Day 3 - Ash Blushing
OK, this one should be pretty easy, right? I totally got this, fam.
"Alright, Ash, you've done very well thus far. But now, you'll face my best Pokemon, and your final challenge before the Pokemon League. Let's see how you handle this. Avalugg!"
Out of Wulfric's Pokeball came a(n) [ungodly looking thing; who even knows how to describe this thing; other than a flat back, and four legs], Wulfric's strongest Pokemon.
"Alright Talonflame, can you keep going?"
"Flame!"
"Alright, then let's do it!" Ash yelled confidently.
"Hmm… that Pokemon looks awfully slow. Wulfric must have some sort of trick up his sleeve to counter that weakness." Clemont said, rubbing his chin.
"Come on, Ash!" Bonnie yelled.
"Well, whatever it is, Ash will find a way to beat it, like he always does, right?" Serena said, her confidence in Ash wavering slightly. She looked back at the battlefield and Ash.
'Come on, Ash, this is it. Just defeat this Pokemon and you're in the Kalos League. I know you can do it. Whatever strategy Wulfric has planned, I know you can counter it. Because that's who you are.'
"Use Flamethrower!" Ash commanded.
Talonflame unleashed a streamline of red hot flames from its beak, headed straight for Avalugg.
Wulfric grinned.
"Take it."
Avalugg didn't move, and let the Flamethrower hit it dead on.
"Wha…?"
The flames stopped, and out of the smoke appeared Avalugg, completely unharmed.
"What?"
"Hmph. My Avalugg has taken more Fire type attacks than I could count if I had ten pairs of hands, my boy. Even though it's an Ice type, it's almost completely immune to Fire type attacks at this point." Wulfric said.
"That's… amazing. What a great opponent! The stronger the foe, the stronger we fight, right Talonflame?" Ash exclaimed.
"Flame!"
Serena stared at the battlefield, stunned. "That's… incredible power. How will Ash deal with that?"
"I'm not sure myself. If it can take one of the strongest fire type moves from one of the strongest Fire type Pokemon I know, then I don't know exactly how to counter that strategy." Clemont said.
"Now, let's finish this, Avalugg. Gyro Ball!"
Avalugg began to rotate extremely rapidly, and eventually a steel glow began to surround it. It began to race towards Talonflame. Avalugg took off, leaving the ground, and began to move towards Talonflame at a speed incredibly fast for its massive size.
"Whoa, that's fast. Dodge, quick!" Ash commanded.
Talonflame was narrowly able to dodge the Gyro Ball by moving to the side. Avalugg began to make a u-turn to head back towards Talonflame.
"Brave Bird!"
Talonflame enveloped itself in a bright blue light, and began to fly towards Avalugg at an even faster speed than it. Eventually, the two powerful moves collided, emitting a huge cloud of smoke.
As the smoke cleared, Ash could only see one thing. The falling figure of a bird Pokemon from the sky.
"Talonflame!" Ash ran onto the battlefield and caught it.
"Talonflame is unable to battle! Which means that the victor is Avalugg!" the Referee announced.
Ash sadly looked at his fainted Pokemon. Now he only had one left. "Return, Talonflame. Thank you, buddy. You put up a really great fight. Take a nice, long rest." he returned the bird Pokemon.
Ash stood back up in his position, hiding his face with his hat.
"That is such incredible speed… Wulfric really is amazing." Serena said.
"What did I tell you? Gym Leaders always have a strategy to cover their weaknesses." Clemont said.
"In that collision, Talonflame's move was probably stronger, but Avalugg's speed combined with its immense mass just made it too much for Talonflame. We'll just have to see what happens next." Clemont explained.
"Well? Who will be your final choice, Ash?" Wulfric yelled, almost taunting him.
"Pika…" Pikachu looked up at Ash, concerned.
Ash looked back up confidently, then down at Pikachu. "Don't worry, buddy. I have a plan. We won't lose this one!"
Ash took a Pokeball out of his bag and enlarged it.
"Greninja, I choose you!"
Out of Ash's Pokeball came a blue, bipedal frog Pokemon, who posed like a ninja upon his release.
"Greninja!"
Clemont nodded. "Probably Ash's best choice."
Serena stared at Ash, with pleading eyes.
'I believe in you, Ash.'
"Greninja, use Hydro Pump!"
"Avalugg, Blizzard!"
The two powerful moves collided, this time emitting another cloud of smoke, but the attacks were equal this time, and cancelled each other out.
"Double Team!" Ash called out.
"Use Avalanche to knock them all out!" Wulfric commanded.
"Use Night Slash!"
Avalugg began to knock out Greninja doppelgangers left and right, until it appeared there were none left. Avalugg looked around, confused for a moment.
It took Wulfric a moment to realize what was going on! "Avalugg! Above you!"
It was too late. Greninja pounced from above with a gravity-enforced Night Slash right to the head of Avalugg. Greninja flipped backwards to retain its position in front of Ash.
"Nice job, that's the ticket!" Ash praised.
Wulfric nodded. "That was a good trick, young man. Impressive, definitely. But it'll take more than that to defeat us."
"That's what I'm hoping for! Ash yelled and pointed at Wulfric. Greninja mimicked Ash's movements and began to create a whirlwind of water around itself, and growing a red horn… thing, whatever it is.
'Showtime.'
"Greninja, Aerial Ace!"
Greninja began to run towards Avalugg, moving at an incredible pace. It almost appeared as if there were several Greninjas simultaneously.
"Use Gyro Ball! Catch it off guard!" Wulfric commanded.
Avalugg began to spin at a rate impressively close to as fast as Greninja was moving.
But it never found a target. And Greninja was nowhere to be found.
"Make a U-turn, Avalugg!"
"Use Hydro Pump to slow it down!"
Greninja appeared in mid-air and fired Hydro Pump as Avalugg was making a U-turn and coming straight for it. But Avalugg was able to power through it. Just as it seemed Avalugg would hit its mark, Greninja, again, disappeared.
"Now what?!"
Greninja appeared at its starting position, and again fired Hydro Pump at Avalugg.
"That Greninja is almost too fast." Wulfric muttered to himself. "Use Gyro Ball to redirect it!"
Avalugg rotated and sent the powerful water off to the side using science. And also physics.
"Blizzard, quick! Before it can get away!"
Avalugg fired Blizzard.
"Too late."
"What?"
Greninja once again appeared from above and hit Avalugg in the head with Aerial Ace, this time knocking it to the ground.
"Avalugg!"
"Now use Night Slash!" Ash shouted, grinning.
Greninja ran and leaped forward, once again targeting the head of Avalugg and landed a critical hit Night Slash on a downed Avalugg. The attack created a cloud of smoke, and Greninja jumped back to in front of Ash.
As the smoke cleared, Avalugg seemed downed for good, with spirals for eyes.
Greninja dispersed the water around itself and reverted back to normal form.
"Avalugg is unable to battle! That means the victors of this battle are Greninja and Ash!" The Referee announced.
Ash walked up to Greninja and gave it a high five. "Nice job, pal. You really did great out there."
"Pika!" Pikachu leaped onto his trainer's shoulder.
"That's right, Pikachu! That means we're in! Kalos League, here we come!" Ash exclaimed.
"Ash!"
Ash turned to the source of the voice and was immediately greeted to a huge hug from Serena. She had launched herself at Ash and captured him in her arms.
As soon as Ash realized what was happening, he began to blush. He wasn't great at hugging, but he'll make an exception this time.
"You did so great! I knew you would pull it off, you always do! And now you're in the Kalos League! Congratulations!" she nuzzled her face into his shoulder.
Ash slowly wrapped his arms around Serena. He was still processing what exactly was happening at the moment.
"Thanks, Serena. It means a lot, coming from you."
I KNOW, AVALUGG HAS GOOD DEFENSE, NOT SPECIAL DEFENSE, BUT THIS IS THE ANIME AND MY FANFICTION SO I DO WHAT I WANT OK?
Anyway… I probably dragged that out a bit longer than I would've liked. Sorry if that was a little boring for you. I know many of you are just here to see AmourShipping, and don't worry, I'll deliver. I just needed a situation that was 1,000+ words that sounded believable.
Up Next:
Day 4 - Dating