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Aaron woke up early and simply put on a pair of long black pants, his outfit for the tournament. He walked over to the wall where his staff was leaning and he picked it up; the others were still sleeping, so he tried to be careful as he snuck out of the Pokémon center to do some early morning training. He walked out of the center and watched as the purple lightning flashed in his eyes. Aaron reached in to his backpack and pulled out his gloves. He put them on and teleported to the mountain peak that was revealed to him. Aaron quickly closed the portal, but not before a ninja like figure emerged from it. "Grovyle, leaf blade!" He shouted as he touched the green crystal embedded in his chest.
"Lucario, blaze kick." Aaron commanded as he watched the Grovyle get knocked back by the attack, but not before he watched the ninja throw a kunai which grazed his side and caused Aaron a great deal of pain.
"Boy, I wish to cause you no harm as it is not in the way of a ninja. It is just that I have been lost in that portal for so long. I can not always tell who is out to harm me and who is not. Please forgive me for my rash actions."
"It's fine. Let me just get you back to your time." Aaron said focusing and opening a portal; he first recalled his Lucario while the ninja recalled his Grovyle. Aaron escorted the ninja through the portal making sure that he was in the right place; he clutched his side in pain the whole time as blood trickled from the open wound.
Aaron travelled back to his time and limped back to the Pokémon center where he saw Ash and the others already eating breakfast. "Aaron!" May exclaimed running over to him. "You're hurt. Nurse Joy!" May called out as the nurse quickly ran over with a Blissey by her side.
"Oh my, you're hurt. Please come with me." Nurse Joy said putting Aaron's arm over her shoulder for support. Aaron was brought in to one of the examination rooms where he was sat up on the table. Nurse joy rubbed some sort of paste on his wound which stung a lot. The Blissey handed her a roll of bandages which she started wrapping around Aaron's waist.
"Urghh…" Aaron groaned from the still sore wound and the stinging sensation provided by the medicine. "Will I be able to compete in the tournament today?"
"I know that I will not be able to stop you, but I would highly advise against it. You're going to be pretty sore for a while." Nurse Joy said helping Aaron off the table.
"Thanks." Aaron said grabbing his bag and walking off where Ash and the others caught up to him.
"So what did Nurse Joy say?" Brock asked curiously.
"I can compete if I want, but it won't be the smartest move." Aaron responded.
"Well you're not going to compete are you?" May asked looking at the bandaged wound.
"I'm going to try." Aaron said picking up his staff.
"Well, we'll still cheer you on." Ash said smiling and making a fist. The others all nodded their heads in agreement with Ash before they made their way to the town center where an arena was set up for the large martial arts tournament. Aaron could see several people all wearing black gis with yellow outlines sparring and practicing with their weapons of choice before the tournament would begin.
An older man wearing a red gi stood in front of the students and ordered them to line up. Aaron also fell in to the line. The sensei looked at him and eyed the staff before speaking to all of them. "You are all here to prove which of you are the best fighters. With your weapons you will fight until one is unable to continue fighting. You will fight with honor and respect like a true warrior." He then turned to the crowd. "We shall now commence the tournament. First up Aaron versus Jake." The crowd cheered while Aaron and Jake walked in to the arena. Jake donned a pair of nunchuks while Aaron used his staff. Aaron swung at him while he blocked with the nunchuks. Aaron used his staff and hooked it on the chain holding it together and pulled them out of his hands. Aaron swung the staff and knocked him to the ground before pinning him with his staff. After the match, Aaron clutched his side feeling a searing pain that he tried to ignore as he took a seat on the bench. Aaron won his matches against a boy using a staff and a girl using kunai, and now he had made it to the final round; he was going to be fighting the girl that he met when he first went to the dojo.
She had a pair of nunchuks in her hands and smiled at Aaron as the sensei declared the match was to begin. She twirled the nunchuks and swung at Aaron who jumped back trying to dodge but fell on to his knee from the pain of his wound. Aaron winced as he stood up and swung his staff at her; she blocked it and hit him directly in the wound with her nunchuks. Aaron collapsed in pain while the sensei ran over. "The winner is Mindy." He said holding up the girl's arm while the crowd cheered.
Aaron clutched his staff for support as he stood up, scowled at Mindy, and walked off, but not before collapsing again. Ash and the others helped him up. "Come on. Let's get you back to Nurse Joy." May said helping Aaron up and walking him back to the Pokémon center where she confined him to bed rest and May made sure to help enforce it as she sat by his side making sure that he would rest. Every time Aaron would try to stand up, May would push him back down on to the bed to make sure that he stayed put; she even took the responsibility of feeding him even when he told her that he could feed himself. "You need to rest and relax." May said handing him a glass with a straw in it. Aaron drank from the glass and set it down. He yawned and laid down on the pillow closing his eyes to rest. "I'll let you get some sleep." May said standing up and kissing his forehead before walking out of the room.