The Whirl Cup

After finally arriving at Scarlet City on Red Rock Isle, it wasn't long until the Whirl Cup started. There were lots of posters and banners around; all about the Whirl Cup and a lot of flags with the Whirl Cup symbol. Ash and Misty had to register for the preliminary rounds, which were tomorrow; otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to enter the Whirl Cup. They registered at the Pokemon Center and Nurse Joy explained to them that they had to win two preliminary rounds to get into the Whirl Cup. She also gave them a map where the stadiums for the preliminary rounds were and it also showed where the Whirl Cup will be held.

Ash and Misty couldn't wait and promised to face each other in the competition. Brock was looking at the rule guide.

"Listen to this." He said. "The rules state that if you lost one match, you're out of the competition."

"That isn't going to happen to either one of us." Misty said.

"Yeah we'll win our battles no sweat." Ash added. "Oh does it say how many Pokemon we have to choose during the Whirl Cup?"

Brock looked at the rule book once more.

"Well." He said. "It says in the first round of the Whirl Cup, you only use one water type Pokemon just like you do in the preliminaries. In the second and third rounds you use two water type Pokemon. And then in the semi-final and final round you use three water type Pokemon."

"Do the Pokemon you use have to be the same through the whole competition?" Misty asked.

Brock looked at the book again.

"No the challengers can choose whatever water type Pokemon they want as long as they have the amount of Pokemon they need to use in the challenges." He explained.

"Hmm that's going to be hard for me to make up my mind because I have eleven water type Pokemon." Ash said.

His eleven water type Pokemon were Blastoise, Floatzel, Vaporeon, Golduck, Kingler, Omastar, Kabutops, two Lapras, Totodile and Lanturn. Even though Omastar and Kabutops were also rock type they still counted as water types.

"How are you going to choose Ash?" Tomo asked.

"Well I'll stick with Totodile for the preliminary rounds and then figure out who to choose later." Ash answered.

Ash then suggested that now would be a good time for him to train his newly captured Lanturn.

"Good idea." Misty said. "And I will train my Corsola for a bit as well."

The gang went to the Pokemon Center for a bit. Ash sent his Cyndaquil to Prof. Oak for Lanturn. After Ash did that, Misty asked him if she could borrow his King's Rock for a bit.

"Are you going to evolve your two Poliwhirl into Politoed now?" Ash asked.

"Yes, it is time now." Misty answered. "The question is though, who should I mock trade with to get my Poliwhirl to evolve?"

Just then a boy around Misty's age came up to her and said that he would mock trade with her. The boy's name was Luke and he wanted to evolve his Seadra into a Kingdra and his Poliwhirl into a Politoed. Misty agreed, and so she and Luke headed over to the trading machine. Ash, Tomo and Brock headed over there too, because they wanted to watch the trade.

Misty placed both her King's Rock and Ash's King's Rock onto her two Poliwhirl. Luke's Poliwhirl had a King's Rock too and his Seadra was holding a Dragon Scale. The Dragon Scale was a blue and yellow scale which was needed for Seadra to evolve into Kingdra. Soon the trade took place and Misty and Luke sent out their Pokemon. Everyone stared in amazement as the three Poliwhirl evolved into Politoed and Seadra evolved into Kingdra.

"I find the different types of Pokemon evolution amazing." Ash said.

"So do I." Tomo added.

Misty and Luke traded their Pokemon back then thanked each other. Misty gave Ash his King's Rock back and placed her own King's Rock back into her backpack.

With everything now settled, the gang headed off to the ocean so Ash and Misty could train their water type Pokemon for a bit. Misty checked her five water type Pokemon; Staryu, Corsola, two Politoed and Croconaw to see if they were okay. Then it was time for training. Ash had his Totodile practice his egg move Dragon Claw and had his Lanturn practice her egg move Agility. Misty checked all of her Pokemon's moves. Apparently her two Politoed had learned new moves Bounce and Hyper Voice. Ash and Misty trained their water type Pokemon and talked about the Whirl Cup until it was time for bed.

"The preliminary rounds tomorrow will be a piece of cake." Ash said. Misty agreed with him.

Elsewhere Team Rocket was lurking around Scarlet City.

"So this place is where the Whirl Cup is supposed to be held." Jessie said.

"So we are going to steal all of the water type Pokemon from the trainers then?" Meowth asked.

"Actually I have a better idea." James said.

"Oh really. What is it?" Jessie asked.

"Well do you guys remember those water type Pokemon poachers that were arrested two days ago?" James questioned the other two.

Jessie and Meowth nodded.

"Well I suggest we do what they did." James said. "I mean fishing for water type Pokemon is allowed here so we fish up a lot of water type Pokemon, catch them and send them to the boss."

"I like that idea actually." Meowth said. "I mean the other Team Rocket members are always gathering up wild Pokemon for the boss."

"Yes and since everyone will be busy with the Whirl Cup, no one will be getting in our way." Jessie said.

"Yes, but we will have to dress up in normal fishing clothes though." James noted. "I mean, if we are seen in our Team Rocket uniform, we'll be in trouble."

Jessie and Meowth nodded in agreement.

"Oh but where will we get the rods and empty Poke Balls from?" Meowth asked. "We don't have any of those on us."

"Not a problem." James said.

He presented three rods and a big bag full of empty Lure Balls.

"Where did you get all of that?" Jessie asked.

"I got this from the abandoned storehouse where those two poachers left their gear." James explained. "The police didn't know what to do with it. But I dressed as a normal fisherman asked them if I could have the rods and Lure Balls and they agreed."

"Bravo James." Jessie said. "When shall we start fishing?"

"Let's start tomorrow." Meowth suggested. "Since it's going to be busy gathering the water type Pokemon, we should get ourselves well rested tonight."

Jessie and James agreed.

"Tomorrow will be a fun day of water type Pokemon fishing." Jessie said.

The next day the preliminaries for the Whirl Cup were all underway. Ash was in stadium A and was ready to battle. Tomo and Growlithe were with him, cheering him on. Ash's first opponent was a trainer with a Seel and Ash was using Totodile. The other trainer told his Seel to use Ice Beam, but Totodile easily dodged the attack. Ash commanded Totodile to use Water Gun on Seel and it was knocked out by the attack.

"One battle down, one to go." Ash smiled.

In stadium B, Misty was having her first battle in the preliminary rounds. Brock was with her, holding Togepi. Misty sent out one of her Politoed to battle and her opponent used a Magikarp. Poor Magikarp was taken out by Politoed's Mega Punch. Back in stadium A, Ash was in his second match. This time he was using Lanturn and it's opponent was a Shellder.

"Thunderbolt, Lanturn." Ash said.

Lanturn fired a bolt of electricity at Shellder and it quickly fainted. Back at stadium B, Misty was in her second match. This time she was using Corsola and Corsola's opponent was a Seaking.

"Corsola, tackle Seaking." Misty said.

Corsola tackled Seaking hard and it quickly fainted.

The gang reunited at the Pokemon Center and Ash and Misty were proud about their victories.

"I can't wait for the real Whirl Cup to start.

"So what should we do now?" Tomo asked. "I mean the Whirl Cup starts tomorrow."

Brock had a thought.

"Well I suggest that we relax for the rest of the day." He said.

The others had no problem with that. Misty decided to call her sisters to see how everything was going and to know how her new Pokemon were doing. Her sister Daisy told her that she was glad that there were more Pokemon for the gym. Brock decided to call his family as well. His mom said that everyone was okay and that his siblings loved Stantler. Ash and Tomo called their mom to know if her birthday present arrived safely. Delia did receive her gift and thanked her sons.

After the phone calls, they spent the rest of the day resting and looking around Scarlet City. Misty went off to look at things in stores. Brock decided to rest in the Pokemon Center. Ash, Tomo and Growlithe went off to look for something to eat. Ash was still in thought about which water type Pokemon to use, but he decided to wait until the competition started to really heat up to make up his mind. Hours later it was time for bed. The gang was at the Pokemon Center getting ready for bed. But Ash and Misty were too excited to sleep. Brock had to remind them that if they didn't sleep now, they might not have the energy to compete in the Whirl Cup so everyone fell asleep.

The next day was the day of the Whirl Cup. Those who made it past the preliminary rounds all gathered at a cliff. Below them was a ancient coliseum in the ocean covered by water. Suddenly the water in the ocean went down and the coliseum completely revealed itself with seats and a battleground.

"Wow so this is the Whirl Cup coliseum." Brock said.

"It's awesome." Tomo said.

"And it's where we're going to battle." Ash said. Misty nodded in agreement.

Soon the opening ceremony started. The trainers that were participating in the competition were introduced in the coliseum on boats. Brock and Tomo sat in the seats with hundred of other people in the seats. Those who didn't pass the preliminary rounds also sat in the seats to watch the competition. Just then a beautiful sea priestess named Maya got up from her seat, which was on top of the coliseum. She was holding a golden scepter with a big blue orb in her hand, known as the Sea Spirit. The story about the Sea Spirit was that it would give the owner the ability to communicate with all water type Pokemon.

"I greet you all here at the Whirl Cup." Maya said. "I wish all you trainers luck on gaining the title 'Water Pokemon Alpha Omega'. Now let the Whirl Cup begin."

Maya held her scepter up towards the sun and then a magical blue light surrounded the area, finishing the opening ceremony.

Apparently there was another prize to be given to the winner. The winner would also receive a pendant called the Mystic Water pendant. Brock found out that a Mystic Water pendant can power up water type moves.

"Hey that's like my Metal Coat that can power up steel type moves." Ash said. "If I win that pendant, I could make a collection of items that power up Pokemon moves."

"If I win that pendant, I'd wear it around my neck all the time." Misty said. "And make my sisters jealous of my success as a water type Pokemon trainer."

"Those sound like great plans guys." Brock said. "But we better get going. The matches are about to begin soon."

So the gang headed over to the coliseum.

Sure enough it was time for the battles in the first round to begin. The battle began with a Azumarill facing a Wartortle. Wartortle was knocked out by Azumarill's Bubble Beam attack, advancing Azumarill's trainer to the second round. Misty was very excited about watching all the matches between water type Pokemon because she really loved water type Pokemon. She especially couldn't wait for her turn to battle, which was tomorrow; the first round matches lasted for two days because there were 64 competitors in the Whirl Cup.

The next match pitted Ash against a trainer named Christopher. Christopher was a fish Pokemon trainer and he had a Lure Ball attached to his fishing rod. Ash released his Totodile to battle and Christopher's Pokemon was a Kingdra.

"We better watch out for Kingdra." Ash said to himself. "Kingdra is a water/dragon type Pokemon. But I won't let that stop me and Totodile knows a move that can defeat Kingdra."

Ash commanded Totodile to bite Kingdra. Christopher told his Kingdra to dive into the water and dodge it.

When Kingdra dived underwater, Totodile missed it and landed in the water.

"Kingdra, use Twister now." Christopher said.

Kingdra spun around in the water, creating a big whirlpool. Totodile got caught in the whirlpool and kept on being spun in circles.

"Use Dragon Claw Totodile." Ash said.

The claws on Totodile's right hand glowed and then Totodile scratched at the twister, dispersing it. Totodile landed back in the water.

"Clever move." Christopher said. "But I'm not beaten yet. Kingdra use Hydro Pump on Totodile."

Kingdra released a powerful blast of water at Totodile.

"Quick dodge it and use Ice Fang." Ash said.

Totodile dived under the water to dodge the Hydro Pump attack. Then with his mouth glowing blue, Totodile swam up to Kingdra and bit down on it. When Totodile bit Kingdra, ice started to form around Kingdra.

"Ice Fang is a ice type move." Brock explained. "And it has the ability to freeze a opponent, just like how Fire Fang burns and Thunder Fang paralyzes."

Misty was impressed with Totodile and how well Ash had trained it.

Christopher wasn't giving up. He ordered Kingdra to use Headbutt on Totodile. Kingdra managed to knock Totodile off it and headbutted Totodile.

"Totodile you okay?" Ash asked.

Totodile wasn't going to give up the fight. Suddenly Totodile began to glow.

"Totodile is evolving!" Ash gasped.

Everyone stared in amazement as Totodile evolved into Croconaw. The crowd went wild with the evolution and even Maya was amazed by the evolution.

Ash looked Croconaw up on the Pokedex.

"Croconaw, the Big Jaw Pokemon and the evolved form of Totodile. If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in it's place. There are always 48 fangs lining it's mouth."

Ash also discovered that Croconaw now knew Aqua Tail and Hydro Pump.

"Okay Croconaw use Hydro Pump." He said.

Croconaw blasted a powerful Hydro Pump at Kingdra which hit it dead on.

"Now use Dragon Claw." Ash said.

Croconaw's hands turned blue and then he scratched Kingdra really hard. As Dragon Claw was a dragon type move, it did 2x damage to Kingdra. Kingdra fainted, earning Ash the victory and right to advance to the second round. Ash and Croconaw hugged each other.

"Ash and Croconaw were great out there." Brock said.

Tomo was cheering for his brother and Growlithe was also cheering for Ash.

"It makes me excited for my turn to battle tomorrow." Misty said.

Meanwhile Jessie, James and Meowth were starting to fish for water type Pokemon at a fishing spot. Jessie had her Cloyster out to get ready to weaken the caught water type Pokemon. James also had his Gloom out. Meowth was getting the Lure Balls ready to be used. There were fifty one Lure Balls in total. Just then he smelled something from one of the Lure Balls.

"Hey guys, there is a Pokemon in this Lure Ball." He told the other two.

"Are you sure Meowth?" James asked. "I thought all the Lure Balls were empty."

"Well all the other balls are, but this one has a Pokemon inside. I can smell it." Meowth said. "I guess this Pokemon must have been left behind."

"That's great." Jessie said. "That means we can have it on our team then. The question is who should have it?"

"Well since fishing for Pokemon was my idea, and I'm the one who got us the rods and Lure Balls this Pokemon should be mine." James said.

Jessie and Meowth saw the logic behind that and gave the Lure Ball to James. James released the Pokemon and it turned out to be a Chinchou.

"My very own water/electric type Pokemon." James said before returning it. "Chinchou will be very useful."

Then he, Jessie and Meowth started to fish for other water type Pokemon.

That evening the gang returned to the Pokemon Center. Ash was having Nurse Joy check out his Croconaw. Misty had her Corsola checked out too, because she decided to use Corsola in her battle tomorrow.

"Excited about tomorrow Misty?" Ash asked.

"Very." Misty replied. "And I'll be advancing to the second round too."

The next day was the next batch of matches in the second round and it was now Misty's turn. Her opponent was a man named Harrison. Misty sent out her Corsola and Harrison sent out his Pokemon; a Qwilfish.

"Misty better be careful." Ash said after he took his seat. "I mean Qwilfish is a water/poison type Pokemon."

"That's true." Brock said. "But I'm sure Misty will know what to do against that Qwilfish, after all she has her own Qwilfish."

"That's true." Ash retorted.

Soon the match had started. Harrison told his Qwilfish to use Water Gun on Corsola. But Misty told her Corsola to use Mirror Coat and the water gun was sent back to Qwilfish.

"All right then, we do this the hard way." Harrison said. "Use your Pin Missile attack Qwilfish."

Qwilfish began to swallow a lot of water and began to blow up like a balloon.

"I know what it's doing." Misty said to herself. "In order to use it's spikes, it gathers up a lot of water to give more power and speed to it's spikes. Corsola defend yourself with Spike Cannon."

Corsola started to shoot out her Spike Cannon attack. At the same time, Harrison's Qwilfish started to fire it's Pin Missile attack. The Spike Cannon and Pin Missile attacks collided with each other and then Corsola and Qwilfish were thrown back. Both Corsola and Qwilfish started to feel weak.

"Corsola use Recover." Misty said.

Corsola started to heal herself.

"Time to bring this to a end." Harrison said. "Use Poison Jab."

Qwilfish's spikes turned purple and then it swam over to Corsola to tackle it. Misty knew full well that Corsola may end up getting poisoned by that attack.

"Corsola dodge it." Just as Qwilfish was about to tackle Corsola, Corsola managed to dive under the water.

The funny thing was that once Corsola and Qwilfish came out of the water, Qwilfish had caught itself between Corsola's horns and couldn't get loose. Misty saw this as a chance to fight back.

"Spike Cannon." She said.

Corsola fired her Spike Cannon and the spikes made Qwilfish fly up into the air and crash back down into the water. Qwilfish fainted, earning Misty the victory and the right to advance to the second round.

"I love you Corsola!" Misty cheered.

"Wow that was a close match." Ash said.

"It certainly was." Brock agreed.

"I wonder what the next battle will be like." Tomo said.

That evening, all the matches for the first round of the Whirl Cup were over with and everyone was looking forward to the second round tomorrow.

"I can't wait for tomorrow." Ash said.

"Me neither." Misty said. "I bet the matches tomorrow will be great like they were today and yesterday."

Brock reminded them that they now used two Pokemon for the second round.

"I'll think about my two Pokemon tonight." Ash said.

"Yeah me too." Misty replied.

Just then the results of who was battling who tomorrow was up. To the gang's surprise, Ash and Misty would be facing each other tomorrow. Ash and Misty stared at each other.

"Well I guess we better give all that we got tomorrow Misty." Ash said.

"Yes and no holding back either." Misty replied.

The next day it was time for the second round matches in the Whirl Cup. Right now it was Ash and Misty's turn to battle each other.

"I warn you now Ash." Misty said. "I won't be backing down just because we're friends."

"Neither will I Misty." Ash said.

"I can't wait to see how this battle will turn out." Brock said.

"I don't know who to root for, either Ash or Misty." Tomo said.

Togepi didn't know who to root for either.

"Did Ash make up his mind last night on which two Pokemon to use Tomo?" Brock asked.

"Yes he did." Tomo said. "He swapped his Croconaw and Lanturn for two different water type Pokemon from Prof. Oak's lab this morning. I don't know which two though."

Misty sent out one of her Politoed to battle. Ash sent out his Golduck to battle.

"I'm using some of my old water type Pokemon." Ash said.

Misty was surprised, but not scared.

"Politoed, use Bubble." She said.

Politoed started to spray it's bubbles at Golduck.

"Counter with Blizzard Golduck." Ash said.

Golduck opened his mouth and released a blizzard at the bubbles. Politoed's bubbles were frozen by the blizzard and fell into the water.

"That was a brilliant defense strategy." Misty said. "But we are not beaten yet. Politoed use Bounce."

Politoed bounced into the air and stuck one of it's legs out, ready to kick Golduck.

"Quick Golduck use Disable." Ash said.

Golduck's eyes turned blue and then a blue light surrounded Politoed, preventing it from kicking Golduck.

"Oh no, Politoed's in trouble." Misty said.

"Now Golduck use Hydro Pump." Ash said.

Golduck released a powerful blast of water at Politoed, and Politoed was hit by it.

"Are you okay Politoed?" Misty asked, worried.

Politoed was okay, but a bit shaken.

"Okay Politoed use Water Gun." Politoed blasted it's Water Gun attack at Golduck.

"Dive into the water Golduck." Ash ordered.

Golduck dived down into the water and dodged the water gun.

"Get into the water too Politoed and use Double Slap." Misty said.

Politoed jumped into the water and swam over to Golduck to use Double Slap. But then Ash commanded Golduck to use Focus Punch. Golduck punched Politoed out of the water and then Politoed landed on a stone platform and fainted. Misty returned Politoed.

"Ash is good." Misty admitted. "But I haven't lost yet."

Misty sent Corsola out to battle next.

"Corsola use Icicle Spear." She said.

Corsola fired multiple small spear-shaped ice shards at Golduck which struck it.

"Hang in there Golduck." Ash said.

"Alright use Bubble Beam Corsola." Misty said.

Corsola fired a lot of bubbles at Golduck, which hit it directly.

"Now tackle it Corsola." Corsola swam over to Golduck really fast and tackled him.

Poor Golduck didn't get the chance to defend itself and fainted.

"Oh no Golduck." Ash said, returning him.

Now both Misty and Ash were down to one Pokemon.

Ash sent out Lapras next. The crowd was excited to see a Lapras.

"Lapras use Ice Shard." Ash said.

Lapras opened his mouth and fired lots of shards of ice at Corsola.

"Quick dodge them Corsola." Misty said.

Corsola dived into the water and dodged the Ice Shard attack.

"Get into the water as well Lapras." Ash said. "And use Confuse Ray."

Lapras dived into the water and then his eyes turned purple as he fired a purple ray at Corsola. Misty tried to tell Corsola to quickly get out of the water to dodge it, but it was too late; Corsola ended up on a stone tablet completely confused.

"Now it's time to use your special move Lapras." Ash said. "Use Solar Beam."

Lapras got out of the water, opened his mouth and started gathering sunlight energy.

Everyone in the crowd couldn't believe their eyes once they saw Lapras preparing to fire Solar Beam. Even Maya and her maidens were astonished that Ash's Lapras knew Solar Beam.

"How did Lapras learn Solar Beam?" Brock asked.

"I don't know." Tomo said.

Misty was speechless that Ash's Lapras knew Solar Beam, because she had never seen a Lapras use Solar Beam before. But then she remembered the battle in progress.

"Corsola, try to use Spike Cannon on Lapras." She said.

Corsola tried to use Spike Cannon, but it was too confused to do anything. Lapras then released his Solar Beam and Corsola took it full force. As Solar Beam was a grass type move, poor Corsola immediately fainted after being hit by the attack since it was a water/rock type Pokemon. So Ash won the battle and advanced to the third round.

"You were great Lapras." Ash said.

Lapras swam up to Ash and nuzzled him. Everyone in the audience clapped for Ash and Misty.

That evening in the Pokemon Center, Misty, Brock and Tomo asked Ash how his Lapras learned Solar Beam.

"Well believe it or not." Ash said. "Prof. Oak told me that both Lapras and his mom learned Solar Beam from some of the grass type Pokemon at the lab. The grass type Pokemon were learning and practicing Solar Beam and Lapras and his mom ended up learning and practicing Solar Beam along with them."

"Wow that's incredible." Tomo said.

"Well they do say that Pokemon make great teachers for other Pokemon." Brock said.

"It makes me think that I should ask my Bellossom to teach my Lapras Solar Beam because Bellossom knows Solar Beam." Misty said.

Then a young woman came up to the gang. Her name was Trinity and she was Ash's opponent in the third round tomorrow.

"I've seen your matches Ash." Trinity said. "And you are quite the Pokemon trainer."

"I've seen your matches too Trinity." Ash said. "And you're great too. I can't wait for our battle tomorrow."

"Neither can I Ash." Trinity said. "Neither can I."

Meanwhile Jessie and James were still fishing for water type Pokemon. So far they had captured twenty four water type Pokemon; eight Starmie, seven Seaking and nine Mantine.

"We sure are doing well capturing water type Pokemon." Meowth said.

"Yes and with this lot, we will get paid in no time." James said.

Suddenly he got a bite and reeled in the caught Pokemon. But it was a shock though; he had caught a Gyarados. James told his Chinchou to use Spark on Gyarados, before it had a chance to attack. Gyarados was shocked by Chinchou and James caught it with a Lure Ball.

"From now on, no more catching any Gyarados." Jessie said, breathing in shock.

"I agree." James sighed.

The next day, it was the third round of the Whirl Cup. Ash and Trinity took their places on the stadium because it was now their turn to battle.

"I fear that Ash may have trouble battling Trinity." Misty said. "I mean her water type Pokemon are really tough."

"Yeah, but don't forget that Ash's water type Pokemon are strong too." Brock reminded her.

Misty saw the point.

"I wonder what Pokemon Ash and Trinity will use." She said.

Trinity sent out a Gyarados. Ash smiled.

"It's a good thing I decided to go with this Pokemon." He said. "I choose you Lanturn."

Ash's Lanturn was ready to fight.

"Lanturn use Charge." Ash said.

Lanturn's two orbs glowed yellow and then Lanturn was surrounded by little yellow sparks. By using Charge, Lanturn's electric type moves were powered up a bit.

"Gyarados Hyper Beam." Trinity said.

Gyarados fired an orange beam from it's mouth at Lanturn.

"Quick dive underwater." Ash said.

Lanturn managed to dive underwater just before the Hyper Beam could hit him.

"All right Lanturn now use Thunderbolt." Lanturn used Thunderbolt while it was still underwater.

The thunderbolt surged through the water and zapped Gyarados.

"Oh no Gyarados." Trinity said.

"Now finish it off with Take Down Lanturn." Ash commanded.

Lanturn tackled Gyarados really hard and caused it to faint.

Trinity recalled Gyarados and brought out her next Pokemon, a Chinchou.

"This battle will certainly be interesting." Misty said. "Especially considering that Chinchou evolves into Lanturn."

"I agree." Brock said. "Considering they're both water/electric type Pokemon, this will be a good fight."

"You can do it Ash!" Tomo shouted.

Now the match had begun.

"Lanturn use Ice Beam." Ash said.

Lanturn fired a beam of ice at Chinchou.

"Dodge it Chinchou." Trinity said...

Chinchou dived into the water and the beam of ice missed him. Lanturn dived into the water next.

"Chinchou use Spark." Trinity said.

Chinchou released sparks of electricity in the water and they did hit Lanturn. But instead of hurting Lanturn, it was in fact healing Lanturn.

"Sorry Trinity." Ash apologized. "But my Lanturn has the Volt Absorb ability."

Trinity was surprised.

In the stands Tomo and Misty were asking Brock what Volt Absorb does.

"Volt Absorb is a ability that restores HP when a Pokemon with it is hit by a damaging electric type move."

"So that means using electric type moves against Lanturn is pointless." Misty said.

Ash attacked next; he commanded Lanturn to use Ice Beam again. This time Chinchou was hit by the attack and was frozen solid.

"No Chinchou." Trinity said.

"Now finish this with Hydro Pump Lanturn." Ash said.

Lanturn fired a powerful blast of water at Chinchou. Chinchou got thrown back into the wall of the stadium and fainted. So Ash was the winner and would advance to the fourth round tomorrow.

After the third round ended, Ash met Trinity back at the Pokemon Center.

"Your Lanturn was really strong out there Ash." Trinity complimented his Lanturn.

"Thanks Trinity, your Gyarados and Chinchou were great too." Ash complimented Trinity's Pokemon.

"I'll be rooting for you in the fourth, semifinal and final rounds Ash." Trinity replied.

Jessie, James and Meowth had finished catching water type Pokemon with the Lure Balls. So now they had captured fifty water type Pokemon; ten Octillery, six Corsola, six Tentacruel and three Qwilfish.

"Phew, I never thought that fishing would be exhausting." Jessie panted.

"Yeah, but at least we can give all fifty water type Pokemon to the boss." Meowth said, staring at the balls. "And the best part is no one, not even the twerps got in the way."

"I agree." Jessie added.

James suggested that they and their Pokemon rested at the Pokemon Center.

"If we keep our disguises on, no one will recognize us and we and our Pokemon can eat and sleep in peace." He said.

"Yeah and we won't need to pay for a room or meal." Jessie said.

So the trio went to the Pokemon Center for a meal and to sleep for the night. Meowth also decided to get some medical treatment along with Jessie's Arbok, Cloyster, Wobbuffet and Granbull and James' Weezing, Gloom, Victreebel, Skiploom and Chinchou. But James warned Meowth not to speak a word; otherwise he would give them away, so Meowth didn't speak a word while receiving treatment.

(Time skip)

Today was now the final match of the Whirl Cup and Ash had just entered the arena. He had made it past the fourth round and the semifinals and was now in the finals. His last opponent was a man named Bert and he was ready to battle. Trinity was in the stands with Tomo, Misty and Brock.

"I can't wait to see how this battle will turn out." Trinity said. "I mean, Ash has done really well throughout the Whirl Cup."

"I agree." Misty nodded in agreement. "And if he wins this match he will become 'Water Pokemon Alpha Omega'.

Bert sent out his first Pokemon; a Feraligatr and Ash sent out his Gyarados.

(Another timeskip)

It was now time for the Whirl Cup closing ceremony. Ash had defeated Bert and was the winner while Bert got second place.

"Your Pokemon were great Ash." Bert told him. "Your Omastar, Blastoise and especially your Gyarados. I was surprised that you taught your Gyarados Thunderbolt."

"I got the feeling that Thunderbolt would be beneficial for my Gyarados, especially when she battles other water type Pokemon." Ash explained his choice. "Which is why I had her learn that move."

"Well I congratulate you for winning the Whirl Cup." Bert said.

He and Ash shook hands.

Maya presented the Mystic Water Pendant to Ash and everyone in the stands, and the other participants on boats clapped for Ash and his victory. Ash was happy about his victory and was proud to receive the title 'Water Pokemon Alpha Omega'. Maya gave her final speech.

"Oh great sea spirit and past heroes of the sea." She said. "Continue to watch over the Whirl Cup and safeguard the harmony of humans and Pokemon alike."

The orb in her scepter glowed blue towards the sun and gave off another blue light within the arena, ending the closing ceremony.

The next day Trinity and the gang were looking at the coliseum one last time. By now the coliseum was flooded again.

"I'm glad I entered the Whirl Cup." Ash said. "Not only was it fun, it also helped me and my Pokemon become stronger."

"Same with me." Misty said. "It helped me feel stronger as a water type Pokemon trainer."

Trinity informed them that she was going to train harder for the next Whirl Cup. The gang said goodbye to Trinity and left Scarlet City to continue their journey with many memories of the Whirl Cup.