Like I promised, I'm working on this chapter right away. But I don't know how long it'll take. I'm aiming for a one week deadline, so next Saturday it'll be up. And now on with the story!
Chapter 36- The Final Four Part 2!
After the quick celebration of Ash's victory, he and Misty went to the Pokemon Center to heal up his Pokemon. They still had some time before Misty had to be at the arena for her battle against Paul.
"This is my team against Paul." Misty told Ash, showing him on the computer.
Ash observed her team and thought it was a very good team. "It's a great team."
She held a nervous look on her face. She wanted to tell him what was on her mind, but she was scared on what he thought.
Ash, not as dense as he used to be, noticed that she had something on her mind. "Hey, is there something you're thinking about?"
"Damn." She thought. She hesitated to tell him, but she finally did. "I'm not sure if I can beat him."
"Misty, I know you can. You have a lot of people who believe in you. You have me, Brock, May, Dawn, my mom, Professor Oak, Tracey, and so many other people who believe in you." The black haired trainer encouraged the red head.
She began to smile at him, feeling a surge of confidence and comfort in herself. "How is it that you always know what to say? Thank you Ash."
"Anytime Mist." He replied. Then he looked at the clock and started to panic a bit. "We need to get to the stadium before you're disqualified."
"Let's get going." She said, without a hint of doubt in her voice.
Ash grabbed his Pokemon and then jogged out of the Pokemon center and towards the stadium.
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Paul had been standing in his trainer box the entire time waiting for his opponent. He held his infamous scowl, standing straight with his arms crossed. He watched as Ash and Misty entered through the trainer tunnel. Ash took a seat on the same bench that Misty sat on during his battle while Misty entered her battle box.
"Go Misty!"
"You can beat him!"
"Kick his butt!"
The Cerulean City Gym Leader heard all her friends cheer for her and waved towards them. She then turned to Ash and gave him a warm smile and a thumbs up. He returned the same gestures. She finally faced the Veilstone City trainer, ready and filled with confidence to battle.
Domino was sitting in the stands hiding from Paul. This was a part of the plan that Giovanni wanted her to execute. "He better win for his own sake."
"We will now begin the second battle of the final four." The referee began. "The same rules apply as before. Now let the battle begin!"
Misty threw her pokeball onto the field, revealing her second baby Pokemon Azumarill.
Paul picked up his first poke ball and tossed it carelessly onto the field and what was revealed was the Fossil Pokemon Aerodactyl. He wasted no time in getting this match over with. "Stone edge, let's go!"
The rock/flying type formed sharp stones around him and began shooting at the Aqua Rabbit Pokemon. She began to panic, but Misty knew what to do.
"Dodge them by using rollout!" Obeying her master's order, she began rolling and gaining momentum, dodging each incoming stone that was being launched. Azumarill kept on rolling, getting closer and closer to Aerodactyl. "Jump now!"
Quickly figuring out what his opponent was trying to do, the undercover Rocket agent countered right after the water type jumped with her tail. "Hit it with aerial ace!" The prehistoric Pokemon was engulfed by white streaks and ran through Azumarill, causing her to crash into the ground.
"Come on Azumarill, I know you can get up!" Misty encouraged her Pokemon.
"Use extreme speed until it can't battle anymore!" Paul ordered.
The rock/flying type flew through its opponent at great speeds, going back to back. Misty had to think of something to get it out of her current situation. "Azumarill use hydro pump directly below you!"
Obeying, she shot a strong barrage of water on the ground right before getting hit for what seemed the umpteenth time. With some luck as well, she also hit the Fossil Pokemon with the super effective move, causing it to screech in pain. Now was Misty's time to finish the battle. "Finish it with iron tail!"
The ball on Azumarill's tail turned to metal as she did a flip in midair. She then landed the tail on Aerodactyl's back, causing it again to screech and then faint.
"Aerodactyl is unable to battle, Azumarill wins!"
"And Azumarill takes the first win of this battle! Who will Paul use next?"
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Cynthia, who was sitting with Lance, Steven, and Alder, who had analyzed Paul throughout the entire tournament, still had questions on how he got his Pokemon. Though the other champions didn't agree with her theories, she couldn't shake that feeling off.
"I'm telling you, he didn't catch those Pokemon." She argued with the other champions. "How the hell could he get an Aerodactyl?"
"Cynthia, we've been over this-"Lance began, but was interrupted by the Sinnoh champion.
"I still have my doubts. He either has someone dealing him Pokemon or he joined one of the evil organizations."
"That's preposterous." Steven spoke in a calm matter. "We would've known if he did."
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During the second battle, Misty returned her Azumarill because she saw that the Aqua Rabbit Pokemon was tired after her battle with Aerodactyl and sent out Tentacruel, while Paul sent out Breloom.
"Use mach punch!" The Mushroom Pokemon used his powerful legs to lunge towards the Jellyfish Pokemon and punched it with its short right claw. It was a power struggle between the grass/fighting type and the water/poison type. Misty knew that she had to end it.
"Tentacruel use poison jab!" Its sharp nose turned purple and stabbed it into Breloom's stomach, which caused him to fall back to his side of the battlefield on his back.
"Come on Breloom, get up and use solarbeam!" The Mushroom Pokemon got up and shot a powerful beam of solar energy without even having to charge up for it. Unfortunately for Misty, Tentacruel took the full blunt of the attack. This surprised every single person in the stadium and the people who were watching on TV.
"How did Breloom use solar beam without charging up?!"
Not only Rich wanted to know that, but everyone else in the stadium did as well, including Ash and Misty. Paul gave her a sly grin. "I've trained my Breloom to channel solar energy within his body. He can shoot them all day and night without having to charge up."
Ash just stared at Paul. He had thoughts about him rushing in a million miles an hour. He knew he was a jerk, but he didn't change one bit after they faced in Sinnoh. He also knew that he was a powerful trainer, but this was too powerful, even for him.
Misty saw that Tentacruel was almost finished, but she it to do one more thing before being finished. "Tentacruel," Misty called to the Jellyfish Pokemon, causing him to look back to his master. "You need to do one more thing and then you can rest."
Tentacruel nodded, knowing what it was supposed to do, it shot up a purple orb into the air and then it broke up into multiple venomous spikes. Paul knew what she was planning to do because he did the same thing to Ash in their Lily of the Valley Conference battle. "Oh no you don't, use seed bomb to destroy those spikes!"
Misty had Paul right where she wanted him. Misty knew that Paul would try to counter her toxic spikes. She also knew that Breloom would be left wide open for an attack that can stop him from countering. "Use sludge bomb!"
Before the Mushroom Pokemon had a chance to shoot at the toxic spikes, the Jellyfish Pokemon shot a series of poisonous bombs at its adversary. The bombs made direct contact, causing Breloom's first seed bomb to implode on itself and cause a mini explosion. When the dust cleared, Breloom was struggling to stand while all the toxic spikes landed on the battlefield, which caused Paul's second Pokemon to get poisoned and drain the rest of its energy.
"Breloom is unable to battle, Tentacruel wins!"
"Tentacruel takes out Breloom while on its last leg! And now Paul is down two Pokemon! His next choice is a crucial one!"
Paul returned the fainted, rental Pokemon while Misty did the same thing with Tentacruel. Paul was starting to get really frustrated with Misty, so he decided to say something about it.
"Why are you returning all your Pokemon after they battle? They'll all lose eventually." Paul barked at the red head.
"Because unlike you, I actually care about my Pokemon." Misty retorted.
He didn't reply verbally. He only pulled out his next pokeball and tossed it onto the field, revealing Magnezone. It was hovering on Paul's side of the field, glaring down at the Cerulean City Gym Leader. Luckily for him, Magnezone wasn't affected by the toxic spikes as his steel attributes made him resistant to poison. Misty had the perfect counter for the electric type.
"I choose you, Quagsire!"
Hearing this infuriated Paul. If his eyes were guns, he would've shot Misty until she died. His frustration was starting to show. He knew that he couldn't use electric attacks on Quagsire because of it being part ground. "You know you're really annoying me. Magnezone use flash cannon!"
The Magnet Area Pokemon charged up and shot a silver beam of energy from its two magnets on its side and hit Quagsire directly in his chest. Paul needed this Pokemon to win and defeat Quagsire; otherwise Paul wouldn't be able to use his secret weapon.
Now it was Misty's turn to retaliate. "Quagsire use mud bomb!"
"Dodge them!" Paul ordered.
The Water Fish Pokemon shot thick covered bombs of mud at the steel/electric opponent. Magnezone was easily able to dodge the first two bombs. The third bomb it barely dodged. The fourth bomb hit the left magnet, blinding the eye on the side and causing it to spin out of control. Quagsire shot one more bomb and hit Magnezone's center eye, causing it to barely hovering above the ground.
Even though the battle began not too long ago, Paul already had his back against the wall. He lost his first two Pokemon and was about to lose his third in a row. He had to do something right away, but his frustrations were preventing him from thinking clearly.
Now was the time for Misty to finish what she thought was Paul's biggest threat. "Now use earthquake!" The light blue amphibian stomped on the ground, which caused the ground to shake violently, and damaged Magnezone, even though it wasn't directly on the ground.
Paul had to think of something and fast, otherwise he was going to lose his third Pokemon fast. "Hover up and use flash cannon!"
After the Magnet Area Pokemon took some damage from the super effective ground attack, it hovered higher in the air and began to charge for its next attack.
"Counter it and use mud shot!" Misty ordered.
By the time Misty made her command, Magnezone shot a silver beam of light at its opponent while Quagsire quickly countered with a powerful stream of mud. The two attacks met in the middle and they kept pushing at each other. It was a power struggle between the two Pokemon and their attacks. Finally, the two attacks caused an explosion that covered the battlefield, leaving everyone to ponder what happened.
Their questions were answered right away after the smoke cleared. Quagsire was still standing comfortably, only taking some damage, while Magnezone was barely hovering on the ground. It eventually fainted because it was exhausted from all the attacks it had taken.
"Magnezone is unable to battle, Quagsire wins!"
"And that's three in a row for the Cerulean City Gym Leader! Will she continue her luck and sweep Paul or will he find a way to make a comeback?!"
The crowd was going crazy, especially Ash and all of his friends. Domino was in the stands just in complete shock. She thought that this kid was something great looking at his Pokemon and his resume. Now she thought he was a complete fool and questioned her boss's decision on making this kid the center of the operation.
"He already lost his first three Pokemon. He's a pathetic trainer. He better hope that his secret weapon can pull one out the hat for him." She thought as she sat in the arena incognito with her arms and legs crossed.
On the field, Paul began to sweat, his heart was pumping at a thousand miles an hour, teeth grinding, and his fists clenching. He felt the pressure as he was down by a lot. He hadn't felt this bad since his recent battle with Brandon the Pyramid King.
"Drifblim, stand by for battle!" He angrily mumbled as he threw the pokeball.
This time, Misty decided to keep Quagsire out for battle. And also to her benefit, the Blimp Pokemon was affected by the toxic spikes. At this point, the Rocket undercover agent didn't care about the toxic spikes. He just cared about winning the battle and taking out her Quagsire. "Use shadow ball!"
The balloon like Pokemon formed a dark purple ball in front of its yellow x shaped mouth and shot it at Quagsire in its chest, causing it so slide back. Both Pokemon winced in pain after the attack. Quagsire winced because of the damage of the attack and Drifblim winced because of the poison.
"Come on Quagsire, use-"
She was interrupted by the Veilstone City trainer. "Use hypnosis!" The ghost/flying type grabbed the water/ground type using his drape like arms and lulled it to sleep. The Mud Fish Pokemon's eyes were getting heavier as it was trying to fight it, but it eventually gave in and fell asleep. It was Paul's time to finish this battle. "Now finish it with dream eater!" The Blimp Pokemon made a clone of itself and quickly went into Quagsire's mind and ate its dream, gaining some extra health and causing the Mud Fish Pokemon to faint, causing Misty to lose her first Pokemon in the battle.
"Quagsire is unable to battle, the winner is Drifblim!"
"And Paul finally gets his first victory of the battle! Will it be enough to change the momentum?!"
Misty was a little shocked on how ruthless Paul was. Sure Ash, Brock, and Dawn told her stories about him, but she somewhat thought that they were over exaggerating in their stories. Now she knew that they were telling the truth.
But she remained calm, knowing she had five Pokemon left, but two were nearly finished. She didn't want to use them yet. So she decided to use her newest evolved Pokemon. "I choose you, Golduck!"
The Duck Pokemon appeared out of its pokeball and crossed his arms and stared its opponent down. He had gained a lot of confidence ever since evolving. And she thought now would be a good time to test out how powerful he's gotten.
"Drifblim use ominous wind!" The balloon like Pokemon's eyes began to glow a light blue and began to unleash a purple wind at the blue duck.
"Counter it with psychic!" The Duck Pokemon raised its arms towards its opponent while the red dot on its head began to glow as well as it eyes while unleashing a powerful blue energy towards its opponent.
To Paul's and everyone else's surprise, the psychic went right through his Pokemon's attack and now Drifblim was caught in the blue aura.
"Now throw it on the ground!" Misty commanded.
Still controlling the adversary, Golduck threw the Blimp Pokemon onto the ground and once again, it was hurting because of the toxic spikes. Though it didn't matter much to Paul because he knew Drifblims had great stamina in battle.
"Use thunderbolt!"
"Oh no." Misty thought quickly. "Counter with ice beam!"
As the ghost/flying type unleashed the powerful electric type move, the water type unleashed the powerful ice type move. Both attacks went right by each other and hit one another. Golduck was hit with thousands of volts of electricity while Drifblim was hit by a powerful stream of ice.
Golduck fell onto his knees and then landed on its stomach while Drifblim slowly deflated towards the ground, both Pokemon fainting in the process. The referee ran over to see if both Pokemon were able to continue, which they weren't. "Both Golduck and Drifblim are both unable to battle, this match is a draw!"
Both trainers returned their Pokemon. Misty praised hers for doing well while Paul cursed it out on doing a bad job. Both of them made their decisions rather quickly for such a big battle.
"Flygon, stand by!"
"I choose you, Kingdra!"
The Mystic Pokemon and the Dragon Pokemon both took the field. Flygon was flying, circling around its opponent while Kingdra followed it with its eyes. Once the referee raised his flags, both trainers ordered attacks right away.
"Use dragon pulse!" Both trainers ordered.
Both Pokemon charged up and unleashed a turquoise ball of energy that collided with each other and then decimated as soon as they made contact.
Paul wasted no time calling out another attack. "Use outrage!"
Flygon's eyes began to glow red and began to rush towards its adversary rampaged and enraged and unleashed a barrage of attacks. Misty couldn't counter in time, so Kingdra was just a sitting Psyduck taking the super effective attack.
After five minutes, Kingdra was still standing, but breathing heavily through its snout. Flygon was now dazed, confused, and now a sitting target for Kingdra and Misty. "Kingdra use dragon pulse until it drops!"
Once again, the Dragon Pokemon charged up and unleashed a barrage of turquoise balls of energy. After hitting its target, Kingdra became more exhausted and Flygon landed on the ground, now on top of being confused, getting hit by the toxic spikes. Both Pokemon were exhausted and both trainers knew that it would take one more move to finish this battle.
"Kingdra use ice beam!"
"Flygon use hyper beam!"
Both Mystic and Dragon Pokemon began to charge up for their respective attacks. Once they unleashed, they collided in the center of the battlefield, with the remains of the attack heading straight for their intended targets. But the explosion made it too hard to see what happened.
After the smoke cleared, Paul was really unpleased with the aftermath of events that just took place.
"Flygon is not able to battle, Kingdra is the winner!"
"Unbelievable! Somehow Kingdra was able to dodge Flygon's attack! Now Paul has one Pokemon left while Misty still has four of hers!"
The look on Paul's face was all that Misty and Ash needed to tell that he was surprised on what just happened. He didn't know how to respond right away.
Ash knew that he never had that look on his face. He only saw it once and it was when Paul battled Brandon, who also just overwhelmed him with his tremendous power of Registeel, Regice, and Regirock.
Paul was able to calm down and turned his eyes towards the red head. "How did your Kingdra escape?"
She smirked at him, only making him more irritated. "I used protect."
The attacks caused an explosion, but the attacks were still launching towards each other. A small beam of ice was heading right towards Flygon. No one knew what happened so Paul couldn't call another attack and let his Pokemon take the hit.
The remains of raw energy of the hyper beam was heading right towards Kingdra. Even though Misty couldn't see her, she knew she had to do something. "Use protect!"
Even though the explosion was very loud, the Dragon Pokemon barely heard her master's voice and used her energy to build up a green shield and protect herself from the attack.
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"Alright Misty!" May exclaimed.
"You only one more to go!" Dawn explained.
"Hold your celebration guys. Paul's been unpredictable this entire tournament. Who knows what his last Pokemon could be." Brock explained.
The two girls glared at him like he was crazy.
"But uh, Misty will still win though!" Brock responded quickly.
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As Domino watched these battles unfold, she was absolutely surprised why the boss still wanted to keep this plan going. She could easily just eliminate Paul and do everything herself. But she was strictly instructed to not touch him.
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After hearing the explanation, Paul was just angry with her. He reached for his last pokeball. He could feel the power of this Pokemon running through his veins. He began to lose his mind and go insane. He didn't care about working for Team Rocket or winning the tournament now. He just wanted to see her squirm and cry. His smile turned crooked as he looked up towards her. "I'll give you credit. You're one hell of a trainer and a gym leader, but not one of your Pokemon will be able to defeat this one in my hand!"
Ash and Misty didn't know what had just happened to Paul. To the both of them, he turned insane. Misty was scared of what Paul's last Pokemon was and Ash was scared for her wellbeing.
He threw the pokeball onto the field. As the Pokemon came out of it, thunderclouds began to appear. Shortly after, you could hear thunder and lightning struck the field. When the Pokemon came out of the clouds, it was none other than one of the three legendary birds of Kanto, Zapdos.
"I-I can't believe what I'm seeing!" Rich stuttered. "It seems- It seems that Paul has somehow captured a Zapdos!"
Misty and Ash had a look of fear on her face, like they had both witnessed a murder. The same went for Brock, May, and Dawn, as well as the rest of their friends and the crowd, with the exception of Domino.
"That's right! Fear the almighty power of Zapdos!" Paul exclaimed insanely.
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"I knew I was right." Cynthia stated as the champions sat in their seats, witnessing the events that are taking place in front of them.
"Remind me not to doubt you again." Steven said, attempting to make a joke.
"We have no time to argue and joke. We need to leave now and do an investigation. I'll get the G Men on it right away." Lance hissed at both of his colleagues.
They left knowing what the outcome would be and began their investigation on Paul.
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"Zapdos use thunder!" Paul maniacally called. The Electric Pokemon shot down a powerful stream of electricity down at the Dragon Pokemon. Luckily for Misty, it missed and now was her time to retaliate.
"Kingdra use draco meteor!" Misty commanded.
"What?! Dodge them!" Paul ordered hastily.
The Dragon Pokemon shot an orange ball of energy, which after reaching its max altitude, broke into many meteors and they showered onto the battlefield. Luckily for Paul, Zapdos was able to dodge each of the meteors. And now it was his turn to attack. "Zapdos use sky attack!"
The legendary bird became surrounded by a white aura and launched itself right at the Dragon Pokemon. It made contact and instantly knocked it's adversary out.
"Kingdra is unable to battle; Zap-Zapdos is the winner." The referee stuttered, still surprised to see the legendary Pokemon.
Misty quickly returned her fainted water/dragon Pokemon. All she could do was zone out and stare at the legendary electric type. She was knocked out of her star struck state when she heard Ash encouraged her.
"Come on Misty! So what if he has a legendary Pokemon! You can still beat him because I believe in you!"
She let his words sink in. She then realized that he was right and got interrupted again by the referee. "You need to choose your next Pokemon."
Misty had a new found confidence. "Alright, Azumarill I choose you!"
The Aqua Rabbit Pokemon came back out for its second appearance in the battle. It looked up at who its opponent was and was immediately intimidated. Misty was able to calm her down and order an attack.
"Use rollout!"
"That's not going to work! Zapdos use rain dance!" Paul brutally ordered.
As Azumarill began to gain momentum in her rollout, it began to poor. Misty was confused at first on why he would use rain dance.
"Why is he using that attack?" She thought. "Unless." The realization hit her like a stampede of Tauros. And she heard him say what she thought he was going to say, which confirmed her worst nightmare.
"Thunder!"
As the Aqua Rabbit was about to make contact, Zapdos hit it with a very powerful dose of electricity, instantly knocking it out. Azumarill looked in real bad condition after being hit by the attack. Luckily for her, there was emergency Pokemon treatment.
"Azumarill is unable to battle, Zapdos is the winner!"
"And Azumarill gets knocked out and seriously injured! Paul has the momentum now! Will Misty be able to take Zapdos out now?!"
She was scared and worried about her second baby Pokemon. Then her emotions got the best of her.
"HOW DARE YOU! YOU NEARLY KILL MY BABY! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" The Cerulean City Gym Leader exclaimed very angrily as she released her Tentacruel from his spherical home.
"You shouldn't let baby's play with the bullies then huh?" He replied to her outburst. "And now I'm taking out that jellyfish of yours! Zapdos thunder!"
"Tentacruel use protect!"
As the Electric Pokemon unleashed yet another powerful jolt of electricity, Tentacruel created a green shield to protect himself from the attack. When the powerful electric attack struck the shield, it had so much power behind it that it broke the shield. Luckily for Misty, the Jellyfish Pokemon was unharmed. She needed to counter right away.
"Use toxic!" Tentacruel opened its mouth and shot a liquid ooze that was very poisonous at the legendary bird of Kanto and hit its mark. Misty's hope of winning this battle increased for her.
"And Misty catches a break by badly poisoning Zapdos! She may have a chance to pull off the upset!" Rich commentated.
The day before, Pokemon battle analysts said that Misty would lose badly to Paul and that she was the underdog. Now she was proving herself to be quite the battler, even though she's one of the best, if not the best gym leader in Kanto and one of the best out of the five known regions.
"Use thunder!" Paul commanded. For what seemed like the umpteenth time, Zapdos shot down another powerful bolt of electricity at Misty's Pokemon. And just like her last two Pokemon, Tentacruel didn't survive.
"Tentacruel is unable to battle, Zapdos wins!"
"And now Misty is down to her last Pokemon! What will it be?!"
"Come on Misty!" Ash encouraged his girlfriend. "I know who you kept last and I know you can win with him!"
Misty looked down at her last pokeball and she began to believe once again. He was Misty's most powerful Pokemon without a doubt. But will it be able to take down a legendary Pokemon? She would find out right now.
"I believe in you." She said to herself. "I choose you, Gyarados!" Her Atrocious Pokemon came out of its pokeball and screeched very loudly. It was enough to intimidate Paul, but Zapdos screeched back, indicating that it was willing to take on a worthy opponent, even though it was badly poisoned.
"Let's go Gyarados, use ice fang!" The sea dragon's fangs began to frost as it launched itself towards the electric/flying type and landed the attack. After being hit by the attack, Zapdos began to lose altitude, as the poisoning was starting to take its toll.
After the attack, the rain clouds began to drift away, which didn't matter to the undercover Rocket.
"Use thunderbolt!" Zapdos quickly charged up and shot a powerful stream of electricity at the water/flying type.
Misty knew how to counter it. It was a technique she learned from Ash. "Use twister!"
As the stream of electricity was heading towards the Atrocious Pokemon, he created a large tornado that was powerful enough to pull in the electric attack and cancel it out, which just infuriated Paul even more.
"Now hit it with a dragon pulse!" The blue and white serpentine dragon charged up and unleashed a powerful turquoise ball of energy right at its opponent.
After being hit by the attack, Zapdos was barely hovering over the ground. Paul had to end the battle right now. "Use thunder!"
"Counter with hyper beam!"
Zapdos and Gyarados charged up and launched their powerful attacks at each other. They collided in the middle of the field and caused a huge explosion, causing dust and a thick, black cloud to cover the battlefield.
Once the smoke and dust cleared, Gyarados was barely standing and Zapdos was barely hovering over the ground. It looked like it could end any minute, so Misty decided to take the opportunity. "Use hydro pump!"
The Atrocious Pokemon launched its head back to fire the attack, but felt a large sting of pain and fell onto its stomach.
The referee checked to see if the water/flying type was going to get up again. It wasn't. "Gyarados is unable to battle, Zapdos wins! Which means Paul will move on to the final match!"
The whole crowd began to boo at the decision. Over the course of the battle, they began to hate Paul. The Sinnoh native didn't care though, as he just returned the Pokemon and left the stadium.
Misty just stood there in shock. She was so close to winning and it slipped right through her fingers.
"Hey Mist, it's okay." He tried to comfort her.
Pikachu and Elektra also tried to comfort her as well.
"No it's not!" She yelled, getting away from him. "I almost won and he used a legendary Pokemon! He shouldn't be allowed to do that!"
"But Mist, there's nothing in the rules where he wasn't allowed to use one." Ash explained. "I had to face three and they were all owned by one person."
She began to tear up and Ash quickly hugged her. They began to walk out of the stadium.
"And there you have it folks! The championship battle will be tomorrow! Paul vs. Ash! Who will win? You have to be there to see it!"
"I feel so bad for Misty." May said in a sympathetic tone.
"Same." Dawn agreed.
"Well, let's try to comfort her." Brock suggested.
The girls agreed as they began to leave the stadium to find Ash and Misty.
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It was a long day for Ash and Misty. Ash had to worry about facing Paul tomorrow and not even knowing what kind of Pokemon he would have and Misty was still trying to get over the loss.
"Come on Mist. Let's just go to bed." Ash begged his girlfriend. "We can't stay up all night."
"Fine." She gave in. "But I have to go to the bathroom." Togetic flew towards Misty and Elektra walked towards and she waved them off. "Come on Togetic, return to your pokeball. And Elektra, I need you to stay here with Ash and Pikachu."
Togetic gave in as well and returned to his pokeball and Elektra stayed with them.
Misty left the room they stayed in and had to go find the bathroom. At first it was just a peaceful little walk and then she saw another shadow following her. She quickly turned around to see nothing.
"Huh," She whispered. "Maybe I'm seeing things."
She continued her walk for another minute. She saw a mysterious figure behind her and by the time she turned around to find out what it was, she began to see black and fell to the floor unconscious.
"Mission complete." The figure said through their headset.
"Good. Bring her back to the hideout." The other person replied.
They carried her and began their escape.
In the background, there were three witnesses who saw the whole thing. As soon as they saw her escape, they ran away to an area where they couldn't be seen.
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The sun shined brightly in the room where Ash and Pikachu were sleeping. He turned and began to slowly open his eyes to see that no one was there.
"Huh, wonder where she is." He thought tiringly.
As he forced himself up out of the king sized bed, he started his search to the bathroom. He wasn't successful. He then went to everyone's room to see if she was there and they said that she wasn't. He began to worry. His heart began to pump faster and faster. He then went back to his room. He saw Pikachu hold something.
Elektra also began to worry. Her and Pikachu began to look around for some other evidence and Pikachu found something.
"Hey Pikachu, what's that?" He asked his best Pokemon friend.
He gave it to him and he opened. It was an envelope. As soon as he opened it, a recognizable necklace fell out and a piece of paper fell out as well. He opened up the folded paper and skimmed on what the note said. His worst nightmare came true.
"What does the note say?" Brock asked, worried as much as Ash was.
"Misty's been kidnapped."
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That's chapter 36! I really enjoyed this chapter. I've been looking forward to this part of the story. It's gonna be fantastic! And now onto the questions: Who kidnapped Misty? Why would they do it? Who were the witnesses to the kidnapping? You'll have to wait and find out! Hopefully it'll be in another week or two.
P.S.- I beat my own deadline, so hopefully I can keep doing it.