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I was in the middle of watching Serena's performance; she was currently performing with a Sylveon, Milotic, and Shadow Mewtwo. It's strange though; for a split second, I thought the latter was a human. It was probably my eyes playing tricks on me. Anyway, to keep myself from getting bored too quickly, I researched some strategies used by current and previous champions in order to see what I can apply to my team. And then...
"Pardon me."
I looked up. I was greeted by a cute girl with pink hair that was in a ponytail. She was wearing pink glasses, had a black top, and had checkered diamond leggings on. She had a necklace around her neck with a circular stone inside of it; I'm guessing a Key Stone. "Yes?"
"Do you know where Kiawe's trial is? I'm thirsty for a Fire-type battle, Alolan Style!"
"I'm not surprised." I wasn't stupid either. This was none other than Malva, Fire-type Elite Four member of the Kalos region. She went missing after the Flare Scandal of 2013; some say she had close ties with the boss of the entire operation. Malva chuckled. "If you want to go to Kiawe's trial, you need to go to the top of Wela Volcano." I showed her a map and pointed to the aforementioned spot. "Just follow the path until you reach the Totem poles."
"Thank you. I'm-"
"Malva, I know. A skilled battler who also knows the ways of Mega-Evolution." She looked impressed as I said this. Again, I'm not stupid. "I have a reliable Fire-type of my own. It can't Mega-evolve, though." Malva smiled. "So? Just because a Pokemon can't mega-evolve doesn't mean it doesn't have potential. Let's battle sometime." I nodded with a small smile. "If you want," she continued, "You can come see my Pokemon. They're in the spa at the moment." I followed her inside of the spa and looked around; it was HUGE. I was actually starting to get a little jealous of Pokemon; they had it good. Malva looked around, frowning. "I could've sworn I had left Red and Desire in here..." Then, we heard a huge explosion. The air suddenly started to get a little warmer.
"The battlefield!" We said simultaneously. We ran outside of the spa and onto the battlefield and were shocked at what we saw. Kaya, Winter, and an Incineroar were on the sidelines. On the battlefield was a Houndoom and Ace, both heavily damaged. "Ace!" Malva shushed me with a grin. "Hold on. Let's see how the battle plays out."
Ace and Desire were panting heavily, both glaring daggers at each other. Both sides' paws were sharpened. Desire smiled. "You're strong...I never would've thought that you would've lasted this long. Most of my battles are less than a minute." Ace returned the smile. "Thank you! I have a good trainer." Desire's smile disappeared. "However, I'm not losing. Let's finish this." She lunged at him with her fangs bared to Crunch him. However, Ace ducked just in time and spun around to find her already coming at him with blinding speed with another Crunch. Ace's smile widened. He met her head on with a Close Combat attack, and on the last hit, sent her flying to the other side of the battlefield. Desire fainted. Kaya, Winter, and Red gasped.
"This is her second loss..." Red said. Kaya looked at her.
"What?"
"Desire has only lost once, to the former Kalos champion."
"Wow..." Winter said, "Was she holding back this battle?"
"Nope. On our way to the Pokemon Center, she was going on and on about how she just wanted to battle someone, anyone with her full power, no matter how weak, or strong they were and no matter how quick the battle was."
Ace walked over to Desire; she was still unconscious. He lifted her up and put her on his back before walking over to the side of the battlefield, where his trainer, Red, Winter, and Kaya were waiting for him. Sun knelt down and pet him. "That looked like an intense battle," he said, "Are you all right?" Ace nodded as Malva examined her Pokemon. Red walked over.
"I thought you two were in the spa, but it looks like you were busy making new friends..." Red growled softly, indicating that they were. Ace and Sun walked over to Kaya and Winter. "You surprised me..." Kaya said, "Houndoom are known for their brute strength, and you held your own against one going all out." Winter nuzzled Ace's chin and looked into his eyes, hers full of admiration. "You're amazing, you know that?" She asked. "For the third time, yes. I do." He answered. Meanwhile, Red followed her trainer and Desire inside the spa. "We're going back inside the spa. Also, Desire said she wanted to talk to you. Alone." she said as she went inside. Ace had a straight face as she finished her sentence. Sun pet Ace's fur as he went back inside as well.
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