Chapter 30: Paths That Will Never Cross.

Moon sighed as he looked up from his own phone.

"Mark that one down for stuff I regret never watching." he muttered.

"You hate yourself sometimes." Sapphire muttered. "I want you to stop wasting your time and focus on the task at hand."

"What's the point." Moon muttered.

"You have been watching anime for the past four hours. Your match with Sarah is in less than 30 minutes and you haven't even come up with a reasonable strategy."

"I make shit up as I go along, I don't have a strategy."

Moon's six Pokemon looked at him with tilted heads. Fabby, Sapphire, Lancer, Lapis, Genji, and Joker, who had evolved into Ambipom.

"Was there any point to this conversation?" Fabby asked as Moon sat back down on the bench inside of the waiting room.

"Are we really about to sit here and watch our trainer watch anime?" Lancer buzzed.

"What is he even watching again?" Genji asked, with closed eyes in a deadpan sort of stare.

"Something about...a bunch of teenagers with advanced weapons that fight monsters, a cult of human-like animals, and some gang leader." Sapphire muttered. "It's an...interesting sort of bunch. I think that it was Cobalt's little trainer who introduced him."

"He finds that more entertaining than this?" Joker asked.

"The human nature is always very interesting," Lapis said calmly. "I've had guardians spanning the course of thousands of years. It seems that, as years have gone on, people and Pokemon have grown closer. I remember back when Humans saw us as powerful and dangerous creatures. Of course, you'd never know that...as years went on, Humans grew accepting and more respectful towards us. It was when the humans started getting back to the old roots that Arceus and Fluffy decided that us legendaries keep them through."

Moon stood up, placing his phone back into his backpack. "I think that's enough for now. Maybe I'll have more to think about some day."

The door to the waiting room opened and Erick walked inside, The black haired boy had a seemingly knockful glare from behind his glasses.

"Have you been...egh." The Unova Champion sighed. "Have you been watching that thing the entire time?"

"Just wait until season four." Moon muttered.

"...Anyway," Erick said. "Just so you know, everyone in this stadium has bet on you to win this."

"Well...that's reassuring." Moon muttered.

"But uh…you may want to...maybe try to win." Erick continued.

"Yeah, I know that already."

"Well...good luck." Erick said. "Petra and I will be in the crowd watching."

Moon took a deep breath as he returned everyone except Fabby and Sapphire.

Sarah walked out of the waiting room with Angel by her side. She took a deep breath as she gripped a pokeball, she looked around, the battlefield was a flat area, there was a big screen and a large crowd.

She spotted her mother, Moon's mother, Sapphire, Willow, Anthony, Professor Kukui, Lillie, Gladion, and Hau. She smiled to herself, thankful at so many friends that had gotten them this far. And of course, Cynthia would be refereeing this match.

"I can do this…" she whispered. She looked across the battlefield to see Moon, Fabby, and Sapphire.

"Alright…" Sarah said. "Let's do this. Snowy, Show your strength!"

Glaceon popped out his pokeball and braced himself for a fight.

Moon gave a little taunting grin. "Alright, Joker, Battle Stance!"

Ambipom emerged from his pokeball. The purple two handed tail pokemon gave a dopey little smile. Sarah felt herself get taken aback by the sight of it.

"Joker?...but...he's never even…" Sarah blinked in confusion. "Okay Snowy, use Blizzard!"

"Fake Out!"

Joker clapped his two tail hands together as a sonic boom echoed through the area, blasting Snowy and making him stand up right.

"U-Turn!"

Joker was surrounded by dark green light as his body became enveloped by the light as the ball of light it smacked into Snowy as Joker flew up and came back down. Then, it returned itself to its pokeball.

Sarah felt her eyes widen

"Is he really going with that strategy again?" Angel asked, tilting her head to the side.

"Lancer, Battle Stance!"

The green Beedrill appeared from it's Pokeball.

"Lancer, take action, with each battle, a chance to grow. Mega Evolve! Then Fell Stinger."

"Snowy, quick, use Blizzard, then get in close for Quick Attack."

Lancer became surrounded by his own Mega light as his pins grew and he became even fiercier.

Lancer charged at Snowy, who quickly let off a Blizzard. Lancer dodged the attack and charged into him, bracing his spear. Snowy quickly dodged the move and bashed his head into the bee.

Lance's drills flashed purple as he charged towards Snowy, Glaceon dodged the attack and unleashed a close ranged blizzard. The icy wind attack encased Lancer in ice as he fell to the ground.

"Quick Snowy, use Take Down."

Snowy charged into Lancer as the ice shattered. Lancer fell to the ground with swirls in his eyes. He slowly transformed back into his normal form.

Sarah let out a deep breath. She figured Moon would've used Lancer, getting the mega evolution out of the way was a good start, but...she still had five other hurdles to fight.

"Snowy, return." Sarah said calmly. In retrospect, she wasn't sure why she was doing this, Moon's remaining team was most likely Genji, Lapis, Fabby, and Sapphire, meaning that Snowy was essentially useless. And then of course, Joker was there to chip off damage and most likely irritate anyone after knocking them around.

"Alright," she breathed. "One down, five to go…"

"Scar, show your strength."

Scar hopped out of his pokeball and did a little claw pose for the crowd.

"Alright, Genji, Battle Stance!"

Greninja hopped out of his pokeball and did his little ninja stance.

Moon moved his hand to the side. "Alright Genji, now's your time to shine, each battle, a chance to grow!"

Genji transformed into his signature Ash Greninja with a watery cape behind him.

"Just so you know, I'm not about to go easy on you today." Genji said calmly.

"Good, I want a challenge, Sarah's been preparing, how about you?"

Genji stared at him blankly. "Uh...yeah...Moon watched Anime…and he trained us...very little."

"So if we lose...that's uh...that's gonna be damn disappointing."

"Alright Genji, Hydro Slash!"

Genji created two bowing knives out of water and charged at Scar. Scar quickly grabbed Genji and suplexed him against the ground.

Genji used his flippers to flip back and backflip before coming back and kicking Scar across the face. Genji used his two bowing knives to quickly cut Scar and then spring backwards with his flippers to fly back, he fired a Hydro Pump to blast Scar backwards.

"Use Cross Chop!"

Scar jumped up, crossing his arms to charge downwards.

"Go Genji, Shadow Sneak into Hydro Slash."

Genji disappeared in a gust of wind as Scar crashed into the ground, then, he appeared behind and quickly slashed through Scar with quick watery bowing knives movements.

Scar quickly grabbed Genji's flipper and flung him across the stadium, a set of wrestling ropes appeared, bouncing the Ash Greninja backwards for a well timed Lariat punch. Genji was blasted across the battlefield.

Genji used the force to spring back off the wall and kicked Scar across the face, before jumping up and firing a Hydro Pump, the blast of water drenched Scar and sent him into the ground. Scar fell to the ground with swirls in his eyes.

Moon gave off a satisfied sigh of relief, something that, though they were across the battlefield, Sarah could see.

"Okay...just pull it together...losing Scar isn't so bad...I still have...everyone else." She looked across the battlefield, seeing Genji still standing confidently.

"Alright...come on Sarah...you can do this." It was then that she realized how unprepared she was for this matchup. The only Pokemon she had that could even counter Genji was…

"Alright, Snowy, Show your strength."

Snowy once again emerged from his pokeball.

"Alright, Blizzard!" Snowy blew his arctic breath out towards Genji, who quickly dodged the attack with a swift move Genji maneuvered around the area, creating copies of himself using Double Team.

"Quick, Hail!" Snowy's eyes flashed a bluish color as storm clouds started to form over the sky, little pelts of hail started falling down and striking Genji's copies, making them vanish on sight.

"Go Genji, Mat Block!"

Sarah was taken aback. "Mat Block? But...why?" she asked.

Genji landed in front of Snowy and a little mattress seen in fighting dojos appeared on the ground, Genji swiftly kicked the mat upwards, launching Snowy upwards.

"Quick Genji, Water Shuriken!"

Genji grabbed the giant shuriken from behind his back over his cape and flung it upwards, the shuriken slammed into Snowy and exploded on contact, The Glaceon fell to the ground with swirls in his eyes.

"Genji, take a break, get some rest." Moon returned the Ash Greninja to its pokeball.

"Grace, Show your strength!"

"Joker, Battle Stance!"

The Shaymin and Ambipom both emerged from their respective pokeballs.

"Grace, use Energy Ball!"

"Joker, Fake Out!"

Ambipom clapped his tail hands together as Grace started generating a small dark green ball of light. The blastwave caused Grace to flinch once again, startling the Shaymin to make it lose her concentration.

"Use your opportunity." Moon said. "Nasty Plot, then Baton Pass when you have the opportunity."

"Seed Flare!"

Sarah watched as Ambipom had little curious expressions as it looked at Grace, then, it's face lit up like a light bulb as red light started to surround it.

Grace summoned two large seeds which let off an explosion in a wave like an atomic model, the blast went flying towards Joker. The Ambipom responded by summoning a silver twirling baton that dancers used, Joker tossed it into the air, did a little twirl, followed by a flip, before catching the baton with one of its tail hands. Sarah quickly caught notice of the Monkey's cheeky little wave with its nubby purple hands as it returned to its pokeball, protecting it from the big blast.

"Lapis, Battle Stance!"

Manaphy emerged from her pokeball with a calm and reassuring smile on her face.

"Hello Grace…" Lapis said calmly.

Shaymin gave a little smile. "Heh, who would've thought we'd end up on opposite sides."

"You realize this is the first time we've ever fought, right?"

"Too bad it'll probably be our last."

"Grace, use Air Slash!"

"Lapis, use Whirlpool!"

Lapis generated a large watery vortex, the rushing sound of twirling water started to rush through the area, splashing some of the crowd behind Moon's stadium.

"Dammit…" Sarah muttered to herself, shutting her eyes in frustration. "How could I have let him get into that moment?"

Grace blew out three slashes of wind from around her back, the cuts slashed through the Whirlpool, breaking it, but it quickly found its footing back as Lapis flung it towards Grace, surrounding the hedgehog in a vortex.

"Grace quick, use Psychic!"

"Bounce Lapis!"

Lapis jumped up into the air, stunning Sarah. Grace blasted the whirlpool apart and broke it into nothingness. Unfortunately, she was too slow to get out of the way as Manaphy crashed down on top of her.

Manaphy hopped back over to Moon with a smile and a half.

"Ice Beam."

"Grace, use double team!"

Several Shaymin suddenly developed in every direction, surrounding Lapis as she charged her icey attack.

"Go, Energy Ball!"

"Spin around and launch, full power!" Moon said.

Lapis suddenly started twirling around before shooting her Ice Beam off in multiple directions. Each of the copies vanished as Lapis continued to swirl and twirl with Ice Beam. Eventually, the beam found the real Grace and blasted her back into the wall, making Sarah and Angel lurch over in shock. Shaymin fell to the ground with swirls in her eyes.

"No…" Sarah found herself whispering. She bowed her head in disappointment as she returned Shaymin to her pokeball.

"Alright, Bellatrix, show your strength!"

Mismagius emerged from her pokeball, floating in the air with great pleasure.

Sarah looked over at Cynthia, the Champion of Sinnoh seemed to have noticed her disappointment and worry. But, as a referee, she couldn't say anything other than commentate the rules of the match.

"Bellatrix, use charge beam!"

"Lapis, use Hydro Pump!"

Bellatrix created an electrical beam of light which sparked towards Lapis, Manaphy fired a large blast of water from her mouth, the water conducted the electrical shock and blew Lapis back a little.

"Quick, Shadow Ball!"

Bellatrix fired the purple sphere from her mouth. The ball blasted into Manaphy and kept her flying back even further.

"Don't strain yourself." Moon said calmly. "Use Signal Beam."

Lapis fired a green beam consisting of squares and triangles flying around the beam. The beam blasted into Bellatrix before she could counter.

"Go, Icy Wind!"

"Use Surf!"

Manaphy summoned a large wave as she hopped inside of it, Bellatrix quickly breathed her arctic breath, freezing a majority of the wave. Sarah could faintly see Manaphy still inside of the wave.

"Bellatrix, quick, use Power Gem!"

Several diamond-like rocks appeared around Bellatrix, then they fired laser beams from them.

"Heart Swap!" Moon said.

A pink wave of light shot through the area, in the blink of an eye Bellatrix was found inside of the Wall of Ice as the beams of light struck and blew the wave of ice into pieces. Bellatrix fell to the ground with swirls in her eyes.

Sarah groaned to herself as she returned Bellatrix to her pokeball.

Before she could turn to Angel, Cynthia blew into a whistle. Earning her a look from both competitors.

"I think it's time that our competitors take a brief intermission." The champion said. "Just so they can...clear their minds...before making any rash decisions." the Champion then shot Sarah a little wink. "And now, a few words from our sponsors, special thanks to Skillshare, Nord VPN, Honey, and most especially Raid Shadow Legends."

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Sarah nodded and motioned to Angel as she walked back into the locker. The second the door closed, Sarah fell to her knees.

"I can't do this...I can't!" she said, shaking her head in disappointment. "Angel...I'm making a fool out of myself out there!"

"Sarah…"

"I knew it…" Sarah started sniffing as tears developed in her eyes. "My whole adventure...everything I wanted to be...and hoped I could achieve...it was all for nothing...Moon carried me…"

Angel looked at her trainer. After four days of intense training for this moment, Sarah had gone into this prepared and confident...and...just like before, here she was…"

"I'm nothing like Mavis was...I can't do this...I should just...I should just forfeit."

Angel had heard enough, she walked over and gently smacked her across the face. Sarah nearly fell over, before lurching up in shock with wide eyes at her Pokemon.

"I did not waste four days of my life training just for you to forfeit!" Angel said. "You need to pull it together Sarah! You still have me...you still have Lyn...you can do this!"

"Angel I…"

"No!" Angel scoffed. "I refuse to let you forfeit! You saw what happened to your sister, someone who went toe to toe with Cynthia, wiped out to the point she was forced to work with Cyrus! Anyone can lose any battle at any time. It is not a testament to their strength, it is a testament to their endurance."

"Angel I-"

"Hungrybox never quit trying to be the best at Smash Melee because it was his desire, he faced hardships by his community and everything else. Heroes never quit! Trainers never quit! They fight to the end! And if you lose, then take your time and grow stronger, comeback and challenge Moon again! But I refuse...I refuse to let you quit!"

There was a sudden knock on the door, Sarah turned to it, only to find an envelope slipped from under the door. Curiously, she picked it up, it was addressed to her in pink ink, her name neatly printed in cursive handwriting. She opened the envelope to find a letter.

Sarah, my dear sister.

If you are reading this...then...I guess Cynthia decided it was time to give this to you...or...maybe she or you found it on my dead body...either way...this letter is going to be old by the time you're reading it.

Mother always told me you wanted to be like me...suffice to say...I never want you to end up the way I did. I was a foolish person...the tales Cynthia told you, while they were true...they weren't exactly the whole picture. I was reckless, bold, and foolish. I made mistakes that I regret heavily. Mistakes that affected my life, your life, Moon's life, and possibly even all of Sinnoh.

My epic battle with Cynthia for the championship was the only reason I even became a part of the Galactic resistance. But, it wasn't exactly pretty, I lost four Pokemon early on in the fight before even knocking out a single of her Pokemon...it was thanks to Lugia that I realized I still had a fighting chance left within me, and I was able to make the comeback up until that Garchomp of hers appeared before me.

Regardless...even during my time working for Cyrus, I had hoped that...maybe one day...I'd be able to stomach returning home to you...to mother...or to anyone else...but...Alas, I cannot. But, it seemed as though my destiny was predetermined, and I'm afraid my hopes were cut short by betrayal and my own blind ignorance.

Anyway, Sarah, my sister. I didn't get my opportunity...and...I never really stopped to consider just how angry you'd probably be to see me where I am. But...if there's one thing I can remember from Mother and Father's letters, it's that you've always felt like you've been overshadowed...or overwhelmed.

I want you to succeed. To cut your own path. Do whatever it is you need to do. Promise me, that you will continue to care for your Pokemon, and for your friends, never, ever, walk the path I did.

If you are wondering where I am, don't worry, I am in a hopefully better place. One where I can be happy. I know that you, my little sister, will go very far in this world...in an almost uncanny way, I've been there for you your whole life...you just never saw me. Please, succeed in your dreams, so that you will never, ever, be like me. You are Sarah, a sweet girl with potential.

With love,

Mavis Jones.

Sarah looked down at the letter. Seeing this from Mavis at this time...it was oddly...inspiring. She felt a fire erupt in her core.

"You can do this Sarah." Angel said confidently. "You've come too far to give up!"

Sarah nodded to her partner. "I can do this." she said. "I know I can."

She walked outside of the locker room, taking a deep breath to herself. She saw her mother and Moon's mother looking out in the crowd. Her own mother smiled at her and waved.

Sarah looked at the one pokeball she had in her hand. "Come on Sarah...you can do this."

Moon walked back outside of the room, Fabby and Sapphire were both by his side as always.

"Alright Lyn, Show your strength."

"Genji, Battle Stance."

The Ash Greninja popped out of his pokeball once again.

"Lyn, I need you to pull this through for me...okay?" Sarah asked.

"Ka Ka!" Lyn growled.

"Genji, night slash!"

Genji created two dark purple slash knives and quickly ran at Lyn with a swift speed.

"Lyn, use Slash."

Lyn's little claw grew in slash size as she quickly went at Genji, Genji tried to kick off the ground for a quick jump. However, Lyn quickly kicked his flipper foot before slashing the ninja frog in the center.

Genji backflipped backwards in retreat, he charged up a water shuriken, he flung the shuriken across the stage as Lyn quickly dug underground, it didn't take long for her to come crashing up from under the ground.

"Now, Sky Uppercut!" Sarah shouted.

Lyn punched Genji upwards before coming down with a hard Mega Kick to the ground. Genji smashed into the battlefield and de-transformed from Ash-Greninja.

Sarah let out a sigh of relief as Genji was returned from the opposite side of the field.

"Great Job Genji." she heard Moon say.

"Lyn, can you do this?"

"Ka Anga Ska!"

"Joker, Battle Stance!"

Ambipom once again emerged from its Pokeball. But this time, Sarah was ready for it.

"Lyn, Fake Out!"

Lyn swiftly clapped her small little hands togethers, This time forcing Joker to stand upright with a flinch. Lyn swiftly charged it, creating a blue lighted bone which she twirled around before smacking Joker across the body.

"Joker, use Acrobatics!"

In lightning fast speed, Joker flew towards Lyn, smacking the Baby Kangaskhan with his tail hands multiple times as it flew around from different directions. Joker then grabbed onto her with his tail hands and tossed her up into the air.

"Use it Lyn, Slam down with Earthquake."

As if on cue, Lyn came flying down to the ground and smashed into it like an anvil in an old Looney Tunes cartoon. The second it happened, a giant earthquake wave blasted through the area.

"Triple Kick!" Sarah commanded.

Lyn ran up to a stunned Joker and unleashed two quick kicks with her tiny feet before doing a roundhouse kick to send Joker flying past Moon and Fabby and into a wall. Ambipom fell to the ground, defeated.

Moon looked at his fallen Pokemon in shock, then he shook his head and returned the Ambipom.

"Fantastic job Joker." he said calmly. "You did your job perfectly."

Sarah shook her head, just remaining as calm as she could

"Let's go," she whispered.

"Lapis, Battle Stance!" Manaphy emerged from her pokeball with a small smile on her face.

"Lyn, use Shadow Bone."

Lyn created a shadowy colored bone that she smacked Lapis across the head. Lapis created a whirlpool that she twirled through the arena. Lyn quickly dug back underground to avoid any attacks.

"Hydro Pump, aim at the hole."

"Lyn, use Slash."

Lyn jumped up from the ground and scratched through Manaphy, The baby Kangaskhan grabbed onto her and threw her across the battlefield. Manaphy smashed into the wall behind Moon. Manaphy fell to the ground and stopped moving.

Moon took a deep breath as he returned Lapis to her pokeball.

"Sapphire, cut through."

Sapphire nodded and ran out onto the battlefield.

"Lyn, go, use Dig."

"Sapphire, Aura Sphere!"

Sapphire charged and threw a light blue sphere and flung it at Lyn. Who was too slow to avoid getting hit by the sphere of light. The Aura Sphere blasted the Baby Kangaskhan backwards. Lyn used the momentum of her blast to kick off the wall and charge back at Sapphire.

"Fire Punch, go!" Sarah said.

Lyn's small little hand became encased in flames as she punched into Sapphire with full force. The flamey punch blasted and burned Lucario as he fell back.

"Bullet Punch." Moon commanded.

Sapphire's paws turned to steel as he charged swiftly at Lyn. The Baby Kangaskhan quickly dodged each attack with speed and precision, when he made his last strike, Lyn did a backflip kick to strike Sapphire upwards.

"Sapphire, Blaze Kick!"

Sapphire came charging back down with his foot on fire. Lyn let off a growl and jumped up, her claws glowing a bluish color as she slashed Sapphire again, both Pokemon let off yelps and fell to the ground. However, they both stood back up, determined to keep fighting.

"Sapphire, use Dragon Pulse!"

Sapphire put his paws together and fired a purple beam from his hands, Lyn swiftly rolled out of the line of fire and kept dodging each attack with close calls.

"Shadow Bone!"

"Bone Rush!"

The two Pokemon created their respective Shadow and Blue bones that they collided with each other in a sword-like duel. Sapphire twirled his longer bone around to block Lyn's continued strikes with her shadow bone. Eventually, the two clashed against each other and pushed one another back.

"Lyn, use Giga Impact!" Sarah shouted.

"Sapphire, Close Combat!" Moon said swiftly.

Both Pokemon's eyes flashed, Lyn's a reddish sort as yellow light began to glow like flames around her. Sapphire's flashed more blue color as a sparkle appeared between them. Then, the two Pokemon shot off into each other, the two streaks of light from their swift movements collided and an explosion blew off around the area.

The Dust flew everywhere around the battlefield, so much so that on looking spectators started to boo over not seeing any action. Eventually, the dust settled down to find Lyn and Sapphire on the ground with swirls in their eyes.

"Double knockout." Cynthia said, raising her hands in the air. "That means both competitors are down to their last Pokemon."

Sarah returned Lyn to her Pokeball. "Thank you, Lyn." She said calmly. "I'm very proud of the way you battled...I promise your efforts will not be in vain."

She looked at Angel, her partner Gardevior smiled.

"I won't let you down Sarah. My heart is filled with Victory. We can win this."

On the opposite side of the field, Moon returned Sapphire to his own Pokeball. "Good fighting buddy." he said calmly. "I shouldn't have underestimated Lyn, that was my own fault." he turned to Fabby, the Silver Ninetales looked at him with her nervous red eyes. To which Moon gave her a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry about a thing." he said, patting her head. "Win or lose, I'll be proud of you, no matter what. Don't force yourself back up if you can't continue. It's okay to fall in this battle."

Fabby ran onto the battlefield as Angel teleported onto the battlefield.

"Fabby, when hearts connect as one, with each battle, a chance to grow." Moon moved his hand to the side as a fiery tornado surrounded Fabby. Her ears became devilish and pointy as her red eyes glowed. Her tails became a blackish color and they formed up to look like little pitchforks. A little red marking under her eyes.

"Angel, time for a mega fight," Sarah tapped the Mega Stone, the light surrounded Gardevior and her dress grew bigger as her hands became more separated.

"Angel, Shadow Ball."

"Flamethrower!"

Fabby breathed out a large amount of fire as Angel fired a shadow ball from her hands. The two attacks clashed and exploded.

"Quick attack."

Fabby charged through the smoke with incredible speed and smashed into Angel, blowing her backwards. She then attacked with a quick flamethrower.

"Light Screen."

Angel put up a barrier to shield herself from the attack. She then summoned a Moonblast to attack with a quick blast. Fabby tripped over herself as she blasted a fire blast. The star shaped fire came in quick and helped blast Angel back.

Angel summoned Magical Leaf to strike through Fabby's fur, but she did a quick dodge and fire Dark Pulse from across her attack. She then used Extrasensory to attack from a distance.

Angel used Charge beam to attack with an electrical shock. The electrical beam attacked with a shock. Fabby used Iron Tail to smack into Angel with a big steel tail strike.

"Go on Angel, use Disarming Voice."

Angel fired a bunch of music notes from her mouth, Fabby replied with a shadow ball attack both attacks collided with a huge explosion once again.

"Let's finish this." Moon said. "Fire Blast!"

"Angel, use Moonblast!"

Angel created and charged one final Moonblast as Fabby fired the fiery star. Both attacks collided with each other and exploded in a massive blast.

The smoke cleared showing both Pokemon still standing, both of them panted and were covered in ashes and soot from the explosion. Then, Fabby transformed back into her normal form and fell to the ground.

Sarah felt her eyes widen in shock. "I...I did it?" She asked.

"Ninetales is unable to battle." Cynthia said, raising her hands up in the air. "Which means, the Alola Reigon's first ever champion is...SARAH!"

Cheers erupted from the crowd followed by several shouts from fans and claps.

Sarah watched as Moon returned Fabby to her friend ball, he looked down and smiled.

"Good job Fabby, you gave it your all." he walked over to Sarah and outstretched his hand.

"Congratulations." he said, smiling. "I'm certain the Alola Region will prosper under you...and...I think that you deserved it."

Sarah took his hand, then, out of instinct, she hugged him.

"Please...I know it was out there the other day…" she said, separating from him. "But...I do want you to stay with me...we can work something out...is that OK?" she looked up at him, her face was blushing heavily, but his face looked just as red.

"Of course," he replied. "I'd be happy to."

Cynthia walked up to the two of them, her face looked genuinely thrilled for the most part.

"Well...congratulations Sarah." she said calmly. "You've become the champion of the Alola region...Mavis would be so proud of you."

Sarah's face became even more red over all of her body.

"If it makes you feel any better. Everyone thought I was going to win, My mother's not much of a gambler though, so...your mother just made about...half a million in gambles." Moon said.

"I told everyone not to underestimate you." Cynthia said. "But...no...everyone thought Moon had the better odds."

Sarah giggled at that. "Thank you again, for everything Cynthia." she said.

"Your welcome." Cynthia said. "We just now must record your teams, then you get the freedom to decorate your new home as you wish. And then of course, you must choose the elite four."

"Um Cynthia...is it alright if...um...Moon stays here with me?"

Cynthia chuckled. "Of course, provided that he has some purpose to be here."

Sarah looked at Moon with a smile. "I'm certain I can find some use for him out here."

"That, I can wholeheartedly agree on." Moon said.

The two followed Cynthia into a grand hall where there would normally be pictures shown of each champion and their team of Pokemon, a portrait would normally be hung with a plaque showing the names and types of Pokemon, a monitor and screen was waiting.

"Just place your Pokemon in here, and we'll be done."

Sarah took out her six pokeballs and placed them on the machine, then, she took her pokedex and scanned it against the area. A little message popped up on the monitor as her picture alongside Angel, Snowy, Scar, Bellatrix, Lyn, and Grace appeared.

Alola's first and finest champion; Sarah Jones. Prepare for A New Dawn in Alola's future.

That's all for today's Chapter, with this, the series is one chapter away from coming to a close. But, never fear, we have a sequel planned that should be available sometime after this story's epilogue, so, be sure to follow me if you want to check that out. This story will be taking a new turn featuring Moon and Sarah. But, I've still got an epilogue that's going to be written to explain the situation of the sequel.

Anyway, since the very beginning of this story's production, I wanted Sarah to win the Alola League. Moon's character arc was all about going against Team Galactic and rescuing Manaphy whilst coming to terms with what it means to be a friend to all Pokemon. Sarah's was about being the best she could be and doing what her sister couldn't, this was why Moon never interacted with Mavis throughout the entirety of this story, apart from a flashback.

Sarah's win actually takes inspiration from a battle I had, long ago my friends and I did a self made tournament. During the tournament, I was getting my butt kicked when another friend came and gave me a bit of a pep talk (We placed ourselves in different rooms so we could strategize outloud). I came back with a reverse 5-0 and won thanks to the help of my Ninetales and Lucario.

Anyway, one chapter left, then I jump straight into the sequel. Which I will confirm now, is going to be my own take on the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Series. I'll probably do my own story, instead of focusing on one of the games, since I don't want to cover the post game. And as an added bonus, I'll even take a rescue team submissions. Just give me a Pokemon team with nicknames available, and I may or may not add it to the story. I'll include a little prompt below

IMPORTANT: Please bear in mind that currently, I haven't given much thought to this story. These submissions may not be used due to me having a hard time coming up with some ideas.

Now, here is the prompt,

Rescue Team Name & Rank (Normal, Bronze, Silver, or Gold)

Team Members:

Pokemon 1 (Required), Leader Pokemon, Nickname (Required)

Pokemon 2 (Required), Nickname (Required)

Pokemon 3 (Required), Nickname (Required)

Pokmeon 4 (Optional member), Nickname (Required)

Again, while this is still in development phases, I'm not sure if I'll end up doing this, but, if you want a chance to possibly influence the story in some way, here is your opportunity. In the end, these roles may be reduced to Cameos or one off mentions. But maybe, they'll become characters.

Again, I'm requiring at least 3 Pokemon, as per the standard of a normal in game rescue team. A fourth is optional for reasons I may explain later. I'm doing the teams in a sort of RWBY style. Please check that series out, PhoenixClaw is the reason I started watching it and I enjoy it heavily.

Anyway, That's all for now, tune it next time for the epilogue that will explain the mysterious boy Crystal and his intentions with Moon, Sarah, Erick, and Petra.