Youth cup preliminaries-3

'Ugg no matter what I do, I don't seem to find any way to get past that monster '

In a hotel room, Gary scratched his head.

In front of him was a table with a lot of papers that had strategies written on them.

'Forget it, I will just do whatever I can…

I am Gary Oak, the proud son of Blue Oak….I would not go down without a proper fight'

Similar scenes happened in multiple rooms as the participants made plans and strategies for the matches the day after.

Aoki was not worried about such things and enjoyed his time with Misty and Sabrina.

The next day all of the participants gathered in the stadium and found the same amount of audience as the last time.

Even all of the elite four were present but professor Oak was absent as he had some things to take care of.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second day of the youth tournament preliminaries

Today the top 4 candidates for the semifinals would be decided. "

With some announcements and short speeches, the event started.

"With a huge round of applause welcome Trainer Kamia from Vermillion City and Gym leader Fonsi !!!"

Aoki did some digging about Kamia and found that he was a member of the police force and mostly did investigations and got quite a lot of recognition.

He was from a common family and was able to raise four master-rank Pokemon worthy of recognition.

Among the audience, supporters from Bugsy town and the police force can be seen cheering for the two parties.

"Begin !"

Fonsi started with Elite rank Scizor, a master rank Heracross, and an intermediate rank Parasect.

People were surprised by Parasect as it was considered to have very low combat capability but Aoki knew how useful a Parasect can be in a group battle.

Against Fonsi's lineup, Kamia called out Electabuzz, Luxray, and Magneton with all three of them in mater rank. Magneton's steel type might help him stand up to the fast attacks of Fonsi.

Parasect started showing his magic by releasing sweet scents, poison powder, spores, and leech seeds around the field.

Scizor and Heracross flapped their wings to get rid of those up to a certain degree but let themselves get affected as if they were trained to do so.

Kamia immediately went to the offensive to take down the Parasect with Electabuzz's psychic and Luxray's Fire Fang and was successful but the damage was already done.

Two of his Pokemon were poisoned and became lethargic due to the effect of sleep power.

Fonsi let his Parasect get taken down while his Scizor and Heracross were ready with the boost from Swords Dance.

After this, the match didn't last much longer as Scizor and Heracross took down his entire team.

Kamia tried his hardest and took down Heracross but his Scizor felt impossible to take down.

Along with strong attack, the Pokemon had terrifying speed which made it extremely difficult to hit.

Kamia's Pokemon were strong too with appropriate speed, power, and good reaction time but lacked planning.

Might have given Fonsi a harder time if he attacked by making a strategy instead of attacking straight forward.

"The winner of this round is Gym leader Fonsi !!!"

Both of them received a lot of cheers for their match.

Fonsi left the stadium smiling while Kamia didn't look too disappointed.

As Aoki assumed, Kamia really wasn't disappointed.

He never really intended to participate in the event and has already fulfilled his wish of becoming a police officer but decided to participate in the event after getting recommended by his work buddies.

Knowing that he was in the top 10 trainers for this term was more than enough for him.

"Gym Leader Fonsi decided to sacrifice one of his Pokemon to make the rest of the match easier to sweep. When a Pokemon is poisoned, the battle against time starts " Koga commented.

"His team was unaffected by the powders released by the Parasect…he has trained them to deal against them.

Though he underestimated Kamia a bit as one mistake made his Heracross do down" Lorelei commented.

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"For the next match, welcome Gym Leader Alex and Gym leader Sabrina !!".

Both of them received a lot of cheers especially Sabrina for her beauty and reputation

She already had a large portion of the crowd calling out her name.

"Begin!"

Sabrina called out her Alakazam, Slowbro, and Dusknoir which was a terrifying lineup.

She still didn't bring out her Ace Gardivoir.

Alex called out his Ace elite rank Arcanine, Typhlosion, and Ninetails.

This was the lineup that he had used against Aoki.

There seems to be an improvement in his Typhlosion as it was in the quasi-elite stage and just needed a strong push to get into elite rank.

All three of Alex's Pokemon attacked together with Fire Blast filling the field with flames.

With Slowbro's psychic charged Hydropump and Dusknoir's insane defense capabilities, the attack was successfully repelled.

This match was very fun, especially for people that loved explosions as explosions occurred all over the field.

This match was visually spectacular as people got to see big moves flying around.

Alex seems to have made massive improvements in his battle style as he was fighting Sabria's Pokemon very well.

Alas, his improvement was not enough to stand against Sabrina as after giving the audience a good show, she became serious and started taking down Alex's Pokemon one by one.

First went down Typhlosion by taking two consecutive future sights from Slowbro and Alakazam then went down Ninetails from a close-range Hydro pump from Slowbro and finally Arcanine from a threeway attack.

Alex had all three of his Pokemon taken out so he lost the match against Sabrina.

This match reminded people again how strong gym leaders can be.

Although Alex lost the match his reputation will not drop but rather increase after this match.

By winning this Sabrina again fixed her position as one of the strongest gym leaders in the Kanto region.

Fonsi was more than happy to rub his win on Alex's face but deep inside he was afraid of facing Sabrina too.

Alex's girlfriends were there for him to cheer him up.

"Both of them are worthy of being called gym leaders. Sabrina already had a solid reputation but the newcomer from the Joy family isn't bad.

All the fire attacks hit pretty hard. That reminds me what happened to the old man Blaine? haven't heard about him for a while" Bruno asked.

"He only battles the people who can find his gym. That old man makes enough money from the resorts and makes sure the Volcanos don't erupt so the league hasn't removed him from the position.

The machines he made to control the Volcanos are pretty solid " Lance replied to Bruno's question.

Agatha had never interacted with Sabrina but was interested in her due to her powers.

"For the next match welcome trainer Misty from Cerulean City and Ash Ketchum from Pallet town"

Brock and Diasy started cheering loudly for Ash while Aoki and his Clefable cheered for Misty.

"Begin !!"

Ash started with his ace Pikachu, Haunter, and Pidgeot.

This was the best team he could come up with against Misty's water Pokemons.

Misty released her Slowking, Golduck, and her Gyarados.

Gyarados had to fight in a relatively less space along with the absence of water but the defense and offense it would be worth it.

She was the first trainer so far who used a Gyarados in the event.

The major threat for Misty was not the fully evolve Pidgeot but the Pikachu who could pull out elite-level lightning attacks in spite of being in master rank.

She had a strategy to deal with him.

The match began with Golduck going against Haunter, Pikachu against Slowking, and Pidgeot against Gyarados.

Haunter wanted to attack Gyarados first but Golduck didn't let him leave.

Slowking with Trick Room had taken away Pikachu's speed while Gyarados held well against Pidgeot.

Misty skillfully separated all of Ash's Pokemon not letting them help each other. The things Misty was most proud of for teaching his Pokemon were the accurate use of protect and electric resistance.

Her water pokemon had a huge weakness so electric types so she made all her Pokemon go through electric training every day to increase their resistance.

She first thought it was cruel but seeing Aoki's fire-type Pokemon training in the water, her Pokemon decided to cooperate with her.

The first one to go down was Haunter followed by Pikachu who took Golduck's Water Shuriken as soon as Haunter was down.

Although Pikachu had very high attack power, his defense was relatively low in comparison.

Finally, Pidgeot went down after all three of Misty's Pokemon using ice moves.

"Trainer Misty wins this round !!" the referee announced.

"I will defeat you next time.." Ash said as they shook hands.

"I will be waiting for it, " Misty said before leaving,

"That's David's daughter, right? Didn't expect her to surpass her father at that age " Agatha said.

"She may not have reached that level alone if not for our professor traveling with her, " Lance said.

Aoki's leaking aura and the aura he mixes in the food also gave her Pokemon a boost making them reach this power level and increase their talents.

"That trainer Ash Ketchum, he is strong too.

His start was very good with good strategies but made some mistakes that Misty took advantage of.

His Pikachu is especially very strong….

Never seen a Pikachu that strong " Lorelei commented.

Lance was a bit disappointed with Ash's performance knowing that he was Red's son.

Ash's background was only known to a few people since Red didn't want to reveal his family to the world, unlike Blue.

Red at Ash's age had already reached the ranks of an elite trainer.

From what Lance saw in the battle, Misty was on the right path with no hesitation in her commands.

On the other hand, Ash's commands could be seen wearing off if his Pokemon took damage more than expected.

The kindness in Ash's eyes was different from Red's eyes that he remembered.

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Finally, it was time for Aoki vs Gary which the elite four waited for.

One of them was the Grandson of Professor Oak and the son of the legend Blue while the other was a newly famous Professor whose growth was abnormal.

"For today's last match, welcome trainer Aoki and trainer Gary !! "

Gary knew about the strength of Aoki's Pokemon especially the Charizard as the battle against Aerodactyl and Dragonite are still fresh in his mind.

Although it hurt his pride very much, he knew that he was fighting a battle he would lose.

"Begin !!"

Gary called out his strongest lineup with the hope that he would be able to take out at least one of his Pokemon which was Arcanine, Nidoqueen, and his ace Blastoise.

Aoki decided to use Charizard, Clefable, and Nidoking.

Aoki decided to not end the battle too fast and let Gary have some spotlight too.

The battle began with Charizard engaging with Blastoise, Nidoking with Nidoqueen, and Clefable with Arcanine.

The battle continued for 10 minutes with both parties giving out a very good viewing experience.

It may seem like both were equal in terms of power but Gary and the elite four knew that Aoki was holding back a lot.

Gary was a bit angry for being played like that but it was better than being defeated in under 5 minutes.

When Aoki felt like it was enough, his Pokemon stopped holding back and attacked with full power.

Nidoking whose moves were somewhat predictable became completely unpredictable to Nidoqueen.

The lethality of Nidoking's poison even made a poison-type Pokemon like Nidoqueen wary.

Since Nidoqueen was the female line to the Nido species, she tried to use seduction tactics but it didn't affect Nidoking in any shape or form.

With another ice punch to the gut, Nidoqueen went down.

As for Celfable and Arcanine, Celfable shut her opponent's mouth and kept slamming him across the battlefield like a toy.

The power of Gravity and Psychic rendered Arcanine completely useless. Finally, Celfable used point range Hydropump to end the match.

Finally, Charizard vs Blastoise was a spectacular match.

Blastoise's every attack was completely vaporized by the terrifying flames of Charizard.

Gary used every tactic and combination in his arsenal but Charizard countered every single one of them.

"Charizard Dragon Rush "

Boom!

With a loud explosion, Blastoise crashed into the stadium wall creating a big dent unable to move anymore.

"Trainer Aoki wins this round !!

With this, all of the matches end today.

Stay tuned for the last matches tomorrow !!"

*****

"Oak's Grandson is not bad, he was talented in being a trainer but that old fart wants to become a researcher. " Agatha said.

"As expected of professor Gunhildr, his Pokemon are monsters. I don't know about the Clefable but his Charizard and Nidoking are surely in elite rank. " Koga said.

"Can't wait to have a battle with him. He looks very handsome, maybe I can have some fun with him " Lorelei licked her lips.

"Control your urges you indecent woman, " Bruno said angrily.

"What did you say you muscle-head virgin ?!" Lorelei lashed out.

"Quiet both of you.!

Be aware of your position and the place you are in" Lance said in a serious tone making both of them quiet down.

As all the matches ended, the matchups for tomorrow's semifinals were on the screen

Sabrina vs Misty

Aoki vs Fonsi