"Harmony calm down! They'll get here on time," Leon points out.
"Yeah, but since I have to get them that means you need to stay put! I can't have you get lost\ before this event, okay? Okay!" she says narrowing her eyes.
"Yes! Fine, I won't leave, gosh...that was one time, I get lost in the locker room and you never live it down," he grumbles.
"You won't live it down because if I hadn't found you in the locker room you wouldn't be champion," Harmony says in a deadpan voice making Leon grin and hug her to his side.
"Yeah yeah, best sister award goes to you, now go get your lover and friend, let's have them see a champion time!"
"Got it! Bye! Have fun and kick Lance's arse! You've got this! I'll meet you after this is over!" Harmony calls out waving to him as she darts away to the front of the stadium in hopes of spotting Ash, Chu resting on her shoulder to get a better view.
"Do you see them anywhere Chu?" Harmony asks and Chu lets out a happy cry.
"IT'S HUGE!" Harmony hears Ash cry out making her grin and rush through people.
"Sorry! Excuse me! Please move!" Harmony says trying to be mindful of everyone, though of course, it wasn't common for her to be out like this so she did catch the attention of a few people.
"Ash! Goh!" Harmony calls out over people, Chu jumping off her head just as Pikachu and Spiky, the Pichu do the same jumping away from Ash to greet each other.
Harmony's arms fly around Ash's neck as he grabs her hips swinging her around laughing before pressing his lips to hers in a small quick kiss before she broke away from him to hug Goh.
"Two weeks too long! I've missed the two of you!" she says with a wide grin on her face.
"Harmony this is so awesome! Awesome! Awesome!" Ash cries out in excitement causing her to laugh as she tugs them along to get inside, "It sure is, this is the biggest stadium in Galar," she explains.
"This is a great place to catch Pokemon!" Goh states with a grin making Harmony groan.
"Goh we're hitting the stadium," Ash states to him.
"Well I'll be out catching Pokemon, Woah!" he says as Ash grabs hold of Goh's upper arm dragging the younger teen with him.
"C'mon hurry move it!" Ash says making Harmony laugh as she follows after them, showing her pass at the entrance getting in while Ash and Goh scanned their tickets.
"Alright you two, up to the booth!" she says getting two other backstage passes out from her pocket passing them to each of them.
The two slip them around their neck in confusion. "Wait why do we need these, I thought we had seats?"
"You do, but I want you to see it from the booth as I have to be up there, can't cause a problem down with everyone else," she says sheepishly. "Chairman Rose said I had to give you regular tickets before giving you passes, now come on to the booth!" she calls out tugging them up to a private elevator.
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"So this is your boyfriend?" A voice calls out as they enter the room, "Isn't he a bit young?"
"Rai...I swear Imma set Slyveon on you, wrong one," Harmony growls shoving playfully at Raihan before tugging Ash's hand, "This is my boyfriend, that is Goh our friend," she points out.
Raihan lets out a laugh and moves to shake Ash's hand, "You take care of our Water-Sparklers, you got that?" he points out, "Because she's rather important and…" Raihan starts flashing his teeth making Harmony groan.
"No! You don't get to do that brother talk here, stop it!" she says tugging Ash away from him, "I'm sorry love, he's been dying to meet you for years," she says softly.
Goh was exploring the booth in awe looking down at the stadium "Waoh we can see everything from here!" he says as Scorbunny cheers happily.
"Now there's food over there, I don't think anyone else is coming though...Nessa has a photoshoot, Opal is getting ready for a play later, Milo is with Nessa cause he offered, Pieres is probably staying away. Oh, Gordie might show up, but then again his mother might be a bit of a pain at the moment to him so he might not. Bea and Allister were spending time with Opal from what I recall… and Kabu is out of the region at the moment," she says sighing.
"It's fine, I'll meet your friends eventually you know that right?" Ash tells her tugging her to his side.
"I know, we should be able to meet with Leon after this match," she explains.
Goh gasps from the window, "There are so many people! Way more than I'd ever imagined," he says in awe.
"Well to us here in Galar this is a huge event, battles, in general, are much more of a spectacle," she says with a shrug. "Shh, it's starting!"
"Welcome everyone it's the moment you've all been waiting for! We're here to witness the world's largest, world's greatest Pokemon battle to determine the world's greatest trainer! Welcome to the World Championship Series! So how did we get here? The masters 8, the top trainers in the ranked by the Pokemon World Commission have entered this competition of high stakes battling so they may rise to the much covenant title of Worl Champion! But who you may wonder are our two finalists?" The announcer announces. Just then Lances starts walking in which got Ash and Goh excited, after all, he was part of the Indigo Elite Four.
"Alright, it's Lance!" Ash says with an excited look on his face.
"Representing the Kanto region!" Goh says nearly pushing himself against the window which causes Raihan to chuckle shaking his head.
"First up I introduce you to Lance! One of the Kanto regions Elite Four and winner of the prestigious Elite Four Cup, Lance then went on to emerge victorious from the trainer's ultimate dream, the Pokemon World Tournament in Driftveil City! Lance showed his attack skills as a member of the Pokemon G-Men and his use of dragon-type Pokemon has been described as battling art, a world-class trainer with world-class Pokemon!"
Harmony hears Raihan laugh making her shove him, "Don't even start you don't have a full team of only dragon-types so you can't say much," she points out with a shake of her finger causing him to groan.
"Don't bring my babies into this," he starts.
"Sandaconda is not a dragon-type neither is Gigalith, so no, you have no claim to being a Dragon Master," she tells him sassily, "Now shush or we'll miss Leon's intro!"
"I am now pleased to introduce our other finalist. It's Leon! Born and raised in Galar and known for winning the Galar Champion Cup on his very first try in battles that weren't even close!"
"I was close…" Harmony pouts as Raihan shakes his head. "Hey! We were both down to our final Pokemon. It was close! But yes he swept the Gym Leaders and previous Champion through the mud!"
"One who has never tasted Defeat! A trainer who takes on any challengers! Even once taking on a hundred challengers from throughout the world and beating every single one of them! The King of the kingdom! The Superstar Galar! The Undefeated Champion...Leon Dande!" The announcer calls out.
"You know...he's not wrong, but he's being a bit biased towards Leon…" Harmony points out, "I'm surprised they let him say most of that, but we are in Galar so…" she says with a sigh.
"And now Lance and Leon have taken their positions on the battlefield." the announcer announces as the ref goes down closer to the pitch on an Aegislash making Harmony smile.
"It won't be long now!" Goh says clearly excited for what was about to happen.
"You couldn't be more right," Harmony says grinning, knowing those two would be blown away by the battle, Ash had seen Mega battles, but this, this would be a whole new and amazing experience.
"We will now begin the final match for the World Championship! Will both trainers come forth!" the ref calls out. "The battle will be a single match, a trainer wins when the opposing trainer's Pokemon can not continue. "
"I've seen your previous battles. I can tell you're a trainer of considerable skill. That's why I imagined that you would be the one to eventually join me here," Lance calls out.
"Isn't that nice of Lance to say?" Ash says and Harmony hums nodding a bit.
"Sportsmanship is a good trait to have, oh no he's going to be dramatic isn't he?" she points out sighing at Leon who looked to be ready to pose a bit.
"Can you feel it, Lance? To witness the tense air still air on the pitch, the opposite of the audience cheering and yelling, that's fantastic, wouldn't you say?" Leon calls out making Harmony snicker.
"Man of words that Leon is, why doesn't he have a girlfriend again?" she points out to Raihan who rolls his eyes.
"Cause he can't talk to the ladies like that, he's utterly helpless with that." Raihan points out snickering.
"But remember the audience is also a bit cruel, they want nothing more than to see one of us lose after all! But I love pushing past the fear, I love giving it all I got as a trainer, and it's the greatest feeling!" Leon says doing a spin with his cape. "And I can't get enough of it!"
"You think you've already won," Lance states a smirk forming on his lips.
"The reason I'm unbeatable is because I learn from every battle I take part in. And today! I'll learn from my victory!" Leon calls out his eyes narrowing intensely.
Ash furrows his brows, "Isn't that counting the eggs before they hatch?" he points out.
"Leon's exceptional Ash, he sometimes is able to predict quite easily how a battle can go. Not to say he doesn't prep, you should have seen him last night with Charizard, they were working in sync. He gets this way with most if not all battles though." Harmony tells Ash softly. "You get used to it after a while, he's not doing it in a way that is mean spirited, but it's a way to get Lance to try a bit harder or it messes with the trainer he goes against a bit."
"There's no need for words now, we will battle to determine who is stronger!" Lance calls out.
"Please bring out your Pokemon!" the ref calls out.
Both Leon and Lance send out their Pokémon.
Leon's choice is obvious; it's his Charizard, while Lance sends out the Shiny Red Gyarados, much to Goh and Ash's excitement.
The ref gives the signal to start the battle, and Leon makes the first move, ordering a Flamethrower.
Lance counters by ordering Gyarados to use Hyper Beam. The two attacks clash, until Gyarados's attack finally overpowers the Flamethrower, but Charizard successfully evaded the attack.
While Gyarados is frozen and recharging, Leon takes the opportunity and tells Charizard to attack with Air Slash.
Lance, well aware of Hyper Beam's handicap, has Gyarados smack some rocks off of the battlefield to block the move.
This doesn't frustrate Leon as he orders another Flamethrower, but instead of blocking or dodging it, Lance orders Gyarados to use Dragon Dance, increasing its Attack Power and Speed, at the cost of the Flamethrower making a direct hit.
Lance orders Gyarados to use Aqua Tail, and the super effective move scores a direct hit, knocking Charizard to the ground.
Goh points out that Lance knew that since Flamethrower was not very effective on Gyarados, it was worth taking the hit while increasing Gyarados's power and speed.
Harmony shakes her head, "True, but Leon knows what he is doing too, sometimes it's best to know how the foe works out battles, he's used this with me before, it's widdling Gyarados down. Blaster and I have tried similar tactics to take Charizard down, he won't go down without a fight."
Lance orders Gyarados to use Ice Fang repeatedly. Thanks to the boosts provided by Dragon Dance, Gyarados is able to rapidly attack Charizard multiple times in succession, dealing with notable damage.
Leon upsets the rapid-fire attack by having Charizard use Fire Spin, trapping Gyarados in a vortex of fire.
Unfortunately, the fire spin doesn't last very long as Lance has Gyarados put out the flames with Aqua Tail, before resuming the Ice Fang assault.
However, Leon then reveals his secret trump card and has Charizard use Thunder Punch, interrupting Gyarados's attack and inflicting great damage on the Atrocious Pokémon.
"Are you kidding me! I thought he had Charizard know Solar Beam!" Harmony cries out, "If he could have done this the whole time why waste it on Solar Beam with Blaster and I?" she grumbles huffing a bit, a pout forming on her lips.
Leon orders more Thunder Punches, but Gyarados blocks them all with Aqua Tails.
Both Leon and Lance are determined to keep the battle going and recall their Pokémon in preparation for their next moves. Lance activates the Dynamax Band on his wrist, causing Gyarados's Poké Ball to grow giant, before throwing it and sending out his now-Dynamaxed Gyarados.
Leon responds to Lance's move by Gigantamaxing his Charizard, making the match a Dynamax battle.
Ash and Goh are astounded to see Dynamaxing being used in Galarian Pokémon battles making Raihan and Harmony smirk at each other. "If you're freaking out about this now, just you wait for a battle between Rai and Leon, they'll both go Gygantamaxing, meaning like Charizard and that Snorlax they'll take on different forms," she says wincing as Ash overly excitedly grabbed her are with wide eyes.
"You mean more Pokemon have those cool forms too!" he says excitedly.
"Cinders, Blaster, Toxy, and Chu here all have G-max forms. But actually any Pokemon can Dynamax, as long as you have the Dynamax band like Rai and I do," she points out holding her wrist up showing off the light blue and yellow band she has. "It's hard to get these though an average trainer doesn't usually get one. I'd have to ask...but I might get you one." she whispers softly, "Now pay attention it's just getting good!"
Lance orders a Max Geyser, but Leon counters by having Charizard use Max Lightning, disrupting the Max Geyser and dealing with massive damage to Gyarados.
Lance follows up with Max Strike, which Leon counters by telling Charizard to use Max Airstream, which not only pushes Charizard out of the attack's way but also hits Gyarados, dealing even more damage.
Deciding to finish the match, Leon calls out for Charizard's signature G-Max Move, G-Max Wildfire.
Lance desperately calls for a Max Guard, which successfully stops the G-Max Move, but Leon's confidence remains unfaltering, and as soon as the Max Guard dissipates, G-Max Wildfire's secondary effect kicks in, engulfing Gyarados in flames to deal additional damage.
Having already suffered a lot of damage in the battle, Gyarados is unable to withstand this and faints, reverting to its normal size as a result.
The ref makes the official judgment, declaring Gyarados unable to battle and Leon the winner, making him the World Champion.
"Who would have thought Lance could have lost?" Ash says, sounding slightly disappointed.
Harmony moved to slip her arms around him kissing his cheek, "Sometimes that happens, he fought amazingly though Ash. Leon's not one to mess with; he's undefeated for a reason. Maybe one day he'll be defeated but it'd take a strong trainer to do so." she says softly.
Ash's frown turns a bit up as he nods, slipping his own arms around Harmony, "You're right."
"Charizard you did very well," Leon calls out to his partner as he patted it before glancing up at the box winking at Harmony who rolled her eyes waving at him.
"Bloody creep," she grumbles.
"You mean cocky?" Raihan teases, making Harmony huff.
"Yeah yeah whatever, he's not gonna shut up about this is he?" she points out.
"Nope you know he'll be as happy as a Sylveon for weeks!" Raihan points out.
"So I better block him now so he doesn't bother me?" she jokes.
"Might be a good idea...the fans will be restless these next few weeks." he points out.
They glance down seeing Lance and Leon shaking hands, clearly discussing something though their mics had been turned off as the crowd was going wild.
Once their mics were turned back on Lance held Leon's arm up, "Here today we witnessed the rise of the World Champion! If a trainer has a strong and outstanding nature, their Pokemon will respond! And that is how a trainer grows strong with their Pokemon! As strong as Leon and Charizard!" Lance calls out to the crowd.
"Now once again presenting the winner of the World Championship, the one and only Leon Dande!" the announcer calls out as Leon does his Charizard pose making Harmony shake her head.
"Course he had to do it, I was surprised he didn't do it earlier," she points out, making Ash look confused. "It's the Charizard pose, you know how I tend to do a pose after winning? We both came up with it when we first started our journey. He has one too, and it's that right there,"
"Now I really want to have a battle with him!" Ash says excitedly, making Goh gasp from the side of him.
"What!? Ash are you crazy!?" Goh states shaking his head in disbelief.
"I mean you could? It'd take a lot of work though," Harmony points out, "Like a lot, I would say you'd have to be able to beat me in order to get to Leon, once you can do that I'd think you'd be ready to take him on." Harmony says nodding as Raihan scoffed.
"Me too! You'd have to beat me before getting to Leon, I'm his number one rival!" he points out making Harmony turn to glare at him.
"Number one? Uh in case you're forgetting I'm second to him in Galar, meaning I'm his number one rival!" she points out. The two start spitting at each other over who was a better trainer but it stopped when there was a huge crash and the whole stadium shook.
"Oh shite!" Harmony cries out as she spotted the Gigantamax'ed Drednaw stick it's neck in the stadium, "How in the bloody hell did that get there!" she cries out, making eye contact with Raihan who nods, "You get Leon, let me try to get it handled, make sure that they know we're initiating an evacuation of the stadium!" she says to her best mate and moves towards the door only for Ash to grab her.
"No way are you taking that on its own! It took 'three' of us to take that big Snorlax and we didn't even attack it!" Ash says with slight panic in his voice.
"Ash I can handle it, but...if I tell you no you'll go anyway, so just stay closer to me, please, the last thing I want is either you or Goh hurt because of this," she states earning a nod from both her boyfriend and Goh.