A/N: Finally, it's done. It was a little longer than I had thought it would be... but I'm happy with it anyway. By the way, Yes, I know I gave Flygon five moves... It was unintentional but I don't want to change a previous chapter and I couldn't think of a way around it that still fit the way I wanted the battle to end... So enjoy a hacked Flygon. Besides, they do that in the anime anyway. We all know who Pokemon is owned by, cause it's certainly not me. I hope you enjoy this exciting conclusion!
Part III
The crowd roared almost as loudly as Charizard upon his release from the pokeball. Ash smiled at his most powerful Pokemon, while Jacob was enjoying the idea of the match up between Flygon and Charizard. At nearly the same time, both trainers called out to their dragons, "Fly up!" and both Pokemon took to the sky.
"Charizard, Flamethrower!" Charizard opened his mouth and fired a breath of fire at Flygon.
"Dive and dodge it, Flygon! Then use Dragon Rage!" Flygon dove several feet and flew below Charizard. Flygon then fired his Dragon Rage attack at Charizard, who dove as well and avoided the attack. Charizard sent another Flamethrower at Flygon, who flew higher this time to dodge, and used the same attack. Once again, Charizard avoided the attack and used the same move one more time.
"Flygon, when you dodge it this time, fly in and use Dragon Claw!" Jacob called, analyzing the battle as it progressed in front of him. Flygon sped towards Charizard and dodged the Flamethrower by inches. In a second, Flygon was slashing at Ash's Pokemon with glowing claws. Charizard was knocked back, but quickly regained balance and roared.
"Charizard, Steel Wing!" Ash shouted to his airborne Pokemon, who flew towards Flygon with metallic shining wings.
"Dragon Claw, Flygon!" Jacob's dragon Pokemon slashed at Charizard when he was inches away, but the attack missed, and the fire Pokemon slammed his wing into Flygon. "Quick, Dragon Rage, while he's close!" Flygon recovered from the attack almost instantly and turned around fast enough to fire a beam of energy at Charizard's back.
Charizard fell for a few seconds before opening his wings again and catching air. He pumped his wings hard only feet from the ground and flew back to the sky.
"Flygon, great job! Use Dragon Rage one more time!"
"Flamethrower!"
The two powerful beams met between the two Pokemon, and they hovered in the air while continuing their attacks, trying to outlast the other.
"Come on, Flygon, you can win this one!" Jacob cheered on his Pokemon, while his opponent simply smiled.
Ash placed his hand on his cap and turned it backwards, and then looked back up at his Pokemon, still giving his all to overpower Flygon. "Alright, Charizard, let's finish this! Overheat!"
Charizard's body glowed a burning red, and, taking over the Flamethrower attack, launched an immense beam of white fire, with orange flames spiraling around it. The intense attack easily overpowered Flygon's Dragon Rage, and engulfed Flygon in flames.
When the attack subsided, Flygon fell to the ground, but, like Charizard, opened his wings at the last second and skimmed over the ground before ascending, weakly.
"Charizard, Seismic Toss!" Ash called out before Jacob could celebrate Flygon's recovery. Charizard sped toward Flygon at an intense speed and grabbed him by the wings. He then began to pull Jacob's Pokemon high in the sky, with Flygon unable to free himself from Charizard's grip. When Charizard reached the peak of his flight, he flew in vertical back flips to gain momentum for the upcoming attack.
"Flygon, If you're going to go down, take Charizard with you! Draco Meteor!" Jacob called out to the sky, hoping his Flygon could hear.
During the last flip, Flygon charged and launched an orange orb of energy into the sky. As Charizard began to dive back to the ground, with Flygon still in his clutches, the orb exploded, releasing hundreds of smaller energy meteors down ward. They fell at nearly the same speed as Charizard's dive, and the ground was approaching fast.
At the last second, Charizard opened his wings and let go of Flygon, sending him into the ground with no time to react. Seconds later, the energy meteors pummeled into the ground, many of them exploding into Charizard square in the back. The remaining meteors left the battle field a giant dust cloud that could barely be seen through.
Ash and Jacob stared intently through the dust, looking for any signs of movement, but there was none. Slowly, the dust began to settle, and two silhouettes began to take shape. It took what felt like minutes, but finally, when everyone could see, both trainers' Pokemon stood, but they were trembling from their opponents' respective attacks.
The what happened next was followed only by these words, "Neither Pokemon are able to battle, the round is a draw!"
Both Pokemon had fallen to the ground at the same time.
"Wow! Now that is what I call a dragon battle! Ladies and Gentlemen, we have been graced with a battle between two very spectacular trainers, who now have only one Pokemon left! If you weren't excited about this battle before, you better be now!" The crowd exploded with cheers and applause as the announcer gave another statement.
Ash sighed as he recalled his Charizard, "You did great pal. It was really cool to see you fight again. Take a nice long rest. Pikachu," He said, looking down at his best friend once more, "You ready to end this battle?" Pikachu nodded with a look of excited determination, and ran out into the field once more, earning a volume increase in applause.
"I guess this fits, Ash," Jacob started, only receiving a confused look from his opponent. "After this long battle it comes down to a battle between your first Pokemon," he paused to let Ash realize what he was about to say, "and mine." Instead of pulling out a pokeball from his belt, he removed it from his jacket pocket, "He really doesn't like being in a pokeball, a lot like your Pikachu, but he agreed to add to our little surprise. Come on out!" Jacob threw the pokeball high in the air above him and the pokeball opened up to release the small, clawed, black Pokemon. "Weavile!"
Ash and Jacob's Pokemon met eyes for what felt like an hour, while the audience's roar softened to nothing.
"Weavile, Night Slash!" Jacob shouted, breaking the silence. His Pokemon disappeared in a black blur and, with impressive speed, slashed at Pikachu, who was sent flying. "Again!" He told his Weavile, who jumped with high strength and slashed at Pikachu again, this time sending him down toward the ground. Pikachu flipped in the air and landed on all fours, causing an uproar from the crowd. Weavile landed in front of his opponent.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash called out, to which his Pokemon sent a bolt of lightning at Weavile.
"Ice Punch!" Jacob punched in the air, as Weavile cocked back his right claws, which were glowing light blue. The sharp claw Pokemon punched the Thunderbolt attack hard, splitting the lightning into different directions.
"Wow, that is a strong Weavile," Ash commented, considering his next move. "Pikachu, use Iron Tail!"
"Counter his Iron Tail with Metal Claw!" Jacob shouted barely a second later, and the two Pokemon charged at each other, Pikachu with a glowing tail and Weavile with shining claws. Pikachu jumped and did a front flip, as he did against Gardevoir, while Weavile spun and brought his right claw out. Tail and claw collided with such force that the sound boomed over the stadium, and both Pokemon flew backwards.
"Weavile, Night Slash!" Jacob called out as soon as his Pokemon landed on his feet. Pikachu had landed on his back, but quickly got back up.
"Quick Attack! Try to counter Weavile's speed!" Ash responded. Pikachu and Weavile ran at each other at incredible speeds, but seconds before Pikachu would have rammed into Weavile, the latter spun out of the way and slashed at Pikachu's side. The mouse Pokemon fell to the ground, but once again stood back up. Pikachu jumped back to avoid any follow-up from Weavile.
"Night Slash, again!"
"Quick Attack!"
Just as before, the Pokemon sped towards each other, and once again, moments before Pikachu would have scored a hit, Weavile spun out of the way. Ash was prepared this time, "Now, Iron Tail!" he shouted.
Pikachu's tail glowed and, before Weavile could react, Pikachu slammed his hard-as-steel tail into Jacob's Pokemon. Weavile was launched into a wall and fell to the ground.
Despite a powerful impact, Weavile jumped from the ground and landed back in a fighting stance. "Great job, Weavile! Now, use Metal Claw!" Jacob cheered on his Pokemon as Weavile ran at Pikachu with two glowing claws.
"Iron Tail!" Pikachu's tail shone as the mouse Pokemon spun sideways and slammed his tail into Weavile's claw. Weavile slashed at Pikachu with his free claw, but Pikachu jumped above Weavile and flipped to bring his tail down. Weavile crossed his claws and blocked the attack, and then pushed up to flip Pikachu back around. Pikachu landed and tried to Iron Tail again at Weavile's side, but the dark type Pokemon saw this and blocked with both claws again.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash suddenly called, and his Pokemon fired a close-range blast at Weavile. Jacob's Pokemon raised his claws at the last second to defend, and stayed on his feet as he was pushed all the way back to his own side. His claws sparked with electricity when the attack subsided.
"Alright, Weavile, let's show this Pikachu that he's not the only Pokemon that can combine attacks. Use Metal Ice Claw!" Jacob triumphantly shouted as Weavile charged an Ice Punch while running at Pikachu. Before he was even close to Ash's Pokemon, Weavile punched the air, sending the charged ice energy to hover forward. Jacob's Pokemon then slashed through the energy with Metal Claw, freezing the attack and changing Weavile's glowing claws from white to a light shade of blue. All of this occurred in under a second.
"Pikachu, block that attack with another Iron Tail!" Pikachu ran forward and jumped, spun in mid-air and slammed his Iron Tail onto Weavile's custom attack. However, What nobody expected was that Weavile's Metal Ice Claw froze Pikachu's tail.
Jacob used the element of surprise to his advantage and called out, "Weavile, Ice Punch!" In an instant his Pokemon grabbed Pikachu's frozen tail with one claw, charged an Ice Punch with the other, and pulled Pikachu in while punching to double the power of the blow. Weavile dug his claw into the ice on Pikachu's tail and used the force of the hit to spin around and throw the electric Pokemon into a wall on the other side of the field.
"Pikachu, no!" Ash yelled in fear, but Pikachu weakly stood. His legs were shaking, but he refused to fall.
Jacob looked at Ash's injured Pokemon, and then at his own, who was still in decent shape. "Ash, your Pikachu is in no more condition to fight. If he continues, he could end up a lot worse."
Ash considered this, and then looked at Pikachu. He shot him a look that said, "It's up to you, buddy." After a pause, Pikachu slowly walked on all fours out to the battlefield again. The mouse Pokemon looked at its frozen tail and tried to move it, but to no avail. "Well, Pikachu?" Ash asked his friend, out loud this time.
Pikachu's tail glowed from inside the ice, and the Pokemon responded by jumping in the air, somersaulting mid-jump and smashing into the ground with Iron Tail, shattering the ice. The crowd roared as Pikachu sent sparks flying from his cheeks, ready to finish the battle.
"Jacob, it looks like you have your answer," Ash smiled.
"Suit yourself, Ash. Weavile, use Night Slash!" Weavile disappeared in a blur as he did at the beginning of the round, but Ash was ready.
"Use Thunderbolt as a counter shield!" Pikachu charged his electricity, and then released lightning bolts in every direction, creating an electric cage around himself. The unsuspecting Weavile sped right into one of the bolts and was knocked away.
"Dig underneath the shield!" Weavile used his razor sharp claws to rapidly dig a tunnel underneath Pikachu's counter shield. For several seconds nothing happened, and the only sound was the crackling of Pikachu's electric cage. Suddenly, Jacob shouted, "Metal Claw!"
Once again, Ash was prepared. The moment he saw signs of where Weavile was coming out from, he yelled, "Pikachu, Iron Tail the ground!" His Pokemon stopped firing electricity, jumped in the air and as he did before, aimed his steel tail at the ground. In almost perfect timing, Weavile emerged from the ground with only a moment to spare before getting slammed on the head by Iron Tail and, like a Whack-a-mole, Weavile shot back down the hole he came from.
"Weavile!" Jacob shouted in fear, waiting for a response. For a minute, there was silence. The referee held up a flag towards Ash. "Weavile is unable to-" he was interrupted by the sound of crumbling earth on Ash's side of the field. All at once, the ground beneath Pikachu exploded, sending him several feet in the air, Weavile jumped out and aimed a powerful Ice Punch at the mouse Pokemon, sending him almost as high as Charizard had carried Flygon. Pikachu then began to fall.
"Alright Weavile, let's end this for real this time! Jump up and hit him head on with Metal Ice Claw!" Weavile charged Ice Punch in both hands and, in one spin, slashed through the energy with Metal Claw, creating the metal and ice combination. With that, he jumped with great strength to end the fight.
"Pikachu, Volt Tackle!" Ash shouted at the top of his lungs. Pikachu, while falling, charged up, changed his fall into a dive and was immediately consumed by electricity. Everything was silent as Pikachu fell and Weavile ascended at the roughly the same speed. The two trainers looked up, knowing that this would be the final move of the match.
When the two Pokemon were mere feet apart, Ash screamed, "Iron Tail now Pikachu!" Weavile spun to gain momentum for his slash as Pikachu flipped over, electrically charging his Iron Tail attack and bringing it downward. The two double attacks collided with a bang, and exploded on impact roughly thirty feet in the air. Pikachu and Weavile fell from the smoke cloud and both landed hard on the ground on the opposite trainers' respective sides.
Despite such an intense explosion, the two Pokemon slowly got up and stared at each other. They both were trembling from fatigue. Pikachu barely stood on all fours, while Weavile was hunched over with limp arms, panting. After around ten seconds, Weavile went down on one knee, and collapsed.
"Weavile is unable to battle, Pikachu is the winner. The Victor is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" The crowd roared as Ash beamed, running to pick up his Pikachu.
The announcer went into hysterics while trying to speak louder than the crowd, despite having a giant PA system. "Ash wins! Ash wins! Ash Wins! Ash is the Champion! Ash is the Champion! After the most exciting, most intense, most amazing battle I've ever seen, Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town in Kanto has won the tournament! Ladies and gentlemen, I am still shaking after such an awesome battle by two incredibly skilled trainers! Give it up for both competitors!" The crowd continued to roar and applaud at Ash, who was waving from where he picked up Pikachu.
Jacob, though disappointed, smiled anyway when he walked over to his fallen Weavile. He picked up his old friend and reached in one of the inside pockets of his jacket. "You did great today, Weavile. Here, rest up," He said, while pulling out a berry from his pocket and feeding it to his Pokemon. Weavile swallowed the berry, and, after a second, Jacob put him down to walk for himself. He then proceeded to shout over the crowd, "Hey, Ash!"
Ash barely heard him, but heard him nonetheless, and carried Pikachu over to where Jacob was standing. He cradled Pikachu in one arm and held out another to Jacob. "That was one of the best battles I've ever had. You really are a great trainer."
"Thanks," Jacob said, while shaking Ash's hand, "You are too. Here," he said, letting go of Ash's hand, reaching in his pocket and handing Ash a few berries, "take these. They're Sitrus Berries for your Pikachu."
"Oh, thanks," Ash smiled at the Johto trainer.
Jacob nodded once, and then walked off to avoid the large amount of people that were already crowding the battlefield. Ash tried calling to him, but he was already too far and there were too many people to try to get through.
"Let me through!" the announcer shouted, trying to get past the crowd of people huddling around Ash in order to congratulate him personally. When he finally got the audience's attention, he proclaimed, "Ladies and gentlemen! I present to you," he held up Ash's arm before continuing, "The Battle Frontier Exhibition Tournament Champion!" The crowd exploded in applause as the announcer frantically shook Ash's hand.
Jacob stayed for the closing ceremonies, and he and his Weavile watched as the announcer, who turned out to be Tucker, the head of the Battle Dome, presented the first place trophy to Ash. They then had numerous pictures taken while Ash called out all of the Pokemon he used in the final battle to have more pictures taken.
"Wea?" Weavile looked up at Jacob, who smiled back at his Pokemon.
"Yeah, yeah. We're leaving now," he said, as he got up from his seat and left, with Weavile following closely behind. It was barely a minute before the ceremony dismissed, and everybody else started leaving too.
People were scurrying to get to one of the three ferries on time, and Jacob chuckled while pulling out a pokeball. "It's times like these I'm glad I was raised a Dragon tamer." Weavile nodded in approval as Jacob called out his Flygon, "Ok, Weavile, get up." The sharp claw Pokemon jumped onto Jacob's back before he climbed on to his dragon.
"So, where are you going to go now?" He heard a voice from behind him. He didn't need to look to know who it was, he had heard the voice for a majority of the past thirty minutes.
"Back to Blackthorn," he said, while stepping down from Flygon's back to talk to his new friend. "You?"
Ash looked at Pikachu on his shoulder, his trophy, then back to Jacob, "I'm going to the Isshu Region. Hopefully I can do as well in their tournament as I did here."
"You gotta get the badges though, first," Jacob smirked.
Ash laughed, "Details, details." He then paused for a second, obviously thinking about something important. Jacob waited to see what it could be, but when Ash didn't say anything else, he took his cue.
"Well, I think it's about time for me to go. Flygon has a long flight ahead of him and we want to beat sunset," Jacob said while stepping onto Flygon's back again. He placed his legs over the joint between the dragon Pokemon's wings and it's back, and looked back at Ash.
"Wait! Do you want to come with me to Isshu?" Ash asked loudly and abruptly. "You're obviously a strong trainer and I think we both can get better if we trained together. Do you really want to spend your life just training in Blackthorn City?"
Ash sounded convincing to Jacob, but he already had his response; "You're a great trainer, Ash. I'm sure you'll be able to get better no matter who you're adventuring with. And I agree with what you said, I hope someday in the future we can have a rematch. That way I can beat you!" Jacob smiled.
"You wish!" The two trainers laughed, but Ash grew silent as he knew their goodbyes were soon. "So, you're sure you don't want to come?"
"I'm sure. I have my own matters in Blackthorn I need to deal with, decisions I have to make before I can do anything. But remember, if you're ever in Blackthorn-"
"That's where I'll find you," Ash finished Jacob's sentence smiling.
"Exactly, and if not," Jacob shrugged, "Somebody will know where I am. Sayonara, Ash." Jacob gave a thumbs up, while his Weavile half waved, before his Flygon pumped its wings and flew off to the northeast, taking with it a new friend and future rival for Ash.
"See ya, Jacob!" he shouted to the departing trainer, smiling, "I can't wait for our rematch!" He watched them fly off until Flygon was just a dot in the distance.
"Pika-chu," Ash's Pokemon said from his shoulder.
"That's right, Pikachu. We're done here." He took another glance northeast, but couldn't see Flygon anymore. He looked at his trophy and finally back up to Pikachu, "First we'll drop this off at home. Then our next stop is the Isshu Region!
A/N: So, first off, as always please review to tell me what you think. I accept any reviews even if it's just to say "good (or bad) story." Also, as I said in a previous chapter, I am considering using Jacob as a main character in a new fic. If you want to voice your opinion about the character as you've seen in this story, feel free to review or send me a message about it. A warning though, if I don't hear from people, I probably won't write it. Sayonara! -Carson-