Hello! Sorry it's been a while, but Chapter Seven was being a real pain. Literally!

Also, I HAVE GRADUATED!

I am finally done with high school and am now trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life!

(I'm really considering being a high school history teacher. But I've known for a while now that I want to be a fiction writer.)

Anyways, thank you to the reviewers for Chapter Five; foxchick1, Kamikashi (no, the Rocket Trio will not be getting a food truck, they'll be Ash and Gary's helpers, I covered that in Chapter Two), and multyfangirl20 (1. Yes, they do look older than Brock, but I think that the animators just messed up on that. 2. Yes, they do both get Eevees, Gary already has one and Ash gets one very soon. 3. I like your sugesstion). I am so glad that everyone has been enjoying this adventure.

Well, I think that's all I wanted to tell you, so please enjoy the Chapter!


{Kanto VI}

Three days later, Ash deemed Star caught up with Raiden and Nightwing. Her stats were coming along greatly and she had already mastered the moves Attract, Secret Power and Dazzling Gleam and was starting to learn Grass Knot. She'd even managed to unlock one of her egg moves, Wish.

Raiden had mastered Spark on the second day and then surprised everyone by learning Thunderbolt during a mock battle with Nightwing, who was praticing his new move Night Shade.

All in all, Ash felt ready for the Gym Battle, even if Gary had said that it would be a waste of time.

Of course, she got quite the surprise when she got there. Not only were the three Gym Leaders there not interested in battles (perfering to work on their water shows), but Misty was the youngest sister that Gary had said that Daisy mentioned! Apperantly, Misty had left to train, trusting her older sisters to take care of the Gym in her abustance.

Well, Ash thought while watching the sisters fight, that wasn't something I saw coming.

"Woah, Misty. You can yell at them later," Ash said as she held her friend's hand to stop the redhead from beating her sisters over the head with the malllet she had in her other hand.

"Yeah, like, listen to her," the oldest, Daisy, said nervously.

"Fine," Misty responded before turning to Ash. "You still want to battle?"

"Yeah," Ash answered with a smirk. Misty nodded and started walking out of the lobby.

"Then follow me and I'll battle you, since my sisters don't seem to care about the Gym."

Brock entered the lobby right at that moment and followed Ash (who was following Misty) into the battlefield room, this field being a water field as opposed to the rock field at the Pewter Gym. A referee stepped into his place as Brock and Misty's sisters sat down in the bleachers.

"This is a three-on-three battle between Gym Leader Misty and challenger Ashlyn. The first trainer to have all three Pokémon unable to battle loses. Futhermore, only the challenger can substitute one Pokémon for another at any time. Understand?" the referee asked. When both trainers nodded, he continued, "Then let the battle begin!"

"Go Goldeen," Misty said while releasing the goldfish from its pokéball.

"Star, you're up," Ash responded, releasing the Fairy-Type.

"Aqua Ring then Water Pulse!" Misty comanded. Two rings of water surrounded the fish before it shot off a orb of condensed water.

"Defend with Magical Leaf!" Star made multi-colored leaves that tore up the Water Pulse then attacked Goldeen, who cried out in pain. A second later, the two rings of water that was Aqua Ring reappeared, healing Goldeen slightly.

"Horn Attack!" Goldeen charged fowards with its horn glowing white.

Ash just watched as the Pokémon came closer before finally giving a comand. "Jump to another platform, then use Sing." The little Cleffa imediately jumped to aviod the incoming fish and starting a sing a beautiful lullaby. Goldeen couldn't help but to stop and listen, and just by that the damage was done. As Star sang, Goldeen started to fall asleep bit by bit until it went limp in the water. "Now use Dazzling Gleam." Star's small body glowed a pale pink for a few seconds before expelling the light as energy that struck Goldeen.

"Goldeen! Wake up!" Misty cried. Futunately for her, the goldfish Pokémon woke up at that moment. "Great Goldeen! Now strike with Water Pulse!" The fish fired another orb of water, this time hitting Star, making her cry in pain and surprise.

"Magical Leaf barrage!" Ash said as calmly as she could. Star took that cue and released the multi-colored leaves by twirling her body. As Magical Leaf was one of a few moves that couldn't be dodged, Goldeen never stood a chance of avioding the super-effective attack. And that was the last Goldeen could take as it fainted.

"Goldeen is unable to battle. Cleffa wins this round!" the referee annonced while Misty withdrew her fainted Pokémon.

"Staryu, you're up!" Misty said while releasing the gold starfish.

"You ok to continue Star or do I need switch you out?" Ash asked. Star shook her head and made punching motions with her little fists, showing that she was still ready to fight. "Ok," she responded.

"You're gonna wish you had switched out Ash. Bubble Beam!" The red gem at the center of Staryu's body glowed blue and a stream of bubbles erupted from it. Star was too surprise from the speed of it to dodge and instead took the hit with a cry of pain.

"Magical Leaf!" Ash yelled in desperation. Cleffa spun around while taking the Bubble Beam, releasing the multi-colored leaves and striking the Starfish Pokémon, forcefully stopping the Bubble Beam attack.

"Switch to Swift!" Misty called when the leaves started hitting. In response, Staryu let out multiple stars and the two attacks battled it out, which ended in a small explosion as neither were able to overpower the other. It took a few seconds for the smoke to clear, but once it did it showed Star, who didn't yet have the endurance to handle too many big battles, out cold while Staryu was still standing.

"Cleffa is unable to battle. Staryu wins this round!" the ref. annonced.

"Good job Star," Ash muttered while returning the little Star Shaped Pokémon back to her pokéball. "Nightwing, you're up!" she said as she released the crow-like Pokémon.

"You're going to regret that decision! Staryu, Ice Beam!" Misty said. From the top point came three beams of frozen energy.

"Don't count me out now, Haze! Then free reign!" Ash responded. Black smoke billowed out of Nightwing's beak, covering the field. From within the smoke, there was a flash of ice-blue before a cry of pain was heard. Only it wasn't the squawk of a bird.

The smoke cleared a few minutes of tense waiting later, showing Nightwing still flying in the air over a platform while Staryu was struggling to stand. The Starfish Pokémon eventually fainted due to whatever had happened in the smoke cloud.

"Staryu is unable to battle. Murkrow wins this round!" the ref. annonced.

"Okay," Misty drawled while returning Staryu to its pokéball, "that was unusual."

"And that was the stratagey: Using Haze for cover before hitting with a barrage of Steel Wings before ending with a Night Shade," Ash explained with a smirk.

"Well, you won't be able to use that trick next round. Go Starmie!" Misty replied. Out came a larger purple starfish with ten limbs and a red-violet gen at its center.

"Return Nightwing!" Ashlyn said while returning the crow to its pokéball. She then turned to her starter. "It's up to you now Raiden."

"Pika!" Raiden replied and jumped to the nearest platform.

"We'll take the first move this time! Raiden, start off with Thunder Shock!" Ash said. Raiden's cheecks sparked with elecrtical power for a few seconds before unleasing a small lightning bolt.

"Rapid Spin to aviod it!" Misty yelled upon seeing the bolt. Starmie started spining it body so quickly that it was able to counter gravity and aviod the bolt.

"Quick Attack into Iron Tail!" Ash countered. Raiden shot off with a white streak of energy behind him, his tail glowing silver. Right when the two Pokémon met, Raiden's tail slammed into Starmie's spinning form and, with the speed of Quick Attack behind it, knocked it into the water. "Now, Charge then Thunderbolt!"

"PIKA!" Raiden cried as he charged up before releasing a bolt of lightning, much stronger than the Thunder Shock he'd released earlier. Starmie screamed in pain but still managed to swim back to one of the platforms.

"Quick, use Recover!" Misty yelled. Starmie started glowing bluish-white in order to recover its strength.

"Oh no you don't! Shock them!" Ash responded. Raiden let loose another Thunder Shock in order to startle Starmie and cancle the move before strengthening the attack into a Thunderbolt. And that was all Starmie could take.

"Starmie is unable to battle, Pikachu wins this round. Since the Gym Leader has no other Pokémon, challenger Ashlyn wins the battle!" the ref. declared.

"That was amazing Raiden!" Ash said as the Pikachu came to settle on her shoulder once more.

"You did good Starmie, we just didn't win this time," Misty said as she returned her starter to its pokéball. Ash looked over at Misty's older sisters in the bleachers and saw them openly staring at the redhead in shock. She smirked before glancing back at her friend, who was approaching her from the right side of the pool.

"You did really well Ash," Misty said, holding out a blue teardrop-shaped badge. Ash accepted the Cascade Badge without prompting.

(~)(~)(~)

That night, Raiden was sleeping beside Ash when he felt something strange from the corner of his awareness. He woke up and leaped into the windowstill, but only saw a flash of light pink before it was gone. The Electric-Type's ears twitched for a second before curling back up and going back to sleep.

After all, it was probably nothing.


Okay, how was that? Yes the battle was short, but they'll eventually get longer. I am only at three-on-three.

Also, the 'free reign' is something that I'll be doing in all my Pokémon stories. It's basically to where Ash allows her Pokémon to battle the way they want instead fo having to listen for commands from Ash the whole time. It's especially fun when it's a large battle with multiple Pokémon on each side (we'll get to this later).

Also, who do you guys think is the 'flash of pink light' at the end of the Chapter? i know it was a little random, but I wanted to show that things are happening.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Chapter Seven should be out as soon as I finnish Chapter Eight (which is where Charmander comes in. I have plans for Damien).

~pokedawnheart

6/15/2018