After lunch our heroes head into the stadium that is full of people. Everyone starts cheering for Stephen as he enters with Rob, Rick, Lucario, Pikachu, and Raichu. Melissa is already on the battlefield. Rob and Rick are the official judges as Stephen, Pikachu, and Lucario go to the battlefield.
"This is the battle between Champion Stephen Jeffcoat and challenger Melissa Englehart!" Rob and Rick state, "Rick Wood and I, Robert Letham, will be your fair judges for this awesome battle!"
Everyone in the crowd cheers.
"Challenger and Champion bring out your first Pokémon!" Rick and Rob shout.
"Pikachu I'm starting with you buddy," Stephen states.
Pikachu jumps off of Stephen's shoulder and onto the battlefield.
"That means you're up girl," Melissa says.
Pichu jumps off of Melissa's shoulder and onto the battlefield.
"This is a six-on-six battle and when all Pokémon on either side are unable to battle this is over with," Rob and Rick shouts, "Begin!"
"I'm not holding back Melissa!" Stephen shouts.
"Neither will I!" Melissa shouts.
"Pikachu start off with Quick Attack!" Stephen shouts pointing.
Pikachu rushes to Pichu.
"Block with Iron Tail!" Melissa shouts.
Pichu stops Pikachu with Iron Tail.
"Slam!" Stephen shouts.
"Use Quick Attack to avoid!" Melissa shouts.
Pichu dodges Slam with Quick Attack.
"Use Thunderbolt!" Melissa shouts.
"You too Pikachu!" Stephen shouts.
Both Pikachu and Pichu use Thunderbolt on each other but Pichu takes more damage.
"Volt Tackle!" Stephen shouts.
"You too Pichu!" Melissa shouts.
Both Pikachu and Pichu rush towards each other with Volt Tackle.
"Finish with Iron Tail!" Stephen shouts.
Pikachu hits Pichu with Volt Tail and knocks Pichu out.
"Pichu is unable to battle so Pikachu wins!" Rob shouts.
Melissa grabs Pichu and takes her to the side. Melissa returns to the battlefield and throws a Poké Ball bringing out Ninetales.
"Ninetales, Fire Spin!" Melissa shouts.
Pikachu gets surrounded by Fire Spin.
"Pikachu use Thunder!" Stephen shouts.
Pikachu uses Thunder on Ninetales.
"Fire Blast!" Melissa shouts.
Ninetales uses Fire Blast on Pikachu and faints Pikachu.
"Pikachu is unable to battle so Ninetales win!" Rick shouts.
Stephen grabs Pikachu and carries him to the side. Stephen returns to the field and throws his Poké Ball bringing out Blaziken.
"Blaziken use Focus Punch!" Stephen shouts.
"Use Extrasensory!" Melissa shouts.
Both Pokémon take the hit but the Psychic move does more damage to Blaziken.
"Sky Uppercut!" Stephen shouts.
"Payback!" Melissa shouts.
Blaziken avoids Payback and hits Ninetales with Sky Uppercut.
"Flamethrower!" Melissa shouts.
"Overheat!" Stephen shouts.
The two fire attacks collide and explode causing smoke to cover the field.
"Blaziken use Blaze Kick!" Stephen shouts.
Blaziken uses Black Kick and within time the smoke reveals Ninetales and Blaziken.
"Ninetales is unable to battle so Blaziken wins!" Rob shouts.
Melissa returns Ninetales and throws her Poké Ball bringing out Azumarill.
"Azumarill use Hydro Pump!" Melissa shouts.
"Blaziken stop that with Flamethrower!" Stephen shouts.
Two moves collide and cancel out into steam.
"Rollout!" Melissa shouts.
"Flare Blitz!" Stephen shouts.
Blaziken starts using Azumarill as a soccer ball.
"Aqua Tail!" Melissa shouts.
Blaziken jumps back avoiding the Aqua Tail.
"Brave Bird!" Stephen shouts.
Blaziken starts up Brave Bird.
"BubbleBeam!" Melissa shouts.
Azumarill hits Blaziken with BubbleBeam and causes Brave Bird to stop thus fainting Blaziken.
"Blaziken is unable to battle so Azumarill wins!" Rick shouts.
Stephen returns Blaziken and throws another Poké Ball choosing Infernape.
"Fire Punch!" Stephen shouts.
"Aqua Tail!" Melissa shouts.
The two moves cancel out to steam.
"Double-Edge!" Melissa shouts.
"Mach Punch!" Stephen shouts.
Infernape stops Azumarill completely with Mach Punch doing double damage to Azumarill and sending Azumarill backwards.
"Rollout!" Melissa shouts.
"Flame Wheel!" Stephen shouts.
The two Pokémon start rolling, collide, and bounce backwards.
"Hydro Pump!" Melissa shouts.
Azumarill faints Infernape with Hydro Pump.
"Infernape is unable to battle so Azumarill wins!" Rob shouts.
Stephen returns Infernape.
Stephen throws his third Poké Ball bringing out Charizard.
"BubbleBeam!" Melissa shouts.
"Blast Burn!" Stephen shouts.
The two moves cancel out into steam.
"Heat Wave!" Stephen shouts.
Charizard uses Heat Wave and causes Azumarill to faint.
"Azumarill is unable to battle so Charizard wins!" Rick shouts.
Melissa returns Azumarill and throws her third Poké Ball brining out Bellossom.
"Bellossom use Leaf Storm!" Melissa shouts.
"Blow it away with Flamethrower," Stephen says carelessly.
Charizard use Flamethrower as weak as he could and burns the Leaf Storm.
"Now finish this with Flare Blitz," Stephen says yawning.
Charizard uses Flare Blitz and hits Bellossom causing her to faint right away.
"Bellossom is unable to battle so Charizard wins!" Rob shouts.
Melissa returns Bellossom and throws another Poké Ball bringing out Togekiss.
"Dragon Pulse!" Stephen shouts.
"Air Slash!" Melissa shouts.
The Dragon Pulse hits Togekiss and then Air Slash hits Charizard.
"Sky Attack!" Melissa shouts.
"Steel Wing!" Stephen shouts.
Togekiss uses Sky Attack and so Charizard uses Steel Wing to neglect the attack.
"Dragon Claw" Stephen shouts.
Dragon Claw hits Togekiss.
"AncientPower!" Melissa shouts.
Togekiss buries Charizard with AncientPower.
"Charizard break free and then use Overheat!" Stephen shouts.
"Future Sight!" Melissa shouts.
Charizard breaks free from the AncientPower and then gets hit by Future Sight and faints.
"Charizard is unable to battle so Togekiss wins!" Rick shouts.
Stephen returns Charizard and waves Lucario in. Lucario jumps to the battlefield.
"Let's get this underway!" Lucario shouts.
"Lucario you do whatever you need," Stephen says.
"Alright how about an Aura Sphere?" Lucario questions.
Lucario throws Aura Sphere at Togekiss.
"Use Aura Sphere to block!" Melissa shouts.
Togekiss uses Aura Sphere and the two Aura Spheres collide and explode causing damage to both Pokémon.
"AncientPower!" Melissa shouts.
"I'm not getting buried like Charizard!" Lucario shouts.
Lucario forms Bone Rush and breaks the AncientPower.
"Use your Magical Leaf!" Melissa shouts angrily.
"Let's cut these leaves!" Lucario shouts.
Lucario uses Metal Claw and slashes the Magical Leaf.
"Time to paralyze you Togekiss!" Lucario shouts.
Lucario uses Force Palm on Togekiss.
"Air Slash!" Melissa shouts.
Togekiss hits Lucario with Air Slash and sends Lucario back.
"Now end this with Future…" Melissa goes to shout.
"Oh this won't turn out good," Lucario says.
"Dark Pulse!" Stephen shouts.
When Future Sight appears Lucario uses Dark Pulse. The two moves collide, explode, cause damage, and cover the field with smoke. After the smoke clears if reveals Lucario and Togekiss both have fainted. Melissa returns Togekiss as Stephen grabs Lucario and carries him off to the side and then returns back to the battlefield.
"Since both Pokémon are unable to battle this is a draw!" Rob shouts.
"My last Pokémon," Stephen states holding his Poké Ball.
"Same here," Melissa says holding her Poké Ball.
Stephen and Melissa throw their Poké Ball bringing out Typhlosion and Meganium.
"Let's start off with Double-Edge!" Stephen shouts.
"Protect yourself with Body Slam!" Melissa shouts.
Typhlosion uses Double-Ede but Meganium stops him with Body Slam.
"DynamicPunch!" Stephen shouts.
"Prevent him from making contact by using Petal Dance!" Melissa shouts.
Typhlosion starts DynamicPunch but again is stopped by Meganium but this time with Petal Dance.
"Meganium use Frenzy Plant!" Melissa shouts.
"Burn the attack with Lava Plume!" Stephen shouts.
Frenzy Plant starts but Lava Plume burns it to ashes.
"Magical Leaf!" Melissa shouts.
"Blast Burn!" Stephen shouts.
Magical Leaf is burned by Blast Burn.
"Try Razor Leaf!" Melissa shouts.
"Make them ashes with Flamethrower!" Stephen shouts.
Flamethrower turns the Razor Leaf into ashes.
"Alright I'm so annoyed!" Melissa shouts, "Use SolarBeam!"
"Let's make an Eruption!" Stephen shouts.
Meganium uses SolarBeam as Typhlosion uses Eruption. These moves activate Blaze and Overgrow so the attacks become much strong thus causing a huge explosion on impact. The field and then area becomes covered with smoke. Everyone who was cheering throughout the battle has stopped.
"Who wins?" Rick asks.
"I can't see anything," Rob replies.
Finally the smoke clears and reveals Typhlosion on the ground with Meganium still standing.
"Well it seems that Typhlosion is unable…" Rick goes to say.
Typhlosion struggles but stands up.
"This battle is still…" Rick goes to say.
Meganium falls over and doesn't get up.
"Meganium is unable to battle therefore Stephen wins and still is Champion!" Rick shouts.
Everyone starts cheering as Melissa returns her Meganium. Stephen runs to Typhlosion and hugs him. It begins to get dark out so people quickly gets Stephen's signature and then head home. Shortly after Stephen returns Typhlosion as Rob, Rick, and Melissa walk to Stephen with Lucario and Raichu. Pikachu is on Lucario's shoulder as Pichu is on Melissa's shoulder.
"Good job," Melissa says, "You gave me a great battle but you still are a loser."
"Get out of here," Stephen states.
Melissa laughs as she walks off.
"She has changed," Rob states.
"What happened?" Rick asks.
"Cheated," Stephen replies.
"Sorry man," Rick says.
"Forget it," Stephen says.
"Hey it's late so let's head to the Pokémon Center," Lucario stats.
Our heroes head off to the Pokémon Center. Our heroes give their Pokémon to Nurse Joy and then get a room and head off for dinner. Our heroes take a seat and order food.
"So Stephen now that you still are champion what are you going to be doing?" Rick asks.
"I been thinking about Ash and maybe Rob and I should join Ash and I in yet another journey but I'm not sure," Stephen replies.
"Well I'll be happy to join you cuz just make up your mind," Rob states.
Our heroes' food arrives and they eat and after they eat they pay the bill and then get their Pokémon. After getting their Pokémon our heroes get showers and then head to bed. The next morning our heroes have breakfast and then leave the Pokémon Center. Right as our heroes step outside of the Pokémon Center they see Melissa with her Pichu on her shoulder. Stephen has Pikachu on his shoulder.
"Can you help me get home?" Melissa asks.
"Whatever just follow us and stay close," Stephen replies.
Our heroes head off back home from an exciting surprising journey through the region of Johto.
To Be Continued!