Author's note: I was supposed to post this one the other day. And oh, it is only a few chapters remaining before the last chapter of the Tournament Arc.

Chapter 13

Tournament Arc VI - Thirteen is Unlucky

When the smoke cleared, both Ninjask and Shedinja were still up but now on the opposite sides of the field.

Kyon said to Brendan, "Now that you are 'seeing the ending', who among the two is winning?"

There was a moment of silence, that is, until Shedinja revealed itself to be knocked out.

"Shedinja!" screamed Yuri Nakamura.

"Shedinja is unable to battle. Ninjask wins, and the victor goes to Haruhi Suzumiya!"

O'Martian announced, "And there you have it, folks. Haruhi Suzumiya will now move on to face Trip in the finals!"

"Ninjask, you did a great battle for me. Thanks," said Haruhi as she recalled Ninjask back to its Poke Ball and left the battlefield.

"If you didn't check out the data for Yuri Nakamura's Pokemon, the end result would have been worse," said Kyon, "And if Haruhi lost, something would go wrong later on."

After she recalled Shedinja, Yuri looked at Haruhi as she left the battlefield in a jealous mood. She then headed back to the Pokemon Center.

Without being seen by Yuri, Kanade Tachibana was in the lobby, watching a replay of the battle between Yuri and Haruhi on a TV screen.

Kanade then silently followed Yuri as she headed back to the room where the SSS were staying.

When Yuri closed the door, Kanade then started to overhear the conversation.

"So, how's it going?" asked Otonashi.

"Not going so well. I lost," replied Yuri.

"Great. Yurippe lost, and plan B has failed. That means we can't possibly be able to proceed with our mission," said Noda.

"We'll have to do plan C. And this time, that will make Haruhi's life miserable. Being defeated only results in vengeance!" Yuri said and added, "Alright, here's the plan."

In a few minutes later, Kanade then left off to the stadium.

When she arrived at the sidelines, she was greeted by Kyon.

"What's up, Kanade?" he asked.

Ash, Dawn and Iris gasped in shock, saying, "She is Kanade?"

"Yes. I am Kanade Tachibana," Kanade introduced herself to Brendan, Ash, and his friends, "The reason why I am here for Kyon is that he managed to guess Yuri's plan to make Haruhi Suzumiya's life miserable. That was the first reason. Now, Nakamura's attempting to seek revenge for losing to her."

Kyon gasped and said, "That can't be good."

"Right now, she's attempting to bribe Trip to eliminate Haruhi Suzumiya using his strongest Pokemon," Kanade added, "and of course, you already know what happened to Haruhi Kamisaka, right?"

Meanwhile, Trip was on an alley, leaving for the battlefield. However, he was being dragged by Yuri Nakamura to an empty room.

"What's up with you?" Trip asked Yuri as she tied him with some rope to a chair.

"Aren't you going to face off against Haruhi Suzumiya in the finals?" asked Yuri.

"Well, yeah. That's obvious," replied Trip, "And why did you have to tie me up like that?"

"Actually, I have a favor to tell you. If you want to untie yourself, I want you to battle Haruhi using your strongest Pokemon."

"Strongest Pokemon?" Trip asked.

Yuri replied, "Yes. Any Pokemon in your team that has powerful moves that can simply defeat any Pokemon that Haruhi Suzumiya uses."

Suddenly, Kyon and Ash spotted Yuri and Trip in the room as they both went into a corridor to look for the latter.

"It's Trip!" exclaimed Ash.

"And it's that Haruhi-lookalike," Kyon muttered.

Yuri yelled, "Why do you keep comparing me to your friend?"

"What do we have here. It's the kid from the boonies," Trip said, insulting Ash.

"What was that?" Ash yelled.

The latter said, "What are you doing with Trip?"

Yuri, pretending to smile, replied, "Uh, it's just nothing. I just tried to-"

"Stop doing that!" Ash interrupted and yelled, "He's preparing for the finals round and you shouldn't do that to him!"

Yuri then untied Trip and let him go.

She then sent out Chandelure and said, "Use Psychic!"

Chandelure's Psychic restricted Ash and Kyon's movements.

"Why are you doing this to us?" Ash exclaimed.

Yuri Nakamura said as she and Chandelure moved slowly out to the door, "I never expected the two of you to find out about my schemes to take out Haruhi from the Junior Cup and make her suffer. Kyon, the truth is, on that certain day, you guessed it correctly in front of Tenshi about my plan ever since you and your friend that I just defeated earlier in the tournament encountered her. I was there the whole time, spying on the two of you."

"You were there when Kanade informed us of your schemes?" Kyon asked.

"That's already obvious," Yuri replied.

"That won't happen."

"Oh, it will be," replied Yuri, "Let's see how this will all happen when Trip defeats Haruhi and my life is all complete."

She recalled Chandelure and cracked an evil laugh as she went away.

Kyon replied, "I don't know what's her true motive, but what she's doing to Haruhi is definitely wrong."

"I think you are right, Kyon," Ash deduced, "First, you were right about Yuri trying to bribe Haruhi Kamisaka to defeat Haruhi Suzumiya. Now, she probably did it again to Trip!"

Kyon replied, "I agree."

When the two went back to the sidelines, they both approached Kanade, who was still standing beside Dawn and Iris. Along with the rest of the members of the SOS Brigade, they were all away from Haruhi, who was settling with Brendan in which Pokemon the latter should borrow for the final round.

"Kanade, I think you are right. Yuri's making another attempt to ensure that Haruhi Suzumiya gets eliminated!" Kyon said to Kanade. Unfortunately, Iris and Dawn overheard him.

Dawn and Iris both gasped in shock, asking, "Yuri Nakamura? Trying to eliminate Haruhi from the tournament?"

Cilan said, "Yes. Kyon even tried to approach me and Ash in order to explain."

Iris thought, "But why is she going to attempt to ensure Haruhi's elimination?"

Cilan deduced, "I'm having a bad feeling that she is up to do something wrong."

Dawn and Iris both asked, "Kyon, do you have any evidence to prove that Yuri is up to no good?"

"As you can see, I was in a corridor a few days ago when I noticed a commotion. That led me to the room where Yuri and her organization just went off to. As it turned out, they kidnapped a participant in this tournament named Haruhi Kamisaka just to bribe her to simply eliminate Haruhi Suzumiya obviously because she was to be battling with Suzumiya at that time. When I learned of the plan the whole time, that was when I talked to Ash and Cilan."

Brendan added, "Earlier, Kyon and I ended up meeting Yuri Nakamura in the corridor when we were going to the cafeteria to get a drink. Kyon even asked her why does she look like Haruhi."

"From what Yuri just said that night, I was thinking that she is up to something," Kyon also said.

"So that's what happened," Dawn concluded, "If she's trying to provoke Haruhi to create closed spaces and celestials due to frustration, then that would be bad."

"And now, the moment of truth is now finally here," O'Martian announced, "And now, it's the final round of the Junior Cup! The winner of this tournament will get the chance to battle Alder."

"I'm almost there, Alder. I'm gonna prove how strong I really am," thought Trip as he arrived at his position in the battlefield.

Dawn, Iris, and Cilan cheered, "Go, Haruhi! You can do it!"

Before Haruhi went out to the battlefield, Brendan patted her in the shoulder and said, "Haruhi, that is decided. I'll lend you over my Staraptor."

"The same Pokemon I used before?"

"Yes. It still knows the same moves," replied Brendan as he loaned her one of his Poke Balls.

Haruhi then left off to the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Yuri Nakamura was on the opposite side of the bleachers, communicating in a walkie talkie.

"How's the operation going?"

Yuri replied, "The battle is already starting. Once Haruhi is defeated, the plan is all complete."

The referee announced, "Let the battle begin!"

"Serperior, go!" Once again, Trip sent out Serperior.

"Come on out!" Once again, Haruhi brought out the same Staraptor that Brendan loaned to her.

Itsuki remarked, "It appears Serperior is at a type disadvantage compared to Staraptor."

"But how did you know that?" Kyon asked Itsuki.

"As you can see, Miss Suzumiya's 'Staraptor' is part Flying-type, meaning it can simply beat a Grass-type like Serperior."

"So that's another case of type advantage?"

"Indeed."

"Staraptor, Close Combat!"

"Serperior, dodge it!"

Trip's Serperior dodged all of Staraptor's kicks and punches with ease and agility.

"And it looks like Trip's Serperior dodged Close Combat with ease!" O'Martian announced.

"Now use Dragon Tail!"

"Dodge it, Staraptor!"

Staraptor managed to avoid Dragon Tail.

"Staraptor, Aerial Ace!"

"Serperior, Leer!"

Just before Staraptor could use Aerial Ace, it was being intimidated by Serperior's Leer.

"Now use SolarBeam!"

Using the power of the sun, Serperior fired a SolarBeam, hitting Staraptor and knocking it away.

"Staraptor, get up!" Haruhi yelled.

Kyon yelled, "Haruhi, you can do it!"

Itsuki thought, referring to Kyon, "Looks like he is starting to cheer for Miss Suzumiya."

Yuri watched the battle, communicating using a walkie talkie at the same time.

"How's the battle going?"

Yuri replied, "Looks like Haruhi's going to lose after that SolarBeam attack." She then left off, not wanting to watch the rest of the battle.

Kanade noticed Yurippe leaving the premises, which led to her following up after her.

"Kanade, where are you going?" Kyon wondered.

She left off before she could reply to Kyon's question.

"Staraptor, stand up!" exclaimed Haruhi.

"Serperior, finish it off with Dragon Tail!"

"Dodge it!"

Staraptor quickly got up, dodging Dragon Tail.

"Now use Aerial Ace!"

"Block it with Frenzy Plant!"

"Dodge it!"

Giant spiky roots emerged from the ground, attempting to block Staraptor's Aerial Ace. But Staraptor dodged all of them, hitting Serperior.

"And Serperior gets hit by an effective Aerial Ace!" O'Martian announced.

Serperior was still able to get up.

"Now finish it off with Dragon Tail!"

"Use Brave Bird!"

Serperior and Staraptor both clashed their attacks, causing an explosion that resulted in smoke that blocked the two Pokemon away from sight.

"I am seeing the ending again!" Brendan exclaimed as he adopted a certain gesture.

Kyon replied, "You are not in a dating sim. Why are you 'seeing the ending'?"

"Because I can tell who won the battle!"

"Yeah, who won it this time?"

When the smoke cleared, both Pokemon were shown to be knocked out.

"Both Pokemon are unable to battle. This match is a draw!" announced the referee.

"Looks like we have two winners for the Junior Cup tournament, and it's Haruhi and Trip!" O'Martian announced.

Outside the stadium, Yuri was walking when she suddenly looked at the screen.

"Ugh. Looks like the plan failed. It seems that both Haruhi and Trip won," she thought.

A voice was heard from Yuri Nakamura's walkie talkie. When she pulled it out, a voice said, "How's everything going?"

"Not as planned. Haruhi and her opponent ended up winning the Junior Cup. We will stick to our ultimate last resort."

And that was when Kanade was hiding in a corner without Yuri seeing her. She then went back to the premises.

Back in the stadium, Trip and Haruhi went to the center of the stadium to get the trophy from Alder.

O'Martian announced, "And now, Alder will be presenting the trophy of the Junior Cup to both Trip and Haruhi Suzumiya for winning the tournament."

"I thank the two of you for doing well," Alder said as he handed the trophy to the two, "I'm looking forward to battling both of you."

Trip replied, "Me too."

He then thought, "Looks like tomorrow's battle will settle all the differences between me and Alder. I hope Haruhi will be fine about it."

"I believe that you should deserve this trophy than I do," Haruhi said to Trip as she let him carry the trophy for her.

The latter replied, "What are you talking about? Your Pokemon did so great in battling with Serperior."

O'Martian announced, "Now that we have the two winners of the Junior Cup, they will be battling with Alder tomorrow! So don't miss this once in a lifetime event!"

That night in the Pokemon Center, Cilan announced to Ash, Dawn, Iris, Brendan, Kyon, Mikuru, Yuki, Haruhi, and Itsuki, "In order to celebrate Haruhi's victory party, we will be eating outside!"

"In the same restaurant in the stadium? That's gonna be awesome!" Ash replied.

"Yes, you guessed it, Ash. Besides, Chili and Cress will be coming today to prepare a special feast exclusive for the ten of us!"

Haruhi wondered, "We must be there, so no one must be late!" She once again wore a red armband on her left.

"Hey, Kyon. I don't want you to come there late, alright?" Haruhi convinced Kyon.

Outside the restaurant in the stadium:

The ten were all in the restaurant, eating outdoors.

"There's no way this food would taste so good!" Haruhi and Mikuru remarked.

"Thank you, you two. Besides, Chili, Cress, and I have a standard that we should use the freshest ingredients when we cook," Cilan replied.

When Kyon was eating, he was suddenly being patted in the shoulder by Itsuki.

"It's good to know that from what you did to cheer for Haruhi to win the final tournament, the chances that celestials and closed spaces will occur have decreased at a lower rate."

"Koizumi, I don't think that those incidents are going to increase any time soon, do you?" Kyon replied.

When Kanade noticed the ten eating outside the restaurant, she said, "I am starving. Can I join in with you?"

"Sure, Kanade. You can join in with us," Kyon replied.

"Kanade, do you like the food that Cilan prepared?" Dawn asked.

Kanade replied, "I like the food that the Pokemon Connoisseur just prepared. He really is a good cook."

"Why thank you, Kanade," Cilan smiled and said.

Yuri Nakamura and the SSS were riding on a pickup driven by Naoi Ayato when she suddenly noticed Haruhi Suzumiya and the nine others eating outside the restaurant.

"Ayato, can you pull the brakes?" asked Yuri, requesting him to pull over.

Yuri then pulled out a pair of binoculars to spy out on Haruhi.

"What's up, Yurippe?" asked Otonashi.

Yuri replied, "We have found our main target, eating in that restaurant near us."

"You mean, Haruhi Suzumiya?"

"You bet, Otonashi," Yuri said, "I would obviously be expecting her to conduct an outdoor victory party. After all, she and Trip drew in the finals and won the Junior Cup."

When she zoomed on Kanade, she gasped in shock.

"When did that Tenshi decide to eat dinner with them?" Yuri asked.

"Tenshi? Can I borrow the binoculars?" Otonashi asked Yuri as he borrowed the binoculars and zoomed it at Kanade, who was eating beside Ash.

"What shall we do, Yurippe? We shouldn't let any of them attempt to foil our future plans. Besides, what if Tenshi knew all about this and told it to them before we could hatch it up?" asked Noda.

"We'll obviously have to capture all of them," Yuri replied, "Noda, you know the plan, because we're counting on you."

"Weezing, go!" Noda sent out a Weezing.

Outside the restaurant, the nine were still eating, when suddenly, Cilan went out the entrance door, announcing, "The cake's ready!"

Chili and Cress went out, pushing a food cart loaded with the cake and brought it out on the table.

When everyone took a slice of the cake, in all of a sudden, Noda's Weezing showed up, floating on top of the table.

"Who's that Pokemon?" Dawn, Mikuru, Kyon, and Iris asked in unison.

"It's a Weezing!" Ash said.

When Dawn scanned the Pokedex, it said, "Weezing, the Poison Gas Pokemon, and the evolved form of Koffing. It feeds on gases given off by garbage. It is thought that mutation of two Koffings resulted in this Pokemon."

"So that's a Weezing," Iris and Mikuru concluded, "I wonder why it's here in the first place."

In all of a sudden, Weezing used SmokeScreen, choking everyone, including Ash's Pikachu.

"What's going on?" Kyon wondered, as he fainted.

"I think it's the SSS's Weezing," Kanade replied just before she fainted from the SmokeScreen.

"SS. . . . . . " The voices of Ash and Brendan trailed off has the two also fainted.

When the eleven were completely knocked out from the SmokeScreen, including Chili and Cress, Yuri and the SSS emerged from the smoke as they approached them.

"It's all according to plan," Yuri concluded as the members of the SSS carried Ash, his Pikachu, Brendan, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Kanade, and the five members of the SOS Brigade into the pickup truck, still fainted from the SmokeScreen.

When Haruhi was carried last by Yuri, Otonashi asked, referring to Chili and Cress, "Yurippe, what about those two guys?"

"Leave them here. They're not a part of our plan. Operation start!"

Yuri and Otonashi went back to the pickup as it drove away.

To be continued. . . . .

On the next chapter:

Yuri Nakamura's plan to seek revenge has been perfectly executed. Will Brendan, Ash, his friends, and his allies from the SOS Brigade stop her from messing with Haruhi Suzumiya? Find out in the next chapter of The Best Wishes of Haruhi Suzumiya!

References:

Death Note

The World God Only Knows