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Chapter 2: Oldale Ruins and more!

Last time, Ash and Dawn arrived at the Oldale City pokemon Center. They got themselves registered for the Hoenn league and then spectated a few battles at the Battle field. When one of the victors, Tyson issued a challenge to the crowd, Ash responded. What will happen in this battle?

Let the chapter begin!

"Makuhita, come on out!"

"Treecko, I choose you!"

"You can have the first move, Tyson." Ash taunted.

"Your first mistake as a trainer Ash. Makuhita, let's start this off fast with your proud move, Bullet Punch." Tyson ordered.

"Treecko, let's answer speed with speed, use Quick attack!" Ash responded.

Both Treecko and Makuhita shot around the field with blinding speed, dodging each others moves.

"Looks like this speed contest is a stalemate, huh?" Tyson smirked, "No one can beat my buddy in speed here."

Ash, on the other hand, did not respond at all, his focus all on Makuhita.

"What is this kid baking? He sure seems calm." Trainers in the audience started muttering.

Ash, you can do it! Dawn thought to herself.

Ash remained silent, then he saw something that he wanted to see.

"Treecko, stop running now."

Treecko stopped in his tracks and stood there, looking at Ash.

"What is he up to now?" Tyson muttered, "Makuhita, let's continue to use Bullet Punch."

"Feel the ground around you Treecko, then dodge the next attack." Ash said.

Treecko put both his palms on the ground, his tiny suction cups carefully detecting the patterns of movement coming from the ground. He then shot up as Makuhita came charging behind him.

"Now, we found our opening, use Quick Attack." Ash ordered.

Treecko took Makuhita by surprise and slammed into Makuhita on the back.

"Now follow this up with Leech seed." Ash continued.

Treecko fired multiple seeds towards the ground. The seeds grew into vines and wrapped around Makuhita, restricting her movements. As it latched onto Makuhita, red light enveloped her as the vines began draining her energy.

"Let's finish this, Treecko, use Energy Ball!" Ash shouted.

Treecko fired a ball like attack at Makuhita and it hit her as the vines were still draining her energy, the impact created an explosion. As the smoke faded, it revealed an unconscious Makuhita and the end of the battle.

"Looks like I won this round. First battle, first win, great job Treecko, you were brilliant out there." Ash ran towards his pokemon and gave him a fist bump.

Dawn ran over to Ash and gave him a high-five and then she patted Treecko on the head.

"Good job, Ash and Treecko, that was brilliant." Dawn congratulated.

"Thanks Dawn." Ash laughed. He then walked over to the Tyson, offering his hand.

"That was a great battle Tyson, you weren't kidding when you said your Makuhita was fast." Ash complimented, "Never seen one this fast in my life."

"Thanks Ash, and you sure have a keen sense of observation." Tyson shook Ash's hand. "I have to ask, what was Treecko doing on the ground there in that battle?" Tyson inquired.

"Well, Treecko is a wood gecko pokemon, as with all of its species, they have special suction cups on their paws that can help them climb up or down walls." Ash explained. "It also helps that my Treecko can sense what is happening on the ground with his paws, he's a rather special one."

"You are quite the clever one." Tyson responded.

"It's not about being clever, Tyson." Dawn chimed in.

"If it's not about being clever, then what is it about?" Tyson asked.

"Let's take your Makuhita for an example. Makuhita are traditionally round and immobile pokemon, one that has your speed is extremely extraordinary." Dawn explained. "One can only say that you trained it well."

"Thanks for the compliment but I'm sure here's more to that, right?" Tyson responded.

"Yeah there is. Makuhita are not built for speed, they are built for power and strength." Ash came in. "The fact that you taught it a speed-type move like Bullet punch means that you know about its weakness and have a good idea in dealing with it."

"But just because Makuhita knows a move that can allow her to travel at great speeds, doesn't mean she can keep up with a natural speeding pokemon like Treecko." Dawn continued.

"We haven't gotten there yet. I wanted to get her to become even faster." Tyson defended.

"Yeah well, if you are sacrificing her endurance and stamina, she's gonna be losing her breath way too early in her battles." Dawn finished.

"What are you talking about?" Tyson asked.

"Lesson number one to becoming a good battler." Ash said. "Always utilize the abilities of your pokemon to the fullest."

Ash then turned towards the other trainers. "Did anyone watch our battle super closely? Maybe someone took a video of it or something?" He asked.

"I did." A voice came from the crowd.

"Okay, that's great. Would you be able to come show us the video?" Ash gestured.

A boy with a video camera walked out in front of the crowd. He took out his camera and projected the video outwards for the whole audience to see, the video was roughly 3 minutes long.

"Tyson if I recall. The trainer with the Treecko is right." Trip showed him the video camera. "If you see the video carefully, you can see that your Makuhita matches Treecko's speed as the two of them started attacking each other, but as time passed, Makuhita started to become slower and slower, finally being unable to keep up with Treecko's speed."

He then turned to Ash, "I have to say, your understanding of Treecko's ability is pretty darn good." He offered his hand to Ash. "My name is Trip, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Hi Trip, my name is Ash Ketchum, these are my partners Pichu and Treecko and this is my friend Dawn Berlitz." Ash introduced, shaking Trip's hand.

"Hi Trip, I'm Dawn Berlitz." Dawn said, shaking his hand.

"I'm Tyson, pleased to meet your acquaintance." Tyson gave a wide smile.

"Well then that was that. Tyson, Trip, It's been a pleasure." Dawn suggested. "Ash let's go get Treecko healed up, then we should head to Rustboro city. I heard that it is a good city to start gym battles at."

"Really?! In that case we should definitely go there then." Ash said running behind Dawn.

"Wait-" Trip called out, but they were gone by the time he called out.

(30 minutes later)

Ash and Dawn got their pokemon healed and were headed towards the route 102. They found someone outside the Center waiting for someone.

"Hey there Trip." Dawn approached him. "Where you waiting for someone?"

"As a matter of fact, I was." Trip stopped. "I was waiting for the 2 of you." he said.

"You were waiting for us?" Ash asked. "Why? Did you need us for something?"

"Well no, you see, I'm also a starting trainer, but I also love photography." Trip answered, "So I'm heading towards Petalburg city to meet up a friend there, he said I could take some photos if I assisted him in his field studies. So I was sort of hoping to tag along with you guys."

"Sure, I don't see why not!" Ash replied.

"Welcome to the group, Trip!" Dawn smiled.

"Thanks, Ash, Dawn!" Trip smiled.

"Okay, well then let's get going." Ash said.

As the three went on their journey, they talked to each other about the towns they grew up in. Trip was a Unova native but came to Hoenn for travel purposes, much like Dawn and Ash.

"I overheard a few trainers in the pokemon center talking about a ruin not too far from here." Trip said. "I think that it might be a nice thing to explore. What do you guys say?"

"Sure, that sounds like a plan to me." Ash said.

Ash, Dawn and Trip walked around the route, searching for any sign of the Ruin.

"Hmm, this ruin sure seems hard to locate." Dawn complained.

"I think we should take a break, we need to eat lunch." Ash suggested. "Maybe we'll figure out something while we're eating."

"Good idea!" Trip agreed.

They sat down on the spot and took out some food from their bags. Ash took out some Pokefood for his Pichu and Treecko. Dawn and Trip did the same for their pokemon.

"So, how would we locate a ruin anyways?" Ash asked while eating.

"Well, let's see, Ruins are old, and the land they are on is just as old." Trip started.

"Okay, but what does that have to do with the ruins?" Dawn asked.

"Oh, I think I get it." Ash took some water from his bag and poured some onto the ground.

"What are you doing Ash?" Dawn asked.

Ash took some of the wet soil and held it in his palm. "I'm no geologist, but if the land hasn't changed in a long time, at least not long enough for the ruin to be destroyed, then the soil in the land isn't much different then it was." Ash stated.

"Your point?" Dawn asked.

"Old soil, new soil." Ash replied. "Right Trip?"

"Basically what Ash said. We just have to identify the richness of the soil in the area around here." Trip said. "If it is not, then we're closer to the ruin."

"Or maybe everything I said was wrong. We were just looking at all the wrong places." Ash said, pointing to a direction.

Trip and Dawn turned to where Ash was pointing, what looked like a building made of stone stood there in the distance.

"I wonder how we could ever miss that?" Trip face-palmed, "It's still so far from here."

"I guess we were too busy focusing on finding the ruin as if it right by us that we forgot to be mindful of our surroundings." Dawn sweat-dropped.

"In any case, let's go sightseeing." Ash said.

The trio took some time to tidy up, organizing all their supplies. When they done a few moments later, they followed the direction and walked towards the Ruin. They crossed a couple rivers and some hills and in one hours time, they arrived at the ruin.

"Wow the ruin seems very, umm, large." Dawn commented in awe.

"And old, too. Look at the patterns on the walls, these look ancient." Trip took out his Camera and took some photos, "These will make for some fine photos."

"Just make sure you don't show these pictures to anyone." A voice came behind them. "We don't really like it when what is ours goes out into public eyes."

Ash, Trip and Dawn turned around to find three people dressed in red with red hoods on. There was a large magma symbol on their uniforms.

"Who are you three?" Dawn asked.

"Why would we tell you that kid? We are mere grunts. Just get out of our way and let us be done with our business." One of the grunts replied. "Unless we need to make you move by force." The three grunts called out a Mightyena, Golbat and Houndoom.

"No, we won't let you near it. You scums only know how to destroy places and make everyone suffer." Ash said. "Pichu, use Thundershock."

"Mudkip use Water Pulse." Dawn called out her Mudkip.

"Snivy come on out and use Leaf Tornado." Trip said, releasing his Snivy.

"Houndoom use Flamethrower, Mightyena use Dark Pulse, Golbat, Air Slash." the grunts ordered.

The 6 pokemon released their attacks and the attacks hit collided and caused an explosion.

"Use Roar." The Houndoom and the Mightyena both let out a terrifying roar that caused Pichu, Snivy and Mudkip to be recalled.

"Now, bind them." One of the grunts said.

The other two grunts took some rope and made short work of Ash, Dawn and Trip, tying them up and leaving them.

"What are you going to do to us?" Ash asked.

"What are we going to do to you?" One of the grunts snickered. "Absolutely nothing at all."

"Yeah, you brats are of no importance to us, we will waste no time in hurting you." another grunt continued.

"We just need to stop you from getting in our way." the third grunt finished.

"So what are you planning? What are you going to do?" Dawn demanded.

"Now we just wait." The grunts answered.

"Wait? Just what are you lunatics waiting for?" Trip asked.

"Okay, that's enough questions for one night, my little adventurers." The grunts replied, placing some tape on Ash, Dawn and Trips mouths to shut them up.

(Roughly two hours later)

Another 2 grunts came, they had with them a tied-up man.

"You slowpokes finally arrived, we were beginning to think that you would never show up." The grunts smirked, "Oh and I see you got the professor."

"Yeah sorry for taking so long, we had to wait until he went to bed to jump on him." One of the grunts answered.

"Now then, let's not waste any more time. Prof Alden, if you can be so kind." One of the grunts said, pulling the tape off the bound man's face. "You will open the door to the ruins for us."

"And what makes you think I will do that?" Prof Alden replied.

"If you don't do as I say, we will order our pokemon to attack these 3 trainers." The grunts threatened, pointing towards Ash, Dawn and Trip.

Sigh "Such cheap tricks, I should have expected this from such dirty people like yourselves." Prof Alden cursed.

"Save your judgement for the people who care about it. We don't." One of the grunts hissed. "Now open the damn door before we hurt those kids."

"I can't open it without the 4 jewel stones." Prof Alden said, "I suppose you have them."

"Of course we do. We would be idiots to abduct you if we weren't in possession of the jewel stones." One of the grunts said.

"Fine, give the jewel stones to me. I will open the door to the ruins." Prof Alden sighed in defeated.

Prof Alden took the 4 jewel stones, each with a different color and placed them in the designated sockets. Once he placed the jewel stones in their places, a earthquake of tiny magnitude rumbled as the door to the ruins was opened.

The grunts eyed each other and quickly rushed inside to gather Intel on the interior.

"Did you locate anything to do with the super-ancient pokemon?" the leader of the grunts asked after a lengthy investigation.

"Nothing, there appears to be no information about our target." One of the grunts said.

"Well then this place is of no use to us." The leader of the grunts said. "Retreat and report back to the HQ. We must continue searching."

The grunts quickly retreated and left the area on a Helicopter.

(Meanwhile, outside the ruin)

"Kids that was very dangerous, did any of you get hurt?" Prof Alden asked, pulling the tape off Ash, Dawn and Trip's mouths.

"No it's okay, we are fine, thank you for untying us." Ash thanked Prof Alden.

"Do you know who those people are?" Trip asked.

"No I don't. Either way we need to seal this place for good." Prof Alden suggested. "No one should be able to go back in it again."

The four of them walked into the ruin, where it showed many paintings of ancient fossil pokemon.

"Is that Aerodactyl, Kabuto and Omastar?" Ash asked.

"Yes, this ruin has been known to contain knowledge linking the ancient world to the present." Alden answered.

"Well, I for one, think these are super cool." Dawn remarked. "It'll be a shame if this placed was sealed for good."

"Yeah, it would, but protecting it from those who want it for unjust purposes is important too." Prof Alden said.

Trip was about to take out his camera, but Ash stopped him, shaking his head.

"Trip, I don't think it's right to take these pictures." Ash said.

Trip nodded and put his camera back into his bag.

Prof Alden then took the four jewel stones and placed them inside the ruin, when suddenly the four jewel stones resonated with the walls and shook the whole place. To our adventurers surprise, a staircase appeared as the wall moved back.

"Wait, there is actually more to this place then it seems?" Dawn exclaimed.

"I guess so, let's go down there and check it out." Prof Alden decided.

When they reached the end of the stairs, they found a large body of water.

"Wow, there is quite a large body of water down here." Trip stated.

"We can tell, where do you think it comes from?" Dawn asked.

"Do you smell that? Smells like salt." Ash said.

"Keen senses kid, the source of this water is from the oceans of the Hoenn region." Prof Alden said.

As they were talking amongst themselves. A Relicanth suddenly appeared from the water.

"Wait, is that a Relicanth?" Prof Alden ran towards it. "It is! This is one of the most ancient pokemon ever to be found."

"Wow, this place is full of surprises." Trip exclaimed, pulling out his pokedex.

Relicanth, the Longevity Pokémon. Relicanth is covered in stone-like scales, which allow it to endure the pressure of the deep ocean.

"Huh, no wonder it can survive so long, you don't get many predators when you live in deep ocean territory with such a hard shell." Trip commented.

The 4 of them stayed for a while longer, after a considerable amount of observation and communication, they decided to leave this place.

"Well I guess we should really get going." Dawn said. "We still have to get to Petalburg city."

"It's been a pleasure getting to know you, even though we met in those circumstances." Prof Alden sighed. "Anyways, I gotta get back to Oldale town. See you kids later." Prof Alden waved at the kids and then left for Oldale.

Our heroes, after deciding to explore to Oldale ruins, left and continued down route 102.

(A couple days later)

"Well it's been a few days since we left Oldale town, but we finally arrived at Petalburg." Trip said.

"Yeah it's been fun hanging out with you Trip." Dawn smiled.

"I concur, it was nice meeting you guys." Trip echoed the gesture.

"I hope we get to meet up soon." Ash offered his hand.

Trip shook his had and Dawn's before departing for the inner city.

"Well then, I guess we should find a go find Pokemon center and heal up our pokemon." Dawn suggested.

The duo left for the pokemon center and gave their pokemon to Nurse Joy to heal.

"Okay, they will take some time to heal, so why don't you two go get some food to eat, go get some rest, or you could watch the TV, it is always on." Nurse Joy suggested to Ash and Dawn.

The two of them nodded and walked towards the resting area. Ash decided to go buy some food and drinks for himself and Dawn; Dawn on the other hand, decided to go watch the TV for some local news.

"According to local news, Rinshin Town, just a few miles outside Petalburg woods, is hosting the very first battle club of the year." The News reporter announced. "We will be joined by a special guest. If you are a trainer that happens to be in the area or are going to be in Rinshin town, be sure to participate in it. The tournament will take place in one week."

Hmm, that sounds interesting. Dawn thought to herself.

"Hey Dawn, here's your iced Latte and Pumpkin pie." Ash came over, giving Dawn her food.

"Thanks Ash, how much do I owe you?" Dawn asked.

"Don't bother with it Dawn, it's on me." Ash replied.

"Okay, but next time, I'm buying." Dawn pouted.

"Sure, you can do that." Ash laughed.

"So was there anything interesting going on the news?" Ash asked.

"Yeah, apparently, there is a battle tournament in Rinshin Town in one week." Dawn replied.

"Rinshin? Never heard of it." Ash scratched his head.

"It's located a few miles outside of Petalburg woods." Dawn stated. "Wanna sign up for it?"

"Are you kidding?" Ash answered. "Of course I'm going to sign up. What about you?" He asked.

"If you are signing up then I will too." Dawn said.

"Okay then it's on, Dawn." Ash stated.

"Okay, let's go get registered then." Dawn stood up, walking away.

"Hey wait up." Ash followed her.

"Hello, Nurse Joy?" Dawn and Ash asked as they reached the counter.

"Hello there. How can I help you? Your pokemon will be out shortly." Nurse Joy stated.

"Thank you Nurse Joy, but we weren't gonna ask about them just yet." Dawn answered. "Not that we don't care about them, that is." She laughed.

"Of course, how may I be of assistance?" Nurse joy asked.

"The thing is, we were wondering if we could register for the battle club in Rinshin town from this pokemon center?" Ash inquired.

"Of course you can. I just need your Trainer ID's." Nurse Joy said.

"Sure." Ash and Dawn said simultaneously, handing their pokedex's to Nurse Joy.

"Okay, I will be back in a few moments." Nurse Joy said.

(After a few moments)

"Okay, your pokemon are fully healed and you two are registered for the Battle club." Nurse Joy gave Ash and Dawn their Pokemon and their Pokedex's. "Are your Pokedex's synced with your TechNav's?" she asked.

"Yes they are." Ash and dawn replied.

"Well in that case, your TechNav's will notify you 2 days prior to the tournament to remind you about the tournament. Good luck!" Nurse Joy said.

"Thank you Nurse Joy." Ash said.

"We really appreciate it." Dawn followed.

"No problem, always happy to be of service." Nurse Joy answered.

It was still early, so Dawn and Ash decided to go outside for a walk. They passed over the pokemon field outside of the pokemon center and headed into the woods.

"Hey Dawn, you gonna use Mudkip for all the rounds or what?" Ash asked.

"Probably not a good idea, I'll definitely need to catch some pokemon and train them before the tournament begins." Dawn answered.

"Well that's good, because it'll suck if you have to battle with only 1 pokemon." Ash stated. "If I recall, those battles are going to 2 vs 2 battles."

"Your recollections are correct." Dawn laughed.

The duo continued to laugh when they heard a sound coming from the bush nearby.

"Who's there?" Dawn asked, reaching for her pokeballs.

The sound increased as it headed towards Ash and Dawn. Ash and Dawn responded to the speed and stepped back.

"Pichu, get ready to use Thundershock, but ONLY if it starts to attack us." Ash ordered.

Pichu Pi

The figure finally came from outside the bushes. It revealed a badly hurt Ralts.

"Oh no, we have to get this pokemon to the pokemon center." Dawn hurried over to pick up the Ralts.

"Right." Ash ran towards the center and opened the door.

Dawn and Ash ran to the counter. "Nurse Joy, this pokemon, It's badly hurt. Please heal it." Dawn pleaded.

"You don't have to ask twice." Nurse joy said, taking the Ralts inside.

"Hmm, what is that pokemon?" Dawn asked.

"That is a Ralts my dear." Nurse Joy answered.

Dawn nodded, walking to the resting area to get a quick breather.

Ash meanwhile, checked Ralts on his pokedex.

Ralts, the Feeling Pokémon. Ralts is the pre-evolved form of Kirlia. It can use the horns on its head to read human emotions. Ralts rarely shows itself to humans, but may occasionally approach when it senses positive or happy feelings.

"So this is a Ralts huh?" Ash mumbled, he walked towards Dawn, and sat down next to her, he saw only concern and worry on her face.

"Dawn, Ralts is going to be okay." Ash assured her, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Now where's that beautiful smile you always have on your face."

Dawn smiled. "Thanks for cheering me up Ash, I do hope Ralts is recovering well."

(20 minutes later)

Ash and Dawn walked over towards the counter. "Hey Nurse Joy, is Ralts doing any better?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah, she is stable now and will be fine once the night passes." Nurse Joy answered.

"Speaking of which, can we book a room for two tonight?" Ash asked. "We will be residing in the Petalburg center for the night."

"Of course you can. May I have your ID?" Nurse joy asked.

Ash handed his pokedex to Nurse joy and in no time she registered Dawn and Ash into the computer.

"Okay, you're all set!" Nurse joy returned Ash's pokedex back to him.

"Thank you Nurse Joy." Ash smiled and walked away.

"Hey Dawn, you know what they say, you never get stuff done with a hungry stomach, let's go get some food." Ash suggested.

"Sure, let's go." Dawn stood up and followed Ash to the dining hall.

They sat down and a waiter came to take their orders. Soon enough their food arrived, Ash ordered a beef curry and a glass of apple juice while Dawn ordered ramen with some green tea.

They went to their rooms and talked for the rest of the night.

"So Ash, how do you know so much about pokemon?" Dawn asked.

"Haha, I don't really, I just got forced into so many Prof Oak's lectures that they just stuck in my head." Ash laughed. "I am grateful though, they do come in handy now."

"That's great! I'm sure you'll become a great pokemon trainer." Dawn said.

"Thanks, my goal is to become a pokemon master. What about you Dawn?" Ash asked.

"I want to become a Frontier Brain." Dawn said. "I have this friend from back home called Barry. His dad and my mom are childhood friends and so are we. His dad is a frontier brain and also a super strong trainer. I want to become like him someday. Strong and decisive."

"What about your dad?" Ash asked. "How's he like?"

Dawn stayed silent for a while. "I never met my dad." She answered.

"Oh, you too?" Ash mumbled.

"What do you mean?" Dawn asked.

"I've never met my dad either." Ash replied.

"What is with us and all these parallels?" Dawn asked. "You and me both starting in Hoenn despite being native to another region, both have never seen their dads and want to be strong trainers."

"I mean I think the last one is shared by many people." Ash smirked.

"Smart ass." Dawn laughed.

"I don't know Dawn." Ash said, leaning against his bed. "Maybe fate bought us together."

"You believe in fate Ash? Dawn asked.

"Well, I believe in what is in front of me." Ash stated.

"What's in front of you?" Dawn inquired.

"A special girl who wants to become something extraordinary." Ash answered.

Dawn blushed. "You do have a way with words, Ash." she laughed.

"In all honesty though. We're gonna be fine." Ash chuckled. "You and me, we're a great team."

"I couldn't agree more." Dawn raised her hand, Ash saw her and knew exactly what she meant. Raising his hand, he met hers and their hands clapped loudly.

"From now on, this is a symbol of our friendship." Dawn winked at Ash.

Well then, new chapter done.

So much happened in this chapter! And so many more will happen as we go along! Ash and Dawn signed up for the Battle club and that's coming up in one week, what will Ash and Dawn do to prepare for it? And which pokemon will Dawn get for her journey? To be continued...

Ash's pokemon:

Pichu: Thundershock, Double Team, Iron Tail.

Treecko: Leech Seed, Quick Attack, Energy Ball.

Dawn's pokemon:

Mudkip: Water Pulse, Growl, Mud Slap.