"Trainers, Select your final Pokemon!"
"Firey, You have yet to fight this, but still, you haven't seen my true power yet, Ho-oh, Go Forth!" Darius yelled.
A large flying peacock appeared, it was red with a white underside, a green stripe on the wings and red tail feathers, producing a rainbow trail as it flew around.
"Time for you to see just how much stronger I've gotten,"
A roar boomed through the town, and a large green flying snake appeared.
"Rayquaza vs Ho-oh! Battle Begin!"
"Ho-oh, use Brave Bird!" Darius yelled.
"Rayquaza, Stone Edge!" Firey yelled.
Ho-oh had a white aura around it as it flew towards Rayquaza, only to be intercepted by a row of stones getting taller with each one.
"Ho-oh!" Darius yelled worriedly, "Are you ok?"
Ho-oh squawked in response.
"Alright then, Use Shadow Ball!" Darius ordered.
"Bat it away with Dragon Tail!" Firey ordered.
A black ball was sent towards Rayquaza, but it was sent away from it.
"Try Brave Bird!" Darius yelled, "Different angle this time!"
"Draco Meteor Straight Up!" Firey ordered.
Rayquaza fired an orange ball into the sky, which exploded and released meteors, hitting Ho-oh as it tried to come in from a different angle.
"Ho-oh, be careful!" Darius yelled worriedly.
It squawked in response.
"Now for a Future Sight!" Darius yelled.
Ho-oh's eyes glowed blue for a moment.
"Be careful!" Firey yelled.
"Fire Blast!" Darius yelled.
"Up!" Firey yelled.
The little ball spread into the five pointed star and flew into the wall.
"Use Fly!" Firey yelled.
Rayquaza slammed into Ho-oh out of nowhere, and flew back to its side of the field.
"Brave Bird again!" Darius yelled.
"Fly under it!" Firey ordered.
Ho-oh glowed white as it flew towards Rayquaza, who flew under Ho-oh, at that moment, a lightning bolt struck Ho-oh, causing it to squawk and fly back to its side of the field.
"What the Giratina!?" Darius yelled, "How did Ho-oh get hit by its own Future Sight!?"
"Timing on Rayquaza's part." Firey smirked, "Use Rock Tomb!"
Rayquaza's eyes glowed blue and rocks surrounded Ho-oh, who was unable to dodge, and got itself hit by the last one. Ho-oh squawked and flew back to its side of the field.
"Ho-oh, can you-?" Darius started to ask when a large crash was heard.
The Rainbow Pokemon fell to the ground, knocked out. Sophia, from the locker room, looked on sadly as she saw her boyfriend's legendary defeated.
"Ho-oh is unable to battle, Rayquaza is the winner, and the match, along with the tournament, go to Firey!"
"Congratulations, Firey." Darius said.
"It was close, down to the final Pokemon, and Rayquaza wouldn't of lasted much longer." Firey explained, "I think it was the recoil combined with Stone Edge that sealed it."
"What do you mean?" Darius asked.
"Brave Bird was a little reckless due to its recoil, combined with a double weakness," Firey explained, as if he were assessing the battle just fought, "Remember to watch out for any Rock types."
"That explains everything!" Darius responded, "You should get to Ariana."
At that moment, Darius was hugged from behind.
"I know, Firey actually gave me advice as if we were training, but this match was int...!" Darius tried to exclaim, but was kissed on the lips.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Sakura and a few of the girls she was trying keep away from Firey all cooed.
After the couple pulled apart, they both blushed in embarrassment, as they weren't usually this showy. Firey was in a similar situation to Darius as they just pulled apart, but not as blushy, since both couples ended up on the big screen. Both Legendary Pokemon were returned as they went to the Pokemon Center, and waited for their Pokemon, with their girlfriends. Smeargle had plopped itself next to Darius in an attempt to paint the scene of David and Sakura, her head on his shoulder, his head on hers. The girls giggled and the guys chuckled at Smeargle's attempt at painting. The group then went back to their rooms, preparing for the night ahead.
David was pacing the room, in a suit, as Firey, Darius, and Ariana's Houndoom were all in the room trying to get him to calm down. He's currently beyond nervous.
"David, you are closer to Sakura than any of us, not counting her Venusaur, Jolteon, or Lapras," Firey explained, "Just look at Darius, he was about as sensitive to love as a box, until he met Sophia. Everything changed after that."
David blushed, and started laughing at the fact about Darius, Darius gave Firey a glare, and Firey just continued chuckling. They then continued getting ready.
The girls, along with Firey's Absol, had a similar situation, where Sakura was literally just trying to calm down.
"Sakura," Ariana explained, "I know how you feel, I felt the jitters when Firey and I were first alone together, but it's worth it."
"Huh?" Sakura replied.
"At least it took you a party for him to realize his feelings, for Darius to realize his feelings, I almost died of an unknown disease." Sophia responded, "As for Ariana, it took her a trip to the top of Mt. Pyre, an encounter with an Articuno..."
"That was to confess that I loved him." Ariana cut in, "I realized it when he left for his journey."
"When did he realize?" Sophia asked.
"It was six months before we met up again." Ariana answered.
"Oh, you two realized while apart, and when you met back up with each other, it was then that you confessed." Sophia thought out loud as she put two and two together.
"Knowing that I wouldn't be rejected, due to Sakura." Ariana explained.
"So, don't worry, I think he's just as nervous as you!" Sophia responded.
it was a few hours later that everyone went to the stadium, to find the battlefield turned into a dance floor, and tables and chairs around the lower level of the floor. Firey, David, Darius and Houndoom were all wearing ties, the humans wearing suits. Their jaws, including Houndoom's, hit the floor when the girls, and Sharp, walked out the door.
"Ari," Firey said, breathtaken.
"How do I look?" Ariana asked.
"Beautiful." Firey whispered, causing Ariana to blush and the girls to giggle.
Ariana took Firey's hand, as a couple of Pokemon tried to flirt with Sharp, only to get growled at by Houndoom.
"Hey, my friend wants to talk to you." a boy asked.
"Who me?" Firey and Ariana asked.
"Actually the purple-haired girl." the boy answered.
"Hello," another boy said, "The girl is my sister."
"Noah!?" Firey, Ariana, Darius, Sophia and David all yelled.
"Yep, oh, David, don't worry, I think she likes you." Noah whispered into David's ear.
David suddenly felt butterfrees in his stomach, until said girl returned, hugging him from behind. Ariana and Sophia giggled as the guys tried to hold back from laughing. The girls left to get food and then the boys broke into laughter. David was redder than a shiny Gyarados, and the girls were talking with Sakura, and she was seen to be mistaken for a shiny Plusle, cheeks and ears extremely red.
"Rhyperior!?" David yelled.
"Heheh!" A voice cackled, "We're taking this Pokemon in particular..."
He was, until the loudest roar he had ever heard boomed, and he was looking eye to eye with a young man wearing a green cloak.
"What the Distortion World!?" The voice yelled.
"Not so fast," the cloaked man warned, "Give the Rhyperior back to his trainer or I will hand it over myself!"
The man dropped Rhyperior's Pokeball, sending it back to David. The cloaked man disappeared, along with his Pokemon.
"Hey, David," Sakura asked nervously.
"Sakura, may I have this dance?" David asked nervously.
Ariana and Sophia giggled at the interaction between the two.
"Of course," Sakura said and did something bold.
She kissed him on the cheek as the two went to the dance floor. Sharp and Houndoom kept near each as they conversed with some of the other Pokemon.
The next day, everyone was standing outside the boarding platform for a boat to Unova. Firey handed Darius and David a piece of a Pokeball.
"This was Sudowoodo's Pokeball, but after he died in the incident, I converted it into a token to remember him." Firey explained.
Ariana had an Ultraball that she had done the same thing with, for her Seviper, who also died in the incident. She passed it to the girls.
Firey and Ariana held hands and went on the boat. Everyone waved at them as they left.
