Good evening folks and welcome to the newest issue of Pokémon Takeover: Game Genie! After last week's chapter, we've gotten some interesting sides out of Brendan, Shauna, and Lucas. And knowing that this is the 20th chapter, we're gonna start with the tag tournament; thanks for everything you guys. What's next you ask? I don't know; frankly I didn't think I'd get this far…Let's rumble!
"Now, use Hammer Arm," Brendan yelled. Swampert swung its arms towards Furret, who was able to dodge with slight ease.
"Nice use of Quick Attack, Furret. Now use Giga Impact!" A purple and orange energy surrounded Furret, who was now charging towards Swampert; Swampert readied himself.
He then fired a blast of water to push Furret back with less ease then he was used to. Furret flipped back onto her hind legs, breathing heavily. Brendan smiled and threw two Oran Berries to his Pokémon.
"Great work you two, nobody can stop us in this tournament!" The two Pokémon happily ate the berries; afterwards Furret ran up Brendan's shoulder and began licking his face.
"Haha, hey stop Furret. I thought you were just out of energy!" Brendan said.
Brendan heard footsteps behind him and he turned to see Lucas and Clemont. "What's up guys?"
Clemont spoke, "We were getting some training in before the tournament. Calem likes to train alone, so I'm helping Lucas."
Brendan nodded only to notice Lucas' slightly, uneasy face. Brendan asked Lucas, "What's wrong with you? Something happen with Dawn?"
Lucas sighed, "Yeah, after we all hung out during Valentine's Day, we had a talk; a long one. We decided we were spending too much time together; so we're gonna spend some time apart."
Brendan's eyes widened, "What? You guys broke up?"
Lucas waved his arms back and forth, "No way. We just decided that with all of the tension that we might be going really too fast; after the tournament, things will be back to normal."
Brendan would mock Lucas normally, but for some reasonhe felt the need to hold back, "Eh, whatever you say; you guys will be okay."
Clemont put a hand on Lucas' shoulder, "If you need anything, you know that you can talk to us, right?"
Lucas smiled, "Don't worry guys, I'll be fine. The tournament shouldn't be too long; how long exactly is it supposed to be?"
Clemont fixed his glasses and pulled out a small, metallic like object, "If you want, I can erase your memory of her with my newest invention."
Brendan and Lucas both tightened up, "We're good," they both responded.
Brendan looked back at Clemont, "Does that mean you won't be competing, Clemont?"
Clemont shook his head, "No. Gym leaders don't generally compete in tournaments like this. Trainers need to come find us considering our high stature. Personally, I feel that-"
He was cut off by Brendan, "You don't want to give out badges to people who beat you, do you?"
Clemont hung his head, defeated, "Yeah, pretty much."
Lucas let out a small laugh and then looked at his Pokétch, "Well looks like we better get going; even if we don't happen to be battling first, I definitely want to see who's winning the preliminaries!"
Brendan and Clemont nodded, "Yeah!"
Cue 1st Ever Battle Intro (youtube watch?v=bDokwN3bkr0) (For music)
Lucas and Calem stand back to back; they begin to slide apart into the background. Meanwhile Wally and Ash cheer on Pikachu and Gallade, who are battling; using Iron Tail and Psycho Cut, respectively. Finally Brendan stands behind Swampert and activates his Mega Bracelet; there's a bright flash.
The guys, including Ash speak:
Chapter 20:
Tag Team Classic
The three boys had met up with Calem, Wally, Lisia, and May at the coliseum where the tournament would take place. They looked around at all of the trainers with their Pokémon.
Wally spoke, "Wow, a lot of strong looking trainers; some of them I know, like you guys. Others, not so much."
Brendan sighed, "Well that's on you. It was your idea to have the fans send in submissions," he said while petting Furret, who was nuzzled up on his shoulder.
Wally was about to make a comeback to that when Lisia stepped up, "You know, if I had any idea what you were talking about, I'd be madder at you for getting in Wallypop's face," Lisia said as she rubbed her head into Wally's chest while squeezing the life out of him.
Realizing the bulging eyes on his face; she released him, "Sorry honey," Wally began to pull out his inhaler, but a speeding force came by and knocked him down; a boy about the same age as the group rocketed past them.
"Sorry, gotta keep moving!" he shouted back. Wally was seeing stars, "What just happened," he asked with a dazed look. Suddenly a girl ran up to them, "Did a boy about my height dash past here a couple of seconds ago?"
Everyone nodded, "Yep," they all pointed in the direction the boy went. The girl bowed, "Sorry about Kai; and thanks for telling me-"
Before she could finish her sentence, the girl looked at Brendan's shoulder to see Furret standing on it.
The girl dashed up towards Brendan, "Wow, is that really a Furret?"
Brendan smirked, "Yeah; what you've never seen one before?" he joked.
The girl shook her head with much excitement, "No way, it's so hard to find a Furret in my native region."
Calem had a confused look, "Can't you find a Sentret in Route 6?"
Lucas responded, "Only in the Kalos region."
Calem replied, "We're in Kalos, you mook…Aren't we?"
Brendan pulled out his PokéNav, "Well the map says this island is…in the middle of nowhere…WHERE IN THE HELL ARE WE?!" he shouted loudly.
He looked back to see that Furret was playing with the girl with whom they just spoke with, "Actually I'm from Unova, so Furret are rare for me. Gosh you're just so cute!" she exclaimed.
May giggled, "Yeah Furret's known for being one of the nicer of Brendan's Pokémon; she doesn't attack anyone."
Brendan retorted, "Yeah she's friendly alright." The girl finally calmed down from the excitement to look back at May and Brendan, "Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to become between you two and your Furret; I sometimes get carried away with rare Pokémon owned by couples."
May immediately blushed, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no; we are not a couple. That's for sure!"
Brendan turned his head and looked at her, "Really; eight 'No's'?"
The girl giggled, "By the way, my name's Tori. Hope we get to talk again soon," Tori said while running after her friend.
Lisia smiled, "Well she seemed nice."
Lucas nodded, "Yeah, but let's get to our seats, the first battle is about to start."
The gang headed to their seats along with the rest of the gang.
Dawn sat on one end, but when she saw Lucas leading the group she got nervous, "H-Hey Lisia, wanna sit next to me?"
Lisia had a perplexed look, "Um, sure. But wouldn't you want to sit next to your boyfriend?"
Dawn placed Lisia next to herself, "C'mon, just sit down!"
Lucas sighed and sat behind the girls; and next to his three friends. The spotlight showed on the battlefield.
"Welcome everyone to the Mioto Island Tag Team Turmoil Tournament!" A figure walked into the spotlight; it was revealed to be Steven.
"My name's Steven and alongside my colleague, Zane," Steven pointed towards a younger looking male with black hair sitting at a table, "We will be your commentators. Now for the rules of the preliminaries, each trainer will use one Pokémon. The battle will end when both of the Pokémon on each side have been eliminated; no substitutions or healing of Pokémon will be allowed. Let's begin with the first match; it's Emma Donnelly and Duncan Allonso vs Mordecai and Barry Jun!"
Ash, Dawn, and Lucas yelled in shock, "Barry?!"
Suddenly two ends of the coliseum began to shake. After a few moments, two blocks rose, one on each side; one had two trainers around average height and blonde hair. The other had a familiar booking boy with a scarf and a taller looking boy who with short blue hair.
Lucas' eyes widened, "Huh? That really is Barry!" Shauna looked at Lucas, "You know this guy?" Lucas nodded, "Yeah, we were neighbors as kids; until my family moved to Sandgem Town. We kind of lost contact after that; doubt he even remembers me."
Emma and Duncan looked at their opponents and spoke, "Let's do this Duncan," Emma said.
She began to twirl a Fast ball on her left index finger, blinked her left eye twice and threw the ball. "Let's go Jolteon!" A Jolteon was released from the ball; it growled intensely.
Serena spoke, "Wow, first Calem, then Brendan, May, and now this Emma girl? Lot of Eevee evolutions huh?"
Brendan turned towards Serena, "Don't you have an Eevee? Or was this written too late?" Nobody answered, "Oh so nobody knows huh? You guys are the worst."
Duncan then threw his Poké ball, "Kingdra, Dragon Defenses!" A Kingdra was released, it huffed proudly.
Barry then posed next to Mordecai who appeared to remain motionless. "Let's go Mordecai. You ready; I'm gonna fine you if we don't win!" he said energetically.
Mordecai simply looked at Barry, turned towards the battlefield and threw the Poké ball. The ball opened and released a Mightyena.
Barry then threw a ball releasing a familiar looking Empoleon.
"Begin!" the referee exclaimed.
"Jolteon, Pin Missile!" Emma said. Jolteon fired a storm of yellow needles towards the opposing Pokémon.
"Empoleon, Steel Wing to protect you guys," Barry proclaimed. Empoleon's wings began to glow white and it swung them at the needles; smashing them to pieces.
"Kingdra, Smokescreen! And afterwards use Bubblebeam," Duncan stated.
Kingdra inhaled and blew smoke out of its snout; the smoke enveloped the opposing Pokémon on the battlefield. Kingdra then shot a barrage of bubbles towards Mightyena.
Mordecai simply waved his arm to the side; Mightyena leaped into the air, thus avoiding the bubbles, and shot multiple Shadow Balls; they all landed on Jolteon and Kingdra.
"Jolteon are you okay?" Emma asked.
Jolteon stood up weakly and nodded. "To think that he didn't say a single word, yet Mightyena knew what to do; this guy must be incredible."
Mordecai simply sighed.
Barry spoke, "Oh c'mon; say something will ya? We're winning!"
Mordecai simply looked at Barry and pointed at Mightyena who used Fire Fang on Kingdra, which ended up causing more damage than it should have due to typing disadvantage.
With the Group
"That guy is so freaky. He just stands there and makes motions; weird," Serena said.
Ash then spoke, "Yeah but to be honest, he's really good. Might be someone to look out for in this tournament. But as long as you're supporting me, I'll be fine."
Serena began to get flustered, "W-W-What? D-Does that mean that you and I could finally-"
Brendan interrupted, "Ash does have a point. He's good, but definitely unique with his silence."
Calem spoke, "…There's something about this guy I like."
Everyone deadpanned, "You don't say?"
Brendan laughed, but stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder; he turned to see Serena have a sinister look on her face.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked.
Serena then tightened her grip on Brendan's shirt, "YOU INTERRUPTED OUR MOMENT!" she yelled as she threw Brendan out of the coliseum.
"OH COME ON; I'M NOT EVEN SAFE FROM MY OWN STORY," Brendan yelled as he twinkled out of sight.
At the Battlefield
"Empoleon, Hydro Cannon! Blow 'em away!" Barry yelled. Empoleon opened its mouth and fired a ball of water at Jolteon, who remained calm.
"Jolteon, Discharge!/Kingdra, Hydro Pump!" Emma and Duncan yelled respectively. Jolteon let the electricity flow through its body and fired it at the ball of water.
Kingdra fired a blast of water at the now electric ball and pushed it back at Empoleon; who had to recharge and thus was hit by the ball and water.
Empoleon's body was hit with both water and electricity as it cried out in pain. After a few more seconds, the electricity stopped, and Empoleon fainted.
"Empoleon, no!" Barry screamed
Mightyena simply sat down and began scratching its ear.
Emma and Duncan sweatdropped; Duncan spoke, "So, does it even care it's outnumbered?" Mordecai simply shrugged.
Emma shook it off and spoke, "Anyways, Jolteon Wild Charge!" Jolteon covered itself in electricity and dashed towards Mightyena.
Mightyena charged towards Jolteon with an Iron Tail ready; the two were running towards each other.
But as soon as they were about to connect, Jolteon jumped over Mightyena; surprising it, along with the audience.
As Mightyena looked at Jolteon, Kingdra fired a Hydro Pump at Mightyena. Mightyena tried to dodge, but was pushed back by the water.
After finally shaking off the attack, Mightyena saw Jolteon continue to fall towards it; its body still coursing with electricity; it had accepted its fate.
Mightyena was hit head on with the Wild Charge, after a few moments, Mightyena collapsed.
The referee declared, "Mightyena and Empoleon are unable to battle; Kingdra and Jolteon win. The victors are Emma and Duncan!"
"We did it!" Emma said while hugging Duncan.
Duncan posed with his fist out, "Yeah, great work you guys!" he said to the Pokémon.
Back with the group
"Wow, upset win, huh?" Dawn said.
"Looks like it; never seen those trainers before, still a great battle!" Shauna exclaimed.
Lisia nodded, "Hey, has anyone seen Brendan?"
The boys looked up and saw a twinkle; after that they saw Brendan hurdling towards them at an incredible speed.
Lucas looked at everyone, "You know, if he dies, this story loses part of the plot, right?"
Calem sighed and released Espeon from its Poké ball; its eyes glowed blue and it caught Brendan with Psychic.
It lowered him to about 5 feet above the ground and released her hold. Brendan landed flat on his face.
"Thank you, Espeon." he said in a muffled voice. Espeon purred up against Brendan.
"Have fun?" Serena asked with an evil smile.
"You are so dead." Brendan replied right before standing up.
Before Serena could retort, a girl about Calem's height (A/N: So a little taller than everyone else.) approached them.
She had long black hair, many curl in her hair, tan skin, and wore a white sequin dress with a leather jacket. She also carried a microphone and was followed by a cameraman.
"Calem, Lucas, you will be next to compete in the tournament; any comments to your opponents?"
Calem spoke into the microphone, "We're not taking our opponents for granite. We fight to win; nobody can stop us," he said calmly.
Lucas jumped in, "That's right, it took some convincing, but I've finally got the perfect partner; we go together like catfish and grape jelly." Everyone looked groaned in disgust.
Lucas continued, "And we're gonna go all the way in this tournament! Since we poppin', there ain't no stoppin'…"
Lucas then pulled at a rally towel that spelled, "CaLucas". "CaLucas," he finished.
Everyone looked at the towel, "CaLucas," they asked in a curious tone.
Lucas nodded, "Yeah, our names combined."
Clemont shook his head, "And you guys same I have bad names.
Lucas continued, "It's our team name; don't you guys have one?"
Wally and Lisia nodded, "Altaria Ascension," they immediately high fived without looking.
"Okay, what about you guys," he said looking at Ash and Serena.
Serena spoke, "Velvet Thunder."
"Damn that's a cool name; what about you and May, Brendan," Lucas asked.
May looked at Brendan, "Why don't you tell them," May said to Brendan.
Brendan smiled and spoke, "BAMF. It's an acronym."
"What does it stand for," everyone else asked.
Trevor spoke, "Bad Ass-"
Bonnie snapped her fingers, "Mother F-"
Clemont got flustered, "Watch your mouth, Bonnie!"
Brendan shook his head, "No; we are the Brendan and May Factor!"
Everyone's eyes widened; they soon began to golf clap. Brendan and May curtsied and bowed respectively (A/N: I know what I wrote.).
Dawn finally spoke, "I like Lucas' team name."
Lucas turned to her, "R-Really?"
Dawn giggled, "Yeah, it's cute. Lucas, just because we're not spending as much time together, doesn't mean I still don't like you."
Lucas' eyes widened, "So…we're good?"
Dawn giggled, grabbed Lucas' shoulders and planted a kiss on his lips. "Of course we are, baby."
She and the rest of the gang left for snacks; leaving the main four to themselves.
Calem spoke, "So you guys are good?" Lucas nodded and smiled.
Wally asked, "What's are team name?"
Brendan replied, "The Drifters."
Calem turned, "I thought we were the Voice Associates."
Lucas added, "No, we're the Social Outcasts!"
Wally groaned, "Good lord, what've I done?"
Lucas then checked his Pokétch, "Uh, oh. Looks like Sun and Moon are the next games; and from the looks of things the next movie won't have any of us in it; boss just messaged me."
The boys turned to Lucas; Calem spoke, "So essentially everything we've been doing in this story may have ultimately led to nothing?"
The boys looked down at their own feet, a little bit saddened by the news; there was a long awkward silence.
"Happy 20th you guys…" Brendan said somberly.
A/N: And the first battle is complete! Thank you for your submissions! *Removes metaphorical glasses* Seriously, you guys have made this journey so much fun. The fact that I have people submit ideas and people that review every chapter, warms my heart. You guys truly rock!... This week's questions are what do you guys want most from Pokémon Moon and Sun? Personally I would like a different element for the story rather than the usual formula. Also (mainly for my ego) what's your favorite thing about this story: whether it's the fourth wall jokes, Brendan and May's ongoing feud, or even the battle styles, there has to be some reason you keep coming back (besides boredom.) Let me know in the reviews; tune in and peace out!
P.S.: Check out the character bios I did for our four heroes! They're not too shabby.
Big Tasty 3:16 says:
That's called Sokka Style; learn it!
