The Pokemon World Tournament Junior Cup! Cynthia vs Alder
"So this is Black City," N breathed as he gazed across the city. "It's quite big, I can only imagine how many Pokemon lost their homes due to it's destruction."
"Which occurred long before you were born," Hilda wrapped her arm around his as she offered him a large smile. "So let's just forget all about that depressing stuff and focus on having a good time!"
"Right, Cynthia and Alder will be having their battle soon!" Ash clenched his fists as a rather excitable look filled his eyes. "I can't wait to see it!"
"That'll be happening in a few hours, you should probably get registered." Zach spoke up.
"Oh right, I almost forgot!" Ash quickly looked towards the others. "Any of you entering?"
"I am, I could use the experience!" Hilda grinned.
"As could I!" Brock stated with a smirk.
"My team could benefit from some experience as well," Cilan stated.
"You know I am!" Iris grinned. Her main goal was to become a Dragon Master but for some reason ever since she met Cynthia, the idea of battling Alder and winning was quite alluring to her! "Fraxure and I aim to win this!"
"Fraxure frax frax!"
"You'll have to go through me and Pikachu to do that and we won't be holding back!" Ash clenched his fists as a smirk spread across his face.
"Pika pi!"
"Count me out, Lucario and I are so rusty that I'd only get him hurt." Zach and Lucario had visible looks of disappointment.
"You all know how I feel about this, I'll be in the nature park until it's over." N thumbed towards a small park that laid in the center of the massive cityscape. "Good luck Hilda."
"Thanks N, if I lose I'll come find you."
"What about you Dawn?" Brock asked.
"Pass, if nobody's around Zach Team Plasma might try and kidnap him again! Especially now that they know he is Zekrom's chosen." Dawn explained as she flashed her boyfriend a worried look. "Besides the new girl battling the old one isn't a trend that needs repeating every adventure!"
Zach shook his sword while tilting his head. "If that was the case then surely Zekrom would have come out by now? Reshiram released once Ash touched the stone while I've been carrying this thing for miles and Zekrom hasn't appeared once!"
"It's probably an internal problem, he is worthy he just doesn't think that he is." N explained in a hushed tone to Hilda.
"My my if it isn't Iris!" A mocking feminine voice could be heard followed by Iris growling out as she quickly turned to glare at another trainer.
"Georgia!" Iris snarled.
"I see that puny Axew evolved." Georgia laughed as she looked down upon Fraxure. "I beat my Beartic will still tear him to shreds in seconds though!"
Iris clenched her fists as her body began to violently shake. "We'll see about that, we're not the same as we were back then! We're different now, stronger too!"
"Fraxure frax!"
"So if you're so confident that you'll destroy us, why don't you battle us right here and now?!"
"Fraxure!"
"And ruin my chance at busting that Dragon specialist Cynthia? Please!"
"Cynthia's not a Dragon specialist..." Ash spoke up causing Georgia to cast him a harsh glare.
"Whose this your boyfriend?"
"What?!" Iris' face shot bright red as she raised her hands. "Nonono, he's not my boyfriend! He's just my friend that's a boy! Honestly why would I date a kid like him?"
Brock and Hilda shared a look while Zach and Dawn shared one of their own, it was rather obvious to them that Iris loved Ash despite how she tried to hide it.
"Hey I thought you stopped with that kid nonsense!" Ash growled out.
Georgia scoffed as she turned her back to them. "Whatever you say, I'll see you two in the tournament and once I bust you, Iris I'll bust your boyfriend too!"
"He's not my boyfriend!" Iris' face was red as a tamato berry as she leaped up and down.
"Wow Cilan is that your friend throwing a tantrum?" A voice spoke up behind Cilan causing him to leap up from surprise before turning around to see a female dressed in attire quite similar to his own however she wore a light pink shirt beneath a red waiter jacket. Her purple hair was shortly trimmed but still puffed out on the sides.
"Burgundy? I haven't seen you since you challenged my Gym!"
"And you mocked me and my precious Oshawott!"
"I certainly did no such thing, I was merely giving you some friendly advice on how to improve!" Cilan held up his hands in defense while Burgundy's eye twitched like crazy.
"That is certainly not what you said!" She shouted out in a rather deranged fashion. "Ever since that day I was determined to beat you, not in a Gym battle no that'd be too easy and it wouldn't hurt you like those words hurt me. I became a Pokemon Connoisseur and I plan to become S ranked before you do!"
"Well that's great to hear Burgundy, if you become S ranked before me then that means you're a quick learner and a natural!" Burgundy face faulted as her words didn't phase Cilan in the slightest!
"Oooh I'll get you Cilan, just you wait! I'll embarrass you in front of the entire tournament audience!"
"Well if you do that just means you're an experienced battler so good on you!" Cilan grinned.
"UGH!" Burgundy pulled at her hair before racing away as Cilan's optimism was annoying her to no end.
"Who was that? An ex-girlfriend?" Hilda questioned.
"No just a challenger who thinks I wronged her." Cilan shook his head. "Come on, we should get registered for the tournament."
"Greetings to all challengers and viewers alike, the name's Don George and it brings me great honor having the privilege to bring you all an incredible battle between Pokemon Champions! Today will be more than a simple one on one Pokemon battle as originally planned as Alder has made a rather odd request to extend it to a three on three battle."
"Anything to be with the lovely Cynthia for a few moments longer!" Alder grinned as he rushed onto the battlefield with a lovestruck expression. "And impressing Cynthia with my battling skills is a sure fire way of getting her to my suite tonight!"
"Alder..." Grimsley facepalmed as the other Elite Four members could be seen silently shaking their heads from their private booth.
Cynthia came out a few minutes later, apparently not hearing a word Alder spoke. "Apologies for being late, had trouble choosing between ice cream flavors on the way over." Cynthia sweated lightly before offering Alder a smile. "Let's give them a good show Alder!" She extended her hand to the Unovan Champion.
"If you take your clothes off that'll give them a good show..." Alder muttered.
"Sorry?" Cynthia tilted her head as she didn't catch that.
"Nothing," Alder shook her hand before making his way to his portion of the battlefield while Cynthia took her place on the opposite side of the field.
"Alright it looks like we're ready to get things started!" Don George exclaimed as he raised up his fists. "Now I want to make one thing clear to you viewers, Alder and Cynthia are free to switch out their Pokemon at anytime they choose just as a proper Champion match ensues. However standard rules apply and once one side either forfeits or runs out of Pokemon, the winner will be crowned! Champions are you ready?"
"I was born ready!" Alder smirked as he threw out his arm. "We're not holding back today!" He declared as the crowd roared loudly for their champion, he may be a bit of a perv but they still loved and respected him as he wasn't a bad egg.
"In that case so am I!" Cynthia spoke as she tossed a ball up and down. Ash's gaze focused upon the Pokeball in excitement as he never did get to see her full team nor Lance's for that matter, for some reason whenever he saw a Champion they typically only used their aces.
The referee raised his flags as he signaled the start of the match.
"Accelgor, I'm counting on you!"
"Spiritomb, let's put on a good show!"
"Accel!"
"Tomb!" Ash, Dawn and Brock tensed up at the sight of Spiritomb as they only had one encounter with that species before and it wasn't necessary a good one. Zach noticed the look on Dawn's face and placed his hand atop hers in a comforting manner while Iris spoke up in a questioning manner.
"Okay, what's up? You don't normally act that way around Pokemon."
"The Spiritomb that I met was an agent of chaos and wrecked havoc, it had been sealed away prior to that for the safety of a village but it's imprisonment didn't seem to mellow it out. I sort of assumed that all Spiritomb were like this since I haven't even seen another until now."
"Don't be silly Ash, you can't judge an entire species due to the actions of one. That'd be like saying my Deino is evil since Ghetsis' Hydreigon is and he clearly isn't."
"Deino!" The small Dragon cried out cutely.
Ash's eyes flickered back to Alder's Pokemon before pulling out his Pokedex as that was a new one for him.
"Accelgor the Shell Out Pokemon, it moves with blinding speed and lobs poison at foes. Featuring Accelgor as a main character is a surefire way to make a movie or comic popular!"
"That's odd, the Pokedex isn't being dark today." Cilan noted.
"Bug Buzz!" Alder shouted out, bringing their attention back to the battlefield as Accelgor fired red soundwaves from his body!
"Shadow Sneak!" Spiritomb's shadow began extending outwards towards his opponent before the Ghost/Dark Pokemon lowered itself into the shadows, disappearing from sight and completely avoiding Accelgor's attack!
Alder clenched his fists tightly and watched as Spiritomb raised up from behind Accelgor, preparing to strike!
"Water Shuriken!"
"Huh?" Ash blinked as he'd never heard of the move. His eyes soon filled with excitement as he watched Accelgor summon a shuriken of water before hurling it right at Spiritomb, blasting the Pokemon away as Ash let out a shout of excitement.
"That attack was awesome! I hope I can find a Pokemon capable of using it someday!"
"Pika!" Pikachu cried out in agreement as the attack was pretty cool looking!
"Curse!"
"How have we never seen that move until now?" Brock questioned.
Spiritomb shivered as he uttered out a ghostly pained wail. Accelgor shivered from fight as a ghostly aura surrounded his body and began sapping away his energy!
Alder remained calm however as he stretched out his arm. "Signal Beam!"
Accelgor fired off a bright colorful beam of energy at Spiritomb, blasting the Ghost/Dark Pokemon away once more! Accelgor let out a grunt as more energy was drained from his body.
"Dark Pulse!"
"Tomb!" Spiritomb fired off a beam of black and purple circles, striking Accelgor and pushing the Bug type back! Accelgor remained standing after the attack but appeared to be on his last legs as Curse had already drained a good amount of his health and would likely finish him at any moment!
"Let's go down fighting, Water Shuriken one final time!" Accelgor whipped out another water shuriken and hurled it across the field, the shuriken quickly flew towards Spiritomb and exploded upon impact! Accelgor dropped to the ground a few seconds after he threw the attack, swirls now present in the Pokemon's eyes as he laid upon he ground.
"Accelgor is unable to battle, Spiritomb wins!" The referee called out.
"And that is why she's the World Champion, the other Champions can barely even touch her!" Zach remarked as Spiritomb appeared to have plenty of energy remaining and he wasn't even Cynthia's strongest Pokemon!
"Spiritomb return for now," Cynthia smiled at her Pokemon as she returned him to his Pokeball. "Roserade let's give them a show!"
"Volcarona, let's do this!" Alder shouted right as Cynthia released her own Pokemon, he was planning on using this one next so it was purely coincidental that he happened to release it right then!
"Rose!" Roserade burst out onto the field.
"Volca!" Volcarona stretched out it's wings as it cried out to the heavens!
"Quiver Dance!" Volcarona's body glowed as the giant moth started dancing around the air, it's wings beating significantly faster than they had been prior to that.
Cynthia merely smirked as she threw out an arm. "Sludge Bomb!"
"Rose!" Roserade opened her mouth and proceeded to fire off multiple brown globs of sludge at her opponent! The sludge smacked against Volcarona's body, pelting him while a faint purple tint spread across his face.
"V-Volca..."
"Heat Wave!" Volcarona began flapping his wings as he summoned up an orange gust of heat that quickly moved in Roserade's direction before knocking her right off her feet!
"R-Roserade..." She gritted her teeth as a faint flame appeared on her forehead.
"Unbelievable both sides are afflicted with damage over time status effects! This battle could go either way folks, despite Alder having the type advantage Cynthia appears to be giving it her all!"
"Hyper Beam!" Roserade aimed her right arm at Volcarona as the red roses began glowing in a bright white light before firing off the familiar beam of orange-yellow energy! Volcarona let out a shriek as the attack smacked against him but rather than look concerned, Alder flashed a smirk of his own as he shouted out.
"Quiver Dance once more!" He was going to take advantage of Roserade's downtime. Volcarona wrapped up his dance significantly faster than he'd done before, his wings beating almost at a blinding speed as Alder threw out his arm once more and shouted out. "Heat Wave!"
"Volca!" The orange gust of heat pelted against Roserade before she had the chance to fully recover, blasting her off her feet!
"Now let's finish this, Heat Wave one more time!"
"Roserade, aim a Hyper Beam right through the attack!"
"Rose!" As the orange gust of heat quickly flew towards Roserade, she fired the beam of orange-yellow energy directly through it causing the attack to explode and send both Pokemon flying back and allowing time for Roserade to get back to her feet as a cloud of dust covered up the battlefield.
"Sludge Bomb!"
Roserade fired off another series of sludge at her opponent, pelting his body once more.
"Heat Wave!" Volcarona rapidly flapped his wings as he sent another strong gust of heat at his opponent, knocking Roserade right off her feet before she landed in a defeated slump as swirls filled her eyes.
"Roserade is unable to battle, Volcarona wins!" The referee called out as the crowd roared loudly upon their champion winning a round!
Cynthia flashed a light smirk as she returned Roserade to her ball. "You did great out there Roserade, take a hard earned rest. Spiritomb I'm counting on you!"
"Tomb!" Spiritomb reemerged from it's ball and cast the fire moth a sinister expression.
"Mystical Fire!"
"That's new..." Ash muttered, watching as Volcarona's body glowed a bright orange color before a large stream of red-orange fire came blasting out of the fire moth's mouth!
"Shadow Sneak!" Spiritomb quickly melted into his shadow as it began extending towards Volcarona, easily avoiding the attack before the Ghost reappeared behind the fire moth and lashed out! Volcarona cried out before straightening himself up, the fire moth quickly turned around as Alder let out another shout.
"Bug Buzz!" Red soundwaves fired off the fire moth's body, striking against Spiritomb and pushing the Ghosts/Dark away from him! "Now use Mystical Fire!" Volcarona's speed was so rapid that the attack was almost instantaneous, shortly after the soundwaves stopped the fire moth blasted Spiritomb with the massive stream of fire causing the spirit to return to his seal stone as he was defeated!
"Spiritomb is unable to battle, Volcarona wins!"
"Unbelievable folks, it looks as if Alder has Cynthia on the ropes! Will she be able to overcome this obstacle or will Alder reign victorious?"
"Playtime is over," Cynthia smirked as a glint appeared in her eye. "Garchomp you're up!"
"Alright, now things are getting interesting!" Zach clenched his hands from excitement while Ash stood up to get a better view as Cynthia's Garchomp appeared!
"Garrr!" The landshark dragon roared out as he gave Volcarona a harsh glare!
"Sandstorm!" Garchomp stretched out his arms as a fierce sandstorm covered the battlefield, blinding their opponents along with abstaining the audiences view!
Alder clenched his fists but tried keeping his cool as he looked at his faithful fire moth although it appeared to be nearing it's last breath as the Poison was getting to him. "Mystical Fire!" Volcarona fired off the massive stream of fire through the sandstorm.
"Dragon Rush!"
"Garrr!" Garchomp raced right through the fire stream at a blinding speed, slashing Volcarona before slamming his body against the ground! The fire moth's wings twitched for a brief moment before coming to a halt as swirls filled his eyes.
"Volcarona return," Alder returned Volcarona before letting out a laugh as he flashed Cynthia a smirk. "So Cynthia my dear, how about after you win we head to be your villa and have some fun together?"
"Alder, focus on the damn match or I'll kick your hide!" Marshal shouted from the stands. "Make us Unovans proud and win!"
Alder let out a reluctant sigh as he reached for his final ball. "Earthquake!" Bouffalant burst from his ball and raised up his hooves before slamming them against the ground causing it to shake!
"Fly up and then use one of your own!"
"Garrr!"
"Oh right, forgot Garchomp could fly." Alder rubbed the back of his neck as his Elite Four members all face faulted. Garchomp came crashing down against the ground as it started to shake once more, Bouffalant started losing his footing before catching himself as the sandstorm began to fade away.
"Surf!"
"Bouffa!" Bouffalant raised up his hooves as a massive wave of water formed beneath. Bouffalant gazed down at his opponent before bringing the wave crashing down upon him! Garchomp flinched as water got in his eye before giving Bouffalant a light glare as it appeared to merely scratch at his health!
"Dragon Rush!" A blue aura surrounded Garchomp as he swooped towards Bouffalant before slamming his body against the buffalo's! Bouffalant uttered out a pained grunt before shaking his head though he was started appearing rather tired.
"Looks like we're running out of options, Head Charge!" Bouffalant lowered his head and scratched his hooves against the ground before stampeding across the field! His head glowed a bright fiery orange as he raced at his opponent!
"Flamethrower." Cynthia merely called out.
"Garrr!" Garchomp opened his mouth and fired off a large stream of fire at Bouffalant whose speed started lowering as he continued racing through the flames, determined to strike! He kept stepping forward one hoof at a time before collapsing right in front of Garchomp as swirls appeared in his eyes.
"Bouffalant is unable to battle, Cynthia wins the match!" The crowd cheered loudly though it was evident quite a few were upset that their champion had lost.
Alder returned Bouffalant while Cynthia walked towards him and extended her arm with a smile across her face. "That was a great battle, your still quite the strong battler despite your age. No wonder nobody's taken that title from you yet!"
"It's pretty boring winning all the time, nobody even comes close." Alder let out a yawn at the thought before flashing her another smirk. "Though perhaps you'd like to stick around longer and make things more interesting?"
"Can't, the League Chairman wants me to head to Galar and battle the champion for an exhibition match." Cynthia shook Alder's hand before turning around as she gave him a light wave while climbing onto Garchomp's back. "Good luck with your upcoming match, I have a feeling that he'll be quite a handful." Cynthia's gaze flickered directly towards where Ash was before Garchomp took to the skies, the Sinnoh Champion and her ace soon disappearing from view as they vanished into the horizon!
"Well that was quite an exciting match folks, can I have another round of applause for Cynthia and Alder?" Don George asked as the crowd burst out in cheers and claps though some viewers such as Trip merely crossed their arms and silently scowled as they were dissatisfied with the results. "And now to announce the round one match ups if I may direct your attention to the screen for a moment!"
Images of the participating trainers appeared onscreen, Ash recognized quite a few as that Riolu boy, Stephen, Bianca, Cheren, and Trip were all there along with some familiar faces from the Luxuria Tournament! The images began shuffling around before Ash was paired up with Stephen, Brock was paired up against Jimmy Ray, Iris had the sheer luck of being paired up with Georgia while Cilan and Burgundy were in a similar boat as they were paired to face against one another. Cheren was paired with some unknown individual with Qwilfish shaped hair while Hilda and Bianca were paired together!
"Now challengers meet up in the waiting room for the first round will be starting in a matter of minutes!" Don George shouted out followed by the roar of the crowd.
Ash and his friends stood up to go with Zach and Dawn wishing them good luck as the others headed off to the waiting room where their opponents could be seen waiting.
"Alright Ash, looks like it's time for our rematch!" Stephan shouted out.
"Sawk Sawk!" His blue companion excitedly cried as he kicked at the air in front of him.
"I'm looking forward to it, Stephen!" Ash excitedly shouted before his rival face faulted.
"I told you that it's Stephan, how hard is it to remember my name?" He groaned out.
"Well Iris looks like I'll be busting you in a matter of moments!" Georgia smirked.
"Why are you even hear? Cynthia's gone, you're not going to 'bust' her." Iris puffed her cheeks as she glared at her rival.
"True but I can still bust you!" Georgia laughed while Iris began fuming.
"Just you wait Cilan, you're gonna be so embarrassed when I beat you in front of the entire stadium! I can't wait to see the look on your face!"
"Well that's great that you're confident in your abilities, I'm sure you've grown plenty strong since I last saw you!" Cilan grinned, Burgundy's words not phasing him.
"Gah!" Burgundy gritted her teeth before shaking her fist at him. "You can't keep that positivity up forever, Cilan!"
Cheren approached his opponent and offered his hand to show sportsmanship. "Hello there, I'm Cheren. Let's give it our all shall we?" His rival took one look at him and let out a huff before looking away.
"Riolu and I are excited for this upcoming match, it's a two on two right?!"
"Wrong, it's three on three. Haven't you been paying attention? Pfft, this'll be a cake walk!" Trip smirked.
Hilda and Bianca threw their arms around each other in greeting as they were excited to see each other again.
"Alright now it's time for our first match, Ash and Stephen get out here!"
"Ugh, I clearly wrote Stephan!" Stephan lowered his head.
Man that was fun to write, I extended it from one on one purely on a whim as to split the tournament up into parts with the first part being dedicated to Alder and Cynthia. Also builds up their teams a bit!
Next up will be round one match ups! Then the chapter after will be finishing things before the Genesect and Mewtwo arc begins!
Also a sly hint at the future, now that we're in the final stretch generation six moves are on the table!
"Can you do Ash x Skyla x Elesa x Cynthia?" Hello thanks for binging through it all! Wondered if I'd finish before you but apparently not hahaha. I mentioned that Ash would be getting with a girl, a rather special girl. As fond as I've become of the idea of AshXSkyla over the past weeks, I feel like I'd just piss people off. Especially as I practically promised that Ash will get with Serena.
Anyways hope you enjoy the battle as much as I did writing it, let me know what you think and what you'd like to see in the future. Until next time! :)