LK9512: I know it has been a while and my excuse is that I got caught up playing the first four Assassin's Creed games. Now for our special guest to do the disclaimer we have... (Pauses for dramatic effect.) Keldeo.
Keldeo: Why am I here again?
LK9512: I felt like it.
Keldeo: If I had arms I would facepalm right about now.
LK9512: Can you do the disclaimer now please? I'm trying to make these Author's Notes shorter.
Keldeo: LK9512 doesn't own Pokemon, if he did I would have won in my fought against Kyurem in the Kyurem vs The Swords of Justice movie.
LK9512: I would have more than likely do my best to make that fight more epic if that was possible. (Shrugs.)
Lily of the Valley Conferance, Red Stadium
"Welcome everyone to the first of the semi-final battles of the Lily of the Valley Conferance." The announcer called out loud earning a roar of cheers from the crowd, after 3 long days of waiting they finally get to see what will more than likely will be the most climatic battle in the tournament.
"First up we have the mysterious Tobias who has, up until his battle in the quarter finals with Shinryu Shuzen has dominated all of Sinnoh with his Darkrai. We can only wonder if he might be hiding a couple other legendary pokemon in his team." The announcer spoke aloud as Tobias entered the stadium arena with a serious look on his face, and took his position on the battlefield opposite of Ash who stood before him calm as well with Pikachu at Ash's side.
"Next up is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town who has proven time and time again that he can overcome any obstacle that can come his way. I can only wonder if Ash will have what it takes to defeat Tobias." The announcer said one last time before Tobias sent out his Darkrai.
Silence descended on the stadium as everyone waited anxiously for Ash to send out his first pokemon. After taking a moment to release a lump of air Ash had been holding in he raised his head, and stared Tobias and Darkrai down with a look of unwavering determination on his face.
"Bulbasaur, I choose you." Ash called out as he sent out the Kanto-starter pokemon much to everyone's shock.
"Bulbasaur." The grass type starter announced as he stared up at the legendary dark type before him refusing to be intimidated.
"Why didn't he sent out Torterra, or Sceptile, or even Bayleef?" Dawn asked voicing the confusion her and those who don't know of what Bulbasaur can do in a battle against a legendary pokemon.
"Aside from Pikachu, Bulbasaur has been with Ash ever since he began his journey. Bulbasaur has the most experience out of all of Ash's pokemon, plus with the last minute training Bulbasaur went through, along with most of the pokemon Ash is going to use in this battle I'm pretty sure Bulbasaur will be able to hold his own against that Darkrai." Brock answered surprising Dawn, Barry, and Paul.
"Are you sure?" Barry asked uncertain that Bulbasaur can pull it off. A nod yes from Brock was his answer.
"Interesting." Paul muttered deep in thought as he watched Bulbasaur with a calculating gaze.
Outside Red Stadium
"I will have to remember to thank Shinryu for sticking to the plan." A young man said in a snobbish tone with an air of arrogance radiating off of him as he entered the stadium looking for a seat to watch the semi-finals begin. He looked very out of place here as many people who pased by him gave him some very odd looks.
The young man had ashy blonde hair that reached down to his neck. He was garbed in an expensive looking white blazer, white pants, and wore white shoes that probably cost a small fortune. The young man's skin was slightly pale, but not so pale that it would make one think there was something wrong. He didn't have a very muscular figure either.
In regards to his expensive clothing, the snobbish tone, and the arrogance coming off of him he seemed like he may have been what some people would refer to him as a 'Rich Boy'. It wasn't this that drew the odd looks from the other people he would pass by, it was his eyes. His very narrow sharp cat-like eyes that seemed to have a slightly otherworldly green glow to them, that seemed to make his very feminine looking face more intimidating than it shouldn't have been.
A silver chain necklace was dangling down from his neck that had a small round purple object attatched to the necklace that was barely peeking out from the young man's blazer.
"Now I get to enjoy seeing the product of my... Research." The young man finished before giggling in a chuckle that could irritate anyone if they had to hear it far too often, before he began walking at a much faster pace to make sure he wouldn't miss anything important not noticing that his self-musings had drawn the attention of a blonde woman in black clothes.
The blonde woman watched as the young man scurried off supressing a shiver as hidden beneath that arrogance was some sort of feeling that unsettled the blonde woman. After a moment went by the blonde woman walked off with her ice cream in hand deep in thought wondering if she should let someone else know what she has heard.
Red Stadium
So far the battle between Bulbasaur and Darkrai was at an impasse. Bulbasuar had managed to land a Leech Seed on Darkrai, but Darkrai retaliated by sending Bulbasuar flying with a Dark Pulse. Bulbasaur now had Darkrai held in place with his Vine Whip binding him in place.
'Think Ash think. A normal Solarbeam won't be enough to bring Darkrai down but if I- That's it!' Ash mentally yelled as he snapped his fingers as a smile grew on his face coming up with a new strategy and promising to facepalm later for how obvious this was.
"Darkrai use Dark Vo-" Tobias was cut off as Ash hastily called out an unexpected command.
"Sunny Day, Bulbasaur!"
"Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur responded as his bulb started glowing a soft glow before firing a glowing yellow orb out of it that fly up into the sky and dispersed as the cloudy sky broke apart and revealed the sun's harsh bright glow.
"Oh no. Darkrai get out of there now!" Tobias called out realising what Ash was up to a second to late.
"Bulbasaur use Synthesis!" Ash ordered as Bulbasaur complied as he was engulfed in a soft glow soaking in the sun's rays.
"What the he-" Tobias muttered confused.
"Solarbeam!" Ash announced as Bulbasaur suddenly fired an intense beam of solar power that was much stronger and brighter than a normal Solarbeam.
The Solarbeam hit home as Darkrai was engulfed in an cloud of smoke, from the explosion when the Solarbeam had made contact.
"Poison Sting now, while he is recovering from Solarbeam!" Ash yelled out as Bulbasaur obeyed his trainers command once again and released thin glowing needles of energy from his bulb that pierced the smoke and seemed to make contact if the grunt of pain that followed was anything to go by.
When the cloud of smoke had finally cleared Darkrai was revealed with a few scratches, bruises and was radiating an unhealthy purple aura. Darkrai grunted again in pain.
"Dammit Darkrai's been poisoned." Tobias snarled not liking this at all as the green vines that was wrapped around Darkrai glowed green for a moment and released small spores of energy that flowed into Bulbasaur.
'Not good at all. With both Leech Seed taking effect, along with that Poison Darkrai will get KOed any moment now. Not to mention that Sunny day, Synthesis, Solarbeam combo guarantee's that Bulbasaur can fire stronger Solarbeams without worrying about having to waste time charging. Maybe I should pull Darkrai out for now, but first.' Tobias thought to himself still noticing that Bulbasaur was still holding Darkrai in place with his vines.
"Darkrai use Dark Void now!" Tobias ordered as Darkrai nodded and managed to wrestle his arms out and released the black helix of energy at Bulbasaur who quickly tried to dodge as Ash had ordered him to but wasn't fast enough.
When the small cloud of smoke settled Bulbasaur was on the ground snoring away in a peaceful sleep.
"Oh no! Bulbasuar retur-" Before Ash could recall Bulbasaur, Tobias ordered his next attack.
"Darkrai activate your End Dreams ability!" Tobias called as Darkrai nodded his head in response and suddenly glowed a dark black aura as Bulbasaur glowed the same aura as well. All attention was to the battlefield as the two black auras connected via a thin black stream of energy.
"What's going on?" Barry asked scared and worried as he noticed that Bulbasaur was writhing in pain in his sleep as Darkrai's injuries save the Leech Seed, and poisoned status condition were disappearing.
"End Dreams is Darkrai's special ability. If the other pokemon is a asleep, Darkrai can sap that pokemon of their health with End Dreams." Brock answered.
"So it is basicly just like Dream Eater?" Paul asked confused since in an earlier match in the tournament he had seen Darkrai use Dream Eater.
"Yes." Brock answered again as he saw both Ash and Tobias recall their pokemon.
"That is an interesting strategy you used. first you used Leech Seed on Darkrai to slowly drain him of his energy, then you had Bulbasaur use Vine Whip to stop Darkrai from interrupting your next combo attack, Thirdly Bulbasaur used Sunny Day, and Synthesis to reduce the charge time and strenthen the following Solarbeam, finally you used Poison Sting to inflict Poison on Darkrai to further weaken him. If I may ask where you intending to switch Bulbasaur out with one of your other grass types so they can deliver the final blow, or where you intending to use only Bulbasaur to defeat my Darkrai?" Tobias asked Ash with a curious look on his face allready planning on using a variation of that strategy in a future battle with one of his other Pokemon.
"Yeah to be honest I'm kinda wondering why no one else thought to use Synthesis with Solarbeam, and Sunny Day. It healed Bulbasaur from that Dark Pulse attack, and gathered more solar energy at a faster rate so in my opinoin it is a pretty good strategy." Ash replied shocking those people who knew him for how well thought out that sounded along with earning a facepalm from Paul for not thinking of having his Torterra learn those techniques first.
"To be honest Bulbasaur had learned Poison Sting, and Sunny Day back when he was training at professor Oak's lab. I had Torterra teach Bulbasaur Synthesis as a back-up plan in case we couldn't hit your Darkrai with Leech Seed. I litterally came up with that Sunny Day, Synthesis, Solarbeam combo right on the spot. I was kinda hoping that would have been enough to bring your Darkrai down, but your Darkrai is a lot stronger than I thought he would be." Ash finished as he prepared to send out his next pokemon.
Tobias smirked in response as he reached for his second pokemon as well, "If you thought that Darkrai was powerful, wait till you see the rest of my pokemon."
Ash smile left him as he understood what Tobias was implying instantly, and no sooner did he realise this did Tobias send out his second pokemon.
A salamance took Darkrai's place, but this Salamance was different from the norm as it's skin tone wasn't the usual blue and red. This Salamance's skin was green and what looked to be a shade of brownish orange, "If I wasn't a bit freaked you have a shiny version of a psuedo legendary pokemon, I would be a bit more relieved that you don't have a full team of legendaries." Ash told Tobias surpressing a shiver at the glare Tobias's Salamance was giving him and Pikachu.
"I choose you, Glalie!" Ash announced as he called out the ice type he had planned on using against Tobias's Latios, along with 2 other members of his team.
"Glalie!" Glalie called out as he glared back at the Shiny Salamance suppressing the shiver he had from Salamance's far more menacing glare.
"Just because your Glalie may have the advantage don't count on this being an easy win. My Salamance's Intimidate has allready taken effect." Tobias told Ash suddenly feeling the slight bit of doubt he had for winning this battle vanish.
"Glalie return!" Ash said aloud surprising everyone as his ice type reluctantly returned to his pokeball.
"What is he doing?" Dawn asked confused by Ash's actions.
"Did he rethink his strategy or was this part of the plan?" Barry asked befuddled as well.
"I don't think Ash has a plan." Paul muttered frowning for a moment before shrugging it off.
"I choose you, Gabite." Ash said in a more calm voice as the dual dragon/ground type took to the battlefield.
"Brock, when did Gible evol-" Dawn asked but was quickly answered by Brock.
"Gible evolved during our training just last night actually." Brock answered as he gazed intently on the battle wondering what Tobias's next move will be.
'What is he up to? He knows Gabite has the disadvantage with being a Ground-type, along with being a Dragon-type, or did he anticipate this?' Tobias thought to himself before quickly shaking his head and muttering, "There is no way he could have predicted I would have a Salamance, the last time I used him was 5 years ago."
"You scared Tobias?" Ash asked Tobias smirking seeing Tobias was confused over his unorthdox actions, to be honest not even Ash was sure what he was doing at this point.
"No, I'm just... Excited." Tobias replied smirking back.
"Good, Gabite use Sandstorm!" Ash yelled out as Gabite raised his his arms up into the sky as if he was praying for something. As if in response a large twister of dust, and sand exploded out from nowhere and enveloped the battlefield blocking anyone's view of what was going on. Salamance shot out of the Sandstorm in an instant, and started scanning the Sandstorm looking for the other dragon type, only to widen his eyes in surpise as he couldn't see Gabite at all through the Sandstorm.
'Not good, we don't have any ideal where that Gabite is, but they know exactly where we are. Plus with Draco Meteor, that kid can attack from wherever he wants to in there, and not worry about Gabite giving away his location thanks to it's Sand Rush ability.' Tobias thought studying the Sandstorm for any sign of the Gabite, thinking back to all the knowledge he had on the evolution family of Gible, Gabite, and Garchomp.
For a moment nothing happened until Tobias suddenly had an ideal that might work, "Salamance fly into the center of the Sandstorm, please work..." Tobias muttered the last part to himself.
Salamance not questioning his trainers orders flew into the eye of the Sandstorm and disappeared from view.
"Gotchya!" Ash screamed out in joy pumping his fist in the air, "Gabite now!"
Sadly due to the Sandstorm no one knew what happened but Salamance was suddenly sent flying out of the Sandstorm reeling in pain as suddenly 7 orange comets of energy shot out of the Sandstorm and exploded against Salamance. Suddenly Gabite shot out of the Sandstorm at speeds that rivaled a Garchomp, leaving behind white streaks of energy behind as its fist glowed white. Gabite reached Salamance before he could recover, and slugged him hard in the jaw and followed up by body slamming into Salamance one last time before quickly retreating back into the Sandstorm.
Tobias jaw quickly met the outer most layer of the Earth's crust along with everyone else's jaw, "What the hell just happened?"
"Gabite return." Ash spoke calmly recalling Gabite to his pokeball and releasing another pokemon into the Sandstorm. This time though an outline could be made out in the Sandstorm but sadly Tobias, and Salamance couldn't tell what it was.
"I will not be outsmarted by a kid." Tobias growled before yelling, "Salamance use Stone Edge!"
"Icy Wind." Ash spoke in quiet tone keeping calm.
A small gust of cold air shot out of the Sandstorm at fast speeds and passed right by the flying stones that disappeared into the Sandstorm. A grunt of pain was heard from the Sandstorm, and was soon drowned out by Salamance's cry of agony from the ice type attack.
"It's Glalie, Salamance! Use Brick Break!" Tobias ordered as Salamance quickly charged into the Sandstorm straight towards the mystery pokemon with it's front claw curled up into a fist.
"Iron Defense." Ash said not worried at all. A loud metallic clang rang out as the Sandstorm slowly began to dissipate but not before Ash called out his next attack, "Hydropump!"
A powerful concentrated pillar of water met Salamance head on and sent him flying straight into a wall. Salamance slumped down to the ground allready unconcious, but Tobias didn't care as he focused on the pokemon that's details where slowly becoming more clear. Tobias widened his eyes, and groaned annoyed having lost to that pokemon of all the pokemon Ash had, "You have got to be kidding me."
"Squirtle!" Ash's Squirtle called pumping his chest in pride enjoying his victory as he gave the crowd a two fingered peace sign.
"How could Squirtle have seen through the Sandstorm to hit Salamance dire-" Paul was cut off as he noticed what Squirtle was wearing, "You have got to be kidding me, sunglasses!?"
"I'm gonna fine Ash for being this sneaky!" Barry yelled out shaking in a mix of anger, shock, and excitement.
"Come on, Tobias is that all you got?" Ash told Tobias trying to goad him into losing his cool.
"I'm going to make you regret saying that. Time for you to face one of my most powerful pokemon, say hello to my first pokemon. Go Tyranitar!" Tobias roared out as the mighty dark and rock type took to the battlefield and overshadowed Tobias's own roar with it's own. Ash couldn't help but also take note of the fact that this Tyranitar was larger than the normal Tyranitar, and it's armor was a lighter shade of brown that matched the ground quite well.
"Let's go." Tobias announced as a twisted smile appearedon his face seeing the terrified look on Ash's face at one of his most powerful pokemon as Tyranitar's Sand Stream ability activated creating a much larger, more thick, and powerful Sandstorm than Gabite's Sandstorm.
That's a wrap. :)
Now I need to get off now before my mom kills me.
Kiryu: She just might kill you. (Chuckles girlishly.)
Maybe I shouldn't have based you on Joshua. (Shudders at Kiryu's creepy smirk.) By the way I have read a lot of Ash gets betrayed by his friends fics and I might do my own in the future. But don't worry I'm going to try to make sure it is cliche free, Ash's covername won't be Satoshi, or Red, or Nightshroud, it will be an anagram.
Kiryu: I would also like to ask the readers of their opinion of me?