Unexpected Twist
The new chapter with another Gym battle in our hands. Also Ash obtains new Pokemon. Some are catched but others evolve.
The poll in my profile is still open for those interested. But is clearly obvious by now that apparently Ash will have extra Legendary Pokemon on his journey during the sequel of this story. And because Ash will go through the rest of the regions then there are a lot of Legends to capture. But until this story is over then I'm not going to bother in thinking which legends to use. And don't even ask about the movies.
Now, I understand many fans think Ash doesn't keep his Legends secret. But remember that Ash used them on uninhabited places so people gossiping is unlikely. That will be shown in this chapter too.
Now, rumbling moment: It seems that Ash will soon release Goodra. A Freaking GOODRA! The only Pokemon, who can help him win the Kalos League! Nintendo can keep making Ash look stupid and pathetic but I certainly won't do that in my stories. And he obviously won't release the Pokemon he captures.
Now let's read!
Chapter 10: Evolution Time
"Come on Totodile, resist it!" Ash said towards his water Starter from Johto, who was literally trying to stand his ground against a powerful Solar Beam fired by the shiny Chikorita. The Grass moves were effective against Water Pokemon so Ash was making sure his new Pokemon was ready for the battles to come. The crocodile starter was been pushed back by the glowing energy, but he grunted to keep fighting. Eventually Chikorita stopped the blast panting a bit herself. The Aura trainer smiled proud of his two Pokemon. They had become strong in no time.
"Okay guys, take a break and then let's see if you can learn some new moves with the others" Ash said to his two Johto starters. The two chirped happily and walked away towards the other training Pokemon.
Ash had arrived on Goldenrod City a week ago and had been training for the following two weeks straight before challenging the Gym Leader. For what he had found out, the leader had Normal-type Pokemon so Ash knew that the variety of moves could be unpredictable against him. Amazingly his team of Pokemon improved beyond what he had expected. In fact, Chikorita and Larvitar seemed to be ready to evolve into their second forms with their next battle. So Ash was planning to use them on the fight against the Gym Leader Whitney later that day. Amazingly it had been Cyndaquil, who had evolved first out of the Johto starters in the form of Quilava. Ash knew that just like Charizard, Cyndaquil had been abandoned by his trainer. While it had been without violence, the Fire starter had still felt sad that someone had thought of him as a weakling. So after been captured by Ash, Cyndaquil had been ready to prove his true strength to his new trainer without a second glance back.
The Aura trainer checked around for his other Pokemon. Pikachu was charging electricity and then releasing it around him at his feet. Thanks to it he was briefly floating for seconds. He was been supervised by Zapdos, obviously checking if Pikachu was gathering enough voltaic. For what Ash knew Pikachu wanted to learn how to use Magnet Rise, a unique movement which made Electric Pokemon immune to Ground attacks for five turns. His other Pokemon were training just as hard as the starter. Charizard and Moltres supervised Quilava while the Fire Pokemon of Johto practiced his new moves Fire Pledge, Eruption and Flame Charge. Venasaur was lecturing Chikorita about the proper way to charge a more-powerful Solar Beam. Blastoise and Articuno were taking Totodile over the way to use Aqua Jet and Ice Beam respectively. Ash knew that thanks to the Water starter's Dragon blood then maybe learning Dragon moves could be helpful for him later on. Lugia was with Snorlax and Noctowl, trying to teach them some rare Psychic moves like Zen Headbutt and Calm Mind. Nearby Larvitar was practicing his elemental fangs of Fire, Ice and Thunder with the new addition of the team. His body had pink scales, a segmented tail and pincer-like hands similar to a scorpion and vampire fangs. Wings connected his armpits to his legs and gave the impression of a flying squirrel. This was Gligar, a Ground/Flying Pokemon from Johto. Ash had found the little rascal on his way to Goldenrod City playing jokes on a group of wild Zangooses. When Ash thought that the Normal-type Pokemon would attack Gligar in retaliation, the latter simply knocked the whole group of three with perfectly-aimed Sky uppercuts. Ash had decided then to use Zapdos to catch the powerful dual-type Pokemon. Despite Gligar's immunity to Electric attacks, The Scorpion Pokemon had been taken down with only a powerful Steel Wing from the Titan of Thunder. After asking the new Pokemon why he was alone when usually Gligars lived in packs, the Pokemon from Johto had responded that he had left on his own because his friends had thought of him to be more of a troublemaker than a fighter. Since then, Gligar had joined Ash's ever-increasing team to become stronger and later on become the strongest Gliscor. The new Pokemon became good friends with Larvitar. Maybe because the two were Ground types and had the ability Sand Veil.
Ash used his Aura sight to check the place around just in case someone could be trying to peep on his training sessions. It was unlikely but better to be save than sorry. While normally Ash would be more careful about taking his Legends out of their Pokeballs in public places, the training facility was rarely used by other trainers. Many arrogant trainers just headed for the Gym without giving it a second thought about their chances of winning. So Ash's Legends were save right at plain sight. Quite an ironic way to hide his secret weapons.
It was then, when Ash saw his Eevee charging at a giant rock. She seemed to be trying to use Tackle against it but kept bouncing away without landing a scratch on its surface. Larvitar and Gligar were having a break from their own training and were looking at one of their sisters with as much surprise as their father had. The rare Evolution Pokemon just kept hitting and doing nothing to the boulder. It was then when Eevee's body exploded with a blazing orange Aura and again charged. This time, however, the stone exploded into thousands of little pieces by the powerful physical attack. The shiny Pokemon panted while many now looked at her in surprise.
"Eevee, that was incredible!" Ash exclaimed with pride in his voice. He couldn't believe that one of his two cute daughters had learnt Giga Impact with so much ease. Even Snorlax and Blastoise had to train a lot before mastering it. The shiny Pokemon tackled her father in affection licking his face. The others laughed at their trainer's problem.
Ash strode towards the Gym with his two Pokemon standing on his shoulders. They reached the Gym with a cute pink-haired lady playing with a small pink-colored bulldog-like Pokemon called Snubbull. Ash could say she was cute with her white shirt straining against her perky breasts and tight white shorts only reaching her middle thigh.
"Oh, hi there" The Gym leader Whitney welcomed the new challenger of her gym with a friendly smile "Let me guess, you are here for my badge" She couldn't stop her eyes from tracing over Ash's body with a small grin. If they weren't about to fight then Whitney would have make a move on him.
"That's right" Ash responded seeing that Whitney seemed to be checking him out. Not that he minded. Whitney recalled her dog Pokemon back.
"The fight is three-on-three. Only the challenger substitutes. No time limit and all the other clauses apply" Whitney explained to the also teen challenger, who smiled back.
"Okay, let's go!" Ash said confident, ready to face the challenge. The two Pokemon trainers walked to their sides of the arena with a referee standing on her booth.
"Challenger, state your name and place of origin" The referee said.
"I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town in Kanto" The Aura trainer replied, his first Pokeball ready to go.
"This is an official three-on-three Gym battle between Goldenrod City Gym Leader Whitney and the challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town in Kanto. There's no time limit and only the challenger is allowed to substitute. Now send out your first Pokemon!" The referee said.
"Nidoqueen, go!" The Gym leader sent out the fully-evolved Poison-Ground Pokemon. She was five feet tall with dark blue skin and creamy belly. Ash looked with one eyebrow raised. That wasn't a Normal-type Pokemon. But a match was a match.
"Let's do it, Chikorita!" Ash sent his shiny grass starter from Johto. Whitney widen her eyes by her opponent. A shiny Pokemon wasn't what she was expecting, much less from a starter of her region. Things were going to be interesting.
"Nidoqueen vs Chikorita, begin!" The referee said.
"Nidoqueen, Poison Sting!" The Gym Leader ordered. The fully-evolved Pokemon sent a shower of poisonous needles into the enemy from her mouth.
"Chikorita, jump away and Sunny Day!" Ash ordered. The shiny starter nimbly dodged the Poison attack and shot a sphere into the sky. The Sun intensified its brightness. That was when Chikorita's ability started. Ash had recently found out that Chikorita had another ability aside from Overgrow, which was Leaf Guard. Now the shiny starter was protected from status changes like poisoning or paralysis. Considering Nidoqueen was a Poison type then the ability came handy.
"Use Earth Power!" Whitney ordered now knowing she had a real disadvantage now. Her Ground Pokemon punched the arena and cracks started spreading. One hit Chikorita sending her flying away for a couple of meters. She stood up again only with few bruises. She growled and her body started glowing white. Ash smiled. It seemed Chikorita had been more ready to evolve than he had first thought she was. The starter's body got bigger and when the light died down there was a small sauropod-like Pokemon with a dark collar of leafs around her neck. She still had her light-colored green skin of her unique shiny condition.
"Okay Bayleef, finish the fight with your Solar Beam!" Ash ordered now. Bayleef's leafs absorbed the amplified sunlight and the blast prepared at the back of her throat. The much stronger Grass attack charged right away with twice its former strength and sent Nidoqueen smashing into a wall covered in smoking scorches. The Poison Pokemon was completely out for the count.
"Nidoqueen is unable to battle. Bayleef wins. Gym Leader, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. Bayleef then ran towards her father and tackled him in affection. Of course with her new strength she brought the Aura trainer down to his back. Ash scratched his Pokemon's head while Pikachu and Larvitar laughed next to him.
"Hey Ash, are you ready to go on?" The Gym Leader asked towards her challenger. Not that she minded the display. It showed how Ash loved his Pokemon.
"Bayleef, return!" Ash returned his evolved Pokemon into her Pokeball. He then looked at his small Pokemon son standing next to him "Are you ready, son?" The dual-type pumped his arms.
"Always, father" Larvitar replied confident, jumping into the arena ready.
"Go, Clefairy!" The Gym leader called out the cute Pink Pokemon. Ash rose an eyebrow. He didn't know that a Normal-type Gym Leader would use a Fairy type. But a fight was a fight nonetheless.
"Larvitar vs Clefairy, begin!" The referee announced.
"Larvitar, use Leer!" The baby Pokemon unleashed his power, affecting his opponent's defence. Whitney growled. Blast that technique. Now Clefairy couldn't use Cosmic Power without risking herself.
"Clefairy, Water Gun!" Whitney ordered. Ash widen his eyes. He wasn't expecting that one. But Larvitar had trained against his weakness with Totodile, Blastoise and even Articuno, so his son was more than capable of taking that water sprout.
"Larvitar, receive the attack!" The Aura trainer ordered, making the Gym leader widen her eyes by that odd command. The dual-type Pokemon didn't question his father, knowing he already had a way to counter. The water move hit the baby Pokemon, but Larvitar didn't show a small flinch of pain against one of his weaknesses "Now Thunder Fang on the water!" Larvitar's fang shone yellow and he bite on the water. The electricity went towards Clefairy, who started shaking by the painful electricity. Larvitar received no damage. The Water Gun soon finished and the Fairy Pokemon was unable to move by the new paralysis.
Whitney was shocked beyond belief. A Rock/Ground did not only survive a Water move unscathed but also used it against her. Ash was no common trainer like she was used to face.
"Come on son, use Screech!" Ash took the advantage grinning. Larvitar unleashed an awful high-pitched scream, decreasing Clefairy's defence by two stages.
"Finish Larvitar with Meteor Mash!" Whitney comanded with a decisive tone. Clefairy's punch shone with silver luster, charging at the dual-type enemy. Ash knew that the Steel move meant real business for his Larvitar.
"Larvitar, Dig!" Ash ordered a counter. The baby Pokemon quickly got inside the ground, dodging the Steel move. Whitney growled in frustration.
"Clefairy, use Reflect!" The Gym Leader said now and her Pokemon covered her body with a glowing protection. Now the Fairy type was protected from physical attacks. The raven-haired trainer knew that his son had weaken his opponent for nothing. But Ash only smirked. Larvitar still had one ace up the sleeve to finish the fight thanks to so much training.
"Attack from beneath!" Ash ordered, his son showing up from Clefairy's feet and punching her up for a couple of meters up. He didn't do any damage but put the space in between for something more.
"Finish with Flamethrower!" Ash ordered. Larvitar unleashed the unholy fire move from his insides, swallowing the Fairy Type in full. A second later, she fell knocked out and burned because of her weakness to the blazing element.
"Clefairy is unable to battle. The round goes to Larvi..." The referee didn't finish speaking, when Larvitar started glowing like Chikorita had done, his body shifting into a new form. The light died down and now there was a dark blue Pokemon, his body now a hard carapaces with two mean-looking eyes.
"Well done, son!" The experienced trainer said proud to his son. It was incredible how strong he had become since his hatching just three months ago. The Shell Pokemon went forward and tackled his father just like Chikorita did, again bringing Ash down laughing by his son's antics. But Ash didn't mind his Pokemon showing affection.
"The round goes to Pupitar. Gym leader, send out your last Pokemon!" The referee continued. Whitney recalled her Clefairy and drew her last Pokemon.
"Miltank, go!" Whitney called out the Pokemon. A bipedal pink-skinned cow-like Pokemon showed up. Now the Aura trainer saw a Normal Pokemon.
"Okay Pupitar, return!" Ash said, his second-form son standing next to him. He sent another Pokeball "Go Snorlax!" The giant Normal-Type landed on the arena, making everything tremble by his weight.
"Miltank vs Snorlax, begin!" The referee said.
"Attack with Ice Beam!" Whitney ordered, her Pokemon firing the deadly three-arc Ice move from her mouth. The raven-haired trainer had a vivid idea on his mind.
"Snorlax, Fire Punch and defend yourself!" Ash ordered and his Pokemon nodded. One of his fists exploded with fire and intercepted the frozen beam, turning it into vapor and doing no damage to Snorlax. Ash smirked. It was the same way Snorlax had protected himself on the Orange Island.
At this point, Whitney had her mouth on the ground. This trainer went beyond anything conventional. He was constantly switching offence and defence that she was unable to do anything against it.
"Now Snorlax, Belly Drum!" Ash ordered. Snorlax started hitting his belly, loosing half of his health but increasing his attack and defence to the limit.
"Miltank, Defence Curl!" Whitney ordered a bit desperate knowing she was in trouble. The Milk Pokemon curled itself into a ball, raising its attack and defence.
"Snorlax, Earthquake!" Ash ordered ready to wrap things up. Snorlax's foot raised and then stomped the arena, spreading powerful tremors, which sent Miltank spiraling up into the air. Thanks to Defence Curl it hadn't been instant knocked out by the amplified Snorlax.
"Now Miltank, use Roll Out from the sky!" The Gym leader ordered, her curled Pokemon rolling like a wheel. It gained momentum by the falling.
"Counter with Giga Impact!" Ash also ordered. Snorlax's body shone with a powerful ruby aura and he jumped up to intersect the cow-like Pokemon. The two clashed and created a giant plume of smoke, the gym's window shattering.
The two Pokemon landed. Amazingly, Ash's Normal Pokemon had bruises even with his defence at the top. Miltank wasn't so lucky though. It landed already knocked out with swirls on her eyes.
"Miltank is unable to battle. Snorlax wins. With all of the Gym Leader's Pokemon knocked out, I declare the challenger Ash Ketchum, the winner!" The referee said. Ash pumped his arms as did Snorlax in sign of victory.
"Congratulations, Ash. You have earned my Plain Badge" The pink-haired leader said giving her badge to her opponent "You are mostly unconventional, Ash. No trainer fought against me like you did" The Aura trainer scratched his head.
"Thank you, Whitney" Ash replied with a smile. The Gym leader then handed Ash a small piece of paper with a set of numbers on it "What's this?"
"My Pokegear number, if you want to talk to someone" Whitney winked her eye and kissed her rival on the cheek. Ash scratched his head not knowing what to say at this point. He wasn't expecting Whitney to be of the teasing kind of woman. Not as one like Lorelei.
Speaking about her...
"Hey Lory" Ash said to his mature lover on the screen. The trainer was inside the Pokemon Center after leaving his team to be looked after by Nurse Joy. The beautiful red-haired appeared on the other side of the screen. "Am I crazy or are you even cuter than before?" Lorelei chuckled from the other side.
"Trying to smooth talk, champ?" The red-haired beauty asked teasingly from the Pokemon Center in the region of Hoenn. A small Pokemon jumped up into her lap. Ash saw a small cone-bodied Pokemon with small hands and feet. It was smiling at the camera.
"Wow, is that a Snorunt?" Ash asked surprised to see the Pokemon from another region. It seemed Lorelei had been busy catching new Ice types for her team.
"Just caught her yesterday" The Ice Mistress replied scratching her new Pokemon's head.
"So how have you been doing?" Ash asked wanting to know about Lory's adventures.
"Going from one place to the other. Now I'm on a mountain peak near Sootopolis City" Lorelei replied while her Snorunt jumped away to do something else.
"The Ice Mistress on an icy mountain?" Ash stated eyebrow raised. He chuckled "I can't see no irony there"
"I would call you a kid but I know better what's beneath that tight blue outfit" The Ice trainer stated. Her predatory smirk, however, only enticed her young student more.
"Same here" The Aura trainer grinned proud of having accomplished something not many other men had been able to. Ash was also surprised because Lorelei had no kind of extra clothing on her body aside from her usual red top with a black skirt. Either she had become immune to coldness or the air conditioning was incredible.
"Something wrong, Ash?" The Ice mistress asked noticing Ash looked a bit more distracted than usual. The Aura trainer sighed not really wanting to explain that a lot of ladies had been interested in him. Yet he was never one to keep a secret from someone he cared.
"It's just that I have been getting a lot of attention from...other ladies" Ash said a bit reluctantly to his mistress. His response, however, was a cute chuckle from Lorelei.
"Ash, you don't have to feel insecure about me" The Elite trainer responded now. Even from the other side of the link, Ash's Aura detected she was been honest "I knew that you would become attractive once you started showing some of your potential in battle. I think there's no point mentioning what will happen once you win the Silver Conference" Lorelei said knowing that Ash would get a lot of crazy fans after his victory. She knew that by experience. Becoming an Elite Four made you a celebrity just like becoming the Champion of a region.
"Don't you mean 'if' I win?" Ash stated now correcting his mistress.
"I know what I say, my dear apprentice" Lorelei replied with a chuckle. Ash shook his head.
"Never mind that. But you don't mind that other women are attracted to me?" The Aura trainer asked now. He really didn't want to mess up his relationship with the Ice lady. There was no simply no one like Lorelei.
"Why? It shows you are hot. And it's not like I wasn't planning to introduce you to someone" The red-haired trainer stated with mischief dancing from behind her glasses. Ash's eyes widen. What could she mean with someone? Her azure eyes moved away from the screen for a couple of seconds before looking at the teenager again "Sorry to leave you, Ash. But Nurse joy wants to talk to me" Her response was a grin from her young lover.
"You mean talk or 'talk'?" Ash said implying something more devious between the two ladies. Lorelei with a Nurse Joy? Man, that sounded so pervert and yet so possible.
"I think I'll leave you hanging for that answer" Lorelei grinned knowing exactly how to drive her student crazy. She then ended the conversation.
Ash hanged the phone smirking. He was going to have some wet dreams that night for sure.
The Aura trainer went towards the counter a couple of minutes later, where the cute Nurse of every region was waiting. But just after Ash finished clipping his Pokeballs back and called out Pupitar, the nurse took a small box from beneath the counter.
"Oh Ash, this package came from Pallet Town just a couple of minutes ago" The Nurse said to the teenager, who looked at the small box with surprise along with Pikachu and Pupitar.
"Thanks, Nurse Joy" Ash stated taking the small package from her. It was a brown box not bigger than the trainer's hand. But what surprised him the more was that it had been signed by Professor Oak but also by someone called Sycamore. The package had come from the region of Kalos. Ash's eyes widen. He rushed towards the dial machine and quickly punched a number. The face of Professor Oak soon appeared.
"Hi, Professor Oak. I received your package" Ash said to the Pokemon expert of his birth region, who seemed to have been expecting the call at any moment "Is it the stone?" The Aura trainer was eager to find out if Eevee was going to become the first Fairy type of his team.
"Why don't you open it and find out?" The professor replied with a smile. It had been quite easy to obtain it actually. Apparently Professor Sycamore had been studying all of Eevee's evolutions in his lab so he had quite a lot of Dazzlestones to spare.
Ash opened the package to find the small Evolutionary stone. It reminded Ash of a Firestone but it had a bright pink color with glitter on its surface.
"Thanks a lot, professor. Eevee will be jumping in happiness" Ash thanked the Professor of his region "Oh and say thanks to Professor Sycamore" The call ended. Ash then called out his Shiny Eevee.
"Okay Eevee, Are you ready to evolve?" The Aura trainer asked his unique Shiny evolution Pokemon. Despite his idea of evolving Eevee into a Fairy, it didn't mean that Eevee couldn't decide for herself whatever form she wanted. The shiny Pokemon obviously had her mind made up.
"Yes, let's do it!" The shiny Pokemon chirped happily jumping around. She looked at the pinkish stone with curiosity.
"The only thing you've got to do is to touch the Dazzlestone and then you will evolve" Eevee nodded trusting in her trainer and her small paw touched the stone. A bright white light swallowed the small Evolution Pokemon indicating the evolutionary process. Her body got bigger and more feline-like. The light died down and now the rare Fairy evolution was at display. Ash at first thought it was an Espeon but his Pokemon had much more brighter skin, thanks to been shiny. Her body was mostly cream white but with dark pink turfs on her head, her paws, ears and tail. She also had bandages like ribbons around her neck and long ears.
The new and rare Sylveon chirped happily, running around her trainer in happiness feeling the new magic of Fairy in her body. Some of the people wandering around the Center stared at the shiny Sylveon like if she were a living Entei. She was obviously something no other trainer from Johto had seen before. Ash then lifted his daughter up to calm her.
"Easy there, Sylveon. You don't want to tire out before we get to the next gym" Ash said stroking his Pokemon's glittering fur. The Fairy Pokemon started purring by her trainer's touch. Ash then scanned his daughter's form with the Pokedex.
Ash smiled. His Sylveon had acquired a great variety of Fairy and incredibly also Psychic moves. Not only that but she had two new abilities. All of this would come incredibly helpful against the next Gym Battle.
Notes from Chapter 10:
As I wrote before, I know Eevee doesn't evolve into Sylveon with a stone but as I explained before I couldn't use the way of the games. I will keep the evolution with stone for every Pokemon story I have or will have.
There were a lot of evolutions here to see how strong Ash and his Pokemon have become.
Ash obtained his Gligar much sooner. Apparently he wanted to capture one during Johto. The Gligars from Sinnoh will appear in the sequel of the story.
Lorelei catched a Snorunt in the same place Ash catched his own. Ash will still catch his own Snorunt once he has gone to Hoenn.
I know Whitney's Normal Pokemon during the Second Generation like Clefairy turned into Fairy Pokemon during the Sixth Generation. But I didn't want to go looking for other Normal-type Pokemon to use.
In a way, Eevee and Chikorita became Larvitar' sisters. All of Ash's Pokemon think themselves as family, of course.
And so our hero is ready to keep moving on to fulfill his dreams. See next chapter!