[ you're at the Battleground in this memory, a large building with an open space for Pokemon battles. a handful of familiar people (though you don't yet remember where you know them from) are waiting around at the tables and you know they're waiting for a challenge and the excitement of battling these people again puts a spring in your step as you approach a girl with a white bow in her dark hair and greet her.
she looks up from the mug in her hands and you think she looks pleasantly surprised. '...Oh? A battle? With me?' she asks. you grin and nod, saying you came here to see her and battle her. again, she seems pleasantly surprised and stands up, setting her mug on the table. '...OK. I... won't lose...!'
the next few minutes are a blur of a heated Pokemon battle between her Pokemon (a Ninjask, an Electrode, a Crobat, a Weavile and an Arcanine) and your own (an Empoleon, a Luxray, a Garchomp, a Togekiss and a Spiritomb). it's exhilarating and breathtaking and you're laughing the longer the battle goes on because it's fun, it's the most wonderful thing in the world to get to know someone and their Pokemon better through a battle, and when you catch sight of your opponent's face, you know she's having just as much fun.
when the dust settles, you're the victor and you recall your final battler and promise your team their favorites for lunch before turning your attention to the girl and tell her you had fun battling her today with a smile.
she glances down at her hands for a moment before looking at you again. '...I might like battling with you. ...Just a little. Only a tiny bit.' she says and your heart skips a beat to know the feeling is mutual.
...just a little;
she looks up from the mug in her hands and you think she looks pleasantly surprised. '...Oh? A battle? With me?' she asks. you grin and nod, saying you came here to see her and battle her. again, she seems pleasantly surprised and stands up, setting her mug on the table. '...OK. I... won't lose...!'
the next few minutes are a blur of a heated Pokemon battle between her Pokemon (a Ninjask, an Electrode, a Crobat, a Weavile and an Arcanine) and your own (an Empoleon, a Luxray, a Garchomp, a Togekiss and a Spiritomb). it's exhilarating and breathtaking and you're laughing the longer the battle goes on because it's fun, it's the most wonderful thing in the world to get to know someone and their Pokemon better through a battle, and when you catch sight of your opponent's face, you know she's having just as much fun.
when the dust settles, you're the victor and you recall your final battler and promise your team their favorites for lunch before turning your attention to the girl and tell her you had fun battling her today with a smile.
she glances down at her hands for a moment before looking at you again. '...I might like battling with you. ...Just a little. Only a tiny bit.' she says and your heart skips a beat to know the feeling is mutual.
...are you seeing things, or is she blushing? ]