Pokemon Legacy

Now it was time for the battle to resume as Queen fired an Electro Ball up toward Celeste. However, the bird easily swerved around it before flying toward Queen, picking up wind with Gust and flying right over the spider, causing Queen to take in quite a bit of damage.

The Unfezant then sent an Air Cutter toward the distracted Galvantula, putting cuts all over Queen's body. However, Queen was so obsessed with making her master happy that she ignored the pain, launching a string of silk from her rear end and latching it onto Celeste's leg.

The bird's eyes went wide as Queen shifted her head toward, slamming Celeste's body hard against the ground before covering her body in electricity, setting up for Discharge. But rather than running right into the Unfezant, she instead pulled the bird toward her causing her to ram right into her Discharge attack, her eyes going wide as Queen then proceeded to Slash her from behind, her back now bleeding a little bit.

Celeste quickly flew away, terror in her eyes as Nathan whistled, Jack's eye twitching all the while, the boy refusing to believe he was seeing this. Queen's tactic was absolutely brilliant and Dana couldn't have been more proud of the spider.

But just as the tarantula sent in another Electro Ball, Nathan spat, "Celeste, dodge that and strike with Sky Attack!" Celeste nodding and soaring toward the spider, swerving to the right and avoiding the ball of electricity before flying hard into the Galvantula, her eyes swirling as she spread out her legs, her body collapsing as Celeste took a deep breath and posed with pride, the crowd cheering for the bird.

Jason's eyes were wide as he said, "All that damage and she still won," Jacob nodding and replying, "Nathan's team really is something."

Dana returned Queen and blinked before saying, "Wow, Nathan, you surprise me more and more," Nathan shrugging before stating, "Well, this battle's not over, yet. Come on, give me your best shot," Dana nodding while trying to decide whether to use Pyro or Victini.

She was about to pick Pyro just for the sake of fairness, however, at the same time, a part of her wanted to use the Emboar last. After all, Pyro was her first Pokemon. It just seemed logical to go that route, at least in her eyes. Of course, this wasn't particularly good news for Nathan either way as aside from Celeste, who had taken in a lot of damage, he didn't have much to go up against her fire types.

Ultimately, Dana went with Victini as the crowd cheered for the legend's presence, Jason biting his collar and saying, "Oh, god, Nathan's screwed now, I just know it!" Izy blinking and staring at Jason before replying, "I thought you weren't playing favourites," the boy whistling innocently in response.

However, Dana almost looked guilty for summoning Victini as Nathan smiled lightly saying, "Hey, Dana, don't feel bad about choosing your legend. After all, you would have ended up choosing him eventually if I got that far," Dana smiling and nodding before saying, "You always know what to say, Nathan."

With that, Victini took to the sky and shot a Flame Burst at Celeste only for the bird to dodge, realizing she'd need to be amazingly fast right now if she wanted to deal a lot of damage. She had, after all, taken in a lot of damage from her fight with Queen.

Celeste then rammed her body hard into the legendary Pokemon, using a successful Quick Attack before planting her talons into his chest, sending him flying into the wall. But just as she was about to strike again, Victini ignored the pain dealt to him as he flew up into the air, approaching Celeste before flying around her head.

"That's it, Victini!" Dana squealed with a big smile on her face, "Keep it up!" Celeste unable to follow Victini's movements as her eyes started to swirl, the legend seeing an opportunity and lighting his body on fire, ramming hard into the bird's back.

Celeste's eyes went wide as she coughed up blood, the bird soaring fast and hard into the ground, laying there, unable to move. It was no question, Celeste had truly lost this round. Sure, Victini had also done damage to himself with that move, but that didn't change the fact that he'd beaten the bird.

Now things had truly gotten intense as Nathan's remaining Pokemon were both weak against fire types. Nonetheless, the boy kept a calm and collective composure as he took a deep breath, sending in Zelda. Everyone thought this a rather strange choice, but the reason Nathan had gone with this was because the Serperior was faster than Sammy.

Victini immediately started things up by sending a flame at the snake only for Nathan to shout, "Dodge it and use Growth!" the snake slithering forward, managing to get right past where the flame was headed in time to avoid it, an aura surrounding her body. Growth was a move that increased attack and special attack strength, meaning Zelda could deal more damage now, and she'd definitely need that against a fire type.

However, Victini wasn't going to stand for this as he sent another flame toward the snake, Zelda rolling out of the way before coiling his body, using a move called Coil as a purple aura surrounded him. Now his attack had not been increased again, but his defense and accuracy also went up.

"Alright, you're ready now," Nathan said as the snake smiled, letting out her vines and latching them onto Victini. Luckily, this was Wrap and not Vine Whip, so it dealt regular damage. However, Victini wasn't going to let this take her down as he sent a Searing Shot hard into Zelda's face, the snake crying out in pain and letting go.

"Ignore it and spring yourself up into the air!" Nathan spat as the crowd stared in confusion, Zelda smiling before leaping up onto her tail and curling it to make it look like a spring, the snake propelling herself into the air and forming a Leaf Blade on the end of her tail, flipping her body vertically and sending it forward, striking the now-spellbound Victini hard in the face as his head came open, blood coming out.

As Victini started to fall to the ground, Zelda aimed her tail toward the legend's pelvis, this time hitting him with Slam shortly after he hit the ground, Victini coughing up blood while the crowd went wild. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. Not only was Zelda doing an excellent job against a fire type, she was dominating a legendary Pokemon.

Dana blinked and asked, "Are you okay, Victini," the legend's body twitching as he slowly pushed himself up, a look of fury on his face as steam shot from his ears. He knew this was a battle against a friend, but he was annoyed now.

As such, he lit his body on fire, charging toward the snake as Nathan had Zelda try to dodge to the side. Unfortunately, Victini was now on high alert and wouldn't allow this, easily redirecting herself toward the snake. Nathan then felt a little nervous and as a last minute resort had Zelda use Leaf Storm in an attempt to counter the attack.

As the leaves hit, despite the flames covering Victini's body, some of them did manage to cut him as blood formed. However, the legend simply ignored this as he rammed his body hard into Zelda's, the snake crying out in pain and falling to her side, passing out.

The crowd cheered for Dana as she breathed a sigh of relief, Nathan smiling lightly and ready to return Zelda when everyone noticed something odd. It seemed that Flare Blitz combined with those cuts Victini took in were more than the legend could handle as he struggled to maintain balance, soon falling hard against his back, also out cold.

Yae's eyes went wide as she held up her mic saying, "Things have really gotten intense now. Both are down to their last Pokemon, and at the exact same time no less. Now this last battle will decide everything."

The crowd was silent, not even wanting to cheer at this point. Just as Yae said, it was all down to this one fight. Both were tied right now, so the results of this very battle would decide the champion. As such, both returned their currently knocked out Pokemon as Nathan sent in Sammy, Dana sending in Pyro, Yae and Pep seeing no need for the roulette to be brought in.

The gym leaders and elite four members watched with interest, all of them having a neutral view on this whole thing. Having equal respect for both trainers, they couldn't really decide who they wanted to see win, just as long as both were good sports about it. Sabrina, on the other hand, bit her lip, hoping that Nathan could strike another miracle and win despite the type disadvantage.

Jason took a deep breath and groaned, "When's it all gonna end?" Roxanne saying, "Clearly the Excadrill should win because he's cuter," Jacob scowling but refused to give his own remark, looking back at the battle and saying, "Well, Nathan's a smart trainer," Izy nodding and saying, "Yeah, but so's Dana." Anna and Janette simply said nothing, both with neutral expressions on their faces.

Jack simply looked at Nathan and said, "Come on, you can do this," as Nathan smiled and said, "Well, Dana, this is it," Dana nodding and saying, "Let's make this one really count."

At the same time, though, Dana couldn't help but feel like she would lose right here and now. She knew just how tough Sammy was and also took into account the fact that Taylor's Excadrill had beaten Pyro prior to this. Nonetheless, she couldn't go down without a fight. That would be insulting to Nathan's skill.

With that, Pyro opened up with Ember, the small flame headed toward Sammy who simply turned her claws metal, holding them up like a shield and blocking the incoming flame. She then charged toward the Emboar, sending her claws out for Metal Claw only for Pyro to hold up his arm, taking a bit of damage to his forearm but ignoring the pain.

He then proceeded to thrust his other arm hard into Sammy's gut, the mole backing up a bit before taking in a Flamethrower to the chest, the mole flying backwards before planting her feet hard against the ground, skidding to a halt.

So far, it was in Pyro's favour, but it was still anyone's game. Seeing Pyro set up for another Flamethrower, Sammy held up a pose as the stream of flames flew forward, the mole ducking down and digging her claws into the dirt, scooping up two big clods and hurling them hard into the pig's face. This being a ground type move, Pyro was actually weak against this as he groaned in pain, rubbing the dirt off of his face.

While the boar was distracted, Sammy formed into a drill and flew forward, ramming herself hard into his belly as the Emboar coughed up blood, spinning around while being forced up against the wall, Dana screaming, "PYRO, REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID AGAINST TAYLOR'S EXCADRILL!"

Pyro's eyes widened as he grinned, nodding and placing his hands up against Sammy before she could form back into her regular form, holding her up. But rather than using another Piledriver, he instead turned his body around, leaning backwards as Sammy reverted to her mole form, her neck planted hard against the ground as Pyro had just used a Suplex.

Dana squealed with glee as Sammy slowly got back to her feet, rubbing the back of her neck before placing one hand against the top of her head, another against her chin and turned both sides a bit to snap her neck bone back into place. There was no way she'd let such a tactic, let alone a human technique do her in.

However, seeing Sammy up got Pyro back on high alert as he charged at her with flames surrounding his body, the mole quickly diving into the ground and creating a big hole there, Pyro missing completely as he screeched to a halt, looking around. Dana gulped, rather nervous now as she knew how hard it was to avoid this move.

However, Pyro didn't even bother to try and detect the mole's movement as he figured it would be a better idea to point his snout towards the ground and blast fire against it. He figured that this way, Sammy would have to take in damage the second she came up.

However, Sammy had anticipated Pyro using a rash move like that as she rose up behind him, reaching her arm around his neck and pulling him back, slamming him hard against the ground while the crowd went wild, very impressed by this tactic. However, the Emboar wasn't willing to let this get to him as he threw up his own arms, slamming his palms hard into the Excadrill's face and causing her to let go, the boar backing up.

Both Pokemon were breathing heavily, the crowd now back to being silent. After a few seconds, Nathan smiled lightly and said, "Well, Dana, let's make these last moves count," Dana nodding with a smile of her own shouting, "Pyro, hit her with Flare Blitz!" the pig lighting his body on fire once again and charging toward the mole.

"Sammy, use Slash!" Nathan spat as the mole charged toward the boar, his claws at the ready. While the two ran at one-another, the crowd stared with anticipation.

Sammy was just about to send her claws forward when Pyro kicked up his speed a notch and took full advantage of this, holding his shoulder out and ramming it hard into Sammy's chin, the mole unable to connect her Slash as she took in one last Arm Thrust to the gut, coughing up blood before passing out, Pyro breathing heavily while the mole lay on the ground.

Everyone watched with anticipation, Nathan staring in shock as after a few seconds, Yae pointed at Dana and said, "People, we now have a champion," the crowd cheering loudly, Nathan and Dana's friends simply clapping, refusing to act as if they were playing favourites, Jack feeling rather annoyed by this result. Finally, it was over, and of all the surprises, Dana had come out victorious.

Nathan had a light smile on his face and was about to congratulate the girl when rather than looking happy, Dana instead started to let down tears, Nathan blinking and asking, "What's wrong?" everyone else staring with confusion as Dana sniffed, "You lost on purpose, didn't you?"

"What?" Nathan asked as Dana spat, "Don't lie to me! You let me win! There's no way I Pyro could possibly beat your Sammy!"

Nathan simply shook his head, looking into Dana's eyes and saying, "No, I was trying my absolute hardest to beat you. You won fair and square," Dana drying her tears and looking into Nathan's eyes, seeing the sincerity there. He was telling the truth.

With that, Dana sniffed once more, a smile on her face as the two approached one-another, shaking their hands as Nathan said, "Here's to a great battle," Dana nodding and saying, "Likewise," the crowd cheering once again.

And so the rest of the day went by without a hitch. Dana was presented a gold medal along with a cash prize of 100,000,000 yen, Nathan receiving 75,000,000 as Jack ended up with 50,000,000, the boy figuring that the cash prize at least made his efforts all worth it to some degree.

After the ceremony, the group had a congratulatory dinner in celebration of Dana's victory and Nathan ending up in second. All in all, things had certainly turned out well, but by the end of the day, everyone had to return home.

There were vehicles provided to bring the contestants and special guests home as Nathan shook Jacob's hand saying, "I hope I get to see you again someday," Jacob smiling and replying, "Yeah, I'd love to battle with you again. You might beat me next time," Izy grinning and saying, "I doubt it, honey," kissing Jacob on the cheek.

Anna, Janette and Roxanne gave Dana one last hug before boarding a plane set to take them back to their homes, waving at the girl who waved happily at them, Jason looking at a sheet of paper with an autograph from every one of the gym leaders and Elite Four members, the boy saying, "Now I can prove to Catherine that I'm friends with the gym leaders," hugging the paper as Nathan rolled his eyes, saying, "You knew her for one day and yet you already sound like you're crushing on her," Jason sticking out his tongue and remarking, "Well, she did beat me at a video game."

Yae was headed toward her own mode of transport when Pep tapped her on the shoulder, a big smile on her face as she said, "It was so cool working with you," Yae nodding and saying, "Likewise," the two shaking hands before saying a quick goodbye, Pep happily skipping back to her center.

However, as everyone started boarding their transportation vehicles, Dana bit her lip and turned to Nathan, a sad look on her face as she said, "I guess this is goodbye..." Nathan blinking before sighing, "I could visit every now and then."

"Hold it!" Jason remarked, the other two staring as the boy added, "From what I can recall, Nathan, back where you live, you had no friends and lived in a shed, right?" Nathan replying, "Run-down old house, but I guess you could call it that," Jason adding, "And to the best of my knowledge, my mom doesn't want me back home."

"Where are you going with this?" Dana asked as Jason slapped his forehead, groaning, "What I'm saying is that you guys combined have more than enough prize money to buy a couple of houses," Nathan nodding, his eyes going wide as he said, "Yeah, we could move into Dana's hometown and buy ourselves new homes," Dana's eyes sparkling as she squealed, "Jason, you're a genius!" Jason chuckling and saying, "I don't mean to toot my own horn, but yeah, I totally am."

However, Nathan remembered something as he looked at Yae, the professor shrugging and replying, "You don't work for me anymore, remember?" Nathan grinning widely, an expression he didn't normally show as all three friends joined in a group hug, Jason then adding, "Oh, by the way, Dana has something she needs to tell you," Dana's cheeks turning red as Nathan looked at her curiously.

And from that point on, things had certainly turned out well. Deciding to give up travelling, the teens decided to get themselves new jobs. Nathan got a job at a jewelry store, picking out excellent selections for customers and even pitching new design ideas. Dana decided to be an announcer for pro wrestling, knowing she could never be a wrestler herself, what with her scrawny build. Jason also got a job at a restaurant, becoming majorly successful off of his brilliant recipes.

Of course the Pokemon still lived with them and now they were allowed to stay out of their Pokeballs at all times, free to do whatever they wanted while their masters were away. Queen would always spend her day fixing up the house for Dana despite the girl wishing the spider wouldn't overwork herself while the other Pokemon did whatever they wanted.

Sabrina was let out of prison about a week after the tournament and had since started doing community service with her first Pokemon, a Heatmor given to her by Amanda to show that she'd forgiven the woman. The gym leaders and Elite Four also went back to their old lives, Pamela and Rocky visiting each other every now and then while Melissa occasionally dropping in on Max to see how he was doing.

Jack went on to do his own thing knowing he had nowhere to go. He started travelling the land with his Pokemon and battling random trainers, even going onto another region to shoot for the championship there.

Jason would go to Green City every now and then to see Catherine for a round of video games among other activities, and when he wasn't spending time with her, he was sending her messages with his pocket phone. The two had become great friends but despite implications never went anywhere beyond that.

Although the big question that comes to mind is as follows: did Nathan and Dana start dating? To put it simply, yes, yes they did. After a couple of years, Dana was the one who ended up proposing, and naturally, Nathan was more than happy to say yes. Needless to say, they're happily married now.

The end