A/N: In the name of tradition, thanks to everyone who reviewed!
Thanks go to 64Felicity, Bunearybunny, The88Constellations (hmm... I can think on that idea), a-halfblood-with-attitude, Sage Nicholson (the 'Restaurant Jerks' were based off the Trustees in a book series called the Keys to the Kingdom- but I'll see what I can do), IAmHelenOfTroy, YouWillAlwaysBeLovedJasonGrace (well, I kind of have to but to be honest I do forget occasionally and have to check back), mawile4president, and primus900.
Jason realized what was probably going to happen the moment he saw the stadium and the crowds of people around it in Camp Jupiter.
"Yeah, well, we're just about to have a little ol' gladiator match today," Frank said.
"Didn't we already do something like this with me and Percy?" Jason asked.
"First of all, it's Percy and I," Frank corrected. "Second of all, this is a bit different. We're going to need you to suit up."
"This is exactly the same thing again though!" Jason protested.
"Nuh-uh, the costumes are different," Frank said. "And your opponent is too."
Jason went into the stadium through a different gate than the spectators.
"Here's your costume," Frank said and handed Jason a huge Pikachu costume.
"Really?" Jason asked.
"Yeah, it's a Pokemon battle," Frank said. "There's a microphone and speaker in it in case I need to give you any directions in private."
Jason sighed and got into the costume, sure that this wouldn't go well.
He was then asked to wait in the shadows of a small corridor while Frank and Percy went out to face the crowd. Both of them were dressed up as Pokemon trainers and shook hands before standing on opposite sides of the field.
There were lots of spectators- many people whom Jason knew.
"Now let the games begin!" an anonymous announcer (who was Travis Stoll) shouted.
"Pikachu! I choose you!" Frank said and threw a toy Poke Ball on the field. Of course, it was empty and nothing came out and then Frank whispered into a microphone.
"Jason! That's your cue! Come on out now!"
Jason walked onto the battlefield and noticed that from the other end walked out Leo dressed up as a Charmander.
"Why is he fighting me? He didn't lose!" Jason said.
"Yeah, we were gonna draw straws for your opponent, but Leo said he'd be glad to do it on two conditions- if he got your share of the profits and if he was guaranteed to beat you up. So yeah, remember to throw the fight."
"My share of the profits?" Jason asked.
"Yeah, we sold tickets and we were gonna split it four ways but since this is your punishment, your entire share went to Leo."
Jason had to notice that Leo was fully in character.
His flame on his tail was an actual flame and he was stomping around and screaming "Charmander! Char! Char!"
"Come on Jason, act like a real Pikachu or it isn't fun."
"Pika pi," Jason grumbled.
Regardless of Jason's lack of enthusiasm, Leo was behaving pretty much like a real Pokemon.
Percy then turned his cap backwards and said, "Charmander! Flamethrower!"
"Pikachu! Dodge!" Frank answered.
Jason ducked out of the way, past the streaming flames.
"Now hit 'em with a Thunderbolt!" Frank said.
Jason sighed. He wasn't sure how many lightning strikes he could do in one day- plus, the attack name was stupid. Thunder was the name you gave to the sound- not to the electricity itself!
"Pikaaachuuuuu!" Jason said half-heartedly and sent out a small charged strike at Leo. It was pretty pathetic actually and Leo avoided it.
This pretty much went on for like fifteen minutes with them just circling around each other and not much happening. The crowd roared and jeered however.
"Time for a change of tactics!" Percy said dramatically. "Charmander! Use Sand Attack!"
"Char-mander!" Leo said while he grabbed some dirt and chucked it into Jason's eyes.
"Ow! What was that for! That has got to be cheating!" Jason said.
"C'mon, Jason, stay in character here."
"Great, now, Charmander! Use Bite!" Percy said.
Jason wasn't entirely sure what happened next since his eyes were closed- he wasn't sure if Leo went ahead and actually tried biting him or just tried to cuff him, but Jason swatted him away.
"Pikachu, use Quick Attack!" Frank said.
Jason had no clue how to do this, so he just tackled Leo. It did seem to work though.
"Flamethrower!" Percy said.
This time the stream of flames were a bit too close for comfort.
"Scratch!" Percy commanded.
Instead of Leo using his claws, he just basically slapped Jason in the face.
"Ow-I mean- pika pii!" Jason said.
"Try making your voice a bit higher- it'll help sell the bit!"
Before Jason could, Leo basically just blasted him with flames. It didn't hit him- but Jason did feel the heat and it left afterimages on his retina as he then tripped.
"Great, now try to get up but don't!"
"Pika…" Jason groaned and tried to make a show of getting up before collapsing.
"We have a winner! The winner is Percy Jackson from New York City!" the anonymous announcer shouted out.
Leo at this point completely abandoned the act and began running around shouting "Yeah! Who's the winner! Who's the alpha around here people?"
"When you get up and scrape what's left of you and your dignity off the ground- tell Leo that cosplaying as cartoon characters and winning a staged fight does not make him an alpha."
A/N: Sorry for the long delay- I know it should not take so long to update a punishment chapter.
But I have good news and bad news. Good news is that my longest fanfic which I was writing for two years is pretty much over now which means I can devote time on that for other projects like this one- bad news is I'm going to be busy again for a long time. So I don't know where I stand on how frequently I can update right now.
Thanks for reading!
