The Next Morning...

"Finally! I'm ready!" It was finally Chase's turn to battle!

"I'll ref!" said Chris. She ran up to the referee stand.

"Alright. Go Zeb!" Elesa sent out her Zebstrika.

"Hmm..." Chase thought. "All my Pokemon have a weakness to electricity except..."

"Go HotHead!"

Chase's Darumaka appeared in a flash. "HotHead, use Fire Fang!"

HotHead's fangs caught fire and it clamped its jaw down on Zeb. Unfortunately, it didn't do much damage.

"Zeb, use Thunderbolt."

Zeb's mane lit up with electricity, then a powerful bolt of lightning slammed into HotHead. The staggering amount of power brought HotHead to his knees, but he staggered to his feet.

"That's it HotHead! Use Flamethrower!"

HotHead opened his mouth and a column of flame burst forth, dealing a ton of damage to Zeb.

"Zeb, use Discharge."

Zeb ran around the arena and let loose over a thousand volts of electricity.

"HotHead, dodge and use Flame Punch!"

HotHead jumped into the air and his fist became coated in flames. He punched Zeb so hard it left Zeb with a burn. The burn drained a lot of energy from Zeb, but Elesa wasn't finished.

"Zeb, Rear Kick!"

Zeb turned with lightning speed and kicked HotHead in the gut. HotHead went flying.

"Now, use Thunderbolt!"

A powerful bolt of lightning hit HotHead in mid-air and nearly finished him. He landed on the ground with a thump.

"HotHead! C'mon, you can get up! You can do it!"

HotHead struggled to his feet, grimacing in pain. Chase saw a determined look in his eyes.

"Alright HotHead! Use Flamethrower!"

A scalding column of fire blasted Zeb. Before she could react Chase called out another move.

"Now, use Fire Punch!"

Hothead leaped up and brought his fiery fist down on Zeb's back.

"Finish it with Fire Fang!"

HotHead sunk his flaming fangs into Zeb's shoulder. The combined attacks almost brought her down, but after all that, the Zebstrika still stood. Suddenly she collapsed. "The burn!" Chase remembered.

"Zeb is unable to battle. Chase wins!"

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After being presented with their badges, Chase, Sierra, and Chris decided to set out for Driftveil City in the morning. They were eager to earn their fifth gym badge, but they were tired and decided they would rest. They headed towards the Pokemon Center and to the room they had rented last night.

"Hey guys?" Chris said. "Is it okay if I joined your team? I mean, we earned our badges together. We can't leave each other again!"

"Alright, you can join." Sierra said.

"Yeah, you can travel. Under one condition."

"What?"

"You have to-"

"Oh come on Chase. We don't have any conditions. Chris, welcome to the PokeChasers!"

Leading her away from Chase, Sierra said, "We have some catching up to do."

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Chris sat up in bed. Looking at the beside clock she saw that it was almost midnight.

"Why did Sierra have to tell me about her kiss?" she thought. "Now I can't stop thinking about it."

Suddenly Chris saw something move in the darkness outside her window. Giving up on sleep, she put on her jacket and climbed out the window.

"Yessir. Yes everything is going as planned." said a boy in a grey robe. "Okay. I won't fail you Mr. Drago."

"Plasma"." Chris thought. The grunt turned around. Chris gasped. The boy had blue-green eyes and a few strands of light brown hair poking out from under his hood.

"Adam?"