Chaos: Hey there, I'm back
Treecko: Took you long enough, what happened
Chaos: Right now I'm currently making the Christmas special and I kinda forgot to post this chapter
Treecko: OK, I hope that is the case
Chaos: Don't worry about it, if I work fast enough I should get it done and posted on Christmas day
Treecko: I hope so, I have high expectations for it
Chaos: Don't have. Anyway Disclaimer
Snivy: The author does not own Pokemon
No one's POV
"Pokémon battle nexus, huh" Rose said in a confused tone
"It's the biggest tournament held ever. Pokémon come all across regions just to participate, honestly have you never heard of it" Ace asks
"…"
"…Well Rose" Ace asks hopefully
"… Never heard of it until today"
Both Flash and Ace fall to the ground
"Are you kidding me, have you never heard of it!" Flash yells out to the Buneary
Another voice went by. "Don't blame her, she doesn't usually watch those types of things". They all turned to see an Espeon walking towards them
"Please tell me you know what it is" Flash begs
"Yes I do, also I remember seeing you lose to a Blastoise last year"
"… Yeah" Flash said, not wanting to be reminded about his defeat
"Cheer up, pal. This year's one coming up and you should be able to do much better, with all the training you've done" Ace pats his friend on the back
"That's easy for you to say Ace" Charles had stepped in to the conversation "You made it to the end and went on to challenge the Amber Lightning"
"Umm, who's Amber Lightning" Rose asks
"I believe he's the champion of the Pokémon battle nexus, A Jolteon if I remember correctly" Luna replied
"That's right and he's in a league of his own. He beat Ace over here using only Ice fang and Electro ball" Charles explained
"I just couldn't keep up, there was nothing I could do" Ace said weakly
"Don't worry about it, he has won the battle nexus, I believe three consecutive times in a row. With only Ice Fang and Electro ball" Charles replied
"Well, this year that winning streak, is going to end" Flash replied confidently
"Yeah, with your skills he's not gonna see you coming" Another voice rang out. We turned to see the once unconscious Machop on his feet. We stared at him blankly for a second. "What, do y'all think I was gonna just lie there until dawn or something"
"To be honest Barry, I expected you to get up a bit earlier" Charles replied
"Well that's cause, I needed a little rest after that last battle. Speaking of which, I'm ready for another round, Flash?"
"I'll pass, too tired"
"Ok… how about it Ace, care for a match" Barry turned hopefully to Ace
"Sorry but I don't really want to right this moment, maybe later…"
"Oh come on, do y'all back down on me here, hey Charles how about it"
In response Charles shook his head vigorously "You should know that I don't do battle Barry, if I'd tried I would probably be demolished"
"Fine, you have a point" He murmured to himself "There's no way, the girls would do it, so does that mean I'll have to forget about it"
Barry's eyes searched through until his eyes landed on a certain Umbreon. "Hey there, Umbreon you want a match?"
Chrono's POV
"Man, that battle was amazing. The way they clashed and everything. Never thought I was into this kind of stuff. Turns out it is exciting as hell. And the tournament, I would definitely join just to battle the "Amber Lightning" but I feel as if I wouldn't be ready to take them on"
My thoughts were interrupted by a certain call to me "Hey there, Umbreon you want a match?" I turned to see the same Machop who was clashing with the Froakie waving towards me asking for a battle.
I pondered to myself quickly. "Should I accept? I mean the guy's asking for a battle and it would be rude to turn him down. Sure I'll have to limit my moves to a mere two of them but it should be fine right. Yeah I'll accept"
I walked up to the Machop and nodded my head.
"Sweet" he replied "Over this way"
He led me to the battle arena which was just a clearer area with the others following. Soon I was standing opposite him waiting for the signal to strike.
"Are the fighters ready" I heard Charles say
I gave a quick nod which was imitated by my opponent.
"Then begin!"
"First move's mine, Focus Energy" I see the Machop gathering strength and used this as an opportunity to strike. I fired a dark pulse directly into the chest of the Machop sending him flying into the rocks close by.
Everyone, apart from the girls, were stunned by the force of the dark pulse.
"Woah there, since when have dark pulses been so effective. On a fighting type no less!" Flash exclaimed and a really surprised tone
"Yeah, Barry was literally flying there" Charles replied. I glanced at the Pikachu next to the two. He was silent but by his expression I could tell he was also surprised by the attack but also impressed. The girls just looked as if it was just a normal attack. I turned back to my opponent who was now standing out of the rubble.
"Now that was an attack, even if it was a dark type move that still was extremely powerful, but I'm not done yet, not by a long shot"
As he said that I prepared myself. He started charging towards me. "Take this, Cross Chop" His arms grew white and he placed it into a shape of a cross. Reacting quickly, I jumped out of the way while the Machop skidded to a halt. "I'm not done, Thunder Punch" He jumped into the air charging up a fist of electricity before slamming it down. I moved back to avoid the attack however I released what was going to happen as the Machop smirked at me.
"Got you, Cross Chop" His attack hit me directly on my head sending me flying up" I flinched in pain but recovered quickly to see another Thunder Punch being charged up The Machop jumped up again "Thunder Punch" He threw the punch into my stomach and I fell back down, crashing into the floor
I stayed up but felt a jolt in my stomach "Man, taking those attacks head on was not a good idea" I looked up to see the Machop still in the air. "Let's finish this battle" He yelled out. I looked in confusion at first. "What is he planning" I then noticed he was charging up a ball of energy in his palm. "No way it couldn't be" I was interrupted again as I heard the words "Focus Blast" and watched the ball of energy get fired straight at me. "No, no way in hell, am I going to lose to that again!" I watched the Focus Blast collide with me.
Machop's POV
I watched as my Focus Blast collided with him causing a giant explosion. I landed back on my feet and looked at the small crater I made. "I win" I say before walking towards the crater to see if the Umbreon was okay. What I saw was extremely surprising to the point of being scary, he wasn't there.
I heard footsteps behind me and I turned to see the Umbreon behind me. For a split second I could see his eyes go black and lifeless and then return to normal again. That's when I heard in my head. "My turn" His voice was quiet and monotone however there was another voice at the same time which had a more sinister tone to it. I braced myself, preparing for the assault heading my way. The Umbreon started duplicating around me creating a circle of them. I instantly recognised it as double team.
Then all of a sudden half of them started charging into me. I stood there waiting for the real one to strike only to have my back get rammed from behind. I stood up and turned to see the Umbreon that had struck me and was about to fire another Focus Blast when I was smashed from behind once again. I was surprised to see another Umbreon just smirking. The other Umbreons started rushing towards me. "I thought double team clones are just mere illusions. Why can they all hit me" I thought to myself. I continued to fight off the Umbreon clones the all of a sudden they jumped back.
I was confused by this only to see that the rest of the Umbreons who didn't charge at me had a dark pulse ready, which they unleashed the second the others jumped back. The attacks hit me directly causing me to black out. I only heard the words "Game Over" before fainting.
No one's POV
The others watched the display of Barry being pulverised and looked at the Umbreon, Flash being the first to say something.
"Wow, that was intense" the stunned Froakie said
"Yeah, I did not expect him to win just like that" Charles added
Ace only just stood there, impressed and very surprised by the power that one Umbreon had. "And he won with only two moves"
Charles then walked over to the Umbreon. "Hey, I think you would do amazing in the tournament. So what do you say want to sign up"
Chrono thought about it before nodding his head.
"Great come on, this way. Signup sheets are just over there" Charles said "You guys coming"
"I'll stay here until Barry wakes up" Ace replied
Charles only shrugged "If you say so, come on let's go"
The others started walking back to the noisy crowd and after some time Barry finally woke up.
"Hey Barry, you ok" Ace asked "You took quite the beating there"
"Yeah don't worry about it" Machop said in a weird tone
"Hey what's up, you're usually a bit more cheerful than this"
"I don't know, there's just something about that Umbreon which bugs me"
"Hmm really now" Ace pondered while looking towards the group returning. "We'll find out about it soon"
Chaos: Well that's the end of that
Treecko: The ending is sloppy
Chaos: Do you do anything but complain
Treecko: The others like Luna and Rose weren't included this much
Luna: True
Rose: Yeah I want to be more involved in the story
Glace: At least, you were in the Chapter
Chaos: Don't worry about it, you'll be included in the Christmas chapter
Glace: I hope so
Chrono:...
Chaos: Anyway time to leave now. See ya