AN:Hey everyone! Here is chapter 18 of 10 minutes. The battle scenes are almost here! Yeah man it's gonna be a good one! But whats up with the victoria region? Who will be paired with whom? Cilan and Iris are now enemies too? Well too bad to those who like either one of them, cuz it's true! What else is in store for Ash and the crew? Let's find out!

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ReignZ Presents… 10 Minutes Chapter 18

Eevee…

I slowly woke up when I realized I was still in the hot bath. It was remarkably still warm, although I had to wonder why. I poked my head up to look around. Where was I? I realized I was in the den of a human, and I was very scared.

Well, that was until I saw the boy from yesterday come in and grab me out of the water. I was tense at first but then felt very content. I did not know what he was doing, but it felt nice. I was brought into a room where two more boys were. I recognized one, but not the other. I heard the boy carrying me say.

"That's the boy who found you outside. He saved you." I immediately wanted to lick his face and express my most sincere thanks. The boy lifted me in one hand to him, and I licked him all over his face. He took me in his hands and laughed when I continued to lick.

"H-hey this seems awfully familiar!" The other two laughed, although I was unsure of the reason. I stopped licking him, but sat down in the palm of his hand, my tail wagging happily. He smiled and stroked my fur. It felt nice, so I sighed happily. "Oh please more!" To him, it just sounded like "Eeeev…"

He smiled at me and continued. I loved him, I loved all of it! I wanted to be his Pokémon. So, when he put me down, I ran back up on his shoulder. He laughed again and placed me down again. I repeated. He repeated.

I heard the one boy who had saved me from potentially falling off the cliff say, "We're heading out bob. Can you take care of the Eevee?"

He nodded and said. "Sure. I'll keep it safe." However, I didn't know what they were really saying. After all, I was just a day old. I was licking the brown haired boy when he grabbed me and held me to eye level. He told me. "You be a good Eevee okay? Don't be naughty."

I was confused. They were sounding like they were leaving me, but that made no sense. I had battled my way all the way through the storm to see them. Why would they leave? However, I cooed happily anyway.

"Eeeev!" I had said. "Of course!" Even though I was unsure of what they meant. I soon realized that I was being handed off to the man I did not know. His hands were firm and slightly uninviting. I was terrified. This wasn't the boy I wanted to be with! I wanted to be with the other boy!

I squealed in terror when he firmly placed me in his arm and held on tightly. I totally had forgotten about the pain from the frostbite, I needed to be with the boy. I cried for him to take me with him.

"Eeeev ev ev ev!" I had cried. "No! Please don't go!" The boy pet my head. "Hey, bob is a nice guy. He'll take good care of you."

"John we have to go! The girls are worried sick!" The other boy said. The boy turned back to me and smiled. "Bye now little guy!" He turned to walk out.

Oh no! He was leaving me here! I couldn't be abandoned! Not now! I cried for the man to release me, but he wouldn't budge. I managed to break free the exact moment the door began closing. I put on a final effort to make it, but the door closed shut, and I was stuck inside. I frantically ran to the window, where I put my paws up to the glass. I watched as my trainer called out an absurdly large Pokémon, and then noticed me in the window.

Yes! Maybe there was still hope! But that hope died off instantly when he just waved back and hopped on the back of the Pokémon and flew off. "NO! PLEASE NO!" I wailed.

The man smiled. "It's fine. You'll probably see them in a couple of years or so." I was barely paying attention anymore. I had lost the boy who made me feel whole again.

3rd Person…

Bob watched as the little Eevee broke down in tears. He felt slightly upset when he saw the Eevee limp slowly to the corner of the couch and curl up into a ball and cry softly. It did not take bob long to realize it had formed an attachment to John. However, it wasn't his job.

He was to tend to the wounds and set it free.

He grabbed potions and ice heals, applying them to the wounds. The Eevee did not fight back or even budge. All the fight in it had totally been lost. A few hours later, After the Eevee was healed, Bob took it in his hand and walked outside.

He then placed the Eevee on the ground and said. "You're free now!" The Eevee did not turn back to look at him. He said again. "Go ahead!" This time, the Eevee slowly turned around with tears in its eyes. Even bob was moved by the little baby Pokémon. She then turned around, and slowly limped off into the forest, leaving a tear trail in her wake.

The Eevee walked slowly to the sight of her mother's death. She saw her mother's corpse buried by all the snow. The tree had been moved off. The little Eevee sat down next to her dead mother and wept. She couldn't take it. The pain was too much. Losing her mom, losing her trainer, she knew what she had to do. She wanted to end her suffering.

She walked to the cliff where she had been before. She stared off the 7gorge below. The scenery was beautiful, with the snowy trees encasing the entire valley below her, but she wasn't there to sightsee. She took a deep breath, and leapt off.

Next Day…

Ash and John returned to Bob's house to check whether or not Eevee was still there. They knocked on the door and waited. It took much longer than usual for Bob to answer the door. John immediately noticed the solemn look on his face. "What's wrong?"

He looked pained for a brief moment, as if a knife had carved out his heart. Bob slowly said. "I'm… I'm so sorry." Ash looked confused. "What?"

He got up and said. "Follow me." The duo followed their friend for a very long time. They walked through the forest, down a mountain, and through another forest. It took a good thirty minutes at least. Bob stopped when they reached a clearing. There were trees on each side of the clearing, but the ground was solid rock. John noticed a figure lying on the ground.

"OH DEAR GOD!" He cried and ran over. It was the baby Eevee. He whispered softly. "Oh no… oh no… oh no… god no please!" He cried as the baby refused to move. He felt for a pulse.

None. She was dead.

He broke down crying. Ash felt a pang in his heart for the little fox. Bob whispered. "When you left, she curled up on the couch and cried for you two. When I released her, she looked back at me with eyes full of tears. I decided to track her after twenty minutes of thinking. I tracked her pawprints to the cliff, and panicked. I raced to the bottom and found her dead. The snow for some reason didn't come down here or it already melted. I'm sorry."

John whispered. "It's all my fault." Ash put a hand on his shoulder. John cried softly a little bit more before wipping his eyes and his hands glowed blue. Bob looked confused, but Ash knew very well what he was doing. John placed his hand on the heart of the Eevee, and she evaporated slowly into blue mist.

"She'll rest in peace." He turned to the group. "Those bastards killed her mother. She had nowhere to turn to. She turned to us and we abandoned her." He broke down sobbing. "She killed herself because of me. It's all my fault!"

Ash said angrily. "Don't take all the blame! She only felt lost because those idiots killed her mother!" Bob agreed. John wiped his eyes. All of the sudden, he smiled. Before ash could question him, he spoke.

He said to Ash with a smirk. "If we get put against Iris and Cilan, they're mine." Ash grinned. John was back, wounded, but not done.

Mt. Silver House…

Everyone was sitting on the couch, watching the television. The moment had finally come. They were going to see whether or not Ash and John were going to make it. The tension was so thick in the room you could cut it with a knife. Ash stared at the TV set which was getting filled up with reporters. Finally, after twenty minutes of waiting, Mr. Goodshow walked up to the podium and politely waved to the crowd.

He began.

"Good Evening. Tonight, I will announce the rules and teams of the Shadows of Legends Tournament. The rules will go on as this: There will be three total rounds of round robin play. Only so many teams may exist. The first 64 teams to win 2 out of their 3 games are moving on to the elimination games. Until the final 8 teams remain, each trainer will be allowed to use two Pokémon and the battle will be over when all four Pokémon from one side cannot continue. Furthermore, substitutions mid-battle are not allowed until the final 8 teams have been decided."

"The final 8 teams may use 3 Pokémon per trainer with mid-battle substitutions permitted. The team that wins is declared the tournament champion, except there will be one final battle to determine the all-time champion. The two people on the winning team will perform a 6v6 final battle against each other! It's bound to be an amazing tournament, and now… the teams."

He turned around to see the television screen behind him."If you see your name underneath your face, you are in the tournament, and your partner is next to you! Your first-round robin battle is also listed!"

The group held their breath and person after person flew by. Their shock was growing higher and higher and worry was increasing by the millisecond as their hooded faces did not show up. Ash looked nervous, John looked patient. Finally, on the final group, their hooded faces appeared with Ash as Alpha and John as Omega. The girls sighed in relief. Mr. Goodshow had agreed to their terms.

However, what also caught their eyes were their opponents.

Round Robin Battle 1: Alpha and Omega VS Dawn Berlitz and Kenny Williams

The two boys looked determined. Dawn was the first pest to be squashed. John had a savage grin on his face. Dawn had always flirted with him and he found it repulsive when she talked about stripping down to nothing, and even more repulsive when he told her he was taken, she just told him to cheat on her. The boys began packing, but the girls did not.

They were having a girl's week in. They knew their boyfriends would slaughter the competition early, so why bother when they had spent so little time with each other recently? John and Ash packed up their clothes, poke balls, healing equipment, spare cash, and any additional essentials they would need. There was no way of knowing how long they would be at this tournament.

They were also in enemy territory. Cerulean City was home to Misty, a person of their disliking. She would probably be boasting about how she would win the tournament, and how they longed to shut her up. However, just before they walked out the door after passionately kissing each of their girlfriends, the phone rang.

John picked it up. "Hello?" He paused. "Yeah. It's me." Another pause; Much longer than the first one, however. John's eyes suddenly widened. "What?" He stopped again. Ash glanced at his friend, and was shell-shocked to see tears brimming in his eyes. "I'm on my way." He slammed the phone down and stared at his friend before sitting in a chair with a disbelieving look in his eyes. He faintly whispered

"The Eevee is still alive."

Ash looked shocked. "W-what?" John nodded slowly as fresh tears attacked his eyes and fell out one by one. "Our little Eevee is still in the world."

AN: Well the battle is about to get rolling. Should be interesting right? Anyhow plz follow and fav the story, every one counts! Thanks so much for reading and sorry for the shorter chapter.

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ReignZ (LegionZ)