The masked trainer and a blood feud.

The tournament continued. The next match was between Matsu and his haniyama, A masked trainer by the name of Ginga Kamen, and his Pokemon, the Machamp named Kengan.

I thought this should be an interesting match; however, I would soon find it to be very disturbing.

" Fight!" Said the announcer.

Kengan and Haniyama came out strong, with both getting each other. Machamp used his cross chop and Kengan his double slap.

Kengan's chops didn't do much damage due to Haniyama's ability: thick fat.

The sumo wrestler's Pokemon's slaps did a ton of damage.

Then the battle shifted.

Machamp grabbed Haniyama's wrist and snapped it in half. Before Haniyama could retract, he used a ripcord clothesline; Machamp then hammered it with a barrage of punches.

Haniyama attacked him with an attempt at an earthquake slap but Kengan leapt up and axe kicked him in the head with a calf drop.

" Now use the seismic edge," shouted Ginga Kamen.

' what kind of attack is a seismic edge?' I wondered.

He then grabbed Haniyama, lifted him on his shoulders, and leaped into the air before locking his leg around his head and waist and wrapping his arms around both Haniyama's working arm and a broken arm and spinning him around the world before slamming his head first into the mat.

' big ben edge+ seismic toss = seismic edge,' I finally put together the names after witnessing the move.

" Fuck!" I cursed as I knew Haniyama's bones were pretty much shattered.

Machamp wasn't through, though; he raised his hand high above his head as his hand glowed bright red.

" He's going to use a brick break on Haniyama's head; quick, Matsu, call Haniyama back," I shouted.

But just as Machamp was about to bring his palm down Riolu landed a powerful Flying kick to his jaw that smoldered with dark energy.

" Dynamic strike!" He shouted he shouted before assuming a Superman landing pose.

" What, that riolu just slammed Machamp into a corner post with a single kick," called the announcer.

They wheeled the broken haniyama to the Pokemon center. As Matsu passed me, he turned to me.

" Do me a favor Leroy," he said.

" What is that?" I asked.

" Destroy that mutha fucka," he said under his breath.

I looked at Ginga Kamen I knew damn well what Ginga Kamen was.

" Remove your mask," I said in a stern and serious tone. "You ain't fooling me, YOU TEAM GALACTIC PUNK!" shouting the last part.

He cackled.

" So my secret is out, eh well, no matter the champ is beaten, so I guess that makes me a champion," he said.

" Not until you win the tournament," I said.

" What," he asked.

" Have you ever heard of a red hot scramble before?" I asked.

" Um I'm not familiar with that," he asked.

" It's a tournament where a title is on the line, and even if the champion is beaten, the others still have a shot at it due to the fact that the title is treated as a tournament reward rather than a title match," I explained.

" So what you're saying is..." He asked.

" That title is a prize of a tournament, like a trophy, not a prize like that of a single match," I replied.

" Heh, fine by me. I'll just beat all your Pokemon," he replied.

" Your ass is mine next time we clash," said Riolu.

" Machamp," said Kengan.

" The hell you say?" Riolu shouted back.

My system translated what he said, and if you are a mother, I am so sorry.

{ Go suckle your Mommy's titty, you pint-sized twerp,} said the Machamp.

" Riolu, calm down; he's trying to take advantage of your anger and distract you; calm down and focus your mind," I said.

Riolu breathed and then he calmed himself.

" Besides, you've got this; you've beaten over a hundred machines, and ten of those are equal to one Machamp," I replied.

The matches continued, and I noticed That Barry was competing with A Sawk, the Blue ogre-based karate Pokemon that was determined to take out his opponent, a Hitmonlee.

' this ought to be Good,' I thought.

hitmonlee came at Sawk and the two monsters began an exchange of strikes. however, with Hitmonlee fighting mainly using kicks, Sawk got the advantage. Whenever Hitmonlee Lee threw a roundhouse kick, Sawk caught it with a leg lock and delivered an elbow into the based Pokemon's knee, causing it to wince before Sawk landed a yama-zuki U Punch that caught Hitmonlee to be pushed back.

Sawk would then land a knee to the face, followed by catching his leg in a leg lock and then performing a dragon screw, tossing him to the ground.

" Hitmonlee use Fire kick!" Shouted the trainer.

Hitmonlee spins around, creating flames around his leg, and he rises, executing a spinning heel kick.

' hmm, shi-en-kyaku, guess it makes sense. Personally, I'd like to see a Wing Chun variant of the Hitmon family called Hitmonip.' I thought to myself.

The kick caught Sawk off guard before he could react, though Hitmonlee was taken out by Sawk using an electrified lunging thrust punch.

' Saaawk!!?' he shouted.

{ Avenging Fist!}

Jet and Etsuko both growled.

{ Daaaamn!}

" I agree that was a lethal blow,' I thought.

Hitmonlee wasn't just fighting using kicks though he landed several hand thrusts and would eventually land a blow to Sawk's throat that would end the match.

" He played dirty," said Dawn.

" There is no dirty play in a fight," I said.

" But isn't that against the rules of a match," she asked.

" Yes, but this wasn't a match, it was a fight," I explained, "after all this is a fighting tournament,"

Dawn looked confused.

" If a man draws a knife in you, do you let him stab you, or do you use everything at your disposal to keep him from killing you," I asked her.

" I see...so real fighting has no rules," she asked.

" No, but then again depends on what you train for," I explained.

The next match was between Lucas's Pokemon Gallade and Dawn's pokemon Lucario.

The two Pokemon squared off before assuming their fighting stances.

Lucario and Gallade bother sized each other up before the two came at each other.

Each threw a punch, and each blocked it with their elbow; the two then got into a brief exchange of punches, blocks, kicks, and checks.

Then Lucas began to order his Pokemon to act. " Gallade, use sword dance!" Shouted Lucas.

" Lucario use your Double team!" Said dawn.

Lucario created a multitude of after-image clones.

Glade came at each clone throwing several forearm strikes and elbows.

" Gallade Now use the Cyclone strike!" Shouted Lucas.

Gallade spun around as it used a double Lariat clothesline to attack the clones.

" Now Lucario use counter strike!" Shouted Dawn.

Lucario swayed, dodging the double Lariat before he executed a Flying knee strike, and then he landed a barrage of punches.

" Now Lucario do it, Dark screw strike!" Shouted dawn.

Lucario gathered dark energy into its left arm and, in a full body motion, threw a left Corkscrew Uppercut that created a funnel of Dark energy upon contact with Gallade.

Gallade was on one knee. He stood up and rushed at Lucario, who rushed at Gallade.

the two came at Each other landing vicious blows in a brawl that could only be described as two wolves fighting over a piece of meat.

The fight would end when Gallade attempted a Double edge, and Lucario would use close combat, the most broken skill Lucario had.

I watched as Gallade would land an aura-based double elbow strike only for Lucario to land a rush combination of punches and kicks, ending with a powerful spinning Uppercut.

" Woah!" I said, surprised that Lucario had just performed Ryo Sakazaki's Variation of the Ryuu-Koh-Ranbu.

Gallade was on one knee but then collapsed.

" The winner is Lucario and Dawn," said the announcer.

" I guess we need to train more," said Lucas, then he turned to Dawn, "Thanks for the battle Dawn."

" No problem," said Dawn.

The next match would be the quarterfinals between Ginga Kamen, myself, Barry, And Dawn.

" You ready punk," said Ginga Kamen

" You need to get right with Jesus because you are about to meet him," I said.

" I hope you're ready to answer to Arceus," said Riolu.

" Heh, I don't know who this Jesus is, but he must've been some scrub if I have to answer to him," replied the Team Galactic member.

" Careful you just might find out," I replied.

"Machamp!"

{ You better be more worried about yourself than my soul punk,} said Machamp.

" Suit yourself," said Riolu.

The match began, and Machamp tried to sucker punch Riolu, but Riolu instinctively sidestepped it and landed a swaying left jolt to the rock spirit Pokemon's liver.

" Ooh," he grunted.

Riolu then spun around and landed a back-kick to the monster's crotch so hard there was a crack.

Everyman in the audience clenched up and covered their junk.

Riolu then used a double hook kick to the monster's legs and then used a somersault kick to the Machamp's chin.

Machamp went for a Brick Break aimed at Riolu's head but Riolu flared his aura and caught his hand in a grip.

" What!" Said Ginga Kamen.

Riolu snapped his arm back, breaking it, then he touched his arm and used a slashing low kick to Machamp's legs and took his feet out from under him.

" Machaaaaaamp!" Cried Machamp.

{Gaaaaaah!}

Machamp then activated his Guts ability, and he came at Riolu with A berserker level of power.

Riolu managed to avoid the wild punches of Machamp and grabbed his second arm, snapped it, and kicked him with a whip kick.

Now down to two arms Machamp came at Riolu with an aggressive fury he tried to use mega punch but Riolu oléd it into a post before Machamp turned around only to be hit by an elbow into the midsection.

" Charge scorch!" He shouted, before he began to use wing Chun forms to open up Machamp's guard and deliver jolts,kicks, and knee's to Machamp's ribs, knees, elbows and jaws.

Machamp pushed Riolu back and span around to deliver a reversed elbow to Riolu's neck but Riolu ducked under it and he let out a roundhouse kick which Machamp caught but to his surprise Riolu executed a somersault kick.

Then Riolu used an axe kick to Machamp's second left arm before spinning around and delivering a spin kick to his second right arm and the. Spinning again to deliver a roundhouse kick to his legs.

" Phantom hurricane!" He shouted.

Machamp's body was completely broken

The match ended whenever Riolu landed a huge sweeping uppercut that radiated with a Blue aura.

" Tiger cannon!" He shouted.

The blow was enough to knock Machamp into the air and flat on his back.

After that Machamp was wheeled away.

" That was savage!" Said the announcer.

The finals would continue I took Riolu to check up on him.

To be continued.