Chapter 5- Unexpected

I watched, on the edge of my seat, as Ash won his battle. It had been close up until the end and I even found myself cheering for the guy. I knew I'd probably end up facing him later in the tournament; it wasn't good for me to be getting friendly now, was it?

After the rest of the battles were finished they announced the match ups for round two. I glared at the screen before taking off to find Tallon and the others. After tracking down the older boy we met up with Ash in a grassy area near the stadium.

"Hey Ash." I smiled as I walked up, guess I was going to be friendly after all.

"Oh, hey Carina, Tallon." He greets

"Good job out there." I congratulate

"Thanks, you did good too."

"I was surprised, you only used one pokemon." Comments Dawn "It was really impressive."

I end up rubbing the back of my head "Thanks." I smile weakly "You know who you're up against in the next round?"

"Not personally."

"Oh."

"Do you know who you're up against?" asks Brock

"Yah, it's really unfortunate too. I was hoping to get a finals match with him." I sigh

"Speak of the devil." Tallon gestures to a passer-by.

"Hmm?" he looked over the group for a second before his eyes locked on me. We stood there, semi-glaring at each other.

I sigh again "Why is it always this tense when we meet?" I ask

"Cause you know I'm better than you but you won't admit it." He smirks

"In your dreams." I snarl back.

"You two know each other?" asks Dawn

"I thought I told you that earlier that I know him." I turned back towards the red head. "This is Silver and we've been on bad terms pretty much since we met."

"You should have just stayed out of my way." He grumbles

"How do yo-…" as I started a pair of people rounded the corner of the path. A girl with long, light blue hair and a blue outfit and a guy with reddish hair and a fancy cape. They looked up from their conversation when they heard us, or more precisely Silver and I, I locked eyes with the guy and he smiled at me.

I smiled back "Lance." I greet

"Carina it's been awhile." He looks to Silver "Nice to see you as well." Silver just scowls back at him.

"Lance I'm surprised you're here." Brock comments

"The same with you." Lance nods

"I notice out of the corner of my eye that Silver has pulled out a pokeball. "I challenge you to a battle." He looked straight at Lance.

"You have a tournament to worry about, not challenging Lance again."

Silver just rolls his eyes and looks back at Lance.

"I will accept but how about we make it like old times." Lance smile widens " Clair and I against you two."

"You're asking for it Lance." I mummer as a smirk graces my lips.

"If that means you battle me one on one after then fine." Silver had learned a long time ago not to bargain against Lance.

~outside POV~

"A gym leader and a Champion against Carina and Silver?" Brock questions the match up.

"Brock would you mind officiating for us?" asks Lance

"Of course not." Brock makes his way towards the four trainers. "It will be a six on six match, three pokemon per trainer, understood?"

The four nodded in agreement. The grassy area where they were standing sufficed for a battle field so they spread out, Brock taking his place in the middle of the makeshift arena.

~Carina's POV~

"Don't mess up." I glare at Silver

"I should be telling you that." He scowls

"Begin!" Brock shouts and we all pull out our pokeballs.

"Go Gengar!" So Silver still has him.

"Go Gallade!" I toss out my pokeball and my trusty Gallade appears.

"Dragonair, let's go!" calls Clair

"Gyarados." Lance smiles as the large blue, water dragon appears.

"Silver and Carina will start." Brock declares

I smile "Alright Gallade, Psycho cut!" I didn't have to tell him who to go after; he knew who his target was. He disappeared and Garaydos and Dragonair looked around frantically for him. In a blink he appears behind Garaydos and lands a few strikes before returning to our side of the field.

"He's gotten faster." Remarks Lance

"Too much talk. Gengar, Sucker Punch!" commands Silver. The ghost pokemon chargers at Dragonair.

"Dragonair fly!" shouts Clair. Her Dragonair flies up and out of Gangars way.

"Gallade, helping hand! Get Gengar up there!" Gallade runs up and boosts Gengar higher so he can reach Dragonair.

"What?" Clair looks up in confusion as Gengar lands Sucker Punch on Dragonair.

"Garaydos, hydro pump!" Gengar gets soaked.

Silver frowns but Gengars not out yet.

"Alright, let's finish this, Gallade close combat!" Gallade gets up, close and personal and takes down Garaydos.

"Garaydos is unable to battle." Declares Brock.

"Good work buddy." Lance calls him back and pulls out his next pokemon. "Go Charizard!"

I glance at Silver; this would be a good time for him to switch…

"Gengar, return." He pulls out another ball, "Go Feraligator!"

Brock nods, giving us the go-ahead to continue.

"Dragonair use outrage!" commands Clair, the blue dragon starts towards Gallade.

"Gallade, counter with Close combat!" The two pokemon clash, struggling to see who's stronger. Gallade gives one more push and overpowers Dragonair.

"Dragonair is unable to battle!"

~outside POV~

"Wow." Gasps Dawn "She's so strong."

"Which 'she' are you talking about?" questions Ash

"Carina of course. Her Gallade took out Garaydos on its own and landed the final blow on Dragonair." Recounts Dawn

"Yah, she's really strong to be taking on the dragon tamer and a champion."

~Carina's POV~

"Go Kingdra!" Clair yells

"Feraligator use Hydro pump!" commands Silver, ignoring the other water pokemon and focusing on Charizard. Charizard gets soaked and looks pretty bad. It's surprising that he's still standing.

"Gallade use psycho cut!" he disappears again, then flashes behind Kingdra landing a perfectly placed cut. Kingdra goes down and Clair glares at me.

"Kingdra is unable to battle." Declares Brock.

~outside POV~

"She took him down in one hit." Dawn states the obvious, watching as Clair calls her pokemon back.

"I've never seen something like that before." Ash shakes his head, not believing what he saw.

~Carina's POV~

"Good job Gallade." I tell him as he reappears on our side of the field. He nods at me. It's weird sometimes; Gallade is such a humanoid pokemon sometimes I feel like he should start talking back to me or something.

"Let's go Dragonite!" Clair summons her last pokemon.

"Charizard, flamethrower!" commands Lance, the dragon prepares for the attack and he's aiming right at Gallade.

"Gallade, future sight!" I shout just before flamethrower hits.

I watch in horror as Gallade is surrounded by flames. When they finally subside Gallade is still awake, but he's kneeling on the ground. It looks like he was trying to leave as little of him open to the fire as possible. He stands back up, but I can tell he's in pain. He's got to be badly burned after that.

"You're gonna pay for that Lance." I growl