I don't own anything…
"Burnt to Ashes"
When the light died down everyone gasped. The Pokemon standing there was no other than a snarling Gyarados! Ash scanned Gyarados with his Pokedex and Dexter said, "Gyarados. This Pokémon has a vicious temperament, so use extreme caution. Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel." Dexter also told Ash all of Gyarados' moves.
"That Gyarados looks to be at a high level," Odion commented, obviously impressed, "And it's a lot larger than its average size." Some of the Rocket Grunts took a few seconds to look at the new Pokemon, allowing Eclipse to knock them out.
"…Aren't Gyarados supposed to say in water…"Ash pondered aloud. Mysteriously, Gyarados was floating slightly off the ground. Odion just shrugged.
"Swampert start off with Take Down," Odion called. Swampert charged on all fours at Gyarados.
"…Iron Head…" Ash countered. Gyarados slithered at Swampert, yet he was still floating, with his whole head encased in a white aura. Gyarados easily overpowered Swampert, and Swampert was launched back.
"Sludge Wave now," Odion ordered. Swampert spat a giant wave of sludge at Gyarados.
"…Burn it with Fire Blast…" Ash yelled. Gyarados quickly inhaled and exhaled. When he exhaled the Fire Blast Attack intercepted the Sludge Wave, effectively burning it. Odion growled in annoyance.
"Get back at them with Rock Tomb," Odion shouted. Swampert roared and smashed his fists into the ground, making pointy rocks fly up. The sharp rocks soared towards Gyarados and smashed into him, making Gyarados roar in pain.
"…Dragon Dance into Hydro Pump…" Ash said. Gyarados did a mystic dance, which made him glow a red aura, and shot out the Hydro Pump attack at blinding speeds. Swampert, caught off guard, got nailed by the torrent of water. Normally a Water type attack wouldn't do much damage on another Water type Pokemon, but Swampert was also a Ground type; meaning that the Hydro Pump attack would do normal damage on him.
"Ice Punch," Odion shouted angrily. Swampert jumped up and punched Gyarados across the face with a frosty fist.
"…Payback…" Ash said with a smirk plastered across his face. Gyarados snarled and smashed his tail into Swampert, almost like a baseball bat hitting a baseball. Swampert landed with a 'thud'.
"Hydro Cannon," Odion howled. Swampert's tail turned from a black color to a light blue color as Swampert growled.
"…Hyper Beam…" Ash yelled desperately. At the same time, Gyarados slowly charged an orange ball of energy in his mouth. Swampert whipped his head back quickly, and when it came forward a watery torrent shot out of his mouth. The size of the attack was at least three times the size of a normal Hydro Pump attack.
However, Gyarados fired the Hyper Beam faster, but not fast enough to hit Swampert before he could get off the Hydro Cannon attack. When the two attacks initially met they were even in power. As the seconds ticked by, Gyarados pushed back the Hydro Cannon attack until it was dangerously close to Swampert. The two attacks exploded right next to Swampert, dealing him a massive amount of damage. Gyarados took little to no damage from the explosion since he was far away from it. When the smoke died down, Swampert was unconscious, his eyes replaced with swirls.
"Swampert return," Odion said, "Zangoose time for revenge." Swampert disappeared and was replaced with Zangoose in a matter of seconds.
"…Earthquake…" Ash instructed, starting things off. Gyarados slammed his tail into the ground, creating massive vibrations.
"Jump and use Crush Claw," Odion yelled. Zangoose leaped up, avoiding the Earthquake attack, and swiped at Gyarados with his glowing claws.
"…Bounce…" Ash said calmly. Gyarados touched down on the ground and leaped up into the air. Zangoose obviously missed his mark. Gyarados came down and smashed into Zangoose's smaller body, sending him flying back.
"Thunderpunch," Odion retaliated. Zangoose shot up and towards Gyarados, catching Ash off guard. He punched Gyarados three times with the Thunderpunch attack. The super-effective attack was enough to launch Gyarados back. He ended up crushing some Rocket Grunts.
"…Get up and use Thrash…" Ash shouted. Seething, Gyarados got up and slithered back on the battlefield. He started to thrash around wildly.
"Dodge," Odion screamed urgently. Zangoose was able to dodge the first few attacks, but one of the multiple of attacks hit him. Gyarados headbutted him and followed up with a body slam. A few seconds ticked by and Gyarados stopped attacking. He looked around confused, and howled in pain. Confusion was a side-effect of Thrash.
"Hurry and use Shadow Claw," Odion cried, taking advantage of the opportunity. Zangoose's claws on both of his hands were sheathed in a sickening purple aura as he raked his claws across Gyarados' scales. The pain from the attack snapped Gyarados out of his confusion.
"…Bite…" Ash snarled. Gyarados bit down on Zangoose's right arm with his spiky teeth.
"Zan Zan Zangoose," Zangoose moaned in pain as he tried to free his arm.
"Night Slash," Odion called. With his free hand, Zangoose raked his claws, which were coated in a dark purple, almost black aura, across Gyarados' face. Gyarados opened his mouth to cry in pain, freeing Zangoose's arm.
"…Iron Tail…" Ash countered. Gyarados did a 360 degree spin and whacked Zangoose with his shining tail.
"Use Thunderbolt Zangoose," Odion said. Electricity cackled around Zangoose's body as he shot out a lightning bolt directly at Gyarados.
"…Intercept with your own…" Ash said. Gyarados' Thunderbolt attack and Zangoose's attack met in the middle of the battlefield. Both attacks were relatively weak since Gyarados and Zangoose were more Physical fighters, not Special fighters. Nonetheless, Zangoose's Thunderbolt attack was a little stronger, and he started to push Gyarados' back.
"…Switch to Dragon Pulse…" Ash yelled. Gyarados started to spew out a greenish aura, with a tint of white, instead of firing the Thunderbolt attack from his body. The Dragon Pulse attack was a bit stronger and pushed Zangoose's attack to the middle of the battlefield once again.
"Get underground with Dig," Odion growled. Zangoose stopped the Thunderbolt attack and quickly burrowed underground before the oncoming Dragon Pulse attack could hit him.
"…Twister…" Ash commanded. Gyarados' tail spun rapidly and created a green twister, which went straight down the hole that Zangoose burrowed under. The Twister attack broke through from underground and Zangoose was engulfed in it. He eventually got tossed out of it and landed with a thud. He fell so hard that he created a mini crater, and in that crater was an unconscious Zangoose.
"Zangoose return," Odion said through clenched teeth.
'Gyarados doesn't look so like he can take much more out there,' Gary thought worriedly, 'I've got to do something.' Gary picked up a rock when Odion reached for a Pokeball on his belt. He chucked it towards the Pokeball and, amazingly, he knocked it off his belt without Odion noticing.
"Ready to lose Ash," Odion said, "Slaking time for revenge." Ash noticed a Pokeball near Odion's feet and he looked at Gary, who was whistling innocently. Out of "Slaking's Pokeball" came a totally different Pokemon. The Pokemon was known as Shedinja. Shedinja's entire body is brown in color, but its stomach is a darker shade. There are four protrusions where limbs should be growing. Instead of eyes, Shedinja has slits. On Shedinja's back are what appear to be wings. Its wings are split into three sections. Shedinja also has a halo above his head.
"What the HELL!" Odion howled. He looked around wildly and saw that one of his Pokeball's was on the ground. He looked at Ash and pleaded, "I didn't mean to send out this Pokemon. Let me switch to Slaking!"
"I'm sorry Odion, but you sent out Shedinja," Ash smirked mockingly, "All we need to do is land one super-effective hit and you'll be done for."
"Well, I just can't let that happen," Odion seethed, "Shedinja use Shadow Ball." Shedinja, levitating in the air, rapidly formed the Shadow Ball attack and launched it at Gyarados.
"…Flamethrower…" Ash called. Gyarados spewed out searing flames from his mouth and met the Shadow Ball attack half-way. The two attacks struggled for power, until the Shadow Ball broke through and exploded on impact when it touched Gyarados' skin. The attack did almost nothing to Gyarados, since Shedinja were, for the most part, weak Pokemon.
"Confuse Ray now," Odion groaned.
"...Substitute…" Ash cried. Gyarados disappeared and in his place was a clay figure. The Confuse Ray attack enveloped the Substitute and it broke, the attack wasted. Gyarados re-appeared in full glory.
"Fury Swipes," Odion instructed. Shedinja sped to Gyarados and repeatedly raked it's claw-like structures.
"…Blizzard…" Ash smirked. Gyarados inhaled sharply before exhaling and created a chilling Blizzard attack.
"Dodge," Odion cried desperately. Shedinja zipped away, narrowly escaping the Blizzard attack.
"…Finish with Flamethrower…" Ash smirked. Gyarados blew a Flamethrower attack that nailed Shedinja in the back and instantly knocked it unconscious. Shedinja can only be knocked unconscious with a super-effective attack and only needs to be hit one time. Since Shedinja is part Bug type, the Flamethrower attack was easily enough to knock him out.
"Shedinja return," Odion whispered, "I am a man of my word, Ash. We will leave here without immediately.
Ash just stared at him blankly.
"Move out!" Odion barked. Rocket grunts returned their Pokemon and hopped into helicopters that touched onto the ground. Citizens poured from the buildings, cheering and clapping. Eclipse pushed people out of his way to make his way towards the trio.
"What should we do?" Gary asked.
"Go the Pokemon Center and get our Pokemon healed," Eclipse yelled, running towards the Pokemon Center, "We'll come up with something later."
"I got nothing better," Gary shrugged. The trio walked slowly Pokemon Center, a lot on their minds.
"Odion said he knew your dad," Leaf frowned. Ash didn't respond.
"Weird guy," Gary snorted. Leaf rolled her eyes. Once inside the Pokemon Center they handed their Pokeball's over to a shaken Nurse Joy.
"Are they coming back?" She asked, frightened.
"…Probably…" Ash replied honestly, "…But probably not in Saffron…" He added the last part when he saw Leaf glaring at him. They went into their room where they found Eclipse on a phone.
"You think!" Eclipse yelled into the phone. They all jumped back in alarm. "I gotta go. Bye."
"…Who were you talking to…" Ash asked calmly.
"Lance," Eclipse retorted, "He's coming over with the other Elites to investigate."
"What about us?" Gary asked. Eclipse stared at the floor.
"I have to be here for a while, but I promise that I'll meet up with you guys later on," He replied after a few seconds. They just stared at him for a few minutes.
"Well this is awkward," He said, looking around, "I've gotta go. See you later."
"I'm gonna miss him," Gary yelled, while comical tears streamed down his face.
"…Oh grow up…" Ash smirked, "…We should sleep here today and then move on…"
"Alright," Gary and Leaf yelled in unison.
"See ya tomorrow Ash," Leaf yelled, walking out of the room, "Be up by 7!"
"Night," Gary yawned.
"Night." Ash passed out from exhaustion a few seconds after his head hit the pillow. For once he dreamt of nothing and had a good night's sleep.
He heard knocking and yelling a few seconds later, or so he thought, "Wake the hell up Ash, Gary!" Ash heard Gary mutter something incoherent under his breath.
"…Coming…" Ash yelled into his pillow.
"Well hurry up," Leaf shouted back, obviously irritated, "It's past 10."
"Crap," Gary moaned. Both teens got up and threw on their clothes. They packed whatever they took out and pushed the door open. The first thing they met was a slap in the face from Leaf.
"We deserved that," Gary said flatly, "Now let's go."
"…Which town…" Ash asked.
"We could either go to Fuchsia City or Celadon City," Gary thought aloud, "Though Celadon is closest."
"Then Celadon it is," Leaf shrieked.
"…Jesus woman…" Ash moaned, as he rubbed his hurting ears. They walked out without another word, and walked west for a few miles in total silence until they heard rustling in a bush.
"You hear something?" Gary asked. Ash and Leaf shrugged. All of a sudden they heard a screech and a Pokemon flew out of the bush, and tackling Gary in the process. The Pokemon ripped Gary's backpack off his back. The Pokemon tore through his backpack, looking for something.
"Give me the backpack," Gary yelled, outraged.
"…That's a Primeape…" Ash said, impressed at the sight of the rare Pokemon. Primeape had a round body with, disheveled, messy, tan fur. Primeape's ears were triangular, with pink insides. He had no tail, unlike his previous form, Mankey, who had a long tail. Primeape has a stress mark on the left side of its forehead. It also has metal shackles on its hands and feet. Finally, Primeape's hands represented boxing gloves, for his tough nature.
"I don't care what it is," Gary screamed, "Electabuzz destroy that thing. Use Thunderpunch." Gary threw a Pokeball and Electabuzz appeared in a flash. His fist cackled with electricity and he punched Primeape right in the face with it, launching Primeape back.
Primeape boxing glove-like hands were enveloped in a white light and he struck Electabuzz in an "X" motion.
"…Cross Chop…" Ash said, fascinated, "…Impressive…"
"Thunder Wave to slow it down," Gary yelled. Electabuzz put both of his hands together and formed to electrical rings, which enveloped Primeape, and shocked him. Primeape tried to attack, but was shocked with electricity. "Psychic lets go." Electabuzz's eyes flashed blue as a blue aura surrounded Primeape. Primeape was lifted into the air and was thrown into a pile of gigantic boulders.
Primeape got up and started to thrash around, destroying boulders and what not. All of a sudden, after relaxing, Primeape shot a thin yellow beam at Electabuzz, enveloping him in a red aura. Both Electabuzz and Primeape fainted, knocked totally unconscious.
"What the hell," Gary roared.
"It's Final Gambit," Leaf explained, "The user's remaining health is drained and is inflicted to the target. Obviously that Primeape wasn't weak. My suggestion would be to capture it." Gary nodded.
"I want my backpack first," Gary declared. He picked up a stick and crept towards Primeape, as if he was sleeping. He poked Primeape several times with the stick, to make sure he was unconscious. He propped him up against a boulder and took back his backpack. Gary finally threw a Pokeball at him and Primeape disappeared into the Pokeball. The Pokeball stopped shaking after a few seconds, signaling the capture.
"…That's number seven…" Ash pointed out. Surprisingly, the Pokeball didn't disappear and go to Professor Oak's lab. "…Well that's odd…"
"No it's not," Leaf said slyly, "When we get 4 badges, you can carry one extra Pokemon. When you beat the eighth gym, and get the eighth badge, you can carry 8 Pokemon in all."
"Sweet," Gary yelled. Ash rolled his eyes at Gary's childish behavior.
"…Let's go…" Ash said, shoving Gary forward. Gary muttered something incoherent under his breath.
Surprisingly enough, Celadon City was very close to Saffron City, so the journey there only took a day. They walked throughout the night, and rented a room in the Pokemon Center in the early morning. The trio took a nap for a few hours before heading out to explore the great city.
Celadon was best known for their shops and markets in all of Kanto. Gary and Ash were literally dragged all over town as Leaf took each store by storm. She bought everything from clothes, make-up, movies, and more clothes.
"Do you really need all these things?" Gary whined. He felt as though his arms were about to snap off because of how many bags he had to carry. Leaf pointedly ignored him.
"…Stop whining…" Ash laughed, "…It'll help you build muscle…" Ash poked Gary's flabby arms before Gary bit Ash's finger. Ash kicked Gary in retaliation.
"Children stop," Leaf yelled, seeing them fighting, "We have one more stop before we're dropping my stuff off at the Pokemon Center. Then we can challenge the gym." The last stop was a perfume shop.
"Thank you," They said in unison, obviously relieved.
"…Aaaacccchhhooo…" Ash sneezed, rubbing his nose, "…I hate perfume…"
"How can you hate perfume," Leaf gasped dramatically. Several women in the store turned around to glare at Ash.
"…Because it turns men into zombies…" Ash yelled, pointing at Gary. Gary was drooling and staring at all the girls in the store. By now, everyone in the store was glaring at Ash, the manager came over.
"You sir, GET OUT!" She shrieked, kicking Ash in the butt, kicking him out of the store. 20 embarrassing minutes later, Leaf and Gary walked out of the store and they walked to the Pokemon Center in silence, until Gary started to laugh at Ash, but shut up quickly when Ash glared coldly at him.
"Well it says here that Celadon's gym leader is Erika, a Grass Type specialist," Leaf said, peering through a manual.
"Doesn't matter because I'm gonna win no matter what," Gary said cockily. A few seconds later, they got the entrance of gym, where Gary pounded on the door.
"I'm coming," A familiar voice shrieked from inside. Ash had a feeling of dread come over him. The door swung open, hitting Gary in the face. Standing there was the annoying manager from the perfume shop. "What do you want?"
"We're here to challenge Erika," Gary groaned, picking himself off the ground.
"Alright foll-," The woman started, "Hey, wait, I know you! You're the one who hates perfume!" She slammed the door in Gary's face again.
"Hey open up before I knock this door down myself," Leaf screeched. The door immediately opened up again, but a different woman opened it up this time. She was dressed in a light yellow kimono, with a red flower pattern littering on it. Her blue hair fell to about her shoulders, which was held in place by a red hair band.
"How may I help you?" She asked the trio.
"We came to challenge you, but another lady wouldn't allow us since Ash here doesn't like perfume," Gary said angrily. Said lady immediately began to grovel at Erika's feet, begging for her forgiveness.
"I'm sorry Erika," She pleaded, "I'm so sorry."
"Get up," Erika demanded coldly, "Never do anything like that again! Just because someone doesn't like perfume doesn't mean you shouldn't let them in. I can lose my gym leader license for that!"
"I'm sorry Erika," The woman whispered quietly. She walked back into the gym, and disappeared into the darkness.
"Come on in," Erika said friendly. She walked back in. Ash and company followed suit. They were led through a big green house.
"Wow Erika, this is amazing," Gary said, astonished, "What are they though?" The group sweat dropped.
"They're fresh herbs, plants, grasses, trees, and much more," She explained, "Ah, here we are." They reached a battlefield which was concealed in a glass dome. "Who would like to go first?"
"…Me…" Ash said, with a calculating gaze. He walked to the red side of the battlefield.
"Alright," Erika replied, walking to the green side of the battlefield.
"This match will be between Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town and Gym Leader Erika," The referee started, "This will be a 3 on 3 elimination match. When one trainer runs out of Pokemon the match will be over. Ready? Begin!"
"Go Vileplume," Erika shouted. Vileplume has a deep blue colored body, with a large flower on the top of her head. The flower is supposed to resemble a rafflesia flower. She also has two arms and legs, which have no hands or feet.
"…Pidgeot I choose you…" Ash called. His loyal Flying type Pokemon appeared in a flash and a chirp.
"I'll start things off with Sunny Day," Erika shouted. Vileplume tapped her foot rapidly and threw her head back. The sunlight became more noticeable in the greenhouse and the temperature rose significantly.
Ash smirked and yelled, "…Heat Wave…" With a screech, Pidgeot rapidly flapped her wings. A fiery wind smashed into Vileplume, making her howl in pain.
"Substitute," Erika quickly instructed. Vileplume morphed into a small figure, which took the beating of the Heat Wave attack. When the attack died down, the Substitute broke and Vileplume was only mildly harmed.
"…Quick Attack…" Ash smirked. Pidgeot dive-bombed and swiftly sped towards the vulnerable Vileplume.
"Counter with Sludge Bomb," Erika cried. Vileplume formed a deathly purple colored ball of energy and threw it at Pidgeot.
"…Mirror Move…" Ash countered. Pidgeot stopped dead in her tracks and also launched a Sludge Bomb attack at Vileplume's attack. They cancelled each other out, even in power, with no one taking any damage.
"PoisonPowder now," Erika shouted. From the top of the flower on Vileplume's head shot out a purple mist spraying the battlefield.
"…Blow it away with Whirlwind…" Ash retaliated. Pidgeot flapped her wings vigorously creating a speedy wind. The wind blew the PoisonPowder attack away.
"Solarbeam," Erika growled in frustration. Vileplume immediately shot out a large golden beam of energy at Pidgeot, since Sunny day was still in effect. The attack met Pidgeot head-on, creating a massive explosion. However, Pidgeot was only moderately hurt since the Solarbeam attack is not very effective against the Flying Type.
"…Speed up Wing Attack with Tailwind…" Ash demanded coldly. Pidgeot soared at Vileplume, with glowing wings, and was sped up with her Tailwind attack. She whacked Vileplume with both of her wings, dealing massive damage.
"Energy Ball c'mon," Erika snapped. Vileplume formed a green ball of aura, with what appeared to be a weird jelly-like substance in the middle, and launched it at Pidgeot, who was immediately hit.
"…Finish this insect with Brave Bird…" Ash snarled. Pidgeot tucked her wings in and sped towards Vileplume with blinding speeds. People could only see a red aura, which looked a lot like fire.
"Dodge," Erika shouted desperately. Too late. Pidgeot crashed into Vileplume, instantly knocking her out. Pidgeot, however, still took a lot of recoil damage.
"Vileplume is unable to battle," The referee declared, "The winner is Pidgeot. Green trainer, please send out your next Pokemon."
"Go Victreebel," Erika yelled. Victreebel has the same body shape as his previous form, Weepinbell, only upside-down. Victreebel has semicircular eyes directly under its mouth and it has several dark green spots on its body. There are two sharp teeth in Victreebel's mouth. Covering its mouth, Victreebel has a leaf with a long, brown, yellow-tipped coming out of it.
"…Quick Attack…" Ash called out confidently. Pidgeot soared at Victreebel, with a white aura surrounding her beak.
"Grab her beak with Vine Whip," Erika said. Two green vines shot out from Victreebel's gaping mouth. One of the vines was wrapped around Pidgeot's beak, while the other grasped onto her, stopping her in her tracks.
"…Air Slash…" Ash said, analyzing the situation. Pidgeot slashed her wings down, cutting the vines, and freeing herself. "…Follow up with Heat Wave…" Pidgeot rapidly flapped her wings, whipping up a fiery wind.
"Bbbbbeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllll," Victreebel screeched in pain.
"Hang in there," Erika shouted, "Use Protect." Victreebel surrounded himself with an aquamarine colored shield, defending her from the super-effective Heat Wave attack.
"…Stop the attack and use U-Turn…" Ash said simply. Pidgeot shot towards Victreebel, and smashed into him. The Bug type attack dealt a lot of damage to the Flycatcher Pokemon, but he could not retaliate because of U-Turn's effect. Pidgeot was immediately returned to her Pokeball, and Ash could send out a different Pokemon.
"…Pikachu I choose you…" Ash called, as the tiny yellow mouse appeared in a flash.
"Pika Pi Pi Pikachu," Pikachu growled.
"Looks like Pikachu's ready to go," Erika commented, "Victreebel use PoisonPowder." Much like Vileplume, Victreebel let lose a dark purple spray from its mouth, which headed for Pikachu.
"…Volt Switch…" Ash smirked. Pikachu rolled himself into a ball, which was cackling with electricity. He smashed into Victreebel, but didn't do too much damage. However, like U-Turn, Pikachu was returned to his Pokeball.
"…Charizard I choose you…" Ash shouted. His ferocious fire dragon came roaring out of his Pokeball.
"Aw crap," Erika muttered under her breath, "Be careful Victreebel."
"Bell Vic Victreebel," Victreebel called back.
"…Let's heat things up with Sunny Day…" Ash ordered Charizard. Charizard let out a menacing growl as the temperature rapidly increased.
"Nice pun," Leaf laughed. Gary and Erika also stifled a chuckle.
"…Yeah it's so punny…" Ash said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Enough of that," Erika declared, "Victreebel use Giga Impact." Victreebel surrounded himself in a blue and purple aura, and flew straight at Charizard.
"…Flare Blitz…" Ash countered calmly. Charizard spewed out blue flames, spinning his head while doing so, to completely cover and shroud his body with it. Charizard met Victreebel head on, easily overpowered the Grass Type, and knocked him out.
"Victreebel is unable to battle," The referee acknowledged, "Green trainer, please send out your last Pokemon.
"I'm surprised you beat Victreebel and Vileplume so easily," Erika praised, "But I doubt you'll get past my next Pokemon. Go Cradily!"
"That Pokemon is not native to Kanto though," Gary shouted, shocked. Leaf was wide-eyed as well.
"Everyone has an ace up their sleeve," Erika chuckled. Cradily is mostly a green Pokémon which resembles a plant with various yellow marks on its head, neck and chest. The two circular yellow markings on Cradily's head appear to be its eyes, but they are not. Cradily's real eyes are yellow half-circles covered by the black mask-like section on the front of its head. It also has nine pink tentacles that surround its neck at the base of its head. Cradily also has four short stubby legs. Ash grit his teeth in frustration, not knowing how to approach Cradily.
"…Charizard return…" Ash yelled, "…Pikachu I choose you…" Pikachu took Charizard's place in an instant.
"Confuse Ray," Erika said. Cradily's neck was surprisingly flexible, as she reared her head back and shot a red ring of aura at Pikachu.
"Chaaa," Pikachu moaned, as he became utterly confused.
"…Double Team…" Ash demanded. If Pikachu could use Double Team, then he would be out of harm's way for a bit.
"Cha Pik," Pikachu growled in pain, as he slapped himself, disobeying Ash's orders. Ash face-palmed.
"Earthquake," Erika shouted in glee. She finally was able to turn this match around. Cradily lifted herself up and slammed into the ground, creating massive vibrations. Pikachu was hit back from jagged rocks. The pain was enough to snap Pikachu out of confusion.
"…Get in close with Quick Attack…" Ash said. Pikachu sprinted towards Cradily on all fours.
"Stop Pikachu with Energy Ball," Erika cried.
"…Take it…" Ash roared. Pikachu took the Energy Ball attack, and still ran strong. He slammed into Cradily, however, doing very little damage. "…Thunder Wave…" Pikachu shot two rings of electricity, which shocked and electrified Cradily, and paralyzed her.
"Sludge Bomb," Erika countered. However, the paralysis stopped Cradily from using the attack.
"…Iron Tail…" Ash shouted in triumph. Pikachu brought his glowing silver tail down on Cradily's head. The super-effective attack did much more damage to Cradily then the Quick Attack.
"Bulldoze," Erika growled. Cradily was once again stopped by paralysis again.
"…Pikachu return…" Ash called, "…Charizard I choose you..." Ash's fire dragon took Pikachu's place. Cradily eventually executed the Bulldoze attack, but since Charizard is a Flying Type, he wasn't affected by the Ground Type move.
"…Flamethrower…" Ash said. Charizard let lose a stream of fire, which engulfed Cradily.
"Cray Cradily," Cradily groaned.
"Mirror Coat," Erika smirked. A purple beam shot at Charizard, who closed his eyes and braced himself. He knew that Mirror Coat could not be dodged. The energy shot him back into the wall, creating spider-web cracks.
"…Charizard…" Ash cried, concern evident in his normally cold voice. However, Charizard was not out and down for the count. He still had a bit of fight left in him.
"Acid," Erika said. Cradily spat out a dark purple sludge, which headed for Charizard.
"…Overheat…" Ash spat coldly. Charizard spewed the brightest, hottest flames that anyone there had ever seen. On contact, the Overheat attack disintegrated the Acid attack, and made its way towards Cradily.
"Cradily dodge it," Erika pleaded in desperation. The plea came too late. The searing flames swamped Cradily, knocking her out, after severely burning her.
"Cradily is unable to battle," The referee yelled, "The winner is Charizard. That means the winner of the match is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!"
"Cradily," Erika called weakly, "Return. Congratulations Ash! I'll give you the Rainbow Badge after I face your friends."
"…Alright…" Ash said in agreement.
"Who would like to go next?" Erika asked Gary and Leaf.
"Me," Leaf replied, fishing three Pokeball's out of her bag. Unlike Ash, Leaf had a harder time against Erika since she only had one Pokemon that was effective against Grass Types.
The first battle was between Erika's Tangela and Leaf's Vulpix. Even though Vulpix had the advantage, Tangela was winning at first. With the attacks of AncientPower and Slam, Vulpix was losing very badly against Tangela. Every time Vulpix attacked Tangela, Tangela used Vine Whip to jump in the air and dodge. The battle turned around once Vulpix burnt Tangela with Will-o-Wisp. Tangela took lots of damage from being burnt. Also, Tangela's attacks were weakened due to the burn. Vulpix finally took out Tangela after using a combination of Confuse Ray and Fire Blast.
Erika's second Pokemon was a Venusaur. Before Vulpix was taken out by an Earthquake attack, she used her smaller body and speed to land some heavy attacks on Venusaur. Vulpix had hit Venusaur with a Flamethrower attack, and two Flame Burst attacks.
Leaf's second Pokemon was her stubborn Persian. This battle ended up in a tie even though Venusaur had already taken heavy damage from Vulpix. Most of Persian's attacks were not effective against Venusaur, while Venusaur had used powerful attacks such as Earthquake, Solarbeam, Sludge Bomb, Hyper Beam, and Giga Impact.
"Now for my last Pokemon," Erika announced, "Go Leafeon."
"…Another non-native Kanto Pokemon…" Ash commented, impressed.
"Leaf," Gary shouted, "It's one of Eevee's evolved forms. It's a Grass Type."
"Thanks genius," Leaf said sarcastically, "It's called Leafeon and its green. I'm pretty sure I could figure it out."
"You didn't have to be mean about it," Gary pouted. Ash rolled his eyes.
Leafeon resembled either a cat or a fox, similar to the other Eeveelutions. Leafeon's body was lightly tanned. Her paws and the inside of her ears are a light brown color. It has sprouts growing all over it, making it look more like a plant. It has a longer sprout of its forehead that takes a bit of an 'S' shape. Her ears represented leaves.
"Eevee c'mon out," Leaf shouted. She was confident that her Eevee could stand up to one of her evolved forms.
"You think that weak Pokemon can stand-up to my Leafeon," Erika snickered.
"It can and it will," Leaf snarled, "Eevee use Dig." Eevee burrowed underground, tunneling her way towards Leafeon.
"Leafeon when Eevee comes out use Double Team," Erika shouted, devising a plan in her head.
"Now!" Leaf called. Eevee came up from under Leafeon, giving her no chance to use Double Team, as Leafeon landed with a thud, creating a mini crater.
"Ariel Ace lets go," Erika said. Leafeon took leaps and bounds before he easily rammed into Eevee. The latter was thrown back,
"Iron Tail," Leaf/Erika cried in unison. Both Pokemon hit each other repeatedly with Iron Tail attacks. They traded blow for blow. Whenever Eevee hit Leafeon, Leafeon would get Eevee back.
"…Leaf has to change her strategy up…" Ash remarked coldly.
"Why," Gary asked, "If they're just trading blows."
"…Look closer…" Ash snapped, his eyes closed. Gary looked closer and his eyes widened in realization. Eevee was taking a lot more damage than Leafeon was since Leafeon was stronger, having already evolved. Eevee's smaller and weaker frame could not take much more.
"Rest," Leaf growled. Eevee fell asleep instantly and a multicolored aura pulsed around her body, healing her.
"Energy Ball," Erika instructed. Leafeon twirled his head and shot an Energy Ball at Eevee.
"Sleep Talk," Leaf countered. She had to pray to god something useful happened. A sense of dread washed over Leaf as nothing happened, at first. A few seconds before the Energy Ball hit, Eevee quickly bounded out of the way. She had used Quick Attack, but not towards Leafeon.
"Leaf Blade," Erika said, seeing her first attack missed.
"Sleep Talk again," Leaf screeched. This time Eevee did not move and was slashed with the Leaf Blade attack. Eevee woke up from the pain of being hit.
"Bite," Leaf uttered. Eevee jumped at Leafeon and sunk her tiny fangs into his neck.
"Vampire much," Gary joked. Ash snorted.
"Fe Feon," Leafeon growled, desperately trying to shake of the determined Eevee.
"Good," Leaf said in glee, "Follow up with Shadow Ball." A large explosion ensued after the close-ranged Shadow Ball hit Leafeon's back. Eevee and Leafeon went flying in different directions, smashing into the wall.
"Get up Eevee," Leaf called, worry seeping in her voice, "Get up."
"Up," Erika snapped. Eevee struggled to her feet first.
"Alright now use Dig," Leaf shouted in triumph. Eevee burrowed underground.
"Please get up Leafeon," Erika begged. Leafeon was halfway up before Eevee came from underground and smashed into him. Still, Leafeon was not down.
"Iron Tail," Leaf shouted, knowing this battle was over. Eevee bounded towards Leafeon and whacked him with one of her silver tails, knocking her out. Erika sighed.
"Leafeon is unable to battle," The referee confirmed, "The winner is Eevee. That means the winner of the match is Leaf Green of Pallet Town!"
"Alright," Gary shouted, "It's my turn!" Gary, unlike Leaf, had a much easier time with Erika, like Ash did. Gary's first Pokemon was his Nidoking. Erika's first Pokemon was her Parasect. Parasect, being a Bug and Grass Type, was no match for Nidoqueen, a Poison and Ground Type. Nidoqueen was equipped with many attacks to take out Parasect, like Ice Punch, Sludge Wave, Dig, and Aerial Ace.
Erika's second Pokemon was a Tangrowth, the evolved form of Tangela. Unfortunately, Tangrowth was not able to put up any fight against Gary's Nidoking. Nidoking overwhelmed him with a plethora of attacks, such as, Megahorn, Sludge Bomb, Ice Beam, and a few other attacks. Tangrowth was able to hit Nidoking with AncientPower and Power Whip.
Erika's third Pokemon, Exeggutor, tied with Gary's third and last Pokemon, Scyther, which was impressive since Scyther's Bug Type attacks were 4x effective against Exeggutor.
"Exeggutor use Psyshock," Erika shouted. Exeggutor moaned in pain as he used his last bit of strength to execute the attack.
"Finish this with X-Scissor," Gary roared. Scyther crossed his blade-like arms and shot right into the Psyshock attack. Both Pokemon were knocked out instantly.
"Both Exeggutor and Scyther are unable to battle," The referee declared, "That means the winner is Gary Oak of Pallet Town!"
"Alright," Gary cheered. Erika disappeared for a few moments and returned with three badges.
"I present to you," Erika started, "Ash, Leaf, and Gary, the Rainbow Badge. Thank you for the three amazing battles today."
"No problem," Gary smirked. The three walked out and crashed in the Pokemon Center for the night. They came to a consensus that the next city they would be going to would be Fuchsia City, to take on the Poison Master, Koga.
Dream:
In his deep sleep, Ash dreamt that he was standing in a middle of a volcano.
"Weird," Ash thought to himself. One second Ash was alone, and safe. The next, he was surrounded by fire. This was no ordinary fire, this was a fire created by a Pokemon attack. He looked up, but couldn't catch a glimpse of the Pokemon. The fire was slowly closing in on him from all sides.
"Shit" Ash cursed. He had nowhere to go. The fire closed in on him and burnt him, catching him on fire. For once, the coldness in his heart was melting. For the first time in many years, he felt pain, pain like no other.
End Dream:
Ash woke up, gasping and in cold sweat. He looked at the clock.
"…2:00…" Ash muttered. He still had about five hours before the group was going to leave for Fuchsia City. "…I'll just train…" Ash whispered. He threw on a shirt and grabbed his Pokeball's. Ash walked about a mile into the forest, so that he would not disturb anyone.
"…Let's go everybody…" Ash said, releasing all of his Pokeball's. They groaned, realizing it was still nighttime and at the fact that they could still be sleeping.
"…Run…" Ash barked. His Pokemon started to jog a bit before Charizard was knocked back by what seemed to be an invisible force.
"Zaar Charizard," Charizard fumed, rounding on Pikachu.
"Pika Pikachu," Pikachu yelled back, looking bewildered. Pikachu pointed at Pidgeot.
"J'ot J'otto," Pidgeot chirped, outraged. She pointed her beak at Kabutops.
"Topss," Kabutops hissed. He slashed one of his claws in Blastoise's direction.
"Stoise Bla Blastosie," Blastoise roared. He accused Ivysaur.
"Saur," Ivysaur growled, pointing a vine at Gyarados. He withdrew a vine when Gyarados looked as though he was going to eat him.
"…Stop being ridiculous…" Ash snapped, "…Charizard must've bumped into something…" His Pokemon seemed to accept that as they went back to training. One hour later, the same thing happened, but to Kabutops. Ash narrowed his eyes when he heard a mocking laugh.
"…Ivysaur…" Ash said quickly, "…Vine Whip on your right…" A green vine shot out from Ivysaur's flower on his back and hit something, but it seemed to only be the air. The figure materialized when Ivysaur hit it.
The figure was a dark purple in color and was round in shape. The figure also had short stubby arms and legs. It also had a pointy tail. It's eyes were red, it's back was spikey, and worst of all the creature had a sinister grin on it's face.
"…Gengar…" Ash snarled, "…Attack…" All his Pokemon let loose some sort of attack, but all missed their mark, as Gengar disappeared. Charizard was hit with a pink beam, and fell asleep instantly.
"…Hypnosis…" Ash growled, "…Ivysaur wake Charizard up. Pidgeot use Hurricane…" Ash was hoping that Gengar would be swept away, and he was. Gengar crashed into a tree and was immediately met with a Night Slash attack from Kabutops before he disappeared again.
"…Not bad…" Ash muttered. Gengar was apparently behind Ivysaur since a Hypnosis attack struck Ivysaur from behind him. Ivysaur was put asleep before he could take out Charizard. Suddenly, both Ivysaur and Charizard wriggled and writhed in pain.
"Zaaarrr," Charizard roared in pain.
"Ivysaur Vee Ivy," Ivysaur moaned.
"…Dream Eater…" Ash snarled, "…Gyarados use Rain Dance. Pikachu use Thunder…" Gyarados roared mightily, creating storm clouds. Within a few seconds, rain was coming down quickly.
"Pikachuuuu," Pikachu cried. A lightning bolt met its mark and struck Gengar, who was behind Blastoise. When Thunder is used while Rain Dance is in effect, it automatically hits the target. When Gengar was hit, Charizard and Ivysaur both calmed down. Charizard woke up from being irritated by the rain, but Ivysaur was still out cold.
"Gar," Gengar laughed maliciously as he used a Shadow Punch attack, striking Pikachu.
"…Thunder again…" Ash called to Pikachu. Gengar was struck by the powerful Electric Type attack once again. However, he still wasn't knocked out. Ash grinned confidently since Gengar did seem fatigued.
All of a sudden, musical notes fell everywhere, around Pikachu, and tightened around him, like an overly tight belt.
"Pika," Pikachu cried in pain. The pain dissipated a few seconds later, but there was a pink aura around Pikachu.
"…Perish Song…" Ash realized, his mouth open in shock, "…His father must be a Mismagius. Pikachu use Thunder again…" This time, Gengar was prepared. He grabbed onto Kabutops, and when the Thunder attack was about to hit him, he vanished once more. Kabutops was fried by the attack, and fell to one knee.
"…Pidgeot Twister…" Ash called, "…Gyarados use Hydro Pump into the Twister…" Pidgeot shot the Twister attack and Gyarados' Hydro Pump attack went straight into it, spraying everywhere, as it was propelled in all direction. Gengar was hit once again, but it was still not enough to take him out. Ash ground his teeth in frustration. He was running out of creative ideas. To return the favor, Gengar knocked out both Gyarados and Pidgeot with Hypnosis. Pikachu couldn't attack or he would be knocked out. Ivysaur, Gyarados, and Pidgeot were asleep and Kabutops was severely injured.
"…Charizard use Sunny Day and then Will-o-Wisp…" Ash cried. Charizard flapped his wings and roared. The raining stopped and was replaced with an intense heat. Ivysaur woke up from the discomfort of the heat, being a Grass Type and all. Then, several wisps of purple fire surrounded Charizard and shot in all directions. One met its mark and burned Gengar.
For some reason, Ash threw a Pokeball at Gengar. Gengar was sucked in and after a few tense moments, the Pokeball stopped ticking, signaling Gengar's capture. Ash let out the breath he didn't know he was holding.
"…Return…" Ash muttered, relieved. He returned all his Pokemon to their Pokeball's and walked back to the Pokemon Center. He looked at his clock and it read 6:00 A.M. He walked into the Pokemon Center and handed his Pokeball's to Nurse Joy.
A few minutes later Nurse Joy said, "Ash Ketchum please come and get your Pokemon."
"…Thank you…" Ash whispered coldly, taking his Pokeball's from her. He went to a transfer system and sent over Gyarados so he could receive Gengar.
"Hey Ash," Gary called. Ash turned around and saw Gary and Leaf standing behind him.
"Gary told me you were up at 2," Leaf commented, "Anything happen?"
"…No…" Ash replied, a small smirk crept up on his lips, "…Nothing at all…"
Done! First off, I would like to thank everyone for the support they've given me. I'm in a lot better shape now.
I put up a challenge, for those who are interested. I made it as a new story so go take a look!
I would like to thank my incredible beta KingFatMan25 for helping me with the chapter.
If you're looking for a good read, I suggest you read "Road to be a Pokemon Master" by Writer Under Training.
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