Everyone had wide eyes as they walked in, showing that a Butterfree and Beedrill were sparring in mid air while Rattata's were jumping and running around each other and he had a Machop and some Bellsprout's training in the background.All of them were wearing harnesses on their bodies, much to everyone's surprise.

"This is how you train them?" Misty asked at seeing it.

"Yup, I want them to succeed so I don't hold anything back and they become stronger as a result." AJ said with a nod.

"They're in pretty good shape, what type of Pokemon food do you give them?" Brock asked as he saw how they all trained.

"My very own recipe." AJ said opening a cabinet to show rows upon rows of Pokemon food. "To get the results we want I have to carefully monitor their diets, of course the recipe is secret."

"Well of course, I make my own Pokemon food too." Brock said as he sent his Pokemon out causing AJ to look at them before giving a nod.

"You care for them and they're strong." AJ commented on seeing them before looking at the others. "So fair, you saw my Pokemon, can I see all of yours?"

Misty and Yellow looked at each other before sending their Pokemon out.

Staryu, Starmie, Dody all cried out as they came out of the Pokeball's, while Kitty squirmed back towards Dody .

"The two Water Pokemon are tough, but these three are still lacking." AJ said seeing Yellow's Pokemon before frowning. "How long have you had this Weedle?"

"Two Months." Yellow said causing AJ to raise a brow.

"That long and she's still a Weedle? They usually evolve after a week or two." AJ commented with a raised brow.

"Yeah, we haven't exactly figured that out either." Austin said he and Brock were worried about that themselves.

"Okay Ash right?" AJ looked at him. "Now let me see your Pokemon since we've had our battle."

Austin gave a nod as he sent his team out, although he hesitated on Fearow.

Everyone cried out as they were released, all of them tired except for Scyther as Pikachu jumped off of Austin's shoulder and ran out with them.

AJ gave a nod. "They're all pretty well trained-." He began before stopping in surprise at the Scyther who glared at him. "Wait, I know this Scyther!"

That caught everyone's attention. "You do?" Austin asked in surprise.

"Yeah it belonged to that Paul kid who battled me, the only Pokemon of his I was able to take down was his Scyther." AJ said causing Scyther to snarl. "But I'm confused why didn't you try to use him in our battle?"

"I recently caught him and I promised Scyther I wouldn't use him for a battle unless he wanted to fight." Austin said with a smile before he frowned. ' I knew it , that Scyther did indeed belonged to Paul .'

Fearow who never met Scyther gave a cry as Scyther brandished his blades.

"Whoa, no fighting you two." Austin said a little worried.

"That Fearow is a handful." AJ commented with a raised brow. "How long have you had it?"

"Since my first day as a trainer, he stopped listening when he evolved." Austin said some sadness in his tone.

Fearow just ignored them and looked away.

"Well, you all have some good Pokemon." AJ said looking them over. "Of course mine are better."

Fearow opened his eyes and cawed, taking offense to that.

"But I better get packed up." AJ said with his arms crossed as a bell rang. "Alright you wimps get a fifteen minute break."

"Packed up?" Misty gave him a look. "For what?"

"I made it a goal to get a hundred wins before I go collecting badges." AJ revealed. "That way my team and I would be prepared for anything."

"Sounds like a good training exercise." Austin commented with a grin. "Although I am not patient enough to try it."

"Chu!" Austin looked down to see that Pikachu put on one of the training harnesses and curled up into a ball.

"Pikachu." Austin looked at AJ as he couldn't get the thing unhooked. "Uh can I get a little help?"

"Hold on a minute." AJ said as he fiddled with it.

Yellow however looked at everyone's Pokemon and thought about how AJ said her's were lacking.

As if sensing her thoughts, Kitty squirmed next to her leg and rubbed against it, causing her to smile and pick her up.

"I'm fine Kitty." Yellow said with a sad smile.

She didn't like the idea of her friends getting hurt, that was why she needed to get better at battling.

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It was night time as everyone was asleep.

It was late as AJ offered for them to spend the night there until they left the next morning with all the Pokemon out.

Scyther was quiet as he watched everyone.

Besides the Fearow, he could see the other Pokemon sleeping near his new trainer and he could see it was the same with the other humans.

"Ther." Scyther muttered as it thought about what it witnessed inside the Pokeball.

This human that caught him, he kept his promise about not including him in any battles the last few days but that wasn't what surprised him.

What surprised him was the fact that he didn't say anything harsh to his Pokemon when they lost, heck not even when the Fearow disrespected him he didn't say anything to Fearow and he saw the human attempt to befriend the stubborn bird earlier.

'Pathetic, you couldn't beat a Bellsprout.' A harsh voice cut through Scyther's thoughts as he remembered his last trainer who worked him to the bone in training in order to keep up with his other Pokemon but it lost battle after battle with him, earning scorn and annoyance from the boy.

It was… weird about how different this boy was from the last one.

"Chu?" Scyther looked to see the electric rodent that he battled walking up to him.

"Scy." Scyther looked away as he thought about something and asked Pikachu how he got to know the trainer.

What Scyther heard surprised him even further.

This rodent hated the human at first, going as far as electrocuting him before attempting to run away when it ran into a Spearow, the very same Fearow that was nearby.

And when a flock surrounded the two, this human caused them all to chase him in order to keep the rodent safe.

"Ther?" Scyther gave Pikachu a shocked look that the human had enough patience for that as Pikachu gave a smile before another thought struck the mantis.

How the heck did this human survive being electrocuted by the rodent?

Now interested in who exactly his new trainer was, Scyther gave him an analyzing look before giving a nod. "Ther." He said to Pikachu whose ears lit up.

Scyther was willing to battle.

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Austin blinked as he woke up to see Scyther hovering over him. "Wha?" He yawned as he shifted with Raticate, Butterfree and Pidgeotto grumbling. "Scyther, what is it?"

"Ther, Scy!" Scyther made some slashing motions, in a direction away from Austin to avoid injuring him, as he nodded to the Pokeball on his belt.

"Wait you want to battle with me?" Austin asked in surprise as Scyther gave a nod of confirmation. "Alright."

Unknown to them, Fearow was watching with a hint of distaste and he turned away.

"Okay let's get some training in before the others wake up." Austin said getting out of the sleeping bag as he looked around before seeing that Fearow was awake. "Hey Fearow, want to join in?"

"Row." Fearow cawed not looking at him.Pikachu glared at Fearow, obviously having enough as he remembered how Austin has been trying to connect with him.

"It's fine Pikachu, someday I'll get through to him." Austin said as he turned to Scyther. "But who will train you with-."

Austin felt something squirming against his leg and he looked down to see Kitty who gave Scyther a challenging look.

"Do you want to battle?" He was more surprised as Kitty gave a nod.Scyther raised a brow, but he looked intrigued.

"Well…" Austin looked over to see Yellow was still sleeping. "You should ask Yellow."

Kitty made a series of grunts and noises as she shook her head.She wanted to get stronger in order to protect Yellow and knew Yellow was having hesitation in battling enough to let her evolve.Kitty was close, she just needed a push.

"Well… Okay." Austin said giving a nod even though he wasn't too sure about this.