I'm like hey, wassup, hello…
000
It was eleven in the morning, the sun beaming over the lavish mansion in which the legendaries resided. The sunlight emitted from the large star radiated through a pair of windows. These windows, which were a part of the, much larger, living room, shined the light onto one of two of our favorite hosts.
The sunlight bounced off of his white fur as he rested on the floor behind the huge couch. He purred as he slept, the soft, but firm, carpeting providing a suitable surface for naps or if someone ended up passing out during or after a party.
However, seeing his sleeping form there, a question arose. Why was he sleeping there exactly?
"Solgaleoooo~."
Oh, right…
Entei had been stalking Solgaleo, wanting the large lion to fulfill their 'agreement'. It had actually slipped the Volcano Pokemon's mind for a few weeks until, out of everyone, Kyurem reminds him.
"Solgaleooo… you know our deal. You might as well come out…" Entei insisted teasingly, his usually brash and aggressive tone being drowned out by a lascivious one.
The hall was unusually quiet, with a majority of the others either remaining in their rooms or their gender specific clubs. This left Solgaleo pretty much out in the open, as after checking the Sunne Pokemon's room and the club he'd be in, Entei knew that there were probably only a select few other places he could be.
"Solgaleoooo~."
The third time his name was called, Solgaleo's eyes slowly flickered open as his drowsiness disappeared. He yawned, smacking his lips silently. As he prepared to rise, he heard his name be called yet again, causing his eyes to widen.
"He's still after me?!" he thought in a panic. "What the hell is wrong with him?!"
The sun emissary glanced at a clock hanging on the wall and gaped, seeing that it was past eleven. He growled, but then gained an indifferent expression. His and Lunala's show was coming to the end; they only had three more episodes and three contestants left, one of which they despised with every fiber of their being.
However, as he thought about it, he realized that his censorship of Dhelmise wasn't really helping anything. The Monday host sighed in annoyance; immediately, a thump was heard from the other side of the couch, causing him to jump.
He stood up, only to be face to face with Entei, who was hanging from the rim of the large sofa, gazing dreamily at the Sunne Pokemon. "There you are~..."
"Entei, will you please leave me the hell alone?!" Solgaleo roared in total agitation, slamming a paw down. "Seriously! You are not that fucking needy!"
"Who said that I was~?" the smaller leonine queried teasingly as he dropped down onto the sofa's cushions. Hearing his pawsteps start coming around, Solgaleo started backing away. Sure, he was more more than four feet taller than he was, but Entei still had the type advantage!
"C'mon. You act like you're not aching for some action…" Entei stated, padding toward Solgaleo with his same libidinous expression.
"I'm not," Solgaleo responded sternly, glowering at the fire-type that stalked after him. "Now if you don't mind…"
Suddenly, the larger lion's stomach growled. He had overslept, so he hadn't had a chance to eat anything. He cursed to himself. Now he was going to be late, and with Entei in front of him, seemingly unwilling to let up, he was definitely gonna be a while.
000
"Did I expect to make it this far?" Dhelmise started, staring at the camera. "Honestly, no. However, I also didn't expect this game to be full of sensitive snowflakes, so, eh. More or less."
"I still can't believe that these nimrods allowed this to happen," he laughed.
000
Tsareena let out a sigh. "Well, this is an astounding feat if I do say so myself…"
"I got myself eliminated first, was lucky enough to return, and now I have made it to the semi-finals. I don't believe that this has ever been done before," she acknowledged. "Although, I still hold a bit of resentment towards myself, as does Hakamo-o, for what I did."
"It is such a weird feeling, to win in a fair, but rather rude, manner," Tsareena continued before letting out another sigh. "But, Dhelmise was practically guaranteed a spot, and I had already made Lycanroc's elimination a priority of mine, so I shouldn't be feeling that upset."
"At this point, it will be every player for themselves," the Fruit Pokemon stated. "Hakamo-o no long trusts me, which I understand, Dhelmise will not be getting help from either me nor Hakamo-o, and I have ill-will toward Dhelmise, but not Hakamo-o."
000
"Great, now I'm all alone," Hakamo-o growled. "I had to talk to Lucario about it again and try and calm myself down. Then, I decided to just call Lycanroc so that I didn't completely lose my mind…"
"Fuck Dhelmise and fuck Tsareena. I'm alone, so now I have free reign. And I'm going to make sure that neither of them win…"
000
Tsareena entered the cafe for a snack. Entering the area, she walked over to the pantry. It was approaching noon, and they still hadn't been called down. It was rather peculiar, as on Monday, Solgaleo almost always made it before noon and they made it back sometime in the afternoon.
She pulled out a bag of pretzels from a box on the ground and started heading out of the food storage room. As she stepped out, the doors of the cafe opened, and a certain dragon- and fighting-type entered.
Upon making eye contact, Hakamo-o immediately exited, clenching her fists. Seeing this, Tsareena sighed before walking toward the doors. Exiting, she saw Hakamo-o leaning against the wall, her arms folded as she stared at the ground, as if trying to identify the individual strands that made up the red carpet.
Tsareena started walking to the elevators, but stopped once she was next to Hakamo-o. She took a breath and turned to face her fellow finalist. "Hakamo-o…"
The Scaly Pokemon didn't even respond or look at her, she simply walked back into the cafe. Tsareena, seeing this, looked down and just proceeded toward the elevators.
-000-
Hakamo-o took a seat at a table, holding her head with a huff. Suddenly, she growled and whacked the napkin holder, and salt and pepper shakers off of the table. After seeing this, she soughed and rose up from her seat in order to clean up the mess she had caused.
She picked up the napkin holder and placed it back on the table; she then proceeded to pick up the salt and pepper shakers. As she did so, Dhelmise entered the cafe scene with a snort. "Spilling salt. How unfortunate. Looks like bad luck will be on your side today…"
"What the-" Hakamo-o started as she looked around before turning back around and seeing Dhelmise floating toward the food. She growled in agitation. "Fuck you! That shit doesn't even exist!"
"Whatever ya say, bitch. We all know that I'm the one who's gonna end up winning, and I'm going to burn all of the money right in front of all of you losers…"
Hakamo-o scoffed, her mouth agape from shock. "What the fuck is wrong with you!? Some of us can actually use the money to benefit ourselves and others, and you're just gonna destroy it all?!"
"Yep. I mean, what better way to actually make this shit show stand out?" Dhelmise thought to her. "Asshole that pisses off everyone wins competition and burns the reward in front of losers! That'll be great!"
Hakamo-o just shook her head. "You know, I always knew that you were a piece of shit, but that's just downright cruel. You need to get your ethics in check, because you're gonna be nothing in life, or afterlife, whatever the fuck you're in…" she said as she started leaving the cafe.
Dhelmise chortled. "She's worried about my ethics when she needs to worry about who's gonna take charge in her 'relationship'..."
"FINAL THREE! REPORT TO THE LOBBY! IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE!" Solgaleo's voice boomed, sounding rather… crestfallen.
"About time…" Dhelmise commented before phasing through the ground.
000
Solgaleo was waiting in the lobby with an agitated expression plastered on his face. Entei had pestered him for the entire he was there; he had tried to just get his strudel and move to his room, but the persistent Volcano Pokemon cut him off at every given point, demanding intercourse.
Due to this, the larger lion, hating confrontation of this kind, had to just sit in the kitchen to finish his breakfast. Then, he teleported out of the kitchen and to the lobby. Granted, he could have just did this and gone to his room, but Entei would've just pestered him from outside of his door. He let out a sigh before hearing the ding of the elevator door.
Hakamo-o exited and started walking toward the middle of the lobby. Just as she did so, Dhelmise phased through the ceiling and floated over.
Solgaleo let out a sigh. He had just escaped one annoyance, just to be in the presence of another. After a few seconds, the elevator doors opened again and Tsareena stepped out, walking over to them.
Once they were all in front of him, Solgaleo put on a fake smile. "Hello final three… and welcome to your final week of the competition."
Hearing this caused a bit of confusion. There were still three more challenges, so how was this their final week?
"Uh, how is it the final week, exactly?" Hakamo-o queried. "Aren't there still three challenges left?"
"Yes, and they will all be done this week," Solgaleo explained. "One will be today, Lunala will be here Wednesday to host the penultimate challenge, and both of us will be here for the finale…"
"Huh, I suppose that makes sense," Tsareena commented.
"It does," Solgaleo stated matter-of-factly. "Now, let's get to today's challenge."
A blue light enveloped the four of them before they vanished from the lobby.
000
The four of them reappeared on Poni Island. They stood in front of an enormous tree that looked like it extended over 200 ft into the air. There was an entrance in the trunk of the gargantuan perennial plant lined by pillars and a couple of torches that sat on a stone platform.
Hakamo-o's eyes lit up when she saw this area. "The Battle Tree!" she oozed confidence.
Solgaleo gave her a look. "Yes. The Battle Tree! Site of numerous battles where Pokemon come to strengthen themselves and prove their worth!"
"Your challenge today will be do just that…" he continued as the final three exchanged looks. "One at a time, you guys will enter the battle tree and try to defeat as many Pokemon as you can in the fastest time. Each level with have a Pokemon of a different type, and each type will have its own level, making eighteen levels in total…"
"We know how to math," Dhelmise drawled.
Solgaleo, ignoring him, continued expounding on the challenge. "The player that is able to defeat the most Pokemon with the fastest time will automatically gain access into the finale, meaning that the two losers will have to duke it out in the penultimate challenge for the second spot."
Hakamo-o glowered at the other two; Tsareena took a deep breath; Dhelmise just held an indifferent disposition.
"Now, it's been randomly selected who gets to go first, and Dhelmise, that'd be you…"
"Oh yay…" he droned on.
Solgaleo chuckled to himself. "Yes, you being free of my presence and getting your ass kicked will make my day a whole lot better…"
Dhelmise 'rolled his eyes' before beginning to enter the facility. As he went inside, rolled a television to the host and the two other finalists.
000
Dhelmise floated up the spiral ramp, which would lead to the first battle. On his way up, he noticed a sign that read 'Normal-type' and chortled.
He floated onto the first platform and saw that he'd have to keep whirling around if he wanted to make it up further. He groaned to himself before realizing what his opponent was. There, waiting for him on the first level… was a Bibarel.
Dhelmise 'blinked'. Did they really expect him to take this seriously? It was a freaking Bibarel. As the normal- and water-type got into a combat stance, Dhelmise chuckled to himself. "Come on, is this a fucking joke? This is just a stupid Bibarel! I expected at least some inkling of a challenge."
The Bibarel, seeming to understand and take offense to what the Sea Creeper Pokemon was saying, glowered at him. While he went on his little diatribe, the Bibarel opened his mouth, firing a light blue beam toward Dhelmise.
Dhelmise turned back to the Bibarel just in time to be hit with the Ice Beam. Luckily for him, he didn't get frozen by it.
"Lucky shot with the Ice Beam, but you're still the most worthless Pokemon in existence. Seriously, nobody likes your species or your ugly babies. There's a reason why doof is in their name," Dhelmise insulted, a few ice crystals stuck to himself and his anchor starting to melt away. "They're stupid!"
The Bibarel's eyes tightened as it opened its maw again, causing a white orb to white orb began firing snowballs toward the seaweed-anchor combo. As the Blizzard came toward him, Dhelmise floated up out of the way, with the Bibarel following him every time he did so.
After a while, Dhelmise grew bored of the Bibarel's persistence. His anchor glowed green as he extended it out, whacking the Bibarel in its side, sending it flying off of the tree.
000
"BIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
The Bibarel landed next to the television screen with a harsh THUD. Hakamo-o and Tsareena could only glower as they watched Dhelmise proceed to the next level.
"Part water-type against a part grass-type… who would have known that Dhelmise would win?" Tsareena stated sarcastically.
Solgaleo gave her an irritated glance from the corner of his eye. He had a feeling deep down that Dhelmise would make it past the first one at least. He didn't set up the Pokemon that they'd be battling, he let the interns handle it. And it just so happens that the first one was weak to him. Great…
"Hopefully the fire-type will put him in his place…" the host thought intently as he watched the screen.
000
As Dhelmise made it to the next level, a monkey with a flame on its head was seen in a combat pose hopping in place in anticipation. Dhelmise expected a fire-type because of the sign he saw on his way up, but didn't expect one like this.
And by that, he expected one that didn't look so stupid. Seeing the Infernape hop in place like a Lopunny that had to take a piss only made Dhelmise chuckle to himself.
"Y-You're kidding me right now. You have to be…" he said.
Immediately, the Infernape let out a battle screech before whipping its flames around and enveloping itself in fire. It then rolled toward Dhelmise, using Flame Wheel.
Dhelmise attempted to move out of the way quickly, but the Infernape was still able to strike him. He had to admit, the blow did hurt, and was very effective.
"Ugh…" he groaned. "You're lucky, you dumb ape."
The Infernape immediately leapt up before white streaks followed it. It was preparing to hit Dhelmise again, but he quickly moved out of the way and fired three Shadow Balls at the Infernape, causing it to growl out in pain upon impact. Following that, Dhelmise used Surf. The Infernape attempted to get up, but the wave crashed down it.
The Infernape yelled out as the torrent hit. As water began running off the sides, it was revealed that the Infernape was sprawled out, unconscious.
In doing this, Dhelmise started floating to the next level, whistling another pirate tune without looking back.
000
"Oh you have GOT to be kidding me!" Hakamo-o growled, seeing the scene. "That Flame Wheel should have done so much more!"
"It seems that Dhelmise is much more resilient than we thought…" Tsareena stated. "Though, he has shown his weakness when I kicked his ass in the last challenge…"
"That doesn't make any fucking sense…" Hakamo-o grumbled, folding her arms.
Solgaleo was now agitated. It would seem that the bastard actually stood a chance now with his moveset and how he acts. Grass-types were notoriously weak, so this should have been weighing much more heavily on him.
000
Dhelmise floated up and around, seeing that the next level would have a Fighting-type. This meant that he'd likely take absolutely no damage, if there were no effective moves on it, that is.
He made it to the full level and found himself in the presence of a purple weasel with long fur on its arms, a Mienshao.
"Oh joy, a cum bucket. This is going to be interesting…" he said to himself.
Immediately, the Mienshao charged forward, its right paw completely purple before leaping high in the air. Seeing how fast it was, Dhelmise knew that the Martial Arts Pokemon's agility was going to be a problem.
He moved out of the way of the Poison Jab, only for Mienshao to follow it up with another, and then another, and another.
Dhelmise attempted to use Shadow Ball, but it was deflected by an Aura Sphere. The Mienshao did a grand leap into the sky before coming down, feet first toward him.
Dhelmise fired a Shadow Ball at it in midair. The attack struck and the ermine landed with a glower, a pained expression on its face. It got back onto its feet and charged forward, preparing to attempt Poison Jab again.
Groaning, Dhelmise floated up, only to be struck once the Mienshao lunged upward at him. In retaliation, Dhelmise struck him with Anchor Shot, sending him close to the edge of the tree level. Immediately, Dhelmise used Shadow Ball while the Mienshao regained its composure, sending it over the edge.
000
"Oh you have got to be kidding me…" Hakamo-o groaned, shaking her head.
The Bibarel had started getting up, only for the Mienshao to land directly on top of it, knocking it right back out.
"Okay, if Dhelmise manages to just knock everything off of the side, I'm gonna be peeved…" Tsareena stated. "This is unfair!"
"Technically, you guys are allowed to use your environment to your advantage, which excludes… tossing them over edges…" Solgaleo explained disgruntledly. "But, his time is…"
Solgaleo looked over at a clock and saw that Dhelmise was on six minutes, forty-one seconds and counting. "Ugh… relatively decent. Once he gets knocked the fuck out, all you girls have to do is get more battle wins than him within that time frame."
Tsareena and Hakamo-o exchanged looks, with Hakamo-o facing away and folding her arms in resentment. Tsareena rolled her eyes, no longer caring as much about Hakamo-o liking her. It was crunch time and she wanted to be the one to have an automatic pass into the finale.
000
"I need to win this," Tsareena said. "I felt sorry for what I did, but it's passed at this point and now I need to get my head back into the game. And if that means taking out Hakamo-o, or hopefully Dhelmise, then so be it…"
000
Dhelmise made it onto the level of the water-type battle. Unlike the other levels, which were just using the tree trunk battlefield, this level had numerous ice floes floating in a pool. On the opposite side of the battlefield, a blue and white walrus with long pale-colored tusks.
"A Walrein… how tactical… not!" he chided. "It's still a water-type, which means-"
The Walrein blasted a ball of ice at Dhelmise, hitting him in the hub. "OW!"
Dhelmise groaned. "Great, another one of these…"
Dhelmise fired his anchor toward the Walrein, but it swiftly dove into the water. Dhelmise, being able to live underwater, went in after it, where he found himself being tricked, as the Walrein had immediately gone back out of the water and started firing a light blue beam at the water.
Seeing the surface and rest of the water beginning to freeze, Dhelmise could infer that the Walrein was using Ice Beam. He immediately rose from the water, but he kept himself invisible.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid…" he thought to himself.
He got relatively close to the Walrein, which was still focused on freezing the water solid. He revealed himself and swung his anchor, which was glowing green, once again. He struck the Walrein, sending it back a few feet.
However, due to its blubber, it was able to take the attack and glowered at Dhelmise, who went invisible quickly. The Walrein started looking around warily, wondering where the Sea Creeper would come up.
Dhelmise slowly revealed himself, behind the Walrein. He used Anchor Shot, which wrapped around the unsuspected Walrein and smacked him in the head. Dhelmise then floated up and tossed the Walrein down on the frozen water with great force, causing the ice to break.
When the Walrein resurfaced, it was unconscious.
Dhelmise was feeling winded. He had taken a lot of damage, and still had so many levels to go. He knew that if he spent his time monologuing and insulting, then he'd keep getting hit immediately and eventually get knocked out. It was time to play it smart…
000
"As much as I hate to admit it, that was an actual smart play on his part," Hakamo-o commented, folding her arms as she looked at the screen, seeing Dhelmise move on to the flying-type level.
"Yes, it was, but with the damage he's sustained, he shouldn't be able to make it much further. Especially in a flying-type environment," Tsareena stated.
000
Dhelmise was currently face to face with… a Noibat. Yes, a Noibat.
Upon seeing the bat there, Dhelmise had to suppress his urge to just laugh again. So, instead of laughing, he simply used Anchor Shot, which was able to knock out the Sound Wave Pokemon before it could even use a move on him.
He simply proceeded toward the next level without uttering a word. Proceeding up the path, Dhelmise could only scoff at how easy this was. He had literally just taken out his opponent with a single attack. Were they even trying with the challenges anymore?
He made it to the next level with relative ease and, like the water-type level, this level, the grass-type level, had its own little environment as well.
The level was covered in actual grass, and flowers. It resembled a meadow of sorts, but on a much smaller scale. On the other side of the battlefield, sat a Servine.
Dhelmise immediately used Anchor Shot in order to grab hold of the Servine. He then gazed around as the Grass Snake Pokemon squirmed in his grip. before eyeing a small pond near the right side of the battlefield.
000
The clock had fifteen minutes and thirty three seconds on it just as Dhelmise began dealing with the Servine.
"Okay, this is just irritating to the point that I want to kill someone right now…" Hakamo-o remarked, tapping her foot impatiently. "I don't care about Dhelmise, I just want to beat the shit out of these other Pokemon and win my reward…"
"My apologies, but I believe that I'll be the one who wins and gets to go to the finale…" Tsareena replied.
Hakamo-o huffed. "Not on your life…" she said venomously, glowering at the Fruit Pokemon.
"Uh…" Solgaleo started, still watching the screen.
The Servine had its head in the small pond and it wasn't moving, while Dhelmise continued forging forward.
"D-Did he just… drown that Servine?" Tsareena queried, completely in shock.
"Apparently so…" Hakamo-o responded, seeing the scene. "Wouldn't put it behind him. He's a jackass…"
"But, isn't that murder?!" Tsareena exclaimed. "He should be disqualified for that!"
"The Servine is fine," Solgaleo replied. "It's only fainted. If it was actually dead, then yes… he'd be automatically eliminated, and the last episode would just end up being an epilogue or something else that's stupid…"
000
Dhelmise proceeded to the next level, where he was immediately hit with a Shadow Ball, almost knocking him out. "What the-"
The sign on the way up said poison-type, so why was-
Across the battlefield, was a Gengar. And because it was part ghost-type and poison-type, it was going to be a bit of a double whammy for him. Dhelmise groaned in annoyance. The Gengar made itself vanish in a sneak attack attempt, but Dhelmise made himself vanish as well.
Because of this, the Gengar had to uncloak itself. Once it did that, Dhelmise reappeared beside it, hitting it with a close range Shadow Ball. The Gengar was launched back before regaining its composure. It vanished once again, but Dhelmise did the same thing once again, rendering that tactic useless.
The Gengar decided to just do something different. Multiple duplicates of the Gengar began appearing around the area. Dhelmise surveyed the area with a bored expression. All of the Gengar around him formed their arms together, creating large pinkish-purple orbs. They all fired at him simultaneously, but Dhelmise made himself vanish immediately, making the orbs all hit the single spot, but not touch him at all.
The Sea Creeper reappeared in the same spot with a fake yawn. He then rose up, summoning a large wave of water from a blue orb formed in front of himself. The Gengar duplicates' eyes widened as they were all hit. They all vanished with one touch, and the true one ended up getting struck as well.
The Gengar got back up, but Dhelmise immediately used Shadow Ball, knocking it out immediately.
"About fucking time…" he stated before continuing up the Battle Tree.
-000-
Proceeding, Dhelmise saw the sign hanging on his way up, letting him know that his next opponent would be an electric-type.
He went up and immediately was confused at what he saw.
000
"Uh… why are there trash cans there?" Tsareena asked, intrigued. It honestly didn't make any sense to her as to why there were trash cans in an electric-type gym.
"You'd have to ask the interns," Solgaleo replied. "They're the ones who organized things. All I did was tell them to make some levels more interesting than others."
"And trash cans were a way for them to do that?" Hakamo-o rhetorically inquired.
"I don't question them; I just give them creative liberties…" Solgaleo said nonchalantly. "I just want Dhelmise to get knocked the hell out already! I know for a fact that he's completely tired by now."
"I'm pretty sure that we all want that…" Hakamo-o replied.
000
Because Dhelmise didn't see any particular opponent, he grew disgruntled and confused. He started just floating through the lines of trash cans. "Uh, so what the hell am I supposed to-"
He suddenly heard a trash can topple over before feeling a few volts of electricity surge through him. "What the-?"
Turning around abruptly, he saw a blue and white blur go into one of the trash cans. He groaned in agitation. He fired a Shadow Ball toward the trash can, causing it to topple over. There was nothing inside of it.
Another trash can moved slightly, getting Dhelmise's attention once again. He knew how this situation was going to go, so he just decided to try this once more before just demolishing this level altogether. He floated toward the trash can that had just moved and used Shadow Ball on it, knocking it away.
Nothing.
Now annoyed, Dhelmise flung his anchor at all of the trash cans. All of them were empty, except for a few that a few balled up pieces of toilet paper inside.
"What the actual fuck?!" he bellowed in annoyance before a voltage sound was heard. He was quickly electrocuted, doing away with the remaining strength he had, knocking him out cold.
Once he collapsed onto the ground, a small white and blue squirrel was seen with a smile on its face. "Chi-pa!"
000
Hakamo-o erupted in laughter, while Tsareena just shook her head. Solgaleo had an amused look on his face as Dhelmise was teleported back down to ground level.
With a pained grunt, the Sea Creeper Pokemon floated up and shook himself, regaining his composure. When he regained his ground and looked around, he groaned. "Great. Taken out by a fucking rat."
"Squirrel-" Tsareena corrected.
"Big difference…" Dhelmise mumbled, 'rolling his eyes'.
"Well, Dhelmise you managed to defeat seven of the Pokemon up there, much to everyone's annoyance," Solgaleo explained.
Dhelmise grumbled to himself.
"Hakamo-o, you're up next," Solgaleo stated, much to the Scaly Pokemon's excitement.
She cracked her knuckles with a growl. "This… is going to be fun…" she chortled enthusiastically. She had been aching for a good fight in order to vent out her frustrations and stress. She was going to unleash all of her rage here without any repercussions.
After a few minutes of waiting, as the interns had to reset the levels, the Battle Tree was once again ready for a domination attempt.
"Alright Hakamo-o, the interns have finished resetting everything and your opponents are now up there…" Solgaleo stated.
The way he enunciated the your caused her to raise a brow. "My opponents?"
Solgaleo was perplexed as her befuddlement, but he immediately got it after a few seconds. "Oh, you thought you guys always got the same opponents? No no no. Each contestant gets their own sets of opponents."
Tsareena and Hakamo-o's eyes widened, while Dhelmise snorted.
"You've gotta be kidding me…" Hakamo-o groaned in vexation. "So, there's a chance that my opponents will either be harder or easier than Dhelmise's?"
"Yep," Solgaleo answered, now understanding her negative emotions. "And again, the interns chose these guys, so I dunno what to expect, myself…"
Hakamo-o sighed. "Wonderful…" she seethed.
"Hey, just use that anger you have to beat Dhelmise and make sure he doesn't win," Solgaleo encouraged.
Hakamo-o gave an understanding nod before rushing toward the Battle Tree.
Dhelmise groaned. "Will you people get over yourselves, already? I've barely said anything to any of you for a few challenges…"
"Like that makes a difference in what you've said and done in the past…" Tsareena responded, folding her arms.
Dhelmise gave her a look, as if telling her to shut up.
000
Hakamo-o ran up the ramp, getting up to the first level, the normal-type. There, instead of the Bibarel, was a Kecleon. Hakamo-o clenched her fists upon seeing this.
But, she knew that she was going to have to be careful, as Kecleon could vanish, but they also had the Color Change ability, so every time it was hit with a move, it would change to that move's type.
Seeing that the Kecleon was standing still, but with a 'come at me' expression, Hakamo-o glared. She had to strategize what she was going to do. Then, it hit her. She had Shadow Claw and Dragon Claw! Ghost-types and dragon-types were weak against themselves, so this could possibly be-
Suddenly, a light blue beam was fired in Hakamo-o's direction while she was in thought. She was able to catch it just in time and jump out of the way, landing in a crouching position. She charged at the Kecleon, but it got ready for her attack and braced itself.
Hakamo-o, with a grand leap, raised a claw, which was engulfed in a blue aura, and swiped the Kecleon, which had its arms in front of itself.
The Kecleon grinned. After Hakamo-o hit it the first time, it began dodging all of her other attempts before finally kicking her in the face while doing a backflip. It thrusted its arms back, unleashing a strange, multicolored shock wave toward Hakamo-o, who had just regained her footing after being knocked to the ground from the blow to the face.
Seeing the wave heading in her direction, she jumped up over it before delivering a kick in the Kecleon's direction. However, the Kecleon extended its tongue, grabbing hold old of Hakamo-o's leg before contact was made. It swung her back hard before trying to use Synchronoise once again.
Hakamo-o growled angrily and dodged the attack. There was no way in the Distortion World that she was going to be beaten by a Kecleon. It may be good, but she had been training far too long to be taken out this easily.
She rushed toward the Kecleon, but the lizard fired another Ice Beam in her direction. Hakamo-o did the same technique she used on Lucario, and began moving in different directions and patterns, in an attempt to confuse the Kecleon, who didn't let up the Ice Beam.
After a few seconds, the Kecleon felt something tap its shoulder. It stopped the Ice Beam and turned around, only to meet the fist of Hakamo-o. BAM!
The Kecleon fell to the ground, in a daze, but not entirely fainted. Due to her not really using a move and instead choosing to punch it, it was still a dragon-type. Just as it started regaining its senses, it looked up, only to see Hakamo-o standing above it, eyes glowering down at as if ready to murder it. Both of her claws were emanating a blue aura and were raised.
Its eyes widened in fear, but it was all too late.
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"It really took her that long to handle a stupid Kecleon?" Dhelmise queried. "All she had to do was use Brick Break once and then use Dragon Claw twice…"
"Each of the Pokemon that the interns chose have battle experience," Solgeleo replied tonelessly, not caring about Dhelmise's input at all. "Therefore, that may not have worked that well…"
"Yeah, plus, you literally just knocked a good amount of your opponents over the edge, so you can't really complain or judge…" Tsareena replied.
"Freedom of speech…" Dhelmise replied.
"Solgaleo, didn't you-"
"As if that really did anything…" Solgaleo responded immediately, already knowing her question. "The bastard's presence alone still agitated you guys, and he was speaking through telepathy, so I can't really do anything about that. Plus, at this point I just don't give a shit anymore and neither should you two…"
Tsareena was surprised to hear that, but once again, the solution was right there in front of them. "Okay… then why don't you just eliminate him?"
"I CAN HEAR YOU! I'M RIGHT HERE!" Dhelmise yelled. "And that would be completely unfair and it'd actually throw him into the jackass host department with the rest of his colleagues. He and Lunala have actually been decent as hosts, so why encourage this bullshit?"
Solgaleo and Tsareena looked at him in surprise. That… that was practically an actual compliment, from Dhelmise!
"Did you just… compliment me and Lunala?" Solgaleo queried, not believing what he'd just heard.
Dhelmise remained silent and just kept his face toward the battle viewing screen. Tsareena and Solgaleo exchanged looks, but decided to leave it be.
000
"Dhelmise said Solgaleo and Lunala have been decent as hosts… hmm… I'm a bit perturbed," Tsareena admitted. "However, I'm also pleased. About time something somewhat positive came from him."
000
Hakamo-o made it to the fire-type level, which for some reason now had a magma moat flowing across it, with stones sitting inside of them so that they were able to get across. There was a Magmortar sitting on the opposing side of the battlefield.
Hakamo-o growled, but then remember that she pretty much had an ace in the hole, and she didn't even really have to move from her spot.
She brought a foot up before bringing it crashing back down. Numerous white shockwaves were sent in the Magmortar's direction. It ended up taking the brunt of the attack, but it remained standing, much to Hakamo-o's surprise.
She tried to use the move again, but found herself being hit with a Fire Blast before she could. With a glare, she rushed toward the Blast Pokemon with a glare on her face, leaping over the magma moat.
With a fierce kick, Hakamo-o hit it right in the chops, assuming that it was a male. Luckily for her, that turned out being true, as it groaned and dropped to its knees while holding its private area.
Hakamo-o used Shadow Claw, knocking it onto its side. Following that, she rose her food right in front of the fire-type's head. He looked at her with pleading eyes, but Hakamo-o slammed her foot down, sending the shock waves right into the Magmortar's face, sending it flying.
Dusting off her hands, Hakamo-o started heading to the next level.
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Going up to the fighting-type section, Hakamo-o was once again surprised to see that the level was nothing like how she saw it when Dhelmise was battling. Instead of just the tree trunk, there was a complete boxing ring! There were red ropes around the square-shaped ring. There was a pokeball symbol on the floor of it and there were stairs leading up to them.
She started climbing the steps and entered the ring, going through the ropes. Immediately, lights around the ring illuminated in radiant colors. The Scaly Pokemon looked around in confusion before the pokeball symbol released some steam.
"Wait, what the-"
Slowly, the symbol began rising, revealing that it was in fact, not just a symbol. It was an elevator. Pretty soon, her opponent made itself known: a Machamp.
The Superpower Pokemon had its arms folded with a confident stare as it slowly rose from the ground. Hakamo-o, unimpressed, held a hand on her hip as she watched it rise. Once the Machamp's face was accessible, Hakamo-o delivered numerous kicks to its face, making it grunt and groan with every blow.
Eventually, once it was fully up, it grabbed Hakamo-o by the neck, its face a bit bruised and scratched up from her barrage of kicks. It continuously began punching her with its other three arms.
With a growl, Hakamo-o, while still being strangled, mustered up enough strength to use Dragon Claw, making the Machamp growl and drop her.
She held her neck while catching her breath. She growled at the Machamp, taking a few steps back before raising a foot and slamming it down. The Machamp jumped onto one of the corner columns, avoiding the attack, before throwing itself at Hakamo-o.
Retaliating with a Shadow Claw, Hakamo-o knocked the Machamp down onto the ground before leaping onto it and punching it continuously before using Brick break right on its face.
The Machamp punched her again, sending her flying back onto the opposite ropes. She sprung off and back into the ring, landing on her knees. Hakamo-o rubbed her jaw, glaring at the Machamp. She got up and rushed to it as he started getting back on its feet. She ran up, raising a claw enveloped in a dark aura, before swiping down at it, finally knocking back down and rendering it unconscious.
She let out a roar of vexation, clenching her fists. She got out of the ring and continued heading up the Battle Tree.
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Hakamo-o still had her hands clenched as she made it to the next level. It was still a large pool, but there were no ice floes there now. A Huntail was seen swimming in the water. Hakamo-o glared down into the pool before diving into the water.
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"She's making good time," Solgaleo commented with a smirk of satisfaction. "Looks like you won't be winning this challenge, Dhelmise."
"What? Was I supposed to isolate myself from other people for most of my life and train so much that I don't know how to truly function socially?" Dhelmise rhetorically queried. "Of course she's going to do better than me…"
"Maybe if you did isolate yourself, the world would be a better place…" Tsareena commented. Dhelmise turned to her with an annoyed expression.
"As if you're gonna do better than her…" Dhelmise replied.
Tsareena gave him a look. "Of course I'm not! I'm not as athletic as her!"
"I mean, Tsareena, if you just want to forfeit and give Hakamo-o the win, you can because she's uh… really beating the shit out of a Staravia now…"
"Wait, she already beat the Huntail?" Tsareena asked in astonishment; they had just seen her enter the water-type level!
"Yep," Solgaleo replied. "So, you still gonna try?"
"Of course! I'm no quitter," Tsareena replied, folding her arms.
Solgaleo shrugged. "Alright then."
000
Hakamo-o stomped up to the next level, her fists clenched. She saw that it was a lone Budew. She growled to herself. It looked so weak. She almost didn't want to attack it.
Suddenly, the Budew's eyes glowed gold and it opened and closed its bulb, sending three rainbow rings in Hakamo-o's direction. Seeing this, Hakamo-o swiftly moved out of the way, mouth agape.
000
"It knows Extrasensory?!" Hakamo-o exclaimed.
000
Immediately, as if she was on a Unovian Football field, she ran toward the Budew, as it prepared another attack, and kicked it off of the level, sending it flying away.
She nodded to herself and continued on to the next level. The sign on the wall let her know that the next level was going to have a poison-type opponent for her.
Reaching the level, she saw two metal bridges overlooking a moat in the middle of the trunk's inside. The moat was filled with a green, glowing liquid that seemed to be bubbling slowly. The fumes that emanated from the liquid was rank, causing Hakamo-o to wave it away from her nose.
As she was distracted by this, a black, gold, and purple snake lunged at her from the opposite side of the moat via one of the bridges.
Hakamo-o jumped back, glaring daggers at the Seviper before her as it slithered threateningly toward her. She rose a foot and slammed it down, causing white, shaky rings to approach the Fang Snake Pokemon.
The Seviper sprang upwards, its tail glowing purple. Seeing this, Hakamo-o held out her arms and grabbed the poison-type's tail as it came down. She growled, feeling a bit of the poison enter her system. She began twirling the Seviper around before slamming it onto the ground numerous times. After doing it the final time and dropping it, Hakamo-o used Earthquake, slamming her foot down again.
The Seviper was now unconscious. Hakamo-o panted, before her stomach started gurgling from the poison. She groaned, her eyes lowering in a glare. She had to keep pushing forward.
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Although she was poisoned and slowly losing her strength, Hakamo-o made it to the next level, which was the electric-type one. Instead of trash cans, there were now electric gates that made up a maze of sorts. Her opponent this time?
A light brown mouse Pokemon with round features was flying on its… tail? Hakamo-o had to duck as her opponent, an Alolan Raichu, swooped down, almost hitting her head. As she walked forward, without looking, she walked into the electricity generated from the gates.
She jittered a bit before growling. Following that, the Alolan Raichu floated toward her again, its blue eyes glowing. Hakamo-o suddenly felt a loss of control of her body as a blue aura surrounded her. She was risen up via Psychic, before being tossed up and slammed back into the electricity.
Hakamo-o growled, her teeth bared. She was still poisoned, so the sudden motions made her feel even more sick. She shakily tried getting back on her feet, but her stomach startling gurgling and purple bubbles were beginning to come from her nostrils and whenever she opened her mouth.
The Alolan Raichu used Thunder on her while she was down, but she quickly leaped out of the way like a Politoed, avoiding the attack. Hakamo-o got back onto her feet and, mustering up her strength, climbed atop one of the poles of the gate.
Seeing this, the Alolan Raichu smirked in an attempt to hit her right where it hurts. However, Hakamo-o rose a claw surrounded in a dark aura. The Mouse Pokemon's eyes widened and Hakamo-o, with as much force and strength as she could muster, slashed the electric- and psychic-type.
000
"Poisoned and damaged by super-effective moves and she's still kicking ass…" Solgaleo expressed, astonished by this.
"I can only imagine what she'd be like in bed with her fellow confused 'love' puppet…" Dhelmise stated.
"At least she has someone to love…" Tsareena responded with a glower, folding her arms. "You're just expressing and projecting the fact that you will never love or have anyone love you by talking down others…"
"You're really reaching, you know that?" Dhelmise rhetorically queried. "I think I preferred it when you were acting like a dumbass…"
"Good for you…" Tsareena retorted agitatedly.
000
Hakamo-o held her stomach as she wobbled up the ramp. The sign, on the way up, had 'ground-type' written on it, making her sigh. Hakamo-o really wanted to stop at this point, as she had already passed Dhelmise's time and level. However, Tsareena was still in the game, and she didn't know her true battle strength. She was able to knock out Dhelmise, so maybe she'd make it further.
"Can't… can't stop now…"
She made it to the next level, which had a large sandbox there. She sighed, but was hit by a rolling tire-like object. A Donphan was using Rollout before stopping and landing in the sandbox.
With a sigh, Hakamo-o got onto her feet and rushed toward the Donphan angrily. The Armor Pokemon jumped and slammed into her, knocking her back.
She tried to get back up, but the poison, damage, and exhaustion all combined to finally put her down.
000
"And what do you know, she barely made it past my level…" Dhelmise commented.
"But, she still beat you, meaning that you're not in the finals," Solgaleo retorted. "So, your insults no longer matter…"
"Well, if you responded, they obviously matter to you," Dhelmise stated teasingly.
Solgaleo glowered at him from the corner of his eye. He then rolled his eyes before teleporting Hakamo-o down to the ground level with the rest of them.
She was still breathing out purple bubbles, so a couple of interns with first aid kits hurried to her.
"Alright, while Hakamo-o is being healed up, Tsareena, are you ready and able?" Solgaleo questioned.
Tsareena looked over to Hakamo-o, who was being treated with an Antidote, and gained a bit of sympathy. She was rethinking her choice to participate; she didn't want to think this way; she was going to be looking out for herself. However, seeing the Scaly Pokemon in this condition made her sigh.
She had caused Lycanroc's elimination, refusing to give her a fair chance, so she felt like she owed it to her. She didn't really owe anything, considering this was a competition, but it still didn't feel right to her.
If she went along and beat Hakamo-o, she'd be secure in the finals and would deal with one of them later. And truth be told, she wanted the satisfaction of ending Dhelmise's existence in this game. Maybe...
With a sigh, Tsareena folded her arms. "I think I'll forfeit. Give Hakamo-o the win."
"You sure?" Solgaleo questioned seriously. "Because doing this means you're actually gonna have to deal with Dhelmise for a majority of the semi-finals…"
"Yes, I'm sure," Tsareena said confidently, her eyes tightening in a glare toward Dhelmise, who snorted.
"Well alright then, when Hakamo-o's up and about, I'll tell her the news," Solgaleo said, turning his attention to the dragon- and fighting-type that was beginning to sit up on her own, holding her head.
After about ten minutes, Hakamo-o finally got up, her muddled thoughts and sickness being lifted away. She walked over to the others, who were staring at her. She rose a brow as she heading toward them.
"Why are you staring at me?" she questioned, folding her arms.
"Well, smart-dumb bitch here decided to forfeit and hand you the entrance to the finals…" Dhelmise remarked, making Tsareena glare at him in vexation.
Hakamo-o didn't believe it. Tsareena handed her the win? Why would she do that if she was so insistent on getting out Lycanroc? She glowered at Tsareena.
"So, what?" the Scaly Pokemon questioned Tsareena, feeling patronized. "You think that giving me this win will change anything? Because it most definitely won't."
"But-"
"You were completely fine with continuing with the challenge and getting rid of Lycanroc last time. Now, all of a sudden you feel some sort of guilt or sympathy and decide to just give me a win?" Hakamo-o growled. "That's fucking bullshit and you know it! Where was this last challenge, huh? Huh?!"
Tsareena clenched her fists. She wanted to just take everything back and proceed with the challenge, hearing Hakamo-o act like a child. But, she knew why she felt this way. So, instead of just blowing back up at her, she spoke calmly.
"Hakamo-o, tell me this, what did Lycanroc tell you before Solgaleo returned you back to the hotel?"
"None of your fucking business…" Hakamo-o seethed.
"Actually, it is…" Tsareena replied. "You are upset at me for doing something that almost anyone with a competitive mind would have done. So, I think this delves a bit deeper…"
"Well this isn't Dr. Qwil, so how about both of you shut the hell up?" Dhelmise queried, breaking the conversation. "It doesn't fucking matter. Hakamo-o, you're in the finals and you're still an over competitive bitch who's just mad because her bestie isn't here. Yay. Tsareena, you completed a challenge while two bitches conversed about whether it was right to ask you to wait. Big whoop. You're here and you were dumb enough to give her a win. Yay. Now I get to destroy you…"
"Dhelmise, go fuck yourself…" Tsareena commented. "You won't be here after next challenge anyway…."
"We'll see about that…" Dhelmise responded.
Hakamo-o just folded her arms, shaking her head.
"Alright, we've got our first finalist…" Solgaleo said with a nod. "And it didn't even take that long…"
"Well, there's just three of us and someone forfeited. Of course it wouldn't take that long," Dhelmise stated.
Solgaleo ignored him. "Well, let me get you guys back to the hotel."
A blue aura surrounded them before they were teleported back.
000
Upon returning, Hakamo-o immediately started walking to the elevators to head to her room, with Dhelmise and Tsareena watching her.
Tsareena groaned. "She is so stubborn…"
"She'll get over it. And if she doesn't, it'll just make it easier for me to win…" Dhelmise commented.
Tsareena rolled her eyes and just started heading to the elevators. Dhelmise, seeing this, snickered and floated up through the ceiling.
Once they were all gone, Solgaleo let out a sigh of relief before turning to the camera. "Well, there we have it. Hakamo-o is our first finalist for Total Pokemon: Alola. Who will accompany her in the finals? Find out next time during the penultimate challenge here on Total… Pokemon… Alola!"
000
And there we have it. Thanks to Tsareena, Hakamo-o is now in the finals. Tsareena vs. Dhelmise. Place your bets! Kinda sucks that Tsareena didn't show anything, but I suppose we'll see a bunch of action next time. You guys know the drill by now. What're your thoughts and opinions on this season as a whole at the moment? Favorite characters? Least favorites? Favorite moments? Worst moments? And… as a standalone, how is this compared to my others? Is it better/worse/etc?
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you next time on Total… Pokemon… Alola! See ya guys, BYE!
