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Chapter 3:
While their pokemon took a rest after their activity Ash and Black Jack were finishing off their chat about Black Jack's battle with Misty.
"I noticed a lot of guts and toughness in her, Ketchum," Black Jack said. "I guess that she must've got them from you when you guys were travelling together."
"I think you're right there, Black Jack," Ash said. "How was Alice's battle?"
"After seeing our match, she knew that she's got a tough act to follow but she's not the type of person who would easily back down… obviously."
-Flashback-
It was some time after drying up the Cerulean City Gym and restoring Chan and Gyarados's health at the pokemon centre. Alice and Misty were getting ready for their pokemon battle. Both trainers stood at each end of the swimming pool where Black Jack and Misty battled while Black Jack stood between them acting as the referee for this match while holding his bottle of beer. A number of floating boards were placed on the surface. All six of Black Jack's pokemon were watching the match as spectators, along with Daisy, Marril and Psyduck.
Like Misty's last match, she and Alice agreed to use one pokemon each and that they would toss release them at the same time. "Alright, girls, y'know the rules," Black Jack said firmly before downing another swig of his drink. "Except this one – break any of them and your pokemon will be next. Now, choose your pokemon and release them."
Despite Black Jack's family love for his niece and respect for his associate, he had no tolerance for those who cheat.
Both trainers looked absolutely focused as they picked one of their pokeballs of their belts without looking. They then tossed them out while calling them out. Alice released her Sneasel, Glacia, a black weasel with claws disguised as white paws and a small yellow symbol on her forehead while Misty released her Corsola, a pink and white rock pokemon that had stubby horns in various places of her body. Upon being released, Little Sis landed on one of the floating boards while Corsola splashed into the pool.
"A Sneasel," Misty said noticeably. "I faced a pokemon like that before."
"Not this one," Alice replied. "And you'll find out why and be surprised. Right, Glacia?"
"Sneasel!" Glacia cried as she got into her battling stance while standing on one of the floating boards.
"Well, you ought to be surprised yourself. Corsola's really special," Misty said.
"Corsola! Corsola!" Corsola cried happily as she jumped up and down numerous times on the surface.
"Hey! Enough girl talk!" Black Jack said in a serious tone as he held his hand up. "BEGIN!" he yelled as he waved his hand down, signalling for the battle to start.
"Corsola! Spike Cannon!" Misty yelled immediately.
Corsola yelled her name in obedience as she glowed vigorously while shooting numerous energy spikes out of her horns towards her opponent.
"Glacia! Dodge them!" Alice instructed.
Glacia dodged each spike that Corsola shot out by leaping from one board to another. "Glacia! Icicle Spears!"
"Icicle Spears?" Misty said in surprise.
"[She's got the right to be surprised]," Black Jack thought to himself. "[Normally, only one pokemon can use that move, Cloyster. But Sneasel has her style of attacking with her bunch of ice picks]."
Glacia quickly leapt up high into the air and formed some icicle spikes from her paws before throwing them out directly towards Corsola who quickly jumped of the way upon Misty's command splashing into another part of the pool.
"Okay now, Corsola! Bubblebeam!" Misty yelled.
Corsola sprayed a number of bubbles out of her mouth in a formation of a beam, hitting the opposition when she was attempting to land on another board, knocking her into the pool.
Like Chan, Glacia was able to quickly swim to the surface of the pool and climbed up onto the floating boards. Her eyes narrowed as she turned towards Alice and she gave a small nod in response. The sneaky Sneasel turned back towards her opponent and beckoned her to attack.
"Corsola! Tackle attack!" Misty instructed.
The pink rock pokemon leapt towards Glacia, attempting to slam her body onto hers but missed as she leapt up high into the air. "Glacia! Double Team!" Alice yelled.
Her pokemon glowed energetically as three of her copies leapt out of her body. She and her illusions landed on separate boards, surrounding her opponent while attempting to confuse her. "Go ahead, Misty," Alice said with a small smirk on her face. "Pick a Sneasel."
Misty blinked several times wondering why Alice is giving her a chance. "Why the stalling, Misty?" Alice asked smugly. "I'm giving you a chance. Only 25% that you'll get the real one; it's not like you're facing several of them."
Misty's eyes narrowed, suspicious of what Sneasel and Alice were planning. She was also suspicious if she got this tactic from Black Jack. "Corsola!" she yelled. "Tackle the one on your right!"
Corsola leapt from the board she was standing on, attempting to slam her body onto, what she had hoped, the real Sneasel.
It was the wrong one as the real Sneasel leapt from her board and slammed her High Jump Kick attack on Corsola's back, sending her flying while causing great damage.
"Okay, Glacia!" Alice yelled, now seeing her chance when the Sneasel landed on another one of the boards while her illusion disappeared. "While she's in midair, slam her into that wall and use your icicle spears!"
The Sneasel leapt and grabbed Corsola in midair, continuing to dive down until she slammed her into the wall, almost crushing her like a truck. Glacia skipped back a metre while Corsola slowly got up to her feet after taking a great amount of damage. Glacia glowed a light blue energy while she maliciously looked at her opponent as she formed more icicle daggers from her paws.
"[This is going to get rough for Misty]," Black Jack thought to himself as he observed the match.
After Corsola fully stood up on all fours of her feet, Glacia threw several of her daggers at her like a madman throwing ninja stars, spiking her and causing her to scream in pain while Misty looked on in horror.
As Black Jack and Alice looked on, the attack reminded them of Glacia's dark side of her personality when it came to battles, equivalent to Black Jack's strategy.
The pokemon spectators watched on with shocked and horrid looks in their eyes while Black Jack's pokemon had their eyes narrowed.
"(She's acting up again)," Ferligatr growled.
"(What are you talking about)?" Gyarados growled.
"(She's always like that when it comes to battles. Even with Alice's training, she still fights like that. Knowing from experience, there are some things you can't change)."
After taking a great deal of damage, Corsola now had several sharp ends of each dagger stuck inside different parts of her body as she stood weakly on her own four feet. "[She's still has a chance]," Misty thought as the energy around Glacia started fading away.
"Glacia! Finish her off with your Aerial Ace!" Alice yelled, having a strong feeling that she would win the match after this attack as Sneasel leapt into the air, attempting to use her claws to slash her opponent's face.
"Corsola! Water Gun!" Misty yelled.
It was a desperate attempt as Corsola shot out a small water fountain out of her mouth, splashing it into Glacia's eyes. "[That's the move she needed to hit]," Black Jack said.
As Glacia stumbled away from her weakened opponent while rubbing her eyes, Misty took her chance. "Corsola! Shake off those daggers and then use recover!" Misty ordered.
Corsola quickly shook off the icy spikes off her body, revealing small dents on her body while glowing vigorously. After the glowing vanished, the bruises and the dents were no longer apparent.
Apart from the recovery power that Corsola had, Alice noticed that Corsola had great endurance meaning she and Glacia would have to give more damage to the opposition. Glacia knew that as well after she wiped the water out of eyes and saw her opponent completely healed. She smiled, knowing that she would have to inflict more pain onto her... and enjoy doing that.
Upon Alice's command, Glacia leapt back onto one of the floating boards. They waited for them to attack as the sneaky Sneasel beckoned them to. "Corsola!" Misty yelled. "Spike Cannon!"
Corsola glowed vigorously as she shot out a number of spikes out of her horns. "Glacia! Dodge it!" Alice instructed.
Glacia dodged the attack as she leapt from one floating board to another. "Okay, Glacia!" Alice yelled as she saw Corsola landed on one of the floating boards. "Slash attack!"
With one paw behind her back, Glacia did as she was instructed as she leapt up high into the air and then dived down towards her opponent with the speed of a shot out bullet, aiming her claws towards her but missed as Corsola dodged and leapt into another board, making her slash the board in half and splashing into the water.
Despite that and without Alice's instruction, Glacia took her paw from behind her back that now held a newly formed ice dagger and threw it at Corsola who was still in the air. "Corsola! Look out!" Msity warned.
It was too late for Corsola as the ice dagger struck her by one of her feet, making her lose balance and fall face first on one of the boards. Alice had a shock look in her eyes, not knowing that her Sneasel was going to do that. Her battling pokemon turned towards her and tapped her claws on the side of her own head, signalling that she pulled off a smart move.
"We'll talk about that later, Glacia," Alice said, getting back to being focused. "Finish her off with your icicle spear!"
Glacia once again formed a strange blue energy around her while ice dagger slowly formulated in her paws while Corsola was shaking away her dizziness while getting to her feet.
Wasting little time, Glacia quickly threw a great number of ice daggers at her opponent. "Corsola! Use your Mirror Coat!" Misty yelled desperately attempting to snap her pokemon back.
She succeeded as Corsola glowed a multicoloured energy around her pink body, bouncing her ice daggers back towards Glacia. "Glacia! Dive into the pool!" Alice yelled.
Everyone present for this match had shock looks in their eyes and with a good reason. Glacia looked back towards her trainer with a worried look on her face because she was standing in front of her. With no time to strategise at this moment, the Sneasel attempted to deflect and every one of the spikes that was coming towards her, much to the shock of her trainer.
She managed to deflect each and every one of them but missed the last as it penetrated into Sneasel right arm, making her scream in pain. "Sneasel!" Alice yelled in horror. She knew that if Glacia dived into the pool, she would've gotten hurt instead, yet she didn't Glacia to get hurt that way.
Out of tiredness and pain, the Sneasel fell on one knee she held onto the dagger that was pierced into her arm. She looked at Corsola and saw how tired she was after using her power to deflect her strong ice attack.
Glacia looked back at Alice and showed off a small smirk. "Okay…" Alice said. "Glacia! Double Team!"
Sneasel glowed vigorously as three copies of her appeared on separate boards, confusing Misty and Corsola. "Last chance. Time to pick a sneasel again, Misty," Alice said.
"This is indeed our last chance," Misty said. "Both of our pokemon are tired out and if I pick the right one, I'll win this battle. I could get Corsola to use recover but Glacia would attack while she does. Right, Corsola?"
"La!" Corsola cried, agreeing with her trainer.
"Pretty smart. I wish you good luck," Alice said. "Like before, you only have 25% of hitting the real one."
Misty and Corsola looked at each Sneasel, real and fake, to see if there were any faults in any of them. Even after trying to sense which one was the real one, they couldn't find one. Therefore, they had to rely on luck.
"Corsola! Hydro Pump now!" Misty yelled at she pointed at one of the Sneasels. "Attack the one in front of you!"
Corsola breathed in a lot of air and shot out her final attack, hoping that it'll hit the real Glacia. It turned out to be a fake as the real Glacia leapt from the board that was floating behind Corsola.
"Glacia! High Jump Kick!" Alice yelled.
"Corsola! About face now!" Misty yelled.
Corsola, still shooting her powerful water attack, turned towards Glacia. Glacia countered by quickly throwing another ice dagger straight into her opponent's mouth, blocking the attack, much to Misty's shock.
Glacia took her chance to slam her kick onto Corsola face, sending her flying as the dagger fell out of her mouth making her uncontrollably spray the large fountain of water, flying around the room until her back hit the wall and then to the ground.
Black Jack ran towards Corsola and looked down on her for inspection. Corsola was no longer moving due to unconsciousness.
"Corsola is unable to… hold on a second, I'm thirsty," Black Jack said before drinking down a gulp of beer. "A ref would raise a flag cos this Corsola's KO'd," he continued. "And the winner is Alice and Glacia."
"Glacia! You did it!" Alice yelled as she dived into the pool, still with her clothes on, and swam towards the exhausted Glacia, who was floating on the surface of the pool. When Alice reached her, she gave her a big hug and Glacia returned it.
Misty had an amazed look on her face. "She did a great job," she said noticeably. "Black Jack taught her well."
-End flashback-
"…And healing the pokemon, getting Alice's badge and some congratulatory drinks, everything was said and done," Black Jack said, finishing his story.
"Wow," Ash said in an impressed tone. "Alice can really put up a fight."
"Oh, before I forget," Black Jack said. "I got a message for you from her… don't forget to change your underwear everyday."
"Is that all?" Ash said with a dull look on his face.
"She also says the gym is fine and that she loves and all but you already knew that," Black Jack said.
Suddenly, Nidoking grabbed Ash from behind and gave him a noogie on the head. "Nido Nidoking!" he growled happily.
"He says 'good times, good times, Ash'," Black Jack said translating what Nidoking said.
"I know what he said," Ash replied. "I'm not sure how but I understand their language. I guess I've been travelling around for a long time."
"You wanna battle, one-on-one, practice match?" Black Jack asked.
Ash showed a huge smile at his offer. "You got one," he said.
Meanwhile, inside the battling hall, Max was having a pokemon battle with Alice while their friends watched. Max was using a small pokemon that appeared to have a white dress with green legs and a green mane; that pokemon was a Kirlia. Alice was using her Espeon, Little Sis, a light purple furred, four legged creature with enigmatic purple eyes and a red gem on her forehead.
Kirlia shot out a large dark energy ball out of her paws while Little Sis ran towards it. "Duck, Little Sis!" Alice yelled.
In a split second, Little Sis quickly ducked underneath the Dark Energy Ball before slamming body onto Kirlia's abdomen knocking her a distance away. Kirlia managed to regain her balance, she still standing on her own two feet.
"Way to go, Little Sis!" Alice said, seeing the opportunity. "Now use your Psybeam!"
The Espeon quickly shot out a multicoloured beam out of her gem towards her opponent. "Kirlia! Use your Mirror Coat!" Max yelled.
Kirlia lifted her arms as she glowed a multicoloured energy, attempting to deflect Little Sis's attack. As the energy beam reached her, she moved her arms to stop the attack and held it there, she struggled to gain enough strength to toss it aside. She succeeded as she tossed it back towards her opponent, who barely dodged out of the way.
As they battled, Black jack and Ash stood at the entranceway of the battling hall and observed on their match. Black Jack smiled, happy of how times had changed ever since meeting his niece, who grew up doing what she loved doing. Ash looked at his direction and smiled, noticing how happy he was.
"Y'know what, Ketchum, how about we just watch instead?" Black Jack said, wanting to observe the other trainer battles.
"Why not?" Ash replied. "You never know what those guys are up to these days."
"You're starting to sound like me, Ketchum," Black Jack replied. "You're young but you're turning into an old man yourself."
"Look who's talking, grandpa," Ash countered as they both leaned on the walls, watching the future champions of tomorrow battle each other.
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While their pokemon took a rest after their activity Ash and Black Jack were finishing off their chat about Black Jack's battle with Misty.
"I noticed a lot of guts and toughness in her, Ketchum," Black Jack said. "I guess that she must've got them from you when you guys were travelling together."
"I think you're right there, Black Jack," Ash said. "How was Alice's battle?"
"After seeing our match, she knew that she's got a tough act to follow but she's not the type of person who would easily back down… obviously."
-Flashback-
It was some time after drying up the Cerulean City Gym and restoring Chan and Gyarados's health at the pokemon centre. Alice and Misty were getting ready for their pokemon battle. Both trainers stood at each end of the swimming pool where Black Jack and Misty battled while Black Jack stood between them acting as the referee for this match while holding his bottle of beer. A number of floating boards were placed on the surface. All six of Black Jack's pokemon were watching the match as spectators, along with Daisy, Marril and Psyduck.
Like Misty's last match, she and Alice agreed to use one pokemon each and that they would toss release them at the same time. "Alright, girls, y'know the rules," Black Jack said firmly before downing another swig of his drink. "Except this one – break any of them and your pokemon will be next. Now, choose your pokemon and release them."
Despite Black Jack's family love for his niece and respect for his associate, he had no tolerance for those who cheat.
Both trainers looked absolutely focused as they picked one of their pokeballs of their belts without looking. They then tossed them out while calling them out. Alice released her Sneasel, Glacia, a black weasel with claws disguised as white paws and a small yellow symbol on her forehead while Misty released her Corsola, a pink and white rock pokemon that had stubby horns in various places of her body. Upon being released, Little Sis landed on one of the floating boards while Corsola splashed into the pool.
"A Sneasel," Misty said noticeably. "I faced a pokemon like that before."
"Not this one," Alice replied. "And you'll find out why and be surprised. Right, Glacia?"
"Sneasel!" Glacia cried as she got into her battling stance while standing on one of the floating boards.
"Well, you ought to be surprised yourself. Corsola's really special," Misty said.
"Corsola! Corsola!" Corsola cried happily as she jumped up and down numerous times on the surface.
"Hey! Enough girl talk!" Black Jack said in a serious tone as he held his hand up. "BEGIN!" he yelled as he waved his hand down, signalling for the battle to start.
"Corsola! Spike Cannon!" Misty yelled immediately.
Corsola yelled her name in obedience as she glowed vigorously while shooting numerous energy spikes out of her horns towards her opponent.
"Glacia! Dodge them!" Alice instructed.
Glacia dodged each spike that Corsola shot out by leaping from one board to another. "Glacia! Icicle Spears!"
"Icicle Spears?" Misty said in surprise.
"[She's got the right to be surprised]," Black Jack thought to himself. "[Normally, only one pokemon can use that move, Cloyster. But Sneasel has her style of attacking with her bunch of ice picks]."
Glacia quickly leapt up high into the air and formed some icicle spikes from her paws before throwing them out directly towards Corsola who quickly jumped of the way upon Misty's command splashing into another part of the pool.
"Okay now, Corsola! Bubblebeam!" Misty yelled.
Corsola sprayed a number of bubbles out of her mouth in a formation of a beam, hitting the opposition when she was attempting to land on another board, knocking her into the pool.
Like Chan, Glacia was able to quickly swim to the surface of the pool and climbed up onto the floating boards. Her eyes narrowed as she turned towards Alice and she gave a small nod in response. The sneaky Sneasel turned back towards her opponent and beckoned her to attack.
"Corsola! Tackle attack!" Misty instructed.
The pink rock pokemon leapt towards Glacia, attempting to slam her body onto hers but missed as she leapt up high into the air. "Glacia! Double Team!" Alice yelled.
Her pokemon glowed energetically as three of her copies leapt out of her body. She and her illusions landed on separate boards, surrounding her opponent while attempting to confuse her. "Go ahead, Misty," Alice said with a small smirk on her face. "Pick a Sneasel."
Misty blinked several times wondering why Alice is giving her a chance. "Why the stalling, Misty?" Alice asked smugly. "I'm giving you a chance. Only 25% that you'll get the real one; it's not like you're facing several of them."
Misty's eyes narrowed, suspicious of what Sneasel and Alice were planning. She was also suspicious if she got this tactic from Black Jack. "Corsola!" she yelled. "Tackle the one on your right!"
Corsola leapt from the board she was standing on, attempting to slam her body onto, what she had hoped, the real Sneasel.
It was the wrong one as the real Sneasel leapt from her board and slammed her High Jump Kick attack on Corsola's back, sending her flying while causing great damage.
"Okay, Glacia!" Alice yelled, now seeing her chance when the Sneasel landed on another one of the boards while her illusion disappeared. "While she's in midair, slam her into that wall and use your icicle spears!"
The Sneasel leapt and grabbed Corsola in midair, continuing to dive down until she slammed her into the wall, almost crushing her like a truck. Glacia skipped back a metre while Corsola slowly got up to her feet after taking a great amount of damage. Glacia glowed a light blue energy while she maliciously looked at her opponent as she formed more icicle daggers from her paws.
"[This is going to get rough for Misty]," Black Jack thought to himself as he observed the match.
After Corsola fully stood up on all fours of her feet, Glacia threw several of her daggers at her like a madman throwing ninja stars, spiking her and causing her to scream in pain while Misty looked on in horror.
As Black Jack and Alice looked on, the attack reminded them of Glacia's dark side of her personality when it came to battles, equivalent to Black Jack's strategy.
The pokemon spectators watched on with shocked and horrid looks in their eyes while Black Jack's pokemon had their eyes narrowed.
"(She's acting up again)," Ferligatr growled.
"(What are you talking about)?" Gyarados growled.
"(She's always like that when it comes to battles. Even with Alice's training, she still fights like that. Knowing from experience, there are some things you can't change)."
After taking a great deal of damage, Corsola now had several sharp ends of each dagger stuck inside different parts of her body as she stood weakly on her own four feet. "[She's still has a chance]," Misty thought as the energy around Glacia started fading away.
"Glacia! Finish her off with your Aerial Ace!" Alice yelled, having a strong feeling that she would win the match after this attack as Sneasel leapt into the air, attempting to use her claws to slash her opponent's face.
"Corsola! Water Gun!" Misty yelled.
It was a desperate attempt as Corsola shot out a small water fountain out of her mouth, splashing it into Glacia's eyes. "[That's the move she needed to hit]," Black Jack said.
As Glacia stumbled away from her weakened opponent while rubbing her eyes, Misty took her chance. "Corsola! Shake off those daggers and then use recover!" Misty ordered.
Corsola quickly shook off the icy spikes off her body, revealing small dents on her body while glowing vigorously. After the glowing vanished, the bruises and the dents were no longer apparent.
Apart from the recovery power that Corsola had, Alice noticed that Corsola had great endurance meaning she and Glacia would have to give more damage to the opposition. Glacia knew that as well after she wiped the water out of eyes and saw her opponent completely healed. She smiled, knowing that she would have to inflict more pain onto her... and enjoy doing that.
Upon Alice's command, Glacia leapt back onto one of the floating boards. They waited for them to attack as the sneaky Sneasel beckoned them to. "Corsola!" Misty yelled. "Spike Cannon!"
Corsola glowed vigorously as she shot out a number of spikes out of her horns. "Glacia! Dodge it!" Alice instructed.
Glacia dodged the attack as she leapt from one floating board to another. "Okay, Glacia!" Alice yelled as she saw Corsola landed on one of the floating boards. "Slash attack!"
With one paw behind her back, Glacia did as she was instructed as she leapt up high into the air and then dived down towards her opponent with the speed of a shot out bullet, aiming her claws towards her but missed as Corsola dodged and leapt into another board, making her slash the board in half and splashing into the water.
Despite that and without Alice's instruction, Glacia took her paw from behind her back that now held a newly formed ice dagger and threw it at Corsola who was still in the air. "Corsola! Look out!" Msity warned.
It was too late for Corsola as the ice dagger struck her by one of her feet, making her lose balance and fall face first on one of the boards. Alice had a shock look in her eyes, not knowing that her Sneasel was going to do that. Her battling pokemon turned towards her and tapped her claws on the side of her own head, signalling that she pulled off a smart move.
"We'll talk about that later, Glacia," Alice said, getting back to being focused. "Finish her off with your icicle spear!"
Glacia once again formed a strange blue energy around her while ice dagger slowly formulated in her paws while Corsola was shaking away her dizziness while getting to her feet.
Wasting little time, Glacia quickly threw a great number of ice daggers at her opponent. "Corsola! Use your Mirror Coat!" Misty yelled desperately attempting to snap her pokemon back.
She succeeded as Corsola glowed a multicoloured energy around her pink body, bouncing her ice daggers back towards Glacia. "Glacia! Dive into the pool!" Alice yelled.
Everyone present for this match had shock looks in their eyes and with a good reason. Glacia looked back towards her trainer with a worried look on her face because she was standing in front of her. With no time to strategise at this moment, the Sneasel attempted to deflect and every one of the spikes that was coming towards her, much to the shock of her trainer.
She managed to deflect each and every one of them but missed the last as it penetrated into Sneasel right arm, making her scream in pain. "Sneasel!" Alice yelled in horror. She knew that if Glacia dived into the pool, she would've gotten hurt instead, yet she didn't Glacia to get hurt that way.
Out of tiredness and pain, the Sneasel fell on one knee she held onto the dagger that was pierced into her arm. She looked at Corsola and saw how tired she was after using her power to deflect her strong ice attack.
Glacia looked back at Alice and showed off a small smirk. "Okay…" Alice said. "Glacia! Double Team!"
Sneasel glowed vigorously as three copies of her appeared on separate boards, confusing Misty and Corsola. "Last chance. Time to pick a sneasel again, Misty," Alice said.
"This is indeed our last chance," Misty said. "Both of our pokemon are tired out and if I pick the right one, I'll win this battle. I could get Corsola to use recover but Glacia would attack while she does. Right, Corsola?"
"La!" Corsola cried, agreeing with her trainer.
"Pretty smart. I wish you good luck," Alice said. "Like before, you only have 25% of hitting the real one."
Misty and Corsola looked at each Sneasel, real and fake, to see if there were any faults in any of them. Even after trying to sense which one was the real one, they couldn't find one. Therefore, they had to rely on luck.
"Corsola! Hydro Pump now!" Misty yelled at she pointed at one of the Sneasels. "Attack the one in front of you!"
Corsola breathed in a lot of air and shot out her final attack, hoping that it'll hit the real Glacia. It turned out to be a fake as the real Glacia leapt from the board that was floating behind Corsola.
"Glacia! High Jump Kick!" Alice yelled.
"Corsola! About face now!" Misty yelled.
Corsola, still shooting her powerful water attack, turned towards Glacia. Glacia countered by quickly throwing another ice dagger straight into her opponent's mouth, blocking the attack, much to Misty's shock.
Glacia took her chance to slam her kick onto Corsola face, sending her flying as the dagger fell out of her mouth making her uncontrollably spray the large fountain of water, flying around the room until her back hit the wall and then to the ground.
Black Jack ran towards Corsola and looked down on her for inspection. Corsola was no longer moving due to unconsciousness.
"Corsola is unable to… hold on a second, I'm thirsty," Black Jack said before drinking down a gulp of beer. "A ref would raise a flag cos this Corsola's KO'd," he continued. "And the winner is Alice and Glacia."
"Glacia! You did it!" Alice yelled as she dived into the pool, still with her clothes on, and swam towards the exhausted Glacia, who was floating on the surface of the pool. When Alice reached her, she gave her a big hug and Glacia returned it.
Misty had an amazed look on her face. "She did a great job," she said noticeably. "Black Jack taught her well."
-End flashback-
"…And healing the pokemon, getting Alice's badge and some congratulatory drinks, everything was said and done," Black Jack said, finishing his story.
"Wow," Ash said in an impressed tone. "Alice can really put up a fight."
"Oh, before I forget," Black Jack said. "I got a message for you from her… don't forget to change your underwear everyday."
"Is that all?" Ash said with a dull look on his face.
"She also says the gym is fine and that she loves and all but you already knew that," Black Jack said.
Suddenly, Nidoking grabbed Ash from behind and gave him a noogie on the head. "Nido Nidoking!" he growled happily.
"He says 'good times, good times, Ash'," Black Jack said translating what Nidoking said.
"I know what he said," Ash replied. "I'm not sure how but I understand their language. I guess I've been travelling around for a long time."
"You wanna battle, one-on-one, practice match?" Black Jack asked.
Ash showed a huge smile at his offer. "You got one," he said.
Meanwhile, inside the battling hall, Max was having a pokemon battle with Alice while their friends watched. Max was using a small pokemon that appeared to have a white dress with green legs and a green mane; that pokemon was a Kirlia. Alice was using her Espeon, Little Sis, a light purple furred, four legged creature with enigmatic purple eyes and a red gem on her forehead.
Kirlia shot out a large dark energy ball out of her paws while Little Sis ran towards it. "Duck, Little Sis!" Alice yelled.
In a split second, Little Sis quickly ducked underneath the Dark Energy Ball before slamming body onto Kirlia's abdomen knocking her a distance away. Kirlia managed to regain her balance, she still standing on her own two feet.
"Way to go, Little Sis!" Alice said, seeing the opportunity. "Now use your Psybeam!"
The Espeon quickly shot out a multicoloured beam out of her gem towards her opponent. "Kirlia! Use your Mirror Coat!" Max yelled.
Kirlia lifted her arms as she glowed a multicoloured energy, attempting to deflect Little Sis's attack. As the energy beam reached her, she moved her arms to stop the attack and held it there, she struggled to gain enough strength to toss it aside. She succeeded as she tossed it back towards her opponent, who barely dodged out of the way.
As they battled, Black jack and Ash stood at the entranceway of the battling hall and observed on their match. Black Jack smiled, happy of how times had changed ever since meeting his niece, who grew up doing what she loved doing. Ash looked at his direction and smiled, noticing how happy he was.
"Y'know what, Ketchum, how about we just watch instead?" Black Jack said, wanting to observe the other trainer battles.
"Why not?" Ash replied. "You never know what those guys are up to these days."
"You're starting to sound like me, Ketchum," Black Jack replied. "You're young but you're turning into an old man yourself."
"Look who's talking, grandpa," Ash countered as they both leaned on the walls, watching the future champions of tomorrow battle each other.
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