Blue Mountain League
By Gigawolf1
Chapter 1: The Battle Begins
"Welcome, to the final round of battles in the Hoenn League Championship! This battle consists of four trainers, paired together. Each team of two must take out both of their opponents before finally facing each other in a final showdown! Whoever manages to survive their team mate's attacks will win the title of 'Hoenn League Champion!'"
May sighed as she heard the announcer state the rules of the finals. After deciding at the last minute to join the tournament, she had been eliminated in the second round! This was mostly due to the fact that she used her Combusken, Munchlax, and Skitty in the first round. The experience her Munchlax received from the Grovyle had let it reach Level 29… During Round 2, she used Combusken, Bulbasaur, and Munchlax. Her opponent's Dustox had used Gust so effectively that her first two were knocked out quickly. When her Munchlax beat Dustox (which was already weakened), it evolved into Snorlax. Needless to say, she lost.
She was angry for a number of reasons, one of which was that the Dustox's Trainer was in the final. Another reason she was upset was because her brother was mad at her for losing in such an amateur way. And she was really upset because Ash had seen her lose. The only reason she had entered the tournament was to impress him, and all she ended up doing was make him see just how weak she really was! Brock had told her that he lost because his Charizard went to sleep the same way, but she was still upset.
Looking at his opposition, Ash grinned. His opponents, all three of them, had never revealed their names. He had done his research, and knew what each of them had. His 'partner' had a Gyarados, a Corsola, and a Seadra. She had only used those three and somehow gotten to the final. The pair across from him was more obvious about themselves. One of them had a Cacturne, a Chimecho, an Arcanine, and a Jumpluff. The other had Dustox, Seviper, Wobbuffet, Arbok, and Primeape. This wasn't much of a help to him, though, as each of the four were allowed six pokémon.
Max thought about what Ash had chosen. Since Ash had only six pokémon registered under the Hoenn League, he was forced to use Pikachu, Grovyle, Torkoal, Swellow, Glalie, and Crawdaunt. Concerned about how Ash would control the newly evolved Dark-type, Max asked around the day before about the behaviour of Crawdaunt. When everyone either wondered what he was talking about or cowered in fear, he took it as a bad sign.
Brock was easily the happiest of the group. He had dates lined up with the Nurse Joy's from Viridian to Cinnabar, the Officer Jenny's from Cherrygrove to Blackthorn, and had gotten the Sensational Sister's attention with his Marshtomp and Ludicolo… Around this time, a nearby Exploud whose trainer had just been knocked out in the previous round started using Uproar, effectively waking up the ex-Gym Leader.
Stepping back up to the microphone, the announcer breathed in to get ready. Exhaling, he noticed that all four competitors were on the battlefield, only waiting for the 'go-ahead.' So he gave them the message, loud and clear.
"Once again, welcome to the final round of the Hoenn League! Our four participants are about to battle… Get ready… BEGIN!"
The audience let out an awed sigh at the first four in battle: On one side it was Dustox and Jumpluff, and on the other, Glalie and Corsola. The battle had begun!
AN: It's short, but it'll be good! I promise!
