Champions of Sinnoh
And so we are in the sixth new chapter. What can I say? I'm inspired. Thanks for the support and the complains. But as I'm used to say at this point, you can read if you want to. If you don't then go something else.
Let's read!
Chapter 6: Another Victory
The couple of trainers had finally reached Floaroma City, where the bluenette Pokemon coordinator would participate for her second ribbon towards the Sinnoh Festival. The last couple of weeks had been rather active compared to others. Firstly, because a young lady had asked Ash to burrow his Pikachu. Apparently her aunt's Pikachu had disappeared without leaving a trail and her aunt had been depressed. But that turned out to be unnecessary as the lost Pikachu had returned evolved as a strong Raichu.
With that anecdote gone, now the two trainers had arrived to the contest stadium. Dawn strode towards the contest building holding hands with her boyfriend. After getting quickly registered for the incoming contest, the two trainers walked outside to the arena in the backyard.
"Wow, my second ribbon" The bluenette stated almost not believing it was possible. Ash looked at her "I never thought I would do it and now here I am" The trainer from Kanto rose an eyebrow.
"Do I have to kiss you again to calm you down?" Ash teased his girl friend. What surprised the trainer the most was that during their weeks together, the coordinator was becoming more adept at standing his jokes and answering back.
"Yes, please" Dawn replied back with a playful smirk. Ash wasn't one to leave a cute lady hanging and closed the gap between the two of them. The couple started making out in the middle of the arena not caring whose attention attracted.
Problem was, they did attract someone's attention.
"Hey Dee-Dee!" A kid's voice said directed to the bluenette. The blue-eyed coordinator stopped her French kiss, wanting to die of embarrassment.
"Oh crap" Dawn muttered under her breath. Only one stupid obnoxious excuse of a person used that childish nickname with her.
The person in question was a boy dressed in green sweater and blue pants. He had dark red hair perfectly combed. But his definitive mark was the fact he was an entire foot shorter than both Ash and Dawn. Considering the kid was as old as Dawn then it was quite the rarity.
"Oh, hi Kenny" The blue-eyed teenager from Sinnoh said, not happy to meet her childhood bully again. The last time she had seen him, he was making fun of her because she had said that she wanted to become a coordinator. In fact it had been him, who had attacked Plusle and Minus back in kindergarten and then attacked her with their electric attacks.
The short-sized coordinator could see that Dee-Dee was with a black-haired man. He looked imposing. Not that Kenny was afraid. Far from that. He was terrified. But as imposing as he looked Kenny was confident he was barely a rookie when it came to Pokemon.
"So you hired a personal trainer?" Kenny asked obviously mocking the bluenette like he always enjoyed doing back in school "It's kind of unprofessional to kiss him. Then again, you really need all the help you can get if you want to become a double Ribbon coordinator like myself" The Pokemon trainer felt Dawn's hand tightening in fury around his own. Good thing this wasn't the first bloated-head idiot he met in his journey. Dawn had told Ash about the shrimp bothering her when they were younger back in their home town. If it wasn't for the fact they were in public, the experienced Pokemon trainer from Kanto would have kicked Kenny's ass right back to the nursery he had escaped from.
And by the way he was talking to Dawn, Ash was certain he was going to do just that in a couple of minutes.
"You have guts to stand up to the two of us" Ash said in a faked impressed tone. Apparently Kenny didn't know the difference of someone who was really impressed as he puffed his chest trying to look imposing but failing "Just metaphorically speaking, of course" Ash said obviously taunting back. Dawn snickered trying not to laugh out loud by the comment. Kenny's face was getting redder by the second. He hated when someone made fun of his height.
"You think yourself so high and mighty, don't you?" The coordinator also from Twinleaf Town asked.
"Two feet to be accurate" Ash again turned the conversation against Kenny like a pro. Dawn was hiding her face behind Ash' shoulder to hide her tearing eyes. The situation was just too sweat for her. Her bully was been bullied. Was that ironic or just Karma finally helping her?
Well, then Karma had a hot envelop called Ash Ketchum.
"That's it!" The small-sized coordinator bellowed, his anger written over his red face as much as his hair "If you are so tough then prove it!" He had a Pokeball tight in his hand.
"Now you are been serious" The dark-haired Pokemon trainer said, Pokeball at the ready as well. If the shrimp wanted to be extra humiliated then who was Ash to deny him that very simple request?
"Ash wait!" Dawn grabbed her boyfriend. Not to stop him, though. Just to kiss him in good luck. That had the effect of angering Kenny, who obviously was jealous of the attention he had. "Beat his sorry ass" The bluenette coordinator from Sinnoh ordered her boyfriend. Ash smiled by the girl's comment. Was he falling in love for the hot and sometimes terrifying teenager? Yes, he was.
"Anything for you, babe" Ash replied letting go of his girl and walking to his side of the field with a calm and collected expression. Kenny was impatiently waiting on his side, wanting to prove his superiority to the rookie kid.
"Okay Prinplup, show what you've got!" The short-sized coordinator released the evolution of Piplup. It was taller than Piplup with a lighter shade of blue, white dots in his belly and a sort of small yellow crown on his face.
"Let's go, Quilava!" Ash called out his also second evolution of a starter. The coordinator from Sinnoh almost laughed by his opponent.
"A Fire Pokemon?" The coordinator from Twinleaf Town asked almost like if someone was trying to play a bad joke on him "If you wanted to lose you just had to forfeit!" The experienced Pokemon trainer shook his head. The midget didn't know what was coming for him.
"Your threats really come short" Ash said chuckling by the pun "I guess things do look like their owners" Kenny almost pop a blood vessel by that last comment. Dawn was laughing her lounges out in the sidelines.
"You and your bitch don't deserve to be here, in the first place!" Kenny stated in anger. Now the entire place felt silent. Ash's former mocking eyes had a dark shade over them. His seriousness was almost visible flowing around him.
"I'll give you the first three hits with no charge. Then I'll kill you merciless" The Pokemon trainer from Kanto stated, his tone serious and threatening. Dawn was looking in expectation but also preoccupation. She knew that Ash's tone was a promise that would come to be no matter what. Maybe she could act quickly and stop Ash from sending Kenny to the hospital or the grave. No matter how much the shrimp deserved that.
"I'll only need one hit!" Kenny said overconfident, not realizing the death trap he was heading into like an amateur "Prinplup, use Water Gun!" The evolved Water starter released a water blast from his peck. It completely washed over Quilava. But the Fire Pokemon had trained hours against one of his weaknesses so the simple squirt wasn't much of a thing. He was still there unscathed and not moved one inch back. The Fire Pokemon was just there stoic and with his fire out because Ash hadn't ordered an attack yet.
"What the..." The midget coordinator stated like if he had been punched in the brain. Water moves were super effective against Fire Pokemon. But for some reason, Quilava was still conscious and without a blemish in his skin "Prinplup use Hydro Pump!" The Penguin Pokemon fired an even stronger Water move. And again, Quilava barely shrugged the water off of his blue fur.
"That's the second hit" Ash said, showing his index and middle fingers with number two "One more and you are out, shorty" That angered the small coordinator even more.
"Metal Claw!" Kenny ordered desperate. Prinplup started running with his fin-hands shinning white. The Steel move would be the last move to give him the victory.
"Okay Quilava, let's try our new move!" Ash said very confident. His Pokemon ignited the fire spikes on his head and rear part ready to end things with one strike alone "Use Hidden Power!" The Fire starter shot a barrage of yellow spheres from his mouth. All of them rained down on the Water Pokemon, who was shocked to the bone by the continous Electric attacks. Been a Water Pokemon, Prinplup was very weak against the move. He fell backwards covered in ashes and with swirls in his eyes after a one KO strike.
"I'll beat you another day!" Kenny recalled his Pokemon and run away. For a moment, Dawn heard him cursing about things been unfair. Now he knew what she had felt those years ago.
"My hero" Dawn said, kissing her boyfriend "And thanks for not punching him into a bleeding pulp. I wouldn't want Officer Jenny taking you away" Ash chuckled by that comment, recalling Quilava back to his Pokeball.
"Dawn, if that guy is in the contest then kick his ass" Ash said to his girlfriend with a firm voice "You won't even have to raise your foot for that" Dawn smiled by the pun, giving Ash one last short peck in the lips.
"Don't worry" The girl coordinator replied with a mischievous grin. Kenny could have two ribbons but she wasn't to be left behind. She was no rookie when it came to Pokemon fights "That kid has years to answer for" Ash could tell she was going to go for something very evil against Kenny. Ash approved of that.
The Floaroma contest started soon and the coordinators unleashed their colorful performances to the audience and the judges. And as much as Dawn hated to admit it, Kenny was good at what he did. His Alakazam knew how to perform with a great combination of moves.
Dawn made her way to the main stadium, her hair tied back in style with her elegant contest pink dress at display. It was now her turn for the display of talent to the audience. She had already done it once so this wasn't making her feel nervous. Her eyes quickly found Ash in the front raw with Pikachu and Buneary dancing around, obviously cheering for her.
"Okay Pachirisu, let's show everyone!" Dawn said. The Squirrel Pokemon appeared in his trademark shower of azure volts dazzling the audience with the gleaming show.
"And we receive Dawn and her Pachirisu, a powerful team who comes for the second Ribbon!" Vivian said to the stadium.
"Now Pachirisu use Sweet Kiss!" The elegant coordinator from Sinnoh ordered right away. The small Pokemon created five floating pink hearts around him. Then the hearts touched one another and spread into smaller hearts hovering up "And now use Discharge!" Pachirisu fired the Electric move in all directions. The blue electricity hit the dozens of hearts and turned their color into vibrant electric blue. The floating hearts kept going up and then exploded into a drizzle of sparks. The audience gawked at the show before cheering for the blue-haired coordinator.
Dawn had finally reached the final round of the contest. And now Kenny stood against her dressed in a weird outfit. It looked a bit like a bull killer costume but for kids. The lady coordinator couldn't help her chuckles. And the guy in front of her was what she feared. It was barely a joke.
"Okay Piplup, spotlight!" The bluenette coordinator released her Water starter in a rain of bubbles.
"Show them what you've got, Prinplup!" The midget sent his evolved starter, appearing through a white mist. The two Water Pokemon stared down at each other with the audience applauding to the two of them.
"Prinplup vs Pinplup, an amazing fight between evolutions. Who can win this blazing contest?" Vivian said through the microphone with expectation. The five minutes started the countdown.
"Use Bubble Beam!" The two coordinators ordered right away. The two Water Pokemon used the same Water move, ending in a draw. That made the two coordinators lost the same amount of score.
"Prinplup, use Metal Claw!" Kenny ordered right away, his Pokemon sprinting forward with his fins shinning. Dawn knew Kenny was good at physical attacks but her Piplup knew how to improvise some moves. That was something her boyfriend taught her a lot of times during their traveling through many cities.
"Piplup, jump over Prinplup!" The small starter somersaulted over the Steel move with a lot of grace, which took some points from Kenny' side "And use Bubble Beam!" The barrage hit right at Prinplup's back head. The evolution of Piplup remained there in the spot not moving with a drunk-like expression in his eyes. The Water attack must had confused Prinplup to an extent.
"Prinplup, what the Hell?!" Kenny blurted out. He could tolerate been embarrassed by the Pokemon trainer. But how could he be humiliated by Dee-Dee as well? It was just inconceivable! His Pokemon didn't follow the command and made Kenny lost more points.
"Now grab Prinplup and use Aqua Jet all the way up to the sky!" The blue-haired coordinator ordered smiling with determination, gaining a lot of weird looks by her strategy. The Small Penguin jumped and clutched hard around his evolution's head from behind. The two Pokemon were surrounded by water and propelled into the sky like a water rocket. They went up for at least ten meters high "Now improvise a Seismic Toss!" Piplup did a complete U-turn in the air at great speed and gained momentum by the gravity. The small Penguin let go of his evolution, who hit the ground of the stadium bellow like a small comet and created a small dust cloud. Meanwhile Piplup used his water attack to cushion his falling after performing three graceful back-flips. The audience and the judges looked at the edge of their seats in utter expectations. Even Ash had never expected that kind of improvisation. But he certainly was happy for his girlfriend. She had already proven everybody she had both grace and power.
When the smoke settled down Prinplup was out for the count with swirls in his eyes.
"And with Kenny's Prinplup completely out for the count with two minutes to spare, Dawn and her Piplup are the indisputable winners of the contest!" Vivian said, the entire stadium cheering for the new winner of the contest.
"Great job, Piplup!" The bluenette said to her starter hugging him. The Small Penguin Pokemon rose his fin-arms cheering. That was when his body started glowing white signaling the next step in his evolution. Dawn looked in surprise. This was something she wasn't expecting. But she could only smile. That meant her Pokemon was growing stronger.
Over the knocked out Prinplup was now a freshly-evolved Prinplup ready for more. The audience applauded the girl coordinator even more.
On the other side of the arena, the short-sized coordinator was cradling on a fetal position. He wondered how in Kyurem's Hell he had lost to someone, who was so inferior to him.
"It was a great fight, Kenny" The blue-haired winner said towards her old rival. She offered her hand in good terms. While she wasn't going to be Kenny's friend, Dawn at least expected to leave things in a more neutral ground.
"Oh shut up!" The short-sized kid said rudely, recalling his knocked-out Prinplup "I don't give a crap about you winning. Just be prepared to lose the next time" Kenny walked away in a hoof making a scene in public. Dawn sighed. At least she had tried to be friendly. But if he wanted to be a complete douche then it was his call.
After having her new ribbon given to her by Mister Contesta, Dawn left the lockers back in her regular black clothes. Ash was already waiting for her outside smiling.
"That was simply amazing" The Pokemon trainer stated honestly and still a bit shocked.
"Look who's now impressed" The bluenette coordinator did the teasing now, her arms snaking around Ash's neck. The two didn't say anything else as they left for a night of rest in the Pokemon Center.
The two teenagers traveled through the bushy forest of Sinnoh a couple of days later, heading for Ash' second Gym Badge in Eterna City. After finding that Hearthome's Gym Leader wasn't there for a Gym fight, the experienced Pokemon trainer set his sight into the next challenge. He would return later to fight.
As the couple walked through the path in between the trees holding hands, they came across two young boys. They were mostly identical down to their clothes and spiky green hair, obvious twins. Behind them a man had a camera and was transmitting everything on Tv. A young brunette was standing in front of it. She was obviously the reporter of whatever news were happening at the moment,
"Hey, you guys up for a tag battle?" One of the green-haired twins asked with a Quilava in front of him.
"We've got seventeen straight victories" The other teen continued the conversation a Croconaw in front of him "We want our eighteenth" Ash and Dawn looked at each other and smiled. A fight was a fight and it was good to test their abilities. Behind the twins, the reporter looked eagerly at the new fighters with her camera man showing everything on national Tv.
"Sure. We'd like to defeat the champions" Ash said, drawing his Pokeball "Show what you've got, Tyrunt!" Ash sent out his fossil Pokemon from Kalos, who roared out loud.
"Let's get going, Amaura!" Dawn also sent out her recreated Pokemon from millions of years ago. The two revived Fossil counterpart Pokemon stood next to each other ready for combat.
"Wow, what are those Pokemon?" The two green-haired twin brothers asked at the same time. They were completely in the dark about what Pokemon they were facing.
"They are just rare Pokemon. And we'll leave it that way" Dawn stated with a smirk. She wasn't going to reveal anything about her secret weapon to people she didn't know.
"Begin!" The referee said.
"Croconaw, use Slash!" One of the twins ordered. The Water Pokemon from Johto charged forward with his claws glowing white.
"Amaura, dodge it and Tackle!" The sauropod Pokemon jumped to her right and dodged the slashing. She then charged and hit Croconaw with a tackle. That did not only sent the Water Pokemon backwards but also froze his arm and one of his legs. Dawn smiled. Amaura's ability Refrigerate turned Normal moves into Ice and made them stronger as well. It was certainly going to be useful in future contests if used correctly.
"Hey what just happen?" The twin, who owned Croconaw asked completely missing something. How was his Pokemon suddenly frozen?
"Nothing important" Ash quickly cut to the chase ready for his own move "Now Tyrunt use Stone Edge on Croconaw!" A shower of rocks orbited the small Tyrannosaur Pokemon. Then they shot from around Tyrunt's body and hit the frozen Pokemon, who screeched in agony by the rock bullets.
"Quilava, attack Amaura with Flamethrower!" One of the twins ordered noticing that Amaura had to be an Ice Pokemon to froze his twin. The Fire Pokemon spew flames from his mouth towards the prehistoric Pokemon.
"Amaura, use Light Screen!" Dawn ordered not taking any chances. The fossil Pokemon surrounded herself and Tyrunt in a light shield that would reduce the strength of special attacks. The Flamethrower hit Amaura but did little damage.
"Croconaw, get free and use Aqua Tail!" The other twin ordered in desperation. The Water Pokemon broke free from his ice prison covered in bruises and panting. He swang his tail covered in water. It was aiming at Ash's Pokemon. But the trainer from Kanto wasn't so easy to fool.
"Tyrunt, bit the tail with Thunder Fang!" The small Tyrannosaur bit hard on the water-covered limb with his electric sharp fangs. The electric attack, not only amplified by Tyrunt's ability but also by Croconaw's weakness, was the final nail for the Pokemon of Johto. His head started swaying the end soon to come.
"Quilava, help Croconaw with Flame Wheel!" The other twin ordered. The evolved Fire starter shot with his body engulfed in red flames and curled into a ball.
"Amaura, stand between Tyrunt and attack with Hydro Pump!" Dawn protected his mate, Amaura neatly jumping next to her friend Tyrunt and firing a big sphere of high-pressured water from her mouth towards the second-evolved Pokemon. The water instantly killed the fire and earned an agonic screech from the Fire creature.
Tyrunt let go of Croconaw's tail, who was completely knocked out. And so was Quilava soaked in water.
"Quilava and Croconaw are unable to battle. The winners are Dawn and Ash!" The referee said.
"We did it!" The blue-eyed coordinator from Sinnoh jumped on her heels in happiness. Her Pokemon had certainly become more powerful from so much training. Ash would have laughed at his girlfriend's antics if she hadn't thrown herself at him and kissed him like a hungry woman. Her tongue dwelled into the teenager's throat. For a moment, Ash's mind felt that she was violating him. The other part of his mind kicked that idea out of the window and enjoyed the actions.
"That was bold" Ash sated with a small grin.
"A kiss?" Dawn responded with an eyebrow raised.
"No. The fact you did it on national Tv" The Pokemon trainer from Kanto replied pointing at the camera "I bet your mum is having a good laugh at home right now" Dawn's cheeks hit red right away. She hid her face right on Ash's chest wanting to be swallowed by the planet in embarrassment.
After responding some questions to the show presenter the couple left back into the road for their quest. Of course, Ash couldn't help but keep noticing that Dawn was still a bit red in the face. The Pokemon trainer couldn't stop himself and laugh a bit. But that earned him a painful nudge in the arms.
While the two trainers were busy, a figure flew through the sky going over the region of Sinnoh. His wingspan left a shadow wherever he passed with his sight set into one place in the distance. He had someone to find.
Notes from Chapter 6:
The episode "Cooking up a sweet story" did happen but I only wrote the basic for it. After all, Team Rocket was important there but they aren't here.
Amaura and Tyrunt fighting together was meant to happen. I already established they were good friends.
Kenny gave me the impression of been a real jerk of a person. So I treat him as such.
Dawn isn't exactly performing like in Anime but her inventiveness for movements is much better for sure.
Pachirisu didn't have his stage phobia like the Anime.
And so the couple has gone through some adventures. And there are even more to come!