Brian grinned at the Pikachu in front of him. He leaned down to say hello, when Duster came out of her pokeball. The Minccino was very exuberant in her greeting, and she grabbed the Pikachu's front paws and began dancing him around. Brian laughed at her antics and said, "Don't get him dizzy, Duster! He has to battle!"
Duster's eye's lit up, and she asked, "You mean he's going to battle me!?"
"Hahaha, not you! He's going to battle someone else," Bri said, and when she looked like she was about to cry he hastly added, "I'm sure we can find someone to battle! If you, ya know, you really want too."
He realized what he had said. He had just offered to battle, even though he didn't like to. And Mark looked bored enough to take him up on his offer.
"Wow! Could we?" Duster begged. Bri sighed at her. Oh, well. He really had to accept that he was going to have to get good enough at battling to pass his classes. He nodded at her.
"Only if someone else wants too. But don't pester them about it! Now, go play!" Bri said. Duster smiled, then ran over to the pokemon that were in the group and out of their pokeballs and began to introduce herself. Bri laughed at how different Duster and Snivy were. He wondered if they would get along. After all, he knew Duster would get on Snivy's nerves. She was getting on his nerves a little bit.