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25th of October

Emerald's POV (8.30 a.m.)

Ring!

With the sound of my self-made Treeko alarm clock, I woke up. I normally stay in bed for a long time before I finally wake up, but not today. Just after waking up, I went right to my laptop and entered the mail. I didn't even need to search for two seconds before I encountered the message I wanted to read:

" Your starting place is on the number 19 of the 5th sector. As always the rules are pretty simple:

-In the outdoor battlefield number 2 you will be given box with the following items: A notebook, a green flare (to use when you lost or to retire), and a red flare (to signal that you're in danger).

-Once the "Battle royale" starts you'll have to go to the fountain in the center of the park to get a little blue flag. That is because we want everyone to move and not remain in the same place without moving all the competition. After two nd a half hours, the flags will be removed so you will be disqualified if you don't have one.

- If you encounter any student in your path to the fountain or after that you're forced to battle with your own rules that you'll both have to note in the notebook. The winner can continue and the looser will just have to shoot the flare and come to the outdoors battlefields where you'll have to say who you lost to.

-We will say some announcements from the speakers such as the time left until we take out the flags, the number of students remaining, and the time since the competition started.

-If you want to quit at some point just shot the green flare and come to the outdoors battlefields and specify if you lost or retired.

-When only 10 people or less are left in the competition we will announce the meeting place where they will decide the way to end the competition.

-A loss is determined by one of this two different events:

1) One of the two battlers loses the fight according to the rules they accorded together.

2) A competitor is out of useful pokemon.

To end with the rules we only want to remind you that the place you get in the "Battle Royale" will determine the grade you earn and finally that grade will count as the half of the mark in the Pokemon Battles subject. This said, we only have to encourage a fair play and that everyone give their best."

After I knew my starting place and the rules (which were mostly the same as always) I had a quick breakfast and I took out my pokemon. They had rested well and had no signs of bruises or any damage. I did that one last time before putting Sceptile, Snorlax, Dusclops, Mantine, Sudowoodo, and Mr. Mime in their pokeballs and get out of the house.

Just as I stepped out of the house I saw a figure comming to me from one of the apartments around. I immediately recognized my friend and fellow Dexholder, Sapphire. She had a huge grin and she seemed to be very happy.

-Hi Sapph... how are you feeling today?- I asked her.

-I feel like today is the perfect day to show everyone why we are the Dexholders- she said with a determined face.

-Yeah, but today I'm the one who is going to be the winner- I said in a challenging tone.

-We'll see that Emerald- said Sapph when we all laughed at that.

Walking and talking about the fun we would be having in just a few minutes we arrived at the outdoors battlefield's. After signing in and getting the items we would need for the competition we stood at the map placed in the center of the Battlefield.

-Where's your starting place Sapphire?- I asked her- Mine is the number 19 in the 5th sector, just outside the indoor Battlefield number 1.

-I'm in the 7th sector in the place number 12- she answered looking at the map- Here it is... Just at the entrance of the Gym where we do our PE classes when it's raining or we have to do indoor exercices.

-We are quite near from each other, I hope we don't have to battle until we reach the Top 10- I said.

-I also hope that, but if we finally have to battle before that... I'll give my best- she said offering a hand shake.

-Same here- I said returning the gesture.

And with that gesture we began to walk towards our starting places... it was 9:49 so we had about 10 minutes until the competition started. I saw her looking around to see something, but she couldn't find it because she wore a disappointed look after that. When I arrived at my place we said our goodbyes and "Good lucks" before she continued her path to her starting place.

After waiting for some more minutes an announcement was heard from the speaker:

-GOOD MORNING STUDENTS OF THE POKEMON ACADEMY! TODAY IS THE DAY OF THE TERM WHEN THE BATTLE ROYALE TAKES PLACE. WE ONLY HAVE TO ASK YOU TO PLAY FAIR!- the voice of the Academy's principal said- THE COMPETITION TODAY HAS 463 COMPETITORS, SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU! NOW LET THE BATTLE ROYALE START IN 3...2...1... NOW!

Just as I prepared myself to run. I heard a high pitched whistle and looking up I saw a green flare in the sky.

-Seems like Rub was not bluffing- I saighed- Oh well, let's start!

And with that I started to run towards the center of the park. I had planned to spend around two hours wandering around the place before finally getting the flag. Around the flags there was a neutral zone where nobody is allowed to battle so the most intelligent thing to do is either to be the first to take it and get out of there quickly or to wait for some time. Seeing my shortness, the most intelligent thing to do is wait because if people saw me they would probably ambush me like they tried two semesters ago with Gold and Blue. They were able to win against almost 10 people, but with their pokemon so tired they didn't stand a chance against the other Dexholders. Like in a mission, to have some little plan is very important.

Just then I nearly bumped into someone. We looked at each other before the red-haired girl squealed in happiness and took out a pokeball. I recognized her to be the in the same course as Yellow went before being promoted to Red's course. I had battled her once in another Battle Royale and I must admit that she wasn't half-bad.

-What an honor to battle a Pokedex Holder- she said grinning and also taking out her notebook, the same as I did- What about a 6 vs. 6?

-It's okay for me- I said grabbing my Snorlax's pokeball- but we can change our pokemon after every battle, I'll even send them out first if you want.

-As you wish- she said- just don't go easy on me. Maybe you'll be surprised if you do...

-I never go easy... Go Snorlax!

-I need you Machoke!- she said- Start with Low Kick!

(3 hours and 10 minutes later, 1:20 p.m.)

I had won 7 battles against 9 people. The first girl was the strongest and after that I kinda wiped the floor with the rest. I even had a 3 vs. 1 battle against 3 students from my class. We accorded that I could use 3 pokemon at the same time while they used one each. It was kinda tricky for me to command the three of them at the same time, but my group of rivals where quite clumsy when working together, so I could handle the battle without much problems.

I already had my flag which I got something like an hour ago so I was just wondering the place, while trying to avoid any Pokedex Holder. I once spotted Yellow, but she didn't so I just avoided her. Maybe one of them avoided me too. The rules only say that if you encounter someone you have to battle, but if the other doesn't see you... Let's say that is open to different intepretations.

Analyzing my team, I could see that I they were in quite a good shape. The most tired was Snorlax, because it was the one who battled the most and Sudowoodo and Dusclops were quite tired too. Sceptile and Mantine were almost at full power.

-THERE ARE 27 COMPETITORS REMAINING!- I heard from the speakers.

I began to look around some more, moving from my place to the south part of the park, avoiding the huge battle that was heard in a little clearing in the forest, in the east. Then I found myself face to face with a student who had to be in Red's course, because he was so much taller than me. He saw me and then we just started to walk to each other, the battle was unnavoidable.

-I only got 3 pokemon left- he said- they are in a good shape, though so what about a 3 on 3 without substitutions?

-I agree with you- I said writting that in my notebook- I'll start too. Go Mr. Mime!

-Your first, Mawile!- he said and the battle started- Go near an use Crunch!

-Use Barrier and then Double-slap!

And then the mimicry pokemon stopped the great mouth before it attacked him with an invisible barrier, attacked the little demon pokemon who stood up soon, not without being hurt.

-Mawile use Faint Attack!- and with incredible speed attacked my pokemon hurting him.

-It's enough of this Mr. Mime let's use that attack in our favor!- I said smirking- Use Mimic to use Faint Attack and when you get close use Fire Punch!

And with the super-effective attack the Mawile fainted. It seems that it was quite tired. He thanked his pokemon and sent out a Poliwrath like Red's, but not as strong, I supposed. I recalled Mr. Mime too and sent out Sceptile to avoid further damage to my pokemon, I was sure that I would need him later with the Dexholders.

-Poliwrath Dynamic Punch!

-Dodge Sceptile!- I said to my lizard- Quick Attack!

-Mind reader!- he shouted, a good choice- Now use Hypnosis!

-Not yet! Use Quick attack and avoid the Hypnosis - and my pokemon complied my request easily- Now Leaf blade!

-Stop and use Cross Chop to counter it!- he yelled and the attacks collided.

It seemed that the attacks were quite similar in power, but I could see that using only one arm Sceptile was overpowering the Cross Chop little by little until it attacked their rival, knocking him out in the process. He just recalled his pokemon and talked.

-As expected of Emerald's Sceptile- he said with a sad smile- I'll try my best until the end though. Go Muk, use Sludge!

-Dodge all the droplets then Bullet Seed!- but the attack did little effect on the purple pokemon.

-Sludge Bomb!- he then yelled.

-Dodge with Agility and then Iron Tail!- and with an endured tail slammed the sludge pokemon sending it to his trainer knocked out.

-This one was quite tired...-he said recalling his pokemon and shooting the flare to the sky.

-You fought well- I said- Sceptile would've had a hard time against Muk.

-Thanks and good luck- he said before running to the returning point.

I had seen some flare while battling him and after I was able to see some more until I saw some more in the sky. It was almost 1:35 p.m. when I saw another two at the same time at the other side of the forest and I heard the speakers again:

-THERE ARE ONLY 10 COMPETITORS REMAINING IN THE BATTLE ROYALE- said the announcer- THE MEETING PLACE IS THE LARGER TREE IN THE FOREST PART OF THE PARK. GOOD LUCK TO THE 10 REMAINING CONTESTANTS!

I immidiately went towards the place, which was very near from my actual location. I went there as fast as I could only to see that Gold had beaten me in that.

-Hi Gold- I said- I see that you didn't lose today.

-I never lose- he said- In fact I'm the first to arrive here, so I'm kinda the winner of us.

-You'll have to prove that when we battle- I said- You didn't forget to get the flag did you?

-Of course I got it!- he said showing the object to me- I was one of the firsts to get it.. I flew there at full speed on Mantaro to avoid some battles- he said with a smirk.

-How many battles did you win?- I asked- I beat 10 people in 8 battles. One of the was a 1 vs 3.

-So you were good- he said- but I was just a little bit better. I won 9 battles with two 1 vs 2.

-Not so far from me-I said- let's hope that the others have passed as well.

Red's POV (12:30 p.m.)

I had just got the flag from the fountain 10 minutes ago. I was one of the lasts to do it, I'm sure, but I could see that a lot of flags were still there so I assumed that a lot of competitors had already lost. It wasn't surprising because every now and then green flares would appear in the sky to indicate either a loss or a give up. Looking at my pokemon I was proud... I had won 5 battles so far without any major problems. In fact the longest battle took like 15 minutes and they all where a 6 on 6 battles!

-THERE ARE 122 COMPETITORS LEFT!

And then I began to look for rivals with more enthusiasm than before. It had been a while since that announcement and I was growing impatient. I had been walking for a while and I still hadn't battled anyone for nearly an hour. The park has two zones, so there is a lot of space to battle and to search for competitors. With the number of them decreasing it was only harder to find some. I changed the direction I walked and I took out Pika to search for someone nearby. After 5 minutes of that I saw my pokemon stiffen and look around frantically and soon I was surrounded by 4 figures. They were students and, therefore, competitors. I noticed that everyone of them belonged the the same Fanclub because of a pin in their shirts. They were two girls, one with black hair and the other with brown hair, and two boys, one black haired and the other blonde. They eyed at me and the "leader" of the group, the one with black hair talked to me.

-Let's just make this a battle between every single one of us- she said- And with our complete teams. So you will use your six and we will be using 3 each except her that has 4 left and him (the blonde guy) who still has 5.

-Okay then, but I'll be using two pokemon- I demanded and they all nodded- Let's Start then! Pika, Lax we have a battle to win.

Then they sent out they four first pokemon: a Ryhorn, a Magmar, a Poliwag, and a Dugtrio. They sent a Flametrower and Water gun when Ryhorn and Dugtrio both used Magnitude.

-Pika jump on Lax to evade the Magnitude and Flamethrower and use Thunderbolt on Poliwag and Magmar! Lax use Harden and then use Mega punch to Dugtrio!

Pika was able to obey me easily and with the Thunderbolt Poliwag fainted while magmar could still continue. Lax endured easily to the Magnitude and Water gun, but failed to hit Dugtrio.

-Dugtrio Dig to dodge/ Go Weepinbell, Razor leaf- said the girls while the boys- Ryhorn use Horn Drill on Snorlax/ Magmar prepare a Focus Punch.

-Pika jump again and Iron tail on Ryhorn from the side, Lax when Pika is in the air use Earhquake!

And with that both Dugtrio and Magmar fainted, all of them because of the Earthquake while Pika hurted Ryhorn quite badly. Then both of them threw out some Grass types. When the blonde guy sent out his Breloom and the black haired girl a Sunflora. They started attacking me with them mostly at Pika, but he was too fast, he only got hit with some Razor leaf. With Lax's Mega Kick we finally took out the Ryhorn and the raven haired boy sent out his Lairon. They started to use some good combination attacks using his Lairon as defense. I saw that Pika and Lax would have a hard time against them, even if I was sure that they could beat their opponents so I switched pokemon.

-Your turn Poli, yours as well Aero!- I said- Aero let's start Agility with Aerial ace to the Breloom! Poli aim your Water gun to the Lairon.

Lairon used Iron Defense on itelf and that prevented him to protect Breloom who fainted for the super-effective attack. Then the blonde of the group used his Golbat while the Grass types prepared a Solar beam. They used Golbat to distract us with Air cutter but it didn't work.

-Aero use Ancient Power to Golbat! Poli use Dynamic Punch on Lairon and jump on it- I commanded and they obliged.

The Golbat fainted on spot even before he got the chance to attack, but Lairon was able to keep fighting as predicted. They were startled by me, but the Sunflora attacked him with Solar beam nonetheless. The blonde guy sent out a Slugma and yelled him to use Rock throw towards Aero while the Weepinbell used Solar beam on him as well.

-Jump Poli and then Hydropump Slugma!- I commanded my tadpole pokemon while I send my flying type to knock out the grass types- Aero get behing the Sunflora and Weepinbell and use a double Wing attack.

And with an explosion and some quick movements four pokemon were left unconcious on the ground. The Solar beam had knocked out Lairon, who was quite tired by that time. Slugma couldn't endure the Hydropump and Aero knocked out both grass types with Wing attack. On his way to the grass types Aero had received the Rock throw attack, but he endured it because of him being a rock type. Poli had also been affected by the explosion caused by the Solar beam.

-THERE ARE 27 COMPETITORS REMAINING!- I heard from the speakers, if I won this the most probable thing is that I was in the Top 10.

Counting a little I knew that everyone was at the last pokemon aside from the brown haired girl still had two pokemon. The blonde guy sent out his Heracross, the "leader" an Arcanine, with some stars here and there like Crystal. The raven haired, the one who proved to be the best used a Golduck and the brown haired one Mightyena. I didn't switch pokemon because I already used Saur and Gyara a lot and it was the first time today for Aero. I had used mostly Pika, Saur, and Gyara up until now so I wanted all of them to have fun as well.

-Mightyena use Howl!/ Arcanine Flame Wheel/ Heracross Brick Break/ Golduck use Psychic on Poliwrath.

-Quick Aero use Aerial Ace on Golduck to stop him then fly as high as you can- I yelled to my flying type- Poli use Surf to hurt Arcanine and to slow down Heracross!

Arcanine fainted at the strenght of that attack which went directly at him and Heracross had to stop and fly to evade the waves. Golduck failed a little with Psychic because of the Aerial ace, but he was able to hurt Poli quite badly throwing him in the air.

-Poli stop with fall with watergun and then Dynamic puch to Mightyena! Aero Hyperbeam at the Heracross!

-Heracross use Hyperbeam too!/Mightyena!/Golduck use Water pulse on Aero!

But the water attack never made contact because the explosion cause by the Hyperbeam collision wiped it away the wolf pokemon was knocked out by Poli and Heracross was hurt quite badly while Aero received some damage as well. I had to end the battle quickly before my pokemon became more exhausted. The Brown haired girl sent out her last one being a Seviper.

-Aero Aerial ace on Heracross and then use Ancient Power to Golduck!- I commanded and turned to my tadpole- Poli use Mind reader and then Seissmic Toss.

-Golduck Psychic on Poli/ Heracross use Megahorn!/ Seviper Poison tail on Aero!

After failing to hurt Aero and receiving a full power Aerial ace Heracross fainted. Aero then turned to Golduck and attacked him also. Golduck tried to attack Poli, but Mind reader took effect and dodged the attack and attacked the duck just after it received the Ancient Power attack. Golduck was knocked out by this combination too, but Seviper was able to get behind Aero and attack him with Poison tail. I was lucky that it didn't poison him, but the damage was there. The snake pokemon was the final pokemon of the team so I proceeded to win the fight.

-Aero use Wing attack on Seviper and then hold him by the tail while flying! Poli charge a Focus Punch!

-Seviper Poison Fang!- I had to stop Aero from being hurt so I made him change his plans.

-Dodge and grab him and throw him to the air- and with a swift movement thanks to all those Agilities he used he grabbed the snake and threw to the air- Poli I want you to calculate well and Focus Punch!

And waiting for a right moment the tadpole pokemon punched the body of the falling snake and sent him flying to a near tree knockim him out. I was the winner so I thanked my pokemon and approached my rivals.

-It was a good battle and you have quite a good team work- I said- your problem is that you leave all your defense tactic in only one of us while the others only attack. If you train more and grow to have a more balanced tactic you would be a lot better.

-Well thanks Red- said the "leader" shooting her flare to the sky as well as her team mates- It was expected for you to win, though. You are sooo strong and handsome- she said grabbing my arm.

-Uhm, well- I said embarrassed trying to brak free- look is that Green over there?

And that made the trick, when they turned to see that I stormed out the place leaving them behind, I hope. After a minute of running I bumped into someone. We both fell on the floor with a THUD. When I tried to get up I realized that Crystal was on the floor near me. I helped her to get uo while scratching the back of my head.

-I'm sorry Crys- I said- I was running from some fans I won.

-No problem, Red- she said then laughing- In fact I was trying to avoid some of them who were stalking me even if they had already lost.

-Oh shit- I said realising something- If we met...

-What?- she said realisation finally comming to her- Oh, we have to battle, don't we?

-Seems like that...- I said taking out the notebook- What about a 6 on 6?

-Well as it seems like this will be my last battle today... let's fight with all we got- she said and just when she started to write in her notebook we heard a call from the speakers.

-THERE ARE ONLY 10 COMPETITORS REMAINING IN THE BATTLE ROYALE- said the announce, who I assumed was the principal of the Academy- THE MEETING PLACE IS THE LARGER TREE IN THE FOREST PART OF THE PARK. GOOD LUCK TO THE 10 REMAINING CONTESTANTS!

-Well- I said more happy- Seems like we were lucky today!

-Yes, let's meet with the other 8, I hope that the other seven Dexholders are still in- said Crystal.

-I know they will all be there- I told her- I'm curious, though. I want to see who is the 10th.

With that we walked towards the large tree who wasn't very far away from our location. We were talking while going there and she said that she had been able to win 7 battles vs. 7 people, quite an achievement. She was also surprised to know that I won 6 battles, but one of them was against four people. We arrived at the clearing that contained the greatest and oldest tree in the whole academy. When we were arriving I heard some voice indicating that we weren't the first ones to arrive. When we finally entered I saw Gold and Emerald talking with watch other while we waved to them and started to compare our statistics of the day.

Silver's POV (12:35 p.m.)

-THERE ARE 122 COMPETITORS LEFT!

I heard this announcement just a moment ago and I made balance of my team. Feraligatr, fought two battles and in a good shape; Ursaring, the most tired one; Honchkrow, burned, but with still ready to go; Weavile, a bit slower than at the beginning, but not badly hurt; Kingdra, had battled a lot and was quite tired; and finally my red Gyarados who had battled a lot of short battles. I looked through my pocket when I encountered my blue flag which I got an hour after the competition commenced. I had battled with 6 students and only one was good enough to call it a challenge, the one who burned Honchkrow.

I kept moving around only to see Green in the distance. He never spotted me so we didn't have to battle. I remembered how distraught he seemed yesterday at dinner, something must be bothering him. Searching more I heard a scream, but it wasn't one of those that sigals some danger, or in a way it did. It was more like a squeal of happiness and turning around I saw a blonde girl running towards me with great speed. I tried to ignore her, but after a split second I found her clinging from my arm.

-OMG! I found Silver!- she said after backing out- Now we have to battle, then we can go out on a date- she said dreamily.

-Erm… yes to the first and no to the second- I said bluntly, the fans surely get on my nerves.

-We'll go if I win this battle, deal?- she asked then- a 4 vs. 4?

-I won't go even if you beat me- I said her- and yes, 4 vs. 4.

-Okay, let's win a date!- said her much to my dismay- go Vulpix.

-Gyarados, you're up!- I said- Use Water Pulse!

-Vulpix jump and use Take Down!- she said with an unforgivable mistake.

-Get your face in their line of attack! Then Hydropump!

That did the trick, attacking a water type with a physical attack if you're that far from him leaves a great chance for the pokemon to strike a winning blow. Vulpix fainted for the strong attack that hit him and, winking, she sent out another pokemon.

-Go Pupitar! Use Sand-storm!

-Cancel it with Whirlpool and bring it back to him!- and mixed with the sand a strong Whirlpool advanced towards the face- pokemon.

-Use Dig to dodge!- and he effectively dodged the dangerous attack, when he got out of the ground she commanded again- Now use your Hyperbeam!- he was to close to dodge it.

-Use Dragonbreath to repel it to the right!- and the green beam awakened the massive beam a little as well as directing it a little to the right where collided with my Gyarados sides hurting him a lot less than what could've happened.

-Now that's unable to move use your Hydropump again- and after that the Rock type fainted.

-You did good Pupitar, rest for a while!- she said- As expected from you, your Gyarados is so cool! Now let's fight with Magneton! Use spark!

-Dig your tail in the ground and take it!- I commanded.

This hurted my pokemon a lot, but it saved him from fainting from the attack. That magneton's attack was very quick and Gyarados started to get tired so he couldn't dodge it. It was a good decision to use him now.

-Mangeton use Lock-on!- she said and when the pokemon obliged- now use Zap Cannon!

The attack took a little while to recharge and it was just the time my Gyarados to get into the battle so I commanded the attack that would finish the magnetic pokemon.

-Now, quick use Fire Blast!- and the attacks collided and there was an explosion.

When everything cleared I saw my giant reptile pokemon who was exhausted and the Magneton was knocked out.

-THERE ARE 27 COMPETITORS REMAINING!- I heard from the speakers.

-Well let's star with the last one. Return Gyarados, good job!- I said- Now stand for me Weavile!

-Your Weavile? Then I'll use my Sneasel- she said- Go Sneasel Icy Wind!

-Faint attack!- and in a blur her pokemon was in the floor.

-Get up and use Faint attack as well!

-Use Screech!- and my pokemon's preevolution appeared not very far from mine while holding his ears with both claws.

-Use Screech too!- and he sent out a high sound lie my pokemon's.

-Weavile use Agilty and then Slash!- and he gained a lot of speed that prevented him from receiving the same amount as sound-damaging waves as he recieved first, and slash his back.

-Get up and Fury Swipes!- she commanded and her pokemon tried too.

-Icy Wind.

Before he could do his trainer's request he was frozen in place. Soon after this she returned his pokemon ending the fight.

-Oh, you did well Sneasel- she said- I'm proud of you. And now let's go to our date!- she said approaching menacingly.

-Nope- I said serious and I sent Honchkrow out to get out of there quickly. Soon after that I heard her flare on the sky. I landed near some bushes and I started to look for more rivals when I heard the final call.

-THERE ARE ONLY 10 COMPETITORS REMAINING IN THE BATTLE ROYALE- said the announce, who I assumed was the principal of the Academy- THE MEETING PLACE IS THE LARGER TREE IN THE FOREST PART OF THE PARK. GOOD LUCK TO THE 10 REMAINING CONTESTANTS!

I then started to walk there. I saw two female figures walking together to the place in the forest quite far away from me. I then entered the clearing only to see that Gold, Emerald, Crystal and Red where already there.

-Hi Silver, I see that you too are one of the Top 10- said Emerald.

Yellow's POV (13:10 p.m.)

-I'll see you when there's only 10 left Yellow- said Red when we took our separate routes to our starting places- I want to battle with you.

That simple sentence had me going and beating opponents. I don't really like battling, but I wanted to see them when there was only the 9 of us plus another person. Then I would battle Red and after that I don't really know. All I wanted is to see that proud face that Red gives me when I give him a hard time at battling.

So far I battles 5 battles without losing a Pokemon. I agreed to don't heal any of my pokemon because it would be very unfair and that was a friendly competition after all. Both Ratty and Omny where quite tired because they took part in all the battles; Gravy and Chuchu were in a almost perfect shape; Kitty was a little tired; and Dody was the most tired of them all because I rode him to get my blue flag with high speed not too long ago. I could calculate that there were something like 50 people remaining because after the previous announcement I could hear a lot of flares shot.

I was walking along with Chuchu when I saw Sapphire in the distance battling along with Rono. I saw that she won that battle with an impressive Hyper Beam and soon I saw the green flare. I then saw her scanning her surroundings and then she started running in the opposite direction from where I was. She overtook her rival who was walking depressed to the return point. Seeing her running so fast made me think how much she changed since I first met her.

That train of thought, though, didn't last long because when I reached a place where I could chose from two different paths I saw one girl coming from the left one and a boy coming from the right one. More some reason both of them smiled to each other before taking out their notebooks and looking towards me.

-THERE ARE 27 COMPETITORS REMAINING!- I heard from the speakers.

-Huh seems like we made it very far- said the female figure, a girl named Gina in my old course.

-Y-yes, w-we did- I said.

-It's my best so far- said the boy, named Mark who goes in my actual class- What about a three-sided battle royale?

-Seems a good way to preceed -said the Gina- I only have two pokemon left though.

-So we have a three-sided battle with 2 pokemon- Mark started to write in his notebook the same as me- Only one each time! Let's start then go Donphan!

-I'll use Omny!

-Then I'll use Koffing- said Gina- And I'll start, c'mon use Polution!

-Rapid Spin! To clear the are around you!

-Spike Cannon to everywhere Omny- I commanded him- then Roll-out and use that rock to jump!

When the smoke cleared for the Rapid Spin I saw that both pokemon were affected by my pokemon's attacks. They were very badly injured, but not in the best of shapes. Then using that rock Omny was in the air and the other two battlers were commanding their pokemons.

-Koffing use Sludge to the falling Omastar!

-Donphan now that's busy use Take out to the Koffing!

-Freeze Donphan with Ice beam!- I commanded.

And covered in ice the elephant pokemon slammed to the Koffing. Koffing was knocked out even before she could launch her attack and Donphan was badly hurt by the super-effective attack. Then Gina sent out her Fearow.

-Fearow use Drill peck on Omastar!

-Donphan use Rollout on the Omastar as well!

With that the two pokemon began to charge towards each other with quite impressive attacks. I grabbed my pokeball and just when the attacks were to hit my companion I recalled him back into his pokeball. When the two pokemon finished his attacks, both were hurt. Donphan was out and Fearow was hurt somehow. They looked at me suspiciously.

-I recalled my pokemon because he would be badly hurt by those attacks- I explained- It's a strategy too so I'm not allowed to use him anymore and the same as you I'm down to my last pokemon. Your turn Chuchu.

-Seems fair- said Gina- It just surprised me.

-It's legal, that's for sure- said Mark throwing out his Lunatone- C'mon start with Rock Throw towards the Pikachu.

-Chuchu use Quick attack to dodge and use Thunder Wave on him!

-Fearow use Steel Wing on both of them!

-Lunatone use Cosmic Power!

-Chuchu fight the attack with Iron Tail!

The bird pokemon's speed was so high that it beat the Iron Tail completely and also attacked its other foe with a very effective attack. Lunatone was paralyzed and badly hurt, but that Cosmic Power sure was of big help there. The Fearow then positioned in front of her trainer, but suddenly she winced in pain when some sparks paralyzed her body. The Fearow was paralyzed when the Static ability of Chuchu made effect. So there were two tired pokemon both paralyzed and mine who was hurt a little by that Steel wing. I was in the lead and I soon started to end it all.

-Chuchu use Agility and start to run in circles aroun them both!

-Lunatone stop her with Psychic- but being paralyzed he was to slow to catch my pace. He was busy so Gina took profit of it.

-Fearow Steel wing to Lunatone!- and then the bird got closer and closer to her victim until I commanded what would be my final attack.

-Chuchu use Thunder on Lunatone!

And that did it. Thunder attacked Lunatone hurting him badly and when the Steel Wing touched the rock-type the electricity also hurted Fearow making her faint. The combination of Thunder and Steel wing kocked out Lunatone, too. I was the winner.

-Seems like the best won- said Gina.

-Yes, but I'm proud of my result- said Mark- it's my best.

-You b-both did good in that- I said- The main pr-problem was that you just foc-cused on one pok-okemon when attacking.

-It's true that we did- said Mark shooting his flare while Gina did the same.

Just when they did that the speaker said the final message:

-THERE ARE ONLY 10 COMPETITORS REMAINING IN THE BATTLE ROYALE- said the announce, who I assumed was the principal of the Academy- THE MEETING PLACE IS THE LARGER TREE IN THE FOREST PART OF THE PARK. GOOD LUCK TO THE 10 REMAINING CONTESTANTS!

-So that means that we are the 11th and 12th- said Gina who started running- the first one to say anything will be the first of us too- she added winking at the boy.

-Girlfriends...- he just shrugged and went after her.

So that's why they seemed so happy to meet with the other at first, because they were a couple. "They sure knew how to put those things aside when battling" I thought as I started to walk towards the large tree. On my way there I met with a certain tall brunette I know way too well. Blue eyes, long hair which goes to her mid back and wearing a sky-blue shirt and a red skirt. In other words Blue. She saw me and waved smiling (smiling not with that mischievous grin).

-Hi Yellow- she said- Everything's fine?

-Yes- I said- I won 6 battles and the last one was a three-sided one.

-Good job! I won 6 the same as you, but against 6 people- she said- Three of them were very good. They were Green when he began to train in that prison.

-They were very good, if that's right- I said- they sure were a challenge.

-Yes, but I'm much better than that level, the same as every member of the Dexholders- she said when we were to enter the clearing- Sooo… Yellow, ready to see Red again?

She asked that and I, like always, blushed. I, even embarrassed, looked up to see her smiling. This time though, the mischievous grin was there.

Green's POV (13:40 p.m.)

I was going to the clearing already, but I was still quite far away from the place. The "Battle Royale" had gone smoothly for me. I had won 8 battled against one student each so I could see their qualities. They were all much weaker than me because, even though, I made some unusual mistakes they never noticed and I could defeat them quite easily. The reason behind my mistakes was the request from the Pokemon Association. Last night I couldn't sleep well bacuase of it and I spent more time analyzing my rivals than entirely battling them. I only became more frustrated because I've never seen anyone in this Academy with the qualities to become one of us.

Plus Sapphire would have a hard time accepting anyone. I believe that the only one she could accept given the right amount of time would be Rub because I've noticed that she is very comfortable around him. That is something rare in her because she is quite protective when it comes to things she believe to be important. She is outspoken and cheerful and not shy around anyone, but that doesn't mean that she would open up completely around anyone. The only ones who has her entire trust are the Dexholders and our families (an exception being Giovanni) plus Rub. She demonstrated this when she told him about our story. The main problem is his hate to battles, but as I commented with them something is odd about it. He has a good eye for them to hate them as much as he says.

With that I finally arrived at the place and saw that I was the 8th to arrive. All the Dexholders except Sapphire where there.

-Hi Green- said Crystal, the first to spot me.

-Have any of you battled Sapphire?- I asked straightforwardly.

-No we didn't- said Yellow- but I saw her like 20 minutes ago running. I'm sure that she is one of the 10 remaining.

-I hope so- I said way too serious. Blue looked at me worried.

-I everything okay Green?- she asked, but I couldn't even answer the question before being interrupted.

-Hey there!- said Sapphire entering the clearing panting.

-You are the last of us Sapph- teased Emerald.

-I was very far away from here- she defended.

Sapphire's POV (1:00 p.m.)

I was running around anxious to meet someone. I had already battled 7 individual battles and won them all. I still had yet to lose a pokemon of my team so I couldn't be more proud of them. I used Relo twice when I battled near the lake and even though he is new to the group he was amazing. He was a strong pokemon from the beginning and he improved a lot since I first received. I even used Walo, but only once since we is too big to use him in a lake.

The flag I got just after the competition started. I ran just after I heard the announcement to the center and I was the second to arrive there. How I know it? Well let's say that there was a spot without a flag just in the middle the fountain. It was the first time that I wasn't the first one, because I'm normally the first to arrive there running. I think someone just used a quick flying type and flew there.

I was startled when I almost tripped with a rock, but my reflexes were good so I just kept running. Just after that I saw a boy going down the road and he spotted me. He just took out his notebook and came towards me. He then came to me and said.

-Perfect, now I'm going to prove myself with a true Dexholder- he said in a proud tone- How about a 4 on 4? Let's check if the 9 of you are as good at battling as they say.

-Okay- I said- You'll see what I'm capable of.

- This is going to be fun- he said thowing a pokeball to the air- Go Victreebel!

-Your turn Toro!- I set out one my strongest. I wanted to bring that kid in the place he belongs…

-Victreebel start with Acid!

-Jump out of the way and Flamethrower!- I said to him.

- Dodge to the right and Razor leaf!- he commanded, this was going to be so easy.

-Flamethower to burn them and the pokemon!- and with that the Grass type was badly hurt.

-Victreebel use Synthesis!

-Bad move- I said- Quick! Use Blaze Kick!

And without giving him time to recover the energy the kick made effect knocking the pokemon out. He then sent out Medicham.

-Go Medicham use Psychic to that Blaziken.

-Toro, Mirror move!- and I could see that both of us were being hurt by that attack- Use Bulk up to break free.

-Use Clam mind to negate the Psychic.

And using those attacks, both pokemon could break free from the state they were in. The psychic attack faded quickly around Toro so I was on the lead.

-Not so fast, Toro Sky Uppercut!

-Use Detect to dodge- he commanded- then Thunder punch!

-Grab his elbow- I commanded and Toro obliged much to my delight- Great! Now use Peck as much times as you can.

-Break free Medicham!- but it was no use… after 3 pecks the Medicham fainted- That was a shame… Go there Kabutops! Use Hydropump.

-Toro jump and Sunny Day!

-Redirect the Hydropump to that falling pokemon!

-Flamethrower- and both attacks cancelled themselves. Sunny day was a very useful attack.

-Ancient Power!- and the Kabutops sent some powerful rocks at my pokemon.

-Throw them aside with Double Kick!- I commanded- then Sky Uppercut!

And that did the trick again. I surprised him when I deflected those rock and approached his pokemon as if nothing had happened. I looked to see Toro a little tired so I recalled him and sent out Rono. He hadn't battled the two previous battles so the final one was for him. He just sent out his Rhydon.

-Rhydon use Horn Drill!

-Stop it with Metal Sound!- I said- Now iron Tail!- and after stopping him the steel monster slammed his tail on the pokemon and threw him back.

-Damn! Rhydon use that Sunny Day, Solar Beam!

-Use dig!- and by a tiny amount of inches, my pokemon was able to evade the attack.

-Use Earthquake!- and with a great jump the pokemon slammed the earth throwing my pokemon back to the surface. Rono was hurt from that attack, but still not enough to faint- Now that he's struggling to keep up Solar Beam again!

-Toro let's end this now. Use your strongest Hyperbeam!- and he just shpt a large orange beam which collided the green one who sent the ground type.

Even if he was quite hurt, there never was a second in which the attacks seemed to be equal. Rono's attack was much stronger than Rhydon's and overpowered quickly. After receiving the attack, he fainted and I was the winner. He then just took out the flare and shoot it to the sky and walked away. I returned Rono and suddenly I noticed a tiny blonde girl watching me from far away. I knew it was Yellow so I started to run towards the opposite direction of her, I would battle her later.

-THERE ARE 27 COMPETITORS REMAINING!- I heard from the speakers.

Running I suddenly found myself back in the fountain where I got the little blue flag. I heard that announcement like 10 minutes before so I just started to look frantically to a final rival before meeting with the Top 10, I was very confident that I would win that fight. I tried to look everywhere to find someone, but the only things I could see where some flares in the sky signaling some losses. I then started to walk towards the forest again seeing that I couldn't find anyone in the grass part of the park . Just as I entered the woods I saw two simultaneous flares and heard the final announcement:

-THERE ARE ONLY 10 COMPETITORS REMAINING IN THE BATTLE ROYALE- said the announce, who I assumed was the principal of the Academy- THE MEETING PLACE IS THE LARGER TREE IN THE FOREST PART OF THE PARK. GOOD LUCK TO THE 10 REMAINING CONTESTANTS!

"Shit I wanted to battle some more" I thought, but then I regained my cheerful self thinking that I would have some ferocious battles ahead of me. I started to run towards the largest tree. I know the path very well because is one of our usual meeting places. As I entered the small clearing I heard Blue saying something:

-I everything okay Green?- she asked, but then I entered and interrupted the conversation.

-Hey there!- I said panting a little.

-You are the last of us Sapph- teased Emerald.

-I was very far away from here- I defended.

-How many of them did you won?- asked Gold.

-8- I said and he cheered in victory.

-I'm the one who won most battles!- he said jumping while Crystal just sighed- 9 battles and 11 rivals.

-Yeah, but Emerald was able to beat a 3 vs. 1 and I was able to win a 4 vs. 1- teased Red.

-So we are only 9 in here, but the announcement said that we were 10 left- said Crystal looking at her clock- and it's been 15 minutes since the announcement was made.

-Yeah, and there wasn't been a single flare since then- pointed Silver.

I looked to everyone and they all seemed curious to know the last competitor in the "Battle Royale" , but surely Green was the most nervous of us all. Blue tried to ease the tension bringing again the ball subject, but when she was still trying to convince Silver to go and have fun I heard steps coming from behind and I turned to them. The still unknown person spoke then when he entered the clearing.

-It's good to see that the 9 of the Dexholders are the best of -he said in a normal voice.

- Rub?


So that's all for today!And after some chapters... a true Cliffhanger(I like them so much)!

-This chapter is mainly foccused in the Pokedex Holders. Next one, as you suppose will focus more on Ruby and what happens to him in that competition.

-As you see I'll be uodating at the last days of the week while on holidays.

-I hope that you enjoyed this true-action chapter.

So that's all for today and after thanking LC5, I only have to say the usual... REVIEW and STAY TUNNED!