Show Their Place......

"I feel a disturbance." Ash muttered to himself as he fired several arrows, and on impact, the arrows exploded, killing six people. "Maria, how many have you killed?" Ash asked as a mirror appeared beside him, showing Maria hacking and dicing several Team Galactic Grunts with her scythe, a number appearing on the upper part of the screen. "That much already, good, we are almost done here, don't allow anyone to escape." Ash commanded as he began to rapidly fire silver arrows, destroying all forms of transportation in the vicinity.

Since he discovered and mastered his Moonlight Element, he always fights in this manner when eliminating more than one enemy. His Moonlight Element allows him to create a powerful Avatar that he can control from a far, a Bloody Mary similar to the folklore and Urban Legend. His Bloody Mary, which he calls Maria, kills differently than him; he kills by destroying the body, Maria kills by hacking the soul of the body, sending them to his mirror dimension, which he will release to the gates of the afterlife when the mission is over. Sure, he could imprison those souls to his mirror dimension for eternity but that's not his style. He's an executioner not a judge or a prison warden.

"Why do I have the sudden feeling to use Diffusion and get this over with?" Ash wondered as he produced a white arrow. He fired the white arrow and it split into several pin-point lasers.

(Scene Change)

"Lady Elena, what do you need of me?" Ricardo asked as he met her in a private room in the arena reserved for the executives. Currently, it was being use by Elena.

Elena smiled a bit at the sight of the most loyal man that she and Ash knew. Ricardo is extremely capable with his job and a very good brother. "Ricardo, I need a favor." Elena began as the man in front of her nodded.

"Anything, milady." Ricardo stated as Elena smiled a bit. "Just as long as it is within my reach."

"Good, today is the Pokémon Contest Competition, right?" Elena inquired curiously as Ricardo nodded. "Good, I want in." That startled Ricardo.

"Milady?" Ricardo questioned critically, as far as he knew, Elena didn't care about Pokémon competitions, that was her sister Sarah's cup of tea.

"Don't bother asking, Ricardo. I just want to show my lover's admirers their place and why Ash decided to love me." Elena said in a pleading tone. "I know this is kind of shallow but I need to do this." Elena added as she rubbed her head in embarrassment.

Ricardo on the underhand chuckled in understanding. "Ah, the joys of young love." Ricardo mumbled with a chuckle. "The contest will begin in ten minutes, young mistress; I will have it done so I suggest you prepare your wardrobe." At this, Ricardo sighed defectively. "I cannot understand the status quo of the Pokémon Contest Theme in Sinnoh. Why do trainers dressed up fancy if the only thing they must do is shout out commands?" Ricardo then went on about the inconsistency and the irrelevance of dressing fancy for simply barking orders to their Pokémon.

Elena chuckled at Ricardo's reaction; it was quite typical of him. Elena glanced at Koyuki and Pikachu who were smiling at her. "You think I made the right choice?" Elena asked the two. They answered her by simply nodding.

"(The one thing I've learnt from Ash was that, if you can't settle things with talk, settle it with a Pokémon battle)." Pikachu said, agreeing with her decision to enter the contest.

"(You have our support, mother)." Koyuki assured her with a smile.

Elena smiled back at them as Pikachu jumped on her shoulder. "(If I may ask, why do you bother with them and their goading, Ash had stated repeatedly that you meant more to him than all of them combine)?" Pikachu inquired as his partner's lover gave him a light pat on the head.

"I want to show them the reason why Ash chose me." Elena said solemnly. "As much as I don't want to do this, I want to shut his friends up and to show them that, if they want Ash, they have to go through me first." Elena stated fiercely.

Pikachu chuckled at that as he gave her a week slap on the head. "(You just want to show-off, I swear, you and Ash are exactly alike)." Pikachu commented with a laughed before he glared at her, making the while haired woman flinched. "(I'll help you but let me at least warn you, do not ever gamble Ash's love for your pride. Trust me, that would break his heart and his very being, and if that happens, I'll kill you on the spot)." Pikachu threatened her while a solemn expression adorned Elena's face.

"I will never do that, Ash is everything to me." Elena said firmly and passionately.

Pikachu smiled at those words. "(I know and you mean everything to him as well so please, don't let them get to you)." Pikachu advised gently.

Elena nodded at that as she gave him an assuring smile. "Don't worry, I'm better than that and I'm a better woman then those three anyway." Elena exclaimed with pride as Ricardo entered the room, a laptop in hand.