pokemon adventure

chapter hundred twenty three

Chapter 123

The Battle Hall

And the Hearthome contest

The gang were near Hearthome City, but there was one place they were visiting first because it was just near Hearthome City. It was the second Battle Facility. "So what's this Battle Facility called Ash?" asked Dawn. "Well the map said it was called the Battle Hall" said Ash. "Awe then maybe this facility will look fancy like the Battle Castle did" said Dawn. "Hey I think we are here" Tomo said suddenly.

Tomo pointed to a big pink and white dome shaped building. "How gorgeous" said Dawn, in delight. "Could that be the Battle Hall?" asked Brock. "Only one way to find out" replied Ash. The gang walked up to the building. A security guard was outside and he walked to the gang. "What are you kids doing here?" he asked. "Excuse me but is this the battle hall?" asked Ash. The guard said it was and Ash explained he was here to challenge the Battle Hall. "Well in that case, you had better go in Miss Argentina has been waiting for a challenger" said the guard, and he let the gang in. Inside was like being in the entrance of a theatre hall; there were hallways leading to doors for events. "Wow it's nice in here" said Dawn. "I was wandering when you kids would show up" said a voice; it was Matt. "Hi Matt" said Ash. "Hey Ash," said Matt "ready to face the next frontier brain?" "Do you know who the frontier brain is?" asked Brock. Matt explained the frontier brain for the Battle Hall was a woman named Argenta, known as Hall Matron Argenta. "Let's go in now because it's time for one of her shows". He opened two doors to another room.

At first the gang didn't understand what Matt said, but when they entered the room they understood. This room was a hall for fashion shows. There were four platforms for women to do the catwalk to show off their fashions, hundreds of seats for the audience, lots of lights hanging on the ceiling and a big TV screen for everyone to see what was going on. There was even a big stage with a curtain behind that led to a platform that seemed to look like a battle field. "Wow a fashion show" said Dawn, with stars in her eyes. Matt explained that Argenta was a fashion stylist and held fashion shows at the Battle Hall. "We better sit down now kids her show is about to begin".

As soon as Matt and the gang sat down in the sits a fashion show was starting and soon women began to walk down the platforms showing off their dresses, shorts, tops, jackets etc. Dawn couldn't stop yapping about how beautiful and gorgeous the outfits were. Suddenly the lights lit up the battle field platform and there was a woman with purple hair and wearing sun glasses. "That Ash is the Hall Matron Argenta" said Matt.

Argenta started to speak through a microphone. "Hello everyone," she said "thank you for coming to see my show. Now everyone I have a treat for you all because I have a challenger to challenge me today". The crowd started to cheer; apparently they liked to see Argenta battle as well as her fashion shows. "And here he is" said Argenta. The lights lit on Ash. That made Ash surprised because how did she know he wanted to challenge her? Matt explained he told Argenta about Ash and his quest of challenging the battle frontier. "Come on up Ash Ketchum" said Argenta. Ash got out of his seat and walked up onto the battle field platform. "Well Ash, are you ready to challenge me?" asked Argenta. "I'm as ready as I will ever be" answered Ash. "A nice strong spirit I see" replied Argenta. Just then a maid came onto the platform carrying a box. "What's the box for?" asked Ash. Argenta explained that she liked to battle with pokemon of the same type as the opponents. For example if Ash chose a water type pokemon she would fight with a water type pokemon too. This made Ash remember Rudy who did the same thing. "So Ash pick out four cards from the box and tell me what type pokemon we will fight with" said Argenta. This challenge was a four on four pokemon battle. Ash's four cards revealed to be grass, bug, dark and psychic. "Okay Ash you may now go and choose your pokemon and you can pokemon transported here too" said Argenta. A pokemon transfer machine appeared on the stage. Ash went over to the machine to switch out his pokemon. "I wonder what pokemon Ash will be choosing" said Dawn. "Well whatever they are Argenta will be using the same type too" said Brock. Once Ash was done with switching his pokemon the machine disappeared and Ash and Argenta got ready for the battle. The maid was the referee and explained the rules about this challenge being a four on four, and both challengers would switch pokemon after a pokemon has fainted. To Ash this would be like the challenge he had with Rudy.