"This will be a one on one battle," Flynn announced, acting as the referee. They were using the battlefield behind the lab, with Phillip and Milo staring each other down. "No items or substitutions. First one to knock out the other Pokémon wins. The lowest level Pokémon starts the battle. Trainers, call your Pokémon!"

"Go, Rosie!" Phillip threw a pokeball. In a flash of light, Rosie the Delta Bulbasaur appeared.

Milo's eyes narrowed. "You named her Rosie? Are you six?"

Phillip smirked. "What? Are you scared to lose to a Pokémon named Rosie?"

Milo grabbed a Pokeball from his pocket. Without answering, he threw it. "Bergmite!"

Delta Bergmite appeared on field as well. He growled fiercely, seemingly oblivious to his size.

"Aw!" Phillip squealed. "He's so cute!" Phillip scanned him with his pokedex.

Milo scowled. "Cute?" Milo scanned Rosie.

The actual pokedex entry wasn't important : both pokedexes gave the entry for the non delta forms of their starter, which was useless. But it did give them the other Pokémon's move set and stats.

Milo's eyes narrowed. Rosie knows Light Screen, and Reflect. Milo thought. Phillip is going to try and set up with one of those two shield moves, raising either his team's Defense of Special Defense. But I have the first move. If I have Bergmite keep attacking, I can make it so he never can set up.

"Are both trainers ready?" Flynn asked. They both nodded. "Then… Begin!"

"Draco Jet, then Take Down!" Milo yelled. Bergmite became surrounded by a blue aura, then rushed forward, the aura turning silver as he rammed into Rosie. Rosie flew across the filed, landing on her feet some distance away.

"You knew Draco Jet couldn't hurt Rosie," Phillip said with an impressed smile, "So you used it's speed but switched to Take Down to do damage. Clever, Milo."

Milo couldn't help but thaw a little. "You saw right through me." He said with a small smile.

"Well, can you see through this?" Phillip cried. "Fairy Wind!

Rosie's eyes turned glowing pink. The wind around her became full of pink powder as it picked up and blew towards Bergmite, blowing him back.

"Bergmite, Iron Defense!" Milo yelled. Bergmite became coated in iron, making him heavier.

"Interesting use of Iron Defense!" Phillip said, fist pumping the air.

"Take Down!" Milo called. Bergmite rushed forward.

"Substitute!" Phillip retaliated. Rosie began to glow. The aura left her and became it's own pokemon, and exact copy of Rosie.

"Go for the real Rosie!" Milo commanded. Bergmite rammed into one of the Rosie's, but it disappeared in a puff of smoke. The other Rosie hit Bergmite with a Psybeam, throwing him across the battlefield.

"Rosie used Ally Switch!" Phillip cackled. "So even though you went for the real Rosie, they just switched places at the last second!"

"I didn't even know that was possible." Flynn said from the sidelines. "You can use Ally Switch on a Substitute?"

"I didn't either!" Phillip said happily. "That's why I tried it!"

Milo looked at him incredulously. "So you just guessed that would work? What if it hadn't?"

"You got to risk it for the biscuit ." Phillip said. "If it hadn't, we would have recovered somehow. Right, Rosie?"

"Bulbasaur!" Rosie cheered, doing a happy little scuttle.

Milo shook his head. "You're insane." Milo said.

"I personally think he's a genius." Flynn countered.

Phillip shrugged, checking his hair in his phone. "Why not both? Rosie, Power Gem!"

"Rock Blast, Bergmite!"

Rainbow colored gems appeared around Rosie, while rocks surround Bergmite. The two attacks launched at each other, colliding and raining down on the battlefield.

Wait… There are rocks everywhere!

"Rock Slide!"

All of the rocks and gems began to roll toward Rosie like water in a river, knocking her off her feet. They began to pile around her, burying her.

"Ally Switch!" Phillip cried. Rosie and Bergmite switched places, with Bergmite now under the rocks.

"Fairy Wind!"

A pink vortex surrounded the rock pile, swirling and lifting the rocks and Bergmite into the air. The rocks hit Bergmite repeatedly, knocking it to the ground.

"Bergmite is unable to battle!" Flynn declared. "The winner's are Phillip and Rosie!"

Rosie ran to Phillip, jumping into his arms. Phillip took a selfie with her.

Milo walked up to Bergmite. He smiled weakly at Milo. "You did well, old friend." Milo said, returning him to his pokeball. Milo looked at Phillip.

"You did great, Phillip." Milo said quietly. "I'm sorry I was so standoffish before. I assumed you couldn't battle or didn't take battling seriously because you're so-"

"Flamboyant?" Phillip said with a smirk. "Or maybe vapid? If I had judged you based on you judging me so quickly, I'd say you were a jerk."

Milo's face fell.

"But I won't." Phillip said. "You shouldn't judge people before getting to know them. And I look forward to knowing you, Milo." Phillip put Rosie down and stuck out his hand.

Milo took the other boy's hand. "Same here, Phillip."

Flynn grinned at the two boys as they shook. She was clearly pleased.

"Okay, but now we have to battle." Flynn said to Phillip. "I want to see some of your moves."

"You're on." Phillip said. "I'm happy to take you down."

"You wish."

A/N: Hey guys! So, how do you like these characters so far? Yay or nay?

Also, I haven't abandoned my other stories. I definitely plan to finish them. Eventually. Please don't kill me.

Reader Question time! Can you figure out the theme behind my main character's names? First person to figure it out gets to submit an OC to be one of the main character's rivals!

Edit: Someone figured it out, so it's done. Thanks for playing!