Our lives had gone astray..( All the crew are screaming and falling into a black abyss)
But Now We've rejoined the fray! (Shows cuts of everyone face with Ash and Pikachu in the middle)
And with Our Strength! (Franklin is shown overlooking the city with a Pink Electivire
We'll Prove You Wrong.. ( Oak and Pine in the background as Justin and Ash train)
We will follow our vows and will stay Strong! (A Figure watches the gang from the building, before jumping out of sight.)
Lets Go! (Lets Go!) ( Max and Bonnie are battling an unknown opponent.)
Prepare to Fight! (Jessie, James, and Meowth are shown at their store with Wobbuffet and Chimeco)
We Know! (We Know!) (Serena is staring at the moon with Ash, an unknown person watches them.)
We'll soar to new Heights! ( A red blur zooms past Ash and Pikachu, who are grinning)
We'll Show! (We'll show!) (Clemont is working on a holograph while Caleb and Justin Battle)
Who's in the right! ( The Gang and Traitors stare each other down)
And when we fight, together as one.. (Shows quick cuts of everyone, Max grinning, Bonnie and Dedenne also grin with their teeth, Clemont waves, before something explodes)
Finish this quest, that's almost done.. (Now Justin showing a peace sign, Serena smiling, and Caleb throwing a fist into the air, and then Abel facing Ash on opposite ends of an arena.)
We will have our comeback, (An unknown Mega Charizard X Shoots a flamethrower at Pikachu, who Ash then yells to use a move and Pikachu attacks with an unknown move.)
Our Ultimate Comeback! ( Pikachu's attack collides with Flamethrower)
Pokemon!
Hey guys! Justin here with another chapter!
So, How was your spring break? Mine was awesome, and I got to visit a college for half of the week! *cough cough, that's why I didn't upload cough cough* Eh hem, sorry, my throat there.
This chapter is a great battle chapter! I hated writing it, but a battle chapter nonetheless!
UltimateCCC: Clemmont*
The Almighty Yoshi: Thanks for the support! Ya, the 2nd arc isn't gonna be enjoyable, but the 3rd and 4th arc should be! Then we have the 5th arc... *Gulp*
Abel: I kind of like that idea. Whether or not I'll use it won't be revealed, however, to prevent spoilers. I'm gonna be real. I don't know what I'm gonna do with Iris. She was originally gonna stay a traitor, but I think I've decided to make a few changes anyway. So we'll just have to see :P. Well, not everyone is a, per say, traitor. May and Drew, by this point, ya, there's no saving them.
Davidtheman23: I was going to originally do that, but there's just one problem.. The main characters in this story have a TON, and I mean A TON of pokemon. The only people who have nicknamed pokemon are Caleb, Justin, and Aubree, so I could do a mini chapter for them, but that would still be a ton of stuff, especially since they don't battle often. Tell you what. Arc 2 will certainly need it, so when I get there, I will list the used pokemon of every main character for that chapter. Do you think that would help?
Chapter ~ An electrifying battle!
The crew, sans Ash and Max, stood outside the hospital after being asked to leave to let the injured trainers rest. They had all been relieved to see Max conscious, and it were now just had to hope that Ash would make it out ok.
"So.. yesterday was.. interesting." Justin said quietly as the crew sat outside, breathing in the fresh air.
"I'm just glad they're ok.. we just need to give them time." Abel suggested, gaining nods of agreement from the others.
"Serena, what exactly happened yesterday?" Bonnie quizzed, turning towards the older performer, who got teary eyed from remembering last night. Bonnie frowned, and decided it was best to drop the question for now. At that moment, the doors opened, and Pikachu was thrown out of the doors of the hospital, landing in Serena's arms
"I said, you need to let him rest!" The doctor shouted from the inside, closing the doors. Pikachu glared back at the hospital.
"Why, you! He's my best friend, how DARE you keep me away from my trainer!?" Pikachu growled at the hospital, before calming down, and looking back at the group.
"So, what's the plan for today?" Pikachu quizzed, clearly trying to forget what had just happened.
"Well, I have a match today, so if no one else has secret dates planned-" Clemont said, glaring at Caleb as he did so. "-why not come watch it? It's supposed to be against a champion, so I might lose, but it should still be good." Clemont finished, getting everyone's attention.
"Well, when is it?" Abel quizzed as he pet Minun on his shoulder.
"It's in thirty minutes, so we might as well go now." Clemont said, signaling for the others to follow him, which they did.
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"Gah!" My back's sour." Drew whined as he and May sat on the couch of Oaks suite. They had gone to fine the rest of the group and found Oak first, telling him everything that happened. Of course, making themselves look good.
"You know, it really is your own fault for attacking them." Brock said as he gave both May and Drew an ice pack. Brock had been thinking hard about what Ash had said. He knew it was wrong to ban them, and didn't even really know Oak would go so far. When it had happened, Misty and May had convinced both Brock and Dawn that Ash couldn't make it as a Trainer. The only real argument Brock and Dawn had had at the time was Ash being the only one to take out two of Tobias' legendary pokemon, let alone just one, but that had went down the drain rather fast when the argument was made that Ash only made it to Tobias out of luck. Plus something rather... strange had happened to Oak. He seemed dead set against banning Ash from the very begging. Brock himself was fairly surprised at how strong Ash and them had become. The only reason Brock himself had won the match against Clemont was extremely good typing. Brock was snapped from his thoughts when May began to speak.
"What, are you taking their side or something?" May sneered as she tried to get up, but groaned in pain.
"What?! N-no, you know better than that! I would never take their side." Brock argued, secretly questioning whose side he really would be on.
"Hey, guys, how are you feeling?" Misty quizzed, walking in.
"We're feeling fine. What's your plans for today?" May responded as she slowly sat up to avoid pain.
"Uh, let's see. A match today, and I think that's it." Misty answered, as she sat down with Azurill. She had probably been the most surprised that May and Drew had failed to simply take Max back. It's not like they were that strong or anything. Bonnie herself had only won because Iris was unaware of Fairy types.
"Is that where most everyone is today?" Drew inquired as he put the ice pack on his back, and sighed in relief.
"Ya, and I think that's where I'm gonna go too." You guys think you'll be ok by yourselves?" Brock answered as he got his stuff to leave. May and Drew nodded, signaling Brock and Misty to take their leave.
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After having left Ash and Max to rest, the rest of the crew, minus Clemont, sat in the audience, awaiting the match to start.
"Ladies, and Gentlemen, welcome to the final day of battles for the first round! Today we've got some exciting matches up, so let's not dawdle and begin! For this match, we have Clemont of Lenore Island-" The announcer, well, announced, as Clemont walked in from the stage, versus a popular new champion from Unova, Iris!" The announcer continued, as Justin, Bonnie, Caleb, and Serena's mouths just dropped as Iris walked into the stage in an extremely large dress, with her hair set into two pony tails. She walked onto the stage and grinned at Clemont, who scowled in response.
"This will be a three on three battle, where the winner will be decided after all three of one trainers pokemon are unable to continue! Are the trainers ready?" The referee asked as Clemont and Iris both nodded. "Then, begin!"
zZClemont Vs. IrisZz
"This is where you're place in the tournament ends! Let's go, Dragonite!" Iris called out as the pseudo legendary appeared before the battleground, and roared ferociously, making everyone applaud.
"Then, I choose you, Electivire!" Clemont shouted, as the menacing pokemon faced each other off.
"Lets, start off strong, use Dragon Rush!"Iris commanded as Dragonite became enveloped in a purple aura, and blasted towards Electivire.
"Counter with Thunder punch!" Clemont ordered as Electivire's fist began to spark in electricity, aND threw a punch right at the incoming dragon. Both pokemon collided, as Dragonite collided with Electivire's fist. Electivire's punch hit Dragonite square in the head, before shoving the Dragonite back. Stunning the crowd.
'W-what? How did he even put Dragonite on such a strain?!' Iris thought to herself as Electivire didn't look hurt from the dragon attack.
"If I can remember, Iris' Dragonite has a bunch of physical attack, according to the corocoro weekly." Serena said as she viewed a small magazine as the battle progressed.
"And since Electivire can be very bulky, I think Clemont is fine in this match up." Justin stated, as he turned towards the rest of the crew, noticing something.. off.. about Abel
"Uh, Abel, you alright? Justin inquired, catching everyone's attention, and turning towards Abel.
"Wow... Iris is much more cute in person!" Abel said with hearts for eyes, causing everyone to deadpan at their friend.
"Uh, Abel, you do realize that Iris is one of the people that betrayed Ash, right?" Serena asked, frowning at the love struck boy.
"Well, people can change, ya know!" Abel said happily, continuing to stare at the girl.
Back to Battle!
"Ugh, it doesn't matter! You stand no chance!" Iris shouted as Dragonite began to rush Electivire, before hitting it with a dragon rush.
"Dragonite knows what attack to use, without me saying a word! Have fun beating that!" Iris shouted confidently towards Clemont, who frowned.
Clemont faced Electivire, who faced back and grinned. 'She's not the only one, is she?' Electivire sent towards Clemont, who grinned.
'No, she's not! Give it all you got, Electivire!' Clemont sent back to Electivire, who smirked, before rushing Dragonite as well, and jumped into the air. At that time, Dragonite shot towards Electivire as well, before both pokemon became locked in a flurry of punches. The two continued to be locked into combat, consistently dodging and punching the opponent.
"Look at that, folks! Both pokemon are fiercely going at it! Neither look as if they're about to stop! Iris and Clemont are both saying nothing as they continue the silent duel! But which will come out on top?! Let's watch and find out!" The announcer shouted, as the crowd shouted out to root on the trainer and champion.
Soon afterwards, both Electivire and Dragonite stopped combat, and fell down on their sides of the battlefield. Both were panting severely from injury, but both stood firm.
"It's time to end this." Iris said, with her eyes closed. With that, Dragonite put all of his power into his fist, as it began to glow blue for an Ice punch. At the same time, Electivire's fist began to glow red, for a Fire punch. Both pokemon shot towards each other, before colliding in a fantastic glow from the fire and ice mixing together. Before long, both pokemon stopped their attacks, and fell to the ground, exhausted. Iris stood there, shocked, from seeing Dragonite down.
'This makes me the only champion to lose a pokemon during their battle!' Iris thought to herself, panicking. 'This is gonna look SO bad!' Iris snapped out of her thoughts, when she heard the referee ask her to send out another pokemon. She nodded, before grabbing a pokeball.
"Hydriegon, let's go!" Iris shouted, as the three headed dragon materialized.
"You're up, Quilladden!" Clemont said, as the evolved form of Chespin came out, and stared down the Dark/Dragon type.
"Pff! T... that's the pokemon you're going with?" Iris asked, trying not to laugh. She could understand using a underevolved pokemon in other matches, but this was a world tournament! You should never use those here! 'That's why Ash lost the Unova League!' Iris thought, still snickering. Before the match began
"Make this quick, use Flame thrower, with all three heads!" Iris commanded, as all three Hydriegon heads shot a burning flame towards Quilladen.
"Spiky shield! Then use rollout!" Clemont countered, as Quilladen curled into a ball, and spikes shot out all around, protecting it from the flames, and then beginning to spiral towards the dragon.
"Block it with Surf!" Iris shouted, as Hydriegon shot off a wave of water towards the grass type.
"Spiky shield combo!" Clemont commanded, as Quilladens roll out became ensnared with a bunch of spikes, making the waves of water bounce off. Quilladen shot forward and slammed into Hydriegon once again, before rolling off to roll back.
"Fire Blast!" Iris commanded as Hydriegon shot forward a blaring flare, hitting the rollout head on, but through the snare, the rolling grass type kept coming.
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"Oh, I know this strategy." Red said as he viewed the stage from the box; Cynthia and Lance at his sides.
"Care to elaborate?" Lance quizzed as they viewed the battle.
"Blue showed it to me. The sheild from any protection move can stay when you use rollout. It keeps you safe and allows you to get tons of damage off on your opponents. It's really tricky to break through." Red explained as Quilladen continued to smack Hydriegon back and forth.
"Well, this will be a good test for her, since she is a champion. Granted she's one of the weakest..." Cynthia oped as she watched Iris struggle to take control of the battle.
"It's kind of ironic, isn't it?" Lance chuckled. "She was always had the most ego out of everyone, minus Blue, and now her ego is gonna make her lose the one match she's supposed to have in the entire tournament." Lance said, smirking as the battle continued. Red and Cynthia both smirked as well, watching the Quilladen beat Hydriegon senseless.
X-X-X-X
"Now, finish it!" Clemont shouted as Quilladen rolled forward at an alarming rate.
"Not like that! Use an aimed Draco meteor to break through it!" Iris countered, as Hydriegon fired a ball right towards Quilladen, before it burst into eight meteor like objects, and they all shot straight towards Quilladen. All eight meteors landed right on Quilladen, creating a major explosion, and sending Quilladen flying back immediately, with swirls in it's eyes.
"Quilladen is unable to battle, that means Hydriegon is the win-" The referee said, only for Hydriegon to faint on the spot as he did so. "uh.. both pokemon are unable to battle! Trainers, choose your next pokemon!" He continued.
"Electrode, let's go!/ Haxorus, show time!" Both trainers called out, as The dragon and orb pokemon materialized from their pokeballs.
"Let's start off with magnet rise, and then use thunderbolt!" Clemont called out, as Electrode used magnetic pulses to rise from the ground, before sending out a wicked electric attack towards the dragon.
"Use Earthquake to block it, and then send the rubble forward with twister!" Iris countered, as Haxorus sent out a viscous earthquake, that sent rocks into the air, effectively blocking the Thunder attack. Then Haxorus send a powerful gust of wind, which sent the rocks all flying towards Electrode, hitting him many times.
"Electrode, use light screen, and then thunder once more!" Clemont shouted as Electrode engulfed itself in a light green coat of energy, before sending off another electric attack.
"Heh, Block it with a guillotine shield!" Iris laughed, as Haxorus's claws gained a iron sheath, before throwing it in front of himself, and blocking the thunder attack.
"Thunder once more!" Clemont shouted, hoping Iris wouldn't notice..
"Block it with Dragon pulse!" Iris countered once more as both attacks clashed head on.
"NOW! Rush forward and use explosion!" Clemont shouted, as the crowd watched. During the time of the attacks, Electrode had been edging closer, to where it was in perfect range to attack. Electrode shot forward and let off a dangerous explosion, blinding everyone as he did so. When the explosion was over, Electrode lay on the ground, K.O'd with Haxorus still able to fight.
"Heh, did you really think a cheap tactic like that would-" Iris said, before Haxorus began to glow gray, and fainted.
"I DON'T BELIEVE IT FOLKS! WITH THE POWER OF EXPLOSION AND THE ABILITY, AFTERMATH, ELECTRODE WAS ABLE TO COMPLETELY TAKE OUT UNOVA CHAMPION IRIS'S LAST POKEMON! AND SINCE CLEMONT STILL HAS ONE POKEMON LEFT, HE IS THE WINNER, AND THE FIRST ONE TO ACTUALLY BEAT A CHAMPION!" The announcer shouted as everyone began to cheer for the awesome battle. Clemont smiled, and waved to everyone, before walking up to shake hands with Iris.
"Yes! He beat her!" Caleb said in ecstasy as everyone else cheered for their friend. Well, besides one.
"Aw, I can't believe she lost!" Abel whined, before earning a slap to the face from Serena.
"Hello! Earth to Abel! Clemont is on OUR side!" She shouted, earning a sweat drop from Abel.
As Clemont went to shake hands with Iris, he noticed she was had already went inside the locker rooms. When he went in to find her, she was down on her knees, sobbing.
"M... my reputation... tarnished..." Iris sobbed, as Clemont finally walked up to her. She noticed, before looking up and Glaring at him.
"What do you want?" Iris asked hatefully, causing Clemont to recoil, before regaining his composure.
"I just wanted to say good battle, is all." Clemont said, before Iris stood up, and glared at the scientist.
"How was that a good battle? I wanted to prove that I was a good trainer, and to lose to someone who abuses pokemon is just awful!" Iris responded scornfully, as Clemont looked at her in shock.
'There's noone else in the room, does she honestly believe that we abused our pokemon for so long?' Clemont thought to himself, before looking back at her. "I'm not sure why you believe that Ash of all people would abuse his pokemon, but I believe you need to speak to someone." Clemont told her, causing her to give a quizzed look.
"What do you mean? I saw clear and evident proof of you guys abusing your pokemon!" She near shouted at him, causing him to throw her a quizzed look.
"Well, look up Salon Maiden Anabel, she can use telepathy, so she will be of some use to you." Clemont said, walking out, leaving Iris to her thoughts.
'Wait... could I be on the wrong side here?'
As Clemont walked out, he was greeted by the crew, sans Ash and Max, to be congratulated.
"Great Battle Clemont! You beat a champion!" Justin said to Clemont, patting him on the back.
"It was definitely impressive!" Bonnie added cheerfully, as everyone walked back to the hospital.
"Thanks, you guys. However, I noticed something... a little off about Iris after the battle." Clemont told the crew, with a worried look evident in his eyes.
"What was it?" Serena asked, causing Clemont to shake his head.
"I'll tell you later... there's something a little more important. Do you think you can tell us what happened to you and Ash?" Clemont quizzed, causing everyone to turn towards Serena, who , once again, began to tear up, but quickly dried them off.
"Yes, you guys need to know what happened." She answered
Chapter End ~
Annnnnnnnd, END! Holy crap, I hate battle chapters so MUCH!
Anyway, to summarize this chapter. painful. I'll see you guys later!
Next time: After Clemonts Battle, the crew gets Serena to tell them what all happened with just her and Ash. The story will shock them to their core!
Chapter~ Franklin Strikes!
Round 1 Arc:
Chapter ~ Franklin Strikes!
Chapter ~ Synchro time! ( Last Arc Chapter!)