Author notes: I just wanted to give everyone a big thank you for clicking on this chapter of the Tamer Saga. This chapter will give a conclusion to the winner of the tournament and thank you again for reading this chapter as well as my story.
The battlefield was amiss as both Tamers had their Pokémon attacking one another. Akira had chosen Sandstorm to be his first Pokémon within this battle while Tracey was using an insect Pokémon that was spherical in shape as well as had big red bug eyes that took up a large portion of its purple fur covered body.
Tracey's Pokémon was currently looking all around the Arena looking for where Sandstorm would pop up at since he was currently hiding underground thanks to the move known as Dig. This was the fourth time that Akira had ordered his Sandshrew to go underground since this strategy seemed to be working quite well for him and his team and though Sandstorm had taken some damage from his opponent, Sandstorm had been able to deal much more damage than he had taken.
Just when everyone thought that Sandstorm would stay underground the rest of the battle, he came bursting up which allowed Sandstorm to smash into the other Pokémon. This attack sent Tracey's Pokémon spiraling backwards which caused the creature to land on it's back though as the insect was moving back, Akira called out to Sandstorm.
"Sandstorm, follow up with Brick Break!" Akira commanded of his Sandshrew who upon hearing the order immediately started gathering energy within his right arm and smashed it into his opponent the second the other Pokémon landed.
Once the attack was finished, Sandstorm jumped back to stand in front of his Master who was waiting to see if Tracey's Pokémon would be able to continue this battle. Thankfully Akira didn't have to wait very long to see that the insect Pokémon had taken enough damage from Sandstorm to knock it out of the battle.
The moment that it became clear that Tracey's Pokémon would no longer be able to battle, Akira watched as a Pokéball flashed into his opponent's hand and brought the downed insect back inside it. Though within the same moment that Tracey clipped one Pokéball onto his belt, another one was already in his hand.
"Mizu, I choose you!" Tracey hollered out as he threw the Pokéball into the air which blasted open to reveal the latest Pokémon that he had chosen. The newest Pokémon that Tracey had chosen to use was one that Akira had never seen before. This Pokémon was a small one with blue fur that covered most of it's body beside the white fur that took up the middle part of it's body as well as the red fur that was inside it's spherical blue ears. Akira could see that the Pokémon that Tracey had chosen is female from the slit that was peeking out from the Pokémon's pubic area.
From the blue fur that the creature had, Akira figured that she would be a water type Pokémon and with this hypothesis came a stream of water that shot directly at Sandstorm. Since Akira had learned from his battles as well as from talking from other Tamers while he was watching the battles, he figured out that Sandstorm was weak against water attacks and as such knew that he should get his Pokémon out of the way of the incoming attack.
"Sandstorm, use Dig to dodge the attack..." Akira commanded of his Sandshrew and just as Sandstorm got into position to do as Akira ordered, the stream of water blasted into Sandstorm. This attack sent Sandstorm reeling which caused him to go crashing to the ground, though Sandstorm was back on his feet within seconds.
When Sandstorm was back on his feet once more, Akira could see that his Pokémon had taken quite a bit of damage from the impromptu water attack. Not wanting to have Sandstorm hurt from another attack like that, Akira decided to go with the same strategy that he used with Tracey's last Pokémon though once again Tracey had Mizu go on the attack once more.
Though this time around, Akira was not going to allow Sandstorm to get hit by this incoming water attack and as such called out to his Sandshrew. "Sandstorm get out of the way and then follow up with Swift!" Akira ordered his Pokémon and thankfully Sandstorm was able to get out of the way just as the water came crashing down and once he did he shot out a barrage of stars that went directly at Mizu.
Thankfully the attack that Akira had just ordered Sandstorm to use was faster than Mizu could move and as such Sandstorm's Swift took Mizu head on which sent the blue rodent like creature flying back. From the amount of times that Mizu was struck by Sandstorm's Swift, Akira knew that the Pokémon had taken quite a bit of damage.
Even though Mizu was struck multiple times by Sandstorm's attack, she was still able to move quite quickly which allowed her to get on her feet within a few seconds of being knocked down. Just as Mizu fully got on her feet, Tracey once again ordered Mizu on the attack which sent a stream of water flying towards Sandstorm and with the speed that the attack was going there was no way for the Sandshrew to get out of the way and as such he was blasted across the Arena.
Before the dust had even cleared, Akira already knew that Sandstorm wasn't going to be able to continue to battle and as such he was already pulling Sandstorm's Pokéball out and recalling the Sandshrew back into his home. "You did great Sandstorm. Take a well deserved rest." Akira muttered into the Pokéball just before clipping the item back onto his belt while simultaneously unclipping another one.
"Inari. I choose you!" Akira hollered out as he threw the Pokéball into the air which revealed to all that Akira had chosen to use his lavender colored Vulpix.
Though Akira knew that since Inari was a fire type Pokémon that he was weak against water types like Mizu, he knew that since most of his team was fire types that he had to risk using one of them. From the smirk that Akira saw form on Tracey's lips, he knew that the other Tamer must think that his win was guaranteed.
This was something that Akira was not going to allow Tracey to think and as such he decided that he was going to go all out on this last portion of the battle. "Inari! use Tackle than follow that with Scratch!" Akira commanded of his Vulpix.
Like normal Inari was quick to heed his Master's command and tore off after Mizu. Similar to how the two Tamers have been doing during this battle, Akira knew that Tracey was going to have his rodent Pokémon dodge the attack which came to fruition when Mizu jumped into the air.
Since this was something that Akira himself was expecting and as such ordered Inari to follow after the other Pokémon. "Inari, follow Mizu and grab ahold of her tail..." Akira ordered Inari, who was quick to push off the ground. This sudden movement sent Inari flying into the air and once he was close enough, Inari latched onto Mizu's blue tail. "...now Inari, slam Mizu onto the ground and then end this battle with Scratch!" Akira cried out.
Once his last order was given Inari immediately sent Mizu flying back towards the ground which caused the rodent to receive some damage from the crash and as Inari came descending back to the ground, he slashed his claws across Mizu's body.
Now that Inari had finished his attack he jumped off Mizu's body and back towards Akira, so he could await any other orders that his Master gives him. Though as the seconds ticked by it became clear that Mizu would not be able to battle. Akira was not the only one who saw this and as such Tracey was quick to recall Mizu back into her Pokéball just as the announcer's voice echoed through the Arena.
"Everyone please congratulate Akira Cade for his win in this battle and with this win, Akira has won the tournament. Akira you may come inside the room behind you to claim you prize for winning the tournament." the announcer informed everyone who was within the Arena.
Once the voice of the announcer vanished, Akira was quick to do as he was instructed and made his way towards the door that stood behind him though he was quick to have Inari run up his body so he could sit on top of Akira's shoulder. The trek to the door took less than a minute and pretty soon Akira was pushing his way into the room which revealed that both the Commander as well as Professor were waiting for him inside the room.
The moment that Akira was spotted by them, the Professor started to speak. "Congratulations Akira on winning the tournament. It was an honor watching how you and your Pokémon battled, especially since some of the moves that you used were ones I have never heard of before." Professor Oak informed Akira as he came inside the room.
Hearing that some of the moves that he had his Pokémon use were ones that have never been heard of confused Akira and when he was just about to open his mouth to get an explanation on the subject further, Commander Drachnid started to speak. "We can worry about the moves he used at another time Professor..." Commander Drachnid explained to his older colleague before turning to face Akira once more. "We have brought you here Akira to present you with one of the prizes that you will receive for winning the tournament."
With that said, Akira was lead to a table that held three objects on it and since he was now in front of the table he was able to better examine what each one was. The first item on the table looked to be a case full of multiple different colored stones, while the next item was a small bundle of cash and lastly came a lone piece of paper that upon closer inspection Akira was able to see was a deed to a house with some land on it.
Though each item was of interest to Akira, he knew that he could only choose one and as such he grabbed ahold of the item that could lead him to accomplishing his one and only dream; to have a home. With the prize that Akira had selected he would hopefully be able to accomplish this and as such the deed to this house would be a great start for him.
With the deed still in hand, Akira turned back towards the Commander and the Professor before making his way out of the room so he could go and collect Victor before packing up his belongings and making his way towards his house.
Authors notes: Thank you for everyone who read the latest chapter of the story. This chapter has concluded the tournament with Akira being the winner and the reason I had him select the deed to the property should be one that was easily deducible since he was an orphan who has never had a house of his own before and this would be a good way for him to get one. As always please review and comment about the chapter and the story and I will see you all next time!