I hope ya enjoyed yer turkey yesterday. Here we are at chapter 3. Hope ya are enjoying the fic so far.
Disclaimer: The only the thing I don't own in this chapter is Pokémon or any other copyrighted stuff in this fic. I just own everything else that was mentioned. This had to have been the longest disclaimer I ever written! o.O
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The Young Master's Quest Ch.3: The Tournament
When Prince Israel got to the castle, he ran to his room to change into his gym leader outfit. It consisted of a black shirt, black vest, and black pants. It also consisted of a cape that was black on the outside and purple on the inside.
After he got changed, he went to the vault to switch pokémon for the tournament. His team now consists of Zapdos, Mewtwo, Celebi, Ho-oh, Suicune and Tyrannitar.
Once his team was ready, he proceeded to the Platinum City gym. Once he got there, he went inside. The gym, on the outside, looked like a miniature version of the castle. It was about a quarter the size of the castle. The interior was even more impressive. The main room, where the stadium is, had a big chandelier over the center of the arena. At each side of the arena, there were three gold statues of each pokémon on his team. Finally, on the challenger's side & the gym leader's side of the arena, there were healing machines that were to be used before and after each battle.
That was what it looks like normally. Today, a buffet table, a trading machine, and a stage were the additions for the tournament.
When he arrived at the field, Israel proceeded to his office to finish the preparations for the tournament. He decided to double check the background information for the participating trainers.
"Let's see now." Prince Israel said out loud while reading the info.
The information on the first three trainers in the tournament looked like this:
1. Name: Chad
Location: Violet City, Johto
Badges collected: Four
Type this trainer uses: Bug
Win/loss record: 50/8
Accomplishments: None
2. Name: Ashley
Location: Goldenrod City, Johto
Badges collected: Five
Type this trainer uses: Normal
Win/loss record: 40/3
Accomplishments: Student at the Goldenrod City gym
3. Name: G.O.
Location: Pallet Town, Kanto
Badges collected: Ten (Kanto), Seven (Johto)
Type this trainer uses: Unknown
Win/loss record: 60/2
Accomplishments: This trainer lasted up to the fourth round
in the Kanto Pokémon League tournament.
He is also the current leader of the
Viridian City gym.
"Amazing!" Prince Israel exclaimed. "This third trainer is so mysterious. And yet, his record is fantastic! I simply must battle this trainer." Just then, there was a knock at the door. "Yes? What is it?"
"Sir, all of the participants in the tournament are here." Brenda replied as she opened the door.
"Cool. Let's go now." Israel said. They walked down the hall from the office to the stadium. Once they got there, the gym leader & his assistant decided to watch over the crowd before starting the tournament.
There were twenty-eight trainers there. There were fifteen boys & thirteen girls. Two trainers were at the trading machine. A few more were at the buffet table. Some more were staring at the gold statues surrounding the arena. Finally, the remaining trainers were walking around, talking to each other. One trainer in particular caught Israel's attention. The mystery trainer was wearing a brown cloak. Also, the trainer was looking around the arena, possibly looking for something.
"Come on. It's time to start the tournament." Prince Israel said to Brenda. They walked down a set of stairs to get to the stage to tell the trainers the rules of the tournament.
"Ladies and gentleman," Prince Israel addressed the crowd. "Welcome to the Platinum City gym. I am your host, Prince Israel." The crowd cheered and applauded.
"I shall tell you the prizes before announcing the rules. Just for competing, every trainer will receive a moon stone. Those that make it to the semi-finals will receive a set of evolution stones. The ones that get to the finals will receive a random pokémon." That caused some more cheering.
"At the end of the tournament, the top three trainers will get the set of evolution stones, the pokémon, and a cash prize. The third place trainer will get everything, $50 cash, and a bronze trophy. The third place prize is a silver trophy & $100. The champion will get the gold trophy, $500, and a chance to battle me for the Jeweled Crown Badge." The crowd started to cheer again as Israel held up the badge.
It was gold, shaped like a crown, and had six jewels encrusted in it. The jewels were in a pattern that's shaped like the outline of a chaos emerald (From the Sonic games, specifically Sonic 2). The jewels were a sapphire, onyx, ruby, emerald, yellow topaz, and amethyst. The jewels represented the types Israel likes to use in battle.
(A/N: For those who don't know, onyx is black, emerald is green, and amethyst is purple.)
"I shall now tell the rules." Prince Israel started again. "Each battle will be a three-on-three with no time limit. Who uses a time limit, anyway? The last battle will be a full six-on-six battle with no time limit. There are no level restrictions. There will be a five minute break between each battle, so the trainers can heal their pokémon. If the champion is lucky enough to defeat me, like that'll happen, he or she will get my badge and will be allowed to compete in the Johto League, even if he or she doesn't have eight badges. And without further ado, may the tournament begin!" The crowd cheered & clapped (It's amazing that they listened to Israel that long without falling asleep!).
Prince Israel went to his throne above the stadium to watch the battles.
"The first battle is Chad from Violet City VS. Bob from New Bark Town." The referee announced. The trainers advanced to the field. Chad was on the side of the arena closest to the exit. Bob was standing below where Israel was sitting.
"Trainers begin!" The ref called out to start the battle. Both trainers tossed a poké ball into the field. Out of Chad's poké ball came out a beedrill. But, to his grave misfortune, Bob sent out a typhlosion. Shortly after, Beedrill was defeated by a Flamethrower attack. Eventually, Chad was defeated. All of his pokémon were burnt to a crisp.
At the end of the tournament…
The mystery trainer has defeated all of his/her opponents and has earned his/her match with the gym leader.
"Congratulations." Said Israel as he was making his way down the stairs. His cape was covering his body. "You have won the tournament. Please heal your pokémon & we'll start the match."
"Ok." Replied the trainer.
Once they were ready, both trainers made their way to each side of the arena.
"Trainer's! Begin!" The referee yelled to start the match.
"Grass King! Go!" Prince Israel yelled.
"Go! Nidoqueen!" The trainer yelled. After the flash disappeared from Israel's silver master ball, the grass/psychic type, Celebi appeared. The blue poison/ground type, Nidoqueen popped out of the mystery trainer's (let's call him/her Trainer X) poké ball.
"Grass King! Let's make this quick. Psychic attack!" Israel ordered. Grass King gave a nod & his eyes glowed blue and it shot a ball of psychic energy at Nidoqueen, knocking her against the wall behind Trainer X, thus making her faint.
"Nidoqueen! Return!" Trainer X growled as the pokémon went back to her poké ball. "Arcanine! Go!" He/she called out.
"Arcanine, eh? Ok. Grass King! Return! Go! Aqua King!" Israel called out as Suicune took Celebi's place.
"Arcanine! Quick attack!" X ordered.
"Aqua King! Let's have another quick match. Surf attack!" Prince Israel ordered. Aqua King summoned a wave as Arcanine ran around the field. It was no use as the fire type got drenched and fainted.
"Arcanine! Return!" X said. "Go! Alakazam!"
"Return! Aqua King! Go! Dark King!" Prince Israel yelled as he threw out a silver master ball & his tyrannitar made the scene.
"I think I got him now. Alakazam! Thunderbolt!" X ordered. Alakazam tossed electricity from its spoons at Dark King.
"Quick Dark King! Faint attack!" Israel ordered. Dark King easily evaded Alakazam's attack and appeared behind it. "Now use your Crunch attack!" Dark King immediately bit Alakazam hard on its back, knocking it out.
"Alakazam! Return!" X roared.
Two pokémon later…
The score is now five to zero. Prince Israel has defeated X's Gyarados with Zap Master & X's Venusaur with his ho-oh, nicknamed King Ho-oh. X only has one more pokémon left before he/she loses the Jeweled Crown Badge. Does X have what he/she needs to defeat Prince Israel? Let's see.
"Venusaur! Return!" X said.
'What am I going to do?' He/she thought. 'If he beats my next pokémon, I'll lose. Well, here goes nothing.'
"Go! Nidoking!" He/she called out.
"GWAHAHAHAHA!!!" Prince Israel laughed. "I can beat that thing with my ho-oh, but I'll make things end quickly for you. King Ho-oh! Return!" King Ho-oh was brought back to his gold master ball. "Now it's time for you to meet my most powerful pokémon, King Mewtwo! Go!" He tossed another gold master ball. In a flash of dark energy, X's worst nightmare appeared.
'Oh no! I thought I never had to face this monster again.' X thought. 'Well, I trained Nidoking extremely well since that horrible day, so I might pull this off.'
"Nidoking! Hyper beam! Now!" He/she ordered.
"Ha! This fool made this too easy! King Mewtwo! Confusion!" Prince Israel ordered. Nidoking fired a hyper beam from his horn at Mewtwo. As it got closer to Mewtwo, his eyes glowed blue and he held an arm in front of himself. When the beam was about to hit his arm, it bounced off of what seemed to be an invisible wall and hit Nidoking, knocking him unconscious.
"This battle is over!" Yelled the ref while holding a red flag. "The winner is Prince Israel!" The spectators cheered. Israel wound up his left arm & punched the air in front of him while yelling, "Here we go!" Everyone else sweatdropped.
"Nidoking. Return." X called out. "You may have defeated me, but you'll never beat Ash Ketchum!" He/she yelled.
"Ha! Yeah right!" Israel laughed. "And just who is this 'Ash Ketchum?' For that matter, who are you?" Trainer X pulled back the hood to reveal a boy wearing a pair of boots, black pants, and a blue shirt. He also had brown hair & a scowl on his face.
"I am Gary Oak from Pallet Town!" He said.
"Oh, so you're the leader of the Viridian City gym." Prince Israel said.
"Yes. That's right." Gary said.
"I hardly ever get to face another gym leader anymore. So tell me, who's Ash Ketchum?" Israel asked, interested in this trainer.
"He's from Pallet Town in Kanto!" Sean yelled from the stands.
"Really?" Israel asked.
"Yeah. He eats gym leaders like you for breakfast." Gary said.
"I'll bet." Israel said.
"I challenge you to beat him in a match!" Gary said. He had a glint in his eyes.
"Very well. I'll defeat this Ash Ketchum with no problem." Israel said with confidence. "Well, that's it for the tournament. Please enjoy your prizes and come to the next tournament. Til then, good bye!" He announced to the crowd.
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A/N:
That was certainly an exciting chapter. Be here next time to find out what Prince Israel will do about this challenge. One more thing, when Israel said "Here we go!" he was imitating Mario, but I bet you already knew that.