The Johto League has begun and Ichigo already faced a tough challenger. Nnoitora was the first one he had to battle. Ichigo used Fraxure in this battle, but Nnoitora's Scizor was still a tough opponent. It grew worse when Nnoitora had Scizor mega evolve, but Fraxure refused to surrender and was able to evolve to Haxorus. Ichigo has won and continues through the Johto League, but there are other challenges coming. Things are just heating up.
Pokemon
Every trainer has a choice
To listen to that voice inside
I know the battles maybe long
Winners may have come and gone
I will carry on
Yeah, this dream will last forever
This dream will never die
We will rise to meet the challenge every time
(Advance challenge)
Yeah, this dream keeps us together
This shows that you and I
Will be the best that the world's ever seen
Cause we will always follow this dream
Pokemon
(Ichigo's voice) Triangle of Conflict
The Johto League is off to a good start. Two-hundred competitors have dropped down to a mere forty-eight. Now, all the trainers are gathering to see who their next opponent will be. Ichigo and the others walked right in to see who Ichigo will be battling next.
"Are you ready, Ichigo? The next round is going to start soon." Orihime said.
"I'll be fine. I just need to know who I'm going up against." Ichigo said.
"That's weird. Look." Chad said as he pointed to the screen as he saw something off. They all looked and saw trainers were grouped off into groups of three. "Why are they all grouped into three like that?"
"That is a little strange? Is it a free-for-all battle or something?" Ichigo asked.
"Not exactly. I looked ahead to the rules of this." Rukia said. "It's a point-system battle. The remaining forty-eight trainers have been divided into sixteen groups of three. Those three trainers will battle each other and points will be rewarded. A win will get you three points, a lost gets you none, but a draw will give both trainers one point."
"Let me guess. The trainer that gets the most points advances?" Chad said.
"Exactly. So if Ichigo manages to beat both of his opponents, he'll get six points and he advances to the victory tournament of the Johto League with the other fifteen that are still left standing."
"I think I get it. So who are the two trainers I'm going against?" Ichigo said.
"There you are." Orihime said as she pointed to where Ichigo was and he saw he was against two girls. One he didn't know, but he knew the other.
"Hiyori?!" Ichigo said.
"Look at that." All of them looked to the side and spotted Hiyori. "I thought it was about time we settled the score, Ichigo. This time, I'm not going to lose to you."
"Don't count on it, Hiyori. I have no intention of losing." Ichigo said.
"Just you wait, big shot. I'm taking you down." Hiyori said and ran off.
"I can't believe you're going against Hiyori already." Orihime said.
"So who is the other girl you're going up against?" Chad said.
"No clue." Ichigo said.
"No problem. We can just use the computer system here to learn more about her." Rukia said. All of them moved to a computer and was bringing up information about the other girl Ichigo is going against. "Here she is." They saw her picture and saw she was a brunette with her hair tied over her right shoulder. She wore a white shirt with a black blouse and jeans. "It says here her name is Desirae. She uses a variety of pokemon, but she uses Floatzel in practically every one of her battles."
"So I've got to be ready for some water-type moves." Ichigo said.
"Think you can handle her?" Rukia asked.
"No worries because I've got more than just Absol and the pokemon I've caught in Johto. I called my family and they sent me a few of my other pokemon." Ichigo said. "Better get ready for that battle."
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Ichigo
Ichigo needed to get ready for his battle against both the girls. One he knew somethings about, but the other he didn't know much about. He has to train for whatever is coming.
"Let's start with this one." Ichigo said as he held out a pokeball. "Come on out, Gallade!"
"Gallade!"
"Gallade!" Orihime said as she was happy to see that one out of all of Ichigo's pokemon. "It's so good to see you again."
"Gallade, can I count on you to help me out in my battles?" Ichigo said.
"Gallade!" Gallade was glad to help Ichigo out. Gallade started doing some training as it shot its arms around. Gallade jumped up and did a backflip, but Gallade bumped into something.
"Floatzel?!" Gallade looked and saw he accidently bumped into a Floatzel. Floatzel didn't seem happy about that. Gallade tried to apologize, but Floatzel was acting like it wasn't even listening. Soon, it caused an argument to get between the two and they were getting in each other's faces.
"Gallade, cut it out." Ichigo said as they could see this was getting ugly.
"Floatzel!" They saw Floatzel's trainer call out to it and were surprised when they saw it was Desirae. "Floatzel, knock that off. Hey, whose Gallade is that that's causing trouble for my Floatzel?"
"That's mine." Ichigo said.
"Well, get your Gallade to back off." Desirae said.
"Sorry. Gallade, quit it. Don't start something." Ichigo said, but neither of their pokemon were backing down. Both of them jumped away and was ready to attack each other as they charged in. "Gallade, stop!"
"Floatzel, don't!" Desirae said. However, before the two of them could reach other, a strange pokemon came between the two and stopped them by holding them back by their heads. All of those who were watching were surprised to see what pokemon it was.
"Who's that pokemon?" Orihime asked.
"It's…Darkrai!" Rukia said. Darkrai stood between Floatzel and Gallade. Many couldn't believe there was one present.
"That's Darkrai?" Orihime questioned as she was feeling nervous from being around it. "It's a little creepy."
"I'm not surprised you feel that way." Rukia said. "Darkrai are mysterious pokemon. They say that it comes out on a moonless night and brings horrible nightmares."
"Hang on. If that pokemon is here, then…." Ichigo could see who that Darkrai belonged to.
"What's going on here?" Ichigo and the others looked behind Darkrai and saw Ulquiorra.
"Ulquiorra! So the rumors are true. You do possess a Darkrai." Ichigo said.
"Save your battle for an official battle. That is unless of course you're trying to get yourselves disqualified." Ulquiorra said.
"Don't look at me." Desirae said. "His Gallade was the one that started."
"Gallade, tried to apologize. Your Floatzel was the one that was overreacting." Ichigo said.
"You again?" Ulquiorra complained. "It would seem you're an uncontrollable trainer. You can't seem to control your pokemon and keeps causing problems."
"That's not it at all." Ichigo said.
"It doesn't really matter. You really should learn some discipline and open your eyes to what's going on around you." Ulquiorra said and started walking away. "Come, Darkrai." Darkrai was following Ulquiorra, but Darkrai made eye contact with Absol.
"Absol." The two of them stared at each other there was some tension between the two. Absol kept his guard up, acting like Darkrai was ready to attack at any moment. Ichigo looked at Absol and could see Absol was on edge.
'I've never seen Absol like this before.' Ichigo thought. 'I wonder what Absol is sensing.' He looked at Ulquiorra and his Darkrai and wondered what kind of power they possess. 'What if it wasn't just Ulquiorra that made Absol uneasy? What if Absol was also sensing Darkrai?'
"Darkrai!" Ulquiorra called. Darkrai followed his trainer. Ulquiorra is not your ordinary trainer.
"Hey!" Desirae said and got Ichigo's attention. "Maybe watch what your pokemon do from now on."
"Sorry. We didn't mean to cause any trouble." Ichigo said. Desirae took a good look at him and recognized him.
"Hang on. You're Ichigo. You're my next opponent." Desirae said.
"Yeah. Look, I wasn't really trying to cause your Floatzel any problems." Ichigo said. Desirae took a good look at him. She saw his picture, but this is the first time she saw him in person.
'Wow. I've got to admit that he looks a little hot, but I'm not going to let looks get to me.' Desirae thought as she tried to resist what she was feeling.
"Just be careful, next time." Desirae said as she turned away. Floatzel looked backed at Gallade and pointed down saying Gallade was going down. Gallade got irritated a little, but was trying to keep a cool head.
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Desirae
"Okay, Floatzel. We need to be ready for our battle." Desirae said as she trained at the top of a hill. "Show me you're ready!"
"Floatzel!" Floatzel shouted out as it was surrounded by water and flew around with Aqua Jet. Desirae was getting excited seeing this. Meanwhile, Ichigo and Absol were just below them and running up as he was trying to clear his head.
'I can't stop thinking about Ulquiorra and that Darkrai.' Ichigo thought as he could actually feel something different about that team. 'I can't worry about that now. Try and stay focus on the battles that are coming.'
"Looking good, Floatzel!" Desirae said. Ichigo and Absol heard her right above them and could see Floatzel floating around. Floatzel came right down and smashed into the ground. "Yeah! That's what I like to see!" She said as she resisted the shockwaves, but the force was enough to knock her down and head downhill.
"Whoa!" Ichigo called as he moved fast and was able to catch her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I guess I overdid it." Desirae said. She opened her eyes, but Ichigo looked so handsome through her eyes. Almost like her own knight in shining armor.
"There you go." Ichigo said as he placed her down. "You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah since you're here." Desirae said as she practically had hearts in her eyes.
"Ichigo!" Orihime called out as she and the others caught up to him. "Are you okay?" They caught up to him, but they saw something was going on.
"Are we interrupting something?" Rukia asked.
"Not really." Ichigo said.
"Everything's okay. I was just training and my Ichigo showed up." Desirae said.
"Yours?! What?!" Ichigo said.
"Oh boy. I think this girl has fallen head over heels for Ichigo." Rukia said with Orihime more shocked than the others.
"I think this is a bit of a meet cute." Desirae said. "We're both training for our battle that's coming up."
"Speaking of which, isn't it suppose to start soon?" Chad asked.
"Oh yeah! Better get going!" Ichigo said as he and Absol started running.
"Hey, Ichigo! If I win, then you have to take me on a date!" Desirae said.
"A date?!" Orihime said as she didn't seem to like the sound of that. Rukia saw her reaction and felt sorry for her.
"Oh boy. Poor Orihime isn't going to like this. For her sake, Ichigo better win." Rukia said.
…..
The Battlefield
Battles have been going on for each group of trainers. Some have won and others have lost. It was soon time for Ichigo's battle to start and Desirae was going to be his first opponent.
"Welcome, everyone." The MC said. "I'm sure you all like to see more battles and that's what you're going to get as the next battle in the C-arena is about to start. Here come our next two trainers: Desirae and Ichigo." Both of them came out and were ready for this battle.
"Come on, Ichigo. You've got to win." Orihime hoped as she and the others watched from the stands.
"I'm sure he's going to do just fine." Rukia said. "Even if he loses, he won't be eliminated and could still have a chance."
"He might also get a date if he loses." Chad said.
"Not helping." Rukia said.
"Will both trainers please bring out their pokemon?" The referee said.
"Here's my first choice. Palpitoad, I choose you!" Ichigo said.
"Toad!"
"Mandibuzz, let's go!" Desirae said.
"Mandibuzz!" Both trainers and pokemon stared at each other and were excited for this battle.
The second part of the Johto League has begun with Ichigo entering his next battle. Will he be able to win this battle and stay in the Johto League? Stay tune to find out.
To Be Continued….
