Prolouge... Ash had just recieved his 12th badge and was continuing onto Keptronnra City to retrieve his 13th badge. Lara had joined them and was quarreling with Ash... Currently... "My Hitmonlee is faster that your Pikachu!" Lara boasted. "OH YEAH!!!! My PIkachu is faster than your Hitmonlee and you know it!" Ash snapped back. "Want to bet?" Lara replied. "Sure, I'll win!" Ash replied. "If I win, you give me five bucks. If you win, I give you five bucks!" Lara replied. "Fine! No cheating though!" Ash replied. "Who said that I would cheat!?!?" Lara shouted. "Go Pikachu!" yelled Ash... "Use your thunder bolt to clear her mind!" Ash sniggered. "Hitmonlee, use your mega kick to stop him from doing so!" Lara growled. "SHHHUUUUTTTTTT UUUUUPPPPP!" Misty yelled. "On your marks... Get set... GO!!!!" Brock yelled. Pikachu was ahead. "I've already won! Give me my five bucks!" Ash crowed. "Not just yet... Hitmonlee, full speed!" Lara commanded. "Pikachu, go faster!" Ash orded. Hitmonlee ran past Pikachu in a flash. Soon, Hitmonlee was walking so fast that he beat Pikachu. He just walked to the finish like and then ran back and did a great big hurdle jump over it. "The five bucks! Give the money to me!" Lara demanded. "Fine then!" Ash growled. Ash gave her the money and it started to rain... "Lara, is there any shelter here?" Brock asked. "Yeah, but we better hurry if we are going to get there!" Lara returned the question starting to run. "Follow me!" Lara shouted. They ran after the walking very fast girl. She came to a stop at an old abondoned house. Well, that's what it looked like from the outstide... "Lets go in quick, before it starts to hail lightning!" yelled Misty. They all ran inside to find out, yet, it was another Team Rocket hideout. The foursome saw four Rockets comeing towards them. They quickly hid and then knocked each of the Rockets unconsious. Lara kept her Tae-Kwon-Do uniform though. "Choose the Poke Mon that you dislike the most with your Poke Belts and pretend that you stole them. Okay?" Lara orded. "Brock, what's yours?" Lara asked Brock. "I couldn't choose but I pulled out my Rhyhorn. It never listens to me." Brock replied. "I pulled out Mankey, It's a really really weak one that is lower than the level that you have for Poke Mon that you first get." Lara replied. "I pulled out Jigglypuff. It's not really mine but I found this little Jigglypuff abandoned. It's sing sould scare them all." Ash replied. "The same old Psyduck. Psyduck is the one that they're going to get." replied Misty. "Okay lets go peoples!" Lara orded. The foursome walked into the meeting area. "Any Poke Mon have been stolen here?" asked the man in charge. A couple of Rockets put their hands up. We also put ours up. "Who here didn't steal a poke mon?" he asked. The usual Jessie, James and Meowth had their hands up. The man incharge just turned his back. He pointed to Brock, Misty, Ash and Lara. "What poke Mon have you got for me?" asked the Boss. Lara decided to speak up. "We have a Rhyhorn, a Mankey, Jigglypuff and a Psyduck boss." Lara reported. "Good work. You're promoted to high rockets." the man in charge said. "Woo hoo!" the foursome yelled. "Silence! Give me your Poke Mon." the Boss demanded. They handed over their Poke Mon. "Meeting, dismissed." Boss shouted. Everyone left. "Phew! That was a close one!" Brock said. "Your telling me!" Ash replied. Lara just took off her Team Rocket clothes which were over her Tae-Kwon-Do uniform clothes. She walked towards the end of the hall and pulled out the four Rockets who were unconsious. They got changed. "Let's get out of here!" Misty said. They walked out of the Team Rocket base and found a better place for the night. They found a really nice house with an old couple living in it. They were kind to the four friends. The next day the four friends left the house and took the path to Keptronnra City. "Lara, isn't this meant to be a path with tonnes of Poke Mon?" Ash asked. "Yes, but I think that the Poke Mon are further up ahead." Lara replied. "Kadabra! Kad!" shouted the Kadabra. "Wow! A Kadabra, this is a really rare Poke Mon!" Ash excalaimed. "Charmander, I choose you! Fire Spin now!" Ash orded. "Charrr!" Charmander growled. A beam of fire circled around the Kadabra and then 'squeezed' the Kadabra with it's fire like a wrap attack. It circled around the Kadabra twice. The Kadabra rewarded the Charmander with a psybeam attack. Charmander decided not to play little good guy any more and blasted the Kadabra with his Flamethrower attack. Kadabra was burnt seriously and just before Kadabra was able to counter the Flamethrower attack, Ash threw the Poke Ball. It shook and bounced around for twenty seconds and then stopped. "Yes! I got Kadabra!" cheered Ash. The foursome continued their walk on the path. They took a break and then continued. No other Poke Mon crossed their tracks. "Where are all the Poke Mon Lara?" Misty asked. "I don't know! The last time I came here there were plenty of Poke Mon. That's how I caught my Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan! I don't know why there aren't any poke mon around here today though." Lara answered. Finally they reached Keptronnra City. Ash took his Charmander to the Poke Centre. "Gee, I'm starving *stomach grumbles* lets get something to eat!" Brock said. "Do you like German food? There's a German restaurant comeing up." Lara said. "Any food will do!" Brock said. They hurried to the restaurant and sat at the table. "So what do you want to eat?" Lara asked. "We don't know any german foods!" Misty replied. "I'll order some good ones then." Lara said. "Guten Arben. Eins nerin klein. Umm... Drei luntons klein. Veir durons." Lara told the waiter. Soon the food came. "Mmmm. This is delicious! I never knew you could speak German!" Brock said. "I can speak Japenese, French, Malaysian, Hockien and Mandarin too." Lara answered. "How do you..." Misty started to speak but was interupted by Lara. "... I'm a special international gym leader." Lara interupted. An hour later everyone was full. They paid for their meal and left. On their way out they noticed a poster about an arena. It said... "ALL GYM LEADERS, INTERNATIONAL GYM LEADERS AND TRAINERS. FIND OUT HOW GOOD YOU ARE AT OUR ARENA. YOU WILL BE CHALLENGED BY OTHER COMPETITORS AND TWO JUNIOR ELITE FOUR NUMBER TWO. COME EVERY SATURDAY." "Saturday's tomorrow. I'm going for it. Anybody also going to come with me?" Ash questioned. "Yes, I'm going." Brock said. "Me too!" Misty said. "I'm not going to miss out on a challenge like this!" Lara replied. "If we are going to battle tomorrow, lets heal our poke mon and get some sleep." Brock said. "YYYYAAAAWWWNNNN... I'm tired." Lara yawned. They found a nearby hotel and they spent the night there. They booked two rooms, each with two beds. Misty and Ash stayed in one of the rooms while Lara and Brock stayed in the other. All of them walked onto the balconies and watched the stars. Brock put his arms around Lara. She snuggled next to him. Meanwhile on the other balconie Ash put his arm around Misty and Misty snuggled up. The foursome looked at each other and they screamed. "We weren't doing anything!" they all yelled at each other. Then they walked into their rooms. "Brock, can I ask you something?" Lara questioned. "Sure. Go ahead and ask." Brock replied. "Do you like me Brock?" Lara asked. Brock went a bit pink and so did Lara. "Yes I do. How aobut you?" Brock answered. "Yes Brock. Small world isn't it!" Lara sighed. In the other room, Misty felt really cold. "Ash, can I share your bed. I'm freezing." Misty shivered. "... Okay..." Ash replied. Misty crawled into his bed and they fell asleep, warm. The next morning Brock and Lara woke up first. They opened Misty and Ash'es door and walked in. They saw the cutest sight of Misty and Ash together. Lara couldn't help laughing. This woke up Misty and Ash... "We didn't do anything!!!" Ash and Misty yelled. Brock and Lara gave hi-fives behind their backs. "The Arena! Oh no! We'll be late!" Ash suddenly shouted. They ran out and paid the bill. They grabbed their Poke Mon and entered the Arena. "Welcome! Great! We have the Pewter, Cerulean and the Maritanra City gym leaders! Also a really good trainer! We've heard about how you beat the Elite 4, the first ones! All gym leaders to the right and Ash, go to the left." the hoster said. They applied for their competition and then sat down and waited. A girl came in. Lara growled and nearly got up and slapped her but she didn't. "Hi Jolter." Lara coldly said. "Hi Lara." Jolter coldly greeted. "When did you ever become a trainer? I thought that you were too girlish to start one. Mu ha ha ha ha ha *evil laugh*!" Lara insulted. "Grrr... Lara, you're going to be thrashed by me!" Jolter growled. Jolted stamped away, full of rage. "Is she your rival?" Misty asked. "Uh, Misty, take a look at the way she's holding her fist. And her eyes too and the way she spoke." Ash said. "Oh... So you are rivals." Misty said. "Yes. Promise me that if any of you challenge her that you would beat her." Lara demanded. "Okay Lara, you have our word." the three original friends replied. Finally the competition started. "Fisrt challenge. Ash Ketchum verses Jolter Marimaxton." the hoster Announced. "Electrabuzz, I pick you!" Jolter comanded. "Bublasaur, I choose you!" Ash commanded. "Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur growled. "Buzz. Electrabuzz!" Electrabuzz growled. "Bulbasaur, Razor Leaf now!" Ash shouted. "Electrabuzz, counter with Thunder Bolt!" Jolter shouted. "BULBASAUR *take this*!! BULBASAURRRRR *Pure war cry*!!!" Bulbasaur roared at the Electrabuzz. "ELECTRA! *ouch!* ELECTRA ELECTRABUZZ!!! *take this!*" Electrabuzz screamed. Bubasaur dodged the thunder bolt. "Bubasaur, Vinewhip now!" Ash orded. The Bubasaur whipped out his vines and used one to hold down the Electrabuzz while it lashed at it. Elecrabuzz fainted. "Oh damn! Go Raichu!" Jolter yelled. "Come back Bulbasaur! Come on Pikachu! Beat her Raichu with the same tatics that you used on Lt. Surge's Raichu!" Ash commanded. "CHHHHUUUUU!" Pikachu screamed. Pikachu used agility and then dodged the thunder attack. Then Pikachu leapt onto Raichu's tail and used bite and quick attack over and over again until he fainted. "Back Raichu. I'm going to get you with my Jolteon! Go Jolteon!" Jolter yelled. "Back Pikachu. Go Charmander!" yelled Ash. "Chhhhaaaarr! Charmander!" Charmander yelled. "Jolteon, Pin Missile now!" Jolter yelled. Jolteon threw the spikes at Charmander but Charmander rolled across the stage, dodging all of the missiles. Unfortunately two hit Charmander. "Come on Charmander, you can beat Jolteon with your fire blast!" yelled Ash. The fire blast attack made Jolteon faint in an instant. "You've won for now, but I'll get you Ash Ketchum!" Jolter growled. "Next up, Misty against Brock." announced the Announcer. The two friends looked at each other. "I know you're going to beat me Misty. Good luck." Brock sadly said. "I wish that I wasn't against you Brock. Good luck too!" Misty replied sadly. "Go Geodude!" Brock comanded. "Go Staryu!" Misty yelled. "Staryu, water gun now!" yelled Misty. The Staryu finished Geodude in an instant. "I knew that was going to happen. Go Onix!" yelled Brock. "Staryu, water gun again!" yelled Misty. The attack missed. "Onix, Bind!" yelled Brock. The Onix wrapped around Staryu and repeditly squeezed Staryu. "Well done Brock! Go Starmie!" yelled Misty. "Onix, bind now!" he yelled. "Starmie, quickly use bubble beam!" Misty challenged. The Starmie sent a beam of bubbles that floated around Onix. They spun around faster and faster and then they rammed into Onix, which made Onix fall. "Misty, you did well. I knew that you would win with your water Poke Mon." Brock congratulated. "Oh, Brock, I wish that we had a draw!" Misty said. "Next up..." the announcer said. The battles went on forever. Soon, it was down to three challengers. "Ash Ketchum verses Misty." anounced the host. "Hi Ash. Horsea, go!" Misty yelled. "Hi Misty. Pikachu go!" Ash yelled. "Horsea, Bubble now!" Misty comanded. "Pikachu, thunder shock now!" Ash yelled. Horsea instantly fainted. "I knew you would win! Go Goldeen!" Misty yelled! "Pikachu thunder shock now!" Ash yelled. The attack missed. "Goldeen, fury attack!" Misty yelled. Goldeen 'flopped' towards pikachu and slapped him around with his tail. "Pikachu, thunder bolt now!" yelled Ash. Goldeen fainted. "Starmie go! Bubble beam now!" Misty yelled. Starmie used bubble beam while Pikachu charged up and used a gigantic thunder bolt! Pikachu learnt thunder. "Oh well! I knew I would loose!" Misty replied. Lara was against Ash. She had beaten Erika. Now she was against Ash. "Lara verses Ash Ketchum!" the announcer announced. "Primeape, Go!" Lara yelled. "Squirtle, I choose you!" Ash announced. "Primeape, electric chop!" Lara yelled. "Wait, there's no such attack!" Jolter yelled. "Yes there is. There are some undiscovered moves that are either ghost, dragon, fire, fighting, bug, psychic, normal and plenty more attacks." the anoncer replied. "Squirtle, hudro pump!" yelled Ash. Primeape made Squirtle faint in an instant. "Go Charmander!" yelled Ash. "Well done Primeape! Go Hitmonlee!" yelled Lara. "Charmander, fire blast!" yelled Ash. "Hitmonlee, jumping fire kick!" yelled Lara. Charmander and Hitmonlee fought fire with fire. The Fireblast burnt Hitmonlee. In return, Hitmonlee kicked Charmander from a meter away and then fire blasted out of it's feet. Charmander used Fire Blast again. This time Hitmonlee used SolarPsyKick on Charmander. He instantly fainted. "Come on Pikachu, beat her!" Ash yelled. "Return Hitmonlee. Hitmonchan, fight!" Lara growled. "Wow! Those two fight like how Ash fights with Gary!" Misty exclaimed! "Yeah, they do! Even though they are friends they fight like foes!" Brock exclaimed. "Hitmonchan, SolarPsyPunch now!" yelled Lara. "HIT MON MON CHAN!!!!" yelled Hitmonchan! The whole place was filled with his psychic power and his solar power. "PIKA CCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu roared! He fought back with Thunder power throw! Hitmonchan was thrown to the other side of the gym! "Hitmonchan! Agility and comet Punch now!!!" roared Lara in a total rage attack! "MMOOOOONNNNNN CCCHHHHHAAAANNNN!" yelled Hitmonchan! Pikachu was repeditively punched in the stomach! This was bad for Pikachu, and with his last strenghth he created a new move known as the Thunder Power Wrestle when they grab the other Poke Mon with electricity and then repeditively throw them across the room four times. Hitmonchan was weak now but he used fire punch on Pikachu fainted. "Well done Lara! Wow, you beat me!" Ash exclaimed. They were back to normal and they weren't foes any more like Ash and Gary are. "Wow! That was a good match Ash!" Lara replied. "At least we beat Jolter!" chuckled Ash! "You won't see the last of me you four! Oh just you wait! Just you wait!" growled Jolter. Just then Gary came. Ash growled this time and Lara just watched. "You must be Gary. I challenge you Gary!" Lara laughed. "I accept. If I win, you come with me on my journey. And..." Gary satred to say... Gary thought Lara was pretty and Lara thought that Gary looked really 'unhandsom' especially with those weird boots that he wore. "And if I win, we have a kick boxing match, no Poke Mon, just you and me!" Lara interupted. "Go Alakazam!" Gary yelled. "Go Hitmonchan!" Lara shouts! "Ha! Fighting are weak against Psychic!" Gary laughed! "Not my Hitmonchan! Hitmonchan, Solarpsypunch NOW!" Lara commanded "Hitmonchannnnn!" roared Hitmonchan. Red waves appeared around his head. He took a glance up and punched. The waves flew towards Alakazam and then they circled Alakazam and then wrapped him! "KAAZZZAAAMMM!" roared Alakazam in pain. "There's no such move! I can't believe that a fighting move is strong against my psychic poke mon! Fight back with Psychic Alakazam! Make sure Hitmonchan faints!" orded Gary. "ALLLAAAAKAZAMMM!" war cried Alakazam. Hitmonchan lasted the powerful psychich attack which didn't afftect him very much. "Hitmonchan, give him back his own medicine with your Thunder Power Wrestle now!" Lara yelled. "Alakazam, dodge the attack!" yelled Gary. "HITMONCHAN! MMMOOOONNN CHAN!" roared Hitmonchan. Alakazam was too slow to dodge the attack and was pulled towards Hitmonchan with the electricity. Hitmonchan put a firm hold on Alakazam and threw him across the room. Alakazam fainted. "Damn, go Arcanine!" yelled Gary. "Arrcanine!" Arcanine yelled. "Return Hitmonchan, attack with full force Primeape!" ordered Lara. "Arcanine, toast her Primeape with Flamethrower!" growled Gary. The Arcanine opened his mouth wide and let a gigantic flame enclose Primeape. "Primeape, don't fail on me now! Attack with the Electric Chop now!" commanded Lara. The Primeape managed to run through the flame and summon electricity around his hands. The electricity rose to full force and Primeape took a downward chop to Arcanine's neck. Arcanine fainted. "Oh great! Return Arcanine, go Nidoking!" Gary grumbled. The Nidoking rolled out of his Poke Ball and landed. "Great work Primeape, return! Go Machoke!" yelled Lara. "Ha! Nidoking, attack with poison sting!" Gary screamed. "Block the sting Machoke and counter the attack with the flying flame!" Lara snapped. The Machoke blocked the sting and waited for the Nidoking to let his guard down. The Nidoking did after the 'rebounded' from the muscles in Machoke's arms. The Machoke sent the fireball that appeared in his hands flying towards Nidoking. It took out a lot of damage. "Nidoking, get it back with horn drill!" snaped Gary. He was getting desperate with only three Poke Mon left. The Nidoking lowered his head and galloped towards Machoke at full speed. Fortunately Machoke jumped at the right time but unfortunately, that left Nidoking charging at Lara. Lara pulled her face back in anguish and used her psychic powers to send the Nidoking flying back where it came from. Lara had kept a secret of power and hatered. She always had a psychic power but she never like being a psychic person. She never used her psychic power, only in times of need. "What the?" Brock, Misty and Ash said shocked. "My Nidoking! Return, go Krabby!" yelled Gary. "Don't loose hope Machoke. Return, go Machamp." yelled Lara. "This should be easy! Krabby, use your Vice Grip on Machamp!" Gary yelled. "Machamp, break those claws of the Krabby apart!" Lara sniggered. The Krabby tried to get a grip on Machamp, but was met by the strong force of Machamp who spun the Krabby around and thew it into Gary. "Owch! Krabby return! Go Scyther!" yelled Gary. "Nice work Machamp! Return. Come on Charizard, teach that Scyther a trick or two about fighting!" laughed Lara. "Char! Charizard!" war cried Charizard. Sweat formed around Gary's face as he saw the Charizard against his bug type. "Oh oh!" complained Gary. "Charizard, fire away with your fire jumping front kick!" laughed Lara. The charizard grew flames around his feet and jumped up in mid air and kicked the Scyther backwards. The scyther fainted. "Oh crap! Return Scyther. Go Blastoise! Wipe out her Poke Mon with your Hydro pump!" cried Gary. "Quick, Charizard come back! Go Hitmonlee!" bowled Lara. The Hitmonlee jumped otu of his poke ball. Lara knodded. Hitmonlee was blasted backward. He ducked and crawled up to Blastoise and used the Solar Psy Kick on Blastoise. Before Blastoise could get up, Hitmonlee grabbed Blastoise's shell and used the Electric Power Throw. Blastoise fainted. "Now you have to fight me, with out your Poke Mon Gary." Lara beconed. "Retreat Blastoise. Okay Lara, as long as you don't use your Psychic abilities!" wept Gary. Lara shouted her war cry and locked into guarding position. "This should be interesting." Brock commented. Gary tried to jab Lara but she dodged the fist and punched Gary in the chest. He was winded and fell over. Lara pulled him up and let him rest. This time Gary got up and punched Lara in the nose. She fell over and got up. She was mad and kicked Gary in the gut three times. She gave him black eyes and then threw him over her shoulder. Gary got up and knodded. Lara had won. "I can't believe I was beaten by a girl! A girl!" Gary complained. The four friends giggled their way out of there. Lara was awarded best fighter and also the strongest award. The four friends left, to get the badge in Keptronna City, the one they didn't have yet.