LEADER WHITNEY wants to battle!

[☆Whitney♫]

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"You dork, those are called capris! They're girls' pants!" She gestured to her own legs. "These are called shorts!"[/color] Fashion was near and dear to Whitney's heart and she simply could not let him call what was clearly a pair of capris a pair of shorts. Not even when the tide of battle was turning against her.

Fairy was once again hit with ice while Milly's face was coated with more grime. It was then that Whitney decided to throw caution to the wind all go all-out, no matter what the consequences.

"Alright, we're gonna take it up a notch! Milly, make sure you listen for that Quilava. The fire on his back should make a kinda wooshy sound. And Fairy, use Light Screen and then another Metronome!"[/color]

Milly's large ears began to swivel as she dropped to all fours. She began to concentrate on finding her opponent. Her hooves picked up vibrations from the ground and her ears finally settled. She charged again, but this time she curled herself into a ball and began to roll towards where she felt the Quilava was.

Fairy waited for Milly to begin the attack so as not to distract her and as she ran, he raised a barrier that would help protect him from the Poliwhirl's Ice Punches. Then he pointed his fingers to the sky yet again and began to do his little dance. Then he gasped and pointed behind Poliwhirl towards a flowerbed. Some of the flowers had been hurt! He ran towards the flowerbeds behind her in a panic. But then when he got into range, he tried to sucker punch the frog while laughing to himself. A Clefairy performing Faint Attack was unusually scary.[/size]

[[GOLD]*]

Gold made a groaning face and sound as he tried to get off the topic of the fact that he indeed was wearing capris, but they were more male-jogging-pants-capris. Nonetheless, Gold focused himself on the battle at hand and noticed that Miltank was curled into a ball similar to the way Jack was earlier, but this time, Miltank came at Jack with much more force than Jack came at her. This indeed was Miltank's infamous Rollout. Although Gold thought that Jack would dodge it, the Rollout hit the Quilava dead on, sending him flying into a batch of flowers. The attack sure enough was super effective since it was a Rock based move.

Gold gritted his teeth as he watch Jack be handled so easily by Miltank. He knew that Jack would not stand for being battered so quickly and just as Gold thought that, a patch of flowers burst into the air. Flame scattered across of barrel of flowers and turned the barrel of floral arrangements into a flaming display. Beauty in Gold's eyes. Jack stood on all fours before curling into a ball himself, "Jack, Flame Wheel!" Flames engulfed the Quilava's body again as he darted towards the Rollouting Miltank.

Queen was caught off guard by the sucker punch and she flew up into the air before landing on the ground. She shook off the faint attack, a bit dazed before standing up. "Queen, Hypnosis!" The spiral on Queen's stomach began to spiral in a circle as Queen tried to get Clefairy's attention.

[☆Whitney♫]

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A bright smile appeared on Whitney's face as both of her Pokemon's attacks went well. It quickly faded when the Gym's flowers caught on fire from that stupid boy's Quilava. Fairy stared at the damage in shock for a moment. So much of his hard work...wasted. He looked ready to cry.

"You'll have to pay for that, you brat!"[/color] She was about to bark out more commands but noticed belatedly that Fairy's depressed state led him to be easily Hypnotized. And Milly was still rolling, only now into the path of a Flame Wheel. The two Pokemon crashed into each other but Milly was knocked flat on her back. Her hefty size made her land hard and she painfully struggled to her feet. She was beginning to show signs of tiring and her decreased sight surely wasn't helping.

But all was not lost. "Milly, Heal Bell!"[/color] Milly closed her eyes and let out a soothing chime-like sound. Fairy yawned before rolling himself upright. It was time to return the favor. "Alright, now use Sing!"[/color] Like Milly, he also closed his eyes but instead sang a lullaby in the hope that Queen would start snoring instead.[/size]

[[GOLD]*]

Gold licked his lips and bit them as he watched Clefairy go into song. This was not good for his Pokemon. But, immediately, Gold was inspired by reducing accuracy, "Jack, Smokescreen!" Jack's flames gave off a thick and damaging smoke around the battlefield, covering the surrounding area in a thick black cloud. Gold grinned as his Pokemon were able to evade the slumbering tune, but it was now time to go hard on this attack. The sooner he got this battle over with, the sooner he could go out with Whitney right? Or at least ask her out. While the smokescreen covered the surrounding area, Gold decided that it was time that his Pokemon combined their efforts while being out of range of Miltank and Clefairy.

"Jack, Swift! Queen, Bubblebeam!" With both Pokemon standing side-by-side, Jack unleashed an array of golden stars as Queen spurted out a fleet of forcing bubbles at the silhouettes of Miltank and Clefairy. "This battle is all but over with Whitney! You're not so tough!" Gold beamed brightly, snickering to himself as he looked at his opposition. Truth is, this definitely was his toughest battle to date, but he could not let her see him sweat

[☆Whitney♫]

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She thought she had it all in the bag. She could taste sweet victory (and some delicious strawberry cake and a milkshake from the cafe was sounding good, too.) But she was caught off-guard from Jack's Smokescreen. She coughed a bit as the smoke spread over the battlefield and tried to see her Pokemon's forms in the smog. Milly was a standout but she couldn't tell Fairy and Queen apart. Both of them had such round bellies, after all.

A combination of stars and bubbles caught the now senseless Miltank and coughing Clefairy off guard. Their keen hearing was muffled by the smoke and while Milly had been blinded to begin with, not Fairy was as well. The way they were standing placed Milly more towards the front and she took a majority of the blows. She landed in front of Fairy's dainty feet and didn't bother to get up. She was through.

Seeing that Milly's shadow was down, tears began to prick in Whitney's eyes. She recalled her most trusted companion in a flash of light. The battle was winding down. "Another Metronome! Make it good!"[/color]

Though Fairy was moments away from passing out, he summoned the energy. A tornado began to form in the arena, and flowers were soon uprooted. Whitney fell to the ground as the twister grew and consumed the Smokescreen but she stared at the whirlwind in awe. Her tiny little Clefairy had used a Dragon-type move?! And Twister, at that? She waited with baited breath to see if she could scrape out a win. If it would just KO them both...[/size]

[[GOLD]*]

"Oh hell..." Gold looked up at the raging twister as he held onto his hat. He held his hat onto his head as he bared his teeth and closed one eye, trying to stand his ground in these conditions. The Twister neared his Pokemon and he feared his Pokemon surely would suffer severe damage. Jack was quicker to dodge the attack, but with Queen not in water, she was definitely at a disadvantage in dodging the incoming the attack. Jack managed to curl into a defensive ball and roll out of the way. Queen was unlucky as she was struck by the terrorizing attack. Once the storm calmed in the Gym, all that stood was Jack... with a defeated Poliwhirl laying beside him. Gold recalled his Water-type Pokemon as Jack stood ready to face Clefairy, with bunches of energy still flowing through his veins. "Well, it looks like it has come to this! My Quilava versus your Clefairy." Gold was thankful that Miltank took the brunt of the damage during the smokescreen and all that was left was a mere Clefairy to take down.

With confidence surging through his veins, Jack stood on his hind legs, red eyes glaring at Clefairy. Gold wiped his nose with his thumb, winking at Whitney before giving her a thumbs down, "Jack, Flamethrower!" Jack opened his mouth and released a flaming beam of energy torwards Clefairy at a rapid rate.

[☆Whitney♫]

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The stream of fire flew towards Fairy. He immediately went into a Defense Curl to try and protect himself but he had been hit with so many strong attacks already and the Flamethrower had a same-type bonus. The fire hit him and he fell on his back, eyes spinning. The battle was over.

Whitney let out a ghastly scream and tugged at her pigtails. Her feet stomped in rage as she glared viciously at Gold. "How dare you, you....you big meanine!"[/color] Her eyes filled with tears and soon streamed down both her cheeks. She began to wail and holler much like a little toddler who had their favorite toy taken away. "You shouldn't be so serious! You're no fun at all! I hate boys like you!"[/color]

She recalled her still-dazed Clefairy and ran out the door in the back of the gym, still crying hysterically.[/size]

[[GOLD]*]

Gold:

O_O'

Gold watched as Whitney threw a complete temper tantrum beyond epic proportions. The pink haired teenager cried and wailed before rushing out of the room and into the back of the Gym area. Amazing. Utterly amazing. Gold looked at Jack who looked back at him with an equally disturbed and confused expression on his face. He did not want to make the girl, he simply wanted to win the Plain Badge and be on his way. Gold supposed it couldn't be helped. He would go to the back, find Whitney, and at least try to calm her down. She was a Gym Leader, but apparently she did not take defeat well. "Isn't it a Gym Leader's job, technically, to lose? I mean they lose alot, right?" Gold looked to his Quilava as Jack nodded in agreement while they opened the backdoor and saw Whitney still crying her eyes out.

Feeling sorry for her, Gold scratched the back of his head and said, "Umm... Hey, Whitney? I wasn't trying to make you cry. I just wanted to beat you. I'm very competitive when it comes to battling, likewise I trash talk. So, can you just give me the Plain Badge?" He paused for a few moments to let her sniffle, "Umm... We could go out afterwards, my treat?" He said in a questioning tone. Gold had plenty of money to spend from his earning at the Game Corner having hit the jackpot twice in two weeks. He surely could impress Whitney with his luck.

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Whitney stared up at Gold with red-rimmed eyes. Her cheeks were flushed as pink as her hair and and her lips quivered in a pout. Her tears had stopped flowing; her temper tantrums were generally short-lived events. She got to her feet and wrapped her arms around herself, listening to Gold but avoiding eye-contact now. After he was done speaking, she reached a hand in her pocket.

"Here's your Plain Badge. And if you'd like, Milly could teach one of your Pokemon to use Attract."[/color] She smiled up again at him, though this time her cheeks were flushed because of his attention on her. "And you totally owe me for making me cry so bad."[/color] She winked and grinned at him to show she was kidding. But first they needed to go to the Pokemon Center to heal their teams before heading on their impromptu date. Strawberry cake would really hit the spot.[/size]