Chapter 5

Meanwhile, back at the village, while Black Jack and the others were spying on Team Ocean, Chan, Black Jack's Blaziken, was leaning against a wall of one of the burnt tall buildings in a dark alley. He gazed at a small fire alight on his finger with boredom. He heard some footsteps running towards him but didn't respond.

Soon, another Blaziken, who was inches shorter than him, ran into view and then leapt towards him with a jumping kick. Chan quickly ducked while still holding the small flame alight, making the other Blaziken miss his attack, lose his balance and fall to the floor. "(You were too noisy, Blaziken)," Chan growled calmly as he walked towards him.

Suddenly, a Hitmonlee fell and crashed face first onto the floor behind Chan, missing him by an inch. "(Too clumsy, Jacky)," Chan growled without turning around.

A Magmar came into his view and ran towards him. He aimed a flaming punch to his chest but Chan caught it with his own unlit paw and kicked him in the gut, sending him crashing to the floor. "(Poor choice, Magmar)," Chan growled calmly, still holding the small flame.

Suddenly, he sensed a folded steel chair flying towards him from behind and quickly retaliated by knocking it away with his unlit paw. He then felt his finger being pressed on and turned around to see a scarred Medicam, a human-like pokemon, putting his fire out with fingers of his own.

"(Impressive method)," Chan growled suspiciously. "(Who might you be)?"

"His name's Tattoo," a deep voice replied, catching everyone's attention. "He can't speak."

They turned towards a grey and rocky rhino-like pokemon, a Rhydon, walking towards them. He had a mechanical arm replacing one of his normal ones. "(Mecha)," Chan growled with a smile. "(It's been a while)."

"Five years, three months, twenty one days, twelve hours, twenty one minutes and thirty four seconds to be exact," the Rhydon replied, speaking in human English language.

"(Hey, did you count that yourself or did you get someone else to count it for you)?" the other Blaziken growled while smiling. "(Remember me, pal? It's me. May's Blaziken)."

"How can I forget? Black Jack told me about your evolution back when we were taking care of Team Dark." He looked towards two other pokemon Chan was training. "Hey, you guys are new. What are your names?"

"(I was never given a name)," Magmar growled as he held out his paw to shake Macha's, which he accepted. "(Just call me Magmar)."

Jacky, Jerry's Hitmonlee, struggled to get to his feet after plummeting from the tall building. "(Ow… my chest)," he moaned.

"(That's Jacky)," Magmar growled pointing to the kicking pokemon. "(Belongs to a trainer who has difficulties)."

"(Sorry, what)?" Jacky asked curiously.

"(So, what bring you guys here)?" Chan growled.

"We heard about this burning village. We came around here to find out who started it and sort them out," Mecha replied. "Any suspects?"

"(I was told that Team Molten might be the cause of this burning village but I think we got bigger problems than that. You probably may have heard of this but Misty was recently kidnapped)."

"Kidnapped? By who?"

"(Team Ocean. Something tells me that they might be joining forces to fight against us. Black Jack and the others are spying on them as we speak)."

Meanwhile, in another location of the village a yellow rabbit with red ears, cheeks and tail was happily decorating a huge blue meteorite shaped pokemon with different coloured flowers. They were Plusle, who belonged to Rui, and Metagross, who belonged to Black Jack. It had a dull look on its face while Plusle placed another hoop of flowers around one of its legs.

"(Plusle)," Metagross growled deeply. "(When Rui said she placed you in charge, she didn't actually mean it)."

"(But you look pretty with those)!" Plusle squealed in delight.

"(I don't like pretty)," Metagross growled back as it quickly shook off all the flowers from its steel body.

"(You're no fun)!"

"(I'm aware of that, yes)."

"(For the millionth time, Glalie, they were using Confuse Ray, Sweet Kiss and stuff)," Sceptile cooed calmly. Metagross and Plusle turned their attention to the large gecko and ice ball pokemon coming towards them.

(Secptile! Glalie)!" Plusle cried loudly while happily waving to them. (It's been a long time)!"

"(Hey, Plusle! Long time is right)!" Glalie yelled back, floating towards him. She noticed Metagross's grumpy and serious looking face and decided to help put it out of its misery. "(Hey, Plusle, how about we play somewhere else? I know a kid you can play with)."

"(Oh? Who is this kid)?" Plusle cooed excitedly, following the ice ball-like pokemon.

"(Too much sugar)," Sceptile commented towards Metagross after the two playful characters left the scene.

Metagross let out a small grumble in response and Sceptile sensed some negative energy from it and it wasn't about Plusle, who unwittingly made him feel like a fool. "(Let me guess. Salamence, right)?" Sceptile cooed.

"(How does everyone know that)?" Metagross growled. "(Don't tell me, I should be happy for him and all, and I am. It's just that we've been travelling with him for a very long time, Jack never released any of us and apart from us he never captured any other pokemon)."

"(That explains a little. I heard that Salamence left sometime this afternoon)?"

"(Yep, left with Aurora to protect some group)."

"(WHAT)?" two pokemon roared in shock and anger, surprising them. They turned towards their attention, which turned out to be Nidoking and Feraligatr.

"(How can you guys let Salamence go away like that!? All alone and stuff)!?" Nidoking snarled angrily.

"(He's not alone)," Metagross growled in reply. "(He's with Aurora)."

"(ALONE with Aurora! We don't leave each other alone! Even with a female)!"

"(What is it with you, the females and this 'alone' stuff)?" Sceptile cooed in puzzlement.

"(Let's ask Feraligatr)," Nidoking growled as he turned towards his crocodile friend. "(Mate, do you know what the water pokemon's number one rule is)?"

Feraligatr scratched his head with his claws while thinking. "(Never get caught in fishing nets)?" he answered unsurely.

"(No)."

"(Never take a bath in hot oil)?"

"(No! The number one rule is to never swim alone! Salamence is one of us and we never leave him alone)!"

"(You haven't answered my female question)," Sceptile cooed feeling quite ignored.

"(I'm going after him. I'll get Chan and Tyranitar)," Nidoking growled turning towards Feraligatr and Metagross. "(You two get Feraligatr and Metagross, and meet me at the main entrance of the village)."

Before anyone could respond, he ran away, much to their awkward surprise.

"(Too many knocks on the head)," Sceptile commented folding his forelegs.

Meanwhile, outside the village, Salamence and Aurora were flying through the air, travelling towards their location. As they flew, Salamence looked down and spotted a big red building down below with a symbol that appeared to look like a flying bird pokemon. "(What is it doing in the middle of a forest of all places)?" he thought to himself.

He kept on wondering why this building was there until Aurora called for his attention. "(Salamence, we're here)," she cooed loudly. Salamence turned towards the direction the Dragonair was looking at. It turned out to be a forest. She saw a light spark from within it, much to her puzzlement.

"(What's happening)?" she cooed with fear in her voice. "(Something isn't right)."

She began to fly faster with the angelic wings on her head, with Salamence following her closely. As they got closer to the smoke, the more apparent of the source became.

Two men in red and black uniform had their fire type pokemon surrounding a number of dragon types, who were trapped by an electric force field, created by four small gadgets around them. One of the men in uniform was slim and had blond shoulder-length hair; he was controlling a group of huge dog-like creatures called Arcanines, he was riding one of them that was wearing a black mask that showed only his eyes and mouth. The other was a muscular Japanese man controlling a flock of Charizards, wing lizard-like creatures and one of them also had a black mask, also showing his mouth and eyes.

"(Two men in red and black uniform)?" Salamence growled as he and Aurora arrived on the scene. "(If they're controlling those fire type guys then they must be Team Molten the guys were talking about)."

Aurora let out a loud cry, catching Team Molten's attention, while flying down towards them. The two men turned their attentions to her. "Well, look what the dirty Meowth dropped in, Kenzo," the blond man said in a French accent with a lady-like tone.

"This looks familiar, Pierre," the Japanese man replied suspiciously in a scratchy voice. "If I'm not mistaken, this must be the Dragonair we were busting up before we stole them supplies from that village."

"(Them again)," Aurora cried angrily while Salamence flew into the scene. "(They're the ones who had me beaten badly! Now they want to capture my friends and family)."

"(I'll take care of them)," Salamence growled in a determined way, walking in front of his Dragonair friend.

"My precious Arcanines, if you please," Pierre ordered in a girly fashion, motioning five of his dog pokemon, apart from the masked one, to attack and capture the two dragons. They stopped a small distance away just in case Salamence would suddenly attack them.

"(Salamence)," Aurora cooed worriedly. "(You can't…)"

Salamence looked back to her and smiled. "(Have faith)," he growled.

"(She's got a point)," one of the Arcanines growled as he stepped forward. "(How can you beat all of us)?"

Salamence turned his attention back to the dog pokemon. "(Easy)," he growled simply and confidently as he glowed vigorously before quickly shooting out a powerful energy beam out of his mouth.

Two of the Arcanines shot out powerful fiery beams from their mouths towards Salamence. One of them collided with Salamence's Hyper Beam attack, causing an explosion while the other was reaching for Salamence, much to Aurora's extreme shock and concern.

"(Salamence)!" she screamed.

Salamence's eyes glowed, preparing to defend himself, as the second fiery beam was inches away from him. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, another Hyper Beam was shot out and collided with the incoming beam, causing another explosion, much to everyone's surprise.

Salamence's eyes stopped glowing. "(What was that)?" he growled in a confused way.

His question was answered when a number of friends landed on their feet in front of him – Tyranitar, Nidoking, Feraligatr, Metagross and Chan the Blaziken. Alongside them were Sceptile, Mecha and Tattoo, who was carrying the folded steel chair.

"(Team Santa has come to town)!" Nidoking bellowed enthusiastically.

"There are two things wrong with that statement," Mecha said noticeably. "One, we're not Team Santa. Two, this is not a town."

"(It's an expression)!" Nidoking growled angrily.

"(Hey! I was about to use Protect)!" Salamence roared in annoyed way. "(I can take on these guys myself, y'know)!"

"(Oh, we know that)," Nidoking growled showing a big smile. "(But you know what the water pokemon's no.1 rule is)."

"(What does getting caught in fishing nets have anything to do with this)?"

"(Oh, what the flip)…" Nidoking growled feeling frustrated as he fell to the ground.

"Don't just sit there, Pierre!" Kenzo barked. "Get your Arcanines to attack or I will!"

"How about I take three of my Arcanines, you take three of your Charizards and the rest can look after our new pets?" Pierre suggested calmly.

"Whatever! No.2, 3 and 4! Get them!"

Three of his Charizards flew towards their opponents while Pierre called two of his Arcanines back. "B, C and D! Get them, my pets!" he cried.

"(Let's rumble, boys)!" Tyranitar roared.

Arcanine B shot out a stream of flame out of his mouth towards the group, making them split into different directions. Metagross, Salamence and Aurora flew into the air while the others ran into separate ways.

After rolling out of harm's way, Feraligatr grabbed Sceptile and held him like a machine gun. "(I got a Sceptile here and I'm not afraid to use it)!" Feraligatr growled aiming Sceptile at one of the Arcanines, C. "(Feelin' lucky, punk)?"

Sceptile then quickly shot out numerous bullet seeds out of his mouth while Feraligatr aimed for the enemy. "(Sweet, I always wanted to do this)," Feraligatr growled gleefully while the huge dog pokemon ran to avoid the attack while he gave chase.

Mecha and Tattoo were battling against two other attacking Arcanines, C and D. Flamethrower attacks shot out of the Arcanines' mouths. Mecha aimed his mechanical foreleg on the ground and shot out a powerful beam, sending him airborne to avoid the attack while Tattoo ran into a different direction.

The Arcanines looked up and saw a burning meteor rushing down on them. Sensing the danger, they both jumped out of the way making the meteor crash onto the ground causing an explosion upon impact. The two large dogs shut their eyes tightly to avoid the dirt and dust getting into their eyes. After the dust cleared, they both opened their eyes and saw Mecha crouching where the ground was struck; they became shocked after realising the Rhydon had that kind of incredible strength.

While they were distracted, Tattoo, with steel chair in his paws, took his chance as he ran up towards his partner, who was recoiled from the impact. He leapt up onto his head and then leaped towards one of the preoccupied enemies, kicking the steel chair into his face, knocking him down.

Arcanine D stopped getting distracted and quickly fired his flamethrower attack, trying to take advantage of Mecha's recoil. Mecha suddenly stood up and aimed his mechanical foreleg towards the flaming stream. "Mecha Cannon!" he roared as the palm of his modified foreleg opened a hatch and fired a huge energy beam. The two attacks collided and exploded upon impact. While the dust was clearing, the Arcanine attempted to take advantage by tackling Mecha through the dust but missed after Mecha dodged the attack.

Tattoo quickly unfolded the chair and set it up while Arcanine B was recuperating from the attack. He skipped back a few times and then ran towards the chair, in order to use it for extra height to attack. But Arcanine B suddenly ran and tackled the chair, which hit Tattoo in the leg. The suicidal Medicham got knocked down, now holding his hurt knee.

Mecha was gaining more battling momentum than Arcanine D, thanks to a built-in computer a criminal organisation implanted inside his brain years ago. It calculated the stats and actions of his opponent. The huge dog opened his mouth to shoot out another Flamethrower attack but Mecha ran towards him and quickly closed his mouth with his metal paws. "Hehe. I read you like funny papers," Mecha said before slamming his hard rocky paw onto his opponent's face.

With Tattoo at a disadvantage, Arcanine B was getting ready to finish him off as he leapt up into the air, aiming his paws and hint feet down on his body. At the last second, Tattoo rolled out of the way dodging the attack. He quickly leapt from a handstand position, performing a somersault while spraying some red liquid from his mouth into Arcanine B's eyes, blinding him.

Upon landing on his feet, he felt the damage on his hurt knee again. He kneeled down, clutching it. After taking in the pain, he looked around trying to take advantage of the blinded dog, who was running around aimlessly, and spotted a hidden object. He walked over to it with a limp and picked it up, revealing it to be a kendo stick, which he had hidden before the battle commenced. He limped back to Arcanine B and viciously whacked him on the leg with it, making him suffer the same injury he felt.

Meanwhile, Salamence, Metagross and Aurora were flying towards their opponents, the Charizards. Metagross, using his psychic powers, quickly hovered in front of its comrades. "(I'll take care of them)," he growled. "(You two go ahead)."

"(You sure you can do this)?" Salamence growled back to his friend.

Metagross responded by charging towards the three attacking lizards. The Charizards blasted out their Flamethrower attacks at him. "(Metagross)!" Aurora cried, fearing for her friend.

But confidence showed on the faces on Salamence and Metagross as Metagross's body and eyes glowed vigorously. The three huge flame streams soon caught the meteor-like pokemon, completely covering him. Fear and shock came onto Aurora's face after seeing that.

But Metagross seemed completely unfazed after the fire evaporated as he continued charging towards the Charizards, ramming into all three of them, much to Aurora's surprise. "(C'mon! Now's our chance)!" Salamence growled. He and Aurora quickly flew past them, thinking of a way to battle against the other three Charizards that were guarding the dragons while Metagross battled the others.

Down on the ground, Nidoking, Tyranitar and Chan had run past the attacking Arcanines, and were running towards the others that were guarding the dragons. "(Luckily, we're battling two of them)," Nidoking growled. "(This ought to give us advantage)."

"No.1!" Kenzo yelled, looking up to his airborne Charizards. "Attack one of the enemies on the ground!"

The masked Charizard flew down with a speed of a shot out bullet and knocked down Chan, much to Nidoking's and Tyranitar's surprise. They stopped for a brief moment. "(Nidoking! You and your one-track mind)," Tyranitar growled before continuing on the attack, knowing that Chan would defeat the masked Charizard.

Chan quickly got up to his feet after being knocked down while No.1 safely landed on the ground. "(Judging by your mask, I take it that you must be the strongest of all the Charizards your master bears)," he growled.

"(A Blaziken… a worthy foe)," No.1 growled back calmly. "(At last, two of the world's strongest fire pokemon meet. If we were together, we would be unstoppable. Should you have any interest of joining us, I can convince my master to let you into my group)."

"(Thanks)," Chan replied calmly, somehow liking his opponent's polite attitude. "(But I don't think so)."

"(Huh. You may reverse your decision at any time… but until then, I won't stop)," Charizard growled before suddenly charging towards him.

While they battled, Nidoking and Tyranitar were battling against two of Pierre's Arcanines, E and F. The two dogs breathed out their Flamethrower attacks at them but they dodged the attack while continuing to run towards them. Arcanine E attempted a Take Down attack but Nidoking saw it coming, he grabbed him by the head and then tossed him up into the air.

While he waited to catch him, Arcanine attempted to take advantage as he ran towards him using his Take Down but Tyranitar grabbed him by the neck and slammed him on the electric barriers that were keeping the dragon pokemon inside. Arcanine F was being electrocuted while the green dinosaur wasn't feeling any effect or pain, despite holding the dog pokemon down.

Nidoking successfully caught his opponent with his clawed paws and poisonous spikes on his back. Arcanine E felt the sting of the spikes as he yelled out in pain before getting slammed down on the ground. He rolled onto his front after feeling great pain on his back but Nidoking wouldn't let the pain go away easily as he jumped and crashed his spiky back onto his, making the dog yell even more in pain.

Most trainers that had their pokemon beaten would show a look of disbelief, worry or anger. Pierre was no exception as he showed signs of concern seeing his precious Arcanines at a disadvantage. "No doubt we have some fine opponents," he thought. "Some of their attacks seem a little… ugly and violent, which is not my style. They remind me of someone."

Meanwhile, Feraligatr and Sceptile were still in pursuit of Arcanine with Sceptile's Bullet Seed attack. Soon, Sceptile's attack suddenly stopped, much to his and his team mate's dismay. Arcanine C quickly took advantage as he turned around and shot a lick of flame towards them. The two partners rolled sideways to dodge and Feraligatr was now being held by Sceptile. Feraligatr shot out a huge stream of water of his mouth, splashing it all over the fiery dog and causing a lot of pain. "(It burns)!" Arcanine C wailed painfully. After releasing the blue crocodile, Sceptile then ran towards the dog and the leaves on his foreleg glowed vigorously green while forming it into the scythe-like weapon. He then proceeded to slam his attack on the wet part that was splashed on his opponent, causing even more pain and damage.

Back at Chan and Charizard No.1's battle, they were both having a test of strength by placing their paws together trying to push each other down while staring at each other's determined eyes. After a long while of struggling, Chan slowly turned his face away, showing a look of straining on his face. "(You're getting weaker)," the masked Charizard growled, feeling rather triumphant. "(I'm stronger)."

"(Apologies… but it's your breath)," Chan grunted before shoving his opponent away. They both stared each other down before engaging into bearhug-like move. Chan wrapped his arms around the Chairazrd's midsection to squeeze the air out of him while he did the same but he wrapped his forelegs around his head, squeezing it.

Meanwhile, Salamence and Aurora attempted to find a way to break the barrier but Kenzo's remaining Charizards were in their way. "(Going somewhere)?" one of the Charizards, known as No.5, growled smugly as he got into Aurora's way.

"(You)!" the blue dragon screeched with angry looking eyes, recognising him as one of the pokemon who brutally attacked him. She attempted to hit her Tail Slam but the fiery lizard easily caught it.

"(The skin… it sure is smooth)," No.5 growled evilly with a smile after stroking it slowly.

A worried look appeared on her face while he rose his claws, making them glow energetically while holding onto the tail. Suddenly, before he could the devastating blow, he felt that was being physically being held back. He looked at the culprit and it turned out to be Salamence, holding onto his paw stopping the attack. "(No one touches her)," he growled angrily. "(Not while I'm here)."

"(Fine, I'll touch you instead)," the Charizard growled nastily before releasing Aurora's tail and punching him in the face, much to her dismay. She retaliated by slamming her tail on his back, making him angry as he turned around. "(That hurt)," he growled. "(I'll make you pay)!"

But, he was forcefully turned around by the angered Salamence, who too had an angry look on his face, and was then shoved back. "(Is that your best shot)?" he growled bitterly.

"(Try mine for size)," came another Charizard's voice.

Salamence then felt the scorching heat of the Flamethrower attack on his back and let out a painful yell. After the attack, he turned around, still with anger in his eyes. "(First, you guys treated like some garbage and now you've attacked me from behind. How low can you guys get)?" he snarled angrily. "(Tell you guys what. I'll make you guys hit so low, you'll hit rock bottom)!"

"(Ohh… your boyfriend's mad)," No.5 growled turning to Aurora while Salamence attacked the other Charizard, No.6.

Aurora retaliated by shooting a multicoloured beam from her mouth, hitting Charizard No.5 in the gut, making him feel the cold sting. "(Gah! Aurora Beam)!" Charizard growled in pain, as he rubbed his stomach after the attack finished. He then looked up at her showing a sly smile. "(You have spirit)."

He charged towards her but got knocked at by No.6 who was being tossed by Salamence, much to her surprise. "(I got a lot more! Keep flying if you want it)!" he growled angrily.

Back at Metagross's location, he was struggling to take down the three Charizards considering that it was three against one and they were faster. Most of the time, it found itself defending more than to go onto the attack. While he was attempting to shoot out his Shadow Ball attack, he felt that he was bitten from behind by the two Charizards, No.2 and 3, though he unfazed by their attacks.

"(My behind is not a chew toy! And it's not on the menu)!" Metagross roared before knocking away the Charizards. He quickly turned around to look at them. "(But let me show you guys what is)."

His eyes glowed vigorously before shooting two powerful Hyper Beams out of his eyes at them but missed as they dodged. "(Sorry, punk)!" yelled Charizard No.4 flying behind Metagross. "(Not hungry)!"

He shot a powerful fiery beam out of his mouth, hitting the meteor-shaped pokemon from behind. Metagross felt a great deal of pain when it hit him. Despite receiving a lot of damage caused by that attack, it wouldn't allow itself to give up easily. His eyes glowed an angry red, signalling that it was now angry. "(The fuse has blown up)," he growled.

It quickly turned around towards the Charizard who attacked with a fire type move and shot two dark energy balls out of its eyes. No.4 moved out of the way to avoid getting but a huge fireball came shooting out somewhere underneath him and hit him in the belly with thunderous impact, knocking him back into the Shadow Ball attack. Metagross's attack connected, causing explosion upon impact. The winged lizard fell unconsciously out of the smoke and crashed onto the ground.

Shock and surprise appeared on Metagross's face. He looked down on the falling fireball. It quickly evaporated, revealing a small black and yelled shrew with fire flaring on its back. "(A Quilava)?" Metagross growled in a puzzled tone.

The Quilava safely landed on its feet and next to a young girl who had a beautiful sea snake Milotic behind her. Metagross quickly recognised her, and it was now even more surprised. It was Alice.

"Metagross! Behind you!" she yelled warningly.

Metagross looked back and saw two Flamethrower attacks coming towards him from behind. It dodged the attack at the last second, making them miss. "Get ready to use your Iron Tail, Serenity!" Alice commanded.

The end of the Milotic's tail glowed vigorously. "Pyro!" Alice called.

Pyro nodded obediently and ran towards Serenity. He leapt up and curled into a ball. "(Aiming)," Serentiy cooed calmly before whacking the small shrew into the air with all her might.

"Now, Pyro! Flame Wheel!" Alice yelled.

A ball of fire surrounded the Quilava's entire body as he spun round, hitting one of the Charizards in the face while distracting the other one. Metagross took his chance as his eyes glowed before blasting out two of his Hyper Beam attack at his two opponents. The two energy beams collided, causing a huge explosion upon impact and the lizards fell unconsciously to the ground, much to Kenzo's dismay.

"That girl," he muttered angrily. "If it wasn't for her, my Charizards would've wiped that Metagross out."

"That girl does look familiar," Pierre replied while thinking. He then placed on an arrogant smirk on his face. "Oh wait, I know now and I have a plan."

Back at Chan and No.1's battle, neither pokemon were showing any signs of weakening. Realising this, they simultaneously shoved each other away. "(Let's do this the old fashioned way)," No.1 growled.

"(Why certainly)," the Blaziken growled back in reply.

"STOP!" Kenzo shouted.

Everyone abruptly stopped, turning their attention towards him. He pointed towards Alice. "By any chance, is your name… Alice Hummingburg, niece and student of Black Jack's?" he asked in a loud voice, loud for everyone in the scene to hear.

"What's it to ya?" Alice yelled back.

"My friend has proposed a battle to you! Should you decline his challenge, you and your interrupting friends will be force to leave us, same condition if you accept and fail. If you accept and win, we will release the dragon pokemon and you will never hear from us again!"

"Mecha, can you scan if he's telling the truth about releasing the dragons?" Alice asked.

"Sorry, Alice, I was only made for battle and stuff but not for scanning liars," Mecha replied. "Personally, I don't trust them but we want to save those dragons."

All of her uncle's pokemon were yelling out their roars and cries. "What are they saying?" she asked curiously.

"They're saying for you to battle. I agree with them. You can take him on."

"Then I'll do it." She looked at the opposition with determined eyes. "Whoever you are, I accept your challenge!"

"My name's Pierre by the way," Pierre said politely as he placed his fingertips on his chest. "My associate's name is Kenzo. Delighted to have you as my opponent, I do hope you put on a worthy battle." He tapped his foot on the side of the masked Arcanine he was riding on. "Let's go, A."

"For a bad guy, he seems pretty nice," Alice said noticeably.

"And can be a bit tricky too, so good luck, Alice," Mecha said.

Alice nodded in reply. She called for her Milotic Serenity, she followed her while Kenzo and Pierre returned all of their respective pokemon back into their pokeballs. Most of Black Jack's pokemon were puzzled why they did that, considering that most bad people mistrusted many. They could've pounced on the two members of Team Molten but they were not cowards.

Pierre and his Arcanine slowly made their way towards their opponents. They stopped a distance away from them. "Alice, before we start, there's something I'd like to confess," he said. He suddenly took a remote control out of his pocket. It had a number of different coloured buttons on it. "It's not my style to put up effort," he finished before he quickly pressed the red button, making his team and the barrier with the dragon pokemon inside disappear, much to Alice and her friends' shock.

"Hey! Where did they go?" Alice yelled.

"Darn. I can't scan for their location," Mecha said in reply. "They seemed to have just… vanished."
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