Chapter 1
The New Rival
Ash, Misty, and Brock just arrived into a new city called Kokoro City (A Pokemon city I made up). Ash and them was heading to the Pokemon Center to heal their Pokemon from fighting against a wild Rhyhorn and a wild Charizard that was on rampage. Pikachu stopped in his tracks. He looked around and then jumped in surprise. Ash and the rest stopped not to far from Pikachu to see why he stopped all of a sudden.
"What's wrong Pikachu?" (Ash)
"Pika!"
Pikachu pointed to a black figure that was in the distance heading towards them at a very fast speed.
"Ash! What's that!?" (Brock)
"Huh?" (Ash)
The black figure came closer, it slowly showed its features in the moonlight. It turned out to be a Rapidash.
"Wow! A wild Rapidash! Gotta catch it!" (Ash)
"Wow how cute! I'm going to catch it!" (Misty)
"Not if I help it! Pikachu thundershock!!" (Ash)
"Rapidash dodge and do take down!!"
"W-Who said that? Huh? Pikachu wai-" (Ash)
Pikachu already started to do thundershock. It red cheeks lighted up slowly then an electric shock formed.
"Pika-CHUUU!!!!!!"
Rapidash dodged it with ease and did take down. Take down was a hard thrash from his horn. Pikachu flew back a couple of yards and tumbled along the way.
"Finish it Rapidash!!"
Rapidash ran at an incredible speed. It did the attack stomp. Pikachu cried in pain. Then it moaned and groaned.
"Pikachu!!!" (Ash)
Ash ran up to Pikachu and held on to it tightly against his chest.
Another black figure came from behind a tree and showed their face in the moonlight.
"Sorry I hurt your Pikachu very badly but it was going to shock my Rapidash. If you wanted a fight all you had to do was ask. Not attack my Pokemon by surprise."
Ash looked up from Pikachu. It was a girl around his age. Her hair was orange like Misty. It was down to her neck, flowing like the sea. Her clothes matched her hair very well. Her shirt was orange matching her orange hair. Her short skirt was black matching her eyes. She had on very stylish sandals that were also orange with a daisy like flower at the tip. Ash was amazed at her beauty. He was in another dimension staring at her face. Misty noticed how beautiful she looked and she groaned to herself. Brock wasn't really interested in her because she was to young for him. The girl came closer to Ash.
"My name is Apricot. Sorry again for hurting your Pikachu. I'll heal it for you if you want."
Ash came back from another dimension and nodded his head.
"Okay then. Return Rapidash!"
Apricot pulled out an odd looking Pokeball to call back Rapidash. She tossed a bag from the back of her to the floor. She took out a bottle with some weird looking stuff in it.
"What's that?" (Ash)
"It's an special kind of Potion that I made myself. It cures their status, restores energy, cures their pains, and makes them stronger. Don't worry, it has a sweet taste to it."
Brock and Misty walked closer.
"Wow! Making your own potion. You must be very smart. You probably have no trouble in battle if you have your own potion. A girl your age making your own potion really impresses me. You must make other stuff also for your Pokemon." (Brock)
"Yes you are right! I make other things for my Pokemon to improve in battle and their abilities. Well, also their minds to concentrate better."
Apricot tossed the bottle to Ash.
"Thanks!"
Ash opened the bottle. He sniffed the air.
"It smells sweet. Almost like honey mixed with other sweet stuff." (Ash)
Brock followed.
"Your right! It smells sweet." (Brock)
"Open wide Pikachu!" (Ash)
Pikachu opened his mouth. It took a small sip. It recovered in seconds. Then it stood up.
"Pika Chu!"
Pikachu was thrilled. It looked as though it wasn't damaged at all.
"Wow! It worked! Thanks!" (Ash)
Ash handed back the bottle to Apricot.
"It's okay Ash. You can have it."
She tossed it back to him. Ash caught it.
"H-How you know my name?"
"Your Ash right? I have a picture of you just in case I did bump into you. Well I heard about you from almost all over the place. Helping others and all. I was looking for you for a battle. I would like an impressive Pokemon battle. I heard you were good. I also heard your ri-"
"A Pokemon battle!? You're on!! But first, I have to heal all of my Pokemon at the Pokemon Center."
"I understand that but, is it true your rival Gary is also good in Pokemon battles? I heard about him to but, I also heard he is very rude."
"Gary? Yes Gary is good but he is a big jerk!"
"Is that so? Well, we'll see how good he is when I meet him. I heard he was coming towards this city. He might show-up tonight. I'll also see how good you are Ash!"
"I'll show you when I heal my Pokemon first."
"Well, the Pokemon Center is at the end of the city. Need a lift?"
"A lift? That'll be great!"
"Alright then!"
Apricot pulled out four odd-looking Pokeballs.
"Go Rapidash, Ponyta, Rhyhorn and Charizard!!"
"Wow! You have amazing Pokemon. Which one do I ride?"
"You can ride Rapidash Ash. Brock can ride Rhyhorn. Misty can ride Ponyta and I'll ride Charizard. Since Charizard can fly you'll see me better when I lead the way."
Apricot jumped on Charizard back and everyone else followed.
"Alrighty then! Let's get going! Charizard fly ahead to the Pokemon Center!"
Charizard flew up a couple of yards off the ground. Flying ahead of the group. Everyone ran behind Charizard. In about two minutes they were at the Pokemon Center.
"Here we are!" (Apricot)
Ash just noticed she had a sweet voice with an almost southern accent.
"T-Thanks Apricot. Now I can heal my Pokemon. Then after that we can battle!"
"No problem Ash! Let's just hope it's not to late to battle tonight. If it is we can battle tomorrow in the morning."
Ash and the rest ran inside the Pokemon Center. They came out fifteen minutes later.
"It's not late Apricot. It's only 6:30 PM. We have plenty of time to battle."
Apricot returned all of her Pokemon.
"Before you two start to battle. How you knew our names?" (Brock)
"Well, you were gym leaders. I fought against you both before. You probably don't remember because it was so long ago. I had a Charmander in the beginning but it evolved into a Charizard very quickly. When I say quickly I really mean quickly. It evolved into Charizard at Erika's gym. Which gave me the ability to fly around the world to see old friends of mine and also get to gyms a lot faster. Of course, I did this after I bought a map. I taught my Charizard how to read maps. It learned very quickly. Charizard was always a fast learner. Now, enough with the chitchat! Let's battle!"
"That's what I'm talking about! Your on!"
"Follow me! I know exactly where we can battle!"
Apricot pulled out the weird-looking Pokeball.
"Go Rapidash!!"
She hopped on Rapidash back.
"That's if you can keep up with my fast speed!"
"I can keep up!"
"We'll see…."
Apricot turned her Rapidash towards the end of the city, instead of leaving the city towards the forest in the distance. She stopped in front of a tall skyscraper. She returned Rapidash and called out Charizard.
"Meet me on top of the skyscraper, on the roof. Don't keep me waiting to long or I'll think you ran away from a once in the lifetime battle."
"Don't worry I'll be there!"
"Alrighty then!"
She got on Charizard back and flew to the top. Ash watched her disappear into fog on top of the skyscraper.
"Come on let's go!" (Ash)
Ash ran towards the glass doors.
"Hold it Ash!" (Brock)
"Huh?"
"I don't think it's such a good idea to fight Apricot on top of a skyscraper. Why couldn't she just leave the city to a forest nearby? Why on top of a high skyscraper?" (Brock)
"I agree with Brock Ash! It's too dangerous! Your Pokemon could fall off the building! Plus I don't trust Apricot! Remember she almost hurt your Pikachu to death with her Rapidash!" (Misty)
Ash had a quick flashback of the incident.
"Yes she hurt Pikachu very bad, but she also healed Pikachu back to its normal health. I trust Apricot! I'm going up there to battle her! I might not ever battle against her ever again! This is my chance to prove that I'm better than Gary!"
Ash pushed the glass doors and ran down a dark hallway. The building looked like it was abandoned for years. Dust and cobwebs covered everything! Misty and Brock were close behind Ash. Ash coughed along the way from the dust. He found wooden stairs at the end of the hallway that lead up. Ash ran up the wooden stairs. They creaked very loud each step he took. It was a ten floors run! Ash was running out of breath, but he finally made it to the roof. As soon as he opened the door to the roof he caught his breath. Misty and Brock did the same. Ash looked up and saw Apricot at the edge of the roof with a smirk on her face.
"Glad you made it Ash! Sorry it was a long way up, but you still made it! Tell me when your ready."
Ash stood up straight right away.
"I'm ready!!"
Ash stepped up further away from the door. Misty and Brock stood beside the door watching every movement that Apricot made.
"Good! Three on three!! No time limit! Who ever win three times is the winner! And counting!!!! 3…………. 2……… 1… GO!!!"
"Let's get it started!!"(Ash)
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