Plenty of distractions to keep me from this and result in my next last minute update. Not the least of which being my Pokémon X version, though I managed to be distracted by every random butterfly that fluttered by, so excuses, excuses. I have been planning this for a while, so I should be able to get through it just fine. We'll see.

"If this is your idea of a joke, you won't be laughing when you lose!" Blue warned as his psychic Pokémon Kadabra eyed down the little brown creature hiding in the dirt. "Kadabra, use Confusion!" A barely visible wave of psychic energy shot forward, blasting the spot where Red's Diglett had been into a crater. Blue jumped when the little Pokémon seemed to have been vaporized into nothing by the attack. "I didn't kill it, did I?!"

Red just smiled, "Dig, Diglett." The ground underneath Kadabra exploded, even more so than when it used its psychic powers. Kadabra was thrown across the arena and landed with a thud in a shower of dirt. Both it and Blue were stunned silent

It was Red's cocky grin that finally snapped Blue out of his surprise. "Okay, so it's not as weak as it looks," Blue admitted, "But Kadabra will still squash it! Psybeam, Kadabra!" The psychic Pokémon spied its small opponent and pointed its spoon at it. From the end of the spoon shot a multi-colored beam of energy at its small target. Just like last time, Diglett vanished into the ground. "Darn it, where did it go this time?" Diglett popped up under Kadabra's three fingered hand and knocked the spoon free. She popped up again under where the spoon was going to land, balancing it on his head. "Wha…?"

Red groaned at his impish Pokémon. "Diglett," he said in the warning tone of a parent, "Not now." Diglett seemed to sigh before disappearing underground and letting the spoon rest over her burrow. She popped out again a bit away from it so Kadabra could retrieve its weapon.

"That thing of yours is quite a character," Blue noted as the trainers and Pokémon readied themselves to resume the battle.

"You have no idea," Red sighed.

"Well, were about to find out how this character of yours loses! Kadabra, use Psybeam again!" Kadabra fired another psychic blast at Diglett, but it dodged underground again. This time it popped up behind Kadabra. Unlike many of the other competitors, sharp-eyed Blue spotted his opponent. "Kadabra, about face!"

"Scratch, Diglett!" Kadabra turned around to face Diglett, even putting up its spoon to parry the invisibly fast Scratch attack. Kadabra readied another Psybeam, but Red intervened, "Magnitude, Diglett!" The battlefield, which was attached to the deck by a special rig that prevented the odd earthshaking attack from bothering other passengers, shook with a powerful rumble. Just as Kadabra was about to launch its attack, the rumbling knocked it off its feet. The Psybeam launched into the sky, reflecting off a metal post, than returning to Kadabra, striking the prone Pokémon on the head.

"Uhhh…" Blue breathed, starting down at his unconscious Pokémon, "What just happened?" According to the judge, Kadabra had just lost the match. "You're gonna pay for that one!" Blue growled as they both threw their last Pokéball. Wartortle and Charmeleon appeared before one another once again. "Heheheh. This is perfect! I wouldn't want it any other way."

"Why?" Red returned, "Because you have the advantage?"

Blue smiled, "Yeah, my Pokémon's better trained."

"We'll see. Charmeleon, Slash."

"Duck, Wartortle!" The command seemed unconventional, but it worked. Charmeleon shot forward, only to have his claws pass harmlessly over his foe's shell. "Now Skull Bash!" Wartortle drew its head into its shell and aimed for Charmeleon. The windup of the move gave Red and Charmeleon just enough time to react.

"Charmeleon, Mega Punch!" Charmeleon caught himself through the missed Slash and spun on his heel. With a full-body swing, Charmeleon smashed Wartortle in the chest with his fist. That would have sent any normal Pokémon flying off the end of the curies ship and into the sunset, but Wartortle, braced for the Skull Bash, held fast. Its head shot out from its shell like a bullet, smacking Charmeleon in the jaw and throwing it to the ground hard.

"Now one Water Pulse and it's over!" Wartortle readied the attack as Charmeleon reeled. Just as the disk of water blasted forth, Charmeleon rolled out of the way. But there was little Charmeleon could do in his position with Wartortle pressing its attack.

"Charmeleon, Ember!"

"Wartortle'll just duck this one too."

This time the tactic failed. Charmeleon's flaming tail swung not for his foes head, but its feet. The powerful tail swept Wartortle's legs out from under it and caused it to collapse. Finally, Charmeleon had his chance to get back up. "Charmeleon, Flamethrower! Pin it!" Charmeleon did as ordered, blasting the blue turtle with roaring flames.

"Oh, no you don't! Water Gun!" From the flames burst a fire hose blast of water. Charmeleon barely had enough time to see the attack, dodging on instinct. Still, the blast clipped his neck and shoulder with enough force to throw him off his feet again. Wartortle emerged from the flames naught but singed. "Let's try this again. Water Pulse!"

"Mega Kick!" Charmeleon took advantage of being on the ground, putting his entire body into a devastating kick to Wartortle's chin. Wartortle was knocked straight up, causing the Water Pulse to miss wildly. Charmeleon road the momentum from the kick to leap back to his feet. Wartortle caught itself in the air and landed on its feet in time to dodge Charmeleon's follow-up Mega Kick.

"Bite it, Bite it, Bite it!"

"Charmeleon! Smoke Screen!" Wartortle lunged forward with all it had only to be completely halted by thick black smoke. It was barely visible in the cloud and Charmeleon had totally disappeared. "Mega Punch!" From the haze, Charmeleon reappeared, already winding through the last moments of his most mighty haymaker to date. The punch caught Wartortle right across the jaw, sending it to the ground finally in defeat. The crowd roared with the match's conclusion.

"I can't believe I lost again…"

After such a closely matched battle, Red's Pokémon were given all the healing items they needed to get back to full strength. For even after all of that, there was still one more opponent to face.

"Now I just have to get past you and I win the tournament!" Green said with glee.

"You won't be winning," Red returned with a smile.

"We'll see!" she replied in a sing-song voice. Both trainers threw their Pokéballs. Red had chosen to lead with his Pidgeotto again. Green's Pokémon was new. And it looked strikingly like…

"Is… Is that a duck with a leek on its back?"

"Yup! This is my new Farfetch'd. I traded for it with some guy in town who wanted my extra Spearow," Green explained. "For some reason, he'll only respond to "Ch'ding", but I still love him! So let's get this battle started with a Wing Attack!"

"Pidgeotto, Wing Attack."

The two bird Pokémon closed on each other. It was abundantly clear that Pidgeotto was faster, and probably stronger, but just as his attack was about to hit Ch'ding blocked his wing with the leek. This gave the duck-like Pokémon the chance to strike Pidgeotto right between the eyes, knocking it out cold. "Oh, did I happen to mention that leek Ch'ding is carrying is a special item that allows it to better aim his attacks and strike more critical areas? It must have slipped my mind. Silly me~!"

Red groaned as he recalled Pidgeotto. He hoped his bird Pokémon wouldn't have a fear of other bird Pokémon by the time the day was out. But there was still the next round to win. He had to if he wanted to win the tournament. Knowing Green, she'd probably have something tricky up her sleeve, so Red decided on his most evasive Pokémon. And Green would never suspect he'd use the same three Pokémon.

Red's Diglett was greeted by the continence of Ivysaur. "I knew you would save Charmeleon for last! And your Diglett is a ground-type Pokémon, right? Well, Ivysaur has the advantage as a grass-type! Now use Leech Seed!" Diglett was unable to dodge the strange attack as strange seeds appeared around her and attacked themselves. She tried to shed the strange seeds by ducking underground, but vines sprouted from them almost instantly and entangled her. "Oh, and look at that. It looks like Leech Seed immobilized your Diglett. Vine Whip, Ivysaur!" Diglett didn't have anywhere to go and was smacked by the strong vines. The little Pokémon didn't stand a chance. "Yay! I won!" Red just sighed as he recalled Diglett. Oh well.

Red, Blue, and Green stayed at the party a little longer than that, but with the main event over, it was winding down. Soon after the three departed, the S.S. Anne departed on her first cruise around the world. As the three trainers left the pier to head to the Pokémon Center for the night, Red noticed movement by a parked truck. He looked and spotted what looked to him like a pink cat. But the figure vanished. Red decided it must have been his imagination as the Pokémon vanished into the night like a mirage.

This is perfect! I love my work here. I'm glad I was able to get it done and not have to break it up. Please tell me how I could improve it and make it better! I'm really tired of having to explain to people how much I hate getting sugar-coated reviews.

Incidentally, the fight between Diglett and Kadabra was the hardest part. The learnset of those two Pokémon combine is pitiful! Kadabra pretty much knows psychic ray # 1, 2, & 3, and Diglett knows Scratch, Dig, and Magnitude. Thank heavens for TMs, right?