IT'S THE MOST MAGICAL TIIIIIME OF THE WEEEEEK! Now it's time for a new chapter! xD Hope everyone enjoys~ I am sure you're all going to enjoy this chapter and the other ones following it! DOn't forget to review and all that.
It was a nice sunny day and the group had found a city to rest in for a bit. They were enjoying a nice lunch at a cafe, sitting outside at a table with an umbrella over it.
Totodile was happily eating his Pokemon food while the others enjoyed their food.
"So what's this city called again Ludbro?" Alfred asked, eating a fry.
"We are currently in Stark City. " He said whilst picking up a piece of wurst with his fork.
"Well I gotta say! It's pretty nice and I am enjoying my stay." Gilbert cackles and takes a sip of his juice.
"Henry?" A soft voice called out.
Henry blinks and looks around until he spots a familiar shy looking boy with short brown hair. Henry blinks and smiles.
"Hey! Toris! What's up?!" He waves and laughs.
"Hey Henry who's that?" Alfred leaned over.
Henry stands up and puts his arm over the others shoulder as he gets closer. "This here is Toris! I met him way back in Violet City! He also has a Totodile named Aleksy, and well...we sort of got them mixed up..."
Totodile nodded. "Toto!" He set his sunglasses over his eyes.
"Really? Than is that actually YOUR Totodile?!" Gilbert looked over at Totodile who looked at him and tilted his head.
Henry chuckles. "Of course it is! We got our rightful Pokemon back. No worries~" He winks.
Toris rubs the back of his neck. "Well...you don't have to worry about that NOW."
Henry blinked and looked at him. "What do you mean by that?"
Totodile tilted his head. "Totodile...?"
"Well...my Totodile, Aleksy, evolved into a Croconaw...I'm surprised yours hasn't." He rubs the back of his neck.
Gilbert whistled. "Wow! A Croconaw, huh? Sounds pretty cool." He chuckles.
Alfred blinks. "Hey what's a Croconaw?"
Henry clears his throat. "Well. A Croconaw is the first evolution stage of Totodile."
Ludwig nods. "Ja bet I have never seen one up close...mind if we see it?"
Toris blinks and nods. "Sure! I don't see why not."
Henry chuckles and takes a step back. Totodile hopped down from the table.
Toris took a Pokeball off from his belt and threw it up. "Come on out Aleksy!"
With a flash out came a Pokemon with a blue and yellow body. Croconaw had three clusters of red spikes on its body. Black markings surround its red eyes. Its lower jaw is yellow and pronounced, and its chest has a yellow pattern resembling a spotted animal skin.
Alfred took out his Pokedex. Croconaw, the Big Jaw Pokémon, and the evolved form of Totodile. It opens its mouth wide and attacks, and if it loses its teeth, they regrow quickly.
Totodile blinked and walked up to Aleksy and tilted his head. "Toto?"
"Croc? Croconaw!" Aleksy smiled at him and waved his arms around.
"Totodile!" He smiled and lifted his sunglasses over his eyes and crosses his arms.
"He looks so much more confident now." Henry chuckles. "He was a shy guy himself like his trainer."
Toris chuckles lightly and rubs the back of his head. "Well when he evolved he got a real confident boost. And...I'm more confident myself."
Henry pats his back. "Well that's good to hear! Now let me introduce you to my friends! This is Ludwig, our expert navigator." He winks.
Ludwig waved a bit. "Nice to meet you Toris."
"Then we have Gilbert."
Gilbert cackled and grins. "Hallo to you Toris! I am the AWESOME Gilbert."
Toris sweatdropped. "Uh...nice to meet you, I guess..."
"And lastly we have Alfred!" Henry chuckles.
Alfred grinned and waved. "S'up dude? Any friend of Henry's is a friend of mine!"
Toris smiled and nodded. "Very nice to meet you Alfred."
"Hey you wanna join us for lunch?" Henry asked.
"Well...I would love to but I'm heading over to Stark Stadium. They are holding their annual Grand Challenge."
Henry blinked and the others did as well. "Grand Challenge? Can you please explain?" Henry asked a bit curiously.
"Well...their is a Challenge held at Stark Stadium where you have a chance of winning a special grand prize. It's a battle competition and whoever wins gets some sort of prize. It's different each time. Registration just opened."
Alfred, Henry, and Gilbert look at Ludwig.
He blinked. "What?"
"Aren't you going to say something like. 'We don't have time to waste, lets go you morons!'" Henry did his best Ludwig impression.
He blinked and shook his head. "Why would I do that? We aren't in any rush. I say we do it. I'm excited myself."
The three cheered and laughed.
"Than what are we waiting for?! LETS GO!" Gilbert pointed and laughed.
"TOTODILE! TOTOTOTODIIIIILE!" He jumped up and down, kicking his feet in the air.
"Croc!" He flexed his muscles and smiled as he looked as Toris.
They all went to Stark Stadium which was close by. Their were a few stands set up for people to register. They stood in line and got their paperwork.
They sat down at a near by table and filled out the paper.
"Okay so it says for each round you are suppose to use one Pokemon." Ludwig said out loud.
Henry nods. "So one Pokemon...but it says you don't have to use the same one Pokemon each round! Sweeet~" He smiles.
Alfred grinned. "This sounds like it's gonna be so much fun!"
Gilbert looked at his form and nodded. "Ja! This will be SO awesome~ I plan on winning too! Kesesese~!"
Henry snorts. "Not if I beat you first!"
Alfred laughs. "I think you're both being delusional! I'm the one who's gonna be winning! My Pokemon are pretty powerful you know." He smiles.
Ludwig shook his head. "Honestly. I think if anyone has a chance of winning it will be me."
Before anyone could say anything else a smoke bomb was thrown down and they coughed. A laughter was heard and the flapping of a cape could be heard.
"I think I have the better chance of winning here! For I am the Pokemon Stone Master!" Allen grinned and laughed.
Alfred blinks and chuckles. "Hey Allen. It's been awhile!"
Henry nods. "Nice to see you again. How are you doing?"
Allen chuckles. "Yooo! I am doin pretty good." He grins. "About ready to beat everyone with my new cool Pokemon."
"Well you'll have to beat me first! And I plan on giving it my all!" Henry pumps his fist in the air.
Totodile does the same and nods. "Toto!"
Allen laughs. "You have may have beaten me ONCE but that's not happening again! Just you watch! Now if you will excuse me I have some business to take care of!" With a flutter of his cape he was off again.
"He sure is a weird one..." Ludwig muttered.
The other three nodded in agreement.
"If you haven't already, please return forms back to any stand please. The Grand Challenge shall be beginning soon. Please wait in the Pokemon Center for further instruction." The voice over the loud speaker spoke out.
The four got up and returned the forms to a near by stand and walked to the Pokemon Center and decided to refresh their Pokemon while they were there.
They sat down, antsy to get this started. They could see people starting to walk to Stark Stadium.
"You guys know what Pokemon you're going to be using first?" Henry looked at his friends.
"Oh yeah! I for sure know who I'm going to use first! But it's a super secret." Alfred winks and chuckles.
Gilbert grins. "I know my first choice too!"
Ludwig rubs his chin. "I do have an idea who I'm going to use first but I am not all that sure as of right now to be honest..."
Henry rubs the back of his neck. "I know the feeling there Ludwig. You're not alone."
Totodile looked up at him and pat his arm. "Dile. Toto." He nodded.
Henry smiles and picks him up, holding him to his chest.
"You excited buddy?" He chuckles lightly.
Totodile looked up at him and smiled. "Toto~" He grinned up at him.
"Hey! Bro!" Henry's sister, Liz grinned and walked to him.
Henry blinks and smiles. "Sis!"
Gilbert groans and slouches in his chair. "Oh great...look what the cat dragged in."
Liz rolled her eyes. "Oh it's SUCH a pleasure seeing you too."
Gilbert stuck out his tongue.
Henry chuckles and rubs the back of his neck. "So you here for the Grand Challenge huh?"
She nods and winks. "Of course I am~! I plan on winning too!"
Gilbert laughs and stands up. "Oh? Well to bad that dream is about to be crushed by the awesome me! So you might as well drop out now!"
Liz laughs and shakes his head. "Oh yeah right! You couldn't beat me the first time we battled, and I'm sure you won't beat me again if we battle."
Gilbert glared at her and she glared back. The three hung back and watched them, not wanting to get involved in any way. They got their Pokemon from Nurse Joy while they were having their stare off.
"Okay! Trainers, the Grand Challenge shall begin! Please start making your way to the Stadium!" Nurse Joy said aloud.
Henry got Gilbert's Pokemon for him and handed them to him.
The sixteen trainers that had entered the Grand Challenge were now standing in the stadium, filled with enthusiastic and excited people. Henry could feel his heart beating inside his chest. He took a few deep breathes and smiled. Totodile waved and smiled at the people.
"WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" A booming voice called out from behind them. They turned around to see a woman sitting at a table near the top of the stadium, under a giant flat screen.
"Hello and welcome to the Grand Challenge! I am going to be your MC and host, Chadell! I am going to be giving the scoop and low down on what's going on! Now! Lets get this started!" She laughs and cheers. The crowd explodes with cheers.
"Now with our randomized computer generator, we shall see who will be our trainers to battle! ROOOOLLLL IT!"
Everyone looked at the screen, faces flashed across the screen and the anticipation was thick in the air.
Finally the faces stopped the two trainers were picked. On the screen Allen and Alfred's faces were displayed.
Alfred laughed and grinned. "Oh yeah! First off and this is gonna be my first win!" He laughs and whistles.
Allen laughs and rubs his hands together. "First victim~ This is gonna be super easy." He grins and crosses his arms and laughs.
They walk out to the battle field where the crowd erupted into cheers.
"Okay ladies and gentlemen looks like our first battle is about to begin! Allen Johnson versus Alfred F. Jones! Lets see what Pokemon they use!" Chadell grinned as she talked into the microphone.
"This shall be a one on one battle! Whichever Pokemon is unable to battle is the loser! Let the battle begin!" The ref called.
Allen grinned and took out a Pokeball and threw it. "Lets go Fang!"
Alfred laughs and grins. "I was hoping he'd choose him! Lets go Hero!" He took out his Pokeball and threw it.
With a flash both Pokemon were sent out. Hero spread his wings and let out a fierce battle cry. Fang roared and growled.
"We have an Arcanine and a Braviary! WOW! It's rare you see one of those here! Lets see what powerful packed moves these two have!" The announcer laughed and whistled.
"Alright Fang! Lets make this quick! Thunder Fang!" Fang ran up to Hero and jumped up, mouth open wide, fangs glowing with sparks of yellow electricity surrounding them.
"Hero! Dodge!" Hero gave one hard flap of the wings and went up. Fang landed back on the ground when he missed.
Alfred grins. "Gonna have to try harder than that Al. Now Hero! Use Wing Attack!"
"Braaavi!" Hero's wings started to glow and he flew at Fang.
"Flamethrower!" Allen grinned.
Fang opened his mouth and released a stream of fire. Hero was hit and he cried out, hitting the ground.
"Hero! Come on! Stand up! We are just getting started!" Alfred called to his Pokemon.
Hero stood up and spread his wings. He shook his head and flapped them, rising back into the air. "Brav!"
"Okay! Use Hone Claws!" Hero was outlined by a red aura and his talons started to grow sharper. "Now! Use Crush Claw!" Hero's talons started to glow a bluish white color and he flew at Fang, scratching him with his talons.
"Fang!" Allen called out to his Pokemon as he hit the ground. "Get up! Come on! We can't lose!"
Fang stood up and shook his head. "Arcanine!"
Allen grinned. "Okay! Come on! Time to use Wild Charge!"
Alfred blinks. "Wild Charge?! Hero! You're going to have to try and dodge this!"
Henry gulps and rubs his head. "Whoa...I didn't think he could learn that move..."
Ludwig nodded. "He's in big trouble if he can't dodge this."
Fang started to run at Hero and his body was than surrounded by yellow electricity. He jumped up and slammed into Hero, electrocuting him and causing Hero to fall onto the ground and groaned.
"Hero!" Alfred called out.
Fang grit his teeth as sparks of electricity came off his body, causing recoil damage.
"Oooohhhh! And Hero goes down thanks to that Super effective move! Fang takes recoil damage but is still ready to go! Is this it for Alfred?"
Hero groaned and shook his head as he rolled over on his feet and took off into the sky.
"That's the spirit! Come on! We can win this! Rock Slide! Lets go!" Hero spread his wings and white rings of energy appeared in the sky and big grey boulders started to fall from the sky.
"No! Fang! Dodge!" Fang blinked and tried to dodge the falling boulders but was to slow and cried out as he was hit. When they disappeared, Fang was out cold on the ground.
"Fang is unable to battle! The winner is Hero! Victory goes to Alfred!" The ref raised his left arm.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE HAVE OURSELVES A WINNER! What a heated battle! But Hero has become triumphant!" Chadell stood on her desk, holding the microphone in her hands. "MAN I LOVE A GOOD BATTLE!"
Alfred laughs and cheers, jumping up and down. "YES YES YES! I DID IT! THANKS A TON HERO!" He laughs and grins. "Good battle Allen!"
Allen sighs and returns Fang. "Thanks a ton buddy...we will get 'em next time." He sighs and rubs his head. "You got lucky this time! But next time I'll be the victor!"
Henry cheered and whistled as well did Totodile and Gilbert.
Ludwig cheered a bit but wasn't as loud.
"YOU DID IT ALFRED GOOD JOB!" Henry laughs and whistles.
"GOOD JOB BUDDY! KESESE~!" Gilbert cackled and crossed his arms.
Alfred returned Hero and grins as he waves his arms and walks over to the side with the others. "MAN! I've never battled in front of a crowd before! It was a bit nerve racking, but MAN it was sweet!" He chuckles.
Henry pats his back and smiles at him. "You looked great out there!"
Alfred grins and gives a thumbs up, winking at him.
"Now pay attention to the screen to see who the next challengers will be!" Chadell grinned and pointed to the screen above her.
With the first battle done and over with, everyone else waits and sees who will be next to battle. The anticipation was thick in the air! Who was going to be next? Who was going to win? Tune in next time to find out and see!
