Yes, this is the CHAPTER 50 EXTRAVAGANZA!

Not Chapter 50, you say? Well, how about I deliver a DOUBLE CHAPTER Special? Eh? Then it's 49 and...Huh? 50? YAY! Well, I have a couple of things I would like to express...

I can't believe I've made it so far...to Chapter 50...I only could have done it with all of the amazing readers, reviewers and Alerters who have given me the inspiration and courage to go on...Thank you all so much...and here's to another fifteen chapters! That's not supposed to be a spoiler...I swear...But, yes, I must say...I am ending this is in fifteen to twenty more chapters. But, there is a surprise unveiling of something that a lot of the people out there will probably come to guess in a while. But, I will not let the HGSS series die! Just the...Johto part O_O

Well, enjoy this Double Chapter Special! The first one has the action, and the second one is the Season Finale!

Bon Appetite! Oh yeah, and the people who can define the name of Chapter 50 get a cookie of their choice ;)

-Season 8: The Final Objectives-

Opening: We Will Carry On

Chapter 49 & 50:

Fang & Claw

UMBRElla DragON

Ethan did a cartwheel across a bridge. He stopped at the end when he took in a breath of fresh air.

"Ah, that's the smell of my eight and final badge coming to me!" Ethan breathed. Blackthorn City was now under his feet. The dirt area sat before him, the Pokemon Center, Store and various huts sat around the city.

Lyra walked up behind him and then past.

"Drama queen!" She uttered.

Ethan scoffed and followed her to the Pokemon Center.

"I'm going to go shop for some items. We're running low on supplies you know!" Lyra splits away and heads inside the Pokemon Mart.

As Ethan entered the Pokemon Center, he was smacked in the face with a purple cloth. He staggered back and felt his face.

"Huh? Oh, sorry, Ethan!" Clair exploded as she came out of the Pokemon Center. She had thrown her cape around her and smacked him. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah...Oh, hey Clair. Where are you off to?" Ethan asked, moving his hand from his face.

"I'm just heading back to the Gym. Just got done with a challenge and I wanted to heal up before the next."

"What do you mean?" Ethan asked, confused.

"Well, I just got done with a challenge from a red-haired boy. He didn't win, but it was still tough," Clair elaborated.

"Wait...challenge? Y-Your the Gym Leader?" Ethan coughed.

"Mhm. Surprise? I suppose you're here to challenge me...Hope I won't be too weak for you..." She said, turning.

"Um, yeah...Sorry about that...But, yeah, I'm here to challenge the leader, or well, you!" Ethan replied.

"See you there..." Clair rounds the corner of the Pokemon Center and heads behind it and up a mountainous path.

Ethan smirks and heads inside the Pokemon Center. He arranges a team of three pokemon, Eevee, Pichu and Noctowl to take with him the gym. Nurse Joy agreed to hold the rest until he returned.

Outside, Ethan saw Lyra coming out of the Mart.

"Hey, Ethan..." She handed him a necklace with a shell at the end. "That's a Shell Bell. Put it on one of your Pokemon and every time they do damage to the opponent, they gain health!"

Ethan nodded and sent out Eevee. He put it on his neck and recalled it.

"Okay, I'm off to the Gym! You'd never guess who the leader is!"

"Clair?" Lyra asked, looking at her map.

"How'd you know that?"

"It says the Gym Leaders on the back, dummy!" Lyra said playfully. The duo headed up the mountain path. Rounding some craggy corners, they saw a building with a giant tooth-like object on the top and then a slope that curved downwards below the gym. It smelled of water when they past it, so they figured it was an in-mountain cavern. They chose the high path and entered the gym.

Inside, a thin pathway led to a battlefield sitting on top of lava. What looked like dragon's teeth jutted out of the sides of the field and lined it all the way around. Clair was standing at the other end of the field. Behind her on the wall was a picture of a dragon's face indented in the wall.

"This place is really tricked out..." Ethan observed.

"It was kind of hard, this being on top of a cavern..." Clair said, looking around. Ethan walked across the pathway and stood on the field.

"So, this challenge set?" Ethan asked before stepping into the rectangular area marked for the trainer.

"Mhm. I worked it all out...And now..." Clair drew a pokeball.

"I guess we should start!"

A referee walked across the path way and zipped over to his post. He raised his flags.

"Three pokemon will be used in this match-up of Clair vs. Challenger Ethan! The winner will be decided when all three pokemon on either side of the field are knocked out...Begin!"

"Dragonair, come on!" Clair said, throwing her pokeball into the air and releasing a long, blue pokemon with wings on its head. It snapped.

"Ah, that's the same pokemon Lance had!"

"You've met Lance? Ah, nevermind!" Clair scoffed.

"Come on out, Noctowl!" Ethan sent out his flying-type. "Noctowl, Aerial Ace!" Noctowl dove down, piercing the air.

"Dragonair, use Wrap!" Dragonair waited until Noctowl got close, then sprang up and wrapped it up in its body tightly. Noctowl dropped to the ground with Dragonair.

"Noctowl, use Psychic!" Noctowl took control of Dragonair and unwrapped it from its body and slung it forward in front of Clair.

"Dragonair, use Ice Beam!" Dragonair released a thin beam of ice that surged towards Noctowl.

"Noctowl, use Psychic!" Noctowl took control of it and whipped it back around, freezing Dragonair in its place.

"Dragonair!"

"Dragonair is unable to battle!" The referee announced.

"Wow, that was quick..." Ethan said lazily.

"Hmm...I haven't been put out this quick in a long time...not even from my last challenge."

"Clair! You said the challenge from before didn't win!" Ethan thought to himself after he said this...Silver hadn't gotten his eighth badge.

"Correct...Anyway, return, Dragonair! Come on out, Aerodactyl!" Clair sent out a large flying type that had a gray body and wings. It resembled a pterodactyl.

"Noctowl, get ready!"

"No need. Aerodactyl, Thunder Fang!" Aerodactyl zipped forward extremely fast, its entire mouth surging with electricity.

"Noctowl, use Hypnosis!" Noctowl released a circle of red energy. It slapped Aerodactyl, but it was unaffected. It just rammed through it. It slammed into Noctowl with the electricity and threw it down on the rocky field. It fainted as it hit the ground. "Return, Noctowl! Thanks for your help. Come on, Pichu!" Ethan sends out his small electric-type.

"Aerodactyl, Rock Slide!" Aerodactyl landed and the rocks around him start to glow. He throws them at Pichu.

"Pichu, use Discharge!" Pichu distributes electric arms that smash the rocks and send them flying down into the bubbling lava. Pichu then forms electricity that is thrown directly towards Aerodactyl.

"Aerodactyl, Steel Wing!" Aerodactyl inserted its wing into the ground, used Steel Wing and flew towards Pichu. The electricity surged into the wing, as a conductor. Aerodactyl swept its wing across Pichu, throwing it back.

"Pichu, come on! Can you use Volt Tackle!" Pichu stands up, with little harm, and jolts towards Aerodactyl. It jumps from under it and slams into it, throwing it onto the ceiling. Aerodactyl falls, but stands back up weakly. Pichu stands in front of it, not even breaking a sweat. "Pichu, let's finish it with Discharge!" Pichu released electricity.

"Aerodactyl, Steel Wing!" Aerodactyl raises its wings, but it could not perform the move and is zapped harshly by the electricity, fainting it.

Clair recalled Aerodactyl. "This one...you will not be able to decimate!"

Clair draws a pokeball and smirks. "Let's school them, Dragonite!" Clair sent out a large yellow pokemon with wings, like the one Lance had following him constantly.

"Whoa! That one's as big as Lance's!" Ethan said, startled.

"Yeah, I took after him. And now you'll take your pokemon and lose! Dragonite, Flamethrower!" Dragonite opened its mouth and released a fume of fire at Pichu. Pichu jumped over it and released Discharge at Dragonite. "Dragonite, Safeguard!" Dragonite put up a barrier of blue that shielded it from the electric attack. "Dragonite, Hyper Beam!" Dragonite charged a large, orange beam at its mouth and fired it at the airborne Pichu. It collided and Pichu was thrown sharply into Ethan's arms, fainted.

"Pichu! Return, buddy. Last one. Eevee, let's go!"

Ethan sent out Eevee. "This is it...Eevee, use Shadow Ball!" Eevee formed a ball of energy and fired it at Dragonite.

"Dragonite..." Clair started. It exploded on Dragonite while it was recharging from Hyper Beam. Dragonite staggered back.

"Eevee, take it with Quick Attack!" Eevee zipped forward and slammed into Dragonite's stomach, throwing it down on its back. Eevee backflipped and landed. The shell bell glowed, but since Eevee took no damage, it didn't heal any.

Dragonite picked itself up. "Dragonite, Draco Meteor!" Dragonite formed a ball of orange energy above its antennae and it fired miniature meteors at Eevee.

"Eevee, use Quick Attack and dodge them!" The meteors collided with the ground as Eevee scorched through them without being touched. Eevee used Iron Tail and slammed Dragonite on the head.

Dragonite toppled over again. "Dragonite! Ethan! You aren't supposed to beat me that easy!"

Ethan raised a brow. "Eevee, finish this with Shadow Ball!" Eevee formed Shadow Ball and dropped it. It exploded on Dragonite and ended the battle.

"The winner is Ethan and Ethan has won the final Johto League Gym Leader Battle!" The referee announces. Ethan cheers and Eevee jumps into his arms.

"Yeah! We won! We won the badge!"

"No you didn't!" Clair recalled Dragonite and stared a hole through Ethan. "You must go under here to the Dragon's Den and talk to the Elder to take the Dragon Instructors Test! You pass, and I give you the badge. You may only go down there with the pokemon that are still unfainted on your team...You fail and NO BADGE!" Clair steamed as she barreled past Ethan.

Ethan glanced back with a worried look at Lyra. Eevee was now down in his expression.

...

Without ceasing the action, let's go into the:

Season Finale

Ethan rushed outside and stopped at the fork in the road.

"That was rude! I won, so I should have gotten my badge...Sore loser, I guess..." Ethan sighs and kneels to pat Eevee on the head. They both dash down the slope and curve to the right. As they do, they see the darkness, and smell the salty smell of water once more. Eevee jumps in front of Ethan and leads him down and to the right once more.

Soon, they stepped down into very shallow water. As they did, Ethan knew he was directly under the gym because there was a large, large cavern that was baking hot inside. He wadded around in the shallow water the reached the bottom of his shins. Eevee's head was poked out of the water. Suddenly, Ethan could see a little better.

"How...where are we anyway?" Eevee made a sound.

Ethan felt around and soon felt wood in the middle of the room they were in. He found an area where he could climb out of the water. He helped Eevee out as well. Standing up, he could see he was on a wooden walkway the curved left and around a shrine-looking area. He walked slowly around the building and was soon at the front. He felt a spray of water as a pokemon spit water out on the walkway.

"That looked like a Dragonair!" He called as it swam away. Another, smaller spray greeted him. "That was...smaller. I think it was a Dratini..." He turned to the door. Eevee hopped down from his arms. He knocked. "Hello?"

As soon as he did, the doors came open and he fell inside. After standing up, two elder men were standing in front of him.

"Ethan Goldman?" One asked.

"Um...yes sir!" He said, bringing himself to his feet all the way.

"Well, then. Answer these questions...What kinds of trainers would you like to battle? Weak, strong or any?" The second man asked.

"Of course, any!" Ethan said.

"Well, then. What do you think trains a pokemon best? Abuse, Determination, Love?"

"Love!" Ethan replied.

"Well, then. What kind of Pokemon to you prefer? Strong, weak, any?"

"Any..." Ethan replied.

"Well, then. You have a kind, pure heart as it seems. Now, the final test!" The first man said. He pushed Ethan outside. As he did, Ethan turned and saw a large Gyarados staring him down.

"Um...hey! What's...What's up?" He asked, his eyes bulging. "Wait...Eevee, use Shadow Ball!" Eevee jumped and released a ball of energy. The Gyarados use Hyper Beam and destroyed the ball. "Eh? I thought we should have attacked it...Or maybe it has something to do with bonding with your pokemon...Eevee, let's go!" Eevee smiled and jumped up and down. In a moment, it was glowing bright. It grew a little larger and was finally a medium-sized dark pokemon with yellow circles all over its body. "Wow! Eevee, you evolved into...Umbreon!" Umbreon beamed and looked back at Gyarados. "Umbreon, use Shadow Ball!" Umbreon formed a large energy ball and shot it at Gyarados. This one struck and sent Gyarados toppling down into the water.

The man yanked him around. Ethan was surprised.

"Good. You have passed. Your heart is of pure and simple kindness. You are a great trainer!" The man cheered.

Clair appeared from around the corner of the shrine. "Ha! You FAILED didn't you, Ethan!" She yelled out loud.

"No, Clair. He passed."

"What? Not even I passed! How is this possible?"

"Clair, would you like me to report this to Lance? Or would you rather give him the badge and leave?"

Clair hesitated, but took out a black badge and gave it to Ethan. She ran off, sobbing.

Ethan looked at the badge in his hand.

"Yes, we got...the RISING Badge!" Ethan cheered.

Outside later, Ethan met back up with Lyra and showed her his badge. She hugged him in excitement, but quickly pulled back.

"Uh, great! So...now we head back to Azalea Town?" Lyra asked. A red mark was running over her nose.

"Yeah. I guess so. Then we prepare for the Grand Festival and Johto League Competition!" He placed his badge in his badge case and admired the eight metal pieces inside. Lyra was knelt down, looking at Umbreon.

...

That was it! The 8th Season, the Final Objectives, has ended! Now, some Season 9, the final, yet longest, Season!

Get ready for the most intense, exciting season yet. Everyone has gathered, everyone has succeeded. Who will be the winners of the Grand Festival and Johto League? Will it be Lyra, Jim or Natalie? Will it be Silver or Ethan? No-one knows...

Until now! The 9th Season holds the answers to all these questions. Get ready for the most epic, cliffhanging season yet! The ending of the HGSS: Johto Saga adventure is coming near! Twelve Chapters of appealing, battling and decisions will make you want to fall out of your seat...So, get ready for Season 9:

Johto League Elites

The last opening, by the way, is Pokemon Johto, the Season 3 opening of the Pokemon Series.