Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON!
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Ash continued his way through the forest Route 4 towards Paniola Town, only to hear something coming from a far, though it sounded more like a battle.
"Brionne, use Aqua Jet!" A familiar voice yelled.
Ash perked up a great interest as he rushed towards the sound of battle, and upon reaching his location. Ash could see Hau battling against a blond haired boy who has a werewolf-like Pokémon in front of him, though the boy looked like Lillie with the same hair color and eye.
"Counter!" The boy ordered while putting his hand in front of himself.
The werewolf-like Pokémon dodged to the side before punching Brionne in the abdomen with fist glowing orange, sending the Pop Star Pokémon to a nearby tree unconscious as the water type Pokémon slump to the ground.
"Brionne!" Hau yelled as he ran towards his unconscious starter, whist his opponent simply looked angry at his skills.
"You won't do, I need a stronger opponent. Someone who can fight on the same level as me." The blond hair boy growled slightly as Hau turned around.
"If you want a strong foe, why not battle a kid name Ash?" Hau suggested his opponent who looked at him, with interest to that suggestion.
"Ash is incredibly strong! Stronger then even me and my gramps, I'm sure he can give you a challenge." Hau smiled at him.
Ash who was watching silently, decided to step out from his hiding place revealing himself to the two as Hau turned around to face him with a smile on his face.
"A-lo-la, Ash!" Hau yelled. This cause the blond hair boy to turn his head towards the newly arrived Trainer who had a Pikachu on his shoulders.
"So, you're Ash?" The boy asked, whist Ash simply shrugged his shoulders.
"What if I am and what if I'm not? But since Hau has already said my name, I guess that doesn't matter now, does it?" Ash replied.
The blond boy stood ready for yet another battle with his Pokémon following before looking at the opponent in front of himself.
"That boy said that you're strong, and I'm looking for a strong opponent. So, how about a battle to let me see if that is true." The blond boy suggested whist Ash simply look at his partner.
"You got yourself a battle, how about a three on three?" Ash accepted as the boy simply turned around to get to his side of the field.
"Fine by me, three it is." He said as he look at his Pokémon next to him.
"Lycanroc." The werewolf-like Pokémon growled before walking into the field of battle, Ash simply tilted his head while his trusty Pokedex started to scan the Pokémon in front of him.
Lycanroc, The Wolf Pokemon a Rock Type, Lycanroc had two different forms with two different natures, Midnight Lycanroc has the sense for thrills of battle and too is a powerful fighter, while the Midday Lycanroc has a sense of solitude and are a loyal partner.
"Pikachu, you're up." Ash called, as his partner ran from his shoulder and onto the battlefield. Ash was the first to give his command when the battle started.
"Iron Tail!" The Kanto Trainer yelled.
The Mouse Pokemon's tail turned to steel as he leaped at Lycanroc who simply stood still as the opposing Trainer put his hand in front of himself.
"Counter!" This cause Ash to smirk as he put out his hand towards Pikachu.
"Electroweb!"
Before Lycanroc could punch Pikachu with his fist, the Mouse Pokémon tossed down a yellow electrical web-like net at the rock type Pokémon, immobilizing him from moving as Pikachu struck him in the jaw with his tail.
"Alright!" Ash cheered as the blond boy glanced at him.
"My Lycanroc is down but not out, use Stone Edge!" He yelled towards his opponent.
The Midnight Wolf Pokémon leaped into the air before plunging his fist into the ground, causing pillars of rock to march towards Pikachu as Ash had other things in mind.
"Quick Attack, get in close!" Pikachu grin at this statement before rushing pass the Stone Edge attack with lighting speed before leaping in front of Lycanroc.
"Thunder Punch/Fire Punch!" Ash and his opponent ordered.
Both Pokémon clashed their fist together as Lycanroc's Fire Punch was prove to be more stronger due to his incredible strength before sending the Mouse Pokémon backwards in front of Ash who let loose a slight growl though a very short one.
"Incredible, this guy is keeping up with Ash even when his giving his all." Hau compliment with his Pokémon nodding in agreement.
"Rock Slide!" The blond boy ordered.
Lycanroc soon surrounded himself in a ring of rocks before flinging all of them towards Pikachu with a punch of his fist, blasting Pikachu back further.
"Pikachu!" Ash yelled in concern, as Pikachu slowly got up on his feet before sparking in electricity.
"Use Thunder!" Ash ordered.
Pikachu's sparks got bigger and bigger as he unleashed a devastating bolt of electricity from the sky as it crashed down upon Lycanroc who yelled in pain. As the attack ended with a few more sparks of electricity, Lycanroc kneeled on the ground before crashing onto the floor completely out cold.
"Alright! You did it, Pikachu!" Ash cheered his partner who ran up to him as the Kanto native turn his head to the blond boy.
"That's one point for me." He said as his opponent let loose a sound of annoyance.
"That's only a lucky chance, this time it's for real." He retorted before throwing out a Friend Ball after recalling Lycanroc into his Ultra Ball.
"We'll see about that, Charizard, I choose you!" Ash too retorted with his words before throwing out his Poke Ball.
Both balls burst open as what stood in front of the blond boy was a Riolu, meanwhile in front of the Emanation Pokémon was Ash's Charizard, three or four times his size.
"So, that's his second Pokémon." Hau commented, making Ash wonder if the Melemele native even manage to beat his Lycanroc.
"Riolu, use Quick Attack." The boy ordered.
Riolu immediately rushed at Charizard with lightning speed before kicking the Flame Pokémon on the stomach, dealing much to almost nothing at all as the fire and flying type simply brushed his big belly before gazing back at his opponent.
"Flamethrower!" Ash ordered.
The fire type Kanto started instantly spew out a torrent of hot flames which barely hits Riolu who swiftly dodges the attack, as his Trainer gave him another command.
"Rock Slide!" This command enabled Riolu to fire a barrage of rocks at Charizard, who expanded his wings before taking flight dodging the attacks thrown at him.
"Slash!"
"Thunder Punch!"
Charizard's claw extended in a white light before diving down upon Riolu who jumped up against the huge orange dragon with fist cracking with electricity as they clashed their attacks together before being blast slightly backwards by the recoil of an explosion which appeared as they clashed.
Both Pokémon soon reached the ground as Riolu was panting rather hard as his Trainer recalled the fighting type Pokémon, forfeiting him from battle making Charizard the winner as Ash too recalled his Pokémon.
"you're strong, I'll give you that." The boy started.
"But now, let's see how you deal with this, Silvally!" He yelled.
Tossing a Premiere Ball into the sky, it cracked open into a sparkle of light to reveal a large chimera-like Pokémon with a brown helmet embed to its head as it roared at Ash with a fit of rage.
"SIVARRR" The voice muffles a lot within the mask as Ash turn his head to rotom, who showed no images of said Pokémon.
"That thing looks strong, my only way to beat it is with speed." Ash thought before taking out a Poke Ball.
"Sceptile, I choose you!" Ash called.
Coming out from his last Poke Ball was Sceptile who took out a twig and placed it inside his mouth before crossing his arms, as the boy let out his order first.
"Swords Dance, we're ending this fast." He instructed.
The mysterious Pokemon raised its feet summoning a parade of blue swords before stomping down to increase its own attack strength. As its Trainer decided to give another command.
"Use Air Slash!" The boy ordered.
The mysterious Pokemon, known to Ash as Silvally by its Trainer shot out several blades of wind towards Sceptile who leaped away from said attack before receiving his own orders to attack his opponent.
"Bullet Seed!" Ash ordered.
Sceptile opened his mouth to fire a barrage of yellow seeds upon Silvally who took the attack and seems to be the least affected by it shocking the duo. The unknown Pokémon rushed at Sceptile before slashing him with a X-Scissor attack.
"Sceptile, you alright?" Ash asked, receiving a nod for an answer.
"Then we'll use Brick Break!" Ash put out his fist in command.
The Forest Pokemon's hand took up a white glow as Sceptile rushed at Silvally with incredible speed but that didn't stop their opponents from doing what he was going to do.
"Double Hit."
Silvally retaliated by slapping Sceptile's hand away with its tail before sending the grass type gecko into the air with its claw as Sceptile crashed down on the floor.
Meanwhile in the woods were two unknown figures who were watching intently at the fight, and the mysterious thing is that they didn't even get seen at all as the one on the left started to talk.
"Do you think he'll lose?" It asked.
"Even if he does, the score is 2-1 so Ash is still the winner." The right one retorted.
Back on the field, Sceptile slowly got back on his feet as the opposing Trainer let out one last command to end the match.
"End this with Giga Impact." He ordered.
Silvally soon surrounded itself in a devastating aura before charging at Sceptile with full force. Ash swiftly swapped his Normalium Z with his Fightinium Z as he crossed his arms to activate his Z-Ring.
"This is the power of our full spirit and bond!" Ash yelled as an light orange aura was transferred from him to Sceptile.
"Use ALL-OUT PUMMELING!" Ash yelled.
Sceptile fired a barrage of kicks and punches towards Silvally who crashed into Sceptile with the Z-move directed at it, creating a huge explosion in its wake as both Pokemon were engulf in the attack.
"Sceptile!" Ash yelled, though the boy looked rather calm.
The smoke clear to reveal two standing Pokemon, only for both to fall to the ground moments later as Hau was staring in awe of the battle that just happened.
"Sceptile, you did great so have a good rest." Ash praised.
"Silvally, return and it seems we finally found a worthy rival." The boy complimented before facing Ash.
"You said your name was Ash, was it?" His statement made Ash nod his head as they blond haired boy turned around.
"My name is Gladion, don't forget it the next time we battle." The boy now known as Gladion introduced himself before walking away into the woods.
"His just a ray of sunshine isn't he?" Hau commented with a cheeky smile.
"I guess it's just him, anyways… where are you headed off to?" Ash questioned his friend who pointed in a direction.
"I was just about to head back to Heahea City to myself some treats." Hau replied before facing said direction.
"See ya!" The Melemele Trainer ran off as Ash simply shrugged before walking towards Paniola Town.
Meanwhile at the Kanto Power Plant, Brock and Misty arrived at the location of the weird beast that resembles a bundle of wire still stuck on the generator as Brock and Misty tossed their Poke Ball.
"Steelix!" Brock called.
"Palpitoad!" Misty called.
Both Pokémon appeared as the unknown monster simply un-root itself before firing off a huge Thunderbolt attack.
"Steelix, use Gyro Ball!"
Steelix's body spun in a rapid succession shattering the Thunderbolt attack before being struck dead center by a Signal Beam attack.
"Palpitoad, use Mud Shot!"
The Vibration Pokémon shot out a chunk of mud at the unknown monster who bended itself all the way to the back, dodging the attack before sparking very heavily.
"I got a bad feeling about this." Brock mumbled.
The weird creature erupted in electricity taking out both Steelix and Palpitoad despite their type immunity before rooting itself onto the generator again as the two Gym Leader class Trainers recalled their Pokemon.
"How did its electric type attack beat us?" Misty growled, completely humiliated because she lost despite having a type immunity.
"I don't know how but I got the feeling its not done attack just yet." Brock retorted.
The doctor's word was prove to be correct as the monster once again lifted up one of its wire-like hand before swinging it towards them while coated in a deep green light until a command came from somewhere.
"Close Combat."
A yellow colored Pokémon appeared behind them as it kicked the monster's hand away before throwing in a flurry of fist knocking it back. A man wearing a red shirt, overlapped by a sky blue cape and blue long pants alongside a black cap appeared from behind them as he let out his hand.
"Slash, let's go."
"RA!" The unknown Pokémon slashed the mysterious monster who got cut off from its electrical supply.
"Good, now use Thunder Punch."
The winning Pokémon slammed a fist cracking with electricity into the monster's body making it slump all the way backwards. A net-like portal opened as the monster retreated back inside before disappearing.
"Good work." The man praised his Pokémon before turning around.
"Thank you, but who are you?" Brock said to him.
The Trainer turned around before turning the other way again as he walked off.
"People who has the face of guilt don't need to know my name." He said with simplicity before walking off, leaving the two to process his words.
Though, outside of the power plant were two man dress in white as on of them fished out a laptop before starting a call with a woman opposite the screen.
"Madame President, we have confirmation that UB: Lightning has appeared in Kanto." One of them reported, which impresses the woman who nodded smile in response.
"Good work, keep up the report and don't miss out any details. And if you got any new information, report immediately." She said sternly as they saluted before ending the call.
Ash finally arrived at Paniola Town while waiting at the gates for his blonde friend to arrive, while in the mean time his Pokemon were having fun around the area.
"Be careful guys!" Ash yelled, receiving multiple cries in return.
Ash waiting at the gates until he heard a voice coming from afar.
"Ash!" A familiar voice yelled.
Ash turned around to see Lillie running up to him before stopping to breathe for air as he ran up to her to help her in.
"You don't really need to run like that you know." Ash scolded lightly.
"I can't keep you waiting all the time, especially with your trials on due." She retorted, earning her a look from Ash.
"You can take your time, Lillie, my Trials aren't going to run." Ash told his friend.
The two wondered around the place just then Ash decided to strike a conversation.
"What happened when you went back to Heahea City?" Ash said.
"Professor Kukui and I were just visiting someone, so that we could discuss about Nebby." She answered with a smile.
"So what happen when I was away? I remember seeing Hau run into Heahea City." Lillie asked her own question.
"Oh that, I just happened to run into him in Route 4 shortly after you left and had a battle with someone." Ash answered.
"Who's that someone?" Lillie asked curiously.
Both of them decided to sit around town to relax for awhile, just before answering her question.
"Lillie?" Ash started, catching her attention.
"What is it?" She asked.
Ash thought for a moment before giving it a go, who knows? Lillie might know the boy he fought just now.
"Do you know of anyone named, Gladion by any chance?" He asked.
At the sound of the name, Lillie went silent, completely silent.
"Are you alright?" Ash asked in concern.
Lillie was still silent, recalling a bit of her bad memory just before running away from home with her only brother.
"Lillie, take Cosmog and get out of here." A blond hair boy told his sister before tossing a bag over.
Lillie caught the bag before looking at her brother who had his Lycanroc out to hold back a Blastoise and Pangoro.
"What about you, brother!" Lillie yelled.
"There's still something I have to do at the basement level, so just GO!" Gladion yelled.
Lycanroc was blast out of the way as Gladion recalled him before running towards the elevator, whist Lillie was making a dash for the main entrance with tears of leaving her brother behind.
"Get her!" A woman's voice yelled.
Behind Lillie was a few people dressed in white who were making a dash after her, but that wasn't her horror.
Her real horror was when the basement level exploded until one of them tossed out a Pokeball to summon a Galvatula.
"Electroweb, get her!" He ordered.
The Elespider Pokemon fired a electrical web-like net at Lillie who shut her eyes, but just seconds before the reach could reach her. She was engulfed in a white light and that was the last she could remember.
"His alive? He was alive the whole time?" Lillie though with happiness.
She had always believe he didn't make it when the basement laboratory exploded that very day.
"Lillie? Lillie!" Ash called out, snapping her out of her trance.
"What's wrong? Right after I said that name, you've been looking at the sky." Ash voice with concern.
Lillie simply shook her head though with tears in her eyes, making Ash more nervous if he said the right thing or the wrong thing.
"Is he here? Right on this island!" Lillie yelled for confirmation.
"Or rather how did he really look like!" She asked again.
Ash put his hand in front of himself to stop her from asking anymore questions.
"His name is indeed Gladion because he said it himself." Ash started.
"And yes he is on this very island because he was the one that Hau and I fought a few hours ago." He answered her second question.
"And lastly, he had the same hair and eye color as you but instead was wearing a black sweater and long pants." Ash finished.
Lillie who was listening to his answered, looked at him though looking with another question.
"What was his first Pokemon! Or rather who did he always use first!" She asked yet again.
Ash gulped at yet another question from her.
"He uses a Midnight Lycanroc if recall was what Rotom called it." Ash answered.
This was the last line of her confirmation, as she leaped up with squeal of happiness.
"What's wrong? And how is Gladion related to you?" Ash asked curiously, wondering why was she so happy.
"Actually, that boy Gladion." She started, though facing the other way from Ash.
"His my older brother." Lillie told him while facing him with a bright smile. One he that was brighter than any smile Ash saw.
Ash was rather relieved in the inside that he didn't say something to upset her in anyways. But was very happy on the outside to see her happy.
"But, you seem rather sad at first when I said your brother's name. Is there a reason?" Ash voice with wonder to her initial sadness.
"I hate to say this to you Ash, but can I tell you that another time? I don't want to remember too much bad memories for one day." She refused his requested politely.
Ash smiled at her before nodding his head in understanding.
"I understand, Lillie." Ash voice with pure understanding.
But one thought came into his mind and was rather scared to asked of it.
"though there is one thing I would to ask you and I don't think I've ever ask any girls this before." He trailed off.
"All I can say is that I've been admiring you for a while now, and I know this isn't the best place for it." He stuttered.
Lillie looked at his eye, he was indeed serious of wanting to ask what he was going to ask.
"But, would you go on a date with me?" Ash said with pure courage.
Lillie was speechless, her mind stopped moving, her voice chord stopped working and worse of all she feel her whole face burning in fire.
"I've never really been ask on a date by anyone before…" She said shyly.
Lillie took a while to process Ash's question before staring right back into his brown eyes.
"Yes! I would love too!" She accepted with a bright smile.
Ash leaped into air from his chair in happiness because his first date request was accepted and by the girl he likes.
"I heard that Paniola Town have delicious milk product like ice cream, want to try some?" Ash suggested to his date.
"Sure thing, I was actually wanting to try some of it myself." She replied.
The two of them walked towards the ice cream stand where everything was made purely of milk.
"How can I help you?" The stall tender asked.
"I would like two ice cream, please." Ash requested.
The stall tender nodded his head as he walked back into the back of the store, only to return minutes later with two bowls of ice cream.
"Here you go, please enjoy." The stall tender said.
Ash simply took the ice cream before handing one to Lillie as he paid the bills for both, earning him a stare from his date.
"I could… have actually paid it… myself." She said slowly, already preparing to pay for her portion.
"I thought the boy pays for what the girls bought when they're on a date?" Ash cracked a cheeky smile.
Lillie simply sigh, not knowing what to do because this to both Ash and herself was their first date with each other.
The two of them sat down on a chair to eat their cold treat, until Lillie missing something missing. And that was Ash's Pokémon.
"Where's your Pokémon, Ash?" Lillie asked.
"They're just having fun around Paniola Town." Ash answered.
Before Lillie could take another bite of her ice cream, Ash cracked a devilish grin as he took the bite of ice cream from her spoon without her knowledge.
The blonde girl bit down on her spoon to find a strong metal texture instead before diverting her attention to her date.
"What?" Ash tried to act innocent, which earned him a knock on the head from Lillie.
The fist wasn't really that strong but something tells Ash not to piss her off too much.
"Sorry about that, just felt like doing it." Ash gave a cheeky smile.
"Though, it really is nice being here in Alola. Everything is just so peaceful here." Ash said staring at the cloudy sky.
After finishing their cold treats, Ash returned the bowls and spoons to the stall tender as the two of them walked around town.
"For a town famous for their cold treat, they sure have many different kinds of stores." Ash voice with surprise.
"Yeah, and there's even jewelry store too." She added.
Looking at a distance from them was a store that has a huge tent around it.
"I guess it's a wondering store." Lillie commented.
"Let's go take a look, shall we?" Ash suggested.
"Huh? Wait, WHA-"
Lillie gave a short scream as Ash pulled both Lillie and himself to the store, and upon arriving they could see many things on display.
"Sure are many things here, isn't there?" Ash said.
From the corner of his eye, Ash could see Lillie looking at a certain white ring but was fumbling about whether to but it or not.
Ash returned his attention back to the table to see a green pentagon necklace as he was pondering over whether to buy it.
"This thing looks like it would cost an entire building, judging from the design of it." Ash thought.
Whist Lillie was having a similar thoughts about the ring she was wanting to buy.
"This ring could cost a fortune, I guess I wouldn't need to take it." She sighed mentally.
After an hour of sightseeing, the two of them decided to head towards the Pokemon Center to see Ash's Pokemon around the place.
"So this is where you guys went." Ash commented.
"Pika." Pikachu waved.
All of his Pokemon ran back to him as Dartrix, Pikachu and Mimikyu too their spot on his head, right and left shoulder respectively.
The two of them got into their individual rented rooms as Ash sat on his own bed, just as Lillie entered the room.
"Thanks for today, Ash." Lillie thanked.
"You're welcome, if you like we could go again if you like." Ash smiled.
Without looking at each other for awhile, both of them faced each other while handing a small box to one another.
"Here you go." They said in sync before looking at each other's hand.
They simply exchange boxes as Lillie went back to her room with a smile.
"Goodnight, Ash." She said.
"Goodnight, Lillie."
Lillie shut the door behind her, as Ash decided to unboxed the conceal present from his first date.
Meanwhile inside Lillie's room, she did the same to her own present as she unboxed it.
Both Ash and Lillie found the same necklace and ring they were looking at back at the tent as they took it out before smiling.
"I see she/he sure likes to surprise people." They said together without each other knowing before turning in for the night.
While at a certain hill, a woman with silver hair wearing a pair of large glasses raced across the bridge alongside a red spider-like Pokémon before looking around the area.
"Tch, I could have sworn it ran this way." She growled.
"Ria." The Pokemon nodded.
The woman took off her glasses to reveal her blue eyes before facing her Pokemon who was standing ready for a command.
"Ariados, I want you to tell both Drapion and Salamence to search the area thoroughly." She ordered.
"We have to make sure that this place is safe for the next Trainer that comes." She added sharply.
"Riados!" Ariados nodded.
The Long Leg Pokémon turned around and ran off leaving its Trainer behind to survey the area.
While unknowingly to them both, a certain white monster was staring at the two from deep within the waters of the hill before disappearing once again.
A/N: I've received a question if Ash was going to catch a Rockruff, so here's my question in bold.
I could if you want me too, but any suggested form for the Rockruff to evolve into?
A/N yet again: I've also received a few questions on why did some of his Pokemon's leave, but rest assured, it will all be revealed soon in future chapters to come!
Otherwise,
PEACE!