Author's Note: Hey guys, it's me once again, getting off my lazy butt to write another oneshot. This time, Ash is employing an old strategy from his travels, but it isn't one of his own. Keep in mind that I'm not up to date on the Black & White anime series, so I have no idea what is going on in there. These are just some random battle oneshots.
Sorry, I don't know how to divide the author's note and disclaimers from the rest of the story. But anyway, I want to give a shout-out to ravengal, SonicMX, and Hammyham for reviewing this story, and the other 28 people for just reading it. XD.
From the polite PM exchange between SonicMX and I, don't worry, what you requested will come in a few chapters. Or maybe it's this one. I dunno. XD. Also, sorry, no agile pokemon yet.
Hammyham, I'll try to include more dark type attacks, but I'll have to wait until I see an opportunity to do so. Sorry though, it's not in this chapter.
As for ravengal, yes, I wasn't thinking when I had Cilan just finish that meal so quickly. Maybe I should've said *half an hour later…* but I digress. I'll try to make sure that it doesn't happen again.
Thank you all for your support, and I'll try to get chapters up more often, since when I write a chapter, I write the entire chapter in a day (an hour or two, tops.) They're oneshots after all.
This oneshot in particular is not an old strategy from Ash, but rather from one of his past opponents, Jasmine.
Anyway, Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, never have, never will. Whether or not someone tries to sue me, that's up to them.
"Come on, guys, we'll all get soaked if we don't hurry!"
And it was true. The dark rainclouds were looming threateningly above their heads. Or… at least they thought that they were rainclouds….
"Alright Iris, we're coming, we're comi-OW!" Ash was interrupted when he was hit on the head by what seemingly was… a hailstone?
Just then, the temperature took a sudden drop, making Iris shiver and causing Axew to dive back into her hair.
"W-what? Hail? B-b-but it's s-s-s-summ-m-mer…" Iris stated as her teeth chattered, "W-what's g-going o-on?"
Ash thought it was ridiculous how affected Iris was by the cold, but he didn't question it. Instead, he and Cilan looked at her in concern.
"I don't know, but let's just hurry and get to the Pokemon Center or something," Ash said.
"Yes, let's go," Cilan agreed.
They all ran through the forest and into the next town, running into the first public building they saw.
"Whew, we made it," Ash sighed in relief. Just then, Pikachu poked his head out of Ash's backpack.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
All of them taking deep breaths, they all looked at their surroundings.
"Hey, I know this place," stated Cilan, "It's the Pokemon Battle Club!"
"Yeah, you're right Cilan!" Iris replied.
"… Is there a cafeteria here? I'm hungry," Ash said, his stomach rumbling. Iris fell over while Cilan sweatdropped.
While Iris berated Ash for being such a kid, a huge figure started to loom over them. Even the two preoccupied arguing duo couldn't miss it. They turned around to see…
"What brings you fellas here to the Pokemon Battle Club?" Don George greeted.
"Oh hi there, Don George," they all returned the greeting.
"We were all just trying to get out of the hail," Iris explained.
"Well you young 'uns came around just in time for lunch. Why don't y'all follow me and join all the others for the meal?" Don George invited. "and before y'all say anything, just lettin' you know. I'm not takin' no for an answer. Now come on!"
With that, they all followed him to the mess hall, where it was packed with people who were trying to keep out of the hail. Among them were quite a few familiar faces…
"Hey, Ash!"
"Hi Stephen!" Ash greeted.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE! MY NAME IS STEPHAN!" Stephan screamed. "I just… I give up. Call me whatever you like…" he sighed. "So, Ash, Iris, Cilan, what brings you all here?"
However, before any of them could respond, a familiar voice screamed from behind.
"Out of my way, Out of my way, Outof myway, Outofmyway, OUTOFMYWAY!"
"…Uh oh…." they all turned around, and saw, yep, you guessed it.
CRASH! Ash was sent flying into an inconveniently placed table holding a large assortment of berries.
Bianca.
*30 minutes later*
"Sorry! I'm so sorry!" Bianca continued to apologize. At this time, Ash had managed to rid his body of all the berry stains, although everyone had found it entertaining to watch the baby pokemon in the battle club chase him around for fifteen minutes because he smelled like berries.
"It's alright Bianca, it's alright!"
Meanwhile, Iris was finishing up her explanation as to why they were there. "-And that's why we're here. Stupid hail."
Just then, Trip passed by and said, "Well I'm sorry if you can't understand the importance of training."
Iris turned. "Wait… YOU were the cause of that hail?"
Trip smirked. "Do I really have to answer that?"
Just then, Ash noticed Trip. Yeah. Just then. Not beforehand, when he first showed up.
"Hey Trip! Wanna have a pokemon battle?"
"Why should I? You're just gonna lose again."
Iris saw the perfect opportunity to get back at Trip. She smirked. After all, Trip was easily manipulated.
She sighed. "Isn't it obvious Ash? He's obviously afraid of losing, so he refuses and gives a pitiful excuse for an insult. What a kid."
A tic mark appeared on Trip's forehead. "I'll show you!" he turned to Ash, seething, "Meet me at the battle arena, five o' clock. Sharp. Don't be late." And with that, he stormed off. Iris smiled. So easily manipulated.
Ash smiled. "YES!" he pumped his fist. Then he ran off, presumably to get ready.
Leaving Pikachu behind to continue sucking on the ketchup bottle he had somehow obtained. Though not for long.
A random Darumaka appeared! Darumaka swiped the bottle from Pikachu and ran around him. Pikachu, being unable to catch Darumaka, got angry. His cheeks started to spark. No one noticed.
"PIIIKKKAAAAAAAAAAA…." Just then Bianca noticed and shrieked. Everyone turned.
"OH SHI-" Too late.
"CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Everyone present got shocked with ten thousand volts of sheer ouchies, and fell over. Not surprisingly, no one died.
Pikachu walked off with his re-obtained ketchup bottle. Everyone rose up, and and Bianca took out a mirror. She squealed. "I STILL love this hairstyle!"
Cilan grinned. "It's growing on me too!"
"Isn't it wonderful?"
"Mmhmmm."
Iris sighed. Typical. Though she wondered. 'What is it with Pikachu and ketchup?'
An hour later, Ash and Trip stood on opposite sides of the battlefield.
Don George was the referee. "The match between Ash and Trip shall be a special ruled battle. The first one to knock out three of the opposing team's pokemon wins!"
Trip started off. "Go! Conkeldurr!" (A/N: I forgot Trip's phrase on sending out pokemon. Sorry.)
"Boldore! I choose you!" Iris and Cilan gasped…. But then they both sighed. Typical Ash, relying on spirit.
"Let the battle… BEGIN!"
"Conkeldurr, start off with Rock Smash!" Trip ordered. Conkeldurr complied as he put his columns of stone down and dashed towards Boldore with surprising speed.
"Boldore, surround yourself with Sandstorm!" Boldore complied, trusting Ash's judgement. A vicious sandstorm surrounded Boldore. As Conkeldurr neared, he felt himself being pushed back, but he ignored the force and continued forward. Bad idea. As soon as he made contact with the whirling wall of sand, he found himself violently repelled, and crashed right into the stone columns that he had put down.
"CONKELDURR!" Trip gasped as he witnessed the spectacle that had just occurred. Conkeldurr grunted in effort, struggling to his feet after the strong move. "Conkeldurr, shake it off and use Stone Edge!" Conkeldurr growled as pointed stones started orbiting around his body, and he sent them all flying towards the still shielded Boldore. Big mistake. The pointed stones flew into the sandstorm, and immediately were sucked into its pull. Almost immediately afterwards, the flew back out in all directions with four times as much momentum, making them impossible to dodge for the bulky fighting type.
Conkeldurr held his pillars in front of him to block the assault, but it proved to be in vain from the sheer force that was put into the assault. One stone caused the pillars crack. The second stone caused them to have a spiderweb crack pattern spread throughout them, and the third shattered them, leaving the poor fighting type to take the brunt of the rest of his own attack.
"CONKELDURR, USE ENDURE!" Trip screamed desperately, and Conkeldurr wasn't going to argue. He braced himself, barely hanging on to his conscious state afterwards.
"Alright Boldore, time to wrap this up! Use Flash Cannon!" the sandstorm subsided as Boldore began charging the finishing attack. Trip wasn't about to let this opportunity go to waste.
"CONKELDURR, USE MACH PUNCH!" Conkeldurr dashed towards Boldore at blinding speeds and smashed his fist with enough force to break solid rock (I just realized there was a bad pun in there after reading that over. o_O). However, Boldore was still standing, and just then, fired a flash cannon that sent Conkeldurr flying back, through the arena wall, and into the barbells in the training room. Ouch.
"CONKELDURR!" Trip ran towards his pokemon, making sure that he was okay (as okay as someone can be after being blasted through a wall, anyway).
"Conkeldurr is unable to battle! The first victory of the match goes to Boldore and Ash!"
"You did your best, Conkeldurr. Take a good long rest," Trip said softly, returning Conkeldurr to his pokeball.
"Great job Boldore! Get some rest," Ash said, returning Boldore to his pokeball as well. Trip got up and glared at Ash.
"Let's see how you like having your own strategy used against you. Go, Krokorok!"
Ash smirked. "Gladly. Pignite! I choose you!"
Both pokemon stood ready as they eagerly awaited the fight that would ensue.
"The second round between Ash and Trip will be between Pignite and Krokorok. Battlers ready?" Both pokemon took their stances. As for Iris and Cilan, they were still gaping at the spectacle of the previous battle.
"BEGIN!"
Author's Note: And there we go! Next up is between Pignite and Krokorok, with Trip using the sandstorm strategy that Ash had used. You know what that means. After all, Pignite is on the field. Remember what happened to Steelix in Johto? Yeah…
After that will probably be Oshawott vs. Vanillish. That's right. Not Vanillite. Vanillish. You can probably guess what that will be about.
So, review, flame, like it, or don't. Your choice, not mine. Thanks for reading!
Pokeperson1000, signing out.