Hello everyone! A present for you! I've been working on the ending but I can't find anything that fits so if you guys have any suggestions I'm all ears! Happy 4th of July to everyone!

Disclamer: Once again I come to say I do not own Pokemon...sadly.

Chapter 21: Giovanni vs. Misty: Part 1

Giovanni's arena seemed just like any other. There were stands hovering above the field, which were occupied by all the rocket members, and on either side there were places where a competitor's friends could sit and cheer him or her on. The field itself was the regular brown dirt, marked with white lines to show where the out of bounds marks were. Misty and her friends came in and immediately felt small by all the rockets around them. But she felt comfort that she wasn't alone. She stepped up to her spot and placed her bag down.

"Well I'm glad you finally decided to show up," Giovanni said across the field, "I thought you had all escaped on me."

Misty smiled, "Humph, well unlike you Giovanni I'm not just all talk. Let's do this already!"

Giovanni gritted his teeth. Impudent wretch. I'll show her for ever provoking me!

One of Giovanni's men made himself the referee. "Are both of you ready?"

They nodded.

"Well then," he brought his hands down, "begin!"

"Challengers first, little one," Giovanni said.

"Alright, let's start off slow, go Starmie!"

The purple starfish came out dancing, all raring to go.

Giovanni smiled, "This will be a quick match—you made a foolish mistake having nothing but water pokemon!" Giovanni called on his Magnezone.

"Damn, starting out strong already, huh?" Brock said.

"This is bad, Starmie is completely weak against electric types," Tracy pointed out.

"Pika…"

Pikachu looked at Ash, who smiled. "Don't worry buddy, Misty has spent years preparing for situations like this. Her pokemon aren't exactly the normal water types."

Misty smiled. Nothing less from Leader Giovanni.

"Starmie, tackle attack!"

"Show them a real tackle, Magnezone!"

Both pokemon headed straight for each other.

Just when Magnezone got close however, Starmie quickly dodged.

"Water gun!" Misty yelled.

The Magnezone was pushed back a little, actually surprised that it took some damage.

"Ha! Idiot! Magnezone use thunderbolt!" Magnezone's thunderbolt had cracked the ground beneath it as it headed straight toward Starmie.

"Dodge it, Starmie!" Misty yelled again.

This had continued for a few minutes, until Misty finally noticed it—his Magnezone is slow.

"Your Starmie can't keep dodging forever and you know it! Double Team!" Giovanni commanded. One Magnezone became about a dozen and they all surrounded Starmie. It couldn't run anymore.

"Now use thunderbolt!"

Got him, Misty thought.

She smiled and said, "Gyro Ball!"

Before Magnezone could use its electric attack, Starmie countered, spinning quickly and releasing bright blue balls of energy from its gem. Each hit one of the fakes until the real Magnezone was hit. This nearly sent it into a wall.

"What the hell?" Giovanni cried out.

"Giovanni, your Magnezone might have the type advantage but I have the speed advantage! Use swift!" Bright stars had come from Starmie and hit Magnezone dead on. "Ice beam!"

"Mirror coat," Giovanni countered. Magnezone had made a barrier that reflected the attack and sent it right back at Starmie with double the force and speed. Starmie couldn't dodge it.

"Starmie!"

Starmie was hit by the ice beam and was actually frozen solid. "Starmie try to break free!"

It tried but no matter how much Starmie shook it couldn't move at all and was now completely helpless.

Giovanni chuckled, "This is over, use Zap Cannon." Magnezone had gathered all its energy between its magnets and fired it right at Starmie. Starmie, like all of Misty's pokemon, were especially resistant to electric attacks, but since this was Magnezone's strongest attack, and Starmie still couldn't move to dodge it, all Misty could do was watch in horror as the attack hit, creating an explosion on impact.

"Starmie is unable to battle!" The referee yelled out.

The stands began to erupt in cheers. Giovanni smiled, "Realize you're in over your head yet?"

Misty smiled back. "I have not yet begun to fight!" She called back Starmie and released her second pokemon.

"Azumarill, it's your turn!"

"An Azumarill huh," Giovanni smiled, "You are such a stubborn woman." He released his beautiful Meganium.

"Dang, a grass type this time!" May sighed. "I bet he has nothing but pokemon who are strong against water types!"

"Well, no one said this was going to be easy," Dawn said.

Ash smiled. He knew Azumarill far too well and that even though this would be a tough battle, Azumarill could pull this off.

"Azumarill, start off with your water gun!"

Giovanni said, "The same old tricks will get you nowhere—Meganium, dodge and use body slam." Unlike Magnezone, Meganium was super fast, and nearly hit Azumarill with its body weight.

I got to end this quick or Azumarill will be done for!

"Azumarill, tackle attack!"

"Meganium, use your vines to reel it in then use your body slam!"

Misty smiled. Just what I was hoping for. "Quick, Azu, use focus punch!" Azumarill had used Meganium's pulling force for its own speed and forced all its power into a strong punch that sent Meganium flying.

Giovanni gritted his teeth, "Razor leaf."

"Dodge and use double team!" Azumarill was able to dodge and surround Meganium with its double team.

"I won't fall for this trick again; use your bullet seed until you hit the real one." Meganium shot seeds from its mouth and quickly hit its real target. "Now, poison powder." A purple mist began to sift from Meganium's leaves and began to cover the ground along with Azumarill.

"Azu, use your hydro pump on the ground, then double edge toward Meganium." Azumarill soared about fifteen feet in the air before it came down with full force on its opponent.

"Don't give it time to rest, Azumarill! Keep using focus punch on it." The tired little water pokemon used punch after punch in efforts to knock Meganium out, or at least knock him down enough for a final attack.

"Use vine whip to push it away then use solarbeam." Meganium managed to push Azumarill back enough to prepare for its solarbeam, which hit the unsuspecting Azumarill faster than normal.

"Azumarill!" Misty yelled.

When the dust had cleared everyone, even Misty, was surprised to see Azumarill not on the ground but in the air, dodging the solarbeam completely.

"Yeah, that's it Azu!"

"I don't believe this!" Giovanni shouted.

Both pokemon had nothing left—it was now or never.

"Azu, use blizzard!" Misty commanded. Blizzard had hit Meganium at full power, turning its leaves into ice, and pushing it back. "Finish it with your iron tail!" Azumarill came down from the air and hit its opponent once more, knocking it all the way back into a wall.

"Damn it," Giovanni replied as he bitterly returned his pokemon.

"Meganium is unable to battle, Azumarill wins."

"Hmph," Giovanni responded, "Well I guess you do have some talent—not much but some at least."

"Azu," Misty picked up and carried it in her arms. She could smell the poison from its body. "I'm sorry, I didn't tell you to use that hydro pump fast enough, and you ended up getting poisoned anyway." Azumarill seem to nod in understanding. "You never cease to amaze me little one, you did really great out there, thank you."

"Misty you were great," Dawn replied.

"Yeah, I didn't think water types were that strong," May agreed.

"Well then this match should be a lesson to you—don't ever underestimate a water type!" Misty smiled with confidence.

Giovanni snarled again, "So what if you beat my grass type with a water type, that doesn't matter to me. What does matter is seeing the look on your face when you lose!"

Misty took a deep breath. This was going to be a long match.

She took out her next pokeball. "Let's win this one for Ash, ok?" she whispered.

"Go!"

Ash smiled, "Hey, its Corsola!"

Corsola began to jump waiting for her opponent.

"Oh yeah," Brock said—seeing another opportunity to tease Ash about Misty, "Isn't Corsola your nickname for Misty? She must have been thinking about you," he laughed, being successful at causing Ash to blush.

Giovanni released his next pokemon, which was another electric type.

"Woah I've never seen an Ampharos like that one before!" Tracy said, growing excited.

"What's so great about it, it's just from Johto," Ash said.

"That's not what I meant," Tracy had been taking sketches this entire time of the match, "I meant its color—Ampharos are usually yellow, but this one is purple."

"Hey, you're right," Brock agreed, "I wonder if the fact that it has a rare color would mean that it's a stronger pokemon…"

"I sure hope not, Misty doesn't need any more to worry about," May sighed.

"I guess I'll start first," Giovanni lifted his hand, "Ampharos tackle attack!" Ampharos proved to be just as fast as Meganium and hit Corsola with just as much force.

Misty grinned, "Corsola, show them a real tackle attack!" Corsola hit back with even more force than Ampharos, sending it straight into a wall. "Spike cannon!" Corsola was still on Ampharos which made this a hard close up hit. Corsola jumped back just in time to miss Ampharos's spark attack.

Well now, looks like I made it angry. "Corsola, ice beam," she said next.

Ampharos dodged all the attacks with ease and was closing in fast.

"Thunderbolt."

"Dodge it Corsola!"

And so it was thundershock vs. ice beam, which one would hit its target first? Ampharos eventually tripped on ice that was on the ground which allowed Corsola to make her move.

"Spike cannon then follow it with tackle." Again Ampharos was pushed into a wall.

"Thunderbolt damn it!"

"Mirror coat!" Unfortunately Ampharos wasn't fazed much by its own attack, even though it was at double the power.

"Use focus punch." Corsola dodged the first few times but was finally hit, knocking it back to Misty's feet.

"Don't give up Corsola, use ancient power!" Corsola had glowed a bright blue, then hit Ampharos with a strong tackle that seemed to come out of nowhere.

"Now Ice beam!" The ice beam froze Ampharos legs to the ground, then without a command from Misty, Corsola used spike cannon to finish it off.

Giovanni gritted his teeth.

"Ampharos is unable to battle. Corsola is the—"

"You think I don't know that?" Giovanni yelled, causing the poor referee to shake in fear.

Corsola jumped up and down to celebrate her victory. "What's the matter, Giovanni? Don't tell me you're getting overheated? I have to admit, you truly didn't know what to do in that match at all—truly disappointing…" Misty laughed.

"Damn you! I will get you for mocking me!" Giovanni pulled out a pokeball then smiled, "I didn't really want to do this to you—since you're such a strong trainer and all—but screw it you pissed me off! You asked for this!" He released his next pokemon.

"Wow, a Luxray, I don't see enough of these!" Tracy began sketching it.

"Uh oh…" Ash whispered.

Delia turned to see her son frowning. "What's wrong honey?"

"Look closely at the Luxray," Ash started. "It has the same necklace Pikachu was wearing."

"Uh no, you're right!" Dawn said, "This is bad."

"Don't worry guys," May tried to reassure everyone, "I'm sure Misty can handle this."

Corsola took a lot of damage in that last battle so I got to end this quick. "Corsola, spike cannon!"

Giovanni didn't have to say anything Luxray disappeared as fast as lighting.

Corsola and Misty both looked around but it didn't take long to spot it. "Behind you!"

"Thunderbolt."

Corsola didn't have time to do much, thunderbolt hit with full power and sent Corsola all the way into a wall across from it.

"Corsola!"

"Corsola is unable to battle, Luxray wins."

The stadium erupted in cheers.

Misty, and everyone else, was in absolute shock.

He took out Corsola…with just one hit…

She returned it and smiled. "You did great old friend, thanks." She looked at Giovanni. "So this is what you have been hiding all this time, huh? Such a strong pokemon—is it because of the necklace it wears? Isn't that some form of cheating?"

"Now, now, Misty, you should know better than anyone that it's not illegal for a pokemon to carry or wear anything during a pokemon battle," Giovanni smiled, "It's ok if you want to back out now."

Misty laughed, "Back out? I'm just getting started Giovanni!" She held her pokeball, "You and your pumped up Luxray don't scare me one bit."

She released her Gyarados. "Let's see how tough Luxray really is."

And that's part 1! I hope you guys liked it and be sure to stay tuned for part 2. Be sure to let me know what you think of it. I'm a bit happy to say that I finally finshed the Yellow arc of Pokemon Adventures, which was completely awesome, now I'm starting on the Gold arc. I miss Red though...hahaha

Until next time...