*KKD walked along to the studio when he was halted by Motomet.*
KKD: Motomet? What's going on?
Motomet: Handing you a card. *hands it to KKD* Please scan the card by the door.
KKD: ...ok? *does so and some scanning lights scanned him for a bit before giving a positive 'ping-pong' and the door opened up*
Motomet: That is the HDM, Halloween Defense Mechanism.
KKD: He's that paranoid about Halloween? And just when I decided to bring Umeko and Takeru with me. *the Cydroids in question walked in*
Motomet: Merely measures to make sure nothing unwanted enters the premises. It doesn't stop Halloween festivities though. *wheels on in and there were some Halloween decorations around* Just a security system to prevent things like evil ghosts, monsters and the like from getting in.
KKD: Ah.
Takeru: Makes sense.
Umeko: So may we enter, Motomet?
Motomet: Proceed.
*The two walked on in and sat down nearby.*
Motomet: I will guide you to the boss. *turns to Takeru and Umeko* Feel free to mingle with the others here. *wheels off with KKD following*
*The duo arrived to a door and saw it was locked up.*
Motomet: The boss is in there. Thus, I leave you two to talk. *wheels off*
KKD: Ok. *knocks on door* Yo Pika! It's me, you ok? What's with the elaborate security all of a sudden?
*In response was some sobbing, confusing KKD a bit as he knocked on the door again. After a moment, Pikatwig opened up the door.*
Pikatwig: ...hi.
KKD: You ok, Pika? What's going on, I heard crying in there.
Pikatwig: ...I'm doing alright, I guess. *rubs eyes a bit* Come on in.
*KKD entered the room and saw there were some tissues sitting nearby a couch.*
KKD: So can you please tell me what's going on here?
Pikatwig: Has to do with Pokemon, the episode that aired today. *KKD gave a nod* ...do you wanna know what the 'Farewell Ash-Greninja' part of the title means?
KKD: Wait… Ash is RELEASING Greninja?!
Pikatwig: ...got it in one.
KKD: WHY?!
Pikatwig: So Greninja could help Puni-chan and Z2 protect Kalos. ...they don't need Greninja… they don't need him… *sobs a bit more* ...stupid green blobs…
*The scene froze, revaling that both Pikatwig and KKD were watching the clip on a laptop*
Pikatwig: ...they still don't need Greninja. I know there's an explanation needed and Ash left the choice to Greninja, but they don't need Greninja!
KKD: *Groans* That was totally stupid. They could've found another way to do it. Heck, I wouldn't mind it if they pulled what they did with Charizard and left Greninja to train with more of his kind; THAT would've been better than releasing him!
Pikatwig: Considering when he was a Froakie he was looked on as a weirdo by his friends, not sure how that would've worked…
KKD: Maybe he'd show how much he's improved since then with other Greninja, and he'd at least gain enough respect to join them, but be willing to join Ash when needed. It'd be great for a future movie if they wanted to bring both him and Charizard back, too!
Pikatwig: After the final episode airs, by the way X&Y officially has the shortest Pokemon seasons, I do plan on giving my reflections on this season… sorta like Linkara does with History of Power Rangers, but just for X&Y. Regardless of this… stupid move, I do plan on entering Sun and Moon's anime with an open mind… not sure where the expectation bar will be… a sentiment shared with one of my other collabers.
KKD: Sean?
Pikatwig: No. He's somebody you don't know. Though, mind my asking what how you'll be entering the Sun and Moon anime?
KKD: I'm not sure. I mean, with the games, they're shaking up the status quo quite a bit, so I'm bracing myself for a lot of good and bad to come from it. In combination with the art style of the new anime… I don't know what to say.
Pikatwig: I think I gave my opinion of the art style, being that it strangely reminds me of the Digimon movies for some reason, but while people aren't exactly liking it… a well respected animator from Japan who works on Sailor Moon Crystal actually complimented it. Forget who it was though… anyhow, I do want to enter optimistically, but there's one thing that has made itself sadly very evident… Pokemon is starting to take ideas from Yo-Kai Watch.
KKD: Huh?
Pikatwig: The Rotom Pokedex being a sapient helper in the form of a tablet is similar to Whisper and his Yo-Kai Pad, the bottom screen of the games has a map similar to Yo-Kai Watch's, the anime is going to be more comedic like Yo-Kai Watch… and it's going to take place in school. From a perspective in Japan… this has some sense to it, as Yo-Kai Watch is indeed selling more than Pokemon, but in America… no… just no… again, I am trying to enter Sun and Moon optimistically, but this point was brought up in a video and I honestly feel like it should be commented on.
KKD: I see… to be fair, I think this isn't the first time this has happened. Going off on a sort of tangent and in relation to Halloween, Resident Evil came after a game that pioneered survival horror called Alone in the Dark, and later when Resident Evil made its own thing Alone in the Dark copied Resident Evil. And I'm sure there are a lot of other games that did similar things, like Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions with Skylanders.
Pikatwig: One comment I made in the past is how Spider-Man Noir's gameplay in Shattered Dimensions is similar to the Arkham games… then you pointed out the release of the first Arkham game was 2009 and Shattered Dimensions was 2010.
KKD: Yea.
*both got bonked in the head by plastic Halloween buckets*
Off-Screen Guy: Get on with it.
Pikatwig: Fine, fine. Rude much?
Off-Screen Guy: Yes I am.
Pikatwig: What do I pay this guy for again?
Off-Screen Guy: You don't pay me.
KKD: Sheesh, this is getting annoying… why do you even have this guy, anyway?
Pikatwig: I ask myself that too, y'know?
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.
-Our next battle is between Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and Paul Akari from Veilstone City!-
"Well… this is it," Ash told himself, "My first battle in this tournament…"
"Pika," Pikachu nodded nearby.
Up in the stands both Reggie and Casey watched as their brother walked onto the field, with Casey cheering loudly as he walked out, Paul simply ignored the two as he looked over at Ash.
"Certainly been a long while," he commented as he took out his first Pokeball.
"Yea," Ash nodded.
-Both Trainers are allowed three Pokemon and can substitute as they see fit. When all three Pokemon on one side are unable to continue, the battle is over. Trainers, your Pokemon!-
"Pikachu, I choose you!"
Pikachu jumped onto the field with a smile, sparks sparking off of his cheeks.
"Pikachu first, huh?" Paul commented as he quickly switched to another Pokeball, "Kangaskhan, standby for battle!"
Kangaskhan let out a roar and stood ready for battle.
Both Pokemon were registered onto the monitor and the battle began.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Pika… CHUUUUUU!" Pikachu yelled as he fired off the attack, the lightning striking Kangaskhan, but the Pokemon was unphased by it, "Pika?!"
"Use Sandstorm!"
Kangaskhan used her tail to kick up the sand and allow it to form into a vortex, with Pikachu standing in place to avoid being swept up by it.
"Pikachu, Quick Attack"
Pikachu gave a nod, but due to the sand it wasn't able to see where Kangaskhan was standing so he had to just guess a direction and hope for the best.
"Dizzy Punch!"
Kangaskhan quickly moved in and bashed Pikachu with the punch, knocking the small Pokemon right up into the air.
"Pikachu, try Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu nodded and fired off the lightning bolt, only for it to get negated by the vortex. Paul gave a small smirk at this as he waited for the right moment for the next move. Pikachu landed back in the vortex and saw that Kanhaskhan was nowhere in sight.
"Use Rock Tomb at the top of the vortex!"
Kangaskhan jumped up and flung the tomb of rocks into the Sandstorm, the winds quickly picking them up and carrying them around. Ash noticed this and saw a chance to get in close.
"Pikachu, use the rocks to get out of there!"
The Mouse Pokemon jumped up to the rocks to climb up them, only to get smacked by another being carried by the vortex.
"Looks like somebody's making use of the Counter Shield," Dawn commented.
"Counter Shield?" Serena blinked.
"It's a technique Ash thought up in the Sinnoh Region, a tactic to act both offensively and defensively,"
Pikachu stood in the vortex with no easy way to get out of it, but quickly realized what Paul's Kangaskhan was doing. Pikachu smirked as he quickly spun around on his back while using Thunderbolt, creating a sort of barrier to defend from any oncoming stones.
"I get what Paul's trying to do… but it won't work! Pikachu, use Electro Ball!"
Pikachu nodded and quickly flung the electrically charged sphere forward, which managed to hit Kangaskhan point on and allow Pikachu a moment to see it.
"Now get in and use Volt Tackle!"
Pikachu smirked happily at the call of the move as he charged forward, a Quick Attack like energy following him as he ran and it quickly charged into the yellowy energy as Pikachu got out of the vortex and slammed into Kangaskhan… only to see Kangaskhan blocking the move with Protect.
"Pathetic," Paul commented, "Kangaskhan, Earthquake!"
Kangaskhan pounded the ground and sent stones hurdling towards Pikachu. The super-effective move having dealt nearly the rest of Pikachu's health, but Pikachu was still able to stand.
"Pikachu, come back here," Ash told him, Pikachu nodding and doing as requested, "Hawlucha, I choose you!"
Hawlucha emerged and stood ready for battle, posing ready for combat.
"What is that thing?" Paul muttered, "Doesn't matter, use Rock Tomb!"
Ash and Hawlucha exchanged a nod as Hawlucha jumped out of the way and began to glow red a little. He jumped around a small bit as he was near the ground, simply giving a 'bring it on' motion to Kangaskhan.
"Thunder Punch!"
Kangaskhan dashed forward to try and use the move, but Hawlucha again got out of the way and simply continued its jumping and glowing red.
"What is he doing…?" Paul muttered.
(Insert Song: Pokemon Movie 17 Soundtrack- Flying Satoshi!)
"Use Karate Chop!"
Hawlucha leapt forward and smacked Kangaskhan with its arm and then quickly leapt back into the air.
"Now use Flying Press!"
Hawlucha's body gained a white outline as it flew downwards and smacked right into Kangaskhan, managing to KO it.
-Kangaskhan is unable to battle, the winner is Hawlucha!-
(End Insert Song)
Paul recalled Kangaskhan and simply looked at Hawlucha for a moment as he took out his next Pokeball, "Pyroar, standby for battle!"
The large Pokemon emerged, ready for battle, and roared triumphantly. Hawlucha covered his ears as he was blown back by the soundwaves of the roar. Hawlucha was then forced back into his Pokeball and Pikachu was dragged back in.
"Use Noble Roar!"
Pyroar yelled out, yellow soundwaves trailing from its mouth, as Pikachu tried to cover his ears.
"Now use Toxic!"
"Pikachu, use Quick Attack to evade it!"
Pikachu nodded and dashed away from the cloud of smoke being blown out from Pyroar's mouth. The mouse then leaped up above Pyroar and stayed in mid-air for a moment.
"Iron Tail!"
"Protect,"
The glowing tail was blocked by a barrier casted from Pyroar's mane.
"Paul's good," Casey commented.
"Even with a few years between their last battle and now, Paul's still able to think a few steps ahead of Ash and Pikachu. I'll bet you that Pyroar is just softening up Pikachu for something else," Reggie told her.
"Wow," Casey commented with wide eyes.
"Toxic and then Roar!"
Pyroar was able to land the smoke cloud on Pikachu and then yell it back over to Ash, while forcing Hawlucha back out of its Pokeball.
Ash held a calm look, remembering some advice he had gotten from Unova about how to deal with this sort of move, and looked at Hawlucha, "Hawlucha, Karate Chop!"
Hawlucha nodded as he dashed forward, but Paul didn't command Pyroar to do anything. Pyroar tanked the move as Hawlucha was sent flying backwards from a smack of a paw.
"Hawlucha, High Jump Kick!"
"Pyroar, Wild Charge!"
Both of them leapt into the air, letting loose their respective attacks, but Pyroar was knocked out of the air first. Hawlucha landed with a smirk.
-Pyroar is unable to battle the-,-
Hawlucha stumbled for a moment before fainting as well.
-Both Pokemon are unable to continue!-
"Ash is certainly fighting hard, huh?" May commented to Dawn.
"Yea," Dawn nodded.
Serena turned to look at the two for a moment before turning her attention back to the match, simply giving an internal ponder why Ash never mentioned some of his past adventures before recent.
"Hawlucha, nice work," Ash smiled as he recalled Hawlucha.
Paul simply said nothing as he recalled Pyroar and readied his final Pokeball, "Honchkrow, standby for battle!"
Honchkrow emerged from its Pokeball and Ash considered what to do next.
"Pikachu, try not to beat it. A friend of ours is looking for some payback," Ash commented as he showed a Pokeball to Pikachu.
Pikachu gave a nod in response as he headed onto the field, only to get zapped by purple energy from being poisoned by Pyroar.
"Perfect," Paul smirked, clenching his fist, "Honchkrow, Sky Attack!"
Honchkrow glowed white and charged forward at Pikachu.
"Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu spun around on his back to defend, but Honchkrow was able to get up higher into the air.
"Shadow Ball!"
Honchkrow fired the dark sphere and smacked Pikachu and KOed the mouse.
-Pikachu is unable to battle, the winner is Honchkrow!-
"Nice going, buddy," Ash smiled, picking up Pikachu and sat him down nearby, he then smirked happily, "Torterra, I choose you!"
Torterra emerged from its Pokeball and let out a mighty roar.
"Bulba bulba!" Bulbasaur cheered.
Nanami giggled a little at Bulbasaur cheering, the little Pokemon hopping up and down, with Nanami herself watching the battle with excitement.
"Looks like it's time for the turtle to try and get some payback," Paul chuckled.
"Yea," Ash nodded.
"Payback?" Serena blinked.
"When Torterra was a Turtwig and first evolved into Grotle, he lost to Honchkrow and lost again later on," Dawn explained.
"Torterra, use Leaf Storm!"
Torterra's tree glowed green and sent out the wave of green leafs towards Honchkrow.
"Sky Attack!"
Honchkrow evaded the move and flew forward and rammed into Torterra. Torterra growled a bit as he watched it soar close.
"Use Rock Slide!" Ash yelled, with Torterra firing the stones at Honchkrow and managing to cause it to lose a bit of altitude, "Use Energy Ball!"
"Steel Wing to bounce it away!"
Honchkrow swatted away the Energy Ball.
"Icy Wind!"
Honchkrow fired off the wave of icey energy, making Torterra's legs freeze against the ground. Torterra growled a little bit in anger as he glared at the bird.
"Stone Edge and Leaf Storm!"
Torterra blended both moves together to send them forward to Honchkrow, which knocked it down a bit.
"Icy Wind!"
"Use Leaf Storm and Stone Edge to defend yourself!"
The two moves blended to defend Torterra, but Honchkrow fired Icy Wind at the combo move which froze them and caused them to tumble onto Torterra and freeze part of it. Torterra began to pant a little in exhaustion before it glanced up at the sun a bit.
"Synthesis!"
"Dark Pulse!"
Torterra began to heal up while it was being pounded from its side by the dark rings. Torterra looked up at the sun and began to concentrate. The tree slowly began to glow a little as it buitl up with energy. Ash looked at Torterra and realized what was going on.
"Bulbasaur must've helped him learn it," Ash muttered.
Bulbasaur watched with a big grin on his face, excited to see his fellow grass-type putting their training into action.
"Wow…" Nanami gasped.
"Torterra, Solar Beam!"
"Sky Attack!"
Torterra charged up and fired off the yellow beam of sun energy at Honchkrow as it soared forward, with Honchkrow getting sent downwards and fainted from the blast.
-Honchkrow is unable to battle, the winner is Torterra! So the winner is Ash from Pallet Town!-
Torterra blinked a little bit before as he cheered in joy at the fact he finally beat the Pokemon that had given him so much trouble in his life.
Paul groaned a bit as he recalled them and walked away from the arena.
Casey and Reggie both approached Paul as he sat down and simply waited for his Pokemon to heal.
"You did amazing!" Casey smiled.
"Quiet you," Paul growled.
"Oh come on," Casey told him as she sat down by him, "You had fun, didn't you?"
Paul simply moved away from his sister while Reggie turned to them both with a calm look, though Paul just sat in silence.
"Your Pokemon performed well," Reggie commented.
"...I guess I can thank you for helping to train them," Paul shruggingly stated, "So… thanks, I guess,"
"No problem,"
Paul simply continued to sit as he waited while he saw Ash walk over to some of his friends to talk with them, "...pathetic,"
Bulbasaur smiled happily as Torterra sat next to Ash while he was talking to Nanami.
-I kind of expected you two to be good friends,- Ash admitted.
"Torterra helps get some of the trickier Pokemon in line, like Infernape's kids…"
-Wait, kids?- Ash blinked.
"Yea. He and an Ambipom have a few Chimchars and Aipoms,"
-Huh… how about that?- Ash commented, -Hey Bulbasaur, nice work helping Torterra learn Solar Beam.-
"Bulba," Bulbasaur nodded in response with a grin on his face…
KKD: Huh… that was rather… interesting.
Pikatwig: WOHOOOOOOOO! *KKD covered his ears* REVENGE! YES! REVENGE HAS FINALLY BEEN HAD! WOHOOO! ROCK AND ROLL! YES, YES, YES, YES, YES! *cheers in more joy*
KKD: Whoa! You seem excited about this one.
Pikatwig: Indeed I am. Reason being… the poor grass turtle got quite the loss streak after evolving. Ash's six-v-six battle with Paul ended with Grotle getting its butt kicked by Honchkrow again. And what's worse? *puts on glasses and takes out a tablet* This is a direct quote from Bulbapedia. *clears throat* 'With the exception of battles against Team Rocket, Torterra was defeated in every battle it participated in after evolving from Grotle without defeating any opposing Pokemon, despite having type advantages against them.' *takes off glasses* This seriously angered me since Turtwig is my favorite Sinnoh starter.
KKD: Ouch.
Pikatwig: In fact, Grotle's rematch with Honchkrow in the six-v-six, he was the first Pokemon who went down in that battle on Ash's side. Oh, and something that really annoys me? Volkner was looking forward to battling Torterra… and Torterra lost! Chugga's battle against Volkner in the Platinum Let's Play was a great day of justice for the grass turtle!
Grass: Twig!
Pikatwig: Yea!
KKD: …
Pikatwig; Rant over. Oh, and speaking of the episode where Turtwig evolved, that episode had a flashback to Reggie caring for a Kangaskhan, and it's unknown if it belongs to Paul… I just made it that way because I could.
KKD: Ok then… anyway, this special was very fun to help on, and I'm glad I could contribute where I could.
Pikatwig: Yea, this one was mostly me… thanks for the help anyhow man. Regardless, favorite part time… and mine's pretty obvious, Torterra's revenge against Honchkrow. My second favorite part was when Hawlucha was using Bulk Up and how it concluded with his Insert Theme when he used Flying Press. *gets looks* Yea, Hawlucha has an insert theme. 'Flying Satoshi!'
KKD: Cool.
Pikatwig: That inset song was made all the more awesome during Hawlucha's battle against Alain's Weavile. Anyhow… your favorite part?
KKD: Seeing the whole chapter was mostly a fight, I can't say the whole thing, so if I had to pick a single favorite, it would be the battle between Torterra and Honchkrow, Bulbasaur cheering nearby.
Pikatwig: Those two would make great friends and I was a bit sad that we didn't get to see them interacting. Ah well… and if you're wondering our opinions about the recent stupidity with Greninja… I have one comment to make. ...stupid green blobs…
KKD: Yea, let's not talk much about part.
Pikatwig: Fair enough. Anyway… let's end off.
KKD: Jaa ne.
Pikatwig: Just Live More.