Dragonitemare presents

Pokemon Crystal series

Ep. 7

Well then now........ after Ash FINALLY disposed of the little turd known as Richie from the tournament and after the dodgemasters disposed of Richie from this planet via vehicular homicide, Ash has actually made it to the final four. And he's more than willing to brag about it to Misty.

"So Misty, you didn't think I'd make it this far .... but look now ..... I'm two wins away from becoming Johto league champion!", brags the little one. Misty replies, "I have to admit it Ash ............ you have been doing very well here! But you've also had a little luck with Charizard and Snorlax as well!" The insensitive Ash responds, "Ha-hah! Maybe you can't deal with the fact that I actually made it this far!"

These comments by the ultra-rude crack-baby gets them into another inevitable tiff until Brock plays the mother role Ash has so desperately lacked for all those years and breaks it up. He then admonises to Ash, "You know ..... Misty does have a point, and you shouldn't rely on luck to help you win matches." He then follows up saying, "especially when you have a tough opponent like Justin to face tonight."

Ash assures him not to worry saying Justin may be tough, but win or lose, he'll give it his all. With that, the time comes for Ash & co. to head to the stadium for the match. So he heads out flanked by Pikachu, Misty, and her future mother in-law Mrs. Ketchum with Brock, Prof. Oak, and Tracey following behind (for the eighth time... GETCHA MIND OUTTA THE GUTTA).

Meanwhile, already at the stadium, in his locker room is Justin getting his pokemon psyched up for the match. Justin addresses them, "Listen up yo, you've been doing a splendid job in this tourney so far and you'll be facing pokemon that are every bit as talented as you guys. You all need to focus and be ready for absolutely anything."

................................................................... Isn't that especially true with the bunch of perverts that Ash has..... He continues, "You've all got to be on top of your games. Ready?" His pokemon all confirm their readiness and get in their pokeballs. Justin, probably knowing how distracting Ash & co. is thinks to himself, "The real question is..... am I ready for this match?"

<cue intro>

Meanwhile, in the stadium, Counting Crows just finished singing the national anthem and Tracey, Prof. Oak, and Mrs. Ketchum are up in the stands (Misty and Brock are down by the field to coach Ash.) raving about how Ash is getting so much publicity. Tracey adds jokingly, "He might become a household name after this...."

Ugh..... so not funny is the chubby/sexy one. But little do they know that publicity is only the half of it.

This is because on TV they return to the live coverage of the match with Al Michaels and the Slowpoke costume freak, Kurt. Kurt gives some final thought before Michaels announces, "OK, with that we take it out to our new team of announcers covering the match tonight filling in for our usual announcers..... Jessie Fouts, James Miller, and their special guest, the talking Meowth! Good evening everyone!"

Jessie then, in a cute journalist disguise with a short skirt and vest thanks Al Michaels and starts, "Prepare for trouble!" But then Meowth interrupts yelling at Jessie not to say that. So Jessie corrects herself, "Prepare for trouble because these two twer....rrrr......rrrrr......rrrrrific trainers are going to make sparks fly and the winner will get a chance to be in the title match." "Then they'll be famous and successful just like us.", adds James.

Meowth then provides more analysis, "Now da key to da match is wheda dat Pikachu has more power dan dat high flyin' Dragonite or not. Da bigga pokemon will be more favorable to our preferences to win." Jessie then shoves the loudmouthed scratch-cat aside and tells everyone watching, "That's all to say for now ...... we'll be right back with the first battle!"

Off the air, TR is gloating over their takeover on announcing the match and then we see the real announcers in a closet bound and gagged. Then, James states that this broadcast will broadcast them into major starring roles. "I'm going to be in my favorite TV shows." gloats James as we see him laughing in front of Will & Grace.

....................... I guess this is just to make sure that there is no doubt as to whether or not he is really gay.

Jessie then adds, "I'll ink major motion picture deals!" as we see an image of her as a movie star. Finally, Meowth proclaims that he'll finally be the top cat in Hollywood. "Thanks to us, no one will mind that they're watching two brats and ABC's ratings will go through the roof", laughs Jessie.

Meanwhile, the two trainers do the meet and greet thing as they both look at each other with a forced smile as apparently they lust for each other. Then the ref does his usual explanation (you know.... 6 on 6, etc. etc.) and they call for the match to begin.

Justin starts out with Raticate. Misty warns Ash that Raticate doesn't really have any weaknesses. "Neither do you Officer Jenny", adds Brock shouting at an Officer Jenny working security for the match. So then Ash tells Misty that there's nothing to sweat about....................

.............NOOOO! I don't mean sweat in a sexual way! Do I have to tell you a second time in one episode??? Good.

"I've been keeping you ready for a moment like this.", talks Ash to his pokeball. Then he chooses Snorlax knowing that it's powerful enough that it doesn't have to worry about weaknesses and that junk. "So you've chosen your Snorlax!", snickers Justin, "That's fine.... Raticate can take on anything! Super Fang!" Raticate attacks and gives Snorlax a big hicky. Ash tells Snorlax to body slam it which to the big fat lumox means fall on it and get your groove on.

A shaken Raticate just narrowly escapes and Justin commands it to attack with bubblebeam. The attack stuns a horny Snorlax and then Raticate is told to win with a hyper fang. Raticate flies at Snorlax to try and give it another hicky.... but Snorlax isn't in the mood for another one. So it nails Raticate with a mega punch sending it flying and knocking it out of the match.

While Brock, Misty, and the perverted crew up in the bleachers cheer for Ash's victory. TR does its analysis on why Snorlax won. "And what a stunning victory for the kid from Pallet and his Snorlax.... right James?" announces Jessie. "Yes Raticate got snubbed for a most wonderful victory by the kid." replies James. Jessie shouts back at them, "You two are supposed to provide some color, not just repeat everything I say!!" "W-well....", stutters James, "We saw some nice movement of Snorlax's blue skin and Raticate's white teeth."

Then Meowth angers Jessie saying, "I bet you wish your teeth were that white, huh Jessie." She starts to strangle the talking cat saying how dare he insult her teeth and then shouts on about it to Meowth. And the match goes on after that as Justin decides what pokemon he should use. And then he decides on one of his most powerful.... Nidoqueen?1 Whatever…

Ash has Snorlax use a double-edge but Nidoqueen is much more experienced than Snorlax so Nidoqueen still keeps going. It stops Snorlax with a body slam which basically means it puts its horn up its ass. Then Justin tells Nidoqueen to use thunder... and it does which roasts the blob of pokemon into a blacklight and thus... Snorlax is out before Ash gives it a chance to rest and use its sleeping attacks.

Dimwitted Ash can't believe that Snorlax lost. But then Misty encourages him on saying that Nidoqueen won because it had lot more experience. TR adds on to the analysis from their booth. "Well there you have it ladies and gentleman... Nidoqueen proves to be the queen of the ring in that battle."

"And Justin proves that he's got what it takes to handle the tough guys.", adds James. ....................... hehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehheh........... James is sure putting the anal in anal-ysis. "So what pokemon will the twoip go wit next?" continues Meowth.

Ash then chooses Totodile. And when Totodile sees the capacity crowd in attendance, it goes up and down the field dancing for the cheering crowd. And then........... the crowd actually goes into a Totodile chant, "TO-TO-DILE! TO-TO-DILE!"

"So Nidoqueen will go up against Totodile in this battle.", announces Jessie as TR looks out to the field giving us ass shots of the heroes. "We all know personally how much punishment dose two can inflict, don't we?" adds Meowth. Jessie replies, "And you know personally how much punishment I can inflict when I'm annoyed, don't you?" angrily at Meowth. She then quickly recovers saying towards the camera, "Ah-hah.... and just look at this capacity crowd!" noting it's always important for them to maintain professional behavior.

Because we all know how professionally good looking Jessie is.

Justin orders Nidoqueen to use thunder but Totodile avoids it and then bites Nidoqueen. Nidoqueen tries to poison it with toxic but the insane type pokemon has enough energy to avoid this, too. And then at the request of Ash, it sprays Nidoqueen....???????

With a water gun you perverts!!!! Anyway, sprays Nidoqueen and it falls down and out. "And another victory for the twerp from Pallet." delightfully announces Jessie. James then interrupts and brings up an important point. "Uh Jess, if we're on national television trying to be professional, shouldn't we call him by his name?" Jessie responds, "Well, if his name isn't twerp then it should be."

Meowth cuts in, "Enougha dis silly debate... what pokemon will Justin use to beat dat Totodile? I bet he uses dat Gyarados he has." James adds, "Or maybe he'll use Kabutops." But Justin decides on neither of these as Misty tells Ash to warn Totodile to be ready. She then asks Brock if he agrees but she turns her head and notices that her attention is focused on Officer Jenny.

He flirts with her until Misty yells at him to pay attention to the match. She then adds, "But how did you know that Jenny was from Violet City?"

Brock then goes into this explanation telling Misty about the subtle differences in each Jenny (similar to that other time where he explained it in that other episode) like the one in Cattalia City that uses Spinarak for example (if you remember Spinarak Attack). But before he can actually explain the differences, Misty drags him away saying, "Yeah, yeah, we've been through this before in the Indigo League! On with the match!"

Justin throws out a pokeball and out pops an Arcanine to everyone's surprise. All that Ash sees is that it's a fire type going against a water type. Brock is also perplexed at the decision and tells Ash to be careful. Up in the stands Meowth wonders, "I wonda what Justin will do wit an Arcanine." That is when Wobbuffet decides to pop out making Jessie say, "And I wonder what he'd ever do with you." as she calls it back into the pokeball.

And then the battle begins with Ash telling Totodile to hit it with water gun at full blast... but Arcanine goes underground to escape. Arcanine then belts Totodile from below making Ash hope that he's okay. But Totodile has so much energy that its still going. It looks slow at first but then it starts doing its patented insane jig to let everyone know its fine.

Ash then tells it to use rage and Justin tells Arcanine to counter with ember as James tells the TV audience that Arcanine is heating up as Totodile is getting as red as a flame. This replies Jessie to say one of the funniest things you could imagine her saying. She says monotonously, "Boy, James sure does provide great color commentary." stressing the word color.

Figure that one out on your own kiddies.

After Totodile attacks Arcanine with rage Ash tells Totodile to finish it off with a water gun. But before that can happen, Arcanine is told to use an extreme speed attack which knocks down Totodile. Ash yells at Totodile to quickly try a slash attack but Arcanine again uses extreme speed to knock down Totodile before it can attack and Totodile is finally down.

TR declares that it's a big upset that a fire type beat a water type and James continues the "color" commentary saying, "Totodile was burning red but now it's blacked out." This causes Meowth to just look at him in despair with a sweat drop showing.

Ash meanwhile is in deep thought which means he's using all 12 of his brain cells to decide on the next pokemon. "I had a feeling Justin had a plan..... he's as tough as they come!", thinks Ash. "Pika-chu.", growls Pikachu raring for some action.

<cue commercial>

"Da capacity cwowd is awaitin de arrival of the twoips next pokemon. Meowth can't wait to see dis!", announces Meowth.

Then Ash makes his pick and chooses the cocaine addict pokemon, Noctowl. "Good choice, Ash!", yells Brock, "Don't you agree Officer Jenny?" Misty then groans towards Brock at this. Justin warns Arcanine to be careful telling it that Noctowl isn't an ordinary Noctowl.

How right he is.....

TR continues to announce the match. "This is so exciting!" squeals Jessie towards the audience, "Who will prevail, the nifty Noctowl or the absolutely awesome Arcanine?" So then the match begins and Justin tells Arcanine to attack yelling, "You're too fast for them Arcanine use some more extreme speed!" But unfortuately for Arcanine, Noctowl is also used to a different form of ................ extreme speed..... heh heh heh. Get it?

Ash then commands Noctowl to fly away. Then it comes down to try and dive bomb Arcanine. TR meanwhile, is happily announcing the match for the entertainment of the millions watching at home. Jessie, doing play-by-play, says quickly, "Arcanine tries to attack but Noctowl flies away.... Now Noctowl tries to attack Arcanine but it darts out of the way. Noctowl though still on the offensive as Arcanine starts to run out of gas... oh my what a slash attack by Arcanine but Noctowl still on the hunt.

Justin yells at Arcanine to use flamethrower. It shoots the flamethrower at Noctowl but thanks to Noctowl's coke binge before the match, its hyper enough to get around the fire. Arcanine then starts to pant after going at it for a long time now so Ash then sees that its tired and tells Noctowl to use hypnosis. Its eyes turn blue as it focus a light sending what appears to be small white dust towards Arcanine. Arcanine starts to twitch a little before it passes out.

Arcanine is out thanks to being drugged by the strangely acting and looking Noctowl. And you always wonder how pokemon get those strange shiny colors don't you? The ref then gives the victory to Noctowl on the count that Arcanine is unable to battle.

"So thanks to its hypnotic powers... Noctowl makes Arcanine pass out.", announces Meowth. "It's so smart and so agile... that Noctowl is as good as gold." adds our color commentator James. Jessie though is fed up with this so she turns all the mics off and yells at him, "Will you cut it out with the color references?" slapping him back and forth.

She then adds, "When I said color commentary I didn't literally mean color. So stop it before you turn my beautiful face red!" James agrees then mopes quietly that he feels as blue as his hair. Back on camera Meowth continues, "So wit half of his pokemon left... what do you will Justin pick for da next battle Jessie?", as we see Justin quietly trying to think. "Don't ask me, Meowth. You're supposed to be the pokemon expert here, remember?" replies Jessie.

Justin now starts to get pissed off since he's losing. "All right Ash... now it's time for us to play some hardball. I choose you, Kabutops!" he yells. Misty tells Brock that Kabutops is strong and this should be a good battle. "But do you think Noctowl can win after that battle with Arcanine?" asks Brock. Misty replies, "Sure he can. Ash just can't make any mistakes."

And the battle begins and Justin has Kabutops try a headbutt but Noctowl keeps it away with confusion. Kabutops recovers and uses swords dance but Ash is unphased and tells Noctowl to confuse it with agility. Noctowl flies around very fast so Justin gets Kabutops to use doble team so Noctowl can't hit the real Kabutops. Eventually, Noctowl tires out and slows down... and Ash just tells Noctowl to hang in there.

........... Hmph... you try going on a drug binge and hang in there Ash....Oh wait I forgot, you're a crack baby! So I guess Noctowl is weak by your standards if you're still going, right?

Kabutops then attacks Noctowl with a slash sending it reeling and then Justin orders the arm-sickled shellfish to use ancient power which causes to ground to shake and it hits Noctowl hard and it goes down........ but not before one last twitch.

Noctowl is unable to battle and Ash is worried about Noctowl so he runs out to check on it. He then congratulates Noctowl on his effort and tells him he deserves a long rest. Brock then states that, "Kabutops means business." We then go to Ash who thinks to himself, "Kabutops is a rock solid water pokemon.... I could use Pikachu..... wait a minute, rock.... that's it!"

Yes, that's it.... he's realized that his brain is actually a rock!!

Actually while that might be true, he just realizes that Kabutops is also a rock type pokemon so he chooses Bulbasaur. I guess since Meganium was in the last match against Richie <shudder>... Ash must have decided that Bulbasaur should get a turn in this match.

But Justin, unlike Ash, doesn't have a rock for a brain and knows Kabutops is weak against grass pokemon. So he calls back Kabutops and sends out Hoothoot. "I was afraid that might happen to Ash." claims a worried Misty. Brock adds, "That Justin has been training real hard and I can tell."

But Justin also gives Ash an idea. "He isn't the only one that can switch out... two can play at this game.... Bulbasaur return." states Ash. He then throws out Cyndaquil to take on Hoothoot. Justin replies, "Hmm, I'm impressed with your concentration but it'll take much more than that to bring down Hoothoot."

"Dey keep switching pokemon so fast dat I'm gettin' dizzy", says Meowth. "So Cyndaquil will try to roast Hoothoot but how fast can it get going?" continues Jessie who starts up play by play again. "Oooooooh! And look at that little Cyndaquil of Ketchum's run..... Hoothoot can't pick a peck attack yet. It has to wait for Cyndaquil to slow down." raves James.

Aaaaaah, he sounds gayer than ever and we like it!

"Hoothoot hits with a devastating wing attack and it looks like Justin going to have it finished off with hypnosis...... but wait.... Cyndaquil is getting its fire going!", quickly announces Jessie. Ash yells at it to use flamethrower which torches Hoothoot. Jessie continues, "And the crowd goes wild as Cyndaquil torches the big-eyed bird! But Hoothoot is not done yet.... it's a mad assault with on Cyndaquil with a swift attack!"

On the field, Ash yells at Cyndaquil to use one more flamethrower and it does torching the owl pokemon and sending it down in a tailspin no longer able to battle. "And the crowd screams as Cyndaquil fires up a win for the twerp!" yells Jessie excitedly.

But then Meowth tells her, "Uh Jessie, I got a gweat idea for da rest of da match." He then whispers a plan to J & J which has James shouting, "Oooooh! Not only will we be known as great announcers, we'll also be groundbreaking in the journalism field!" Heh heh heh heh heh.... love that James.

So now Justin is down to the last two pokemon and he decides to call out Kabutops again while Ash stays with Cyndaquil. "I hope that Cyndaquil can take some of Kabutops powerful attack after that rough battle with Hoothoot." Misty says while Togepi laughs away at all the pokemon that are fighting like gladiators for its amusement.

Ugh.... Togepi must be stopped..... but how? HOW???

"Well at least you're confident Togepi", says Misty unaware of Togepi's evil plans.

Ash tells Cyndaquil to use flamethrower but it doesn't affect Kabutops much. Justin yells at Kabutops to use a slash attack which damages Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil then uses flame wheel which slows down Kabutops so Justin then tells it to keep going and then it uses ancient power. Cyndaquil gives one last whine to Ash's dismay and Cyndaquil is out of the match.

Meanwhile, TR continues to announce the match but now... they're up in their patented balloon. "And from the sky eye view, we see that Cyndaquil's firepower is not as hot as Kabutops." states Jessie. James continues, "And soon, you'll see a never before seen exclusive event."

"Kabutops may have retreated once but it can't escape this time! Go Bulbasaur!" yells Ash as Bulbasaur squares off against Kabutops. Justin yells at Kabutops not to give up or back down. "All right.... Bulbasaur should get the job done no problem", shouts Misty. "I agree", adds Brock.

Ash calls for Bulbasaur to use vine whip while Kabutops avoids it with double team. Bulbasaur and Ash both become worried about Kabutops' attack.

I mean Bulbasaur is probably thinking, "must....... beat............ enemy" while Ash on the other hand................................................... is......... well, um........ probably thinking the exact same thing.

Justin then makes Kabutops use a slash attack but Ash points out the real Kabutops and vine whip hits, knocking Kabutops down. But then Kabutops counters with a submission choking Bulbasaur with its own vines. Ash then commands Bulbasaur to use solar beam (an attack he occasionally forgets he has).... but it takes time and Kabutops continues to choke out Bulbasaur.

And as everyone is waiting in anticipation (well, at least for something) Bulbasaur almost turns blue. But then its solar beam is charged up and Ash yells for it to fire the solar beam. Bulba brakes loose, leaps in the air like one of those heroic dogs from TV (Beethoven, Rin Tin Tin, Benji, Underdog, etc.) and blasts Kabutops like a hurt soldier that gets a missile dropped right on him.

Somehow, Kabutops is still alive after recieving a direct hit from a beam of super deadly radiation but is unable to battle though. Ash and Bulbasaur celebrate their victory. Old Man Oak and his hos are also cheering for Bulbasaur as Mrs. Ketchum swoons over her crack baby, "Ash is one win away from the final... I'm so excited!" "Well, his chances of winning seem to be good with his two most experienced pokemon left but Justin probably saved his best for last", adds Tracey.

After a dramatic pause, Justin tells Ash, "You know what's coming next Ash. The question is can you stop it?" Ash just gives him a stupid angry look as Justin yells, "Go! Dragonite!", as Dragonite pops out. Now Bulbasaur, being tough as nails, is not intimidated by the presence of a Dragonite and grits its teeth together in anticipation.

"Dragonite!", says Brock. "Now the real battle is beginning!", says a worried Misty probably yearning for some of Brock's affection. All the while, Togepi is happily leeching away at its host.

Ash commands Bulbasaur to use vine whip while Dragonite avoids it when Justin orders it to take to sky. It comes flying at Bulbasaur darting around its razor leafs and it flies several times at Bulbasaur who swiftly dodges the dive bomb attacks. Justin then tells Dragonite to then use rock smash which Dragonite swings at it quickly and furiously and Bulbasaur still narrowly avoids the contact.

Ash, who after about 5 minutes sees Bulbasaur is in trouble, tells Bulbasaur to use poison powder. So it stops in its tracks and shoots a cloud of purple powder at Dragonite.

Hmm, and we thought Noctowl was the only one in Ash's drug game.

The cloud covers Dragonite and Justin is dismayed until he sees that Dragonite then says no to drugs, bursts through the cloud and grabs Bulbasaur. Ash then shouts, "Oh, no! Poison powder didn't work! Quick Bulbasaur, charge up another solar beam!", so Bulbasaur starts to take in some more sunlight. Justin then shouts at it to slam it down and it does sending Bulbasaur for a hard landing.

Ash tells it to hurry up and use solar beam but Justin is quicker and hastily mumbles to Dragonite to use a blizzard attack which chills Bulbasaur out before it can fire a solar beam and Bulbasaur is unable to battle.

Brock then gets worried wondering if Pikachu can take on such a powerful pokemon. But Misty then tells Brock, "This is really reminding me of the Orange Island title match." Brock then asks about it and Misty tells him quickly about how Pikachu beat that abomination of a Dragonite in the Orange League.

Ash calls back Bulbasaur and compliments it on a great job (or failure from whatever perspective you want to look at it with. Justin then taunts Ash a little bit saying, "You want more of Dragonite?" "You'll have more than enough of me because I've got Pikachu behind me!" responds Ash like a dull, demented boy.

But then Justin cuts in and tells Ash, "Uh, actually, Pikachu is above you." Ash huhs as we pan up to see Pikachu in a net and a rope leading up to TR's balloon and our favorite trio is still commentating. "Ah-hah fans. It looks like the twerp is sunk now that Bulbasaur froze under pressure and that Pikachu is taking off." comments Jessie still in her headgear and still on television.

"What those announcers be up to?" questions Justin. And Security Officer Jenny decides to place them under arrest while they're 100 feet in the air since she's too lazy to actually make a real effort. Ash recognizes the balloon (even someone like Ash will recognize something if they've seen it hundreds of times) and yells, "They're no broadcast announcers, they're Team Rocket!"

"Ahahahahahahahaha! Television audience prepare for trouble!"
"We're coming at you live and making it double!"
"To protect the world from TV stations"
"To unite all peoples within our nations"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love"
"To extend our reach to the stars above"
"Jessie"
"James"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!" proclaims Meowth jump kicking Wobbuffet aside before it can delightfully say "Wobb!"

"Team Rocket!" yells Ash who for some reason has to tell the world who they are. "What do you want?!", shouts Justin. Jessie responds, "Aha! We're pulling off the television event of the year." "Live on national television, we're swiping your Pikachu!", adds James.

Officer Jenny tries to have Growlithe cut the rope with flamethrower but Meowth interrupts, "Ha! Dis should cool dat big mouf's fiya!", as he brandishes a water gun and blasts the fire away. Officer Jenny is shocked that Growlithe is hurt as she now totally helpless in this situation.

"And we've got something for that Dragonite, too!", adds James as he tosses a bomb off the balloon towards the Dragonite. Justin yells at Dragonite to look out but it can't quite get away and it hurts its leg. Ash and Justin are in shock as Justin goes over to Dragonite and concludes that it probably broke its leg.

TR laughs as they concludes, "Well twerps, that's our broadcast! Thank you and good night!" Justin tells Dragonite to try and rescue Pikachu then pop the balloon. Dragonite, being a tough ass pokemon, flies up there and cuts Pikachu's net down. Then, as TR screams in panic, Dragonite goes right through the happy buddha-faced Meowth balloon and sends them flying off again.

"Oooooohhhhhh, I wanted to stay and cover the match after all", whines James, "but instead.... we're blasting off again!" As Dragonite lands, it appears to be in a lot of pain. Justin runs over to Dragonite and asks it if it can continue while Dragonite tries to shake it off but it appears to be still hurting... so it flies off to the side to try and get over the initial pain.

"I hope Dragonite's okay!", says Ash. And then the referee goes over to Justin and Dragonite and gives him the bad news. "I'm sorry young man but because of the injury that forced Dragonite to exit the ring surface, I'm afraid I must count Dragonite out of the match", says the ref. Justin just looks dismayed at the turn of events and then the ref goes over to Ash.

"Well, I guess Ash won.", shouts Brock. Misty adds happily, "So now he's in the finals!", as Togepi keeps a lock on her real energy.

Ash and Pikachu just look quizzically at the ref and then the ref tells him the news. "Congratulations! Because of what Dragonite went through it couldn't continue and it left the match. Therefore you are the winner!" Ash just looks still-faced at the ref while Justin is in despair because of TR's actions. The board then shows Ash to be the winner. Justin tells Dragonite, "Hey bro! I know you could've continued and won so it's cool... let's just go home."

All seems to be settled until Ash yells at the ref to wait. He then goes over and tells the ref that he refuses to win this way. He then goes on to say that it would defend the honor of the Johto league and etc. etc. and he knows that Dragonite can still battle even with a broken leg.

I guess if Charizard can fight with a broken wing, then Dragonite can fight with a broken leg.

Justin looks up in astonishment as Ash is actually fighting NOT TO WIN THE IMPORTANT MATCH IN HIS LIFE. Not to mention that..... like ...... this would ever happen in today's world! As if we needed further proof that Ash is a dummy..... right? Anyway, the ref gets tired of hearing Ash bitch and reverses his decision saying the match will continue.

"I don't believe it! Ash could've just won!", gapes Tracey. Mrs. Ketchum then answers him, "Oh... but by doing this, he's proving that he's a real winner."

So it's down to 1 on 1 with Pikachu against a Dragonite with a broken leg. Ash then tells Pikachu to use thunderbolt. But Dragonite keeps going as Justin tells it to use blizzard. Pikachu is slowed down until Ash tells it to recover and use quick attack. It hits Dragonite a couple of times including once on the broken which causes Dragonite to yelp in pain.

"Hang in there, Dragonite!", yells Justin. Pikachu tries another thunder attack but Dragonite grabs it and uses a slam attack before it can jolt Dragonite again. Pikachu is then told to use another thunderbolt and it shocks Dragonite and seems to bring him out of the sky. Justin yells at it to try a hyper beam before it falls.

"Oh, no!", shouts Brock, "Hyper beam is Dragonite's most powerful attack." It charges the hyper beam while Pikachu tells it to look out. Pikachu gets ready to jump like it did once before against that other monstrosity of a Dragonite. Justin then realizes Pikachu can jump high with its tail and this gives him an idea.

"Dragonite! Aim the hyper beam up not down!" yells Justin. And sure enough, as Pikachu tries to leap up, it gets blasted by the attack. Ash yells at Pikachu to try and stay up as both pokemon are gasping for air. Then, Pikachu falls and it's unable to battle giving Justin the victory. And with that, Ash Ketchum is out of the Johto tournament.

Justin celebrates his victory for a moment as Misty can't believe Ash lost. Then Justin goes over to Ash who looks a little dismayed and chats with him. "Ash..... I don't know what to say. You...... helped out me when you could've had an opportunity to fulfill your dream. You.... know ........ you didn't have to do that." stutters Justin.

Ash replies to him, "I would've felt like I didn't earn it if I just won the match that way. I just wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do." Justin tells him not to worry about it since everyone will applaud his decision and then he thanks Ash for basically giving away a victory. Ash idiotically replies, "It was no problem... I wanted to keep battling and so did Pikachu", who pikas to him.

Misty goes over to console with Ash and tell him, "Ash, I have to tell you.... that was the bravest thing I've ever witnessed."

....................................... I don't think I need to add any more to that as we bring this to a close. Perhaps, Ash will be a winner tonight after all. <wink>