TIGER'S MATCH

	It was a cloudy day as Ash and his friends walked down a long path. 
Saraya, the Poke'mon Princess and only hope to Ash and friends for finding the 
Poke'mon Queen, had told them of a plan. They were to search every place 
possible. So far, they had looked in some woods, a neighborhood and other 
places. They were now on there way to the Ice Mountains that they could see 
standing tall.
	"This queen really wants us to look until we faint." Gato said.
	"What are you complaining about? You've been on my shoulder the whole 
time." Misty said to her kitten Poke'mon.
	"True." Gato said with a nod.
	"Pika."
	Pikachu sighed. Ash looked around as they walked.
	"Well, it shouldn't be too far until we reach those mountains." Ash said.
	"Wanna bet? It has to more than a days walk to those mountains." Brock 
informed.
	Everyone sighed and continued on there way.
	"I really hope this plan is worth it." Gato said to Saraya.
	"It is. I'm 100% sure this time!" Saraya said to cheer up the group.
	My mommy's castle was in those mountains. She must be there, Saraya 
thought right after her words.
	"Mewwww!!"
	Mew did a happy back flip in the air above the friends. A Wolflithe 
watched as they walked. He turned with a swish of his tail and ran to a tree. He 
looked up at it.
	"Send the wolf troops. They'll take care of the brats easily." Pixie told 
the Wolflithe from the tree.
	He nodded and sped off. It had been hours and Ash and his friends stopped 
for a rest. Pikachu, Gato and Mew played tag near a big tree. Mew was winning 
because she kept appearing and disappearing everywhere. Ash, Misty, Brock and 
Saraya rested under another.  
	"What a nice spot to rest at." Misty said as she closed her blue eyes.
	"Yeah! Good thing we found it." Saraya agreed.
	Ash nodded in agreement. He suddenly herd a little growl of pain. He got 
up and went over to some near by bushes. A male Persian struggled and was in 
pain. Ash saw his back, right leg was caught in a thorn bush. His friends came 
behind him. All but Pikachu, Mew and Gato, who were still playing. 
	"Poor thing." Misty said.
	"I'm guessing it got lost from its pack." Brock said.
	"Let's help it." Saraya said.
	Brock shook his head.
	"Don't. It'll bite you. It's wild and its best to let it die." Brock told 
her.
	The Persian hissed at them and swiped with his claws. Ash walk over to its 
tangled leg.
	"Ash! Don't!" Misty warned.
	He didn't listen. He began to untangle the Persian's leg. The Persian 
turned and bit hard on Ash's left hand. Ash took no noticed and and continued to 
work. He got the Persian's leg free before he could bite him again. The Persian 
stood up and hissed. He then turned and ran into a field. Ash held his now 
bleeding hand.
	"Ash you idiot! That Persian could have really hurt you!" Misty scolded in 
worry.
	"I'm fine, thanks." Ash mumbled to her.
	Brock ripped some cloth from his extra clothes in his back pack and 
wrapped up Ash's hand. They then went back and sat down under the same tree. Ash 
looked out at the field the Persian disappeared into. It was on the left side of 
the path they were on. Suddenly, a bunch of Pidgey's flew from the tall grass 
and scattered in the dark sky. Ash looked to see if any of his friends saw it. 
Brock was reading a book on being a better breeder, Misty had her eyes close and 
Saraya had left to go play with the small Poke'mon. Ash looked back and saw more 
bird Poke'mon fly and scatter in the dark sky. Ash stood up and Brock looked up 
at him.
	"Where are you going?" he asked Ash.
	"In that tall grass. I'm gonna see if there's any wild Poke'mon in there." 
Ash said and pointed to the grass.
	More Pidgey's flew from it. Brock nodded slowly.
	"Okay, but be careful. That could very well be the hunting ground of the 
Persian that bit you and his pack. You know how tough they are in packs and in 
the wild." Brock warned.
	"I know what I'm doing, Brock. Don't worry about it. Come on Pikachu!" Ash 
called.
	Pikachu's ears went up and he ran to his trainer. Ash and Pikachu then 
disappeared from Brock's sight and into the tall grass.
	"Where's he going?" asked Misty, who had opened her eyes.
	"Looking for wild Poke'mon." Brock said and looked back at his book.
	"But what about that Persian? He must have a pack and don't they hunt in 
tall grass?" Misty asked with worry.
	"Yeah, but Ash said he knew what he was doing." Brock said not taking his 
eyes away from his book.
	Misty sighed and turned to the grass. Five Pidgey's flew from the grass 
along with two Pidgeotto's.
	"Odd." Misty said to herself.
	Meanwhile, Ash traveled though the long grass with his Poke Pal at his 
feet.
	"Something's in here. Maybe a rare Poke'mon." Ash told his friend.
	"Pika!"
	Pikachu pointed to some grass that moved. Ash froze. Something was 
definitely there.
	"Maybe we should go back." Ash said.
	Pikachu nodded in agreement. They both turned to go back, but the grass 
there moved. Pidgey's flew from behind it. Ash backed away and the grass behind 
him moved as well. Distant thunder rumbled over head. Ash turned to leave from 
his left side. That grass moved too. The grass on his right side moved and 
Pidgey's flew up everywhere.
	"Now what." Ash mumbled.
	"Pipipi?"
	Suddenly, something slammed hard into Ash's back and knocked him to the 
ground. He gasped for air and felt something push down on his back. Growling was 
herd and Ash herd grass rustle. He couldn't move, however, because of something 
on his back. A white paw stepped in to view. Ash strained his eyes to look up at 
the creature. A female Wolflithe stood over him. A sly smile spread across her 
face. She nodded to someone and Ash suddenly could sit up. He stood up and 
looked around. He was surround by Poke'mon. Strange one's he had never seen and 
ones he had. He saw a Gray Wolf, a Fireburn, a Ghost and a Scale. One of them 
was like Fireburn but it was pink and white. He saw another that was made of 
rock. He saw one that was tropical colors with a leaf pattern on his back. He 
saw one that was pink and yellow but in different patterns. Not like Fireburn or 
the pink Poke'mon. One was sky blue and white with white feathered wings. 
Another was clear. It was gel like and you could see though the other side.
	"Pink Wolf, Rocky, Tropical, Fairy, Feather and Clear. That's who they 
are." the young female said in the order Ash looked at them.
	Ash looked at her. She smiled.
	"You must be the famous Ash that Master Pixie sent us to kill. Where are 
your little friends?" she sneered in a way to mean but pretty voice. 
	"Where's Pikachu?" asked Ash instead of answering her.
	"We kicked him away. We don't want your friends yet. We need to speak with 
you." the female said.
	"Who are you?" asked Ash.
	"My name is Lupe. Some people call me a killer." she answered.
	Ash backed away a little and was pushed forward by growls and snaps.
	"Listen up Ash. Were going to make a deal with you. You give your friends 
to us and we'll spare your life and make you a special member of our pack. What 
do you say?" Lupe asked.
	"Forget it! I'll never give my friends to you!" Ash yelled at her.
	"That's too bad. Cause if you had, you wouldn't have to suffer such a bad 
death." Lupe said.
	Ropes were suddenly tied tight around Ash. Pink Wolf and Gray Wolf pulled 
him a little ways in the ropes until they came to a wooden post. They tied him 
on it somehow with there teeth. They then stood before him.
	"Your last chance Ashy-boy." Lupe growled.
	"No." Ash said through gritted teeth.
	Lupe shrugged and sighed sadly.
	"Fine. We'll attack your friends and leave you food for the Persian's." 
Lupe said.
	She truned and ran away though the grass. Her pack followed. A low 
growling came from some grass next to Ash. Ash looked and saw two pares of 
glowing yellow eyes. He reached with his tied hand for a Pokeball that was on 
the back of his belt. He hit it and knocked it off. A Persian cub came over to 
it and pawed it. He pressed the button with his claw and opened it. Tiger 
appeared and looked around. He saw Ash and the Persian's.
	"Tiger! Save my friends! Hurry! There being attacked by Pixie's troops!" 
Ash ordered.
	"Your friends? What about you?" asked Tiger.
	"Forget it! Do it now! Go!" Ash yelled as the Persian's closed in.
	"No way! Friends till the end, remember Ash? I'm not leaving you." Tiger 
said and growled at the Persian's.
	"I'm not asking you Tiger, I'm ordering you as a trainer. Do it!" Ash 
screamed.
	Tiger looked at him with his firey-red eyes. He turned and jumped over the 
Persian's. He disappeared in the tall grass. Ash looked at the pack of Persian's 
that closed in. Suddenly, a Persian stepped in front of his pack. He hissed and 
growled with the leader. The leader turned and ran away. The pack followed. Ash 
looked at the Persian that had saved him. It turned to him and smiled. Ash knew 
it right away.
	"You!" he gasped.
	The Persian went around the back and ripped the ropes that held him. Ash 
landed on his feet and looked at the Persian. He went up to it and the Persian 
sniffed his hand that he had bitten. He licked it to say he was sorry. Ash 
smiled and patted the Persian.
	"Can you help me with my friends?" he asked.
	The Persian nodded.
	"Great! Get your pack and follow me!" Ash said.
	Persian nodded again. Tiger raced threw the grass faster than ever. He 
herd a Vaporeon's battle cry and saw lightning bolts explode from the area. He 
sniffed along and found his way to Misty and the others. Vulpix, Vaporeon, 
Pikachu, Mew, and Gato were all battling the pack. Lupe stood in front of Misty, 
Brock and Saraya. She backed them up agasined a tree. The Poke'mon tried to get 
to there trainers but were blocked by a member of the pack. Tiger growled and 
ran towards the leader. He rammed his head into her side. The whole battle 
stopped. The Poke'mon ran to there trainers and the pack stepped back. Lupe was 
up and growling at Tiger. She smiled at him.
	"Tiger Of The Wind. It's you." she said.
	Tiger snarled.
	"What do you want?" he asked.
	"I'm working for Master Pixie. She has ordered me to kill you all. I guess 
I'll start with you. Your trainer is already being chewed on by the Persian's so 
I guess it's your turn. Why didn't you save him?" she asked.
	"No!" Misty cried.
	"He ordered me to help his friends! He cares a lot about them! Now let's 
get this fight under way!" Tiger snarled.
	Lupe nodded. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed but closer. Rain began 
to drop.  The battle begun. Tiger leaped, mouth open. Lupe used her Agility and 
zipped away. Tiger landed in the mud on his feet. The path they fought on was 
now mud. Tiger turned to her and was just able to dodge Torpedo. He leaped in 
the air and used his powerful Blizzard. It was a good hit and Lupe landed back 
first in the mud. Tiger landed in front of her.
	"Don't you know that I have never been beaten by another Wolflithe? I'm 
Tiger Of The Wind." he growled.
	Lupe smiled and was up.
	"Tiger, you've just met your match!" she yelled and fired Torpedo.
	Tiger dodged and then ran at her. He ran at him, both of there heads were 
lowered. They clashed heads and there horns clicked from impacted. They pushed 
on one another. Lupe suddenly jerked her head up while in head lock with Tiger. 
Tiger flew up and landed behind her. Lupe turned to him growling. The rain 
poured now. Water dripped from there fur. Tiger got up, covered in mud. His 
white fur stained brown. Lupe ran at him and snapped. A miss. Tiger fired 
Torpedo and shocked her good. She staggered and he hit her with his horns in a 
powerful Headbash. She flew in the air and landed on the ground with a thump. 
She was up quickly and she leaped, her white teeth flashed. Tiger showed his and 
they both went into a fight with claws and teeth. Fur flew and blood stained the 
mud. Misty and Brock returned there Poke'mon and Saraya hid her eyes from the 
horrible battle. Lupe's pack watched with interest and Mew floated in the rain, 
her blue eyes sad. Lupe and Tiger jumped away from each other, both bloody and 
muddy. They panted and seemed to tired for more fighting. Guess again. Tiger 
leaped and slashed hard across Lupe's face. She howled and fell to the ground 
faster than Tiger did. He landed and turned, only to get slashed in the face. He 
howled and rubbed his noise were the scratch was. Lupe saw her chance and 
attacked. She grabbed Tiger by the throat and put him in a death lock with her 
jaws. Tiger didn't struggle much because he was too tired. Soaked and bloody, 
Tiger was ready to give up and lose for his first time agasined another 
Wolflithe. Suddenly, he remember what Tigress had told him when he was training 
for Poison. 
	"Poison has a move which he calls the Shock Cannon Ball. He combines his 
Torpedo and One-two attack." Tigress had said.
	Tiger said he knew it, but lied. He never did teach Tigress that move. He 
stepped back with Lupe still attached to his throat. He gathered what strength 
her had and leaped with her still dangling from his throat. He then spun wildly 
in the air and they both became a blue and white blur. His horns glowed with 
blue lightning and he shot it. A powerful Torpedo attack. He felt Lupe let got 
of his throat. He flashed his white teeth and clung to Lupe's throat. He used 
his powerful jaws to keep her in a hold while they spun. Electrical blue sparks 
flew from there spinning body's. The went even faster. Tiger, somehow, was able 
to see a tree. He spun right for it. He herd Pikachu's cry of warning. Tiger 
threw Lupe into the tree. She crashed into it and landed in the mud. Tiger 
landed on the tree and used it to jump back on the ground. He stood in front of 
her. She was bloody, muddy and her throat was ripped. She was dead. Tiger 
panted. He was also bloody, muddy and his throat was bleeding. Mud and blood 
stained his fur. Lupe's pack looked at him in fear. Tiger wrinkled his noise and 
showed white teeth in a snarl. A low growl rumbled in his throat at the same 
time thunder rumbled. Lightning flashed bright and lit the sky. Rain poured and 
the pack fled. Suddenly, Tiger was shocked from behind. He didn't fall but he 
did turn around. Pixie stood.
	"You killed my best troop member!? Now you will die!!" she yelled.
	Suddenly, she cried in pain and staggered forward. She turned and Tiger 
and the others looked over her. A Persian stood, teeth bared and paw in the air. 
His claws were covered in blood. Ash appeared behind him.	"Ash!!" Misty cried 
in happiness.
	"Pikapi!!"
	Ash smiled to see his friends alive, Tiger's and Misty's smile and Lupe's 
dead body. Pixie growled.
	"Now I'll kill you!" she yelled.
	More Persian's suddenly stepped forward.
	"Not likely. Persian, Slash attack!!" Ash ordered.
	A Persian leaped and slashed his claws across Pixie's face. She cried in 
pain and opened her wings. She took off into the dark sky and rain. The Persian 
landed and snorted. The pack disappeared and Ash held up two Pokeballs. Persian 
and Tiger disappeared into each of them. His friends ran up to him.
	"What happened?" asked Brock.
	"Yeah! Why'd the Persian's help?" asked Saraya.
	"You caught a Persian?" asked Misty.
	Ash smiled.
	"There's a Poke'mon Center near here. Let's go heal Tiger and I'll explain 
on the way." Ash said.
	With that, they went on there way once again.

		To be continued...


		Next Time:
			-The final match between Mewthree!
			-Poke'mon Queen found?
			-A little surprise!