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So let's talk! Last Chapter I felt as though I tossed the whole "May is now Ash's (Or more specifically, Ghost's) boyfriend", and I suspected I would receive some backlash over this. However, I was happily surprised to see that just about every review and PM I received was, in fact, a positive one! You all can't seem to wait to see Damien (Or is it Damian with an A? I don't frankly know. I'll be writing it with an "E" though, sorry in advance if I am wrong) get his ass whooped by Ash. Don't worry, you aren't the only one who's looking forward to this battle, one certain orange Pokémon is practically dying to have a battle with him…
I don't think there's much more to hit on in all honesty. I hope you all enjoy the chapter, and I'm aiming to have this one above 9,000 words, though I'll almost certainly fall short. My last two have just surpassed 7k, so I want to make this one a bit longer in honor for the coming battle. That's it my guys! Enjoy, remember to follow and favorite and help this story become the most popular betrayal story on Fanfiction! Thanks all!
LegionZ Presents… The Chosen One's Wrath… Chapter 12
Last Chapter…
Serena murmured. "Yes… I know that the day it happened was over Six years ago, but the ones who caused this death are in this tournament, if you could just help me with something… anything to prove they're guilty in killing the one I loved… that's what I'm asking from you Ghost…"
Ash had caught onto her words. "Wait, you loved him?"
Serena turned a dark shade of red and mumbled. "… Yes. I did love him… we had shared our first kiss not too long before that incident, he… he must've been so confused when I told him those words… they still haunt me to this day…" Ash, for some reason, wanted to know just how far she was willing to go. "What words did you tell him?"
She began to cry softly, and after a moment, she said the same words she told him over half a decade ago. "All you ever do Ash, is break things. Whether it's your own dreams, people's item's, or other people's hearts, you're nothing to us."
Ash knew that it was painfully true by now: Serena was truly on his side. She was not a traitor; she was an ally. But, she would not be the first to see him for who he truly was.
She turned to leave but was surprised by two men standing there with smirks on their faces. One of them with a giant beard said with a grin. "Well Well… look what we found here…"
May took a step back unconsciously and the other said with a vicious smirk on his face. "Looks like it's our lucky day… having such a beautiful young lass all to ourselves… my my… I can't wait to get my hands beneath your pants…" He trailed off with a look in his eyes that May recognized. He was lustful, and she was going to be his prize.
She went to grip a pokeball off her waist, but before she could, she felt a body press up against her and saw it was the male with the beard. He grinned evilly. "Sorry Miss, but nobody is coming to help you now." She could do nothing now as the two men were about to take her. May's only hope now was a miracle to happen. She was about to scream when suddenly, she stopped moving altogether.
She saw a figure standing in the alley behind them. The two must've noticed her shock, because they both stopped attempting to grope the beauty and turned to see the figure cloaked in darkness. The one with the beard tossed May against a wall and the other yelled. "Who the hell do you think you are, stalking us like that!"
"Froslass, evade by using Double Team into Phantom Force. Espeon, slip by the Sludge Bomb and use Psychic on Swalot, toss it into Skarmory."
As the two special attacks were about to connect, a flurry of different things happened. Once more, Froslass disappeared, this time, with Phantom Force. It began to use Double Team rapidly and combined it with its ability along with Phantom Force, and it literally looked as though Froslass was flying around everywhere across the alley, totally bamboozling the men. Meanwhile, Espeon hurtled the poison attack and using Psychic, hurled Swalot into an unsuspecting Skarmory.
The men, who saw their Pokémon were surrounded, had to think quick.
"Flash Cannon, hit Froslass!"
"You use Poison Gas in a circle, find it!"
But it was no use. The attacks continued to miss hopelessly as Froslass' evasion increased due to Hail, then again due to Double Team, and again because it kept using Phantom Force, making it appear and reappear throughout dimensions. The figure made a chopping motion. "Blizzard."
From all of Froslass' copies, they each fired off a Blizzard all at once, totally freezing the poor Pokémon in the middle, who were very knocked out. The men frantically returned their Pokémon and then began to slowly back away from the man, their worst fears about to be confirmed by their silent attacker. "Espeon, Psychic."
The next thing the two men knew, they were tossed again the wall and being held there forcefully by Psychic. May stared in complete awe as he got very close to the two men and whispered sadistically. "It's people like you that poison this world. You are the scum of the planet, the ones who feed off the innocent. When you are tried and sent to prison, you shall receive no mercy. Know this, because here in Alola, you will not get away with crimes. We shall always find you and, in the end, you will be eradicated. Consider this… a parting gift." He snapped his fingers and Espeon's eyes glowed blue along with Froslass' as well. The men began screaming in pain, and as the Pokémon held their power against the two, the figure helped May to her feet.
"Ghost, did they give you trouble?"
"Quite a bit in fact."
As the two talked further, May felt her jaw hit the ground. She couldn't believe it; the figure… the figure…
… the person who had saved her was Ghost? As in, the one she had a terrible crush on? She couldn't believe it, he didn't even sound like himself! Why did he sound so… distorted? He almost sounded possessed while giving out his commands, but he had never sounded like that before, so why was there such a difference in his commands if they were both just simple battles? It didn't make sense, in all honesty. It was then that she realized just how much Ghost had given her and done for her, she wanted to make it up to him. But what could she do? She honestly had no clue.
A rather bold idea came to her and after a moment of much mental debate, she decided to use it. As he finished up his conversation with Jenny, who was now escorting the two whimpering criminals to her police car under the supervision of a few other officers, Ghost turned to May. "Now then, like I was—" He was cut off when May pushed her lips to his. Ghost froze in place as the pretty, no, beautiful girl was kissing him passionately on the lips.
Ash's whole mind was in absolute shock. Her lips tasted somewhat like strawberries, a taste that he loved so much. They were soft and tender, yet the kiss was firm and oh-so amazing. Ash felt himself slip away at the amazing contact as he tried to figure out what the actual hell was going on at the moment, because his entire mind was working overdrive to figure out what to do after a hot girl kisses you. 'Oh My God! OH MY GOD! She's… she's… she's m-making out with m-me! W-what the hell am I supposed to d-do?' the rational part of his brain piped up. 'Kiss her back you buffoon.'
So, that was what he did; he pressed back. He cupped May's bum and pulled her into his strong arms, earning an approving moan from her. She was determined to not break the kiss, however, and pulled his neck down to kiss him even deeper. He held her perfect bum in one hand while putting his other hand on the back of her head, making her deepen the kiss further, earning yet another happy moan of bliss. When they finally did break the kiss, May murmured softly.
"I've been wanting to do that for a little while…" Ash chuckled softly. "That makes two of us Miss Maple." She giggled and said quietly. "My hero…"
Present…
May was in absolute awe. She looked around and knew how elite of company she was currently with right now. She found herself in Ghost's elite box along with four other people: all of Ghost's Elites themselves. She didn't really know how it had come to this so fast. She was staring at all of them with happy and admiring eyes… so these were the people Ghost hung out with? To be totally honest, she was originally scared to meet these people; after all, they were amongst the most powerful trainers in the entire region and they were all right in front of her for her to see.
She also knew she had to remember that Ghost was even stronger than all of his elites. Because of this, she decided to take time to try and talk with each and every one of them and get to know them; with hope, she'd be able to learn a little about their likes and dislikes so that they would warm up to them.
First, she talked with the blonde haired boy of the group. He, much to her surprise, was incredibly friendly. He was extremely kind to her and chatted amicably with her about pretty much anything. She was caught off guard by this, she was legitimately expecting to have him push her away or something of the sort, but as it turned out, nothing like that happened. Instead, he accepted her with open arms and introduced himself as Axel, the electric type elite. His partner was named Zeraora. She chatted with him about Ghost's personality to which he laughed and responded. "He's a one of a kind character, that's for sure. To be fair, he never stops talking about you. I think he's crazy for you if you ask me." May shook her head and laughed, believing him to simply be overexaggerating.
Next, she chatted with a rather attractive green haired female named July, who also made herself known to be no harm to May whatsoever. She found out quickly that July was closer to Axel than she was to Ghost, but was still very close to him. She noted that Axel and July were dating, and they had just begun to do so very recently. She was curious to why Axel was closer to her than Ghost was, and she explained how Ghost had taken them both in as elites, but she knew Axel from years prior as one of her closer friends. May was confused, believing the top 4 of the tournament were supposed to be the region's elites, and the winner would select the final person in as an elite. July shook her head and explained that the champion selected whoever they wanted as long as they entered the tournament and won at minimum two battles. She explained that Ghost wanted to see who everyone was and who would be compatible with one another. And thus, the Alola Elite Four united.
The next one she talked with was an odd one to say the least. He was dressed in a black suit jacket and black pants along with a white dress shirt. His wavy brown hair made him look very attractive, but in a different way than Ghost, who was more of the ruggedly handsome type of cute. This man seemed to have more of a playboy vibe about him. Her thoughts were confirmed when he introduced himself as "Xavier the Player." He had a flirting tone with her, though after some time of teasing and taunting her, July cut in and told her to completely ignore him, and that he always did that. Xavier laughed and admitted. "Yeah and if word ever got out that I was hitting on May Ghost'll have my head on a silver platter." May smirked and teased him back. "Oh? And what if I say something then?" Xavier, realizing what he had just done, paled and pleaded. "N-no! I-I was just kidding! I s-swear!" May just giggled and left the conversation at that.
But, the final person of the group had different feelings towards her: anger and hostility. The girls name was Zandra, and she was the water and ice-type specialist. The odd thing about this girl was that even though she was so hostile towards her, May couldn't figure out why. She knew she had never met this girl before, and yet she was openly angry to her, as though she had been hurt by May for some reason. She was beginning to get an idea of why this was the case after thinking about the entire thing for some time: she suspected that this girl had a crush on Ghost. She had a nagging suspicion of the situation that was going on. Of course, little did May know of the actual reason that this female disliked her presence…
But none of that really mattered. What did matter was that she was here for Ghost, her newfound boyfriend, and the first male she found herself caring for since Ash. She hoped he was in a better spot but something told her that if he knew the truth about that day, he would want he to live her life to the fullest and move on from him.
That was what she intended to do, and she was starting by cheering on Ghost on his next matchup: A Trainer named Damien. She could see by his reactions prior to the match that there was something about this Damien that Ghost despised, but what was it? She supposed she would find out.
And that she would. For, down on the battlefield, Ghost's second round matchup was about to begin. The blue-haired trainer stood on the side opposite to Ash. Meanwhile, our hero was staring at Damien with cold eyes. The referee raised his flag high in the air. "This battle is between Ghost, Champion of Alola against Damien Dark of Vermillion City! The battle features three Pokémon on each side, and the battle will be over when all three Pokémon on one side are unable to continue. Furthermore, no exchanges of Pokémon will be allowed in between battles until one Pokémon faints!"
'I have to hope that he's changed, and that his days of abandoning Pokémon and harming them are over… but, once an asshole…' He thought to himself.
Damien laughed arrogantly and said. "This is going to be a walk in the park!"
'…Always an Asshole.' He finished his train of thought.
It was then that Ash decided to ramp up Damien's confidence to the point of no return. It was a fool proof plan that Ash couldn't see failing unless a very situational battle occurred. It was time execute the plan he had spent time preparing out carefully. He called across the battlefield, loud enough for many people to hear him.
"Damien!"
Damien called back. "Ghost!"
Ash frowned a little but kept up his play. "I know you think you're strong—" Damien cut him off and said angrily. "You saying I'm not? I'll make you eat those words, Ghost!" Damien expected the champion to back off like most people would, but was more than just a little surprised when Ghost smirked and said. "Yes, I am saying you're not strong. In fact, I'm saying this won't be difficult in the slightest."
Damien scoffed. "Oh yeah? Prove it then!"
Once more, Damien expected Ghost to back down and cower at his dare. Once more, he was surprised by Ghost's confidence. "I will. You see this?" Damien looked as Ghost motioned to his Pokémon belt, which was oddly… empty. Damien was legitimately confused. "Um… no?" Ghost nodded. "Exactly."
He lowered his hand from his belt and said calmly. "…Exactly."
The stadium had gotten quiet in the heat of the moment and every eye in the ABS was watching Ghost with wide eyes; what was Ghost playing at? Damien, naturally, was the one who broke the silence with his loud and rather annoying laugh. "So what? You're surrendering? I can't blame you!"
Ash actually began laughing at this. Everyone watched him with curious eyes as he recovered from his laughing fit. He chuckled as he began speaking. "No No… you misunderstand me. I am not surrendering, but, I am proving a point today that you are a disgrace as a trainer." Damien scoffed. "What's that supposed to mean?" Ash smirked. "I was referring to your track record of abusing Pokémon, that's all." The stadium had begun whispering to one another, and May couldn't help but whisper in shock. "He… he abuses Pokémon? How does Ghost know about it though?"
Zandra spoke to her, possibly for the first time without the hostile tone in her voice. "Ghost knows everything that goes on in Alola. If anyone is doing anything they shouldn't be, chances are, he knows about it. He's always busy with taking down local gangs like Team Skull and yet still finds time for the people of his region. He's the best there ever was." May was silent for another moment, thinking about the pink-haired girl's statement. Perhaps… she wasn't fond of Ghost? The sentence she had just uttered didn't sound like she was interested in him, rather, she just admired him. She shook her head when she saw Damien finally stutter something out.
Ash had taken great pleasure in watching Damien sweat worriedly. After a moment or so, the man finally had a response, one that appeared to have shattered tone. "O-Oh yeah? W-where's the proof of t-that?"
Ash actually laughed again and almost pityingly said. "Really Damien? Really? I'm the Champion of a region. I'm standing here accusing you of abusing your Pokémon… You think I would do that without evidence?"
Damien paled. This was not looking good for him. How Ghost knew this was beyond him, but something was odd. If Ghost knew this, why did he not simply arrest him prior to the battle and get an automatic victory? There was nothing he couldn't do. So why was Ghost seemingly set on battling him?
"I can sense your confusion." Ash said loudly. Damien was snapped out of his stupor and turned to face the champion, confusion indeed coloring his eyes. Ghost explained. "I knew with someone like you, when I would go to arrest you, you'd simply say the reason I had you arrested at that specific moment was because I knew I couldn't beat you in battle and had to resort to using my resources in order to win, or something of the sort."
Damien muttered. "Damn right you can't beat me." He then stopped as he realized he had just proven Ghost's point, much to his embarrassment. Ghost chuckled and said. "I have a proposition for you, Mr. Dark. And of course, I'm certain it's one you're willing to accept." Ash pulled out one lone pokeball. "This right here… is my only Pokémon that I currently have with me. This right here, is the only Pokémon you can face today. I have a deal to offer you."
Damien said with a raised eyebrow. "Okay…"
Ash smirked. "You have two choices today Damien. Your first choice is to be immediately arrested by police for injuring, harming, and abusing Pokémon on multiple accounts. You will be tried and most certainly found guilty, and most like go to jail for a good portion of the rest of your life. Your Pokémon will no longer be held captive by you, and you will have you trainer license forever revoked." Damien paled further and said quietly. "And option number two would be…"
Ash's smirk grew wider. This was a deal he knew Damien couldn't resist. "You can use your full three Pokémon against me, and I only have one. If you can defeat my single Pokémon with three of yours, yes, three… I will drop all charges against you for as long as you remain here in Alola. The other champions have no legal jurisdiction in this region, so you would be safe. If you lose, however, you must be willing to comply to anything we say while in questioning, even if that means using a psychic Pokémon to see your past memories. This way, we'll be able to see exactly what you did."
Damien had fallen silent. Ash said after a moment. "Do we have a deal?" Following a ten second pause, Damien laughed arrogantly and said gleefully. "I accept! This is gonna be too easy!"
'Right you are Damien… right you are.'
May watched Ghost with wide and disbelieving eyes. She watched in awe as Ghost turned to the referee and began speaking to him, presumably to tell him about the new rules that he had just made for his battle only. The referee looked like he wanted to know more so they began a conversation right there on the battlefield. May couldn't hold in her nervousness anymore and stuttered aloud nervously. "H-he isn't serious about this is h-he?"
However, judging by the looks on the elites faces, Ghost was deadly serious. He was legit going to take on this man on a three on one battle! What on earth was Ghost thinking?! She carefully said. "W-why is Ghost so adamant on taking on this guy with just one Pokémon? Is he t-that confident he'll win?"
Xavier chuckled and shook his head. "It's not that he's confident he'll win, it's about proving a special point to Damien, even if he doesn't realize it." May blinked. "What exactly is this point?" Xavier's grin didn't leave his face. "That's for me to know and for you not to find out… yet." He added with a smirk. May couldn't help but wonder what exactly he meant by that…
Back on the battlefield, meanwhile, and Damien tossed up his first Pokémon: a tealish Pokémon with four long, metal arms/legs and a large gray "X" covering its face smashed down onto the field. It roared loudly. Ash had a small grin on his face as he gently widened the size of the lone pokeball that he had with him. He tossed it up in the air and said calmly. "I need your assistance!" There on the battlefield, the Pokémon materialized and let out a mighty roar that shook the hearts of everyone there. Damien's eyes widened in surprise at the titanic Pokémon, one that he knew all too well.
It was an orange Pokémon that looked like a massive dragon. The tip of its tail was on fire. Ash grinned at one of his oldest friends and partners. Charizard let out another mighty roar and Charizard then saw who he was facing and let out a large puff of smoke from his nose and grinned carnally. He then sent another smirk back to Ash who nodded twice, almost giving his approval of the situation, saying. 'Thank you for letting me do this.' Ash silently looked back, as if saying. 'Don't thank me until after we've wiped the floor with this guy.'
The referee had waited long enough. "This is now a confirmed Three on One Battle! Damien will have the honor of having three Pokémon at his disposal while the Champion, Ghost shall only have one. This opening fight is between Damien's Metagross and Ghost's Charizard. Furthermore, should Ghost's Charizard faint at any time, Damien moves onto the next round. Ready… Battle Begin!"
Damien didn't appear to have any second thoughts. "Metagross, Get in Close with Gyro Ball!" Metagross tucked its arms in and began to spin rapidly towards Charizard, who didn't seem at all fazed by this attack that was spiraling towards it. Ash yawned a little, knowing that even with its ridiculous type disadvantage, most people were bound to think Charizard would sustain major damage. Ash, however, knew otherwise. "Just Take the Shot. Shouldn't be too much of a problem."
To Damien's utter horror, Charizard indeed took the shot without even suffering a scratch. Metagross continued to spin into Charizard, but after a moment, it stopped spinning and Charizard latched onto it with both its arms. Damien growled. "Break Free with Meteor Mash!" Ash waved his arm downward. "Smash it with Dragon Tail before that happens." Thanks to Charizard being ridiculously quicker than Metagross, the fire-flying type swung its tail at the steel type and it sailed backwards. Then, to Damien's shock, Metagross flew back into its pokeball and another one took the field.
It materialized into an electric-type native to Unova. It almost looked like a titanic Eel. Ash had a massive grin on his face now, this was looking good. The referee announced. "Because the Pokémon was substituted out legally, this battle will commence. It is now Elektross against Charizard, Battle Commence!"
As they began exchanging moves, Zandra commented aloud. "It's only a matter of time before Ghost uses Dragon Tail again; making sure Charizard knew Dragon Tail was brilliant on his part; now he can apply constant pressure to Damien's Pokémon and see his team that he's going against at the same time." Xavier nodded. "I agree, it's a good way to keep Damien off-balance and a good way to keep Ghost a step ahead. He can prepare for any moves Damien will unleash now because of Dragon Tail."
Axel suddenly said. "Actually, I don't think Ghost will use Dragon Tail here." The group of five (counting May) turned to look at him. July was legitimately confused. "But why do you say that? Elektross is an Electric type, Ghost knows this. Why would he legitimately put Charizard at a disadvantage like that?"
Axel paused for a moment before speaking. "Would you rather face a Pokémon that has a massive type-advantage over you when you were at full health or at half health?" The group remained silent for a second or two before Axel answered for them. "You'd rather fight at maximum health in order to get the most out of every move, and use the most energy on those who have advantages over you."
May murmured aloud. "So you're saying he's keeping Charizard in right now because he wants to finish off Damien's heavy hitters before his weaker Pokémon can lower Charizard's health?"
Axel nodded. "That's my prediction. Let's see if I'm correct."
Damien yelled out. "Elektross, double thunder punch! Down that Lizard!" The Electric-type obeyed it's trainer's command and leapt into the air, both fists crackling with electricity. Ash was no fool; he knew that Charizard would sustain damage from it. He ordered. "Avoid it!" Charizard took to the skies and managed to gain enough height in order to avoid Elektross. It fell back down to the ground, but Damien had an idea. "Thunderbolt! Now it can't dodge!" Ash frowned; Damien had a point there. If he ordered Charizard to avoid the move, it could mean trouble. It was time to execute his plan.
"Charizard, use Steel Wing! Dive in to avoid the move!" With tremendous speed and a mighty roar, Charizard soared towards the ground with its wings glowing brightly, and it narrowly avoided the jagged bolt of electricity. It sailed towards the electric type at a blinding speed. Ash ordered. "Now! Create a large circle around Elektross!" Using Steel Wing, Charizard formed a large circle around Elektross by cutting through the earth. Damien raised his eyebrow in bewilderment; the move literally did nothing. He chuckled arrogantly once more and yelled. "Leap up and use Thunder Punch! Aim for its wings!" The electric type obeyed the move call, but that would prove to be a lethal mistake.
Ash knew this was coming.
He snapped his fingers. "Now. Grab it!" To the entire stadium's shock, Charizard flew under the fists of the eel and snagged it by its waist, all while dangling in the air. Damien roared. "Hit it with Thunderbolt!" Ash motioned his arm downwards and yelled. "Seismic Toss! Hurl it back into the circle!" Before Elektross could unleash the electricity, Charizard tossed down Elektross with all it's might, smashing it back into the circle on the battlefield below.
Damien growled in his throat. So far, things were not looking good. He had heard stories of the Ghost, but this was on a whole different level! It was like Ghost could predict the moves before they were even called! He had to turn this around quickly, or else the only one he had with a direct type advantage would be gone. He thought up a strategy on the fly and decided to roll with it. He ordered. "Elektross, use—" He was cut off when suddenly, the battlefield exploded. Damien covered his eyes as the muck and debris flew into the air.
When he uncovered them, he gasped in shock and horror. The circle that Charizard had created had sunk into the earth beneath the battlefield, effectively trapping Elektross from doing anything whatsoever. Damien cursed, and Ash wouldn't let him think of a tactic to get out now. "Flamethrower around the outside of the circle, make sure it's not getting out!"
Charizard nodded and unleashed a titanic torrent of flames from its mouth. It circled the entire border of the circle and effectively prevented any sort of escape for Elektross. Ash decided it would be best to finish off the electric type now, and save his energy for the battle's ahead. Ash commanded. "Flamethrower. Finish it off." Flying directly above the circle, Charizard fired off another wave of flames downward. Damien could only watch in horror as one of his Pokémon was roasted.
After a moment, the attack stopped as well. The referee peered down into the crater in the earth and raised his flag. "Elektross is unable to battle, Charizard wins!" The stadium erupted into roars and cheers. 'One down, two to go.' Ash tallied.
May squealed. "What an amazing strategy! I've never seen flamethrower used like that before! Are all of his Pokémon like this! He needs to teach me some of these moves because they're simply amazing! Oh my gosh—" She was cut off from her rather obnoxious rant by Zandra, who was looking at her pointedly. She blushed crimson and murmured an apology before retaking her seat.
Xavier answered for her. "Yes, to answer your question. Ghost rarely goes into a fight with a solid plan in place."
Axel added. "It's just who he is."
May found herself having a newfound respect for the Alola Champion and prepared to watch the next fight. Damien was looking at something in his hand with a large scowl on his face. There was no mistaking his anger, and May wondered why he had so much hate towards Ghost; what had he done?
Of course, May didn't know the real reason to May's angered look: it was simply because he wasn't angry at Ghost: He was angry at his Pokémon for not being able to beat Ghost. He was yelling at Elektross for not being able to hit the side of a barn, and Ash's anger continued to grow, as did Charizard's. It appeared as though Damien's stuck-up and dickish personality hadn't changed in the slightest since he had seen him, which was a long time ago.
'Some things never change.' Ash thought silently.
Damien took out his next pokeball and yelled. "Don't fail me, or else!" Ash immediately recognized the Pokémon, as did nearly everyone in the stadium; it was a Venasaur, the final evolution of Bulbasaur and a Grass-Poison type. Ash knew he had to make a plan, and it revolved around taking out Venasaur quickly. He'd leave Metagross for last.
Well, that was until he heard Damien's next statement. "This here is my starter Pokémon! Unlike the rest of my loser Pokémon that I used to have, it's actually strong!" Ash had a smirk appear over his face and knew how much fun this was going to be putting Damien in the dirt. The referee announced loudly. "The battle is now between Damien's Venasaur He waved his hand and yelled. "Charizard, let's begin! Use Steel Wing!"
As Charizard charged in, wings glowing white, Damien ordered. "I don't think so! I'm not letting you use that tactic again! Use Poison Powder, and circle it around you to make a barricade!" Ash cursed, that was exactly what he didn't want. It was time to turn the tables a little bit with something that he had been working up. Most people didn't even think this tactic would work because it was too obvious. Ash was about to show why having a fly-type was so helpful.
"Blow away the poison powder and immediately follow it up with Dragon Tail!" Charizard flapped it's large wings once and all of the sudden, the Poison Powder was sailing back towards a rather surprised Venasaur and rushed towards it, tail glowing brightly. Damien cried out. "W-what? Venasuar, u-use—" Too late. Charizard smothered the grass-type and it yelled out in pain. Then, the familiar flash of a Pokémon returning to its pokeball and another one flashing brightly as it took the field.
Metagross looked as though it hadn't sustained any damage at all, though. Ash wasn't frankly surprised. As strong as Charizard was, Dragon Tail not only did little damage to Steel Types, but Metagross was ridiculously strong with its defense stat. He also knew it's special defense wasn't shabby either, so this was going to be no easy feat to knock it out. That's why knocking off Venasaur last would prove to be most beneficial.
Damien wasn't that fazed, however. "Metagross, time to use a tactic nobody else can use! While using Gyro Ball, spin and use Flash Cannon!" Ash made a silent tally of Metagross' move set, now knowing three of his four moves, and all of them being steel type moves. Ash was, however, impressed by the spinning Flash Cannon/ Gyro Ball combination. At the same time, Ash knew how to counter it.
"Get in close to it, avoid that Flash Cannon!" Charizard soared around the beam and before Damien knew it, Charizard was lurking behind the Steel Type, who was totally unaware of Charizard's location. "Behind you!"
Ash ordered. "Latch onto it's back!" As Ash did this, though, Xavier realized Ash likely forgot about something. Damien saw his chance. "Now, quickly spin it off and use Flash Cannon!" Even Charizard couldn't do anything as Gyro Ball was once more activated. Charizard was hurled off and Metagross lit up the fire-flying type with a steel beam. May's eyes widened a little as there was a direct connection.
Damien yelled. "Meteor Mash into a Gyro Ball!" Ash ordered swiftly. "Roll in midair to avoid that Attack!" Charizard's eyes opened at his trainer's voice and as it was falling, it rolled elusively to avoid the lethal steel type attacks.
Meanwhile, up in his elite box, Zandra was very confused. She spoke aloud. "Ghost has something has something up his sleeve for this battle." Xavier looked at the pink-haired beauty. "What do you mean? I honestly don't see anything out of the ordinary. Damien countered Ghost's tactic of latching onto it by using Gyro Ball. Honestly, that was a great move by Damien, as much as I don't like him, I have to give him props."
Axel also pointed out. "He's not battling any different, at least, not that I can see. What are you hinting towards Zan?"
She was quiet for a moment before tossing her hands up in the air in exasperation. "I really don't know! But Ghost would have a tactic for what Damien just did, so he must be playing for something, I just can't figure out what it is!"
July said as though it was obvious. "Um… maybe he just had a slip-up? Nobody's perfect after all…" Zandra shook her head. "No. It's something… I just can't figure out what it is." May was thinking rapidly, but like Zandra, her mind was coming up empty. 'Ghost… what are you up to this time…' Her mind wandered.
Back on the battlefield, Damien saw that Charizard appeared okay for the most part and wasn't feeling the Flash Cannon at all. He yelled. "Hit it again with Flash Cannon!"
Ash called out. "Cancel it out with Flamethrower!" The two attacks clashed and after a moment, Flamethrower overpowered it. Damien yelled. "I don't think so! Avoid it with Gyro Ball!" Metagross used the move to slide by and then proceeded to spin towards Charizard, who actually looked a bit surprised by the steel-type's mobility. It then got hit by the move, causing Damien to yell. "Hell yes! Now, Meteor Mash! Nail it!" Metagross sailed towards Charizard, and Ash finally decided to act. "Grab it's arm and hurl it downwards with Seismic Toss." Sure enough, Metagross couldn't get the hit off and Charizard tossed it to the ground.
Ash smirked, knowing what was going to happen. "Flamethrower, roast it."
Damien laughed. "You'd think you would've learned Ghost! Gyro Ball!"
Damien's laugh caught in his throat when suddenly, Metagross flinched and didn't move at all. The entire stadium noticed this and gasped. The fire-type move then proceeded to scorch it alive before everyone's eyes. Damien couldn't believe what had happened, why had Metagross failed to move out of the way?
When the attack stopped, everyone in the stadium other than Ghost himself was stunned to see Metagross still standing. Ash knew Metagross' special defense stats were dominant, so he wasn't expecting it to be downed in just one shot. Damien growled a little and yelled out. "Metagross, use Meteor Mash!"
This time, to Damien's surprise, Metagross moved without any trouble at all. Why hadn't it moved before then? He looked at Ghost and hadn't seen any reaction from him, so at least, any reaction that he had seen before he looked at him. Ghost seemed oddly calm, as though everything was going exactly as he had planned. Damien knew both of his Pokémon featured generous type advantages for his opponent, but that didn't matter in his eyes. He knew he could still clobber Ghost easily with a 3 on 1 advantage.
"Evade it!"
Charizard ducked around the move and Damien cried out, seeing a gap. "Quick! Gyro Ball!" But once more, to his horror, Metagross only flinched and didn't move. Ash roared. "Finish it! Flamethrower one more time! Burn it to a crisp!" Charizard let out a mighty roar and unleashed a massive torrent of flames at the steel type, who was swept away by the fire. Damien roared out. "NO!"
Metagross was sent flying into the ground in a cloud of dust and smoke. It was very obvious that after two super-effective moves, the steel type wasn't getting up. It was down for the count, with swirls in its eyes. The referee didn't hesitate to make the call and raised the flag to the air. "Metagross is unable to battle, the winner is Charizard!" The crowd exploded into cheers as Ghost continued to wipe the floor with his competition. Charizard let out a mighty roar of dominance at the praise he was receiving.
As Damien silently returned his Pokémon, he was left to ponder what the heck had just happened. Why was Metagross not using Gyro Ball? It hadn't even been a one-time thing; he had frozen up twice! Why was he unable to use the move?"
"I can see you're confused." A voice called out to hit. He turned to stare at the champion who looked thoroughly amused by his befuddled state. Ghost explained. "I found out that after a few moves your entire strategy revolved around Gyro Ball. I decided that once I made you use all the PP for Gyro Ball; your entire tactic would crumble. I was right. Gyro Ball is a move that can only be used five times per battle. You poorly spent those five times, and then once you did, you had no hope to win. You really don't know what you're doing, do you?"
Damien's face contorted into one of pure rage. How dare this man mock his abilities as a trainer!? He would make this trainer PAY! He tossed his third Pokémon in the air and Venasaur once more took the field. Damien roared. "Venasaur, this is it! We're crushing this little squirt and moving on!"
He yelled the Ghost. "You hear that pipsqueak? By the time my Venasuar is done with that Charizard, it'll be so disfigured you won't even be able to recognize it!" Ash wasn't sure why, but something inside him snapped at this sentence. As Damien waited for any sort of reaction at all to fuel his battle spirit against the Alola Champion, Ghost's face slowly turned into a carnal smirk. Damien felt chills run down his spine and he saw Ghost's face; it was one that would haunt his dreams for days. It was only then that Ash decided it was time to show this immature idiot just what he was going against.
Ash slowly raised his fist to the sky and all of the sudden, there were two blinding flashes that filled the stadium. The spectators were yelling out in surprise and covering their eyes in response to Ghost's action. May yelled over the commotion.
"Wha-what… what's that light! It's nearly blinding me!"
Xavier answered back loudly. "Just wait till the light dies down and you'll what it is." May didn't respond, because as soon as he had finished talking, the light died down slowly, and May gasped aloud in shock. The entire stadium had gone silent with looks of disbelieving shock on their faces. Damien's mouth was slightly ajar. Ash couldn't help but smirk at their awestruck reactions.
On the field, Charizard had changed drastically. While it's color had stayed the same, it's wings had changed to being more rough and sharp around the edges. It had almost armor-looking objects around its arms and had gained an additional horn on its head. That were the more notable parts about it that had changed, but one thing that hadn't was its roar.
It bellowed. "CHAARRRRRRRRRROOOORRRR!" The stadium shook by its ferocity and Damien knew very well that this battle was more than just a little bit of a longshot for him to take this battle. All of the sudden, however, Damien had to shield his eyes from the sun that had randomly appeared in the sky. He was beyond confused; how could this be? Ghost had yet to call out a move, so how was there a sunny day right now?
Once more, sensing Damien's growing confusion, Ghost called out. "Mega Charizard Y's special ability is Drought; it improves his Fire-Type moves quite a bit."
As Damien was desperately churning through his mind for an available safety valve to get out of this battle with a win, the referee called out loudly. "This is the final battle; Venasaur against Mega Charizard Y! Whichever Pokémon is the last one standing will be the winner and their trainer will be moving onto the next round! Battle Begin!"
Ash decided to call out the first move.
"Begin with Steel Wing."
As Charizard sailed towards it, Damien yelled out. "Quick! Nail it with Razor Leaf!"
Ash shook his head; Damien had lost his mind now. He wasn't even thinking clearly at this point, so it wasn't even a fair fight. Even without Charizard Mega Evolved, Grass Type Moves were essentially worthless against Charizard, a fire-flying type. Charizard didn't even need to be told what to do; it barreled straight through the attack and smashed into Venasaur, who was sent flying backwards.
Zandra, who watched the battle continue to rage on, said aloud. "This battle is very much done. Damien is guaranteed eliminated. He's battling just for the sake of battling now, he's not even thinking about his attacks. If Ghost is smart, he'll quickly finish this and end any slim chance he had left."
Xavier merely nodded while July and Axel calmly held hands, enjoying the battle between their leader and a known scumbag. May just watched with curious eyes as her boyfriend continued to level his competition.
Sure enough, the battle wouldn't last much longer. Ash still decided to play it out as best as possible. He ordered. "Rock Slide, barricade it in!" As the rocks fell around Venasaur in a blind fury, Damien yelled out. "Use Solar Beam! Drought will help us out!"
In what was possibly Damien's first good move choice, Venasaur instantly charged Solar Beam and unleashed it at the blockade of boulders. But, the issue was, with the Solar Beam connecting with the rocks created a massive explosion that temporarily blinded Damien and Venasaur. When he came to, Damien yelled out. "Find Charizard quick!"
"Flamethrower. End this." Ash said in a bored tone. Damien's eyes darted upwards and he paled profusely when he saw Charizard directly above his final Pokémon, his final chance at Victory. He yelled desperately and forcefully. "Evade NOW!" There was no chance whatsoever, however, and Venasaur was engulfed by the flames. When the massive blast of fire stopped, the entire crowd exploded into roars and cheers. Ash silently smirked, knowing his plan had worked to pure perfection, and Damien fell to his knees in shock.
"Venasaur is unable to battle, the winner is Mega Charizard Y! Therefore, the winner of this round in the Zekrom Bracket and the one moving on to the next round is none other than Ghost, the Champion of Alola!" The referee announced loudly over the eruption of the crowd. There was no denying it now; Ghost was the man to beat in this tournament. His Charizard had barely sustained any damage whatsoever and had totally wiped the floor with all of Damien's.
Damien was still in absolute disbelief. He had lost. Not only had he lost, but he had lost badly. He silently cursed Ghost and listened to the crowd as they roared his name over and over. He watched as Ghost slowly walked to the middle of his side of the field, wondering what he was about to do.
Ash was walked out to meet Charizard, who had a large smile on his face and seemed extremely proud of his handiwork. Ash patted Charizard on the nose and said while smiling. "I promised you that you'd have your chance… didn't I?" Charizard grunted in approval before it fazed back into normal Charizard. Then, Ash got onto one knee and Charizard did the same. He was quiet for a moment, pondering his thoughts silently before he said softly.
"For those that have passed… and for those yet to come."
Charizard murmured in agreement and then they both stood up. Then, as he did, officers stormed onto the field, and Ash knew exactly why they were there: to arrest one Damien Dark. He smirked and followed Damien, who was struggling against the officer's wills. He smirked and followed them to a private corridor where Ash knew they were awaiting backup to take Damien in for questioning.
As two officers, including Officer Jenny, were handcuffing Damien to a nearby pole, Ghost spoke to Jenny with a formal tone. "Forgive me if I may Officer, I'd like a private word with Mr. Dark before he is taken away, if that's okay?" Jenny nodded and saluted. "Of course Ghost! Take your time, let me know when you're wrapped up and I'll take him away." Ash nodded and approached Damien, who was looking away from Ghost and anywhere but where Ghost was. Charizard was on Ash's right, and Espeon was on Ash's left. 'Xavier does have one bit of an arm doesn't he… It's a miracle that he was able to get Espeon's pokeball all the way down in one piece…'
Ash murmured quietly to Espeon. "You know the drill, just wait for my que."
He then spoke to Damien. "You know our deal, don't you Mr. Dark? You now must cooperate fully and yet you shall still receive the harshest sentence for your crimes against the world." Damien didn't say anything for a moment before he finally managed to get out some words. "… Are all you champions such assholes? Because that's the vibe I'm getting…"
Most champion's would immediately retaliate, but Ash had another way to do so. Damien, personally, had been hoping Ghost would punch him, which would give him a way out of Prison by claiming Ghost had assaulted him. But, to his shock and slight horror, Ghost only chuckled at the blue-haired man in front of him. He still refused to meet his eyes.
It was then that Ghost put two fingers under Damien's chin and forced him to look straight in his eyes. Damien fearfully resisted in response. Then, Ash pulled off his most sinister move; he smirked at Damien, and waited for the reaction to come through. After five seconds or so, Damien finally met his eyes, and his breath hitched in horror as he was flooded with memories. It was a flashback to when he had left that stupid Charmander on the rock.
Damien couldn't suppress his grin, that thing was so worthless and pathetic. To this day, he had never been given a reason to regret that decision and wasn't about to start now. Well, that was until he saw time speed up, with the trainer known as Ash Ketchum training it into a Charizard. He then got a full time lapse of its progress of skill and strength throughout the years, and he was paling more and more as he saw it down opponent after opponent for Ash. The question was, why was Ghost showing him this? Better yet, how was he showing him this?
Then, the lapse stopped on one frame. It was Charizard, standing and looking straight at him with one eye covered by the shade of the picture and looking quite angry, yet smug at the same time. What he truly paled by, though, was when the frame slowly shifted to the side, and a man in a red vest and a masked face was standing there behind Charizard. Damien's eyes widened as he recognized the man.
Ghost.
He then realized in absolute horror what he had done; He had made the mistake of the stupid Charizard living so that in the end, Karma would bite him in the ass and that very same Charmander would be the one who eliminated him in the biggest tournament ever. He couldn't keep the horror out of his voice. "Its… I-it's not possible…"
Ghost smirked and said quietly. "Better start believing it then… but here's something to always remind you of that day." It was Charziard's turn. He slowly approached Damien, each step making an extremely loud 'THUD' noise every time he walked. Damien's eyes were frozen on Charizard, his entire body language showing just how terrified he was. Charizard stared at his old trainer with no sympathy whatsoever.
Then, Charizard smirked sinisterly at Damien, and Espeon's eyes glowed blue. Damien began screaming as Espeon flooded his mind with multiple pictures and vivid images that would eventually drive Damien into pure insanity. Ash grabbed Damien by the collar and whispered evilly. "A little dose of pain that you can have for all of the suffering you caused others… never forget us, Damien. Those memories will haunt you every day until you decide to become a loyal, honest, trustworthy, and hard-working trainer. When that happens, you will stop screaming. Until then, enjoy hell: it's where you'll find yourself for quite some time." He then punched Damien in the face once: a gorgeous right hook that knocked him out completely.
Ash smirked and walked away while saying loudly. "He's all yours." Then, with his hands in his pockets, he walked away, the smirk still plastered on his face. Round three awaited him, and with hope, it would be another person he knew, and yet, a person he didn't hate. A soft smile appeared on his face.
As he rounded the corner and prepared to head to the box, he felt the presence of another enter somewhere nearby. He whirled around to his left and was surprised to see a familiar face looking at him with something in his eyes… what was it? Reluctance? He couldn't place his finger on it, but what he did know was that if this person was talking to him, something was up.
"What is it Abel?"
He was in his usual attire: A pair of slightly shaggy camo pants and a blue shirt that featured a variety of lightning bolts all over it. He was also sporting a yellow hat with a pokeball on the front of it and additionally, Ash didn't miss the Mega Necklace he was wearing either.
Abel bit his lip; his dark blue eyes being slightly shielded for a moment before he spoke. "I wanted to apologize to you, Ghost."
Ash raised an eyebrow. "For?"
He spoke again quietly. "I think we got off on the wrong foot." He held his hand out curiously and Ash shook it. "My Name is Abel Winchine, and I hail from Hoenn." He suddenly laughed and awkwardly chuckled for a moment. "This sounded a lot better in my head than it does now." Ash shook his head. "I'm still confused; why exactly are you even talking to me?" Abel's eyes widened again and he said quickly. "O-of course! I-I'm sorry!"
He then turned slightly grim, his 16-year old face slightly wincing as he awaited Ghost's response to the following statement.
"I need your help."
AN: I KNOW! THE CHAPTER FINALLY GOT POSTED! HOORAY! I wanted to apologize for the extremely long wait: I'll tally up what happened since last post:
I fully moved into my apartment
I got sick (twice)
I had my first row of classes across campus
I started up work once again for about 4 shifts a week
So in short, I've been extremely busy within these past few days and I'm disappointed in myself that I was unable to update the story on time, but to make up for it, I made a larger chapter that has a Damien and Ash battle that, to my knowledge, is over 7,000 words! Yeahhhh that's what I'm talking about! I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! Also, a HUGE thanks to all of you who are keeping up with the story! Why?
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