Sorry I haven't updated in awhile! Busy week. Anyway…I don't own Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh GX. End of story.
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"Our first match is Atticus vs. Alyssa!" Lillian announced. "You have five minutes to reduce the opponent's points as much as possible. The coordinator with the most points at the end of the battle wins! Let Round Two begin!"
"Let's go…" Alyssa shouted, doing a twirl with her Pokéball, "JYNX!"
"Why would she use the same Pokémon as the appeal?" Chazz asked as Alyssa's Jynx appeared. "Atticus already knows what some of its attacks are."
Drew stared at the stage, deep in thought. She must have something planned…
"Jynx, huh?" Atticus laughed. "I know all its attacks! I also know that it's weak against Fire types. Wow 'em, Vulpix!"
"Start the timer!" Lillian cheered.
"Vulpix, Will-O-Wisp!" Atticus shouted, causing blue flames to float toward Jynx.
"Wait for it…" Alyssa murmured. "Now! Jynx, use Psychic!" The balls of fire began to glow even more as they shot back toward Vulpix and met their mark. Vulpix cried out as it was forced backwards and Atticus's points fell.
"Ah! Vulpix, get back up!" Atticus cried.
"Jynx, now's your chance!" Alyssa shouted. "Lick!"
"Vulpix, counter fast—Ember!" Atticus got lucky; Vulpix's Ember attack scalded Jynx's tongue inches before it reached its target.
"AHH!" Jynx screamed, sounding almost human, as points were subtracted from Alyssa's score.
However, Alyssa didn't even notice the points. "Jynx! Heal your tongue—Powder Snow!" Snowflakes began to fall on the stage, smothering Vulpix and Jynx, who stuck her burned tongue out to catch them.
"Vulpix, don't let them touch you!" Atticus didn't know the Powder Snow move, but he figured it was better safe than sorry to avoid them.
Points were subtracts from Atticus's score because Alyssa made a beautiful move and from Alyssa's score because Vulpix dodged, even though it wasn't her intention to nail the Pokémon.
"Alright, Jynx, DoubleSlap!" Alyssa commanded.
Jynx did as she was told, slapping Vulpix once, twice, three times.
"Try Lick again, while it's down!" Alyssa quickly followed.
This time, Jynx's Lick attack succeeded. Vulpix dizzily swayed from side to side, costing Atticus more and more points.
"This one will finish them!" Alyssa encouraged. "Ice Punch!"
The Jynx seemed to move in slow motion as it made its way to Vulpix, nailed it, and sent it flying into Atticus. Seconds before Vulpix crashed into him, his eyes dulled and widened in revelation…
"And the winner is…Alyssa!" Lillian cheered.
"What?!" Drew leapt up in the stands as Atticus slowly got to his feet, his knocked-out Vulpix beside him. "He lost?!"
"Either he or Syrus would have to lose eventually," Max pointed out.
"Yeah, but this soon? And to her?! She's a freak!" Drew cupped his hands to his mouth. "ATTICUS! YOU ALRIGHT?!"
To everyone's surprise, Atticus began to laugh. "Alright?! I'm better than alright!" Then he left the stage, laughing the whole way.
Everyone glanced at each other, than stood up all at once and ran down to backstage. When Syrus came on, he looked to the stands for encouragement. Finding none, his eyes began to water, his confidence level fell as his nervousness level rose, and he messed up—big time.
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"Atticus!" Drew shouted as he pushed through the crowd backstage to reach Atticus. "What the hell was that?! Why the hell are you laughing?! You just freaking lost!"
"Drew!" Brock scolded, clamping his hand over Drew's mouth and glancing quickly at the younger kids around them, including Max. "You can cuss at him later, but not here."
Atticus grinned widely. "Alyssa saved me, guys! She'll save Sy, too! And I bet if you ask nicely, she'll do the same for you guys!"
"What are you talking about?" Aster folded his arms across his chest and glared pointedly.
"The unbeatable lightness of seeing (A/N: did you know that's actually a Pokémon episode?)!" Atticus explained…more or less.
"What?!" The whole group asked.
"This is bad…" Jaden gasped.
"Why, Jay?" Jim turned to him.
"Hello?" Chazz answered for Jaden. "'Seeing'? 'Lightness'? The only explanation is that Alyssa's part of Team Light, defeated Atticus, and here's the result." Chazz gestured to Atticus.
"Well, why don't you battle him, Ash?" Axel suggested. "You'll beat him no problem, and then we'll have our normal Atticus back…whether we want him or not."
Ash nodded. "Sounds like a plan."
"Wait!" Bastion interrupted. "There might be another way, one that won't attract so much attention! Atticus…" Bastion turned to the aforementioned brainwashed boy. "…can I see your pack for a moment?"
"Sure!" White Atticus chirped cheerfully as he handed the bag over; he must not have been aware of who the enemy was here.
Bastion took the bag, searched through it for a few moments, then pulled out a small picture. "Atticus…who is this?"
Atticus took the photograph and inspected it for a few moments. He closed his eyes and reopened them—his dulled brown irises had begun to shine again as he continued to stare lovingly at the photograph. "Sis…Lexi…aw, man, my head hurts! What happened? Did I hit it or something?"
"How did you do that?" Max asked Bastion in awe.
"Sometimes they can come out of brainwashing with a little push, instead of an all-out battle," Zane explained. "Personally, I prefer the latter, but, hey, whatever works, I guess."
"WHO'S THAT?!" Brock shouted, practically ripping Atticus's photograph from Bastion's hand.
"…Seriously, Brock?" Ash groaned. "Now?" Ash glanced over Brock's (who was practically drooling at the picture of Atticus's sister) shoulder disapprovingly. "I mean, really—God, she's hot!" Ash's mouth dropped open as he saw the picture of Alexis Rhodes.
Dawn "hmph"-ed, crossed her arms, and glared at the two idiot boys.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU BRING HER?!" Ash and Brock shouted simultaneously.
"Hmm…" Max mused. "I've never had to do this to two people…" He promptly leapt up in between Ash and Brock, snagging both of their ears, one in each hand.
"Does this happen a lot?" Zane asked, taking note of Max's reaction.
Max shrugged, still keeping his grip on the boys' ears. "Pretty much every episode with Brock. But Ash doesn't normally do this."
Atticus took back his picture from Brock and returned it to his bag. "Thanks for that, guys. Since I was only a part of the team for a few seconds, I remember everything…which isn't helpful at all, is it?"
Drew shook his head. "Not really."
"Hey, GUYS!" Dawn suddenly screamed. "What about Syrus?"
They turned to the screen placed backstage; sure enough, Syrus had already begun to battle.
"What. Is. He. Doing?!" Drew growled angrily through gritted teeth. "Is he nuts?!" Syrus had made a big mistake (as previously mentioned)—when his opponent called out a Cubone, Sy had panicked and called out…Pachirisu.
"I specifically explained to everyone that Electric types don't affect Ground—Pachirisu is not an exception!" Ash added, just as angry.
"He panicked!" Jaden defended his best friend. "We weren't there to cheer him on and he got all nervous again!"
Chazz snorted. "Don't forget whiney and spastic."
"You're the one who's a spazz, Chazz," Bastion retaliated dully.
"Am not!"
"Chazz is a spazz!" Jaden sang.
"Stop that!"
"SHH!" Dawn hushed. "Watch Syrus!"
"I was stuck in a problem like this once…" Ash recalled. "Pikachu vs. Cubone."
"How'd you win?" Axel asked.
"I didn't."
"What?!" Jesse exclaimed.
"Well, I guess I did…technically…I had Pikachu bite and scratch at Cubone until it gave up…" Ash confessed sheepishly.
"Wait…doesn't Pachirisu know attacks that aren't Electric-type? In fact, doesn't it only know two electric moves?" Jim realized.
"Oh…right…" Ash blinked. "Let's just hope that Sy's just as quick with that as you are, Jim."
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WhatdoIdowhatdoIdowhatdoIDO?! Syrus mentally panicked. Pachirisu can't even touch Cubone—what the heck was I thinking?! Oh, that's right—I wasn't. Wait a second here…Syrus glanced at his Pokémon, then at the points left on his meter. He had only been battling less than a minute, but his points were already cut in half. If this doesn't work, nothing will…
"Pachirisu, Sweet Kiss!" Syrus ordered. Surprised that Syrus had actually called an attack against him, his opponent faltered, giving just enough time for a direct hit, totally confusing Cubone and costing its owner his first points. "Now…um…" Sweet Kiss was Pachirisu's only Normal move, other than Spark and Discharge, both of which Sy had already tried. Well, only Normal move, unless you counted…
"That's it!" Syrus cried. "Pachirisu, use Last Resort!" The combined power of Last Resort, plus the fact that Syrus had managed to complete all the steps to use it (using every other move his Pokémon knew first), took down his opponent's points so far that they were almost equal to Syrus's. And then if you added the negative points for the fact that Cubone was so confused that it still attempting to head-butt the floor, Syrus was winning! By this time, there were only a few seconds left.
Both competitors simply stood there, Syrus praying that Cubone would stay confused until the clock ran out, and his opponent trying to snap his Pokémon out of it.
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"And young Syrus Truesdale is the victor!" Lillian announced gleefully. "Stay tuned for the next battle: Syrus vs. Alyssa!"
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As Lillian said, stay tuned! Also, don't expect an update for a while—this week's a test week, and then we have finals :(