Our heroes continue on with their journey towards Kamoji City for Ichigo's next gym battle. On they're way, they're about to encounter a familiar scenario.
"Hey, look at this!" Orihime said as she spotted a poster for PokeWrestling. "There's a PokeWrestling event going on here."
"Yeah. How about that." Rukia said. "I thought that was just a local event, but I guess I was wrong. Chad, you competed in before. You want to give it another try?"
"Should I?" Chad questioned.
"Yeah. You and Hawlucha won last time. You might be able to win this time." Ichigo said. Chad thought about it. He did enjoy it last time. Maybe he will give it a try this time.
Pokemon
No time to question my moves
I stick to the path that I choose
Me and my friends are gonna do it right
You'll never see us runaway from a fight
To be a master is my dream
All I have to do is believe
(I believe)
I'm on a master quest
(Master quest)
I'm on my way to victory
I can be a champion if I just believe
I'm on a master quest
(Master quest)
I want the whole world to see
(I believe)
I'm gonna be the very best
Cause all I have to do is believe in me
Pokemon!
(Ichigo's voice) Rematch Round
"Are you going to compete with Hawlucha again?" Orihime asked. Chad considered entering the event and decided to go for it. He had all three of his pokemon out and was ready to go.
"Actually, I think I'm going to use a different pokemon this time." Chad said. "I think I'm going to compete with Poliwhirl this time."
"Poliwhirl!"
"Poliwhirl? Don't you need a fighting-type to compete?" Orihime said.
"That's not true." Rukia said. "Remember that you can compete with any pokemon, but the only attacks you can use are normal-type and fighting-type attacks. Poliwhirl knows Double Slap and Focus Punch. Therefor, Poliwhirl qualifies."
"Qualitifies for being a loser." All of them looked and were met with a familiar face.
"Hons?" Chad said.
"I guess we should have known you be here." Ichigo said, but none of them were really that happy to see him. "Don't tell me that you're competing too."
"I am, and you better get ready." Hons said as he walked over to Chad. "I'm the one who is going to win this time. That belt has my name on it this time."
"Whatever." Chad said as he didn't really care what Hons said. Hons got annoyed with Chad's attitude and just walked out of there.
"There is no way you're loosing to that jerk." Rukia said.
"We'll help you train and get ready." Ichigo said. Chad would appreciate that.
"Poliwhirl, are you ready?" Chad asked.
"Poli!" Poliwhirl was all set to go. They all started doing some training. They needed to make sure Poliwhirl was ready to go for this event.
"Now use Scratch, Meowstic!" Orihime said. Meowstic went at Poliwhirl and tried scratching at it, but Poliwhirl avoided all the attacks.
"Poliwhirl, Focus Punch!" Chad said. Poliwhirl jumped back and readied the attack. Poliwhirl focused its power into its fist and went on the attack. Meowstic was dodging all the attacks. Meowstic jumped out of the way of the attacks, but Poliwhirl was going to hit someone. "Oh no!" Poliwhirl's attack was going to hit until it was stopped by an Amoongus. "I'm so sorry."
"It's fine. Amoongus here was able to stop the attack." The girl said. The girl had teal hair tied back with her wearing an orange shirt with a black one under it and wore beige shorts with knee-high socks. "That's one tough Poliwhirl you have there. Are you training to compete in PokeWrestling?"
"I am." Chad said.
"I'm competing too. The name is Mackenzie, but everyone calls me Mac."
"I'm Chad, and you just met my Poliwhirl." Chad said.
"Your Poliwhirl sure looks tough. You probably won a lot of matches together." Mac said.
"Actually, this will be the first time Poliwhirl and I enter together." Chad said.
"Seriously?! I never would have guessed." Mac said. "Well, I guess I'll see you inside." She said as she and Amoongus headed for the arena. At least Chad has one friendly competitor.
...
PokeWrestling
The event was beginning. Trainers with their pokemon wrestled against each other. Chad was competing with Poliwhirl just like he said and it looked like they were doing well. His opponent was using Machop. Machop used a powerful attack that knocked Poliwhirl down.
"Get up, Poliwhirl!" Chad cheered. Poliwhirl was getting back in the battle and wasn't beaten just yet.
"Machop, Cross Chop!" The opponent called. Machop crossed its arms and went at Poliwhirl.
"Poliwhirl, catch it!" Chad said. Poliwhirl readied itself. It waited until Machop was close enough and was able to catch the attack and stopped Machop. Seeing Poliwhirl do that was certainly a surprise. "Double Slap!" Poliwhirl moved Machop's arms out of the way and slapped Machop around. "Focus Punch!" Poliwhirl finished this with a powerful punch and knocked Machop out.
"It looks like Machop is down for the count. That means that Chad is moving to the next round." The emcee said.
"Oh yeah! Way to knock them out, Chad!" Ichigo said as they watched from the stands.
"He's doing great." Orihime said.
"I'm sure he'll make it to the finals." Rukia said. While Chad was resting, the other matches went on. Chad was making sure that Poliwhirl was still in great shape to keep battling.
"You think you can keep going?" Chad asked. Poliwhirl looked ready for anything.
"Come on, Darmanitan!" Chad was so busy working on Poliwhirl that he didn't pay much attention to the other matches. That was until he heard that voice. He looked and saw that Hons was battling now with a new Darmanitan.
"Hons is battling already? Who is his opponent?" Chad questioned as he tried to look. He was a bit surprised when he saw it was Mac with her Amoongus. This is sure to be an interesting match.
"Let's go, Darmanitan! Get that weakling with Superpower!" Hons called.
"Darmanitan!" Darmanitan went on the attack with a strong aura surrounding it.
"Let's use Bide, Amoongus!" Mac called.
"Amoongus!" Amoongus braced itself. Darmanitan smashed its fist against Amoongus and did some damage, but Amoongus was hanging in there.
"Take them down! Darmanitan, Mega Punch!" Hons said. Darmanitan kept the attacks going as it kept attacking Amoongus, but Amoongus was blocking each of the attacks.
"Smart move. Amoongus is using those arms like shields to absorb the blows, but it's not smart for Darmanitan to keep those attacks going." Rukia said.
"Why?" Orihime asked.
"It's because Amoongus is using Bide. The more damage Darmanitan deals, the more that's going to be sent back." Rukia said. Amoongus kept enduring the attacks until it finally unleashed the power Amoongus was building. Darmanitan was blasted hard by the attack and was being pushed back.
"Finish it with Body Slam!" Mac said. Amoongus jumped in the air and came straight down. It slammed itself against Darmanitan and knocked it out.
"That's that for Darmanitan. Mac and her Amoongus are going to the next round." The emcee said.
"No way! I lost!" Hons said as he couldn't believe it. "And to make it worse, I lost to a girl." Mac was on her way out when she spotted Chad and his Poliwhirl. She seemed interesting in battling him. The event went on as the trainers and their pokemon kept battling each other.
"Poliwhirl, Double Slap!" Chad said with Poliwhirl slapping a Marowak around. Marowak tried its best to fight back, but Poliwhirl was quick on its feet and countered each attack. As the battle went on, Mac was rather impressed with how Chad and Poliwhirl battled.
"This can't be their first time competing together." Mac said as she felt like she was looking at a natural out there. Chad and Mac did their best in each match until they reached the finals. The time came for them to face each other.
"The time has finally come as we have Poliwhirl going against Amoongus. We'll soon see which of these two will be our champion." The emcee announced.
"This is sure to make an interesting battle." Rukia said. "Normally, grass pokemon like Amoongus hold the advantage over water pokemon like Poliwhirl, but that's only when they use grass attacks."
"Since their limited to only two types of attacks, it will come down to who wants it more." Ichigo said as they were all getting excited for this battle.
"Don't hold your breath." They all looked behind their seats and saw Hons was sitting behind them.
"Hons?" Orihime said as she questioned what he was doing.
"Why are you sitting behind us?" Ichigo questioned.
"I may not have won, but I'm going to take some pleasure seeing your giant friend lose." Hons said. "So don't bug me while I'm watching."
"Only if you don't bug us. Your ego is bigger than Chad." Ichigo said with annoyance.
"What was that?!" Hons said as he put Ichigo in a headlock with Ichigo trying to fight back. While the fight in the stands was going on, the actual match was about to begin. The bell went off with the two of them ready.
"Go for it, Poliwhirl!" Chad called. Poliwhirl pulled itself back using the ropes of the ring and launched itself right at Amoongus.
"Amoongus, jump!" Mac called. Amoongus jumped in the air and avoided Poliwhirl. "Now use Hidden Power!" Amoongus formed energy orbs and launched them at Poliwhirl. Poliwhirl got blasted by the attack and was knocked down. "Now lets use Body Slam!" Amoongus jumped again and was coming down at Poliwhirl.
"Poliwhirl, move!" Chad called. Poliwhirl saw the attack coming and rolled out of the way of the attack. "Now use Double Slap!" Poliwhirl fought back as it slapped Amoongus around.
"Ha! This isn't a slap fight! He can't win like that!" Hons said.
"Shut it." Ichigo said as he drove his elbow into Hons' gut.
"Poliwhirl, Focus Punch!" Chad said.
"Amoongus, Bide!" Mac said. Poliwhirl got the attack ready and charged with Amoongus ready for it.
"Poliwhirl, stop!" Chad said. Poliwhirl stopped just short of hitting Amoongus.
"Smart." Mac said as Poliwhirl just waited for Bide to fail. Amoongus tried building as much energy as they could until nothing really happen. "Not bad. You timed that pretty well so that Bide would fail."
"Focus Punch again!" Chad said. Poliwhirl went through with the attack and smashed its fist against Amoongus. "Now use Double Slap!" Amoongus got slapped around and kept being dealt damage. Poliwhirl finished this by grabbing a hold of Amoongus and slammed Amoongus down like a football player scoring a touchdown. Amoongus got knocked around pretty good.
"That's it! Poliwhirl and Chad are the winners!" The emcee announced as the match was over with Chad and Poliwhirl winning.
"Are you kidding?! He won?!" Hons said. "Forget this. This place isn't suited for me anyway." Hons couldn't stand that he lost and just got out of there. Chad and Poliwhirl were rewarded a belt as they felt like champs. When it was all over, Ichigo and his friends met up with him.
"Way to go, Chad." Ichigo said.
"Absol."
"We knew you could do it." Orihime said.
"You were great out there." Rukia said.
"Thanks a lot you guys. I thought Poliwhirl was great out there as well." Chad said.
"Poli!"
"You were great out there, Chad." Mac said as she walked over. "Your Poliwhirl looked like a natural out there. That's why I got something that I thought could take your game to another level." She reached inside a pocket and pulled out a stone. "It's a water stone. You can use this to have Poliwhirl become Poliwrath."
"Poliwhirl could evolve?" Chad questioned as he took the stone and debated to do it. "Poliwhirl, do you want to evolve?" He held it out for Poliwhirl to decide. All of them were curious as to what Poliwhirl would do.
"Poliwhirl!" Poliwhirl grabbed the stone and began to glow. Poliwhirl grew bigger and bulkier from the stone. "Poliwrath!"
"Wow! Poliwhirl just evolved!" Orihime said as they were all amazed.
"Thank you, Mac." Chad said.
"Sure. You got real talent and potential in this, Chad." Mac said. She was right. Perhaps Chad is on the right track to a real dream.
Chad had competed and once again won at PokeWrestling. As a reward, he had his Poliwhirl to evolve into Poliwrath. With everyone growing and getting stronger, the journey continues with each of our heroes pursuing their own goals and dreams
To Be Continued...
Pokemon Question: Okay, all you trainers. The answer to the last question was...Skorupi. Skorupi and Sizzilepede share a common descent. Here's the next question. What pokemon has a large mouth but a small stomach?
