I had finally reached Center City.  I healed my Pokémon, and then headed straight for Center Stadium.
'Don't you think you should train a little?' Kamon asked me.
'No way,' I replied.  'I'll take on the "Prime League Mistress" all by myself, with no help.  I don't need to become better to beat her.'
Kamon sighed.  'All right.  Your funeral,' he said.
I walked down the long stretch of road from the local Pokécenter to the overly large stadium.  Ironically, there were no seats in the stadium-no stands.  Also, the stadium was a dome (except for a small hole on the top for sunlight).  The sides, until the domed top part started, were concrete.
As I walked to the center of the stadium, I heard a voice shout, 'You!  Are you the trainer that has conquered all of the gyms in Gehta, and now wants to challenge the Prime League Mistress?'
I turned around.  'Yes,' I responded, 'I am.  Dare I ask who you are?'
A girl with bluish hair in pigtails walked to the center of the stadium, where I was standing.  She had a red shirt with a white jacket over it.  She also had yellow shorts.  'My name,' she said, 'is Crystal.  I am the Mistress of the Prime League, and determined Master of all Pokémon.'
'Determined?' I asked.
'Yes.  By Lance and the Elite Four.  They determined that I was the most powerful trainer in the world,' Crystal replied.
'They,' I replied, 'must have forgotten about me.'
'Remember, Drew: I beat you.  Therefore, I would be more powerful than you, and Crystal would be more powerful than I am,' Kamon told me.  I had forgotten about that.
'Does this mean that you are the infamous Drew?' Crystal said.
'Infamous?  Not hardly.  I am the true-blue trainer, Drew Anderson from Pallet.  This is my friend, Kamon.'
'That's what I thought.  Well, Drew, Kamon, this will most certainly be an...interesting match.'
'I will select my Pokémon first, if you don't mind,' I said.
'Be my guest,' said Crystal.  Kamon stepped back toward the door of the stadium.  He was, as always, going to watch from the sidelines.  Coward.
I threw a Pokéball into the arena.  Heracross was my choice Pokémon for the battle.  'Get ready, Heracross.  We need this win more than any other.'
'I want you to battle, my Dragonite!' Crystal yelled, throwing a Lure Ball into the arena.  The Final Battle was under way.
'Heracross, I want you to attack Dragonite with Seismic Toss!' I commanded.
'Dragonite, don't let yourself get hurt!  Aeroblast!' Crystal said.  As Heracross rushed at Crystal's Dragonite, a white energy beam was forming between Dragonite's outstretched wings.  Once Heracross reached Dragonite, he blasted the beam at my Pokémon, doing four times the normal amount of damage, and almost knocking Heracross out (she lived through the Focus Band).
'What a way to start a match...' I muttered to myself.  'Heracross, Reversal!'  I was determined to win the match.  I was going to use all of my force to win.
Heracross's attack did average damage.  Dragonite easily knocked out Heracross with Headbutt.  I switched Pokémon to Tyranitar.
'Wow...a Tyranitar...' Crystal commented.  I wasn't exactly sure why she cared so much.  'We know exactly how to handle those, don't we, Dragonite?'  Right then I knew why she was slightly in awe.  She must also be in possession of a Tyranitar.  It was a grave mistake to use this Pokémon.
'Tyranitar, Rock Slide!'
'Dragonite, Protect!' Crystal shouted.  The rocks shattered against the star-shield that surrounded Dragonite.  'Good job.  Now I want you to use Hydro Pump!'
'Crap.  Tyranitar, Dig!' I instructed.  Tyranitar avoided the attack, but Dig did nothing to Dragonite.  'All right, try Outrage!'  Crystal was taken aback.  She certainly wasn't expecting that attack.
A greenish-bluish-white (hard to describe) energy blast whacked Dragonite in the torso, sending him down to the ground.  As he got up, another Outrage blast slammed into him.  This time, Dragonite lay on the ground, lifeless.
'Return, Dragonite,' said Crystal.  'Suicune, come out and use Hydro Pump!'  She threw a Master Ball at Tyranitar, unleashing the legendary Water dog.  His blue and purple coat shimmered in the sunlight coming from the hole in the roof.  The eruption of water caused a great deal of damage to Tyranitar.
'Return, Tyranitar,' I said (though he wasn't knocked out), 'and go Ampharos!  Use Thunder Wave!'
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Kamon shoot a puzzled glance at me.  I think that he thought it was odd for me to use a strategic attack instead of an offensive attack.  But I knew what I was doing.
The attack paralyzed Crystal's Suicune.  This gave me an early advantage over her.
'Now, Thunder!' I shouted.  A strike of lightning hurt Suicune, but it didn't even bring it down to half life, by my guessing.
One thing I found odd about most of the gyms in Gehta was that they did not have an overhead display of you Pokémon's stats.  The same went for the Center Stadium.  I would have to continue guessing at the damage (though, I must admit, I was very good at that).
'Suicune, Psychic,' said Crystal.  The Psychic-type attack did little.  Ampharos retaliated with Thunderbolt, but Crystal had another plan in mind.  'Mirror Coat!'  Ampharos's Electric attack was reversed, doing a high amount of damage.
'Ampharos, try an Iron Tail!' I shouted.  Ampharos swung its mighty tail around, and Suicune collapsed.  Not knocked out, however.
'Suicune, use Blizzard,' Crystal commanded.  The Ice attack did a lot of damage, but still did not knock out Ampharos.  I told my Pokémon to finish off Suicune with Thunder Punch.  The attack did exactly as I planned.
'Yes!  Good going, Ampharos,' I said.  Crystal recalled her Pokémon.
'Tyranitar, come out!  Use your Earthquake!'  The ground shook and cracked beneath Ampharos.  He fell to the ground, unconscious.
Well, I thought, that's only two Pokémon.  I sent out Feraligatr.  'Surf!' I said.  The tidal wave crashed over Crystal's Tyranitar, but he came back with Thunder.  Because he did not have a type-advantage (with using an Electric attack), the attack did little.
'Now try a Slam,' Crystal told her Tyranitar.  Tyranitar's tail smashed down on top of Feraligatr.
'Feraligatr,' I started, 'you know what to do.  Hydro Pump!'  The blast of water did a lot of damage, but Tyranitar was still in the match.  Crystal's Pokémon were some of the strongest I had seen.
'Tyranitar, I want you to attack Drew's Feraligatr with Dynamic Punch!'  Tyranitar punched Feraligatr, causing a massive explosion.  Feraligatr returned the attack with Earthquake, knocking out Tyranitar.  'Interesting.  I severely underestimated your Pokémon.  Return, Tyranitar.  Raikou, go!  Use Spark!'
At first, I laughed at the thought of Spark bringing down my Feraligatr, but I quickly stopped when Feraligatr fainted.
'Damn,' I cursed.  I called back my Water Pokémon.  My only real choice was Tyranitar, unless I was going to risk using either Ho-oh or Lugia.  I sent out my slightly damaged Rock-and-Dark-type Pokémon, and hoped for the best.  'Earthquake, now!' I shouted.  I was too late; Crystal recalled her Raikou.
'Nice work.  Now I will use one of my prized Pokémon...Celebi, go!'
Like the world went into slow motion, I watched a gold-and-silver Pokéball get tossed into the stadium.  A small green Pokémon materialized from the shimmering light.  I had never seen it before.  I turned around to look at Kamon.  His eyes were wide, in awe, staring at the elusive Pokémon.  He pulled out Max, the Pokédex.
       'Celebi, the Time travel Pokémon.  This Pokémon is so rare, there is almost no data on it.'
'What can you tell me?' Kamon asked Max.
'It is a Grass-and-Psychic-type Pokémon.  Very rare.  Very strong.  That is all.'  Kamon put Max the Pokédex away.
'Good luck, Drew,' Kamon said.  'You're going to need it.'
'Thanks,' I responded, 'but I don't think I need luck.  I can beat her with my own...surprises.'
'We'll see,' Crystal spoke.  'Celebi, Solarbeam!'  The Pokémon raised its arms into the air, and started absorbing light energy from the sun.
'Tyranitar,' I said, 'Hyper Beam attack!'  As Tyranitar's gold beam was fired at Celebi, it fired Solarbeam.  Celebi's Solarbeam overwhelmed Tyranitar, and sent her flying across the room, smashing into the concrete wall and cracking it.  'Holy crap.  Tyranitar, are you okay?'  Tyranitar didn't stir.  'Come back.  Ho-oh, come out and use Sacred Fire!'  The battle of legendary Pokémon started.
The flaming pillar crashed down onto Celebi, doing a lot of damage.  Celebi used Ancient Power, however, doing equal (or maybe even less) damage.  Ho-oh stuck Celebi with Fire Blast, but Celebi used Psychic.  Celebi, however, was knocked out after another Fire Blast from Ho-oh.
'Not so strong now, huh, Celebi?' I taunted.
'Your Ho-oh may have been stronger,' said Crystal.
'Obviously,' I replied.  'Now send out my next victim...I mean, your next Pokémon.'  Crystal scowled at me.
'Raikou, come out and use Thunder!'  Her Electric Pokémon re-entered the fray, and opened the match with the powerful attack.  Ho-oh came back with another Sacred Fire, burning Raikou.  It did not matter, since Raikou finished Ho-oh off with Zap Cannon.
'Return, Ho-oh, and go Lugia!  Earthquake!' I yelled.  My final Pokémon slammed its foot on the ground, nearly knocking Raikou out.  However, because Raikou was burned, it fainted.  'Ha!'
'Mew, go!' said Crystal.  Again, Kamon and I were stunned.  Another legendary Pokémon.  It was almost unfair.  Especially because Mew could use any attack.  'Mew, Blizzard!'  A snowstorm surged around Lugia, causing a lot of damage.  I told my Pokémon to use Shadow Ball.  Even though it was super-effective, the attack wasn't very powerful to begin with, and therefore did little.  'Mew, Thunder!'  The lightning bolt missed, leaving Mew open for an attack.
'Lugia, attack Mew with Aeroblast!' I commanded.  The colossal white beam slammed into Mew, making it smash into the rocky wall on the other side of Center Stadium.  Mew retaliated with Sky Attack, doing mediocre damage.  'Come on, Lugia, destroy Mew!  Hyper Beam attack!'  Lugia blasted Mew with the normal-type attack, nearly knocking it out.
'Mew, Softboiled, and then use Iron Tail!' Crystal said calmly.
I could not believe it.  All of that work for nothing.  Mew recovered all of the damage I had dealt to it, just like that.  And now, Lugia was almost out of the match.  Even if I used Recover, Mew would have gotten in two attacks, and I'd only recover those attacks.  Then Mew would attack again, and, eventually, I wouldn't be able to recover anything.  This was going to suck.
However, Mew used something slightly unexpected; Confuse Ray.  Mew then attacked with Stun Spore.  I was paralyzed an confused.  I wasn't going to be attacking any time soon.
'Now,' Crystal said, grinning from ear to ear, 'Thunder!'  Lugia survived the attack, but hurt itself from confusion.  I told Lugia to attack Mew with Dragonbreath, but Lugia was paralyzed and couldn't move.  'Finish Lugia off with Horn Drill!' said Crystal.
She was so arrogant and so confident that she would win, that she didn't even have to attack with a normal attack.  She could use a one-hit K.O. attack and see how it worked, and then go back to normal battling.  But, of course, who wouldn't, in this position.  In my position of screwed.
Horn Drill, however, knocked out Lugia.  I recalled my last Pokémon.  Once again, I had lost in the Prime League.  I wasn't really even close to beating Crystal.  It was almost like she had seven Pokémon.
I couldn't live with myself.  Everything had happened, just like Sabrina said it would.  But, as I was leaving the stadium, and Crystal was healing her Pokémon, something completely unexpected, yet something I knew would eventually happen, happened.
'All right,' Kamon said.  'It's my turn.'