The gang then went to bed after they had supper. Diamond was sitting up in her bed petting Jake as she looked at the full moon. Diamond asked, "So what do you think, guys? Can we do it?" Jake was sound asleep, and Baby was barley awake. Diamond laughed and said, "Well, good night." And she got under the covers and fell asleep.
"WAKE UP DIAMOND!" Diamond woke up scared half to death. She saw Ash leaning over her, smiling. Diamond grabbed her pillow and wailed Ash with it. Ash touched the place she hit and asked, "What was that for?" Diamond yelled, "You scared me half to death, Ash!" Diamond then got out of the bed and to her backpack to pull out some clothes. She looked back to see Ash staring at her. He asked, "What?" Diamond said, "I kinda wanna get dressed here." Ash looked at her, and then his eyes widened. "Oh!" he said. Diamond nodded her head. Ash then ran out of the room. Diamond then sighed. She then put on a brown t-shirt with blue shorts. She then went out of the room, to her final match.
The Stadium
"Welcome, ladies and gentle men, to the final round," an announcer said, "We are just excited to see the last two competitors battle. Trainers, get on your platforms!" Diamond and another girl got up to their platforms, and rose to the air. The announcer said, "As you know, Diamond from Sunnyshore City, and Minerva from Eterna City are about to begin. Take it away, referee!" The referee said, "Ok, since this is the last battle, you both were informed on a double battle, which means four pokemon in all. The last pokemon standing out of the four wins. Send out your pokemon!" Minerva pulled out two poke balls, threw them, and yelled, "Pikachu, Glameow, your up!" Out came the two pokemon. Diamond smiled, and pulled out two poke balls of her own. She threw them, yelling, "Skye and Angel, you're up." When they came out, the referee waved his flags and said, "Begin!" "Pikachu, use quick attack! Glameow shadow claw." The pokemon came running towards them. Diamond yelled, "Skye, twister!" The pokemon the let out a huge twister to the pokemon, which sent them into the air. "Now, Angel jump into the twister and use ice beam." Angel jumped into the twister and froze it with her ice beam, landing on top of it. The Pikachu and Glameow were trapped inside. Minerva yelled, "No!" "Skye, Angel, break them out of there with iron tail!" The pokemon went to the twister and broke the ice. When the pokemon came out, they were both fainted. Ash thought: Whoa, they must've just thought of that move. It didn't take them very long at all. Minerva called back both of her pokemon. She then threw two new poke balls and yelled, "Come on out, Gyarados and Steelix!" Well, short thing is, Skye and Angel got beat up. Now, here is Jake and Baby. "Steelix is unable to battle."……… "Baby is unable to battle." The Gyarados was panting hard, and so was Jake. "Gyarados, slam!" The Gyarados came close. "Jake, dig." Jake then dug into the ground just in time. The Gyarados looked around for him. "Now Jake, climb on its back." Jake then popped out of the ground, and started to run on the pokemon's back. "Gyarados, shake it off!" The pokemon tried to, but no matter what it did, it just couldn't get Jake off. Jake was then on top of Gyarados's head. "Now Jake, use thundershock!" Jake then let loose a powerful thundershock onto the Gyarados. The pokemon then fell to the ground, Jake still on his head. A cloud of dust surrounded the pokemon. "Jake!" The cloud stayed there for a while, anticipation growing. Then, it disappeared. The referee saw what pokemon was down, and held up his flags. "The victor is…" Diamond was nervous, and so was Minerva. The referee said, "Jake! Victory goes to Diamond from Sunnyshore City." Diamond fell to her knees. Baby said, "We won, Mistress." Diamond was speechless. She looked up into the stadium to see Ash and Dawn jumping up and down. Jake then jumped to Diamond's front. Diamond hugged both him and Baby tight, Skye and Angel too. She said, "You guys are the best."
Minutes later Diamond was given her trophy and the reward money. When she got outside, reporters were taking pictures and asking questions. One person got her attention. It was a woman. She asked a question she hoped to never hear from someone she didn't know. The woman asked, "Diamond, Diamond, is it true you can turn into a pokemon?" Diamond's eyes widened. Ash asked, "What makes you ask that?" The woman said, "A boy with purple hair hinted us that she could." Diamond whispered coldly, "Paul." The woman then changed the subject and looked to Ash. She asked, "Are you Diamond's boyfriend?" Both Diamond and Ash blushed. A man then said, "That's Ash Ketchum, the boy who made it to the semi-finals. (Ok I know I said almost semi-finals, but I didn't mean to say that. I meant to say semi-finals. Just telling you.) Diamond said, "Well, my parents are waiting for us in Snowpoint City. There's a ferry that'll take you all home." There was a hint of sadness in that last word. Brock looked at Ash. He's face was sad. Gary said, "Well, I should tell you guys now. I'm staying with Dawn. So I guess this is goodbye." Dawn hugged Diamond and whispered in her ear, "Don't worry. Ash will make the right decision." Then, Gary and Dawn left for Twinleaf Town. Diamond and the rest went to bed at the Center, to get ready to go to Snowpoint in the morning.
Ash and Brock
Ash was softly rubbing his hand on Pikachu's back, who was sound asleep. Ash said, "I don't know Brock. I wanna stay here with Diamond, but I want to go home to see my mom. What should I do?" Brock was turned to the wall, blankets covering him. He said, "I think you should do what your heart wants, Ash." Then he yawned and fell asleep. Ash then thought really hard. He then smiled and went to sleep.
Morning
Ash got up, and saw Brock gone. He got dressed and walked out the door. There he saw Diamond standing in front of him. Jake was on her right and Baby on her left. Ash smiled and said, "Good morning Diamond." He noticed she looked said. He asked, "What's wrong Diamond?" She looked up. Tears were flowing down her face. She said, "Ash…….. I think we should…….." Ash asked, "Should what, Diamond?" It took her awhile, until she finally had the courage to continue, "I think we should break up."
Why? Why would Diamond want to break up with Ash? Or does she really want to? See in the next chapter. Buh bye now. (Almost time for the sequel) :)
