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Disclaimer: The rights to Pokemon belong to Satoshi Tajiri, not me.
It has been a month since Ash Ketchum, the pride of Pallet Town, returned to Kanto after competing in the Sinnoh League. Ash remembered how he defeated many strong trainers. He remembered how he defeated Nando, a Pokemon Bard who was both a trainer and a coordinator, and his team in the quarter-finals. He then faced his greatest rival and polar opposite personality wise with purple hair, Paul, at the semifinals. He then made it to the finals after defeating Paul. The last stand was between Ash’s Infernape, evolved from the Chimchar Paul himself released, and Paul’s powerful starter Pokemon, Torterra.
“And now, after that last battle between Ash’s Pikachu and Paul’s Electivire, both Ash and Paul are reduced to one Pokemon each,” the announcer proclaimed. “Trainers, choose your final Pokemon!”
“Infernape, I choose you!” “Oookkk!”
“Torterra, stand by for battle!” “Torterra!”
Infernape and Torterra both materialized from their Pokeballs. Infernape saw who it was battling against.
“Well well, if it isn’t my weak and former pawn, Chimchar,” Paul scoffed. “So you wouldn’t evolve under MY control, but instead you showed your true power to THAT weak trainer?” Ash and Infernape growled at Paul’s remark.
Infernape gave out a focused glare on Paul and hooted wildly, proclaiming that it will defeat him under Ash’s ownership. Paul merely scoffed. Infernape wanted to defeat Paul for a long time after its mistreatment under Paul’s ownership.
“Hey Ash! Ready to become the laughingstock of Kanto AND Sinnoh?” Paul sneered.
“Bring it on, Paul!” Ash yelled out. “It’s time I showed you the TRUE meaning of friendship and trust!”
“Tch, whatever,” Paul spoke indifferently. “How pathetic!”
“Ready, and BEGIN!” the referee shouted as he swung down both flags.
“Infernape, use Flamethrower!” Infernape screeched and let loose a powerful stream of fire from its mouth.
“Torterra, Leaf Storm!” The tree on Torterra’s back glowed light-greenish. “Torrrrrterrrrrraaaa!” It fired millions of leaves toward the Flamethrower. The two attacks collided and it ended as a stalemate.“Now use Hyper Beam!” Torterra immediately gathered energy into its mouth and it formed into a giant ball the size of Torterra’s head. “Terrrrrrrraaaa!” Torterra fired a colossal beam of energy at Infernape.
“Infernape, dodge it quick!” Infernaped jumped and somersaulted out before the Hyper Beam hit. “Now’s my chance! Infernape, Close Combat! Let’s go!” Infernape dived down to Torterra screeching and hooting wildly. It then began Close Combat with a barrage of kicks on Torterra’s head. Infernape landed on the ground and threw a series of powerful punchs at Torterra, slightly lifting it off the ground. Paul snarled at the attack on his Torterra.
Sitting on a bench neighboring the battlefield were Dawn, a young Pokemon Coordinator and Ash’s third female traveling buudy, and Brock, the self-proclaimed ladies’ man and Pokemon Breeder.
“I don’t get it,” Dawn said while stroking Pikachu’s head. Dawn took care of Pikachu after its tie with Paul’s Electivire. “Why did Ash have Infernape use Close Combat on Torterra? Doesn’t he know how dangerous that move is?”
“Torterra’s worn out from firing that Hyper Beam,” Brock answered back while watching Infernape pound the living snot out of Torterra and nearly tipping the Continent Pokemon onto its back. “Torterra can’t defend itself from the onslaught of Infernape’s Close Combat. The damage it’s accumulating is great and it probably can’t take another attack once Infernape is done. Once Infernape is done though, its defenses will be down and Torterra can knock it AND Ash out of the tournament if given the chance.” Dawn gasped about what Brock said. She doesn’t want Ash to lose like she did in the semifinals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival against her friendly rival, Zoey.
Infernape eventually stopped its Close Combat and showed signs of fatigue. Paul saw this as an opportunity.
“Torterra, use Giga Drain now!” The three mountain-like structures on Torterra’s back started to glow green. Then, three green energy tendrils shot up and got a hold of Infernape. Infernape screeched in pain as its strength was being sapped while half of the damage restored Torterra, albeit a little bit. Ash got angry and immediately called out an attack for Infernape.
“Infernape, use Flare Blitz!” A fire aura covered Infernape’s entire body. “Wrrraaagghhh!” Infernape broke free from the Giga Drain and charged towards Torterra in top speed. Infernape rammed into Torterra and the flaming aura burned Torterra badly. Both Pokemon were about to collapse from exhaustion.
“Grrrrr, time to end this once and for all,” Paul yelled furiously. “Torterra, Frenzy Plant, FULL POWER!”
“Oh, so you wanna play that way, huh?” Ash said in a tough guy way. “Fine! Infernape, use Blast Burn WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH!”
Torterra glowed green, powered up by its ability, Overgrow. “Teerraaaaaaaa!” It then stomped the ground, causing thorny tree roots to erupt and attack. At the same time, Infernape glowed red from its Blaze ability. Infernape screeched loudly and released a powerful fiery explosion from its body. The two elemental versions of Hyper Beam collided and a lot of smoke was the result. Everyone in the stadium braced themselves from the shockwave. When the smoke cleared, both Pokemon were on the ground.
“Infernape, stand up!” Ash called out to Infernape. “I know you can do it! Please don’t give up now, after everything we’ve been through!” With the encourage from its trainer, Infernape got up on all fours before fully standing on its own two feet and ready to resume battle.
“Torterra, get up now!” Paul snapped at the earthbound Torterra. “You better not blow this if you know what’s good for you! Here me!?” Torterra struggled to get its heavy body off the ground under Paul’s orders. “GET UP NOW!!” Paul barked. The harsh command pushed Torterra to its limit. Ash observed this and growled.
“How could Paul do this in front of millions of people?” Ash thought to himself.“Man, he’s berating his own starter and not caring what else happens as long as he gets Torterra ready to battle again.”
Torterra could no longer handle the stress and pressure its master is giving it. Torterra collapses, confusing Infernape as it was still ready to fight. “Oook?”
“Torterra is unable to battle,” the referee called it and waves the flag on Ash’s side in the air. “The victor goes to Infernape. The winner of this semifinal match is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!” The crowded cheered wildly.
“WHAT?!” Paul was left to say. “Harrumph! Torterra, return…” Paul recalled his defeated Torterra back into its Pokeball. “Wait ‘till this ends, you pathetic excuse of a starter,” Paul threatened Torterra’s Pokeball. Paul placed his hands into his pockets, turned away, scoffed, and walked off. Paul quietly but angrily stormed off the battlefield, not wanting to shake hands with Ash. “What a sore loser,” Ash thought.
“Unbelievable!” the announcer exclaimed. “What a match! Ash managed to defeat a powerful trainer like Paul of Veilstone City! This just shows that Ash’s team prevailed due to the immense teamwork they displayed today.” Ash looked up to the sky as Infernape, Dawn, Brock, and Pikachu went up to congratulate him. Ash felt so confident and satisfied that he defeated and humiliated Paul. Ash was prepared for the finals as he registered his current party via computer, just like in the Johto Silver Conference.
The next day, the day the final match would take place, however…
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY POKEMON ARE IN NO SHAPE TO BATTLE?!” an outraged Ash screamed at Nurse Joy. Brock and Dawn had to restrain him from going berserk
“I’m sorry, Ash,” Nurse Joy apologized. “Your recent fight with Paul has taken a lot of energy out of them. I just found out that they were more worn out than they seemed to be. Paul’s Pokemon were also completely worn out as well so he stayed here for the night. I’m afraid neither of you two can battle today.” Nurse Joy looked at Ash with sadness in her eyes. Suddenly, Brock popped right in front of the nurse in hopes to cheer her up. He grabbed Joy’s hands and held them mid-torso up.
“Nurse Joy! I am really thankful that you did your best for Ash’s Pokemon and now will you do me the honor of going out on a romantic date near the- AAAAARRRGGGHHHH!” Before Brock could finish his advancement toward Nurse Joy, Brock’s Croagunk, a fighting poisonous frog Pokemon that does things in its own pace, Poison Jabbed his rear-end. The purple color faded from Croagunk’s fingertips.
“HHHooOOWW’sss aABBOOuutT ThE NExT CccooOmmMPeTiTiooOOooNnn?!” Brock croaked out before collapsing from the Poison Jab. “Croaoaoaoaoa…” Croagunk dragged its master away. “Croa… Croa… Croa…”
Ash ignored what happenned. He was in deep thought. Paul managed to get away with one thing: wearing out all his Pokemon. Pikachu managed to recover, but Ash can’t battle with just Pikachu. “Oh, man. What am I gonna do? I already registered my Sinnoh team and it’s too late to change. And the Pokemon League Committee can’t reschedule now because of this. They already planned things out as it is. And of course I can’t force my Pokemon to fight ‘cuz that would only make me look a lot like Paul. I was soooooo close to accomplish my dream of becoming Pokemon Master…”
And with that, Ash had no choice but to forfeit the final round. He was happy to be the 1st runner-up in a Pokemon League competition, but becoming a champion would have been better for him and his pride as a trainer. He placed his concern about the well-being of his Pokemon above everything else, making him completely different from Paul. His Sinnoh team recovered after the awards ceremony. They were sad that they were completely helpless, but Ash forgave them: another difference between him and Paul.
“I’m looking forward to a new challenge, buddy,” Ash told Pikachu. “Pika?”“No one has told me of any new regions with Pokemon League championships or anything like that so I believe it is time I became a… Frontier Brain!” There was a long pause. Pikachu was astounded that Ash wants to settle at one place now. However, he knew there was nothing left for Ash to take on as of now.
“Okay, buddy. Let’s go call Scott! Race ya!” “Pika!” And so Ash and Pikachu ran to Ash’s house for the videophone.
“Hello, Scott?”