Pokemon: The Roar of the Neo Battle Frontier
Summary: After leaving for three years, Pallet town's favorite son makes his way back to where it all started. But Ash comes back stronger and wiser than before as the leader of the newly opened Johto Battle Frontier. What does the future have in store for him? AshXHarem and multiple pairings inside.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
A lone cloaked figure walked down the dirt road towards the place where everything began. Soon, he thought, he would be home and after all these years he would be able to see the people he cared about again. It had been a long journey to get where he was at, but that didn't matter. What did; was the fact that he could return with his head held high because he was able to accomplish all that he set out to do.
From within his cloak, there was some light rustling before a small yellow rodent poked its head out from under it. "Pika?" It asked as it hopped over to his shoulder. "Soon, Pikachu. We'll be back in Pallet town really soon." He promised as he continued onwards.
In Pallet town, there was a flurry of activity as everyone was rushing to set things up. People were hurrying to put up decorations, balloons were being inflated and food was being rushed out of the kitchen and set down on the rather large wooden table at a certain area in Professor Oak's backyard. "May, how's the sign going?" A bluenette asked as she worked the air pump as fast as she could. "Almost finished, Dawn." A brunette answered before turning to a red head who was carrying food.
"Is that the last of the food?" She asked and was answered as soon as the food had been safely set onto the table. "Yup, but just look at this spread. Brock Cilan and Mrs. Ketchum sure did a great job." The other teen answered as the one called May giggled. "Brock is already a great cook, but with Mrs. Ketchum and Cilan's cooking too… This is a feast fit for kings and queens!" She declared before going back to the task at hand. "Man, that guy sure is lucky. He'll have all this waiting for him upon his return right, Iris?"
Iris chuckled at that as she put the drinks down on the table where Axew was currently sitting. "Well, it's been a long time since we all saw him and that's good enough a reason to celebrate, if you ask me." She replied before looking over at the red head. "Hey Misty, where did Tracy and Gary go?" Misty was going to answer when suddenly Brock, Cilan, Delia Ketchum and Professor Oak suddenly ran outside. "Everyone we need to hurry with the preparations! Gary just called, and they'll be here soon!" Professor Oak shouted as everyone scrambled to finish up with all the preparations.
"So everyone's at professor Oak's. Huh. What are they all doing there?" Tracey tried to keep his face as normal as possible as he led the way to the laboratory. "Professor Oak needed some help so he called everyone over." He answered, hoping his voice didn't betray his excitement. "Oh." The other male simply answered. "But anyways how long it been since we last saw each other in person?" Gary asked as the raven haired male thought about it. "It's been a couple of years Gary."
"But it doesn't look like things have changed much." He added as he looked around the town before spotting a particular building that he was very familiar with. Slowly, a small smirk appeared on his face as he suddenly shot off. "Race you to Professor Oak's!" He cried and after his companions got over their initial shock over his actions, quickly sprinted after him. "No fair, you had a head start!" Gary shouted to the running figure in front of him, but the other teen just laughed.
As expected he got there first and after waiting for half a minute for his companions to arrive, he opened the door. But unexpectedly, what greeted him was silence. The teen scratched his head. "Where's everyone?" He asked. "They're probably out back." Gary answered as he began leading the group to the backyard door. But uncharacteristically, he stopped and turned back to the smaller male before moving to the side and gesturing at the door.
"After you." He said and the other male quickly got suspicious. "What's going on? You guys didn't set up a trap did you?" He asked as he looked at the other two warily, but Gary just scoffed. "Like we'd do that, what are we, five?" He asked before taking things into his own hands as he nodded to Tracy, who seemed to received some sort of message. Gary then stepped in front of the door again and put his hand on the doorknob as Tracy quietly and quickly went behind the raven haired teen.
Gary opened the door and quickly sidestepped away from the now open doorway as Tracy pushed the teen through the threshold. He stumbled, but managed to regain his balance before he fell. He was going to turn back to glare at the other teens when popping sounds assaulted his ears as all the people he cared about came out of their hiding places, party poppers in hand. "Surprise! Welcome back to Pallet town!" They cried and the teen couldn't help but to smile.
As they began their party a gentle breeze drifted through the backyard and the giant sign made of canvas cloth billowed in the wind. For a few seconds the only thing that could be read of the text written on it was the first part which read, "Welcome back." But once the cloth settled, the full message of, "Welcome back Max and congratulations for making top sixteen in the Kanto League!", could be seen by any and all onlookers.
The party was still going on strong even after an hour and it seemed that the celebration was going to continue for a long time. But unfortunately it seemed that fate had other plans. The doorbell suddenly started ringing, but whoever was ringing it kept pressing the button repeatedly and in quick succession to boot. Professor Oak frowned. Who could that be a, child from the neighborhood playing a prank? But when the door bell didn't stop, and seemed to ring even more, the man gave up.
He walked back into his house and headed to his front door before opening it to see who was ringing the door bell behind it. What he saw honestly surprised him. "Jackson? What are you doing here and what happened to you? You look like fell into a pitfall full of brambles and thorns." He said as he frowned. He knew this boy, he was one of the children who lived nearby. But right now the boy was covered with scratches and grazes from head to toe, and his clothes were torn and ripped.
"Professor, there's no time for that! You've got to help Gilbert and Isabella! They're still stuck in the meadow!" He exclaimed and the Professor placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. "Slow down Jackson, and explain what happened from the beginning." The professor told him as his mind raced a hundred miles per minute, Gilbert and Isabella, he knew those children as well. But what did Jackson mean when he said that they were still in the meadow?
"Gilbert and Isabella, we decided to go exploring so we went to the meadow near Pallet town by ourselves. But then there was this big flock of Spearow and Fearow that came out of nowhere and suddenly started attacking us. We tried running away and somewhere along the lines, we got separated and only I made it back. Please Professor, you've got to help. They could be in big trouble by now!" The boy pleaded as Professor Oak's eyes widened.
"Then there's no time to lose, we need to find them and bring them back immediately! The Spearow and Fearow that live by Pallet town are known to be particularly vicious to humans!" He said before going in to call the others, the more people that came to help out, the faster they'd be able to find the children. After giving them a quick briefing on the situation, they began to head out but when Jackson was about to follow them, Professor Oak gave him a look that told him to stay put.
"Jackson, I know you're worried about your friends… But you're injured and need to have those wounds cleaned and treated immediately, lest they get infected. Stay here and let Delia bandage you up, we'll definitely bring your friends back for you safe and sound." Jackson looked like he wanted to protest but one look at the serious and determined look on the professor and the teens' face and he lost the will to do that, and instead nodded.
"Alright." Professor Oak only gave him a curt nod before the group began running to the meadow that the boy said they had went to. Luckily, it wasn't that far off from his lab. But as they got closer to their destination, the old man started to feel a foreboding sense. But he brushed it off, he could think about omens all he wanted, later. For now, his top priority were the two children who were still stuck in the meadow.
A child cowered under the shade of a large tree as he tried to make himself even smaller. He was merely hoping against hope that his pursuers wouldn't find him, because if they did then he was sure that he would never be able to make it back home again. Stupid! Why did he ever suggest going to the meadow? If he hadn't then he wouldn't be in this mess. If only he listened to the warning the grownups said about how the Spearow and the Fearow that live in the area attacked humans often.
If he did, then he and his friends… He gulped as he remembered that his two friends who were also stuck in the same predicament as him. He could only hope that his friends got out of the meadow safely. But he really had the worst luck! To think that he ran into the nearby woods instead of running in the direction of the town. But at the time, he wasn't really paying attention to where he was going. The only thing in his mind was to get away from the aggressive flying types.
He started when he heard flapping of wings and was prepared to start running when he saw that it was just a Pidgey. This was no time to be hiding, he thought. What he needed to do was try to get back to Pallet town. If he, or even just one of his friends got back to town, then they'd be able to call help for the others. With that resolve in mind he slowly stood up and started to run. He had no idea where he was but if he kept running, surely he'd find his way back to the meadow at some point.
He ran and ran, only occasionally looking back to check if there was anything following him. He continued to move forward, despite the branches and brambles that added more holes on his clothes. He had cuts all over, but he ignored the pain and was able press on because of his adrenaline rush. "Spear!" He dared to look past his shoulder and saw a group of five Spearow hot on his trail. He quickened his pace as best he could while dodging trees, but his luck ran out when he tripped on a rock and fell.
The Spearows attacked without mercy. They pecked at him with their beaks and scratched him with their sharp talons, and just when he thought that it was over, blue and yellow lights suddenly tore through the air and hit the group of Spearows. They cried out in pain, before some of them fell to the ground, unconscious. Those who hadn't been knocked out by the attack flew away, most probably to get reinforcements.
The boy slowly uncurled his body when he could no longer feel or hear the flying type pokemon. When he opened his eyes, he saw a group of teenagers standing in front of him with a variety of different Pokemon standing by their side, and leading the group was someone he knew very well. "Professor Oak!" He cried out in relief as the man rushed over to him to examine him. "Gilbert, can you move?" He asked and the boy tried to stand. He winced when he felt pain and soreness throughout his body, now that his adrenaline rush was over, and fell back on his butt.
"I'll take that as a no." Gary Oak said before continuing. "Gilbert, do you know where Isabella is?" At the mention of his friend's name he immediately turned to look at the teen before shaking his head. "J-Jackson, Isabella and I, we got separated when we were trying to run away. B-but I think I saw her go to the direction of the woods too…" He answered shakily before biting his lips. "It's all my fault. I should have never suggested going out into the meadow to see Pokemon…" He said as he lowered his head.
He looked up though when he felt a hand on his shoulder and saw a man with squinty eyes giving him a kind smile. "Hey no need to beat yourself over this, you didn't know that the Spearow and the Fearow would attack the three of you. And your friends don't blame you, Jackson actually ran all the way to professor Oak's to ask him to rescue you two. What's important is that you know what you did wrong and try to correct your mistakes." He told him gently.
"But how can I do that?" He asked and this time a green haired teen answered him. "While you're flavor right now is bitter, I can tell deep down that your soul's flavor is sweet and mellow. What you can do to fix your mistakes is to help us find your friend. It's getting dark and we could use another pair of eyes to help us look for Isabella." He told him and Gilbert nodded with determination shining in his eyes before climbing onto the back Tracey had offered him when it seemed that his body wasn't going to cooperate with him.
Shortly after that, the group set off to search for the little girl. "Isabella? Are you here?" Dawn shouted as she looked at her surroundings for any sign of the child. "If you're here please answer us!" Misty shouted, but she had been met with silence. "This isn't good this forest is too big, she could be anywhere by now." May said before continuing. "Any luck up there, Iris?" She asked as a large tree's leaves rustled as Iris jumped down to the ground.
"I couldn't see even a trace of her." She answered as she shook her head sadly. "How about you guys then, do you see anything by the river?" May asked the guys and was answered by her brother. "No, she's not here." May's face fell at that, but that was when Gary suddenly spoke up. "Guys, come over here!" He called out and after hearing the urgency in his tone, the others quickly ran over to where the auburn haired teen was. "What is it?" Dawn asked as she tried to see what he was hunched over.
"Guys, look at the mud. There's a fresh shoeprint on it, and judging from the size, it probably belongs to a child." He explained as everyone reached the same conclusion. "So, Isabella was here but now she's already left this place. But the question is where could she have gone next?" Tracey murmured as an idea came to mind. "Gary are there any other places which have footprints?" He asked, but the other teen merely shook his head. "I searched, but this was the only one I could find."
"But judging from the shoeprint, Isabella was walking towards the direction of the river and if she really did cross it, then it would make sense that we wouldn't be able to find any more shoeprints…" Brock commented as Misty looked over to the river. "The River isn't too deep and its currents aren't really that strong, so it is possible for even a child to cross it... But look over there! Those stones, she could have used it to get to the other side!" She exclaimed as she pointed at a line of large flat stones.
"Since we already know which direction she took, then we should move out immediately!" Max told them as he began running to the river, with the others following close behind him. Once they crossed it, they found another shoeprint on a mud puddle and used it as their guide to find which way the girl went. They probably walked around for five minutes in the general direction that Isabella took when they got attacked by another flock of Spearows.
There were eight of them this time, and among them was one that had injuries all over it. It was definitely one of the Spearow that managed to get away earlier. As the flying types began to use their attacks on the group, the teens decided that fight would be more favorable than flight right about now and gave commands to their own Pokemon. "Pachirisu use discharge again!", "Emolga, Spark one more time!", "Pansage, bullet seed please!", "Umbreon, use hidden power", "Marshtomp, you use mud shot!"
The pokemon complied with their masters as they all fired their respective attacks which had caused a large explosion and when the smoke cleared the group could see five Spearow out while the other three were attempting to fly away. "Oh no you don't! Azurill Water Gun." Misty ordered as May looked at her Wartortle. "You use water gun too, Wartortle!" She told him and both water pokemon shot out pressurized water from their mouths which hit the escaping Pokemon.
The Spearow fell to the ground and they uttered weak cries before going unconscious. "Well that takes care of them for now." May said and just as the group was about to continue trekking into the deeper parts of the forests, Gilbert suddenly shouted. "Wait!" All eyes instantly turned to Gilbert who pointed at something. "Over there, I think I see something." He said as the group turned to look at what he was pointing at and like he had said, there was something that was caught on a branch.
It looked like a scrap of cloth, but when the group got a closer look they saw that it was a small ribbon. "That ribbon, there's no doubt it. It's from Isabella's dress." Gilbert said. "Then Isabella must have passed here and she could still even be close by. We should hurry, otherwise the distance between her and us will just continue to grow." Professor Oak said and just as he was about to say something else, he was cut off when they heard what sounded like a child's scream.
The group sprinted as fast as they could to the source of the scream and found themselves at a cliff overlooking a clearing. In the center was a child with long chestnut colored hair that was curly at the ends with matching chestnut colored eyes. But right now, those eyes were wide in terror as a group of three Spearow and one Fearow loomed over her like a shadow of death. The Fearow's beak began to glow as it started to use the move, Drill Peck, and the group could only watch in horror as it dived for the child.
But instead of meeting with soft human flesh, its beak literally made contact with a rock hard exterior. The Fearow screeched in pain before moving back to get some distance between him and the new interloper. The group's jaw dropped at the sight they saw before them, in between Isabella and the Fearow was a large Gigalith who didn't even seem the least bit fazed by the flying types attack. Instead it roared before summoning large and sharp rocks and hurling it to the flying types.
Dimly, the professor realized that the Gigalith was using stone edge. The group watched in awe as the attack met its targets and the super effective attack seemed to be much more than what the flying types could handle, and all of them fell to the ground unconscious. Once Professor Oak processed what had just happened, he looked at the Gigalith and frowned. While they had been extremely lucky that it had been where it was. It was unheard of for a Gigalith to be in the forest by Pallet town, which meant…
The professor's theory had proved itself true as a cloaked figure, who he guessed was the Gigalith's trainer entered the clearing. The old Professor then took this chance to get the others out of their stupors, before urging them to find a way to the clearing. The man walked towards the Gigalith and after giving it a pat on his head for his good job, walked towards the little girl that was behind him. The man merely knelt down in front of the girl before addressing her. "Don't worry, you're safe now." He told her as the girl looked visibly relieved, but soon tears she hadn't realized that were there began to fall.
She didn't want to cry, but it was the first time since the flying types had attacked her and her friends that she felt that things were going to be okay. Soon she found herself hugging the stranger in front of her as the tears that she had been holding back came out in torrents. The man merely rubbed the girl's back in a soothing way as sobs wracked her lithe form. "Shh. It's ok now." He murmured in a soft voice, as he tried to comfort child.
After a while her tears finally subsided as she slowly let go of him. "Feeling better now?" He asked and she only nodded, her voice completely used up from crying. "You've got a lot of cuts on you, but can you walk?" He asked in a gentle tone. But the child merely shook her head before looking down at her left foot. The man frowned though it wasn't seen because of the hood he had on, before gesturing to her foot. "May I?" He asked and when she nodded, he carefully pulled off her brown boot.
He cradled her foot in his hands as he examined it. "Don't worry; it looks like it's just a sprain. But it's best if you don't stand on it for a while." He told her. "Isabella!" A voice suddenly cried out and the clearing's occupants turned to its source. They saw a group that was running over towards them; at first the child didn't realize who called her name, but when she saw the child who was riding piggy back on one of the teens, her eyes lit up. "Gilbert!" She called out, but her voice ended up coming out raspy.
The man merely looked at the fast approaching group in silence before he stood up. It was then did a sudden gale decide to blow through the clearing which caused the stranger's hood to fall off. The group literally froze in place when they saw what was under the hood. The person was an attractive male who couldn't be older than eighteen. He had slightly unkempt raven hair and familiar warm chocolate brown eyes. There was a moment of silence before "Ash?!" Could be heard echoing throughout the clearing.
"Hey guys, I'm back!"
An hour later they all found themselves in professor Oak's living room, watching in amazement at Ash who was telling the tale of how he got to Isabella. "There we were getting attacked by Spearows when we heard a scream and I sent Gigalith first. I stayed behind with Pikachu, but then he told me that he could handle the Spearows all by himself and told me to go ahead. So I ran through the woods until I finally reached the clearing and found both Gigalith and Isabella."
He said as the children seemed to be at awe with his story. "That's so cool! Your Pikachu took care of twelve Spearows by himself?" Jackson asked as his eyes lit up in childish glee. Pikachu then stood from where it was seated on the arm rest of the couch and puffed its little chest out proudly. "That's right, but Gigalith did great too." He answered. "Yeah, Gigalith was really cool and strong. One day when I become a Pokemon trainer I want to have a Gigalith too!" Isabella exclaimed and Professor Oak smiled.
"Well Gigalith and their pre-evolved forms, Reggenrola and Boldore, are native in the Unova Region. So if you really want one you'll have to go there one day, Isabella." The man said as the girl answered immediately. "I'll definitely go there professor! When I grow up I want to see all of the regions and all of the different pokemon in the world!" She declared. "Me too!" Gilbert said before Jackson also chimed in. "Me three!" While the teens and adults merely chuckled at their excitement and exuberance.
"But to do such a thing you guys need to get big and strong, so you'll need proper nutrition. So who wants dinner?" Brock asked as the children and Ash cheered, which caused the other group to smile and some even giggled. "Still the same I see, Ash." Misty said as the raven haired teen merely scratched his head. "After walking through the woods for hours, I'm starving!" He exclaimed before adding. "And I've really missed Brock, Cilan and mom's home cooking…"
"Like Ash said, we've had a long day. I think having some dinner would be a great idea." Tracy said as the three aforementioned cooks stood and started for the kitchen. "We'll cook up a feast! Not only to celebrate Max's achievement and the children being safe. But my baby's back home too!" Delia said which caused Ash to blush a bright red. "Mom!" He groaned. "Give it up Ashy boy, to her, you'll always be her little baby." Gary told him while he snickered, which prompted Ash to glare at him.
"Alright, break it up boys." Iris said before May spoke up. "Yeah, it's the first time you see each other in years and you two are already fighting…" She said, which caused both boys to look the away from each other." The group sighed at how they were behaving. "You two are such children…" Iris said and before either male could retort, Dawn beat them to it. "Ash, when did your Boldore evolve into a Gigalith?" She asked as the teen took a pokeball from his belt.
"Boldore evolved a few months after I left to train with Brandon." He answered as he began tossing and catching the small ball. "I bet after all this time, some of your other pokemon evolved too." Max said as Ash grinned. "Yup, but not just my old pokemon, some of my new pokemon too." He said which caused a curious look to appear in everyone's eyes. "Your new pokemon?" Misty asked and Ash nodded. "While I was training with Brandon, we traveled a lot and I got the chance to meet and catch a lot of new pokemon!"
Professor Oak's eyes seemed to light up when he said that. "Then if you don't mind, Ash, I'd like to study them one day. Just like your Gigalith, it certainly looks much bigger than most of its species." He said excitedly as an idea came to Ash. "Then how about I show you some of my new Pokemon now? Other than Pikachu and Gigalith the other pokemon I have with me are all Pokemon I just recently captured." He suggested which caused the Professor to abruptly stand.
"Then let's go outside to have some space. Hurry my boy, time's a wasting!" He exclaimed before he started heading to the backyard. There was a moment of silence before Gary decided to break it. "Sorry, grandpa tends to get really excited when it comes to new Pokemon." He said while he scratched his cheek, looking sheepish. "As expected from Professor Oak." Tracey said before the group and the children stood up and trailed after the man.
"Alright, come on out you guys." Ash cried as he threw up five enlarged Pokeballs as five rays of white light came out from them before they formed into different figures. When the light disappeared and the Pokemon could finally be seen, the Professor's eyes lit up like Christmas had just come early for him this year. "Alright let me introduce you guys to my new friends, guys meet Froslass, Trapinch, Bellosom, Mienfoo, and of course you all remember Gigalith." He said as the group of teen's eyes widened.
The children though, had a different reaction to seeing the Pokemon and ran over to play with them. Jackson went to pet Trapinch and Mienfoo while Gilbert played with Bellossom and Froslass. Isabella had chosen not to join her friends and went straight for Gigalith, who let her ride on his back. As the children laughed and squealed in happiness, professor Oak took this time to talk to the Pokemon's trainer. "Just when and where did you catch all of those Pokemon, Ash?"
"I caught Trapinch and Frosslass when I took a short trip to Hoenn a month ago. Bellosom, I caught her as a Gloom a year back and there was an accident with a sun stone and she ended up evolving into a Bellosom. As for Mienfoo, an old couple gave me her egg as a gift months ago." He explained as the professor quickly took out a small notepad and pen from his coat and began writing things down. "Well I have to say you're Pokemon look very healthy and are quite energetic."
"You've done a fine job in raising them." He said as Ash scratched his cheek. "You're making me blush professor… But thanks." He said as Misty walked up to him. "Your Pokemon look pretty strong Ash, how about a small battle with my Pokemon, just for old time's sake." She asked as Ash mirrored the grin on her face. "You're on-" He wasn't able to finish his sentence when a voice came from inside the house. "Guys, dinner's ready." Cilan shouted and Ash's face looked torn, before he made a decision.
"After Dinner." He said before rushing in the house. Misty sighed as she watched the running figure of the teen, he hasn't changed a bit. Dinner was as expected a lively affair for both humans and Pokemon. There was an abundance of laughter, stories and conversation as they ate what could only be described as the best meal they've probably had, courtesy of the three cooks. After all the food was eaten and the dishes were cleared, the children were to be escorted back to their own homes.
After promising the children that they could come to play with his Pokemon more tomorrow, they headed off with Tracey to their respective homes with matching grins and excited looking eyes. Shortly afterwards, the gang found themselves at professor Oak's backyard. Standing on two opposite sides of the makeshift battlefield were Ash and Misty, with Brock acting as referee. "This is a no substitution, three on three battle between Ash from Pallet and Misty from Cerulean. Begin the match!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, the two Pokemon Trainer got a Pokeball from their belts. "Misty Chooses Staryu." "I need your help my friend, Mienfoo." Both pokemon materialized before they got to their battle stance, well, Mienfoo did, anyways. "Staryu start it off with a water gun attack, let's go!" She said as Staryu released a stream of pressurized water. "Mienfoo, dodge it." Ash countered as his Pokemon began to dodge the water with quick and graceful movements with ease.
"Man that Mienfoo sure is agile." Max commented as he looked as the Mienfoo continued to dodge. "No, I think Ash gave his Mienfoo special training to be that fast and nimble. Misty's no slouch when it comes to training her Pokemon, but still Staryu can't land a hit on Mienfoo." Gary explained. "Staryu, that's enough, You'll just tire yourself. Use Rapid Spin instead." The Pokemon complied as it began to spin before flying over to where Mienfoo was.
The attack connected and Mienfoo cried out in pain as she was thrown back. But she quickly recovered and dug her heel into the ground to stop her body from moving back more. "Mienfoo, you okay?" He asked and when he got a small nod he continued. "Alright Mienfoo let's counter with Swift." He said as she began to shoot what seemed like stars towards Staryu. "Staryu get rid of them with Rapid Spin." Misty ordered as Staryu began spinning again and destroyed the shower of stars.
"Mienfoo, get under Staryu and use Force Palm!" Mienfoo started running as soon as she heard that as Misty tried to warn her Staryu. But it was too late, a bright white light came from underneath the spinning Staryu and its center jewel glowed brightly from the pain that came with the attack. "Staryu!" Misty screamed as her pokemon was lifted high in the air from the sheer force of the last attack. "Don't let it go Mienfoo. Finish it off with a jump kick."
Mienfoo began to glow before she jumped up and kicked Staryu back to the ground where its center jewel began blinking signifying it was unconscious. "The first match is over! The winner is Ash's Mienfoo." Brock announced as both trainer walked over to their Pokemon. "You were wonderful Staryu, now return. You deserve a good rest." Misty said as she returned her Pokemon back to its Pokeball. "You did great Mienfoo and your Jump Kick also improved. You should get good rest. "
But as he lifted her Pokeball, he saw her shaking her head. "No, you don't want to go back?" He asked as she nodded. "Mien, Mien, Mienfoo!" She cried out as Ash nodded. "I get it; you want to watch the next matches." He said before continuing. "Sure, why not?" He said as he kept her Pokeball and took out another Pokeball from his belt. "You ready for round two, Misty?" He asked as she too pulled out another Pokeball from her belt.
"Of course I am." She said before throwing her Pokeball with Ash doing the same. Out from Misty's pokeball came a pink and white creature white with what looked like corals protruding from the top of its body/head. "Corsola!" It cried as it began jumping around. Out from Ash's Pokeball was an orange creature with a large head and eyes that were shaped like diamonds. "Trap, Trapinch!" It cried as it stared at its opponent. "Trapinch huh? As usual you don't pay much attention to type advantage."
"Well, when all is said and done. Type advantage doesn't really count for much." He said before continuing. "Trapinch we're going to start, use Rock Slide!" Trapinch stomped on the ground under him which caused it to rise before rocks started to fall towards Corsola. "Corsola use Spike Cannon to break those rocks." Misty ordered as Corsola began glowing before it fired white beams of energy which destroyed the rocks. But the ground underneath Corsola started shaking before Trapinch emerged.
Corsola was lifted into the sky before she fell back down with a loud thud with the super effective attack seeming to cause her a lot of pain. "Corsola, use recover!" Misty shouted as Corsola began to glow with an orange light before her wounds started to heal. Meanwhile as the gang watched on Dawn couldn't help but to pipe up. "But how did Trapinch get over there so quickly?" She asked as the others thought about it. "I think that Ash must have trained Trapinch to use always use dig right after using rock slide." Max said as Cilan hummed in thought.
"It's a smart move considering that this combination can be very useful for follow through attacks. It seems that Trapinch and Ash's teamwork has an unexpected flavor to it." He said as they continued to watch the ongoing match. "Trapinch get in close and use Crunch." Ash ordered which shocked the others with his choice in attack, after all risking a physical attack would make Trapinch susceptible to Corsola's long ranged water type attacks. "Ash, despite what you say about type advantage, you've just given me a good chance to counter attack. Corsola use bubblebeam!"
Corsola then began to release what looked like a stream of bubbles from her mouth towards the Trapinch that was running over to her. "Trapinch run through it!" He said which surprised the gang yet again. "Is he crazy?", "Does he plan on throwing this match?" Could be heard from his friends, but their eyes widened as the little ant Pokemon just kept running through the assault of bubbles before reaching a surprised Corsola and biting one of the corals on its head.
"Corsola!" It cried out in pain as it struggled to get free. "Corsula use Spike Cannon again to get Trapinch off!" Misty shouted frantically. Just as Corsola began to charge up for her attack, Ash shouted. "Trapinch use Bulldoze!" Trapinch released Corsola before it's whole body was enveloped with an orange glow. Just as Corsola was about to fire, Trapinch slammed into her which sent her flying to the other side of the battlefield. When she made impact with the ground, dust rose into the air.
But once they finally settled, they revealed Corsola with swirls for her eyes. "This match is over, Trapinch wins!" Brock declared as both trainers returned their Pokemon after thanking them for their hard work. "Wow, I can't believe that Ash was able to train his Trapinch to be resistant to water attacks. Did you see it just plowed through that bubblebeam like it was nothing?" May said as the others nodded. "Indeed, to think that it didn't seem to mind water… I can't wait to study Ash's Trapinch!" Professor Oak exclaimed.
"But what do you think; do you think Misty can still pull off a win?" Iris asked as Gary thought about it. "If she wants to win, then she'll her third Pokemon needs to defeat Ash's third Pokemon, Mienfoo, and Trapinch. It's unlikely, but not impossible. Misty's Pokemon have been training constantly at Cerulean gym, not to mention, Mienfoo and Trapinch are already tired from their previous battles." May frowned. "Then that means that Misty needs to use her ace for this last match."
"It's all up to you now, Politoed!" "Lend me your strength, my friend." Both teens shouted as they released their final Pokemon. On Misty's side of the battlefield was a green creature that resembled a frog, but it stood on two legs. While on Ash's side was a white creature that had two protrusions made of ice on its head, and arms that looked like kimono sleeves. "Politoed huh? In terms of type, Politoed has the slight advantage for this match." Iris commented before shivering as she looked at Froslass.
"Politoed use Bubble!" Misty ordered as Politoed started firing bubbles at the dual ice and ghost type. "Froslass, use double team!" Ash countered as Froslass made copies of itself that appeared all over the battlefield. "Politoed, don't get distracted by the copies. Keep using bubble to find the real Froslass!" Politoed then started aiming at all the Froslass around him and after getting hit with bubble, the copies instantly disappeared. But once all the copies had been destroyed, the real Froslass was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly a glint of something caught everybody's eye and when Misty looked up, saw it was Froslass a few feet above Politoed and in her hands was a big ball of ice. As understanding dawned on her, she was too late as Froslass was faster and had shot the ice at Politoed. The attack met its mark and Politoed cried out its name from pain. "Poli!" Meanwhile with the gang, "That looked really painful. But why? It shouldn't have been that effective since it's an ice type attack." Dawn commented.
"That may be true, but with proper training it's not impossible for a move that would normally be ineffective to deal a lot of damage." Professor Oak answered before continuing. "Ash must have trained his Froslass really well if an Ice Shard attack can deal so much damage to a Politoed with a lot of experience from constant gym battles." Back on Misty's side of the battle she watched as Politoed get up with a wince and hurried to think of a strategy against Ash and his Froslass.
In a matter of seconds a plan was in her head and she called out. "Politoed use Hypnosis on Froslass." Ash's eyes widened at what she said, that definitely wouldn't be good for Froslass so he hurriedly called out. "Froslass use Astonish." Froslass suddenly disappeared before reappearing in front of Politoed. The sudden appearance caused Politoed to flinch. Inwardly Misty cursed; with just that one move her entire plan was ruined.
"What just happened? Why didn't Politoed use Hypnosis?" Iris asked looking confused with Axew mirroring her look. "It's because Astonish is a priority move that can cause the opponent to flinch. It was a good choice on Ashy-boy's part to use Astonish to stop Hypnosis." Gary answered with a small smirk on his face. "Looks like Ash learned a lot of things the past three years if his current strategies are any indication."
"Let's finish this up with a combination Froslass, use Shadow Ball then follow it up with Blizzard!" Froslass formed a dark purple, almost black sphere before launching at her opponent before performing a Blizzard attack that seemed to wrap around the Shadow Ball multiplying both its power and speed. The contrast of dark and pure white was so captivatingly beautiful that Misty almost forgot that they were in a match. "Politoed use your Hypervoice to block that attack."
Politoed stood his ground against the incoming attack and took a deep breath before using his Hypervoice to battle against the combination move. It worked for a few seconds, before the combination overpowered the frog Pokemon. The impact had caused an explosion in the battlefield and they had to cover their eyes from the bright light that had been produced as an effect. But when the light died down and they looked back at the battlefield with bated breath they saw Politoed unconscious.
"Politoed is unable to battle. The winner of this match is Ash Froslass and the winner of this three on three match is Ash from Pallet town." Brock declared as Pikachu and Mienfoo cheered and even Froslass gave a contented smile before returning to her grinning master's side. "You were Amazing Froslass!" He told her as he began patting her head, much to her delight. "Fros." After thanking and returning her Pokemon, Misty walked over to Ash and held out a hand.
"Thanks for the great match Ash." She said as Ash took the offered hand. "But still I can't believe how strong you've gotten. If you're recently captured Pokemon are already so strong, exactly how strong are your older Pokemon then?" Misty asked, not expecting Ash to seriously answer her. "They're really strong and we've done a lot of training to get to where we are now. I wouldn't be able to do my job otherwise." When everyone heard that, they were equal parts surprised and suspicious. What did he mean by his job?
Finally, one of them voiced out their concern. "Ash, what do you mean by you wouldn't be able to do your job?" Brock asked as Ash put his hand behind his head. "Oh, did I forget to tell you guys? I'm one of the Frontier Brains in the new Johto battle Frontier." He told them as if he was just talking about the weather or telling the time. There was a moment of stunned silence from the gang as it took seconds for that information to fully process and for the second time that day, they shouted in unison. "What?!"
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