Hello everyone! Here is the eighth chapter of Champions! Favorite and follow if you liked it and be sure to check out the Pearlshipping stories that IceArceus and Pearlshiping2014 are writing cause they're awesome and both are showing lots of potential. So I guess that's my first shout out and those two definitely deserve them. If any fellow Pearlshippers want a S/O then message me and I will check out your stories and if I like them I will give you a shout out. Again, please review so I can improve my writing because I want to also use this as a learning experience along with adding a great story for the Pearlshipping community!

Thanks,

Court

Chapter 8

Exposed

The trainers faced off with each other as Ash, Dawn, and Iris watched on.

"Zigzagoon, use quick attack!"

"Zagoon!" The Zigzagoon powered full speed into the opponent's Bibarel, knocking it square on it's butt. As the smoke cleared, Bibarel had been knocked out cold.

"Bibarel is unable to fight, Zigzagoon wins! Aaron is out of usable pokémon, Joshua wins!"

The referee raised the flag on his right side, the side that Joshua was on. The crowd quieted down to hear the responses from the judges. Ash slowly clapped.

"That was a very well fought battle! Both trainers performed admirably!" Then it was Dawn's turn.

"I really liked how you used your Zigzagoon's moves and speed to show it off!" Ash and Iris raised their eyebrows.

"Dawn, this was a battle, not a contest." Dawn flushed.

"Oops." Then it was Iris' turn. She launched into a deep analysis of the match.

"The Bibarel was very well trained with the..."

"Iris?"

"...type attacks so you could have used those as a..."

"Iris?!"

"...strategy. The Zigzagoon was very fast..."

"IRIS!" She looked up mid sentence.

"What?"

"There is a reason you write the analyses."

"Fine."

Iris marched off to find a computer to write the analysis while it was still fresh in her mind. Ash and Dawn shared a laugh.

"The final of the Champion's Court Pokémon Battle competition will begin tomorrow! The remaining trainers are Joshua from Pewter City and Wally from Petelburg City!"

The crowd applauded the two remaining trainers while they filtered out of the stands. Ash got up and offered his arm to Dawn.

"Let's go and look around the booths!" She slipped her arm through his and stood up.

"That sounds great! I can't wait to see the things that artists in Kanto sell." They made their way to the art section, not noticing a straggler trying to keep up, his auburn hair blowing in the light breeze.

(Kenny's Point of View)

I crept along behind the two 'lovers', following them to the tents where they were selling Kanto jewelry and art. Dawn is mine, Ash! You should know that! I would die before quitting! But the question was how to do it... It will take some planning, so for now I will just work on devising the perfect plan.

(Dawn's Point of View)

There we were. The last battle of the Champion's Court. Ash and I, along with Iris and Cilan, were the judges of the last match. The referee signaled the start of the match and the battle began. Both teams leapt joyously into battle. Flashes of yellow and red, glowing eyes and glistening fists. The teams inflicted heavy damage onto one another, cutting their teams down to one apiece. The final survivors faced each other down, ready for the next moves. They released massive bolts of pure energy, one green and one light blue. They met on the center of the court. For a brief second, they struggled against one another, pushing back and forth. Suddenly, they exploded with a massive flash of light. I couldn't see anything! I looked to the other judges and saw only outlines. I saw the outline of one Pokémon crash to the ground with a palpable silence. I heard the growing roar of the ground before slowly falling over myself. As my eyes closed, I felt a warm pair of arms catch me and a distorted yell. Then I saw nothing and passed out in the arms of my savior.

(Ash's Point of View)

The light faded from existence, leaving my eyes blinded to all but blurry outlines. A sudden movement caught my eye. Without thinking, I moved toward it, extending my arms with a shout. A light figure fell heavily onto them. I closed my eyes, willing my vision to return to normal. I opened them and saw who it was in my arms. Her beautiful face stretched and swam as my vision blurred again. Her eyes were closed, having just shut. Without a second thought, I cradled her between my arms, slowly rising. I stumbled along, not knowing where I was.

"Ash."

A voice called, seemly at the bottom of a well or at the top of a tree. I stopped and fell to my knees, ripping open my new dress pants. A pair of hands gripped my shoulders and shook me. My vision faded and I keeled over backwards onto the sturdy pair of legs behind me, the world fading from my notice.

Hello again! I think that I will post my thoughts about Pokemon X and Y here so you don't have to read it if you don't want to.

All of the following things I will say are complete speculation, so don't sue me if I'm wrong or right.

Ok, so the traveling companions of Ash in Kalos have been confirmed and they are:

Serena (the female protagonist in the games, like May and Dawn in their respective regional games)
Serena is very fond of fashion, similar to Cilan and him being a Connoisseur. (New Ship? hmm...)
She also has seemed to have met Ash before (I am SO happy that this is a thing, I'm getting lots of ideas for when we... wait I haven't put that chapter up yet! Forget I said anything.)

Clemont (an electric type gym leader who love inventing)
His sister Bonnie will also be joining them and she is looking for a wife for her brother (serious kid O.o)

From that, I noticed several things.

First,
The fact that Serena is the playable character suggests that they will release games in a similar fashion (lol puns) to the way they did with Hoenn and Sinnoh (two versions and then a third the next year with a new legendary). I shall dub this potential game, "Pokemon Z".

Second,
Serena is the first companion to have blond hair (dirty blond) apart from Clemont whose hair is electric yellow. I don't know if that means anything apart from just making distinct differences between the characters. Well I do have a theory but even I think it's a stretch and it is making a very large conclusion, so I will wait to see if any more evidence appears to validate or disprove it before I tell you guys.

Third,
Clemont and his younger sister coming along with Ash reminds all of us of May and Max in the Advance series. This could be just something that the producers added for variety (most plausible) or it could be suggesting a Hoenn remake, like HG and SS. (very improbable, so don't get your hopes up. Trust me I want that too.)

Fourth,
If Bonnie is trying to find a wife for Clemont, this suggests that Clemont isn't very interested in girls, other wise she wouldn't need to come. Also, Clemont is very Tech savvy and likes to invent as opposed to Brock who prefered to do thing by hand. Also, Bonnie takes care of Clemont's pokemon as opposed to Brock who took care of everyone else's pokemon. If you haven't figured out this theory, then I'm basically saying that Clemont and Brock are polar opposites in everything, including the types of gyms they ran. (electric and rock)

Fifth,
Fashion is going to be a big theme in this series, so expect visits from Cilan, Dawn, Misty and May. Cilan is a Connoisseur so he will want to see the new pokemon and evaluate them. The fashion push suggests that contests are going to be prevalent in Kalos, so Dawn and May will come for the contests and may travel together along with other coordinators they know and are friends with. (Drew, Zoey, Kenny -.-)

Those are the things that I got from the announcement. I could be wrong on everything so don't get angry if I am wrong.

Here is the link to the confirmation in case you want to look at it:

wiki/More_details_on_XY_anime_series_revealed

Thanks for letting me ramble and if you do or don't want me to do this again, message me or find a way to let me know because if you don't want me to, I'll stop.

Court