About time. i was trying to log into for some time. it had this login error so i couldn't get in and update this story. sorry about that.

In the game fire pokemon can't get burnt. i knew that after somebody told me. so this chapter might be weird. anyway enjoy. i promise to update this fic more often.

Chapter ten

Let them burn

After the battle with Sacul. Ash quickly returned to the poke centre to heal his pokemon. Especially Sceptile. The battle with Garchomp had really put damage on Sceptile. He had never had a battle like that for a long time. May who had just finish eating breakfast with Amelia saw Ash running to nurse joy. May and Amelia looked at each other and then quickly chased after Ash. Nurse joy took Ash's poke balls and went to heal them. Soon May and Amelia caught up with Ash.

"Ash what happened here?" Amelia asked.

"I just had a battle with Sacul." Ash replied.

"Sacul?" both girls asked in surprise. "Who's Sacul?"

"He is a very strong pokemon trainer. I hate to admit but he is much stronger than me. He bet Sceptile easy."

"So that's were you went." May said. "I was wondering where you went."

"But is Sceptile okay?" Amelia asked.

"I'm sure he is fine." Ash replied. "I know Sceptile. He wouldn't give up easy. He showed that to me with the battle I had with Sacul."

"Well I better get Max" May said as she left Amelia and Ash alone.

Amelia went to her bag and pulled out a poke ball with the initials of "AK" and showed it to Ash.

"Ash I thought you might want this" Amelia said as she offered the poke ball to Ash.

"How many times do I have to tell you I'm not accepting anything from him. Is that why you decided to show up again?"

"Please Ash." Amelia begged. "Lower your pride and accept this. You and I both know how important this pokemon is to you."

"I'm not reviving the past Amelia" Ash replied with his arms crossed his arms.

"I know that dad wasn't the best but…" Amelia replied.

"Enough Amelia" Ash said with a slightly higher tone voice. "I don't want to hear anymore" Ash said as he got his poke balls and walked away from his younger sister.

Amelia looked at the poke ball in her hands. Amelia sighed and returned the poke ball back into her bag and walked after Ash.

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"About time you guys got here." Scott replied as Ash and his friends entered the battle frontier building.

"Well at least we are here." Ash replied.

"Well shall we start?" Daria said as she entered the conversation.

"Yeah" Ash replied.

Both Daria and Ash walked into a room with Ash's friends tagging along. It was all pitch dark until the lights filled the room. To Ash's surprise it was a battle field with flashing lights everywhere.

"Shall we begin?" Daria asked.

"Yes let's begin" Ash replied.

Both trainers got to both ends of the battle field.

"Let's go Dusknoir!" Daria called out as she threw her poke ball to the field.

"Come out Torkoal!" Ash called out as he threw his poke ball to the field as well.

Both pokemon got out of their poke balls. When both pokemon were out both showed that they were ready for a fight.

"This will be a one on one pokemon battle." the referee declared.

"Okay let's get this started!" Ash called out. "Torkoal use body slam now!"

Torkoal ran towards Dusknoir and jumped into the air and landed on Dusknoir but Torkoal just went thought Dusknoir.

"Ash you should know that normal and fighting type moves have no effect on ghost type pokemon." Daria reminded Ash. "Now it's our turn. Shadow punch Dusknoir!"

The ghost type pokemon used shadow punch on Torkoal and did damage on Torkoal.

"Tork…" Torkoal said after been punch by Dusknoir.

"Great work Dusknoir." Daria complimented her pokemon. "Now let's use will-o-wisp."

Dusknoir opened it's mouth and released a powerful hot burning blue fire attack. The attack hit Torkoal directly and when the attack was done Torkoal was covered with burn marks. Ash could tell that Torkoal was starting to weaken.

"Blue fire?" May asked. "Is that what will-o-wisp does?"

"It's blue because it is much hotter than normal fire that we see that is red or red. It is so hot that it makes a instant burn on the pokemon." Scott explained.

"That means…" Max said.

"It means that Torkoal will slowly get weaker and weaker" Brock said.

"This is bad." Amelia said. "Really bad."

"Torkoal!" Ash called out to his pokemon. "Use Flamethrower now!"

Torkoal opened his mouth and released a powerful flamethrower attack right and Dusknoir.

"That's it Torkoal!" Ash called out to his pokemon. "Earthquake!"

"Since when did Torkoal learned earthquake?" Max asked in surprise.

"Remember this is Ash we are talking about. Always expect the unexpected." May reminded her younger brother.

"You do got a point there" Max replied to his sister.

Torkoal lifted it's feet and dropped it with power to make the ground shake. Dusknoir started to shake with the ground.

"Now Flamethrower Torkoal!"

With the combination of both earthquake and flamethrower it did lots of damage to Dusknoir. After Torkoal's powerful fire attack Ash could see that Torkoal was getting weaker and weaker. The burn that Dusknoir used on Torkoal was really now putting damage on Torkoal.

"Ash has to end this now!" May yelled. "If he doesn't he would surely lose."

"I'm sure Ash knows that May." Scott told May. "That is why Ash is trying to rush this battle as fast as he can. Remember this is a one on one pokemon battle so when Torkoal is gone it's all over."

After a hot burning flamethrower attack that Torkoal released to make a direct hit of Dusknoir both trainers notice that Dusknoir had a few burn marks on it's chest and arms.

"Looks like they both have a burn on them." Brock said.

"Now this is really getting interesting." Amelia added.

"Psychic Dusknoir!" Daria commanded her ghost type pokemon.

"Dodge it Torkoal!" Ash called out.

Dusknoir's eyes glowed a high lighter blue and soon a high light blue colour psychic attack came out of Dusknoir's eyes and aimed for Torkoal but Torkoal just missed the powerful psychic attack by jumping into mid air to dodge the attack.

"Now flamethrower Torkoal!" Ash called out once again.

As Torkoal was still in mid air and was above his opponent Torkoal didn't waste any time to release another powerful fire attack right on top of Dusknoir.

"Dusknoir use Psychic one more time while Torkoal is still in the air!" Daria commanded.

Dusknoir dodge the fire attack and quickly responded with a powerful psychic attack and hit Torkoal who was still falling to the ground and was about to landed until Torkoal got hit by Dusknoir's psychic attack. Torkoal came falling to the ground. When Torkoal hit the ground smoke covered the field.

"Torkoal!" Ash called out.

When the smoke subsided Ash couldn't believe his eyes. He saw his Torkoal inside his shell. He knew that he must of used iron defence to break the fall.

"That is a smart Torkoal you have there. Using Iron defence to break the fall. I'm impressed. but sadly I have to end this battle. Dusknoir use Psychic one last time!" Daria called out to her pokemon.

"Give it all you got Torkoal. Flamethrower now!" Ash called out to his fire type pokemon.

Both moves collided and the damage from both moves hit both pokemon. They both went flying to their owner's feet. Both pokemon got up. They both started to shake to show that the move they just got damage and the burn they both got from each other's moves had and is still putting damage on them. Both pokemon looked each other in the eye. Soon Dusknoir fainted and fell to the ground. Torkoal stood on it's feet for at least a minute after Dusknoir and fainted right after.

"Daria's Dusknoir has fainted. Ash's Torkoal is the winner." The referee declared.

Ash returned Torkoal back into his poke ball. Soon Ash couldn't hold it anymore and jumped in happiness. He finally won. He looked at his friends and waved at them. Ash's friends couldn't help but to join Ash at smiling and waving. After a long hot battle Ash had finally won. Daria walked over to Ash and put her hand in her pocket and soon took out a sliver badge from her pocket.

"Great battle Ash. Here you are. You really showed that you deserved this badge." Daria said as she handed over Ash the badge.

"Thanks." Ash replied as he showed his friends the badge he had just won.

Soon all his friends went to greet the happy pokemon trainer.

"Well done Ash." May greeted. "Great work out there."

"Well I couldn't do it without you and everyone's help here."

"That was amazing!" Amelia and Max said at the same time.

"Well where is the next battle frontier brain Scott?" Ash asked sounding ready for another battle.

"The next battle frontier brain is at Lilycove. The name of the battle frontier is Cochran. Castle Butler Cochran in full."

"Lilycove is pretty far" May added. "Does that mean we have to go though Fortree City?"

"Yeah." Ash nodded. "Well we better get going now. Se you later Scott and Daria!" Ash waved goodbye as he and his friends walked out the entrance.

As Ash and his friends ran out the entrance Daria and Scoot just watched the leave.

"What do you think if he was here right now and saw that battle?" Daria asked the owner of the battle frontier.

"I really don't know Daria." Scott replied. "They might have the same looks and style in battling but they both have a different style of personality."

"True" Daria replied. "Let's just hope for the best that Ash doesn't end like Lucas."

End of chapter ten