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Chapter 26

Ian vs Justin (Part 1)

We're in the locker room of the arena, waiting for the announcer to call us out. Ninja is sitting in my lap, finishing off some candy we bought for him. Katelyn has her head resting on my shoulder, my arm around her. I never wanted the moment to end, but the loud voice of the announcer ruined it. "And now, the next battle is about to begin! Our two battlers are… Ian and Justin!" I sighed and stood up, bringing Ninja up to my shoulder. Katelyn stood up with me, and we walked to the entrance of the arena. "First up, we have Justin from Johto!" A cheer goes up, signaling that Justin walked into the arena. Katelyn gives me a quick kiss before the announcer continues. "And now, we have Ian from Hoenn!" I walk into the brightly lit arena, smiling and looking at everyone cheering. Katelyn is floating beside me, smiling as well. I look at Ninja, and he seems to be scared.

"Ninja, you okay?" I ask him, concerned.

He looks at me with his brown eyes, smiling. Yeah Daddy! I'm okay, I was just frightened for a second, but I got used to the crowd.

I rub his head as we reach the center of the arena. I shake Justin's hand, who is smiling. "Good luck, man! I won't go easy on you!"

I return the smile. "You too, you're going to need it!" We take out places and wait for the announcer.

"Okay, you guys know what to do! Let the battle begin!" The announcer states, blowing his whistle.

"Come on out, Ambipom!" Justin shouts, throwing his Pokéball into the arena. It bursts open to reveal the double-fist-tailed Pokémon, who screeches to the crowd.

"Tyran, let's go!" I shout, throwing Tyran's Pokéball. Tyran bursts out of it, letting out his signature roar. Ambipom stops smiling and glares at Tyran, who is waving at the cheering crowd.

"Ambipom, attack first! Use DoubleSlap!" Ambipom runs at Tyran, bringing it's fist-tails around, ready to attack.

"Tyran, stop the attack with FlameThrower!" Tyran roars and spews flame from his mouth towards Ambipom. I hear Ninja gasp from my shoulder. The attack hits Ambipom, effectively stopping his attack. Or so I thought.

Ambipom charges through the attack, using his fist-tails to deflect the flames, making myself and Tyran surprised. "That's right, Ambipom! Just like we trained for Chili!" Justin cheers, praising his Pokémon. Ambipom screeches, and starts running through the attack.

That's it…. Just a bit closer… I think to myself. Katelyn glances at me, realizing what I'm about to do. As Ambipom reaches Tyran, my plan falls into place. "Tyran, use Dark Pulse!" Tyran smiles, remembering what we did at the Opelucid Gym. He quickly changes from spewing flames from his mouth to sending a wave of darkness towards Ambipom, who was now right in front of him. Ambipom tries to deflect the attack, but since he cannot attack darkness directly, it is futile. The darkness wave slams into Ambipom, sending him flying away from Tyran. He crashes into the ground near Justin.

"Ambipom!" Justin shouts. Ambipom winces as he tries to pry himself off of the ground.

"Tyran, we can't let up! Use Rock Tomb to trap Ambipom!" I shout, throwing my arm forward. I feel Ninja hold onto my neck, trying not to fall. You okay? Sorry, I got caught up in the battle. I ask him.

I feel him nod. Yeah, I'm okay dad! You don't have to apologize for being excited! Damn this kid is smart.

Tyran summons huge boulders above the struggling Pokémon, sending the boulders crashing down. Ambipom won't die from this, but he will take heavy damage. The crashing boulders make the arena fall silent; everybody trying to see if Ambipom is alright.

Then, one boulder starts to rise off the ground. Everyone, including Justin, lets out a uniform gasp; Ambipom is lifting the massive boulder off of it with it's tail-fists. Or are they tail-hands?

Ambipom, while I was distracted with debating with myself if they were tail-fists or tail-hands, lifted the boulder higher and was now preparing to throw it at Tyran. "Ambipom, throw the boulder at Tyran, then use Water Pulse!" Ambipom screeches, and obliges.

"Tyran, catch the boulder and send it back towards Ambipom with Rock Throw!" I shout, realizing that this could be bad. Ambipom had thrown the boulder with such velocity that Tyran had been forced into the ground a little when he caught it, creating two small trenches the width of his feet in the ground. Tyran threw the boulder back at Ambipom as Ambipom shot a pulsing blast of water towards Tyran. The attacks passed each other, hitting their targets. A cloud of dust covered Ambipom and a cloud of thick mist covered Tyran, making it impossible to see which one, if any, was still standing.

I hear Katelyn gasp, silently hoping that Tyran is alright. I look towards her as Ninja lets of another gasp, but for a different reason.

I look back at the arena to see Tyran still standing, his arms crossed. He lets out a roar, boasting. I see that Ambipom was knocked out.

"Ambipom is unable to battle, so that means Tyran wins this match!" The announcer shouts. Ninja leaps off my shoulder and runs to Tyran, giving him a hug; the cheering grows loud.

You did great, Mr. Tyran! Ninja says with telepathy. I don't know what Tyran responded with, but Katelyn and Ninja laughed. Okay! You still did great, Tyran!

I look at Katelyn, confused. He said that Mr. Tyran was his father, and to call him Tyran. I laugh, getting the joke.

"Seriously, Tyran! You did great!" I call to him. He glances back at me and smiles, giving his best attempt at a thumbs up. Ninja comes back to us, jumping back onto my shoulder.

I noticed that Justin returned Ambipom, and was now throwing another Pokéball into the arena. "-on out, Bayleef!" The Pokéball bursts open, revealing a yellowish Pokémon with a leaf on it's head and what looked like pods coming from it's neck. It let of a trill, getting approval from the crowd. "You chose a grass type! That should make for an interesting battle!" I call to Justin.

He laughs as he responds. "The battle's not over yet! I'm still going to give it my all!"
The announcer waits for our conversation to be over, but when he notices we're done, he begins. "Alright! Let the next match between Tyran and Bayleef… begin!" He says, blowing his whistle to signal the beginning of the next match.

That's the chapter! Tyran took out Ambipom in an all out battle! And yes, if you were wondering, Ambipom CAN actually learn water pulse. I've checked. Anyways, take care, and remember; Don't Die!

~Ninja (Writer, not the Ralts [Sadly]!)