Pokemon is not owned by me. Now, on to chapter 10!

"Miette?! What are you doing here?"

Miette smiled.

"Oh, Ash. You're as dumb as ever! You should know what I'm doing here."

"I mean-I know you're an Elite Four member but how did you get here?"

"Isn't it obvious? After you decided to be with Serena instead of me, I spent all my time trying to get better than you. I mastered not only my Pokemon's moves but also how they could be used with their physical attributes."

Ash stayed silent. Serena had an angry glare on her face.

"Why do you look so upset, Serena? You don't want to see your boyfriend get hurt? Because whether you like it or not, he will end up getting hurt!"

"Why would you do that to him? He didn't do anything to you!"

This time, Miette had an angry glare.

"Of course he did! He chose you, which, in my opinion, was the biggest mistake he's ever made."

"I chose Serena because even when she gets upset, she turns her anger into motivation, she turns her sadness into joy, and can't help supporting me, no matter what I do. And even better, she knows I'd be willing to do the same. She's a better girlfriend than you ever were!"

Miette gritted her teeth at seeing Ash defend Serena, to which Serena smiled.

"Don't think that you've won, Serena. Even if Ash chose you, I'm going to keep him from getting to the Champion."

"Never! I've heard enough of that over the past three days."

"How about we make a deal?"

Serena stepped in.

"What deal?!"

"Hey, Serena! This doesn't involve you! This is between me and Ash." Miette snapped.

"Hey! Don't talk to her like that!" Ash said.

"Why don't you make me, Ash? You don't have any control over how I speak to her, now do I?"

Ash stayed silent.

"I thought so. Now, back to our deal: if I win this battle, you break up with Serena. I didn't say to date me. I just want you to break up with Serena."

"And if I win?"

"If you win, you can stay with Serena for all I care."

"Deal!"

Miette smiled.

"Ash, wait! Are you sure you want to do this?" Serena asked.

"I really don't. I just don't want to break up with you."

"Well...good luck!"

"Are you ready, Ash?"

"Ready!"

"Well, then! WEAVILE, I CHOOSE YOU!"

Weavile emerged and searched for its opponent. Ash looked at Miette in confusion.

"Wait! I thought you were going to use STEEL types! That's an Ice/Dark!"

"I don't care. This one's personal..."

"FINE! CHARIZARD, I CHOOSE YOU!"

Charizard hovered in the air, looking at the Weavile who had noticed him and was sharpening its claws.

"Miette! You can go first."

"Being a gentleman won't save you! Weavile ground Charizard with Icy Wind!"

"Flamethrower!"

Charizard's attack not only countered the Icy Wind but also hit Weavile.

"Charizard, don't let up! Use Seismic Toss!"

Charizard swooped down and grabbed Weavile before taking it into the air and circling it.

"Ice Beam!"

Weavile landed the Ice Beam, stopping the Seismic Toss and sending both Weavile and Charizard hurtling towards the ground. Miette smirked.

"Charizard, land on Weavile!"

"WHAT?!"

The large iceberg that almost completely froze Charizard slammed on Weavile. The force from the landing also freed Charizard. Weavile struggled to get up.

"CHARIZARD, FINISH WITH FLAMETHROWER!"

"NO! WEAVILE, DODGE!"

It was too late. The Flamethrower landed and knocked out Weavile.

"Weavile, return," Miette grumbled.

"Who's next, Miette?"

"You seem pretty confident. Allow me to shatter that confidence. Hypno, I choose you!"

"Return, Charizard! Greninja, I choose you!"

Greninja was fired up, and ready to face the Hypno, who was twirling its watch.

"You can go first this time, Ash!"

"Greninja, Feint Attack!"

"DODGE!"

Greninja slowly walked up to Hypno and landed the attack.

"How did you land that?! Hypno could have dodged!"

"Last time I checked, Feint Attack never misses..." Ash explained.

"AAAHHH! Hypno, use Dazzling Gleam!"

"Counter with Hydro Pump!"

Both attacks landed, but Greninja was fine, although Fairy-type moves like Dazzling Gleam are super-effective over Dark types like Greninja.

"I could've sworn that Dazzling Gleam hit Greninja! That should be super-effective!"

"Greninja has Protean, which changes its type to the type of the move it uses. I used Hydro Pump, thus changing its type solely to water. Thus, Dazzling Gleam would only do normal damage. GRENINJA, TWO FEINT ATTACKS!"

Greninja successfully landed both attacks, much to Miette's anger. Hypno dropped its watch and fainted.

"HYPNO, RETURN," Miette said with clenched teeth.

"Getting upset?" Ash said with a smile.

"SHUT UP! DRUDDIGON, LET'S GO!"

"Greninja, stay in."

Ash noticed that instead of red and blue, this Druddigon was green and orange.

"Wow, you caught a shiny Druddigon! Congratulations!"

"Finally, SOMEONE noticed! Dragon Pulse!"

"Use Ice Beam on the ground, Greninja!"

Dragon Pulse hit Greninja, but thanks to the Protean, Greninja's type changed to Ice, thus lessening the damage of the Dragon-type attack.

"OOHH, I HATE THAT PROTEAN!"

"Now, Greninja, use Ice Beam on Druddigon!"

"Dodge, Druddigon!"

The Druddigon tried to dodge, but thanks to the Ice Beam, it slipped on the ice. Meanwhile, Greninja landed Ice Beam.

"Druddigon, Dragon Pulse!"

"Dodge!"

The ice increased Greninja's speed, and allowed him to slide across the battlefield with ease.

"Ice Beam!"

Since Greninja outsped Druddigon, the Ice Beam landed and knocked out Druddigon, making the score 3-0.

"Why haven't any of your Pokemon been knocked out?"

Ash stayed silent.

"I only have one Pokemon left. GARDEVOIR, I CHOOSE YOU!"

"Stay in, Greninja."

"Why haven't you switched out Greninja?"

"He's strong. He knows how to persevere."

"Suit yourself. GARDEVOIR, ACCESS YOUR TRUE POWER, AND MEGA EVOLVE!"

To Ash's shock, Gardevoir Mega-Evolved right before his eyes. However, Greninja started to shine as well, and with a blast of water, turned into Ash-Greninja.

"I'm pretty sure that Greninja doesn't Mega-Evolve. Why does it look like that?"

"I really don't know. It's something that's only been occuring in the heat of battle. I've really got to ask Nurse Joy about it."

"Suit yourself! GARDEVOIR, MOONBLAST!"

"Feint Attack!"

Greninja dodged the Moonblast and landed the Feint Attack.

"Here, we can use the Protean to our advantage, Gardevoir!"

"Not quite! Although Dark is weak against Fairy, it is strong against Psychic, which is another type Gardevoir has." Ash pointed out.

"HA! Dazzling Gleam!"

"Hydro Pump!"

Both moves resulted in a cloud of smoke.

"Greninja, spin and use Hydro Pump on Gardevoir!"

Greninja used the same technique he used against N's Pokemon on Gardevoir.

"Dodge!"

The Gardevoir dodged the attack, but Ash was still ready.

"Greninja, keep up that Hydro Pump and use Double Team!"

Suddenly, there were multiple tornadoes surrounding Gardevoir. Miette looked confused.

"Gardevoir, Dazzling Gleam!"

The Dazzling Gleam got rid of the copies, but Gardevoir still got hit by the real Greninja.

"WAY TO GO, GRENINJA!"

"ASH, YOU'RE TESTING MY PATIENCE!"

Gardevoir struggled to get up but Greninja was ready to continue.

"Greninja, Hydro Pump!"

The Hydro Pump landed and Gardevoir went flying.

"Bring Gardevoir down with Feint Attack!"

"GARDEVOIR, LOOK OUT!"

Greninja jumped and landed a devestating Feint Attack to send Gardevoir crashing to the ground. Gardevoir reverted back to it's original form and fainted. Greninja reverted back as well, and gave Ash a hug, to which Ash returned.

"Gardevoir, return."

Ash walked to Miette and offered her a handshake, but she refused.

"Fine, your loss. Keep Serena. You're making a huge mistake."

"The only mistake I ever made was actually thinking you cared about me instead of making Serena jealous."

Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont walked down from the stands towards Ash and Miette.

"Just get out of here. I hope the champion destroys you. Also! You do realize that if you lose against the champion, you have to face the Elite Four again, right?"

"No. But now I know."

The four rode down the elevator and the Steel-type chamber closed. The gateway to the champion's room then opened. Inside, an elevator awaited them that took them to the battlefield.

"All right, let's go!"

"Ash, wait."

Serena grabbed his hand, causing Ash to stop and look at her. Bonnie and Clemont stopped running too.

"What's up?"

"I just wanted to say thank you for defending me earlier...it was really sweet of you."

Ash smiled and was about to respond, but Serena had drawn him in for a kiss that the two lovingly shared. The two blushed and, hand in hand, walked towards the elevator to the champion's battlefield. The battlefield was beautiful; there were windows everywhere with Pokemon curtains, the ground was in a circular shape and decorated with a rainbow of colors, with all of the Pokemon types on the boundaries of the circle. In the center was a boy wearing a blue sweatshirt with skinny jeans to match. He donned a red cap with glasses, and had a black shoulder bag on. Ash stood ready as the boy turned around. Serena gasped. The boy smiled.

"Hello, Challenger. My name is Calem, but you can call me X."

TO BE CONTINUED...