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But Armando hadn't still been defeated. He was in fact into the battle as never before, enjoying the challenge.

Then, Armando made a new pose never seen before, and a huge blast of water sprayed over the battle ground, as the wonderful Lugia emerged from below. "Wow!" The announcer cried out, "Lugia, the mytical sea legendary".

Ginger was also amazed by Armando. Having lived a quite regular life, Ginger had never witnessed any legendaries before, and now, it was fighting an amazing trainer with a team full of them.

Lugia stared at Ginger, its body completely devoid of movement. Some seconds later, Ginger had to duck down as a really powerful Water Blast was launched with an impecable precission. Ginger had no doubt that the Lugia's strategy was based on aiming from long distances, such as it had done right now. But as a flying type, it was weak to electric attacks, so Ginger's attacks would follow the same tactic as with Articuno.

As the Raichu dodged the attack, it did exactly as same as Lugia, and stood still on all fours to reduce the natural trembling of its body as it started to aim. Lugia moved around far from the Raichu, as it knew that if it stood still, the Raichu would have increased chances to land an attack on its body.

Ginger watched with a very serious expression as it tried to decypher the Lugia's movements. Seemingly, the preferred movement of the Lugia was to fly upwards about three hundred feet more or less, did a zigzag in the air, flought near the ground, did another zigzag at a low altitude, and repeated. So, as a new cycle began, the Raichu charged a massive thunderbolt, charging the time the Lugia needed to fly low. And just then, the attack was launched. It was a direct blow that hit the Lugia's face, but it wasn't enough to defeat it.

The legandary then flew up to attack. The Lugia's body moved at high speed towards Ginger, who watched the legendary getting nearer, and, in a moment it wasn't seeing it, the Raichu launched a thunderbolt, which struck the Lugia's stomach. Ginger hoped that Lugia would be stopped by the attack, but, unfortunately, it wasn't the case. Even though receiving damage, the legendary got close to the Raichu, and in a moment, performed an Aeroblast attack. Ginger's body immediately flew away and soon, its body hit the floor with a colossal force. It was a big hit which hurt in a considerable manner, but still wasn't enough to defeat Ginger. Detecting that Lugia's accuracy was beyond the limits of Ginger, it decided to change the strategy, and looked for an easy path to reach Lugia. However, there was only one way to do it. As Lugia attacked, Ginger kept dodging attacks by a very narrow margin, until an Hydro Pump attack was launched. Just then, Raichu jumped above the attack, hoping that the plan yielded a good result, or the damage received would be probably enough to be knocked out. As the Raichu started to fall, tilted its body a little, so it was parallel to the water stream Lugia was shooting. As soon as the Raichu's paws were about to touch the water, it started to move all its extremities frenetically, action that turned out to be effective, because as soon as the 'landing' took place, the Raichu started to run over the Hydro Pump attack towards Lugia at full speed, and before the legendary could react, the Raichu delivered an unforgiving Iron Tail straight to the face. As a result, Lugia was almost knocked out, and took a bit of time to recover. But a legendary Pokémon wasn't easy to defeat, and so, Lugia continued to try another attack, this time trying to hit Ginger with the wings. With this, Lugia quickly threw its attack, which seemed to strike Ginger, making an action that would surely end the battle. Lugia felt relieved as there was no way that Ginger could have endured such an attack, but, to its dismay, Ginger's speed was such that it was able to run over the wing and onto the legendary's back, without the Lugia noticing!! The Raichu took advantage of Lugia's confusion, and started to release electric shocks as hard as its body would, making Lugia scream uncontrollably. However, Lugia tried to free itself from the trap Ginger had used, and quickly started to fly, doing complex acrobatic moves to try to drop the Raichu off and avoid being further shocked. Ginger felt its stomach bouncing up and down due to the reaction forces, as it kept a firm grip on Lugia's back, while sending enormous shocks to the legendary which could be heard from the public's seats. Lugia kept maneuvering impossible moves, trying to make Ginger lose its grip, but, each shock the Raichu delivered made Lugia to lose its remaining strength progressively, making the legendary's body slowly start to fall off. The effect on Lugia was like it was being injected a powerful venom that made its body shut down a little more. After an extenuating exhibition of over twenty electric shocks, the Lugia started to fly slower and slower, until it finally landed on the ground in exhaustion, and fell unconscious. Finally, Ginger let go, and jumped off Lugia's back.

"Lugia is unable to battle!" the announcer shouted over the roar of the crowd.

Armando was starting to consider this battle as a possible defeat, but he didn't dare to accept it, so, with a determined look on his face, Armando made the call to invoke the fifth member of the team. Just then, the sky started to fill with dark clouds and lightning, as a snake-like pokémon descended from the sky.

"I can't believe this is happening! Rayquaza is about to start battling!!" commented the announcer with a very shocked tone.

Ginger knew that Rayquaza was a rather troublesome foe, as no one can predict what Rayquaza will do when starting a battle, so, the only option Ginger had left was to wait again for the legendary Pokémon to make a move. The wait was very short, as the Rayquaza suddenly began to form a white ball of energy in his mouth, quickly launching it towards the Raichu, who had the exact time to sidestep it. Ginger saw the snake-like Pokémon, and immediately threw an electric attack in response. The Rayquaza couldn't dodge it, and was hit at full force. Being a Dragon-Flying type, electricity wasn't the worst option to use against Rayquaza, as it was too risky to engage in close combat, considering Rayquaza's possible constricting abilities.

As Ginger knew that Rayquaza would eventually strike again, another powerful attack of its own was launched. Both attacks were incredibly powerful, and when they clashed, they made a rather large explosion, with both Rayquaza and Raichu having their bodies blasted away, receiving some damage. However, Ginger knew that it had to rely on its other abilities to defend itself, because as any Raichu, it would only withstand a limited amount of damage.

Rayquaza charged again, this time breathing out an entire wall of fire, forming a Fire Spin. While Rayquaza was doing so, it didn't notice that Ginger was crawling under the ground, making the attack dissipate without dealing any damage. Just then, Ginger appeared from behind and threw a large, large ball of electricity reached the long serpentine form of Rayquaza, which quickly turned into a smokey fireball as soon as the attack collided, causing Rayquaza's body to flinch a bit.

But before Ginger could continue, Rayquaza charged up again, this time making its body glow white, trying to do a special tackle attack to the electric mouse. The attack landed hard on the Raichu's body, causing great damage to Ginger, leaving it without resistance to resist many more attacks. At this point, Ginger's body hurt like hell, as its whole body was burned out, scratched and scarred. Rayquaza, soon after, turned to face the electric rodent again, before finally releasing its claws to deliver a final blow. The electric mouse looked over at Rayquaza, struggling to think of some way to counterattack. Ginger had to be extremely careful, as any attack from now would be fatal. Soon, as the Raichu guessed, Rayquaza quickly dived towards Ginger's position, but, to everyone's surprise, the Raichu stood completely still, waiting for the legendary to get nearer. Then, Ginger made a backflip, and started to spin in the spot as fast as possible, as the Rayquaza tried to smash with its claw. But just before the claw touched its body, the Raichu's tail hit the ground slightly, lifting its body a bit, just enough to jump over Rayquaza's head. Then, Ginger started to smash the snake-like legendary with its tail over and over again, as the electric rodent's body kept spinning at an incredible pace, managing to land tens of iron tails all over Rayquaza's body, leaving it paralyzed. Once Ginger checked that Rayquaza couldn't counterattack, delivered a massive electric punch, which knocked out Rayquaza completely.

"Rayquaza is unable to battle!" the announcer cried out in utter amazement. "The battle is about to end! The last round is about to begin! Will Ginger defeat this legendary, or will Armando Cavarone be able to stop this amazing Raichu?"

Ginger did not know how long had been waiting for this moment in its whole life. But, as its heart beat faster, Ginger decided to make it its goal, and focus at two-hundred percent to defeat the last legendary. It was a very though situation, as Ginger's body was about to collapse. One more hit, and it would be all over.

Armando started to pray, and then, he took a golden stone by his and set it on fire! The flame burned brightly in the arena, as everyone waited to see who would fight the final round. It would be logical to be a fire type, as the stone was being consumed by a very vigorous flame.

As soon as the stone burnt completely, some ashes were the only trace left of the precious stone. But, as the flame died, the ashes started to glow in a bright red, until a figure started to form. The figure was a bird-like creature, and was quite big. As the figure finished growing, a pattern of red, white, green and gold lights started to flash throughout the arena, until the last legendary was finally formed by Armando's side.

"The last Pokémon is no other than Ho-oh!" The announcer screamed. As the public's roar grew louder, the air around the arena was filled with a very warm, refreshing feeling, that cheered Ginger to fight once again. As Ginger though of the best strategy for this battle, it had in count that its body couldn't receive any more damages under any circumstance, thus, the battle must be short, and the attacks used had to be the strongest ones. Then, Ginger remembered it. That attack. The attack. Ginger had been reserving it for a moment like this. Now, the time had come. In fact, mastering this attack in a way that left the user unharmed costed months, if not years to master. However, Ginger knew that it was in fact, the strongest attack a Raichu could ever do, by far. But first, the Ho-oh must be paralyzed, in order to ensure the last attack hits.

As it was already a common trait in all Armando's battles, Ho-oh quickly flew toward the Raichu. After a long battle, Ginger was starting to feel the pressure of the time, but resisted well, as whatever would happen, it would unfold in the next minutes.

After a few moments, Ho-oh was already about to strike, as its body became engulfed in flames. Ginger heard once that he attack was known as "Sacred Fire", and could only be used by Ho-oh itself. Then, as the bird was about to hit, stopped completely, and launched a mighty amount of fire through its beak, trying to incinerate the Raichu. Ginger, using its agility, managed to dodge the attack, and get to the legendary's underside. Then, Ginger ran the tip of its tail all over Ho-oh 's length, as the sound of static electricity could be heard. Furious, Ho-oh tried to peck the Raichu on the head, but the Raichu had already been able to create a safe distance between them. If Ginger was correct, the attack should paralyze it, but it didn't. Without losing its cold-headed sate of mind, Ginger shugged it off, and tried to repeat the maneouver.

As soon as Ho-oh flew to the place Ginger was standing, a new paralyzing attack was prepared by Ginger, but, again, it failed. Ginger feared that Ho-oh managed to land a hit.

The Raichu instantly lost its cold-headed feelings, and it took some time to recover. Luckily, it all happened before Ho-oh charged again.

Ginger's light sparkled on its mind, as it finally found the explaination why the attack didnt work. So, next time Ho.oh charged, Ginger did the same, but ran its tail in the opposite direction. The feeling of feathers being pushed apart was clearly felt this time on its tail, until the legendary's flesh started to touch the tip of the tail. Just then, another electric crackle sounded, and Ginger finally managed to do what it was looking for.

Ho-oh gave a loud screech as its wings stopped moving, landing harshly on the ground, just besides one scattered rock from a previous round. At this point, the Raichu knew that no real damage was inflicted, so, the Ho-oh was still as resilient as before.

Before the paralyzing effect wore off, Ginger pressed the bird against the rock using its tail as hard as possible, and then, it was the time where everything would end. Good or bad, the whole Championship would finish after this final attack.

Ginger opened its mouth, and started to condense a bright, white sphere inside its mouth. Ho-oh tried to escape the Raichu's tight grip, but failed. Second after second, the ball got brighter and brighter, until it started to blind Ho-oh completely. A minute after Ginger started the attack, the sphere glew so bright that not only the whole quarter-mile-wide stadium started was lit completely, but the whole district. Some seconds after, the Raichu's body started to tremble, near to be teared apart from the whole amount of energy the attack packed. That was the signal Ginger waited for. As Ginger gave an almighty scream the energy was finally released all at once.

The size of the blast was something probably never witnessed before. A deafening explosion made all the one-foot-thick security barrier to tremble and crackle, as the obliterating shockwave quickly spread all through the whole city, even shattering some windows a long sitance away. It was such a huge blast that it could probably be faintly heard tens of miles away.

All the arena was then covered in a very, very thick black dust. While the spectators's senses were coming back to them, they patienly waited about a minute in absolute darkness, until something could be seen in the middle of the arena through the thick dust. A devastating wide crater now covered the central area of the battlefield, two figures being visible in it.

One, a Raichu still standing on its hind legs.

Another, a legendary bird, which stood motionless on the ground.

Absolute silence filled the whole arena. Ginger, as the dust dissipated enough, got near its foe, and touched it for about ten seconds. It couldn't be real. It had worked. As Ho-oh had been defeated in a single blow, there were no more opponents in Armando's team. It was finally over.

"HO-OH IS UNABLE TO BATTLE!!!!! THE BATTLE HAS FINISHED!!!!!! EVERYONE, GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION.... GINGER SPARKLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Then, the public went absolutely crazy. People cheering for Ginger could be heard all over the place, making it feel so good that if felt as if all the damages sustained in the battle seemed to have healed. This was probably being the best day in that Raichu's life.

Even though all the commotion around them, Ginger helped to get Ho-oh out of the battlefield, and then, walked to Armando, who was waiting for her with a proud smile. "Ginger, it's been a great fight. You are the first rival who has managed to take down my entire team. And I thank you for your heroic effort and the courage that you gave. Congratulations".

"You have been a very powerful rival too!" Ginger exclaimed, looking at Armando. Then, the man held Ginger's paw as everyone stood up in respect.

"The podium is ready! Now it's time for Ginger to receive the medal, the trophy, and the 100 millon Poké prize!!" told the announcer. "Finally, I want to thank all the staff and volunteers who made possible this special day for us, as well as the millions of contestants from all over the world who have competed in any stage of this 2045 edition! That's all eveyone! Mr.Anvil logging out!" he finished before disconnecting the microphone.

Then, the staff guided Ginger and Armando to the podium. Once there, Armando took off his champion medal, and handed it over to Ginger. Soon after, it was given a trophy nearly as big as its own body, making the Raichu feel a bit startled. Just then, hundred of cameras flashed all over the place. Once after the cameras left, Ginger handed the trophy to some volunteer staff to take it to the car that would drive Ginger back to where it was staying the last weeks previus to the competition.

The public gradually left the Arena, and kept partying and cheering all over the city for the rest of the night. Others decided to call it a day, and go back to their homes. This was the case with Espeon, Eevee, Sceptile and Pidgeot. "Eevee! Did you like the battles?" asked Espeon.

" Yeah! It really was amazing!" replied the little Eevee as he started to jump in circles all around her. Eevee was really happy to have witnessed such a battle.

Meanwhile, Pidgeot kept thinking about the wonderful attacks that Ginger was able to perform during the competition. Even though she replayed them over and over again in her mind, it kept amazing her. Pidgeot was also so happy that she remembered all of the things that happened during the competition.

And Sceptile kept pouting for a long time abut the Sceptile who lost that battle in the quarters. He was also dissapointed to think that Ginger wasn't a Sceptile. Nature is unfair! About halfway back to the orphanage, Sceptile found Hitmonchan, who had also went to the championship with other friends. As the two started to taunt each other, both soon became enraged and started a duel in the nearest park they found.

"Hey guys, wanna take a flight back home?!" Pidgeot asked to Espeon and Eevee. "Aren't we too heavy for you? That's what you have been telling everyone for a long time". Then, Pidgeot started to laugh hysterically. "IT'S FAKE HAHAHA Don't tell Sceptile, as he is idiot ok???" Eevee and Espeon looked at each other with a mixed look of confusion and fear from the sudden turn of events, but, as they turned their heads back to the battling Sceptile, they reasned that the Pidgeot was somewhat true, despite the childish attitude. They nodded, and Espeon jumped on top of Pidgeot's back, holding Eevee tight in her arms. "It's time to go!!" Pidgeot said as she took off fast enough to remain unnoticed for everyone else.

As they floght back home, Espeon could see a black car of those who brought the finalists to the Arena on the road. It was the exact same vehicle that one of those parked outside the battlefield, making her curiosity take the best of her. After about five minutes, Pidgeot's incredible flying speed allowed them to reach their destination, and as soon as the bird landed, Espeon and Eevee got down. "Thank you Pidgeot!!" Said the little cub as he hugged her tightly. Then, Eevee ran at full speed to see Pikachu. He couldn't go with him, which made him feel a bit sad, but now, he had lots of cool things to tell his Pikachu friend!! He just couldn't wait any longer.

"What a bundle of energy, isn't he?" Espeon told Pidgeot. "Yeah! But he is soooo cute isn't true??"

"Yeah, he is sure a pretty cute little thing!"

Then, the memory of the black car on the city's roads struck her mind again. She had to know where did it go. Maybe she could even discover where did one of those ultra powerful fighters came from! Without thinking it a second more, she told Pidgeot what happened, and so, the bird had no problem to lift her again in order to search for said vehicle. Due to Pidgeot's excellent eagle sight, it only took a couple minutes to locate the car they were looking for. When said car started to move slower through the city streets, Pidgeot landed in a near area and Espeon kept chasing the vehicle throguh the city's streets by foot, as Pidgeot flought back home. Espeon was determined to follow the car to its destination. She ran over fifteen minutes chasing it until it seemed to stop... in a bus station?

Espeon was awestruck with this nonsense. What was going on there!? It took her a lot to restrain herself from running to the place to see what was going on by herself, but decided to wait. Another ten long minutes passed until a bus arrived. Then, the men who were inside the vehicle laid a black blanket all over the mysterious figure, as they lifted it into the bus, before driving off the place. Why was the contestant going back home by bus, when a luxury car could drive directly to the desired destination?? She had no doubt that the human or Pokémon covered by the blanket had indeed been a very important character that night, but she couldn't guess who it was.

As soon as the bus started to move, Espeon started a second chase to follow the bus, checking at each stop if the lonely contestant stepped out. After what seemed a long, long time, she saw which seemed to be the only traveller in the bus get down, still covered in the black blanket. Espeon stood hidden in a near corner, waiting for the figure to unveil and reveal itself. Espeon stood still, trying to remain unnoticed, while she had her sight fixated on the figure, which, after some more seconds, started to take off the blanket that had been covering it for such a long time.

Just a second later, the blanket fell on the ground, as Espeon saw in awe that the figure was no other than Ginger Sparklight!! She wasn't able to take a look at the Raichu. She couldn't believe that the most powerful Pokémon in the world was standing a mere fifty feet from her! Espeon's heart sank to its core. "What the heck is Ginger doing here??" Espeon thought to herself as Ginger started to walk away. Espeon, being a cat-like Pokémon, excelled at moving around in a sigilous manner, making her able to walk at a relatively close distance without being caught. After some minutes, Espeon noticed that Ginger started to walk a bit faster, forcing her to move also at a quicker pace to follow the Raichu, until, suddenly, Ginger came to a complete stop. Espeon's heart skipped a beat as she feared that Ginger had discovered her. She knew that, if Ginger were to actually attack her, it would definitely end with her death.

But Ginger didn't turn around or move away. It seemed to stay there until it finally turned around to face what semed to be a long street, and then, ran at full speed through the street!. Espeon came to the conclusion that Ginger's destination must be very close, and soon, her doubts would be answered. She peeked around the corner to see the orange-glowing figure moving further and further away, still running in a perfectly straight line. As soon as Ginger was at a safer distance, Espeon started chasing the Raichu again. After some more seconds, Ginger turned left. She soon followed. Nearing the end of this street, it turned again, this time to the right. She followed the electric rodent again. After some seconds running down the street, it turned left again. She followed. Then, she saw Ginger finally run full speed through the last street of its route, as it ran inside a big building. Espeon got nearer. And nearer. And nearer. Then, she finally saw the place Ginger had entered in, her doubt being instantly solved.

Espeon's body froze completely, making her fall to the ground in shock. It couldn't be. This wasn't happening. This definitely WASN'T happening. Ginger Sparklight, the World Champion, the MIGHTY fighter who took down SIX legendaries by itself... had just entered into the VERY SAME orphanage she LIVED in.

Her mind was blocked by the extremily strong sensation running down her body. Ginger Sparklight wasn't a regular Raichu, she already knew. But she could have never imagined that it was THE SAME Raichu that had been working with her those last weeks. She felt really lucky to have met her in this place. Ginger wasn't only an excellent fighter, but it turned out that she also had a heart of gold. Espeon could guess without thinking too much that Ginger had made way more money than she needed to retire and live a very comfortable life for the rest of her days. But she didn't just continued battling, but, in addition, she spent all Saturdays helping and playing with the cubs at the orphanage. She had even saw her and talked with her before!

She stood still outside the main entrance, as her body trembled from the each time stronger cold that reigned in the area, as it was now already way past midnight. "Espeon! Come on, enter at once! You're going to catch a cold out there!" Pikachu shouted from the window. "Espeon, don't get sicky!" added the little Eevee by his side. As she was about to enter, she saw the Raichu talking with Pikachu and Eevee, both unbeknownst of her real identity.

Half a minute later, Espeon stepped out of the door, her face grimacing as she stood in the hall, still processing the shocking news. Pikachu, Eevee and Ginger ran to the hall to greet her. "You finally came! Why did you take a walk at night?" Asked Pikachu with a puzzled look "It's so cold now to do anything!".

Espeon had to think of something right now. It would be bad to say that she was spying on someone. It would be worse to say she was spying on one of the contestants. It would even be worse to say that she was spying on the World Champion. But the worse part was that said World Champion was also staring at her with the same puzzled look than Pikachu and Eevee.

Espeon had already thought of erasing their memories, so they would stop asking, but then, she remembered Ginger's psychological strenght. There was no way that she could use any trick on her. "I was just making sure I had already bought the groceries of the week". What a shit of excuse! she thought.

"Haha! You don't need to do that!" said Eevee. "Pikachu has already done those boring things today, while we were at the Championship!". Espeon remained silent, staring at the ground to avoid eye contact with Ginger. "By the way, why didn't you came with us, Raichu?" the Eevee asked, as he looked at Ginger with a sad expression.

"I just couldn't buy the tickets in time!" She quickly answered. And that was the last proof Espeon needed to ensure that the Raichu eveyone knew was, in fact, Ginger Sparklight. As she told that lie to the Eevee cub, Espeon could sense her aura weakening, as she was commiting the unfair act of lying. Of course, the truth was much more complex than that, and Espeon knew that Ginger wasn't the type of Pokémon who lied deliberately, and the very strange occasion when it ocurred, there was a very good reason behind, like it was happening now.

As Espeon verified that Ginger wanted to keep her true identity hidden from everyone, she just decided to think of her by the generic name "Raichu", to avoid commiting an irreversible mistake. Even though she was a psychic type, anyone was free from these kind of things, so it was better to be safe than sorry.

As Espeon was going to talk again, she started to shake from the cold that she had been experiencing before, and sat on the ground, waiting for it to dissipate. But seconds later, Raichu came back with a big, thick duvet, and enveloped her with it. "Oh my god! You are so cold! Please, take this warm thing with you for a minute, ok?" Raichu said, as she started to cover her body with it.

Espeon felt a shiver run down her spine as she felt Ginger's paws pressing the warm envelope around her body. She just couldn't wrap her mind about it. "Yeah, okay, that's good" Espeon said, as they all started to walk to their rooms. She walked a bit slower due to the unusual 'coat' Raichu had made her, and soon, Eevee and Pikachu were a few meters ahead. "Espeon" the Raichu asked. Espeon felt very pressured for being addressed by Ginger herself. "Do you mind if I stay here tomorrow? It was impossible for me to be here today. Are you OK with it?" "No problem" Espeon said, with a slight smile. "Thank you!" Ginger said, as she pulled the warm coat a bit tighter to the Espeon's body. Soon everyone got to their rooms, and said goodbye to each other. Espeon laid on her nest, thinking of everything she'd been through. Soon, she felt asleep in her thoughts.