Me: You guys are awesome! Really, all of you guys are! Thanks for all the reviews, I now have more on this story than I did on RJC! And RJC had more chapters! You guys are really awesome! =D Now, sorry for the wait but I've started school again so chapters will get even less. That and I still hate battles. XD
Episode 34- One goes down!
"Last chapter we saw the, apparently, only decent battle Authoress has ever written! Lucy defeated Dax, and moves onto the semi-finals! Both Scarlet and Alice also have defeated their opponents, and now it's time to find out who is against who!"
"I am as nervous as hell." Scarlet said. Why?
"Yeah, why Scarlet? You're gonna do great." Lucy said, sitting up from her position laying down on one of the lobby's benches. Scarlet sighed, her shoulder's slumping.
"I'm not on top form today, I only won my battle because that girl was a total twit and kept hitting her own Pokémon with its own attacks. I was way behind on points." The red eyed girl sighed. She put her head in her hands. Alice put a friendly hand on the girl's shoulder.
"You're a good coordinator for a beginner, Scar'." Alice assured. Scarlet shrugged her hand off.
"Don't call me Scar, I don't like that nickname." She said. Alice frowned slightly.
"Sorry Scarlet. I just don't know what else to call you for a nickname." Alice said apologetically. "You won't want to be called Vamp-..."
"How do you know that nickname?-!" Scarlet exclaimed, standing up. Alice jumped a little.
"Auberon just mentioned it once when we were talking at the last contest..." She said quietly. "I'm sorry..."
Scarlet huffed and sat back down, cursing at Auberon under her breath. Auberon is the only one who ever calls me that anymore... why would he tell her that nickname?
"And the matches are in!" Lillian announced. Everyone's attention was drawn back to the screen, the match up's revealed. Now, we all know at two of these guys will have to fight each other, but who?
"Aw s-..." SCARLET MELODY STONE-KETCHUM! "Sugar!" I'll let that slide for now...
Theme: Third Generation of Pokémon,
Comin' at you we're number one!
We're better than ever and we're never givin' up,
Gonna keep on fightin' 'til we reach the top!
Cos' we still gotta catch 'em all,
Never gonna let you fall!
Third generation of Pokémon,
Comin' at you we're number one!
[Battle 2] Alice Shadow-Hannah Hart
[Battle 1] Scarlet Stone-Ketchum-Lucy Montez
"I am so out of this contest now!" Scarlet groaned, hitting her forehead against her fists over and over. Lucy put a friendly arm over her shoulder.
"C'mon, Scarlet! You'll do great! Even if it is me!" She assured. Scarlet slumped more.
"I won't! You beat Dax who I lost to last time I battled him! There's no way in the Pokémon World I'll ever beat you!" The black haired girl said, hitting her forehead harder off her fists. Lucy sighed.
"Look, you'll do fine! Do I have to get Auberon down here to convince you?" The ex-grunt threatened. Scarlet groaned.
"No. I'll battle. I just won't win." Scarlet said. Lucy smacked Scarlet around the back of the head, hand lightly glowing blue. Scarlet winced, more from the Aura than the smack itself, and sighed again. "Whatever, Lu..."
"Lucy Montez and Scarlet Ketchum to the stage PLEASE!" A voice boomed from the speakers in the Lobby. Scarlet rubbed her ears and then stood up.
"Let's just get this over with." Scarlet said. Oh don't be such a worrywart! You'll do fine! And remember, I know all. "Whatever, Big-Mouth." Hey! God, you try and help and you get called names... story of my life!
"You get stranger by the second." Alice giggled. I know. "Does she always say that?"
"Yes." Scarlet and Lucy said in unison.
"SCARLET AND LUCY TO THE STAGE! PLEASE!" The voice boomed again. Oh c'mon! It's only been one minute! Well, you heard the voice, go on.
~X~X~X~
"And here is our first Semi-Final battle! Lucy Montez vs. Scarlet Stone-Ketchum! Five minutes on the clock... now... let's... get... BUSY!"
"Asher, get out here!" Scarlet called, knowing her Buneary was too tired from the previous battle to fight. Asher wasn't the ideal choice for fighting up against someone she knew to only have water types, but he was all she had. "Yeah, about that..." Yeah, yeah, I know! I'll work on it!
"Pip, spotlight!" Lucy said, throwing her Poké Ball.
Asher appeared surrounded by stars, Pip surrounded by bubbles. Asher used Ember on the stars, making them glow a beautiful fiery orange-red colour. (Yeah, I totally stole that idea off 'Cruisin' for a Losin'' from Pokémon Advanced Challenge... it was on TV over here yesterday for some reason XD). Pip used her beak to pop the bubbles, and then both Pokémon landed on their feet, looking at each other. Asher stuck his tongue out teasingly, making Pip growl quietly.
"Use Iron Tail, Asher!" Scarlet ordered. Let me guess... stolen from me? "Yup." I hate you. "The feeling is mutual."
Asher's tail began to glow as he charged the attack, and as if it were a cue Pip began charging a Peck attack. Both attacks finished at exactly the same time, and both Pokémon leapt up to use them. They clashed.
"Why do people always forget about Pip's wings?" Lucy said. Pip knew this cue, and promptly charged a Metal Claw.
"Get out of the way, Asher!"
Asher did a (surprisingly) graceful back flip to get out of the way off the attack, and though not commanded to using Ember at the same time, creating an effect that took away a small section of Lucy's points. Pip's attack faded away when it missed, and the Penguin landed on its feet on the floor. Asher used a claw to gesture for Pip to 'Bring it on' and one of those vein things (yes, I still don't know the name of them...) appeared on Pip's temple. Scarlet sweatdropped at Asher.
"Just use Smokescreen, Asher." She said. She doesn't seem as enthusiastic as normal still... Smoke filled the stage, Scarlet covering her mouth with a handkerchief. Where did that come from...? "You don't want to know." *shudders*
Lucy and Pip began to cough because of the smoke; this move was also not all that attractive so Scarlet did lose a small amount of points, but what came next made up for that loss. "Iron Tail."
A silver glow appeared in the smoke, creating a slightly creepy but also beautiful effect. Lucy's points dropped a bit.
~X~X~X~
"There's something up with Scarlet..." Auberon said as he watched the battle. "She's being really... I dunno... unenthusiastic."
"Dax was a prat." Hotaru said. "He mentioned Ruby."
"And how do you... oh right, stupid Aura." Auberon mumbled. Hotaru sighed at him. "So... basically she's thinking way too much about her mother's disappearance."
"Yeah, to put it simply." Jaspa said, randomly joining the conversation. The next instant Auberon was out of his seat, hands on the barrier in front of them.
"SCARLET! YOU FOCUS, PAL! YOU WIN THIS BATTLE AND SHOW YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO HELP SAVE YOUR MOM!" He yelled.
~X~X~X~
"SCARLET! YOU FOCUS, PAL! YOU WIN THIS BATTLE AND SHOW YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO HELP SAVE YOUR MOM!"
"Huh?" Scarlet said, looking away from the field and to the stands. She saw Auberon looking at her, and felt her cheeks go red realising he was the one who yelled.
"C'MON! YOU CAN DO THIS!"
Scarlet suddenly looked a lot more determined, she nodded to Auberon and then turned back to the stage with a smirk.
"There isn't any chance I'm losing this now." She said. Lucy smirked back, giggling quietly.
Yep... thanks Auberon, this battle might finally get a little more interesting. She thought.
"Flamethrower!" Scarlet ordered. Out of the Smoke the fire type attack appeared, heading toward the water type penguin. Lucy was confused by this order, but what happened next quickly made her realise its true purpose. Whilst everyone was distracted by the bad choice of attack, Asher had jumped out of the smoke and charged an Iron tail, slamming it down on Pip's head.
"Clever." Lucy commented. "You're very good for a beginner, pal."
"I learnt a lot from my mom about battling." Scarlet replied. "Now, Asher, Iron Tail again!"
Asher's tail began to glow, preparing the attack once again when suddenly the rest of his body also began to glow a bright white. Everyone's eyes widened, realising what was going on.
"Asher! You're... you're evolving!" Scarlet exclaimed. And before anyone in the stands says anything, YOUR POKÉMON WILL EVOLVE SOON! 'KAY?
"Whoa... so didn't see that coming..." Lucy said, purposely looking at me. Alright, I get it! I can do plots, I just can't do battles, Evolutions or captures! Sheesh...
Asher's form grew, shaping into the form of his new evolution, the glow getting brighter before it disappeared and the newly evolved Chameleon was in front of them. Asher grinned at the Prinplup, then pulling a face.
"Yep... he may have evolved, but he's still Asher." Scarlet said with a sweatdrop. Asher shrugged randomly and then began charging another attack and, atlast, it's a different one!
"That's Dragon Rage!" Lucy exclaimed.
The purple shock wave was heading right for Pip, and without time to react the Penguin was hit. More points on Lucy's side dropped, and the timer was now down to 1:02 minutes left.
"Flamethrower!"
"Bubblebeam!"
Attacks began to rally back and forth, points dropped quickly on both sides, the battle beginning to turn into a Gym Battle more than a contest one. Neither side was taking big enough hits to make much of a difference, but it was obvious that both were getting tired from the constant attacks.
"Annnnd time is UP!" Lillian announced. Asher and Pip stood panting on opposite sides of the field, Scarlet and Lucy both with fist clenched as they slowly turned to face the board to know who had won. "And the winner is... Scarlet!"
The board changed to display Scarlet's picture and Asher's old Charmander photo with winner written underneath. Scarlet jumped up into the air cheering, Asher running over and tackling her. Man... if this is what they react like winning the Semi-Final match... can you imagine what it'll be like if they win the finals?
Lucy smiled, returning Pip with a thank you and waving to Scarlet. Scarlet grinned back at her from the floor where Asher had tackled her to, waving too.
~X~X~X~
A while later, after Alice and whoever it was battled, the contest judges and Lillian announced that the next day would hold the final round, and I'm gonna be evil and not say if Alice won or not! MWAHAHA-...!
"Shut up, Authoress." Scarlet said, walking out of the girl's Pokémon centre room in her PJs. Where ya going? "Water fountain." Okay.
"Hey, great battle out there today." A male voice said. Scarlet smiled toward the voice as Auberon walked into view.
"Only because you cheered me on, Auberon." The red eyed girl replied. "If you hadn't have yelled, I wouldn't have managed. Auberon chuckled, pulling the hem of his too-small PJ top to cover his stomach as it rode up.
"You would have managed. Its great Asher evolved, hopefully now Authoress will remember to evolve the rest of our Pokémon, and let us catch some." The elf-like boy replied. Scarlet grinned and nodded. "Good luck in advance for tomorrow."
"Thanks. You better be cheering me on again." She replied. Auberon winked at her, making her laugh a little. "Well, I better get my drink and head back to the room before the girls think I've been kidnapped."
"Alright, I'm just heading back to Jaspa and I's room, see you in the morning." Auberon said. He began to walk past her, when suddenly he tripped over, and landed... right on Scarlet.
Both of them tumbled back to the floor, Auberon now laying on top of her, face to face and looking straight into her red optics. Scarlet's cheeks were now as red as her PJs, looking into Auberon's mismatched eyes.
After a long pause, Auberon broke the awkward silence. "S-sorry." He muttered, pushing himself off the young coordinator. Scarlet stood up after him.
"D-Don't worry 'bout it." She said. Both red faced trainers then quickly ran off to their destination.
~X~X~X~
Me: Yay for an Eyeshipping moment! (Yeah, I named Auberon/Scarlet Eyeshipping) How was the battle? Personally I don't think it was as good as Dax vs. Lucy. Well, R&R!