Ashley's Pikachu was quickly knocked out after only landed a couple of hits. Ellie shuddered at the sight of it. She had to admit she did not want to be on the receiving end of that Persian. Chloe returned her Persian without a word and sent out an Azumarill. Ellie had to admit the water pokemon was extremely cute. Ashley sent out a Cyndaquil which was quickly dispatched by Azumarill
"Thanks Sapphire," Chloe said before returning the barely injured Pokemon to it's pokeball. Ashley then sent out a Bayleef and Chloe sent out Scarlet. Scarlet quickly dispatched the grass pokemon even after getting poisoned.
"Ashley's Chikorita is unable to battle. Chloe's Vulpix wins. Which means that Chloe wins the match!" Zuki said as she patted the Ecruteak native on the back. Chloe smiled up at her like they were old friends.
Chloe ran up happily to her after her battle was finished.
"I'll hurry up and get my pokemon healed so I can watch your battle!" she said before running out the door in the direction of the Pokecenter.
"Round 2 will now commence. Will Ellie and Adam please take the stage for their battle," Zuki said. Ellie nodded and quickly got up with Luna following closely behind.
"Please begin whenever you are ready!" Zuki said.
"Luna do you want to go?" she asked her pokemon.
"Skii!" the pokemon cried before running out on the field. The boy named Adam glared at her from across the field and quickly sent out a Growlithe.
"Luna use Attract!" Ellie said.
"Dodge that, Growlithe!" Adam reacted. Ellie held her breath as Luna winked and blew a kiss to the fire pokemon. Growlithe didn't try to get out of the way as several small pink hearts came at him and were absorbed in his body. Immediately the pokemon went up to Luna and tried to get her attention. Ellie just grinned.
"Use Assist," Ellie said. Adam was over on his side of the field.
"YOU STUPID POKEMON! Hit that ugly thing!" He cried. Ellie glared at him as Luna made a white glowing ball in front of her which turned into a Water Gun. The jet of water hit the Growlithe at close range and sent the pokemon flying.
The pokemon struggled to get on it's feet and Ellie realized it was still in love with Luna. She smirked.
"Luna use Double slap!" she said.
"Use a Fire Fang Growlithe!" Adam called. Growlithe ignored it's trainer and moved even closer to Luna who quickly began to slap the pokemon with her tail over and over again. Suddenly the Growlithe snapped to it's senses and bite onto Luna with flames protruding from it's mouth.
"Skiiiii!" Luna cried in pain. Ellie frowned as Luna was thrown backward towards her.
"Are you okay, Luna?" she asked. Luna got to her feet and nodded.
Ellie quickly tried to decide what to do. She couldn't ask Luna to use Ice Beam or Blizzard because it would do practically nothing. Even if it did manage to freeze the Growlithe, the Growlithe's body heat would quickly melt all of the ice. Ellie bite her finger in nervousness.
"Growlithe use Ember!"
"Luna dodge and use Assist!" Ellie watched as Luna was hit by a couple stray embers and quickly used Assist once again. This time it was a jet of hot flames which engulfed the Growlithe. Ellie cursed under her breath as the Growlithe came out of it unharmed.
"Assist again quickly!" Ellie called.
Luna looked at her and quickly used the move once again. This time a bone appeared out of no where and went flying towards the Growlithe. It hit the Growlithe and the pokemon cried out in pain.
"Growlithe use-" Adam began to say but was immediately cut off as the Bonemerang looped around and hit the fire pokemon once more. The Growlithe tried to get up but with no avail.
"Adam's Growlithe is unable to battle, Ellie's Skitty wins!" Zuki said with a smile. Ellie returned the tired Skitty to her pokeball and sent out Azura. Zuki looked at Ellie questionably but let it slide.
"Draa~" Azura cried happy to be in a battle. Adam smirked and sent out a star shaped pokemon with a gem in the middle. Ellie wanted to say it was a Staryu but she wasn't sure.
"Staryu! Use Bubblebeam!" Adam said.
"Azura. Use a Flamethrower and make those Bubbles turn to steam!" Ellie quickly said. Azura looked at her trainer before turning up her nose and doing what she was told.
Ellie shielded her eyes as she tried to see past all the steam. She was surprised to see that Azura had gone on without her and was trying to wrap her body from the Staryu.
"Azura! Get back here right now!" Ellie said. Azura looked at her and stuck out her tongue.
"Staryu, use Ice Beam!" Adam said with a wicked grin on his face.
"Azura get back here!" Ellie said once again but it was too late. The Dragon was already encased in ice.
"Ellie's Dratini is-" Zuki was cut off at the sight of ice melting. Ellie stared in shock as Azura was using Flamethrower to melt the ice around her. Eventually the dragon was free however panting heavily.
"Azura use-" Ellie was cut off as Azura launched itself at the Staryu and hit it with her tail sending the water pokemon flying.
"Azura!" Ellie cried in frustration. Staryu got up.
"Ice Beam again Staryu!" Adam said. Ellie quickly returned Azura to her pokeball before the beam could hit. She let out Ariana.
"Amphy!" the pokemon cried.
"Ariana use Thunderbolt!"
"Dodge Staryu and use Ice Beam!"
"Wait until the Staryu dodges and then use another Thunderbolt!" Ellie said.
First Ariana let loose a Thunderbolt which hit the floor and left a black mark and Ellie looked at Zuki apologetic but quickly turned her attention back to the battle as the Staryu began to use Ice Beam again. Ariana quickly let loose another Thunderbolt which finished off the already hurt Staryu.
"Alright Ariana. Care for one more battle girl?" she asked with a smile. Ariana raised her flipper which crackled with electricity and nodded at her trainer.
Adam sent out a odd looking green bipedal pokemon with a huge green lily pad on it's head that had a notch.
"Lombre~" it said sleepily as it yawned.
"Er...I have no clue what that thing is but use a Thunderbolt followed by a Thunder Punch and see what it does!" Ellie said to Ariana. Ariana nodded and let loose an electrifying shock.
"Dodge it Lombre," Adam called. However, the pokemon didn't listen and let the Thunderbolt hit it. It didn't even move when Ariana quickly used a Thunderpunch.
"Uh, Dude. I think your pokemon needs to listen," Ellie said.
"Like you have room to talk. Use Bubblebeam!" Alex retorted.
"Ariana dodge and keep sending Thunderbolt's towards that thing!" Ellie said.
Ariana waited until the Lombre sent off a few bubbles and sidestep them. She then began a barrage of Thunderbolts until the thing fainted. Ariana went up to Ellie and gave a quick hug.
"Adam's Lombre is unable to battle. Ellie's Ampharos is the winner. Ellie wins the match!" Zuki said. Ellie got off stage with Ariana close behind only to be confronted by Chloe.
"Hi! Good match!" Chloe said.
"Your Dratini doesn't listen very well does she?" Chloe asked. Ellie shrugged.
"She thinks she is always right even when she is about to get hurt," Ellie answered quickly.
"I need to go to the Pokecenter now. Coming with?" Ellie asked. Ariana clapped her hands excitedly.
"Uh sure. And this is Ariana right? How adorable are you!" Chloe said slouching to be on level with Ariana. She pet Ariana on the head as the next match began.
"We might want to hurry," Ellie said.
They quickly jogged to the Pokecenter and waited as Nurse Joy healed Ellie's pokemon. She once again looked at the video call centers and wondered if she should indeed call Lance. However, she reminded herself that Alex was suppose to be doing that anyway. She quickly checked the time to see that she still had plenty of time to leave for Mahogany.
"You seem really anxious," Chloe said.
"Uh, yeah. It's just that I need to leave town before nightfall," Ellie replied.
"Why?" Chloe asked. She looked at Ellie with a puzzled look on her face. Ellie shrugged.
"I got to get moving or else I'll be late...meeting my parents," Ellie lied. She felt bad about lying to this new person but she couldn't very well say that she was going to a secret Team Rocket base in Mahogany.
Nurse Joy handed her back her pokemon.
"Please come again anytime," the Nurse said with a smile. Ellie just nodded and walked out the door with Chloe chattering about how cute Ariana was who in turn was soaking up the attention and acting even cuter then normal. Ellie just rolled her eyes and kept walking until they were back at the dance hall. They got back just to watch a new battle ending.
"Chloe and Brady please come up here for your battle," Zuki said. Chloe nodded and took the stage. She let out Scarlet without a thought and the lazy Vulpix yawned as she looked up her trainer.
Brady sent out a mad looking Ivysaur who was quickly defeated by Scarlet. Brady sent out another grass type that Ellie recognized as Roselia. Ellie quickly decided this would be a quick match if all of Brady's pokemon were grass types as she was beginning to think so. The Roselia lasted longer then Ivysaur but went down all the same after a particularly nasty Fire Blast courtesy of the tiny Vulpix. Ellie clapped along with the crowd as Ariana gently laid her head on her lap and began to dose
. "Sleepy head!" Ellie said as she laughed at her Ampharos. Brady sent out a Sunkern with was also quickly defeated by Scarlet.
"Chloe wins again," Zuki said. Scarlet didn't waste anytime celebrating however. The fire pokemon jumped into Chloe's arms where it soon fell asleep. Brady looked upset but shook Chloe's free hand. A few words that weren't audible were exchanged and Brady walked out the door. Chloe came back and sat next to Ellie. She had a laugh about Ariana as well but Ellie pointed out she also had a sleeping pokemon. Ellie gently woke up Ariana.
"Hey, it's time to get up and kick some butt!" Ellie said with a smile. Ariana quickly stood up and looked for her opponent. Ellie laughed at her and told her to settle down.
"Ellie and Casandra please come up here to battle for the spot in the finals!" Zuki announced. Ellie and Ariana both walked up to the stage.
Ariana pointed towards the stage and Ellie nodded. Ariana quickly ran onto the stage and glared at Casandra who in turn sent out a odd looking squirrel pokemon. A bunch of confused looks went out to the crowd. The pokemon jumped off of it's feet and glided around before settling back on the ground. Casandra raised in eyebrow.
"What you hicks in Johto never seen an Emolga before? Of course that's right! The Unova region is way better then this dump. I bet you don't even know what the Unova reigon is! Do you?" Casandra said laughing at Ellie.
Everyone around them tightened their fists but Ellie raised a hand.
"Oh yeah. Well just watch this 'hick' beat you," Ellie quickly replied. She honestly hadn't ever heard of this Unova region but if the trainers there acted like this girl then she felt sorry for the region.
"Gooo Ellie!"
"Beat that stuck-up snob!"
"Don't you dare lose!"
Ellie just glared. This girl obviously had waited until this moment to use her pokemon. Just in the earlier rounds she had used pokemon native to Johto. Well if she wanted a surprise then that's what Ellie would give her.