(In DC)

All the eyes are on the reopening of the Pokemon League. Many trainers have gathered to test their luck at Andrew and his elite four. The League has been packed since about 5 am. It is now 8 am and the crowd at the League buildings is getting very restless. Many of these waiting trainers have been waiting months to face the five.

"Is everyone here?" asked Jennifer running around the League offices.

Marc eventually walked out of his office and walked over to Jennifer.

"It looks like we are all here, we are just waiting on Andrew." said Marc.

"Where the hell is Andrew?" asked Jennifer to Marc.

"He will be here just give a little more time he probably got caught in the crowd." said Marc.

"Yeah you're right he just caught up." said Jennifer.

"Sorry I am late Jen and Marc, but trying to get in was hell the trainers out there are ready to break down the doors." said Andrew.

"At least you are here. I do hope you have a speech ready." said Jennifer.

"Jen I never write speeches I usually let it come to me as I speak." said Andrew.

"Thats fine just set your bag down and go out there." said Jennifer.

Andrew walks into his office and plugs in his laptop and sets his backpack down on his chair walks back out to join Marc and Jennifer. After he joined them Tina, Melissa and Morgan joined them as well.

"Morgan you are in arena 1, Tina you are in arena 2, I will take arena 3, and Marc you will be in arena 4." said Andrew.

"What about me?" asked Melissa.

"Well I need you at the training arena helping out those trainers." said Andrew.

"You serious, I really want to battle." said Melissa.

"Fine you can turn the training arena, to the last battle arena." said Andrew.

"Thank you so much Andrew." said Melissa.

"Well I better go out there and speak to the trainers." said Andrew.

He walks outside he is then followed by three League officials who took seats at the two desks out in front of the League.

"Good Morning. I am really glad to see everyone come out and battle us here and now. This is a chance many of you wanted to do so for that I wish you luck. We expect great battles today and we have all the arenas in use for battling today. If you are here to train we will resume that tomorrow and Marc will be there to look after everyone and aid as you need it. I am going to explain how this works now. Most of you will receive a number when you check in with the officials behind me. It will between 1 and 5. Most of you will not receive 3 since I have a challenger today so I will be battling him in that arena. If you receive a number 1 you will battle Morgan, a number to will get you Tina, a four will get you Marc, and a 5 will get you Melissa. Now with that said I hope all of you brought your best pokemon because the five of us are like no other trainer, we expect your best so bring it. And that will end what I have to say so go ahead and get ready and present yourself at the officials." said Andrew.

Andrew walked back inside the League and made his way to arena 3 where he and his pokemon got ready for their first battle. He was then joined by a ref also ready to call the match.


(In Columbia, TN)

"Katie how many battles are going to be on TV today?" asked Emma.

"We have one and it is Andrew vs, Steven again." said Katie.

"That guy sure is persistent he will never quit." said Emma.

"Yeah you can say that again he has battle Andrew twice already. Once with him at the League and the other with me in Winfield near the plaza." said Katie.

"So then Andrew nothing to fear?" asked Emma.

"Andrew will be able to beat with ease." said Katie.

"Nice of you to join us Brady." said Emma once Brady walked in the room.

"Do you two want to leave after the match or stay another night here in Columbia?" asked Brady.

"I think we should stay." said Emma.

"I agree with that." said Katie.

"Ok we will leave tomorrow then." said Brady who then sits next to Emma.

"Lets just enjoy the battle which will start in a bit." said Katie.


(In DC)

The battle between Andrew and Steven has not only caught the eye of our three trainers. It has caught the eye of Dan. He is hoping he can pick up on some of Andrew's tendencies and be able use them against Andrew when he gets his rematch. Cat and him are watching from his house. He is watching it before he goes out and trains some.

(In Arena 3)

"Good morning ladies and gentle I am the announcer Eric Haynes and it brings me great pleasure to be bringing those watching at home a play by play. We will now head to the arena were the ref will explain the rules." said Eric.

"This will be a six on six pokemon battle between our Champion Andrew Hanson and the challenger Steven Bonds. Both trainers will be allowed to substitute at any time during this match. Once one trainers first three pokemon are eliminated we will then take a 10 minute break then continue. This match will be over when all of one trainers' pokemon cannot battle. Do both of you understand this as I explained it." said the ref.

"Yes I do." said Andrew.

"I get it." said Steven.

"Then whenever you two are ready you can go ahead and start this battle." said the ref.

(Champion Battle: Andrew vs. Steven)

"I will allow you to have the honors first." said Andrew.

"Fine with me. Go Skarmory."said Steven.

"Interesting choice. I will go with you Gengar." said Andrew tossing out his pokeball.

"Skarmory use brave bird on Gengar.

"Gengar wait for the right moment then shadow ball.

Skarmory flew high into the sky he then dived right for Gengar. Skarmory was first in a stream of red then it soon became blue. Right before the move would have landed Gengar phased out then reappeared above Skarmory. Gengar formed one dark looking ball right in front of his hand then pushed right at Skarmory. Even thought Skarmory was covered by the brave bird he still felt the damage from the shadow ball. It sent Skarmory into the ground with some force.

"Gengar now follow up with dark pulse."

Gengar snow shot from both hands a string of dark beams right at the grounded Skarmory. Once the beams hit Skarmory on his back you could see scratch mark from where the attack found its mark.

"Return Skarmory and go Magmortar." said Steven.

"So you choice to switch your Skarmory for Magmortar." said Andrew.

"Magmortar use flamethrower."

"Gengar use shadow ball to stop that attack."

Magmortar's hands went into his arms now his arms look more like cannons and he shot a stream of fire from each and before they were to hit Gengar they became one. Gengar again formed a dark ball with his hand and sent it right towards the flamethrower. As the two attacks colluded it caused a massive explosion which sent smoke around the ring.

"Gengar use the smoke as a cover to use Hypnosis."

Gengar phased into the air then appeared behind Magmortar who was unaware of the event that are about to unfold. Gengar then moved his arms up and down creating waves of purple which hit Magmortar and he was put to sleep.

"Your Magmortar will not be able to stand the next series of moves." said Andrew.

"What do you mean?" asked Steven.

"Gengar use Nightmare."

Everything around Gengar became very dark and no light can be seen. Gengar's red eyes then peered right into Magmortar's head. To his trainer Magmortar looked like he was in pain since he was flailing around. After the darkness cleared everyone witnessed the same thing Steven saw and that is Magmortar just in a lot of pain.

"What is your Gengar doing to him?" asked Steven.

"All my Gengar did was use an attack that is meant to hurt your pokemon in the long run." said Andrew.

"Come on Magmortar you have to shake it off." said Steven.

"Gengar lets finish this battle. Use Dream Eater." said Andrew.

Gengar released some more dark beams right at Magmortar's head. Once they made contact it begun taking some of the dreams Magmortar is having while sleeping. Gengar did a ton of damage to him and it looked like Gengar got some of his energy back as well from dream eater. Gengar then removed the beams and Magmortar fainted.

"Magmortar is unable to, Gengar wins." said the ref.

"It looked like I did nothing to that Gengar. He looks like he just begun this battle." said Steven returning Magmortar.

"Gengar you did great out there." said Andrew.

"That Gengar sure is something power and speed that could not be matched." said Eric.

"It looks like I have to go with you Altaria." said Steven.

"Return Gengar and, go Glaceon." said Andrew.

"Not that pokemon again." said Steven.

"It looks like you remember our last battle with my Glaceon." said Andrew.

"Altaria use dragon pulse." said Steven.

"Glaceon use ice beam."

Altaria released a blue orb from her mouth right at Glaceon. Glaceon quickly formed a ball of ice in front of his mouth then shot streams of it right at Altaria. Altaria was able to dodge a first few of them then she was blasted by one of them. The ice beam shattered any hope of Altaria hitting Glaceon with dragon pulse.

"Now Glaceon use hail."

Clouds quickly covered the arena. It then started to hail. This type of move boosted Glaceon's speed making even harder to hit.

"Altaria use flamethrower."

"Glaceon use dig to dodge that attack. Then appear and use shadow ball."

Altaria shot out a stream of a bright fire right at were Glaceon once stood. All that was left was a small hole which Glaceon made. Glaceon shortly reappeared right below where Altaria was flying. Glaceon then formed a dark ball of power right in front of his mouth and Glaceon shot it right at Altaria's belly. Once the attack made contact it sent Altaria right into snow covered ground.

"Glaceon use iron tail then jump above him and use ice beam."

Glaceon quickly charged at the grounded Altaria with his tail covered in iron. He then hit Altaria with the attack. Glaceon then jumped above the Altaria and formed a ball of ice in front of his mouth. He shot streams of frigid ice right at the grounded Altaria. The ice beam froze Altaria from head to tail.

"Altaria is unable to battle, Glaceon wins." said the ref.

"Andrew has made short work of my first two pokemon, how do I even counter any of his pokemon, they are just to powerful." said Steven.

Glaceon ran over to Andrew who kneeling down waiting for Glaceon to run over to him. As Glaceon made it Andrew patted him on his head then looked over to his opponent who a perplexed look on his face.

"Return Altaria and go Drifblim." said Steven.

"I will stick with Glaceon then." said Andrew as Glaceon ran right in front of him.

"Drifblim grab Glaceon then ominous wind."

"Glaceon once he grabs you use iron tail then use ice right after."

Drifblim grabbed Glaceon with the sleeves that are usually underneath him just hanging there. As soon as he did he was nailed with Glaceon's iron tail which only made Drifblim drop Glaceon back onto the arena. As soon as Glaceon hits the ground he then shot from his mouth a stream of ice right at Drifblim. Drifblim took the attack and was dealt a large amount of damage, but Drifblim did not give up after taking the ice beam.

"Glaceon finish this and use blizzard."

Glaceon let out a cry then unleashed a furious ice attack. There was no place for Drifblim to hide so he was left to take the hit and the damage was huge. After watching Drifblim take that attack Glaceon was ready for him to get back up, but Drifblim was unable to.

"Drifblim is unable to battle, Glaceon wins. With that win it now means we will take a short 10 minute break then the match will continue." said the ref walking off the arena.

After he did Andrew and the challenger Steven did as well. Steven walked over to his dad who was in the front next to his dad was his brother Carlos and sister Melody. And for Andrew walked back into the locker room and sat down.


(Match Comments from those Watching)

"Sometimes I forget how powerful Andrew really is." said Katie.

"Yeah you are right, we have watched him battle. but this battle is like none we have ever seen." said Emma.

"We watched Andrew and Aegislash but those two do not even match how in sync Andrew and his Gengar is." said Brady.

"We have to learn from this battle for our future battles." said Katie.

Dan is sitting in his front with Cat on the couch watching the battle.

"Aegislash was hard to beat, but Aegislash was flawed at times in our battle. After watching Gengar there was nothing I could see as weakness." said Dan.

"His Gengar is fast just like his others." said Cat.

"I guess I was lucky I faced Aegislash and not Gengar. I am no where near ready to face something like that. I have never seen a Gengar move as quickly as his did." said Dan.

"You just need to train harder that all." said Cat.

"Again I am so glad to have you." said Dan turning back to the the TV.


(Back to the match)

"So we are back and it looks like Andrew is head 6 to 3. Is there a comeback in Steven's future or will it end the same way it begun. We are about to find out right now." said Eric.

Both trainers and the ref made their way back into the arena. All parties looked ready to go.

"Go Tyranitar." said Steven.

"Go Swampert." said Andrew.

"Tyranitar use stone edge."

"Swampert blast those rocks back with scald."

Shards of rocks circled the body of Tyranitar as soon as Tyranitar thought they were sharp enough he screeched then all the shards shot right at Swampert, but as soon as they were coming at Swampert blasted a stream of boiling hot water at the rocks. The rocks did not stand a chance as the torrent of water blasted them off course and now the hot water was coming right for Tyranitar. Tyranitar was unable to move or even dodge he took the whole damage of the water attack.

"Swampert use aqua ring."

A veil of pure water circled around Swampert. Swampert then took a sip of the water and he gained some energy back.

"Tyranitar return and go Skarmory." said Steven.

"So you return one damaged pokemon to go out to another." said Andrew.

"You might be right about that right now but then again I can do this. Return Swampert and go Charizard." said Andrew.

"Skarmory use steel wing."

"Charizard use flamethrower."

Skarmory straightened his wings and then they were covered in steel. He then set a course right for Charizard. Charizard opened his mouth and a giant ball of fire appeared inside it. Then it became a stream of fire and went at Skarmory who was flying right to it. Skarmory's eyes widened as soon as his body was surrounded by fire. It then closed in on him and Skarmory weak as the flamethrower did more and more damage to his already hurt body. Once the fire was passed Skarmory, he was sent spiraling to the ground.

"Charizard use fire blast to finish it."

Charizard sent a ball of fire at the grounded Skarmory. Half towards Skarmory it from being a ball to a human made of flames. Skarmory was unable to dodge or even move for that matter and took the whole attack. On the ground Skarmory's eyes were wide open again right before the attack, but after the attack his eyes were closed and Skarmory was unable to battle.

"Skarmory is unable to battle, Charizard wins." said the ref.

"Return Skarmory and go Tyranitar." said Steven.

"Great job out there Charizard, return, and go Swampert." said Andrew.

"Tyranitar use earthquake."

"Swampert use protect."

The ground started shaking and rocks started coming up from the ground this made rocks all around the arena. None of the rock were able to get to Swampert because he was covered in a green shield.

"Swampert use hydro pump."

This attack started off a small ball in front of Swampert's opened mouth it then became a large torrent of water which went right at Tyranitar he was to slow to move and could not get even a move off. Tyranitar took the large torrent and it just became to much for him and he was drenched.

"Swampert use surf."

A large wave of water created by Swampert was about to cover the arena and more importantly it will overtake Tyranitar. As it passed over the arena it flooded it and Swampert could not go on.

"Tyranitar is unable to battle, Swampert wins." said the ref.

"Well it is my last pokemon but he is my most reliable." said Steven.

"Great job Swampert, so return and go Luxray." said Andrew.

"How did you know my last pokemon is weak against electric type pokemon?" asked Steven.

"You're predictable. I know from previous battles that you will always use Gyarados last." said Andrew.

"Well go Gyarados." said Steven.

"Luxray use thunderbolt."

"Gyarados dodge it then use hyper beam."

Luxray unleashed from his body a power electric attack that Gyarados missed. Then Gyarados opened his mouth wide a ball of orange energy appeared he then shot it right at Luxray.

"Luxray use quick attack to dodge it then unleash thunder."

Luxray moved with some speed. That speed allowed hyper beam to miss its mark. Shortly after starting Luxray stopped then unleashed a power amount of electricity at the not moving Gyarados. Once the electric attack made contact with Gyarados he was felling shocking power. Gyarados let out a loud yell and fell down onto the ground. All it took was one electric attack and it was all over for him.

"Gyarados is unable to battle, Luxray wins. Our Champion Andrew is the winner." said the ref.

Andrew walks over to where Luxray was standing. Luxray lowers his head and Andrew pats it and praises Luxray for his battle. Steven just looks over at them and falls to his knees.

"Steven there's nothing to be ashamed of you put a good match and you should grateful for that." said Andrew standing in front of Steven.

"How could you understand anything you have perfect pokemon. It seemed like I did nothing to them." said Steven.

"It is not that their perfect it is the fact that they well trained." said Andrew.

"I have trained my pokemon harder then anyone else but no results." said Steven.

"I once heard from a great professor that there is more to battling then just training pokemon. You have to show them love and trust in them." said Andrew.

"I guess I lost the trust and love in my pokemon a while ago." said Steven.

"Till you learn to trust and love your pokemon I will not give you another match." said Andrew.

Once that was said Steven stood up walked towards the locker room and gathered his things and left.

"There we have it ladies and gentlemen our Champion is still Andrew Hanson. He won a flawless battle." said Eric.

Andrew stood in the center and listened to the applause form the crowd and he walked back to the locker room gathered his jacket and left back towards the League Office.


(Post-match Reaction)

"Andrew was just unbelievable." said Brady.

"He is the Champion for a reason he battles just as hard as anyone in position would." said Emma.

"Andrew is very good at raising pokemon. I am inspired by that battle to get even better and win my next badge." said Katie standing.

"That is one thing I can agree with you on." said Brady.

"So can I." said Emma.

Dan stood up and walked towards the door in his house. He was followed by Cat.

"Dan did you learn anything from that battle?" asked Cat.

"Other then Andrew is one tough opponent and he rarely makes mistakes then no I did not." said Dan.

"You seem bitter." said Cat.

"Some. I thought I could pick up on what Andrew can do but after that battle it's hard pick up on anything. All I can is train harder and better then ever before." said Dan.

"You will succeed as long as you train harder." said Cat.

"I know, that is all I can do." said Dan smiling.


I thought I would take a break from everything and reopen the League with a bang and what better bang then a Championship match. The next Chapter we will jump right back on track and continue the story.

(Can you guess what professor said the comment Andrew said.) I did look it up and it is a real comment it may not be the exact same all together but it means the same.

Trainer Update:

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(I know I usually only update once every couple weeks but I felt inspired this week so I thought I would give you another chapter before a week has passed. This will not be a permanent thing.)