DWA: Hey guys, so, we finished the qualifying rounds last time, time for the preliminaries! Also, my E-mail isn't telling me when people review. Odd.
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Chapter 37: Qualifying Rounds (1)
-(ooo)- Time: 11:45pm, Location: Evergrande Governmental Building, POV: Snow, 1st Person
'I need to be careful, if they see me, I'm screwed.' I thought to myself nervously. It was time for me to do my real mission, get information from the Hoenn governmental database. In this building, the government met to discuss laws and such, Hoenn only of course. I was in my suit looking for a secure way in with thermal vision. The building wasn't very big, maybe seven stories high. Soon, I found a window to a hallway with no guards.
'Perfect' I thought with a smirk. I jumped up and grabbed onto the ledge and gently opened the window.
'They don't even keep their windows locked. What idiots.'
I fell into the hallway and landed on my feet, activating the suits invisibility and started sneaking around. I came to the lobby of the building and saw two people in suits.
"So, do we have a deal?" One said. The other nodded.
"Yes, you help me, and I'll help you." The other said. The two shook hands and left.
'Corrupt assholes.' I went on and ran through the lobby and went through a door in the middle of the lobby. It came out to the meeting room.
"HUD, activate 3D map of building." I whispered. In front of me, a map of the building appeared, and under the meeting hall was a large facility. "Perfect." I walked over to the podium in the middle and lifted a small mat on it to reveal a keypad and handprint scanner. I placed my hand on it.
"Hacking into system, setting cameras to loop, keypad code found, handprint copied and applied." The suits AI said. Apparently, this podium was linked to everything but the database. Just my luck. I entered the keypad code and the podium moved to the left and a stair way revealed itself.
'Wow, nice and hidden.' I walked down the staircase to find a door leading into a long white hallway. I stared down the hallway, looking at the mini-map on mu HUD to try and find the database.
'Where is it?' I asked myself as I walked down the hallway. A guard came around a corner and bumped into me.
"What the!?" He asked as he grabbed my arm.
'Shit!' I wrenched my arm from his grip and slammed my fist into his face, knocking him out.
'Great, now I have to hide the body.' I picked the man up and went into a room, seeing it was a room with file counters. I set the man in the corner of the room, away from any cameras should they reset and in a shadow. I walked to the door and poked my head out, looking down the hallway for any guards.
'None. Good.' I walked out of the room and closed the door gently. I looked to my mini map and saw I was close to the database. I silently ran down the hall until I came to the door, which had no security device.
'I guess they didn't expect anyone to get this far.' I thought opening the door. The room was rather large, with massive hard drives bigger than myself and wires running everywhere.
"Invisibility off, time to recharge, two minutes and counting." The AI said.
'Great.' I walked around and over the cords until I came to the main drive, which was a large cylinder with wires running to all the other hard drives and had a terminal for access. I went over to the terminal and opened the disk tray, and set a disc with an undetectable virus to get past the barriers and I also put in a small SD card, with around a terabyte in storage in it, to start downloading the info.
'The boys in the lab outdid themselves this time.' I thought smiling. The terminal screen went red and the ES emblem came up on the screen, showing the SD card now had access. A prompt came up on the screen.
"Would you like to download?" The prompt said. I clicked on the Enter key and a bar came up that slowly started filling.
"INTRUDER, IDENTIFY YOURSELF." A robotic voice said. I turned and there was a black humanoid robot aiming chain guns at me from its wrists. It seemed to have an elongated V as a visor. (The robot idea belongs to Rooster Teeth)
'A fucking robot!?'
"Look buddy, if you fire, you fry the main drive." I said smugly.
"INFORMATION CONFIRMED, SWITCHING TO BLADED WEAPONS." It said. The guns receded into its arms and two short blades came out.
"I just had to open my big mouth." I said to myself.
"LAST CHANCE, IDENTIFY YOURSELF USING VALID ID CARD." I glanced back at the download and saw it was a quarter of the way done. I sighed and reached behind me, pulling out two short swords from their separated hilts.
'Thank you Danny.' I thought to myself remembering his suggestion and giving me his blades. I wasn't good with these, but I'll have to make due.
"TIME IS UP. INTRUDER DETECTED. ILLEGAL ACTION; THEFT AND/OR PIRACY OF CLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT DATA. PROTOCAL ACTIVATED; V3, EXTERMINATION." It said. It ran and at me and tackled me in a way that I was shoved to the side.
"CONNECTING TO SPECIFIC ROOM, OPENING PANELS 32-38 TO LOWER LEVEL." It said as its visor glowed and the floor tiled under me moved and I fell down a floor into an unused room, landing on my back. The robot jumped down as well.
"DANAGER TO DATA ELIMINATED, RESUMING V3 PROTOCAL." It ran at me and swung down and I swiftly rolled to the side. I stood and got into a defensive stance. It ran at me and we parried blades. I spun and knocked it of balance and slashed into its chest, only making a scratch. I humped back as it swung am me again. One of its blades retracted and a chain gun came out.
"Oh you have to be kidding." I said. It started firing and I had to run, duck, slide and jump to avoid the bullets, I didn't count on my suit stopping a chain gun. I ran at it and slid and slashed its knees, and causing it to shoot itself, but it still did little.
"Motherfucker, what's this thing made of?" The bot turned and ran at me with two blades. I jumped up and slashed its head, actually making a cut on the head. It still didn't do anything but run at me again.
"Fuck this shit." I sheathed the blades and ran at it, sliding into it and making it fall. I stood up and slammed my fist into its back, making a dent. It kicked me away and stood, two chain guns ready.
"Alright asshole, bring it on." I whispered. It fired at me and I did the same as before, ran, slid, jumped, and ducked under all the bullets. I got close again, taking a few hits and grabbed an arm and slipped behind it, trying to "break" its arm by twisting it in a certain way. I succeeded and tore its right arm off.
"DAMAGE TO BODY, 27%, RECALIBRATING LEFT ARM FOR MAXIMUN USE." I looked at the arm, and noticed it was stiff. I moved it to a line shape and slammed it, and luckily, the blade came out.
"If Danny's swords can't hurt you, what about your own?" I said. It ran at me and switched to a blade. It swung at me and I blocked it with the blade I had. I then kicked it to get it off balance and slashed its chest, cutting it open. I then slammed the blade into the cut and the bot started sparking and shaking.
"DAmmmmAAAAGGEEE CCCRRiiiiTTICAAALLLL, SHSHSHSHUTTTIIIIINNNGG DDDDOOOOOOooowwwwwwnnnn." It said falling over and the light in the visor dimming.
I walked over to where I fell in and jumped up, and with the help of the suit, managed to get back into the database room. I looked at the download and saw it was complete. I took out the disc and SD card, and took out a Poke Ball.
"Maybe it was right to ask for Alakazam anyways. Even Admins need back up." I said as I called out Danny's Alakazam.
"Alakazam, can you teleport me out of here? I'm in Evergrande. Search my mind for what you need." It nodded and soon, we were in a back alley. "Thank you Alakazam, I'll be sure to get you back to Danny." I said. It nodded as I returned it. I sighed.
"Time to go back." I walked out of the alley as my invisibility kicked in, and I walked the city streets, hidden by light as it went around me, my destination, the small boat at the docks with the ES emblem, hidden by the shadows.
-(ooo)- Time: 7:32am, Location: Ever Grande Conference Hotel, POV: Stanley
I awoke from my peaceful sleep to find Taisetsu in the same position as last night, head resting on my chest. I heard a light knocking and the door opening.
"Hey Stanley, you . . . oh." Rina said walking in, but stopping when she saw me and Taisetsu. "Did you . . . you know, do it?" She asked.
"If you are implying what I think you are, no." I said quietly. She nodded and left.
'I won't hear the end of that.' I thought to myself. I placed a hand on Taisetsu's shoulder and lightly shook her.
"Tai, time to wake up." I said. Her eyes blinked open and she yawned.
[Morning.] She said giving me a smile with half-lidded eyes.
"You're still tired." I said. She nodded but got up anyways as I sat up.
[I'll just take a shower. I think it'll wake me up.] She said walking to the bathroom. I stood up and stretched, and put on my jeans and walked into the main room.
"I swear you two are so close, how have you not tapped that?" Blizz asked as soon as I walked in. I sighed.
"One, I'm sixteen, two, I want to take things slow, and three, how long have you known Nero?" I said. She stared at me.
"Touché." She said taking a sip of water. Rina chuckled.
"Seriously, just tell him, the worst he can do is say no." Rina said.
"If he does, she still has to see him." I said sitting down at the "bar" part of the kitchen.
"Oh yeah. I just woke up, give me a break." She said.
"So what happened after you two left?" Blizz asked. I blushed remembering last night.
"Well . . . ask Taisetsu. I'm sure she'll paint a better picture than I can."
"Says the artist." Rina said.
"You know what I mean." I said. She laughed.
"Yeah yeah, she can project it into our minds. If she wants to." Rina said. I stood up.
"I'll check the listings for today's matches." I aid. There was a computer in the room, so I got on and looked up the matches. Rina and I were in different sections again, and I had my fist match at 8:30. Rina's was at 9:45.
"Hey Rina, looks like we'll be able to see each other battle." I said.
"Really? When are our matches?" She asked.
"Mine's at 8:30, yours is at 9:45." I said.
"Awesome." She said. I was about to get off the computer before a message popped up. It was from the front desk, saying I had a call waiting. I shrugged and accepted the call. It was my family.
"Hi Stanley!" Lily shouted. I recoiled from the volume of her voice.
"Hi Lily, look, I just woke up, so not so loud." I said. She nodded.
"I saw your matches, heck, everyone in town did! We all saw yours and Rina's! You have no idea how loud the town was! We're all cheering for you two!" She said happily. I smiled.
"Thanks Lily. I feel even more confident knowing the entire town is rooting for us." I said.
"The entire town?" Rina asked.
"Yeah." I said.
"We even have a plan. All the kids are going to meet in the gym and auditorium of the High School and watch the League together! It'll be one big party! There will be a few adults to supervise, but that's because of the High Schoolers." Lily said.
"So everyone is watching huh? We'll have to put on a good show. My first match is at 8:30, be ready." I said.
"8:30!? Oh crap I have to make some other calls and get ready! See ya Stanley, good luck!" She said before hanging up. I chuckled at my sister's behavior.
"So we'll have all of Littleroot watching. Fun." Rina said. Taisetsu came out of my room.
-Much better!- She said happily.
"Tai, tell me what happened last night." Blizz said. She blushed.
-Umm, okay. I'll show you.- She said. Her eyes flashed, as did Rina's and Blizz's. The both looked at me in shock.
"That, was bold." Rina said.
"I swear you two are damn cute." Blizz said smiling.
"Shut up." I said feeling another blush. I went to my bag and got my sketchbook and pencil.
"So, I'm going to draw until 8:10, then we leave." I said. They all nodded as I sat on the couch and began drawing. It was going to be a scene from last night. On a cliff, Taisetsu and I holding each other close, kissing in front of a massive full moon.
-(ooo)- Time: 8:28am, Location: Stadium B2 Battlefield entrance, POV: 3rd Person
Stanley and Taisetsu were waiting for the announcer to call on Stanley and the other trainer.
[You seem nervous.] Taisetsu said.
"Well, Allie still hasn't done much official battling. And who knows how the crowd will react?" Stanley said.
[She'll be fine. She's a Pokémon with odd powers. Nothing wrong with that. I'm sure the rules don't say anything about the natural changing of type.] Taisetsu said.
"Still, a bit nervous. How many double battles have I been in? Most of the time I have Rina with me." He said.
[You'll be fine I swear.] She said. Then she gave him a kiss on the cheek. [Now go out there and beat them down.] She said. He nodded.
"Hello everyone! Welcome to the preliminaries! In this, trainers will partake in two double battles to advance to the final rounds! Now, on one side we have a boy from Mossdeep City, Ryan!" The announcer shouted. They heard cheers from the audience.
"Now from the quaint Littleroot Town, we have Stanley Zenex!" He shouted again. Stanley walked out and was also greeted by cheers.
"Beat him down Stanley!" Rina shouted from her front row seats standing up. Blizz shook her head as she pulled Rina down into her seat. Stanley gave a chuckle as he walked up to the trainer box. He looked at Ryan, who seemed to be in his teens, and worked out a good amount.
"The match between Ryan and Stanley will now begin, are both trainers ready?" The referee asked. Both nodded. "Then begin!" He shouted.
"Allie, Hakuhyo, let's roll!" Stanley shouted doing his signature throw with both hands.
"Machoke, Medicham, go!" Ryan shouted.
The Pokémon appeared on the field, glaring at each other.
"Heh, two pipsqueaks against my fighting types, good luck, you'll need it." Ryan said smirking.
"Don't underestimate them." Stanley said smiling.
"Whatever. Medicham, Force Palm on the Sneasel. Machoke, Karate Chop on the Eevee." Ryan said. Both Fighting types charged the two smaller Pokémon.
"Blizzard, Shadow Ball." Stanley said. Hakuhyo blew a freezing wind at the two and stopped them from the force of the winds. Allie charged a Shadow Ball and fired it at Medicham, hitting it and sending it back thanks to the wind. Machoke pressed on and was soon running at Allie, who remained calm.
"Do it." Stanley said. Allie jumped up and used Iron Tail on Machoke's head, causing it to stop running.
"Hakuhyo, your turn." Hakuhyo stop the Blizzard and made a fist with his claws, and an icy energy surrounded it. Hakuhyo ran and slammed his fist into Machoke's gut, causing it to stumble back.
"Oh my, and Ryan's attack was completely negated by Stanley's impressive attack strategy. We've only seen him use a Mismagius and battle with stat afflictions, how else will he battle with these two?" The announcer said.
-(o)- Littleroot High School Gym, POV: 3rd
"Nice Stanley!"
"Whoo!"
"Show that guy whose boss!"
Cheers and applause went everywhere at the simple counter attack. Lily was the only one quite, because she was the only one noticing the tail of the Eevee, its red tip and black strips.
'Its tail is like Master Giritina's wings.' She thought to herself.
-(o)- POV: Battle
"High Jump Kick!" Medicham jumped up and its knee turned orange as it descended upon Allie.
"Allie, show them what you can do! Shadow Force!" Stanley shouted Allie ran forward and vanished, causing Medicham to crash into the ground.
"What the hell is Shadow Force? Medicham, Detect!" Medicham's eyes glowed green as it searched for Allie, but became nervous when it couldn't find her.
"Here a fun fact, Shadow Force penetrates through Protect, and Detect." Stanley said. Allie reappeared behind Medicham and slammed her tail into its back, a ghostly power blasting out from the impact point. Medicham fell forward in pain.
"What in the world was that!?" The announcer said.
"Allie is a special Eevee. Anyone remember that powerful Eevee near Lilycove?" Stanley asked closing his eyes. The stadium went silent. "Well, here she is."
Allie ran back to Hakuhyo with a smile and got ready for anything.
"I don't believe it! If no one remembers, there was an Eevee near Lilycove that had tremendous power, and Stanley has caught it! What chance does Ryan have now?" The announcer said.
"Hakuhyo, Hone Claws. Allie, Helping Hand." Stanley said. Hakuhyo sharpened his claws while Allie transferred power to him.
"I want that Medicham gone! Night Slash!" Hakuhyo held up his claw and it glowed black and extended thanks to Helping Hand. Hakuhyo then ran at Medicham.
"Machoke, Dynamicpunch!" Machoke's fist glowed orange as he ran in front of Medicham and punched Hakuhyo in the gut, sending him into the wall behind Stanley.
"Hakuhyo!" Stanley shouted. Hakuhyo fell to the ground and struggled to get up.
"Heh, my Machoke is more powerful than most, I'm surprised he's still up." Ryan said smirking. Allie looked at Hakuhyo and then glared at Machoke in rage.
[You bastard. You'll pay for hurting him like that!] She shouted as her collar went from white to pink and wind swirled around her.
"Allie . . . " Stanley said. Her eyes were normal, but he was still unsure.
"Dude, what's wrong with your Eevee?" Ryan asked, oblivious as to what may happen.
"Nothing is wrong. This is her power, the ability to change types at will, and use attacks of those types. Let me show you what I mean. Allie, Psybeam!" Allie charged a rainbow colored ball of psychic energy and fired it at Machoke, who got hit and thrown back.
"Heal Block and Heal Pulse!" Allie let out a black wave at Machoke and Medicham, washing over them and covering them in a black aura that was absorbed into their body. She then let out a white pulse that washed over Hakuhyo, who had been on his hands and knees watching the whole thing. He felt most of the pain fade as the wave washed over him. He stood up and ran to Allie, giving a smile as a thank you.
"Ahh crap." Ryan said.
"Time to end this you two! Allie, Ghost type and use Ominous Wind! Hakuhyo, Blizzard!" Allies collar turned violet and she blew out a wind with black streaks while Hakuhyo blew out a Freezing wind. The two attacks combined and did major damage to the two Fighting Types, and knocked Medicham out. Machoke was barley standing.
"Hakuhyo, time for some revenge! Ice Punch!" Hakuhyo charged the attack and ran forward.
[Hakuhyo, here's a little help!] Allie said as her collar turned sky blue and a wind came blasting from behind her.
"I don't know if this is even allowed but I'm to entranced and excited to check!" The announcer shouted. Hakuhyo jumped and was pushed by the Tailwind attack, and slammed his fist into Machoke's face, sending it back and knocking it out. The crowd was silent for a moment before breaking out in cheers and applause. After a few moments, the referee called it.
"Since the rules say nothing about a type changing Pokémon, this match is valid and Stanley is the winner!" He said. The crowd broke out into more cheers.
-(o)- Littleroot High, POV: 3rd Person
"Hell yeah!"
"Whhoooooo!"
"That's right man show them how it's done!"
Cheers and applause could be heard from Oldale with how loud everyone was cheering, or that what Lily guessed. She was more interested in the Eevee Stanley named Allie.
'It can change types, has Master Giritina's special move and pattern on its tail and has an Arceus Wheel on its forehead. Interesting. Still, I'm glad he won.' Lily thought with a smile.
-(o)- Stanley: 1st Person.
Ryan and I shook hands and he walked away with disappointment on his face. I returned my team and walked through the entrance to the field and saw Taisetsu with a smile.
-Congratulations. Allie has gotten even more powerful since you caught her. I think she's nearing her maximum power.- She said.
"I doubt it, there has to be a tier beyond the third." I said. I wasn't too sure, but I had a good feeling there was one.
"We should get outside, Rina's probably waiting." I said, Taisetsu nodded and we left the stadium, and Rina was indeed waiting.
"You kicked his ass." She said.
"Well Allie did a lot, and she is extremely powerful in her own way." I said.
"So we have a lot of time until our match, wanna watch a few others until then?" Blizz said. I nodded and we went off to waste time.
-(o)- 30 minutes later, POV: 3rd Person
"So that's the new "Prodigy Child?" He doesn't look like much." Glacia said. The Elite Four and Wallace had watched the battle from a room under the main stadium. Glacia was sitting next to Chuck, Sydney was sitting on a table with one foot on it, while Drake and Wallace were standing.
"Don't underestimate him. His Mismagius gave my Banette a good fight as a Misdreavus." Chuck said.
"I doubt he'll even get to you, if he wins this tournament." Glacia said.
"Don't write him off yet Glacia. I've battled that Banette of Chuck's, it can put up a good fight, even against my Dark Types." Sydney said.
"I think he and his female companion can go far in this competition, along with the boy Winona has an interest in." Drake said. Chuck leaned his head back.
"What kind of interest?" Chuck asked.
"A possible successor." Wallace said.
"Well isn't that nice." Chuck said brining his head back to its original position.
"He's also going to help her deal with ES, seeing as he apparently got into a gunfight with some remnants." Sydney said.
"Damn, kid must have balls." Chuck said.
"Chuck!" Glacia exclaimed.
"Calm down Glacia. It's one damn word. Let's see how the boy's companion does." Chuck said.
-(o)- POV: Battle, Rina, 3rd Person
Rina and her opponent, Tyler, were on the field about to call out their Pokémon. Stanley and Taisetsu were in the front row of the crowd.
"Alright, Asuna, Rain, strike 'em down!" Rina shouted throwing a Poke Ball and Great Ball.
"Abomasnow, Castform, cool them down!" Tyler shouted.
All the Pokemon appeared staring at each other, ready to fight.
DWA: Oh look, cliffhanger. It's the League guys, these are normal.
Rina: You fucking asshole.
DWA: Guilty as charged. Anyways guys, be sure to Review and vote on the poll!