Decided to skip some pratice battle Ash vs Gary( 6 VS 6 Ash defeated Gary with legendaries Reshiarm, Palkia, Lugia, Rayquaza, Dialga, and Girtania, Ash is the crown prince of Rota..And I decided to make May a really bad bitch in this chapter

"What am I wearing tonight?" Pakura asked carefully.

"I hope you love it. I designed this to help portray you in a completely different light that is sure to make you stand out in the coronation ceremony." Aquamarine replied, as she unzipped the bag to reveal a strapless gown with a sweetheart neckline and a lace up back design that was decorated with diamonds at the top half, and at the bottom was a transparent over dress that revealed the pale pink silk under dress. The over dress was sewn on with medium sized diamonds at random parts which caught the glitter and light from all angles, though it was not in the trashy, Princess Barbie way. The gown was nipped in at the waist to show her sexy figure.

Despite the fact that it wasn't too girly overall, it still had a romantic theme to it that was befitting of the fact that the coronation happened because she going to be engaged soon.

"I think it'd bring out the soft and formal side of you, while keeping the sexy." Aquamarine offered. "Everyone would accept you as Crown Princess with this, no problem. They'll side you in an instant."

Pakura knew this was a very calculated look, as nothing Aquamarine done was arbitrary. She wondered if Aquamarine designed this one Ash's orders. As she dressed in the outfit, she realized that there was something in the dress that was located just below her chest. It supported her large breasts, making her cleavage even more prominent that it already is.

"He'll certainly appreciate it..." was all Pakura could say when she looked at herself in the mirror.

Aquamarine chuckled, as she draped a light pink satin cape that was edged with white fur on Pakura. The fur was studded with gold filigree alternating with brilliant-cut pink diamonds. The cape was then held closed with a gold tiara brooch.

"You're ravishing." Aquamarine told her. "Also, you really need some new bras. Your current ones are too tight for you." She indicated her old bra draped over the chair.

"That's for 42E, you know." Pakura said dryly. "But I'll try and find time to get you to measure me correctly and see what's my current size."

"It looks like you're still developing in terms of chest size. It's a good thing, since your figure would look even sexier and more proportionate since your hips have also become somewhat bigger and your waist has a more distinct curve now. By the way, you can take it off to dance later after you've been crowned." Aquamarine indicated her cape.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's get this over with." Pakura muttered.

"Enjoy the party." Aquamarine gave her a hug for luck. "It's held for you after all."

"Alright." Pakura nodded, as she went out to meet Ash, who was already waiting for her outside.

Over his formal shirt, Ash was wearing a cream royal jacket that had metallic gold and red coloured epaulets with golden fringe on the shoulders with a matching gold belt. He also wore a white cravat on his neck and had donned on black pants and brown leather boots. Ash also wore opera gloves which covered all his fingers as part of the accessory. To complete his coronation outfit, he wore an elegant and dark floor-length royal cape which was wine red on the inside of the cape. The cape had a gold shield clasp to help prevent it from falling off his shoulders.

Ash gave her a great big hug, at least as big as it can get without their capes getting in the way and a kiss. "You look absolutely heavenly." Ash commented, taking in her coronation gown. "Our Pokémon would join us at the party. They are being groomed now."

Pakura nodded, as Ash asked, "Are you ready to watch our guests arrive?" From his tone, she got the hint as to watch out for May and look for the right time to use her psychic powers.

She nodded again, as Ash led her to a chamber where they can have a good view of the guests entering the castle and yet stay hidden with the curtains due to a rule they kept in their minds: If you can see them, they can see you. Although with Ash's Invisibility ability which meant it may not really apply to her, he did not want to waste Pakura aura on such a trivial 'mission'.

As they watched the first guests arrive, Ash wondered what his Elites are up to.

"This looks creepier by the minute." Max shivered, as they went deep into the forest as per the instructions written and the map drawn by Akeno from memory. "Are you sure we can trust the information she gave us?"

"It's the only lead we have." Trip replied. "Besides, she's a nice girl and I'm sure she's scared of the other Elites. Probably got browbeaten into joining them after seeing her skills or whatever."

"Also, she promised to get Manaphy to us. She knew how important Manaphy is to May. After all, May is her true mama." Brock answered with conviction. "And she's adorable and beautiful at the same time!" Hearts appeared in his eyes as he thought of the serene and innocent looking girl.

Cilan shot Brock a look of disgust, though he refrained from saying anything. If only Brock would just settle down with a woman that is both domestic and wouldn't be able to stand up to him...

"They're coming." A voice whispered from the trees.

Akeno nodded, and Phillip made use of the Ice Dust to create circles of ice around the travelling group, and Jude threw Fire Dust at the circles of ice, creating mist around the group, obscuring their visions. Phillip and the others put on goggles that allowed them to detect heat signatures and camouflaged stuff while the traitors let out their Pokémon to help, but the cloud is effective at screening their movements as their own Pokémon circled the traitors.

Phillip nodded to his Tapu Koko, who shot a Thunder in the air.

"Is it going to rain?" Max asked nervously. "Or was that a Pokémon?"

"Can't be. Akeno said there are no wild Pokémon in here." Cilan answered, looking around, but the mist made it hard for them to see.

'Nope, but there are our Pokémon.' Akeno thought, nodding for her Gengar to do its thing. Gengar floated nearby and absorbed the surrounding's warmth, making the group notice the temperature drop. All of them exchanged scared looks, as Jude slashed at them, causing their sleeves to be ripped and then disappeared quickly.

"D-D-Do you think it's a ghost?" Max stammered.

"Spirits do know everything." Akeno whispered, using Phillip's device to change her voice into the Famous Red Ketchum.

The boys wondered if they had watched too much Supernatural and ate too much ice cream. However, Cilan spoke up for them before they could wonder if both had warped their minds.

"Wait, we only did that for Ash's own good!" Cilan cried out to 'Red spirit', trying to save himself and his friends. "The evidence we saw was enough to prove him guilty and we abanonded him for our title. He was a crinimal we didn't want to be assoicated with him!"

Akeno stayed silent, as Phillip recorded it, looking grim as he was glad Pakura wasn't her or else..Let just say Pakura is very protective of Ash.

"Jude, knock them out." Akeno ordered. "Perhaps their current fear of this surrounding would allow us to collect incriminating evidence faster. What a weak heart they have."

"Well, they are lucky we don't create something similar to Five Nights at Freddy's. We had to do that for our training stimulation, thanks to a certain genius." Jude grumbled, giving a grinning Phillip a look. "I'm sure Paku can make them hallucinate that easily."

"Please, I don't want them to soil themselves. I don't want to be in the same proximity when that happens, since I don't have any diapers." Akeno said, dusting her ripped outfit as Jude quietly snuck up from behind to knock them out with his trident.

"That's an idea, actually." Phillip laughed, as they heard some faint knocking sound. "Maybe when those two comes back from that coronation ceremony, we can get Paku to make them hallucinate those animatronics...and their jumpscares."

Akeno nodded, but had a thoughtful expression. "I wonder how those two would handle May though. She did get herself in through Princess Salvia. One is bad enough, but the two together are going to be a nightmare..."

When the boys swam back into coconsciousness, they found themselves lying on empty burlap sacks and what looked to be an old outhouse. There were sounds coming from a doorway that looked to be a makeshift living room.

"Come out." A voice said. "I have some food for you."

Akeno! The boys sat up and stumbled to the living room, where Akeno had laid out some bowls of broth and some rolls. She slipped spoons onto their hands and said, "Eat." in a kind voice. The boys noted she also looked worse for wear as her dress was ripped at the skirt portion.

"What happened to you guys?" Akeno asked them, as they began drinking the broth.

"We've been attacked by ghosts!" Max exclaimed. "He came back to haunt us!"

"Who?" Akeno looked genuinely puzzled.

"Ash's Father!" Max was hysterical. "He's here to avenge his son!"

"If you didn't do anything, then he won't haunt you, right?" Akeno tried to calm Max down, as the others ate quietly.

"That's just it. We did do something." Max confessed.

"What exactly did you do?" Akeno raised her eyebrow.

The others looked at one another, wondering if they should trust her. On the other hand, she had saved Max from arrest and offered to bring Manaphy here to them, and made it here as promised.

"We...kind of betrayed Ash instead of believing him. We knew he was innocent but we didn't wan t to help.." Brock said haltingly. Akeno inwardly smiled as she knew it was being recorded by Phillip but deep inside she wanted to shred them apart.

"Won't they normally arrest you for lying?" Akeno feigned ignorance.

"Not if we acted innocent." Trip said

"Ah, how clever. You're using the connections you established while travelling with Ash to tip things in your favour. Not something that I never heard of." Akeno waved them off. "I promise I'll keep this a secret. I'll even help you out of here so that the spirits won't bother you anymore."

"That's so kind of you." Brock sounded love-struck, pausing on his broth. "But won't they get you instead?"

"You forget I'm a Ghost-type specialist. They won't bother me." Akeno assured him, inwardly feeling disgusted at his perverted tendencies.

"Where's Manaphy?" Cilan changed the subject.

At that point, Akeno covered her face, and sobbed. "I'm sorry guys, the other two members caught me and they took Manaphy away. I barely escaped from them and came here as fast as I could!" At her anguished tone, the others felt sympathy for her. It must be hard to even keep her promise to meet here when two others were secretly watching her, likely on the Leader and Champion's orders.

"Oh...I'm sorry." Trip looked genuinely sad for her.

"I'll be fine. They can't harm me as long as those two are away." Akeno gave a weak smile. "Where's Champion Cynthia? I was hoping to see her."

"She went to Sinnoh for the coronation ceremony." Trip told her. "

"Oh, why?" Akeno tilted her head. "I thought she was in the touranment"

"She is but she wanted to see her cousin graduation" Brock mentioned. "Plus she is trying to find a way to marry Ash."

"I thought girls like them marry for love..." Akeno looked puzzled, though on the inside she was seething. "Where is Iris and Drew."

"They is in hospital." Max sobbed. "The horrible Champion must have used his powers on them."

"Or the Leader." Cilan pointed out dryly.

"She won't do anything to harm us! She's my future wife!" Max insisted, as the others became star-struck at the thought of her beauty.

"He has a thing for the Leader, unfortunately." Cilan whispered. "They are also rather enamoured with her looks."

"Can't blame them." Akeno shook her head. "Hey, how about I take you to the hospital to visit your friends? Sides, I think we all need a check-up."

"We'll take you up on your offer." Cilan smiled.

As Akeno let out her Pokémon to help support the traitors as they made their way to the hospital, Phillip whispered, "Got all evidence. Good job, Akeno."

'Being nice all the time isn't always a good thing.' Akeno thought. 'Especially with these guys.'

"Well, at least we can relax knowing we got out evidence. Who's up for some maltesers chocolate chiffon cake?" Jude asked. "I think Paku made some."

Akeno nodded excitedly, wanting to taste a confectionery made by Pakura. When Jude's Pokégear rang, he held up one finger as if to say, "Give me a moment." and answered the call. Akeno respectfully took a step back so Jude could have his call in private

With Ash

"Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this Rota Kingdom, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes that the Pokémon Parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?"

"I solemnly promise so to do." Ash and Pakura replied in unison.

"Will you to your power cause law and justice in mercy to be executed in all your judgements?" Queen Ilene enquired.

"I will." Ash and Pakura answered.

"Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of Arceus, the true professions of the Legendaries and protect their homes as established by law, and will you preserve unto the Pokémon of this world, and to the organizations committed to their well-being and their rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them?" Queen Ilene directed the final question.

"All this I promise to do." Both of them said solemnly. "The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep: So help me Arceus." The moment they finished saying this, everyone stood up.

"May I present to you, Crown Prince Ashura and Crown Princess Pakura of Rota!" Queen Ilene announced.

"Crown Prince Ashura and Crown Princess Pakura of Rota!" Everyone repeated, as they clapped for the new Crown Prince and Crown Princess. Ash grabbed Pakura, dipped her body back and kissed her, and everyone cheered. Right after their kiss, a slow music started to play and everyone took it as a cue that the party has started and started dancing.

Everyone took this chance to go up to Ash and Pakura and said kind things like, "Congrats on your bonding!", "You look so beautiful/handsome." and "I hope to try your cooking sometime!" Pakura and Ash in turn thanked them for coming to their coronation.

Next Day

Rapping roused the other three members as Ash's voice called them to rise. "Come on guys, wake up!" He shouted. This made the three members wonder how the coronation ceremony went, considering Ash seemed to be in a good mood, judging by his tone. As they freshened themselves up, dressed and entered the dining room,

"Anything good in there?" Akeno asked, as they settled down on their breakfast which was wonderful, thanks to Pakura.

"Well, at least we know how the coronation ceremony went." Phillip commented as he looked at the photo of a disguised Ash and Pakura dancing next to some huge chocolate cake. The design of the dessert was making him drool. However, he spotted a picture of May lying slumped on the chair, liquor bottles littered on the floor around her. "Looks like May got wasted."

"What?" The other two looked up. As answer, Phillip tapped the photo he was referring to that came with the article.

"I thought May was young to drink." Jude looked at the picture, his brows furrowing.

"Perhaps the stress of being one would make her turn to it. Lots of idiotic people do." A voice said from behind him. Jude turned to see Elesa standing there, a smile on her face. "Is anyone sitting here?" She gestured towards the empty seat next to Jude.

"No." Akeno shook her head.

Elesa sat down next to Jude. "How come you didn't tell me you are going to have such an amazing breakfast?" Elesa was looking at the food on the table. "I know your food standards are already high, but this looks like they are on another level!"

"Well, actually our Leader cooked all these." Jude had a hand behind his head. "I never really mentioned it since she never really cooks anything for us unless there's a special occasion."

"Her coronation seems special enough." Elesa nodded, as she took a forkful of pancakes. Her eyes sparkled as she tasted how fluffy the pancakes were. "This is delectable!" Somewhat forgetting about her table manners, she started gorging herself on the food provided on the table. She also threw her plan of having breakfast with her fellow Gym Leaders out of the window.

"Wait Ash is the Crown Prince of Rota?" Elesa asked, seeing the others stare at her incredulously." At her remark, it's clear to the other three that she had read the article on PAL Times.

"About that...yes" Jude hesitated. The other two nodded at him, indicating he should just tell her.

"No way!" Elesa's eyes widened. "All this time you had this secret and you didn't tell me?"

"Elesa, Ash is technically doesn't like others trainers."

Phillip wrote something in his notebook, which Jude saw as a note to ask Pakura about the lawyer that will be defending Ash and can definitely get him an acquittal.

"No wonder Cynthia was practically frothing at the mouth in the ladies' room last week." Elesa mused.

"Bingo." Phillip pointed to her with a spoon. "You have one smart girlfriend there, Jude."

"Thank you, Phillip." Elesa flipped one of her braids to her back and drank her cup of Blood Orange Juice and marvelled at the wonderful taste. "Although, I really don't think Ash is the type to kill if he doesn't get his own way. I say the likely culprit would be that group, considering the girls always seemed to be scheming to get what they want and they believe money and fame would allow them to live the life they want. The little brother is obsessed with your Leader he'd do anything to get her. I mean, just the other day I saw him at one of the expensive jewellery shop looking at engagement rings saying he was going to propose when he wasn't even dating."

Jude, Akeno and Phillip looked at one another. It's lucky that Max of any of the traitors hadn't read the article yet as they would put two and two together. Then again, Ash probably pulled some strings to make sure that article doesn't go to the other regions for the time being, at least until he was found innocent.

"You can't tell them." Jude pleaded to his girlfriend.

Elesa had a sly grin on her face. She felt she deserved Jude making up to her after seeing Jude with Pakura, though she knew nothing happened and Ash had orchestrated it. "After breakfast, we are going shopping since it's time for a change in wardrobe. I figured I'd donate the clothes I don't want to the thrift store."

Jude seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, until Elesa also said she also wanted to check out the bridal boutiques.

"What for?" Jude practically threw up a lung, if such a thing was physically possible of course.

Elesa smiled. "Don't tell me you never thought of getting married."

Akeno and Phillip gave Jude knowing looks, figuring this meant that Elesa wanted to marry Jude in the foreseeable future and probably considered it ever since she read about Naoto's upcoming marriage to Ryoko and then the coronation ceremony. However, both of them agreed Elesa was thinking a little too far ahead.

"For me at this stage it's for me to date, such as going out to the movies and hand out and stuff. It's cool to discuss marriage as well, but not rush into it in the event that I don't like my wife." Jude answered Elesa.

"Don't worry Jude, I just want to see what kind of dress I would want to wear when I'm walking down the aisle." Elesa nodded in understanding. "The stores here are so high class."

"At least you are not being pressured into marriage by your family. My family thinks I'm practically an old maid at my age." Akeno laughed, knowing Elesa loved fashion, even in the wedding variety. "My family wants to set me up from someone from my village but I managed to persuade them to let me find a suitable husband of my own so I can live my life here. Take your time, Elesa. You found the one for you already, I can sense it."

"I'm going to be late for prep." Pakura sighed, as she opened the door, with Ash and their Pokémon on her heels. Elesa shot Ash a look and he nodded back, silently acknowledging that she knows about him. Both of them looked somewhat flushed and Pakura was tugging at the bottom of her shirt in an attempt to straighten it.

"We still can grab some lunch during your break, right?" They heard Ash ask her. Pakura mumbled something about having too many meals with him as the elevator doors closed.

"They behave like newlyweds." Elesa mused, before remembering the article on Ash being the Rota Crown Prince and how he needed to choose a wife before claiming his title. "Did they get married in a secret ceremony?"

"They signed the piece of paper, if that's what you mean." Jude replied without elaborating. He wiped his mouth with a napkin and stood up. "Do you want to go for a quick shopping trip now? Because I have the Pokémon Showcase to host and they are going through all the participants at once and the Pokémon Contest to host at night."

"Sure!" Elesa exclaimed, as they both headed for the elevators after bidding goodbye to Phillip and Akeno.

"Looks like we have to wash the dishes." Phillip shook his head, as Akeno shrugged.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the second half of the Theme Performance. Without further ado, let's welcome our judges, Kalos Queen Aria and PAL Duchess Pakura!" The audience clapped and cheered as they saw the two beautiful judges enter the stage.

Aria was wearing a predominantly light pink ballgown that had puffy sleeves and the hem of the pink silk was open in the middle to expose the white cloth underneath. She wore a necklace that had a tiara charm on it, the crown itself being decorated with some pink jewels. To complete the outfit, Aria wore a pink pearl bracelet with a watch in the middle along with a silver tiara with a heart formed in the middle, the outline of said heart being filled with little diamonds. Her hair was let loose, and her hair flowing as she walked towards the front of the stage made her look even more regal.

Pakura on the other hand was wearing an off one shoulder gradient colour evening dress that was mainly black which faded to dark blue at the bottom. The dark blue part of her dress was decorated with star-shaped sequins and there was some glitter on the black part of her dress. Aquamarine also chose to cut her bangs into a perfect level that is barely above her eyebrows and styled her hair into a bun plait hairstyle, which she decorated with a sapphire butterfly clip at the left side.

To complete her outfit, she wore a lovely moon galaxy necklace, which had the platinum designed crescent moon with a pendant that had the space colours on it. What was more, the colours seemed to be swirling, making it even more surreal. Pakura also wore a white gold blue topaz bracelet which was oval-cut with diamonds along with dark blue glittery heels.

'Beautiful...' Ash thought, looking at Pakura. He smiled, knowing he was the only one who saw everything behind the fashionable and (most of the time) expensive clothing and accessories she usually donned on. 'I'm glad she's mine.'

"Let's welcome the first Performers on stage, where they will be showing their ability to build rapport with other living species besides Pokémon." With that, three Performers were sent on stage along with a class of 4-year-old children who were wearing their childcare uniforms.

"Children from childcares around the region were invited and permission was already granted by the parents beforehand. The said parents are now seated among the audience. Please give them a round of applause to thank them!" As the audience clapped politely, Jude went on, "In this theme performance, Performers must attract the children to their side by any means necessary without using Pokémon moves on them. Therefore, they must rely on their charm and skills alone. Whoever has the most children at their side when the timer ends will move on to the Free Performance. Ready...GO!"

At Jude's command, the Performers started to try and attract children by putting up a show with their Pokémon, though the children merely started looking around. Eventually, they spotted Pakura and squealed as they rushed towards her for hugs and the Princess found herself being piled up by children as they showed affection towards her.

"Oh, what's this? It looks like the children are attracted towards our PAL Duchess Pakura!" Jude tried and failed to hide his amusement as the audience chuckled.

"Very funny, Jude." Pakura's voice came out from among the children. "Ok, children. I'll promise each of you a nice present if you would be good girls and boys and see which Performer appeals the most to you."

"Would we get to see a show from you?" A girl asked eagerly.

"Of course. I'll come pop by your childcare when I'm free and let all of you witness my latest performing ideas." Pakura answered sweetly. "Now, show the Performers why the future depends on you."

The children nodded, and turned to the Performers, allowing the Performers to try and get the children to their side.

'Nice job.' Ash sent a message towards her.

'I picked up a trick or two.' Pakura replied, as she opened her CommuniDex to Phillip, telling him to get some of her extra unopened Usuki dolls to give the girls and get the DIY model airplane set from the art store for the boys and make sure to get them in the boys' favourite colors. She also instructed him to wrap them all up and label with their names as well as she sent him the list of children and their favourite colours.

As an afterthought, she told him to get various snacks, sweets and chocolates to pack in a goodie bag for them as thanks for participating in the Pokémon Showcase. She could almost hear Phillip sigh as she was rather over the top with her gift-giving. Pakura mused she should get something for the parents as well, perhaps shopping vouchers or coupons that would guarantee something free from a store.

"And the winner of the first group of the first round is Blanche!" Jude announced, pointing to a girl with blue grey hair and light green eyes. The said girl bowed with her female Meowstic, as the children cheered for her.

The rest of the event went by in a blur as Pakura yawned since there were no Performers that made an actual impression as almost all of them used Pokémon to help them with their methods to attract the children. It wasn't as if they had the children run to them automatically like how the Rhyhorn were immediately attracted to Performer Serena during that one year in the Fleurrh Showcase or used their own skills outside of raising Pokémon.

'What a disappointment.' Pakura thought, as the audience started to leave for lunch. She looked around for Ash as she knew he wanted to grab lunch, but was intercepted by Aria.

"What is it, Aria?" Pakura asked her fellow judge.

"Pakura, you said you would go for lunch with me and my mentor sometime and I can't think of a better time than right now. I haven't seen you around in so long and we have to catch up." Aria looked like she genuinely missed her.

"Sounds like a good idea. Is it ok if I come with you girls?" Ash's voice said from behind her.

"Sure." Aria replied to Ash. "You can come. The more the merrier." The three walked towards a high-class restaurant near the Plaza Hotel, where Aria said that her mentor managed to book a VIP room for them to have lunch in private so that they would not be hounded by the press from other regions. When they reached the said room, Palermo was sitting there in her business suit waiting for them.

"So, you're the Performer Aria admires." Palermo said, looking Pakura up and down as she held out a hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Same here." Pakura said formally. "Thank you for having me over for lunch." As she said this, the waiter came in with the starters, which was Thin Cut Cheese Fries, Lobster Soup and Mini Burgers (fish fillet and beef patty). The waiter poured some drinks for them, which he said was their restaurant's specialty. Everyone thanked him politely as he left them to enjoy their starters.

"I seem to remember you had taken the win over one of my students for the title of Kalos Queen." Palermo commented. "You seemed different from the other Kalos Queens that were crowned."

"While I agree that a good Kalos Queen should be able to make the people watching her smile and have the ability to motivate and inspire people, I am more down-to-earth when it comes to my aims since I know that it is impossible to make everyone smile from the bottom of their hearts." Pakura answered calmly. "When you have seen as much of the world as I did, you would know that you can't keep smiling through your hardships."

Aria looked at Pakura in surprise, as she wondered what Pakura had seen that made her the complete opposite of her and yet be a much more successful Performer than her.

"What is your goal then?" Palermo pressed. "Do enlighten me, PAL Duchess."

Pakura gave a wry smile. "I aim to make the audience feel the thrill I do when performing and allow them to be eager for more as to what moves my Pokémon and I would pull next, what I would do to help enhance my performance and what risks I would take to execute them with style and elegance and the end result of it. It had never failed to captivate them because I would usually think of my next performance and trained intensively from there."

"I see. You have never failed in your training, I presume?" Palermo noted Pakura had flawless skin and never had any scars from the intense training she claimed to have been through.

"Of course not." Ash spoke up, giving a laugh. Aria and Palermo looked up at his interruption. "Sorry, but if she can come out unscathed in hand-to-hand combat and weapon combat despite taking a few heavy hits herself during training, I don't see how she would be injured from a simple fall."

"You can fight?" Aria was surprised. Pakura had never brought her weaponry skills to her.

"Actually, all PAL Elites and Battle Leaders are required to be able to fight before they can assume the title." Pakura explained. "Our rank is also decided on our fighting skills. Our society is meritocratic in nature, you see. We believe that we don't become the Princess or Prince to be acknowledged by the people. The one who is acknowledged by the people becomes the Princess or Prince."

"You are a very wise young lady, Princess Pakura." Palermo said. "Just a curious thought, did you recently become the Princess?"

"No, I have been the Princess for slightly more than a decade now." Pakura said nonchalantly.

Palermo was startled. If Pakura was around 22 like she said, that meant she had to become a Princess at the mere age of 12, and was still defending her Kalos Queen title then! Just how much talent did the girl discover and develop for herself?

'Twelve?' Aria thought, as the waiter came back with Bleu Vampire Steak, Irish Stew and traditional Algerian couscous as the main course. 'I knew it. I'm a beginner compared to her.'

Pakura shifted the conversation to fashion as she felt that appearance also mattered when it comes to Pokémon Showcases, since it is the first impression the judges would have of a Performer. "I feel you might want to take some time off to relax and enjoy some sightseeing and maybe some shopping. There is a clothes brand called 'Jolie Fille' that is popular among businesswomen, since they do sell some professional looking business outfits. Aria can attest to the clothes sold in this region, since she practically bought a whole store last time we went shopping."

"That's not exactly new, is it?" Palermo asked dryly. "How many stores did you buy out this time?"

As answer, Pakura produced a very long receipt that was practically the length of the room, making Palermo shoot a look at Aria, who laughed sheepishly.

"Don't worry, she isn't in debt if that's what you're thinking. Paku paid for the clothes since she can do it without getting a dent in her bank account." Ash waved his hand.

"You're still indebted to her, Aria." Palermo looked at Aria with slight disapproval.

"Sorry, but those clothes were too cute not to buy!" Aria grinned. "I can't wait to show them off to my fans! Speaking of fans, there were rumours from them saying you two are dating. Is it true?"

Ash smiled. "Yes, in fact, both of us are engaged and we planned to marry at the end of the tournament."

"I would like to have an invite to the wedding. After all, a Performer marrying is something major in the Showcase world." Palermo looked at the couple with interest. "After all, everybody loves a wedding."

"Of course. I'll mail it once I get the invitation cards and finalize the guest list." Ash nodded, as he overheard Aria told Pakura about a café she wanted to go that does adorable latte art and expressed an interest to visit it with her sometime before the tournament ends.

'Why do I sense Phillip is calling for help in my head?' Pakura thought.

Meanwhile, Phillip suspected Jude gave Jasmine his number, as she had reminded him about his promise and if he could meet up today, which was why he was here, waiting for Jasmine at Aumění café. It was a place he recommended for her to meet due to the adorable latte art and he figured she might like those types of things. The good thing was he managed to heat up some of Pakura's leftover food as a promise to let her taste her cooking sometime.

Good thing the café owner doesn't really care if they brought food from outside in the strict condition that they must buy something from the café. He thought being nervous is rather insufferable as it was a sign of weakness and he's one of the stronger members of the PAL Elite, for Arceus' sake! If Jude can go through dates smoothly, then so can he, right?

Speaking of Jude, he had texted him through TalkTime many times, regarding advices on what to do during his dates with Jasmine. Phillip sent a message back telling him it's not a date and just a friendly meeting, but Jude was having none of it.

The doors to the café tinkled and he saw Jasmine look around for him, looking pretty in an off one shoulder white top that had a few layers of frills to act as a sleeve with silver lining the first layer of the frill while the rest of them were white, along with double layer silver skirt. She was also carrying a designer handbag and wore silver platform shoes.

'Somebody, help me...' Phillip tried ducking behind the menu, but Jasmine had seen the movement and smiled when she saw him. She waved as she approached the table.

'I'm dying now, goodbye.' Phillip thought.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Finale match of the Top 8, where Leader Sabrina and Champion Ash would be fighting it out to see who would earn the third spot in the Top 8. Please welcome both participants!"

The audience cheered as they were lifted into the battlefield. Ash saw Sabrina on the other side of the field, her expression unreadable. Just what trick would she have up her sleeve?

"Trainers, please send out your Pokémon." Evan ordered.

"Come out, Gallade." Sabrina threw out her Pokéball, revealing the Blade Pokémon.

"Gardevoir, lend me your aura!" Ash chose the Psychic/Fairy Embrace Pokémon. The two final evolutions of Ralts glared at each other. Apparently, a rivalry had automatically sparked between them as soon as they saw each other.

"Let the battle begin!" Evan announced.

Ash closed his eyes, and focused his psychic power to connect with Sabrina's without her noticing. Now he could hear her thoughts, and she was currently wondering whether to go offense or raise her stats, before deciding to go with the latter.

'It's too bad she didn't train on Psychic Shields.' Ash thought. He knew Sabrina cannot hear his thoughts due to his Indomitable Will, which granted him immunity to temptation and even psychic powers.

'Gallade, let's start things off with Swords Dance.' Sabrina commanded mentally. That raised Gallade's Attack stat drastically.

'Alright, why don't we go offense first for a change? Gardevoir, use Magical Leaf.' Ash ordered. Gardevoir nodded, and fired the said move to Gallade.

'Gallade, counter with Psycho Cut.' Both moves clashed in the middle, and exploded. Ash made use of the smoke to mentally tell Gardevoir to use Future Sight. Thanks to the smoke, it wasn't noticed by Sabrina.

'Gardevoir, I think we shouldn't use Mega Evolution yet. We'll wait until Gallade is worn down.' Ash communicated his message through aura, and Gardevoir nodded.

'Gallade, Shadow Ball.' Sabrina ordered, and Gallade shot a very powerful Shadow Ball towards Gardevoir.

'Moonblast!' Ash countered, and Gardevoir shot a pink ball of energy to coutner that Shadow Ball. Not only did the Moonblast blast Shadow Ball apart, it spiralled on to hit Gallade, who staggered backwards.

'Let's use Attract, and see if we can charm that Gallade.' Gardevoir winked, and pink hearts flew out towards Gallade.

'Counter with Close Combat.' Sabrina hastily told Gallade, and he made use of the move to destroy the hearts.

'That is what I wanted. Gardevoir, use Imprison!' Ash resisted the urge to smirk, as letting emotions show would let Sabrina find out what he was planning. As Gallade was distracted destroying the hearts caused by Attract, he was hit by the move, causing Sabrina to inwardly grit her teeth, as Imprison was a move that prevents a target from using the moves that were also known by the user. As the two Pokémon were from the same Ralts evolution line, it's most likely there's more than half the moves Gallade can't use now.

'Gallade, use X-Scissor!' Sabrina thought, putting emotion into the command now. Gallade nodded, and charged towards Gardevoir with the move.

'Ice Punch.' Ash thought, and Gardevoir countered with one hand which contained Ice Punch. 'Oh yeah, Thunder Punch, other hand.'

Gardevoir then proceeded to hit Gallade with Thunder Punch, and surprisingly, Gallade countered with Poison Jab. Ash had to applaud Sabrina's reaction time. The Poison Jab was also overpowering the Thunder Punch.

'Nice, but...Gardevoir, Signal Beam.' Ash thought, and Gardevoir fired the move from her red fin-like horn located on her chest, pushing Gallade back.

'Gallade, Low Sweep.' Sabrina commanded, and Ash countered by asking Gardevoir to use Psychic on herself. However, it was a little too late, as Gardevoir's foot was hit by the Low Sweep. At the same time, he thought it's a good time to Mega Evolve his Pokémon.

"Gardevoir, let our aura become one!" Ash pressed the Key Stone on his Mega Glove, and Gardevoir Mega Evolved into Mega Gardevoir.

'Shadow Ball!' Ash ordered, and Mega Gardevoir shot a barrage of Shadow Balls at Gallade.

'Psycho Cut, and then Rock Tomb.' Sabrina countered, and Gallade used his blades to cut the Shadow Balls. After the Shadow Balls were cut, he used a Rock Tomb, which split into several smaller boulders that surrounded Mega Gardevoir. Mega Gardevoir looked around, trying to find an escape point, but there was none.

'Don't panic. Once Gallade strikes, use Thunderbolt.' Ash thought.

'Now, use Stone Edge.' Sabrina commanded, and Gallade jumped on top of one of the boulders to fire the move. The moment she saw him, Mega Gardevoir countered the move with Thunderbolt.

'Now use Psychic to push Gallade in the center of the rocks, and then Draining Kiss.' Ash thought, knowing this match was his.

Mega Gardevoir pushed Gallade down, which cut his mental communication from Sabrina temporarily, and gave Gallade a Draining Kiss which drained his energy and recovered hers. At the same time, the Future Sight from earlier also came down to strike Gallade, which surprised Sabrina as she didn't see that coming. That did the trick, and Gallade had fainted. However, since everyone couldn't see this, Gardevoir had to use Teleport to get herself and Gallade out of the center of the boulders.

"Gallade is unable to battle! Leader Sabrina, please send out your next Pokémon." Evan commanded.

"Come on out, Espeon." Sabrina said quietly, sending out the Psychic Eeveelution.

"Good job, Gardevoir." Ash returned his Mega Gardevoir, and wondered if he should send out an Eeveelution as well, and shrugged. It couldn't hurt to send out one anyway.

"Sylveon, lend me your aura!" Ash sent out his Fairy-type Eeveelution.

'He owns a Sylveon too?' Sabrina thought. She knew that Sylveon was Pakura's signature Pokémon, but didn't know Sylveon's capabilities, as she hasn't fought anyone with her Sylveon yet. Probably saving her for the harder battles.

"Let the battle begin!" Evan announced.

'Espeon, start things off with Dig.' Sabrina commanded.

'An attack from underground? Sylveon, use Toxic, and aim it for the hole.' Ash thought.

Sylveon nodded, and fired the move into the hole, which poisoned Espeon, who came out from the ground. However, Sylveon also started to suffer from the same status condition, as Espeon's ability was Synchronize.

"Good move, but it looks like your Pokémon also suffers." Sabrina called out.

"Oh, I know already." Ash replied. "I did come prepared after all."

Sabrina was puzzled at Ash's remark, and Ash commanded Sylveon to use Refresh. Sylveon's body glowed green, and he was now cured of the poison status.

'What?' Sabrina thought, as Sylveon was now recovered. 'Darn it, Espeon's energy would slowly be drained, as Toxic's poison status would take more energy the longer the battle goes on. I better use Rest when the chance comes up. Espeon, don't panic. Let's use Confusion.' Sylveon found himself being controlled by the Espeon, and was hit by a Swift attack that followed. Sylveon did a backflip so he would land on his feet.

'Not bad.' Ash thought. 'Sylveon, let's use Yawn.' Sylveon nodded, and charged towards Espeon.

'Espeon, use Psybeam.' Sabrina countered. Sylveon gracefully dodged the attack, and executed the commanded move. Espeon found itself drowsy.

'Espeon, use Rest.' Sabrina commanded. Espeon nodded, and fell asleep, recovering its energy and also cured itself of the poison status at the same time.

'Sylveon, Shadow Ball.' As he fired the move, Sabrina called for a Sleep Talk, which turned out to be Psychic. Espeon made use of the move to send it back to Sylveon.

'Iron Tail.' Ash ordered, and Sylveon's tail turned a metallic colour, hitting the Shadow Ball back. 'Follow it up with a Disarming Voice.'

The Disarming Voice increased the Shadow Ball's speed, and Espeon used Sleep Talk once more, which turned out to be Psyshock. The Psychock managed to stop Disarming Voice, but not the Shadow Ball, causing Espeon to be hit. At the same time, Espeon woke up.

'Sylveon, use Double Edge.' Ash thought.

'Espeon, let's use Grass Knot.' The Grass Knot tripped Sylveon, and he fell to the ground.

'Cut the vines with Fairy Wind.' Ash hastily called out with his mind, and Sylveon got up after cutting the vine, shaking his head to clear it.

'Get close to Sylveon, and use Iron Tail.' Sabrina telepathically commanded.

'Alright, Sylveon, grab hold of Espeon with your ribbons.' Sylveon jumped one side, and grabbed hold of Espeon, lifting it up.

'Swing it around.' Ash inwardly grinned, as Sylveon started swinging Espeon around.

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'He is definitely copying me.' Pakura thought, watching the battle.

"No way!" Whitney gasped.

"I didn't know you can fight like this." Candice added.

"A Pokémon battle isn't just about exchanging moves." Cynthia commented. "Knowing your Pokémon's capabilities and making use of them is another way of fighting."

"Champion Ash excels at this part." Wallace added, just as Ash said, "I'm not done yet."

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Sylveon then fired a powerful Moonblast at Espeon, and as Espeon fell, Sylveon fired a Fairy Wind at him, which caused him to hit the wall. When the smoke cleared, Espeon was down with swirls in its eyes.

"Espeon is unable to battle. Leader Sabrina, please send out your next Pokémon."

"Jynx, come on out."

"Sylveon, good work." Ash returned the Intertwining Pokémon. "Electivire, lend me your aura!" He sent out his shiny Pokémon, which lead people to stare at the Pokémon.

"Battle begin!" Evan declared.

'Jynx, let's start with Mean Look.' Sabrina thought, and Ash frowned when he realized he can't switch out. But why? He was a second too late when Electivire was hit with Perish Song, which means he only had three moves before fainting.

'Crap, I forgot!' Ash thought.

"Ash, calm down." Espeon spoke up. "You did prepare for these situations when you were training with your traded Pokémon, remember? Don't let the excitement of the battle make you forget what you have learnt and taught them."

Ash nodded, as he took a deep breath. Sabrina took her chance to call out a Blizzard, which made Electivire shiver, as he waited for Ash's command.

'Electivire, let's use Volt Switch!' Ash ordered. As Jynx came close to Electrivire to hit him with a Heart Stamp. Electivire hit her with a yellow orb of electricity and then returned to his Pokéball.

"It looks like Champion Ash has prepared a countermeasure against the Mean Look and Perish Song combination. It was a good move on Leader Sabrina's part, I concede, but Champion Ash must have been prepared the moment he saw the Jynx!" Ken commented.

'I wonder what Pokémon I should send out in place.' Ash thought.

'Oh, Ash, use me for this one, I want to battle.' The voice said cutely.

'Are you sure, that'd be revealing yourself to the world. Everyone knows I own most of Legendaries' Ash reminded it.

'They already know you own the Legendaries anyway.' The voice replied. 'Use me for this battle, please?'

'Alright, you got it.' Ash unclipped one of the miniature Luxury Balls, and enlarged it. "Mew, lend me your aura!" The Luxury Ball opened to reveal the adorable New Species Pokémon.

Sabrina was in shock to see the elusive Legendary Psychic Pokémon in front of her. Mew was flying around curiously, and looking at Jynx who was to be its new playmate.

"Well, then, you can have the first move." Ash offered.

'Jynx, use Shadow Ball.' Sabrina commanded.

'Destroy it with Shadow Claw.' Ash countered. Mew nodded, and the Shadow Claw effectively shredded the Shadow Ball into pieces.

'Use Ice Beam.' Sabrina mentally ordered.

'Counter that with Flamethrower.' Ash gave Mew a mental nod, and Mew released a red-orange stream of fire from its mouth towards the Ice Beam. Ash was impressed at the fact that the Ice Beam was able to hold the Flamethrower back for at least fifteen seconds before being pushed back, and Jynx was hit by the super effective move, sending her skidding backwards.

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"Sending Mew out wasn't necessary." Jasmine said, as she watched the heated battle between Leader Sabrina and Champion Ash. "He already got this in the bag, because Sabrina's a Gym Leader. There's no way she would stand a chance against the PAL Champion, even if she can telepathically command her Pokémon. I wish I knew what commands they are giving. The silence is killing me."

"You're right." Pakura replied. "I bet it was Mew who wanted to battle. The Legendaries are itching to battle themselves as they know the tournament is closer to the Finals already. But seriously, the silence means more suspense, as you won't know what they are planning."

"Well, Sabrina is a powerful opponent, having the ability to command without speaking. That would usually catch the weaker Elites off guard." Shadow added. "After all, Sabrina did take down an Elite Four member herself...right, Marshal?" The said Elite Four member grumbled at his loss, as everyone laughed. They turned back to see Mew fire a Fire Blast at Jynx, which caused the Human Shape Pokémon to faint.

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"Jynx is unable to battle. Leader Sabrina, please send out your next Pokémon." Evan announced

"Metagross, come on out." Sabrina went for the Steel/Psychic type Pokémon.

"Good work, Mew." Ash returned Mew, and wondered who to choose next. He had already used up four slots, and decided to send out Electivire again, as he did not get to battle much during the previous round. "Electivire, lend me your aura again."

"Ash is at a disadvantage here." Phillip commented as Shadow whacked him in the head

"I am sure somehow he'll pull through." Siebord muttered . "After all, didn't he defeat Rosaline, a Psychic-type specialist during his Elite challenge?"

"Rúguǒ nǐ wèn wǒ, luōshālín shì dì èr ge xīnlíng kuángrè fēnzǐ." "Dāng tā shū gěi Jūdo shí, kàn dào tā zàicì yǒu jīhuì zhèngmíng zìjǐ pèi dé shàng Erīto zhíwèi, zhè shì kěbēi de. Rúguǒ tā shì yīgè tōng líng zhě, nàme tā yīnggāi zhīdào lièrén de yāoqiú. Dàn bù, tā zhǐshì lìjí shēnqǐngle zuìhòu yīgè dìfāng zhǐshì yīnwèi wǒ zài lǐmiàn. Nǐ zhīdào zhè shì duōme kěbǐ ma, ràng tā xiàng yīxiē shīqù de Growlithe yīyàng gēnzhe wǒ? Zhè hěn kě'ài, yīqiè dōu zài dì yīgè yuè, dàn zhīhòu hěn fánrén. Rúguǒ yǒu yī gè wǒ kěyǐ qīngsōng chǔlǐ tā de rén gèng hǎo de hòuxuǎn rén, wǒmen de jīngyīng zhíwèi.Xiǎngxiàng yīxià, dāng tā duì cǐ zuò chū fǎnyìng shí,Ash liǎn shàng de biǎoqíng. Wǒ quèshí bùdé bù zǔzhǐ tā zài Rúguǒ shàng shǐyòng dāozi huò qiāng. Lóngwáng hé wánghòu yě bù gāoxìng. Xìngyùn de shì, wǒ shèfǎ shuōfú tāmen ràng tā liú xiàlái, yīnwèi tā de nénglì

"Rosaline's was second rate psychic if you ask me." Pakura snorted in Chinese. "It was pathetic seeing her beg for another chance to prove herself worthy of the Elite position when she lost to Jude. If she is a psychic, then she should know about the Hunter requirement. But no, she just immediately applied for the last spot just because I was inside. Do you know how contemptible that is, having her follow me around like some lost Growlithe? It's cute and all for the first month, but after that it's annoying. She's somebody I can dispose of easily if there is a better candidate for our Elite position. Imagine the look on Prince Ash face when he reacted to this. I literally had to stop him from using the knife or a gun on Rosaline. The Dragon King and Queen were not happy as well. Luckily I managed to convince them to let her stay due to her abilities. Good riddance she is gone"

"Unfortunately, she's right. Although Jude is probably more lenient on his opinion." Phillip sighed, and Jude nodded.

"See, I'm not dissing her if what I say is true." Pakura wagged her finger confidently.

"Ah, what a drag." Pakura suddenly said. "Who the hell invited them here?" She was loud enough that everyone turned to stare at her.

"What's wrong?" Jasmine asked. Pakura non-verbally pointed somewhere to the right, and the others knew why she reacted like that as Lance winced knowing for some odd reason Ash hates Blackthrown City residents.

At where she was pointing, there was the group of Blackthorn city residents that Shiki had failed to kill, along with the three children she refused to take out.time to see that Ash's Electivire and Sabrina's Metagross were both knocked out.

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"Double Knock-out!" Evan announced. "Trainers, please send out your next Pokémon."

"You were a great opponent, Sabrina." Ash praised, as Sabrina's Mr. Mime went down, leaving her to her final Pokémon. However, Mr. Mime managed to take out his Scrafty, which was a remarkable feat despite the severe type disadvantage Scrafty may have. Ash himself was also left with four Pokémon.

"Thank you, Champion Ash." Sabrina replied. "I aim to please after all. Alakazam, come on out."

'That's the Kadabra I fought way back, huh?' Ash thought, as the Psi Pokémon appeared from the Pokéball. 'Alright, then, let's go with Zoroark. He's itching for a battle.'

He took out Zoroark's Pokéball, and threw it. The Pokéball opened to reveal Gardevoir once more, in the Mega Evolved state.

'Did he choose Gardevoir again?' Sabrina wondered.

"Let the battle begin!" Evan announced.

'Alakazam, start things with Shadow Ball.' Sabrina thought.

'You use Shadow Ball too. Follow it up with an Imprison.' Ash inwardly countered. Zoroark nodded, and Sabrina sighed as the Imprison took effect again.

'It's a psychology thing. Sabrina thinks it's a Psychic type, meaning that she would know what moves she couldn't use, when in reality she can use most of them.' Ash thought, smirking. 'Ok, let's use Focus Blast.'

'Focus Punch.' The Focus Punch directed the Focus Blast back to Zoroark, and Ash called out for a Hyper Voice. Alakazam was subsequently hit with the Hyper Voice and Shadow Ball.

'Alakazam, use Clam Mind.' Sabrina thought.

Ash was prepared, however. 'Hit it with a Punishment.' The Punishment was more powerful thanks to the positive stat changes due to Calm Mind.

'Alakazam, use Teleport.' Sabrina commanded, when she saw Ash's "Mega Gardevoir" about to use another Shadow Ball. To confuse Ash further, Alakazam kept teleporting all over the battlefield.

'This won't work.' Ash sighed, and closed his eyes to detect where Alakazam is going to appear next. 'Alakazam is going to appear directly towards the northwest direction next. When he appears, fire a Night Daze.' Sure enough, Alakazam appeared there, and Zoroark promptly fired a Night Daze in that direction. Alakazam took the full brunt of the attack, causing it to fall to one knee.

'What? But I'm sure Gardevoir cannot learn Night Daze. It's a signature move of...' Sabrina thought. She widened her eyes, as the illusion of Mega Gardevoir dropped, revealing the Pokémon's real form. A Zoroark.

'This match is mine, Leader Sabrina.' Ash thought. 'Zoroark, use Scary Face!'

'Disable.' Sabrina countered. The Disable hit Zoroark, meaning he can't use Scary Face anymore. However, the Scary Face did what Ash wanted: Drastically slow down Alakazam.

'Zoroark, use Feint Attack!' Zoroark disappeared. Sabrina tried to sense it with her psychic powers, and sensed that it was above.

'Alakazam, teleport above.' Sabrina commanded. 'Zoroark is above you.'

Alakazam nodded, and teleported to the said place, but couldn't see Zoroark anywhere. Zoroark appeared below Alakazam, and hit it with a powerful Feint Attack.

'You know, disrupting psychic powers isn't illegal, as long as it doesn't affect the Pokémon.' Ash sent a telepathic message to Sabrina.

'What?' Sabrina was shocked. How did he disrupt her psychic power with such precision?

'I also have psychic powers.' Ash explained. 'I can disrupt the wavelengths of the psychic power and twist them however I want. Don't be surprised, Leader Sabrina. There is more to psychic power other than teleportation, telepathy, psychokinesis, and transmutation. One of my members can create illusions and even control people with her psychic power.'

'Who?' Sabrina asked

'Nope, not telling.' Ash replied. 'Zoroark, Night Slash!' The Night Slash hit Alakazam, which tired it out as it took the full brunt of the said move.

'Alakazam, Recover.' Sabrina thought.

'Hit Alakazam with Taunt!' Ash smirked. As Taunt hit, Alakazam found itself unable to use Recover. Sabrina's fists clenched as she realized Taunt would prevent any status moves to be used.

'Alakazam, Hyper Beam.' Sabrina called out.

'Dodge, and use Low Sweep.' Ash countered. Zoroark dodged the Hyper Beam, and skidded on the ground and kicked Alakazam on the knee, causing Alakazam to misfire the Hyper Beam.

'Finish it with Shadow Ball.' Ash thought.

'Thunder Wave.' Sabrina countered. 'And then use Psyshock.'

As Zoroark fired the Shadow Ball, he was paralyzed, causing him to just hold the Shadow Ball in front of him as the Psyshock hit the Shadow Ball. It was now a battle of their willpower they put into their moves.

'Don't give up, Zoroark. We'll achieve our win together, won't we? We can't lose here.' Ash poured his feelings into the aura communication. Sabrina suddenly had a vision of her opponent receiving the Pokémon World Championship trophy, and knew at that moment, she would lose the battle. Sure enough, the Shadow Ball shot through the Psyshock, hitting Alakazam, and an explosion occurred. Alakazam fell to the ground with swirls in its eyes.

"Alakazam is unable to battle! Zoroark is the winner. Which means, the one moving on to the Finale is Champion Ash!" Evan announced as Pakura smirked cheering on her boyfriend