Pikatwig: *sets down 3DS* Well… that was fun. *sits down as KKD walked on in* Hey buddy. What up?
KKD: Not much… but November's fast approaching and we got a story or two to get to.
Pikatwig: Like potentially continuing S&MMA.
KKD: Oh… anyway, let's get to the Pokemon stories before time's up.
Pikatwig: Fun fact, this morning I woke up in time for the first part of the dub of the Kalos League Semi-Finals. Cool, huh?
KKD: Yea. How appropriate.
Pikatwig: Yea… *stands up* One moment, need to burn off a little bit of energy before we begin.
KKD: K.
*Thus, Pikatwig began to run around a little bit, 'Whee'ing as he did so. KKD just sat and watched, tapping his foot a bit before pulling out his own 3DS to play Omega Ruby*
Pikatwig: Whee! *slows down* Ok… that was fun. *takes out a Dr. Pepper and pours it into a cup with a straw attached to it*
KKD: …
Pikatwig: Partly because I'm lazy and partly because of a part of my mouth hurting.
KKD: Uh…?
Pikatwig: Some wisdom teeth are trying to grow in and did something to the gumline. I can still eat and stuff… just need to be a bit more careful.
KKD: Ok… *puts his 3DS away*
Pikatwig: I know you're probably asking what this has to do with Pokemon.
KKD: Uh-huh.
Pikatwig: ...I have no idea. *leans back slightly and plays the song 'Rules of Nature'* Oh yea… remember how JoshScorcher said that would work with anything?
KKD: Yea.
Pikatwig: Imagine an Ash-Greninja battle with Rules of Nature!
KKD: Hmm… *pulls out popcorn and Arnold Palmer Tea* Count me in!
Pikatwig: Yea.
KKD: Let's begin.
Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig nor KKD Silver own anything in this story except for original concepts. All properties belong to their respective owners including Nintendo, Game Freak, the Pokemon Company, etc.
"Solrock, I need your assistance!"
"My friend, Alakazam, I need you!"
Brandon sent out his Solrock and Anabel sent out her Alakazam, both of whom stood ready for battle. The two Pokemon were registered onto the monitor and this the match began.
"Solrock, we must be careful," Brandon told the Pokemon, who gave a nod. However, it was quickly hit by a Psychic from Alakazam.
"Wow… she commanded her Pokemon without even speaking," Bonnie gawked in amazement.
"Impressive," Serena added as she then saw Bonnie staring at Dedenne and Squishy, "What are you doing?"
"Trying to see if I can get them to do stuff without speaking," Bonnie responded.
Serena giggled a little at this, finding this cute before turning back to the battle and seeing that Solrock had already gone down.
"I couldn't even land a single hit," Brandon commented as he recalled Solrock, "No matter. Ninjask, I need your assistance!"
Ninjask was sent out and quickly began to fly around.
"Use Sandstorm!" Brandon commanded.
The Bug-type quickly flapped its wings and created a sandstorm around the area. Anabel held a calm look on her face as she recalled Alakazam.
"Metagross, my friend, come on out!"
Metagross emerged from its Pokeball and stood amidst the sand.
"You know Brandon, I have a question," Anabel commented, "You own three Legendary Pokemon, why don't you use them?"
"I used to own three Legendary Pokemon,"
"What happened?"
"Long story," Brandon responded.
Gary saw his number was called up and he proceeded to walk on over to the next open arena. He looked to see a male trainer with wild yellow hair, orange eyes, a green scarf with an orange and white striped shirt, khakis, and orange sneakers.
"Hmm… this'll certainly be interesting," Gary smiled as he prepped a Pokeball.
"I can't wait to win this tournament!" Barry smiled widely as he also took out a Pokeball.
-Trainers, your Pokemon!-
"Blastoise, let's go!"
"Empoleon, you're up!"
Blastoise and Empoleon took the field and were quickly registered onto the monitor.
-Let the battle begin!"
"Blastoise, Rapid Spin!"
"Empoleon, use Steel Wing!"
The two Pokemon quickly dashed forward and exchanged attacks, a small explosion occurring from the collision…
-The battle occurring in this arena shall be between Bianca from Nuvema Town and Cheren from Aspertia City.-
"Hey Cheren, long time no see!" Bianca called out as she walked into the field.
"Certainly has been," he nodded.
The rules were stated and the two Trainers picked their Pokeballs.
"Escavalier, let's do this thing!" Bianca called out, sending out the knight-like Pokemon.
"Ok… Simisear, go!" Cheren called out, sending out the fire monkey.
"Let's do this thing!" Bianca cheered, "Use Fury Attack!"
"Keep it from getting close with Flamethrower!"
Escavalier dashed forward, ducking from the fiery blasts to get in and land the attacks.
"Certainly are a lot of battles going on," Jessie noted, she, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet having snuck in while in disguise.
"Indeed," James nodded, "Plenty of Pokemon prime for picking,"
"So what's the idea to steal the Pokemon?" Meowth whispered.
"I'm thinking about it… we could've been coordinating this plan a lot easier if SOMEBODY didn't lose their tablet!"
"Excuse me for losing it,"
The trio argued a little, with Ash and Clemont walking past them simply shrugging them off, unaware of who they actually were.
-Ninjask is unable to battle, the winner is Metagross!-
Brandon sighed as he recalled Ninjask and prepped his last Pokeball for battle.
"Dusclops, I need your assistance!"
Dusclops appeared from its Pokeball and stood ready for battle as Anabel thought carefully.
'I forgot he had a Ghost type. I need to be careful as one wrong move could KO my team…' Anabel thought.
"Use Mean Look!"
Anabel was snapped out of her thoughts as Dusclops' Mean Look had managed to land right on Metagross, "Shoot!"
"Now use Confuse Ray!"
"Get out of the way!"
Metagross took off like a bullet to evade the Confuse Ray, "Use Psychic!"
"Shadow Punch!"
Metagross came to a stop as it fired off the attack and caused Dusclops to be levitated into the air.
"Will-O-Wisp and Confuse Ray!"
Dusclops managed to fire off the attacks and was able to land both of them on Metagross, causing it to be confused and burnt.
"Metagross!"
"Hit it with Fire Punch!"
Anabel telepathically told Metagross to get out of the way, but Metagross smacked itself in its Confusion. Dusclops hurried over and managed to have the attack land. That, coupled with the burn and the self-inflicted damage caused Metagross to faint.
-Metagross is unable to battle, the winner is Dusclops.-
"Use Hydro Pump!" both Gary and Barry commanded, the two Pokemon firing off shots of water at each-other. The two attacks collided with each-other and Barry noticed an opening.
"Use Drill Peck!"
Empoleon stopped the attack and managed to dash over, while evading Blastoise's Hydro Pump, its beak glowing white.
"Into your shell!"
Blastoise quickly retreated into its shell and the Drill Peck ended up doing nothing.
"What the…?"
"Rapid Spin!"
The turtle quickly spun around and sent Empoleon flying. Empoleon was still able to battle, but did wince in pain as it walked forward.
"Empoleon, are you alright?"
"...poleon," it responded, moving a fin to its back.
"Alright, come back," Barry sighed as he recalled Empoleon, "Heracross, come on out!"
The blue beetle Pokemon emerged from its Pokeball and let out a roar of joy, "Hera!"
"Blastoise, return," Gary called out as he recalled Blastoise, "Arcanine, you're up!"
Arcanine emerged from its Pokeball in a spark of light, the lion letting out a proud roar.
"What is that Pokemon?" Bonnie inquired.
"Arcanine," Clemont informed, "It's a Pokemon from Kanto and is very hard to find,"
"I remember seeing it on a sign on my first day of my journey…" Ash commented, "How Gary was able to catch one I don't even know."
"Well this kid better think quick, since Heracross has the type disadvantage," Serena commented.
"We may have a type disadvantage, but we will win! Heracross, Horn Attack!"
Heracross' horn glowed white and it dashed forward trying to ram right into Arcanine. Arcanine, however, simply jumped out of the way of the attack without any effort.
"Hold still already!" Barry yelled in annoyance.
"Arcanine, Flamethrower!"
Arcanine came to a stop and fired off the fiery wave at Heracross. Heracross got knocked backwards and tried to shake off the damage to keep going.
"This isn't working…" Barry muttered.
"Flame Wheel!" Gary commanded.
Arcanine dashed forward and smacked right into Heracross, sending it flying into some rocks that were in the field. Heracross began to pant a little, before it's body suddenly had a small fire near its chest.
"Heracross!"
"Looks like Flame Wheel managed to burn it," Gary commented.
Suddenly, Heracross' body glowed a red color and it gained a smirk.
"No way… Heracross has Guts! Unbelieveable!" Barry yelled in amazement, "Let's finish this with one attack! Megahorn!"
The horn atop Heracross' head glowed a green color as it zoomed forward and the attack connected right into Arcanine, but the attack didn't KO it.
"...Arcanine, return," Gary called, recalling Arcanine to its Pokeball, "Nidoking, let's wear this thing out!"
Nidoking emerged from its Pokeball with a smirk, pounding its fists together in anticipation for combat.
"Use Brick Break!"
"Hit it with Megahorn!"
Both Pokemon charged forward and exchanged attacks, but Nidoking fell to its knees from the damage taken by the powered up Megahorn. Nidoking was still able to battle, but it took a massive amount of damage.
Luckily for Nidoking, Heracross lost its footing and fell to the ground.
-Heracross is unable to battle, the winner is Nidoking!-
"NO! How did that even happen?!" Barry yelled as he recalled Heracross.
"Simisear, Flamethrower!"
"Dodge it!"
Cheren's Simisear fired off the shot of fire, but Escavalier evaded it with ease.
"Poison Jab!" Bianca called out.
Escavalier dashed in and landed the attack with ease, however this left Escavalier open for attack…
"Hit it with Fire Punch!"
Simisear smirked and charged up its fist with the fire move and sent Escavalier flying. The Cavalry Pokemon landed on the ground with a thud, KOed from the hit.
-Escavalier is unable to battle, the winner is Simisear!-
"Aw… you did great buddy," Bianca called out as she recalled Escavalier, "Well… didn't expect here to be where I gave my newest capture a test but… here goes nothing."
"Hmm?" Cheren blinked a bit.
"Go, Emolga!" she announced, sending out the Flying Squirrel Pokemon.
"Huh, so she finally caught one," Iris commented, her own Emolga giving a roll of her eyes at this sight.
"Ok Emolga, you ready?"
"Emol,"
"Then use Thunderbolt!"
Emolga smiled as she fired Thunderbolt at Simisear, the blast hitting the monkey, but not doing much damage. Though it did paralyze Simisear and Cheren let out a sigh as he was forced to recall the Pokemon before it could continue to get hurt.
"Watchog, let's go!" Cheren called out, sending out the tall Pokemon.
"Okay… let's do this thing! Thunderbolt again!"
Watchog took the hit, but simply shrugged it off.
"Thunderbolt again!"
"Watchog, Double Team,"
The Pokemon quickly multiplied and made Emolga blink a bit in confusion.
"Double Team!" Bianca called out, making Emolga duplicate itself, "Now use Flash!"
The various copies charged up an orb of light and flashed it out, leaving Cheren a little confused by this.
"Use Electro Ball on the real one!"
"She did that to spot the real one's shadow!" Cheren quickly realized, "Use Protect!"
However, the Electro Ball made its mark and sent the real Watchog into the air.
"Wild Charge!"
Emolga made its copies vanish and flew up into the air, electrical energy similar to Volt Tackle surrounding it, and it smacked Watchog down to the ground. Watchog was still able to battle, but was more than a bit annoyed with the small Pokemon. It then saw it land on the ground and begin to taunt it.
"Use Grass Knot to keep it tied to the ground," Cheren command.
Watchog was able to use the move quickly and tie up Emolga, preventing it from moving.
"Seed Bomb it!"
"Volt Switch!"
Emolga was able to fling the sphere towards Watchog and Emboar emerged from its Pokeball.
Espeon and Dusclops battled out, both Pokemon clearly energy drained from the long battle.
"Use Zap Cannon!"
"Shadow Ball!"
The two sphere attacks collided and caused a small explosion.
"Destiny Bond!"
Dusclops focused energy onto Espeon, but nothing seemed to happen.
"Signal Beam!"
Espeon fired off the beam at the Ghost-type Pokemon and managed to KO it. However, a purple glow soon enveloped Espeon and caused her to faint as well.
-Both Pokemon are unable to battle. However, due to Alakazam having not fainted, the winner of this battle is Anabel!-
Anabel smiled softly as she walked over and helped Espeon up, while Brandon simply recalled Dusclops.
"Good work," Brandon commented as he headed off.
"You were amazing my friend," Anabel told her Espeon, petting her on the head as Espeon purred a little bit.
"Staraptor, Wing Attack!"
"Use Rock Throw!"
Nidoking quickly grabbed boulders from the ground and flung them right at Staraptor, which ended up KOing the bird Pokemon.
-Staraptor is unable to battle, the winner is Nidoking!-
"No fair! Dumb type chart!" Barry growled as he recalled Staraptor, "Empoleon, I know you're hurt, but you're my only hope!"
The Emperor Pokemon emerged from its Pokeball and tried to cover up its injury.
"We're going to need to finish this quick! Get in and use Metal Claw!"
"Take Down!"
Empoleon waited for Nidoking to get close before easily slashing at it with one of its fins, which easily KOed Nidoking.
-Nidoking is unable to battle, the winner is Empoleon!-
Gary recalled Nidoking and proceeded to think for a bit before he figured out his plan, "Alright. Arcanine, come on out!"
The large Pokemon emerged from its Pokeball and roared.
"What is he thinking?!" Nanami commented, watching the match on TV, "Wait… oh, I get it now! Do you?"
"Bulba," Ash's Bulbasaur nodded.
"Use Thunder Fang!"
"Empoleon, don't move!" Barry commanded.
"Pol?!" the Emperor Pokemon gasped.
"Just trust me!"
Empoleon nodded and held its ground as Arcanine came in and the fang move hit.
"Now, use Hydro Cannon!"
Empoleon acted quickly and fired off the powerful shot of water energy at Arcanine, KOing it.
-Arcanine is unable to battle, the winner is Empoleon!
"That move helped me win my Gym Battle against Gardenia and her Cacnea's Drain Punch," Barry smirked.
Up in the stands, still in disguise, James heard Barry's comments and Cacnea growled a little at this.
"Now now, you can get your revenge soon, ok?" James told Cacnea, with Mime Jr. popping out and also comforting Cacnea.
"Cac," Cacnea nodded.
"I can't believe he just up and bailed on us!" Jessie groaned as she and Meowth, both still in disguise but in the main room of the building.
"Eh… why not let him have some reunion time with his old friends?" Meowth shrugged… earning a wallop to the head from Jessie in response.
"Watchog, use Zen Headbutt!" Cheren commanded.
Watchog charged up psychic energy in its head as he dashed forward and the attack did land… but Emboar didn't even seem phased.
"What the… use Zen Headbutt again!"
Watchog kept up the attack, but Emboar didn't even seem to be feeling it. He sat and yawned as Watchog continued to do it.
"What's going on? Zen Headbutt is super effective against a Fighting Type, but Emboar isn't feeling any of it,"
Bianca gave a teasing grin as she waited for just the right moment…
"Use Grass Knot!" she called out, seeing Watchog's exhaustion from keeping up the attacks.
Emboar used the move and it ended up KOing Watchog, with Emboar giving a mischevious laugh in response.
-Watchog is unable to battle, the winner is… Emboar.-
"How does that even make any sense…?" Cheren commented as he recalled Watchog, "Herdier, help me figure out what's going on here!"
Herdier emerged from its Pokeball and stood ready for action.
"Use Foresight!"
"Get out of its line of sight!" Bianca yelled.
"I'm so confused right now…" Bonnie whined, tilting her head in confusion.
"So are we," Serena admitted.
The Foresight tailed Emboar for a bit and finally managed to get part of it into its line of sight. It noticed a differently shaped tail…
"Looks like we're found out, Zorua," Bianca sighed, with the Pokemon nodding and jumping up, revealing itself as Zorua!
"That makes total sense!" Cheren realized before burrying his face into his palms, "How did I not realize that?!"
"Use Night Daze!" Bianca yelled, with Zoura nodding and executing its line's signature attack. The wave flowed and smacked Herdier right in its face and managed to KO it.
-Herdier is unable to battle, the winner is Zorua!-
Cheren let out another groan as he recalled Herdier and sent Simisear back out. Cheren was able to regain his composure and focus.
"Use Tackle!" Bianca called out.
"Flamethrower!" Cheren commanded.
Zorua was able to evade the fire due to its small size and get up close to Simisear.
"Shadow Ball and Dark Pulse!"
Zorua charged up the sphere first before surrounding it with the Dark Pulse rings and sending it flying forward. Simisear attempted to avoid it, but due to being fully paralyzed it couldn't. The combo move quickly hit and knocked it out.
-Simisear is unable to battle, the winner is Zoura! So the winner is Bianca from Nuvema Town!-
"YES I WON! I WON I WON I WON!" Bianca cheered as Zorua leapt up into her arms to cuddle.
"Not bad Bianca… not bad at all," Cheren smiled as he recalled Simisear.
"Let's see how you beat my starter," Gary commented as he took out Blastoise's Pokeball and sent it out.
"So it's starter-v-starter, huh? Certainly interesting," Barry commented, "But it's too bad you're gonna lose! Hydro Cannon!"
"You are very predictable," Gary sighed, "Back into your shell!"
"No you don't! Use Steel Wing before it can get back in!"
Empoleon attempted to get in to do so, but the injury was too much and Blastoise was able to defend against the hit.
"...why don't you go on and quit before your Pokemon gets injured even more?" Gary commented, "There's no shame in it,"
"Then why don't you do it?!" Barry yelled, "I am going to win this tournament in the name of the Sinnoh Region!"
Gary sighed as Blastoise aimed its cannons at Empoleon, "Hydro Cannon!"
The cannons fired off two shots and they flew forward.
"Get out of the way!"
Empoleon was unable to comply and it ended up getting hit by the two shots of water, which ended up KOing it.
-Empoleon is unable to battle, the winner is Blastoise! Therefore, the winner is Gary Oak from Pallet Town!-
"Gary's still got it, huh Pikachu?" Ash commented.
"Pika…"
"Hey Ash, looks like you're up next," Serena informed.
Ash looked and indeed saw he was in the next arena and saw Paul also walking over to the arena, "Alright…"
Pikatwig: And cliffhanger again.
KKD: And just when we find Ash is next to battle.
Pikatwig: A classic match against Paul, who is without a doubt one of Ash's fiercest rivals. I know you haven't watched the DPPt season, but Paul is a jerk. And do you wanna know what ended up influenced his thoughts?
KKD: ...k.
Pikatwig: His older brother went up against Brandon for the Brave Symbol and lost… and he quit. Paul thought of his brother as weak and swore to be stronger.
KKD: Ok then…
Pikatwig: Heck, while we never saw him, he has stated to have been in the Kanto, Johto and Hoenn Leagues, so he could've been in the leagues at the same time as Ash and we never knew it. ...anyway… before anybody asks, no, Infernape won't be in the next chapter. You'll see who will be in Ash's team for that battle next time though.
KKD: Looking forward to it, too.
Pikatwig: As for why we showed three battles at once… well… we kinda need to speed things up. Not every chapter that is focused on battles will be like this, but we did need to speed through some of them. I knew I wanted to have Brandon and Anabel battle, and then the other two battles were kinda just random ideas.
KKD: Fair enough, but it was cool to see Gary battle after so long.
Pikatwig: Indeed it is.
KKD: So, that out of the way, what was your favorite part?
Pikatwig: I gotta say… when we see that Bianca/Bel owns a Zorua. ...I can't believe that I needed to explain what was going on to you… I get you fell behind and all, but Zorua and Zoroark were the poster-kids of Gen 5 and were the stars of a movie…
KKD: Right. *laughs nervously*
Pikatwig: ...dumb aside, anybody else a little surprised Ash didn't end up catching a Zorua in the BW seasons? *shrugs came in response* I certainly was. Anyway… your favorite part?
KKD: Personally, it was Gary's battle. Last we saw him he gave up the Pokémon Champion journey to be a researcher with his grandpa. Honorable yes, but it's cool to see him back and to show he wasn't too rusty without his jerky streak.
Pikatwig: Well… one small correction. We have seen Gary battle one last time since the Johto seasons. During one of the last episodes of the Battle Frontier seasons, Gary and his Electivire battled Ash and Pikachu. In tradition, up until the battle with Volkner, Pikachu lost to an Elec line Pokemon. And we did see him slightly battle Team Galactic, though I don't think that counts… regardless, Gary has been in at least one more major battle since the Johto seasons, as a small correction. Gary himself did appear a few times in the Sinnoh seasons… though Dawn thought he was a poet like his grandfather.
KKD: Oh yea… I recall Oak in Japan often goes and makes impromptu Haiku.
Pikatwig: Yea. Anyhow… next chapter is going to be something big, another battle between Ash and Paul. That's going to be something.
KKD: Can't wait to see that next time.
Pikatwig: Thus, we end off. Just Live More.
KKD: Jaa ne.
*silence filled the room*
Pikatwig: So… now what?
KKD: I dunno… *pulls out 3DS* Wanna see the special Sun/Moon demo?
Pikatwig: Sure.