Hey everyone, here's chapter three, I hope you enjoy it XD.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to day two of the Plawer tag team tournament!" The mayor said loudly into his microphone. The audience cheers in excitement as the stadium cameras panned down onto the four trainers on the field. Clemont and Korrina were facing off against two men in martial artist clothing, one sporting a black belt, and the other, a red belt. "Now, let the first matches of today's battles commence!"
"Poliwrath, prepare for battle!" The black belt shouted as he threw his Pokeball onto the field with a Poliwrath coming out of the Pokeball in a flash of light.
"Machoke, come on out!" The red belt shouted as he threw out his Pokeball onto the field with a Machoke coming out of the Pokeball in a flash of light.
"A Poliwrath huh, well in that case…" Clemont muttered as he selected his Pokeball. "Chespin I choose you!" Clemont said as he threw out his Pokeball with Chespin coming out in a flash of white light.
"Chespin!" Chespin shouted in excitement.
"Lucario you're up." Korrina said to Lucario who jumped onto the battlefield.
"Let the battle begin!" The referee shouted.
"Machoke use Fire Punch on Lucario!" The red belt martial artist ordered. Machoke's fist erupted with flame as it charged towards Lucario.
"Poliwrath use Dynamic Punch on Chespin!" The black belt martial artist ordered. Poliwrath starts to charge towards Chespin with its own fist glowing white.
"Lucario counter Fire Punch with Power-Up Punch!" Korrina shouted. Lucario fist flashed orange just before it made contact with Machoke Fire Punch, causing both Pokémon to slide backwards due to the force of their attacks.
At the same time, just before Poliwrath could land a hit on Chespin, Clemont ordered Chespin to jump and use Vine Whip on Poliwrath. Two vines came from Chespin back and slapped Poliwrath back, sending it tumbling through the air, before landing squarely its feet. The fighting Pokémon smashed its fists together in determination. "Poli!"
"That's the spirit Poliwrath!" The black belt martial artist said with praise. "Now attack Chespin with Ice Beam!" An icy blue ball forms in Poliwrath's hands. The ball then moves forward and released a light blue beam of energy that landed a direct hit on Chespin, causing him to fly backwards before crashing into the ground.
"Chespin are you okay?" Clemont asks worryingly. Since Chespin was a grass type Pokémon, ice type moves were super effective. He wasn't sure if Chespin could still continue battling. He was however, proven wrong when Chespin slowly got back on his feet and showed that he was still willing to fight. Leafy green energy glowed off the grass Pokémon. "Chespin, your Overgrow ability is kicking in!" Now all of Chespin grass type moves would be even more powerful. The only downside was that Chespin couldn't afford to take another major hit. Meanwhile, Korrina realized that their opponents were very tough, and decided that there was no point in holding back.
"Lucario let's go! Korrina said as she showed her bracelet with Lucario mega stone. "Unlock the power within! Mega evolve!" White light flowed from Korrina's Mega Stone while orange and purple light enveloped Lucario, changing his shape until the light dispersed, revealing Mega Lucario. "Now use Metal Sound!" Lucario banged his spikes together, creating a metal sound wave that made Poliwrath and Machoke slide backward due to the sheer force "Now their Special Defense will be lowered!" Korrina then told Lucario to use Bone Rush on Machoke. Lucario produced two light white bones of energy and moved so fast that neither Machoke nor his trainer had any time to react before Lucario started to hit him repeatedly with Bone Rush, careful not give Machoke an opening to perform a counter attack. The final hit was a critical one, ending the combo with such force that Machoke was literally sent crashing into the wall.
"Now Chespin use Pin Missiles around Poliwrath!" The spikes on Chespin's head stiffen and glow white. He then fires white orbs trailing green streams of light at Poliwrath. While Pin Missiles didn't do a lot of damage to Poliwrath, being a bug type move, it did knock up a lot of dust, clouding Poliwrath's vision. This gave the chance for Clemont to tell Chespin to use Vine Whip on Poliwrath. Two vines lashed out from Chespin's back, whipping Poliwrath repeatedly back and forth before the attack finally sent him flying backwards and crashing into the ground.
"Poliwrath and Machoke are unable to battle. The referee announced. The winners are Chespin and Lucario!"
"Chespin!" Chespin shouted in excitement as he was glad that he and Lucario won the battle. Chespin wasn't the only one who was excited as Korrina turned to Clemont and grabbed his hands and gave him a big smile.
"We're in the final four now Clemont!" Korrina said excitedly. "If we keep this up we are definitely going to win this tournament."
"Y-Yeah." Clemont stuttered nervously as he gave Korrina a shy smile. He was having a great time battling with her and he agreed with her that they could probably win the tournament, but he was feeling really embarrassed holding Korrina hand. Remembering how close their faces were just the other night certainly didn't help. Meanwhile in the seats, Ash, Pikachu, Serena, Miette, and Sawyer were amazed at how fast the battle ended.
"Man I know Korrina and Clemont are strong gym leaders, but when they work together they are a pretty strong tag team!" Sawyer said in amazement.
"Yeah, Miette, and I will be facing them tomorrow once we win our match." Ash commented. If he knew Clemont as well he thought he did, Clemont would probably use his Luxray. Combine that with Korrina's Lucario, and Ash knew for a fact that his and Miette's battle against them definitely wasn't going to be easy. He was suddenly interrupted when he saw Serena gave him a smile.
"Don't worry Ash; I know you and Miette can beat Clemont and Korrina." Serena commented as she continued to give him a warm smile. "If you were able to beat them once, you can beat them again."
"Thanks Serena that means a lot." Ash said causing Serena to blush. Sadly however the moment was ruined for Serena when Miette started talking.
"Yeah Ash, don't worry we can spend all night training for our battle, just the two of us." Miette said as she winked at Serena playfully. All Serena could do to avoid making a scene was to grit her teeth in frustration at Miette constantly putting the moves on Ash in front of her face.
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The matches for Ash and Miette and Serena and Sawyer ended just as quickly as Clemont's and Korrina's.
Ash and Miette used Hawlucha and Meowstic to battle against a Crawdaunt and Pyroar. Due to Hawlucha speed and his fighting type moves he quickly took down Pyroar with Meowstic taking down Crawdaunt with a critical hit of Psyshock.
Serena and Sawyer used Braixen and Grovyle against Toxicroak and Scyther. Even though Toxicroak and Scyther were really fast, they were no match for Grovyle speed and a powerful flamethrower from Braixen. After their battle, the remaining four tag teams were gathered around in the stadium as the mayor prepared to give an important announcement.
"Congratulations to you all, you have proven your worth and have made it to the semi-finals!" The mayor shouted with excitement. "However this year, we have decided to do something a little different for the tournament. The original matches will now be randomized, so the opponents that you would have originally faced will now be someone else!" The mayor announcement made Serena to worry. What if she had to battle against Ash? Sure, she figured she may have ended up battling against Ash sooner or later, but she never even had a battle with her crush before. What if he got upset if she beat him? She knows Ash was better than that, and he would just tell her she deserved the win, but that didn't make her feel any better. Absorbed in her thoughts, Serena didn't even notice that Sawyer had begun talking to her.
"Serena, can you hear me?" Sawyer asked in confusion. He had called her name several times and had yet to receive a response from her.
"Oh, um, sorry Sawyer I was just thinking about something." Serena said. "What were you saying?"
"Look who our opponents are going to be!" Sawyer exclaimed as he pointed at the tournament screen. Serena looked and much to her shock saw that she and Sawyer would be facing off against Clemont and Korrina! She was so focused on battling against Miette and Ash she never even thought that she and Sawyer would be facing Korrina and Clemont.
"Look like we'll be battling against you two tomorrow." Clemont said as he, Bonnie, and Korrina approached Serena and Sawyer.
"I guess we will." Sawyer said with excitement. Even though he knew Korrina and Clemont were strong, he believed that he and Serena could beat them.
"So that means Ash and I will be facing one of you after we win our match tomorrow." Miette said.
"Well, let the best teams win." Korrina said.
"Sounds good to me." Ash agreed.
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A couple of hours later Serena and Sawyer were finishing up a practice match between her Braixen and his Grovyle.
"Braixen use Flamethrower on Grovyle!" Serena ordered. A huge stream of fire came from Braixen stick and headed toward Grovyle only for him to jump high into the air.
"Grovyle use Bullet Seed!" Sawyer ordered. Grovyle spat glowing green seeds from his mouth, aimed at Braixen only for her to roll out of the way of the incoming attack. Grovyle dropped to one knee, breathing heavily due to the intense training he and Braixen have been doing for the past hour.
"Great job Grovyle!" Sawyer said to his Pokémon. "You are getting faster every day; Lucario won't even be able to land a hit on you because of how fast you are now."
"Gro….vyle….." Grovyle heaved, giving his trainer a confident smile.
"You are doing a great job too Braixen." Serena said to her Pokémon. "I can't wait till we show off your skills at our next Pokémon showcase.
"Braixen." Braixen said happily as she flashed her trainer a charming grin.
"I think we've done enough training for tonight." Sawyer said as he returned Grovyle back to his Pokeball and started to make his way off to the tournament hotel. "I'm going to go ahead and get ready for the match tomorrow. Goodnight Serena."
"Goodnight Sawyer," Serena said as she saw Sawyer walk away. She turned to her Braixen and smiled at her. "You did well today Braixen, you deserve a good rest. She then returned Braixen in her Pokeball and started to go for a walk. She wasn't tired enough to go to sleep so she figured she could take a walk and just clear her thoughts. Hard to imagine I'm so far away from home, competing in a tournament and currently battling in the semifinals. It feels just like just yesterday I was living with my mom and learning how to ride Ryhorn. Now I'm traveling with my childhood crush and two amazing new friends. Serena saw a bench near a lamppost and decided to take a seat. From her current spot she could see the stars in beautiful night sky. She took a deep breath, wishing that Ash was with her now so she could spend this beautiful night with him.
"Wha-cha doing'?" A familiar voice said in Serena voice causing her to jump in fear since the voice came out of nowhere, She turned around to see it was Miette who laughing at Serena reaction.
"Miette, that's not funny!" Serena shouted as she felt her heart beating. You scared living daylights out of me! "
"Relax I just wanted to talk to you." Miette said as she took a seat on the bench. Wondering what she wanted to talk about Serena decided to take a seat on the bench with her.
"Are you done training with Ash already?" Serena asked. She figured Miette would be spending all night with Ash so she could rub it in her face some more.
"Yeah, Ash and I trained some more, but he decided to go to bed early so he could be well rested for our match tomorrow." Miette explained. "But man, Ash has one heck of an appetite; I think he eats as much as a Snorlax." Serena laughed, knowing firsthand how much Ash could eat in a single helping. You know, I see why you like Ash so much. He's a pretty great guy, a bit dense, but great all the same."
"Um, wh-what do you mean?" Serena asked as she tried to act like she didn't know what she was talking about.
Miette raised her eyebrow at Serena trying to act like she didn't know what she was talking about. "Come on Serena, we both know what I'm talking about." Miette said causing Serena to blush even more in embarrassment. "It's pretty obvious that you have a thing for Ash. I understand why you like him though He has such an upbeat personality, and is always willing to help. You can't help but feel good being around him." Serena kept silent she didn't trust herself on what she would say next. So far everything that Miette just said was totally true but Serena refused to admit it out loud. "I'm just saying, you are pretty lucky to be traveling with a great guy like Ash."
"Um thanks." Serena said hesitantly. She had no idea why Miette was telling her all of this.
"If I were you, I would tell him how I feel for him before someone else takes him away." Miette teased as she got off the bench and left. "See you tomorrow and good luck with your match." Serena watched Miette disappear in sight and took a deep breath. As much as she hated to admit it Miette did have a point. If she didn't confront Ash about her feelings for him either Miette or someone else in the future would beat her to it. She took another deep breath and promised herself that she would confront Ash about her feelings tomorrow after the tournament.
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"So wait, Clemont graduated from the electric academy when you were just a kid?" Korrina asked Bonnie in amazement. "I knew he was smart, but I didn't know that he was that smart!" Clemont rubbed his head in embarrassment at Korrina praise while Bonnie nodded her head esthetically.
"Yeah my brother is a real genius!" Bonnie said gleefully.
"Oh, it was nothing really; I'm sure plenty of other kids graduated from a prestigious school at a young age too." Clemont said in a joking manner. After he and Korrina did some training, Bonnie proposed that they all go on a walk together. Before Clemont could protest anything Korrina said that sounded like a great idea. Not wanting to stomp on her enthusiasm, Clemont decided to just go with the flow. Right now they were walking in the park with lampposts lighting up the path.
"So, Clemont do you have any ideas for your next big invention?" Korrina asked.
"I currently have designs for several possible inventions that I could build that would benefit Luminous City and all of Kalos." Clemont explained. "But they're all at my gym. Regardless of that I'm constantly thinking of new inventions that can be used in everyday life."
"Now if you just stop your inventions from exploding ninety-nine percent of the time, they'd be perfect," Bonnie said jokingly. Korrina laughed at Bonnie comment and Clemont breathed a sigh in embarrassment. As they were about to walk past a bench they suddenly heard a noise coming from the woods and turned around only to see it was a couple of Zigzagoons playing with each other a couple of feet from them.
"Wow, Zigzagoons!" Bonnie said in excitement. "Clemont can Dedenne and I please play with them? Please!" Clemont smiled down at his sister's eager face.
"Go ahead, but please be safe okay." Clemont told Bonnie as she and Dedenne quickly ran over to the Zigzagoons. He then turned to Korrina gestured at the bench near them. "Why don't we take a seat while we wait for Bonnie until she's finished? Korrina nodded in agreement as they took a seat on the bench.
"You know Clemont; you are a really great brother to Bonnie," Korrina remarked. Clemont looked down at the ground, blinking in embarrassment. "I've never met a pair of siblings who are so close with each other."
"It's nothing really," Clemont said humbly. "Bonnie and I have always been close ever since she was born. Though trust me, we don't always get along. Even though I love her with all my heart I get really embarrassed every time she goes up to a random girl and asks them to marry me. Seriously, if I had a Poke dollar for every time she has done that I would probably be….well, not quite a millionaire, but close."
Korrina giggled. "Does it embarrass you because you are shy around pretty girls? She asked playfully as she gave Clemont a teasing smile that made Clemont blushed as red as a tomato.
"Wh-what? No of course not!" Clemont stuttered as Korrina laughed. She actually thought Clemont looked pretty cute when he acted all nervous like that. "I just don't like it because Bonnie does it with almost every girl while not even asking my opinion on the girl, and see what I have to say about it."
"So what type of girls do you like?" Korrina asked curiously. She had no idea exactly why she was asking Clemont this, she just wanted to know.
"Geez, um, I never really gave it that much thought." Clemont said thoughtfully. Truth be told he was always so busy thinking up of new inventions, and stopping Bonnie from asking every girl to marry her, that he never thought what kind of girl he would like to date, or even marry one day. "Well I know she would have to kind, be fun to hang around with, wouldn't mind most of my inventions exploding, and generally speaking, a wonderful person."
"Well I'm sure you'll find someone like that one of these days." Korrina said to Clemont with a smile. "Who wouldn't want to be with a great guy like you?" She then placed her hand on top of Clemont's and gave it a reassuring squeeze, much to his surprise as he looked at her, eyes wide. For some strange reason as he gazed at Korrina's face, he could feel his heart beating really fast. Why does it feel like my heart is about to burst? Clemont thought to himself as he continued to look at Korrina beautiful face. Wait, did I just call her beautiful? Where did that come from? He suddenly felt his face slowly leaning toward Korrina with Korrina doing the same. What are we doing? Are we about to kiss? Sweet Arceus, I never even held hands with a girl, let alone kiss her. What the heck is going on? Before their faces could get any closer they both heard Bonnie give a high pitch scream making them both jump up and reached for their Pokeball's thinking it was Team Rocket who were launching another attack. Much to their relief, Bonnie wasn't yelling because of Team Rocket but rather, because the Zigzagoons were all nuzzling against her making her laugh in delight.
"Come on you guys cut it out!" Bonnie shrieked happily. "I'm really ticklish!" Seeing that Bonnie was safe Clemont relaxed knowing that his little sister was okay. He looked down and realized that he and Korrina were still holding hands. They looked at each other before quickly releasing each other hands while looking away from each other in embarrassment.
Did I almost kiss Korrina? Clemont thought to himself in confusion.
Did I almost kiss Clemont? Korrina thought to herself in confusion.
Realizing that it was getting late, and he needed to think over what just happened he called Bonnie name to come on over much to her displeasure. "Bye, I hope you have a good night." Bonnie said to the Zigzagoons as she and Dedenne left. She then noticed that Clemont and Korrina were blushing slightly. "Is everything okay with you two? You seemed embarrassed about something.
"What? What would we be embarrassed about?" Clemont said hastily.
"Yeah we were just sitting on the bench, that's all; we didn't do anything but talk." Korrina quickly added. Bonnie raised a skeptical eyebrow at Clemont and Korrina but decided not to ask any more questions about why the two were equal shades of beet-red. They soon made their way to the tournament hotel with them going to their separate rooms with both gym leaders falling on top of their beds.
"What is going on with me?" Korrina asked out loud to herself. "Why did I almost kiss Clemont? Sure Clemont is a great guy, he's a wonderful cook, a strong trainer, he is really cute when he get's and nervous, and-. Korrina stopped as she realized what was happening. Oh man, I have a crush on Clemont." Meanwhile Clemont was thinking similar great things about Korrina in his bedroom. Though he was having a hard time concentrating with Bonnie bombarding him with a million questions.
"What happened between you two? What were you talking about? Were you talking about going on a date? Are you going to marry her?" Bonnie asked esthetically. If Clemont and Korrina were growing closer then this was great news for her. She could rest easy knowing that when she turned ten and started her own Pokémon adventure, that her brother would have someone to take care of him.
"Bonnie, could you please just go to bed?" Clemont asked his sister as he picked her up, practically dropping her on the bed. "I'm going to need to have a good night's sleep for my battle tomorrow."
"Fine, but we are going to talk more about what's happening between you and Korrina tomorrow." Bonnie said as she grabbed her pajamas and went to the bathroom to change. Clemont sighed to himself as he thought more about Korrina. He wasn't sure what was more shocking, the fact that he'd almost kissed Korrina, or that Korrina had tried to kiss him. He rubbed his temples as he tried to get his thoughts in order. He would just have to talk to Korrina about what happened and see what was going on between them. He soon changed into his sleepwear and got in the bed at the same time Bonnie exit out of the bathroom in her pajamas and jumped into her bed.
"Goodnight Clemont, love you." Bonnie said as she got comfortable underneath her blankets.
"Goodnight Bonnie, I love you too." Clemont said as he took off his glasses and put them on the nightstand while also turning off the light.
Whew, I'm finally done with chapter three. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and don't worry, chapter four will be more battle oriented. Till next time, have a good day and please leave a review.