Pikatwig: Yea, it's been a while… sorry about that.

KKD: We were busy with a lot of stuff, and since then we had the release of Sun and Moon, Pika not having gotten either version yet.

Pikatwig: I didn't know anybody was pre-ordering and I haven't gotten to getting my parents to buy it. ...yea...

KKD: Maybe they'll get you a copy of it for Christmas.

Pikatwig: Maybe. Anyway… once again, we're covering more than one battle in this chapter.

KKD: Yea. Hopefully, we'll keep it interesting enough for you guys.

Pikatwig: Well, we'll have two Champions and we'll also be getting some returning characters. There's that. Let's begin already shall w-*gets hugged by a Mudkip* Oh hey. *picks up the Mudkip* Thanks for trading me the Mudkip.

KKD: No problem. *picks up his new Ralts* Thanks for trading me the Ralts in return. *a few Gardevoir and one Gallade came in, too* ...Yea, these guys have been watching her.

Pikatwig: Cool.

KKD: Yep. Here, Luna. *hands the Ralts to the closest Gardevoir.*

Pikatwig: Alright, let's begin.

Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig nor KKD Silver own anything in this story except for original concepts. All properties belong to their respective owners including Nintendo, Game Freak, the Pokemon Company, etc.

-The next battle is between Jimmy from New Bark Town and Trevor from Lumiose City!-

Jimmy and Trevor both stood ready for battle.

"Typhlosion, let's go!" Jimmy called as he sent out his trusty partner.

"Aerodactyl, go!" Trevor announced as he sent out the rock-flying Pokemon.

Thus, the Pokemon were registered on the scoreboard and the battle began.

"Aerodactyl, use Ancient Power!"

Aerodactyl quickly charged up energy from its wings and sent boulders flying forward.

"Typhlosion, use Flame Wheel to evade it!"

Typhlosion curled up into a ball and was surrounded by fire as he easily dodged around the boulders and charged into Aerodactyl which sent it down into the ground.

"Use Steel Wing!"

"Use Swift!"

Typhlosion charged up the star energy into his right arm and sent it flying at Aerodactyl, which knocked it away from using Steel Wing.

-The next battle is between Tierno from Santalune City and Ritchie from Pallet Town!-

With that, Tierno took the stage opposite of Ritchie.

"Yo! You ready for action?" Tierno asked.

"Yea," Ritchie nodded.

Tierno did a few dance moves as he sent out his Hitmontop.

"Go Rose!" Ritchie called out as he sent out his Swellow.

The Pokemon were registered onto the monitor.

"Hitmontop, use Rapid Spin!"

Hitmontop spun around on top his head as Rose floated above him.

"Ok…?" Ritchie blinked a bit in confusion.

"Now! Rock Slide!"

"Shoot! Rose, get out of the way!"

Rose flew out of the way as Hitmontop kicked rocks upwards near her.

"Rose use Drill Peck!"

The Swellow nodded and flew downwards with her beak glowing and entered a spinning motion as it managed to bean Hitmontop and send it tumbling backwards. Hitmontop was KOed as soon as that attack had landed, making Tierno inhale sharply.

-Hitmontop is unable to battle, the winner is Swellow!-

"Great job Hitmontop," Tierno commented as he recalled Hitmontop.

"Typhlosion, use Wild Charge!"

The Pokemon's body became charged with electrical energy and it leapt forward at Aerodactyl.

"Use Protect!"

Before Aerodactyl was able to put up the barrier Typhlosion was able to strike it down and KO it with the powerful blow.

-Aerodactyl is unable to battle, the winner is Typhlosion!"

Typhlosion let out a roar with a smirk as Trevor recalled Aerodactyl.

"Nice job pal, you did great," he said as he took out his next Pokeball, "Florges, your turn!"

The White Flower Florges emerged from her Pokeball.

"Typhlosion, return," Jimmy called as he recalled his partner, "Okay Beedrill let's rock!"

Jimmy's Beedrill emerged and floated in the air.

'Shoot… part Poison type…' Trevor thought nervously, 'Gotta press on and save Charizard for later…'

"Beedrill, Twineedle!"

Beedrill dashed forward and began to use his needles to attack Florges.

"Use Attract!"

Florges proceeded to wink and send a heart at Beedrill, making it fall for her.

"Alright! Giga Drain!"

Florges had vines generate from her arm, grabbing Beedrill and draining energy away from the bee.

"Beedrill, Pin Missile!"

The Bee Pokemon didn't respond to the command, almost enamored with its target.

"Raichu, let's go!" Tierno called out as he sent the Electric type.

"Rose, return," Ritchie called as he recalled his Swellow, "Chomper, let's go!"

A Sandile emerged from the star stickered Pokeball and stood ready.

"We can do this even with a type disadvantage. Raichu, use Iron Tail!"

Raichu dashed forward with her tail glowing and smacking Sandile, but Chomper was able to… well... chomp down onto Raichu's tail.

"Now I see where you got that nickname," Tierno commented.

"Use Sand Tomb!"

Chomper quickly spun around and buried part of Raichu down into the ground.

"Chomper, use Rock Slide!"

The Sandile nodded and quickly began to kick rocks at Raichu.

"Raichu, use Grass Knot!"

The electric type managed to raise a grass plant onto Chomper's tail, causing the Sandile to get hit, but it was able to fling another rock at Raichu thanks to it's jaw. Raichu growled and used Grass Knot again to keep Chomper's mouth shut.

"Beedrill, come on! Attack!" Jimmy called out as Beedrill got beaned by an Energy Ball.

"Keep up the Energy Balls!" Tierno yelled.

Florges did as told and Beedrill was sent tumbling to the ground, but still able to fight.

"Try and get in close to use Poison Jab!"

Beedrill floated up and sped like a bullet, managing to hit Florges with the poison charged needle. The needle quickly did its job as the Fairy type started to weaken and got poisoned from the jab.

"Use Aromatherapy!"

"No you don't! Poison Jab!"

The bee Pokemon managed to hit Florges again and KO her.

-Florges is unable to battle, the winner is Beedrill.-

Tierno sighed as he recalled Florges and took out the Pokeball for his Charizard, "Charizard, go!"

"Beedrill, r-"

"Flamethrower!"

Charizard quickly blasted the fire stream and Beedrill was quickly KOed.

-Beedrill is unable to battle, the winner is Charizard!-

Jimmy gave a nod as he recalled Beedrill, "Good job Beedrill, get some rest. Go Donphan!"

Donphan emerged from his Pokeball and roared before staring down the giant lizard.

Ash, Dawn and May saw the monitor showing Jimmy's and Trevor's battle.

"I remember battling that Donphan," Ash commented.

"Yea. You battled that trainer back in Sinnoh," Dawn reminded him.

Ash then saw the battle between Ritchie and Tierno, "Huh… me and Ritchie really do tend to catch similar Pokemon,"

"Meaning what?" May inquired.

"I mean, when we started, I had a Pikachu, he had a Pikachu. I got a Charmander and so did he. I used to have a Butterfree and he has one. I was watching a Larvitar and he has a Pupitar. We both have a Swellow, and… he has a Sandile and I have a Krookodile."

"Huh…" May blinked a bit, "That is a bit weird, isn't it?"

"Yea," Ash nodded.

"Donphan, use Rollout!"

"Don!" Donphan responded as it charged forward and began to spin forward, "Don don don don don don…"

"Use Steel Wing!"

Charizard quickly flew in with his wings glowing like steel and swatting Donphan backwards.

"Donphan, use Thunder Fang!"

"Shoot! Charizard, get out of the way fast!"

Charizard took to the sky and evaded Donphan's Thunder Fang, the ground-type waiting for an opening to reveal itself to him.

"Chomper, use Shadow Ball!"

"Raichu, counter it with Focus Punch,"

Raichu nodded and attempted to charge up the attack, but was unable to do so due to the sand keeping her from moving. Chomper's Shadow Ball hit and managed to knock Raichu out.

-Raichu is unable to battle, the winner is Sandile!-

Tierno sighed and recalled Raichu before he quickly regained a look of confidence and sent out his Blastoise.

"Chomper, return," Ritchie called as he recalled Sandile and turned to his Pikachu, "You ready Sparky?"

"Pika!"

Sparky leaped onto the field, ready to take on the large water type.

"So you've got a Pikachu like Ash, huh?"

"Caught Pikachu while in the Viridian Forest, but my first Pokemon was actually a Charmander." Ritchie informed.

"Looks like he was one of the trainers who beat you to Oak's that day," May giggled, making Ash roll his eyes a bit.

"Sparky, let's go! Use Thunderbolt!"

Sparky's cheeks sparked up with energy and he sent the bolt flying forward, the blast managing to hit Blastoise as the turtle wasn't able to get back into its shell fast enough.

"Blastoise, Hydro Pump!"

Sparky quickly broke off the attack and sped away from the water to get a bit of distance between it and Blastoise.

"Sparky, use Electric Terrain!"

After a nod, Sparky's electrical energy spreaded into the ground and it began to glow a bit with energy.

"Now use Thunder Punch!"

Sparky sped forward and managed to easily knock Blastoise on its back.

"Use Rapid Spin to get rid of that electric energy and get back up!"

Blastoise withdrew into his shell and began to spin. While it was able to get back up, the Electric Terrain remained.

"Sparky, use Dig!"

"Huh?" Tierno blinked as he watched Sparky use his tail to burrow into the ground and then come back out, "Hydro Pump!"

"Dig again!"

Sparky quickly burrowed back into the ground and kept making holes in the ground, continuing to go back and forth with Blastoise firing water shot after water shot when Sparky popped back out.

"Now then, Sparky use Volt Tackle!"

"Wait… oh! All of those holes are so we don't know where he'll come from! Use Hydro Pump to get away from the ground!"

Blastoise quickly aimed the cannons downwards as Sparky to emerged from the ground, getting an energy boost from the Electric Terrain, which easily allowed Sparky to KO Blastoise.

-Blastoise is unable to battle, the winner is Pikachu. So the winner of this round is Ritchie from Pallet Town!"

"YAHOO!" Ritchie cheered as he hugged Sarky.

"Good to see that Ritchie's still game," Ash smiled.

Pikachu simply nodded from the spot that he and Serena were still hiding in.

"Use Rock Slide!" Jimmy yelled as his Donphan kicked up stones to Charizard to knock it down, "Now Thunder Fang!"

Donphan spun forward and chomped onto Charizard, making the Fire/Flying-type roar in pain.

"Now! Use Brick Break!"

Charizard managed to get up and smack Donphan with the attack, KOing the elephant.

-Donphan is unable to battle, the winner is Charizard.-

Jimmy recalled his Donphan and simply smirked as he took out Typhlosion's Pokeball, "Go on Typhlosion, let's win this thing!"

"RAHKAW!" Typhlosion exclaimed as he emerged from his Pokeball.

"Here we go, Charizard," Trevor smirked as his Charizard roared.

Back in Johto, Ash's Charizard continued to watch the matches with it's kind and simply admired the Charizard fighting was giving it its all.

"Charizard, Dragon Tail!"

"Typhlosion, Flamethrower!"

Typhlosion fired off the fire to keep Charizard at a distance.

"Flame Wheel!"

The eruption Pokemon dashed forward and managed to strike Charizard with a powerful strike and it got burnt from the attack. However, the Flame Pokemon just growled and glared at Typhlosion.

"Use Overheat and Dragon Breath!"

Charizard charged up both breath attacks and sent them flying forward at Typhlosion.

"Typhlosion, use Swift to keep it away and then go in for another Flame Wheel!"

Typhlosion nodded and fired off the stars before dashing forward with Flame Wheel.

"...looks like it's time," Trevor muttered as he took out his camera… only for Charizard to fall over due to the burn damage, "Charizard!"

-Charizard is unable to battle, the winner is Typhlosion. So the winner of the match is Jimmy from New Bark Town!-

Jimmy smiled a bit at his Typhlosion before smirking and proceeding to give his Pokemon a thumbs up, "You rock, you rule!"

"Well… I can only hope things in the Kalos League don't go this badly," Trevor muttered as he recalled Charizard.

"He won!" Vincent told Marina.

"Who?" Marina blinked a bit.

"...your boyfriend,"

"Oh… he went to battle?" Marina blinked.

Vincent groaned as he turned to another monitor and saw Lance was battling Steven, "Oh…"

Steven's Mega Metagross fell to the ground and was KOed, reverting back to a normal Metagross.

-Metagross is unable to battle, the winner is Gyarados. Therefore the winner is Lance from Blackthorn City!-

"Nice job Lance," Steven smiled as he gave Lance a thumbs up.

Lance simply smiled as his Red Mega Gyarados reverted to normal and he recalled it.

Latias, still in her human disguise, and Hoopa watched the battle and Latias thought Steven was a bit familiar looking. The two headed off and continued to look for Ash…

Pikatwig: Yea… I really couldn't think of a way to make the battle between Steven and Lance interesting, so we skimmed it. Sorry.

KKD: It's ok. I can forgive that because there's still a lot for us to get through.

Pikatwig: Yea. And we're kinda low on time… regardless, I think we did a decent job bringing in Jimmy and Ritchie again. And before you asked about Tierno and Trevor getting their butts kicked… it's meant as foreshadowing to their battles in the Kalos League.

KKD: Regardless, I think my favorite part was Ritchie's battles, just showing how much he improved since we last saw him, and yet showing just how similar to Ash he really is.

Pikatwig: Indeed. I do wish we get to see Ritchie again in the future, but who knows. And before anybody asks, we know that Ritchie stated a hometown in one episode of Pokemon Chronicles, but he was in the past so he could've very easily have made it up. I do personally believe he's one of the three Pallet Town trainers who get to Oak before Ash. That would just leave the Bulbasaur one… and I have no way to figure that out, being honest.

KKD: Yea, same here. But regardless, what's your favorite part?

Pikatwig: I gotta say the same as you. And for the curious about Sparky having both Thunder Punch and Dig in his moveset, well… there was one episode where there was a Pikachu with spiky hair and we both thought Ritchie could be returning. It's XY115, Battling at Full Volume, for the curious. Both me and KKD thought it could've marked a return of Ritchie, but that wasn't the case. ...also, do you find it odd we never saw Gary in Kalos when his game counterpart was mentioned to be in the region?

KKD: Yea, that was really weird. With what's said to appear in Sun & Moon, no spoilers, I hope they can make an excuse to bring back some other trainers from the first seasons like Gary and Ritchie.

Pikatwig: I hope too. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this. Just Live More.

KKD: Jaa ne.