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"Hurry up ref," Ash called out, "we don't have all day, we both know the rules, don't we Gary," Gary was silent but the Ref spoke, "sorry, sir let's begin then. Trainers send out your first Pokemon," Go, Magmar," Gary called out at the Spitfire pokemon left it's Pokeball. "Mag, Magmar," the Pokemon cried. "Go, Pikachu," Ash yelled, Pikachu jumped onto the field confidently. "Battle begin," the ref called out. "All right Magmar, let's end this quickly, Fire Blast!" Gary yelled, Ash didn't say anything he just watched as the attack collided with Pikachu. No one could see anything because of the explosion Fire Blast had made. Finally after what seemed like forever, the dust cleared and there stood Pikachu standing in the same spot unscathed. "What," Gary cried, "How," "Let's get this over with Pikachu. Use Thuderbolt," Ash spoke bored, "Pika, chuuuuu," the small mouse Pokemon cried as it let off a thunderbolt, "oh no, Magmar, Dodge quickly." Gary cried. It was no use Thunderbolt struck Magmar and the Pokemon went flying into the wall behind Gary. "Magmar is unable to battle the winner is Pikachu, Trainer Gary please send out your next Pokemon," the Ref called out. Gary was shell shocked and had his mouth wide open, that Pikachu had taken a Fire Blast and shrugged it off like it got hit by a tackle and then it had launched the most powerful thunderbolt Gary had ever seen. In the stands the traitors were just as shell shocked as Gary, "a normal Pikachu... how," Max cried, "How did Pikachu survive a Fire Blast without using Protect or deflecting it with another move," Brock wondered aloud, "Focus on the battle," May scolded as the ref called Gary to call out his next Pokemon. "Go, Electivire," Gary yelled, "use Ice Punch," "Iron Tail," the two moves clashed creating an explosion just the opening Ash needed. "Quick Attack," "watch out Electivire," Gary cried, in the end it was futile, "Electivire is unable to battle, Pikachu is the winner, will Trainer Gary send out his next Pokemon," The ref called out. "Pikachu still looks unharmed," Cilian noted, "but how, how can he be this good at battling," Max wondered aloud. "Did you forget, we're at the Master's Tournament, the best of the best are competing here," Dawn responded. Back in the battle Gary had called out his Skarmory. "Skarmory, use Agility followed by Flash Cannon," Gary yelled, "Skar!" the Pokemon cried out as it increased its speed and shot out white flashes from its mouth, "Dodge, then hit it with Volt Tackle Iron Tail," Ash yelled, span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"(volt tackle iron tail is the move ash used to take out tobias's Latios in the Sinnoh league semi finals, just clearing that up.) /span"Dodge Skarmory," the Agilities it had used proved affective because Pikachu narrowly missed Skarmory, "Quick Pikachu, use your tail to lauch yourself at Skarmory," Ash yelled quickly, "pi, Pikachu!" the pokemon replied confidently. "Skarmory get out of the way quick," Gary cired. There was no point by the time Gary had given his command Pikachu had just hit Skarmory out of the sky and it fell. "How is this Pikachu doing so well, its so strong, Brock you don't think..." Max said, he didn't finish it but the others knew where he was going with it, he didn't need to elaborate for them to understand. "Go, Alakazam," Gary yelled. "Quick Attack," Ash whispered and in a flash Pikachu was gone and Alakazam was knocked out. "Alakazam is unable to battle, the winner is Pikachu," the ref called. Gary was silent looking down at the floor until finally, "Go Umbreon, Use Shadow Ball," Gary yelled out, "Um bre," the pokemon cried concentrating. "Thunderbolt," Ash yelled. The two moves collided in the middle for a moment. only for a moment, until thunderbolt overpowered dark pulse and Umbreon was out. "Umbreon is unable to continue, Trainer Gary please send out your last Pokemon," the ref called. Gary clenched his last Pokeball in his hand. He knew who he was facing. Red Ketchum. His best friend's Ash Ketchum's brother and Red had talked about Ash like he was nothing, worthless. Gary would not allow his friend's name to be disrespected like that, "Go Blastiose," "Use Volt Tackle," "Hydro Pump." From that moment everyone who was watching the battle knew the outcome. "Blastiose is unable to battle so the victor is Pikachu, which means that the match goes to Red of Pallet Town," The ref called out. Ash didn't really hear because he had already started to walk out of the battle arena. "What's that guys problem, first he trash talks Ash, then he destroys Gary in a Pokemon battle and then he doesn't even stay to shake Gary's hand," Brock cried, "I'm gonna go give him a piece of my mind," Brock ran out of the stadium followed by Max, Misty, Cilian and Iris. "We should probably go to," Dawn said to May as they both got out of their seats and walked off going to find their friends. When they found their friends they were greeted with an interesting scene. /p
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"Hurry up ref," Ash called out, "we don't have all day, we both know the rules, don't we Gary," Gary was silent but the Ref spoke, "sorry, sir let's begin then. Trainers send out your first Pokemon," Go, Magmar," Gary called out at the Spitfire pokemon left it's Pokeball. "Mag, Magmar," the Pokemon cried. "Go, Pikachu," Ash yelled, Pikachu jumped onto the field confidently. "Battle begin," the ref called out. "All right Magmar, let's end this quickly, Fire Blast!" Gary yelled, Ash didn't say anything he just watched as the attack collided with Pikachu. No one could see anything because of the explosion Fire Blast had made. Finally after what seemed like forever, the dust cleared and there stood Pikachu standing in the same spot unscathed. "What," Gary cried, "How," "Let's get this over with Pikachu. Use Thuderbolt," Ash spoke bored, "Pika, chuuuuu," the small mouse Pokemon cried as it let off a thunderbolt, "oh no, Magmar, Dodge quickly." Gary cried. It was no use Thunderbolt struck Magmar and the Pokemon went flying into the wall behind Gary. "Magmar is unable to battle the winner is Pikachu, Trainer Gary please send out your next Pokemon," the Ref called out. Gary was shell shocked and had his mouth wide open, that Pikachu had taken a Fire Blast and shrugged it off like it got hit by a tackle and then it had launched the most powerful thunderbolt Gary had ever seen. In the stands the traitors were just as shell shocked as Gary, "a normal Pikachu... how," Max cried, "How did Pikachu survive a Fire Blast without using Protect or deflecting it with another move," Brock wondered aloud, "Focus on the battle," May scolded as the ref called Gary to call out his next Pokemon. "Go, Electivire," Gary yelled, "use Ice Punch," "Iron Tail," the two moves clashed creating an explosion just the opening Ash needed. "Quick Attack," "watch out Electivire," Gary cried, in the end it was futile, "Electivire is unable to battle, Pikachu is the winner, will Trainer Gary send out his next Pokemon," The ref called out. "Pikachu still looks unharmed," Cilian noted, "but how, how can he be this good at battling," Max wondered aloud. "Did you forget, we're at the Master's Tournament, the best of the best are competing here," Dawn responded. Back in the battle Gary had called out his Skarmory. "Skarmory, use Agility followed by Flash Cannon," Gary yelled, "Skar!" the Pokemon cried out as it increased its speed and shot out white flashes from its mouth, "Dodge, then hit it with Volt Tackle Iron Tail," Ash yelled, span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"(volt tackle iron tail is the move ash used to take out tobias's Latios in the Sinnoh league semi finals, just clearing that up.) /span"Dodge Skarmory," the Agilities it had used proved affective because Pikachu narrowly missed Skarmory, "Quick Pikachu, use your tail to lauch yourself at Skarmory," Ash yelled quickly, "pi, Pikachu!" the pokemon replied confidently. "Skarmory get out of the way quick," Gary cired. There was no point by the time Gary had given his command Pikachu had just hit Skarmory out of the sky and it fell. "How is this Pikachu doing so well, its so strong, Brock you don't think..." Max said, he didn't finish it but the others knew where he was going with it, he didn't need to elaborate for them to understand. "Go, Alakazam," Gary yelled. "Quick Attack," Ash whispered and in a flash Pikachu was gone and Alakazam was knocked out. "Alakazam is unable to battle, the winner is Pikachu," the ref called. Gary was silent looking down at the floor until finally, "Go Umbreon, Use Shadow Ball," Gary yelled out, "Um bre," the pokemon cried concentrating. "Thunderbolt," Ash yelled. The two moves collided in the middle for a moment. only for a moment, until thunderbolt overpowered dark pulse and Umbreon was out. "Umbreon is unable to continue, Trainer Gary please send out your last Pokemon," the ref called. Gary clenched his last Pokeball in his hand. He knew who he was facing. Red Ketchum. His best friend's Ash Ketchum's brother and Red had talked about Ash like he was nothing, worthless. Gary would not allow his friend's name to be disrespected like that, "Go Blastiose," "Use Volt Tackle," "Hydro Pump." From that moment everyone who was watching the battle knew the outcome. "Blastiose is unable to battle so the victor is Pikachu, which means that the match goes to Red of Pallet Town," The ref called out. Ash didn't really hear because he had already started to walk out of the battle arena. "What's that guys problem, first he trash talks Ash, then he destroys Gary in a Pokemon battle and then he doesn't even stay to shake Gary's hand," Brock cried, "I'm gonna go give him a piece of my mind," Brock ran out of the stadium followed by Max, Misty, Cilian and Iris. "We should probably go to," Dawn said to May as they both got out of their seats and walked off going to find their friends. When they found their friends they were greeted with an interesting scene. /p
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