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Chapter 12: Heading For The Top
On the 51st floor of the Olivine City Battle Tower, the matches for the round of the final eight were being conducted. The trainers and spectators had to be moved since the arena of the 50th floor, which was supposed to be that match site, was heavily damaged by Brendan Birch's previous battle. Ash Ketchum, Gary Oak and their friends sat in their seats and anticipated the battle concerning their friend, Leaf Green, who, according to May, was to fight a tough opponent.
Dome Ace Tucker, of the Kanto Battle Frontier, was the acting referee for the round of the final eight. Wearing his typical pink and white outfit, he took his place at the referee podium and began the battle.
"Will the green trainer please enter the arena?" Tucker called out.
Heeding the call, Leaf came out of the preparation room and took her spot on the field.
"And now, will the red trainer please enter the arena." Tucker called.
At the call, a blue-haired girl wearing a white hat, a pink blouse with a white jacket over it, light-purple shorts that had a black stripe and white shoes with a pink stripe and blue heels.
"Who's she?" Ash asked.
"Her name's Marina!" Dawn and May shouted simultaneously.
"A coordinator named Marina?" Brendan thought.
"Have we seen her before?" Gary asked, rubbing his throbbing head.
"She's a top coordinator, Gary." Dawn explained, cracking her knuckles at the same time. "She's also a pokemon idol and models for the top designers anywhere."
"She's free to design my-" Brock started thinking before he was cut off.
"But she's best known as a model for things like the Sinnoh region poketch and other carry-ons." May interjected.
"So then she's just…..." Brendan said.
"She's….what?" May asked.
"Now, Leaf and Marina, are you both ready for battle?" Tucker asked.
"I am!"
"Sure!"
"Now, both trainers are to release their pokemon!" Tucker announced.
"Come on out!" Leaf shouted as she threw her pokeball into the air.
"It time to battle!" Marina shouted as she released her pokemon at the same time.
On Leaf's side came her Dusknoir, the gripper pokemon.
Her opponent, Marina, released a Misdreavus, the screech pokemon.
"This is a three-on-three round and there will be no substitutions." Tucker announced. "Let the battle begin!"
"Dusknoir, use shadow punch!" Leaf commanded.
"Shadow punch can't be evaded!" Marina thought. "Little miss; you'll have to take it!"
"Missdreee!" The screech pokemon shouted in pain as Dusknoir's shadow punch hit it directly.
"Little miss, use payback!" Marina told it.
"Misdreavus!" The screech pokemon said as it rammed itself into Dusknoir's body. Despite being much larger that itself, Misdreavus was able to knock down Dusknoir without much effort.
"Dusknoir, get up and use future sight!" Leaf commanded.
"Dusk!" The gripper pokemon calmly said as its eyes began to glow and release a strange wave of energy which passed everything by, not affecting anything.
"Little miss, use psybeam!" Marina commanded.
"Dusknoir, counter with shadow punch!" Leaf shouted.
"Miss!" "Dusk!" The two pokemon shouted as they attacked the other. Misdreavus's multi-colored psychic beam of energy was met with resistance from Dusknoir's shadow punch. The energy from the attacks cancelled the other out, creating a rainbow-like effect with colored specs of dust scattering around the field.
"Ok then, little miss, use shadow ball!" Marina exclaimed.
"Dusknoir, use confuse ray." Leaf yelled. Dusknoir used its arms shot a white ball of energy at Misdreavus, causing the screech pokemon to circle its area in confusion and preventing it from attacking.
"Nice job Dusknoir, now use shadow punch again!" Leaf shouted.
"Misdreavus, defend yourself from it!" Marina pleaded, even referring to her pokemon by its name rather than its given nickname. Misdreavus levitated up from the ground and flew into the air flying back down with his head pointed towards the attack. The giant black fist mashed the screech pokemon into the ground, but it soon returned, still going on strong.
"Little miss, use perish song to get it back!" Marina cried.
"Missssssss-" The screech pokemon started singing before it as immediately cut off and fell to the ground in pain.
"Excellent, future sight took place!" Leaf thought. "If perish song went through, that could've been ugly."
"Little miss, are you alright?" Marina asked, smiling as the screech pokemon got back on its feet. "Alright then, use shadow ball!"
Misdreavus levitated and arched its body into a circle and fired a black ball at Dusknoir, hitting it directly in the face and knocking it down.
"Dusknoir, get up!" Leaf pleaded.
"Misdreavus use shadow ball one more time!" Marina cried.
"Misdreavus!" The screech pokemon said as it released another black ball from its body and sent it at Dusknoir.
"Dusknoir, use shadow punch on the ball!" Leaf said smiling.
"Dusk!" The gripper pokemon said as it shot its fist up into the air as it lay on the ground. The shadow of the fist hit the shadow ball and blew it up, creating a large amount of smoke and preventing the two pokemon from seeing where their opponent was.
"Little miss, get away from it!" Marina yelled. Misdreavus managed to pull itself together and used its body to push away enough dust to get through to and area where the dust wasn't there. Dusknoir looked up and smiled as it saw a path exiting the dust, now knowing how Misdreavus came out from the dusty area on the field, Dusknoir followed the path set by Misdreavus and exited the cloud just as it began to clear.
"Nice work, Dusknoir." Leaf smiled. "Use shadow punch!"
"Dusknoir!" The gripper pokemon shouted as it jumped up in the air and attacked its opponent. It punched the air and a larger fist of shadow appeared quickly after and struck down the screech pokemon within the blink of an eye.
"Little miss, are you okay?" Marina asked, which was met with a weak response.
"This Misdreavus just doesn't give up." Leaf thought. "Dusknoir, lets finish it!"
"Little miss, lets end it with shadow ball!" Marina shouted.
"Dusknoir, use shadow punch!" Leaf shouted.
"Misdreavus!" "Dusknoir!" The two pokemon shouted as they attacked the other. Misdreavus's shadow ball managed to hit Dusknoir while the gripper pokemon's attack managed to hit Misdreavus head on, knocking the screech pokemon down.
"Little miss, are you alright?" Marina asked.
"Dusknoir, can you go on?" Leaf asked.
"Miss." "Dusk." The two pokemon answered.
"Let's finish it off with psybeam, little miss!" Marina told it.
"Dusknoir, get around it and use shadow punch!" Leaf ordered.
"Dusk!" The gripper pokemon shouted as it floated around the multi-colored beam. It punched the air one time, creating a large fist of shadow that struck the screech pokemon as it was attacking, knocking it down and out.
"Misdreavus is unable to battle!" Tucker announced. "Red trainer, choose your next pokemon."
"It's time once again!" Marina shouted as she threw another pokeball.
"Jigglypuff." The balloon pokemon said as it came out of the pokeball.
"One down, two to go!" Ash thought.
"The red trainer has chosen their pokemon." Tucker announced. "Let the battle begin!"
"Little pink, use sing." Marina commanded.
The balloon pokemon began to sing on its trainers command. Large and colorful musical notes came out of its mouth and floated on over to Dusknoir, hitting the gripper pokemon but causing no damage.
"I forgot that normal moves won't affect ghost-type pokemon!" Marina thought. "Little pink, use wake-up slap!"
"Dusknoir, confuse ray!" Leaf ordered.
"Forget that, little pink, dodge it!" Marina cried.
"Dusk!" The gripper pokemon said as it unleashed a white ball at Jigglypuff, striking it in the back and causing it to wobble.
"Oh no!" Marina cried.
"Use pursuit!" Leaf ordered.
"Dusk!" The gripper pokemon said as it zipped its body on over to where Jigglypuff was and hit it with its arm, hard.
Up in the audience, Ash and the group engaged in discussion about the battle.
"This girl sure loves giving her pokemon nicknames." Brendan stated.
"I thought you said she was some top coordinator." Gary said. "She hasn't done anything impressive yet."
"These aren't the pokemon she usually uses in contests." Dawn flatly stated. "Maybe she's up to something by using weaker pokemon?"
"Could be." May agreed.
"Funny." Brendan thought. "I don't recall Leaf insulting Marina's pokemon."
"Little pink, use psychic!" Marina ordered.
"Jiggly…puff!" The balloon pokemon said as it, unaffected by the confusion, covered Dusknoir in a pink aura and levitated it high above the field.
"Smash it down!" Marina shouted.
"Puff!" The pokemon shouted as it obeyed its trainer, motioning its hand to smash the still-levitating Dusknoir down to the ground.
"And….again!" Marina commanded.
"Puff!" The balloon pokemon shouted once again, motioning its hand to put Dusknoir back in the air and smash it into the ground once again.
"Again!" Marina shouted.
"Dusknoir, break out of it!" Leaf ordered.
"Dusk!" The gripper pokemon shouted as it spread its arm far apart and stood straight up. It managed to shake of the pink aura covering it and levitated back down to the ground.
"Jigglypuff is a normal-type, ghost-type moves won't work!" Leaf thought. "Dusknoir, use pursuit!"
"Dusknoir!" The gripper pokemon said as its legless body chased after Jigglypuff and smashed into it with extreme force, sending it reeling backwards, its pink body bouncing back to Marina.
"Little pink, are you alright?" The balloon pokemon was asked by its trainer, who was met with a nod. "Use psychic!"
"Use pursuit before it gets a chance!" Leaf ordered.
"Dusk!" The gripper pokemon shouted as it sped towards Jigglypuff, knocking down the balloon pokemon before it got a chance to attack.
"While it's on the ground, use future sight!" Leaf ordered.
"Dusk." The gripper pokemon said as its eyes began to glow for several moments while the balloon pokemon struggled to get up.
"Little pink, use psychic again!" Marina shouted.
"Jiggly….puff!" The balloon pokemon shouted as it covered Dusknoir in a pink aura once again and began knocking it into the ground once again.
"Not again." Leaf thought. "Well, it's just a matter of time before we end this!"
The balloon pokemon repeatedly motioned its hand to exercise its psychic control over Dusknoir, smashing the gripper pokemon up and down in the air for several moments before it stopped.
"Pufffff!" The balloon pokemon cried in pain.
"Little pink!" Marina cried.
"Future sight's taken effect!" Leaf shouted. "Dusknoir, finish it off with pursuit!"
"Dusssknoir!" The gripper pokemon shouted as it attacked Jigglypuff one final time, knocking it out of the battle.
"Jigglypuff is unable to battle!" Tucker announced. "Red trainer, you must now choose your last pokemon."
Marina recalled the unconscious Jigglypuff and stood silently for a few moments. All of a sudden, she opened her eyes with fierce but controlled aggression and took out a pokeball.
"This is our last chance!" She called as she called out her final pokemon.
Up in the stands, two boys, one in a green shirt with light-brown hair sat with Jimmy, a trainer Leaf had previously beaten in the final preliminary round.
"Awww, yeah, this is it!" The light-brown haired boy shouted. "Win this one, babe!"
"Jackson, calm down!" Jimmy told the hyperactive boy next to him.
"How can you be calm, she's the only one of us three who got this far and she facing the girl who knocked you out!" Vincent shouted. "You better be more serious if you wanna date her!"
"What was that?" Jommy exclaimed.
"Come on, Leaf!" Ash thought. "You're so close."
"She's gonna win it!" Gary said confidently.
"I'm not gonna count Marina out yet." Dawn said.
"Feraligatr!" The large blue pokemon that came out of Marina pokeball said.
"The red trainer has chosen their pokemon!" Tucker announced. "Let the battle begin!"
"Dusknoir, shadow punch!" Leaf ordered.
"Dusk!" The gripper pokemon shouted as it punched the air in front of it, thereby creating a fist of shadow aimed for Feraligatr.
"Alright Wani-Wani, use water gun!" Marina told it.
"Ferallllll!" The big jaw pokemon shouted as it unleashed a stream of water from its mouth in order to block the incoming shadow punch. The two attacks collided, neither pokemon taking any damage but the resulting explosion rendering both unable to see.
"Wani-Wani, get in there!" Marina told her pokemon.
"Feral." The big jaw pokemon said as it entered the cloud of dust and remained invisible to all. Soon after, the dust cleared and Feraligatr appeared in front of Dusknoir.
"Time for hydro cannon!" Marina shouted.
"Feralgiatrrrrrrr!" The big jaw pokemon shouted as it unleashed the ultimate water-type attack on Dusknoir at point black range. The gripper pokemon was sent reeling back towards Leaf and knocked out immediately.
"Dusknoir is no longer able to battle." Tucker declared. "Green trainer, choose your next pokemon!"
"Feraligatr is a water-type so I guess grass is my best bet, now." Leaf thought as she tried to decide which pokemon to use.
"That was awesome!" The light-brown haired trainer in the stands known as Jackson cheered.
"Marina, I'm rootin' for you!" Jimmy thought.
"Go for it!" Leaf shouted as she threw her pokeball.
"Leaf!" The verdant pokemon known as Leafeon said as it came out of the pokeball and took its position on the field
"Now I have a type advantage." Leaf thought. "Let's see where it gets me."
"The green trainer has chosen their pokemon!" Tucker announced. "Let the battle begin!"
"Leafeon, use razor leaf!" Leaf shouted.
"Leaf!" The verdant pokemon shouted as leaves sprung from its body and it fired them at Feraligatr, clipping the big jaw pokemon in the side as Leafeon stood confidently.
"A water-type against a grass-type, you have no chance Marina." Leaf thought.
"Wani-Wani, water gun." Marina shouted.
"Leafeon, dodge it." Leaf called out.
"Feral!" The big jaw pokemon said as it opened its mouth wide and a stream of water came out and aimed at Leafeon. The verdant pokemon managed to dodge the attack by jumping in the air before the attack hit, resulting in the water hitting the ground.
"Bullet seed, now!" Leaf shouted.
Several orangeish-yellow bullets were fired from Leafeon's mouth and Feraligatr was forced backwards. Soon after Leafeon stopped attacking, Feraligatr stood up straight and started chomping on its mouth.
"It's over." Leaf said. "Okay Leafeon, get on Feraligatr's back!"
"Wait for it." Marina ordered.
Leafeon charged on over towards Feraligatr. The big jaw pokemon simply stood there, waiting for its masters orders.
"Jump on!" Leaf shouted.
"Alright then, use aqua tail!" Marina ordered.
The big jaw pokemon got down low on all fours and began spinning its tail in a circular motion. Water soon began to come out and engulfed Leafeon as it jumped into the water stream. The water began spinning faster and faster and Leafeon was thrown out of the cycle, tossed far away from Feraligatr.
"Leafeon, no!" Leaf squealed.
"Wani-Wani, follow up with hydro cannon!" Marina shouted.
"Feraligatrrrrr!" The big jaw pokemon shouted as it unleashed the powerful burst stream of water from its mouth, the same attack that had knocked out Dusknoir.
"Leafeon, face the attack and use hyper beam!" Leaf shouted.
The verdant pokemon struggled to turn its head in the direction of the incoming attack. Managing to do so, it opened its mouth wide. "Leafeonnnn!" It shouted as the orange beam shot out of its mouth and collided with Feraligatr's hydro cannon. Both attacks were of equal power and held the other of for several moments before both pokemon were got tired and ceased fire.
"Wani-Wani, get in there and use body slam!" Marina ordered.
"Feral!" The big jaw pokemon said as it charged on over towards Leafeon and jumped up in the air and spread its arms apart, getting ready to flatten Leafeon.
"Leafeon, jump out of the way!" Leaf cried.
"Leaf." The verdant pokemon said as it jumped out of the way of Feraligatr's body slam, evading it and leaving the big jaw pokemon vulnerable in a crater on the ground.
"Yes!" Leaf thought. "Now use razor leaf!"
"Escape!" Marina shouted.
"Leaf!" The verdant pokemon with brown eyes shouted as leaves sprung from its body and were fired at Feraligatr, who was still lying on the ground.
"Wani-Wani, get straight into it with water gun!" Marina cried.
"Leafeon, bullet seed." Leaf shouted.
Both pokemon let out their cries simultaneously as Leafeon's orangeish-yellow seeds bombarded with Feraligatr's water gun.
"Keep it up!" Marina cried.
"Don't give up!" Leaf cried.
"Leaffffff." Leafeon's big eyes started getting more and more concentrated as the verdant pokemon began walking towards Feraligatr.
"Feraligatr, back off and get back!" Marina squealed. Feraligatr ceased its attack and ducked down, evading the bullet seed and running back to Marina.
"Well, see how you like this!" Leaf exclaimed. "Leafeon, use razor leaf!"
"Wani-Wani, use water gun again!" Marina told it.
"Won't work a second time." Leaf thought.
"Leaf!" "Feral!" The two pokemon shouted as their attacks met each other. The razor leaf held back the water gun far away from Leafeon as Leaf came up with a plan.
"Leafeon, cease razor leaf and fire hyper beam!" Leaf told it.
The verdant pokemon obeyed its trainer's orders and stopped using its razor leaf. This allowed Feraligatr's water gun to get closer until Leafeon was ready. "Leafeonnnn!" It shouted as it unleashed its hyper beam attack and blasted through the water gun, striking the big jaw pokemon right in its jaw and knocking it down.
"Wani-Wani!" Marina cried out.
"This girl sure loves giving her pokemon weird nicknames." Brendan said.
"That name doesn't even sound like Totodile or Feraligatr." Gary added.
"Maybe it's foreign." Brock suggested.
"Alright Leafeon, let's finish this!" Leaf shouted. "Use razor leaf!"
"Leaffff!" The verdant pokemon shouted as the leaves sprung from its body. Leafeon used its head to direct them towards Feraligatr, still lying on the ground.
"Gatrrrrr!" The big jaw pokemon shouted in pain.
"Wani-Wani, you have to get up!" Marina pleaded.
"Finish it off with bullet seed!" Leaf ordered.
"Leaffff!" The verdant pokemon shouted as it fired its orangeish-yellow seeds at the big jaw pokemon on the ground that still couldn't get up. The bullets impacted Feraligatr for several seconds before stopping. The big jaw pokemon was knocked unconscious.
"No!" Marina shouted.
"Feraligatr is no longer able to battle and the red trainer is out of pokemon." Tucker announced. "The green trainer, Leaf Green, is the winner and will proceed to the semi-finals."
"Awesome job, Leafeon!" Leaf enthusiastically cheered as she embraced the verdant pokemon in her hands, congratulating it.
Up in the stands, Leaf met up with Ash, Brendan, Dawn and Brock.
"Hey guys!" She greeted.
"Leaf, that was an awesome battle!" Ash shouted.
"Thank-"
"You were amazing; you beat one of the world's top coordinators." Dawn said in a fangirl-like tone.
"I did what?" Leaf asked.
"Seriously, congratulations." Brendan told her.
"Where are May and Gary?" Leaf asked.
"They're battling each other next." Brock said. "They're getting ready now."
Several minutes later, on the field, Tucker took his post and began the callout for the next match.
"Will the green trainer please enter the arena?" Tucker called out.
Heeding the call, May approached the field. Her opponent was nowhere in sight.
"Now, will the red trainer please enter the arena?" Tucker called.
Hearing the call, May's opponent, Gary Oak, entered the arena. Standing as confident as ever, Gary took his spot.
"Now, May and Gary, are both of you ready for battle?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah!"
"Definitely."
"Both trainers are to release their pokemon, now!" Tucker announced.
"Take the field!" May shouted as she tossed her pokeball.
"It's time to battle!" Gary shouted as he threw his.
On May's side came her Glaceon, the ice-type evolution of Eevee. May had evolved Glaceon back when she went to Sinnoh, prior to the event known as the 'Wallace Cup'.
On Gary's side came a surprise as well. His pokemon of choice was Umbreon, the dark-type evolution of Eevee. Both trainers and their pokemon faced down the other, eager to battle. This was now a battle between two evolutions of Eevee.
"This will be a three-on-three battle and there will be no substitutions!" Tucker announced. "Let the battle begin!"
"Umbreon, shadow ball!" Gary ordered.
"Glaceon, you use shadow ball too!" May told it.
Both pokemon let out their cries as they formed black spheres in their mouths, which were pulsating with energy. Umbreon was the first to fire its attack with Glaceon fired quickly afterwards. Both attacks proved to be of roughly equal energy right off the bat, but Umbreon managed to use its power to its advantage and overpower Glaceon's shadow ball, damaging it quickly and sending it flying back.
"Glaceon!" May worriedly shouted.
"Umbreon, use psychic!" Gary ordered.
"Umb!" The moonlight pokemon shouted as it covered Glaceon in a pink aura and levitated it far off the ground.
"No!" May shouted.
"Knock it out!" Gary ordered.
"Umbreee!" Gary's pokemon shouted as it motioned its head downwards, bringing the fresh snow pokemon falling down into the field, crashing.
"Use shadow ball!" Gary told it.
"Glaceon, you have to dodge it!" May pleaded.
"G…glace!" The fresh snow pokemon said as it managed to jump over the incoming shadow ball and land on its feet.
"I guess contests can teach you a thing or two after all." Gary thought. "Umbreon, get in there and use skull bash!"
"Glaceon, use ice shard before it gets too close!" May ordered.
"Glace, glace, glace!" May's pokemon shouted as it fired several ice shards at the approaching moonlight pokemon. One by one, the ice shards broke against the ground as they tried to attack Umbreon, who kept dodging the attacks and getting closer.
"Ice shard isn't working so use secret power!" May told her pokemon.
"Glaceeeeonnnn!" The fresh snow pokemon shouted as it covered its body in a pink shine and prepared to smash into Umbreon.
"Umbreon, counter with hidden power!" Gary ordered.
"Umbreeeee!" The moonlight pokemon shouted as its eyes started glowing and it began radiating black energy waves which scliced through the secret power attack covering Glaceon and sending the fresh snow pokemon reeling back.
"Gary's really overwhelming her." Ash pointed out.
"Hey Brendan, I think you have some competition in the overpowering department." Leaf laughed.
Brendan simply stayed silent. "Come on, May!" He thought.
"Umbreon, use skull bash!" Gary ordered.
"Umbreeeee!" The moonlight pokemon shouted as its head took on a silver shine and rammed into Glaceon, but the fresh snow pokemon seemed to have anticipated the attack.
"Glaceon, use ice beam!" May shouted.
"Glaceeeee!" May's pokemon shouted as it opened its mouth and a light blue ball formed in front of it. It then fired light blue beams from the ball at the incoming moonlight pokemon, freezing it in a block of ice.
"Umbreon!" Gary shouted as his frozen pokemon. Umbreon's head was down on the ground since it had been charging in for a skull bash when it was frozen. There was no movement in the ice block as Gary stayed still, wondering what May would do.
"Use shadow ball!" May ordered.
"Glaceeeon!" The fresh snow pokemon shouted as it unleashed a black ball of energy at the frozen Umbreon. The attack smashed through the block of ice encasing the moonlight pokemon and broke it free, but not before dealing some damage and sending it reeling.
"Umbreon, get back in this battle with hidden power!" Gary ordered.
"Umbreeeee!" The moonlight pokemon shouted as its eyes began to glow white and create black waves of energy. These waves began to radiate and head for Glaceon.
"Glaceon, use ice shard!" May told it.
Opening its mouth wide, the fresh snow pokemon fired several sharp shards of ice from it at the approaching black energy waves. One by one, the ice shards met with the hidden power waves and they cancelled out the other upon contact.
"She's not bad." Gary thought.
"I've gotta win this!" May muttered to herself.
"Umbreon, use psychic!" Gary ordered.
"Glaceon, ice shard, fast!" May shouted.
"Umb!" The moonlight pokemon shouted as its eyes began to glow. It motioned its head and covered May's Glaceon in a pink aura and levitated it far off the ground.
"Glace glace glace!" The fresh snow pokemon repeated as it fired several ice shards at the ground where Umbreon was standing. But using its quick legs, Umbreon managed to keep its psychic hold over Glaceon while dodging the ice shards.
Motioning its head, the moonlight pokemon used its power to make the fresh snow pokemon impact the ground with intense force. The attack cause dust to fill the small crater of impact as Glaceon was lifted into the air once again by the lingering psychic control.
"Throw it up in the air!" Gary shouted.
"Umb!" The moonlight pokemon shouted as it jerked its head upwards, causing Glaceon to be thrown higher than before.
"Glaceon, face Umbreon and use ice beam!" May ordered.
"Glaceeeee!" The fresh snow pokemon shouted as it formed a blue ball in front of its mouth as it was going upwards. Several blue beams broke off the ball and were fired at Umbreon as Glaceon fell downwards to the ground.
"Umbreon, dodge and use shadow ball!" Gary told it.
"Umb umb umb!" The moonlight pokemon repeated as it ran around to dodge the incoming ice beam. It finally managed to do so and got itself into an attacking position.
"Glaceon, you have to get yourself out of the way!" May worriedly shouted to the falling fresh snow pokemon.
"Fire!" Gary shouted.
Hearing its trainers command, Umbreon fired its shadow ball at Glaceon, who was just a few feet off the ground at this point. The powerful impact of the attack dug deep into Glaceon and sent it flying back to May's side of the field and was rendered unconscious upon impact.
"Glaceon!" May shouted.
"Glaceon has been knocked out!" Tucker announced. "Green trainer you must choose your next pokemon!"
"Thank you, Glaceon." May said as she recalled her pokemon and took out another pokeball. "Alright then, let's get 'em!"
May's Blaziken came out onto the field in a fiery rage, the flames on its wrists burning brightly as it looked to the ceiling. Fixating its small eyes on Gary's Umbreon, it assumed its battle position.
"A Blaziken." Leaf said.
"It was May's first pokemon." Ash said.
"Let's see Gary handle this." Brendan sneered.
"The green trainer has chosen their pokemon!" Tucker announced. "Let the battle begin!"
"Blaziken, use sky uppercut!" May told it.
"Umbreon, quickly, use psychic!" Gary shouted.
"Blaze!" The blaze pokemon shouted as the flame around its right fist lit up as it was pulled back. Blaziken continued to run forwards, planning to smash Umbreon into the air. "Umb…reee!" The blaze pokemon was covered in a pink aura and lifted into the air as the moonlight pokemon initiated its psychic attack barely before it was about to be hit. Lifting Blaziken several dozen feet upwards, Umbreon dropped its control, thus causing Blaziken to fall back to the ground on its back.
"Blaziken!" May worriedly shouted as her pokemon got back on its feet. "Are you alright?"
"Umbreon, use hidden power!" Gary ordered.
"Umbreeeee!" The moonlight pokemon shouted as its eyes began to glow white. Black waves of energy began to radiate from its body and were sent towards Blaziken.
"Alright Blaziken, use quick attack to dodge and then attack!" May cheerfully told it.
"Blaaaaaze!" The blaze pokemon said as it received its orders. Reaching amazing speeds, Blaziken managed to evade the incoming waves of energy and used a well-placed punch to the face to send Umbreon reeling.
"Now use blaze kick!" May shouted.
"Blaaaze!" Blaziken shouted as its right leg was enveloped in bright orange flames. The moonlight pokemon took an immediate kick in the face from the attack as it was sent into the air and then crashing down, visibly injured as it tried to get up.
"That Blaziken's pretty fast." Gary thought to himself. "I've gotta do something."
"Blaziken, use peck!" May ordered.
"Umbreon, get ready to use shadow ball!" Gary shouted.
The blaze pokemon bent its head over to peck the opponent with its beak. As it leaned over, Umbreon turned around, having been forming its shadow ball out of sight and awaited orders.
"Now!"
"Breeeee!" The moonlight pokemon shouted as it first its black energy ball at Blaziken. Blaziken, however, wasted no time evading the move, jumping several feet above Umbreon. May's pokemon was now directly over Gary's.
"It's time to use overheat!" May shouted.
"Blaaazikennnn!" The blaze pokemon shouted as its body turned a faint red and it released a white fire with a red-orange flame spiraling around it at the opponent. Now that it was directly above Umbreon, it was able to aim its attack at the unsuspecting pokemon with incredible accuracy and amazing power. The moonlight pokemon was completely enveloped in the flames coming down on it for several moments. With now way to escape, lest it be burned, Umbreon was forced to withstand the brunt of the attack. Eventually, the flames cleared, revealing Umbreon lying unconscious on the ground as Blaziken stood up.
"Umbreon is no longer able to battle!" Tucker announced. "Red trainer, choose you next pokemon!"
"Alright then, buddy!" Gary said as he took out a pokeball, subsequent to returning Umbreon. "It's your turn!"
"Blastoise!" The huge blue shellfish pokemon shouted upon entering the field.
"Wow, Gary's Blastoise!" Dawn cheered.
"With its type advantage, it's gonna give May's Blaziken a tough time." Brock observed. "If nothing else."
"Now it gets interesting." Ash said.
"Let's see how it goes." Leaf added.
"The red trainer has chosen their pokemon!" Tucker announced. "Let the battle begin!"
"Blastoise, skull bash!" Gary ordered.
"Blaziken dodge it!" May shouted.
The blaze pokemon assumed the position best suited to allow it to dodge in the incoming Blastoise. The shellfish pokemon became surrounded in a silver aura as it was about to ram its head into Blaziken. At the last best second, Blaziken managed to get up high into the air and evade the skull bash.
"Blaziken, ember!" May ordered.
From up high, Blaziken shot several small bolts of fire at Gary's Blastoise. The embers rained down on the unsuspecting shellfish pokemon who was still wondering where its opponent was. They hit Blastoise's skin and shell but fail to inflict any visible damage.
"Blastoise, hydro cannon!" Gary ordered, pointing out the opponent who was currently hovering above the field in the air.
"Blaaassssstoise!" The shellfish pokemon shouted as it turned to see its opponent in the air. It quickly fired two massive orbs of water from the cannons on its back.
"Blaziken, try to break through it with blaze kick!" May shouted, knowing that dodging in the air may as well be impossible so she may as well try to destroy the attack itself.
But up in the air, Blaziken was unable to break down the ultimate water-type attack and took the hydro cannon attacks to its chest, sending it falling back to the ground with heavy injures.
"Blaziken!" May worriedly cried.
"Blastoise, use rapid spin!" Gary ordered.
"Blass!" The shellfish pokemon shouted as it withdrew its head, arms, cannons and legs into its shell. It then started spinning around its shell like a disc and aimed itself for Blaziken, still recovering from the hydro cannon attack.
"Blaziken, dodge it!" May shouted. Hearing her command, the blaze pokemon managed to get on its feet and jump above the incoming Blastoise shell.
"It's a decent jumper, that Blaziken." Gary thought. "Let's end that."
"Blaziken, wait for it to stop and then we attack!" May told her pokemon.
"Blastoise come around." Gary shouted. Obeying its orders, Blastoise spun back to Gary's side of the field and exited its shell.
"Blaziken, use blaze kick!" May shouted.
"Blastoise, use skull bash!" Gary shouted.
"Blass!" "Blaze!" The two pokemon shouted as they prepared to attack the other. Blastoise lowered its head and took on a silver shine as it ran towards the opposing blaze pokemon. Blaziken's left leg began to erupt with fire around the ankle as it jumped up, readying itself to strike the shellfish pokemon. Blastoise's head and Blaziken's flame covered leg hit one another at the same time which sent Blastoise reeling backwards, falling backwards on its shell. Blaziken reeled backwards but landed on its feet.
"Blastoise is on its shell, Blaziken hit it with over-" May stopped short of finishing her sentence. Remembering that overheat is less effective the more times it is use. "Hit it with sky uppercut!"
"Blaaaze!" The blaze pokemon shouted as it ran towards its opponent, firing up its leg once more. Blaziken jumped in the air, expecting the incapacitated Blastoise to be an easy target, before it heard Gary's command.
"Blastoise, hydro pump!" Gary shouted. "Spin it around in your shell!"
"Blastoise!" The shellfish pokemon shouted as it withdrew its head, arms, cannons and legs into its shell once more. As with its rapid spin attack, the shell began spinning around like a disc but this time, water spouted out of the holes in the shell. With Blaziken so close from being about to use sky uppercut, it was quickly hit by the spiraling shell and splashed mercilessly by the water spouting from it.
"Bla…aze." The blaze pokemon said as it was down on one knee, heavily injured from the attack as Blastoise stopped spinning and went back to Gary's side of the field.
"Blastoise, let's finish this with hydro cannon!" Gary shouted.
"Blaaassssstoise!" The shellfish pokemon boomed as aimed its cannons at Blaziken, who was still down on one knee, and fired its water orbs at it. The two balls of crystal clear water from Blastoise's cannon hit Blaziken square in the face and abdomen, sending it flying through the air and crashing into the wall behind May.
"Blaziken!" May shouted at the top of her voice. She ran to her pokemon, knowing that it was unconscious and recalled it.
"Blaziken is no longer able to battle." Tucker announced. "Green trainer, choose your final pokemon."
"It's all up to you now!" May said as she threw her final pokeball.
"Venusaur!" The seed pokemon boomed as it came out of its pokeball.
"Since when did May have a Venusaur?" Leaf thought to herself.
"Now it's May who has the advantage over Gary." Ash stated.
"But Gary's still got one more pokemon after Blastoise." Dawn said.
"This 'no substitutions' rule is a serious pain." Brendan complained.
"The green trainer has chosen their pokemon." Tucker announced. "Let the battle begin."
"Venusaur, razor leaf!" May shouted.
"Blastoise, withdraw." Gary ordered.
"Venusaur!" "Blass!" The two pokemon said as they followed through. Blastoise withdrew its head, arms, cannons and legs into its shell as Venusaur launched multiple razor-sharp leaves from the leaves on its back. Against the hardness of the shell, the leaves were ineffective at penetration and simply fell to the ground after hitting it.
"Use vine whip to pick up the shell!" May shouted.
"Saur!" The seed pokemon said as it extended its vines and quickly picked up the shell of Blastoise. With only two vines, the shellfish pokemon proved to be difficult to hold up.
"Toss it up high!" May shouted.
"Saur!" May's pokemon shouted as it threw the shell containing Blastoise up high as it retracted its vines.
"Now use razor leaf!" May ordered.
"Get out of there!" Gary shouted.
"Venusaur!" The seed pokemon shouted as it fired it razor-sharp leaves at the shell that it had thrown up in the air that began falling back down to the ground. Blastoise's head, arms, cannons and legs popped out of the holes and were struck by the leaves.
"Blast!" The shellfish pokemon boomed as it landed on the ground with scratches from the razor leaf.
"Use petal dance!" May shouted.
"Vee!" The seed pokemon screeched as it stretched the opening on its flower at the opponent and released pink petals in a spiraling fashion. Gary's Blastoise was struck in the abdomen by the many petals sprouting from Venusaur's flower as it firmly held its ground by not moving and digging its feet into the field.
"Blastoise, hydro cannon!" Gary ordered.
"Blaaassssstoise!" The shellfish pokemon shouted as two orbs of water came out of the cannons on its back and smashed through the pink petals in the air, hitting May's Venusaur in the face with the ultimate water-type attack but still not doing much damage.
"Water-type moves aren't very effective against grass-type pokemon." Gary thought. "I'll have to use some other moves."
"Nice try, Gary." May taunted. "Venusaur, use tackle!"
"Blastoise, skull bash!" Gary ordered.
Both pokemon shouted their names as they charged towards the other, their heads held low in order to obtain the best position to attack with. Venusaur smashed head-on with Blastoise in the centre of the field. Due to the strength of skull bash over tackle, the seed pokemon was taken aback further than Gary's.
"Use rapid spin, Blastoise." Gary shouted.
"Blass." The shellfish pokemon shouted as it withdrew its head, arms, cannons and legs into its shell and started floating in the air while spinning. After getting off the ground, the shell quickly slammed into Venusaur once again and pushed it back.
"Saurrrrr!" The seed pokemon shouted in pain. Blastoise quickly exited its shell while in mid-air and landed back on Gary's side of the field with a bang.
"I don't have that many strong attacks with Venusaur." May reviewed. "I've gotta end it with what I've got."
"Blastoise, hydro pump!" Gary ordered.
"Blastoise!" The shellfish pokemon shouted as it aimed its cannons at Venusaur. Rather than go into its shell this time around, it chose to fire normally. The powerful stream of water came out of its cannons and headed straight for Venusaur.
"Venusaur, get through it with vine whip." May shouted.
"Saur!" The seed pokemon screeched as it sent up its vines through the hydro pump stream and plugged up Blastoise's cannons.
"What the?" Gary comically shouted.
"Venusaur, toss it away!" May shouted.
"Saur!" May's pokemon shouted as it tossed Gary's Blastoise up in the air once again. The shellfish pokemon was visibly angry at having been fooled by the same strategy twice, an emotion which its trainer was feeling at the same time.
"Use petal dance!" May ordered.
"Blastoise, use the gravity to help you with skull bash!" Gary ordered.
Both pokemon may their voice loud and clear as they followed through on their orders. Venusaur released many sharp pink petals from its flower at the fast-approaching shellfish pokemon.
Blastoise had its head pointed out forward as it sped down towards May's Venusaur with skull bash in its arsenal. The seed pokemon continued to fire its petal dance attack and the approaching Blastoise and managed to injure it while it was in the air.
"Venusaur, fire the petals faster!" May pleaded.
"Vee!" May's Venusaur shouted as it fired its petals from its back even faster. The petal dance attack began doing some more serious damage to Blastoise as it was on its way down with skull bash.
"Now!" Gary shouted.
"Blastoise!" The voice of the shellfish pokemon boomed as its head and shell smashed into the head of the seed pokemon opponent. Both pokemon were visibly disoriented after the collision and unable to maintain themselves.
"Saur." "Blast." The two pokemon said as they collapsed at the same time.
"Venusaur!"
"Blastoise!"
"Neither Venusaur nor Blastoise is able to battle anymore." Tucker declared. "Since the green trainer is out of pokemon, the victory goes to the red trainer!"
The audience cheered ferociously at Tucker's announcement. Gary recalled his Blastoise as May recalled her Venusaur. The trainers thanked their pokemon for their hard work.
"Sorry, Scizor." Gary said, looking down at a different pokeball in his hand. "Next time."
"Gary?" A voice said to the victor. He looked up to see his roommate's girlfriend staring at him. Her sapphire colored eyes pierced into him.
"May?"
"Congratulations." She said to him. Her voice was beginning to break.
"Thank you." He responded as he put his hands on her shoulders and they looked into each others eyes. "Let's go back."
"Sure." She whimpered. May and Gary then left the field through the exit. Tucker took his microphone and began his speech.
"With that, the quarter finals of the Battle Spirits Tournament are over!" He announced.
The crowd cheered at the revelation.
"Please exit the Battle Tower in an according manner." Tucker asked. "Will our four semi finalists please meet with me on the ground floor?"
"I'm so sorry for May." Dawn said.
"Pretty unfortunate that one of us knocked her out." Leaf said.
"Well it's only gonna get harder from here on in." Brock stated.
"What?" Both of them asked at the same time.
"Everyone in the semi finals is someone we know." Brock explained. He was careful not to allow Ash or Brendan to overhear.
"I get it." Leaf said.
"So that means, sooner or later they're gonna have to fight one of their friends." Dan realized. She still remembered the pain of losing to Brendan in the top 16 despite her intention to humiliate him for insulting her pokemon. Her battle against her boyfriend's roommate was the first time in the tournament that one of that gang battled one of their own. Gary's words eventually brought her out of the anger she felt from her loss, but now the stakes were higher.
"Guys?" Brendan asked the three trainers engaged in their conversation.
"Are you comin'?" Ash asked.
The vast majority of the audience had already begun leaving while Brock and the girls were talking. They got up and followed Ash and Brendan out of the 51st floor.
Back on the ground floor; Ash, Brendan, Leaf and Gary waited for further instructions from Tucker. May, Dawn and Brock had already left the tower and gone back to the house. The four semi finalists stood in front of the stage as the lights finally began to dim and Tucker walked out onto the stage accompanied by a spotlight.
"Congratulations, trainers." Tucker said. "You've made it to the semi finals."
Ash, Brendan, Leaf and Gary were the only trainers around. Camera crews were in the back, taping for the televised broadcast.
"Turn your attention to the screen behind you to see whom you will face in your next match." Tucker told them.
The four trainers turned around to notice the screen that informed them who their opponents in the final 8 were. The first two pictures were that of Ash with a green background and Brendan with a red background.
"The first battle of the semi finals will be Ash Ketchum against Brendan Birch." Tucker declared. The camera crews turned all their equipment to the screen for the viewers at home to know what was going down.
The screen then changed to pictures of Leaf with a green background and Gary with a red background. This was to signify who was to battle on which side in the next round since it was clear that they were the only ones left.
"This means that the second semi final match will be Leaf Green against Gary Oak." Tucker announced. "The format is a three on three battle and substitutions are not allowed."
"Tucker, what's the reason behind not allowing substitutions?" Ash asked.
"Don't ask me." Tucker comically responded. "The tournament committee is behind all that, they wanna juice up the finals is my guess."
"Cheap." Gary muttered.
"Someone needs a lemonade drenching." Brendan thought.
"The semi finals matches will be held two days from now at 12:00 noon." Tucker told them. "We're holding them on the 60th floor."
"Hey, we need brighter lights on Tucker!" Someone from the camera crew shouted.
"You four can leave now." Tucker told the group. "There's nothing more for you to know."
"Thanks." The four said simultaneously but half heartedly.
"All the best to you four." He said as the spotlights overlooking him suddenly got brighter then before. "My eyes!"
Back at Leaf's vacation house, they sat in the living room and the gang told May, Dawn and Brock about the matches and how Ash would go up against Brendan while Leaf would battle Gary afterwards. The three of them were somewhat speechless at the revelation. They knew that they'd end up fighting one another but they had nothing to say about the matter.
"I guess its best if we leave it at that." Leaf softly suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Brendan said as he got up and went out the door.
"Where's he going?" Dawn asked.
"He mentioned something about the pokemon centre on the way over here." Gary explained. "He probably wants to heal and switch out after how badly his pokemon were injured last time."
The other six soon went their own way for a while. Brock called up his family in Pewter City and spoke to his father, Flint and was informed that the gym was operating successfully. May, Dawn and Leaf were in the attic engaging in what can only be described as 'girl talk'.
On the outside training field, Gary and Ash had been discussing their strategies for the semi finals for a while. Gary made up his mind eventually and went back into the house. Ash remained outside to inform his pokemon.
"Sceptile, come on out!" Ash shouted as he threw his pokeball into the air.
"Sceptile!" The forest pokemon said upon exiting its ball.
"Sceptile, I'm gonna need you in the next round." Ash told it. "There's a good chance that Brendan's gonna use his Swampert according to Gary."
"Tile." Ash's pokemon said as it put its arms up so show off its arm blades, signifying that it was ready to face its Hoenn region water-type starter pokemon counterpart.
"Awesome." Ash said. "Pikachu, I'm gonna need you too I guess."
"Pika!" The electric rodent cheered.
"Alright then, but were going to the pokemon centre first." Ash said holding out his pokeball. "Sceptile, return!"
"Pi?"
"I'm gonna need someone else for the battle against Brendan." Ash told the electric rodent. "Come o-" Ash began as he turned around and smashed heads with someone. It turned out that he'd smashed into Brendan who had just returned from the pokemon centre.
"Ash, what wrong?" Brendan asked.
"I was on my way to the pokemon centre." Ash explained as he got up and dusted off his shirt.
"So you've got a plan for our next battle?" May's boyfriend asked.
"Sure do." Ash confidently replied.
"Won't do you any good." Brendan taunted.
"You worry about yourself." Ash jokingly responded.
At the pokemon centre, Ash managed to call up Professor Oak of Pallet Town and speak with him about everyone's progress in the tournament so far.
"Congratualtons, I'll be sure to watch the broadcast when it is aired, Ash." Professor Oak assured the trainer.
"Thanks Professor." Ash replied. "How's my mom?"
"Your mother is in the town right now, I'll be sure to tell her you asked." The professor said. "Now then, you mentioned that you need another pokemon?"
"Yeah, could you send over Heracross?" Ash asked.
"Most assuredly." The professor replied. "Place one of your current pokemon on the teleporter and I'll take care of the rest."
"Thanks for your hard work, Buizel." Ash thought as he put Buizel's pokeball on the teleporter.
"Okay Ash, I've set up Heracross's pokeball on this side." The professor told him. "Initiate the transfer when you're ready."
"Alright then, here we go." Ash said as he pulled a lever on the teleporter, effectively sending Buizel's pokeball to the professor and bringing over the pokeball containing Heracross.
"Ash, I've received Buizel on this end." Professor Oak told him.
"And I've got Heracross over here." Ash replied. "Thanks a lot, Professor Oak."
"Anytime, Ash." He responded. "Say hello to your friends for me, and all the best in the semi finals."
Upon reaching the training ground, Ash sent out his Heracross along with Pikachu and Sceptile, intending to begin his training for the semi finals.
"Heracross, Pikachu, Sceptile! The next round is for you three." Ash told them. "We've gotta start training now."
"Cross." "Pika!" "Sceptile." The three pokemon nodded in unison. Meanwhile, as Ash was breaking down the next round for them, Leaf exited the back of the house and approached Ash from behind, careful not to let him know she was coming.
"Alright so we're going up against Brendan and it's our most import-" Ash began telling them before he was cut off.
"Ash?" Leaf asked him.
"Leaf?" He was surprised to see the brunette in the hat as he turned around.
"Can I talk to you?" She asked.
"Yeah, what about?" Ash enquired.
"Remember when I went crazy and tried to set up that outing on the pier?" She explained to him.
"Yes."
"Pi!" The electric rodent shouted.
"Not now, Pikachu." Ash told his pokemon. "What about it?"
"You know I only did what I did cause…." She struggled to get beyond those words. After the tournament preliminaries were over, she'd gotten everyone in the house to help her with her plan to get Ash to the Olivine City pier with her, alone. Though the 'date' had gone well, Ash's anger upon returning home, finding out that he'd been set up and later on, his lashing out at Brendan caused Leaf to rethink some of her actions.
"I was…wrong." She admitted. Her voice was extremely apologetic, it seemed like she was building up to something bigger but was struggling to say it, almost out of fear.
"I forgive you." Ash bluntly told her.
"What? You forgive me just like that?" She was on the verge of shock to hear it. She'd been expecting him to blow up on her.
"I don't like holding grudges." Ash explained. "If anyone wrongs me and they give a real apology, I can forgive them."
"You're almost the same as you were six years ago." Leaf joked.
"I am?"
"You can never keep yourself in one mood too long." She stated. "I really liked that about you."
"Well you weren't exactly an angry kid back then either." Ash told her. "Not like someone else we knew."
"I know what you mean." She laughed, remembering an incident when they were five involving a human-sized can of lemonade at Gary's house.
"So then…." Ash hesitated.
"Cross!" The single horn pokemon cheered. It immediately began dancing around Ash as he stared on at Leaf, reminiscent of Totodile's dancing. Ash immediately tried to push Heracross back to waiting with Pikachu and Sceptile, who were standing patiently.
"Ash, have you ever been to the lighthouse here in Olivine?" Leaf asked him after he managed to forcefully halt Heracross.
"Huh? Yeah, I went there the last time I was in Olivine." Ash said as he turned around from his pokemon to face her again. "Why?"
"Well I…haven't been there yet and it's a major site here." She said. "Do you wanna go…tomorrow afternoon…with me?"
"Sure, as long as you're not planning something behind my back." Ash joked.
"So…it's a date?" She asked.
"I guess." He was clear to sound casual, but not too casual. He wanted her to know that he cared but not that he was desperate.
"So then…tomorrow?"
"It's tomorrow afternoon."
"I'll meet you then." She told him as she turned around and went inside.
Several moments after she'd gone back into the house, Ash started throwing his hands up in the air and jumping so high that even Sceptile was impressed. Pikachu somehow managed to get on the jumping trainers back and join him as he jumped in joy. Heracross opened up its wings and started flying around Ash with a bright smile on its face with its eyes closed.
"Heracrossssss!" The single horn pokemon shouted as it accidentally crashed into the jumping trainer while its eyes were closed. Ash, Pikachu and Heracross were immediately knocked down by the impact and began laughing as Sceptile looked on and covered its eyes with its palm in embarrassment.
Back on the inside, Leaf saw that Brendan was watching the incident with Ash from a window inside the house overlooking the training area.
"Brendan?"
"How you doin'?" He joked. "Getting ready for another night out with Ash?"
"For your information, it's in the afternoon at the lighthouse." Leaf told him before seeing the bigger picture. "And also…wait a minute; you could hear us from all the way in here?"
"I've got pretty good hearing; right now I think he's saying something to Heracross about controlling yourself." He said.
"Good for you…and Heracross too I guess." Leaf said.
"It will be for me if Heracross tries to limit itself."
"So you've seen which pokemon he's using?" Leaf asked Brendan.
"Yeah." Brendan admitted. "I can handle it, but I guess it'd be easier if I had Tropius."
"What happened?" Leaf asked.
"Tropius, Aggron and Rhyperior were injured pretty badly in the battle with Josh; Nurse Joy says they may not be able to battle when I need them." Brendan explained. "But since I still have Shiftry and Swampert, I know I can win."
"Good luck to ya." Leaf said as she walked away, not even taking a second look at the trainer in the funny hat.
Later on in the living room, Brendan and Brock engaged in a conversation as Ash stayed outside to train and the girls were in the attic and Gary was nowhere to be seen after Dawn mentioned something about lemonade while laughing.
"Brock, I still don't get it." Brendan said. "How did you get rid of the depression cloud around you?"
"Oh that?" Brock asked. "Well I guess it started when Ash came into my room after the 'date'."
"I know he went in, but what did he say?" Brendan asked.
"Well…I guess I'll start where he did."
Meanwhile, up in the attic, Leaf began discussing her future date with Ash. As expected, May and Dawn began trying to tell her everything that they though she'd need to know and told her about the lighthouse of Olivine City.
"Alright so you know what you're gonna do?" Dawn asked.
"Leaf, you look a little overwhelmed right now." May said. "What's the problem?"
"What am I gonna wear on this date?" Leaf shrieked.
Rayquaza45: So that's the end of chapter 12. Please remember to review now cause I don't wanna think bad things about myself. Am I doing this cause I'm desperate? Yeah, yeah I am! SO PLZ REVIEW! The more reviews I get, the faster the next chapter gets here.
Next time: Chapter 13: Olivine City Oyster
Ash and Leaf go on their second date to the Olivine City lighthouse. While there, they reminisce about their past and discuss the future battles in the tournament when the stakes are truly high. Brock explains how Ash helped him get over the rejection. And what exactly happened to Gary?
I'm sure that readers of Pokemon Adventures (a.k.a Pokemon Special) know what the 'oyster' is referring to ;)
Till next time!