Japanese Title: Round Ten Begin! So Close To Victory!
Translation: Ichiban Juu Hajimaru! Anna Chikai Tame Bikutorii!
By: Pro_V
"Hey, Morty," Medira looked over to Eevy's brother who was still a bit weary of the comment he made the day before at the Pokemon Center, "What's this final test stuff we keep hearing?"
"Final test?" he questioned with a blank look, "Never heard of it."
"That's not good," Eevy moaned, "I want to know where I'm headed after these last two battles!"
"Who's your next opponent?" Yuu-Yuu asked, looking over at Eevy.
Eevy stood and dug around her pockets, "Let me find the slip. Here we go! Um…Shannon Eerie of New Bark Town in Johto."
"New Bark Town is where all the Johto trainers start out," Sooney said, "Johto offers a lot of good Pokemon. She'll be really strong."
"That's kind of obvious, don't you think?" Mizu put in as she stood leaning up against the doorframe, "If she's made it all the way to round ten she must be really strong."
As Eusine saw Eevy's scowl he jumped in with, "Just like Eevy!"
"No matter," Eevy cracked her knuckles, "I can beat her."
"Uh huh," Lisle nodded, "You can beat anybody!"
"I bet!" Skiff added.
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"You know…They're wondering about us. I think they may actually be worried."
"Let them wonder. Now is not the time to walk around the City and associate with them."
"They'll survive. It won't kill them to have a bit of worry in their lives. They'll be fine."
"Don't you think they worry enough already? They worry more and more every day."
"That is true, in a sense, but they need to learn to get along alone."
"I suppose, but is it right to have just left them blank like that. Speaking with them one minute and gone the next?"
"Don't worry about a thing. They are the Elite and a rising Champion, not to mention a group of attempting Minor Mistresses and Masters. They can take care of themselves. They're not babies, you know."
"I know, I know…But still, they look a bit uneasy without us."
"Trust us, they'll be all right."
"I hope so, I really do."
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"Round ten is about to begin here in Spectral Stadium! Only eight trainers have made it this far, so you can imagine that these battles will be super powered!" the speaker caused Eevy to quiver when it said only eight, "Choose the viewing screen you'll watch and prepare for some great duels!"
"Only eight," Eevy shuttered, "And I'm one of them," she swallowed the brick in her throat, "Oh man."
Now only the speakers in her arena could be heard, due to the walls, "On the Sand Field we have Shannon Eerie of New Bark Town, Johto and Evangelina Hikoboshi of Rose Town, Nanka with her Coach Medira Kurayami."
"I've seen you battle," Shannon's face reddened, "I'm a bit embarrassed to be facing you. But I know I'll win. My Pokemon will never let me down."
"I saw your last match too," Eevy nodded, "Last night. Your Pokemon are great battlers, but my Pokemon will never quit. Good luck."
"Thank you. Good luck."
"She seems nice enough," Medira commented as they stepped onto their platforms, "Doesn't she?" she looked up with a smile at Eevy then it melted to a frown at her friend's serious expression.
"Don't be so sure," Eevy narrowed her eyes, "She's a die-hard battler."
"Oh well! You can still win!"
"I hope you're right. I'll begin with Sovo! I choose you!" Eevy called, releasing her Pokemon onto the floor.
"Go, Moon Ball!" Shannon shouted, also sending out her Pokemon.
"Oh, wow!" Eusine jumped, "Those are super rare!"
"Clef able," Shannon's Pokemon rocked back and forth.
"Cool," Medira muttered, getting a dirty look from Eevy, "What?"
"Nothing," Eevy shook her head with a laugh, "Go, Sovo! Use Take Down!"
"Go, Clefable! Use Minimize!"
Sovo charged with Clefable shrinking as he approached. He jumped for the Take Down, but zipped right past the shortened Clefable. He skidded to a stop, piling up a heave of sand behind him and jumped, slamming his entire body into the pink Pokemon. The tiny Clefable stumbled forward with Sovo jumping away.
"Clefable! Double Slap, now!"
"Sovo! Agility, now!"
Sovo jumped from one of Clefable's swinging hands, but collided with the other. He slipped back, eyes wide in surprise. He'd never been hit after and Agility before and he was getting angry.
"Go, Sovo! Psywave attack, now!"
"Go, Clefable! Pound it!"
Sovo jumped to the side, now totally annoyed. He let out a nasty growl and jumped forward, glowing purple and pink and blasting the Psywave in every direction. Clefable dodged side to side, but a lash of pink slashed down in front of her right foot. She stood on her left foot and flailed trying to stay up.
"Sovo!" Eevy shouted, "Bite attack, now!"
Clefable swung to avoid Sovo's flying form, sending him slipping behind her, but he turned and retaliated with a Psychic. Clefable was paralyzed in pain and Psychic energy and shrieked a high pitched cry as Sovo stopped and stepped away. She spun in a circle on her right foot and flopped down facing Shannon.
"You did good, Clefable. You'd better return. I choose you! Nidorino!"
"Stay out there, Sovo! Go in for a Tackle attack!"
"Go, Nidorino! Tackle attack it back!"
Nidorino and Sovo both charged forward, connecting head on. The both flew backwards, flipping through the air. They landed on all fours, charging again and slamming head on again. They kept up there routine until Nidorino's Tackle got the best of the already beat up Sovo. That, combined with a swift Poison Sting, knocked Sovo to the ground with a whimper.
"You did great, Sovo. Return now! Go, Yovo! Get it with a Pursuit!"
"Nidorino! Double Kick attack, now!"
Nidorino's Double Kick swung and crashed into Yovo's side, pushing him away. The Fighting- type attack did a hefty job on the Dark- type Pokemon. Yovo stood up, shaking and hissing. He hid his glowing red eyes from the Nidoran (M) evolution to surprise him with a Rage attack. He swung his head and snarled at Nidorino, who stepped back a bit.
"Nidorino! Give it a Horn Attack!"
"Yovo! Return attack, now!"
Yovo bolted to his left, flying straight for Nidorino, whose Horn Attack was bared. The Umbreon got close enough and Nidorino jumped forward, throwing his horn towards Yovo, who slipped to the left to avoid. Yovo pushed Nidorino back with his Return and Nidorino came back for more.
"Fury Attack, Nidorino!"
"Agility, Yovo!"
Yovo dodged attack after attack, watching Nidorino's movements as a clue to where the next attack would fly. One flew straight for his face. He crouched down in front an flipped away. Nidorino rammed his horn forward, stumbling due to the fact there was nothing there to push with all the power he'd gained, and flopped to the ground.
"Yovo! Quick Attack, now!"
The Moonlight Pokemon roared forward, crashing into Nidorino's side and sending him rolling away. Yovo jumped away and sat quietly while Shannon screamed.
"I don't believe it!" Shannon shouted, "Return, Nidorino. You did good. Now, go! Jumpluff!"
"Keep it up, Yovo! Go and get it with a Take Down!"
"Jumpluff! Use Cotton Spore, now!"
Jumpluff's Cotton Spores dropped around Yovo, halting his attack. Yovo jumped back and bounded to his left, trying to back-slam Jumpluff, but the Flying/Grass- type got the best of him and knocked him away with a Headbutt. Yovo jumped up and growled, awaiting Eevy's order.
"Go, Yovo! Quick Attack!"
"Jumpluff! Stun Spore!"
Yovo rushed forward without thinking and dashed right into the yellow cloud. He stopped with his skin crawling and stood in the center of the arena in a stunned mess of black and alternating color fur.
"Great, Jumpluff! Now use Giga Drain!"
Yovo was too paralyzed to move and Jumpluff proceeded to drain away his energy. He started drooping slowly to the ground and after a few moments he flopped forward, dead drained of power. Jumpluff cheered as she bounced into the air and Shannon shout for victory.
"Good job, Yovo. You take a rest now. Now I choose, Zovo!"
"Go, Jumpluff! Use your Cotton Spore!"
"Burn them up with Fire Spin! Take it back and hit Jumpluff too!"
The Flareon lashed out a rip of fire as the Cotton Spores from the Jumpluff approached. The Cotton was roasted to a blackened crisp and frizzled to the ground. Jumpluff swallowed hard and bounced away as Zovo took a commanding step forward with an evil Flareon grin.
"Zovo," Eevy smirked at her Pokemon, "Flame Wheel."
Jumpluff squeaked as the flames rushed toward her. She tried ducking, but it definitely didn't help. The fire frizzed to a stop with poor Jumpluff toppling over backwards and puffing smoke. Luri screamed as loud as she could, wailing about her poor Pokemon, and attaching to Will, who didn't really mind. He quite enjoyed it, actually. Shannon let out two pouty noises.
"You did great, Jumpluff! Return now! Get out there, Croconaw! Use Scary Face!"
Eevy didn't bother to issue an order. The Croconaw ran towards him and growled his Scary Face. Zovo cocked a fuzzy eyebrow and gave a Flareon laugh. Croconaw facefaulted straight to the ground in utter annoyance and embarrassment. Medira and Eevy refrained from falling over in laughter. Shannon's shoulders flopped and her head fell to the side.
"OK, Croconaw!" Shannon cracked her knuckles, "Give it a Bite attack!"
"Zovo, Bite it back!"
Croconaw jumped and chomped down on Zovo's tail. Zovo shot into the air and did the same to Croconaw. The two of them ran around in a loop, Biting down each other's tails.
"Uh…huh," Medira nodded, "OK."
"This is interesting," Eevy blinked a few times.
Croconaw spit out Zovo's tail and let a cold Water Gun into the back of his head. Zovo dropped to the ground, dropping Croconaw's tail. Croconaw spun around to stop behind him.
"Great, Croconaw! Now give it a Slash attack!"
"Zovo, look out!"
Croconaw roared a heavy tenor and drew blood on Zovo's back in four jagged cuts. Zovo made the mistake of rolling over, laying his cuts in the sand. He growled, hissed, cried and snarled all at once, flopping down into a ball of red fur.
"You did very, very well. Return, Zovo! Get out there! Lovo! Show them a Pin Missile!"
"Ice Punch, Croconaw!" Shannon ordered.
Lovo sent a blast of Needles at Croconaw's oncoming hand. Croconaw roared and pulled away, babying his hand. Eevy whistled to him to get his attention. Croconaw looked up to Eevy and Medira. The girls were both waving their fingers at him with huge grins. His gaze fell on Lovo who raised his eyebrows and launched a Thunderbolt through him. He hacked a bit and fell backwards, steaming and coughing.
"Good job, Croconaw. You should return now. Get out there, Ledian and show them a Swift attack!"
"Tackle attack it!"
Lovo Tackled right into Ledian's Swift attack. He flipped backwards, falling to a twirling-eyed halt. Shannon jumped and shouted insanely and her Ledian buzzed around in thrilled circles.
"Great battling, Lovo. Return and go! Novo! Bubblebeam, now!"
"Ledian! Dynamic Punch!"
Novo leaned to his side to avoid the oncoming attack. He looked up as quickly as he could and lashed out with his attack. Ledian let out a few nasty shouts and came down on top of him for a surprise Double Edge. Novo flopped to the ground and sprang up underneath Ledian to throw it into the air. Ledian zipped into a good position and hovered in his original spot.
"All right, Ledian! Good recovery! Go and show it your Thunder Punch!"
"Hurry, Novo! Agility now!"
Ledian swung forward and Novo ducked away. He swung around, bringing his tail up and whacking Ledian across the face. Ledian made the sound of a bouncing bee and bounced away, skidding to a dust-throwing halt just before hitting Shannon's podium. Eevy and Medira cheered happily with Novo jumped ecstatically in front of them.
"Oh…You did great, Ledian. Return!" the red light of the Poke'Ball pulled Ledian back, "Here's some Japanese for you to translate! Go, Raiden Kennai!"
"Thunder and lightning within the sphere," Eevy muttered.
"Big meaning for such small words," Medira nodded, "What Pokemon is it?"
"Go, my Bomb Ball Pokemon!" Shannon's laugh was near evil.
"Bomb Ball…Electrode," Eevy choked, "We can do it, Novo! Go and show them your Take Down attack!"
"Raiden Kennai, use Rain Dance!"
"I know what she's planning," Eevy swallowed, "Novo, Acid Armor now!"
Novo disappeared in a fizz of green smoke. Shannon looked side to side, trying desperately to see the Vaporeon that had suddenly disappeared. She then spotted dry sand; untouched by the Rain Dance pouring down around them.
"Raiden Kennai! Fire Thunder at eleven o'clock!"
"Oh no," Medira swallowed, "She can see the dry sand from where Novo's standing."
The Thunder poured out of Raiden Kennai and into Novo who wailed in pain and became visible. He stumbled to the right, then the left, and fell to sit, panting heavily.
"Raiden Kennai! Attack with a Sonicboom now!"
Novo's head shot up at the sound of spinning wind. The attack caught him and threw him backwards. He crashed into Eevy's podium and slipped down, paralyzed from the heavy hit.
"Great job, Novo. Take a good long rest. Now it's you and me," Eevy reached to her belt, "We can do this. We won't lose," the yellow and white Poke'Ball came from her belt and enlarged in her hand, "I choose Vovo! Let's go!"
Raiden Kennai started spinning and laughing at the tiny Eevee sitting in front of him while Shannon chuckled hysterically, "An Eevee? That puny thing?"
Eevy gave an evil smirk, "Go, Vovo. Take Down attack."
Vovo ripped forward, halting Shannon and Electrode's laughing. He lowered his head, pushing up under Raiden Kennai and popping him into the air. Raiden Kennai spun in midair, shouting angrily.
"Raiden Kennai! Use Zap Cannon while you're still in the air!"
"Vovo, attack with an Agility at max power!"
The Zap Cannon whipped past Vovo with plenty of time to spare. Vovo shot from side to side, hissing and spitting nastily. Raiden Kennai fell to the sand, watching Vovo as best as he could, despite the fact Vovo was nothing but a blur. Will just about collapsed, as his Pokemon were no where near that fast. Now he was joining in with Luri's wailing. Vovo skidded to a stop with Shannon ready to attack.
"Use a Thunder, Raiden Kennai!"
Raiden Kennai launched, but nothing came. He was dead out of electricity. Shannon let out a wailing scream. Vovo sat and cocked his head, cleaning himself while Shannon shouted away. Eevy slouched and Medira yawned.
"Ooh," Shannon growled, "Go and give it a Roll-Out!"
"Rage Agile Take Down attack!" Eevy burst.
Vovo slammed into the Roll-Out, slamming the exhausted and exasperated Electrode backwards with his most powerful attack. Raiden Kennai came to a painful looking halt at the base of Shannon's podium. He let out a surprisingly soprano cry and rolled in circles. Shannon nearly dismembered right then and there.
"Great job, Raiden Kennai. You deserve a good long rest. Return now," she said in a low tone and watched Eevy, Medira and Vovo rejoicing in the center of the arena, "You were great. Greater than I can ever be."
"Don't say that," Eevy handed Vovo to Medira and left the cheering to the two of them, "You can be great at anything you want to be. You have to strategize more, not rely on total power."
"Thanks for the great battle, nonetheless," she shook Eevy's hand and turned and left through the side door of the arena.
"Let's go, Medira, Vovo," Eevy motioned to leave, "Our public awaits."
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"That was such a cool battle," Sooney commented as the group sat in the Pokemon Center, "Especially the Ledian duels. Those were great."
"Thanks," Eevy smiled wide, "I try."
"Let's go get your next opponent, Eevy!" Lisle snatched her arm and threw her towards Nurse Joy.
"Round eleven, hmm?" Nurse Joy said happily, "One of the semi-finalists."
"Yep," Eevy said proudly.
"And I'm her Coach!" Medira pushed in.
Nurse Joy laughed a bit, "You two seem pretty close."
"Huh?" Eevy and Medira looked to each other and then back at Joy.
"Nothing. All I need you to do today is pick a number between one and three."
"Ooh, tough stuff. Can you handle it alone, Eevy?" Medira snickered.
"I don't know," Eevy fake shuttered, "I'll take number two."
"Then your next opponent is," Nurse Joy indicated the computer screen.
Eevy made a choking, gagging sound, "Wh-wha-what?" she coughed, "What's that doing on there?!"
"Who?" Medira leaned to see, "Oh, no…" she moaned.
"I must need sleep," Eevy held her head and started to turn around, "I could have sworn I saw-AHH! He is here! It wasn't a dream! I'm living my worst nightmare!"
"Hey, ya' old bat! Still training those stupid Eevees?"
"You…You!" Eevy started burning red, "You little virus!"
"Old timer!"
"Baby!"
"Suck up!"
"Scum sucker!"
"Witch!"
"I could retaliate a rhyme for that but I won't…Brat!"
"Get out of my way!" Daemeon snapped, "You're speaking to a semi-finalist and I need my next opponent!" he said haughtily and pushed past.
Eevy smiled nastily and caught his arm, "So are you and you already have one."
Daemeon would have stopped even if she hadn't snatched his arm, "You? A semi-finalist? One of the final four? No way!"
"I'm just as stumped that you are. Who'd have thought a wittle bitty baby would make it this far," she said in a cute tone.
"Whatever. How do you know my next opponent, anyway? Are you spying on Nurse Joy or something?"
"No. I am your next opponent on the Sand Field tomorrow," Eevy gave an evil smirk, "Guess we do a six on six at long last."
"You?" he pointed to Eevy, "And me?" he pointed to himself, "Bring it on!"
"Don't worry, I will!" Eevy stomped forward a step, "You just wait, ya' little brat! I'll pound you to dust!"
"And I'll be right there to help!" Medira slammed her fist into her hand, "We'll get you yet!"
"Don't go threatening me!" Daemeon growled, "We'll just see who beats who!"
"Hey!" a deep voice cracked from across the room, "Quit the fighting, right now!"
"Who's the-oh," Daemeon swallowed, "Hi."
"Aw. Little Daemeon afraid of Master Lance?" Eevy teased.
"I'm not afraid!" Daemeon smacked her away, "Just don't wanna get him mad is all."
"Is he bothering you, Eevy?" Lance snorted, "Cause if he is-"
"Don't attempt to get on my good side," Eevy cut him off quickly, "I can take care of this…thing myself."
Daemeon looked frantically between Eevy and Lance, "You two know each other?"
"Yes," Eevy returned her attention to Daemeon, "What's it to you, maggot?"
"Just surprised the Elite would associate with someone like you."
"Back of, you little snot or I'll knock you into last year!" Lance thundered.
Daemeon swallowed and stepped away, "Yes, s-s-sir. I'll just, uh," he fidgeted around, "I'll just go now," he turned and sped away, "I'll get you tomorrow!"
"Little virus," Lance huffed and looked back to Eevy, "I don't believe he's a semi-finalist."
"And I don't believe you could be so rude!" Eevy sent him back a step with that comment, "How could you?!"
"What are you talking about? What do you mean rude? What'd I do?"
"I can take care of myself and I expect you to let me do that from now on! I can take that little munchkin-"
"Somebody call me?"
"No, Jason!"
"Anyway…I can take that little munchkin down on my own, thank you very much!" she flicked his nose and stomped away in the opposite direction.
"I think she's right," Medira nodded and followed Eevy out.
"I-I was only trying to help…"
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"No matter what I do I just make things worse," Lance muttered, "Maybe I should just get over it. She's never going to come back after the things I've done."
"You'll get her back. Don't worry about it," Will tried to comfort him, even though he knew it wouldn't help, "She's just a little ticked at having to battle Daemeon the Demon."
"As soon as you tell her, which you will even if we have to force you, that you're Dragon, she'll start floating around you with hearts popping from her head again," Luri added.
"I wouldn't be so sure," Jason slouched, "I have the strangest feeling none of them are going to be all that happy when they find out who they've been fighting with all this time."
"Jason's got a good point," Lance mumbled, "Can you imagine what they're going to say when we walk up to them and say 'Hey! You remember Dragon and JP? Ta dah!' I do not think they'll be too incredibly thrilled. Surprised, yes. Overly happy, no."
"We'll just have to wait and see, I guess," Will shrugged, "I don't think they'll be that mad. Maybe a tad annoyed, but I'm sure they won't go off or anything."
"One quick question," Luri jumped in, "If she does make it through us and the temporary Champion, and we tell her who we are and she's not happy, what's she going to do concerning the Elite 4?"
"Nothing," Will shook his head, "She wouldn't do anything without consulting Kratos. You can see it on her face that she respects most of her elders. And you know Kratos would see to it that she kept the Elite the way he liked it."
"I hope so. I really do," Jason swallowed, "Really."
The Next Chronicle:
The Angel & The Demon – Yet Again Into Battle
NotesEVIL DAEMEON! He's almost as bad as Rubeus and Taylor! Heh…I dun like them, can you tell? But just wait…Eevy will exact my hatred…Muahaha! Uh…I'm going to go get more club soda and raspberry ice cream now…
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