Katrina's POV

Finally. Took long enough for Jenny to catch up. Of course, she's probably going to say it's my fault for putting up my chapter so soon, but, yeah, screw her; she can go die in a ditch.

"Totodile, start with an Ice Fang!" The Totodile charged forward, teeth taking on an icy blue sheen as he charged towards Synthera. My mind raced, what should I do? When I faced the random guy, I mostly acted on a random impulse, but it was clear random impulses weren't working for me in this battle. And I knew for a fact that Kyle would be a lot tougher than the random person.

"Have her use Leech Seed on the ground!" Kat hissed in my mind, and in surprise, I echoed her words with the same amount of force as she did. The Chikorita scowled at me, but complied, shooting a small seed at the ground in front of Totodile, and the seed exploded into a net of vines. Totodile tripped over the vines, his foot getting entangled in them, and then he let out a small shriek as he lit up red and his energy was zapped.

In almost synchronizationn with Rina, I shouted, "Now Razor Leaf!" Synthera shot several leaves at the Totodile, that crashed into him ruthlessly, and he let out a squeal of pain, as his seemingly tough blue scales were sliced through easily.

I smiled. I had never felt this way before. Adrenaline was pumping through me. My heart beat fast, like a war drum. My eyes flickered around, absorbing every detail of the battle. My mind processed everything my senses told me. I was excited. No, more then excited, I was thrilled, ecstatic. I had never felt happier in my life. Even if Kat and Rina were telling me what to do, I still felt exhilarated.

Kyle, on the other hand, looked real pissed. Even his Totodile had lost the cheerful mood it had been in when it had been sent out, and was growling ferally. I gave a cocky grin to annoy them, and Synthera mirrored it to perfection.

"Totodile, use Water Gun!" Totodile complied, firing a small stream of water at Synthera. I heard Rina laughing inside my mind.

"Oh how pitiful," she said, laughing. "Have'er dodge and use Poison Powder on the water on the ground!"

"Synthera, dodge!" I yelled, mirroring Rina's words. "Now use Poison Powder on the water!" The Water Gun was dodged narrowly, and the water splashed into the ground, leaving a puddle. Synthera then fired an ominous purple powder into the puddle, turning it a deathly violet color.

"Splash some of that water on him!"Kat cried out in my mind. Synthera glared at me before grudgingly using a Vine Whip that slammed into the puddle of water, spraying the contents all over the grounded Totodile, who moaned as he was poisoned.

I heard a laugh from the sidelines. A blue-haired girl, and a black-haired teenager were watching out battle. It was the blunette that had laughed, and by the way she was staring at Kyle, I suspected she didn't get along too well with him (I don't think anybody does. Well, at least anybody that's sane)

"Aw, letting a girl beat'cha, Kyle?" she taunted, and Kyle glared at her in annoyance. For some strange reason, I also felt slightly annoyed. I mean, I was the one actually battling.

"You mean, we're the ones actually battling," Kat whispered dryly."And now that Synthera's vines are soaked in the poisoned water, have her use Vine Whip on him." Synthera, as if sensing my command, immediately began lashing at the Totodile, the poison on her vines seeping into Totodile's wounds, and causing him to screech.

"Totodile, use Ice Fang on her vines!" Kyle finally roared out, his usually calm blue eyes blazing with fury. Totodile was quick to comply, and he latched onto Synthera's vine with sharp fangs that glowed icy blue.

"You son of a bitch!" she screamed at the gator. Thinking quickly (Or rather, listening to Kat thinking quickly), I yelled, "Pull your-self forward and hit her with a Tackle!" so quickly, it sounded like me and Kat said it in synch. Synthera glared at me, before reeling her vines in, propelling herself closer to Totodile, and hit him with a full-force Tackle attack.

The poor Totodile gave a final growl, before tumbling backwards in a somersault and lying on his back in a dead faint. It took me three seconds to process what had happened. Three, two, one...

"Holy crap I won!?" I gasped in half-surprise, half-joy, giving a little jump of joy. I had actually won my first trainer battle that wasn't against a complete moron! I heard Rina rolling her eyes in my head, and Synthera smirked slightly.

"You mean we won," Rina said haughtily, and Kat responded with a little laugh.

"Damn straight," Synthera muttered, as she tended to her wounded vine. "You doubted me?" She gave a cocky smirk at the fallen Totodile, who in turn glared at the Chikorita. I smiled at Synthera slightly, before returning her to her Pokeball.

"Whoa, that was awesome!" the girl that was watching squealed with excitement. "You totally beat him! Do you know him or something?" she pestered in an annoying way.

"Yeah, he's my brother," I muttered in reply as I looked at Kyle, who had recalled his Totodile and was walking towards me.

"More like twin," he corrected, sounding irked. After a rather awkward pause, he said, "Didn't know you could battle like that."

It wasn't very often that Kyle gave me a compliment, so after a brief musing, I replied, "I didn't either." Rina gave a little laugh in my head, but before she could made a witty remark, Kyle spoke up.

"You competing in the Lurious Conference?" he asked. I thought hard. The Lurious Conference. The hopes and dreams of every girl or boy to become ten in the Asari region, besides me. The Asari region has one of the toughest leagues in the world. Hundreds of the toughest trainers always flocked here. Being crowned Conference Champion was a huge honor by itself, because the Gyms and trainers were so pro, and if you were crowned Lurious Conference Champion, then you were allowed to challenge the Asari Elite 4. If you happened to beat them, an extraordinary feat that has only happened seventeen times in the ninety-seven years since the Asari League had been founded, you were allowed to challenge the Champion, and if you beat him or her, then you would be Champion. There have only been seven Champions in the history of Asari, and five of them had to quit because of death or retirement. So my chances of winning were rilly rilly slim.

"Maybe," I replied. I still wasn't certain if I wanted to be a trainer or not, let alone compete for badges. I locked eyes with Kyle for a moment, and he seemed...different. I couldn't place it, but before I had a chance to look again, he had turned around.

"The first Gym is in Namimori Town. I'll see you there." And just like that, he was gone. Disappeared into the trees without a trace. Damn him and his cool escapes.

So I was left with the two random people, in the middle of no-where.

"What's your name?" the girl inquired cheerily, bouncing slightly. She seemed rather chatty.

"Isn't it rude to ask for another person's name when you haven't even introduced yourself?" Rina quipped in my mind, and for once I agreed with her. I just wanted to ditch these people, but that would have been rude. Now I'm glad that I decided not to ditch them.

"Katrina," I replied. "What's your name?" I asked politely, concealing my annoyance.

"Jenny," said the blue-haired girl, before she did a facepalm. Yeah, she was definately a weird one. Later I found out it was because she revealed her name, yet again. This is the point where I would put an 'el-oh-el smiley face!' but that would be inproper grammar, yes yes?

The black-haired guy was quiet for a moment, before he said, in a low voice, "Riley." Suddenly, the word paranoid ran through my head for some odd reason.

"Well, isn't that interesting," Kat mused in my head. I gave a quizzical look (Well, inside my head), but ignored Kat.

"It's nice to meet you, now if you'll excuse me..." I turned around to leave, but was cut off as the girl named Jenny spoke suddenly.

"Wait," she said, gripping my arm. "Do you want to come with us?" Her scarlet eyes stared into my royal blue ones with a fiery intensity.

I was going to say 'Heck no', but Kat interrupted by saying, "Say yes." Her voice was strangely forceful, which was strange for Kat. She, of course, loved annoying Rina and I, but she was always the easy-going one. The one that laughed in a carefree way at Rina's antics. The one who would roll her eyes in a nonchalant way. She was like water, very go-with-the-flow and relaxed, but the way she talked that moment was strange. It sounded as if she was... possessed or something.

"Sure," I answered, and I recoiled in slight surprise. I hadn't meant to say that. The Riley person looked at Jenny, before sighing in a slightly annoyed way (cough-antisocial-cough)

I could already tell this was going to be a just wonderful journey.

"You're a coordinator?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with it, huh?"

In the ten seconds since we had decided to travel together, Riley still hadn't said a word, Jenny and me and Jenny were fighting already.

Yep, what'd I tell you? A 'just wonderful' journey.

"They're a bunch of shallow and cocky bitches!" I yelled back at Jenny, who made the 'Oh you did not just go there, sista' look mixed with the 'I'm going to murder you' look.

"You sound exactly like Kyle!" she retorted, her red eyes fiery with rage. I had a feeling Riley was doing a mental face-palm, but yeah, screw him. I was so gonna murder Kat for making me go with this bunch of lunatics later. After I had killed Jenny.

"Do not compare me with him!" I replied angrily, before sudden realization hit me. "Oh god, we're lost, aren't we..." I muttered, doing a mental face-palm. Jenny seemed to realize this too, as she looked around, muttering an 'Oh shit'.

"This is your fault," Jenny said simply, turning to glare at me.

"Kat, why did you have to do this to me?" I mumbled in my head, and Kat laughed, care-free as ever. I decided she could go screw herself, so I turned my attention back to Jenny. "How is it my fault!?"

Jenny was about to make a snappy retort, but then a voice rang out. "Uh, are you lost?" I turned around. A guy about our age, with curly ginger-colored hair and blue eyes, and wearing a green T-shirt and jeans with holes in them (Seriously, what's with holey pants these days?) stood nearby. A female Sandshrew stood by him, black eyes bright and curious.

"Yes, yes we are," Jenny said in a huffy voice. "Would you happen to know where Copernicus City is?"

"Uh, yeah. It's that way, I was headed that way. It's over there, I think," he said, pointing in a the completely opposite way that we had been going. Jenny flushed for a moment, realizing she was totally wrong and I gave a smile of satisfaction.

"Thank you for being so helpful, unlike some people," I said, my voice getting slightly scathing at the last remark which was obviously directed at Jenny, and she moved forward to step on my foot, but I simply evaded the assult by stepping to the side. "My name is Katrina, that's Jenny, and that's Riley," I introduced, pointing to each person. "What's your name!?"

The boy seemed slightly taken aback from my bright and smiley personality after I had called Jenny a bitch earlier, so he simply said, "Uh... Garfield." I suddenly felt that feeling of foreboding in my head, and I muttered 'Oh God...'

Immeidiately, Kat and Rina's laughter echoed through my head, and I did a mental groan. "What kind of name is Garfield?!" Rina ranted. "It makes me think of that bitchy Purugly from that movie thing with the...uh...uh...Paris thing or whatever it's called!" Kat giggled along, and I sighed, trying to tune them out.

"So, Garfield." I ignored the peals of laughter in my head. "What buisiness do you have in Copernicus City?"

"Er, I want to compete in the Contest there," he confessed. "I'm a coordinator." Immeidiately my blue eyes took on a darker shade, while Jenny's brightened, and she seemed to give me a slight smirk, as if this proved that coordinators were better than trainers.

"Ooh, ooh! Me too!" Jenny chattered excitedly. "I'm glad somebody else knows how great coordinating is!" Garfield have a smile, and I gave a mental curse.

"Copernicus City," Riley muttered, making me jump. Legasp! He was capable of talking?! But sure enough, as I followed his gaze, I saw a bright neon-sign, with the words 'WELCOME TO COPERNICUS CITY' on it.

Garfield belongs to Mistress Circe.