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Rise of the Champions

Tournament Saga

Episode 28, Drunken Master

"WHAT!?" I screamed. "You quit the tournament!"

"Yeah, the official announcement is tomorrow morning before the first match," Vinny said.

"You of all people!" I shot back. "You were the one looking forward to this the most!" With my chastisement aside, I put a more concerned look on my face. "Why did you quit?"

"Because nobody there except you, Gary, Chad, and Thomas were there to challenge me, Kelsey."

"Well, you could have stuck around for me and everyone else." I smiled. "Besides, you seem to be the crowd favorite!"

"Why?"

"Because you and Gary are the only two people that drag out their fights," I explained. "Me, Chad, and Thomas just try to end things quickly. I don't think the crowd likes that very much. And unlike Gary, you're unpredictable!" I saw Vinny's face light up a bit. He had his old determined face back on him. "You're right, Kels, I should really go back to the battlefield!" He then smiled. "I haven't even used my new Scizor yet!"

"Speaking of your seventh Pokemon, which Pokemon did you replace with for Scizor?"

"I still have all of my Pokemon!" Vinny responded. "Although I promised myself that I would never see him again, I guess we can ask him.

After our conversation at the tournament arena lobby, Vinny and I headed for the PokeCenter, where we could use the telephones for free. We saw a the screen saver for the video phone show Mr. Lived's kind looking face, but when he saw Vinny's his eyes became a furious glare.

"What do you want?" He asked angrily.

"Mr. Lived, I have a question for you."

"Then spit it out already!"

"You see, I was on my way to get my third badge, and…"

"You already have two badges?" He asked in shock! "I thought you were going to get your ass kicked by every trainer that came by!"

"Actually, I'm a crowd favorite at the junior tournament!" He bragged. He loved seeing the shock on his old teacher's face and he was going to enjoy every second of it. "I've made it past my third round without having a single Pokemon faint!" Mr. Lived's jaw just dropped. I've never seen him so, well, shocked. I thought he was going to have a heart attack. "Anyway, I've caught seven Pokemon, but aren't you only allowed to carry six?" Mr. Lived then snapped out of his trance and cleared his throat.

"According to the updated Pokemon League booklet, it states that 'an official Pokemon trainer is permitted to carry eight Pokemon. Any more Pokemon will automatically be transported to the P.C. inside your registered Pokedex. You may switch your Pokemon at any time outside of a battle. Any trainer that commits the crime of switching a Pokemon with his or her Pokedex will automatically forfeit and license will be suspended for one month.' That's right, I forgot to send you your identification numbers. I will send them to your Pokedexes right away. Please place your groups' Pokedexes in the slot below me. I got them out of my backpack and put them into the slot. I read my identification number to myself. It said "97531123".

"You still haven't given the others their Pokedexes yet?" I said.

"What am I supposed to say, I stole these from the Delibirds we fought the other day, and so will you take these." He held up the three Pokedexes in his hand. "But now, I have a reason to give them some!" We walked out of the PokeCenter, leaving the telephone still on.

"So, can you even cancel your forfeit?" I asked Vinny, while we were walking towards the restaurant. We had some time to kill and were both hungry.

"Maybe, but even if I don't, I can still battle everyone after the tournament, right?" I nodded.

"So, the great Vinny forfeited, huh?" A guy next to me said. "I'm Charles Roten, and I'm supposed to be battling you tomorrow." He spoke with an annoying Australian accent, and had smooth, shiny black hair that said rich boy all over him. He was wearing a black suit that made him look even richer.

"Do you always listen in on other people's conversations?" I asked angrily.

"Yes, dear, now shut up," He replied. "This doesn't concern pathetic broads like you."

"PATHETIC! I"LL SHOW YOU PATHETIC RIGHT AFTER I BEAT YOU TO A BLOODY PULP!"

"Please, you wouldn't stand a chance against me!" Before I could speak again, Vinny stood up and tried to break up the fight before it even started. "Listen, maybe we should just leave and eat at the hotel, Kels!" He suggested with a bit of panic in his voice. I looked at the cocky guy's face and suppressed my anger.

"That wouldn't be a half-bad idea," I said.

Vinny's POV

After the run in at the restaurant, Kelsey and I ate at the Hotel diner. We didn't pick up our food at the restaurant, but we weren't about to go back there if that Charles Roten was still there. After lunch, we headed out to the tournament arena registration area, but it was currently closed. It said it would be open tomorrow morning.

"That'll be cuttin' close," I said. I'd only have about two hours to re-register.

"Yeah," Kelsey replied.

That evening, I decided to go out for a drink. I went to the bar, to get a few sodas. I sat down in one of the tables and right after me, came Charles Roten, sitting right next to me.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"I just came to apologize, mate,"

"It isn't me that you should be apologizing to."

"Then could you give the gal a message?"

"Yeah."

"Good. Now tell her that Charles Roten apologizes."

"Whatever."

"With that skirmish out of the way, what do ya say about me buying you a drink, mate?"

"Sure, Charles."

"Please, call me Charlie." Charlie walked over to the drink dispensers and poured each of us a drink. He then walked back over to the bar and plopped down on the seat, spilling some of the drink.

"Sorry bout that," He apologized.

"It's alright."

"Now, drink up, mate."

"Bottom's up!" I drank the strange tasting soda with one gulp. When I finished the drink, he just grinned at me.

"April fools, mate! HAHAHAHA!" He walked out of the bar. I tried to follow him but my body became really screwed up. I tripped and then realized what he gave me to drink. Beer! I soon became dizzy and passed out.

"Hey kid, you all right?" The bartender asked.

"Yeah, but I have a major headache!"

"That would be a hangover." He said. "Figuring I don't want to taint my name as the bar that let a child get a free drink, and you've already learned your lesson, I won't press any charges of underage drinking.

"What time is it?" I asked/

"It's about an hour till the tournament, if that's what you're talking about. You know we got a TV in here, so you really don't have to go see it live!" I already rushed out the door before I heard his last part of his sentence.

I only had five minutes left to re-register, and I wasn't going to miss out on it. I rushed in through the door, talked to the woman at the counter, and she re-registered me right after the time was up. I thanked her greatly and ran out to the arena.

"Where were you?" I heard Kelsey yell.

"Sorryhavenotimetoexplainbye!" I said in one quick sentence. I ran out to the arena right as the announcer called my name, and I was ready for battle! I still had the headache, but it was bearable.

"AND VINNY'S OPPONENT WILL BE CHARLES ROTEN!" The announcer cried.

"And how did you get here, mate?" He asked in shock.

"I have a knack for pulling tricks out of my head right at the last minute!" I said. I held out my Pokeball and declared a one on one battle.

"Fine by me!" He threw out his Pokeball containing an Absol, a dark type Pokemon.

"Go, Scizor!" I cried. Scizor was released from his Pokeball, and looked at me confused.

"Hah! That Scizor is too stupid to know that you're his trainer!" Charlie yelled, laughing. Scizor heard his message and looked at me, in confirmation of his words. I nodded.

"He does now, thanks to you!" I said. "Metal claw attack!" A shining white light surrounded Scizor's claws and Scizor charged at Absol with lightning speed. Absol wasn't exactly the slowest Pokemon in the world, either. She jumped out of the way, and delivered a slash attack to Scizor's back. Blood dripped from the cut wound, but Scizor had Absol right where he wanted her. Scizor opened his claws and he fired a bright orange beam of energy from his claws. Scizor's hyper beam attack was too strong for Absol to take. She fell to the ground, and muttered some curses at Scizor and me.

"Not fair!" Charlie whined. "I wanted you to either miss the battle or be too distracted by your immense hangover!

"Sorry, but nothing really hurts too much if you just take your mind off your pain."

"Besides, Vinny doesn't use his head much, anyway!" Kelsey teased.

"WHAT A SPECTACULAR BATTLE!" The announcer announced. "NEXT UP WE HAVE KELSEY RICHTON, VERSUS GARY KETCHUM!"

"Well, it looks like we'll be battling each other!" Gary said, eager to battle. "May the best person win!"

"She will!" Kelsey replied.

"A three on three match sound good to you?" Gary suggested.

"How about a four on four?" Kelsey suggested.

"Fine by me!"

"Go Flaafy!" Kelsey cried.

"Go, Sneasel!" Sneasel was sent out of his Pokeball, and stared at Gary defiantly.

"Sneasel!" He said, turning his head away from Gary.

"Please Sneasel!" Gary begged. "You're the only Pokemon that can get me outta this battle!" Sneasel saw the pleading look in the young trainer's eyes and thought I'm getting too soft! He nodded his head and the match officially began! Flaafy charged up electricity from her fleece and sent it over at Sneasel. Sneasel jumped backwards, and as soon as he landed, jumped forward towards Flaafy.

"Flaafy, fire punch!" Flaafy's fist was caught on fire and struck Sneasel, knocking him backwards, landing on his back. Sneasel rolled over and stood up, and turned around to see Flaafy running at him. Sneasel jumped over Flaafy, and turned around 180 degrees. He landed only inches behind Flaafy and delivered a metal claw to Flaafy's back. Flaafy was launched forward five meters away from Sneasel. Sneasel easily managed to cover the distance in a second, and deliver a head butt to Flaafy's jaw. Sneasel then punched Flaafy in the gut twelve times, and do a jump kick in Flaafy's face. Flaafy soon collapsed onto the ground, beaten. Kelsey recalled her Pokemon and then sent out Chikorita.

"Chikorita, razor leaf attack!" Before Chikorita could respond, she was surrounded by a white light! Chikorita grew exponentially, and evolved into Bayleef! Bayleef responded to her trainer's order by launching three razor edged leaves, and each one striking Sneasel. Bayleef ran at Sneasel, and jumped on top of him. The body slam attack was too much for Sneasel, and he was quickly returned to his Pokeball. Gary reached for a Pokeball in his belt and sent out Pidgeotto.

"Looks like it's your evolved Pokemon versus my evolved Pokemon!" Gary cried. The audience was roaring like mad. They loved this battle! Pidgeotto launched himself into the air, and delivered a wing attack at Bayleef. Bayleef didn't manage to dodge the attack however, and was struck by the flying type attack. Bayleef fired her razor leaf attack up at Pidgeotto, but they were easily avoided.

"Pidgeotto, aerial ace attack!" Pidgeotto dove down into Bayleef, quickly striking Bayleef in her weak spot.

"A critical hit!" Kelsey said as her Bayleef fell to the ground. She recalled her Pokemon and used her Onix. Onix's long rock body managed to snatch Pidgeotto before he could gain altitude with his bind attack. Pidgeotto was helpless as he was thrown down hard into the ground and then a large rock tail slammed him. Pidgeotto was recalled to his Pokeball, and Skarmory was soon called out to try to accomplish what Pidgeotto couldn't. Skarmory's wings glowed white, and the steel wing attack hit Onix. Onix managed to stay in the game, and countered by swinging his rock tail into Skarmory. Skarmory dodged the attack, and dove in for another steel wing attack. Skarmory Onix soon fell after taking the two hits from Skarmory.

As the battle raged on, neither Kelsey nor Gary gave in. Will the victor be Kelsey, or the descendant of the Supreme Champion? Only you can decide with your reviews!

Author's notes: LostLight17 speaking from the Pokemon arena. Kelsey and Gary are waiting for the reviews to come in. In the meantime, I'll be working on ROTC Movie 1: Magma's Final Assault. (Note: None of the movie will be mentioned in the regular episodes. This will be like the Pokemon movies.) R&R please (Kelsey and Gary need them!)