Well here it is: THE FINAL CHAPTER! I'll say my good-byes at the end...

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Chapter 27: A Faithful Encounter!

When we last left Dustin, he was battling Drake, the Orange Crew Leader. Dustin victoriously took out Drake's Medicham and Sneasel easily with the help of Charmeleon, however Drake quickly summoned his Charizard!

"Amazing folks!" the announcer called from the announcer's box, which was up further in the stands. "Drake has called out one of his strongest Pokemon, the Charizard!" The crowd, who enjoyed Drake started to clap.

"I hope Charmeleon has the fire power to beat its higher form," Jen bit her nails.

"Charmeleon has some pretty wicked attacks," Ryan added in, "However Charizard has the power of flight. We'll just have to wait and see..."

"Charmeleon!" Dustin called out, his fist clinched, "Try using a Flamethrower, full power!"

"Show Charmeleon a true Flamethrower!" Drake countered quickly, a forming grin on his face.

Both Pokemon hurled out jets of red and yellow flames. At the beginning both flames were tied, however after some motivation Charizard took the upper hand, shooting out stronger flames and devouring Charmeleon up in a storm of burning ashes.

The flames died down and Charmeleon had survived, with a few black marks over his red scales. The Fire Pokemon's eyes burned darker than Charizard's previous flames.

"Charmeleon survived!" Elm's voice was full of surprise, as was his eyes. "Amazing!"

"Dustin has been training a lot," Tyson, replied, "It's no surprise to me."

"Use Slash!" Dustin ordered.

"Counter with Gust!"

"Meleon!" Charmeleon used all the strength in his leg muscles to run, with a quick jump the Fire type Pokemon had his claws out and ready to slash. However, Charizard flapped his wings before Charmeleon could come closer. The mighty zephyr pushed Charmeleon into a back flip, causing the wingless dragon to slid on the ground and get cut up some.

"Charmeleon are you ok?" Dustin asked, concern dripping off every word he spoke.

"Meleon..." the Flame Pokemon pressed his right claw on the ground and slowly tried to pick himself up...

"Another Gust!" Drake ordered.

Charizard stood still, his wings beating rapidly, causing another mighty gale, which blew Charmeleon into another back flip. When the wingless dragon hit the ground his tongue was hanging out, while his eyes were in swirls.

"Charmeleon is unable to battle!" the judge declared as Charmeleon's picture faded out on the board.

"Charmeleon did bring Dustin a huge lead," Kai told the gang, "As long as he choices a good Pokemon to fight against Charizard he should have the upper hand!"

"Thanks dude," Dustin said as he withdrew Charmeleon. Without another word he put up Charmeleon's Pokeball and grabbed onto his Fastball. "Go Pikachu!" he hurled the Fastball and summoned the electric mouse.

"A Pikachu!" the announcer gawked as Pikachu's picture took up the second slot under Dustin's side of the board.

"Pikachu should have an edge against Charizard!" Jen smiled.

"Alright Pikachu!" Dustin began his hype speech, "You can do this! Use a Thunderbolt!"

"Stand your ground Charizard!" Drake countered.

Charizard dug his mighty clawed feet into the hard ground as the small mouse started to charge up an attack. Pikachu fired off a blue lightning bolt, which connected with Charizard but didn't do much harm.

"As long as Charizard stays grounded your electric type moves won't do any harm!" Drake laughed at Dustin's attempt. "Now Charizard! Earthquake!"

"CHAR!" the mighty Flame Pokemon Pokemon brought up his feet for a few second, and then smashed them down onto the ground, causing a huge tremor, which startled Pikachu and shook the mouse to his core.

"Pikachu! Dodge with Agility!"

"Chu!" Pikachu jolted from left to right in a yellow blur, dodging most of the shaking ground. The small rodent landed in front of Charizard when the earth stopped moving. Pikachu looked up in Charizard's eyes and gulped.

"Use Flamethrower!"

"Agility!" Dustin mindless stated again.

Charizard blew out a flame in front of him, however Pikachu became the yellow blur and dodged the burning ray. The mouse landed behind Charizard this time.

"Use another Earthquake!" Drake shouted.

"Agility!" Dustin once against mindless ordered.

Charizard lifted up his foot and slammed down, however Pikachu jolt across the stadium to dodge. The Electric Type landed in front of the Flame Pokemon once again as the earth settled down.

"Chu-chu-chu," Pikachu panted, tired from using so many Agilities in a row.

'What to do?' Dustin thought to himself. 'All Pikachu can do is use Agility to dodge the attacks...' he thought back on Charizard using Earthquake and a light bulb clicked, "THAT'S IT!"

"Finish this Charizard! Earthquake! Full power!"

"Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt when Charizard's foot is up!" Dustin shouted out his plan.

Just as Charizard moved his foot up Pikachu countered. "CHU!" the mouse summoned up every inch of power and hurled it through his cheeks. The massive wad of blue lightning bolts fried Charizard to the Flame Pokemon's core.

"YES!" Dustin's mother cheered.

"Ch-cha-charizard?!" Drake gasped in surprise.

Charizard fell to the ground with a loud THUD, his eyes closed and tongue hanging out, just like Charmeleon was previously.

"Charizard is unable to continue!" the judge shouted. Charizard's picture blanked out, leaving Drake with only three more Pokemon to use.

"Amazingly Pikachu triumphed over Charizard!" the announcer shouted to the roaring crowd.

Drake withdrew Charizard and quickly threw another Pokeball, "Go! Quagsire!" From the white flash merged the Water/Ground type Pokemon.

"A Quagsire?!" the announcer said as the Water Fish Pokemon's picture formed under Drake's side of the board.

"Use Thunderbolt!" Dustin recklessly shouted.

"CHU!" Pikachu jolted out another blue lightning bolt, which hit Quagsire but didn't do anything to the rubbery skinned enemy. Quagsite just yawned as the lightning bolt died down.

"Quagsire's Ground attribute keeps it safe from thunder moves," Professor Elm grimly stated.

"Sorry Dustin, Quagsire is part Ground, meaning no electric moves will harm him!" Drake quickly informed Dustin.

"Then use Agility and then Quick Attack!" Dustin requested.

"Chu-chu-chu-chu-chu-chu-chu-chu..." Pikachu panted out hard and brief bits of air. "Chu..." the mouse was obviously out of energy and in no mood to use a psychical attack like Agility or Quick Attack, must less in a row.

"Sludge Bomb." Drake stoically commanded.

"Quag!" he fired off a wad of purple sludge, which hit Pikachu in the face and blinded the mouse temporarily.

"Now finish Pikachu off with an Ice Beam!"

Before Pikachu could get the poison from his face a baby blue beam of ice hit him. Pikachu's body was quickly taken over by a crystalline ice block, which knocked the mouse out completely.

"Pikachu can't go on," the judge asserted. Pikachu's picture faded away from the board and Dustin quickly withdrew him back into the Fastball.

"And Drake is taking back his place!" the announcer told the excited crowd. "Which Pokemon will Dustin use next?"

Dustin threw his next Pokeball and from it merged the Dark type Pokemon, Umbreon! Umbreon's display picture took the next slot under Pikachu's on the record board.

"So an Umbreon? Fine," Drake nodded, "Quagsire use Water Gun!"

"Dodge!" Dustin came back.

Quagsire fired off a jet of blue water, which Umbreon dodged by jumping up. The Dark type landed after the water died down, ok and unharmed.

"Use a Quick Attack!" Dustin ordered as soon as Umbreon landed.

"Bre!" Umbreon quickly sprinted up to the Water Fish Pokemon. With a quick leap and bound the Dark type thrust himself at Quagsire, however...

"Counter attack now!" Drake stated.

"Sire!" Quagsire waited until Umbreon was a few inches away, then struck. The Water Fish Pokemon spun around, slamming his tail into Umbreon's side and throwing the Moonlight Pokemon back a few feet. Umbreon grounded his feet onto the ground and slowly caught ground.

"Good job!" Dustin began but was cut off before he could give another command.

"Hydro Pump!" Drake ordered sternly.

"SIRE!" Quagsire swallowed up some water and then fired off a jet of that same cold liquid, smacking into Umbreon's already injured side and slinging the Moonlight Pokemon into the air. When Umbreon landed his eyes were shut tight.

"Umbreon is unable to go on!" the judge said as Umbreon's picture died down, leaving Dustin with only three Pokemon as well.

"And Drake ties this battle up!" the announcer anxiously announced.

"Thanks dude," Dustin said as the red light took up Umbreon. He put up the Pokeball and then grabbed his Luxuryball; he enlarged it and called out Bulbasaur. "Go Bulbasaur!"

The Seed Pokemon's picture took up the fourth slot under Dustin's picture on the record board.

"Bulbasaur has a huge edge on Quagsire!" Kamme cheered, "So Dustin should have this one in the bag!"

"I hope so..." Kai lowered her voice.

"Sludge Bomb!" Drake ignored all other thoughts as he commanded.

"No you don't!" Dustin smiled, "Use Light Screen!"

Bulbasaur growled and magically conjured up a golden barrier, which the sludge bomb hit. Thanks to the barrier the bomb did no damage, the barrier died down and the remanding sludge hit the ground.

"Wha?!" Drake gawked.

"That's right! Now Bulbasaur use Razor Leaf!" Dustin couldn't help but show his grin.

"Saur!" Bulbasaur gleefully fired off two green razor sharp leaves, which sliced up and down Quagsire's rubbery hide, leaving plenty of red cut marks and dark bruises. Quagsire held himself up, but just barely.

"Try a –

"Magical Leaf!" Dustin interrupted with an authority of his own.

Before Quagsire could think a spray of multi colored leaves fell from the sky, quickly spinning and rotating all around Quagsire's body. The leaves dug into the Water Fish Pokemon's skin and knocked him out.

"Quagsire is unable to finish," the judge said as Quagsire's picture went away.

Drake withdrew the knocked out Quagsire and quickly put up the Pokeball. He jerked up another Pokeball and enlarged it, "Go Seviper!" he hurled the Pokeball and called out the poisonous snake.

"And Drake uses a Seviper!" the announcer said as the snake's picture took up the fifth place under Drake's picture.

"Seviper has type advantage over Bulbasaur," Shane said, "I hope Dustin has a plan..."

"Use Razor Leaf!"

"Seviper under ground!" Drake said.

The razor sharp leaves missed as Seviper went under ground. Bulbasaur tried to spot Seviper, but no luck.

"Be careful..." Dustin remarked with concern.

"Seviper! Come up and use Flamethrower!"

"Viper!" the snake hissed as it came from the ground. It quickly cocked up its head and hurled out a jet of red flames, engulfing Bulbasaur in a storm of burning brimstone and ashes. The snake stopped its attack, which almost defeated Bulbasaur.

"Saur..." Bulbasaur weakly growled, his green skin was cursed with multiple red burn marks.

"Use Poison Tail to finish this off!" Drake shouted.

"Viper!" Seviper hissed, hurling its purple glowing tail at Bulbasaur and hitting the Seed Pokemon in the forehead. Bulbasaur cried as the damage plagued his forehead. Bulbasaur then fell over with swirls for eyes.

"Bulbasaur is unable to continue battling!" the judge said as the Seed Pokemon's picture went away, once again tying Dustin and Drake.

Dustin withdrew Bulbasaur and then put up the Luxuryball, he then enlarged his Diveball and brought out Wartortle. "Go get 'em!" he said as the Turtle Pokemon formed on the field.

Wartortle's picture took up the fifth slot under Dustin's picture on the record board.

"This battle is getting good!" the announcer said, "I bet these two Pokemon will take forever to get defeated!"

"Ice Beam!" Dustin shouted.

"Glare!" Drake came back.

The baby blue beam of ice hit Seviper and started to freeze it, however Seviper's devilish glare stunned Wartortle right after the ice beam hit Seviper. Now both Pokemon were unable to battle: Wartortle was paralyzed while Seviper was frozen solid!

"Both Pokemon are out!" the judge declared as both Pokemon's pictures went away, leaving only one Pokemon left to each trainer!

Dustin and Drake each withdrew their Pokemon and thanked them.

"Um...well that was a quick one!" the announcer stated in a joking tone. Everyone in the crowd was sweat dropping.

"Dustin only has one Pokemon left..." Professor Elm started.

"TYRANITAR!" the rest of Dustin's gang stated in shock.

Dustin held up his Ultraball, he looked down at it and closed his eyes. "It's all down to you, Tyranitar. I know you can do it, let's give it your best shot!" he enlarged the yellow ball and opened his eyes.

Drake picked the Pokeball from his necklace and enlarged it. "Dragonite, it's down to you, you're my strongest and first Pokemon, and I know you can defeat Dustin's final Pokemon."

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"GO!" both Dustin and Drake yelled, throwing their items and calling out their last and strongest Pokemon.

"DRAGONITE!" the massive Dragon Pokemon formed on the field, taking the last slot under Drake's picture.

"TYRANITAR!" the mighty Armor Pokemon took place on the field, occupying the final slot under Dustin's picture.

"DRAKE USES DRAGONITE! DUSTIN CHOOSES TYRANITAR!" the announcer announced. The whole crowd went wild at the sight of the two massive and mystical beasts on the field.

"Go Dustin!" Dustin's gang yelled for him, knowing he would need all the encouragement he could get.

"Thunderbolt!" Dustin shouted.

"Flamethrower!" Drake shouted.

The blue lightning bolt and the red flame hit each other, blowing up in a cloud of smoke, which was blown away by Dragonite's flapping of the wings. Both Pokemon glared daggers into each other's eyes.

"THUNDER WAVE!" both Drake and Dustin shouted in unison.

Both Pokemon fired off waves of electricity, however they hit each other and smothered each of the waves out, leaving both Pokemon safe from the paralyzing status effect.

"Dragonite use Ice Beam!"

"Tyranitar use Flamethrower!"

The beam of ice meet with the jet of fire and both moves canceled each other out, leaving a small trail of cold mist. Tyranitar growled as did Dragonite, the two Pokemon were trying to scare each other, though it wasn't working well on neither one.

"Dragonite use another Ice Beam!"

"Nite!" the Dragon flew a little bit into the air and opened his mouth, firing off a beam of blue ice. Before Tyranitar could counter the beam had hit the Armor Pokemon and froze a tiny portion of his hard exterior.

"Don't let that stop you!" Dustin encouraged, "Use an Ice Beam of your own!"

"Tar!" Tyranitar ignored the frozen part on his stomach and fired off a beam of ice of his own, which went into the air and smacked into Dragonite's left leg, causing the Dragon Pokemon to land on the ground with a frozen chunk of ice on his leg.

"Wow!" the announcer shouted, "These Pokemon are equal in strength!"

"Dustin better think of something," Jen gritted her teeth together.

"Otherwise this battle will end in a tie," Kamme finished the train of thought.

"DRAGONBREATH!" both trainers shouted.

Both Pokemon fired off jets of blue and green flames, which canceled each other out and revolved in a cloud of green and blue smoke. The smoke died down quickly and the two titans still continued to battle!

"Ok, Tyranitar!" Dustin clinched his right fist, "We can do this! I believe in you! You're my best friend!"

"Enough talk!" Drake interrupted. "Dragonite use Water Pulse!"

"DRAGON DANCE!" Dustin countered.

"TYRANITAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the Armor Pokemon engulfed himself in a blue aura, which deflected the circle of water. Tyranitar then lowered his hands, however his body was still shaded in the mystical aura.

"And this Dragon Dance is unlike any other Dragon Dance I've seen before!" the announcer shouted over the intercom to the dazzled crowd.

"Now to finish this," Dustin brought up his fist to eye level, "HYPER BEAM!" he pointed at Dragonite.

"Ty!" Tyranitar opened his mouth and forged up a ball of orange energy. Then the blue aura shifted up into the orange ball, mutating the orange ball into an orb of rainbow colored energy.

"Amazing!" Dustin stood in shock.

Tyranitar's aura had formed into the rainbow ball. Tyranitar was no back to normal, while the rainbow ball shimmered in the sun's rays.

"Now fire it!" Dustin said through his shocked state.

"TYRANITAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he cried as the rainbow ball formed into a large rainbow jet of pure energy. The beam hit Dragonite in the stomach and knocked the Dragon on his back.

"Dra-dragonite?!" Drake gawked as Dragonite landed on the ground.

"Dragonite is unable to battle!" the judge declared as Dragonite's picture went away, revealing the winner of the match. "DUSTIN IS THE WINNER!"

"AND IT'S OVER! DUSTIN FROM JOHTO IS THE WINNER!" the announcer told the crowd, who continued to clap for the trainer.

"We-we won?" Dustin stood in awe before it finally sunk in. "WE WON!" he ran over to Tyranitar, "We won! We won dude!" he put his arms around Tyranitar, who roared with glee at the victory.

"Thank you Dragonite," Drake smiled as he withdrew the Dragon. He brought the Pokeball to small size and put it back on his necklace. He then looked up at Dustin, who was stilling hugging Tyranitar.

"He won! He won!" Dustin's gang cheered from the crowd.

"Congratulations Dustin," Drake said as he walked up to Dustin.

Dustin let go of Tyranitar and turned to Drake. "Thanks dude, you were a great fight! But it's my Pokemon that deserve the congrats, they're the ones who won!"

"You're right," Drake nodded. "Now, if you will please follow me to the Orange League Hall of Fame." And with that Drake started to walk out of the stadium.

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Dustin walked into the Hall of Fame, where he met with Drake. Drake showed him the spot where Dustin's Pokemon footprints went (Drake had got the foot prints from the stadium, where the Pokemon stepped). By the stone where the footprints were was a picture of Dustin.

"And, as an Orange Island Champion," Drake smiled, "You get this," he pulled behind his back an Orange Island trophy. "Congratulations."

"Thanks dude!" Dustin took the trophy and smiled down at it. He raised it in the air and shouted, "Yes! I got the Orange Island Trophy!!!!!"

"Dustin! Dustin!"

"Huh?" he turned around and saw Kamme, Tyson, Ryan, Shane, Jen, Mrs. Brooks, Professor Elm and Kai all running at him.

"Congratulations!" they all stopped in front of him and smiled. "You did it! Good job! Awesome work! You rock!" the compliments were jumbled up into a wad of positive messages.

"Thanks," he smiled.

"Dustin!" Jen stepped out from the crowd, "You rock!" she winked and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Uh..." Dustin was now blushing a bright red. "You rock too!" he grinned back. "In fact, all my friends rock! If it wasn't for you guys and my Pokemon I would have never been able to get this far!"

"Where do you go from here?" Kai nudged at Dustin. "You still have a lot of training, because you know I'm the best trainer from the family," she giggled in a playful manor.

Dustin held the trophy to his heart. "This trophy is in remembrance for all my Pokemon, all my friends and all my family," he threw the trophy into the air once more. "You guys rock!"

And so Dustin's journey in the Orange Islands ends. He gained a lot of new Pokemon, a lot of new friends and a ton of other life lessons. But where does Dustin go from here? Wherever his heart will lead him!
DONE!

I want to thank everyone who reviewed and read the story. Everyone who helped supported, and reviewed, you guys rock major! If it wasn't for you guys I wouldn't have been able to get this far! Thanks again!

Well that is the end of Dustin's journey. I hope you enjoyed it. In case your wondering what the future holds for me as a writer I am soon to start on a fic called "Teen of Steel" which is a cartoon Teen Titans fic about Superboy. So if you're into that please check it out.

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Mellow Yellow 2007