When I arrived in the stands, I happened to run into Serena, and my kind cousin invited me to share some popcorn and watch the match. We were family, after all, so we ate popcorn together. Suddenly, being Serena's cousin felt pretty great.
Their moves struck each other, and the violent chemical reaction between the attacks filled the battlefield with smoke. When it cleared, Mega Charizard and Greninja were both standing perfectly straight. Mega Charizard gave a stubborn grin, then collapsed. The light faded, and he reverted to Charizard.
Ash had won the match! I was moved, as though something I had always regretted had finally been put right. Ash had finally beaten Alain. No... what I really regretted was that Ash still hadn't won a championship! After all these battles, if I wanted him to become champion, I... would have to lose the championship match. But rather than throw the match to make him champion, fighting him with everything I had would be more my style!
Serena gazed at the dashing Ash. "This is wonderful, isn't it, Citron, Bonnie, Silver?" My cousin held my hand tightly.
Once the match ended, they immediately announced who would advance to the championship match: our protagonist, Ash.
"I'm happy for Ash too, Serena. But I shouldn't spend any more time with you all now, because we're enemies from this point on." With a polite smile and a bow, I left Serena and the others.
Ash was strong now. I wondered whether he would take my advice and call in his strongest Pokémon to settle things with me. There was no point thinking about it anymore. I needed to spend the remaining time training hard. The Kalos League championship match would begin at ten tomorrow morning. What kind of training should I do now?