Disclaimer: Alright! I don't own pokémon and I probably never will. So don't sue me! The only things I own (at least in this fic) are the characters for Lupusa and Casey, and the plot for this fic. So don't take them! …or I will send my flaming growlithe after you!
Author's note: Words in 's and 's are pokémon speech translated. Words in *'s are thoughts, pokémon or human. *****'s in a row mean that I'm changing the point of view.
Friends to the End
By Ark9
Chapter Six
"Good. The first thing is a race," Misty declared. "We'll see whose pokémon can surf to the other end of the pool and back, the fastest. Oh, and you have to ride your pokémon," she stated in her normal annoying tone. "I will choose my Gyridos, of course!"
"Ok. Wartortle, I choose you!" Ash yelled, calling over his pokémon. With that, Gyridos splashed them all across the pool to the starting point, with his dragon rage attack.
"Ready, Wartortle?" Ash asked.
"WAR!" Yeah!
"You must mean ready to loose, 'cause I'm going to beat ya!" Misty yelled scarcastically.
"Raaaaaaa!"
"We'll see about that!" Ash yelled back.
"Pika! Ready! … Pi! Set! …CHU! GO!"
"And they're off!" an announcer appearing out of the blue yelled. "It seems to be an even match!"
"Wartortle, try to get on the inside!" Ash shouted and then added softly, "but don't make Gyridos mad."
"Tortle!" it said, trying to go but being shoved away by Gyridos. Soon they were coming around the pole at the other side of the pool, when it tried again, and was shoved again. "War! Wartortle!" it cried, slamming into the side of the pool with a tail whip attack.
"Better luck next time!" Misty said, zooming ahead.
"It's ok War—what?!" Ash said startled.
"Blastoise."
"It evolved into a Blastoise!" Misty exclaimed.
"Great! Blastoise, catch up to Misty!" Ash yelled excitedly.
"Blast!" it yelled, and with a start, they narrowed in on Misty and her raging Gyridos.
"The intensity of the match has caused Wartortle to evolve!" the announcer boomed. "and now Blastoise has almost caught up to Gyridos!"
"Ha, ha," Ash laughed. "Not so easy, Misty! We're catching up!"
*Oh, no!*
"It's a photo-finish! Now we are looking at the replay and it looks like Gyridos wins by a nose! It used its body above the water to cross the line first!"
"Way to use your head, Gyridos!" Misty shouted, "Look who's winning the first round, Mr. Pokémon Master!"
"Pika!" Pikachu shouted angrily.
"You might have been lucky the first time but next time you won't be so lucky," Ash shouted, with his old competitive spirit. "Everyone has a specialty. It just picked yours so that you could win!"
Target Practice
"Huh? Well, the next one shouldn't be either of ours' specialty," Misty said. "Come on outside, and I'll show you." They both recalled their pokémon and went outside.
"What are we doing out here?" Ash asked.
"The clay disks come out of this box. All you have to do is to get your pokémon to attack and destroy each disk. I'll go first! Misty calls upon Horsea!"
"Horsea!"
"Fine. As my pokémon, I choose—" Ash started.
"Chika!" Chikorita came out of its pokéball to defend Ash, whom it was a little over-protective of.
"Chikorita? You want to battle for me?" Ash asked. After an affirming "chika," he shouted, "All right! Give it your best shot!"
"Bleep!" the machine sounded, as a disk was sent whirling into the air.
"Horsea, water gun attack!"
"Horsea!" With a squirt of water, the disk was shattered. After that two disks came out at a time, and then three.
"Your turn, Ash!" she said happily.
"Are you ready, Chikorita?" Ash asked.
"Chik-a!"
"Bleep!"
"Razor leaf, now!"
"Reeeee!" it shouted. Soon its leaves had shattered as many disks as Horsea had before.
"Now what?" Ash asked, with a new determination.
"Now it shoots out one disk and whosever pokémon hits it first, wins!" Misty said excitedly. "Pikachu? Will you push the button so that it is as fair as possible so that no one can complain about an advantage."
"Pika!" Sure.
"Pika Ready …Pi Set …"
"It's time to prepare for trouble!"
"We'd like it if you'd make that double!"
"Chu!" What!
"Not them again," Misty said.
"Can you guys come back another time? We're kind of busy right now, which would make it not a good time to try to steal Pikachu," Ash said, not really expecting any effect.
"You mean that they are still trying to get Pikachu?" Misty asked.
"Hey! You didn't let us finish our motto!" Jesse complained, annoyed by their ignoring them.
"This time our plan is perfect!" James said, still in his giddy mood. "Victorybell, go!"
"Heerraaaa!" it shouted and clamped down on James's head.
"Don't attack me, attack them!" James yelled, struggling to get out of Victorybell's, err, stalk?
"I found a flaw in the plan," Meowth stated, annoyed with everything that was going on at once.
"Psy-duck!" Psyduck said, popping out of its pokéball.
"Oh no…" Ash said, looking at the two pokémon who were currently ignoring their trainer's orders. …That is, until Misty yelled at Psyduck long enough to give it a monster headache. But then it turned white instead of the normal blue color that it turned for using psychic energy.
"It evolved into a Golduck," Ash said, looking at Dexter.
"Gol-duck!" it said, using a psychic attack to send team rocket flying to a star in the distance.
"Bye Team Rocket!" Misty said happily. "I can't believe that Psyduck finally evolved!"
"I guess team rocket is good for something every once in a while," Ash said, smiling.
"Wow! Two pokémon evolved in one day. That's amazing!" the announcer boomed, appearing again out of nowhere.
"Pika?" Ready?
"I'm ready," Ash said.
"Let's go!" Misty shouted.
"Bleep!"
"Go Chikorita/Horsea!" they said together, waiting for the disk to be in the right spot, and then for their pokémon to attack and found out which one was the better pokémon.
"What happened? I didn't see it shatter!" Misty said.
"Chikorita pulled it away with a vine whip and now its going to win with something that it couldn't do the last time you saw it!" Ash stated, feeling good about the outcome.
"Oh, you taught it a solarbeam!" Misty said triumphantly. "quick Horsea! Hit it before Chikorita has enough time to build a solar beam!"
"Horsea!" it cried, spitting out another small needle of water.
"KA!" it shouted, once again moving the disk out of its line of fire.
"Fire the solar beam!" Ash yelled excitedly.
"Chiiiiiii kaaaaaaaa!" it shouted, and with a powerful yellow blast, the disk finally broke.
"Great job, Chikorita!" Ash said, petting its head. Chikorita was overjoyed because he was petting her, and jumped in his lap and started rubbing her head against his arm.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu shouted, and jumped on Ash's shoulder.
"On more to go! Pikachu!" Ash shouted, dancing around, and then calmed down. "Chikorita, return!"
"And it's a tie ball game as Ash wins the second round!" the announcer boomed, even louder than before.
"Shut up, before I—" Misty started screaming and then realized that he had disappeared again. "Where'd he go?"
"Who knows, Misty? You don't have to get all worked up about it!" Ash teased. "What's the next one going to be, anyway?"
I choose you, Pokémon!
"The third round will be a double pokémon battle," Misty said. "We can have it on the practice field, but we'll need to wait until tomorrow because it won't open until then. Why don't we just get something to eat and then we can go back to the hotel?" she asked.
"Ok," Ash said, " but first let's drop off our pokémon at the pokémon center. We can pick them up on our way back to the hotel."
"Yeah, how could I forget?" Misty said, feeling very stupid.
*************Back at the Hotel*************
Err…they are both in their own rooms, thinking (for once) about what pokémon they are going to use…
"It's a good thing that pokémon centers feed pokémon!" Ash said. "Because otherwise Gyridos and Tauros would wreck the place, trying to come out to eat their dinner!"
"Pikachu!" Yep!
"Hey, Pikachu! Would you help me win tomorrow? Misty's sure to use Gyridos and your type make you have a huge advantage over it, so if you're quick, you wouldn't get hurt at all."
"Pi…pika" I…can't
"Why not? If it's because you don't want to battle a friend, I understand, but will you do it for me anyway? If we won then Gyridos might realize that the hard training pays off and maybe even stop trying to attack me. Please Pikachu? Won't you help me out?
"Pikachu." I guess so.
"What other pokémon do you think that I should use? Charizard is powerful, but is weak again water-type attacks, and all of Misty's pokémon have water attacks. Grass attacks are strong against water-types, but if she were to use Golduck's Psychic, the poison-type in Bulbasaur would hurt it even more than it hurts you or the other pokémon."
"Pikachu pi? What about Snorlax?
"Snorlax is fine, I guess. It's defense is really good, even if its type doesn't help it or hurt it. It's sure to be a surprise. Tomorrow, we have got to trade Tauros for Snorlax and get registered, ok?"
"Pika!" Ok!
*************Same time, with Misty*************
"Hi, Togepi!" Misty greeted her little egg pokémon.
"Togeprrrrrrii!" Hello!
"What pokémon do you think that I should use in the match tomorrow?" Misty asked.
"Toge?" Match?
"I think that I should definitely use Gyridos because it is the one that has the power to win…"
"Toge!" Yeah!
"But I don't know who else to use…If Ash still battles the same way he did the last time that he battled me, then Bulbasaur is sure to be one of his pokémon, so I shouldn't use Staryu or Starmie, and you are too young to battle, I found out last time, even if Pikachu did sort of lose…"
"Toge?" What did I do wrong?
"That's ok. Horsea has the agility to dodge their attacks, but one hit and it would be over. On the other hand, Golduck's psychic power would be great…if it ever listened to me. But it's a risk that I'll have to take! It's the best chance that I've got to win!" Misty figured.
"Prrrrrrrrriiiii!" Yea!
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AN: Wanna hear the rest? Do you know who will win? Bwa ha ha! Only I will know if you don't review! So go on…I love reviews!