Chapter 7- And Her Name Was Stratos/ Don't Pika- on My -Chu

"What do you mean he can't compete? Who gives you the power not to allow someone to join in?" Rose said, nearly screaming at the doorman, but the man took no notice of her anger and calmly pointed to the sign that was fortunately placed right next to him. It read clearly and plainly,' Right of admission reserved.", then the guard then said bluntly," Only a person of high power and respect can overturn the decision."

Everyone stood dumbfounded and the guard stood at his clumsy pose again. Rose's tears started to curl and were about to drip but Ty brushed it off and said,

"My parents have the power and connections to stop almost anyone from doing something that they don't approve of. Power, money and connections; that is a dangerous list of things for obsessive parents to have."

Maya's eyes started to glow bright with a brand new idea," Lets get Don! He would know what to do, I'm sure of it. I wonder what he is doing anyways." She suggested with a blinding white smile. She started hopping as she and a teary eyed Rose ran in to find Don, leaving the guys oblivious to what had just happened.

Back inside-

"Don't call me that, my name is Lauren! I don't work for Team Rocket anymore. How did you know where to find me anyway?" the green eyed Lauren coughed at Don, while playfully smacking him.

"Ok, Lauren- stole my Empoleon- thief, Will told Dre yesterday and I happily entered myself in the contest as an excuse to tease you."

"*Calling Don for the last time to make his appeal! ** Last call for Don to make an appeal*" The shaky voice echoed through the hall and Don shrugged while pulling Ralts' Poke ball, he then tossed the twin tone coloured ball from the back of the arena, releasing the white Pokemon on the stage, slightly shaking in fear.

"Ok Ralts, it's time to shine. Use teleport and make a gateway next to you then use Double Team and pass them through the portal, Ill be next to you very soon."

The tiny psychic nodded and started his appeal, but his fear seemed to increase he's power. Ralts made a portal next to himself (because he can't teleport still objects he creates a portal), the portal shook and created a second then third until there were six purple rings circling around him. He blinked once and his eyes started to glow red and he created two dople-gangers and they floated through the rings and come out through a different one. The crowed started to cheer. Then the double team amount grew insurmountably and it looked like a giant snake swirling through the portals and with a psychic wave, what began to look like a head, opened its mouth and the original Ralts walked through.

Don made his way on to the stage as the illusions and portals dissipated and as the crowed stood to cheer.

"Remarkable"

"Wonderful"

"Your Pokemon looked healthy and clean"

Don simply bowed and returned the green hatted Pokemon and walked off the stage. People stormed towards Don and swarmed him with pictures and words of congratulations, but Don was more concerned as to where the tiny creature got the power from. He rushed outside to find Ty standing idly and Jaden bad mouthing the security.

"Ty, you will be up next so you better hurry in."

Ty's head dropped down and he mumbled," The guard won't let me in because my parents want me to become a trainer..." He's voice trailed off with an echoing sadness.

Don turned to the bouncer and remembered him almost immediately," John Terry, sick Monferno three years ago and lack of will to fight. Now will you please allow my friend here entrance or should I take your Pokemon because I deem you unfit as a trainer?" Don asked with a dangerous grin and a glint in his eye.

John started shaking and quickly opened the door for Ty muttering," Sorry sir, my sincerest apologies, I didn't know..." Ty went in and started preparing and Jayden went to help because he thought Ty was good conversation.

Don passed John and went back to retrieve his seat. He sat next to Lauren, who was reasonably more aggravated at his last statement, again, looked at her black jacket on her lap and started to speak.

I m starting to think that you should know that Will, Shane and Dre are right behind you are were daring me to see how upset I could make you before I walked on stage. So apologies for my behaviour. I didn't mean to be rude and it was all for the money." He finished with a grin, but Lauren wasn't satisfied and was slightly shocked that she was only able to notice Shane behind her. Will jumped over the seat and laughed heartily; Dre leaned over and greeted her then started telling jokes; and Shane just sat back to watch the chaos unfold.

Lauren sat still, feeling the anger boil and started spitting rather unfriendly remarks then pulled a Poke ball and whispered something that sounded like," Come forth Stratos." and a large, blue dragon that was sporting cloudy, fluffy wings flew out and landed on Lauren chair. Lauren started to whisper something and the Altaria nodded before letting loose a weak Dragon Pulse that paralyzed the four guys and slightly burned their clothes. Don dove up and ran to the front but the latter were paralysed and Lauren took advantage by pinching their cheeks and slapping them around a little, while they sat their motionless and silently moaning in pain

"*And there are our battle semi-finalists*" The faces of a few random people flashed across a massive screen and all of our heroes made it through,"*and their names are Don; Tyler; Rose and Josephine.

Don and a girl with a black tank top and mirrored sunglasses walked on to the stage as they said it was battle time.

"Go, Luxio and shock their senses!" Don commanded as he threw a Poke ball and his dark cat stood in front of him.

"Pika, give them pain!" Josie shouted as she released the small rat.

Don twitched and started to focus his eyes on the blacked-tipped-ear Pokemon stood while charging the pink electric sacks on its cheeks. Don froze as his eyes enlarged.

"Pika, Pika, Chu?" The small creature questioned at the man that looked as though he was going insane.

"Evil Pikachu!" Don said as he lunged his body forward and sped toward the rat and punted the yellow monster out the window with one clean shot, leaving everyone staring at him with questioning looks; but the expressionless girl that Don was challenging, was shocked and just stood there.

A/N First sorry to fairy lights, but I deliberately had chapter 4 show his fear of Pikachu and this was going to happen no matter what.
Next, the next episode will have a battle and I want you to vote on who should be in the fight and who the ref will be (you can choose the type of battle and how many people and rules and ect), voting ends at about midnight South African time tonight (which is about 6 am/pm in NYC). There will be an eat-out for all characters for Chapter 10 and I need pairings (I'm just going to mix things up and there will not be Lauren x Will [I know you are working together and I want as little chemistry as possible])), so match-up and tell me with your vote. There should be a new arrival by then (female) so it all equals out. Dre will have disappeared by then. OC's still wanted. (Hunter you may give both) The actual plot will come out in Chapter 9.

Next chapter- Chapter 8- Fighting a Losing Battle.

OC from

Name: Shane Hacker

Nickname: N/A

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Hometown: Twinleaf, Sinnoh

Appearance:Short black hair with stripe running through it. He stands at 1;94 m and has an athletic build; deep onix eyes; tanned skin and wears a sleaveless T-shirt. He wears fingerless gloves and a black pants with a belt that holds his Poke balls. Saybleye, alwways on his shoulder.

Personality: He is the silent type, rarely speaking and rarely smiling, this usually gives him a misterious look, but beyond that, he is a loyal friend. He usually has girls attention because of his way of acting. He is extremely over protective of children. He usually prefers to keep his distance even in the time to set camp.

Family: He doesn't talk about his family, the only thing he knows is that his father was a Team Rocket member that died in a mission. His mother died giving birth to his sister Laura, who was taken away by Team Rocket. Since then he vowed to make them pay and he would rescue his sister.

History:

Pokemon: Sableeye Male He is always out of the Poke ball, usually on Shane's shoulder. He is very quiet and was only born last week. He still acts like a baby.
Faint Attack, Shadow Sneak, Power Gem, Shadow Ball, Shadow Claw, Confuse Ray, Punishment, Knock Off.

Umbreon Female Shy Agility, Confusion, Shadow Ball, Night Slash, Shadow Claw, Bite.

Haunter Male A joker.
Shadow Punch, Curse, Destiny Bond, Shadow Ball, Nightmare, Night Shade, Hypnosis.

Weavile Male Loner Quick Attack, Dark Pulse, Night Slash, Icy Wind, Faint Attack, Icebeam, Double Team.

Houndoom Male Shane's most powerful Pokemon and he's last resourse. Extremely kind namely to Sableye.
Flamethrower, Faint Attack, Giga Impact, Dark Pulse, Shadow Ball, Double Team, Fire Blast, Over Heat.

Occupation: Trainer

Goals: To save his sisterand become the best Dark/ Gost type Pokemon master.

Number of badges:

OC from ffgtfgtr

Name: Will Rio

Nickname:Will

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Hometown: Mahogany, Johto

Appearance: 5,3 ft. Skinny with some decent muscles, longlongish brown hair (not quite to shoulders), hair parted both ways, bangs tucked behind ears. Green eyes, wearing baseball jersey and faded black jeans as well as black and whitee baseball cap shoes. No piercings or anything. Humorous and social, though he can be a lone wolf at times. He can get very sarcastic and is sometimes a bit temperamental to boot, and Will can get emotional on occasion. Still, he's very intelligent, knows his manners and knows battles. He looks for literally anything legal to get an advantage in battle, and won't pull off huge combinations. He is an athletic despite his stature; though he's reallya 'Jack of all trades, master of none' type athlete. If he's with a best friend, he's fine, but often he'll just be alone, hanging with one one of his Pokemon. He likes to keep them out of their Poke balls. Not very romantic with the ladies. Hates humility (when a really humiliating part comes on in a movie or something, he tends to leave the room), losing, rap/ pop/ country music, and anythingbad happening to Lucario (see history.

Personality:

Family: None (see history)

History: Will never met his parents, so he;s lived with his Lucariohis whole life in an abandoned house in Mahogany Town. As a result, they're like brothers and are ininseparable. Thanks to the hospitality of the villagers, he's been able to survive on the basics. When Will was eleven years old, a rampart Tauros started wreaking chaos in the town in which he lived. He and his Lucario managed to beat the Tauros and get him to leave, and it was then when he discovered his passion for battling. He's considered the best trainer in the village, but because of his lack of money, he can't travel very far. Once when he won a trip to the Poke athlon, though, his Pokemon won every battle that day. He could probablytake on the Elite 4, but in the 21st century, cash is definately the issue.

Pokemon: Lucario (main Pokemon)
Male Special ability is inner focus. He talks to Will, and as stated above, they are like twins but has a humorous side. Very intelligent. He will play the occasional prankon someone, including Will. Thinks several moves ahead for everything, especially battle. He'll do anything for the win, and he thinks of any way to get out of a bad situation. Has surprisingly good psychic abilities. He hatched as a Riolu the same day Will was born.
Aura Sphere, Swords Dance, Dark Pulse, Drain Punch, Psychic.

Lapras Female Very calm, increadibly protective. She too can talk, since anyone in her species can. Saw her mother poached down, so she has something to fight for, I guess. About as intelligent as Lucario. Recieved as an egg, his first Pokemon other than Lucario.
Hydro Pump, Thunder, Rain Dance, Ice Beam. Special ability is Water Absorb.

Syther He's a fiery one, with a temper. Only listens to Will, and he can't stand injustice on any account. Hasty to make desitions, but adapts well to anything. Caught normally with a borrowed Poke ball from a friend. Slash, X- Scissor, Toxic, Brick Break. Ability is Swarm.

Dragonite Probably the nicest Pokemon Will has, never seems to be sad. Very polite and kind, though he has a bit of a crush on Lapres for reasons unknown (Aww, shipping... :P). Snores reallyloudly, but is quiet otherwise. When he starts batlling, though, it is a different story. As a Dratini, it followed him home one day, and he decided to keep it.
Dragon Dance, Dragon Claw, Draco Meteor, Earthquake.

Houndoom He's gruff and loves battling. He too likes Lapras, but he's got no chance. Likes to be the leader, though that role is usually for Lucario. Automatically suspicious of anyone other than Will, but is very loving to him. Found on the side of the road with a wound and Will managed to save him by rushing him to a Poke centre.
Fire Blast, Crunch, Sunny Day, Solar Beam. Ability is Flash Fire.

Alakazam Male Alakazam's very straitforward and logical, and is constantly trying to calm down Syther and keep him in check. Was being bullied as an Abra when Will and Lucario stepped in to save him.
Pychic, Psycho Cut, Toxic, Drain Punch. Ability is Syncronize.

Occupation: Trainer

Goals: Pokemon league champ, of course.

Number of badges: 1 badge in Johto (again refer to history)

OC from fairy lights shine bright.

Name: Josephine Marie Bell

Nickname: Jo, Josie

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Hometown: Verdanturf, Hoen

Appearance: Josie could be called pretty, in a rough, unkempt sort of way. Her dark, brown hair is usually up in a messy bun and her clothes are hardly ever in the best of condition. Not that she doens't take care of them as best she can, but when you're out on the road there are some thingswhich are definately more important than some grass stains or some bruises. Unluckily for Josie she has an unkanny knack for getting in to scrapes. Most of the time she's got at least a few cuts and scratches and due to quite an unusually pale complexion they show up more than they should, but Josie won't let you see if she's irratated by any of this. Her face face reveals little of her emotions and her grey eyes reveal almost nothing, her clothes are very simple too. A black tank top, jeans and trainers paired with a black leather jacket in winter and mirrored sunglasses in the warm months.

Personality: Josie has to be one of the most cryptic people around. Whatever she's feeling you probably won't know. Her face betrays her emotion and she isn't prone to outbursts or crazy hyperactive moments. It takes a lot to get this girlworked up, thats for sure, which is why she throws herself into her trainer battles completely. Though logical and often sensible in most aspects of life, when it comes to Pokemon, well, Josie is passionate about everything. She loves her Pokemon deeply and is one of the most determined people out knows what she wants and knows how to get it, even if she'll encounter countless problems on the way.

Family: Andrew Bell, father, Josie has great respect for her dad, a researcher for Devon Corp. and a regular user of the Rustboro tunnel. He's worked hard to get where he is today and has to be one of Josie's biggest role models.

Marlene Bell, mother, A house wife and probably on e of the clsests female friends Josie has . Marlene is there for her whenever Josie needs her, which as the daughter will say, is as infrequently as possible.

History: Josie grew up in a quiet town in Hoen. Verdanturf wasn't the most exciting place in the region and her few trips to the big cities where were what shaped Josies decisions. She had always wanted to be a trainer and see the world for six years and passed failures have turned her in to the serious and logical girl she is today. Problem is, logic flies out if the window in battling and her determined and quick have brought her this far. Josie's pretty proud of herself on the accomplishments front. She's competed in the Hoen League (9th place) and Kanto and Sinnoh leagues(7th place in each). She is not incredibly well known, has however, met Wallace and befriend a couble of big names in the Pokemon world.

Pokemon: Ninetails Female Josies most serious Pokemon and the voice of reason in the team.
Flamethrower, Fire Spin, Psychic, Confusion.

Vaporeon Female Josies most faithful Pokemon, sweet and sometimes cheeky.
Surf, Water Pulse, Return, Take Down.

Venusaur Male Josies oldest Pokemon, slightly naughtly but obedient in battle and when Josie is in danger or needs any kind of help.
Earthquake, Sleep Powder, Solar Beam, Razor Leaf

Pikachu Male Relaxed and calm, Pikachu can be a bit sarcastic at times. He's the cool one of the bunch and won't hesitate to make it known.
Thunder, Strength, Dig, Thunderbolt.

Occupation: Trainer

Goals: To become Hoen Champion

Number of badges: 6 Hoen