The Long Awaited Battle

When I woke the next morning I was surprised to notice that I woke from a dream not a nightmare. I looked down to see the koopa having some pleasant dreams himself (I had top bunk since Bowser would crush me otherwise). I didn't intend to wake him up but I guess I did.

"What's the matter Lucas?" Bowser asked groggily. He wiped his eyes with his claws and let out a vicious yawn.

"Nothing," I whisper, "just surprised I didn't have a nightmare yet tonight." He smirked and nodded, he was too tired to respond.

I decided to go back to sleep. Pleasantly surprised to not have a nightmare.

I woke hours later to sunshine breaking through our window. I lowered myself to the floor and went to the bathroom to tidy up. I started the shower up and went in.

Coming out squeaky clean was a good feeling as always. I combed my hair into its trademark style. Put on my striped shirt and jean shorts. I exited the bathroom feeling refreshed. I decided to get some breakfast.

Today the item on the menu was pancakes, so of course that's what I had. Along with bacon and eggs. On my way to the table I grabbed a carton of milk and sat down to eat. For the first time everyone was eating at the same time I sat next to Red and across Ness, moments later Toon sat next to me quietly. Red and Ness were surprised but I assured them he was a friend.

"Guys I'm ready for our fight and we're already signed up!" I told my friends. Red grinned a big grin, Ness just looked surprised, and Toon chuckled at their reactions. "Toon you're in the fight to okay?" His expression changed to shock but eventually smirked.

An hour passed before Master Hand announced the battle "Toon versus Ness versus Red versus Lucas!" he boomed. We got up and raced to the battle room. Red was first, Toon second, Me third, and Ness last.

Red got ready and sent out his Jigglypuff, "Spear Pillar!" he shouted causing the room to whir and morph like had gotten accustomed to. I decided to face Ness and Red faced Toon. "Roll out!" Red commanded, Jigglypuff rolled herself into Toon, the force pushed him back but he bashed the pokemon with his shield.

'PK Flash' Ness called sending a green light at me, 'PSI Magnet' I counter the explosion feeding my power, I used the energy to fire a 'PK Fire' at Ness he dodged and cast 'PK Thunder' sending him towards me. He crashed into me electrocuting my body I was sent flying back.

Toon threw his boomerang which Jigglypuff mindlessly dodged. He grappled her and threw her backward as his boomerang came back he dodged and the boomerang hit Jigglypuff sending her out of the match.

'PK Freeze' was my next action, freezing Ness over as I clubbed the icy coat with my stick causing his frozen self to tumble backwards as he broke through the ice. He quickly shot a 'PK Fire' at me, I dodged only to get hit by his fist as he punched right after casting his spell.

Red sent out his Squirtle next. "Water gun!" he commanded. Toon shot an arrow cleverly jamming Squirtle's shell. Red didn't notice what Toon did. Toon pulled out a hammer and charged Squirtle "Squirtle us withdraw!" but he couldn't the hole was blocked and Squirtle got clobbered by Toon's hammer.

Ness attacked with his signature 'PK Rockin' and I could only counter with my 'PK Love'. The attacks contacted and disappeared into thin air. "Good effort," Ness teased I answered with a 'PK Fire'.

"Squirtle return, Ivysaur you're up!" Red called. Toon pulled out a bomb starting to sweat. He jumped over Ivysaur throwing the bomb down. "Bullet seed!" Red called making Ivysaur shoot out seeds pushing the bomb up at Toon causing it to explode on Toon.

I started to fight Ness without PSI. I used a fighting technique I learned from Duster when our journey was over. Ness clearly had experience with hand-to-hand combat. Every kick I dish out is blocked the same way I block all of the punches Ness throws at me.

"Razor Leaf!" Red shouts, Ivysaur throws sharp leaves at Toon, he dodges most getting cut by the rest. He swings down slamming Ivysaur's head into the ground, knocking him out.

We slow down and look at Ness who's panting and sweating, I'm sweating also but much less. "Go Pikachu! Go Charizard! Go Lucario!" we hear Red call. Charizard and Lucario caught up to us and Ness and I decided to take the pokemon out first.

Toon was fighting Pikachu losing his concentration, he was tired and weak from earlier. "Quick attack!" Red commanded. Toon felt multiple jolts of pain as Pikachu zip through him. He used his trademark spin attack sending Pikachu flying. He fell unconscious shortly after Pikachu went out of bounds.

Ness was toe to toe with Charizard. He absorbed every breath of fire with 'PSI Magnet'. He tackled Charizard while charged with 'PK Thunder' it was super effective sending the winged lizard flying out of bounds.

Lucario was powerful and quick. It kicked me with aura filled feet. My body filled with energy, not from using 'PSI Magnet'. "Aura Sphere!" Red shouted and Lucario obliged by sending a spherical ball of energy which collided with my face as I fell. My eyes filled with red and I landed on my feet. Sudden urge for blood-lust nearly consumed me I fought it back and used a PSI move I thought I didn't have. "PK STARSTORM!" I shout making the stars fall onto the field. Everyone was hit by a star sending them flying out of bounds. I stood alone as the room twisted back to its original design.

Everyone started to get up, groaning in pain. "Good match!" Red called returning his pokemon to their pokeballs. "Good job Lucas!" he said patting me on the back.

"Thanks I didn't know I could do that to be honest," I chuckled nervously, glad the blood-lust was gone.

"I didn't even lose to Lucas, I lost to a rodent!" Toon joked causing us to laugh. Red was, for the first time, tired. Toon was tired too but it wasn't as surprising.

"See you guys later I'm going to take a nap," Ness said walking away. Red left next with Toon leaving me. I walked out and was greeted by Bowser who congratulated me for the win. I looked down at my shoes thinking what almost came over me. I thought nothing of it eventually walking of with Bowser talking about the match.