Welcome rangers to the next level of Pokémon Takeover Game Genie! So sorry for the long break guys; since I care about my grades for some reason, I promised myself I wouldn't work on this for a week after the last chapter to focus on finals. And then I had some family vacation stuff to do rather than work on this, but now I'm back full force! Thank you for your patience. It's the last battle of the first round of the tag tournament; let's see who comes out on top (if you can't figure out who, you need to find another story.) Let's go; to the Mystery Mobile.
"What was she talking about?" Lucas thought. "Dawn was acting really differently when she showed up. Man this makes my head hurt."
"You okay," Trevor asked obviously worried about his friend. Lucas shook off his distracted look and responded.
"Y-Yeah I'm good, just thinking about something."
Tierno raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure? If you need anything, we're here."
Lucas smiled, "Yeah I'll be fine." He then looked towards Dawn who was sitting next to him. When they locked eyes, she blushed and quickly turned away.
"I-I'm sorry," Dawn said. Lucas sighed and turned to the battlefield. Shauna looked over at the two.
"Poor Lucas," she said with sadness in her voice.
Calem looked at Shauna and thought to himself, "She's so concerned with them; even though they have nothing to do with her. What's with her?"
Calem then chuckled, "That's just like you Shauna," he said.
Shauna turned to Calem with confusion, "What do you mean Calem?"
Calem answered, "Even if you have no business with something, you still think of some way to fix it. The problem could be helpless, yet you still try to insert yourself."
Shauna sweatdropped, "Oh, I-I get it," she said with some sadness in her voice.
Serena punched Calem in the arm, "Why would you say that to her," she whispered to her emotionally, damaged friend.
Calem raised an eyebrow at his childhood friend in confusion.
"HEY! Stop developing your characters and let us battle!" Brendan yelled.
Cue 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 23:
It's Only Round One?!
"Mareep, spotlight," May called as she released her blue sheep-like Pokémon.
Brendan raised an eyebrow, "Wow, Mareep must be new."
May nodded while still focusing on Drew, "I caught her yesterday; I thought to go with her considering if her electric attacks light up the battlefield, your Flygon won't get hurt since it's a ground type."
Brendan had a concerned look on his face, "As impressed as I am by that, what's gotten into-"
"Roserade, let's go," Drew yelled as he released his bouquet Pokémon.
"Banette, come out darling," Harley commanded as he released his ghost Pokémon.
"Begin," the referee yelled.
"Roserade, Sludge Bomb," Drew yelled. Roserade shot blobs of poison towards Mareep.
Brendan spoke up, "Flygon fly in front and protect-"
"Mareep, Thunder Shock," May shouted.
Mareep charged up the electricity in her body and fired a jolt at the sludge; destroying them.
"Wha-What are you so intense about?" Brendan asked in confusion.
"Mareep, use Iron Tail on Bannette," May commanded. Mareep's tail began to glow white and soon turned silver as it charged towards and swung at Banette.
"So sad; Bannette, use Return," Harley said. Banette smashed its body into Mareep; sending her to the end of the battlefield; she was panting mildly.
"May stop! I don't know your past with these two; but you won't beat them hastily; we need to have each other's backs." Brendan said.
May gave him an annoyed look; "What do you know?"
Brendan answered, "I know you want to beat the flower enthusiast and his cosplaying lover; if we lose, imagine holding that over your head.
May continued to look at her partner; even if Brendan was pain in the neck, she knew when he was right.
She sighed, "What do you need," she asked.
Brendan replied, "Just work as a unit; we win this together." He gave her a thumbs up and his trademark smirk.
May nodded, "Right, let's do it!" she said with newly found confidence. "Mareep, Signal Beam on Banette."
"Flygon, Dragon Rush on Roserade," Brendan stated.
Flygon surrounded itself in a dragon-like aura and launched itself towards the opposing Roserade, while the ball on Mareep's tail began to glow white as she fired a rainbow-colored beam towards Banette.
Banette easily dodged the beam and knocked Mareep back with another Return attack; Mareep slid back and looked like she was about to collapse.
"Hmph, too easy! Petal Dance, Roserade!" Drew said with swagger. Roserade nodded and began to spin rapidly and sent a barrage of petals towards Flygon.
Flygon continued to fly and collided with the petals; even with the protective aura, Flygon was still taking quite a bit of damage from the petals.
"Keep going Flygon," Brendan said. He was starting to get worried here; it the cuts on Flygon were surely going to be a problem for his Pokémon. He began to think of a plan; suddenly he got one.
"Flygon, spin," Brendan commanded.
"Gon?" Flygon asked with confusion.
"Trust me," Brendan reassured.
Flygon listened to her trainer and began to spin while still charging forward. With more and more time, Flygon began to increase in speed; she began to flap her wings and a mystical tone began to play. Wind began to blow around the battlefield; as the wind blew, it began to pick the dirt off of the battlefield and surround the dragon-like aura; thus creating a sand dragon.
"Huh? What is that?" Drew asked in astonishment.
"W-Well I certainly didn't see this coming," Harley said with a sense of panic in his voice.
"Wow," May said with awe in her voice.
Brendan smirked, "Well Flygon isn't called 'The Desert Spirit' for nothing."
Flygon, now covered in a desert-like dragon aura, flew through the petals, and crashed into Roserade.
"Roserade," Drew yelled. Roserade was about to collapse due to the damage but somehow found its footing.
"Not bad; you might actually have some talent," Harley said while smirking.
Brendan laughed, "You've seen nothing yet; right guys?" he asked confidently as he raised his arms with the ribbons attached.
"Gon," Flygon confirmed while panting slightly.
"Reep," Mareep nodded.
May smiled and began to think, "Wow, he's so confident; even if a little too much. He almost reminds me of…"
Flashback Starts (10 Years Earlier)
There is a little girl with brown hair in a forest. She is up against a tree and she is surrounded by about five or six Ninjasks. The Ninjask were slowly floating towards her.
"Aieeh!" the girl screamed while cowering in fear from the Ninjask.
Suddenly a small rock came from the opposing bushes and hit one of the Ninjasks. It grew angry and turned towards the bushes along with the others. They turned to see a brunette boy; about the same age as the girl. He smiled.
"Wow scaring little girls; that's just sad for you guys," the boy said.
The Ninjasks glared at the boy at flew after him as he ran off into the bushes.
The girl looked around and attempted to get up, but she sat down due to the cut on her leg.
"Are you okay," the boy asked as he came back. The girl tried getting up again but the boy stopped her.
"It's okay; here." The boy pulled out some spray from his backpack and used on the girl's leg; the girl winced some at the pain.
"Sorry; it's the only spray I have," the boy put a Band-Aid on the girl's leg.
The girl smiled, "Wow, that feels a lot better; thanks….Hm? What is it?" she asked, noticing the boy staring in her eyes.
"Wow…you're really pretty…" the boy said with a small amount of blush on his face.
The girl immediately blushed back; hiding her face in her hands afterwards. She slowly began to stand up, but still found it hard to walk.
The boy then picked her up and put the girl on his back.
She yelped, "Wha-What are you doing?"
The boy began to walk, "I can't just leave you here; those Ninjasks are dangerous. Plus, a hero needs to protect people; especially if they aren't able to protect themselves." He turned his head and smiled at the girl; before continuing to walk.
The girl was about to speak up but decided against it; she blushed and buried her head into his back.
Flashback Ends (Present)
"Well you're both pretty cocky, so there's that," May said aloud.
Brendan raised an eyebrow, "Huh? You say something?"
May stuttered, "N-Nothing! J-Just thinking about something else! Mareep, Signal Beam again!"
Mareep nodded and fired the rainbow beam at Roserade for a direct hit.
"Rose!" Roserade cried as it slid on the ground thanks to the impact; it got up once again.
"Not bad," Drew said with some disdain in his voice. "Magical Leaf!"
Roserade fired multiple leaves towards Flygon and Mareep; each leave cut the Pokémon; damaging them immensely.
"Good work; now Banette, use Shadow Ball," Harley cried. Banette fired a barrage of dark orbs towards Flygon and Mareep; the orbs connected with our two heroes Pokémon, causing massive damage. Both Pokémon fell.
"Mareep, no!" May shouted.
"No, Flygon!" Brendan exclaimed.
"Is that really the best you and your little boyfriend can do," Harley laughed, while May, Brendan, and surprisingly Drew glared at him.
"There's no way I can lose here; they would never let me live it down if I lost this early," May thought.
"I'm a champion, I'll be a laughingstock if I lose here," Brendan thought.
Back in the Audience
"Don't tell me they're gonna lose, Clemont," Bonnie said.
"This certainly isn't good," Clemont stated worriedly.
"Is there anything we can say to help them out," Lisia asked.
"YOU CAN DO IT MAY!" Ash yelled.
"YEAH, SHOW 'EM BRENDAN!" Tierno and Trevor yelled.
Wally shook his head, "That won't work; we'll have to try something else,"
Lucas stood up, "Yeah; negative reinforcement: HEY BRENDAN, IF YOU LOSE THIS BATTLE, THE THREE OF US ARE KICKING OUT OF THE GROUP AND REPLACING YOU WITH ASH!"
"NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE'LL MAKE YOU WATCH SCHOOL DAYS," Calem added.
Back on the Battlefield
"OH HELL NO!" Brendan shouted with fire in his eyes. He began to twirl his arms and by proxy, the ribbons in a strange, circular motion. At last, he got down on one knee and stretched his harms behind his back.
"Flygon, come on; you can do it, girl," he said.
Flygon opened her eyes and slowly began to get up and flap her wings.
"That's my dragon," Brendan said proudly.
"Mareep, we trained hard for this; if Brendan won't give up, neither can we," May cheered.
Mareep slowly began to rise and smirk.
"Reep," it cried proudly before standing up and suddenly, it began to glow white.
"Huh?" May said in shock.
"Whoa, you're Mareep is evolving," Brendan said with a smile.
Mareep continued to glow, until it began to stretch out its body and stand on its hind legs. Not only that, but most of the wool on its body began to disappear and finally the glowing stopped.
The new Pokémon was a pink sheep with less wool than Mareep and the ball on its tail was blue instead of yellow.
"Flaaffy," it cried happily.
May gasped, "Wow; Mareep evolved into Flaaffy," she said while pulling out her Pokédex:
"Flaaffy, the wool Pokémon, and the evolved form of Mareep. Even if it charges too much electricity, its rubbery skin provides protection for it. It can attack by firing electrified hairs at its opponents," the Pokédex read aloud.
"How hard have you guys been training," Brendan asked; he was actually somewhat impressed.
"Well that's not good," Drew admitted.
"Please, this is nothing we can't handle," Harley said smugly.
Drew huffed, "Why did I let you partner with me?"
May smiled, "And it learned Charge and Thunderbolt; let's do this! Flaaffy, use Signal Beam,"
Flaaffy let out a cry and fired the beam from its mouth towards the Roserade and Banette; the beam was much more powerful this time around.
"Dodge," both Harley and Drew exclaimed.
The two Pokémon dodged somewhat easily, but Flygon flew in close to them.
"Sand Tomb, Flygon," Brendan commanded.
Flygon flapped her wings and sent a powerful tornado towards the two airborne Pokémon; trapping them in a vortex. The vortex was intense, but Roserade and Banette broke out of it.
"Solarbeam, Roserade" Drew commanded. Roserade began absorbing sunlight and slowly focus in on Flygon.
"Banette, blast them with Psychic," Harley commanded. Banette eyes glowed blue and it sent out a blue wave of energy towards its opponents. Afterwards, Roserade unleashed the solarbeam; the two beams combined and formed a powerful attack.
"This isn't looking good…" May said worriedly.
Brendan noticed May's expression; she couldn't let her lose to these obnoxious rivals; "May, let's push back," he spoke.
May nodded, "Yeah I got your back; let's combine our power! Flaaffy, use Charge!" Flaaffy began to spark and manifest the electricity in its body.
"Now use Dragon Rage to counter their attack," Brendan exclaimed.
"Now get on Flygon's back, Flaaffy," May said with confidence.
Brendan raised an eyebrow as the Pokémon followed their trainers' orders, "What is she planning?" he thought to himself.
Flygon created another dragon-like aura and smashed itself against the powerful beam attack; there was a struggle, and even though Flygon had gotten a second wind, she still didn't feel like she could win this battle.
"Looks like this one's over," Drew said with arrogance.
May smiled, "Please; this one might be over, but it's not going the way you think! Flaaffy, use Thunderbolt on yourself and Flygon!"
"WHAT?!" the three boys on the battlefield yelled in confusion.
Flaaffy cried out and unleashed a bolt of electricity onto the dragon aura; after a few moments the dragon aura turned yellow rather than blue; the electricity from the attack was coursing through the aura.
"Wha-What the…" Drew said in shock.
"…Okay, color me impressed," Harley said with an equal amount of shock.
May then did a cute pose, "I put a shock to your system,"
Brendan's eyes widened at this comment, "…I…you…"
He then recovered and smiled, "A large, powerful, electric dragon…only one attack matches that…BAO ZAKERUGA," he finally shouted.
The electric dragon pushed the beam back while continuing to fly through it; finally crashing into the two opposing Pokémon; causing a field of smoke and electricity. When the field cleared, Roserade and Banette were unconscious.
The referee spoke, "Roserade and Banette are unable to battle; Flygon and Flaaffy win. The victors are Brendan and May; BAMF!"
The crowd roared with approval for the winning teams; many stood and applauded.
"Incredible," Steven announced. "This was one heck of a battle; I simply loved the teamwork displayed between both teams!"
Zane nodded, "I was a little worried about BAMF's chemistry in the beginning, but it's nice to see that they were able to turn things around! Remember folks: round two will take place soon! We'll be giving our trainers and their Pokémon more time to train; stay tuned for round two!"
Brendan was celebrating, "Awesome, we won," he said with pride. He then walked up to Flygon and hugged her head. "Flygon, as usual you were incredible; thanks for a great job!"
"Flygon," she said while rubbing her head into her trainer's chest.
May picked up Flaaffy and hugged her new Pokémon, "You were amazing, Flaaffy! Thank you!"
"Flaaffy," Flaaffy responded before being returned by May.
Drew walked up to May and spoke, "Wow…for somebody like you…you actually did really well."
May giggled, "Hey thanks; it was a really fun battle."
Drew continued, "By the way, there was something that I wanted to talk to you about."
May was confused, "Huh? What is it?"
Brendan then walked over to where his friends were sitting and climbed onto Flygon's back as she ascended to their level.
"So you're disappointed you can't replace me," Brendan said with a smirk.
Serena laughed, "Nope, nice job…shipper." As she said this everyone else laughed.
Brendan spoke after his smile disappeared, "So you told them," he asked his three main friends.
Wally smiled, "What can I say? Having a girlfriend has given me a confidence boost."
Brendan then had an evil chuckle, "You know, Flygon still has her Hyper Beam."
The whole group froze in fear, "S-Sorry; you win," they all said except for Calem who didn't take the idle threat seriously.
"I always do," Brendan responded as he was being lowered to the ground by Flygon; after he returned her, he approached May.
"Hey great job today, that was an awesome tag battle," May exclaimed.
Brendan gave her a thumbs up, "Yeah, you had me worried there when Flaaffy was on Flygon's back. But it worked out really well."
May held her head down, "But I'm sorry that I lost my cool in the beginning,"
"May it's-" Brendan started.
"I just get so different when I have to battle those guys. I just wanted to win against them so badly that I got reckless; sorry."
Brendan smiled and put a hand on May's shoulder, "Hey we won; that's what matters! Plus I know how you feel; I have a few people like that myself; no sweat!"
May smiled and nodded, "Yeah, nobody can stop the Brendan and May Factor!"
Brendan chuckled, "So even though it's kind of late, I'm gonna go hang out with our group and get some late-night training in. Are you coming?"
May spoke, "Well actually, I talked to Drew afterwards and he asked me to go get a late snack and catch up. It's been a while since we've talked; is that cool?"
Brendan's smile dropped slowly before answering, "Oh…y-yeah that's cool. Totally…I'll tell everyone the news."
"Sweet; thanks! Later Brendan," May said as she walked to where Drew was.
Brendan turned around and began to walk out of the coliseum; he began to head to the backyard of the Pokémon Center that he was staying at. He was staring at the ground for the majority of the time, and unfortunately, he smashed into the person facing him.
"S-sorry," he said.
"You know they don't literally mean 'keep your eyes on the road'," the other boy said arrogantly.
Brendan glared at the boy, "Buddy, I am really not in the mood tonight,"
The boy laughed, "Wow, you'd think a winner would have a little more spirit than that."
Brendan continued, "You really don't know how to charm people do you? Who are you anyways?"
The boy spoke with cockiness in his voice, "My name's Jayden; Jay for short. Me and my tag partner Jaysen advanced to round two in the tag tournament,"
Brendan scratched his head,"…Never heard of you,"
Jay collapsed anime-style, "Wh-What? I'm the greatest trainer on this island and you haven't heard of me?"
Brendan continued to think, "Oh that's right, you were the ones who beat those four year olds."
Jay yelled back, "They were FIVE."
Brendan continued, "Yeah well either way, your ego is way too big for you," he said while walking away.
Jay growled and yelled back, "Oh, yeah; look who's talking!"
A Few Minutes Later
Brendan arrived at the Pokémon Center and saw his friends in the lobby. He headed to the front desk to heal his Flygon and afterwards he began to head to his room.
Before get could open the door, Bonnie and Shauna stopped him.
"Where are you going Brendan," Bonnie asked.
Shauna added, "Yeah, we thought we were all gonna hang out."
Brendan sighed, "Yeah well, May had something else to do and I'm gonna get some rest."
Shauna was confused, "Brendan are you okay-"
"I'm fine," he said quickly before going in his room and closing the door.
Brendan put his Poké balls on his desk. He then got on the bed; and looked up at the ceiling while he was lying down.
"…She can hang out with competition…then why does it bother me so much," he asked aloud to himself.
A/N: Another chapter complete. Again, so sorry for the wait; I'd like to think the Static Shock and Zatch Bell references helped some! Review, follow, and favorite as usual! This week's questions are, what starter in Sun and Moon are you going to get? I'm going with Poplio; wasn't a fan at first, but now I like the design. And secondly, who do you want to see return to Pokémon? Besides Brock, I'd like to see some of the Pokémon Rangers return; maybe Solana and get a debuting Lunick. Keep submitting anime and cartoons for the crossover special, and also, if any of you are good with drawing or those MMD projects; please let me know! Would love to get a new picture or something for this story; you will be credited and in my heart forever! Talk to you guys later; bye!
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