The battle had begun, Paul's Electivire charged directly at the duo while Brendan's Blaziken moved to different direction, the two Gardevoirs just stood there, back to back, to support each other.
"Electivire, you use your Thunder Punch!" Paul commanded, at that cue, Electivire was about to hit the duo with Thunder Punch.
"Gardevoir, use Protect!" Leaf repelled, Electivire's fist was few inches from Leaf's Gardevoir when it used Protect, a sturdy one.
"Blaziken, use your Blaze Kick!" Brendan ordered.
"Repel with your own Protect too Gardevoir." Ash interjected.
Blaziken went from behind and attempted to use Blaze Kick on the shiny one but Gardevoir also did her protect and managed to deflect the attack, Blaziken went back to Electivire's side.
"That's one pretty good defense I must say." Brendan commended and crossed his arms. Paul was just silent.
Ash and Leaf exchanged looks and smirked.
"Moonblast, point blank." The two commanded simultaneously, and with that, the two Gardevoirs literally darted towards the opposing pokemon, it was just like they were there for a second and then in the blink of an eye, they were now infront of Blaziken and Electivire, Brendan and Paul widened their eyes in surprise and didn't have the time to command them to dodge, they were hit from the Moonblast, caught them off guard, and was damaged pretty bad.
Those move gained awes from the audience, they forced a clap to acknowledge the inhuman speed of the Gardevoirs.
"Wh-What was that?!" Brendan was the one to react first.
"'You'll regret challenging us, little girl.' I want to hear that again from you!" Leaf dared as she glared at Brendan, she hated it, being called a little girl, she'll be fine if it came from Ash, but from others? That'll tick her off.
She got Brendan mad, as well as Paul, sure they underestimated the two, and that made Brendan and Paul get serious.
"I can't believe I'm doing this, but I'll do it Paul." Brendan said, Paul agreed at that, and with that being said, Brendan showed off his pendant, containing a circular jewel in it, it has it's DNA sign attached to it.
"Blaziken, let our hearts connect into one, mega evolve!" Brendan chanted and the mega stone glowed white, as well as Blaziken.
Blaziken undergo mega evolution, it's appearance is now somewhat flashy compared to the previous one, it's legs has those streak of fire, and it became slightly bigger.
There stood on the ground the mega evolved Blaziken, gaining attention from the crowd.
"You made me do this, and now you'll regret it, Blaziken, Blaze Kick again!" Brendan commanded, and with that cue, Blaziken charged at the two in a fast pace.
"Block it." Leaf and Ash commanded in unison. At that command, Blaziken and the two Gardevoirs met head on, Blaziken fought fairly but wasn't able to manage to get a good hit to them, because all of its attacks are blocked.
"Electivire, Thunderbolt!" Paul suddenly commanded, with that cue, Electivire fired its Thunderbolt towards the three, Blaziken smirked and was able to get out of the way and the Thunderbolt hit the Gardevoirs, or so they seem it is.
It gained another awes from the crowd because they thought they managed to hit an attack to them, dust cloud kicked in, they were silent and waited for the dust cloud to settle, and later, turns out the two are quick to put in their own Protect.
"Impossible!" Paul finally said something, he was sure that Blaziken did bought time before the move hit them, the gap was so small that they shouldn't be able to put up a move like Protect that quickly.
"They're too quick..." Brendan muttered.
"What's this? Can't land a hit on us?" Leaf mocked, for the first time, Ash let her do her thing, mocking or making fun of her opponents, because he also thought about the powers of the Hoenn and Sinnoh wild cards.
"Tsk, you're a bulky one aren't you?" Brendan was ticked off, much to Leaf's amusement.
"Say that to Electivire!" She replied, and that made the crowd laugh genuinely.
"Fun time is over kid, Electivire, use your Earthquake!" Paul was mad at that.
"Blaziken jump up!" Brendan also followed.
Electivire punched the ground, hard, and the ground moved, the floor was cracked and was heading towards the two, Blaziken managed to dodge the Earthquake.
"Moonblast on the ground!" Ash and Leaf commanded, and with that, they managed to stop the attack halfway.
"There's the cue, Blaziken Flamethrower!" Brendan yelled.
"Gardevoir, heads up, Thunderbolt!" Leaf commanded her Gardevoir, Brendan widened his eyes in surprise, but it was too late, Blaziken fired off it's Flamethrower but was easily deflected with Gardevoir's Thunderbolt, also managing to hit Blaziken, it was pretty hurt badly.
"Gardevoir, Shadow Ball." Ash commanded, and with that, his shiny Gardevoir suddenly appeared behind Electivire, catching it and Paul off guard, Paul didn't have the time to react and command and Electivire was hit by the Shadow Ball, it took the hit and cannot deal with it further, so it fainted, and so does Blaziken, reverting back to it's original form.
It gained once again some awes from the ground, they just defeated a mega evolved pokemon, not to mention, wild cards of the regions too, they thought about who those two trainers are.
"Blaziken and Electivire are unable to battle! Challenger Ash and Leaf are the winner!" The referee announced, the events have happened so fast that they can't properly follow their tracks. The four returned back their pokemons, it was Leaf walked out from the field first, dragging Ash away, she hated them because she was called a little kid, Koharu sweatdropped at that and just followed them. Ash couldn't do anything, so he let her drag him to anywhere she want to go.
Meanwhile, Brendan and Paul just stared at the three walking away, they couldn't believe that they were defeated, and what's more? They didn't even land a single good hit on them. They were too fast for them, and they also realized that they are far stronger than them, they need more experience and training to be able to defeat those two siblings.
"I just can't believe at this." Brendan said, he regretted underestimating the girl.
"We have to train harder, we can't let Steven and Cynthia's training for us turns on vain." Paul declared.
And with that, the two also went out from the scene.
...
The mad Leaf walked with the other two around the city. Ash can't help it but laugh at that.
"Is this normal for you guys?" Koharu was the one to ask, she can't help but question it, she clearly heard that they are the wild cards of Hoenn and Sinnoh yet they just defeated them easily.
"Sure is, Koharu, especially to Leaf, you should start getting used to it." Ash replied at her, laughing, that made Koharu sweatdrop.
"I can't believe everybody calls me a little kid," Leaf huffed, she's clearly angry, she also glared at Ash, which made him sweatdrop.
"She's kind of cute when she's like that." Meloetta's voice echoed, it was audible even if she's invisible.
"Sure is Meloetta, that's why I can't help it but pet her always." Ash laughed as he petted Leaf's head.
"Hey!" Leaf exclaimed and pouted, which made Ash, Koharu, Meloetta and Celebi genuinely laugh.
"I'll buy you ice cream." Ash said, she perked up at the magic word.
"C-A-S-T-E-L-I-A-C-O-N-E." She said with authority, Ash nodded nervously and the three went off to search for Casteliacones.
6Chapter 25
3rd Person's POV
A week before the Pokemon League Tournament at Indigo Plateau, from Saffron City, the gang headed towards Viridian City for the registration, Ash, Leaf and Koharu entered the Viridian City pokemon center in order to sign up.
"Welcome to the Pokemon Center, how may I help you?" The familiar nurse joy of Viridian greeted happily.
"I'm here for the league Nurse Joy." Ash replied to her.
"Very well then, please present your pokedex and show your eight sets of badges to me." Nurse Joy said, at the mention of the word badges, Ash sweatdropped at that. Ash proceeded to have his pokedex scanned, and the hard part comes in.
"Your badges?" Nurse Joy repeated.
"Uhh, I only have one," Ash trailed off and showed his Boulder Badge to Nurse Joy.
"But young man, we wont allow you to-"
"Uhh you see Nurse Joy," He said and picked up the card Dragonite gave to him.
"I also have this." Ash said and presented the card with the 'W' mark on it, it also contained Lance's signature. Nurse Joy was genuinely surprised at the unfamiliar card, but she knows that he's a wild card from Lance's, the signature says it all.
"Pardon the delay young man, you showed it late, anyways, you'll be joining in the semi finals, seeing that you're a wild card." Nurse Joy said while bowing her head.
"N-No need to apologize Nurse Joy, and what do you mean by that?" Ash asked the nurse.
"Normal competitors are needed to participate in the first round, but since you're a wild card of Lance's, you'll automatically be placed on the semi finals." Nurse Joy explained.
"I see then, thank you very much Nurse Joy." Ash thanked the nurse.
"And by the way, here is your room key, your room has two beds." She stated and handed to Ash the key. He thanked her again and went to the hotel they're staying in.
...
"Come on Sophocles, faster!" The voice of mallow rang throughout the pokemon center of Viridian.
The Alola gang arrived at the registration center, which is the Pokemon Center of Viridian, Sophocles came out last and is having a hard time catching his breath.
"Gladion, get yourself at Nurse Joy, I'll follow you." Lusamine stated, the two went to Nurse Joy and made the registration.
"Hi Nurse Joy, I would like to join the league." Gladion said and showed off his Pokedex and his card, signifying that he's a wild card of Alola. Although he also knew that there is one more wild card of Alola, he didn't knew the name though.
"I see, a wild card of Alola, having Lusamine and the Kahunas' signatures, very well, here's your room keys for your stay." Nurse Joy said and handed them their room keys.
"Okay, who'll share who?" Kiawe asked.
All of them sweatdropped and they'll be having a hard time dividing up.
...
N casually walked towards the registration panel and talked to Nurse Joy.
"I would like to join the tournament, Nurse Joy." N stated.
"Very well, the pokedex and badges please." Nurse Joy beamed.
"Here's the pokedex, but pardon me Nurse Joy, I can only show you this." N said as he handed his pokedex and a familiar card, Nurse Joy smiled.
"Alder's signature confirmed, here's your room key for you to stay before and during the tournament." Nurse Joy said happily as she handed him the room key.
"And don't forget, you'll be joining in the semi finals, not the elimination rounds." Nurse Joy reminded, N nodded in response.
"Much appreciated, Nurse Joy." N said and walked off.
'Zekrom, time to make your debut, I'm sure we'll meet Ash in somewhere in the semi-finals.'
...
"Hurry up Paul! You're slacking!" Brendan yelled.
"Just go first, don't mind me." Paul emotionlessly said and ignored the excited state of his.
"Still upset at the battle we had last week?" Brendan asked, giving Paul a sly smile.
"Don't remind me of those two." Paul replied gloomyly.
"Who knows? Maybe we can get our revenge if those two will join this tournament!" Brendan exclaimed, but Paul just ignored him. Brendan ran off towards Nurse Joy.
"Nurse Joy, we want to join the tournament!" Brendan exclaimed.
"We?" Nurse Joy asked, seeing that he's the only being in front of her.
"Yeah, me and the guy over there." Brendan said as he pointed out the purple haired boy just walking around.
"O-Okay? Please present your pokedex and gym badges." Nurse Joy stated, Brendan smirked and then he picked up two pokedexes, him and Paul's, 2 badge cases containing full set of Hoenn and Sinnoh badges, also him and Paul's, and two familiar cards from him and Paul.
"This is by far enough, seeing this wild cards are enough, let's see, Steven and Cynthia's signature confirmed, you may now enter the tournament's semi finals, here are your room keys." Nurse Joy said as he handed him his room keys, Brendan thanked Nurse Joy and informed Paul that he's already in the tournament.
...
"We're fine here, I guess?" Leaf said as she stared at the room, it was big, and as Nurse Joy said, it has two king sized beds, probably because of being a wild card, it also has it's own kitchen, bathroom and a small place which he thinks is for their small pokemons to roam around, so Koharu had her pokemons out to play.
"I guess I'm going to take the right side and you girls take the left?" Ash asked the two, Leaf and Koharu agreed at that.
He was about to dive in to the big bed when he heard his stomach rumble.
"Uhh, Koharu? Food?" Ash nervously laughed as he stared at the girls, Koharu just sighed and smiled, then proceeded to cook something since they still have there supplies.
...
It was nighttime, Ash had fallen asleep on his bed, Meloetta and Celebi is sleeping beside him. But the girls isn't asleep, they are wide awake, so they talked about stuff.
"Hey Koharu, still can't sleep?" Leaf said, rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah, in fact, I'm nervous." Koharu replied at her, still looking at the window.
"Nervous of what?" Leaf asked.
"About what N said, the disaster." Koharu replied and gave a big sigh.
"Hey, don't worry, you have us, you have Ash." Leaf said and gave her a sly smile, Koharu can't help it but blush.
"About that Leaf, did you notice that nothing have happened between us?" Koharu asked, that was bold of her.
"Maybe because the tournament is coming? But I know him, he's pretty dense." Leaf said in a matter of factly tone.
"I just can't believe I fell on a dense person." Koharu sighed.
"Don't worry, after this tournament, I'm gonna give you a push." Leaf said winked at the Galar girl, she flustered at that, they both laughed at that and moments later, the awkward silence kicked in.
"You know, it's been awhile since I left my father and Gou." Koharu said, breaking the eerie silence. Leaf just awaited for her to continue.
"I've always had a hard time saying to father that I want to go to a journey, and thanks to you two, it happened, and I didn't regret it." Koharu explained, giving off a sweet smile at Leaf.
"I'm happy to hear that Koharu, besides, I'm finding Ash his keeper so that there will be someone who'll take care of him, and I found her." Leaf stated and once again giving off her sly smile to her, Koharu's face was now beet red.
"Leaf! S-Stop it." Koharu shyly said, covering her flustered face.
"Well then, I'm gonna hit the hay, you should too." Leaf said jumped on bed.
"Right." Koharu said and she followed Leaf.
A week before the tournament, what could possibly happen in that span of time?