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Final Voting Count:: Number of votes: 85 / Number of people that voted for a Prequel at some point: 67+ guest confirmations
Day Count: 153 (before the events of this chapter)
For now I'm going to say that each chapter will be up every week, roughly. I will inform you whenever I get any buffer chapters and can update faster or if something comes up to alter this schedule.
Thanks for your patience! Enjoy! :D
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Normal Talk
Thoughts
Lucario talking unless stated otherwise
Zoroark talking unless stated otherwise
Mienshao talking unless stated otherwise
Let the journey continue...
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Harley felt something slide across his cheek and that small movement woke him. The cucumber on his left eye was now missing and as such he glanced down at the side of his bed to see his lovely little Smoochum smiling at him.
"Smoochum!" She cried out, still holding the cucumber slice.
Harley stretched and popped a few joints before pulling the other slice from his face and sitting up. "Thanks hun. I can always count on you for a good wake up call." His Smoochum had gotten into the habit of waking up before him, releasing herself from her own poke ball and then waking him up and going through his daily routine. Harley rose and walked towards the bathroom, Smoochum toddled along behind him and reached high to throw the second cucumber slice away once she saw Harley throw his other in the trash bin.
She watched him wash his face and let down his hair as she leapt to the toilet and then the counter. After he got his clothes on and was done with everything. He placed Smoochum on his shoulder.
"Now let's go and destroy Harold," Harley grinned. Smoochum cheered from his shoulder as her trainer walked out of the door to his room and down the hall.
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Everyone had come to understand that they would all be having kinda odd schedules so each person was kinda wondering who would actually have the free time to watch their battles. Most everyone in the two groups, minus Bonnie and Lyn had a match or their own training schedule they'd devised for the next few days. It was throw up as to who would be watching Harley's battle this early in the morning.
As he made his way to the bar in the main room to get a quick bite for breakfast, he took note of who was there. Solidad and Nando didn't surprise him too much, since Solidad always liked to stick her nose into his business and Nando liked her company. He saw Ash, Misty, and Drew were awake and talking about something, at least whenever there wasn't food in Ash's or Pikachu's mouths. It seemed everyone else was training or still asleep.
"Ah and the Duchess makes her appearance."
Harley cringed in annoyance at the familiar voice. This also attracted the attention of his friends at the bar and the other few people in the Chateau who were awake that morning.
"I swear I'm going to break your leg if you keep calling me that."
"Smoochum smoo smoo chum!" Shmoochum bickered at Harold from Harley's shoulder.
"Surely you don't expect to defeat me with that little toy?" Harold asked and shrugged his shoulders.
Harley grit his teeth and leaned closer to him. "I'm certain my darling Smoochum could handily take care of you, but I chose my choice last night."
"Ah of course, as did I."
"It seems our first two competitors for today have awoken. The battle will be in thirty minutes," Turner spoke as he approached. He glanced at Ash and smiled. "How do you feel today, Master Ashton?"
Ash flushed barely at being called Master by someone other than Lucario. "Uh just fine. Lucario too. We just needed a good rest."
"Excellent. I'll see you all outside, shortly."
Turner walked away and Harold smirked and did the same. Harley grumbled and walked over to get a seat at the bar.
"Break his leg? I don't think you could break someone's leg if you tried." Solidad smirked playfully.
Harley growled and rolled his eyes after telling the waiter to bring him a breakfast sandwich. "Whatever."
"He kinda reminds me of Gary," Ash noted.
"True," Misty laughed.
"Gary was that much of a pric…" Drew trailed off when he saw Solidad glaring at him. He grumbled a bit. "Oh don't give me that. You're not my mother."
Solidad shook her head, while Nando continued to smile pleasantly.
"Gary was well…" Ash started.
"He took any opportunity to defame Ash, but Ash didn't really help himself out much at times," Misty replied.
"Hey!" Ash yelped.
Drew smirked. "Well Harley. It seems you need to tame that guy's ego."
"If he can tame his own," Solidad added.
Harley growled as he took a bite of the sandwich he'd been given which was ham, egg, and cheese. Smoochum was enjoying sitting and eating the other half of the sandwich that Harley had left her on the plate on the bar.
Solidad's face softened slightly and a smile came. "I'm sure you'll do great Harley. Throw him off guard with your unique way you battle."
Harley glanced over at her and smirked. "It's already in the bag. Harold won't know what hit him."
After a bit more random talk, the six trainers and the pokemon they had out, namely Pikachu, Ellie, Smoochum and Drew's Kecleon, made their way out to the deck. Harley left Smoochum with Solidad while he went to walk next to Molly; Harold was walking on the other side as the three adults moved towards the battle field. Turner appeared on his own balcony while more of the trainers inside the Chateau wandered out in the early morning mists to watch the day's first battle.
Molly passed Harley and Harold both the red capes of the Duke's title. After putting them on, the two trainers came closer and tapped their chosen poke balls together.
"To a good battle." They both spoke, glaring at each other determinedly.
The two trainers then went to the opposite sides of the field, Harley on the left and Harold on the right, while Molly made the introductions.
"The Chateau pokemon battle between Duke Harley and Duke Harold will now commence."
Harold grinned and swung his poke ball, releasing the monster inside. "Doublade, I need your aid!"
Harley smirked. "Come darling, come to papa! Ariados!"
Harold's Doublade clashed their swords together and let out a metal screech.
Harley's Ariados stood stock still and glared at Doublade as it made its entrance.
"Are you and your over glorified toothpicks done?" Harley asked.
Up in the crowd, Solidad facepalmed. "These battles are supposed to be full of chivalry. Of course Harley would start bad mouthing."
"All I want to see… is if he can back up his talk," Drew spoke.
"Yo, what's wrong with your girlfriend there, Ash?" Nico asked once he'd wandered up. Ash sweat dropped and glanced at the blue faced Misty.
"She uh, doesn't like bugs too much. She's getting better but Ariados is kinda one of the creeper bug types."
Misty whimpered. "It has mandibles. Why did it have to have mandibles and so many legs?"
"Where's Chester?"
"Ah, still snoozing, yo."
"Are they actually going to battle or are they going to just stare at each other?" A random trainer asked.
Back on the field, Harley and Harold were still glaring at each other.
Harold made the first move. "Doublade, Slash!" The steel type dashed forward, both blades slashing and swinging at Ariados.
"Dodge those blades, hun!" Harley snapped. Ariados moved rapidly over the ground, dodging and strafing around Doublade's attacks with its many legs. "Night Shade!" Ariados' eyes burned red one time as Doublade neared. Before the steel type could land an attack, a wave of darkness burst out from Ariados' form leaving red energy crackling over Doublade's body. Doublade screeched and had to float away.
"Ha! How did you like that, Harold?" Harley remarked and put the back of his hand up to near his mouth when he laughed.
Harold growled. "You've learned some tricks, but it won't save you. Sword Dance."
"Shadow Sneak!" Harley called out. Ariados started to sink into the ground and disappeared into a shadow which started to slink towards Doublade. The steel type was busy dancing around, spinning and clashing their swords together.
Eventually Ariados was in front of Doublade; he had two of his legs raised, glowing green with the energy of X-scissor. One of the two blades blocked the attack while the second leapt over the first with his sword glowing white.
"Aerial Ace!" Harold roared. The second blade slammed into Ariados' underside and sent the arachnid tumbling across the ground. It let out a squeak of pain with each bounce it's body made against the field.
"Ariados!" Harley cried out in concern.
"How do you like that, Duchess?" Harold taunted and ran a hand through his short hair.
"Ariados, are you okay, hun?" Harley asked, completely ignoring Harold's taunt.
Solidad's eyebrows rose in surprise. Some time ago, Harley would've ignored the plight of his pokemon in favor of making sure his pride didn't suffer.
"Ariados isn't through yet," Ash noted.
Nico looked at the young Guardian. "Yo, he looks pretty done to me." Nico glanced back at the field to see Ariados pulling himself up. "That's crazy, yo!"
Misty rolled her eyes; she was pretty sure she was starting to get as tired of people being surprised of her boyfriend's abilities as he was.
Ash glanced over at Nico as some blue reflected in his eyes. "Aura, remember? I can tell when a pokemon's energy is getting low."
"Hmm, so you can tell before someone else if you need to switch tactics," Someone asked curiously.
"It helps," Ash replied smiling and shrugged.
Everyone watched as the battle continued. Harold grew impatient that Ariados was still able to battle.
"I knew you could keep going, darling," Harley spoke and smiled brightly.
"Iron Head!" Harold growled. Doublade let out a metallic like roar and then surged forward.
Harley grinned darkly. "Ariados, hun… Escape to your Spider Web."
"What!?" Harold exclaimed.
Ariados titled his head towards the sky and shot a string of spider web out of his mouth. The string struck… another string, which vibrated the whole Spider Web which was revealed to be above everyone on the field.
"Ariados made this beautiful masterpiece while he was using Shadow Sneak and before he tried to attack you with X-scissor. After all, a co-ordinator has to know how to set the stage."
"You little…"
"Oh don't interrupt! I'm not done." Harley turned and looked at his Ariados as he ran along the the webbing above the field. "String Shot!" Ariados shot a string of web towards Doublade and it wrapped around the swords before yanking them up and plastering them to the web. "Electroweb."
"No! Doublade get out of there." Harold growled. Doublade wiggled and squirmed trying to get away, but they were tied together. Ariados' form flashed yellow and electricity cascaded across the Spider Web and electrocuted Doublade. After a moment the attack ended. Harold yelled. "Shock Wave!"
Doublade's swords were coated in yellow energy and a wave of it echoed across the web dissolving it and zapping Ariados before causing the bug to fall to the field.
"Aaah! Our lovely web!" Harley yelped as Ariados shook off the electricity after flipping itself over.
Harold didn't even respond. "Shadow Sneak."
"Use Double Team!"
Ariados split into many different Ariados' and started running around all over the field. The shadow that Doublade had sunk into scooted about trying to figure out where to strike. The steel type was forced to stop his attack and slipped out of the ground to look around at the bugs running everywhere.
"No! No! No!" Harold shouted.
"Shadow Ball!" Harley yelled. One of the Ariados' stopped behind Doublade. It's eyes were dark and without color and it almost seemed see through before a ball of ghostly energy shot from it's mouth and nailed one the swords in the back. The sword flew forward, spinning and then struck the earth, sinking into the dirt.
"Doublade, Metal Sound and then Flash Cannon!" Harold responded in desperation. He was starting to panic as well with all the Ariados running all around the field. The remaining sword started to vibrate and a horrid screeching noise filled the air.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow…" Ash grit his teeth as everyone grimaced at the sound. "Stupid enhanced hearing."
"Pika pika chu PikaPi." Pikachu replied, patting Ash on the arm after taking one of his paws away from pinning one of his ears to his head to cancel out the sound. Ellie and Smoochum were doing similar things while Kecleon was simply cocking his head to the side; the noise didn't seem to bother him as much.
Everyone paused after the sound was gone and Harold pointed at what seemed to be the only Ariados left after the Metal Sound's assault. Doublade's eye glowed white before a beam of steel energy shot towards Harley's pokemon.
Harley was staring at the ground, until one could see a smirk on his face, beneath his Cacturne hat. "Sucker Punch!" Harley shouted. The Flash Cannon struck the Ariados… the fake Ariados... and caused a small explosion of dust. Quite suddenly, the real Ariados was behind Doublade. He struck the steel type like a dark comet, slamming all eight legs into the opponent's back, forcing it to rocket into the ground. Ariados then landed on his feet.
Molly looked down and saw both blades of Doublade were finally down and out. She rose her hand on Harley's side. "Duke Harley is the victor!"
Harley's friends in the crowd cheered and several other people in the crowd clapped for both trainers. Ariados ran over to Harley and climbed up his back. The two trainers approached after Harold had returned his Doublade.
They both bowed. "Thank you very much for the battle." Harley said it a bit smugly and Harold said it with a growl, but it was said none the less. And with that, more clapping came again.
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Ash was sitting comfortably on a rock, holding his Rufflet egg and watching his pokemon train.
After Harley's battle had ended, Ash and Misty had decided to get some training in. Ash had flown up to be on top of the Connecting Caves since it's top was more like a plateau. Misty was down closer to the Chateau, letting her pokemon swim in the water as they trained. He'd left Greninja and Feraligator in her care, giving them his own instructions before leaving. Solidad's battle would be taking place soon and then Camerons.
Ash glanced over and saw Venipede and Honedge having a mock battle against each other. Ash had wanted to test Venipede own resourcefulness since all the poison type attacks he liked to use wouldn't effect the steel type Honedge, while he'd wanted to see what kind of moves his newest pokemon had.
Nearby, Marowak was having something close to a duel with Absol, their bone and scythe clashing together frequently. Absol's sapphire colored eyes were sharp and if anything Ash could tell her reflexes and accuracy were her strongest points. Her brown undercoat burned amber now that the sun was higher.
Behind both of these pokemon, two others were battling and making more noise than the other two combined. Tyrantrum and Tyranitar were slamming their bodies against each other to test their strength, building up defense and attack at the same time. Though Tyrantrum was a bit larger than Tyranitar, Tyranitar wasn't letting that stop him from giving Tyrantrum a run for his money.
Ash gazed over at the cliffside which faced south of the Chateau and over looked several fields and a couple villages or towns. On the edge was his trustworthy Pidgeot and his little Archen having a talk. Archen had been getting edgy recently, since he was wanting more and more to be able to fly.
Pikachu and Ellie were napping near his lap and he started to meditate. He could feel the Rufflet inside the egg, react to his aura he was emitting. The young pokemon did a flip in his egg, pushing off the sides of the shell and rotating. Ash couldn't help but smile and then his hearing picked it up, the tapping of a beak on shell. His eyes popped open and he grinned.
"Guys!"
At his call, all the pokemon immediately responded and turned to see him looking at the egg. Archen ran over first, with Pidgeot walking regally and at a slower pace behind him. Venipede scuttled over and Honedge floated closer. Marowak went from his battle face to a happy and bright face faster than most would think possible, before running over, wagging his bone and tail. Absol pranced over, while the two largest pokemon walked over slowly and leaned their heads down to get a closer look. Pikachu and Ellie had woken up and were looking at the egg too as it started to glow.
Eventually the glowing stopped and the newborn ruffled his feathers and gave a small cry.
"Ruff-let."
"Hey there, bud. Welcome to the family." Ash smiled as the flying and normal type glanced up at him and smiled with his eyes. After the other pokemon greeted the newcomer, Ash motioned for them to continue what they were doing previously. He turned his attention back to Rufflet as it's eyes started to droop. "Someone's ready to nap."
Before he'd even spoken, Rufflet was asleep in his lap.
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Chili fidgeted with his cuff links as he watched the battle finish. He tensed when Cameron's Espeon tossed the opponent's pokemon, a Swampert, back across the field towards it's trainer. Cameron's Eevee had evolved mid-match. Chili could remember hearing that Cameron's Lucario had done the same against Ash once, according to Cilan. Cameron seemed to have something when in came to timing, whether it was good or bad.
Swampert tried to get back up, but couldn't after a Psybeam halted his progress. Cameron had won a battle against another Earl like himself. Cameron walked forward to shake hands with his opponent before Molly approached them both.
Next up was Chili, fighting another new trainer to the Chateau, for the title of Baron. He felt silly compared to some of his peers. They all had quite impressive titles here even if they were quite varied. He was glad that he'd gotten the chance to travel at least, he reminded himself. He was getting the chance to not only experience some of what Cilan had before him, but he also was getting to strike out at his own pace and discover himself more. This battle would only build to that. He could feel his gut clench in excitement, a fire was beginning to burn in his chest. He was ready.
Molly gathered him and his opponent as Cameron and the other trainer discarded their ceremonial green robes. He sent a thumbs up to Cameron who returned a double thumbs up and a whoop. Cilan and Cress were in the crowd and laughed at Cameron's behavior before sending a couple smiles in their brother's direction.
Chili smiled back as he, Molly, and a girl named Cindy made their way to the field. Cindy wore rancher's clothing and her hair was shiny, long and dirty blonde. The two trainers came closer and tapped their chosen poke balls together.
"To a good battle." They both spoke, looking each other in the eye.
The two trainers then went to the opposite sides of the field, Cindy on the left and Chili on the right, while Molly made the introductions.
"The Chateau pokemon battle between Sir Chili and Lady Cindy will now commence. If either of these trainers should win, then they will acquire the title of Baron or Baroness."
At that cue, Chili and Cindy wound back their arms and tossed their pokeballs.
Chili's Ninetales appeared in a shower of embers, before flicking each of his nine tails. Cindy's pokemon was a Miltank, who wiggled her ears and bleated.
Chili nodded at Cindy's choice before smirking. "Ninetales, Flamethrower!"
On the balcony, Cilan and Cress watched the battle. "Of course Chili would start the battle with that kind of bold and fiery move," Cilan spoke.
"It is his for-tay. However, I'm concerned that that attack won't do much to Miltank," Cress replied.
"Oh, why?"
"If it has Thick Fat..."
Cilan nodded at that. "That would certainly put a wrench in Chili's battle recipe." Cress smirked at his brother's response and both of them turned back to look at the battle.
Cindy smiled brightly and didn't command Miltank to dodge. The pokemon simply braced itself as the fire washed over its body. After the attack was done, Miltank stood straight and wiggled her ears again. She only had a few burns here and there.
"Thick Fat makes fire and ice attacks not as effective!" Cindy provided happily and put her hands on her hips.
Chili grit his teeth and Ninetales growled in frustration.
"Let's go with Body Slam!" Cindy shouted, slightly changing her demeanor. Miltank lowed and then curled up into a fast spinning ball. She shot towards Nintales and bounced over the fox's form. Ninetales tried to dodge only for her to open up her body and belly flop from the air onto Ninetales' hid legs before he could get far enough away. The fire type yelped in pain and tried to stand after the normal type had jumped back to be ready for her next command. Ninetales stood before flinching; yellow sparks danced across his body.
"Really? Dang, Ninetales got paralyzed," Chili murmured to himself. "Ninetales, use Fire Spin!" Ninetales whimpered and shot a weak stream of fire at a place near Miltank; it struck the ground and formed a ring around the normal type.
Cindy seemed slightly surprised by the move, but shook her head. "Use Rollout!" Miltank jumped into spinning form and streaked towards Ninetales.
"Ninetales! Dodge it!" Chili shouted. Ninetales leapt out of the way of the first pass but froze painfully as Miltank turned to make a comeback. The large pink and cream pokemon slammed into the paralyzed Ninetales' side. The fire type cried out and rolled a few times across the ground. "Ninetales!" Chili shouted in worry. Miltank eventually ended her attack.
"Milk Drink." Miltank's body glowed white for a moment and then she danced slightly as her body was healed of any damage she'd received as so far. "It's not going to be an easy battle!" Cindy spoke up happily but frowned when Fire Spin took effect soon after.
Chili realized that Cindy had set up a pretty good strategy with her Miltank. It could heal itself of damage and probably knew Heal Bell too and of course Rollout was always a tough move to deflect plus Body Slam and it's chance to paralyze. He wouldn't give up though not as long as Ninetales was willing to fight. The only problem was, he didn't have a clue of what to do.
"Rollout!" Cindy snapped and her Miltank went at it again, her body crashing into Ninetales' a few times from every direction. The fire type was being battered and Chili didn't know what he could do to stop Miltank from moving so much. He had to immobilize Miltank since Ninetales was paralyzed. The only thing he could think of was a strange request.
"Captivate!" Chili yelped practically. Ninetales suddenly snapped his gaze to lock with Miltank's. The pokemon of opposite gender, froze and then to even Chili's surprise, Ninetales' body started to glow slightly purple. Miltank fell over… asleep.
"Huh!?" Cindy gasped out.
Then it connected. Suzie sure did know how to breed pokemon. His Ninetales knew Hypnosis. Said fox glanced back at him with a hint of a smirk on his long snout. Chili was tempted to roll his eyes but used a command instead. "Hex!" Ninetales barked and ghostly fire swirled around the fire type before settling over Miltank's form.
"Wow, Hypnosis? Suzie sure did a good job of breeding him," Cilan spoke up.
"Indeed."
Another trainer nearby over heard Cilan and Cress talking. "Wait that pokemon was bred by Suzie?"
Cilan smiled and nodded. "She's a friend of a friend I would say. Our close friend cared for one of her pokemon for a while and she repaid him by giving him one of that pokemon's children. Our brother got the male and our friend got the female."
"Who's Suzie?" A random trainer asked.
"Suzie's a famous breeder from Kanto!" She replied excitedly.
Cress hummed. "Chili needs to finish this up. He was lucky with that Hypnosis."
Everyone's attention went back to the battle.
"Miltank get up!" Cindy called out desperately as her pokemon continued to snooze away.
"Energy Ball." The sphere of green energy launched itself from Ninetales' mouth and crashed into Miltank. Chili smiled; he'd have to thank Cilan later for the lessons for that move. When the dust cleared, Miltank was down with swirls in her eyes.
"Miltank is unable to battle." Molly declared and Chili grinned and returned Ninetales after praising him. He shook hands with Cindy and thanked her for the battle before accepting his white cloak. He was a Baron. His brothers greeted him at the stairs once it was all said and done. He saw Ash, May, Drew, Misty and Max walk out onto the balcony and Chili remembered that Max's battle was next.
"Hypnosis wasn't expected. I think it saved you from a loss," Cress spoke as the three waved to their other friends and walked into the Chateau.
"Yeah, I guess Ninetales just really didn't want to loose." Chili smirked. "He likes to be dramatic. He's a ham."
"Like you?"
"Hey!"
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"Golett, did you get in between the last two segments? They're kinda tricky." Brock glanced over and down the body of his snoozing Steelix. The steel type always tended to fall asleep when he polished him and cleaned between his segments. Golett had been helping him while his other pokemon were training in the flowery fields in front of the Chateau. Swampert was keeping a close eye on Anorith, Ninetales, Magnemite, Trubbish, and Staravia while they trained together. Magnemite was practicing to hit a moving target with Staravia while the flying type was practicing dodging said attacks. Anorith and Trubbish were doing a similar practice of attacking while Ninetales was gracefully leaping over and dodging their moves.
Golett turned to Brock's voice and nodded what Brock assumed would be happily. It seemed as though Goletts and presumably their evolutions, Golurk, couldn't show much emotion except through voice. Their faces were immovable. Brock smiled and polished a place above Steelix's eye. The large serpent like pokemon opened that same eye to look at Brock.
"Feeling good to be clean again?"
"Goooorrrraaaaaaaghhhh!" Steelix bellow happily and shifted only slightly. Brock continued working with Golett until a light in the corner of his eye and a noise from Swampert caught his attention. He turned around only to almost be blinded by the light of an evolution.
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"Move it, Move it! Get out of my way! I'ma fine you and you and you! What's that, pal? You wanna double your fee!? Fine by me bub!"
"He's super excited, huh?"
"He's acting like an idiot. No surprise though."
"Tch, watch it. He's my pal."
"Kenny's right, be nice Paul."
"Hnn."
"I guess I see what you mean. He's kinda making everyone stare at us."
"My point exactly."
Paul, Dawn, Zoey, and Kenny were walking through the main lobby and towards the balcony. Barry was having his battle next and the blond was already leaning over the railing, watching two strangers complete their battle. The Rhyperior and Kangashkan were bashing into each other with their strength draining.
Paul and Dawn's hands were intertwined and Kenny and Zoey were walking closely together. The battle finished as the other four got to the balcony. Molly made her way up the stairs and smiled at Barry. "Are you ready, Earl Barrett?"
"…" Kenny's eyes narrowed and he looked sideways at a nervously sweating Barry. "You're full name's Barrett?"
Barry grit his teeth and steamed a bit. "Don't call me that or I'll fine you!"
"Whatever you say… Barrett."
"Gaaah!"
"Sir Barrett?" Molly asked, startled, and Barry paused. Kenny, Zoey, and Dawn were snickering and giggling while Paul was smirking lightly.
"Right, battle time." Barry practically jumped down the stairs towards the field. His opponent was somewhat of an outcast. He had brown hair with it's ends dyed black; his eyes were red with the help of contacts. He had on a black leather jacket and tattered jeans. His name was Mac.
Molly helped both trainers into their green Earl cloaks. The two trainers came closer together afterwards and tapped their chosen poke balls together.
"To a good battle." They both spoke, looking each other in the eye, though Mac spoke in a less enthusiastic manner.
The two trainers then went to the opposite sides of the field, Barry was on the left and Mac on the right, while Molly made the introductions.
"The battle between Earl Barret and Earl Mac shall now commence. If Earl Barrett wins this battle, then he shall ascend to the title of Marquis."
"GOoooo, Snorlax!" Barry shouted and threw his sphere.
"Electabuzz…" Mac responded and threw his own pokeball.
Barry's Snorlax called out slowly and then scratched his head. Mac's Electabuzz crashed his fists together and electricity danced between his antenna.
Mac acted first. "Thunderbolt…"
Electabuzz babbled to himself before shooting off the attack. It crackled through the air and struck the slow Snorlax, coating him in electricity. After the attack was done, Snorlax seemed fine. Barry laughed a bit arrogantly.
"Snorlax can take a little Thunderbolt! Okay, Chip Away!"
Snorlax moved forward with both of his fists glowing white. Snorlax swung his fists and nailed Electabuzz with the first one but not with the second one since the electric type had ducked.
"Thunder…" Mac spoke.
Electabuzz growled and launched a powerful bolt of electricity at Snorlax since he was still close. Snorlax grunted in pain but stood his ground.
"Mega Punch! Mega Punch! Mega Punch!" Barry cheered.
The four other trainers in the crowd were sweatdropping at their friend's behavior.
"Who is this guy?" A stranger asked someone.
"Not a clue." The other answered.
"Sometimes I wonder how we became friends," Kenny deadpanned.
"He probably ran into you," Dawn replied.
"LOOK OUT LOOK OUT LOOK OUT!"
"Speaking of which," Paul muttered and moved Dawn slightly to the right and followed suit. Zoey arched her brow and looked over her shoulder and just as Kenny was about to look as well, Bianca slammed into him. The poor boy yelped and almost fell over the railing and into the water around a dozen feet below.
"Whoa! Gotcha!" Zoey shouted and grabbed Kenny's collar to prevent him from sailing over the edge.
"Oh Kenny! I'm sooo sorry!" Bianca expressed.
"S'all right," Kenny replied and then thanked Zoey.
"Nice move," Dawn spoke to Paul.
Paul shrugged. "She did say look out."
Bianca glanced at the battle and smiled. "Oh good! I didn't miss Barry's battle."
"You mean Barrett's battle?" Kenny grinned devilishly.
"He's going to kill you." Paul smirked.
"It's worth it," Kenny responded and Zoey rolled her eyes.
Bianca cocked her head. "Barrett? My Barry's name is Barrett? How cute!"
Everyone glanced back at the battle when the sound of something slamming into something else reached their ears.
Snorlax cocked his arm back and struck Electabuzz in the chest, halting the rest of the Thunder attack.
"Screech…"
Barry grumbled and then shouted. "How can you expect your pokemon to hear you, pal!?"
Electabuzz shrieked at that moment and Snorlax grabbed for his ears. Almost everyone grimaced at the sounds from the attack.
"Thunder Punch…"
"Snorlax block it!" Barry yelped, knowing blocking was a better move than trying to dodge since Snorlax wasn't easy to move. Snorlax only got one arm up in time to block the attack and he stubbled a bit and flinch from the electricity in the attack. "Body Slam 'em!" Snorlax bellowed and then went to fall on Electabuzz.
"Dodge it…"
Electabuzz leapt back and Snorlax belly flopped as Electabuzz leapt deftly away.
"Hey! How dare you dodge my attack!" Barry fumed. "I'm going to have to fine you!"
Mac just stared at him and didn't hardly blink.
"Weirdo…" Barry murmured to himself.
"Wild Charge…" Mac responded.
"Yipes!" Barry exclaimed as Snorlax pulled himself from the ground. "Snorlax, use Belly Drum!" Snorlax patted his belly loudly as Electabuzz neared. "Giga Impact!" Snorlax growled and ran forward with the energy of the powerful attack growing around him. The two pokemon collided in a large clashing of lights and sounds from the electricity and the energy from the two attacks. Eventually a dust cloud erupted around the two.
Everyone leaned forward a bit to try and see what had happened. The dust finally cleared and the two pokemon were staring at each other. Electabuzz then groaned and fell back on his back out cold.
"Electabuzz is unable to battle. Congratulations, Marquis Barrett!"
"It's BARRY!"
After getting the moment to wear his new yellow cloak, Barry marched up the steps grinning at his friends.
"What'd you think of my battle, Paul?" Barry gloated.
Paul cocked one brow. "Noisy."
Dawn giggled at the remark while Barry deadpanned, though not for long since Bianca hugged him. Zoey and Kenny were looking at each other in amusement.
"I will impress you one day. I mean it, Rebolledo!"
"I think you did great, Barrett," Bianca spoke out happily.
"..." Barry picked up the sound of muffled snickering and looked over his shoulder at Kenny, who was desperately trying to not laugh.
"Yeah you did great... Barrett." Kenny snorted and started laughing.
"KENNY!" Barry roared and took off after his now fleeing friend.
"They're both kinda idiots," Paul muttered.
Zoey sighed. "I think I have to actually agree with you."
Dawn and Bianca looked at each other and giggled.
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A few hours later found Bonnie and Lyn walking outside of the Chateau, looking for a place to train.
"Don't you want to watch your brother battle, Bonnie?" Lyn asked as the two young trainers walked a ways down the path. They paused to watch Ash and Misty talking near the water. The two older trainers were watching their water types train and there was a flying type that Bonnie had never seen on Ash's shoulder.
"I've seen him battle a bunch, besides we need to train. I wonder what pokemon that Ash has, is?" Bonnie mumbled and pulled her pokedex from her yellow bag. She aimed it at Ash's shoulder.
Rufflet, the Eaglet Pokémon. Rufflet's talons are powerful and able to crack open even the toughest Berries. It often challenges stronger opponents to battle.
"A Rufflet huh? I guess Ash's egg hatched! cutie!" Bonnie squealed.
"I think over here is a good place to train some," Lyn spoke and cocked her head. "How do you train exactly?"
Bonnie smiled brightly after putting her pokedex away. "Oh that's easy! I watched Ash do it a lot. You basically have your pokemon work with their moves and practice dodging and all kinds of things like that."
"Oh… so just really practicing," Lyn replied.
"Yep!" Bonnie then took out her three poke balls and tossed them, releasing Dedenne, Torchic, and her new Flabebe. Lyn followed suit and let her Pikachu and Fennekin out.
"It think Torchic and Fennekin could practice fire type moves on each other and even Dedenne and Pikachu can do the same with their electric type attacks." Bonnie smiled.
"What about your Flabebe?" Lyn asked.
Bonnie hummed. "Flabebe, what do you think about letting me watch you use all your moves and practice them on a rock or something?"
Flabebe chirped and landed on Bonnie's shoulder.
Lyn giggled. "Seems like a plan to me!"
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Night started to fall on the Chateau a several hours later. Everyone who was outside moved back inside and everyone talked about their battles. So far, no one had been able to conquer anyone from the two groups. Most of the people at the Chateau probably hadn't really been prepared to battle trainers of their caliber.
Brock announced that his Magnemite had evolved into a Magneton during dinner and after their meal and a bunch of quiet talk about what Ash had talked to Riley about the day before, the trainers went to bed, ready for the next day.
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Lawrence the Third was smiling... no more like beaming. He was standing in his collection room of his air ship, which was much bigger than the one from his last ship. He'd set up his cloaking device for his ship moments earlier since he absolutely could NOT be found while on the road so to speak, especially with the cargo he had now...
Before him was the mighty beast of the sea inside of a cage, glaring at him silently.
"You're beautiful... absolutely beautiful and I'm honored to own you for the time I will."
You are a strange human and you are making a big mistake... All of you are.
Lawrence smile faded. "I know what I'm doing. Besides, you aren't truly in the position to say much."
The Chosen One... He'll stop you all.
Lawrence actually growled, something he hadn't done in quite some time. "That brat stole you from me the first time! Giovanni has assured me that the Chosen One will get what he deserves. Regardless, it has no effect on me. The fact of the matter is. You're here in my ship and my cage."
"Master... thermal sensors are detecting the form of... collecting data... height... length... weight... shape... the form is a Suicune on Cerulean Cape."
Lawrence paused and smiled up at Lugia. "Excuse me... I have yet another piece to add to my collection. I would love to continue this conversation later though." The man turned and walked over to his chair. He sat and the chair whisked him away to the top floor of his massive ship. Lugia lowered his head and closed his eyes to send out his power around him to calm the other panicked prisoners in the cages around him. His wings were cramping but he ignored the uncomfortable feeling.
You fool yourselves with your arrogance and like nearly all evil... it shall be your downfall.
A troubled look came to the legend's face.
And maybe our everyone's downfall as well...
He grew quiet after that and continued to concentrate on sending calming emotions and thoughts to the others. He opened his eyes again and a blue light expanded in Lugia's eyes.
Chosen One...
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As he slept, Ash started to move about uncomfortably. Pikachu and Ellie were lucky that they were sleeping on the couch in the room and not on the single bed with Ash. The Chateau was so large that the trainers all had their own rooms. Ash took in a breath of air and sat up, blue light fading in his eyes. He looked across the room and could see the blue glowing in Pikachu's eyes now that the rodent was awake.
"Did you feel that?"
"Pika chu chu pi."
Ash gulped once and tried to slow his racing heart. After a few moments, he was able to settle down and lay back on his bed. He was getting the feeling that things were starting to come to a head. He sighed and turned on the TV, hoping that the news could lull him to sleep. Instead he saw something that made him more awake than before. Even though the volume was very very low, Ash heard it loud and clear.
"A few odd ball storms have seemingly settled over the Orange Islands as of late. At the time being, the storms aren't anything like the massive one that was experienced several years ago by a irregularity in the ocean's currents. Scientists are speculating that they are simply scattered storms caused by the high temperatures in the area recently, but others state that it may be due to Team Rocket's manipulation again. There have been no sightings of any grey zones in the area, but we'll keep everyone posted as new info comes in."
Ash's gut clenched in worry. "I need to call Professor Oak tomorrow."
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So sorry if this chapter was boring in any way at all. I enjoyed writing Harley's battle, but Chili's and Barry's were a tiny bit harder to come up with. Then while I was editing, I lost the improvements I made to Chili and Barry's battles and had to do it again. :P
So Again DO check out the NEW poll. I wanna know which battles you do want to see, etc. I can't write a battle for every person, so I want to know which battles my readers want most.
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Answers to Questions:
JordanMax: As for Ritchies un nicknamed new capture what about "Edgar"?
NoSignal: Hmm... maybe. What does everyone else think for a name? Maybe I'll pick one from you guys' suggestions? :)
toing: Will There Be A One Shot Based On The Adventures Thourghout?
NoSignal: I sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question. I'd love to answer it, but I don't know what it is.
Intensity215: 1) Did events from the new movie happen in the story's universe? Especially the part when pikachu almost died, because I feel like that would be important to his character development.
Adding onto that, do you think there's gonna be a part in this story where something separates pikachu from ash? (Namely team rocket and co.)
2) I'm just kinda clarifying, but Red isn't bad right? Just making sure because I'm really hoping their reunion will end up being a happy occasion. Also, will Giovanni find out that Ash is Red's son? (Unless he already did and I just forgot XD)
3) will Bonnie come back I to the story later in the kalos arc, or at the master challenge? She's just too adorable and I love her
4) Gah sorry for so many questions :P is the remains of team flare going to he part of team rocket as well? Are there even any grunts left?
NoSignal: 1) Yes they did. I've watched the Diancie movie and have plans for the future. As for Pikachu being seperated from Ash? Hmm... Hadn't thought about it but I will. Near the end of the story (After Kalos Arc) there will be something that separates Ellie from him.
2) I can't really answer that. However, everything about what happened to Red (virtually everything) will be answered in this Arc.
3) She'll be around when the Tournament occurs and maybe a bit before, but most likely not again in the Kalos Arc
4) Team Flare will not be part of Team Rocket, except for one member who's been referred to once or more.
Glad you're enjoying the story! :)
Great: But, how does Ash use it without a Keystone? His bond with his pokemon is more potent or something? PS How much is a good chunk of your followers for you to make the prequel? Because Im sure that they would read it regardless.
NoSignal: I can't answer that yet, but it shall be answered not too long from now. Read the top of the chapter for an answer to your PS. I will most likely be writing it once the Master Challenge and it's drabble Sequel is over. (Hopefully my DP story will be done by then too.)
KnightOfArceus: anyways, I had a sneakin suspicion that you can either deny/tell me that its true/"I can't say yet" :), but here is the suspicion I've been having a while...
Why did I feel like Brock's Gollut is actually Fred dankin in his past life and that they will develop a deep deep bond, and all that? Well you see, truth is I don't think gollut would just follow them like that even after they went out from dragonspiral tower but this gollut of Brocks is still following him... and even brock doubted whether he's a human in a past life... and his attitude sorta reminded me of Fred ;D. Anyways, keep up the good work!
NoSignal: I honestly didn't think of that, but it would be pretty cool. Huh... I love hearing everyone's theories and such! I think though that Golett will simply be Golett. He's kinda a simple pokemon and just felt attached to Brock's aura after helping them. Awesome theory though and I'm so glad you're still enjoying the story. It's fine if you haven't been able to review, life happens. :)
Just Another Kid: Is Red going to be in this Arc or no?
Will the other Dexholders actually be more involved in this Arc (other than Silver)
NoSignal: Yes and maybe (Not certain of the second question yet) Red will definitely be talked about a lot in this Arc though.
Amber0522: When will we find out more about what happened to Red?
NoSignal: This Arc will answer practically everything about Red.
Cyprus21: I never realized that Ilene is not how you spell her name. It is actually Eileen.
NoSignal: I appreciate your help. I actually am very familiar with the website you're referring to. I also am aware of Ash possibly of getting a Goodra due to the new opening for the anime. Ilene is actually spelled Ilene, the name you're referring to is her Japanese spelling, Eileen. The summary for the movie on that website is a Japanese translation and they simply translated her name to Eileen instead of switching it out for her English-speaking countries' name of Ilene. Like I said though, thanks for your aid regardless and yeah, Fanfiction doesn't like us to type in web addresses.
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I've decided to give you guys a list of the new pokemon caught after each chapter so that new pokemon aren't spoiled but you also can remember which pokemon are new and aren't on the list at the start of the Arc.
Ash: Honedge (male)
Ritchie: Honedge (?nickname)(male)
Drew: Espurr (male)
Cilan: Skiddo (male)
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Clemont: Luxray (male)(reclaimed)
Serena: Furfrou (female)
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Bonnie: Torchic/ Dedenne (male)(reclaimed)/ Flabebe (female)
Lyn: Pikachu (female)(previous) / Fennekin (male)
So there you are I hope this helps some :) If you ever need the full list, minus the newest additions, it's at the beginning of the Arc.
Follow, Fav, Review, and most importantly, Enjoy! :D
NoSignal, out!