Chapter no.197 I am the Champion

[ Hearthome city, Sinnoh.]
The entire arena seemed absolutely flooded with flash lights all around. The grand arena boasted of a Bermuda-grass pitch, covering an area of two thousand square feet, with a gallery holding a housing capacity of two thousand, and by the looks of it, the place was overwhelmed with spectators, who had, despite not getting seats, chosen to stand against the archways if only to get a chance to spectate the grand event that was to be this oncoming match. The final and last attempt at beating the current Sinnoh Champion off her champion status.
"All right, battle fans. It's time!" The MC yelled over the megaphone, his voice almost hoarse with the constant commentary over the last few days. "The battle we have all been waiting for, is finally here. On the red end, we have the defending Champion Cynthia, who shall be defending her status as Sinnoh Champion. Will she be able to maintain her hold? Or will Lucian, Psychic Master and Elite Four, claim the throne for himself?"
Cynthia stood in her impeccable black robes, staring calmly at the figure of Lucian, the new winner amongst the Elite Four, and the competing trainers over the series of events that had happened over the last months, and finally was in, to challenge the Champion herself. Should Lucian be able to defeat her, her Champion status would be provoked, and she would remain as an Elite-level trainer. However, if she managed to defend it against Lucian and his team of psychics, her position as Champion would be solidified for a year, and more importantly, the Elite Four and the Ace Squad would rightfully accept her as their new leader.
And between her and that outcome, was a single match. A three on three battle, between herself and Lucian.
And I will shut all mouths, and prove myself.
She cast a casual glance at the top tier of the gallery. Even from this distance, she could see several of the Elite from other regions standing beyond the glass wall, staring into the battleground beneath them. She knew for a fact that Lance and Steven from Kanto, Wallace, the Champion of Hoenn, Lorelei—Kanto Elite Four, and Diantha, the Champion of Kalos were present there, to name a few. All of them were standing there, some with ulterior motives in mind, some for support and some like Steven, for pure entertainment.
"And the challenger, Lucian of the Elite Four, will be choosing first." The MC announced. "This will be a three on three battle, with no carry-overs, no substitutions."
Lucian, a crimson-haired man, with matching sunglasses, wearing flamboyant robes and a half-arrogant grin on his face, lifted up his first ultraball- before holding it up in Cynthia's direction. "Bronzong, I choose you."
Why am I not surprised? Cynthia mentally drawled. That Bronzong, in question, was Lucian's signature pokémon, much akin to how Garchomp was for herself. For ninety percent of his formal battles, Lucian always allowed Bronzong to deal with his opponents. The steel/psychic type, was his sweeper, his front-line assault, a pokémon powerful enough to deal overwhelming damage to most opponents down the line. It was indeed, a rare occasion, when Bronzong took significant damage, or worse, had fainted mid-battle, only to be substituted with the next in line.
If not for his battle against Flint, I'd have thought Bronzong was his most powerful.
"Are you ready to truly face the wrath of an Elite four, girl?" Lucian taunted.
Cynthia rolled her eyes. Apparently, the psychic master had forgotten that to become a Champion in the first place, one had to defeat all of the Elite four, and then the reigning Champion. Then again, that was over four months ago, and Lucian would probably have some new aces up his sleeve.
She lifted up her pokeball. "I choose you, Garchomp!"
With an earth-shattering roar, Garchomp slammed his feet onto the ground, materializing out of the ultraball he was kept in.
"And Cynthia has chosen her Garchomp to battle against Lucian and his Bronzong. Who will win?" The MC continued.
"Bronzong has a dual advantage against your Garchomp. Is this your magnanimity or have you already accepted defeat?"
Nah, I just decided that even when against the tide, my pokémon can wipe the floor with yours. Cynthia didn't say.
Lucian had been, not that she needed any reminding, one of the most vocal in opposition to her status as Champion after she had defeated the previous Champion. Ironic, considering that Lucian had been the Elite that she had defeated most soundly back during her working through the Elite circuit.
"Let the Battle begin!" The referee announced from his safe position. After all, only an idiot would prefer to stay in the middle of a battle waged between two monstrosities. And considering that the pokémon battling were both elite-level, 'monstrosity' was one way of defining them.
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[ Lavender Tower - Kanto ]
( ~ Boom ~ )
Austin couldn't help but gulp.
Haunter had tanked all of his Pokemon's most powerful attacks as if it was protecting something.
" Du u want to battle ?!"
A horrifyingly distorted voice called out to Austin who felt as if he had been drenched by ice cold water.
That wasn't Butch.
Butch's disfigured body stood up as a manically terrifying grin form on his face.
Austin gulped as he built up the courage to say ," If I win , will you let me go ?"
The boy of death's grin faltered as a bone chilling shareek came from Butch's mouth.
" U want to leave me, why ?! Why don't u stay?"
( ~ Gulp ~ )
" I am sorry but I can't stay, I have friends waiting for me."
The boy of death in response chuckled as Butch's eyes were filled with insanity.
" Sure, I'll let you go if u beat me."
" No homo."
Austin replied with a joke to elevate the fear and anxiety building inside his heart.
The boy of death walked back as the surrounding tombstones began to be torn and joined together as the graveyard was turned into a battlefield.
Austin pushed back the vomit as the atrocious smell of corpses entered into his nose.
Austin recalled everyone to his side as he wasn't going to take on the chance of this thing attack him.
" So what kind of battle should this be ?"
The boy of death read through Butch's memories before stating," Let's have a 6 on 6."
Austin grimly nodded before he telepathically called all his pokemon via Muna.
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[ 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ]
𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲. 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱. 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿; 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀.]