Team Laverre said there goodbyes to Senior Valerie and waved as she flew away on her Togekiss.
"Be safe, my sprites!" She yelled to them as she dissappeared into the horizon. "Don't anger anymore deranged cultists!"
Topher wasn't sure if she was joking.
"Bye Senior!" Dino yelled. "We love you!"
When she was out of sight, Topher turned to his friends. "I scheduled us another match."
Allison rolled her eyes. "Wow. Thanks for consulting us."
Topher shrugged. "It's in Kiloude City, against Team Lumoise." He said. "But there's one problem-"
"If we take the train, we'll be in by this afternoon." Allison interrupted. "And we can kick their asses."
Dino grinned. "Then let's go!"
Topher frowned. "But we can't-"
But Dino was already running away.
"Does he even know where the train is?" Topher wondered.
Allison grinned. "Probably not. First one to catch him gets the window seat!" she took off after him.
Damn idiots. Topher thought as he sprinted to keep up.
He was so going to kill them when he caught up.
Or not.
By the time Topher had gotten to the train station, Allison and Dino were being escorted out by security.
Topher sweatdropped. "Are you two serious?" he muttered.
A security official dropped Allison and Dino next to Topher.
"Are these two yours?" he asked gruffly.
"Unfortunately." he replied. The man gave them his best glower before walking back inside.
Allison saw the look on Topher's face, and immediately went on the offensive. "It wasn't our faults!"
Topher raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, it might have been," she conceded.
Topher raised the other brow.
"You act like you haven't been kicked out of places before!" Allison defended herself.
"To be fair, it's usually our fault when he gets kicked out of a place." Dino said helpfully.
Topher smirked.
"Oh, stop being smug." Allison snapped. "Do you want to know why we were kicked out?"
Topher shrugged.
"Would it kill you to talk?" Allison grumbled. "Oh, whatever. The reason we were kicked out was because Kiloude-"
"-Is only open to trainers level four and above." Topher said. "And we're level three. I know."
"Oh, now you talk?!" Allison said. "Why didn't you tell us."
Topher grabbed his chin in a mocking way. "Let's think about this... Why would I have not told you? Maybe because you two ran off before I could."
Allison put her hands on her hips. "So what do we do now?"
Dino raised his hand.
"No, we are not breaking onto the train!" Topher snapped.
Dino spit out his tongue. "I know that. We tried already."
Topher sighed. "You're both idiots."
"Am not." Allison said. "You're the one who scheduled a battle in Kiloude knowing we couldn't go-"
"I have a plan, Allison." Topher said.
"Ooh!" Dino clapped. "I love it when you have a plan! What is it?"
Topher smiled slightly. "We're going to take an exam."
"We're here to take the Pokemon League Aptitude Test." Allison said to the lady behind the counter. The three of them looked up the address of the Pokemon League Center in Cyllage, and headed there.
"Fill out these forms." she said boredly, handing them some papers. "Then head to the back room. I'll need your Trainer Cards and Pokedexes."
They handed her the items, then took the forms. They filled them out.
"Do I have to write my middle name?" Dino whispered.
"Yes." Allison whispered back. "Why are we whispering?"
"Who cares?" Topher said. "Keep doing it."
The three of them filled out the forms and turned them in.
Topher led to the back room. There were several booths that were closed off so no one could see inside them.
"Take a seat in one of those chairs please, then follow the instructions on the screen." the lady said. They complied.
"Good luck!" Dino told his friends.
Topher sat down in a booth. On the table was a small device that resembled Topher's holocaster. Topher picked it up and pressed the on button. A holographic screen popped up.
"Please enter your Trainer ID Number." Topher did. "Are you Christopher Tempano, Trainer Level Three? If so, please enter your nine digit pass code."
Topher keyed in the code. The device asked him to choose two Pokemon. He chose Bergmite and Carbink.
The device then had him "fight" trainer's pokemon by choosing an attack to use. It was simple stuff, really, but it took awhile because their were fifty trainers, each harder then the last. Topher very quickly found himself getting bored.
Soon he reached the last fake trainer. The trainer sent out a Barbaracle. Topher sent out Bergmite.
He pictured how the battle would go. It was much more entertaining then this...
"Surf!" the other guy yelled.
"Icy Wind!" Topher yelled.
The two attacks collided, one a wave and the other a flurry of blue wind, and the wind hit the wave and froze it instantly.
"Bar!" Barbaracle yelled.
"Now, use Ice Ball!" Topher yelled to Bergmite.
Bergmite gulped. "Ber?" he shot a ball of ice at Barbaracle.
Barbaracle's hands turned blue. It slashed the ball of ice in half effortlessly. It then jumped foward and slashed at Bergmite. The Pokemon flew into the air and landed in the sand.
Barbaracle raised it's arms and jagged rocks appeared above it.
"Crap." Topher muttered. "Bergmite, Protect!"
Bergmite's eyes began to glow. The rocks flew at him and hit a barrier of pure energy.
"Berg." Bergmite whimpered. Topher gave him a stern look.
Bergmite nodded, indicating he understood.
Topher smiled. "Let's do this! Bergmite, let down the barrier."
Bergmite's eyes began to glow and the barrier disappeared.
"Bar!" Barbaracle charged.
"Icy Wind!"Topher shouted. "Aim at the ground!"
Bergmite shot a gust of cold wind at the ground. The force of the attack launched him into the air above Barbaracle's head just as Barbaracle slashed downward at the spot where Bergmite had been standing.
"Take Down!" Topher yelled. A white aura surrounded Bergmite as he rammed into Barbaracle.
"Bar!" Barbaracle fell back and Bergmite landed in front of Topher. "Berg!" Without hesitation, he shot foward and rammed into Barbaracle again.
Barbaracle turned at the last minute and slashed at Bergmite. Bergmite felt a searing pain go through his body.
Bergmite flew backwards and landed on the ground.
"Bar!" Barbaracle jumped in the air and brought his claws down on Bergmite.
Bergmite blocked the attack with it's horn, like Topher had taught him. Barbaracle pushed on Bergmite, who pushed back.
"Bergmite!" Bermite pushed him back with all his might. The bigger Pokemon fell backwards.
"Brine!" Topher commanded.
Under Barbaracle, a geyser of water erupted and shot him into the air.
"Icy Wind!"
"Bergmite!" Bergmite shot a flurry of wind at Barbaracle, freezing the geyser and the Pokemon.
Bergmite jumped forward and rammed into Barbaracle, knocking it out of the ice.
Barbaracle collapsed.
"How'd your test go?" Allison asked him. "I didn't lose once!"
Topher shrugged, and Dino clapped his hands together. "Same! I even finished before Allison!"
Allison scowled. "Because I took my time to make sure I did my best. Unlike you, Dino."
"Ally, you've never taken your time in your life." Dino said.
The woman walked in the room and handed them back their Pokedexes and Trainer Cards. "Congratulations." she said in a voice that was not congratulatory at all. "You are now level four trainers."
Dino hugged Topher and Allison, who both. protested.
"We're now level four!" he cried.
A/N: Sorry for a short filler chapter. I just couldn't think of anything else to write?