Ash and his friends reached Iacon and were once again in awe. The buildings here weren't silver or grey; but golden. They noticed one building was unusually shaped; like a decagon. Said building had tall spires coming from each corner. Ash headed towards this building.
"I know this is where the Elite Four are, but do you think there might be a gym too?"
"There can't be another Gym, Ash. There's one in Altihex; and there is the one in Kaon." Brock explained and Ash groaned in response.
"In that case, I wonder if any of the Elite Four are around; so I can have a battle with them!"
"I'm not sure I'd want to take on the Elite Four yet, Ash." May told him.
"If some of the normal Trainers like Starscream and Shockwave are as tough as they are; how strong are the Elite Four going to be?" Misty had a point.
"But couldn't Shockwave or Starscream be the leader of Altihex?" Ash asked.
"No; I'm sure Sentinel said Optimus was the Gym leader of Altihex."
"And even if you did want to challenge the Elite Four; they aren't here." An unfamiliar voice told them. All of them jumped and looked around. A tall silver mech with purple highlights in places was stood beside them.
"Aw! I wanted to have a battle!" Ash was secretly thankful that Brock's Chansey had healed his Pokémon.
"The Elite Four aren't here at the moment. Just me."
"Who are you?" Dawn asked him.
"I'm Megatron; and I'm just one of the guards." The mech told them.
"What do the Elite Four need guards for?" Max asked.
"They need someone to make sure that no one steals any of their Pokémon while they are away."
"Can I battle you?" Ash asked him nervously.
"I don't see why not. Not many mechs come through here; so I could use a change of pace." Megatron started to head inside the arena; the decagon shaped building, and Ash and the others followed him.
"I thought you might want experience what it is like in here." Megatron told them, after walking to one side of the battle field.
"Can we cheer him on?"
"I have no problems with that. However… Shouldn't you introduce yourselves?"
"Oh. Right. I'm Ash. That's Brock, May, Max, Misty and Dawn." Ash pointed at each of his friends in turn.
"And which of you will referee?"
"Can I referee?" Misty asked. When no one said anything; she walked to the referee's area.
"This will be a… How many Pokémon do you have?" Misty turned to Megatron.
"I have six; but I only have three of them with me at the moment."
"Right then, this battle will be three on three and it will be over when all three Pokémon of one side can no longer battle."
"Ash, choose your Pokémon. You challenged me; so doesn't that make you the challenger?"
"I suppose… Staraptor, I choose you!" Ash's predatory bird appeared.
"Sawsbuck, let's go!" A Pokémon that looked like a deer, with white antlers and white tufty fur on its lower legs and neck appeared. Ash had never seen a Pokémon like that, so he looked it up on his Pokédex.
"Sawsbuck, the Season Pokémon. The plants growing on its horns change according to the season. The leaders of the herd possess magnificent horns." Ash saw that the one shown on his Pokédex looked different to Megatron's. The one shown looked like it had pink flowers on its antlers, Ash assumed that this was the 'Spring' one; he thought Megatron's Sawsbuck looked like the 'Winter' one.
"The first round will be between Sawsbuck and Staraptor, let the battle begin!"
"Staraptor use Close Combat!" Staraptor flew towards Sawsbuck eagerly. Staraptor pounded Sawsbuck a few times before flying away. Sawsbuck looked more hurt than it should have been, for a grass type.
"Sawsbuck use Jump Kick!" Sawsbuck ran forward before springing up at Staraptor. She kicked both of her hind legs into Staraptor. Staraptor didn't look too badly hurt. Sawsbuck landed back beside her master.
"Staraptor use Aerial Ace!" Staraptor flew at his opponent before slamming into her. Sawsbuck collapsed to the ground with swirls in her eyes.
"Sawsbuck is unable to battle! Ash wins this round!" Misty sounded pleased. Megatron returned Sawsbuck to her pokéball. I hope Ash doesn't think that all my Pokémon will fall as easily as that. She did quite well; considering those two super effective attacks.
"Go Durant!" A metallic ant appeared in front of Megatron. Ash had no idea what that was either.
"Durant, the Iron Ant Pokémon. Durant dig nests in mountains. They build their complicated, interconnected tunnels into mazes."
"This round will be between Staraptor and Durant. Let's go!"
"Durant use Iron Head!" Durant scuttled forward towards his opponent. An even more metallic sheen coated the top of his head; before he rammed Staraptor with it. Staraptor wobbled about a bit.
"Staraptor use Aerial Ace again!" Staraptor flew at his new opponent and slammed into Durant; just as he had Sawsbuck. Durant didn't appear too badly hurt though.
"Durant use Crunch!" Durant scuttled at his opponent; this time gnashing his mandibles together. He sprang up and bit down on one of Staraptor's talons. Staraptor cried out in pain; before floating down towards the ground. Durant let go when he saw what had happened. Swirls had appeared in Staraptor's eyes.
"Staraptor is unable to battle. That means Megatron wins this round."
"You aren't supposed to show favouritism! You're supposed to be the referee!" Megatron shouted at Misty. While he was looking in that direction; he couldn't help noticing a Mamoswine with a… pompom on its forehead? He then saw a girl; Dawn he thought Ash said, in a cheerleading outfit with identical pompoms to Mamoswine's. There were also five other Pokémon waving pompoms about.
"Buizel, I choose you!" Ash's sea weasel had been chosen to battle while Megatron got distracted.
"The next round will be between Buizel and Durant!" Misty shouted out.
"Buizel use Ice Punch!" One of Buizel's paws became coated in ice and he ran towards Durant. He slammed the ice coated paw into Durant. Durant; again, appeared to not be hurt.
"Durant use Bug Bite!" Durant moved towards his opponent again snapping his mandibles together. This time though; he nipped at Buizel's paws, as if he was looking for something. Buizel squeaked; those mandibles were sharp!
"Buizel use Aqua Jet!" Buizel waited until Durant had started to move back towards his master; before springing up into the air with water surrounding him. He slammed into Durant's back. Durant landed beside his master's feet and struggled to get back up.
"Durant, Metal Claw!" Durant again went for Buizel; but he seemed to move more slowly this time. He raked his metal cloaked claws across Buizel's stomach. Buizel didn't seem to be too badly hurt.
"Buizel use Water Pulse!" A ball of water collected in Buizel's paws; before he threw it at Durant. The force of this attack made swirls appear in Durant's eyes.
"Durant is unable to battle! Ash wins this round!" Megatron looked at Misty and shook his head; she was still being biased. Durant disappeared inside his pokéball.
"Go Tyranitar!" A large green Pokémon that looked a bit like a T-rex appeared. Ash looked worried.
"Looks like the next battle will be Buizel vs. … Tyranitar." Misty sounded nervous too.
"Tyranitar use Dark Pulse!" Waves of dark imbued energy flew across the arena towards Buizel.
"Buizel dodge it!" But Buizel didn't seem to hear Ash. It appeared he too was afraid of Tyranitar. The dark energy slammed into him and he fell to the ground with swirls in his eyes.
"Buizel is unable to battle. Megatron wins this round." How am I going to defeat a Pokémon like that? Ash knew he didn't have anything that was good against a dark type.
"Would you like to battle now Pikachu?" Pikachu looked nervously at Tyranitar, but nodded to Ash.
"Pikachu, I choose you!" Ash shouted and Pikachu jumped down in front of him.
"The final round will be between Pikachu and Tyranitar!" Misty was hoping that Pikachu could win this. Megatron was sure he heard cheering that sounded like Bun! Bun! He looked over to where it was coming from; and saw a Buneary dressed up a mini cheerleading outfit waving pompoms about. Pikachu scratched the back of his head; apparently slightly embarrassed by Buneary's actions. Oh, so that's the Buneary that has the crush on Ash's Pikachu. I remember hearing something about that from Motormaster.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Electricity flew across the arena and slammed into Tyranitar, who didn't even flinch.
"Use Hyper Beam." Orange energy collected in Tyranitar's mouth; before flying across the arena and knocking Pikachu backwards. He landed at Ash's feet and struggled back up.
"Pikachu use Iron Tail!" Pikachu ran at Tyranitar and swung around his iron coated tail. Tyranitar still didn't flinch.
"Now Pikachu, use Quick Attack!" Pikachu darted forward and slammed into Tyranitar; who actually appeared to be hurt by that hit. Brock was watching the battle carefully. No way is he 'just one of the guards'. He must be one of the Elite Four; with a Pokémon like that Tyranitar.
"Tyranitar use Stone Edge!" Sharp edged rocks appeared beside Pikachu. Tyranitar motioned upwards with his hands and the rocks flew upwards, slamming into Pikachu. After taking all of those hits; Pikachu landed on the ground. Pikachu tried to push himself back to his feet; but it proved to be too much for him. Swirls appeared in his eyes.
"Pikachu is unable to battle. That means Megatron is the winner of this round; and the match." Misty sounded a little disappointed. Ash walked into the arena and scooped up Pikachu.
"You did your best Pikachu." Pika… Pikachu sounded a little disappointed too.
"How did you manage to get a Pokémon as strong as that?"
"Well, being a guard to the Elite Four does tend to mean I can train with them…"
"If you are that strong; how strong are the Elite Four?" Misty asked.
"That's a good question. Stronger than me, I suppose." Megatron gave as an answer.
"I also heard some very loud cheering while I was battling; I don't suppose any of you know whose Pokémon that was?" Megatron saw Dawn looked rather sheepish.
"HEY!" They all heard a shout coming from the entrance to the arena. Megatron looked around and immediately wished he hadn't.
"I saw that battle! Megatron; you were amazing! Tyranitar is so strong! Just like his master…" A femme ran towards them. May giggled and Misty couldn't help asking.
"Is she your girlfriend?"
"No! She's just one of my fans…" Megatron answered her, his face going a little pale blue.
"You mean future girlfriend surely? After all; it's only a matter of time…" She giggled and Megatron's face went a slightly darker blue. Brock cringed, as did Ash and Max. This femme was going way over the top.
"Would you go away Thunderblast? I've already told you no so many times!"
"That doesn't mean you'll say no this time!" Thunderblast told him.
"What does she want you to do?" May whispered.
"Ask her on date. For some reason she seems to think I'm interested in her." He whispered back.
"Then why not give her a kiss?"
"What! Are you insane? If I do that; she'll never leave me alone!" Misty sniggered; apparently a little convincing was in order.
"What if you asked her something like 'if I give you a kiss will you leave me alone?'?" Misty asked him. Megatron thought about this before turning to Thunderblast.
"If I give you a kiss, will you leave me alone for the next three days?" Thunderblast's jaw dropped.
"Could you repeat that? I need to be sure I'm hearing this." Megatron sighed before repeating what he'd just said.
"Yes! Now come here!" She hopped over to him. Misty was trying very hard not to laugh. Megatron touched his lips lightly against her cheek for a few seconds and then backed off. Thunderblast jumped up and down a few times before running off.
"Megatron kissed me! I knew he liked me in that way!" Was all that they managed to hear before she got too far away. Misty, May and Dawn burst out laughing.
"What did I tell you? Now I'll never get rid of her!" Megatron put his head into his hands. While all of this was going on Brock had discretely sent out Chansey and healed Ash's Pokémon.
"We'd better be going; wouldn't want distract you from your guard duties any more than we already have." Brock told Megatron.
"I suppose I'd better…" Megatron also mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like 'I hope she's gone…'
"Why? Don't want her to cuddle you; like she so obviously wants to do!" Misty said before she started laughing again. Dawn started returning her Pokémon to their pokéballs and Megatron returned to Tyranitar to his; while walking towards the door and leaving Misty behind. She quickly caught up when she realised that they had gone off without her. A group of femmes were waiting outside.
"Any idea why Thunderblast just ran past here; shouting about how much Megatron apparently likes her?" Chromia asked.
"Offline me now…" Megatron covered his head with his hands.
"Because Megatron just gave her a kiss!" Misty kindly shouted out.
"Really? Please say you got a picture of… Wait, none of you carry a camera and you definitely don't have them in your eyes!" Moonracer sounded disappointed.
"Why would you want a picture of that?" Max asked; not sure he really wanted to know the answer.
"Because we have been trying to get Megatron to kiss Thunderblast for ages! She might stop going on and on about how much she wants to feel his lips against her then!" Firestar sounded sick of Thunderblast.
"Obsessed much?" Dawn sniggered.
"I only did it because she agreed if I did she'd leave me alone for the next three days." He told them.
"Ooh… You do know she is going to be ten times worse now!" Chromia sniggered. Megatron decided he'd had quite enough of femmes for one day; and went inside the arena. Brock chose that moment to get close to Elita and take her hand in his.
"Hello my beauty. I remember you being the judge at the Crystal City tournament. Maybe you can help me decide how I should go about… AHHH!" Croagunk interrupted Brock with a Poison Jab to the stomach.
"Croagunk is a harsh judge…" Brock whimpered before Croagunk dragged him away.
"What are you femmes doing here?" May asked.
"We were just going to head to Polyhex." Moonracer told them.
"Firestar is getting a bit lonely and misses her 'special someone'." Firestar's face turned pale blue when Chromia said that.
"We were just going to Altihex." Ash told the femmes.
"That's on the way; you can come with us!" Elita told the group.
"Alright then; let's get going!" Ash told them before heading off towards Altihex. It didn't take long for the rest of them to follow him.
AN: I couldn't resist adding Thunderblast to this… Just her fangirling over Megatron was too funny an image to pass up! It's TFP Megatron, just so you know.
