I was going to be the first to fight Ash.  I had already fought him, so I wasn't afraid.  Kamon would fight directly after me, without knowing whether or not I won.  I was also not allowed to watch his match.  So neither of us would know the outcome of the other one's match until both were finished.
I went into the giant Pummelo Stadium.  There were no people in it, to save privacy.  There were, however, cameras to tape it and run the battle later on that night.  Because, of course, Pokémon battles were more popular than the most popular of sporting events.
Ash was standing on the other side of the stadium.  He was taken aback that I was his opponent.  'You, again?' he said.
'Yes,' I replied.  'Me.  Again.'
He straightened his hat and cleared his voice.  'Well, this battle is not going to be like the last one.  I'll show you the true power of my Pokémon.  I have been training this entire time, and now all of my Pokémon are level 100!' Ash exclaimed.
'Have you been awaiting the day that you can challenge me again?' I asked.
'No, but I have always looked forward to it,' he responded.
'It's a shame to look forward to an event that you will lose in,' I remarked.  I smirked.
Ash scowled.  'How dare you!  I will make you pay for that!'  He threw a Pokéball into the stadium, unleashing his Venusaur.
'Are you purposely trying to make this easy for me?' I asked.
'Send out your Pokémon,' Ash dictated.
'No need to be hasty,' I replied.  'Nor do you need to be that rude.'
'And your sarcasm isn't?'
'Rude?  Nah.  Now, let's see...which Pokémon shall win-I mean, shall I send out-first?  Ah, here we go,' I said, fingering my Pokéballs.  'Ho-oh, go!  Use Sacred Fire!'  Out of the glistening light emerged possibly my best Pokémon.  'You are making this too easy.'
Ash didn't reply to my comment.  Instead, he said, 'Venusaur, Hyper Beam!'
'Fly!' I yelled.  Ho-oh flew out of the way of the attack, and then rammed into Venusaur.  Before Ash could call another attack out, Ho-oh used Sacred Fire, burning the Grass-and-Poison-type Pokémon.
'Dang it...Venusaur, Toxic!'  I told my Ho-oh to use Protect.  Venusaur got to attack again.  'Fine then.  Use Body Slam!'  The attack did little, and Ho-oh finished off Venusaur with Fire Blast.
'Great job, Ho-oh,' I said.  We were already off to a great start.  Ash recalled Venusaur, and sent out Blastoise.  'You're kidding me,' I joked.  'You honestly believe that your Blastoise can overcome my Ho-oh?'
'Why not?' Ash demanded.
'Aha...never mind, then.  Ho-oh, Sunny Day, and then Solarbeam!'
'Blastoise,' Ash started, 'Rain Dance!'  As Ho-oh was preparing to fire, the sun faded.
Crap, I thought.  Blastoise then used Hydro Pump, causing severe damage.  Ho-oh fired Solarbeam, but it wasn't half as powerful as I wanted it to be.  'Sunny Day!' I screamed again.
'Then Blastoise, another Rain Dance!'
'Sunny Day!'
'Rain Dance!'
Screw it, I thought.  This will keep going on forever.  'Giga Drain!' I said.  Ho-oh recovered most of the health that Blastoise took away, while chipping away at Blastoise's stamina.
'Blastoise, Surf!' Ash instructed.  Blastoise performed the medium-strength attack, but it was not powerful enough, even with it raining, to knock out Ho-oh.
In a last-ditch attempt to knock-out Blastoise, I told Ho-oh to use Hyper Beam, but it missed.  Blastoise took out Ho-oh with a simple Skull Bash.
'Return,' I said.  'Ampharos, come out and use Spark!'  While the attack did not knock out Blastoise, it did paralyze him.  It was just what I needed.  With a Thunderbolt, Blastoise was down for the count.
'Snorlax, I choose you!' Ash shouted.  'Earthquake, now!'
'As opposed to using Earthquake later?' I remarked.
'Laugh it up...' said Ash.
Earthquake did severe damage to Ampharos, though he still wasn't close to getting knocked out.  I told him to use Dynamic Punch.  It worked to the success in which I planned it to-not only confusing Snorlax but also doing incredible damage.  Snorlax hurt itself in confusion, allowing Ampharos to attack again, this time with Thunder.  Now Snorlax was confused, paralyzed, and about to be knocked out.
'And now the tides turn,' Ash murmured.  'Snorlax, Rest!'  With one move, all of my work had been undone.  I told Ampharos to repeat the attacks, but as soon as Snorlax woke up, he went back to sleep again.  'Snore!'  Ash commanded.
I watched in horror as Snorlax, even though he was asleep, lash out against Ampharos.  I called back my Pokémon.  I had a plan.
'Lugia, go!  Dream Eater, now!'  Snorlax was in a bit of trouble, now, since Lugia was weakening Ash's Pokémon during his sleep.  When Snorlax woke up, Lugia performed Aeroblast at my command.  It was a critical hit.
'Uh...Snorlax, Rest!  Wait, no, um...' Ash stuttered.  Before he could figure out what to do, Lugia had finished his Pokémon off with Iron Tail.  'All right, come back.  Pikachu, go!'  Taken aback by the weak, un-evolved Pokémon, I wasn't exactly sure what move to call.  Sure, I had faced Pikachu before, but he still wasn't evolved.  Could this be Ash's Trump Card?
'Lugia, Earthquake!' I commanded.  As Lugia struck the ground, Pikachu ran as fast as he could and leapt up into the air, doing flips (and avoiding my attack).  As Pikachu got closer, he used Thunder, striking Lugia with the lightning bolts.  'Lugia, Psychic!'  The attack, surprisingly, did little against Pikachu.
'Pikachu, Zap Cannon!' Ash commanded.  Pikachu launched the ball of electricity at Lugia, but missed (thankfully).
'Lugia, Hyper Beam, now!'  Lugia blasted Pikachu with the devastating blow, but it still wasn't enough to knock out Ash's Pikachu.  While Lugia recharged, Pikachu unleashed two powerful attacks: Thunder and another Thunder.  It knocked out Lugia.
'It looks like you're legendary Pokémon failed,' Ash remarked.
'Well, I guess I'm going to have to fight fire-with-fire here.  Or Electricity with Electricity, or whatever.  Ampharos, come back out and use Iron Tail!'  Pikachu dodged it.  'Then Headbutt!'  Pikachu jumped over Ampharos while he used Headbutt, and then used Slam.  However, as Pikachu laid on top of Ampharos, my Pokémon shocked Ash's Pokémon with Thunder.  Pikachu staggered around after the attack.  Being opportunistic, I commanded Ampharos to finish Pikachu off with Body Slam.
'No!  My...my Pikachu...' Ash said sadly.  His Pokémon laid motionless on the ground.  'I'm only down to two Pokémon.  And you have what, four?  Three if I knock out Ampharos!'  Ash sighed, and sent out his next-to-last Pokémon: Espeon.  'Espeon, Psychic!'  Ampharos fainted with that.
'That's all right, go!  Tyranitar!  Use Crunch!'  Tyranitar bit down on Espeon, but she came back with Swift.  It did little.  With another Crunch, Espeon fell.
'As my final Pokémon, I'm sending out Charizard!  Use Earthquake!'  I was sort of nonchalant about Tyranitar.  If she fainted, oh well.  I still had Feraligatr.
'Rock Slide,' I told her.  Charizard suffered through tons of rocks crashing on his head.  Tyranitar, without my say in it, picked up the half-dead Charizard and tossed him into the air.  Charizard made no attempt to recover as he fell to the Earth.  Tyranitar Stomped on him to finish him off.
Though I had one, I almost felt sorry for Charizard.  It was like he had given up, like Ash had.  I guess a trainer's feelings really were channeled into his or her Pokémon.
Now it was time to wait.  Wait and see if Kamon defeats Ash or not.  And if I finally become the Orange League Master.