" Yamato, it's time we finally settle our differences once and for all, how about it?!" The now late teenaged Hinata challenged Yamato in front of his team mates Lorelei and Satoshi while they rested in front of their campfire.
" Oh it's Hinata?" Lorelei now at ease since she had thought a bandit approached them.
" Somehow I'm not surprised, what do you say, Yamato?" Satoshi said.
" Sure, a promise is a promise, after all." Yamato simply smirked and accepted.
" So what will it be, the usual three on three or all six?" Yamato asked.
" I told you last time, I want everything you got and I meant it, six on six tag!" Hinata laid out the ground rules.
" Oh ho, all six, huh?" Satoshi commented.
" Well after the way their battle ended at the exams, you can hardly blame her." Lorelei said.
" Your move, Hinata!" Yamato allowing Hinata to commence the battle.
" Skarmory, Jolteon go!" Hinata selects her first team.
" Alright, Poliwrath and Golem, time for exercise!" Yamato chooses his team as well.
" You'll get more than just an exercise, Hibiki!" Hinata showing she is all business.
" Skarmory, aerial ace that Poliwrath and Jolteon follow up with a double kick on Golem!" Hinata struck first.
" Stand your ground, you two!" Yamato commanded as his Pokemon obeyed without question.
Both Skarmory and Jolteon's attack hit without fail and appears to have shaken Yamato's Pokemon a bit.
" Wow, you definitely have gotten stronger, Hinata." Yamato commented as he merely tested the strength of her Pokemon.
" Why didn't you tell your Pokemon to dodge or something, did you think I was going let my guard down again like last time, do you think that lightly of me?!" Hinata feeling a bit insulted after what she perceived to be a freebie.
" No, it's not like that at all, Hinata I was just..." Yamato tried to explain but was cut off.
" Save it, Yamato, take me on for real or don't take me on at all!" Hinata said to which Yamato smiled.
" Alright then, let's get serious." Yamato understood.
" Golem, defense curl then roll out against Jolteon, and Poliwrath, speed Golem on his way with hydro pump!" Yamato devised.
" Wh- you can't be serious, Yamato, you would only weaken your Golem!" Hinata criticized.
" Yamato is no fool, he has a plan of attack." Satoshi relaxingly says to Lorelei who is also at ease for Yamato's sake.
" Go!" Yamato initiated.
Golem tightened itself in its defensive curl then rolled in place violently and was shot off fiercely by Poliwrath's hydro pump aiming for Jolteon. "
Alright Jolteon, hop on Skarmory's back using it's fly attack and strike down that Poliwrath with thunderbolt!" Hinata countered while a sly smile appeared on Yamato's face.
Jolteon seemingly avoided the incoming rollout attack but to Hinata's surprise as well as her two Pokemon, Golem's intense rollout ricochet itself from a rock formation to directly where Jolteon and Skarmory were flying, dealing serious damage but not enough to knock them out surprisingly.
" I was sure it would've knock those two out, Hinata's got some tough Pokemon." Lorelei commended.
" Without a doubt, she's trained hard since the exams." Satoshi also giving his props.
" That's amazing, Hinata." Yamato thought and realized Jolteon's thunderbolt now aimed for Poliwrath.
" Golem, protect Poliwrath and see if you can deflect back that thunderbolt to finish them off!" Yamato using his ground/rock type to his advantage.
Golem jumped in front of Poliwrath and successfully deflected back the thunderbolt to Skarmory and Jolteon's direction which now in turn gave Hinata the sly smile.
" Now's the chance Skarmory, please bear the thunderbolt attack from the non-electric type then fire it back at Poliwrath while Jolteon, you back her up with thunder!" Hinata now having her turn to shock Yamato, his Pokemon and his team mates with her plan.
Skarmory took the weakened thunderbolt damage by using it's steel properties as it conducted the electricity from both the attack and Jolteon powering it up as it was using it's thunder attack to create one huge thunder attack that completely knocked Yamato's Poliwrath out.
Yamato was impressed that Hinata came up with such a plan in a pinch.
" So, do you still think lightly of me now, Yamato?" Hinata showing confidence.
" Hm, not at all, game on!" Yamato released his Steelix.
" Now, it gets interesting, Hinata's most definitely improved since last time." Lorelei said.
" I had started gaining my confidence back after my previous disappointing loss to Yamato after I had proved I can battle on even grounds with him again." Hinata narrated her battle to Crystal and Clair while back in flashback Steelix and Golem faced off against the weakened Skarmory and Jolteon.
" Despite our Pokemon giving it their all, Yamato seemed to really enjoy himself while I was so focused on beating him and I didn't realize right away that I wasn't against him from embarrassing me anymore but that I had already respected him as real rival long before." Hinata spoke as the scenes show Skarmory and Jolteon falling only for Yamato's Steelix and Golem to fall from her next Pokemon team, Magmar and Medicham.
" Yamato was my goal, he was the only one to avenge his losses after I had already beaten him in a battle but since our last battle at the old exams..." Hinata said at the scene when it appears the battle is at a near end.
"A huge gap in our abilities had all the sudden appeared when it took only his Charizard to single handily beat my Pokemon with ease and it had consumed me." Hinata speaking with passion as it had come down to Yamato's Charizard and her Blastoise who were also rivals.
" It finally comes down to this, Yamato!" Hinata stood confidently next to her Blastoise with his cannons cocked.
" Can't wait." Yamato concurred next to his roaring Charizard.
" Rapid spin, Blastoise!" Hinata said.
" Fire punch!" Yamato countered.
Blastoise' rapid spin missed and took a fire punch that had little effect.
" Mega kick!" Hinata said.
Blastoise sent Charizard flying above after connecting the mega kick that appeared to have hurt it.
" Come down hard with a fire blast!" Yamato said.
" Cancel out and attack with hydro pump!" Hinata countered.
Charizard quickly dashes down in the air and aims an intense fire blast against Blastoise' hydro pump that creates a big shockwave and a heavy mist.
" Oh great, a mist." Lorelei wipes her glasses.
" Well there goes our campfire." Satoshi joked.
Charizard body slams Blastoise who bounces back with a skull bash attack.
" How does this heavy mist keep those two from making a mistake, I can hardly see?" Lorelei wondered.
" They're focused only on their battle, this is to settle the final score after all." Satoshi replied.
Charizard and Blastoise engaged into a power struggle grapple with one another as Yamato looked on with excitement but Hinata looked on more seriously.
" Yamato, why aren't you taking me seriously?!" Hinata angered.
" What do you mean, we're fighting hard, Hinata." Yamato spoke back.
" Don't lie to me, Yamato, how come your Charizard's strength is not pouring with energy like last time, you're not giving me your best!" Hinata angrily spoke to the seemingly hesitant Yamato. "
Fire fang!" Yamato said.
Charizard's fire fangs sinked into Blastoise' neck breaking the power struggle grapple in the process.
" Water pulse!" Hinata said.
Blastoise blasted Charizard off with the water pulse attack sending it crashing near Yamato.
" Why do you think I'm holding back, it's a fair fight, Hinata!" Yamato asked.
" I didn't ask for fair, I asked you for your best and you're not giving me your best!" Hinata replied.
" If you refuse to give me your best like last time then I don't want this match to continue, I won't ever forgive you!" Hinata was then teary eyed that made Yamato's emotions react.
" Okay then, can not be helped." Yamato agreed and closed his eyes in meditation.
Yamato and Charizard's eyes were closed in meditation and once Yamato opened his eyes, his eyes became as fierce as Charizard's own eyes and gained several Charizard colored like markings on his face and Charizard's entire body had a fiery orange glow.
" Charizard, clear the mist." Yamato calmly instructed.
Charizard's wings barely flapped and just like that, heavy winds completely blew away the mist like it never happened.
" Yep, sounds like Yamato is all business now." Satoshi bracing himself from the wind.
" You don't say." Lorelei also bracing herself.
Hinata then opened her eyes after also bracing herself to see that Yamato's eyes had become the eyes of Charizard.
" Yes, now we're talking!" Hinata admired the orange glow around Charizard's shape.
" Now come at me with your best shot I mean it and I'll show you what Blastoise and I trained for!" Hinata said.
" *sighs* Somehow, I'm not surprised on how pushy you are, very well then let's do it!" Yamato agreed.
" Your move!" Hinata said.
" Alright, time to get fired up Charizard, flare blitz!" Yamato said as flames intensely risen from the skin of Charizard.
" Alright get those cannons ready, Blastoise!" Hinata said as the cannons of Blastoise had bulged into bigger and sturdier cannons.
" Attack!" Yamato ordered.
" Hydro cannon!" Hinata shouted.
Charizard had dashed over using it's wings coming at Blastoise like a giant supernova fireball and had clashed against Blastoise' heavily charged hydro cannon.
" Come on Blastoise, pull through!" Hinata placing all bets on Blastoise who seemed to struggle but put more power into the attack.
Blastoise hydro cannon had weakened because it was beyond it's limits and had failed to stop Charizard as Blastoise had fell to the flare blitz attack, ending the battle.
Yamato had felt the recoil effect of the flare blitz and cringed the same as Charizard that his eyes returned to normal and the marks disappeared.
" It's over." Satoshi removed forearms from his face.
" Yamato, you didn't have to go that far to use flare blitz, what were you thinking?!" Lorelei exclaimed while Yamato was catching his breathe.
Lorelei then noticed the heartbreak written on Hinata's face and was now concerned for her.
" Hinata..?" Lorelei thought.
" * breathes heavily * There...that was...my best.." Yamato emphatically stated while still catching his breath.
"Congratulations, you won...you beat me...completely.." Hinata making Yamato look up since he had heard a crack in her voice. "
I guess it's settled then...you don't need me as a rival anymore, right..?" Hinata now worrying Yamato.
" Hinata..?" Yamato noticing the front Hinata was putting to hide her true feelings.
" W-well I need to go heal my Pokemon, so see ya...goodbye..!" Hinata could no longer hide her feeling and ran off into a nearby forest leaving behind her tears.
" W-wait, Hinata!" Lorelei tried to stop Hinata but was too late.
" Well don't just stand there, Yamato go get her!" Lorelei snaps Yamato out of his shock of Hinata leaving the way she did.
" Don't worry, we'll wait for you here!" Satoshi said.
" Right!" Yamato now chases off into the forest after Hinata.
" Are you sure you're alright with him going after Hinata, Lorelei?" Satoshi asked Lorelei who had a conflicting look after watching Yamato leave.
" It's who he really wants." Lorelei closed her eyes and admitted defeat.
" I couldn't believe how I had lost to Yamato for the final time, that he had proved to be the better trainer and I didn't react well." Hinata narrated as she was deep into the forest and had pounded on a tree, crying in frustration.
" Damn it, what is it that I am missing, I'll never catch up to him now!" Hinata continued to pound the tree until she was approached by shady looking men.
" Well looky what we have here, boys!" A delinquent man said that had aware Hinata she wasn't alone.
" W-what do you want..?!" Hinata turned around and had her back against the tree.
" We've been out searchin' for something valuable like some dough or even Pokemon but instead we might get both plus a cute girl." Another delinquent guy stated their intentions.
" Back off, I do not have time to deal with people like you!" Hinata exclaimed.
" Oh ho, well you will just have to make the time, eh cutie?" The leader of delinquents blocked her way against the tree.
" Go away!" Hinata kicked the leader in the balls and punched his face then was restrained by his henchmen.
" Why you little bitch!" The leader slapped Hinata so hard that her vision blurred.
" Search her for any valuables and strip her bare, we're going to teach her something, boys!" The leader ordered.
" Hey who the hell are you?!" Hinata heard a delinquent say.
Hinata's vision was still blurred but could see that the delinquents were getting beat up by a guy and his Pokemon.
The guy of course was Yamato and the last thing he did was ram the leader's face into a nearby tree and picked up the dazed Hinata then had flown on Charizard's back.
Hinata had opened her eyes, no longer dazed and had seen she was in the arms of Yamato flying in the air on Charizard's back.
" Hinata, you're okay..?" Yamato had spoken first.
" Yamato..." Hinata now realizing that Yamato had saved her.
" Thank goodness, you're okay, sorry I didn't come sooner." Yamato expressed his relief.
" But why, why did you come from me, I thought you would be happy without me bugging you..?" Hinata asked the confused Yamato.
" Hm, that's not it at all, Hinata, to tell you the truth, I had already fallen in love with you." Yamato shocking Hinata at his confession.
" You..love me?" Hinata trying to process what Yamato confessed.
" I've watched you for a long time, Hinata, you're incredibly strong and always have been, I love you and I don't want you out of my life but I want you in it." Yamato then smiled with a faint blush that made Hinata blush.
" Looking at the way Yamato smiled that night made me forget that I had hated him for embarrassing me but instead, I too had already fallen for him and didn't realize until that moment." Hinata narrated as her younger self wrapped her arms around Yamato's neck and kissed him with the stars of the night as their background ending her story.
Hinata had noticed the tears in Clair and Crystal's eyes that made her comically uncomfortable.
" Oh um, sorry!" Hinata said.
" That was beautiful!" Crystal spoke first.
" Amazing!" Clair second that.
" Now, now, calm down..!" Hinata waved her hands.
Meanwhile in Gold and Yamato's whereabouts, Gold was seen comically crying as well as it had appeared that Yamato told him the same story.
" Hey, hey Ethan, calm down!" Yamato also waving his hands.
" I know I heard the story from mom but it sounds different from your point of view!" Gold covered his face with his forearm.
" Oh geez, the boy totally got his emotions from his mother..!" Yamato thought while looking another way.
" But I'm glad I got to hear it from you, dad." Gold now back to normal speaking a little more seriously.
" Well the very least I could do, son." Yamato smiled and placed his hands on Gold's shoulders.
The two smiled at each other until a distortion took place and became darker.
" What's going on?!" Gold said.
" Damn, it's that sickness!" Yamato said.
On the ground came a dark portal of death and a arm had grabbed Gold to drag him to death.
" What the..?!" Gold now struggled.
" No!" Yamato had grabbed Gold's hand and held on.
There was now a tug-o-war for Gold's life and Yamato wasn't ready to lose.
Hinata had led the girls and Prof. Elm back to Gold's hospital room only to find that he was in trouble once again.
" Thank goodness you made it back, help me restrain him!" The doctor pleaded.
Gold was convulsing in his movement and was restrained by everyone.
" Okay now for the antidote!" The doctor reached.
" Stop that Pokemon!" A voice was heard down the hall followed by a powerful psychic attack that sent several doctors and nurses flying from Gold's still injured Gardevoir.
" Gardevoir..?!" Clair said.
Gardevoir simply answered by forcefully pushing everyone away from Gold.
" Gardevoir, what are you doing, we're trying to help!" Crystal said.
" Gardevoir, Garde, Garde, Gardevoir!" Gardevoir warned fiercely with her psychic eyes and attempted to heal Gold herself.
" It's trying to heal Ethan itself." Hinata said.
" Gardevoir are the kind of Pokemon who would place their life to protect their trainers at all costs, it doesn't want anyone but itself to protect it's master!" Prof. Elm said.
" Gardevoir, let us help you, we have the antidote!" Crystal pleaded.
Gardevoir again force pushed away help out of stubbornness and tried desperately to heal Gold on her own.
" Yamato, please save our son!" Hinata thought with tears.
" F-Father, I'm at the end of my rope..!" Gold now dragged down to his shoulders.
" Don't give in, son, I'm with you!" Yamato strained desperately to keep his son alive.
" It's no good, Gardevoir won't listen, we'll have to get to him ourselves somehow!" Clair said.
Before they could get up to try again, in walks in the blonde girl who Crystal remembered had healed her long ago.
" Y-Yellow..?!" Crystal called out.
" Please be still, I'll help him." Yellow softly spoken to them and walked closely to Gardevoir without fear.
" Garde, Garde, Gardevoir!" Gardevoir warns Yellow.
" I know you are protecting your master because you love him so I will not ask you to back away but I wish to help you Gardevoir." Yellow understood what Gardevoir was saying and replied back.
Gardevoir still seemed hesitant to let Yellow help and Yellow understood that.
" Please, I wish no harm to your trainer, please allow me to help you, there's no time." Yellow politely requested for her cooperation.
Gardevoir then realized Gold's life was truly on a thread and chose to accept Yellow's help.
" F-Father..." Gold's face was almost dragged in the portal.
" N-No!" Yamato refusing to give up his son and then saw a bright light.
The bright light had broke away the darkness and freed Gold from the clutches of death itself.
Yellow had used her healing powers with Gardevoir's help to rid Gold of the poison that had lingered.
" There, it is finished." Yellow informed the others of the good news that Gold is saved.
Sorry it's been a while, Ive actually been preparing for the navy but will continue to update til next year, wish me luck!