Hello again everyone and welcome to my eleventh story. Although this probably isn't what many of you were hoping for my next one that I post would be about, I couldn't help but give it a real finish. Originally I hadn't thought of much that would happen after the last portion of this series but with some of the reviews I couldn't help but start to consider some of it, and it just slowly grew from there until I finally had to get it out of my head completely. Hopefully this one will end in with a better finale than the last one, because as much as I love some of these OC's there are just too many of them. Not only can it be confusing for you as the readers but it's a nightmare for me to try and make sure that they each get their share of the spotlight yet keep things moving smoothly. And let's face it, the people that read Advanceshipping stories would rather read about Ash and May getting together than ones like these. So finally, here is the last portion of the "How Lucky Can a Guy Get" series. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with Pokémon or any of the related material. All names, places, and characters are trademarked property of Satoshi Tajiri and Pokémon Co. All rights reserved.

"Alright Umbreon, time to finish this. Hidden Power!"

Without the slightest hesitation several white orbs began encircling the Dark-Type, circling around him as the balls shrunk in size to allow even more to take shape.

"Now use Hyper Beam!"

Even with the orbs still orbiting it, an orange ball of energy began to build up in Umbreon's mouth, firing off the attack moments later.

"Dodge it Altaria!"

"Nope, it won't be fast enough."

Sure enough, just as the Dragon-Type began to gain altitude in order to avoid the Hyper Beam, its opponent launched the Hidden Power out into every direction. Even though Altaria dodged the one or two orbs aimed directly at her, it became quite evident that wasn't the attack's purpose. In no time they were covering the entire airspace above the battlefield before stopping as a light blue nimbus surrounded each of them the same moment Umbreon's eyes began to glow the same color. Changing direction, each ball started to curve into their target, creating a multi-directional attack that covered every angle of escape.

"Altaria!"

Caught with nowhere to run, every orb hit its mark, causing a large mid-air explosion around Altaria. Knocked unconscious, she quickly began to fall back towards the earth.

"Umbreon, if you would please."

Just before the Pokémon hit ground, a blue aura surrounded it. Slowing down and eventually stopping, the Flying-Type hovered just barely above the earth before gently being placed back on the grass.

"Altaria!" The young boy ran up to his Pokémon.

Giving off a small squeak, the Humming Pokémon opened its eyes just long enough to rest its head on its trainer's shoulder and fall asleep.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine," his opponent told him. "If anything you should be thanking Umbreon a bit, if she fell from that height it would have been quite a bit more serious."

"Thank you," the trainer told them both while hugging his Altaria. "You're really strong; did you compete in the tournament this year?"

"I competed in a tournament, but not this one. I'm just here to watch. My younger sister is in it."

"Come on Jake, we better get going," the girl standing behind him said, waiting impatiently with her Espeon. "We may be in the reserved section but the best seats can still fill up if we aren't careful."

"Sure Sis." Looking back at his opponent, Jake tried to put on a reassuring smile. "Don't worry kid, you did really well. I just have a bit more experience than you. Come on Umbreon!"

"Um, do you mind if I ask for your name?"

"Sure, it's Jake. Jake Ketchum," he called out as he ran off with a wave.

As they all started to get lost in the crowd it took a second for the kid to register the name.

"Wait, I just went up against one of the Ketchums?"

With the two males catching up to their sisters, the four of them began the walk from the practice fields towards the main stadium.

"Did you really have to go so hard on the poor boy?" Alex asked her twin. "He only looked to be ten or eleven."

"Don't worry so much, a small show of force isn't too bad. Besides, I went a little easy on him anyways."

Jake hadn't changed too much over the years, personality wise at least. Physically though he had slowly matured into a proud teenager. After years of getting grief from his sister he was finally just barely taller than her, and he made sure to gloat about it whenever the opportunity arose. Yet even if they seemed to be always bickering about various issues or getting on each other's nerves, Jake was very protective of his sisters even if it wasn't always openly shown. And though it seemed more so with his twin because he was with her most of the time, that sense of responsibility extended to more than just Alex. With all the traveling he had done through the years he was now solidly built, but not in a bulky sense. While his standard traveling outfit had changed many times over the course of his journey, the general style he tried to keep close to the outfit his grandma gave him years ago. A light blue short-sleeved jacket over a black short-sleeved shirt along with blue jeans and black fingerless gloves was his favorite while in his native region. While not many knew his reason as to why, he was always just proud to wear something close to what his father always used to wear, even if he never really did like the idea of wearing a hat as much. And as he grew older he began to look more and more like his father as well, but some of his softer facial features were the only real thing that he got from his mother. Otherwise it would have almost been impossible to guess who she was compared to his father.

"You call that going easy on him?" Alex asked, raising an eyebrow. "You just used a combination that Professor Oak personally developed for his own Umbreon. You even conned Dad into coming over to Kanto that year to get special lessons to master it! How can you call that going easy on the kid!" Pausing to take a deep breath and calm herself, Alex tried to regain her composure. "You know what? I'm not going to go any further. It's pointless to debate it now I guess."

While she may not have had the height advantage anymore, Alex was still making sure that her brother knew his place and didn't go overboard with everything he did, as was all too often his usual. At times she would attest to feeling more like his second mother than a sister, and even though she would never admit it openly she couldn't imagine traveling without him at this point. Just like her brother, she too had grown up over the years. As Jake seemed to enjoy looking like their father as he did when he journeyed through the various regions, Alex was always looking up more to their mom. Keeping the iconic red color, she now wore a long sleeveless red blouse with a deep v-neck line with a black shirt and black biking shorts underneath to keep some modesty. Finishing it off with elbow length black gloves and a red bandanna sporting the Hoenn Battle Frontier logo around her neck there was more than one boy that turned his head as she walked past. And if it wasn't for the death glare that her brother shot at most who did, she probably would have had them asking her out nearly every day.

"So let me get this straight, you wanted to come early just so that you can fight some newbie trainers. Do you have any shame?"

"Hey if you remember correctly that kid challenged me," Jake shot back at his sister. "Besides, I was looking for some of the more veteran trainers. After all that time up in Sinnoh I just want to be able to stretch out a bit back in the warm tropical sun. And what better way to do it than with a Pokémon battle?"

"Okay fine I get the point, but you do realize that 'relaxation' is missing a certain someone that doesn't want to leave your side, right? And she is going to be pretty mad at you for leaving without her this morning."

"Oh don't worry, she'll get over it soon enough. She'll just give the usual puppy dog eyes and move on after complaining a bit. But I have to say; now I know why Dad always complained about the way you and Mom used to use them on him."

"Right, well if you actually got a girlfriend you might get used to them too."

"Oh don't worry; I'm already used to them. Or at least I think I am. Besides with all the traveling that we do it would be hard to really keep a relationship going."

"I think you're just making excuses, Mom and Dad did it and look at how they turned out. And you can't use the reason that there is no girl close enough to you either. I know at least one girl that has shown interest in you, and don't think I haven't seen your reaction to another," Alex teased.

"I don't know what you're talking about," her brother stuttered while looking away from her.

"Of course you don't. So I guess mentioning the name Samantha has no effect on you."

Jake couldn't help but stop slightly as she said that, but he tried to recover without anyone noticing. Too bad they had spent a little too much time together for his twin to miss something like that.

"Like I said, deny it as many times as you want. I know exactly when you're lying. But she would be the one you can't stop thinking of."

"Okay fine, I admit she's not that bad," he finally got out, turning away to hide his beat red face.

"I think we both know that there is more on your mind than just that. I can only wonder why the 'fearless' Jake Ketchum hasn't said anything to her yet. But then again there is also another person who has their mind on…oh hi Anna! Fancy seeing you here."

"Anna! Where?" Jake nearly jumped as he quickly looked around at everyone around them, giving of a sigh of relief once he couldn't see her. "That was not funny."

"And that would be the one who can't stop thinking about you," Alex laughed as her brother grew even redder in the face. But this time it wasn't embarrassment that caused it. "Oh just relax, it's partially your fault anyways."

"My fault? I beat her once in the Indigo League and from that point on she can't stop following me, for five straight years! Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh, the Orange Islands; every place we went she was right behind us."

"Please, you're thinking too much into it. I've been watching her every year, and it didn't start out as you think."

"As I think! She's the one who has been stalking me!"

"Not quite," Alex sighed, rubbing her temples. "Why are boys always so stupid when it comes to this?"

"Hey!"

"But then again according to Mom you take after Dad in more than one way," she continued, completely ignoring her brother. "Fine, let me spell it out for you. Anna wasn't stalking you. Well I guess she kinda is now, but it's not for the reasons you're thinking of. After losing to Sarah the day we got to Kanto that year she obviously wanted to prove herself again at the Indigo League, but you beat her before she got too far. Thus you became her target to prove herself instead of Sarah, and because of that she followed you to Johto. You failed to meet up in the Silver League Conference and so, unsatisfied, she followed you to Sinnoh. Finally it was after beating her again in the semi-finals that it seemed to start to change from a desire to prove herself to something akin to simple admiration. It was from that she continued to follow you, even after suffering her second loss and accepting that, for the moment at least, you were the superior trainer. As we traveled through the Orange Islands it grew away from that simple admiration to something a bit more complex. And whether you accept it or not, that is what happened."

"Why do you always seem to know everything when it comes to situations like this?

"Because compared to you, I do."

"Why was I cursed with you as a twin?" Jake grumbled quietly as he sped up towards the stadium.

"Blessed," she corrected him while trying to keep pace. "You meant to ask why you were blessed with me as a twin."

"I hate you…"

Getting to the stadium, the siblings found an empty row and took their seats along with their Pokémon.

"So how much longer until everyone gets here? The battle should be starting soon," Jake asked while stretching out into the empty row of seats below them.

"Not really sure, because if you remember someone ran out of the house this morning without talking to anyone," Alex stated rather flatly, staring at her brother. "But I have to say that this is quite the turn out, even for the league finals. Then again, considering that she is becoming quite well known I guess it really isn't all that surprising."

"Right…well known." Looking around at the still growing crowd he couldn't help but give a deep sigh.

"Oh come on not this again," Alex groaned. "Remember, you are doing better than Dad did when he started. Top eight in your first tournament, top four in the Indigo League, top sixteen in the Johto League, but then you finally took the championship in Sinnoh. In his first four years Dad never got better than the top two, and even that one stood out from the others. Not to mention that you were able to beat the Orange League and you've almost beaten the Kanto Battle Frontier."

"Yeah I know that, and that's not what I'm annoyed at. Try recalling her résumé."

Alex hesitated slightly. "Second place in the Indigo League, champion of the Johto League, and going for the championship of the Hoenn League."

"Correct, and I still say that she chose to not take first place in the Indigo League and settled with second. Thus she is basically going for her third league title."

"Here we go again," she sighed. "How many times do I have to say it, why would anyone throw away becoming champion?"

"How should I know? Maybe not to get instant notoriety. But I would have bet money on the fact that her Pokémon and strategies were far superior to her opponent's that day, and if there is one thing that I am confident in it's my ability to read a Pokémon. And the other thing that makes me wonder is the fact that whenever I bring it up with either her or Dad they give me a half-hearted answer and try and change the subject."

"Oh just give it up already, either you are just looking into it too much into it or they are just pulling your leg. Besides she won the next one anyways so it really shouldn't matter in the end."

"And it's from that that I sometimes get recognized outside of Hoenn. I don't mind it when people say 'Oh you're his or her son'. But it really bugs me when it's 'Oh you're her older brother'. All of it just because she was able to get into at least the top two in her first two leagues."

"Of course being the daughter of two virtual celebrities had nothing to do with it either," Alex sighed while rolling her eyes. "But you know they have a name for that feeling, it's called Sibling Inferiority Complex. Although it usually deals with the younger sibling feeling that towards an older one," she added with a smirk.

"Oh shut it. Can we just drop the topic already?"

"Fine by me, you were the one who brought it up anyways. Although I still don't know what you're so jealous about. All that aside, most trainers would love to be in your position right now. There aren't that many who have won a regional tournament. Besides, even she can't read Pokémon as well as you can. In fact I think that even Dad can't."

"Like I said drop it," he said at last with a sigh. "I know what you're trying to say. I just want people to recognize me for me. Not due to my sisters, not to my parents, just me."

"Once again, you just have a bad habit of thinking too much into things. Our entire family is well known throughout the country. You can run from it as much as you want but you'll never escape that fact."

"Maybe, but I know how I can at least get a good start to be recognized as myself, a world-class competition that only about 14 people have conquered."

"What are you…oh no. You can't be serious."

"Yep, the Hoenn Battle Frontier."

"Okay Jake, I'll admit; you're good at what you do. In fact, you're really good. But that doesn't mean that you're that good. Every Frontier Brain that Dad chose is a top trainer who has several elite championship titles to their name. And even if you get past the others, he and Paul are easily two of the best trainers in Hoenn. Even Elite Four members can't be sure of beating those two. In fact five of the people that won were either current or former members of one of the regional Elite Fours. It's not like one of your practice battles. Once you step into that ring with Dad it doesn't matter who you are, he'll put you down faster than you can say 'I screwed up'. And you know better than most how powerful Dad actually is."

"But I also know his strategies," he added confidently.

At that point Alex couldn't help but wonder how her brother was able to win as much as he did. "I don't know if you're being confident or just plain stupid. Sure, you know his favorite ones at least, but he knows yours as well. You really have to start thinking these things through; rushing into a battle like that without considering everything beforehand is near suicide. Even if we give you the extreme benefit of the doubt and say that'll put you on even grounds in that sense, do you really think that your Pokémon can match his in speed or power?"

Jake opened his mouth to respond, but couldn't really come up with much of a comeback. "Well that doesn't mean that we can't try."

"No it doesn't, but you need to know your limits. Dad didn't become as good as he is overnight. Even after five years you're as reckless as always. Let's just hope that you won't do this when Hannah starts her own journey."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well we've already proven that Sarah and I have inherited Mom and Dad's skill, so I guess the talent skips a generation for the Ketchum men."

Jake was about to yell back at her but a quick nudge from Umbreon made him stop.

"What's the matter? Can't find a good comeback?"

"Now Alex, I thought that you two were trying to fix the fighting problem."

Alex quickly stiffed at the sound of the almost too sweet voice. Looking over at Jake she saw him quickly stick his tongue out at her before ending with a cocky smile. Neither needed to turn around to know who that voice belonged to.

"Sorry Mom," she finally said.

"Yeah it's alright Mom," Jake continued. "Alex just got done saying how much better I am as a trainer than she is."

"Wait, what?" Alex could barely believe her ears, or her eyes. Unlike how he was just a minute ago, her brother was as cocky as he usually was and there was never even a sign that he had ever been depressed. "Are you saying that you…all that talk about Sarah and you…"

"Oh that? I let that all go quite a while ago."

While it was of course a complete lie, he just couldn't resist seeing his older sister squirm a bit.

"You mean…I actually felt pity for you and then… "Alex's face was flushed red with rage as she began to yell, the fact their mother was right next to her didn't even matter at that point. "You little prick! I'm going to freakin' murder you!"

Just as Alex was about to jump at her brother a light blue glow surrounded her and she stopped nearly in mid-air. Looking down she saw an all too familiar pink four-legged Pokémon whose forehead gem and body where glowing the exact same color as Alex step right from behind her mother.

"Thank you Espeon. Now Alex you're just lucky that you're father isn't here," May told her in a calm voice as her daughter still stood completely motionless. "I seriously doubt that you would get off easy after hearing that."

Even if her master wasn't in a very good situation at the moment, Alex's own Espeon didn't even try to make a move against the other Pokémon. Not only because it was her mother and her mother's trainer who were responsible for the event, but even if May didn't do as much in the contest ring as she used to, the power of her Pokémon was undeniable. Even though she still classified herself as a coordinator, the mother of four could give even top trainers a run for their money. In fact her and Ash had a bet going for a couple years as to who could do each other's job better. While neither will ever openly tell what the wager was, it wound up as a tie at one championship title each. Ash continued on to win one more Grand Festival after that but May decided to go back to coordinating.

"I think you can let go of her now Espeon," May told her Pokémon after a little while.

As the blue nimbus vanished, Alex had to take a half-step to steady herself before sitting back down without a word. She didn't even glance over at her brother who she knew was still sporting a large grin at that point.

"Oh and Jake," May calmly stated without looking over at him. "If you don't wipe that smirk off your face right now you'll be in even bigger trouble. Don't think that I'm going to be putting everything on Alex. I will be having a talk with both of you after the battle, if you are going to act like you're five years old I can easily treat you like you are five years old."

Jake was quick to comply as he sat back in his chair. While their mom was slow to anger she could be just as bad as their dad when it came to punishment.

"For now we can leave your father out of it. I don't doubt that you sometimes act like this while we are not around, but as long as you're with us you're under our rules. But even still, you don't say things like that to your brother, and before you say anything Jake you're just as much at fault because you incited it. Now let's just forget this for the time being, we're here to watch the battle after all."

After a few minutes of silence, from both human and Pokémon, Jake finally spoke up. "So when is everyone supposed to be here?"

"Well your grandparents and uncle might not make it in time for the start of the battle, but as for your father and…"

"Big brother!"

Turning around just in time, a small girl virtually jumped into Jake's arms and hugged him tightly. She was rather young, only about five years old, but her shoulder length brown hair and dark brown eyes shown just as well as her older sisters'. The young girl was only wearing a pure white sleeveless summer dress with two white ribbons with a blue accent at each of the ends, one around her waist and another tying most of her hair back into pony-tail leaving only a couple bangs on each side framing her face; her wide-brimmed matching hat with a blue ribbon tied around the cap portion had fallen off while leaping into the boy's arms.

"I was just asking about you Squirt," Jake teased as he stood up and spun her around a couple times before just holding her in his arms. Of course she was holding onto her brother with a big smile on her face and had her head resting on his shoulder. But it wasn't long before she remembered a little problem.

"Big Brother why did you leave without us?" The girl pouted, looking up with the most heart melting puppy-dog eyes that one could imagine. "I wanted to go with you to the stadium."

"And with that I definitely know why Dad fears those eyes so much," Jake chuckled. "Sorry Kiddo, but Alex and I kinda wanted to get here early. You weren't even awake by the time we left."

"Yeah, cause you wanted to challenge a few people before the match started," his twin sighed.

Looking over as if she had just noticed them, the young girl's smile grew once again.

"Hi Mommy! Hi Alex!" She waved over at the other two there.

"Oh come on Hannah, why do you always go to Jake?" Alex complained as her father showed up with Raichu close behind, bringing her younger sister's hat along with him. "I'm just as much your older sibling as he is."

"Cause Big Brother is better," she simply responded, hugging him tightly again.

"See, yet another person who agrees with me," Jake grinned. "Now why can't all my sisters be like you?" He asked while playing with her hair a bit, earning a small giggle in response.

"Heh, over my dead body," Alex mumbled before looking back at her father and giving him a hug. "Hey Dad," but as she said that she noticed something was missing. "Where's Ninetales?"

"She's a little big to bring into the stadium, so knowing her she's probably moping about around the house right now," he replied while returning the embrace. "But how about you two? Enjoying your time off in between leagues? You've been spending most of it back here in Hoenn so you must still fell a little homesick."

"No…well, not entirely at least. For some reason Jake has insisted on training in Sinnoh the last few months after his loss to Brandon so he can demand a rematch. And I don't care what Mrs. Oak will ever say, living up in that freezer of a place is physically impossible."

"Yeah but there's no way she'll agree with that statement. Though you do realize that you didn't need to continue following him right?" Ash asked with a knowing smile on his face. "While your mother may disagree, you're both more than old enough to go off by yourselves if you wanted to. Just because he wants to go to Sinnoh doesn't mean you have to as well."

"Um…well I….that is…" She stuttered while looking away a bit, a light blush forming across her face. "Sure I could do it just fine but he wouldn't last two days without me. He can't cook, do laundry, he has absolutely no sense of direction, heck it seems he can barely get dressed at times…"

"Alright, alright, I get the picture," Ash interrupted her with a small chuckle. "I'm not forcing you to do anything; I just gave you an option." Turning back to his other two children, Ash just shook his head at seeing his youngest daughter continue to cuddle up against her brother. "Hannah I think Jake would probably like to be able to sit down, so you can let go of him now. It's not like he's going anywhere anytime soon."

"Awww, do I hafta?" The girl asked, carefully tightening her grip on her brother.

"No that's okay," Jake told her while shifting the way he was holding her slightly. A moment later he sat back down in his seat with Hannah sitting right on his lap and his Umbreon was already up onto a neighboring seat to great the newcomer.

"Hehe, hi Umbreon," Hannah giggled as the Pokémon cuddled up next to her.

"I swear, at times it seems as though in her mind I don't even exist at times," Alex sighed as she took her own seat next to Jake again. "I'm just as much her sibling as him or Sarah, but he is the one she likes the most while Sarah is next and I seem as nothing more than distant relative."

"Somebody's jealous," her brother chimed in with a sing-song voice.

"Now who would ever be jealous of you?"

"Okay you two, enough," their father interrupted them. "Sarah's battle will start soon and your grandparents and uncle will be here in just a little bit. I know you have been getting better at it but the usual rules will apply for a family get-together, zero tolerance. Got it?"

"Yes Dad," the twins simultaneously responded, a slight annoyance on their voice.

"Daddy do you think that Sarah will win?" Hannah asked, looking up from petting Umbreon.

"I think that she should have a pretty good chance," he told his daughter while taking a seat of his own. "But how about you two?" He asked, looking at the twins. "With your current skill level, predicting something like this shouldn't be too hard. And I know you've both been watching the battles so far."

"Sarah will win, hands down," Alex stated confidently. "If I remember correctly her opponent likes to use Pokémon who are quick but hit hard. Knowing Sarah, she probably knows her opponent better than he knows himself at this point. So I would say she'll start with Aggron, not very fast but large offensive and defensive power, pretty much the tank of her team, and most of the rest of her team probably follows that pattern."

"Alright, Alex says that Sarah will win by starting with Aggron," Ash restated. "Jake? What do you think?"

"Oh she has most of it right, but she's thinking about it from the wrong angle," he smirked. "I also think that Sarah will win, and I agree that she probably has her opponent pretty much memorized by now, but I don't think that she'll follow that strategy."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Alex shot back. "If she knows what her opponent likes to use why not go for the perfect counter? Make it as quick and easy a win as possible."

"Because she wouldn't find that too fun, remember her battle style isn't like either of ours. She'll strategize when she has to but I don't think she cares enough about this champion title to go with a strategy she won't enjoy as much."

"Here we go again with your whole 'she purposefully lost her first league' idea again. Why wouldn't she want to go for the title? I mean she went all out in the Silver League Championship."

"I'm not the one you should be asking that to, even if I personally don't think she actually went all out in that battle. And from what I can tell so far, she's coasting through this one as well just wanting to enjoy the competition itself. If I had to give an answer though, I'd say part of it is because she's almost too confident in her skills," Jake said while looking back down at the field where the staff was just starting to clear out. "Of course she can back up that confidence when she wants to, but for the most part she just wants to have fun with it all. And on a slightly more sadistic side, one of her favorite ways of having fun is to challenge herself by beating her opponents with a strategy or typing similar to theirs. It's not all that efficient but it can really show whose Pokémon really are better and creates an uphill battle for both trainers in the process. You of all people should know that one."

"Well, yeah but, I wouldn't think that she would do something like that in a championship match."

"If for some reason she is motivated enough, I have no reason to doubt that your version will happen. But my bet is on the fact that she'll probably start with Infernape and stick with a combination of speed and power. Sarah was the only one of us to not only master Dad's Adjustment System but expand on it along with Raichu's stances. She's done entire battles without even directly saying an attack name. And with Eevee to relay her other Pokémon's input mid-battle, I doubt her opponent will be able to keep up. As usual, I feel real sorry for whoever goes up against her."

"I can't deny that one," Alex stated flatly. "I wonder if she even realizes the mental effect she has on other trainers when she goes at them with their own strategy? Or how she never seems surprised or worried about anything her opponent does. I've seen the effects it can have, along with the added effect of an opponent who sees the Adjustment System or a similar idea for the first time. A trainer's mind is far easier to break than most people think, and without a trainer who can think straight the Pokémon falls pretty quickly as well. Very useful, but not many trainers either realize it or can use it properly. Not to mention some consider it an unfair tactic."

"She may only be twelve but sadly I wouldn't be surprised if she actually did know it. Dad trained her almost too well while we were gone."

"Yep."

"Big Brother what are you and Alex talking about?" Hannah asked, looking up at the teen.

"Nothing you need to worry about Kiddo, just promise me that you won't grow up to be as weird as your sisters."

"You do know that I'm sitting right next to you right?" Alex growled back at him.

"Yep! I'll grow up to be just like Big Brother and Daddy!" The youngster beamed, grabbing onto Jake again. "So is Sarah going to win Big Brother?"

"If she wants to she will."

"Is she stronger than Big Brother?"

"That's kinda hard to answer. My Pokémon are more powerful but I would probably lose to her every time."

"Huh? How can you lose if you're stronger?"

"Because," Alex interrupted. "While most of her Pokémon aren't overly strong, the way she battles with them are almost at the level of Mom and Dad."

The poor girl still just stared right at her older sister, still not entirely understanding her.

"Think of it this way Kiddo," Jake started. "If Dad used a Pokémon that he had just caught, would he be beaten easily?"

"Of course not! Nobody can beat Daddy!"

The entire family couldn't help let out a small laugh at the young Ketchum's comment.

"Not exactly why, but close enough for now."

"So what do you think will happen Dad?" Alex asked.

"Oh I think that I'll keep that to myself," their father said with a grin. "I talked with Sarah just before we got here so it wouldn't be fair if I spoiled it. But you two have definitely gotten better over the years; both of your ideas were spot on for her."

Jake was going to interject once more but the whole crowd started to calm down as the announcer's voice rang out over the loudspeaker.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, if we could have your attention please. The championship battle of the Hoenn Pokémon League is about to start. Our first combatant has come a long way to compete here, but already has many tournaments under his belt with several of them ranking in the top two. We'll just have to see if he can take home his first championship trophy. Hailing from the land of Johto, and today's green trainer, Andrew Warren!"

The cheering started suddenly as the blonde haired teenager walked out onto battlefield. Waving both hands to the crowd as he approached his spot on the field, the noise died down as the announcer began talking again.

"And our red trainer today is a young girl who, while in only her third tournament, has already taken second and first place in her previous leagues. If you don't recognize her name from her own raising fame you almost definitely know that of the rest of her family. Champions and celebrities, they hold most of the titles that can be earned in the surrounding regions and even some from beyond. Including; Petalburg Gym Leader, Contest Judge, and even the Area Master himself. Two of those family members are even idolized by nearly every young trainer in Hoenn. Today she will see if she can add yet another victory to that long list. Let me introduce you to Sarah Ketchum!"

And with that I would bet the number one question most people had from my last one was answered. Thanks for reading, as always I'll be trying to keep a consistent update schedule of every couple days.