Chapter 28 Hours towards the Battle
"So what, time is it?" Barry asks.
"Um, 9:30." May replied.
"Come on! That's too long."
"Wait, we could train, right?" Paul replied.
"Let's see…" Ash raised up his orb and said "Rayquaza, I'm calling you!" It didn't respond.
"That was weird…"
"They would only respond in the right time…" Mew said "Well, in the meantime… Let's play!"
"Why would we do that?" Paul asks.
"Well, we'll go up and fight later, for now…" Mew looked at Cosmo, Wanda and Poof.
"Why are you looking at us?" Wanda asks.
"I was expecting for a chessboard or a scrabble." At that moment, the boards appeared, each with a corresponding design that reflects the culture of the world.
"So, let's play then…"
On the other hand…
Britain and Germany are seen dueling using chess. Britain is now on the winning side, with Germany's King on the corner. One more move and Britain would win.
"Hahahaha! You will lose the next move. Surrender, Germany!" Britain said. Germany just laughed.
"You made a mistake of having a Castling way too earlier. Now…" Germany moves his rook across the board and said "Checkmate."
"What the bloody!" Britain said as he saw that his King has nowhere to run and no more move could be used to eat that rook.
"That was an unexpected win-aru." China said.
"Well, if that was the case…" Britain said "…so who's next?"
"Da! I challenge Germany."
"Alright… challenged accepted." Germany said, fighting against the greatest country to play chess. After 3 moves…
"Checkmate. You see, your strategy just leaves the king open for me to eat him…"
"Alright. I do know that there is a big, gaping hole in my strategy…"
Ash and Paul are playing chess an Ash gets his first checkmate after four moves using his bishop.
"Check, how's that." Paul just blocks it. A couple of think hours have passed and Ash is now checked.
"What?"
"You see, without proper planning, you are on the verge of extinction." Paul said. Soon, Ash' pieces are now down to a knight, two pawns, his king and a rook. He failed to lay a check again.
"Well, looks like one more move and you lose." Paul replied. Suddenly, something struck his mind.
"Wait…" Paul then brought out his orb and said "Palkia, scout me to the place where they would appear." Palkia then appeared.
"Why?"
"I just figured out a tactical problem in this naval battle and we would definitely lose!" Palkia just took Paul on the wing.
"Why is he in such a hurry?" Ash questioned with a teardrop.
"Let's see…" Barry said. He took Paul's position and said "Where are we…" Ash just said "CHECKMATE!" This surprised anyone.
"And that comes from an unmoved rook." Max said. Suddenly, he said to himself "Could this apply to our situation?"
Paul surveys the area and asks "Can you show me how the space is if the portal was opened?"
"Yes." Palkia showed a possible scenario and Paul said "Come on, they could go behind the portal and attack the capital ship."
"Let us see what will happen later…" Palkia responded. The landed back and ask "So how's the game?"
"Ash wins a Checkmate!" Barry said.
"What?"
"A Checkmate."
"But how could that happen?"
"It came from an unmoved rook." Paul thinks of another thing and said "Then I should not be worrying on who wins, for the unmoved rook does the checkmate…"
"What's wrong with you, Paul?" Ash said.
"Just nothing."
On another world…
The Battle Brawlers are now ready to travel to the other dimension. They are on a mysterious island in the land of Shuikoku, Japan.
"So, who's going to meet us?" Dan asks them.
"It's still early. Maybe we could enjoy first." For a while, the team just enjoyed the beach of the land…
World History For Morons!
Cosmo: Well, what part will I write next?
Wanda: What about those times where the unmoved rook finishes the battle?
Cosmo: I KNOW! THE DOOLITTLE RAID!
Ash: What raid?
Wanda: That raid was not even the unmoved rook type.
Cosmo: Who's writing the book?
P/A: The Doolittle Raid is a retaliatory strike after Pearl Harbor done by the Americans to the Japanese homelands. I don't even know what's with Cosmo but it was only successful in bringing fear and not a complete checkmate.
Barry: Did that even happen?
Paul: It didn't. Even Pearl Harbor was abandoned before its fulfillment.
Wanda: That was only in our world…
Cosmo: Well, another chapter is done. See you next time!
