Flames and Wings

The crowd cheered as Walker and Vis walked up to the stage. Seeing them on stage Matthias and Reanna stopped talking and shifted their attention.

The final match of the tournament that I found myself to strangely be part of with people who seem to recognize me. Or at least a doppelganger of myself.

I looked around at the numerous faces in the crowd. Old and young both excited to see the conclusion. But why was I here what was my purpose?

"Glaze you seem preoccupied with something your face looks pale" Matthias said.

"It's probably just exhaustion I'd say from all the battles we've had" I replied.

"Well I'll be sure to hold back next time so you don't get too burned out" Matthias said.

"Heh sure" I said.

My battle with Matthias was probably the easiest one i'd had all day.

"Finally it's time for the finals between Walker and Vis" The announcer said.

"A one on one battle to finish it all. The last battle of the day. Are you all ready?" he continued.

The crowd cheered in response to him including the three of us.

"Walker don't you dare lose" Matthias said.

"Show them your skill Walker" Reanna said.

'Walker or Vis who do I cheer for' I thought for a moment before deciding.

"Give us a battle to cheer for" I said joining in with the others.

Our strangely un-orderly voices seemed to be orderly when they were meshed together. We all wanted a good fight and the smirks on the competitors faces proved that they reciprocated the same feeling.

"Go combusken""Go Edge" Walker said tossing his ball as Vis dis the same with his.

The combusken and scyther appeared on their respective sides. The combusken seemed agitated like it had something to prove while the scyther seemed uncaring.

Walker similarly seemed on Edge. I'm assuming this tournament means a lot to him or perhaps there was another reason.

"Combusken flame charge" Walker said initiating the first move.

Combusken surrounded itself in embers and rushed towards scyther.

"Edge dodge and go for a night slash" Vis said.

Scyther easily dodged the attack and attacked with its now darkened scythe at combuskens midsection.

"Combusken attack with quick attack" Walker countered.

Combusken evaded the night slash thanks to the speed boost from flame charge and managed to land the hit throwing of scyther's balance and pushing it away.

"See I told you Walker was a skilled trainer" Reanna said.

"Yeah he does seem to be doing better than when he fought us" Matthias said.

"Well yeah single battles and double battles are way more complicated than just the number of pokemon. Walker probably never had a double battle and he also seemed to have a obvious dislike for his partner" I said.

'So this is it'

I turned my attention back to the match.

"Edge wing attack""Combusken flame charge" the two of them yelled out as their pokemon followed the attacks.

They seemed to go for direct confontrations instead of using strategy at least that's what it seemed like.

After a couple of attacks scyther and combusken both seemed to have landed a decent amount of hits.

"Combusken create some distance" Walker said.

Combusken followed Walkers orders and moved away from scyther.

"Are you done already? Doesn't matter scyther agility" Vis said.

Scyther moved around until suddenly it became a lot faster.

"Combusken bulk up" Walker said.

Combusken puffed its body until it seemed to get more buff.

"Wing attack""Flame charge" the two said as Flames and Wings clashed.

Both pokemon were thrown back due to the force of the collision.

"Combusken" Walker said seeing it look hurt.

Combusken was clutching it's knee as it stood up

"Guess this is it Walker. Edge wing attack finish it" Vis said.

Scyther rushed for the combusken keen on taking this chance.

But suddenly combusken straightened up.

"Wait what just happened?" Matthias asked confused.

"He did the same thing Vis did before he made combusken fake being injured" I said.

"Your combusken might still be able to battle but this wing attack will surely end things" vis said.

"No this is over Combusken flame charge" Walker said.

Combusken covered itself in flames once more but this time they were dark red and were a lot more than before.

"Damn it I forgot about blaze. Edge hurry" Vis said.

But it was too late the flame covered combusken already manged to close the distance but at the last second scyther managed to use its wings to dodge and swiftly deliver the wing attack.

Combusken was launched into the air from the force as it swiftly tumbled down immediately fainting.

"Combusken is unable to battle. Vis and Scyther are the winners" The annnouncer announced.

"He lost" Matthias said disappointed.

"So Vis how do you feel about winning the tournament?" The announcer asked Vis as he handed him a mic.

"It was definitely a tough match but edge has never let me down before and I had no qualms that he would lose" Vis answered

"Well now then will Glaze please come to the stage it's time for us to present the awards" The announcer said.

"I'll be back" I said.

"Sure go get it" Matthias said.

I took a slightly fast paced jog as I headed to the waiting room and then entered the arena through the door there.

Reaching the arena I then walked up to Vis and Walker who were at the center along with the announcer.

"Now may the headmaster please come on to stage to give these three their medals" The announcer said.

A slightly older individual in a suit came forth. He seemed to be walking slowly perhaps due to his age. After a few minutes he finally reached us.

"For securing third place Glaze receives a bronze medal" The announcer said.

The audience clapped as I lower my head and received the medal around my neck.

"You battled well and I see that you have potential keep practicing to better yourself" The headmaster said.

"The next medal for securing second place Walker receives the silver medal" The announcer says.

The applause begins once more as the headmaster commemorates Walker with his medal.

"You battled fiercely and I can tell that your pokemon were strong but you were also reckless so be sure to work on that" the headmaster said.

"And finally, for winning the tournament Vis receives a gold medal and a trophy" The announcer said.

Applause rained down once more as Vis received his medal and trophy.

"Your technique was marvelous to watch I could tell that you have a strong bond with your pokemon. Both you and scyther did a great job" the headmaster said.

"It isn't over yet these three winners also get the chance to challenge the gym leader of our very own city isn't that great" The announcer said.

The crowd started cheering once more.

Once the crowd calmed down the announcer spoke once more.

"That's all we've got for this year be sure to give the graduating class your good wishes as they prepare to begin their pokemon journey" The announcer said.

With that the tournament concluded.

I tried to talk to Walker but he seemed too agitated due to his loss and Vis disappeared as soon as the tournament was I went back to the only other people I knew.

"A chance to challenge the gym leader that's pretty good for getting third place. Its apparently priority based though so you'll have to go last" Matthias said.

"What's so good about that? Can't I just walk in and challenge the gym" I asked.

'Gyms should I even challenge them'

"Don't you realize how good of an opportunity this is. The gym here at Rustbro gets a large amount of challengers so the gym leader had to make an appointment based system and there's a huge waiting list which you're getting the chance to skip..." Reanna said lecturing me.

"Fine I get it anything else I should know?" I said irritatingly.

"Yes to participate in a gym battle at the first gym you need at least two pokemon so you'll probably need to get one over the week since the gym battle is a week from today-""Reanna we should get going" Reanna was interrupted by Liz.

"Well you can check with the tournament staff about what needs to be done I'll be leaving now but the next time we meet I won't be the one losing" she said as she went away.

I took a seat and leaned back as Matthias did the same on his seat.

"She never stops talking does she?" Matthias said.

"I don't know maybe she does" I replied.

"So the tournaments over now what?" Matthias asked.

"I'm probably going to need another pokemon so I guess I'll head for Petalburg Woods or someplace similar" I said.

"That sounds fun I might as well join you since I'm sure you'll need my help" he replied.

"Sounds cool" I said.

"Well just give me a call on my Pokenav and we'll set a time to do this" he said.

I nodded.

The next second my pocket started buzzing. So I reached in and grabbed my Pokenav and put it to my ear.

"Hello?"