Here's the second chapter folks.

I already love this story and the personality I gave our Reader.

Here's what happens next.
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"Hey, what makes you think you can just waltz up and take my battle from me?" Nemona asked angrily as you picked up the still shocked Quaxly.

"Cause when ya really think about it, a fight with me is a lot more fair than a fight with you for the Newbie over here." You reasoned as you placed the Quaxly on your shoulder.

"You know I have a name right?" Juliana asked glaring at you.

"And you know I don't care right?" You replied before looking at Clavell.

"Director, I'm not champion rank, so don't you think a battle between me and Julie over there with our Starters would be more fair?" You asked the old man.

"My name is Juliana!" Juliana yelled.

"Whatever Jules." You replied waving her off.

Clavell raised a brow at what you said:

"But Master (Y/N), don't you already have a few very powerful Pokémon with you?" He asked curiously.

"Yeah, but..." You looked at the Quaxly on your shoulders.

You couldn't let them know the reason you wanted to battle her with Quaxly was because you felt sorry for the little guy.

You had a reputation to uphold.

"This little guy over here caught my eye and I wanna test him out before I take him." You replied making everyone suspicious.

Clavell took a look at the Quaxly and saw the look of excitement in it's eyes.

Clavell did notice it looked rather down, most likely sad it wasn't picked.

However, the Director was a bit hesitant to leave this Mon in your care.

"Quack, quack!" The Quaxly yelled suddenly making everyone look at it.

"Hm?" Clavell asked raising his brow at it.

"Come on, this little guy really wants to fight and I'm sure the Orange and Jasmine over there can have more battles once we're done mopping the floor with her." You boasted.

"Hey I saw her first so..." Nemona tried to say only for Juliana to interrupt her.

"No, let's go!" Juliana said surprising everyone.

"Huh?" Nemona asked confused.

Juliana walked up to you holding her Fuecoco who kept it's usual cute blank smile.

The girl gave you an angry glare, one that actually scared you a bit.

"If you think I'm just gonna sit back and take your attitude you're as dumb as your hair!" Juliana said getting right in your face.

You jerked back and let out a gasp of offense.

"How dare you!" You asked deeply offended. "Do you know how much effort it takes to get my hair like this?"

"Do you know how much effort it takes to be around you?" Juliana retorted making your blood boil further.

"Well you've got quite the mouth there don't ya?" You asked clenching your fist. "Hope you can back that up."

"I was just about to say the exact same thing to you." Juliana replied.

"Well, since you both seem eager to battle each other, who am I to deny you both?" Clavell stated and hearing that broke Nemona.

She immediately curled up on the ground facing away from everyone letting out a few cries of sadness.

Her Sprigatito concerned for it's Trainer attempted to comfort her by rubbing it's head against her.

"Ha! Take that ya damn Orange." You laughed.

Oh, Juliana could not wait to wipe that smirk off your face.

A bit later:

You all gathered at the arena on the beach behind Nemona's house.

Nemona still looked disappointed with a sad pout.

"Oh well...at least I get to see you both in action." She sighed before perking up. "YOU BOTH DO YOUR BEST!"

You let out an annoyed sigh as Quaxly still on your shoulder looked eager as ever.

"I swear to Arceus, I'm gonna beat you one day ya fucking Stalker." You thought as Juliana who stood on the opposite side of the ring let her Fuecoco go and it got into the ring.

Quaxly jumped off your shoulder and ran into the ring as well, ready to battle.

"I'll make sure you remember my name after I beat your ass!" Juliana declared as Fuecoco let out a small puff of flames into the air along with a determined little roar.

"Whatever Newbie, keep making promises with your type disadvantage." You stated dismissively further angering Juliana.

She was NOT going to lose to you.

Play this:

"Okay Quaxly, use Water Gun!" You ordered.

The Duckling Pokémon nodded and spewed out a strong jet water from it's beak at Fuecoco.

"Dodge and use Round!" Juliana ordered quickly.

The little croc obeying it's Trainer's orders quickly jumped over the oncoming stream of water.

Still in the air Fuecoco let out a loud melodic song-like scream.

The soundwaves created from the loud song was enough to blow Quaxly back.

The Little Duckling Pokémon after getting blown back managed to straighten itself and land on it's feet perfectly while Fuecoco landed on the ground as well.

"Use Snarl now!" Juliana ordered quickly.

Fuecoco upon hearing that took in a deep breath, ready to unleash a powerful snarl.

"Aqua Jet!" You yelled quickly.

Quaxly immediately enveloped itself in water and launched itself at Fuecoco at alarming speed.

The Little Croc Pokémon was struck by Quaxly before it could let out it's snarl.

This knocked the Croc Pokémon down and Quaxly flew into the air.

"Now follow it up with Water Gun!" You ordered.

The water dissipated off Quaxly and after performing a quick spin the little Duckling shot out another stream of water from it's back at Fuecoco.

"Counter it with Flamethrower!" Juliana yelled.

Fuecoc quickly flipped back up and let loose a powerful torrent of fire from it's mouth.

The water and flames collided creating a powerful burst of steam.

Fuecoco's flames conquered the duck's water and pushed forward eventually hitting Quaxly causing it to crash to the ground.

(A/N: Okay, before anyone says water beats fire, hear me out. Water Gun has 40 power and Flamethrower has 90 power. The fire has more power than the water will fail to put out fire if the flames are more intense, just wanted to clear that up)

"Damn it!" You growled as you saw that Quaxly was now burnt black from the flames.

"Good job little guy!" Juliana praised as Fuecoco did a little happy dance at receiving praise.

"Quaxly come on! Don't tell me that was enough to keep you down!" You yelled out.

Quaxly in response got back up and shook off the black soot on it's body before fixing the gel on it's head and turned to give you a confident look letting you know it was okay.

You smiled and nodded:

"Good, now show that Croc who's boss with Aqua Cutter!" You ordered.

Quaxly did a classic hair flip and faced it's opponent.

Quaxly then spread out it's little wings which began to glow blue.

Water materialized and coated the outstretched wings and formed water blades.

Quaxly then swiftly charged at Fuecoco ready to slash it with it's newly formed weapons.

"Dodge it quick!" Juliana yelled nervousness in her voice as she knew that move would hit hard with super effective damage.

Quaxly attempted to deliver a hard swipe with it's Aqua Cutter, but the little Croc managed to duck just in time.

It wasn't fast enough to dodge the second swipe which launched it back.

It skid across the ground and crashed in front of Juliana who feared her little Croc was down and out.

Luckily for her, Fuecoco got up, a bit banged up, but still standing.

"Are you alright?" She asked concern in her voice.

Fuecoco shook it's head, turned to her and let out puffs of smoke from it's nostrils with a determined look.

Juliana let out a sigh of relief, but she immediately glared at you when she heard your laugh.

"I'll admit, that derpy chilli pepper put up a good fight, but sadly it can't just beat the type match up." You said with a shrug. "Hell, I think I might keep Quaxly after this."

Upon hearing that the little Duckling Pokémon looked back at you with stars of joy in it's eyes.

"You think you've won?" Juliana asked crossing her arms. "Are all those hair products causing you brain damage?"

"Leave my hair alone!" You yelled snarled. "At least it's not as boring as yours."

Quaxly let out a quack of agreement.

"That's because I'm not overcompensating for something." Juliana retorted further angering you.

"Okay, that's enough out of you, Quaxly use Aqua Jet and shut her up!" You ordered and the Duckling complied once again coating itself in water and launching itself at Fuecoco.

Time seemed to slow down as the Water-coated duckling flew at the fire Croc.

Juliana had an idea, it was a gamble, but it was a risk she had to take to avoid giving you the satisfaction of beating her.

She was going to make sure she'd knock that ego of yours down to size.

"Fuecoco, use bite and catch it!" She yelled quickly and in response the Fire Croc Pokémon opened it's mouth as wide as it could.

The Aqua Jet would still damage it, all Juliana could do was hope Fuecoco could take it and hang in just a bit longer.

"Your funeral ya Bland Broad!" You thought believing this battle was already won.

The Aqua Jet crashed into Fuecoco creating a watery explosion and knocking up dust.

Everything was tense as you all waited for the dust to clear and settle.

When it did, you gained a look of shock and Juliana a smirk as Fuecoco's jaws were firmly clamped down Quaxly's head.

This of course caused the gel on it's head to get ruined and mashed and this caused the poor Duckling to freak out and begin struggling, flailing it's little webbed feet trying to get out.

Fuecoco however held on tight and refused to let go.

"Good job Fuecoco, now burst it's ear drums with Hyper Voice!" Juliana yelled out.

"Shit!" You yelled out panicking.

Fuecoco took inhaled deeply, ready to unleash it's move.

The little Duckling panicked more and flailed even more aggressively.

"Quaxly calm down and..." You yelled, but it was too late and the little croc Pokémon unleashed a powerful Hyper voice.

The scream was powerful enough to not only to launch Quaxly out of it's mouth, but also create powerful Soundwaves, much stronger than when it used Round.

This of course caused heavy damage to Quaxly which worried you greatly.

It skidded back and hit the ground hard.

However, it wasn't over as Fuecoco let loose another powerful scream which launched Quaxly to get launched back further before it could even stand up properly.

Quaxly was now at the edge of the ring and managed to shakily get up, but Fuecoco unleashed another scream forcing Quaxly to brace itself to avoid getting blown back.

Said Soundwave was of course still doing damage and waking the Duckling.

Fuecoco let loose another scream, and another and another.

And finally, with one final extra loud scream, Quaxly was launched out of the ring.

"Quaxly!" You yelled out worried and got ready to catch the little duck.

The water type starter crashed into you with enough force to knock the wind out of you as well as flat on your ass into the sandy beach.

You did manage to catch the duckling in your arms however and so ignoring the pain caused from the collision you checked on the little guy and saw, much to your dismay that Quaxly had swirly eyes meaning it was knocked out and...you had lost.

Stop Music:

You stared at the unconscious Duckling with a look of utter disbelief.

It was not an unfamiliar feeling, but it was one you despised all the same.

You absolutely hated losing, the feeling of knowing someone had bested you...it was the worst feeling ever in your opinion.

"Good job Fuecoco!" You heard Juliana yelled making you glare at the Trainer as she picked up the little croc who let out a happy little roar at the praise it was receiving.

"Juliana, that was amazing!" Nemona cheered running up to her friend.

"Indeed, especially impressive considering this was your first battle." Clavell stated also approaching the young Trainer.

"Well, I've always been interested in Pokemon battling, I'd study tactics and strategies from any battles I watched on TV." Juliana explained a blush as Fuecoco went back on her shoulder. "Participating in a battle is a whole different thrill than watching it, that's for sure."

"I know right!?" Nemona exclaimed happily.

"Still, Master (Y/N) is one of the best battlers at our Academy, even if he wasn't using his strongest pokemon, it's quite the feat for a rookie." Clavell stated and Juliana's smile widened further as she filled with pride.

Meanwhile you narrowed your eyes and glared at the girl your red eyes seemingly glowing.

You clenched your hands which were still on the ground gripping fistfuls of sand.

She was a newbie Trainer.

How the Hell did she beat you?

Sure you were using a weaker Mon, but it had a type advantage and you were more experienced.

You remembered the Quaxly that was still unconscious and looked down at it.

Your glare immediately softened and you cradled the little Pokemon in your arms as you got up.

Quaxly slowly opened it's eyes as it came to and regained consciousness.

Once fully conscious, Quaxly looked around in surprise before locking into the scene of Juliana being congratulated.

Quaxly looked back at you and you shook your head sadly confirming it had lost the battle.

The Little Duckling looked down, sad it had disappointed you.

It's sadness turned to surprise however when it felt you fixing the gel on it's hair.

It wasn't long before it's messed up gel was back to it's original shape and form.

"Don't blame yourself." You whispered to it before returning it to it's Pokeball.

"Hey (Y/N)!" came the ever irritating voice of Nemona.

The class President made her way to you with a smile her Sprigatito following.

"What?" You asked angrily glaring at her.

"Is your Quaxly okay?" She asked concerned.

"It's fine." You said with a huff. "And I swear next time, Juliana won't be as lucky as she was today."

"Well, my win might have been beginner's luck, but...you got my name right...and that's all I really wanted." Juliana replied giving you a smug smile as she walked up to you as well with her Fuecoco in her arms.

You grit your teeth as your rage increased.

"Whatever, to me you'll always just be a newbie ya Bland Broad!" You yelled snarled and that reaction just made Juliana chuckle.

"At least I'm not a sore loser with a clown's hairstyle." She retorted and your eye twitched.

Oh she was definitely gonna go down next time, you'd make sure of that.

"Just you wait, I'm gonna train this Quaxly up and extinguish what little burning light that's left in that Fuecoco's empty head." You warned.

"You DON'T insult Fuecoco!" Juliana yelled hugging the fire croc close after grabbing him.

She then followed that up by saying:

"Yay! This means we can raise our Starters and get stronger together." Nemona cheered placing an arm over yours and Juliana's shoulder with a huge smile on her face.

All the while you and Juliana never stopped glaring at each other.

You immediately pulled away from the 2 and placed your hands in your jacket pockets.

"Don't act like we're friends all of a sudden." You said with a hmph before turning and walking away. "I'm gonna go to the academy now."

"Okay, us and Juliana will meet you there." Nemona said with a wave.

"I'd rather you not." You groaned with an eye roll.

Your eyes once again locked onto Juliana.

"Hey Newbie, you better be stronger the next time we meet...so it'll be more satisfying when I eventually crush you." You stated before walking away leaving the Galar girl very angry.

"Seriously, what a prick." Juliana growled. "I feel so sorry for that poor Quaxly."

Fuecoco let out a "craw" in agreement.

"I wouldn't, I don't think (Y/N) will treat it badly." Nemona assured placing a hand on her hand's shoulder. "So you ready to go?"

"Actually Director Clavell, could you heal up Fuecoco?" Juliana asked holding up the little Croc.

"May ask why, Master Juliana?" The man asked curiously.

"I'd like to battle Nemona before we head off to the Academy." Juliana replied surprising Clavell and exciting Nemona.

"Are you certain battling so quickly after battling (Y/N)?" Clavell asked a bit of concern in his voice only for Juliana to nod.

"Yeah, it'll be nice to have a friendly battle with someone I like after that experience." Juliana assured.

"YES!" Nemona exclaimed giving an excited fist pump. "You hear that Sprigatito?"

The Grass cat beside her let out an excited "meow" and nodded eager to battle.

"Oh very well, if you're certain, just be sure to hurry or you'll be late." Clavell replied and both girls nodded.

Juliana returned Fuecoco to it's Pokeball and handed it to Clavell to get healed up.

Nemona couldn't help but squeal at the battle that would come.

Sure, there's a possibility it could have been luck that helped Juliana beat you, but she still had potential and would get stronger.

Another strong Trainer in Naranja Academy was always a welcome for the Class President even if she did need a bit more experience.

Nemona would happily help her gain that experience.

So far, you were really the only person that got her this excited to battle.

TO BE CONTINUED:
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There we go.

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