So here it is, as promised, chapter 7! I split it up into two parts, mainly because the whole thing was almost six thousand words. Don't worry; I'll upload both on the same day. I'll have separate A/N for each part, each addressing their own things. Without further ado, Chapter 7 part 1!
"This will be a three on three battle between Jake Smith of Littleroot Town, and Drew Hayden of Larousse City. There is no time limit, and substitutions are allowed by both sides. Are both trainers ready?" Max said.
Both nodded.
"Then send out your first Pokémon.
"Go, Absol!" Drew cried.
A white, quadruped Pokémon that had a black face with a scythe going upwards appeared.
"Perfect." Jake stated. "Blazer, engage!"
A shiny Blaziken emerged. He had orange feet, dark red legs, and white feathers coming out of the back of his head, giving the appearance of hair. The feathers also wrapped around his chest, giving off the impression of a vest. His arms were skinny compared to his thick legs, and had three claws.
So he's starting out with his strongest Pokémon May thought to herself. He definitely is going all out, just for me. I mean, just look at his face, pure determination for facing someone he's never met before.
"Blaziken versus Absol, begin!"
"Blaze Rush!" Jake commanded.
"Blaze Rush? What the hell is that?" Drew asked himself.
Before either could react, Blaziken shot forward; his body covered in flames, and struck Absol square in the body.
"Counter with Razor Wind!"
"You know what to do! Close Combat!"
"What the hell!? Blaziken can't even learn Close Combat!" Drew was flabbergasted. How the fuck does this shit happen?
"I know, that's why it's a combo. For a coordinator, you seem awfully surprised." Jake stated blankly.
"Argh!" Drew was outraged. Being shown up by some punk ass kid, a trainer nonetheless. Who does he think he is?
Meanwhile, Blaziken effortlessly dodged the Razor Wind, then kicked Absol's legs out from under him. He then followed with a series of double kicks and Sky Uppercuts, mercilessly striking his opponent with no let up, sensing the importance of the battle.
Soon it was all over and Absol collapsed after the merciless attacks.
"Absol is unable to battle, Blaziken wins!"
Wow, he showed practically no mercy to Drew. And on top of that, Blaziken wasn't even hit by a single attack! May thought to herself. She turned towards Eevee, who was sitting on her shoulder. "He's really good, isn't he?"
"Eevee!" He smirked.
"Absol return. Go, Flygon!"
"Flygon versus Blaziken, begin!"
"Earthquake, now!"
"Ice punch!"
Flygon slammed his foot into the ground, causing a massive tremor. However, Blaziken used his powerful legs to easily avoid the attack, before slamming his ice cold fist into Flygon, freezing one of his wings. Flygon fell to the ground, unable to continue flying.
"Follow up with another Ice Punch! Then finish with High Jump Kick!"
"Flygon, get out of there!" Drew panicked.
Blaziken slammed his fist into Flygon again, this time immobilizing his legs, and preventing him from moving. Blaziken then backed up before jumping into the air and hitting his knee into Flygon. It proved to be too much, and Flygon collapsed as well.
"Flygon is unable to battle, Blaziken wins!"
Drew was flabbergasted. He had lost two Pokémon without landing a single attack. On top of that, Blaziken seemed to only get faster and faster. "Flygon return."
"Give it up. I know what your last Pokémon will be, and frankly you have zero chance of beating Blazer. I don't want to hurt your Pokémon any more than I have to." Jake said coldly.
"Give up? GIVE UP!? Never. Not to some punk ass trainer like you. I don't know who you are, but you're dealing with the winner of the Hoenn Grand Festival here. I'm not giving in to some low life trainer who thinks he can just waltz in and steal my girl. Roserade, let's go!" He shouted.
"You're girl? It doesn't seem like it. Not the way she's acting. Blazer, lets finish this up. Blaze Rush into rapid fire Fire Punches!"
"Leaf storm!"
Immediately, Blaziken burst into flames before shooting towards Roserade like a rocket. He crashed into his opponent, not even flinching at the leaves fired at him. He then quickly followed up with a series of fire punches, so fast it looked like nothing but a continuous streak of flames.
"Finish with Blaze Kick!"
Blaziken reared back, then struck Roserade square in the chest with a fiery foot, causing him to fly back, crashing right in front of Drew.
"Roserade is unable to battle, Blaziken wins!" Max cheered. "The winner is Jake Smith of Littleroot Town!"
Jake walked up to Drew, who was busy recalling his Roserade. "A deals a deal. Get the fuck outta my sight. Now."
"What are you gonna do? I'm the fucking winner of the Hoenn grand festival! I'm not a nobody like you." He sneered back.
"Drew," May piped in. "You're gonna regret this," she said softly.
"Regret what? He can't do nothin, and you shouldn't be hanging around this loser anyways." He turned back towards Jake, only to see a fist flying towards his face, knocking him to the ground.
"One, she wants you out of her life, so I'd suggest you do so, if you know what's good for you. Two. You're talking awfully big for someone who was swept. Three, I'm the mother fucking winner of the Hoenn league, bitch. So don't you dare call me a loser again. And if May even mentions that you're bothering her, you'll walk away with more than a bloody nose next time." Jake turned towards May, who was taken aback. His demeanor immediately changed to a caring tone. "We should get going. I'm sure he won't be bothering you again."
"Okay."
The four walked away, including Blazer, leaving an enraged Drew holding his nose. "You'll regret this, Smith." He muttered.
As the four walked away, Jake recalled his Blaziken. "You were exceptional out there." He said. "I knew I could count on you to take care of assholes like him."
May turned towards Jake, a sad expression on her face, handing Eevee back to him. "Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me, now that he's finally off my back."
"Don't mention it. Anything for an old friend." Jake smiled.
"Seriously, he had been stalking me for years. Ever since I made the mistake of agreeing to go out with him the first time, he's treated me like shit." May said, tears forming in her eyes. "I seriously can't thank you enough." She then surprised everyone, even Jake by pulling him into a tight hug, tears streaming down her face.
Jake was shocked. His childhood best friend, after only meeting up with her a few hours ago, was already crying into his shoulder. "Take your t-ime, let it all out," he stuttered.
May started to calm down, and looked up into Jake's auburn eyes. "Thank you, again. I feel much better now."
"If you ever need someone to talk to, you can come to me." He replied.
"Wow sis, I never knew that it was this bad," Max said.
"Please don't even get me started." May replied, coming out of the hug with Jake.
He let go, although somewhat reluctantly. I've just met back up with her, yet she seems, different. I don't know why I feel this way, but I definitely enjoyed that hug, even though she was practically bawling her eyes out. Unbeknownst to him, his face was redder than a Magmar.
Eevee turned to him, rubbing up against his chin. "Eevee!" He said, smirking coyly.
Jake turned to him. "What do you mean my face is redder than a Magmar?"
"Eev. Eevee. Vui!"
"We'll talk about this later." He turned towards the other two, however, Max decided to poke fun at the situation.
"Jake likes May. Jake likes May!" He taunted, grinning.
Jake took the bait. "What, no I don't!"
May smiled, playing along. "Oh, so you don't like me now, whatever happened to, you can come to me if you need to talk to someone?"
"Wha-no that's not what I meant! I-I-I do like you, just not-not like that." He stuttered, his face beet red.
"So that's why your face is redder than a Magmar?" She asked, giggling, obviously feeling much better.
"Even now, several years later, you still know how to get on my nerves," Jake pouted. "Now, if I recall correctly, you said that you'd get us ice cream before this whole thing happened." He smirked, regaining his composure.
May smiled. "I remember. I also remember where a great ice cream place is, too."
That smile, it always got me. I love seeing that smile. Oh shit, did I just say love? Oh no, I think that just explained why I was blushing like a mad man earlier. Once again, his face turned red.
Once again taking advantage of the situation, Max decided to poke fun at Jake again. "You thinking about May, Jake? Huh? Got the hots for my sister?"
"Max leave him alone." She turned around, only to find Jake walking away, his head turned towards Eevee, who was trying to comfort him. "Go up to the shop. I'll catch up to you in a minute."
Max smirked. "Okay sis, I don't need to see that anyways."
The only reply was a smack to the back of his head. "Shut up."
May caught up to Jake. "Hey, what's up?" She asked.
"Nothing." He lied.
"Jake, it may have been a long time since we've last talked, but I know when you're lying to me. Come on. You offered to talk to me if I ever needed to talk to you. Now I'm offering the same thing to you."
"Sorry, but even if you were-are my best friend, it's something between me and Eevee. You know that I hate to keep you out of the loop like this, but it's really something between just me and Eevee."
May nodded. "Thank you for being honest. But at least tell me this, does it have anything to do with what Max said back there?"
Immediately Jake turned red. "I don't know. We just met back up a few hours ago, and already he's saying that I like you? What's his problem?"
"Max will take any opportunity to try and embarrass me, even at the cost of other people's embarrassment." She smiled. "Come on, let's go back and get that ice cream I promised you. Think of it as my way of saying thank you for everything you've done today for me." She held out her hand.
There it is again. That smile! And on top of that, she already suspects something! I know I've known her my whole life, but I just met back up with her a few hours ago, and I'm almost positive I have feelings for her. Jake thought to himself. He looked up, seeing May's hand outstretched. "Okay," he conceded, smiling as he took her hand. "Let's go, you lead the way."
She smiled back. "Just like old times."
They finally arrived, meeting up with Max in the process.
"Took you love birds long enough." He smirked.
"Oh cut the shit Max," Jake said, his confidence restored. "There's nothing going on between us, just two old friends catching up."
"Oh really?"
Max looked down, with Jake following his gaze. "What, is it required that two people holding hands be a couple?"
"Yes."
Before he knew it, May had smacked him in the head again. "Cut it out Max. Otherwise there's more where that came from."
"Okay."
The trio walked in.
"What can I get for you guys?"
"I'll have a vanilla cone, please, extra-large." Jake requested.
"That's it? You don't have to be modest cause I'm paying you know."
"I'm not. That's why I said an EXTRA large."
She smiled. "Fair enough. I'll have a large nanab berry split with chocolate fudge please."
"And I'll take a peanut butter sundae with caramel and whipped cream please."
"Certainly, coming right up."
After a few minutes, the trio received their ice cream. After May paid, they sat down. Deciding to strike up a conversation, May spoke up.
"So you never told us, how did you lose in the semi- finals in Kalos?"
Jake chuckled. "Long story short, my two aces, Maverick and Blazer, were not in the line-up because the girl I faced before in the quarter finals really gave me a run for my money. Between her Dragonite and Empoleon, I almost lost. Both Maverick and Blazer beat them respectively, but they were too tired to battle the next day."
"So how did you lose though?" Max inquired.
"Alright. It started out routinely, with Shadow, my newest and probably the best Pokémon I could ever ask for as a lead, went against the guy's Hitmonlee."
"Shadow?"
"Oh right, Shadow, my Greninja. His ability is Protean, which allows him to change his type based on the moves he uses. Anyways, he beat Hitmonlee fairly easily. His Scizor, not so much. He eventually won, but was on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion, so I recalled him, and sent out Talon, my Braviary, against his Staraptor. Unfortunately, he got a lucky hit on his wing, which ultimately led to his defeat. I sent out Pharaoh, my Cofagrigus, which was able to pull out the win. His Zoroark, disguised as a Tyranitar initially, defeated him, but lost to Blade, my Gallade. Blade lost to his Tyranitar, and Titan, my Tyrantrum, drew with him. That left his Charizard versus Brain, my Metagross. Unfortunately, mega evolution was allowed that late in the tournament, so between that and the type disadvantage, Brain finally fainted. Shadow, having been exhausted from his battle with Scizor, lost fairly quickly, giving him the win."
"Wow," May said. "Do you think that if you had Blazer you would have won?"
"Yes. Not only is he the strongest I have, I also found a stone called a Blazikenite, which, along with my mega ring on my wrist, allows him to mega evolve. I rarely use it, mainly because I don't need to, but he always pulls through when he mega evolves. That's why I won the Hoenn league. He was able to get me out of a pinch when my opponent's Aggron took two Pokémon before he took him out."
"The same Aggron that beat me?" Max asked.
"Yep."
"Wow. I'd sure like to hear more of your stories." May commented.
"Well, I guess I could, I have done a lot since we last talked. But under one condition."
"What?"
"You tell me what you've been doing for the past few years."
"That's it? I'd expect more than that with the way you said it like that."
"Nope. That's it. I wanna hear your stories since we last talked."
"Okay, deal!"
Jake then began recalling stories of his travels. They had long finished their ice cream, and Max had grown bored and resolved to entertaining himself with Eevee, who had decided to let his friend go on uninterrupted. May, on the other hand, listened intently, clearly impressed with how Jake had met all of his Pokémon, leaving one left.
"How did you meet Eevee, and why does he stay outside of his Poke Ball?" May asked.
Upon hearing this, Eevee hopped over to Jake, rubbing up against him affectionately.
"Well, it's a long story, right bud?" He said, looking down at his friend.
"Eevee!"
"Alright, I'll tell her." He looked up at May, and made eye contact with her sapphire eyes. He spaced out, thinking about her again. Those eyes, they're beautiful. No. No. No. I can't be thinking about her like that, she's my best friend. Right? It would be weird. Shit. Now it's gonna be somewhat awkward for me now that I realized that I have feelings for her. I wish she felt the same way...
There he goes again! May thought to herself. He zones out when he makes eye contact with me. Maybe Max was right, between the blushing fit earlier, and him getting really defensive around Drew, he might actually like me. Not that that's a bad thing, I mean he's cute, plus he's a really nice guy. May started to feel a weird sensation inside of her chest. Oh great. I remember feeling like this. Back when I travelled with Ash. I always felt like this around him, but he was so DENSE! He wouldn't know what love was, even if a girl flat out proposed! It doesn't matter. That was then, and I've moved on. Now that I'm feeling this towards my old friend, I hope this doesn't make things awkward between us. Man, it would really be nice if I had a girl to talk to about this stuff. I know Dawn would be all over it. Speaking of Dawn, I wonder if she's still traveling with Ash. I don't know, maybe if Max qualifies, we'll meet up with them at the tournament. It would be nice to see them again... but now I think I'm starting to like Jake, although I'm not complaining. I'll see how this plays out. Worst comes to worst, I get a new boyfriend out of this.
"We'll isn't that sweet," Max smirked, glancing at the two teens who were snapping back to their senses.
"What?" They both said in unison.
"Both of your faces are beet red. You, uh, you know, thinking about each other?"
"N-no!" Both replied, once again in unison. They looked at each other, and sure enough, their faces were redder than a Magmar.
"Anyways," Jake cut in, quickly changing the subject. "I met Eevee a few months after I started traveling on my own. I had just beaten Winona, and back then I kept Blazer out of his ball.
So yeah, there's part one. About the battle. Yes it's one-sided. Yes Blazer swept Drew's team. Yes it may seem like he's a bit OP. but don't worry, the way I see it, he was able to sense the importance of the battle, and thus went a little over the top. Another thing, Blaze Rush. It's simply a priority fire attack, like shadow sneak or aqua jet. Nothing fancy. Plus I like the name. Close combat was already explained, just a series of Sky Uppercuts and Double kicks in rapid succession, Jake called it Close Combat. And some shippyness, I hope it wasn't too forward. Anyways, part two coming up later today!