Alrighty highty. Time to start the female tournament. Keep in mind, the female tournament will probably take more time to do because I haven't made their teams yet and it's going to be more difficult finding ways to make the their teams different but still powerful. I mean, with the female tournament I'll have to make four different Unova teams. Anyways, I was going to do my homework first and then this because I had the whole day off, but then I figured that I would be too tired to do so and the chapter would come out by force rather than creativity.
If you paid attention during the last tournament you should already know the formula by now, but I'm putting it here again just in case someone finds this story and skips ahead to the female tournament without reading the male one, or just didn't pay attention last time:
1. Although not necessary, it is highly advised to listen to the trainer's battle theme (Provided here by me) every time that trainer has a battle:
(In game order)
Leaf: HGSS vs Champion theme/XY vs World Championship Finals/BW2 Blue's Champion theme
Lyra and Krystal: HGSS vs Gym Leader theme
May: ORAS vs Rival theme/ORAS vs Champion theme/ORAS vs Hoenn Legendary theme
Dawn: DDP vs Champion theme
Hilda: BW vs Elite 4 theme
Rosa: BW2 vs Gym Leader theme
Serena: XY vs Champion theme or vs Kalos Legendary theme
2. The ranks will only be told here and sometimes mentioned by one of the Legends. I won't put it in every chapter, so here it is:
(Before Kris or Serena)
Leaf
Hilda
Dawn
May
Rosa
Lyra
3. I will announce each trainer's whole team with gender, nature, items, abilities, moves, and IVs at the beginning of each battle chapter.
This is for reference and if you want to use that team in Pokemon Showdown or something. This chapter, it's Serena and Lyra:
Serena's Team:
Chesnaught (Female)
Item: Assault Vest
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Hammer Arm
- Spiky Shield
- Seed Bomb
- Sludge Bomb
Yveltal (Genderless)
Item: Black Glasses
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Foul Play
- Oblivion Wing
- Phantom Force
- Psychic
Gardevoir-Mega (Female)
Item: Gardevoirite
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Draining Kiss
Aegislash (Female)
Item: King's Rock
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 248 Atk / 248 HP / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- King's Shield
- Shadow Claw
- Swords Dance
Pyroar (Female)
Item: Grip Claw
Ability: Rivalry
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Flamethrower
- Fire Spin
- Attract
- Hyper Voice
Goodra (Female)
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sap Sipper
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpA
Mild Nature
- Dragon Pulse
- Aqua Tail
- Ice Beam
- Earthquake
Lyra's Team:
Azumarill (Female)
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sap Sipper
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Play Rough
- Scald
- Toxic
- Ice Beam
Meganium (Female)
Item: Big Root
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Gentle Nature
- Petal Blizzard
- Aromatherapy
- Giga Drain
- Leech Seed
Ho-Oh (Genderless)
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpA
Lonely Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Sky Attack
- Earthquake
- Giga Drain
Raikou (Genderless)
Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Aura Sphere
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Extreme Speed
Celebi (Genderless)
Item: Cell Battery
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic
- Energy Ball
- Healing Wish
Tyranitar-Mega (Male)
Item: Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Foul Play
- Stone Edge
- Giga Impact
With that finally out of the way, here's Serena vs Lyra:
Chapter 15: Serena vs Lyra
"Well someone's excited." Calem chuckled when he saw Serena speed through her breakfast, her bag slung over her shoulder.
"How can I not be?" She managed to say through a mouthful of eggs. "I can finally show off my skills and my team!"
Lyra rolled her eyes. "They're always like this."
"Except you, because you never liked battling like we did." Dawn shook her head.
Lyra sighed and explained. "I never wanted to battle as much as the other Legends. I mean, I didn't even actually beat the League. I think the only reason I'm even here is because of Gold. I was the only one that didn't want to battle, so I was sent to the bottom of the ranks immediately. I think that spending time with your pokemon is more important than battling with them."
Red immediately frowned and shook his head.
"That doesn't make sense. Battling with your pokemon is spending time with them."
"No, because battling requires staying back and commanding your pokemon while they get hurt-"
Red got surprisingly angry, and his furious stare alone could silence anyone.
"No." He didn't take his eyes away from her. "When you battle, you are one with your Pokémon. You are getting hurt together, you're trying to avoid getting hurt together, and you're defeating the opponent together. If you don't feel a connection between you and your Pokémon during battle, you're not doing it right."
She frowns.
"Well no matter what, your Pokémon is going to get hurt or faint."
"Not if you know how to battle."
"Red..." Gold suddenly intervened, staring at Red with the same regard that he had given Lyra to silence her.
"Oh come on." Black sighed. "It's bad enough that Nate and Diamond fight all the time, we don't need a fight between the top two Legends in the House. Either way, they're both opinions."
Red frowned and looked at Black. "You should know for yourself. You saw Team Plasma, a team with the same opinion of battling as her. And see where that got them."
"In the end that wasn't their true goal." Nate explained. "And there were some good guys like N. Either way, you should actually listen to him for once. You shouldn't fight each other."
"Maybe we should." Red muttered. At this point both Red and Gold were standing up, inches away from each other, staring at each other.
"Maybe." Gold slowly nodded.
Leaf sighed and stepped between the two, facing Red. Gold sat down next to Lyra, who said nothing.
"Come on Red. You're better than this. The founders should be the last ones to fight in the House."
Red's cold stare dissapeared. He then sighed and sat down where he was earlier.
"And you." Leaf turned around to face Lyra.
"You should know better than to talk like that around Red."
"And he should know better than to build his whole life around it and lose his humanity." Gold muttered just loud enough for everyone to hear.
At this point, Red snapped. Gold didn't have the time to blink before Red leapt off his chair and knocked Gold off his, grabbing him by the collar and smashing him against the wall behind him. Gold's hat fell on the ground on the way to the wall.
"What. Did you. Just say?" Gold struggled to escape Red's grip. The others didn't move, fearing the danger that intervening would bring.
"I said...that you don't have a life outside of battling." Gold looks confident, but you can tell he's getting scared.
"Look around you. This whole thing was our idea. I have a wife and I have a family with all of you here. Just because you're butthurt I keep beating you doesn't mean I have no life. Get your facts straight before you even think of insulting me. This kind of talk from you was expected from you ten years ago. Not now." Red let go of him and sat back down. Gold landed with a thud on the ground. After a few seconds he picked up his hat and sat down again, recognizing his mistake.
"Jeez." Nate chuckled nervously. "And I thought we fought alot."
"Nate." Black turned around.
"Yes?"
"Shut the fuck up."
"Uh...can we fight now?" Serena nervously asked, already finished with her breakfast.
"Sure, let's get this over with." Lyra sighed and got up.
(After the ride)
"So the Female Tournament locations are the same as the male ones." Serena noted, looking around the Burned Tower.
"Yep." Lyra responded before releasing her Azumarill.
Serena smiled when she released a Gardevoir that Mega-evolved immediately.
"At least I don't have to worry about Mega pokemon anymore. Toxic!"
"Hyper Voice!"
Gardevoir dealt 80% damage but got poisoned by Toxic. The poison made Gardevoir lose 6%. At the same time, Azumarill then ate its Leftovers, bringing it back to 26%.
"How did Hyper voice do so much damage?" Lyra frowned.
"Mega Gardevoir's ability Pixilate turns any normal-type move into a fairy-type move and makes the move 1.3x stronger."
"Oh well. Scald now!"
"Draining Kiss!"
Gardevoir finished off Azumarill and healed back to 100% at the same time. However, the poison was still in effect and took the 6% back again.
"Alright then! Ho-oh! Use Sky Attack!" Ho-oh appeared majestically.
"Gardevoir come back! Yveltal use Foul Play!" Yveltal replaced Gardevoir at the same time that Ho-oh appeared.
Yveltal's speed was unrivaled. The Foul Play did 78% damage before Ho-oh dissapeared in the air.
"While he's in the air! Use Phantom Force to get away!"
Yveltal dissapeared before Ho-oh could attack. The Life Orb Ho-oh was holding took 10% of its health at the end of the turn.
"Again Ho-oh!"
But Yveltal once again hit first and defeated Ho-oh.
"You should have switched." Serena frowned, making Lyra shrug.
"I guess I didn't think of that. Celebii! Dazzling Gleam now!"
"Oblivion Wing." Serena was starting to get disappointed.
Yveltal was finally outsped by Celebi and lost 44% health. This small victory was in vain though, because Oblivion wing left Celebi at 9% and healed Yveltal back at 100%.
"Again!"
"Really?" Serena sighed and commanded Yveltal to do the same.
Celebi once again struck first and dealt 44% damage, but Yveltal used Oblivion Wing and healed back 6% this time, because the blow defeated Celebi.
"Alright Yveltal that's enough. Aegislash! Go!"
"Raikou! Use Thunder Wave!"
"Shadow Claw!"
Raikou paralyzed Aegislash in a flash. Aegislash could not move during that turn because it was paralyzed.
"Now Thunderbolt!"
"King's Shield!"
Aegislash managed to move and changed to shield mode right before using King's Shield. The shield blocked Raikou's Thunderbolt and lowered its attack by 2.
"She can't use a blocking move twice! Thunderbolt now!"
"Shadow Claw!"
Raikou left Aegislash at 66% and lost 72% to Shadow Claw.
"Again!"
"Don't waste your PP. Use Iron Head!"
Raikou took 34% of Aegislash's health, but was defeated by Iron Head.
"Meganium then!" but Serena switched to Goodra at the same time.
"Petal Blizzard!"
Serena smirked and announced confidently: "Ice Beam!"
Meganium went first (They both had the same speed so it was up to chance) but the Petal Blizzard did no damage at all. Instead, it raised Goodra's attack by 1. Goodra then used Ice Beam, taking it down to 55%.
"What!? Why did Petal Blizzard do no damage!?" Lyra was dumbfounded.
"Goodra's ability Sap Sipper negates any grass-type attack and raises its attack at the same time." Serena smiled.
"Whatever. Leech Seed then!"
"Ice Beam again!"
Once again Meganium moved first and planted the Leech Seed. However, this was also absorbed by Goodra's ability. Goodra then took Meganium down to 10%.
"There's nothing I can do..."
"Now Dragon Pulse to finish it off!"
Goodra moved first this time and made Meganium faint.
"My last pokemon...Tyranitar!"
Tyranitar landed with a loud thud and mega-evolved right away, thus activating a sandstorm.
"Stone Edge!"
"Earthquake quickly!"
Goodra was a bit faster than Mega Tyranitar and dealt 60% damage. To Lyra's dismay, the Stone Edge missed. However, the sandstorm made Goodra lose 6% of its health.
"Come on Tyranitar! You can do it!"
"Aqua Tail just to show off." Serena grinned.
Goodra struck first and defeated Mega Tyranitar before it could move an inch.
Serena won without losing a single pokemon.
"I knew it." Lyra sighed.
"Well I didn't. Which makes the whole thing dissapointing." Serena shook her head.
(Back at the House)
"That was easy." Calem noted. "Way easier than I expected."
"Well what did you expect?" Red shook his head. "It's the lowest rank."
"I hope Rosa's good." Serena looked over to her side of the table.
"You bet your ass I'm good!" Rosa grinned. "You better prepare 'cause next battle I'll destroy you."
Serena grinned too, mirroring the situation between Calem and Nate right before the male tournament.
"Don't worry, I'll-" Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
How do you like that? What do you think is going to happen next chapter? Anyways, I enjoyed making this chapter, and I actually didn't plan the situation between Red and Gold. I planned Lyra's comment, but then I just wrote how they would react. Before leaving, I wanted to ask you the same thing I asked last time:
Where do you want Serena to end up in the ranks? Because this time I have absolutely no idea, aside from not beating Leaf or maybe Hilda.
Anyways, see you next chapter!
