Before this chapter begins I just want to say thank you to MasterClass60 who gave and helped provide the idea of bringing Liz into this fanfic. Hope you enjoy this chapter, so let's get to it!
Fighting a Fierce Battle
Alec's POV
The group were heading toward the Pokémon Center when they ran into some trouble. And by trouble, I mean Team Rocket. Trying, yet again, to steal Pikachu and Ethan, who were both trapped in small balls. Flame was already out as well as Inkay and Pumpkaboo. "Inkay, Psybeam!" James ordered.
"Pumpkaboo, Dark Pulse!" Jessie commanded.
"Use Flamethrower!" Alec shouted. The three attacks met and caused an explosion. "Dragon Claw!" Alec followed up. Flame flew out of the smoke and struck both of Team Rocket's Pokémon.
"We still have Pikachu and Umbreon so let's scram!" Meowth shouted, seeing the state of Inkay and Pumpkaboo.
"Agreed," Jessie answered.
"Right," James agreed. They returned their Pokémon and started to run away when they were lifted off the ground with Psychic. Looking around, Alec didn't see who did it when a Delphox stepped into the open, a shiny Delphox, one that Alec recognized immediately. Sure enough, Alec's oldest friend and rival, Liz, stepped next to her Delphox, Violet.
"Need some help here Alec?" Liz asks when she sees the group.
"I have it perfectly under control, but you know I'd never turn down free assistance," Alec answered.
"Good to hear. Violet, get Ethan and Pikachu over here!" Liz shouted. The two devices flew out of Meowth's paws and flew toward the group.
"Flame, Dragon Claw!" Alec shouted. Green claws came from Flame's claws and he sliced through the devices like butter, freeing the Pokémon inside.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted as the mouse Pokémon jumped into Ash's arms.
"You good Ethan?" Alec asked his partner as he came up.
[Ready for some payback,] Ethan answered.
"Ethan, Dark Pulse! Flame, Flamethrower!" Alec shouted.
"Violet, Mystical Fire!" Liz shouted.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash shouted. The four attacks fused together and sent Team Rocket into a blastoff.
Once they were gone, Alec turned to Liz. "It's been such a long time," Alec said.
"Good to see you too," Liz said as the two high fived.
Alec then turned to the rest of his friends. "Everyone, this is Liz," Alec introduced. The group then introduced themselves.
"It's nice to meet all of you," Liz said before turning to Alec. "Never thought I'd see the day where you would be traveling around the region with others," Liz said with a teasing face.
"You're hilarious," Alec said, unamused.
"Well, shall we head off to the Pokémon Center?" Clemont asked.
"Sure," Liz said. It wasn't too long before they gave their Pokémon to the Nurse Joy and they sat down to talk.
"So, how do you two know each other?" Ash asked Alec and Liz.
"We've known each other since we were kids in Snowbelle City, and we even started our journey together before going our separate ways," Liz explained.
"Wow, you two must be great friends," Bonnie said.
"We are, and we're each other's biggest rivals," Alec added.
"You know it. Our battles are some of the biggest," Liz boasted.
"So, how long have you two been rivals?" Serena asked.
"Pretty early on. We went our separate ways when we collected badges but we did battle in the Kalos League. I won that battle but lost the next round. I made the top eight while Alec made it to the top sixteen," Liz explained.
"But I got you back. Three years later, Liz and I battled in the finals and I came out on top. First time I won the Kalos League," Alec said.
"Hang on, I remember something Tierno said; something about you winning the Kalos League when you were 11?" Serena asked.
"Oh yeah, there's a story behind that. You see, I started my journey when I was 8," Alec explained. The group, minus Liz, looked surprised at that.
"Hang on, you both started your journey two years early?" Bonnie asked.
"Well one, I'm two years older than Alec. And two, the reasons behind that were quite unusual," Liz stated.
"Yeah. Long story short, the night before Liz was going to head to Lumiose City to start her journey, I found out that my dad was going to take Ethan away from me, so I left with Liz. With help from Snowbelle's gym leader, Professor Sycamore agreed to start my journey early," Alec explained.
A chime was then heard and Nurse Joy came out with their Pokémon. "All your Pokémon are in perfect health," she told the trainers. They collected their Poké Balls and Liz turned to Alec.
"So, since we haven't seen each other in a long time, you up for a battle? 6v6?" Liz asked him.
"Oh, you are so on!" Alec answered.
[Bring it on, Liz!] Ethan shouted.
"Alright then. We'll do a team swap and we'll find a spot to battle," Liz said.
"Why not use the battlefield next to the Pokémon Center?" Serena asked.
"Terrible idea. Our battles tend to get a bit, destructive," Alec explained. Alec headed over to a holo-phone and sent the number so he could talk to Gordan and swap a few members on his team, trying to predict which Pokémon Liz would use.
Once they had their Pokémon, they found a wide-open field where they could battle. "If you don't mind, I'll be the referee," Clemont said. The two trainers nodded. "Alright then. The battle between Alec and Liz will commence. This will be a 6 on 6 battle with substitutions, are both trainers ready?" Clemont asked.
"Ready," Alec and Liz said.
"Alright then. Battle begin!" Clemont declared.
"Dragonite, your up!" Liz shouted.
"Shark, let's go!" Alec shouted.
The two dragons stood before each other and stared, ready for battle. Liz made the first move. "Use Dragon Rush!" Liz shouted.
"Counter with your own Dragon Rush!" Alec shouted. The two dragons clashed and the resulting explosion pushed both of them back to their trainers.
"Use Flamethrower!" they shouted. Fire flew out of their mouths and exploded on impact.
"Use Dig!" Alec commanded while there was still smoke in the air. When it cleared, Dragonite was still on the ground, but not for long.
"Dragonite, up in the air!" Liz shouted.
"Dragon Claw!" Alec shouted. As Dragonite took off, the ground broke apart and Shark scored the first hit with Dragon Claw.
"Use Dragon Rush!" Liz shouted. Dragonite slammed into Shark and sent him to the ground.
"Flamethrower!" Alec shouted. Shark let loose the fire and he managed to score a hit on Dragonite.
"Draco Meteor!" Liz shouted. An orange ball formed in Dragonite's stomach and it shot into the air. Once at its maximum height, it burst into many smaller spheres and started to fall to the ground.
"Hide with Dig!" Alec shouted. The meteors landed, doing a number on the landscape, but Shark managed to get underground.
"Not this time! Dragonite, use Flamethrower down the hole!" Liz shouted. As Dragonite let loose its fire, Alec made his move.
"Dragon Rush!" he shouted. Shark burst out of the ground with blue energy around him forming a dragon. He charged right at Dragonite and slammed into the dragon Pokémon sending him higher into the air.
"Draco Meteor, once more!" Liz shouted.
"Shark, get back underground!" Alec ordered. It was too late, however, as orange meteors fell on top of Shark and he fell to the ground. "Dragon Claw!" Alec shouted. Shark got back up and flew towards Dragonite, who tried to block it with his arm, but Shark used his other claw to score a hit. Dragonite fell to the ground looking kind of weak. "Dragon Rush!" Alec shouted, hoping to finish Dragonite. As Shark neared, Liz revealed her surprise.
"Hyper Beam!" Liz shouted. The purple-black beam slammed into Shark's Dragon Rush and sent the Garchomp flying. He fell to the ground with swirls in his eyes.
"Shark is unable to battle! The winner is Dragonite!" Clemont declared as Alec returned the Mach Pokémon back to his Ultra Ball.
Knowing Dragonite would have to recover from Hyper Beam, and was pretty weak from his fight with Shark made his next choice easy. "Duke, let's go!" Alec shouted.
[Let's go!] Duke shouted.
"Use Rock Slide!" Alec shouted. Duke howled into the air and boulders fell on Dragonite. Dragonite then started to move. "Accelerock!" Duke then sprinted into Dragonite and that was it for the dragon Pokémon.
"Dragonite is unable to battle. The winner is Duke!" Clemont declared.
"I figured you'd use Duke in this battle, so I brought someone as well. Go Lycanroc!" Liz shouted. The ball opened to reveal a different Lycanroc from Duke. Liz's Dusk form Lycanroc. The two Lycanrocs looked at each other and growled. Those two had been rivals since they were caught by Alec and Liz, so they wanted to fight each other.
"Use Accelerock!" they shouted to resume the match. The two wolf Pokémon clashed and forced each other back.
"Use Rock Slide!" Alec shouted. Rocks then started falling toward Liz's Lycanroc.
"Send them back with Counter!" Liz commanded. Lycanroc's rock that sat over his head glowed green-orange and hit some of the rocks back at Duke.
"Dodge it!" Alec shouted. Duke managed to avoid the rocks sent back as Lycanroc started charging Duke.
"Use Slash!" Liz shouted.
"Crunch let's go!" Alec countered. Duke jumped out of Lycanroc's way and bit down on his neck.
"Counter!" Liz shouted. Lycanroc slammed the stones on his body into Duke and sent him flying. "Stone Edge!" Lycanroc slammed his paws on the ground and light blue stone pillars charged at Duke.
"Stone Edge as well!" Alec shouted. Duke managed to send his own pillars at Lycanroc and they hit each other and exploded.
"Accelerock!" Alec and Liz shouted. Duke and Lycanroc started charging into each other and kept on going colliding then jumping back multiple times till they started to pant with multiple scratches and bruises on their bodies.
"Well then Alec, I'm going to have to end this!" Liz shouted as her Z-ring glowed and she did the movements for the rock-type Z-move. "Strong as stone, send thousands of shards to score this win. Splinter Stone Shard!" Liz shouted. Lycanroc howled as thousands of stone shards appeared around Duke and surrounded him. Liz slammed her fists together as the shards started flying toward their target.
"Use Accelerock and climb those shards!" Alec ordered. Duke started sprinting along the shards heading towards him and jumping between them as he ran toward Lycanroc, who by now had jumped up and started diving toward Duke. "Crunch!" Alec shouted. Duke leaped into the air, readying his jaw to close around Lycanroc, but instead of biting head-on, Duke slipped to the side and grabbed Lycanroc by the jaw and threw him to the ground.
Liz looked at Alec in surprise as she tried to process what just happened. "Very clever Alec," Liz congratulated him.
"Thanks, I figured you'd use that Z-move stuff eventually. So I found a way to counter them," Alec told her.
"Well then, you may have stopped my Z-move, but I still plan to win. Use Slash!" Liz shouted.
"Use Crunch!" Alec shouted. The two wolves ran at each other and got ready to strike.
"Counter!" Liz shouted when they were close. Lycanroc slammed Duke with the move and sent him flying.
"Rock Slide!" Alec shouted. Duke howled while he was still falling back to the ground and multiple rocks fell on Lycanroc as Duke slammed into the ground. When the smoke cleared, both Pokémon were done for.
"Both Pokémon are unable to battle. It's a draw!" Clemont declared.
The two returned their Pokémon and got ready for the next battle. "Violet, you're up!" Liz shouted as the shiny Delphox revealed herself.
"Stealth, let's go!" Alec shouted, summoning his Greninja.
[It's been a long time Violet,] Stealth said.
[It has, so I hope you don't go easy on me,] Violet said.
[It'd be an insult to my training if I did. So give me all you got,] Stealth said.
"Use Night Slash!" Alec shouted. Stealth disappeared from view and seemingly teleported behind Violet before hitting her with the purple-black blade.
"Violet, use Fire Blast!" Liz shouted. The fire star fired toward Stealth but he jumped over the attack.
"Use Water Shuriken!" Alec shouted. Stealth hit the area's to summon the water disks and threw two of them at Violet.
"Mystical Fire!" Liz shouted. The flaming ring collided with Stealth's attack causing steam.
"Night Slash!" Alec commanded. Stealth ran through the steam and was about to strike Violet.
"Dragon Rush!" Liz shouted. Violet slammed into Stealth with the dragon-type move and did a good amount of damage.
"Water Shuriken!" Alec shouted. Stealth threw multiple throwing stars at Violet, scoring multiple hits.
Use Psychic and tear up the ground!" Liz shouted. Violet disrupted the ground beneath Stealth, causing the ninja Pokémon to fall into the hole.
"Stealth!" Alec shouted in concern.
"Now, Fire Blast!" Liz shouted. The move hit, but did more than Liz probably wanted, as Stealth was out of the hole.
"Disappear and use Night Slash!" Alec shouted.
"Get ready Violet!" Liz warned. The fox Pokémon looked around for her foe. Stealth then appeared in front of her and hit her with the blade, sending her back.
"Finish this with Water Shuriken!" Alec shouted. Stealth threw four more stars that all landed devastating hits.
"Violet is unable to battle. The winner is Stealth!" Clemont declared. Liz returned her partner and selected her next Pokémon.
"Pixie come on out!" Liz shouted as her Sylveon appeared.
"Let's keep going Stealth. Use Ice Punch!" Alec shouted. Stealth disappeared once more and got ready to strike Pixie.
"Force him out with Dazzling Gleam!" Liz shouted. Pixie fired multiple rainbow-colored spikes from her ribbons and went all over. Stealth reappeared after taking a few hits and fell to the ground. "Now use Moonblast!" Liz commanded. Pixie fired the pink ball and hit its target. Stealth was out of the fight.
"Stealth is unable to battle. Pixie is the winner!" Clemont declared. Alec returned Stealth and looked at Ethan.
"You ready?" Alec asked him.
[You bet,] Ethan said as he ran onto the field. The two stared at each other and got ready to battle.
…And I'm going to call it there. Yes, I'm an a-hole, but I was looking through this and I was like: "This is just the first three battles. This is going to be a long one." So this will be a two-parter. Stay tuned for the finale of this battle.