I have finally finished the fourth chapter to the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
And now let the fourth chapter begin!
"I'm glad they still decided to hold the pokemon world championships event! I would've thought that they wouldn't do the pokemon world championships here anymore because of what happened three days ago," said Jay. For the past few days, he had been wondering if the tournament was still going to be held in Striaton City, and he was stoked when he heard it was.
"I know right. I thought they were going to cancel the preliminaries being held here. It's good that they're still doing so," said Anna. She was also glad about this outcome.
"Yeah...very good..." said Iris with a bored tone.
Right now, the six friends were lining up to register their team in the tournament. Everyone was excited. Everyone other than Rose and Iris that is. They weren't going to participate in the championships so they weren't really excited.
Ash went out of line a little bit so he could see how many people were in front of them in the line. "Oh man! There's like about twenty other teams in front of us! This is going to take forever!" he whined.
"Just be patient Ash," said Cilan. "It might take a while but it'll eventually get to us." As usual Cilan was looking at the good side of things and not the bad.
"I suppose so..." Ash let his head droop down. He was not a big fan of waiting, especially in a long line.
The line then moved up. "Finally! The line moved up!" spoke Jay. "Just move up!" said Iris as she gave him a shove forwards. Jay looked back and gave her a glare. Gosh does she need to be so rough? he thought.
"We're at the front of the line! Finally!" said Jay as the team in front moved up to the sign-up desk. The six have been slowly moving up the line in the past while and have finally reached the head of it.
"Yeah," added Ash. "We've been waiting in line for almost forever!" Ash was also happy that they were at the front of the line now.
"Twenty minutes is more like it..." said Cilan. "But if you think so...I don't object-" Cilan was cut off by some sound.
"Tranquill!" The six of them looked up. They spotted a bunch of Tranquill flying overhead.
"Wow! A bunch of Tranquill!" said Ash. "Awesome!"
"How's a bunch of Tranquill awesome?" asked Iris confused. "They're just Tranquill. They're very common. You even had one before it evolved."
"Yeah, but a bunch of Tranquill just looks cool!" Ash continued to stared at the bunch of flying wild pigeon pokemon in awe.
Iris just merely sighed. "What a kid..."
"Next in line please!" called out a voice.
"It's the registration lady!" said Jay. "We've finally been called! Come on you guys, let's go!" The group of six walked up to the registration desk.
"Now what can I do for you bunch?" asked the lady with a smile.
"Er...I thought you could only do one thing here..." said Anna.
"And what may that be dear?"
"Signing-up for the pokemon world championships."
"Oh. You're right dear, there is only one thing for this place and it's to register for the pokemon world championships." Everyone sweatdropped.
"Anyways..." spoke Ash. "We came here to sign-up our team for the pokemon world championships."
"Alright, so what are the names of the participating members?" asked the lady. "Remember, there needs to be three members and one sub so that makes four in total."
"Hmm...who should we make the sub be..." mused Jay. Ruling myself out because I'm not going to be sub he thought.
"I'll be the substitute!" said Cilan as he raised his index finger up.
Ash turned around to face Cilan. "Are you sure?" he asked. Ash wanted to ask just to make sure Cilan was definite about his decision.
"I'm sure," he replied. Cilan was locked on his decision and wasn't going to change it.
"Are you sure?" asked Ash once again. He asked once again just incase Cilan wanted to change. "
"Yes I'm sure," replied Cilan once again. "Do you think I'm going to change my mind that quickly?"
"Are you sure?" asked Ash yet again. He asked one last time just to get Cilan mad. He knew he succeeded because Cilan yelled. "OF COURSE I'M SURE!" That yell silenced everyone within the venue and attracted their attentions.
"Whoa! Geez Cilan, maybe you should calm down a bit," said Ash. "I was only asking just to make sure." Two of those times were at least...thought Ash.
"Well you didn't need to," said Cilan. "I'm always sure about what I'm doing." He was annoyed and it was evident in his voice.
Yeah right! He's not ALWAYS sure about what he's doing! I'm going to make a fool of him right now to prove it! thought Iris.
"Alright then Cilan. If you're always sure about what you're doing, then answer these questions," said Iris with a wicked grin. "Are you a boy?"
What is Iris up to? thought Cilan. He replied to Iris' question. "Yes."
"Do you have green hair?"
"Yes."
"Do you have two brothers?
"Yes." I wonder where Iris is going with this? thought Cilan.
"Are you a pokemon connoisseur?"
"Yes."
"Do you have male genitals?"
"Um...yes..." This is getting annoying thought Cilan. I should just answer yes to all these questions because I know it'll be right.
Iris continued with her questions. "Do you have green eyes?"
"Yes."
"Do you wear nappies when you go to sleep?"
"Yes."
Everyone was shocked when they heard Cilan's reply. Some people who heard it started to laugh. "Er...Cilan..." said Jay. "Yes?" asked Cilan. "Do you actually wear nappies when you go to sleep?"
"Yeah." Cilan then realized what he just said. "Wait a minute. That reply was a mistake. I don't wear nappies." He was waving both his hands in front of himself to signalize what he said was not true.
The sound of the laughter was too loud for anyone to hear him. "Honestly, I don't." Everyone still didn't hear him. He sighed. What a way to make a fool of myself... he thought.
"Ahem!" The registration lady cleared her throat to get their attention. The six of them turned to the lady. "Weren't you guys signing-up for the world championships?" She was getting a bit irritated and impatient.
"Oh, right," said Jay. "Yes we were."
"So have you guys decided your team members or something?"
"Um...yeah."
"So what are the names?"
"It's Jay, Ash and Anna." The lady wrote down some things.
"And who is your sub?"
"Our sub will be Mr Diaper!" replied Jay.
"Haha, very funny," said Cilan sarcastically.
"Seriously," said the lady. Her face had a very solemn look. "What is his name? Not his nickname, his name."
"It's Cilan!" he replied himself. "An A-Class pokemon connoisseur!"
"Wait, you don't happen to be the Cilan do you?" asked the woman.
"Excuse me for asking but what do you mean by the Cilan?"
"Like as in the Cilan. The one and only Cilan."
"Um...I still don't get you..."
"Don't worry...forget about it..." The lady then writ something down. "All right! Now for the last bit of the registration! What is your team name?"
"Team name...I never thought of that..." mused Ash as he placed his finger on his chin and stared blankly into the air.
"I know! We should be called team Pokestars!" said Anna. She sounded really proud of her made up team name.
"Well that does sound ok..." said Ash a bit unsure.
"Come on Ash. The name is good enough. Let's just use it," said Jay.
"Well ok then."
"So it's team Pokestars?" asked the lady just to make sure.
"Yep! Our team will be called team Pokestars," said Jay.
The lady then writ some things down. "Ok. Your team's registration has been successful. Remember to come to the actual event."
"Don't worry, we will..." said Iris. Of course they were going to remember to come! What does that woman think we are? Goldfish? she thought.
"Now come on," said Jay. "We've already signed-up so we should be going now."
"Yeah! Come on guys! We can't just stick around here all day!" said Ash.
Ash and his friends were walking down the streets, each munching away on an ice-cream cone at the same time.
"Mmm! This tastes delicious!" exclaimed Ash in satisfaction as he licked his ice cream. "So good! Almost as good as a Casteliacone!"
"Mmm! This cone tastes so good! Almost as good as a Casteliacone!" said Cilan, also satisfied. "It's so soft and creamy and smooth and delicious and...and soft...and...and..."
"Er...you said soft twice..." said Iris.
Anna laughed. "Is Cilan always like this with food?" She couldn't help but ask.
"Um...yeah...well...most of the time at least," replied Ash. He then licked his ice cream again.
They continued walking for a little before Anna suddenly stopped walking.
Everyone else stopped walking and looked at her. "What are you doing? Why did you stop walking?" asked Iris. "Shh!" shushed Anna. "Listen closely."
The other five went silent and focused hard on listening. They heard a faint sound. A sound of a voice.
"Yeah, I hear it now," said Jay. "What is it?"
"It sounds like someone's voice..." mused Rose.
The voice was rapidly growing louder and louder. "Out of the way! Out of the way! Out of the way!" the voice said repetitively.
The person emitting the voice became visible to them. It was a blonde haired female with a green beret. She was running straight to them. To be more precise, she was running straight to Ash.
"Out of the way! Out of the way! Out of the way!" the girl continuously said whilst running straight at Ash.
"Oh no! Ash! Look out!" yelled Iris and Cilan in unison. They both knew what was about to happen.
Ash turned around and saw the blonde haired girl running directly at him. "Out of the way! Out of the way! Out of the way!" she was yelling. She had her arms extended out in front of her.
"WAAHHH!" screamed Ash. Pikachu jumped out from Ash's shoulder just before the girl rammed him.
Two nearby shopkeepers were carrying a giant fish tank full of water, which Ash fell right into. The shopkeepers were surprised by the event and dropped the giant fish tank onto the ground. It did not crack or break though.
Every stranger nearby who watched the incident was just staring with shocked expressions.
"Pika pi!" called out Pikachu.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry Ash!" apologized the hasty girl.
"Bianca! Can you just be careful next time!" yelled Iris. "This has got to be the one hundredth time this has happened! Are you doing this on purpose or something?" Iris was getting sick of the recurring accident where Bianca would knock Ash into some body of water.
Ash emerged from the surface of the water. He spit some water from his mouth before saying, "I'm fine guys! There's no need to worry!" He then gave a thumbs up.
"Who ever said we were worried?" asked Iris. "I'm not."
"Come on guys! Let's help Ash out of that glass tank shall we?" said Cilan.
They were at Jay's house now, with the group of friends doing various things.
Ash and his Pikachu were sitting down, drying his wet clothes by putting it near the fireplace. Cilan was helping Jay's mother with some things in the kitchen. Jay, Anna, Rose and Bianca were watching the television. Iris was just looking around the house.
"So that has happened before? This isn't the first time you've bumped Ash into some water?" asked Rose.
"I'm not to proud to admit but this has happened a few times before," replied Bianca.
"A few times? This has happened about a million times already!" spoke Ash from near the fireplace.
"Ok, so this has happened about a million times before. They were all just accidents, I swear!"
"Accidents? You either must be the most clumsiest person in the world or...you must be doing this on purpose!" said Jay as he gave a loud laugh. She must be doing this on purpose his mind decided.
"Jay, your house is really nice!" complimented Iris. "It's so cool!" She wasn't usually some sort of house dweller, so her compliments on a house were rarely used. Jay's house was honestly pretty impressive to her. It was perfect in every way. The clean and well kept rooms, the convenient features, the stylish furniture, everything. This was like a house straight from her dreams...even though she's never dreamt of a house before.
"I'm glad you think so!" said Jay. "My mum does her best to keep the house clean. Well...other than the welcome mat outside that is." Sometimes, Jay wondered how his mum could clean the whole house, but totally miss cleaning the welcome mat. Maybe she wanted the mat to stay dirty, but that didn't seem like a realistic answer. I guess I'll just never know...thought Jay.
A television ad snapped him out of his thoughts.
Ready to win it all? If the answer is yes, then this might be what you've been looking for. We are holding the first ever Pokemon World Tournament! Any bunch of trainers can enter the team tournament and the sign-ups for the preliminaries will be taking place during the next few days. Every town will hold the preliminaries for the tournament, so all you trainers out there can enter at the closest one! What are you guys waiting for? Rush to the closest town and register now!
"So I see they are putting up TV ads for the world tournament too," said Rose. "They must really want a lot of trainers to enter."
"Well it is the world tournament after all," said Anna. "What's a world tournament without thousands, maybe even millions of competitors hmm?"
"Well you've got a point there..." said Rose.
"Of course I've got a point! I've always got a point!"
No you don't. You're wrong half the time thought Jay. Of course, he kept those thoughts to himself. If he were to say them, he would probably receive about five powerful slaps to each cheek. He wasn't really keen on that, hence why Jay kept quiet.
"Hey Jay, what is this thing?" asked Iris somewhere in the house.
"What thing?" questioned Jay. He stood up from the couch.
"Um...it's some robot looking thingy in your bedroom I think!" replied Iris. Jay's eyes widened, as he now knew what Iris was talking about. If Iris were to do what he thought she would, Iris would be in for a whole lot of trouble.
"What does this button do?" asked Iris. Jay ran to his room and found her observing his robot, his guard robot. Jay saw that she was pointing at the red button on the robot's metallic body.
"No Iris! Don't press that button!" warned Jay. "You want me to press the button?" asked Iris.
"No! I said don't press the button!" replied Jay. "Ok!" said Iris. She then pressed the red button.
Jay was just standing there, shocked at what Iris had just done. What has she put herself into...he thought. The robot beeped into life. The red lights on its arms were flashing rapidly and the alarm on its head was blaring.
Iris screamed in terror. "W-what in the w-world is t-this?" stuttered Iris. She was slowly backing away from the robot. "It's my guard robot!" answered Jay. "Pressing the red button activates it and makes it attack the first person it sees! It will not stop until the target is annihilated!" "T-that's just g-great," said Iris while stumbling over her own words.
"Jay! What are you doing now?" asked his mother in a demanding tone from the kitchen. "Whatever it is, make it more quiet!"
"Don't worry mum! I'll shut it!" So to shut it, all I need to do is press the green button. I've already done this before so it shouldn't be a problem thought Jay.
Iris was still backing away from the robot slowly. She was not aware that the remote of Jay's bedroom television was right behind her.
"Iris! Look out!" yelled Jay. "Wha?" Iris was searching the ground for the hazard until she tripped over it. She landed onto the ground with a loud boom.
It was then that everyone in the house appeared at Jay's bedroom doorway. They were covering their ears, while watching the scene.
"Jay! You know your guard robot isn't a toy!" yelled his mother. "Turn it off before it hurts your friend!"
"I'm on it mum!" replied Jay. He knew he didn't have much time left before Iris would be attacked. She was on the ground, watching in horror as the robot brang its arms into the air, preparing to strike.
Just as the robot was about to bring its arms down on Iris, it suddenly shut down. Jay had pressed the green button. Iris was relieved that she was saved. She still felt a bit shaky though.
"Need a hand?" Jay offered his hand to Iris. Iris grabbed onto it and was helped back up.
"Thanks Jay," she thanked sincerely. She was really grateful for his help.
"There's no need to thank me. I was just helping out a friend from obliteration." He gave her a smile. I think I'll take back all those times I called him a kid thought Iris.
"That was close!" said Ash. "Iris would've been hurt if it wasn't for Jay! He saved her in the nick of time!" Ash was clearly impressed with him.
"Hey, I could've done that too!" said Anna. She crossed her arms and turned her head to the side with a 'humph'.
Ash started to laugh. "What's so funny?" questioned Iris. She wanted to know why Ash was laughing.
"It's just that-" Ash was cut off by his own laughter. "What Anna just did kinda reminds me of a friend."
"One of us?" asked Jay. But before Ash could answer, Jay's mother walked into the room.
"It's almost sundown now," she told. "I think it would be best if you were all to leave now. It'll get dark real quickly so going as soon as possible would be ideal."
Everyone with the exception of Jay stood up. "Alright then, thanks for letting us stay here..." said Cilan. He was a bit stuck on what to call Jay's mother. "Er...Jay's mother."
"It's been a pleasure!" she replied with a smile. "Now off you guys go before it gets to dark to see!"
"Thank you all for coming to watch this going-to-be fiery event!" said the host. "I am glad to see so many people pop up here to do so!" The red haired host was addressing the crowd with a microphone. You see, it was the day of the tournament and it was going to start really soon.
Ash along with his friends, were sitting in the venue's cafeteria, snacking on things before the actual tournament began. Also, they were watching the TV screen positioned above the cafeteria's entrance. It was viewing the host as he was making his speech.
"I still can't believe that Chili got the position of being the host for the preliminaries here," said Ash. "I find it a bit funny."
"To be honest so do I," said Cilan. "At first though, they were going to make me the host. Although when they found that I was participating, Chili was made the host instead."
Anna turned around to the duo talking. "Be quiet you two!" shushed Anna. "Chili is about to tell the rules!" She then turned back to the screen. Ash and Cilan did the same.
"Now for the rules of this tournament!" announced Chili. He paused and took a brief glance at the cue cards in his hands before speaking again. "Like you guys would already know, this will be a team knockout tournament. To move onto the next round, a team has to win two three on three pokemon battles against their opponent team. Each team member can only battle once each round, so it is restricted for a trainer to battle the same team twice. A team has to report their team order to a tournament organizer before their battles, so they can then report it to me. It also should be known that a team can change their team order before each round. Please also note that subs are only to be used when another member is unable to participate in the next match." Chili took another short pause. "And that covers the basic things of the tournament. If any competitors have any questions regarding the tournament, they are to ask info center located right outside the stadium entrance. The winning team of this preliminary will move onto the next stage of the world tournament, which will be held in Nimbasa City."
"I hope we are the ones to do so," said Jay. Chili's voice made Jay turn his attention back to the screen.
"Now without further ado, we will let the tournament commence!" The crowd cheered wildly. It took a while but the cheers eventually died down.
"For the first match, we have team Lily Angels verse team Pokestars! We wish both teams good luck!" The crowd loudly cheered again.
"Us first?" said Anna with surprise. She stood up from her seat. "Come on guys! We need to go now to inform an organizer of our team's order!"
"Chill Anna! We don't need to rush!" said Jay calmly.
"What do you mean 'we don't need to rush'? Of course we do! Come on and hurry!"
"Hey, are you a tournament organizer?" asked Jay as the group approached a formally dressed man.
The man turned around. "Indeed I am," he replied. "I'm assuming you guys are team Pokestars?"
"Yes we are, and we came to inform you of our team order," said Anna.
"Alright then." The man got out a clipboard with a piece of paper. "What is it?"
"So who shall we send in first?" asked Anna. "You guys can decide." You see, she really mind which order the team was in.
"Ok then, I'll go first if you guys don't mind!" said Ash.
"And I'll go second then!" said Jay.
"In that case, I'll go last," said Anna.
"So has your team decided the order?" asked the man.
"Yeah," replied Anna. She then told the man of their team's order.
"Alright then, you guys are set. Now go out there and fight the first match. You guys are a bit late."
"Got it! Now come on Pikachu! We've got a battle to win!" cried Ash excitedly.
"Pi pikachu!" His yellow friend shared his excitement. The two then disappeared down the hallway, almost as fast as lightning.
"The first battle of the tournament will now start, but first, let me introduce to you guys the competitors!" announced Chili. "On the right side of me, the first representative from team Pokestars!"
Ash stepped out into the stadium. He looked around and saw everyone had their eyes on him.
"Everyone, its Ash from Pallet Town!" The crowd cheered wildly as Ash took his position on the battlefield.
"And now, the first representative from team Lily Angels!"
Ash saw a girl step out into the stadium. He gazed at her. She had long blue hair and blue eyes. She wore a black and pink sleeveless mini dress, a white undershirt and pink boots. She also had a white beanie on with half of a pokeball on the front.
I'm sure I've seen this girl somewhere...she looks very familiar...Ash thought. He was mentally racking his brain, wondering where he's seen her before. It was then that it had struck him. He knew who she was now. It can't be her...can it? he thought. Chili's voice broke him from his thoughts.
"Everyone, give it up for Dawn from Twinleaf Town!" his voice rung throughout the stadium.
She walked up to her side of the battlefield before looking directly at her opponent.
"Alright, get ready to be beaten!" Dawn then got out a pokeball and enlarged it. She just stood there for a few moments, staring hard at her opponent before realizing something.
"W-wait...is that...you Ash?"
I hope you guys thought this chapter was at least a little bit good.
Also, reviews are welcome!