Disclaimer: I only own Zina, Danny, and Cal. Addie and Romulus belong to their owners.
"Ladies first." Romulus bowed kindly to Zina.
"Sorry bro, but gentlemen don't fly with me." She smirked.
"Good thing I don't do gentlemanly things. Go Archer!"
"Thalia, fly with me!" The bright-eyed Shinx popped out to face the buff Croagunk.
Ready to be shaken babe? Archer winked at Thalia.
YOU DISGUST ME! She shouted.
"Let's begin. Thalia, use Tackle!" Zina shouted. Thalia charged at Archer, who dodged it.
"Nope!" Romulus laughed. "You've got to do better than that! Archer, Venoshock!" Archer slammed the ground with his fist, releasing a purple wave. Thalia squealed and jumped into the air, landing on top of Archer. "Use Toxic on her!" Archer swung his fist over himself and knocked Thalia off his head. She was slammed into the ground and shuddered.
"Damn, she's been poisoned." Zina muttered. "Thalia, catch!" She threw a Pecha berry across the field. Thalia pushed herself up and grabbed it with her paw. She bit into it. "That's it. Better?"
Much. Thalia nodded.
"Now use Tackle." The Shinx slammed into Archer, who tried to block it using his arms. Even though he was blocking the hit, the impact was still strong enough to knock them both back.
"Get back in there Thalia and use Bite!" Zina called, punching her fist in the air.
"Get up Archer! Block her with Rock Slide!" Archer tossed rocks at the blue ball of fluff as she maneuvered the rocks. She leaped into the air and landed behind Archer. She then swiveled around and bit his back. Archer shuddered.
Mmm, babe that feels good. Archer snickered when he turned and saw her fuming face.
HELL TO THE NO! Thalia charged at the Frog, tackling him down.
"You go girl! Use Leer!" Zina cheered. Thalia glared at Archer. "Now Tackle again!"
"Dodge and use Faint Attack." Romulus seemingly disappeared and reappeared behind Thalia.
"Jump!" Zina called. Thalia leaped into the air, and then spun into what looked like a dive. "Use Bite again!" Thalia sunk her teeth into the Croagunk.
"Venoshock!" Archer released the poisonous wave again. Thalia was knocked down.
"She took some damage from that… but Archer still is almost out." Zina muttered to herself. "Alright, use Tackle." Thalia slowly got up and ran towards Archer.
"Block it with your arms!" Archer pulled up his arms in a cross to block his opponent. Once again, the impact caused them both to fall back. But this time, the battle ended in a tie. "Whoa, our first tie." Romulus returned his Pokémon. "Nice job. You've trained your Pokémon really well."
"You too." Zina said, picking up Thalia. "We should do this again sometime. Of course, I'll beat you." She smirked.
"What? No!" Romulus laughed. "We'll have to see about that."
"How about as soon as we both get the Coal Badge, we battle again." Zina suggested.
"Heh, good idea." Romulus nodded. They started walking into the Pokémon Center. "I see my brother. He's a co-ordinater."
"Hey, my friend is too! He's going to be in the Oreburgh contest."
"Really? Well, we'll have to meet up for coffee sometime!" The two smiled. "Oh. Here's my Pokegear number."
"Thanks!" Zina loaded the number onto her own Pokegear. "Well, I have to go find my friend. See you!"
"Bye!"
-break-
"So your friend's a trainer?" Addie asked Danny. She sipped her coffee. Her Glaceon sat under the table, rubbing her head against Addie's legs.
"Yeah, Zee's a trainer. For a beginner, she's pretty good. Her Shinx is bad-ass."
"Cool. I'd love to battle her sometime." Addie smiled. "So you're a co-ordinater?"
"Yeah. I'm new, and I want to practice my strategy with my team before I compete, so I'm waiting to go to Oreburgh."
"There's a gym there." Addie shuffled her hand around her pocket, before pulling out a case. She opened it, revealing the Coal Badge.
"No way! You already got the badge?" Danny asked in amazement.
"Yes, it was pretty easy. I have a Hitmonlee, so he took care of it."
"Nice. My friend Cal is a trainer, but he has a Chimchar. I wonder what he's going to do."
"What he should do is evolve it to a Monferno. Then it will learn Mach Punch." Danny nodded.
"That sounds like something he'd do. My traveling partner Zina has her Turtwig with her, so that battle will go over well."
"Zina, that's the girl with the purple hair right?" Addie raised her eyebrows. "You say that she's only your traveling partner."
"Yeah, she is." Addie laughed.
"Are you sure about that? You looked pretty mad when that Romulus guy flirted with her." Danny's face flushed a deep red.
"WHAT? NO, I don't like her!"
"I never said that."
"Well, you implied it." Danny looked away. "Anyway, her dad is crazy strict about dating. The only reason he lets Zina's sister date is because Cal is a smart and strong guy. He would never let his daughter date a co-ordinater."
"But isn't her dad Paul Shinji?" Danny nodded, not knowing where she was going. "Last I heard, he married Dawn Berlitz, Sinnoh's raining fashionista and top co-ordinater?"
"Point taken." Danny muttered.
"You're welcome." Addie laughed. It was at this moment when Zina walked in. "Alright, go get'em tiger." She passed her Pokegear number across the table, got up, and left.
"Hey Danny!" Zina chirped. "Ready to go? I want to train Dill and Thalia. Squirt should probably get some more training."
"You're right." Danny smiled slowly. "Let's head out to route 203."
-break-
So Addie gave Danny some dating advice. Yay? And Zina and Romulus' battle ended in a tie. Aww! But it looks like Zina and Co are heading to Oreburgh city. I wonder what Cal and the guys are doing?
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