I'm sorry guys. I took time to work on Chapter 31 of my other story, and I had to do other things, that I forgot to submit the newest chapter of this story. (Then I had to edit it to remove the Japanese Pokemon names- like "Harriet the Koiking" to "Harriet Koiking the Magikarp.") Also, I was lazy in other ways and did not manage my time well. Hopefully I can still get the next chapter here by this Friday. I also need to get the Yu-Gi-Oh! C chapter finished and up, so bare with me!

Last time, you recall, Pippi went up against Harriet Koiking the very strong Magikarp in the Pocket Monster Super Battle Tournamento. After a freakish start of the battle, Pippi accidentally hit the Barrierd referee with a Solar Beam attack and the entire battling room exploded due to Pippi and Harriet's fire attacks. The referee was angered from his hit and began to chase Pippi after Pippi realized that nothing was stopping him from escaping now that the room was gone. Harriet went after him, of course, and so did Old Ruu and Barrierds A through C. To make matters worse, Cameron the camcorder also spotted Pippi fleeing from his match and said,

"Poor Pippi. Has it forgotten that I've been watching it the whole time?"

So what will Pippi do now? Well, I know what you'll do now. You're going to read this story! That's what! Here we goooooooo…

Chapter 21- "Run, Pippi, Run!"

"I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HEEEEEEEERE!" Pippi exclaimed as he was flapping his arms, fleeing for his freakin' life.

"Oh no!" said Donny Lizardon. "Pippi!"

"I had fun in this Tournamento (sort of), and I really wanted to fight Digda," said Pippi as he ran, "but considering the fact that I cannot beat Harriet in order to fight him, I'll just forget all about this and run away."

"I'M GONNA CREAM HIM!!" grunted Harriet as she flopped towards him along with everybody else who was running after him.

"I'm almost there!" Pippi cried happily as he found a set of double doors ahead of him. Some of the audience members watched as he was starting to go through the doors.

However, before he could make it through those doors, a white object landed in front of him.

"Going somewhere, Pippi?" said Cameron the flying camcorder as Pippi gasped and skidded to a stop a few inches from it.

"Great Scott (whoever he is)!" yelled Pippi upon seeing this antagonist of before. "It's you! Outta my way, camcorder, I'm trying to escape!"

He held his fist back as Cameron said, "What?"

Before Pippi could throw his fist at the camcorder, he suddenly felt a sudden chill in that fist. Upon looking at it, he saw that it was surrounded by a blue aura. For some reason, he couldn't move his hand at all! It felt like it was heavy or at least stuck in some kind of invisible contraption that wouldn't let him move his hand!

Looking back, he saw that the Mr. Mimes and Old Ruu had their hands held in front of them, also with blue auras. Their eyes also glowed red as they were concentrating on something important. "Can't move your fist, can ya' Pippi?" said the Barrierd referee. "Feel the power of Psychic attacks!"

"HAR HAR HAR!" shoutd Ruu-sama. "YOU'RE GOING DOWN, PIPPI! GET 'IM, HARRIET!"

Pippi gasped as Cameron stretched out its arms and grabbed him, saying, "I'll get him for ya', Harriet. Let's go, Pippi!"

"KYAAAAAAH!" shouted Pippi as Cameron carried him up a few feet in the air.

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!" went most of the Pokemon audience as Pippi was crying from the shock, his arms flying up and down also due to the shock. He didn't know what to do, but nobody cared except for his friends.

Hey wait a minute… did he just flap both of his arms?

Wow, I'm mobile! Pippi realized.

Apparently after Pippi was grabbed by Cameron, the Mr. Mimes and Old Ruu lifted their powers off of Pippi, causing him to be able to move his arm around.

This gives me an idea, Pippi thought as he waved his arms discretely.

"I'm ready to defeat you, Pippi!" shouted Harriet. "I did not come through this Tournamento to face opponents like you. All my life I was told by my family how bad Magikarps were considered until they evolved into mighty Gyarados. That was when I realized that enough was enough and that I had to change my life and become stronger! I was going to prove to everyone how strong Magikarps were. Get ready to lose, Pippi! Get ready to lo-"

"AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!" screeched Cameron as he was hit by the sudden Ice Beam attack that came out of Pippi's hands. The cold blast forced the camcorder to let go of Pippi and fall to the ground. The others stood still from the shock of what just happened so they didn't save it or Pippi. As soon as Cameron landed on the ground, it shattered into little tiny pieces.

CRASH

"CAAAAAAAAMEROOOOOOOON!" cried Barrierds A through C. Then they turned from the newly made scrap pile to look at Pippi with bright, glaring eyes.

"Whoops," said Pippi, covering his mouth after landing. "Well… at least my camera problem's over… heh heh heh…"

"PIPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" screamed the Barrierd referee as Barrierds A, B, and C fainted from the shock. At the same time, Old Ruu also fell over from what happened.

"Darn you, Pippi!" shouted Harriet before looking at the pile of camcorder dust. "Huh?"

Suddenly, the black particles began to jiggle and shake a little. The smoke and steam that was coming off of it faded away as the pile began to lighten and rise. Everyone watched in amazement as the pieces of the camcorder came back together!

"OH SHOOT!" shouted Pippi. "NOW I'VE GOT NOTHING!"

"It's alive!" shouted Harriet. "Let's rejoice!"

"Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa!" laughed the camcorder as it became completed. No, it wasn't evil, but it said, "Didn't I tell you? No, I guess I didn't. Remember how I said that I was Cameron the Camcorder?"

"Yeah," said the confused Pippi.

"Well," said Cameron, "I LIED, YOU FOOL! I'm Cameron the Immortal Camcorder! I can never be destroyed!"

"Oh yeah, I remember that feature in the camcorder catalog," said the referee, stroking his chin as Harriet grinned a little.

"Har har har!" shouted Digda from where he was. "Ya see, Pippi? That's what you get!"

"Pippi…" said Rex, biting his nails from fright.

"So you see, Pippi," said Cameron, "I cannot be defeated! You cannot defeat me!! OOF!"

"SHUT UP, CAMCORDER!" Harriet cried as she leaped up and charged into him.

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Cam cried.

"THIS IS MY BATTLE!" shouted Harriet as they landed. The camcorder broke again.

Pippi glared at her and pointed to the Barrierd that was still standing. "Well why don't you tell that to the referee!?"

"You shut up too, Pippi!" cried Harriet.

"No way, Jose!"

"It's Harriet, you idiot!"

"I'M NO IDIOT!"

"Okay then, people," said the referee, jumping in between them. "Shall we continue with the battle?"

"Yes, let's go back to the area with the battling room," said Harriet.

Pippi gulped again. (He did it before, didn't he?) "Oh no! She's gonna murder me if we continue the battle!"

"And that's a problem because…?" Barrierd said sarcastically.

Pippi rolled his eyes. "Forget it," said Pippi. "Forget about this, I forfeit."

"YOU CAN'T FORFEIT!" shouted the Barrierd referee. "THAT'S AGAINST THE RULES!"

"Well who's gonna stop me?" said Pippi with an evil look in his eyes.

"I am!" shouted Harriet.

"And me too!" said Cameron, who just finished regenerating.

"What did I tell ya, Cammy?" said Harriet.

"Well, let's go then," said the referee. "Pippi! You're coming with us!"

"AS IF, YOU GUYS!" shouted Pippi as he turned toward the exit to run. Unfortunately though, he tripped as soon as he started. "Oof!"

"JUMP HIM!" shouted Cam as an angry Harriet leaped onto the fallen Pippi. The Barrierd laughed as she charged.

"Oof! Oof! Ah! Oof! Arrrrrgh!" shouted Pippi as he was being trampled in a way.

Suddenly, the Barrierd referee's eyes widened in excitement. "YES!" he shouted. "HARRIET'S GONNA WIN! HARRIET'S GONNA WIN!"

"You said it, mime boy," said Cameron as it focused its camera on Pippi.

"SOMEBODY HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" shouted Pippi as he continued being jumped on by Harriet.

"You're gonna lose, Pippi!" shouted Harriet.

"SHE'S REALLY GONNA WIN! SHE'S GONNA BEAT THIS LOSER! PIPPI'S FINALLY GOING DOWN!" the Mr. Mime screamed.

"Are you being biased?" said the giggling camcorder.

"YES, BUT I DON'T CARE!" said the mime Pokemon. "I CAN'T BELIEVE HARRIET'S GONNA WIN! ACTUALLY, I CAN BELIEVE IT BECAUSE SHE'S SO STRONG! YAAAAAAAAHAAAAAH!"

"Mercy, Harriet, Mercy! Please stop beating me up, Harriet!" begged Pippi as he was being thrashed. "Puh-leeeeeeeease? I'll be your best friend!"

Suddenly, the referee started dancing. "YES, SHE'S GONNA WIN, SHE'S GONNA WIN! HARRIET IS GONNA WIN!" The wide-eyed Barrierd referee turned to Cameron, who instantly said,

"Whoa there, Mr. Mime, calm down. I mean, it's cool and all that Pippi's gonna lose, but-"

"DANCE WITH ME!" exclaimed the Barrierd referee. At the same time, Pippi managed to roll out of Harriet's path of pain.

"Yikes!" cried Cameron as the ref leaped up and pulled him down at him. As soon as the ref landed, he spun around, Cam in his hands as Pippi tried to crawl away from the raging Harriet. Suddenly, in all his excitement, Barrierd jumped up again and hurled the camcorder down at the ground.

Oh yeah, did I mention that Harriet was right in the path of the camcorder?

"AAAAAAAAAAAUGH!" shouted Harriet as the camcorder landed on her side (because Magikarp are almost always on their side when they're on land, right?). Not that Cameron was broken, but sparks came out of its camcorderly body, and as you've probably known, sparks are electric. The electrical sparks automatically came in contact with Harriet, causing her to scream again from being shocked. "EYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The exhausted Pippi watched as electrical sparks surged through the screaming Harriet, and his jaw dropped after the sparks disappeared as he heard the Koiking cry one last time. No, she didn't die, but she was almost knocked out.

Pippi, who had about 1 HP left, slowly managed to get up and walk over to Harriet. "Er… Harriet?"

"Whoopsie!" the referee slowly uttered as he blushed.

Pippi quietly and gently lifted his hand up to touch Harriet, who was now pitch black due to the shock. Cameron was black too, and smoke was floating out of it like it was a grill. Pippi tapped Harriet lightly, and she instantly fell over in defeat.

The Barrierd looked at the swirls in her eyes and sighed. He turned to the staring audience. "Well guys," he said, "I'm afraid that due to what I caused, Harriet is unable to battle. The winner of this match is… Gulp… Pippi…"

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" most of the audience shouted.

Suddenly, all of the dirt and dust flowed off of Pippi's body, and he immediately gained all of his strength and cried, "I WON? OH BABY! I BEAT HARRIET THE KOIKING!"

"OH COME ON!" cried the referee as Pippi ran up to hug him. "I'M THE ONE THAT CAUSED HARRIET TO FALL!"

"No it wasn't!" said Pippi. "I was the one who finally knocked her out!"

"All you did was tap her lightly!"

"Iit worked, didn't it?" Pippi cried.

"Good work, Pippi!" Rex exclaimed as Bana Bana and Donny couldn't believe their eyes.

"Yes! Pippi won!" shouted Digda. "Now we can beat him!" He was referring to himself and Gordon.

"That was an unremarkable battle if I do say so myself," Ursa said, sighing. "Well, Harriet did an acceptable job, but that Pippi opponent did not do so well. The only reason he was able to wound Harriet so badly was because of his fire and Metronome attacks."

"I've never seen a battle dis devastating in all my life, mates," Larry Laglarge exclaimed, shocked.

The Golem chuckled. "You get ready, Larry," he warned him, "'cause we're up next."

Larrry sat upward from his original slouching position in his seat. "Oh! Right," he said.

The referee shouted, "THE WINNER OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLE SHALL FACE PIPPI LATER ON IN THE TOURNAMENTO!" Then he uttered under his breath, "And hopefully beat him, too…"

The general audience booed at Pippi and started crying, "DOWN WITH PIPPI! DOWN WITH PIPPI! DOWN WITH PIPPI! DOWN WITH PIPPI!"

"Shut up!" shouted the annoyed Pippi as he walked back over to the other six members of the audience of finalists and sat in his seat. The six Pokemon looked at him as he walked over, but only Larry and Megan congratulated him.

At the same time, the Barrierd referee was carrying Harriet and Cameron away in a stretcher. (Hey, camcorders are people too!) When he came back from the Pokemon hospital area in the Tournamento stadium, he shouted to the audience, "AND NOW WE SHALL HAVE OUR SECOND BATTLE OF THE ROUND!" He turned to the finalists. "WILL THE NEXT TWO BATTLERS MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE BATTLEFIELD?"

The Swampert and the Golem got up out of their seats and walked over to the battlefield. The field was still damaged from the previous battle's explosion, but the two Pokemon got to their places.

"I sure hope Larry wins this!" Pippi said to the four remaining Pokemon. "He's my new friend!"

Digda turned to him, grinning somehow. (He doesn't have a mouth, remember?) "You do realize that if he wins you'll have to face him in the next round, right?"

Pippi gulped. "I never thought about that! Even though he is my friend, I can't expect him to show any mercy on me!"

"Complaining, complaining, complaining," grunted Grumpy Grumpig. "Pippi, do you ever stop complaining about the opponents you're facing?"

"Aren't you complaining right now?" Digda said as he snickered.

"Shut up, Digda!" said Grumpy. "Don't forget, I'm gonna beat you in the battle after the next one after this one."

"Well see," Digda said as he snickered again.

The Barrierd referee saw that the two Pokemon were in their places and said, "IN THIS CORNER, WEIGHING AN AVERAGE OF 662 POUNDS, WE HAVE… GORDON THE GOLEM!"

The audience roared as Gordon bowed to them. Larry rolled his eyes.

"AND IN THIS OTHER CORNER," continued the referee, "WEIGHING AN AVERAGE OF 180.6 POUNDS, WE HAVE… LARRY THE SWAMPERT!"

"Go Larryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!" Rex screamed at the top of his lungs. Donny and Bana Bana clapped with him. Pippi hesitantly cheered, knowing that he didn't want to face Larry but that he didn't want him to lose, either.

"NOW…" said the referee, "… BEGIN!"

"This'll be an easy match!" shouted Larry Laglarge as Gordon started running towards him. "I'm a Water-type Pokemon, and my attacks'll crush my Rock Pokemon opponent. Are ya' ready for dis, mate?"

He then opened his mouth wide, took a deep breath, and exhaled, sending a huge flood of water out of his mouth! The blue liquid hit Gordon dead on, and the Hydro Pump blast covered Gordon completely.

"Heh heh heh…" said Larry, grinning as he continued attacking. "That about does it… huh?"

Suddenly, out of the blue (literally!), an angry Gordon Golone flew out of the water and rammed into Larry, causing the Laglarge to stop firing and fly straight into the air.

"CRIIIIIIIIIIIICKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!" he shouted as everyone watched the little dot in the sky known as him fly away. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh…"

Now the Barrierd referee's jaw dropped as he saw what had happened. For a few seconds, nobody did anything. Then suddenly, they heard a sound.

"…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" It was the sound of Larry Laglarge, the dot in the sky that was seen on the other side of the Tournamento stadium. Everyone watched as the dot began to grow bigger and bigger until it was clearly a Laglarge that landed back on the battlefield with a large, loud thud.

THUD!

For a few seconds, Larry lay on his stomach on the ground as the Barrierd referee's jaw was still dropped. Then, he weakly got up, brushed himself off and said, "Wow… you're pretty tough. Not only did you survive my attack, you went through it and attacked me!"

"I'm more enduring than the average Golem, you know," Gordon bragged.

"You go, Gordon!" shouted Digda. "Woohoo!"

"I think I flew all away around the whole world," said Larry. "That was some, Take Down you gave me, mate."

"DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?" said Gordon. "I GAVE YOU THAT TAKE DOWN ATTACK BECAUSE I'M GONNA TAKE YOU DOWN!"

"Oh really?" said Larry Laglarge, waving his finger at him.

"Really, mate!" said Gordon.

"Hey!" Larry said as he jumped up and down like he was throwing a tantrum. "Stop using my own accent against me, you freak!"

"Ooh, this is gonna be good," said Digda.

"Let's end this," hissed Larry as steam shot out of his nostrils.

Gordon chuckled. "Don't you mean, 'Let's end this, mate?'"

"That's it, Rocky Boy!" shouted Larry. "You're going down!"

"Yeah, I'll go down in history from beating up you!" Gordon shouted. "And I can say 'mate' whenever I want to! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate!"

Larry gasped at what Gordon was doing. "I outta…" Suddenly, the Golem turned to the audience.

"Come on, say it with me, everybody!" Gordon shouted. "Mate, mate, mate!"

Suddenly, practically the whole audience began chanting, "MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE! MATE!"

Larry turned red and started shaking, angrily. (Insert that famous sound of a sizzling pot here.) "At least I can get a mate!"

"And I can't?" shouted Gordon.

"Son, nobody can get a girl from repeating the same word over and over and over again!"

"What are you gonna do about it, punk?" shouted Gordon.

"I'm gonna teach you a lesson!" Larry cried. "Here it comes!"

Gordon laughed.

"1+12," Larry explained to him. "Okay, that was the lesson. Now I'm gonna beat you up and end the match!"

"This match won't end now," said Gordon.

"And why's that?"

"Well," Gordon explained, "this match won't end now because… it's the end of the chapter!!"

"Huh?" Larry said.

Sorry, folks, it's true. Find out what happens next in the next chapter of this story!!

NOTE: I hope I didn't offend any Austrailians in the making of this chapter. Seriously.