Chapter Twenty-Nine: Round Seven
Ash has been thinking about the way he has been acting lately and has realized what a jerk he has been to his friends. He is currently in Misty and Brock's hotel heading toward their room to apologize.
Ash: This was a good idea, Pikachu. I just hope I haven't pushed them away too much.
Pikachu: Pikachu.
Ash: This is the room the guy at the desk said that Gary Oak was staying in.
(He knocks on the door. Nobody answers the door.)
Ash: He said that they hadn't left yet.
(His pokedex starts to glow and sends out a small electric pulse that disables the lock. Ash walks into the room.)
Ash: Misty? Gary? I've been thinking about how I've been treating you guys lately. I've been acting like a big jerk ever since we got back from the Digital World. I just wanted to come see you guys and say that I'm ...
(He reaches the main part of the room and sees Gary and Misty asleep on the bed together. They are wrapped in each other's arms.)
Ash: What the hell is going on here!?
(Both of them start to wake up slowly. They are startled to see Ash standing in front of them.)
Misty: Ash?! What are you doing here?
Ash: What am I doing here?! Apparently I'm discovering the steamy life of You and Gary!
Gary: Ash, calm down. We weren't doing anything wrong. We just fell asleep on the bed.
Ash: Shut up, you bastard!
(He leaps onto Gary in the bed and starts to punch him.)
Gary: Get off of me, Ash. I don't want to fight you.
Misty: Get off of him, Ash!
Ash: How about some help, Pikachu?
Pikachu: PikaCHUUUU!
(He uses thundershock on both of them and stops the fight.)
Ash: What was that for, Pikachu?
Misty: Pikachu did it because he realizes how idiotic you're being. If you want to fight Gary, then get to the final round. That's where he'll be.
Ash: Fine. And when I get there, I'll kick you're ass.
Gary: Hah, you think that you can beat me in a pokemon battle?
Misty: Gary hasn't lost a single pokemon yet.
Ash: Whatever. Let's go, Pikachu.
GARY'S BATTLE...
Announcer: THIS IS A SEVENTH ROUND BATTLE BETWEEN GARY OAK AND BILL RUSSELL. EACH TRAINER MUST USE SIX POKEMON. THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINAL MATCH.
Gary: This is it. My future rides on this battle.
Referee: Trainers, select your six pokemon.
Bill: Cloud Piercer! Alpha Wing! Night Stalker! Earth Crusher! Electrolord! Hyperstar!
(Pidgeot, Dragonite, Gengar, Steelix, Ampharos, and Starmie appear on the field.)
Gary: Umbreon! Nidoking! Arcanine! Hitmontop! Kingler! Dodrio! GO!
(All six appear on the field.)
Referee: Trainers, send in your first pokemon!
Bill: You're up, Alpha Wing!
(Dragonite flies over to the center.)
Gary: What do I have that could beat a Dragonite? Nidoking, I guess I'll use you.
(Nidoking walks over to the center.)
Nidoking: Doooo!
Referee: This match is between Bill Russell's Dragonite and Gary Oak's Nidoking. They may not be recalled. Begin!
Bill: Use water gun!
Alpha Wing: Duuu!
(He fires a water gun at Nidoking.)
Gary: Block it with your tail!
Nidoking: Doooo!
(He swings his tail around to block the attack.)
Bill: Alpha Wing, get into the air!
Alpha Wing: duuuuU!
(He starts to fly.)
Gary: If Umbreon were out there, I could get him to fly. Nidoking, just wait for him to make the next move!
Bill: Alpha Wing! Use your wing attack!
Alpha Wing: Wuuuuu!
(He dives down at Nidoking and extends his wings. Nidoking manages to grab hold of one and is dragged along the stadium's ground. He weighs down Dragonite and exhausts him. Nidoking is not badly hurt due to his thick hyde.)
Gary: Tackle it!
Nidoking: Doooo!
(He charges at Dragonite and tackles him into the water.)
Bill: Use your dragon rage, Alpha Wing!
Alpha Wing: Duuuu!
(He fires a hyper beam at Nidoking. It hurts Nidoking badly, but not enough to faint him. Alpha Wing takes a moment to rest.)
Gary: Now, use horn drill!
Nidoking: Kinnnngg!
(His horn starts spinning as he charges at Alpha Wing.)
Bill: Get out of the way!
Alpha Wing: Duuuuu!
(He is too exhausted to fly away. Nidokig hit him in the stomach and Alpha Wing is knocked out.)
Referee: Dragonite is out of the match. Victory goes to Nidoking! Recall your pokemon!
Misty: It took Ash for Pokemon before he could beat the Orange Island gym leader's Dragonite.
Gary: Which defeated it?
Misty: Pikachu did.
Gary: Great. His electric mouse can beat a Dragonite and it takes me a Nidoking.
Misty: But he had to use three others to wear it down.
Referee: Send in your next pokemon!
Gary: Hitmontop go!
Bill: A tiny hitmontop. Go Earth Crusher!
Earth Crusher: Yeeeeee!
Referee: This match is between Bill Russell's Steelix and Gary Oak's Hitmontop. Begin!
Earth Crusher: Yeeeee!
(He dives at Hitmontop.)
Gary: Move!
Hitmontop: Montop!
(He jumps out of the way and onto Earth Crusher's back.)
Bill: Get him off of you!
Earth Crusher: Yeeee!
(He tries to spin his back and get Hitmontop off, but he can't)
Gary: Make this quick, Hitmontop. Use triple kick on his head.
Hitmontop: Mon top! Top! Top!
(He keeps spinning and kicking Steelix's head, which hurts him a lot.)
Gary: Now Finnish it with your mega kick!
Hitmontop: Hitmontop!
(He kicks Earth Crusher once more in the head and knocks him out.)
Referee: Very impressive. Steelix is out of the match. Recall your pokemon and send in the next!
Gary: Go Dodrio!
Dodrio: Ah Ah Ah!
(He runs to the center.)
Bill: Go Hyperstar!
Referee: This match is between Gary Oak's Dodrio and Bill Russell's Starmie. Begin!
Bill: Hyperstar, get into the water!
Hyperstar: Duuuuu!
(He jumps into the water.)
Gary: Wait Dodrio.
Bill: Use water gun!
(Hyperstar pops out of the water and sprays water at Dodrio.)
Gary: Agility and drill peck!
Dodrio: Ah ah ah!
(He dashes to the other side of Hyperstar and drill pucks him on the side.)
Bill: No! Hyperstar, are you okay?
Hyperstar: Duuuu!
Bill: Good, now...
Dodrio: Ah ah ah!
(He fires a swift attack at Hyperstar.)
Gary: Now use tri attack!
Dodrio: Ah! Ah! Ah!
(Three beams of energy unite and fire at Starmie. He is knocked out.)
Referee: Starmie is out of the match. Victory goes to Dodrio! Recall these pokemon and send in your next. If Bill looses this match, the round goes to Gary Oak.
Bill: Electrolord, I choose you!
Gary: Arcanine go!
Referee: This match is between Gary Oak's Arcanine and Bill Russell's Ampharos. Begin!
Bill: Thunder!
Gary: Extreme speed!
Arcanine: Arc!
(He dashes at Electrolord and knocks him into the water. Electrolord uses thunderbolt in the water and knocks himself out.)
Referee: That was a quick match, in which Gary Oak was the winner! Gary Oak now moves on to the final match of the Johto League!
Gary: I did it!
Misty: As if there were ever a doubt.
(She jumps onto the platform and gives him a long kiss.)
ASH'S BATTLE...
Ash: Gary's gonna die. Gary's gonna die. Gary's gonna die.
Brock: Shut up, Ash. You've been saying that all day. What happened this morning?
Ash: Gary's gonna die.
(He climbs onto the platform continuing to say that.)
Announcer: THIS IS A SEVENTH ROUND MATCH BETWEEN ASH KETCHUM AND MANDY GARRISON. EACH TRAINER MUST USE SIX POKEMON.
Referee: Trainers, release your six pokemon.
Mandy: Vegeta! Gizmo! Cell! Shenron! Daisy! Mr. T!
(Typhlosion, Persian, Sudowoodo, Gyarados, Pikachu, and Scyther appear on the field.)
Ash: Gary's gonna die.
(He throws his five pokeballs. Charizard, Ivysaur, Wartortle, Pidgeot, and Snorlax appear.)
Referee: The six pokemon have been selected. Send in your first pokemon.
Mandy: Mr. T go!
Mr. T: Scytha!
Ash: Ivysaur.
Ivysaur: Ivy saur!
Referee: Both pokemon have been selected. They may not be switched. Begin!
Ash: Restrain with vine whip.
Ivysaur: Ivy!
(He shoots out five of his vines and grabs Mr. T by the neck, legs, and arms before he can make a move. Mr. T is completely immobilized.)
Ash: Charge solar beam.
Ivysaur: Ivysaur.
(He starts to take in sunlight.)
Mandy: Mr. T, use swords dance!
Mr. T: Scytha!
(He tries to spin, but is held too hard by Ivysaur's vines.)
Ash: Fire solar beam.
Ivysaur: Ivysaur!
(He fires the solar beam right at Mr. T's back.)
Referee: Scyther is out of the match. Victory goes to Ivysaur. Recall and send in the next two!
Ash: Must finish battle quickly. Must get to next round. Must kill Gary. Wartortle go.
Mandy: Daisy go!
(Her Pikachu runs into the center. It has a little flower in its hair.)
Referee: This match is between Mandy Garrison's Pikachu and Ash Ketchum's Wartortle. Begin!
Mandy: Use a thunder attack!
Daisy: Pika CHUUUUUU!
(A bolt of electricity fires at Wartortle.)
Ash: Use mirror coat.
Wartortle: Wartortle!
(He blocks the thunder and sends it back at Daisy. It hurts her badly.)
Ash: Use bubblebeam.
Wartortle: Waaaar Tortle!
(He fires bubbles out at Daisy. They hit her hard and faint her.)
Referee: Pikachu is out of the match. Victory goes to Wartortle. Send in the next two battlers!
Ash: Go Charizard.
Charizard: Rahhhhh!
Mandy: Go Shenron!
(Her Gyarados swims to the center.)
Referee: This match is between Mandy Garrison's Gyarados and Ash Ketchum's Charizard. Begin!
Ash: Grab the upper neck and fly into the air.
Charizard: Raaaahhhh!
(He flies around Shenron and grabs him right below the head.)
Ash: Now fly into the air.
Charizard: Raaaaaaahhhh!
(He struggles at first to pull Shenron out of the water, but is able to fly high above the stadium.)
Ash: Use seismic toss.
Charizard: Raaaaaahhh!
(He spins in a few circles and gets Shenron into several loops, then throws him to the ground.)
Referee: Gyarados is out of the match. Victory goes to Charizard. If Ketchum wins the next match, he will move on to the final round against Gary Oak.
Ash: Gary must die.
Referee: Right. Send in your next pokemon.
Mandy: Vegeta, you're my last hope. Go!
Typhlosion: Floooo!
Ash: Pikachu go.
Pikachu: Pika!
Referee: This match is between Ash Ketchum's Pikachu and Mandy Garrison's Typhlosion. Begin!
Ash: Rain dance.
Pikachu: Pika!
(His eyes start to glow yellow as he summons storm clouds to the stadium. A downpour starts.)
Mandy: How can he do that?
Ash: Thunder.
Pikachu: Pika pika CHUUUUU!
(A bolt of lightning hits Pikachu and he then fires his ultimate attack at Vegeta. Vegeta is easily knocked out by the attack.)
Mandy: NO! Get up!
Referee: Typhlosion is out of the match. Victory for this match and the round go to Ash Ketchum. He is now to advance to the final round to face off against Gary Oak for the title of Johto League Champion and Pokemon Master.
WHO WILL TRIUMPH IN THE ULTIMATE BATTLE BETWEEN ASH AND GARY? FIND OUT IN THE NEXT LEGEND OF THE POKE DESTINED!
Ash has been thinking about the way he has been acting lately and has realized what a jerk he has been to his friends. He is currently in Misty and Brock's hotel heading toward their room to apologize.
Ash: This was a good idea, Pikachu. I just hope I haven't pushed them away too much.
Pikachu: Pikachu.
Ash: This is the room the guy at the desk said that Gary Oak was staying in.
(He knocks on the door. Nobody answers the door.)
Ash: He said that they hadn't left yet.
(His pokedex starts to glow and sends out a small electric pulse that disables the lock. Ash walks into the room.)
Ash: Misty? Gary? I've been thinking about how I've been treating you guys lately. I've been acting like a big jerk ever since we got back from the Digital World. I just wanted to come see you guys and say that I'm ...
(He reaches the main part of the room and sees Gary and Misty asleep on the bed together. They are wrapped in each other's arms.)
Ash: What the hell is going on here!?
(Both of them start to wake up slowly. They are startled to see Ash standing in front of them.)
Misty: Ash?! What are you doing here?
Ash: What am I doing here?! Apparently I'm discovering the steamy life of You and Gary!
Gary: Ash, calm down. We weren't doing anything wrong. We just fell asleep on the bed.
Ash: Shut up, you bastard!
(He leaps onto Gary in the bed and starts to punch him.)
Gary: Get off of me, Ash. I don't want to fight you.
Misty: Get off of him, Ash!
Ash: How about some help, Pikachu?
Pikachu: PikaCHUUUU!
(He uses thundershock on both of them and stops the fight.)
Ash: What was that for, Pikachu?
Misty: Pikachu did it because he realizes how idiotic you're being. If you want to fight Gary, then get to the final round. That's where he'll be.
Ash: Fine. And when I get there, I'll kick you're ass.
Gary: Hah, you think that you can beat me in a pokemon battle?
Misty: Gary hasn't lost a single pokemon yet.
Ash: Whatever. Let's go, Pikachu.
GARY'S BATTLE...
Announcer: THIS IS A SEVENTH ROUND BATTLE BETWEEN GARY OAK AND BILL RUSSELL. EACH TRAINER MUST USE SIX POKEMON. THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND WILL ADVANCE TO THE FINAL MATCH.
Gary: This is it. My future rides on this battle.
Referee: Trainers, select your six pokemon.
Bill: Cloud Piercer! Alpha Wing! Night Stalker! Earth Crusher! Electrolord! Hyperstar!
(Pidgeot, Dragonite, Gengar, Steelix, Ampharos, and Starmie appear on the field.)
Gary: Umbreon! Nidoking! Arcanine! Hitmontop! Kingler! Dodrio! GO!
(All six appear on the field.)
Referee: Trainers, send in your first pokemon!
Bill: You're up, Alpha Wing!
(Dragonite flies over to the center.)
Gary: What do I have that could beat a Dragonite? Nidoking, I guess I'll use you.
(Nidoking walks over to the center.)
Nidoking: Doooo!
Referee: This match is between Bill Russell's Dragonite and Gary Oak's Nidoking. They may not be recalled. Begin!
Bill: Use water gun!
Alpha Wing: Duuu!
(He fires a water gun at Nidoking.)
Gary: Block it with your tail!
Nidoking: Doooo!
(He swings his tail around to block the attack.)
Bill: Alpha Wing, get into the air!
Alpha Wing: duuuuU!
(He starts to fly.)
Gary: If Umbreon were out there, I could get him to fly. Nidoking, just wait for him to make the next move!
Bill: Alpha Wing! Use your wing attack!
Alpha Wing: Wuuuuu!
(He dives down at Nidoking and extends his wings. Nidoking manages to grab hold of one and is dragged along the stadium's ground. He weighs down Dragonite and exhausts him. Nidoking is not badly hurt due to his thick hyde.)
Gary: Tackle it!
Nidoking: Doooo!
(He charges at Dragonite and tackles him into the water.)
Bill: Use your dragon rage, Alpha Wing!
Alpha Wing: Duuuu!
(He fires a hyper beam at Nidoking. It hurts Nidoking badly, but not enough to faint him. Alpha Wing takes a moment to rest.)
Gary: Now, use horn drill!
Nidoking: Kinnnngg!
(His horn starts spinning as he charges at Alpha Wing.)
Bill: Get out of the way!
Alpha Wing: Duuuuu!
(He is too exhausted to fly away. Nidokig hit him in the stomach and Alpha Wing is knocked out.)
Referee: Dragonite is out of the match. Victory goes to Nidoking! Recall your pokemon!
Misty: It took Ash for Pokemon before he could beat the Orange Island gym leader's Dragonite.
Gary: Which defeated it?
Misty: Pikachu did.
Gary: Great. His electric mouse can beat a Dragonite and it takes me a Nidoking.
Misty: But he had to use three others to wear it down.
Referee: Send in your next pokemon!
Gary: Hitmontop go!
Bill: A tiny hitmontop. Go Earth Crusher!
Earth Crusher: Yeeeeee!
Referee: This match is between Bill Russell's Steelix and Gary Oak's Hitmontop. Begin!
Earth Crusher: Yeeeee!
(He dives at Hitmontop.)
Gary: Move!
Hitmontop: Montop!
(He jumps out of the way and onto Earth Crusher's back.)
Bill: Get him off of you!
Earth Crusher: Yeeee!
(He tries to spin his back and get Hitmontop off, but he can't)
Gary: Make this quick, Hitmontop. Use triple kick on his head.
Hitmontop: Mon top! Top! Top!
(He keeps spinning and kicking Steelix's head, which hurts him a lot.)
Gary: Now Finnish it with your mega kick!
Hitmontop: Hitmontop!
(He kicks Earth Crusher once more in the head and knocks him out.)
Referee: Very impressive. Steelix is out of the match. Recall your pokemon and send in the next!
Gary: Go Dodrio!
Dodrio: Ah Ah Ah!
(He runs to the center.)
Bill: Go Hyperstar!
Referee: This match is between Gary Oak's Dodrio and Bill Russell's Starmie. Begin!
Bill: Hyperstar, get into the water!
Hyperstar: Duuuuu!
(He jumps into the water.)
Gary: Wait Dodrio.
Bill: Use water gun!
(Hyperstar pops out of the water and sprays water at Dodrio.)
Gary: Agility and drill peck!
Dodrio: Ah ah ah!
(He dashes to the other side of Hyperstar and drill pucks him on the side.)
Bill: No! Hyperstar, are you okay?
Hyperstar: Duuuu!
Bill: Good, now...
Dodrio: Ah ah ah!
(He fires a swift attack at Hyperstar.)
Gary: Now use tri attack!
Dodrio: Ah! Ah! Ah!
(Three beams of energy unite and fire at Starmie. He is knocked out.)
Referee: Starmie is out of the match. Victory goes to Dodrio! Recall these pokemon and send in your next. If Bill looses this match, the round goes to Gary Oak.
Bill: Electrolord, I choose you!
Gary: Arcanine go!
Referee: This match is between Gary Oak's Arcanine and Bill Russell's Ampharos. Begin!
Bill: Thunder!
Gary: Extreme speed!
Arcanine: Arc!
(He dashes at Electrolord and knocks him into the water. Electrolord uses thunderbolt in the water and knocks himself out.)
Referee: That was a quick match, in which Gary Oak was the winner! Gary Oak now moves on to the final match of the Johto League!
Gary: I did it!
Misty: As if there were ever a doubt.
(She jumps onto the platform and gives him a long kiss.)
ASH'S BATTLE...
Ash: Gary's gonna die. Gary's gonna die. Gary's gonna die.
Brock: Shut up, Ash. You've been saying that all day. What happened this morning?
Ash: Gary's gonna die.
(He climbs onto the platform continuing to say that.)
Announcer: THIS IS A SEVENTH ROUND MATCH BETWEEN ASH KETCHUM AND MANDY GARRISON. EACH TRAINER MUST USE SIX POKEMON.
Referee: Trainers, release your six pokemon.
Mandy: Vegeta! Gizmo! Cell! Shenron! Daisy! Mr. T!
(Typhlosion, Persian, Sudowoodo, Gyarados, Pikachu, and Scyther appear on the field.)
Ash: Gary's gonna die.
(He throws his five pokeballs. Charizard, Ivysaur, Wartortle, Pidgeot, and Snorlax appear.)
Referee: The six pokemon have been selected. Send in your first pokemon.
Mandy: Mr. T go!
Mr. T: Scytha!
Ash: Ivysaur.
Ivysaur: Ivy saur!
Referee: Both pokemon have been selected. They may not be switched. Begin!
Ash: Restrain with vine whip.
Ivysaur: Ivy!
(He shoots out five of his vines and grabs Mr. T by the neck, legs, and arms before he can make a move. Mr. T is completely immobilized.)
Ash: Charge solar beam.
Ivysaur: Ivysaur.
(He starts to take in sunlight.)
Mandy: Mr. T, use swords dance!
Mr. T: Scytha!
(He tries to spin, but is held too hard by Ivysaur's vines.)
Ash: Fire solar beam.
Ivysaur: Ivysaur!
(He fires the solar beam right at Mr. T's back.)
Referee: Scyther is out of the match. Victory goes to Ivysaur. Recall and send in the next two!
Ash: Must finish battle quickly. Must get to next round. Must kill Gary. Wartortle go.
Mandy: Daisy go!
(Her Pikachu runs into the center. It has a little flower in its hair.)
Referee: This match is between Mandy Garrison's Pikachu and Ash Ketchum's Wartortle. Begin!
Mandy: Use a thunder attack!
Daisy: Pika CHUUUUUU!
(A bolt of electricity fires at Wartortle.)
Ash: Use mirror coat.
Wartortle: Wartortle!
(He blocks the thunder and sends it back at Daisy. It hurts her badly.)
Ash: Use bubblebeam.
Wartortle: Waaaar Tortle!
(He fires bubbles out at Daisy. They hit her hard and faint her.)
Referee: Pikachu is out of the match. Victory goes to Wartortle. Send in the next two battlers!
Ash: Go Charizard.
Charizard: Rahhhhh!
Mandy: Go Shenron!
(Her Gyarados swims to the center.)
Referee: This match is between Mandy Garrison's Gyarados and Ash Ketchum's Charizard. Begin!
Ash: Grab the upper neck and fly into the air.
Charizard: Raaaahhhh!
(He flies around Shenron and grabs him right below the head.)
Ash: Now fly into the air.
Charizard: Raaaaaaahhhh!
(He struggles at first to pull Shenron out of the water, but is able to fly high above the stadium.)
Ash: Use seismic toss.
Charizard: Raaaaaahhh!
(He spins in a few circles and gets Shenron into several loops, then throws him to the ground.)
Referee: Gyarados is out of the match. Victory goes to Charizard. If Ketchum wins the next match, he will move on to the final round against Gary Oak.
Ash: Gary must die.
Referee: Right. Send in your next pokemon.
Mandy: Vegeta, you're my last hope. Go!
Typhlosion: Floooo!
Ash: Pikachu go.
Pikachu: Pika!
Referee: This match is between Ash Ketchum's Pikachu and Mandy Garrison's Typhlosion. Begin!
Ash: Rain dance.
Pikachu: Pika!
(His eyes start to glow yellow as he summons storm clouds to the stadium. A downpour starts.)
Mandy: How can he do that?
Ash: Thunder.
Pikachu: Pika pika CHUUUUU!
(A bolt of lightning hits Pikachu and he then fires his ultimate attack at Vegeta. Vegeta is easily knocked out by the attack.)
Mandy: NO! Get up!
Referee: Typhlosion is out of the match. Victory for this match and the round go to Ash Ketchum. He is now to advance to the final round to face off against Gary Oak for the title of Johto League Champion and Pokemon Master.
WHO WILL TRIUMPH IN THE ULTIMATE BATTLE BETWEEN ASH AND GARY? FIND OUT IN THE NEXT LEGEND OF THE POKE DESTINED!