Sinnoh Elites
"Why does he keep doing this?" Dawn sighed watching the first match of the Elite four battle.
"Pip-lup Pippy. (It's great for training purposes.)" Her piplup replied.
"Yeah, but he does this, and decides not to become the official champion." Dawn sighed.
"Piplup pip, lup pip pip. (Lucas is smart, I'm sure there is a reason.)" Piplup said looking in awe of the battle down below them. Since they were past champions, they had special seats to watch any pokemon league battles they wanted to. Lucas had the same privilege, but he loved training with the Elite Four. To him, it felt like they were some of the only worthy trainers who might be able to stand up to him. There was also Barry, but he was busy training up near Stark Mountain all the time, and only came down to the fight area on weekends.
"And with that final blow! Lucas and Infernape have defeated Aaron and Drapion! Now Aaron only has one pokemon left, while Lucas amazingly has four in reserve!" The male announcer said excitedly.
"Okay, let's go Vespiquen!" Aaron said throwing out his last pokemon, even though his face showed that he knew this match was over.
"Infernape, flare blitz, go!" Lucas shouted with determination. Infernape suddenly turned into a mighty flame as it rushed at Vespiquen.
"Vespiquen! Air slash!" Aaron said, with no signs of backing down. Vespiquen flew back then launched itself forward, cutting through the air. The attack was in an ark, but Infernape dived out of the way. Infernape rushed at Vespiquen again and slammed its flaming body into Vhepiquen's torso as hard as it could. It went flying into the wall with a large amount of dust coming off of the walls from the impact.
"It seems like this match is over ladies and gentlemen!" The announcer said with excitement. "Would everyone please move in a calm, and orderly fashion into the next room? Our next match will begin in a moment."
"Vespiquen, return." Aaron said giving a sigh.
"Don't feel down about it Aaron, you always put up a great fight." Lucas smiled, putting Infernape's pokeball back in his bag.
"Yeah, well, that means alot coming from you." Aaron said calmly holding out his hand. Lucas gave a soft smile and they shook.
"One day, I'll be strong enough to have a battle like our very first one." Aaron said withdrawing his hand.
"I look forward to it. Don't worry, I'll be back later." Lucas said with a smile. Aaron gave a nod, and Lucas walked into the next hallway. He took the elevator upwards, and walked into the room where the next member of the Elite Four stood.
"Ah, and here I thought it would be a new challenger. " Bertha said giving a smile.
"What? Am I not welcome here anymore?" Lucas asked, earning a laugh from her and the audience. He looked up in the champions booth, where Dawn and Piplup were watching happily. They both gave him a wave, and he smiled back.
"Now then, are we just going to stand around and talk all day? Or are we going to battle?" Bertha asked, drawing her first pokeball.
"Do you even have to ask?" Lucas smiled, pulling one of his pokeballs from his bag. They both stood there ready for a great battle.
"As league regulations state, this will be a six on six match. Any and all pokemon are allowed. Since both trainer are ready. Three, two, one, go!" The announcer said excitedly. Both trainers threw out their pokemon.
"It looks like Elite Four member Bertha has sent out Quagsire! And the challenger, Lucas, has sent out his Torterra!" The announcer said, and the audience went dead quiet, waiting for one of the trainers to make a move.
"Quagsire! Mud shot!" Bertha said. Quagsire picked up some mud off of the ground and hurled it at Torterra who simply just stood there.
"Torterra, leech seed." Lucas said, and Torterra released multiple seeds that all hit Quagsire.
"Quagsire, use amnesia!" Quagsire stopped and took a deep breath, it began to glow slightly, and when it opened its eyes, it appeared to be one hundred percent battle focused.
"Okay, Torterra, wood hammer!" Torterra stampeded towards Quagsire and slammed it with the large tree growing on its back, sending quagsire flying into the wall, causing it to faint.
"Quagsire, return." Bertha said withdrawing the exhausted pokemon.
"That wasn't my first plan, but better to be safe than sorry." Lucas stated.
"I see you haven't lost your edge, alright, let's go Hippowdon!" Bertha smiled.
"Torterra, before they can breathe, hit em with a leech seed!" Lucas shouted. Torterra made the same attack as before, hitting Hippowdon with multiple tiny seeds.
"Hippowdon, strike back with ice fang!" Bertha smiled, causing Lucas to gasp. Hippowdon rushed forward and bit hard onto Torterra, causing it to cry out in pain.
"Torterra! Giga drain!" Lucas shouted before the pokemon could faint.
The seeds along hippowdon began glowing and draining its energy away. The tired Torterra began to look less and less like it's been in the battle, and before long, it drained so much energy from Hippowdon, it was completely rejuvenated.
"Torterra, finish it with a crunch attack!" Lucas smiled. Torterra made no objections, and bit deeply into Hippowdon's neck causing it to cry out in pain, and faint.
"Hippowdon, return." Bertha said giving a sigh. "Alright, let's go Gliscor!" She threw out another pokeball, and the fang scorpion pokemon came flying out.
"Torterra, be careful with this one." Lucas said in a concerned tone.
"Gliscor! X scissor!" Bertha said with a smile.
"Hit it back with a wood hammer!" Lucas said, not daring to look. Torterra batted at the winged scorpion, but Gliscor managed to land its attack by hitting Torterra's tree as it swung its wood hammer attack. Torterra cried out in pain, as Gliscor was sent flipping back to Bertha.
"Torterra!" Lucas shouted in fear.
"Now Gliscor! Night slash!" Bertha said with a sigh of relief." Gliscor flew straight toward Torterra, and slashed it with it's claw. Torterra went sliding across the ground, but a red light hit it before anything else could hurt it.
"You did great buddy, time to take a rest." Lucas said putting Torterra's pokeball back in his bag. He looked around in the bag for a second, before pulling out another pokeball.
"Your turn to throw a pokemon out." Bertha smiled.
"Alright, let's go Staraptor!" Lucas said throwing out the pokeball containing the predator pokemon.
"Okay, Gliscor! Poison jab!" Bertha said, not wanting to lose another battle.
"Quick Staraptor, aerial ace!" Lucas said. Both pokemon flew at each other, but Staraptor was much faster, and sliced Gliscor out of the air. Gliscor came crashing back down, and fainted.
"Okay, Gliscor, come back." Bertha said with a smile. "Go Golem!" The Megaton pokemon literally shook the ground when it landed.
"Golem, stone edge!" Bertha said calmly.
"Staraptor, dodge it, then hit it with steel wing!" Lucas said. Staraptor flew into the air, narrowly avoiding the sharp stones that appeared from the ground. It flew directly at the shocked Golem, and its wings began to shine from the light. Staraptor slammed its left wing into Golem, sending it rolling into the wall.
"Golem!" Bertha said nearly running toward the pokemon, before she could, Golem got up, and stood, ready to keep battling.
"Staraptor, finish it off with close combat!" Lucas said.
"Golem, stealth rock." Bertha said with a sigh. Golem released multiple tiny stones into the battlefield, that disappeared as soon as they hit the ground. Staraptor closed in, and took out Golem in a frenzy of attacks.
"Golem, return." Bertha sighed. "It appears that I only have two pokemon left." She picked up another pokeball, and tossed it into the field.
"Whiscash, alright." Lucas said, quickly forming a plan in his head.
"Whiscash, zen headbut!" Bertha said with a calm look on her face.
"Staraptor, send it back down with an Aerial ace attack!" Lucas countered.
Whiscash lept into the air off of its tail, and went headfirst toward Staraptor, slamming into it, but Staraptor remained in flight. On its way down, Staraptor circled back and returned the favour, by sending Whiscash back down to earth. Whiscash got up and shook off the pain from the fall, and the attack.
"Staraptor, keep going with aerial ace! Don't give them a chance to breathe!" Staraptor kept pelting Whiscash with aerial ace, after aerial ace before it could do anything.
"Whiscash, get back!" Bertha said, not wanting any more harm to come to her pokemon.
"Staraptor, great job, but she's still got one more." Lucas called out.
"Indeed, I do, go Rhyperior!" Bertha said with all of her hopes.
"Okay, Staraptor, use Steel wing." Lucas said calmly.
"Rhyperior, Hammer arm!" Bertha said. As Staraptor got close, Rhyperior used its arm like a hammer and grounded Staraptor before it's attack could land.
"Now Rhyperior! Rock Wrecker!" Bertha smiled. Rhyperior broke off one of the large rocks from around the arena, and slammed it into Staraptor, breaking the bolder over it.
"Staraptor! If you can, Close combat attack!" Lucas shouted desperately. Staraptor mustered all of its remaining strength, and launched itself at Rhyperior, hitting it restlessly, before Rhyperior could recharge. Both pokemon stopped what they were doing, and fell forward from exhaustion.
"And that's the match!" The announcer exclaimed.
"Staraptor, return, you've earned yourself a rest." Lucas said with a sigh of relief.
"You too, Rhyperior." Bertha sighed.
"That was a great match." Lucas said taking a breath.
"Indeed, if only that move had finished it, you've raised your pokemon like an expert." Bertha smiled.
"Aww, thanks." Lucas smiled.
"Indeed, that was a great match." Another voice came from behind them.
"Cynthia? " Lucas questioned, turning around.
"Indeed." She chuckled. She pointed up at the stands, specifically the champions booth and called Dawn down to the floor. "We're going to meet her in the hallway."
"Wait, what's going on?" Lucas asked in a puzzled tone.
"I'll explain once we meet with Dawn and Barry." Cynthia stated. The two of them walked down the hall where both Dawn and Barry were waiting for them at the top of the stairs.
"Hey Lucas, nice battle, I don't usually come down to watch these things. But, when the pokemon champion herself asked me to come down, I really couldn't say no." Barry said greeting Lucas in a fast paced talking that he almost couldn't understand.
"So, why did you call us here?" Dawn asked holding onto Piplup like a teddy bear.
"I called you all here, because there is going to be a tournament. Not just any tournament though. This tournament will bring the strongest trainers from around the world together." Cynthia explained, nearly causing the three trainers jaws to drop.
"Here you go." She said handing them around.
"Who's the last letter for?" Barry asked.
"It says its for a trainer named Uni." Cynthia read.
"Uni? I remember him. Dawn and I used to hang around him when we were younger, then he decided to go on an adventure in a different region with an Eevee." Barry smiled.
"I wonder how he's doing nowadays?" Dawn questioned.
"Here, give the note to me, I can run it to his house in Twinleaf." Barry said.
"Alright, here you go." Cynthia said handing the letter over to the hyperactive boy.
"I'll deliver this right away!" Barry said running out of the hallway.
"Now then, Lucas, try not to keep me waiting too long." Cynthia said following him up to the bleachers, only to walk past the area entirely.
"I'd better go up to my seat. I'll be rooting for you." Dawn said walking up the steps.
"Thanks, nice to know you have my back." Lucas said taking a deep breath.
"Alright, in front of me lies Flint and Lucian. After that, the real battle begins." Lucas thought to himself.
"Time to give it everything we've got!"
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