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~~~Season 9: Johto League Elites~~~
Opening: Pokemon Johto
Chapter 53: Seeing Double
"Now, we will commence Round 2! This round will cease the day, and tomorrow will begin Round 3. Now, two contestants from each of our 64 will battle each other in Double Battles. The first side with both pokemon still moving, will be the winner. Now, let's bring out our first two!" The referee announced. The large monitor shuffled randomly through battlers. It came up with a girl named Roxie on the left, and Jim on the right. "Roxie and Jim!"
All 64 people had been piled in a large room. The girl, with two long braided pig-tails, skipped out of the room. Jim followed, eager. They split up in the hall, going to separate sides of the building.
The battlefield was a very slightly raised platform where the battlefield sat.
"This year, a battlefield will randomly be set by a number of different adaptations that could be chosen. Each one must adapt to the 17 types of pokemon. Both pokemon on each side's team must cope with the decision. For this battle, the randomly chosen field is...Ice!" The referee announced. The field was taken down, and what arose was an ice-layered field with ice-plated rocks situated randomly on them.
"Perfect for my style!" Roxie cheered. "Come on out, Ponyta and Piloswine!" The girl sent out a flaming horse pokemon and a Piloswine.
Jim clenched his teeth. "We can do this, let's go, Flareon and Hitmontop!" Jim sent out his fire-type Eon and his new Hitmontop.
"Let the battle begin!" The ref called.
"Ponyta, let's use Fire Spin!" Ponyta's mouth glowed orange and it released a swirling form of fire.
"Flareon, use your ability!" Flareon hopped in front of Hitmontop. It's Flash Fire ability absorbed the fire. Its tail frizzed, at it became stronger. "Flareon, use Flamethrower!" Flareon released a large flame that burst through a piece of ice and collided with Piloswine.
"Piloswine! No!" Roxie screamed.
"Hitmontop, use the ice to your advantage and use Mach Punch!" Hitmontop turned over and stood on its feet. It charged a punch and threw it at hyper-fast speed. It pinged through the ices and slammed into Ponyta. Ponyta slid across the ice, but its hooves caused it to lose balance and constantly slip. It finally gave it and fell on its stomach, sliding and hitting an ice rock.
"Piloswine, use Take Down!" Piloswine rushed forward with no problem on the ice.
"Hitmontop, use Rapid Spin!" Hitmontop threw itself over and on its head. It whipped up pieces of ice and lobbed them at Piloswine. They hit a rock and caused the ice to topple over and thwack Piloswine to stagger back. "Flareon, Flamethrower!"
"Piloswine can't handle another Flamethrower! Pilo, use Mud Bomb!" Piloswine shot powerful bombs of mud at Flareon. Flareon released Flamethrower. It collided and hardened the mud, throwing them to the ice, which in turn caused them to freeze.
"Hmm...Hitmontop, whop the ice with your tail!" Hitmontop walked forward and slammed the ice. They were thrown and shattered across Piloswine and Ponyta's bodies. "Let's finish! Flamethrower!" Flareon charged a large flame and released it, throwing Piloswine back, which crushed Ponyta and fainted them both.
"And Roxie has lost! The winner is Jim! He will proceed to the Top 32!" The referee announced. Jim cheered and recalled his pokemon.
In the back, Jim came inside the room and sat down, happy with his win.
Ethan was busy glaring at Silver across the room.
Jim raised a brow and shrugged.
A few more matches were called, and Silver finally stood up and walked out, followed by a boy in a cape.
On the battlefield, Ethan watched intently.
"I'm a Dragon Tamer, so don't expect to win!" The boy called out. His sharp black hair glimmered in the sun.
Silver didn't talk back. The stage was decided as an ordinary battle stage with no limitations.
"Hm, come on out, Dragonair and...Dragonair!" The Dragon Tamer sends out two Dragonairs.
"Not very many choices there, you know!" Silver called. He drew two pokeballs. "Let's go, Feraligatr and Alakazam!" Silver sent out his Water-starter, and a new, larger version of the Kadabra he had before.
Ethan analyzes it with his PokeDex and finds its at least three times stronger than its previous form.
"Alakazam, Psycho Cut!" Alakazam's spoons glow a vibrant rainbow color. It swings its arm and throws a blade of energy at one of the Dragonair.
"Dragonair, Safeguard! Drago, use Thunderbolt!" One Dragonair use Safeguard and put up a protective barrier, while the other released a giant shockwave.
"Alakazam, Light Screen!" Alakazam put up a cube of light around it and its partner. The lightning zapped off of the barrier. "Feraligatr, Avalanche!" Feraligatr's arms glowed white and threw them into the ground. Snow was conjured up and was tossed harshly at the Dragonair.
"Dragonair, Aqua Tail!" Dragonair 1's tail glowed blue and it slammed it on the ground. Water rose from the shockwave and swallowed and melted the snow.
"Alakazam, Energy Ball!" Alakazam formed a ball of sparkling lime and yellow energy that shot at the water. It exploded in the middle and dispersed the water. "Feraligatr, Avalanche!" Feraligatr repeated the before process. The snow clashed into the Dragonair and sent them sprawling back.
"Ahh! Drago, use Flamethrower!" Drago, the 2nd Dragonair, released a flame after puncturing through the snow.
Alakazam's Light Screen appeared again and shielded them from the attack.
"Feraligatr, finish them with Hydro Pump. Alakazam, Energy Ball," Silver called simply. The two pokemon fired their moves perfectly in sync and fainted the opponents in a flash.
"No! My pokemon!" The Dragon Tamer fell to his knees and started bawling.
"The winner is Silver! He will be moving on to the Top 32!" The ref declared.
Silver appeared back in the back room, frowning. He sat down. Ethan could have sworn he saw Silver's lips moving, thanking his pokemon while looking at their pokeballs. He decided not to say anything about it.
Later, Ethan was called to the field.
"The stage is..." The icon landed on a grassy stage. "Ah! Ethan vs. Victor on a Grassy Plain!"
Ethan walked up and the boy on the other side walked up as well.
"Heh...Let's go, Xatu and Victreebel!" Victor called. He sent out a tall flying pokemon and a tall grass pokemon. The grass-type had the mouth on its head and a leaf covering it.
"Well, this is just great!" Ethan said jokingly. "Typhlosion! Umbreon!" Ethan threw the balls in the air and sent out Umbreon and Typhlosion.
"Victreebel, use Leaf Storm!" Victreebel formed a twister of leaves around itself and shot them at Ethan's pokemon. The grass formed with it and made it slightly faster.
"Typhlosion, use Eruption!" Typhlosion's flames spurt up and it released lava from its mouth in a focused stream. It shot through the leaves and grass and singed them, causing the move to fail quickly.
Vick's Victreebel was struck and it fell, burned.
"Bel! Okay, Xatu, use Future Sight!" Xatu waved its wings and a bolt of energy shot into the sky. It disappeared and Xatu folded its wings again.
Ethan waited for a second. "Okay, Umbreon, if its multiple turn moves we're using, go ahead and use Wish!" Umbreon's moons glowed and one flew into the air. It sunk into the sky as well.
"Meh, Bel! Use Vine Whip!" The Victreebel lashed its vines out.
"Typhlosion, use Smokescreen!" Typhlosion released a cloud of black gases. The vines went off course and stuck themselves in the grass. "Umbreon, use Dark Pulse!" Umbreon shot dark rings of energy at Xatu.
"Xatu, Teleport!" Xatu faded in a rainbow of light. It appeared behind Typhlosion. "U-Turn!" Xatu slammed into Typhlosion's back with itself, and reappeared in front of Victor.
"Gah..." Suddenly, the sky opened up and two streams of energy crashed down onto Typhlosion. "Typhlosion!" Suddenly, it opened again and a star fell, falling upon Typhlosion and completely healing it. "Heh, single-edged sword, apparently," Ethan laughed.
"Eh! There was no point in Future Sight, apparently!" Bel suddenly fell over from the burn, fainted. "Bel!" Victor recalled his fainted pokemon. "Xatu, use U-Turn!" Xatu zipped forward in white light.
"Quick, Umbreon, Dark Pulse!" Umbreon repeated its attack and clashed into Xatu, throwing it to the ground, fainted.
"And Victor is out! Ethan moves on to the Top 32!" The ref announced. Ethan raised his arm in success.
In the back room...
"Well, our Top 32 has been decided! Some amazing battles occurred today, and we will see you all tomorrow for Round 3! Bring your game faces, everyone!" The referee announced.
Everyone was dismissed from the room.
Outside, a large screen showed all 32 of the Round 3 participants.
Ethan finally fell inside of a Hotel. He saw Lyra sitting cross-legged at a waiting table inside. She was drinking a hot drink and watching the TV. She had just finished watching the Johto League, Ethan suggested.
He sat across from her. She smiled.
"Congrats on making it through both first rounds!" Lyra cheered. They high-fived. "So, I booked a room in the Hotel, so we don't have to worry about staying in the Pokemon Center. Also, I'm lucky because it was one of the last nice rooms available!" Lyra beamed.
Ethan held a thumbs up.
What will happen on Day 2 of the Johto League Competition? Will Ethan succeed and make it two more rounds, finalizing a spot in the Top 8? Stay reading, and find out soon!
Well, that was it for this chapter!
The surprise I wanted to reveal at last, to the whole reading public is...
The story will continue into the Sinnoh Region! I'm going to advertise this throughout everyone of the last chapters of this season, so EVERYONE that reads this will click into the new series! It will most likely be under HGSS: Sinnoh Saga, but if that is not the case, you will be informed! So, stay with it until that starts! Now, I will NOT be rushing through this just to get to the Sinnoh Region, so don't worry. Also, if you like the characters here...MOST of them will be present in Sinnoh! So, yay if you do! If not, there are a bunch of the DPP Characters going to be added, don't worry :P
