"Why did you make her a Gym Leader?" She asked Lance.
"I did not, the Pokémon League did!" He protested.
"Well, you could've fooled me, considering how useless you were during the battle." With those parting words, she swept out of the stadium with Sylveon and Skitty, who hopped onto her shoulder, presumably towards the V.I.P Box. Lance stared after her with a mix of surprise and anger. After a few moments, he left as well, not towards the V.I.P Box, but towards the forest he and Clair walked through the previous night.
Quite the contrary, Pakura didn't return to the V.I.P Box. No one knew where she disappeared off to. However, to the PAL Elites, especially Ash, this isn't unusual, and they knew Pakura always goes away without telling them and would show up later.
"It's your turn, Rosaline." Ash said. Rosaline stood up, and looked around for Pakura, but no sign of her.
"When do you think she'd turn up?"
"She'll turn up." Ash replied dismissively. "Now just go to your match."
Rosaline nodded, and went to the front of the entrance of the battlefield, her Espeon following behind.
"Hello, girl from yesterday." A voice said behind her. Rosaline turned to Grimsley who is smiling at her.
"Hello, creep who tried to hit on me." Rosaline countered. Espeon took a defensive stance.
Grimsley gave a mock gasp and held a hand to his heart. "You wound me." He replied in a smooth voice.
Rosaline opened her mouth to say something, but the announcer called out, "From Green Side, we have Coordinator Dawn, with Leader Burgh, and from the Red side, we have Elite Rosaline and Elite Grimsley." She then turned, and walked out to the battlefield with Espeon at her side.
"Trainers please send out your first Pokémon!"
"Alright, Mamoswine, spotlight!" Dawn's Twin Tusk Pokémon materialised out of its Pokeball.
"Dwebble, I choose you!" Dwebble appeared next to Mamoswine, battle ready.
"Let's do it, Rapidash!" Rosaline called out her Rapidash.
"Let's fight, Drapion!" Grimsley summoned his Drapion.
"Both side ready?" Evan asked the four of them. All four of them nodded. "Ready….battle begin!"
"Mamoswine, start off with Powder Snow!" Dawn commanded. Her Pokemon started shaking his nose and blue powder came out of it towards their opponents
"Dwebble, use X-Scissor!" Dwebble charged towards them, claws glowing ready to use X-Scissor
"Rapidash, Ember to melt the Powder Snow!" Rapidash opened her mouth and shot round balls of fire at the powder, melting it to water.
"Drapion, use Bite to stop Dwebble on its tracks!" Drapion bit Dwebble on the shell, preventing it from moving.
"Mamoswine, Earthquake to get Drapion off Dwebble!"
"Are you an idiot? Earthquake damages everyone, including your partner! Do you want your partner to be out of this battle?" Rosaline shouted, face-palming.
"Oh yeah." Dawn replied, sticking out her tongue slightly. "Opps. Then, Mamoswine, use Ice Fang on Drapion." Mamoswine charged towards its target, not caring about anything else.
"Rapidash, help Drapion out by using Flamethrower!" Rapidash used Flamethrower on Mamoswine. Mamoswine, not seeing the Flamethrower, got hit, and fell down with burns all over its body.
"What's this? It looks like Rosaline used the opportunity to use Flamethrower while Mamoswine is distracted. Sneaky move on her part." Ken commented.
"Drapion use Crunch!" Drapion used Crunch on Dwebble, dealing damage. Drapion then threw Dwebble next to a still getting up Mamoswine.