Me: Well personally, I think the last chapter was a decent kick off to the Team Flare Arc. Anyways, on with the hike. Begin!
Bonnie's POV
It was precisely 2PM when we got to the gate that lead to Dendemille Town, the site of my next showcase! We started on our way there. It was a trail covered by leaves, but was otherwise fairly calm to begin with.
We walked along the path to Dendemille Town, but of course, we bumped into someone. "Hey, what's the big idea?" some boy started. "Hey! Max and Bonnie! What's up guys! It's been a couple months!" the boy said. "Brice!" I shouted happily. "Well it HAS been a long while!" Max chimed in. "So Max, you caught any new Pokemon yet? Brice asked Max. "Well I recently caught a Sliggoo…" Max said. "Well, I've caught myself some new Pokemon lately called Aegislash, Sceptile, and Dragalge and they're super strong too! Sceptile even does something really cool! Hey Max, let's have a battle, a 4 on 4 battle! Let's go all out!" Brice said. "Oh yeah! A battle! Let the fun begin!" Max said getting all excited.
Max's POV
A battle against Brice! I've won all three times against him that we've battled so far, but I won't let my guard down! "This is a 4 on 4 match between Max and Brice! Battle begin!" Bonnie announced, taking the place of a referee.
Max: Let's go Sliggoo!
Brice: Come on out Dragalge, and use Poison Spikes!
Max: Use Dragon Pulse!
Brice: Dodge it Dragalge!
Dragalge managed to dodge the attack, and land it's Poison Spikes move, which poisoned Sliggoo.
Brice: Now use Venoshock go!
Max: Oh no! Use Body Slam!
Dragalge waited until Sliggoo was close enough to it in the air, then slammed it back down to the ground with Venoshock, "Venoshock deals double damage when the opponent is poisoned already, which is where the Poison Spikes attack came in handy, and since Sliggo hit Dragalge directly, Dragalge's Poison Point ability only worsened the Poison on Sliggoo" Brice lectured me. Sliggoo however, was knocked out no doubt. "Sliggoo is unable to battle! Dragalge wins!" Bonnie declared, as I returned my Sliggoo.
Max: Come on out Vikavolt, and use Thunderbolt full power!
Brice: Dragalge use Dragon Pulse!
The two attacks clashed, but the Thunderbolt overpowered the pulse, and hit Dragalge, which knocked it out. "Dragalge is unable to battle! Vikavolt wins!" Bonnie declared, with a bit of a smile on her face.
Brice: Go Talonflame, and use Flamethrower!
Max: Alright Vikavolt this shouldn't be too hard! Use Thunderbolt once more!
The attacks both hit each other Pokemon, and they both took an equal amount of damage. But, both the ungrounded Pokemon quickly got back into the air.
Max: Alright Thunderbolt one more time!
Brice: I don't think so! Flamethrower!
Once again, they hit each other, but they both fainted on impact this time. It was a draw. "Both Talonflame and Vikavolt are unable to battle so this match is a draw!" Bonnie stated. "2 left eh? I'll say I've caught up to you Max. But soon enough, I'll be ahead" Brice warned me.
Brice: Let's go Meowstic!
Max: Chesnaught go, and use Pin Missile!
Brice: Psychic Meowstic, go!
They both landed, and both Pokemon took massive blows to the head, and they both took a lot of damage. But they both managed to get up.
Brice: Meowstic, use Disarming Voice!
Max: Needle Arm go!
The sounds I would assume pierced Chesnaught's ears, but it managed to hit with Needle Arm with maximum power right before it fainted. Luckily, Meowstic fainted as well. "Both Pokemon are unable to battle! This round is another tie!" Bonnie stated. We each only had one more Pokemon left. This was gonna decide the winner.
Brice: Sceptile let's go!
Max: Gallade time to finish this!
Brice and Max: Mega Evolve let's go!
Both the Pokemon mega evolved at the same time, and they were in their fully evolved forms seconds later. "So you have a Mega Gallade. Good. This just got interesting" Brice remarked. He was right, as this was much more challenging than what I had expected. Not to mention that he had 6 Pokemon already, and if they were all as well trained as these guys, then I'd have to watch my back at the Pokemon League…
Brice: Use Leaf Blade!
Max: Ice Punch go!
Brice: Combine it with a Dragon Pulse!
Brice's idea worked well, as Dragon Pulse melted the Ice Punch, and it ended up just being a regular punch. But on the other hand, Mega Sceptile landed a Dragon Pulse and Leaf Blade fusion, which I call Dragon Blade, onto Mega Gallade very critically. Gallade was slammed to the ground.
I saw Bonnie growled a bit and screamed, "COME ON MAX! You've worked so hard, too hard to lose now! You have to win!". Brice snapped out of his battle hungry state and looked up at Bonnie, and frowned. I pieced it together that Brice liked Bonnie…
Max: Alright let's try a new approach! Use Low Sweep!
Brice: Grrr…. I'M NOT DONE HERE YET! Use Thunder Punch!
Sceptile felt it's trainer's jealousy and anger and used that in its aggressive movements. It managed to do a front flip into the air, which evaded the Low Sweep, but also punched Gallade in it's weak spot, the back, while also adding in a kick to the feet. Gallade fell once more.
Brice: Now let's end this! Solar Beam!
Since it was so bright out, and the sun was shining brightly, it managed to shoot the deadly beam of solar energy in seconds. Brice really battled well when he was angry. When Bonnie saw the sight, she frowned, and concluded, "Gallade is unable to battle, Sceptile is the winner, which means the match goes to Brice" she said without much joy in her voice.
"Alright! Awesome job Sceptile! Return!" he said while returning his Sceptile. "You were great Gallade, now get a good rest" I returned Gallade. "Well Max, looks like someone's gotten better than you, how's it feel to lose for a change?" Brice asked in a tone that said he was bragging. I could see Bonnie started to tear up. "Well, I can learn from this loss, just as you learned from yours against me. Trust me, next time will be different" I assured Brice. I knew it would be. He only won because he had so much built up anger towards me, and Bonnie accidentally broke the Camerupt's back.
We decided to travel to Dendemille Town together. After a few hours, we got there around 10PM, we were held up because of the battle and we stopped for two meals. But in time we made it to Dendemille Town.
"Well Brice, it was nice seeing you again after such a long time!" Bonnie told him. "Well it was nice seeing you too Bonnie! But, I've gotta head onto Anistar City! I'm gonna be getting ahead of Max again!" Brice told her. "Oh… and Max" he started, then he went for my ear. "It's only a matter of time before Bonnie's mine. You can count on that buddy" Brice warned me. What the hell was he talking about!? "What did you tell him Brice?" Bonnie asked him. "Oh nothing. I'll be on my way now. Bye!" Brice ran off to get a head start to Anistar City. I couldn't believe him. That son of a…
We went to the Pokemon Center, where I dropped off my Pokemon to be healed by Nurse Joy. They needed it because Brice surprisingly whooped them. I'd beat him in time, he'll see. We went upstairs to bed, and just collapsed on our beds. "Max… are you gonna be okay?" Bonnie asked me. "Why do you ask?" I questioned, a bit confused. "Well… you lost your battle against Brice. He wasn't nice about it either" she told me. "I know. Brice isn't one to be nice, or very gentlemanly" I reminded her. "But he's a good person. He just needs to realize his motivation for that battle was corrupted and dangerous". "What do you mean Max?" Bonnie was a bit confused what I meant by that. "You'll find out soon. He'll make it that way" I finished.
Valerie's POV
I was researching Team Flare and their activity. What they did, their purposes and goals, and other things. Truth is, they want to "create a new world" by destroying this one. They want to control Zygarde to try and destroy the world, along with its four counterparts. An event in Alola recently caused Zygarde to turn into it's 100% form, which apparently means that it has cells?
It watches over four legendary beasts, representing different elements of the earth. Life is Xerneas, Death is Yveltal, the Sun is Solgaleo, and the Moon is Lunala. These four counterparts all follow the order of Zygarde in times of danger, unless they fight amongst themselves.
Whatever Team Flare is up to, they are taking this plan with caution and executing it almost perfectly. It's become clear they want to get to Zygarde to control these beasts and destroy the earth. That will not happen if the world leagues say something about it…
Me: Wow. Brice is trying to take Bonnie from Max. That'll have purpose in the future, that I promise you. And pay close attention to that ending, with Valerie doing her research, that's important for this arc. Anyways, that's a chapter done, now I'm tired. Peace.
Bonnie's Team:
-Dedenne (female) Level: 41
-Meowstic (female) Level: 41
-Glaceon (female) Level: 43 [MEGA]
Max's Team:
-Chesnaught (male) Level: 44
-Gallade (male) Level: 43 [MEGA]
-Vikavolt (female) Level: 42
-Sliggoo (male) Level: 43
Also, here's Brice's team to get a feel of how he just whooped Max today. He's like how Sawyer was much weaker than Ash in the XY and XYZ anime, but surpassed him eventually. It's like this, but a little different.
-Meowstic (male) Level: 49
-Talonflame (female) Level: 47
-Hawlucha (male) Level: 46
-Aegislash (male) Level: 47
-Sceptile (male) Level: 50 [MEGA]
-Dragalge (female) Level: 47
