HGSS: Johto Saga

Season 3, Opening: Unbeatable

Part 21

Frontier Prodigies

A bright spring path lay before our heroes. Route 38, the plentiful, merriment and wondrous path to Olivine City. What will our heroes encounter here...?


"So bright out here..." Ethan grumbled, tilting his hat so it deflected the sun from his eyes.

"I think it's just perfect!" Lyra exclaimed.

"Well, good for you!" Ethan barked.

"Hey, it's not my fault you don't like the sun! You're such a hothead!" Lyra snapped.

The duo continued down the path, Lyra carrying her case with the egg she had been given inside of it.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared above them as a flying pokemon zoomed across the air, a man standing atop it.

"Staraptor, Hyper Beam!" The man bellowed. The Staraptor released a beam out of its mouth and it collided with a white pokemon flying in the air as well. A girl appeared from behind a tree. Ethan noticed her before Lyra did.

"Darach!" The Togekiss fell out of the air, and as it did, the woman recalled it to a Great Ball. "That doesn't count as a victory! It was a cheap shot!" The woman shouted in protest. She was wearing a yellow jacket with a white undershirt and block collar, blue jeans, and her hair was black with tons of curls and fluffs in it.

"It was fair victory, Lady Dahlia!" The man rang in a calm, sensitive butler-like voice. Ethan took note of how he looked like a butler, despite the fact that his hair was cmobed back with a yellow streak in it.

"Hm, I still don't think so!"

Lyra appeared in between them. "Hey! Pokemon battles are supposed to just be for fun! You don't have to fight over it...!"

"Yes, quite. The young lady is correct," the man said highly. Lyra blushed at being described as a 'young lady.'

"I guess! Well, hello. My name's Dahlia!" She said to Lyra.

"And my name, to be quick, is Darach..."

Ethan appeared beside Lyra.

"Hey, my name's Ethan. Where did you guys come from?"

"We're from the Sinnoh Battle Frontier. We're the Frontier Brains of the Battle Castle and Battle Arcade!" Dahlia answered.

"Battle Frontier?" Ethan echoed. Lyra nodded.

"It's the place where trainers come to put their pokemon to the test in different places. There are five facilities: Battle Hall, Arcade, Castle, Factory and Tower. Three of us are here in Johto sighting out where the Pokemon Council wants to build a new battle frontier. Then, we'll have one in all regions. All except Kanto, however, their Frontier is shared with Hoenn," Darach explained. He took a watch out of his pocket and checked it.

"Three of you?" Lyra asked.

A boy, about the age of sixteen, walked up to them.

"Darach, Dahlia, I gathered some info about the land in the far west corner of Olivine City. My Tech Recorder saved some important tidbits about it..." He said to the duo of adults.

"Ok, Thorton. We have two more towns to check out. Blackthorn City and Cianwood. Then, we'll need to head back to Sinnoh," Darach replied to him. Thorton nodded. Lyra and Ethan took note of his appearance. he was wearing green jeans, black sweater-vest over a longsleeved white shirt, black shoes with green tongues sticking out, untied, and some sort of headband wrapped around the front and top of his head the stuck up on one side. His eyes were also weighted down, as if he was always looking tired.

"Hey, Dahlia. I was wondering...This is gonna sound weird to a Frontier Brain, but could I battle you...?" Lyra asked.

"...Sure! I'd love a good battle! Hey, Thorton, would you battle with me? Maybe in a tag team against these two?" Dahlia pointed to both Lyra and Ethan.

Thorton looked like he sighed on the inside, but his expression was the same. "Sure. I'm good for a battle...Hold on." He pressed a button on his Tech Recorder, as he called it, and he started pressing on the screen. "Okay, I've chosen my pokemon."

"So, Tag Team battle?" Dahlia inquired.

"Sure!" Ethan and Lyra cheered in unison.

"Well, I'm going to head..." Darach started.

"Darach! We can take some time off can't we? I mean, why not? Besides, you're good at refereeing," Thorton protested.

"Accusations of thinking that I'm good at something can get you in trouble. I have never refereed before. But, if you insist, I will partake in this Frontier VS Trainer battle!" Darach replied, his mood actually brightening a bit as a smile crept across his face.

The four trainers set the battle field right where they stood.

"Okay, two pokemon for each trainer. The match ends with both trainers on either side of the field's pokemon have surrendered! Okay...Begin!" Darach called out.

Dahlia and Thorton drew their pokeballs.

"Go, Medicham! Dahlia called out. A tall pink and purple pokemon was sent out. It stood on one foot.

"Let's take it all, Torterra!" Thorton sent out a large, green turtle pokemon. Ethan tried to check his Pokedex, but it said that since it was from another region, he couldn't check it with his Johto Pokedex.

Ethan sent out Noctowl, and it hovered over the battlefield. Lyra sent out Marill.

"You have the first move!" Thorton called.

"Okay then! Noctowl, use Hypnosis!" Noctowl shot two red rings towards Medicham.

"Medicham use Psychic!" Medicham caught the attack in mid air and dissipated it. "Now use Ice Punch!" Medicham dashed forward with a blue fist and threw it into Noctowl. Noctowl fell towards the ground.

"Marill, use Water Gun!" Marill spit a large funnel of water at Torterra.

"Torterra, use Leaf Storm," Thorton said less-than-enthusiastically.

Torterra gathered large tunnel of leaves around it and shot them to Marill. It threw the Water Gun around and collided with Marill. Marill fell, fainted.

"Return, Marill. That was too quick. Come on out, Chikorita!" Lyra sent out her little grass pokemon.

"Medicham, use Double Team, then Ice Punch!" Medicham hopped into the air and formed a half dozen other ones and started to dash towards Noctowl.

"Noctowl, use Confuse Ray!" Noctowl set the ray, which confused all of the Medicham, throwing them out of Double Team. "Quick, Noctowl! Use Aerial Ace!" Noctowl dove down and struck Medicham, fainting it.

"Whoa, you defeated it! You won't be that lucky next time!" She recalled Medicham and sent out her next pokemon.

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