_Mewtwo p.o.v_

"Arial, please," Giovanni pleaded. "Hear me out. I beg you."

There he stood; Ash, Misty, and Brock still at his side. Arial looked unconvinced. "Give me one good reason why I should."

"Because he's your dad?" Misty suggested.

Arial rolled her eyes. "My haxorus has acted more like a father then him."

Ash stepped forward again. "Well, how about we have that rematch. Same bet?"

Giovanni stepped in front of Ash. "No, this is my battle, not yours. I will fight her." He faced his daughter. "We shall fight to decide what you do. I win, you come home with me. If I lose, then you leave."

Arial was about to step forward, but I put my arm out to stop her.

"No."

Arial looked at me. "What?"

I ignored her and faced Giovanni. "Your quarrel is with me, not with Arial. I will fight on her behalf. It will be a six on six battle."

Giovanni eyed me suspiciously. "What do you mean 'six on six'?"

I held out my hand, and my five pokeballs, which I had hidden psychically, started to float around me. "That boat has some good pokemon." The pokeballs stopped moving. "Go, Roserade!" The ball straight in front of me flew outwards, and Roserade was released.

"That is Arial's Roserade," Giovanni noted.

"That's right," she said, "and after how you've treated her, you better be glad I'm battling your pokemon and not you."

Giovanni scowled. "I may not wish to, but I accept your challenge. Go Machamp!" He released his pokemon, which flexed its muscles and scowled at Roserade. "Use karate chop!" Machamp moved in, starting to swing its four arms at Roserade.

"Dodge and use magical energy ball!" I commanded.

Roserade leapt up and started to spin, the same way she did when I first met her. Giovanni looked concerned. "What is this?"

Roserade let loose two glowing leaves, which flew away and started to curl back around at Machamp. She then stopped spinning and shot an energy ball above Machamp, where the leaves came in and cut it in half, making it explode, knocking Machamp down.

"It's a shame we didn't get to enter the contest," I commented to Roserade. "We would have done great."

"We're not done yet," Giovanni said. "Machamp, use dynamic punch!" Machamp got to his feet and charged Roserade, his upper left fist glowing white.

"Grass whistle!" I commanded.

Roserade threw one magical leaf into the air, where she caught it and started to play a slow, sorrowful tune. Machamp stopped in his tracks. His attack died down and his eyes started to droop. Soon, he was out cold.

"Now, use energy ball, full power!"

Roserade lifted her hand (well, bouquet) up, where an energy ball formed, but she continued to fill it with power. It started to grow.

"Machamp, wake up!" Giovanni exclaimed.

It was too late. Once energy ball was to a good size, she shot it at Machamp, where it once again exploded on contact. When the smoke cleared, Machamp was out cold, defeated.

Giovanni grudgingly withdrew his pokemon. "You only won because that was Arial's pokemon."

"Roserade, retreat," I said. Roserade jumped to my side, ready to watch the rest of the battle. "Well, the battle has just begun. Go, Flareon." I threw my next pokeball, where Flareon appeared, scowling at Giovanni.

"This will be easy. Go, Kingler." He threw out his pokemon, which he thought had an advantage over my pokemon.

How wrong he was.

"Kingler, use crabhammer!" Giovanni commanded. Kingler jumped at Flareon, swinging his pincer down.

"Dodge and use foul play!" I commanded. Flareon jumped up, where he grabbed Kingler's pincer with his front two paws and brought it down on Kingler's head.

"What is this?" Giovanni asked.

Flareon landed a good distance away, and winked at me. His entire form started to glow white. He grew larger, and his body changed shape.

"All right! Zoroa is evolving!" Arial exclaimed.

When the light faded, Flareon wasn't there. Not even Zorua was there. In her place was a large fox like creature, grinning at me.

"Congradulations," I said to her. "You ready to continue, Zoroark?"

"I'm confused," Misty said. "What pokemon is that?"

"That's a zoroark, the evolved form of zoroa, which had disguised itself as a flareon with its ability illusion," Ash explained.

"Correct," I said. "Now we will see if she can perform her signature move. Zoroark, use night daze." Zoroark's eyes flashed blue and she raised her arms up, becoming surrounded in a crimson aura. She brought her arms down and a wave of red energy shot into Kingler.

"Yes, I finally did it!" She said to me.

"Well done."

"Yes, well done indeed," Giovanni growled. "But, again, we are not finished. Kingler, use bubble!"

Kingler, now done with being damaged by Zoroark's attack, shot a wave of bubbles at her. These bubbles knocked her off of her feet, and when she landed on the ground, she let out a cry of pain and tears started to well up in her eyes. She started to cry, looking at Kingler, hurt at what he did.

Kingler immediately ran over and offered to help her up. "No, Kingler!" Giovanni yelled at his pokemon. "That's fake tears!"

"You got it," I said. "Zoroark, finish of Kingler with night slash."

Zoroark gave Kingler one last evil grin, and she started to slash away with her now crimson claws. Kingler went down.

Giovanni growled in greater frustration. "You just got lucky."

Zoroark jumped beside Roserade, ready to be a spectator. "Well, I'm two for two. This time, I'll use the real Flareon." I threw my third pokeball, and the real Flareon appeared, ready to fight.

"I still have one more water pokemon. Go, Cloyster!" I watched in annoyance as he sent out yet another water pokemon.

I started this time. "Flareon, fire fang." He leapt at Cloyster, fire erupting in front of his mouth.

"That is pointless," Giovanni said. "Cloyster, use whirlpool." A cyclone of water appeared around Cloyster.

And Flareon leapt straight into it.

Without even going for Cloyster, Flareon jumped straight into the giant wall of water, and reappeared on the other side. Giovanni looked extremely confused. "What is the point of this?"

"You'll see. Flareon, use trump card." Five glowing red plates appeared around Flareon, and flew towards Cloyster.

"Cloyster, knock them back with hydro pump!"

Cloyster let loose a powerful jet of water and the plates, and they were redirected back to Flareon.

"Flareon, knock them back as well with iron tail." I commanded leisurely. Flareon jumped up, his tail glowing white, and spun around, knocking back one of the plates. He continued to do this until they were all flying back at Cloyster.

"Cloyster, use withdraw!" Giovanni commanded. Cloyster clamped itself shut, and the plates broke as they hit it.

"Iron tail one last time," I commanded. Flareon charged Cloyster, who was staying in his shell. He hit him with his glowing tail, causing him to be launched into the air.

"Any more tricks you would like to try?" Giovanni taunted.

"Why not? Flareon, use last resort."

Flareon came down, spinning very fast. Once he reached Cloyster, he slammed his tail down as hard as he could on the withdrawn pokemon. You could feel the ground shake with the force of the attack. When Flareon moved away, Cloyster's shell opened, and he was unconscious.

"What a moveset!" Brock stated. "Instead of trying to utilize the bonus that Flareon's fire type moves get, they went with physical moves that could compliment his strong attack. Amazing!"

"Who's side are you on?" Giovanni asked angrily as he withdrew his pokemon.

Flareon jumped to my side as well. "Well, we're halfway done, and I'm three for three. Go, Lanturn," I sent out my next pokemon, who stared down Giovanni.

"Go, Rhydon," Giovanni said, releasing his pokemon. He must have been hoping to rely on his ability lightning rod. This was going to be easy.

"Rhydon, use megahorn!" Giovanni commanded. Rhyhorn ran at Lanturn, its horn growing longer and glowing white.

"Lanturn, protect yourself with whirlpool."

Lantern became surrounded by a cyclone of water, with him floating in the middle. Rhyhorn ran right threw it, but unlike Flareon, he was sucked up inside it and flew out when he reached the top.

"Lanturn, finish this quickly with hydro pump," I said.

"Rhydon, block it with drill horn."

Rhydon got up and his horn started to spin extremely fast. When Lanturn hit it with the powerful jet of water, it was redirected by the spinning horn. Rhydon started to walk towards Lanturn.

"Lanturn, wait for the right moment to strike," I said. "Until then, try to keep up the hydro pump." Lanturn made a noise which I hoped was an okay, and continued to attack Rhydon with hydro pump.

When Rhydon got about a foot away from Lanturn, that's when I made my move. "Now use whirlpool again." The cyclone of water appeared, throwing Rhydon off balance and allowing the hydro pump to finally make contact. He fell down, unconscious.

"This might be easier than I had originally thought," I commented as Lanturn came to watch as well. "Aren't you supposed to be a gym leader?"

Giovanni growled in frustration. "Your team is just built against mine. Go, Golem!" He threw out his second to last pokemon.

"Well, it's time for his first battle," I said, looking at my final pokeball. "Go, Metagross." I released my newest pokemon, who faced down Golem, ready to prove himself.

"Golem, start with stone edge," Giovanni commanded. Golem became surrounded in two rings of sharp stones, which then proceeded to fly at Metagross.

"Iron defense," I commanded. Metagross glowed white and the stones broke when they hit him.

"Oh, enough of this toil," Giovanni said irritably. "Golem, use flamethrower!" I watched in horror as Golem opened its mouth opened to release a wave of fire at Metagross. It was a direct hit, and when the fire cleared, metagross had fallen down, and tears had started to well up in his closed eyes.

"What a joke," Giovanni said. "That oaf isn't fit to be called a psychic pokemon."

All of my pokemon and I turned to look at Giovanni. Hatred burned in all of us.

"Don't you dare insult Metagross!" Roserade yelled. "He's twice as strong as any of your pokemon!" She started to run forward, and Zoroark had to grab her so she wouldn't kill him. "Let me at him, Mewtwo! I'll cream this punk!"

I nodded. "Metagross, retreat." Metagross nodded and lumbered over to the others. "Zoroark, release Roserade."

This wasn't my brightest idea.

The second Zoroark let go, she leapt into battle, shooting down Golem relentlessly with energy ball and magical leaf. Golem didn't even get a chance to defend himself. In a matter of seconds, he was unconious, with Roserade breathing heavily and shaking with anger.

"Uh, Roserade?" I asked, a little concerned. "Why don't you take a moment to chill out. Go sit with Metagross."

Roserade gave one last evil look at Giovanni, and walked over to Metagross, where she started to comfort him.

Giovanni looked a little scared at what Roserade had just done. "Well, it looks like I'm down to my last pokemon. Who will you use?"

I smiled at him, and walked forward. "I will fight you."

"Let's go Mewtwo!" Zoroark cheered.

"Annihilate him!" Flareon said.

Giovanni growled. He knew he was going to lose. "Go, Persian!" He let loose his most trusted pokemon, who growled at me, his tail twitching. I snickered. "Bad cat, you know better than to growl at a bigger cat. You might get hurt."

"Persian, use shadow claw!" Giovanni yelled, enraged at my taunt.

Persian, pretty mad as well, leapt at me, his left paw becoming surrounded by a black claw.

I laughed and jumped above him. My tail glowed white and I spun around, hitting Persian, throwing him to the side. I could see why pokemon enjoyed battling. When done properly, it was quite exhilarating.

Giovanni looked worried. "That was iron tail. When did you learn that move?"

"On the boat. I learned two new moves. I'm rather exited to try them out."

Giovanni scowled. "We'll just have to beat you before you can use them. Persian, use power gem!" Persian got back on his feet, and shot a beam of red and pink energy at me from the gem on his head.

I flew above this attack, forming a black ball of energy in between my hands. I shot it at Persian, but he was ready. He jumped out of the way, and leapt back at me, his ghostly claw back.

I didn't have much of a choice. Using one of the few unconventional moves I knew, I reached up and grabbed Persian's shadow claw. It hurt a bit, but I managed to stop him from getting a direct hit.

I then released Persian, not wanting to end this too soon. I smiled at Giovanni. "We had been training to enter a contest. I'm going to show you my best move."

I spun my hands around each other, and they became surrounded in golden energy. I then raised them up, and a giant geyser of golden stars shot into the sky and came raining down on us. I then pointed my hand at them, starting to control them psychically. I spun them around me, and flung them all at Persian, who went under the giant attack. When the stars disappeared, he was unconscious.

I smiled. "I win."

Arial raised an eyebrow at me. "Swift? Really?"

I laughed. "I always liked that move. Now, don't you need to ask Nurse Joy's mother something?"

"Oh, I just wanted to ask her how her granddaughter is. She just had her second birthday."

I nodded. "Well then, let us make haste to New Island." I smiled at Giovanni. "You are welcome to come again if you want to be beaten again." I looked at the others, and they nodded. I lifted us all into the sky, and we started to fly to New Island.

_Giovanni p.o.v_

"No!" I screamed in frustration. "They got away again!"

"Calm down," Misty said. "Didn't you hear what Mewtwo said?"

I shook my head. "I didn't pay attention."

She sighed. "He said where they were going. They're heading to New Island, which I believe isn't very far by boat."

I quickly activated my earpiece. "I need the fastest boat we have deployed in the Orange Archipelago, now!" I looked at my daughter and her group of friends, which were fading away. "I am coming, and I will get my daughter back!"