Chapter 115 First Round

After getting to the healing room, Ash meets Cal there.

Cal: So it's you and me again, huh. Our opponents are those girls, Lumi and Eve. If I'm not mistaken, one of them uses Ice Types as well. I'm used to fighting those, type choices aside, so we should have a safe advantage. Still, I heard those two have been training hard lately, so let's not get careless. Make sure you're ready before going on.

Ash: The Ice Type user is Lumi...I really don't want to face her. So I'll leave her to you, I'll battle Eve.

Cal nods as they all get to the battlefield, and they see the sisters facing them.

Terra: WELCOME, ONE AND RAWWRRRR, TO THE LABRADORRA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA GRAND TOURNAMENT OF VERY LOUD SHOUTING- and booty. can't f0rget that sweet, sweet booty- WHERE WE WILL BE SHOUTING VERY LOUDLY THE ENTIRE TIME*. TODAY'S WINNERS WILL WIN THE FAAAABULOUS PRIZE OF BEING ABLE TO GO FUCKING ANYWHERE AT ALL! THE L000000zERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, won't. simple as dat b, rly.

The first group is Florinia and Titania versus Amaria and Julia, it is something that they are dreaded to do.

Julia: The gang's finally all back in action!

Florinia: "Action" may be an incomplete assement of the given scenario.

Julia: Ohmigod, stoppit.

Amaria: I'm looking forward to fighting with you all again!

Titania just frowns after hearing Amaria's cheerful tone.

Terra: WATASHI WA WILL NOW BEGIN! FOR OUR FIRST MATCH TODAY, IT'S A S0R0RITY S1STER SH0WDOWN! CLASS REUNIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN SO CLIMACTIC!

Amaria: Julie could probably challenge that one.

Julia: Oh, TRUE! That year was SUCH a blast- literally! You should've SEEN the look on the vice principal's face!

Titania: We did see it. We were there. And the reunion wasn't even for our class.

Julia: Hehe, yeah... It wasn't, was it~?

Terra: NO REM!N!SC!NG IN MY TOURNAMENT, BIZSNATCHEz. ANY REM!N!SCENCE WILL BE STRICTLY PUNISHABLE BY A $69 DOLLAR FINE AND A SWIFT SMACK IN THE BUTTOCULAR REGION WITH A STUNFISK YAOI PADDLE.

Julia: Geez, if you do that, it really is going to be just like that reunion!

Titania: Please don't remind me.

Terra: NOW, WATAKUSHI WA WILL ANNOUNCE THE C0MPETITORS! 1N THE L3FT CORNER- TITTYTANIA-

Titania: Real original.

Terra: TEAMS UP WITH... the m0st b0000ring person in this pl4ce. ser1ously, lady, did you sell your em0ti0n$ for the thesaurus you clearly tried to e4t for breakfast or wh4t.

Florinia: Consumption of a thesaurus would not result in retention of its contents.

Terra: yea but how u know that tho? did u tried? how u know that if u didnt tried?

Julia: She's got you there!

Terra: THEY FACE OFF AGAINST... LITTLE MISS EMOTIONAL MATURITY,

Julia: Ooh, ooh, that's me, right?! I bet that's me!

Terra: AAAAND, WANNABE OPHELIA!

Amaria: I'm not sure that's entirely accurate...

Titania: No, that's fine. "As one incapable of her own distress, or like a creature naive and indued unto that element." It fits you to a T.

Amaria: I am not "incapable of my own distress." Believe it or not, I am still fighting. But there is only so much water I can take on, so to speak, until I reach the shore.

Titania: Then consider acting like it.

Amaria: Aren't I?

Titania: You put on a false front in groups, but we both know what's underneath it. You don't know how to care for yourself, so you put that burden on others, all the while using your emotional pain as a method to control them.

Julia: Hey, lay off of her! You're making it sound like she's like that on purpose, but nobody's perfect!

Florinia: If the established claim is valid, the intentionality of the action is without consequence.

Julia: Are you really going to take Tania's side even though she's the reason you decided emotions were bad in the first place?

Florinia: If a theory is accurate, the originator is irrelevant.

Titania: And I'll accept responsibility for that. Unlike some people, I know how to be accountable for the damages I've caused.

Amaria: How about the damage you caused me?

Titania: Don't pretend like it would've been better if I'd done anything different. You're much too married to your victim status for that.

Terra: WOWIE ZOWIE PUTTPUTT, THINGS ARe REALLY HEATING UP IN HERE! BUT HOLD ON TO YOUR KNICKERS, KICKERS, CUZ IT'S T1M3 2 PICKERS THE FIELD! TR00 TO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ST4NDRAWRDS, WE WILL ROLL A RANDOM FIELD FOR THE BATTLERS TO INeVITABLY FUCK UP. WHAT WILL BE CHOSEN?! NOBODY KNOWS- except me. because I AM THE RNG-sus. RAWWWWWRRRR! b'zides, ain't i sooooo random? xD roflcopter SOOOOOOOOOO FOR THE SORORITY SISTERS' SHOWDOWN, S1NCE IT's HEATING UP SO WELL, THAT CAN ONLY BE THE SUPERHEATED FIELD!

Then the field rises up to be the Superheated Field for the four of them.

Julia: Why do we even have to do this at all?! We were all best friends together once! All these problems came up, but we can solve them! Let's just stay positive and talk it out! The OTS crew is the best ~ !\nSo let's let our friendship do the rest ~ !

Titania: Just stop. Staying positive is all nice and pretty, but it's also just a convenient way to ignore the actual issues here. That kind of mantra is exactly why every smile Amaria musters is laced and dripping with lies.

Amaria: I'm not incapable of happiness.

Titania: You don't believe that, so why should I? And, Julia? Here's a little advice from your "oh-so-perfect friend", Back off, and sit down. This is your business least of all. You were always out with your flavor of the week boyfriends. It was the three of us left back all the time. So let me tell you now, since it seems to have evaded your keen grasp all these years- This happy, ideal, sugar-coated, strawberry dream team you seem to have imagined? It doesn't exist. It never did. We just set our issues aside and played along with your ever-ignorant school spirit because you couldn't understand anyway. This may be news to you as someone with the emotional depth of a half-boiled turnip, But this isn't new; this is just us.

Amaria: That's not fair. Besides, it's not like Rini was really involved either. This is just between you and I.

Titania: She was too involved, in the beginning. Or did that not fit into the narrative you invented to keep me around?

Julia: Hey... Let's say you're right, okay? Maybe things were never perfect in the first place. Does that mean we still can't fight to make it right?

Titania: We've been fighting. For years. I'm tired of it.

Florinia: Based on prior experiences and data, worthwhile results cannot be produced by the given variables. Objectively speaking, the process may be futile.

Julia: I still want to try! We can talk, like we used to! I won't let you guys push me out and fall apart that easily!

Amaria: I'm with Julie here. I don't think there's any reason to give up. No matter what happens, Tania, you're still important to me. All of you are. I won't let you go that easily.

Titania: I don't need your permission to leave. Keep playing house all you want; I'll break the door down myself!

Then the four of them start to battle to see who can advance to the next round, and the camera shows to the second group, which is Victoria and Shelly versus Charlotte and Saphira.

Terra: ONTO RAWWWWWR SExOND MATCH OF THE DAY: ON OUR LEFT! SHE'S K1NDER TH4N A CHANSEY, SHE'S GR1EVING L1KE A CUBONE, AND SHE'S M0RE OF A ROADBLOCK THAN ANY LUMBERING SLUMBERING SNORLAX-

Victoria: I'm- sorry?

Terra: VICTORIA MAR-BLOWs TEAMS UP WITH BOOTLEG BUGSY!

Shelly: Is she always this mean?

Saphira: It's just a trick to get under our skin. Don't listen to her.

Terra: THEY'LL BE FAAAAAAACING OFF AGAINST ANGER MANAGEMENT, AND THE MACDONALD TRIAD!

Charlotte: To be fair, I'm only two out of three for that. And that's only if you count the Doctor as an animal.

Terra: AND OUR ARENA TODAY IS swump. get shrek't lol

Then for their field, it is the Swamp Field.

Saphira: Fine. Shelly, right?

Shelly: Yes!

Saphira: Nothing personal, but I'm going all out. I have business to finish still, one way or another. No one is going to stand in the way, ally or otherwise.

Shelly: Got it. I'm not afraid! I'll prove to you that my name is worth remembering!

Saphira: Good.

Shelly: I've had a lot of good friends along the way who've helped me through it! I wanna repay them by being the best me that I can be, no matter what happens!

Victoria: Ahah... I know someone who would've liked to hear something like that. I've gotta do the same thing. Let's both do our best!

Charlotte: Hey, that's some real neat bonding or whatever you two have going on over there, But like, we're still gonna burn you to a crisp, okay? After all, destruction is beauty!

Then the camera turns to the third field, which is Hardy and Radomus versus Noel and Serra.

Terra: OUR 3th MATCH BEGINS! ON THE BLUE SIDE, STRUM AND DUMBER,

Hardy: (Annoyed) Who?

Terra: PAIRS UP WITH... THE ONE, THE LONELY, MASTER RANDOMUS!

Radomus: That is not my name, but carry on.

Terra: MASTER RADAMUS!

Radomus: Keep trying. You'll get it someday.

Terra: MASTER DADOMUS!

Radomus: I guess that one technically isn't wrong...

Terra: AND ON THE OTHER BLUE SIDE, MRS. DIED AT 30,

Serra: Only mostly.

Terra: AAAAND ANNA v0.3!

Radomus: (Notices Noel's frown) Don't listen to the announcer; She's just making things up, Pai- Erm, Noel.

Serra: Hey, how'd I end up over here with your kid, anyway? Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Terra: what, so you can like, emotionally connect and do all that other gross character development junk? N44444444444444444WH BITCH! GOTTA SHAKE SHIT UP LIKE WE SHAKE DAT 455. uh huh, uh huh- twerk it- twerk it ALL THE WAY TO A MIRROR ARENA.

Their field is the Mirror Field, and Serra is the one surprised the most.

Serra: My own field? That's surprisingly generous. You aren't playing favorites here, are you?

Terra: The b0otylord giveth, The bo0tylord taketh away, And the bootyl0rd shalt reward those who share in 4 letters of their names.

Serra: That's not arbitrary or weird at all.

Radomus: Noel, even if we're on opposite sides now, I want you to fight with everything you have.

Noel: Why?

Radomus: For the same reason as anyone else. All I mean is that there's no need to let our relationship get in the way.

Noel: I don't see why that would matter. Us winning would be disadvantageous.

Serra: "Disadvantageous"? What are you talking about?

Noel: If one party can't go on after losing, the most useful team should win. You'll be more useful in fighting Team Meteor than I will. I should lose.

Radomus: You're allowed to fight for yourself too. It doesn't always have to be for others.

Serra: Can't say I don't agree with the kid though. You have a Gardevoir to get back, right? Isn't it best if you go on?

Hardy: Oi, I dunno all y'alls backgrounds, But home field or not, if you only think about your opponents, you're always gonna lose! I, for one, have no intention of leaving before I finish the set!

Serra: It's not like I have anything going for me either.

Radomus: Only because you choose to think that way.

Serra: We can't always choose our own thoughts. It's not that simple. Sometimes it just doesn't work.

Radomus: Can you choose to win or lose a battle?

Serra: You can choose to try.

Radomus: The battle won't be won without making that choice. But you aren't trying either. If I must, I'll demonstrate it for you firsthand.

And finally, it is Ash and Cal battling Eve and Lumi.

Terra: AAAAND LAST BUT POSSIBLY LEAST, THE WALKING PLOT ARMOR... TEAMS UP WITH... BLAKE WHITAKER!

Ash: Walking plot armor? Me?

Cal: Thanks for that one.

Terra: VS...! some b0ring bitch, who cares. ...VS! THE MASS MURDERER AND HER MOTIVE!

Lumi: (Confused) Murderer? Motive?

Eve: She's blaming us for the PULSEs. But those are empty words coming from somebody who's still sided with the party using those things. There's no need to pay it any mind. We know our roles here.

Lumi: Right! We're just here as a stepping stone for the others now. If more of the others make it to the next round, they'll have a better chance of stopping Team Meteor!

Cal: Does that mean you don't intend to try?

Terra: B11111111111111111TCH Y'ALL BETTER BE TRYIN' OR YA GONNA BE FLYIN'. RAWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRR! ANYONE WHO DOESN'T BATTLE SERI0USLY WILL BE WH4CK-A-MOLED THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE 3ARTH!

Eve: So not quite. I had figured something like that would be the case.

Lumi: We'll do our best, but we're really rooting for you! Pinky promise!

Terra: 4444444ND THE FIELD W1LL BE...T3RR4: THE 1NVERSE F1ELD!

Ash notices that the field rises and it is an Inverse Field, that means all of the moves are going to be switched.

Cal: That's a little awkward.

Eve: We're going to be counting on you.

Terra: READY!

Lumi: (Sees Ash and blushes a little) Ash, we know you can put an end to this once and for all!

Terra: STEADY!

Eve: It's going to work out.

Cal: It has to.

Lumi: So give us your best shot too!

Ash: You bet.

Terra: RAWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Then the battle begins with Eve sending out Porygon2 and Lumi sends out Alolan Ninetales. Ash goes for Gengar while Cal goes for Magmortar. Ninetales sets up the Aurora Veil, and Ash has Gengar use Shadow Ball on Porygon2 to deal some damage, but Porygon2 also fights back with the Hyper Beam. Magmortar tries to go with Focus Blast on the Ninetales, which only deals neutral damage. Porygon2 is knocked out after Gengar goes for Shadow Ball once more. So Eve sends out Sigilyph next. Gengar is hit by Ninetales' Dazzling Gleam and it is knocked out, so Ash sends out Lucario next. Magmortar goes for Focus Blast on Sigilyph, also defeating the Pokemon along with Lucario's Aura Sphere.

Eve's third Pokemon is Alakazam, and it goes for Dazzling Gleam to knock out Magmortar, but Lucario also goes with Dark Pulse and knocks out Alolan Ninetales. Lumi's second Pokemon is Aurorus, and its ability Snow Warning causes the snow to come, and it goes for Rock Slide to finish Lucario. Cal's second Pokemon is Arcanine, and it goes for Extreme Speed while Ash goes with his third Pokemon: Charizard, to use Flamethrower to knock out the Aurorus.

Lumi goes for Lapras, and it goes for Ice Beam to knock out Cal's Arcanine, so Cal goes for Charizard next. Alakazam is also defeated by Charizard's Seismic Toss, so Eve's fourth Pokemon is Metagross. Metagross goes for Hammer Arm on both Charizard, but Ash's Charizard manages to take the hit and goes for Flamethrower on Lapras, making it burned, and Cal's Charizard lands the Wing Attack on Metagross, eventually knocking it out. Eve's fifth Pokemon is Reuniclus. Lapras is also defeated by Cal's Charizard's Flamethorwer, so Lumi sends out Mamoswine next.

Ash recalls Charizard after taking a lot of damage by Reuniclus' Dizzy Punch, so Ash switches into Pikachu to battle the Mamoswine. And Mamoswine also uses Ice Shard to defeat Cal's Charizard, so Cal goes for Kommo-o, using Outrage to defeat the Mamoswine in the end, with Pikachu's Thunderbolt helping him out. The fifth Pokemon for Lumi is Goodra, and Pikachu goes for Thunderbolt to deal a lot of damage. And Kommo-o also uses Sky Uppercut to knock out Reuniclus as well. The final Pokemon for Eve is Espeon, and it uses Grass Knot to knock out Kommo-o, so Cal goes for Medicham as the next Pokemon.

As for Ash, he has Pikachu go for Thunderbolt again, defeating Goodra, and Lumi sends out Glaceon as her last Pokemon. Both Eeveelutions are battling hard against both Ash and Cal, but they're not a match as Ash and Cal manage to win the battle by using Iron Tail on Espeon and Zen Headbutt on Glaceon.

Eve: When was the last time we battled like this?

Lumi: Never. It was never quite like that.

Cal: We pulled through... somehow.

Ash: Yeah. They're strong.

Terra: 4ND THE WINRAR IZZZZ... Ash! oh, and you other guy. AND YOUR PRIZE TODAY IS A BRAAAAAND NEW CAR! butitateme. gotta get that delici0us vore in the miXXX #carsfuckingdragons #feminism

Lumi: Great job, Ash!

Eve: To you as well, Cal.

Lumi: You really don't seem anything like your brother!

Cal: That's... nice to hear, I guess. So you two knew him too.

Eve: Not intimately, but his presence tends to make itself known.

Lumi: It always feels yucky when he's around!

Cal: Don't I know it. But it would be nice if people stopped evaluating me based on whether or not I'm like him. I'd rather just be my own person.

Lumi: Sorry!

Eve: I suppose we know a thing or two about not being able to do that.

Cal: It's really whatever.

Lumi: I'm sorry though...

Cal: If you apologize that much, you'll start sounding like Shelly. Listen... I know I don't have much going for me that wasn't based off of him, but... I'm just here to help out. So hopefully that counts for something.

Terra: OKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOK. ENOUGH OF THIS YABBA DABBA DOO DAH! NEXT!

Lumi: Eh? We were still speaking!

Terra: I SAID NEXT! don't make me get bolder. THE BOLDER is ANGRY! anyway bye.

Just then, much to their surprise, Eve and Lumi are suddenly flashing like they are about to disappear.

Ash: Um. What just happened?

Terra: ohhhhhhh nuthin'. i just deleted their character files. that janketyjank ya see leftovurrr is just their avatars.

Cal: I thought you said nothing would happen to the losers.

Terra: whaaaaaaaaaat, who said that?! me, i did. cuz it's TR00. ain't nothin' happening to them anymore ever again 4YYYY LM4O GOTT333M XD 420NoPope

Ash: (Angry) Are they going to stay that way?

Terra: uh, duh. you can't just un-delete people, Karen. that's racist. OKEI, MOVE ALONG NOW KIDS, OFF YOU GO TO PURIFY THE WORLD or whatever. pay no attention to the junk data behind the curtain. bye like a cycle bitch

Just then, the path appears for Ash and Cal to move forward.

Cal: I see. This is how Team Meteor intends to survive. They'll pick off our numbers like this and in the end... Well, before I say that, let's go make sure of what's on the other side.

Ash is concerned of Eve and Lumi, but he knows that he has to continue forward, maybe there will be a way for him to save everyone.


And here is the first round, Ash and Cal are paired with Eve and Lumi for this battle. If you're going with the Zekrom Route, you'll be paired with Florinia instead. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be more tournament battles.