A Platinum Adventure
Disclaimer: Once again, me no own Pokemon!
Yusei: In this chapter, I think we reach the end. The next chapter entitles an epilogue. But for now Lucas will battle the Elite Four and meet their Champion. Him and Cheryl then learn the truth about Cynthia and Riley, as well as her interest in Lucas.
Kenshin: This will be even more fun than watching Zombieland, except people haven't mistaken one thing for another.
Yusei: What are you babbling on about now?
Kenshin: I'm saying there's a big misconception between zombies and the infected, because-
Yusei: Nobody cares Kenshin! Let's just continue with this story.
Journal Entry 13: A Diamond's Purpose
"Let the battle between Lucas of Twinleaf and the Elite Four begin!" The referee says from the sidelines, raising both flags.
"Natsu, Flamethrower!" Lucas shouts, wanting to end this as quickly as possible. Infernape fires a stream of flame from its mouth for Vespiquen.
"No you don't! Defense Order!" Aaron says to his queen bee. Miniature bees come out from the hive under Vespiquen, and swarm around it in the form of a shield. The bees are successful in blocking the flames from reaching their queen. "Now, Attack Order!"
The bees then swarm towards Infernape, ready to sting it to death. "Vacuum Wave!"
Natsu throws a punch at the bees, releasing a shockwave, which blows them back. Lucas cups his chin as he thinks; 'Thank goodness I trained against Cheryl's to study its abilities…I'll have to use the same strategy too.' "Flame Wheel!"
"Power Gem!" Natsu covers itself in flames while Vespiquen powers up a shiny gem. The fire monkey charges first as the bee fires off its gem. Natsu receives the hit, but still continues rushing until it makes a full on tackle.
Burn marks are left on Vespiquen from the attack, due to it being a Bug type. Aaron gives the order, "Heal Order," and all the bugs swarm around it to heal all the injuries.
"I won't let you do it! Use Blast Burn!" Natsu gets closer to Vespiquen, and gather flames all around its body. It then releases them in a huge explosion, burning the bees and the queen hive almost to cinders.
Aaron shields his eyes from the brightness of the attack, until it subsides. Lucas smiles confidently as Vespiquen collapses to the ground. Victory was his.
"Vespiquen is unable to battle; this round goes to Lucas of Twinleaf!" The ref shouts, raising Lucas' appropriate flag. Both Lucas and Infernape leap in the air victoriously, as Cheryl smiles throws a punch in the air.
Aaron retrieves his Pokemon. "I congratulate you on defeating, and so damn quickly too. But you must not let this go to your head, for all the others are stronger than I am."
'That's for sure…' Cheryl figures in her head. She joins up with Lucas as he retrieves Natsu. "Ready for the next person?"
"Yup. Hopefully I won't need Natsu later on." Lucas says to her. Since he has used Infernape he can't send it out again. The two trainers head to the way they came in, awaiting the field to be changed as Aaron goes to the other side.
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10 minutes after they left Lucas and Cheryl reenter the room, which has changed into a mountain-like area. It was like a wasteland, except for the river-like moat around one of the mountains. Exiting from where Aaron left is an elderly woman.
"Hello there young ones. I am Bertha of the Elite Four." She says, taking out a Pokeball from her waist belt. "Don't think I'll fall as easily as that fool Aaron."
"Well that's not very nice." Lucas comments, as he grabs the Master Ball.
"Maybe she's senile…" Cheryl says under her breath.
"I heard that, you little tramp!" She yells at her. Cheryl pouts angrily at her words and Lucas grits his teeth instinctively. He did not take kind to hearing his girlfriend being called a 'tramp', especially when he doesn't exactly know what it means.
Cheryl then notices Lucas' choice and whispers to him, "Are you sure you want to use Shaymin? It might not be ready."
"I choose Whiscash." – Bertha
She sends out a giant blue fish Pokemon, which looks like a catfish. It plops into the water area. Lucas smirks as she chooses that Pokemon. "Let's go, Shaymin!"
He sends out the Gratitude Pokemon Shaymin, in its very first match. Upon seeing it everyone who recognizes it gasp in amazement and shock. Bertha even smiles as she says, "You were able to get a hold of a Legendary Pokemon…you must have a lot of history!"
"The second Elite Four battle will begin!" The ref says, raising both flags. Before he could though Cheryl heads to the side, as per the rules.
"Magical Leaf!" Shaymin shakes the grass-like hair on its back, releasing colorful leaves that fly towards Whiscash.
"Dive underwater." On Bertha's orders Whiscash ducks in the depths, dodging the attack. "Ice Beam!"
Whiscash rises up and fires a beam of pure ice at the green hedgehog. "Oh crap! Energy Ball!"
Shaymin opens its mouth and shoots a ball with the energy of solar light at the ice attack, which freezes on contact. Whiscash then leaps up out of the water high in the air. "Hyper Beam!"
"Attack the Energy Ball with Headbutt!" Shaymin hits the frozen ball, knocking it up towards the charging Whiscash. Whiscash fires off its Hyper Beam, which blows up the frozen Energy Ball. It explodes from the blow, creating the illusion of a diamond dust sky above them glittering in sunlight. The crowd awes at the beautiful sight displayed.
"Iron Tail!" – Bertha
"Solar Beam!" – Lucas
Shaymin prepares its attack first, but with how heavy it is Whiscash would reach it soon. The giant fish slams its steel hard glowing tail at the hedgehog's face, doing so by flipping upward. Shaymin rolls back onto its feet and faces Whiscash head on.
'Shaymin has really gotten over its shyness. It must really be comfortable with me now.' "Fire it now!" On Lucas' command Shaymin fires its already charged beam of solar energy at Whiscash.
The attack knocks Whiscash close to the water, but doesn't K.O. it. Bertha grits her teeth in anger as she watches her Pokemon only barely rise up. "Whiscash, get up! Don't let yourself lose to that little midget!!"
'Definitely senile.' – Cheryl
"Ice Beam!" Whiscash prepares itself for another ice attack.
"Leech Seed!" But Lucas has a plan; Shaymin fires a seed at Whiscash, trapping and encapsulating it with the vines that sprout from it. The vines begin to drain away Whiscash's energy and cancels out the Ice Beam.
"Damn you and your shrewd tricks…" Bertha curses out, not happy at all to have this boy surpassing her Pokemon.
"Now Shaymin has enough energy for this attack; Energy Ball!" Shaymin fires off another ball of pure solar energy at Whiscash, and this time it knocks it out for good.
"Impossible!" Bertha shouts in shock.
"Whiscash is unable to battle; this round goes to Lucas of Twinleaf." The ref says, raising Lucas' flag. Lucas rushes over to Shaymin, who comes towards him. The green hedgehog leaps into his arms as Lucas raises it up in the air happily.
"You did great Shaymin! I'm proud of you!" Lucas says to his Pokemon. Shaymin smiles while lifted up by his master and friend.
"Lucas won again." Cheryl says to herself as she approaches him.
In the audience everyone begins to whisper amongst him or herself. It's mostly about how interesting Lucas' trainer abilities are, his choice of Pokemon, the fact that he's already mowed through half of the Elite Four, and how he might just be able to become the next Champion.
"I can't believe I lost to someone like you…oh well." Bertha says to him, crossing her arms over her chest. Lucas retrieves Shaymin to its ball, and places it on his belt. Cheryl rejoins his side. "I guess you'll be fine against the others."
"Well…thanks…" Lucas says to the old woman.
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Just like before Lucas and Cheryl take a ten-minute break to allow the stage to change. In the halls Lucas is taking in deep breaths and trying to calm himself down. "Okay…this is it…the third one…just one more after this guy…but I'm not sure I can…"
"Lucas, calm down. You'll be fine. Just battle as you always have and keep yourself calm." Cheryl says to him as advice. She could tell this was tensing him up, so to calm him down a bit she pecks him once.
"Thank you Cheryl. I hope I can hold out long enough…" He says, giving her a quick kiss on her lips.
Cheryl blushes at the sudden kiss, and quickly gives him another. This escalates into a full on make out, including their hands rubbing on each other's bodies and sides. During their session Lucas ends up snaking his tongue inside her mouth, which is blocked by her teeth. She allows him entry inside her mouth, and they end up flapping about in the other's gums.
"The third battle of the Elite Four Challenge shall begin shortly!" Too bad for them it wouldn't last long, for once those announcements went off they were forced to stop. Lucas and Cheryl part from one another.
"Lucas, that was real good. Thank you." Cheryl says to her boyfriend with a huge blush on her face. "Let's continue once this is over…"
"Sure…" Lucas replies with the same redness on his face. He then heads into the stadium. Once he enters he finds the place has changed to a single bridge wide enough for battle over top burning hot fire below them. Coming out from the other side is a familiar face.
"It's you!!" The couple shouts in unison as they see the person appear before them. He's the red afro wearing guy from Sunyshore, the one who asked Lucas to battle Volkner even though he was going to already.
"I see…you there!"
"Uh, me?" Lucas asks him as he points to himself.
"Yes. You seem like a good trainer. You see, there's this person over here that needs to be challenged to a real blood boiling battle! I want to ask you if you can battle him!"
"How's it going? You had me counting the days on my fingers for your arrival! I heard from Volkner what you did in Sunyshore, and I'm glad you could light a fire in that guy's heart." He says, smiling happily as he looks at him.
"Yeah, we had a great battle." Lucas says to him. "So, you got a name?"
"Name's Flint, and I hope to expect a blazing hot battle with you!" He says, taking out a Pokeball from his waist belt.
"The third battle between Lucas of Twinleaf and the Elite Four shall begin!" The ref says as he holds up both flags for the third time.
"Blaze on, Magmortar!" – Flint
"Take flight, Gabriel!" – Lucas
Both trainers send out their strongest Pokemon: Lucas and Garchomp the Mach Pokemon and Flint with Magmortar the Magma Pokemon. Both double evolvers glare at one another.
"Fire Blast!" Magmortar aims its right arm cannon at Gabriel, and fires a star-shaped ball of flames at the land shark dragon. Garchomp takes the hit, but doesn't even flinch due to its dragon status. "I should have known...my fire type is going to have a little trouble against you."
"Gabriel won't be falling to some fire attack. Dragon Rush!" Garchomp charges at Magmortar as blue energy enshrouds him, leaping up in the air to make a dive bomb strike.
"Hyper Beam!" Magmortar fires a beam of pure energy at Gabriel, who takes it full on. Gabriel blasts through the beam, and tackles Magmortar to the ground. The fire Pokemon recovers itself and then swings its flaming tail at the dragon.
"Brick Break!" Gabriel blocks the tail with its wing arms, which begin to glow brilliantly.
"Iron Tail and Solarbeam!" The fire Pokemon swings its glowing, flaming, tail at the dragon once more, which counters by slamming its glowing wing arms at it. Both Pokemon are knocked away by the opposing forces, but as it is Magmortar is charging energy in its right cannon arm.
"Twister!" Garchomp swings its tail towards Magmortar, releasing a powerful wind, which blows it into the air.
"Such an attack isn't enough to take out my guy. Use it now!" Magmortar releases its charged up attack at the dragon; being half ground it would do considerable damage.
"Sandstorm!" Gabriel opens its mouth and releases a violent flurry of sand. It blinds Magmortar's vision and spreads throughout the entire area. The sand even blows away the flames below them. The Solarbeam misses Garchomp and blasts the ground they stood on. "Dragon Claw!"
Garchomp leaps towards Magmortar, its claws glowing with residual energy. Due to the sandstorm, and the Sand Veil ability Gabriel possesses, the fire type could not see where the dragon is or how close it was. Gabriel makes an X-like slash at Magmortar, leaving a glowing scar on its chest from the blow.
Magmortar collapses onto the ground backwards, but slowly rises up to its feet. "Finish it off with Dragon Rush!"
Gabriel slams into Magmortar again, this time knocking it out for the count. The ref sees this and holds up Lucas' flag, saying, "Magmortar is unable to battle. Lucas of Twinleaf shall face the final member!"
The majority of the audience cheers for Lucas' victory. Flint stares off into the distance, and then smiles gladly until he begins chuckling. "Whew! I've been burnt down to cinders!!"
"That was a good battle!" Lucas says with a chuckling smile.
"I truly wasn't expecting to lose that battle. I guess I was having so much fun I lost focus!" Flint says as he scratches the side of his head.
"Well you were no picnic either. I was just lucky to have Gabriel on hand." Lucas then retrieves his Pokemon, as does Flint.
"Well, now you have to face Lucian. He's the last guy." Flint says, walking to the other end.
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"This is it, the final battle. And then, Cynthia." Lucas says while in the hallway he has to go through for 10 minutes.
"Don't worry Lucas. I have faith in you winning." Cheryl says to him, hugging the boy softly as she looks at him in his eyes. "Would you like to make out again for good luck?"
"Sure! Let's do that!" Cheryl chuckles a bit at his quick eagerness. He really is starting to be more direct with her.
But before he could press his lips onto hers the call comes out again. "The final battle of the Elite Four Challenge will begin shortly. Lucas of Twinleaf, please report to the battle arena."
"Damn it!" Lucas curses. He really wanted to make out with Cheryl, but it couldn't be helped.
Lucas and Cheryl enter the room together. The arena this time is just a bland, dark purple room. The walls seem to be made of marble. Coming out from the other side is a man in a red suit with purple hair and shades. He's obviously the last of the Elite Four.
"Your victory has been timed perfectly. I was able to finish a book before coming out. I am Lucian, rumored to be the strongest of the Elite Four." He says to the boy.
"Nice to meet you." Lucas says, placing his arms both sides of his waist.
"I must say you are something to make it this far; the last person to reach this far was no match for our Champion. So I'm afraid I have to go far out in order to prove your worth." Lucian says as he sends out his strongest Pokemon, Gallade.
"Trust me, I won't disappoint you. Show yourself, Lucas!" Lucas sends out his Fighting/Steel type, the Aura Pokemon Lucario. The audience cheers loudly as they witness the rare Pokemon's appearance.
"Go…Lucas…You can do it!" Marley says from within the stands.
"Good luck!" Cheryl says to her boyfriend as she goes away from him.
"The final battle between Lucas of Twinleaf and the Elite Four shall begin now!" The ref says as he raises both flags for the last time.
"Lucas, use Aura Sphere!" The Lucario charge up a ball of blue energy and throws it at Gallade.
"How incorrigible; Psycho Cut!" Gallade slashes its left blade arm at Lucas, releasing a cutting shockwave that slices through the orb.
"Ice Punch!" Lucario takes this time to sneak towards Gallade and strikes it with an icy cold punch. Gallade blocks the attack with its right blade arm.
"That won't be enough! Drain Punch!" Gallade punches Lucario square in the chest, draining its energy from its body and restoring its own health.
Due to it being a Fighting move and Lucario is part Steel the attack does more damage than it would have the other way around. Lucario stands on both feet and faces Gallade. "It's part Psychic so Fighting attacks are useless, and it's also Fighting too so it knows the appropriate moves, which is hard on Lucas since he's a steel type. This is harder than I thought it would be."
"It seems you have realized the error of your choice, but it's too late now. You cannot change out Pokemon." Lucian says to Lucas.
"I know that…even so, I won't let this get me down! Lucas, use Dragon Pulse!" Lucas charges up a Dragon Pulse attack.
"No you don't! Drain Punch!" Gallade prepares to use the same move on Lucario again.
"Now aim for the ground!" On Lucas' directions Lucario fires at the ground, blasting itself into the air to dodge the attack.
"What?" – Lucian
"Shadow Ball!" Still midair Lucario fires a ball of dark energy at Gallade, this time making a successful hit. Being a ghost attack it's super effective.
"Very clever…Psycho Cut!" Gallade releases multiple cutting shockwaves at Lucario.
"Dark Pulse!" Lucario holds its arms out, releasing a pulse of dark emotions and energy from its mind. The attack blasts Gallade and knocks away the Psycho Cut attacks.
"Close Combat!" Both trainers shout, having their Pokemon commence close quarters combat. At first Gallade seems to have the upper hand, until Lucario makes a sweep kick and plunges it to the ground.
"Finish it off with Ice Punch!" Lucas shouts, as Lucario charges icy cold energy in its right fist.
"Leaf Blade!" Gallade charges energy in its right blade and lunges at the dog.
Both strike the others' attack, releasing a force of strength between the two, kind of like a power struggle. It doesn't take long for one of them to fall, and luckily for Lucas it's Gallade. Lucario collapses to the ground seconds later.
"The victor is, apparently, Lucario. Lucas of Twinleaf has triumphed over all of the Elite Four." The ref says, raising his flag for the final time.
"Yay! Lucas won!" Cheryl cheers, finally glad that Lucas was able to defeat all of the Elite Four. With this guy gone Lucas can now battle against the final one, Pokemon Champion Cynthia.
"I must say…" Lucian begins as he retrieves his fallen Pokemon. "Congratulations on defeating the Elite Four, but I hope you don't think your journey is over. There's still her."
"I know: Cynthia." Lucas says. He gives a bit sigh and exhales just as much, knowing how hard she will be. After all he had no idea what her Pokemon are.
"I should warn you; even the Elite Four are no match for her. But don't worry." Lucian begins, starting to make Lucas worried at the moment. But then he continues with, "You getting past the last three, as well as myself, were no fluke. You'll be fine as long as you stick to what you know best."
"Okay, thanks."
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"There you go, you're Pokemon are all healed. We hope to see you again." Nurse Joy says as she hands Lucas a tray holding his Pokeballs.
"Thank you." Lucas says as he retrieves his Pokemon. He then turns to Cheryl and in a whispering voice asks her, "Wasn't she back at…all the other Pokemon Centers we've gone to?!"
"It's best not to question things like this. Now come with me, I have something for you." She says, pulling him away from Nurse Joy with a sheepish smile and chuckle. The two stop before the pc, where she goes and withdraws, not a Pokemon but an item. It looks to be a Gracidea flower. "Here you go. Give this to Shaymin and something might happen."
"Really? Now?" Lucas asks her, taking the flower with his right hand and placing it in his jacket.
"No, you can wait. There's a much more important event going on now." She says, taking his hand to drag him into another room.
Lucas comes back before the room he went through to face the Elite Four, and prepares to enter inside the same stadium until someone comes out. Once this person leaves the darkness of the hall he could see it was Cynthia. "Lucas, it's good to finally meet you again, especially in this situation. I expected nothing less of you."
"Cynthia…what are you doing here?" Lucas asks him. Cheryl pouts over the fact that the two are together once more. She still believes the blond wants Lucas for herself.
"I've requested a private battle with you, without an audience." Cynthia says to him.
"Really? So no one else can watch us battle?" Lucas asks her, looking at Cheryl from the side.
"She can watch us. No one else can." Cynthia says, as she walks into the stadium hall. "Come."
Lucas and Cheryl follow Cynthia into the stadium, ready to take up on her challenge. This time they come to an elevator. It takes them up one level, to a point where they are above the entire league. The circular platform they now stand on is durable enough for a Pokemon battle.
Cynthia walks over to the other side of the field. "Have you been keeping well Lucas? I didn't get a chance to say this, but thank you for Mt. Coronet, and the Torn World. All who know the truth are truly grateful to you, even though I wanted to meet with Giratina myself."
"Well, I had to do it. There was no way I was going to let Giratina destroy our world. Not only do a lot of people I care and love live here, this world also has all my stuff in it." Lucas says, almost jokingly at the end. He laughs a bit at that little joke, as does Cynthia. Once again Cheryl grows mad with jealousy.
"Together you and your Pokemon have overcome all the difficult challenges laid ahead of you. You must have also triumphed over any personal weakness as well. The power you learned…I can feel it emanating from you." Cynthia says, a smile present on her face.
"Wow, really? Are you sure that's not Aura?" Lucas asks her.
"The only thing emanating from him is his love for me. Not you, me!" Cheryl says, standing before him with her arms held out.
"Cheryl…" – Lucas
Cynthia blinks in a confused way at her, and then begins chuckling. This goes on to full-blown laughter, creeping out the couple before her.
"Lucas, Cheryl, maybe it's time I told you the truth…back before I was the Pokemon Champion, I was a trainer just like you. Professor Rowan handed me a Pokemon and a Pokedex, and I was well on my way to becoming the best." She begins, telling the story of her life as a Pokemon trainer.
"Professor Rowan gave you a Pokedex as well?" Lucas asks her.
"Where is this going?" – Cheryl
"After a year me and Gible were able to get all 8 badges, and defeat the Elite Four. I also did some exploration in ancient Pokemon history. Then I met him, the Pokemon Champion of that time, Riley." At this both Lucas and Cheryl gasp in shock.
"What?! You mean, our Riley?!" Lucas asks her.
"Riley was the Pokemon Champion once? I knew he was strong, but wow…really?" Cheryl questions this as well.
"Yes, the very same one. We engaged in battle not too long after I challenged him…I lost in the first round." She says, looking to the ground in shame. "But I'm glad I did, for I got to know him more. He discovered a side of me that loved being with Pokemon, and that loved bonding with them through battle. We got to know each other, became friends, even trained together. Not long afterwards I challenged him again, and came out on top this time. But we continued to see one another.
"Then it happened, the day my life would change forever; he proposed to me." Once again the couple gasp in shock, especially Cheryl. All this time she had thought she was trying to steal him from her, but instead it seems she already has someone in mind.
"My god, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry for thinking you'd want to take Lucas!" Cheryl shouts apologetically. It's the least she could do.
"Why would you think that?" Lucas asks her.
"It's okay. I was rather interested in Lucas, but that is for another reason." She says, ready to continue with her story. "I accepted his proposal, and we were to be wed, but too many things kept popping up. Being a Pokemon Champion is a very busy job. I didn't have any time to spend with Riley, and we kept being apart. I then realized that I didn't want to live the rest of my life battling trainers who only want the glory of being the best. I wanted to settle down with Riley, and study Pokemon history.
"But I couldn't just hand over my title to anyone. I wanted a sensitive soul who loved Pokemon the way I do, but at the same time I couldn't have a loser who had no way of training them right. Someone like that isn't so easy to find…That's when I came upon you, the red cap wearing boy who holds a Pokedex, just like I did. I then figured Rowan would be wise enough to choose the perfect candidate for being the next Champion, even if he didn't know it himself. So I decided to give you a hand, in unlocking your true potential." Cynthia then ends by staring at Lucas, and brushing her hair aside to reveal her other eye.
"Me? You mean all those tasks, those weird jobs you kept asking me to do, and the items you gave me, they were all for this day? The day I challenge Sinnoh's Pokemon Champion?" Lucas asks her in a confused voice. He feels as if all this time the road he's been walking down has been chosen for him.
"You were only interested in Lucas so you could groom a replacement? Does Riley know about this?" Cheryl asks her. Cynthia shakes her head from side to side, meaning no.
"There's no way he could have known in time to train him. When I had to pros pone the wedding he left to travel the world, in search of other Aura Guardians, as his duty being one. I was glad when I found out he was training you though." Cynthia says, placing her right hand on her ball belt. "And now, onto why you're here. I assume even with all the deceit you've dealt with you still wish to become Champion, no?"
"No, you're right. I don't care what's happened; it's my dream, so I will seek it out no matter what!" Lucas says, taking out a Pokeball.
"Good. As the Sinnoh Pokemon League Champion I will accept your challenge! Don't expect me to hold back!" Cynthia states before she sends out her Pokemon, Spiritomb.
"Whoa! She has a Spiritomb like me!" Cheryl shouts in shock.
"I know the perfect choice: Lucas!" Lucas sends out Lucario, who was able to heal perfectly from its last match.
"Good luck Lucas!" Cheryl says before heading away from them to allow room for battle.
"Spiritomb, Psychic attack!" Cynthia says to her Pokemon, whose eyes glow bright blue. Suddenly Lucario is hoisted in the air.
"Use Foresight!" Lucario releases a bright red flash from its eyes, similar to that of a flashlight. It hits Spiritomb and reveals it to everyone. But this leaves the Aura Pokemon to be tossed into the air. Lucario slams into the ground, and quickly rolls back up to its feet. Lucas grins from where he stands.
"That was impressive of you…Spiritomb isn't weak against any type of attack, but now with its Ghost attribute exposed it can feel Fighting type moves." Cynthia states, remembering the effects of Foresight on Ghosts. She smiles while closing her eyes.
"That's right. He tried the same thing against mine." Cheryl says, remembering the spars they had together and the time he used Lucario's Foresight on Spiritomb.
"Now this attack can hit it. Aura Sphere!" Lucario charges a ball of blue energy in the palm of its hands, and tosses it at Spiritomb.
"No you don't! Shadow Ball!" Spiritomb fires a ball of dark energy at the sphere, both colliding with one another and dispersing. Out from the smoke a second Aura Sphere, this one being smaller, hits Spiritomb in the face. It's not as strong as the first, but it does do considerable damage for a Fighting move.
"Lucario can make smaller ones that go through the air faster." Lucas says to the woman. Lucario then forms two more miniature ones and tosses them at the ghost. Spiritomb lifts itself up in the air to dodge the spheres, but eventually is bamboozled by the barrage of blue balls. "Follow up with Drain Punch!"
Lucario then leaps in the air towards Spiritomb, ready to make its finishing blow. "A simple follow up won't end this. Silver Wind!"
The ghost releases a powerful wind from all around its body, blowing the approaching dog back onto the ground. Lucario glares up at the ascending apparition with blue glowing eyes, and leaps up at it one more time. "Lucario, keep going! You almost got it!"
"Shadow Ball!" Spiritomb fires another ball of dark energy at Lucario, who gets struck by it once again. When it hits the ground its hands plant on the floor, and catapults itself back in the air.
"Lucario, Extreme Speed!" The Aura Pokemon suddenly jets towards the floating ghost at amazing speed, knocking it out of the air before Cynthia could make a command. "Now, Drain Punch!"
Lucario comes soaring down at Spiritomb, and slams its fist into its face. The attack drains it of the rest of Spiritomb's health and increases its own. The two Pokemon land on separate spots. Lucario stands while Spiritomb crashes. It would seem the ghost has fainted.
"Return Spiritomb." Cynthia calls back her fallen Pokemon. "Who would have thought you would have a Lucario this strong already…But I see it's still tired from the battle."
"I know…return, Lucas." Lucas says as he retrieves his Pokemon. He then takes out a normal Pokeball.
"Take the scene, Roserade." Cynthia sends out her sole Grass type. The rose Pokemon faces her opponent.
"Good thing I picked him. Natsu!" Lucas sends out Infernape, the fire ape Pokemon his side has him since the beginning of his journey.
"Ah, another advantage on your side. Roserade, use Sludge Bomb!" Muck and murk gather in Roserade's hands, and shoot out in the form of a sludge ball.
"Here we go; use Ember, and then follow up with Flamethrower!" Infernape fires off a tiny ball of flame at the sludge bomb, having the icky contents to explode on certain parts of the field. Cheryl jumps from left to right to dodge the sludge, Lucas uses a force field without thinking and Cynthia didn't even move: not a single slob touched her.
Infernape then releases a stream of fire from its mouth at the rose Pokemon. "Extrasensory!"
Roserade's attack stops the Flamethrower, and distorts it apart. Infernape too is affected by the attack as well, as it cannot get back up from being pushed down. Lucas then says, "Natsu, you can do it! Blast Burn!"
Infernape releases an explosion of pure flames, knocking Roserade out of its concentration and burning her. Infernape glares at his opponent, still on the ground immobilized due to its own attack. Roserade is busy trying to knock the flames off of it. "Roserade!"
"Now's your chance! Flamethrower!" Infernape fires a stream of flame at the Roserade, this time hitting its target perfectly. Roserade falls to the ground fainting.
"It seems Roserade is unable to battle. Return." Cynthia reclaims her fallen Pokemon, this being the second one.
"This is going easier than I expected. Lucas is definitely going to win!" Cheryl says, clapping both her hands together.
"You think that…I thank you for using up two of your strongest Pokemon on two of my weakest. Now the real battle begins, with the battle between starters! Battle Stance, Garchomp!" Cynthia sends out her strongest Pokemon, the Mach Pokemon Gablias, sorry I mean Garchomp. Lucas and Cynthia gasp at the sight of the Pokemon; they sure didn't see that coming.
"This can't be good. Natsu stands no chance against a dragon." Lucas says, knowing that his Pokemon would be flattened instantly. But he couldn't back up. If he kept switching out his Pokemon to combat against his opponent's weakness every time then he wouldn't be that strong a trainer. And if hers were stronger than his then he would need to weaken it at least. "Natsu, Flamethrower!"
Infernape fires a stream of flame at the dragon, which makes no attempts to block it. Garchomp charges through the flames towards the monkey. "Dragon Claw."
"Shadow Claw!" Natsu's right hand is shrouded with darkness as it lunges its arm at Garchomp. But the dragon's claws each glow with dragon like energy, as the right one block the Shadow Claw and the other slashes the monkey across the face. Infernape rolls across the field until it crashes into the wall.
"Natsu! Come on, you can do it! Vacuum Wave!" Infernape gets back up to its feet and punches at Garchomp, releasing a powerful blast of wind at the dragon.
"Dig." Garchomp burrows through the ground below easily, dodging the wave and leaving Lucas to now know they stand on dirt not marble.
"Oh no! Jump!" Infernape leaps up into the air, in hopes to dodge the incoming attack. Garchomp breaks out from the ground to attack, striking Infernape in time before it could jump high enough. Infernape glares down at its opponent and swings its tail at its face.
But instead of hitting the dragon Infernape misses this time. "Dragon Rush."
Before Lucas could shout out a response Garchomp is surrounded by energy and strikes the monkey head on. Infernape crashes on the ground, completely out of energy and strength to get back up. "I never would have thought this would happen so soon. Regardless, you did the best you could. Return."
"Now, do you have anything to say about my Pokemon?" Cynthia asks him as she and Garchomp cross their arms over their chests.
"It doesn't matter. I'm going to win anyway! Gabriel!" Lucas sends out his dragon Pokemon, one that would be outclassed by hers.
"Oh…that's another Pokemon you have that is just like mine." A smiling Cynthia says as she looks at his Garchomp.
"Don't count on it! Draco Meteor!!" Gabriel leaps up in the air as its head glows brightly with yellow energy. It then fires off multiple miniature meteors at
"Giga Impact!" Garchomp surrounds itself with swirling blue energy and jets towards the male one. As it does it receives the many meteor attacks from the floating dragon.
The female Garchomp strikes the male one, knocking it clear out of the sky. Gabriel lands on the ground on both feet and glare at Cynthia's landing Pokemon. Both could not move from using those attacks.
"Ready for this?" Cynthia says to him.
"Are you?" – Lucas
"Dragon Rush!" Each dragon swirl themselves in blue energy and then charge at one another with full force. Even after they collide neither seems to be able to gain the upper hand on the other. Cynthia's dragon lifts Lucas' up into the air eventually, and slams its tail in its face.
Gabriel crashes into the ground hard, but at that moment Lucas shouts, "Dragon Rage," and it fires out a ball of dragon-like energy at the opponent. From the angle they both were the attack makes a direct hit. Garchomp rubs its face of the painful residue of the attack.
"You're doing pretty good. But even with this your Pokemon is still too young to take down mine." Cynthia says, pointing her right hand index finger at Lucas.
"Come on Gabriel! You can do it! Try Twister!" Gabriel gets back up to its feet and swings its tail at the other Garchomp, releasing a powerful storm of wind.
"Garchomp may have powerful attack status but it has low special attack status. Dragon Rush!" Garchomp surrounds itself in energy once more, and burrows through the twister.
"Dragon Claw!" Gabriel charges at the approaching dragon and slashes both claws at the meteor-like force coming at it. The female Garchomp breaks through the claw attacks and strikes Gabriel, sending it soaring into the sky. It crashes back into the ground, fainting. "Dammit…I didn't think she was this strong…"
"Feel like giving up?" Cynthia asks him in a taunting voice.
"Return…I guess I'll have to use him. Go!" After Lucas retrieves Garchomp he sends out Geyser the Floatzel. "Let's make this quick Geyser! Your opponent should be weak enough! Icy Wind!"
Geyser blows an icy cold wind from its mouth, which hits the land shark dragon. Garchomp blocks with its right fin, but succumbs to the power of the ice attack, due to its double weakness. Its legs begin to freeze up too.
"I figured he'd use an ice using Pokemon. Brick Break!" Garchomp charges at Floatzel, both its forearm fins glowing brightly.
"Water Gun!" Floatzel fires a stream of water at Garchomp, blinding it in time to dodge the attacks. "Follow up with Iron Tail!"
In response to the dodges both its tails glow and the weasel then swings them at the dragon, smashing them into its stomach. Garchomp crashes onto the ground in pain, the three attacks in addition to the other two battles are starting to take its toll on the poor Pokemon. Still, it's a Pokemon battle, and neither player is allowed to swap out Pokemon until the end of it.
"Alright, we can win this! Icy Wind one more time!" Floatzel prepares to inhale some air to breath out cold wind, but Cynthia had other plans.
"Oh no you don't! Garchomp, use Giga Impact!" Garchomp leaps into the air and surrounds itself with swirling blue energy, and comes back down to the ground like a meteor.
"Cancel and use Water Gun on the ground!" The weasel squirts water on the ground, propelling itself into the air backwards. This helps the Pokemon dodge the meteor like attack. "Now use Swift!"
"Earthquake!" Garchomp stomps hard on the ground, causing an earthquake to shake the arena. Parts of the ceiling breaks down and pieces of it crash down onto Geyser, just as the stars of the Swift pummel Garchomp.
Floatzel lands on both its feet safely, as Garchomp crashes to the ground fainting. Lucas hops up and down happily. "Yes! I finally defeated it! Good job Geyser! You did-
Before he could continue his water Pokemon falls face-forward to the ground. "Geyser! He got taken out by a single attack?"
"Her one Pokemon took out his three?" Cheryl says to herself as she watches the battle between them. Both trainers retrieve their fallen Pokemon.
"This is it; both of us have three Pokemon left for use only. You won't be getting through these so easily. Go!" Cynthia sends out her Pokemon, Togekiss. Cheryl gasps when she sees the Pokemon show up before the field.
"I guess I can only choose him. Go, Blitz!" Lucas sends out Luxray, who glares at the opposing Togekiss. "Let's go for the win! Thunderbolt!"
Luxray releases a bolt of lightning at Togekiss, and being a flying type it would succumb easily. "I won't let it end so easily! This battle is so much fun to do so! Water Pulse!"
Togekiss summons a torrent of water from a blue ring created from the ground. This captures the thunderbolt and stops it. "Follow up with Aura Sphere!"
It then fires an Aura Sphere at Luxray through the water, aiming for its head. "Charge! Then use Charge Beam!"
Luxray releases a magnetic wave all around it, using this to take the aura sphere head on. It then charges a beam of pure electric energy, including some it absorbed from the Aura Sphere, and fires it at Togekiss. "Water Pulse!"
Togekiss tries the same trick, but this time the beam goes through the water and strikes it. It almost ends up being paralyzed. The remaining electricity increases Luxray's special attack. "That's it! Keep it going! Discharge!"
Luxray releases a powerful shockwave of electricity at Togekiss. "Shockwave!"
Togekiss counters with its own shockwave move, which successfully blocks the attack.
"A flying type can't keep this up forever. Use Charge again!" Blitz releases magnetic energy from all around it once more.
"We're not going to fall for that again! Double Edge!" Togekiss charges full on at Luxray, who still charges up its energy. Since it's a physical move it won't be weakened by Charge.
"Flash." Right when Togekiss is two feet close by, Luxray releases a flash of energy that blinds Togekiss temporarily. "Now use Spark!"
Luxray charges itself with electricity and tackles the bird Pokemon with it. Togekiss faints the minute it hits the ground. "Return, Togekiss."
"Yes! I may win this yet!" Lucas shouts as him and Luxray leap up happily.
"Milotic, take the scene!" Cynthia sends out her fifth Pokemon, the beautiful Water type Milotic.
"Water vs. Electric: this won't last long. Thunderbolt!" Lucas states with confidence, as Luxray releases a bolt of electricity at Milotic.
"Mirror Coat." Milotic forms an invisible mirror in front of it, and takes the Thunderbolt with it. The water Pokemon then releases it back at Luxray with all its strength.
This knocks out Luxray with a single hit, knocking it onto the ground. Lucas gapes at his fallen Pokemon, and then retrieves it. 'That Pokemon would still be weak from the electricity used on it. So this guy will be fine.' "Go, Shaymin!"
Lucas sends out his sole grass type, and Legendary, Shaymin. He then takes out the flower he got from Cheryl and steps over to it. Cynthia smiles and says, "Wow, a Shaymin. Where did you pick that one up?"
"Here you go. Let's see what happens Cheryl." Lucas places the Gracidea on top of Shaymin's head, and suddenly flowers blossom around its body. The flowers go away and reveal a new form of Shaymin; it now looks like a reindeer with wings. Lucas, Cheryl and Cynthia all watch its amazing transformation in awe.
"Even more surprises coming from you. Let's continue." Cynthia says to Lucas, all ready and set to continue their battle.
"Ready Shaymin?" Lucas asks his Pokemon. The green reindeer nods to its trainer and enters the battlefield. Lucas turns to face Cheryl and asks her, "Hey, how did you know about this transformation?"
"I know everything there is to know about Shaymin! After all being apart of the Pick a Peck of Petals Flower shop has let me know more about it!" Cheryl confesses, glad to let out all her knowledge about the Pokemon.
"Let the battle resume! Milotic, Ice Beam!" Milotic opens its…mouth and fires a beam of pure ice at the reindeer.
"Dodge and use Magical Leaf!" Shaymin flies up into the air and dodges the attack. Leaves come out from its body and shoot at the water type, scratching up its body. "Now use Energy Ball!"
"Dragon Pulse!" Milotic fires a stream of blue dragon energy at Shaymin, who shoots a ball of solar energy back. Having a pushing force on its side the Dragon Pulse topples over the Energy Ball, destroying it and continuing towards the grass Pokemon.
"Shaymin!" Lucas yells out, knowing how strong that attack is. Shaymin gets hit by the attack and falls to the ground, but just as quickly it gets back up. "Alright!"
"It's persistent. Ice Beam!" Milotic fires another beam of ice at Shaymin.
"Use Quick Attack!" Shaymin increases its speed to fly all over the room, dodging the consecutive beams coming at it. What didn't hit the reindeer strikes the ceiling and freezes. Shaymin then finally closes in on Milotic and tackles it. "Now finish it off with Zen Headbutt!"
Shaymin makes a powerful head butt attack on the beautiful Pokemon, knocking it into next week. Milotic crashes onto the ground, fainting. Shaymin lands on the ground happily, leaping up and down happily. Lucas punches the air with the same enthusiasm. "Alright! Now there's only one more left."
Cynthia reclaims Milotic, and looks at Lucas from where she stands. "I can't remember the last time I was put into a corner like this, except when I faced Cyrus. Battle stance, Lucario!"
"Lucario?!" Lucas says in a questioning voice. Both him and Cheryl gasp in great surprise when they see the aura Pokemon appear on the field. "Is she an Aura Guardian as well?"
"Stone Edge!" Lucario places its hands on the ground, summoning sharp rocks to shoot out and fly after Shaymin.
"Take fly and use Energy Ball!" Shaymin flies high up into the air to dodge the attack, and Lucas runs away to do the same. The reindeer then shoots its energy ball at him.
"Force Palm." Lucario releases energy from its right palm, which disperses the Energy Ball. "Then use Shadow Ball!"
Lucario tosses a ball of dark energy at the flying reindeer, but it dodges the attack quickly. The shadow ball strikes the ceiling, causing most of the ice on it to fall down. Cynthia smiles smugly as she watches the ice fall on top of Shaymin Sky Form.
With contact on ice Shaymin's body begins to glow, and it is suddenly reverted to its original Land Form. Shaymin's body plops on the ground injured. "Shaymin!"
"Shaymin can't stay in Sky Form at night, or when it's cold!" Cheryl says, upset to see that happen.
"Lucario, Aura Sphere!" Lucario fires an energy sphere at Shaymin.
"Shaymin! Use Roll Out!" Lucas shouts, but instead Shaymin receives the attack. "Why didn't it use it?"
"Shaymin can't use Rollout! You're confusing it with that blue hedgehog!" Cheryl says to him, reminding him that the stunts from Sega won't work here.
"Oh, that's right…there's not much it can do against a Steel type, and Seed Flare is useless without toxins in the air…try Bullet Seed!" Shaymin fires multiple seeds from its mouth at Lucario.
"Close Combat! Then follow up with Shadow Ball!" Lucario punches the seeds away with a single fist, as the other charges dark energy in it.
"Energy Ball!" Shaymin fires off its Energy Ball at Lucario, who tosses the Shadow Ball at them. The Shadow Ball overpowers Shaymin's attack, and strikes the hedgehog. Shaymin falls to the ground and faints.
"No, Shaymin!" Lucas says in worry for his Pokemon. He then reclaims it, saying, "Regardless, you did good. Return."
"Well, what will you do now? You're down to your last Pokemon, and it's already been damaged from earlier." Cynthia says, as Lucas takes out a Pokeball.
"It doesn't matter. If I back down now I'll never get a chance like this again to win! Go, Lucas!" Lucas sends out his last Pokemon, which is also the only survivor in the entire battle, Lucario.
"So it has come to this, our last Pokemon facing off against one another. Lucario, use Aura Sphere!" Cynthia says, having her Pokemon toss its attack at the other one.
"Lucas, use Force Palm and then Dragon Pulse!" Lucas' Pokemon copies what Cynthia's did earlier and disperses the Aura Sphere, and then gathers both hands together to release a beam of blue dragon energy.
Cynthia's Lucario receives the blast, but due to being a steel type is doesn't hurt as much as it should. "Stone Edge!"
Lucario presses both palms on the ground, and summons super sharp rocks from the dirt to attack Lucas (Pokemon). "Aim an Aura Sphere at the ceiling!"
Lucario tosses an Aura Sphere at the ceiling above the other Lucario, causing large fragments of ice to fall on top of it. It would then receive the power of the super sharp rocks. But its types are strong against it so it would survive.
The ice falls towards Cynthia's Lucario, who jumps back to dodge it. This gives Lucas a chance. "Combine Extreme Speed and Drain Punch!"
Lucas jets towards the other Lucario, ready to punch it straight in the face. Cynthia says, "Counter with Aura Sphere!"
Lucario tosses its signature attack at Lucas, who ducks below it and punches it square in the chest. This causes severe damage to Lucario and increases Lucas' HP. "Now the battle can go either way! Use Ice Punch!"
"Don't mock my Pokemon! Counter!" Cynthia says, as her Lucario shrouds itself in red energy. Lucas' attack reflects back at it and it receives double the damage. The area around them freezes up.
"You're right, this is fun! Let's see how much fun we can have before you lose!" Lucas states with a smile, as his Lucario stands back on both its feet. "Lucas, charge up an Aura Sphere!"
Lucario begins to form a much stronger Aura Sphere with both its hands.
'What could he be planning this time? I'll have to take him out quickly before he can fire it!' "Lucario, Extreme speed and Thunder punch!" Lucario charges its fist with electricity, and jets towards his opponent. But apparently Cynthia forgot about the frozen field they both were standing on, and her Lucario slips on the ice.
Lucas takes this chance and tells his Pokemon, "Jump over Lucario and shoot the Aura Sphere at it!"
Lucas (Pokemon) does exactly what his trainer instructs him, leaping over the sliding Lucario and dumping the sphere at it. Cynthia shouts, "Force Palm!"
Lucario places its right palm up at the sphere and tries to disperse it, but it was much stronger than the ones before, so it had no effect. Lucario is hit by the Aura Sphere attack on its face. This causes smoke to rise up from it. Both trainers look down at where Lucario got hit, and Lucas (Pokemon) lands beside the impact sight. The smoke finally clears up, and reveals Lucario has fainted.
The three trainers gasp at the sight, silence cropping up between each and every one of them. Neither of them said anything for the first few seconds, until Lucas makes out, "I can't believe it…I won…I won…I beat the Pokemon Champion."
"Lucas won!!" Cheryl finally cheers out, and then both her and her boyfriend leap up in joy. Lucario does the same as well. "YATTA!"
"Just a few moments ago, you were the most powerful challenger," Cynthia says, as she reclaims her Lucario. Lucas and Cheryl turn their attention to her. The blond then smiles at them warm fully to say, "And just now, you became the most powerful of all Sinnoh trainers! Congratulations! You are the-
"New Champion." Another voice says, interrupting Cynthia. All three trainers look behind her and spot Riley standing there. Cynthia's cheeks turn extremely warm once she catches the sight of him. He then continues with, "You did great, Lucas. I expect nothing less from the trainer I beefed up personally."
"Of course!" Lucas says, as Cynthia walks towards Riley. Cheryl wraps her arms around him after he calls back Lucario. "Cheryl?"
"You were amazing…I knew you could win." She says, as she kisses him on the lips.
Lucas pulls back for a bit, and then says, "Well, I did have help. Without you I would have never thought to use Foresight on Spiritomb first, or used the Gracidea on Shaymin," before kissing her back on the lips.
"Well, I can't say I'm disappointed. Although I lost, I was able to pass my torch to someone much more worthy of it…now we can plan the wedding…" Cynthia says, as she snakes her hands behind Riley's head. She then kisses him on the lip with as much passion and love as she could, and her blue lover responds full force.
"I know…but first, we should finish this up." Riley says, removing his lips from hers. The two of them then face the younger kissing couple before them. "We still need to register him into the Hall of Fame."
"Of course. How silly of me." Cynthia says, removing herself from her fiancé. Lucas and Cheryl finish making out with one another, a bridge of drool leaking from their mouths, as Cynthia approaches them. "Lucas, come with us. It's time you were immortalized into the Hall of Fame."
"Okay." Lucas says, wiping his cheek of the saliva. He and Cheryl then join up with the older couple and head down the hall Riley came out of, being careful of the ice. From there they enter an elevator, which takes them below the battlefield. There they are taken to another hallway, this one much longer than the last.
The four of them walk down the hall together, going past the many statues of past Pokemon. This continues until they reach a set of doors. They enter inside, and come before a machine with six slots, hanging pictures of trainers with six Pokemon, and Professor Rowan and Dawn.
"Lucas, I never thought I'd ever see you coming to this room so soon." The Professor says as the four stop before him.
"Professor? What are you doing here?!" Lucas asks him, rather surprised to see him here.
"Lucas! We were watching your battle with the Champion! You were amazing!" Dawn shouts out.
"The professor wanted to see you battle me. He really has high hopes for you, and I can see why." Cynthia says, patting the top of his head.
"So you knew I was going to win, even before the battle started?" Lucas asks, and then turns to face the former champ. "Did you take a dive?!"
Cynthia laughs a bit at his words. "Of course now! While it is true I wanted you to win, like I said there's no way I would give my title away to anyone. That victory you earned was no fluke."
"It's true. I just really believed you would surpass Cynthia, just as I had hope she would become Champion as well." Rowan says, giving out a hearty laugh.
"I knew Lucas would win too. After all, your Pokemon are pretty strong, just like you." Dawn says to Lucas, a blush and a smile adorning her face.
"Dawn, Professor, thanks for believing in me…where's Paul? Shouldn't he be here too?" Lucas asks at the end, looking around for his friend.
"He went home when he heard you made it through Victory Road. Must be preparing something for you." Dawn says, remembering something he said to her.
"Well Lucas, are you ready to enter your Pokemon? Just place them on the machine and they'll register them and you into the Hall of Fame." Cynthia says to the boy as she and Riley move to stand before the machine.
"Okay." Lucas walks towards the machine and Cheryl follows behind him. Rowan and Dawn move aside to allow him to reach it. Lucas places his spherical capsules on the slot, and they each show up on the machine in order: Natsu the Infernape, Blitz the Luxray, Gabriel the Garchomp, Geyser the Floatzel, Lucas the Lucario, and Shaymin.
"And there you have it…you are now a member of the Hall of Fame, new Champion Lucas Kongoseki!" Cynthia states, as Lucas' image appears on the machine's screen before his Pokemon.
"And now for the picture! Gather all your Pokemon around for it!" Rowan takes out a digital camera and moves far away to get a picture of him. Lucas grabs his Pokeballs and releases them, having all his Pokemon pop out beside him. Infernape stands by his right, Floatzel by the left, Luxray leans down while in front of Infernape, Garchomp stands behind Lucas, Lucario sits Indian style in front of Lucas with both arms crossed, and Shaymin is snuggled in the boy's arms.
Rowan then takes the picture, completing his immortalizing into the Hall of Fame.
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"Congratulations on your victory at the Pokemon League Lucas!!" Paul shouts, pointing up his glass of iced tea, not alcohol. Everyone else does so as well, although the people 18 and over have wine.
They each clank their glasses together, shouting, "Kanpai!!"
Lucas and his friends are now at his hometown Twinleaf, having a party to celebrate his victory over the former champion and becoming the new one. Everyone who joined his birthday party, the rest of the gym leaders, and even the Elite Four, are present at this party. Lucas sits down beside his girlfriend Cheryl, who is eying the wine bottles.
"You're too young to try it." Lucas says to her. She sighs and eventually gives up on it.
"I know, but I want to at least taste it. How bad can it be?" She states.
"You can have some Floaroma honey instead." Lucas says as he digs into his backpack and takes out a jar of honey. In less than a few nanoseconds Cheryl snags the jar from him and begins consuming the sweet contents within the glass. "That's my Cheryl…"
"Congratulations…Lucas…on your victory…" Marley says to him, standing before him while constantly looking to the side and blushing. "I knew…you would…become champ…all along…"
"And I was hoping for you to get over that speech thing. You shouldn't be worried about what others think of you. After all you're a respectable person." Lucas says to her, hoping his words get through to Marley.
"Yes…but still…people don't…change so easily…" Marley says to him, blushing a bit more than before.
"Huh? Who are you?" Cheryl asks as she finishes her honey.
"She's Marley. She helped me find Shaymin while in Victory Road. Remember when I told you about him and Team Galactic?" Lucas tells his girlfriend, gesturing to the black haired girl beside him.
"Hi…nice to meet you…" Marley says, extending a friendly hand out to the green haired girl.
'Damn it! Another one?! Oh well…she seems nice…at least she helped him that time…' "Hello. I'm Cheryl. I hope we become friends!" She says to her, smiling as she shakes her hand. She still is a little upset over meeting with another girl who has eyes for Lucas, but it's just something she has to get over with. Besides, her main offender has been cleared.
"So Lucas, what will you be doing next?" Riley asks him, approaching the champion from the table.
"Well, I could go explore another region. I won't mind." Lucas says, remembering the two powerful trainers he met that live in that region. "I guess that's a start."
"I wonder what I should do…" Cheryl says to herself. The whole reason she wanted to join him at first was to see the world of Sinnoh along side him. She has no interest in seeing Johto for the moment, and she really didn't want to be a total burden to him.
"Lucas, I'm so proud of you! Becoming the champion is a great accomplishment!" Joanne says as she hugs him from behind.
"Mom! Get off! You're embarrassing me in front of everyone!" Lucas says to his mother.
"Oh, come on! It's not like you to ignore praise!" – Joanne
"If you do leave Lucas then remember to come back stronger than ever! I aim to become better than you!" Paul says, thrusting his fist in front of Lucas.
"Yeah!" Lucas copies him, both their knuckles lightly touching the other. His mouth suddenly goes down, and he stands up to leave. "Oops, got to go!"
Lucas then heads inside his home, going to the bathroom upstairs. This has no negative effect on the party, but no one seem to notice a mysterious man walking through the windows of the home. Lucas comes out of the bathroom, zipping his pants up and sighing out of relief. But then he sees the person who snuck in his house, and automatically remembers who it is. "It seems your journey has come to an end."
"Giratina?!" Lucas shouts in a really surprised voice, pointing to the Pokemon in its human form. He then remembers the last thing he told him before he left the Torn World. "Oh, is this about the thing I have to do for you?"
"Uh huh. I felt I should wait until you had some free time before I asked you. That was a pretty good battle you had." The ghost dragon says to him.
"You were watching? How?" Lucas asks him. He had thought that battle was done in privacy.
"That's not important. Right now, you have to complete your end of the bargain…you know about how Palkia and Dialga are masters of time and space and are tied to one another?" Giratina begins, wanting to get things out of the way first.
"Uh, yeah. Is there a link between you and those two?" Lucas asks him.
"Them and I are a part of a trio, a separate one created by Arceus to create the world. We exist as the balance that keeps the world moving!" Giratina states, spreading his arms out for effect. "It was through the old man's will that Palkia stabilizes space, Dialga moves time, and I keep the shadows of all intact!"
"Shadows?" Lucas asks him, and then looks down at his feet. He is surprised to see that there is no shadow under him. "You don't have a shadow!"
"I embody antimatter. That's why I hold no reflection, shadow, or anything that would be present to me in that world. Anyway, there exist orbs, three orbs that grant us our fullest potential. They should 'be somewhere' within Mount Coronet." The antimatter dragon says to the Pokemon Champion. Right before he continues, he hears someone entering the building, and sighs. "Well, I have to go. Good luck on your task."
He then disappears in a flash of red light, entering his own dimension. Lucas shields his eyes from the light, as he sees Cheryl coming up the stairs. "Lucas, there you are! How long does it take to pee for a boy?"
"You should know! You did read those books…" Lucas taunts, causing Cheryl to snicker a bit.
"Calm down, Lucas. It's not like I'm obsessed with that sort of stuff." She then notices sometime was up with his expression. It looks as if he has seen something upsetting to him. "Is something wrong?"
"No, I'm okay. Let's go outside." He says, walking to the door with her. Even as they exit the building she could tell something was up with him.
With that everything went off without a hitch. They all had some real fun at the party, even Riley who enjoyed the company of Cynthia and Joanne more. Lucas though continues to remain focus on the task Giratina made him do. Despite little information on the subject he would have to do it. There's no way he couldn't; that would be going back on his promise, and Giratina would then have no reason not to destroy their world.
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That night, Lucas sneaks out of his bed, leaving Cheryl to sleep in the warmth he left. He dresses himself up for outside, and begins to leave the building. He would have to sneak out very quietly to do so. Lucky for him everyone else is gone. Lucas exits his house and continues towards Sand gem Town. He would need to replace one of his Pokemon with one that can fly.
He reaches the town and enters the center, exchanging his Garchomp for Staraptor. He then sends out Staraptor and flies towards Hearthome, since it has the easiest entrance. Lucas would enter from there and climb up Mt. Coronet, until he reaches the Spear Pillar, and begins his search.
"Nothing…I can't find them. What are they suppose to look like?" Lucas asks himself as he continues looking for those damn stones. He then heads down from the top of the mountain, to search its insides.
His search brings him to a waterfall, one he noticed long ago the last time he came here. It was the only place he hasn't searched, and with Floatzel's ability to climb them he would be perfect for this situation. "Let's go, Geyser!"
Floatzel pops out from its capsule into the water, where Lucas joins it. He then grabs hold of it, and it takes him up the waterfall towards a cavern. He enters inside it, and spots two orbs; one looks like a crystal while the other resembles a gem. He picks both of them up with his two hands.
"Well, that's two. Where is the other…huh?" The two gems begin to glow brightly, as his eyes begin to glow with blue energy. "What's going on!?"
The light consumes Lucas and Floatzel, transporting them to a new location. His eyes were blinded by the bright light and preventing him from seeing anything. Soon he could see clearly, but witnesses something he wishes he didn't.
They're in the Torn World. "Oh no! I can't believe I'm back here again!"
Lucas returns Floatzel to its ball, and places the orbs in his backpack. 'How am I going to get out?'
Before he begins looking for a way out, he notices a small ghastly yellow orb not too far in front of him. Lucas picks it up and holds it in front of him. His eyes become entranced by its shine, and the orbs in his bag begin to glow.
Yusei: And this is the last real chapter. In the next one, which is the last, Lucas gives the orbs to the three dragons, and is well on his way to the Johto region. Cheryl has a confession to tell him, and something about Darkrai and Cresselia.
Lucas: Wow! When is that adventure going to be shown?
Yusei: Next year when TCM buys Heartgold.
Lucas: NANI!?! But that's for another 5 months, and he'll be in college by then!
Yusei: That doesn't mean he won't have the money to do it. It's probably going to cost 35 bucks, like Platinum and 358/2 days. By the way, he ended that game. Xion is actually a (spoiler block). What the?!
Kenshin: Maybe we should try something subtle: Xion's existence has something to do with the Riku Replica. That should be enough for the people to know.