A/N: the big chapter, Lance vs. Zach. I forgot to mention, it's a full 6 on 6

Pure Gamer: I don't exactly understand; but if you're trying to say I need to put more explanation onto what happens as Zach travels down a Route, then okay

"Hey, slow down Sparky!" I called out to my Pokémon; he was about 10 feet away. Sparky and I are currently going down Route 6; we were both psyched for a chance to take on the Champion of the Kanto and Johto region! I tried my best to keep my excitement down as I walked into Vermillion City.

I walked around town and looked left and right searching for Lance. After about 5 minutes of searching I realized that I forgot to ask Bruno where I was supposed to meet him. I sighed and kept going. I eventually reached an open space with rocks scattered about. 'This is probably the place' I thought to myself. "Jolt" Sparky warned. I looked in the direction he was looking and saw two things: a Dragonair and a man with spiky red hair. "Hello over there!" I called out while I was running towards him. He looked a little weary at first but calmed down. As I approached him he asked "Are you another fan boy?"

"No sir, Bruno sent me in his place; I'm Zach" I explained. "Ah, so your Zach, Bruno told me you were a great battler; let's see if you live up to those expectations" he said getting into a battle stance "Don't expect me to hold back!"He had Dragonair close by, like I did Sparky. We threw our poke balls into the field. I sent out Jack and he sent out Salamence, "Jack use Mach Punch, Followed by Bullet Punch" I commanded. "Salamence use Flamethrower" Lance said plainly. Salamence shot the flame instantly, it hit Jack just as he was about to strike. When the fire subsided we saw that Jack was still standing. However, he was knocked out. I froze; 'one hit, that's all it took to take down Jack' I thought, the power gap was enormous, too enormous.

"G…Go Rex" I stuttered, for once, in my entire life, I began to doubt myself. Rex came out of his pokeball with a roar. "Rex U…use Hyper Beam" I said. "Salamence fly up and dodge it, then use Dragon Claw" Lance ordered. Salamence flew out of the hyper beam's range and then closed in with Dragon claw. "Quick Rex, before it can use Dragon Claw, use Crunch" I said nervously. Rex opened his jaws, but it was too late, the claw had already connected with Rex's torso. Rex fell backwards and hit the ground.

'Th…This can't be happening" I screeched in my head. "Sparky let's go" I asked my partner, he looked just as weary as I did. "Sparky use Volt Tackle" I said. "Salamence use Shadow Claw" Lance said. Sparky was still running when he ran into the Shadow Claw. He stopped in his tracks and fell to the floor. "Sparky return" I said sadly.

"I'll do you a favor and switch Pokémon" Lance announced, recalling Salamence. "Go Albert" I said tossing the pokeball without much effort. "Go Dragonite" Lance called out. "Al use Magical Leaf" I said. "Dragonite counter it with Fire Blast" Lance announced. The humongous flame easily went through the leaves and hit Albert. Albert was scorched but he still stood, he produced several stones from his body and hurled them towards Dragonite. I watched where they were going, they barely affected Dragonite, however, when I looked back at Al, he was missing.

Suddenly I heard a cry in pain, I looked over and saw Dragonite was being blasted by a Solar Beam from above, I looked toward the source, but the glare from the sun prevented me from seeing. Eventually the attack ended and Al came back down, except he came down using the same attack from earlier, I realized it was Ancient Power. But wait, I remembered in a book I read back in Saffron City that explained how some Pokémon evolved when they learned a specific move; I remembered that Tangela did the same thing when it learned Ancient Power…which means! Al crashed to the ground; he was a lot taller, maybe as tall as me. And he had arms, and his legs were more visible. I believe this form is called Tangrowth.

I checked my backpack for a present David got me for Christmas. Luckily I found it easily, Tm: Energy Ball. "Al catch!" I shouted throwing the Tm. He absorbed the Tm and shot offan Energy Ball. I decided to check my pokedex to see if he learned any other moves. "Tangrowth knows: Power Whip, Energy Ball, Magical Leaf, and Solarbeam" Dexter announced. 'Awesome!' I thought. "Nice job Al!"I shouted. He turned to me and gave me thumbs up. "Alright, Al use Power Whip" I exclaimed. It was thicker and longer than Vine Whip, and it had a slight purple glow to it. It shot across the field and whipped Dragonite across the stomach. Dragonite stumbled back "Dragonite use Draco Meteor" Lance commanded. Dragonite formed a ball of energy and shot it into the sky; it then burst into tinier balls and crashed down to earth. Some of them hit Al and he fell to one knee, "Come on Al you're almost there" I encouraged. "What do you mean 'almost there' have you taken a look at Dragonite?" Lance asked; I looked over at Dragonite, it looked almost unharmed; I realized the strength gap was shorter, however the level gap was still too great, or maybe the experience gap. "Dragonite use Fire Blast" Lance interrupted. Dragonite shot off the giant flame again, however this time Al couldn't move. The flame engulfed Al, burning him from all sides. When it subsided Al fell to the ground, "Great job Al, return" I said.

'I've still got two more pokemon'I said to myself, "Go Ace" I called out. "Use Psycho Cut" I ordered. Ace shot off a pink energy wave from his horn, "Dragonite counter it with Hyper Beam" Lance commanded. Dragonite shot off the powerful beam of energy, easily going through the Psycho Cut and blasted Ace. Ace was strong and kept standing for several seconds, and then fell. "Ace return" I said.

"Go Franky" I said, Franky floated out of his pokeball and onto the field. "Franky use Shadow Punch" I commanded. Franky covered his fist in dark energy and shot it towards Dragonite. "Dragonite finish this with Draco Meteor" Lance commanded, the shadow punch hit Dragonite in the stomach but did barely anything, and then the meteors rained down on Franky. When the barrage of meteors stopped Franky plummeted to the ground.

"I…Lost" I said slowly, falling to my knees. Lance recalled Dragonite and walked over to me, Dragonair following behind. "You did a great job, however you still have to become a little stronger before you face me again" Lance encouraged. "Let me ask you something, what is your dream?" Lance questioned. I opened my mouth to speak but slowly closed it; what was my dream? Why did I become a Pokémon trainer? A Pokémon master, no, that was Ash's dream. "I guess my dream is to make the Kanto region a better place; and in order to do that, I… want to become Champion" I said meekly. "Champion, that's a good goal; I'll be waiting for you at the Indigo Plateau" Lance said walking off. "Thanks, I'll train hard" I said.

"I will surpass you"

A/N: Oh, I forgot to tell you the whole title: Zach vs. Lance! The Big Loss! Or maybe a better title would be A Change in Perspective. Whatever, so now we know what Zach's dream is; New Champion of Kanto. Well that's all I have to say, so see ya next time.