Pikatwig: We now bid farewell to another great era of the anime.
KKD: Yea… Well, at the very least, it did le-
*letters came pouring in to comment about the moment between Ash and Serena.*
KKD: ...I was getting to that, people.
Pikatwig: We will not be spoiling the exact details of the scene, because you need to see it for yourselves, but here are our comments about it. You first.
KKD: Yea… we've both had our complaints about the ending, but at the very least I feel satisfied they didn't just shove Serena off without her confirming her love to Ash.
Pikatwig: In agreement. Also… the expressions of Clemont, Bonnie, Dedenne and Pikachu were as funny as the Togepi drop in Pokemon Heroes.
KKD: Yea. *snickers*
Pikatwig: I'll admit, when I first saw screenshots I honestly didn't get what had happened… well, we have one good moment in the closing of the XY/XY&Z anime, and sometimes one good can outweigh the bad… it doesn't completely outweigh the mistakes of Ash losing the Kalos League and Ash releasing Greninja, but hey… the moment was sweet.
KKD: That's true… but we're still going to work on fixing some of the mistakes with this story.
Pikatwig: Yep… but that's a story for another day. Anyway… speaking of shipping, this chapter will have some of it… beyond the small stuff from the previous couple chapters. Regardless, let's get going.
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.
Clemont and Bonnie both sat at a couch as they stared at Clemont's number ticket as they waited for it to be called. Bonnie was getting antsy and bored of waiting, so she was looking around the room for a bit. Before Bonnie could even move away from the couch, Clemont had the Aipom Arm grab her and keep her still.
"Oh come on, I haven't even DONE anything yet!"
"Not going to let you make me look like a fool," Clemont told her sternly.
"Hi Clemont!" a girl's voice yelled, making him yelp in fear and fall out of his seat while Bonnie remained suspended in mid-air by the Aipom Arm.
"No… you can make yourself look like a fool enough on your own," Bonnie commented.
The girl couldn't help but giggle as Clemont looked to see it was Korrina.
"Been a while," she smiled.
"Yea, it has," Clemont nodded as Korrina helped him up.
"You here for the tournament?" Bonnie asked as she was let out.
"Yep," she nodded, "So uh… is this normal for you two?"
"Well… kinda," Bonnie shrugged.
Korrina giggled a bit at this and skated off, with Bonnie getting a glance at Korrina's entry number.
"Watch you end up fighting her," Bonnie giggled a bit.
Clemont's face paled in response to Bonnie's comment as he realized it could happen and he had one Pokemon who would've easily been smacked around like a punching bag by any of Korrina's Pokemon. Clemont was soon snapped out of his worry by somebody patting his shoulder, making him turn to see his and Bonnie's father, "Dad!"
"Hi daddy!" Bonnie giggled as Meyer hugged the two of them.
"How are you doing?" he smiled.
"Pretty good," Bonnie responded with a smile, "Though somebody's a bit on the nervous side,"
"Why's that?" Meyer asked Clemont, "See a girl you like?"
"What is it with you two and that?!" Clemont demanded, with his sister and father both grinning at each-other.
"Oh, it's nothing," they responded, making Clemont groan.
"Being serious, what's up?"
"I'm kind of nervous about my battle. I've got a hunch I'm going up against a Fighting type trainer and I'm worried Bunnelby will get overpowered,"
The rabbit quickly emerged from his Pokeball and had a shocked expression on his face.
"I'm sorry, I'm just worried,"
Bunnelby stood for a moment before he realized his trainer had a good enough reason to worry.
"And your hunch is correct," Bonnie giggled as she pointed up to a monitor, "You and Korrina are up next,"
Clemont buried his face into his palms in worry, but soon felt a tail of a Pokemon brush up against his right leg. Clemont turned to see his dad's Ampharos, "...Ampharos?"
"Ampha!" the Light Pokemon smirked, pointing towards itself.
"You wanna help out?"
The Light Pokemon nodded, slightly tipping a pair of motorcycle riding glasses it had on its head.
"Thank you!" Clemont smiled, "Oh… dad uh…"
"Go ahead," Meyer smiled as he handed Ampharos' Pokeball to Clemont, along with a jewel of sorts, "Take that too."
Clemont stared at the stone but shrugged it off as he headed off to register for the match.
-Our next battle is one of two Gym Leaders yet again! Clemont, Gym Leader of Lumiose City, and Korrina, Gym Leader of Shalour City!-
Clemont walked out with a calm look on his face while Korrina skated out.
"Good luck!" Korrina smiled, with Clemont giving off a faint blush in response to this.
-Both Trainers are allowed three Pokemon and can substitute as they see fit. And if you can Mega Evolve your Pokemon, you are allowed to do so.-
Clemont then quickly realized the jewel that his dad gave him was a Mega Stone, and that Ampharos had one on the riding glasses.
-Trainers, your Pokemon!-
"Mienfoo, let's go!" Korrina smirked as she toss out Mienfoo's Pokeball.
"Luxray, let's go!" Clemont called out, sending out Luxray.
"He's using Luxray already?" Bonnie gawked, watching from the waiting area alongside her dad, "Wonder why…?"
"He must have some strategy in mind here." Meyer figured.
-Let the battle begin!-
"Mienfoo, use Force Palm!"
The small Pokemon charged forward, its fist charging with a bit of electrical energy, but Luxray was easily able to evade it.
"Luxray, use Electric Terrain!"
Luxray charged up with electrical energy and blasted the ground, causing it to glow a bit yellow. Mienfoo stared at the ground in confusion before it got zapped by the energy and was paralyzed.
"Not bad," Korrina admitted, "Mienfoo, return!"
"She's recalling Mienfoo already?" Bonnie blinked, "Her next Pokemon is just gonna get paralyzed too, right?"
"You've certainly learned quite a bit," Meyer smiled.
"Machoke, let's go!"
Machoke emerged from his Pokeball and stood ready, The electrical energy quickly charged up his body and left him paralyzed, but able to move.
"Let's see how you deal with this! Machoke, Metronome!"
Machoke punched his fists together before moving his fingers, which then caused a large gust of wind to blow and force Luxray back into his Pokeball while also forcing Chespin out of his.
"Chespin, what are you doing out?!" Clemont gasped.
"Metronome again!"
Machoke did the motions again before its eyes glowed red and Chespin was surrounded in a red glow.
"Chespin, return!" Clemont yelled as took out Chespin's Pokeball… but the beam sparked off of Chespin when it hit, "Oh no… that Metronome turned into Mean Look!"
"Very clever girl," Meyer commented.
"I don't get it," Bonnie admitted.
"Mean Look stops the opponent from leaving the area, so Chespin will need to try and endure the Electric Terrain too,"
"Oh…"
Chespin looked at the terrain in fear as it got a bit zapped by it, while his trainer looked equally as worried. However, Clemont was able to clear his head a little bit and look forward.
"Well, let's try and make the best of a bad situation. Chespin, use Pin Missile!"
The thorns on Chespin's head quickly glowed and fired the move off at Machoke, but the large Pokemon didn't even seem to phased by it.
"Use Brick Break!"
Machoke was about to move, but found itself unable to due to the electricity.
"Chespin, use Rollout!"
Chespin quickly curled into a ball and charged up a bit before it went flying forward at Machoke, hitting the Fighting Type square in the chest and knocking it backwards.
"Grab Chespin!"
Machoke attempted to do so, but Chespin kept on spinning and was able to evade its arms. Machoke watched and waited before managing to grab Chespin.
"Ches!"
"Karate Chop!"
Machoke's right fist bonked right onto Chespin's head, making the poor hedgehog wince in pain and rub his poor noggin.
"Hit it with Poison Jab!"
"Use Rollout to get out of the way!"
Chespin was about to try and spin away, but his dashing momentum came to a stop by yellow energy charging into him from the ground. Machoke was able to smack Chespin in the back and send him flying backwards. Chespin was still able to fight, but was struggling to stand. Some electrical energy flowed into his fist as he panted a bit.
"You still able to fight?" Clemont asked Chespin, earning a nod.
"Not for much longer! Sorry Clemont. Machoke, Karate Chop!"
Machoke charged forward and was ready to beat Chespin… when Chespin was able to hold it back with an electrically charged punch.
"WOW!" Bonnie gawked in amazement.
"Wow indeed," Serena added as she and Ash walked over.
"Chespin is using the energy from the field and turning it into Thunder Punch!" Meyer realized.
"Nice one Chespin," Ash commented, with Pikachu nodding in agreement.
"That's… Thunder Punch!" Clemont gasped, "Go Chespin!"
Chespin smirked as he punched Machoke backwards with a jumping uppercut.
"Vine Whip!"
Chespin quickly had his vines emerge and smack Machoke back, managing to KO it.
-Machoke is unable to battle, the winner is Chespin!-
Chespin smirked as the electricity around the terrain vanished.
"Chespin, think you can still use the move?" Clemont inquired.
Chespin gave a look and successfully pulled off Thunder Punch again.
"I'm impressed, didn't see that one coming," Korrina complemented, "Alright… Mienfoo, come on out again!"
Mienfoo appeared on the field, posing in preparation for combat once more, Chespin simply yawned in response to this.
"Use Swift!"
"Block it with Pin Missile!"
The two moves quickly collided with each-other and caused a minor explosion. Both trainers and their Pokemon stood calm in reaction to this, though Chespin was coughing a tiny bit from the explosion's smoke.
"Use Force Palm!"
"Thunder Punch!"
Mienfoo charged forward and was able to hit Chespin with Force Palm, sending Chespin tumbling backwards.
"Rollout!"
"No you don't! Use Force Palm on the ground!"
Mienfoo quickly struck the ground and caused boulders to erupt from it, blocking Chespin from getting stable enough footing to charge up the spinny dash.
"Swift!"
"Send it back with Thunder Punch!"
Chespin managed to use his Vine Whip to latch onto a rock and hold himself ready as the stars came forward. Chespin quickly began to punch them back at Mienfoo.
"Force Palm them back!" Korrina commanded.
"Keep on Thunder Punching it back!"
The two Pokemon quickly began to smack the stars back and forth almost like a match of Pokemon Ping-Pong.
"Looks like they turned this into a round of Pokemon Ping-Pong," Ash commented.
"Wonder what Ambipom would think of this," Dawn added as she and her group walked over to watch alongside Ash's group.
Ambipom, still in Vermillion City, watched the match with starry eyes as the two Pokemon were basically ping-ponging the Swift around. She smiled and giggled at the sight.
"Chespin, use Pin Missile!" Clemont commanded.
However, Chespin was panting by this point and didn't hear his trainer's commands.
"Now's our chance! High Jump Kick!"
Mienfoo jumped on up via the Swift as it flew towards Chespin, the stars quickly colliding and was followed up by Mienfoo's High Jump Kick. Chespin was sent flying off the rocks that were still airborne, thanks to some of the Swift stars, and was KOed from the combo.
-Chespin is unable to battle, the winner is Mienfoo!-
"Aww… poor Chespin," Bonnie sighed.
"Nene…" Dedenne added sadly.
"He's not out of the match yet," Serena assured, "Don't forget that,"
Bonnie simply smiled a bit with a nod, hoping that her brother would win.
"Luxray, come on back out!" Clemont called out, sending out the lion Pokemon.
"Lux!" it called out.
"Electric Terrain!"
"Not happening this time! Force Palm!"
Mienfoo dashed over and managed to hit Luxray with the attack, causing Luxray to get paralyzed.
"Not now," Clemont muttered.
"Now hit it with Swift!" Korrina called out.
Mienfoo blasted the stars out and sent Luxray flying into the air.
"Go for Siesmic Toss!"
The Pokemon quickly jumped into the air to do the attack.
"Use Swift to keep it from getting close!"
Luxray used his tail to fling the stars at Mienfoo, managing to stop it from getting in to use the attack. Luxray landed on the ground and began to pant a little bit, sparks from the paralysis clearly hindering it.
"Force Palm!"
Mienfoo was about to move, but its own paralysis stopped it.
"Luxray, use Thunder Fang!" Clemont called out, but Luxray was unable to move, "Come on Luxray, I know you can do this! I'm counting on you! Go Luxray go!"
Luxray looked up to his trainer with a smile and focused for a moment, actually managing to shatter through the paralysis.
"Wow!" Korrina gasped.
"What just happened?!" Ash inquired.
"Their bond allowed Luxray to stop being paralyzed," Meyer commented, "Impressive,"
"Pokemon can do that?" Bonnie gawked.
"Who knew…" Serena added.
"Looks like Luxray gathered all of his energy to break through the paralysis so that you wouldn't worry, Clemont," Korrina commented, "Gotta say, mighty impressive."
"Thanks," Clemont responded, blushing a tiny bit as he scratched the back of his head.
"Let's see how much a bond can help a Pokemon out," Korrina smiled a bit, "Mienfoo, use Grass Knot!"
Mienfoo's eyes glowed green and it quickly grabbed Luxray with a knot made out of grass.
"Now use Drain Punch!"
"Thunder Fang your way out!"
Luxray was quickly able to chomp away the grass, but took the force of the Drain Punch.
"Now use Grass Knot again!"
Mienfoo used the attack and Luxray got hit by it, but was still standing despite looking exhausted.
"Luxray…" Clemont gasped in amazement.
"Grass Knot one more time!"
"Luxray, move!"
Luxray, however, didn't move an inch as the attack landed… but nothing happened at all!
"What?!" Korrina gasped, "That's super effective, what gives?"
"Looks like our bond saved the day," Clemont laughed a little, "Luxury, use Thunder Fang!"
The lion Pokemon charged forward and chomped right onto Mienfoo with enough energy to KO it with ease.
-Mienfoo is unable to battle, the winner is Luxray!-
"Go Clemont!" Bonnie cheered in amazement.
"Bonds certainly work in mysterious ways, don't they?" Ash commented as he took out a Pokeball and stared at it, 'Is it our bond that allows me and Greninja to do that…?'
"Mienfoo, you did great," Korrina smiled as she nodded to somebody behind her and out jumped her Lucario, "Let's do this thing Lucario!"
"Luxray, return," Clemont called, "You did amazing, but I'm going to save you just in case…"
Thus, Clemont took out another Pokeball and sharply inhaled, "Ampharos, let's go!"
The Light Pokemon emerged from its Pokeball and let out a cheer.
"I didn't know Clemont had an Ampharos…" Ash commented.
"That's because it's our dad's," Bonnie informed, "Dad let him use it for the match,"
Bunnelby, who was sitting with Bonnie, let out a small sigh. Bonnie pulled him into a hug to try and cheer Bunnelby up a bit, but to minimum success. Suddenly, out emerged Serena's Sylveon. Sylveon walked over to Bunnelby's side and nuzzled up to him a bit. Bunnelby smiled in response to this friendship.
"Wow…" May and Lyra gawked at Sylveon, as the latter took out a Pokedex to scan the Pokemon.
-Sylveon, the Intertwining Pokemon and an evolved form of Eevee. Sylveon affectionately wraps its ribbon-like feelers around its Trainer's arms as they walk together.-
"That's one interesting looking Eeveelution," Lyra commented.
"So it's an evolved form of Eevee, huh?" May smiled as she took out a Pokeball and let her Glaceon out, "Meet Sylveon,"
Glaceon walked over to Sylveon and the two Pokemon exchanged greetings with smiles.
"Alright Ampharos, let's do this! Use Flash!"
Ampharos' tail glowed with a powerful light and momentarily blocked Lucario's vision. Lucario, however, simply used the aura to sense where Ampharos was and that it was using some kind of an electric type attack, but what it was was blocked to the aura.
"What were you trying to do?" Korrina inquired in confusion.
"You'll see,"
"Ok then…" Korrina shrugged a bit, "Anyway… Lucario, use Bone Rush!"
Lucario brought his hands together and allowed a green bone to form. Lucario charged forward and was about to hit Ampharos…
"Block it with Iron Tail!"
Ampharos managed to stall the attack.
"Use Flash again!"
Ampharos' tail glowed again, only for it to emit electrical energy and zap Lucario.
"Wait… what?" Korrina blinked.
Meyer couldn't help but chuckle a bit at this, 'Looks like somebody was taking notes when ol' Meyer was the Lumiose Gym Leader…'
"What happened?" Korrina muttered, "Oh, just need to keep going forward. Lucario, Aura Sphere!"
"Use Protect!"
Ampharos brought up the barrier with electrical energy crackling around it.
"Wait… Protect is Normal Typed… that electric attack when you used Flash… that was Ion Deluge!"
Clemont smirked a little bit at this, tipping his glasses a little in response to this.
"That's clever," Korrina admitted.
"What's Ion Delegue?" Ash inquired of Meyer.
"That move turns any Normal Type attack into an Electric Type one. The Flash-Ion Deluge combo was something I pulled off a lot when I was the Gym Leader of Lumiose," Meyer admitted.
"Use Bone Rush!"
"Stop it with Volt Switch!"
Ampharos charged up energy and flung it forward at Lucario, stunning it for a moment, allowing Ampharos to quickly go back into its Pokeball and allow Luxray to come back out.
"Luxray, use Electric Terrain and then Volt Switch!"
Luxray zapped the field and then fired off the electric orb at Lucario, the Lion Pokemon quickly going back into his Pokeball and allowing Ampharos to come out.
"Wait… with Ion Deluge still working and Electric Terrain in effect…" Korrina muttered, before speaking up to Clemont, "Okay, you are one clever trainer sometimes,"
Clemont began to blush a bit in response to the complement.
"But because you're clever doesn't mean we can't adapt," Korrina responded as she let the Mega Glove glow a tiny bit, causing a reaction from the Lucarionite in Lucario's armband. Lucario then Mega Evolved into Mega Lucario and let out a roar.
"Here we go…" Clemont said calmly as he took out the Mega Stone and let it glow for a moment, the Ampharosite in Ampharos' glasses glowing in reaction. Ampharos then Mega Evolved into Mega Ampharos, "It worked… it actually worked!"
"Didn't know you had a Pokemon who could Mega Evolve," Korrina gawked in amazement, "It's so cool!"
Mega Lucario gave a small nod in agreement before giving a motion to Korrina to focus.
"Right, right," she responded.
"Mega Ampharos, huh?" Alain muttered as he wrote it down, "Gonna have to ask if I can see it later."
Charizard gave a nod in agreement to this.
"Ampharos, Iron Tail!"
"Lucario, Bone Rush!"
The two Pokemon dashed forward and quickly exchanged attacks, but Ampharos was able to grab the green bone and wrap it around its tail.
"Use Dragon Pulse!"
Mega Ampharos charged up the sphere in his mouth and sent it forward at Mega Lucario, who managed to evade it by letting go of the bone and jumping out of the way.
"Aura Sphere!"
"Dragon Pulse!"
Both sphere moves flew forward and collided in the center of the field.
"Use Extreme Speed and Bone Rush!"
Mega Lucario dashed forward with Extreme Speed and had the Bone Rush ready, managing to smack Mega Ampharos around a bit. Luckily for Clemont, Mega Ampharos was able to tank it a little bit better due to it now being part Dragon-type.
"Looks like Ion Deluge ended… alright. Ampharos, use Ion Deluge again!"
"No you don't! Get in close and use Force Palm!"
Mega Lucario was able to put its hand on Mega Ampharos and the bright flash from the contact sent Mega Ampharos back.
"Dragon Pulse!"
"Send it back with Bone Rush!"
Mega Ampharos sent the cyan sphere forward, but Mega Lucario used his green glowing bone to send the sphere right back at Mega Ampharos. Mega Ampharos glowed for a moment and turned back into normal Ampharos, fainted from the attack.
-Mega Ampharos is unable to battle, the winner is Mega Lucario!-
"Oh no…" Bonnie gulped, "Luxray's his last chance and he's really tired…"
"Don't worry," Meyer told Bonnie, "Clemont's clever and he's gonna win, I can see it,"
Ampharos was recalled to his Pokeball and Clemont mumbled something as he took out Luxray's Pokeball.
"Hmm? Say something?" Korrina asked.
"Nothing important," Clemont responded as he sent Luxray out, "Alright Luxray, we need to end this with one attack!"
"Not gonna happen! Lucario, Power-Up Punch!"
"Luxray, use WIld Charge!"
"Is he insane?! If that misses it's game over!" Bonnie gasped.
Luxray smirked and waited for the right moment as Mega Lucario dashed forward with an orange glowing paw. He waited until Mega Lucario was mere inches away before he allowed the yellow energy to surround himself and he dashed forward. The two attacks collided and both Pokemon stood for a moment. They stared at each-other and let out soft smirks at each-other before fainting.
-Both Pokemon are unable to battle, this match is a draw!-
Clemont and Korrina both walked over to their partner and helped him up, both exchanging smiles at each-other.
"Lucario, that was awesome," Korrina smiled, as she helped heal him with a potion, turning over to look at Clemont, "Great match."
"Thanks… you too," Clemont smiled as he recalled Luxray.
"Here dad, sorry Ampharos fainted," Clemont apologized as he returned Ampharos' Pokeball to his dad before sighing.
"I know what you're thinking about, but don't worry about it," Meyer smiled softly as he patted Clemont's shoulder, "She would've thought you did amazing,"
"Hi," Korrina smiled as she skated on over, "Oh? Well well, Lumiose City's old Gym Leader?"
"Nice to meet you, new Shalour City Gym Leader," Meyer smiled, "How's your grandfather been?"
"Good," Korrina smiled as she looked at Ampharos' Pokeball, "Oh… that's where you got Ampharos from. Great job working together for one of your first times battling together,"
"Well, some of the tactics came from my dad, I just applied them to how I saw fit,"
Korrina smiled at Clemont for a moment before noticing a somber look on his face, "Something the matter?"
"Nothing, nothing," he assured her.
Korrina didn't buy it for a moment as she just stared at him and then turned to Bonnie.
"I'm not exactly supposed to go around telling people this… but daddy's Ampharos was a present to him when he and mommy became a couple," Bonnie informed.
"Oh. ...oooh," she realized as she looked to the siblings, "I just didn't know… sorry…"
"It's fine," Meyer assured her, "Chaulette would be proud of how you two battled today,"
"Wait wait wait…" Korrina began as she looked at the three, "Clemont… Bonnie… Meyer… and Chaulette? ...all of you have connections to lemons or limes in some way,"
Clemont and Bonnie both thought about it before they laughed, Korrina also laughing as she stood next to Clemont, both faintly blushing. Meyer watched this and gave a simple smile in response…
Pikatwig: So this chapter featured a battle between my two personal favorite Gym Leaders from X & Y. Really couldn't pick a winner…
KKD: I see. Still, it was a great match-up.
Pikatwig: Anyway… bit of a thought, just to get it out there. If there is going to be some sort of a Gen 4 remake, do you think that Maylene will be the one to gift the player the ability to Mega Evolve their Pokemon? Like Korrina, she's the third Gym Leader, uses Fighting Types, and her star Pokemon is Lucario.
KKD: I think so. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if, just to kick up the challenge a bit, all of the Gym Leaders were given Pokemon who had Mega Evolutions.
Pikatwig: Hmm… with the exception of Volkner… Crasher Wake has Gyarados, Fantina has Gengar, Byron has Steelix and Candice has Abomasnow. You make a point there… regardless, speaking of the Gen 4 Gym Leaders, there's a small nod to Ash's Gym Battle with Maylene right when both Luxray and Mega Lucario faint. In the Gym Battle, Ash's Buizel and Maylene's Lucario both exchanged a smirk just before they both fainted. Couldn't help the little nod…
KKD: I see… well, that is cool to see.
Pikatwig: Regardless… you may be about to ask about two things in this chapter. The first being the sort of romance between Clemont and Korrina shown and the second being Clemont's and Bonnie's mother. To answer the former, it's subtly done because… I could see them being a pair happening. You?
KKD: ...Yea, I think it could work, too.
Pikatwig: As for Bonnie's and Clemont's mother, in a twist from the player characters not having dads, they don't have a mother. We don't know what her deal is, if she's alive, if she's doing something, we simply don't know. I sort of thought that maybe she may have passed, and the tie to Meyer's Ampharos is because we never see him use it once… ever. Like… at all. No moves known, just shows up in Meyer's debut episode and then vanishes… there has to be some reason he didn't like using Ampharos in battle… and as for their mother's name, Chaulette is originated from a French word for lime, being 'chauler'. The joke is that Clemont, Bonnie and Meyer's names all have ties to lemons. Clemont is, according to Bulbapedia, derived from 'lemon and lemon battery', Bonnie's name is from the 'bonnie brae' a variety of lemon, and Meyer's name is 'meyer lemon'.
KKD: Really now? For a while, I thought you were misspelling Charlotte.
Pikatwig: Had to find some way to make the joke a little clever… now then… to address something I know people are going to be asking us. The mystery blonde girl from the trailer for one of the XY/XY&Z bonus episodes.
*KKD blinks for a moment before Pikatwig showed him the trailer*
Pikatwig: ...I get the impression I know who people are going to assume this girl is until tomorrow… much like that pinkette we saw in a very early trailer for the first Pokemon movie (long story, look up the video 'AmourShipping Means The End' by Bird Keeper Toby on YouTube for context), people are thinking the girl is Ash's daughter.
KKD: Wow… that's just… wow…
Pikatwig: Despite the girl's Pokemon being Dedenne, her hair's to dark and her eyes are to green to be Bonnie. I can see the girl possibly being Ash and Serena's future daughter, but we'll need to wait until tomorrow to see.
KKD: Yea.
Pikatwig: Anyway… favorite part?
KKD: Hmm… gotta be the part where the two Pokemon go Mega and really go at it. I'm glad they left it at a tie, though, it shows they're just as strong and neither trainer would be the weaker Gym Leader.
Pikatwig: Mine's that and the interactions between Clemont and Korrina, they're such opposites it may work… I mean, Clemont's not very athletic and gets tired easily, and Korrina's very athletic and stuff.
KKD: Wow.
Pikatwig: Regardless, this took nearly a week to finish, but we're done and we wrapped up another chapter. Next chapter will feature some more battles, but again, we need to speed things up… and we are going to need to omit two characters from interacting, Clemont and Cilan, since Cilan will be showing up in Kalos in one of the bonus episodes.
KKD: Sorry for the wait on this… and Cilan is rather late to seeing Ash.
Pikatwig: He's there for a fishing tournament…
KKD: Oh…
Pikatwig: And I know I may jynx this and given how the last four bonus episodes were skipped, I seriously hope the two bonus XY/XY&Z episodes are dubbed. The episode with Brock and Cilan meeting was skipped, according to Bill Rogers' Facebook, because it was 'passed over in the transition to X&Y in the US'... which is likely the same case for the two DPPt bonus episodes…
KKD: I see. Makes a bit of sense.
Pikatwig: And despite the fact we never had any returning characters in X&Y the episode before Greninja's departure did have a small nod to Brock, with Shauna pulling Tierno away by his ear when he was infatuated by Serena.
KKD: Funny.
Pikatwig: Alright, now that we have this, end off time.
KKD: Jaa ne.
Pikatwig: Just Live More.