Pokemon Raze Chapter 1: Tournaments and Masters

"Let's go, Deino!"

Kaitlyn and Deino ran through the woods behind her house, exploring. Deino kept on tripping on roots and bumping into trees.

"Woah there, Deino," Kaitlyn bent down and picked up Deino after he fell for what seemed like the millionth time, "You've got to be more careful!"

Deino squeaked in thanks and proceeded to run ahead. Kaitlyn ran after Deino to keep up.

A few hours later, Kaitlyn and Deino returned to the house covered in dirt.

"Kaitlyn, you're tracking dirt in the house," one of Kaitlyn's aunts complained.

"Sorry, Auntie," Kaitlyn apologized, "I'll go take a bath. Come on, Deino!"

Kaitlyn ran up the stairs, still trailing mud behind her. Deino happily followed her.

"She's a lively one as always," one of Kaitlyn's uncles grumbled around his cigar.

"That's good, considering she starts her journey tomorrow," Lucy said as she walked into the Kitchen, "she needs the energy."

"You obviously didn't have enough energy as you quit after six badges," Charles snickered from the table.

"Shut up! You didn't do much better! You only got, what, seven badges?" Lucy shot back. "Not much better than me!"

"I'm still better than you, lil miss six badges."

"Give it a rest you two. When will you ever stop arguing?" Kaitlyn and Charles' mom cut in exasperated.

"Never!" The two bickering cousins shouted in unison.

Kaitlyn stifled a laugh at the top of the stairs. Listening to Charles and Lucy bicker never got old. Kaitlyn turned her back to the stairs and slipped towards the bathroom to bathe.

The next day, Kaitlyn awoke, excitement coursing throughout her body. Today was April 13! She was finally thirteen! Kaitlyn jumped from bed and ran down the stairs to the kitchen.

"Happy Birthday, dear," Kaitlyn's mom said from the stove.

"Happy Birthday, loser," Charles called from the table.

The rest of Kaitlyn's family greeted her with 'Happy Birthday' as she sat down at the table. Her mom walked over and served her some Chansey egg omelette and a drink of Moomoo Milk. Kaitlyn dug into the omelette as her family discussed some recent news.

"What do you think of that new Ordism church that was set up in Silvcus City?" Kaitlyn's mom asked.

"I don't like it," huffed one of her uncles, "those people seem a bit weird. I don't trust Ordism one bit!"

"I think people should believe in what religion they want without being bothered," one of Kaitlyn's aunts chimes in.

Kaitlyn wasn't paying attention as she was bolting down here breakfast as fast as she could. As soon as she finished, she rushed upstairs to get ready.

Kaitlyn pulled on a blue and red shirt and black cargo pants. She tied her long black hair into a ponytail before placing a red and blue baseball cap on her head. She completed the look with a brown fanny pack to store poke Balls and other trainer essentials. She ran downstairs to say goodbye to her family before heading out.

"You look so grown up!" Her mother gushed, giving her a huge hug.

Kaitlyn hugged the rest of her family but as she hugged Charles he whispered in her ear, "go kick some ass for me."

"Be careful!" Her mother called as Kaitlyn laced on brown hiking boots. "I love you!" Her mother continued.

As Kaitlyn walked out the door with Deino, she turned around and called out, "I love you all! See you when I'm the champion!"

Kaitlyn walked out into a circle of eight mansions. The homes of each of the eight clans of Sorcha. Each house had a banner out front displaying the clan's emblem. There was the Hydreigon Clan (which Kaitlyn hailed from), the Goodra Clan, the Kommo-o Clan, the Garchomp Clan (which Darius hailed from), the Metagross Clan, the Salamence Clan, the Tyranitar Clan, and the Dragonite Clan. Each clan housed powerful trainers and were all biter rivals with each other. Every year the clans sent out a batch of trainers to see who could become the strongest. This year, only two trainers were sent out. Kaitlyn and Darius.

In a break between two of the mansions was a dirt path leading through a forest and down a steep hill. At the end of the path was the large city of Sorcha. Kaitlyn headed down the path, Deino trotting at her heels.

After a twenty minute walk, Kaitlyn reached the sprawling city of Sorcha. With its criss-crossing roads filled with honking cars to the myriad of wild Pokémon running around the back alleys and parks. Kaitlyn loved the place.

She started her way to the Satoshi Arena where the Trainer's School would be holding their annual tournament. The winner of the Tournament would get a Pokédex and have lunch with one of the seven Pokémon masters! The Pokémon Master in question was the most famous of the Pokémon masters. His name was Hikaru and he's known as the World's Strongest Trainer! Kaitlyn was so excited and determined to win the tournament.

One taxi cab ride later, Kaitlyn arrived at the Satoshi arena. She stood in awe in front of the ginormous stadium. The arena was owned by the Fighter's Club but the school has rented it out.

Kaitlyn walked through the coliseum until she reached the battlefield in the center. Standing in the center of the battlefield was her class and her teacher Mrs. Nova Smith. Mrs. Smith had long blonde hair tied up in a bun, blue jeans, and a pastel sweater with a swollen belly indicating pregnancy. Standing next to her was a young, white haired man wearing a white tee and jeans. Despite his casual and inconspicuous look, Kaitlyn knew that young man was Hikaru.

Kaitlyn quickly joined her friends in the crowd as Mrs. Smith began to speak.

"Alright class, now that you're all here, let's begin!" Mrs. Smith announced. "This is Hikaru! He has agreed to oversee our little tournament as well as provide himself as one of the 'prizes'. The winner will have lunch with him as well as obtain a Pokédex. Anything to add, Hika?" She said that last part with a cutesy smile.

"Mrs. Smith acts like she's friends with Hikaru with that stupid little nickname. As if!" One of the girls in front of Kaitlyn snickered.

"Actually, I AM friends with Mrs. Smith, Samantha," Hikaru said, stepping forward, the grin on his face not fading. Samantha flinched at her name.

"Now, any other comments before I begin?"

The class remained silent.

"Good. Well anyways, yo, I'm Hikaru! But you guys already know that. I'm so excited to watch this tournament! I'm sure you all will have some amazing battles! I have already drawn up the tournament bracket so we can just hop right into this!" The whole time he spoke, Hikaru drummed his fingers against his thigh. He also talked really fast.

Hikaru turned around and picked up a paper board behind him that Kaitlyn didn't notice until now. He displayed the board to the class. There were twenty kids in the class with ten battles each in round one.

"Ok class, there's no need to wait so let's jump right into it! The first battle of round one is… Kaitlyn vs. Samantha!" Hikaru announced, his ever present grin still plastered on his face. "Everyone besides Samantha and Kaitlyn, let's head to the stands!"

Kaitlyn stood at one end of the battlefield and Samantha stood at the other. Hikaru stood in the middle at the edge as he was refereeing. Sam and Kaitlyn readied their pokeballs.

"This will be a one-on-one battle! The winner will be decided when one person either forfeits or their Pokémon is unable to battle. Sam gets the first move!" Hikaru through his arms open in a grandiose gesture. "Let the battle begin!"

"Torchic, it's time to battle!" Sam yelled, releasing a Torchic from her Poké Ball.

"Deino, let them tremble before our might!" Kaitlyn called out as she let out Deino.

"Ember!" Sam commanded.

Torchic opened its beak and out came a stream of embers. Kaitlyn smirked as they surrounded Deino, slowly dying down and leaving Deino totally unfazed

"That sure was a weak Ember. Are you sure that Torchic is a fire type?" Kaitlyn taunted. "Let's show them true power with Dragon Rage!"

Deino opened his mouth and a blue fiery energy jetted out. Torchic tried to dodge but was overtaken by it. Deino then closed his mouth, shutting down the attack and revealing an unconscious Torchic.

"Torchic is unable to battle! Kaitlyn is the winner and advances to the next round!" Hikaru shouted out the results to the cheering class.

"You did amazing, Deino." Kaitlyn returned Deino to his Poké Ball.

"Dammit, dammit, dammit!" Sam stomped her foot as she returned Torchic. Without even shooting Kaitlyn a backward glance she stomped over to her friends.

"That was a brilliant first battle!" Hikaru thumped Kaitlyn on the back. "Great job!"

Now that she saw him up close, Kaitlyn noticed that Hikaru had a nervous energy to him. He drummed his fingers on his thighs and was generally very twitchy. He couldn't sit still at all.

"Well let's move to the next battle!" Hikaru called. "Next is Darius vs Hailey!"

Darius and Hailey took their place at each end of the battlefield and proceeded to battle. Darius sent out his Gible and Hailey sent out her Pikachu.

The battle was embarrassing for Hailey. Gible dodged all of Pikachu's attacks and slammed into it with Tackle. Pikachu had tried to go for Quick Attack but Gible easily sidestepped it and tripped Pikachu. Gible finished the battle by using Dig to attack Pikachu from behind.

Hikaru declared the battle over and cheerfully congratulated Darius. Hikaru then called forth the next two combatants.

The rest of the battles were pretty boring. Hikaru seemed to lose energy as the battles dragged on. Finally, it was time for round two.

The first battle of round two (Mason vs Jaren) was fairly intense but ended pretty quickly. Mason moved on to the next round and Hikaru got ready to call out the next battle. When he saw the matchup an excited gleam sparkled in his eyes.

"Now this will be interesting," Hikaru muttered to himself. "This battle may actually be entertaining. It's always destructive when Clan members battle."

Hearing part of that, Kaitlyn knew what the matchup was. Excitement coursed through her as she realized now was the time to prove herself.

Hikaru cleared his throat and called out the matchup to everyone in the arena. "Battle two of round two will be Kaitlyn vs Darius!"