Chapter 64: Round 1: Green Vs. Ashley

August 30, 2006

Day 67: 9:50 A.M. Green's View

Location: Indigo League Stadium

"So," Red said to me, "Are you ready for this?" It was the next day and both of us were in one of the smaller stadiums in the area. We stood in the lobby waiting for my time to battle.

"I'm ready as I'll ever be," I said. I was a bit nervous to say the least. Of every Team Rocket agent we have faced in the past, Ashley was the only one we have never faced before, so I don't have a clue about her Pokémon or her strategy she will use. This could be a difficult battle.

"Oh come on," Red said, "You can't be that worried."

"I am though," I said, "I never battled against Ashley or seen her in action. I know nothing of her Pokémon team or how she battles. I'm sure all the Team Rocket agents filled her in about my team and how I battle though, so I'm probably already at a huge disadvantage!"

"Alright," he said to me, "Calm down, just take a deep breath and remain calm. Just go out there and give it everything you got! You can do this!"

"You're right!" I said trying to boost my confidence, "I can do this! I'll rock her world and knock her down! I am a winner!"

"That's the spirit!" he said, "But try not to yell that out. People are kind of watching us." I glanced around and noticed a bunch of people in hall staring at me with confused and weird looks.

"What are you all looking at?" I said yelling at them, "Beat it!" The crowd then dispersed and went on their way.

"There you guys are!" Lilyana said running up to us, "I've been looking around the stadium for you two."

"Yeah," I said, "My match is coming up!"

"Yeah well," Lilyana said grabbing Red's hand, "My match is coming up and I want Red to watch it so he can cheer me on!"

"But Red is here for me right now!" I said grabbing his other hand, "I want him to watch my match!"

"No way!" Lilyana said tugging him away, "He's my boyfriend!"

"He's my best friend!" I said tugging him away.

"My arms are starting to hurt," Red mumbled as both Lilyana and me jerked him back and forth between us.

"Why do you want him badly?" Lilyana said suspiciously, "Don't tell me you are in love with him?"

The question caught me off guard so much that I stopped tugging on Red. I felt so strange and warm by the question. Did I love him? "No!" I said shaking my head trying to shake the feeling away, "Blue's the only one for me! I just want Red here because… he's my friend and all. He always watches me battle and I… just feel more confident when he watches. That's all."

"Hmm…" Lilyana said, "I don't like that at all! It sounds to me like you need him to be with you all the time which means to me that you are attracted to him. Well?"

"Ah…" I said confusedly, "I… well…. Ah… you see… Forget this! Have him! You have him watch your match! I don't need him." I pushed Red away from me and to Lilyana, who gleefully took hold of him and hugged him tightly.

"I'm a little confused about what is happening here," Red said, "What's going on?"

"It's a thing a girl would have a better understanding of instead of a guy," Lilyana said, "So don't worry if you don't know what I am talking about. So, my match is over at the other side of the area…" With those words, they walked off into the crowd. Red waved goodbye and I waved back until he was out of sight.

I sighed sadly and mumbled, "Why do I feel so upset that he isn't here? I love Blue, not him. Why?"

"Maybe you do love him?" a voice said to me from behind. I turned around and jumped back in surprise. It was Edgar Knight with PK on his shoulder.

"Oh hi Edgar," I said, "How much of that did you hear?"

"Just the last thing you said," he shrugged.

"Either way," I said, "I rather not talk about it. Anyways, are you here to watch one of the matches?"

"Yeah," he said, "I thought I see your battle against that Ashley girl. I don't know why, but she gives me the shivers."

"And for good reasons," I said.

"You know," he said to me, "I ran into her on the way here, PK and me got that same feeling when we met Jordan the other day. I don't know why though."

"Attention!" a voice called out over the loudspeakers, "Will Green Leaf and Ashley -Last Name Withheld- please report to the stadium's center? Your match will begin shortly."

"Looks like its time for me to get moving," I said, "I'll see you later Edgar." He nodded and I headed off towards the door that led into the stadium's center. I walked through a bunch of hallways like the previous day and soon came out onto the battlefield.

I quickly scanned the audience, in hope that Blue would actually be there, but I didn't see him. I, however, did see Kaitlyn, Edgar, Vince, and surprisingly Madison from Team Elite in the stands. None of them, besides Vince and Kaitlyn, were sitting next to each other.

I walked to the direct center of the field where the ref stood. At the opposite side of the arena, Ashley came through the doors. She approached the center of the field like me and came to dead stop in a few inches from me. Her eyes' had a dead, depressing look in them, but I felt an intense wave of anger and pressure emerging off of her.

"I want this to be a clean fight," the referee said, "No tricks. Each trainer will use two Pokémon for this round, no substitutions at any point. If your Pokémon is recalled, that Pokémon cannot be used again. Did you get all of that?"

"Yes," I said.

"Crystal clear," Ashley said.

"Alright," he said, "Shake hands, approach your spots, and wait for my call to begin the match." We both shook each other hand, squeezing tightly.

"Are you scared yet?" she whispered to me.

"You wish," I muttered.

"We'll see about that," she smirked.

Edgar's View

"Hmm…" I mumbled to myself, "This ought to be interesting." I was sitting in the left side of the stadium with a pretty good view of the field. Green and the other girl walked over to their sides and faced each other. Both had intense looks on their faces.

"Pika…" PK nodded as he walked the field from my right shoulder. Truth be told, I was very curious about this match mostly because of that girl Ashley. I don't know why, but I was just getting a bad vibe from her and it made me want to find out why.

"You here for the match with Green as well," a voice said to me. A shiver ran up my back and I quickly spun around to see who it was.

"It's you," I mumbled, "Jordan… right?"

"Correct!" he said with a gleaming smile that bugged me as he took a seat right beside me, "Glad you remember me."

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Nothing," he said, "For now. I told you this yesterday, didn't I? I'm just a fan of you and Emerald. That's all."

"Wait a minute," I said freezing up, "How do you…"

"Don't concern yourself with knowing what I know," he said smiling, "I am just a fan of you and your friend. By the way, does it hurt you to know she is in love with someone else, not you?"

It seemed at that moment the entire arena suddenly became frozen in time. The only sounds and movements came from the two of us. I faced the stadium floor, only glancing at him from the side of my eyes. "What do you want?" I asked furiously.

"My my," he said, "I have hit a soft spot, haven't I? I could just pick and pick and pick at it until the wound in your heart bleeds out. However, I am not that type of person."

"Answer me," I said, "What do you want?"

He smirked and pushed his sunglasses up higher. He said simply, "You'll know when the time comes. If you want an exact time, I believe it should happen at the very end of the Indigo League."

"What?" I demanded, "Tell me! What do you want?" I turned to look at him directly on, but he wasn't there. He was gone.

Green's View

A voice boomed throughout the stadium and I heard it say, "Welcome audience to the First Round of the Indigo League! Are you ready to rock?"

The crowd roared anticipation and I saw people jumped out of their seats in excitement. "That's right!" the voice shouted, "Let's get this show on the road! The battle will take place between Green Leaf of Pallet Town and Ashley 'Last Name Not Announced' from… umm… personally, I don't know where she's from, and she didn't fill out the part where she said she was from.

"Either way, we have two interesting girls are ready to show us what they are made of! Each trainer will only use two Pokémon this round, so let's see what they can do with only 2!" The voice died down and the crowd died out as well.

"On my mark, we will begin," the referee said waving a green flag, "Let's begin in one… two… three… begin!"

"I'll go first," Ashley said taking a Pokéball from her belt, "Go Victreebel!"

"Here goes nothing!" I mumbled, "Come on Flutter!"

"Victreebel!" she called, "Grab that stupid bug with your Vine Whip and bring it down!"

"Use Double Team!" I said. Butterfree quickly used the move to avoid the attack and started the circle Ashley's Pokémon so quickly, it looked as if there were multiple Butterfree flying around.

"Not a bad move," she said, "But please… don't use such childish tricks on me. Use Sweet Scent!" Victreebel released a pink gas that spread over the field. Flutter suddenly slowed down as it appeared to smell the wonderful fragrance emitted by the gas.

"Bingo!" Ashley said seeing that Flutter had finally slowed down enough to be an easy target, "Attack with Vine Whip!" The vine at the top of the Pokémon shot off at Flutter and hit him or her across the face, knocking it to the ground.

"Flutter, get up!" I cried out, "Use Psybeam!" Butterfree turned its face in Victreebel's direction and released a long beam of colorful energy from its eyes. Ashley's Pokémon tried to dodge it, but was knocked onto the ground itself.

"What a cheap shot," Ashley said biting her thumb, "I'll show you. Use your Giga Drain!"

"Avoid the attack and move in to use!" Flutter quickly got back into the air and avoided the life sucking attack.

As soon as my Pokémon was 3 feet away from Ashley's, I called out, "Now use Gust!" Butterfree flapped its wings repeatedly, stirring up a small dust devil that crashed into Victreebel, knocking it to the ground once more.

"Get back up and use Stockpile!" Ashley shouted. Victreebel got back onto its… bottom and strangely enough, did nothing, but slightly glow pink.

"What kind of move was that?" I asked.

"You'll see!" she said, "Now use Spit Up!" Victreebel took in a deep breath of air and spit out a bunch of saliva and rapid speeds. It kind of looked like Bullet Seed, minus the seeds but with spit instead.

The attack struck Butterfree hard, leaving it covered in sticky slime. "Oh gross!" I gagged, "It's a super loogie attack! Use your Silver Wind attack!"

Flutter flew into the air and started to beat its wings once more, but even harder this time. I felt a gust of wind the air as the attack slowly built up of power, and then she or he unleashed it. The attack came went at Ashley's Pokémon at full blast leaving behind small silvery sparkles in its wake.

The attack hit the Pokémon again, but it managed to stay on its feet… or butt… or whatever it is standing on. Even though the attack didn't knocked her Pokémon down, it still left a large bruise on it. "Ugh," Ashley said biting her thumb, "This is beginning to get annoying; Victreebel, finished this battle by using Slam!"

Victreebel used its vine once more and quickly wrapped it around Butterfree. It lifted my Pokémon high above its head and slammed it down on the stadium's floor at high speeds. I froze in horror as I watched my Pokémon roll over on its back and then remain motionless.

"And that's how you get things done," Ashley said with a simple smile, "Referee? Aren't you going to call it?"

"Alright," he said, "Butterfree is…"

"HOLD IT!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, "FLUTTER! USE PSYBEAM!" Ashley looked shocked as she saw my Pokémon slowly lift it head and fired away at her own Pokémon with all its strength. The psychic attack caught Victreebel by surprise and sent it flying back, defeating it for good. Then finally, Butterfree's head fell back, completely exhausted.

"I didn't see that coming," the referee said, "This round is a draw! Victreebel and Butterfree are both defeated! Please bring out your next Pokémon!"

"You lucked out," Ashley said, "But not for long! Gyarados, come on out!"

"Electrode!" I said releasing my Pokémon, "Show her that we are not going down with out a fight."

Red's View

"Wow," I said to Lilyana as she walked up to me, "That was quicker than I expected." She had just finished up her battle in record time. To be more exact, she defeated her opponent in less than 10 minutes.

"I know," she said, "I haven't been fooling around during my training. I've been working my hardest during the last month to get to the point you just saw."

"All I can say is Green is going to be in for a rough time when she ends up battling you," I said.

"That's if she can reach me," Lilyana said as we both walked out of the stadium where her battle was, "She's got a long way to go to get to me."

"I'm sure she'll be able to reach you," I told her, "She is pretty strong and pretty amazing."

"Amazing huh?" she said looking at me with a funny look, "Hmmm…"

"Something wrong?"

"It's nothing," she sighed, "Anyways; let's head over to Green's match. It's probably still going on."

We headed over to the stadium where Green was at. When we got into the stands, we took a quick look at the field to see what was happening. We managed to catch the last moments of it.

Green's View

"Rollout!" Green said. My Pokémon charged at Gyarados, moving at high speeds. It leapt into the air and barreled into the beast's chest. It moved up the Pokémon's snakelike body and smashed into its lower jaw, before bouncing back onto the ground.

Gyarados cried out in pain and collapsed to the ground in a large heap, kind of like how Basilisk collapsed in the Chamber of Secrets. The referee glanced at the fallen behemoth and said, "Gyarados is unable to battle, Electrode wins the battle. Victory of Round 1 goes to Green of Pallet Town!"

The crowd roared and cheered my name in excitement. I giggled and jumped up and down in excitement. "That's right!" I shouted, "Whose number one? I am! Whose not? She's not!"

I glanced at Ashley for a moment and smiled at her. She neither frowned nor looked shocked. She just looked sort of disappointed. "Fine," she said with a huff, "I don't need to win this stupid Pokémon League for my plan to succeed. I'll see you later when my great plan goes into affect. Also, next time, you won't win."

She returned her Pokémon and walked out of the stadium. I returned my Pokémon and left the arena as well. Once I was back in the lobby, I came across Lilyana and Red. "So you decided to show up?" I said.

"My match ended before yours did," Lilyana said, "So we decided to come and watch yours. Plus, Red told me to be as quick as possible so that we wouldn't miss your battle much. We only got here in time to see the last attack."

"Yeah well," Red said to me, "I really wanted to see you battle."

"That's nice," I said, and then I pinched his right cheek hard, "However, I will not accept you missing anymore of my battles, alright? I'm your best friend and I demand that you watch me or suffer dire consequences."

"Quite demanding aren't you?" Lilyana said.

"Only if it gets me my way," I said

Near the end of the day, we all stood in the lobby where we all registered the day before. We were waiting to see the results of today's matches and see who we would be fighting tomorrow. "I know you and me made it to the next round," Lilyana said to me, "But who do you think also made it?"

"Maybe Alicia made?" I shrugged, "She seems like the type of person who can last a long time in these types of events."

"Well I can tell you for sure that Abbey made it," Jordan said walking up to us, "Just like I knew she would. I must say Green, I caught the opening bit of your match before I went to see Abbey's and I think you'll be one tough customer for Abbey to beat."

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Red said with a mean look in his eyes.

"Nothing else," Jordan said, "Hmm… that's not nice giving me the evil eye, especially to a friend like me."

"Are we even friends?" he asked.

"Sure we are," the teenager smirked, "You just don't see it. Anyhow, I must get going. I got to find Madison and see what she recorder during some of the matches she taped."

With those final words, he walked off into the crowd, just as Alicia and Townsend came walking up to us. "Oh hey!" Alicia said to us, "It's nice to see you guys again. Jordan here and me won our rounds!"

"Nice to hear that," I said, "I thought you would make it."

"Attention everyone!" a voice called out through the room, "We are finish now! Look at the screen to see who you will be battling next." We all turn our heads and looked at the screen. Tomorrow's fight for me will be against Vince.

"Well," Vince said, coming up from behind with Kaitlyn in tow, "I guess we'll be fighting tomorrow. Are you excited?"

"Oh no," Alicia said seeing Kaitlyn, "It's the talky one. I'm out of here!"

"It's not nice calling people that," Townsend said to her as she headed off, "Hey! Are you listening? I'm talking to you!"

9:35 P.M. Abbey's View

Location: Pokémon League Village Hotel Room

"I feel so good!" I said to Jordan as I bounced on my bed, "I won my first round without even breaking a sweat!" I was currently crashing in Jordan's room to the remaindered of the Pokémon League since Madison, Noah, and Drew took over my room. Jordan was currently on his bed, which was next to mine, reading a book.

"Just because you won the first round," he said to me, "Doesn't guarantee that you'll win the next one."

"I know that," I said jumping off my bed and hopping over to his bed side, "But it just feels so good to win. Just remember, you have to give me whatever I want if I win!"

"I know that," he said setting his book down and then eyeing me funnily, "You know, you've been constantly reminding me about that for some reason. You obviously have something in mind already, don't you?"

An image of me and Jordan at the beach, in our bathing suits, playing around popped into my head. I giggled for a second and said, "I do."

"Then why don't you tell me?" he said.

"I'll just give you another hint!" I said, "It will be something we can do together and something we'll have lots of fun doing."

"Oh no," he said, "Is this some kind of shopping trip in which I pay and carry everything you buy like a pack mule while you just have fun?"

"No," I said smiling, "You'll be hopefully, pleasantly surprise at what I will suggest that we do together!"

Author Notice: That's right! You are not imagining this! I have updated! Start a parade, pull all the fire alarms, shout to the world, I have updated. If you do that, I cannot be held responsible for what you do and if you get into trouble for doing it thanks to the First Amendment. Just warning you.

Sorry for the long wait, I had tons of homework and I was sick for the first week of October as well. My writing hasn't stopped though, I have written a couple of movie reviews for BadMovies dot Org under the penname of Information Geek, so I haven't stopped writing completely. I have also written a couple of nonfan fiction stories that wouldn't fit with this website. I only wrote those things because they take less time to write than my regular stories.

I have a new story that I plan on writing in the future. It will be a parody of the movie, Mars Attacks! If you seen the movie, you know that just about every actor or actress in the film is a big celebrity. In response to this, the characters that will be playing the roles of the characters in the film are also recognizable and famous anime characters, such as Naruto as the President of America, Brock as the Press Secretary Light as Professor Donald Kessler, and even Sousuke Sagara as Secret Agent Mitch. If you seen the film, you already know their fates! HA HA HA HA!

In the next chapter, Green is about to take on Vince in the second round. Does she stand a chance against him?

Next to Come: Chapter 65: Round 2: Green Vs. Vince

Date: 10/19/08

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