childhood friend. "If only you were in the competition…" He muttered and trailed off, hoping to be heard.

The word 'competition' won Ash's attention. "What competition?! Where can I enter?"

Gary smirked. "I don't know Ashy-boy. There's limited entry spots. They might already be filled." He knew just how to play Ash due to knowing him for so long.

"What do you mean, Gary?! I'm just as good as you are! I just beat you! I'm going to enter this competition and I'll win it!" said Ash, as hard-headed as ever.

"Okay Ashy-boy. Whatever you say. I'll try to get you entered." Gary said and turned to walk away. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he climbed the hill back up to his grandfather's lab.

"Yes, Starmie! Finish it with a water gun!" Misty cried out to her Pokémon. She had already wiped out the other three of the helpless trainer's Pokémon with Starmie alone. The boy's Bellsprout fainted on the spot at the strong attack. Misty was about to cheer when she saw the kid's face. "Hey, Train up that Bellsprout and you will beat me in a blink of an eye!" She said to cheer him up.

"You're right! I'll just try harder and I'll be a Pokémon master!" Misty smiled. Ah, that's familiar. She thought as he departed. "Yes! I won!" she yelled, finally able to express her joy. Lily walked in with her two sisters close behind.

"Yeah, That challenge is like, so hard. I don't think any of us are like, good enough to do it." She said to the two girls she had in tow.

"I know, right?" Daisy agreed.

"What? What is it?" Misty asked eagerly, overhearing her three sisters. "I wanna know!" She pleaded.

"I don't know Misty. It's like, super tough." Violet said with a sigh.

"Can't I at least try?" Misty begged once again.

"Alright." Lily said like she was giving in to her sister's begs. "It's like, a competition between Saffron, Viridian, and Celadon."

"What?! And you guys didn't tell me about this? You know I love tournaments! Come on! Please! Can you get me in? It hasn't started yet, right?" Misty asked, excited.

"Well, it's not a totally Pokémon-based competition…" Daisy started.

"Doesn't matter! Can you get me in?!" the youngest Waterflower asked, full of hope.

"Actually, They have one more spot saved for us." Lily said with a smirk. This is like, SO working!

"Yay! When does it start? I want to know when I should pack." Misty said, grinning. She was planning on owning this tournament.

"Tomorrow." The three elder siblings said in concert.

"TOMORROW?!"