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People was euphoric to have witnessed Armando's victory. His fighting skills are very strong, and even though his opponent was strong he had no problem dealing with her.

The next battle was a bit of an incognit. People knew that Susan was a genius fighter, and her opponent was known to be an independent Pokémon fighter. But, when the battle ended, anyone could believe that she was defeated, as the independent Pokémon she was fighting defeated all her team members, without receiving any damage at all.

So, from the contestats, only Armando, John, Hideiki and Ginger got to the semifinals. The semifinals were randomly selected by the judges. Armando vs Hideiki and John vs Ginger. The first round was a pretty interesting battle, where Armando won against Hideiki with an astonishing 6-0 win, ensuring once again his way to the final.

The other battle was a bit of a surprise. It was actually a lot of fighting, with a lot of the people cheering for Ginger, as it turned into an epic showdown. Slowly but steadily, one by one, after the hard fought battles, Ginger managed to defeat such powerful foes such as Tyranitar or Salamence. After defeating the last opponent, everyone started to cheer for Ginger, who managed to fight its way to the final.

The announcer exclaimed "The best is yet to come! The final battle between Ginger and Armando will take place in two hours!" After that, the Pokémon who were going to be involved in the final battle were brought to the infirmary, where they were fully restored to a perfect state. Meanwhile, Eevee was having the time of his life, as he kept cheering "Ginger!! Ginger!!" with each and every move of the Pokémon!

Pidgeot was also excited to watch this final battle between Armando and Ginger, as she was amazed by the strenght of the Pokémon! Her enthusiasm was so strong that she didn't noticed that the announcer had given a two hour countdown time for the contestants to rest.

At that point, Sceptile shook one of Pidgeot's wings. "Hey! Someone there? We're bringing some drinks and snacks! But I need you to move!" As he finished, Pidgeot let him pass, and as he was facing backwards, she pecked him on the head "NOBODY TOUCHES MY WING WITHOUT PERMISSON!!". He just stared at her and sighed as he went to grab the snacks. "Eevee, do you like the battles?" Asked Espeon "Of course! I love watching those battles! " Excalimed Eevee as he jumped on the seat. "And who will be the champion?" He asked. "There's only one way to find out!" Sceptile said as he came back with plenty of drinks. As they reviewed the battles, time passed by quickly and soon, the announcer had made the announcement everyone waited for.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come! The finalists are ready! Give them a really heartfelt, warm welcome!!" The announcer said in a louder tone than ever before. "On the right side... The current champion Armando Cavarone!!!" Everyone cheered Armando as he walked toward the stage, giving the public a reverence as he headed towards the stage. He was definitely a true gentleman, nobody had any doubt about that.

"Aaaaaaand, on the left side... The aspirant, Ginger Sparklight!!!!" Everyone cheered again as Ginger stepped onto the stage. Everyone cheered for Ginger, because nobody thought that a regular kantonian Raichu could make it to the world finals.

But Ginger was now concentrated on Armando's previous performances, as it analyzed the patterns in his moves and then proceeded to look at him, a determined look on its face.

It took Ginger a moment to decide how to react as soon as its first opponent was finally revealed. Shortly after, Armando made one of his characteristic poses, and the wonderful Articuno flought to the stage. It was as if there was nothing more in the world to the Raichu, who decided to let the Articuno make its first move. The ice bird flew full speed towards Ginger, sending out two powerful ice projectiles. Ginger dodged both projectiles without any trouble, and counterattacked them with a great thunderbolt, which made the public's fur stood on end, despite the great distance between them. A loud screech sounded as Articuno was hit by the powerful thunderbolt, causing its body to shake. The spectators gasped as the bird temporally lost control, and its eyes were closed tightly. But it was able to shrug off the blow, it began to attack with a large, powerful gust towards Ginger. Ginger had a moment to think, and quickly dug a hole, with the exact depth to avoid the intense wind's effects, so it was able to avoid the gust. As the Articuno stopped flapping its wings, it looked down, and felt relieved as the Raichu was nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile Ginger knew that Articuno was still confused, and took advantage of the situation as it blasted through the ground just below the Articuno and threw a hard punch right at its stomach. The Articuno screamed in pain, as it started to fly as high as it could, to prepare a dive and attack move. Meanwhile, the Raichu stood still on the ground, waiting to the right moment to synchronize its next attack with Articuno's actions.

As Articuno turned to the opposite direction, and began diving at an impressive speed, Ginger kept an still pose, as if preparing to attack, waiting for the Articuno to get as closest as possible. As Articuno kept moving in a downward direction, Ginger knew that it was a good idea. Soon, the distance between the two was cut to a couple hundred feet. Due to the Articuno impressive speed, it only took about half a second to the Pokémon to collide, as a dense ball of dust tens of times their own size covered all of their surroundings, making impossible to discern any movement from the audience's perspective. But Ginger, who had been timing the next action, managed to execute the plan correctly. As soon as Articuno got to a range of not more than two times the Raichu tail's length, Ginger jumped and did a quick backflip, as the tail hardened as much as diamond at the same time it was launched foward like a whip, and just as it had been calculated, the time it took to Articuno to reach its supposed target made the bird to crash head-first with its hardened tail, receiving a devastating blow to the face. As the dust cleared off, the public started to applaud as the Articuno laid still on the ground.

"Articuno is unable to battle!" the announcer exclaimed.

The crowd kept applauding as the Articuno regained a bit of its balance, just enough to leave the battlefield.

A few seconds later, Armando gave a small gesture of approvement to Ginger, then proceeded to do the second set of signals, as Entei entered the arena the same way it did with Nikki. Ginger knew that, unlike Articuno, this Pokémon was much more resilient, and relied on its physical strength to inflict a great deal of damage. But its downside was that it was slow, and as Ginger was way faster and agile, it would be easier to predict its moves, and counterattack with long-ranged moves.

And as Ginger made the decision, Entei was already running toward the Raichu, his mouth expelling smoke and flames as it sped forward trying to start a close combat battle against Ginger. But as Entei tried to tackle, Ginger jumped several meters in the air, and as soon as Entei's back was just below, released a powerful thunder which flashed a blinding light, stunning Entei as millions of volts flowed through the legendary's body. In just seconds, Entei was scarred with a black scorch on his back, which seemed to hurt like hell, but, nevertheless, was able to continue, as it tried to attack with a scratch, imprinting a massive amount of strength in it. Raichu quickly dodged it laying on the floor, making Entei immediately lose balance, taking a second to balance itself, that Ginger wisely took advantage of by using a quick attack in the opposite direction, opening a long, safe distance between them. Entei immediately turned its head back, to see Raichu a few hundred feet away. Entei couldn't understand why did the Raichu did such a thing, but, as the legendary ran towards it, the Raichu 'greeted' it with another electric attack, this one consisting in a large electric blast, and Entei immediately felt a huge electric surge as it roared in pain, forcing to stop his run. The Raichu instantly realized this, so, instead of being prepared to defend itself, it began to prepare another attack, which left no one indifferent. The Raichu struck the ground with the tail in an inclinated position, and, a couple seconds later, a water wave twice as tall as Entei appeared, and due to the sheer speed of the attack, it struck Entei before it could even react, making a huge amount of smoke and steam. The Raichu quickly looked around looking for any trace of movenent, and found none, only to see Entei's immobile frame lying on the ground as the blast dissipated.

"WOW!! A Raichu that has learnt Surf! It's been really impressive!! Entei is unable to battle!" The announcer narrated struck in awe at the sight of such an unusual attack for an electric Pokémon. Ginger felt a relieving sensation though its body, as it had been possible to take down two legendaries without receiving any damage, and also felt proud of itself, as nobody had managed to beat two of Armando's legendary opponents without succumbing in the process.

As Entei also recovered slightly and abandoned the arena, Armando though about the extraordinary strength this Raichu packed. However, the battle for the crown of the Pokémon Champion was far from finish. Armando then made a pose before moving his hand forward in a very quick movement, and, faster as anyone could see, a Latias appeared on the battlefield and stared firmly at the Raichu. "How many legendaries does Armando know?" asked Ginger to itself, not realizing that it was logical that the most powerful champion in history, Armando himself, could only rely on such a great team to achieve the huge success he'd had so far.

But the self-thinking was short-lived, as the Latias flew at such speed that Ginger was barely able to dodge, even though Latias started moving from the opposite side of the arena. As any human or Pokémon who dedicated to battle in a rather professional way knew, the Eon Duo were the legendaries known for their extreme speed, enough to break the sound barrier in a diving flight. The movement of Latias was really fast, which led to Ginger to rely on Latias' own speed to use it against her. As soon as Latias charged again, Ginger made an attempt to get Latias to fly lower, as it would be rather easy to land a hit and crash her to the ground. As Ginger predicted, Latias would eventually fly lower and lower after each avoided tackle, until Ginger was able to touch Latias with its paws. Then, the next time Latias charged, Ginger went to intercept it, by throwing an electricity-packed thunder punch. The hit was powerful enough to stop Latias in her tracks, sending a brutal shockwave which resonated throughout the arena. Latias felt an unbearable pain in her head, as the punch was a perfectly clean blow, but not enough to defeat her. As Ginger was dragged tens of feet backwards from the recoil from the first hit, Latias quickly launched a Solar Beam at the still balancing Raichu, who was quickly struck by the energy of the attack and was sent flying backwards. Ginger knew that it would be impossible to win a fight against a legendary team without taking this kind of damage, but for now, she simply continued fighting Latias as if nothing had happened.

Latias, which had discerned that the flying tackle wasn't effective enough with Ginger, had made an additional change. When she got close enough to Ginger, she would launch another Solar beam or Ice Beam, trying to hit the Raichu as hard as possible. But the Raichu was so skilled that, each time Latias tried to launch an attack, it could read her movements and guess the direction of the attack. With every passing second, Latias grew more and more frustrated with her own performance, making her suffer the psychological toll of her feelings.

Ginger did not care about failing strategies, as negative feelings in a foe's mind could kill any fighter's performance, due to the lack of concentration. So, once Ginger felt that Latias' performance had fallen further behind its own, decided to play a trick which luckily, would make the Raichu win this battle. As Latias was a psychic Pokémon, it would have been wise to read the Raichu's thoughts to find out what it was thinking. However, the inexperience handling this very difficult challenge fogged her mind, losing such abilities. Ginger decided to use her state to its advantage by taunting her, getting as near as it could from her barrage of attacks, until the Latias' powerful mind was taken over by her feelings, and started to try to tackle again, just what Ginger was looking for. Once the Raichu positioned itself in the perfect position, waited for the Latias to get nearer, and as soon as she was going to deliver the impact, Ginger jumped at a precise height and launched a perfect flying kick, striking Latias' wing at full force. Ginger's plan bare fruit as it felt something give in, causing the Latias to scream in agony, before she landed harshly on the ground, being paralyzed by the pain and unable to flight due to the broken wing. Then, Ginger just ran to her, and launched an array of fast-moving punches for some seconds, until Latias was rendered unconscious.

"Latias is unable to battle!" the commentator shouted, before the Latias was taken out. Ginger wasn't keen on status-inflicting attacks, but she knew they sometimes were the only option left.

Armando felt really impressed with Ginger, as nobody could beat half of his team before, let alone an independent fighter. His victory over Ginger wasn't ensured, and for him, this battle really was nothing compared to his previous ones. He had been dreaming of a battle like this for ages.