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Chapter 53: Dueling Drake

Angelina walked out into the living room of the cabin and Seamus and Dani blinked.

"Angel, we thought you were gone already!" Dani exclaimed.

"Why, what time is it?" Angelina yawned, still drowsy.

"2:35," Seamus answered. "Did you just wake up?"

With a notice of the time, Angelina seemed to feel a lot more awake. "Oh crud! I have to leave in ten minutes! My battle is at three!"

Angelina rushed back into her room, noticing that there had already been another outfit laid out for her. Luckily it was her original journey outfit, she pulled it on and by the time she was ready, it was time to leave. She walked to the arena, ready to battle.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm unbeatable

Walking down this endless highway
With nothing but my friends beside me
We'll never give in, we'll never rest
Advanced battle is the ultimate test

From the earth of land, the sea, and sky
We can never win, but we sure can try

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm unbeatable
Pokemon, Advanced Battle
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm undefeatable

From the stars and the ancient past
They'll come to play, but they'll never last

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm unbeatable
Pokemon, Advanced Battle
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm undefeatable

Oh, oh, oh
Advanced Battle
I'm unbeatable
Pokemon

Angelina walked in through the entrance and saw her opponent standing on the other side of the battlefield. There was an elderly man dressed in a sea captain's attire of a white captain's hat with a black patch housing a golden Pokeball emblem upon the hat's rim, a long black and gold outlined jacket that bared another Pokeball emblem, being of a faded gold, upon the ripped and tattered jacket over his bare chest, and a pair of blue pants that had black boots. His facial features included a white beard that pressed down upon his upper lip and grew out to a jagged, upside U shape, and hardened black eyes upon a rogue face.

"Welcome back to another day of battles in the Hoenn League! Will Angelina Murakami from Pallet Town be able to defeat Drake and be the only Hoenn League challenger to battle the Champion? We will find out today in our 3 o'clock match! This battle will be three-on-three with no time limit. Let the battle begin!"

"Pallet Town, eh? Then you know Ash Ketchum?" Drake asked.

"Yes, sir. He's my brother," Angelina replied. "We're both traveling the Hoenn Region to compete in the League Championships."

"So I've been told," Drake said. "Ash put up quite a fight, but he's got a lot more to learn before he can battle me again. You on the other hand must be quite the trainer to beat three Elite Four, and unless you know what it truely takes to be a great Pokemon trainer,you will not be able to overcome the power of my dragon pokemon...." he enlarged a Pokeball from his black belt and threw it out.

In a flash of white light appeared a dragon-like Pokemon with a light green body and wings, green antennae on its head, black eyes surrounded in red, glass-like domes, red outlines along the wings, small claws, green patches on its light green legs, and a long green and light green designed tail with a light green and red-lined fan at the tip.

Angelina took out her rhinestone-studded Pokeball and tossed it out. Her Pikachu appeared on the battlefield. "Okay Chocolate, use Thunder!"

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It was Seamus who was using the binoculars at the time. "Why is she using an electric type against a FLYGON?" he asked incredulously.

"Because it's flying, and she thinks that the electric type moves will bring out the flying weakness," Dani replied.

"That WOULD be a very smart plan," Amber commented. "If Flygon wasn't part ground."

"I hope she knows what she's doing," Jeremy said tensely.

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"Earthquake?!" Angelina screamed as Chocolate was knocked abruptly off her feet. "How can a flying type use EARTHQUAKE?!"

"It can when it's part ground," Drake said simply and Angelina must've looked like a traffic light: red with embarrassment to green with nausea, all in the matter of a few minutes.

"Ugh," Angelina complained, recalling her Pokemon. Chocolate was now extremely weak. She hadn't meant to use a type disadvantage, and now because she was so stupid, it could cost her the match. She closed her eyes and thought. 'Ground, eh? I'll show you ground.'

"Let's go, Spritz!" Angelina called out, releasing her aqua-rabbit Pokemon she had raised since her very first Pokemon journey. "Use your Ice Beam!"

"Dodge it!" Drake cried, and Angelina felt unbelievably frustrated when the flying Pokemon dove out of the way of the baby-blue ice light.

"Damn it!" Angelina cursed out loud. "Use it again!" she crossed my fingers and bit her lip, watching the ice-attack strike Flygon, causing the dragon to shriek in pain and crash to the ground.

"Flygon is unable to battle," called out the referee. "Azumarill is the winner!"

"We gave it our best..." Drake stated quietly as he recalled Flygon. "Altaria, continue where Flygon left off!" he called out as he held up another pokeball and threw it. The white light materialized a beautiful sky blue bird with blue streams that flowed from his head and had white on its cheeks and long, cloud-like wings. "Use your Hyper Beam!" he commanded and the elegant Pokemon opened its mouth as a a goldish-white sphere formed.

"Avoid with Defense Curl!" Angelina yelled. Only the thing was, Spritz couldn't dodge fast enough and was blown back by the powerful beam.

Spritz hadn't been knocked out, but was pretty close to that status. Altaria couldn't attack for the next turn; it was a side-effect of using such a powerful attack.

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"She's never battled an Altaria before, has she?" Seamus questioned worriedly, handing the binoculars to Jeremy.

Jeremy grimaced. "No, I know Winona has an Altaria, but never used it in battle against Angelina. Lucky though."

"Do you think she can win?" Seamus asked, glancing at the battlefield, where Spritz had just successfully hit Altaria with another Ice Beam.

"I have no doubts," Jeremy lied, as Altaria recoiled with a Dragonbreath attack.

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Spritz was knocked out, due to the dragon type attack that had been bestowed on her moments before. Angelina thought this wasn't good. Was it possible that she would lose this battle, and the League? She glanced up at the stands, where Jeremy was looking worriedly and passing the binoculars back to her rival.

Jeremy was her best friend. And he HAD stuck by Angelina throughout all her journeys. She had to win it. For him. He just couldn't know it was for him. With a broad grin, Angelina recalled Spritz and instantly grabbed another Pokeball that was pink. This was the Pokemon who would do it. She had 100 confidence in her.

"Come on out, Gardevoir!" Angelina called, revealing an elegant Psychic Pokemon that belonged to her step-mother; it had a white and green body that flowed like a dress, a red appendage on its chest and green hair that covered one of its red eyes.

Then suddenly, Angelina heard a negative yell from the stands. It was from the group's direction. She glanced up, only to find it was the man in front of them. He was turned around though, and from what she could see, he was arguing with Jeremy.

"Okay, let's try Metronome!" Angelina suggested. Gardevoir glowed and released a Thunderbolt attack, and it was enough to knock out Altaria.

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"Listen you little , you better shut up about my friend!" Jeremy threatened

with a scowl on his face. It was the same man as it had been a few days before.

"And what are you going to do if I don't? Stick gum down my shirt again?" the man smirked.

"I'll do a lot worse than that," Jeremy said darkly.

"Nothing can be worse than having to watch your slutty girlfriend battle in boots and a miniskirt. I have to hand it to you; she's hott, even though she's a crappy ass trainer. Wouldn't mind getting her in-"

In his rage, Jeremy had picked up his soft drink and with that remark, he dumped it over the guy's head. He was a bright red color, and none of the group had ever seen him so mad. "If you ever say anything like that about Angelina again, I will-"

"Don't even say anything," Dani warned. "You'll get yourself into trouble."

With a few murmurs and grunts, the guy stood up from his seat, glaring daggers at Jeremy as he left to get a change of clothes.

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Angelina was on her last Pokemon, so was Drake, and it was so unpredictable. Neither

one of them were at a type advantage.

"Shelgon, use your Dragonbreath attack!" Drake said yet again and Angelina sighed.

"Gardevoir, Teleport to dodge it and then use Future Sight!" Angelina shot back.

Gardevoir disappeared from the area that Altaria fired off the green flames. She hardly had time to use the Future Sight attack before another blast of green fire was aimed at her. Instinctly, she teleported away, and that is what the next ten minutes consisted of: Shelgon trying to hit Gardevoir and the psychic Pokemon teleported away.

But shortly after yet another Dragonbreath had been used, Shelgon began to glow a lucid white color and wince in pain. So the Future Sight was working! Angelina bit my lip and crossed her fingers again. She hoped this worked. Although it did do a considerate amount of damage to Shelgon, but it didn't faint it, like Angelina had wanted it to. While it was weak, and getting over the attack, Angelina had a chance. It could have been her only chance.

"Quick, while it's recovering, use Psychic, Gardevoir!" Angelina yelled frantically.

Gardevoir took aim and focused. Then a flurry of purple psychic energy burst out and surrounded Shelgon. The Dragon Pokemon winced at the telekinetic attack and was slammed into the field.

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"Is it moving?" Amber asked Jeremy worriedly.

Jeremy grabbed the binoculars from Seamus and looked through them eagerly. "No! It's fainted!"

"Then this means-" Christina started.

"That Angel won!" Dani exclaimed. "And that tomorrow she'll be battling to become the Hoenn League champion! Tomorrow is going to change everything!"

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"Well congratulations, Angelina, you have managed to defeat me." Drake said to her. "However.... having come this far, do you realize yet what it takes to become a pokemon champion?"

"Of course! I've known all along!" Angelina replied confidently. "It takes a strong bond between trainer to become the champion!"

"Good enough answer...." Drake chuckled to himself and pulled his hat down slightly. "Yes, what a trainer needs is a strong and virtuous heart. Angelina, I believe you have what it takes to go far. Even the Elite Four prove to be little challenge to you now. I am finished here. You have but one more battle ahead..." Drake turned around sharply, tossing his coat behind him and walking away from the battlefield.

Angelina smiled for she only had one more battle, and that was to defeat the current Champion, Wallace.

§To Be Continued§

Angelina uses one of the six Pokemon that belonged to her step-mother; I changed it from Flygon to Gardevoir. Thanks for reading, next chapter is on the way!