Immediatly after leaving for Raikage Stadium Ash and John saw two pokemon. John decided to catch Geodude. Ash decided to catch Mothim. John sent out Dragonair. Dragonair used ice beam. It hit. John threw a pokeball. John caught Geodude. Geodude could use rock throw and rollout. Ash sent out Galvantula. Galvantula used electro ball. It hit. Ash threw a pokeball. Ash caught Mothim. Mothim could use gust, psybeam, poison powder and bug bite. John and Ash soon met Jiraiya and Naruto. They had a tag battle. Jiraiya sent out Poliwag.(The one he used second in their first battle.) Naruto sent out Politoed. John sent out Gliscor. Ash sent out Mothim. They were battling next to a lake. Politoed used hyper beam on Mothim. Mothim and Gliscor flew into the air. Mothim used psybeam on Politoed. Poliwag defended Politoed with protect. Politoed used hydro pump on Mothim. Mothim dodged it. Gliscor used this distraction to hit Politoed with thunder fang. Politoed was knocked out. Poliwag used double slap on Gliscor. It hit. Poliwag used body slam. Gliscor dodged it and used poison jab. It hit. Mothim used bug bite. Poliwag was knocked out. After walking for a while Ash saw a Drapion. He decided to catch it. Ash sent out Buneary. Buneary used jump kick. Drapion caught Buneary in it's tail. Drapion trew Buneary into the ground and left. Ash put Buneary back inside it's pokeball. Then a Magnemite came along. Ash sent out Buneary. Buneary used jump kick. It hit. Ash threw a pokeball. He caught Magnemite. It could use zap cannon, gyro ball and electro ball. The next day John and Ash met Kevin. Kevin challenged John to a one on one battle. Kevin sent out Golem. John sent out Lucario. Golem used earthquake. Lucario jumped to dodge it and used shadow ball while in the air. It hit. Golem used rock throw before Lucario landed. Lucario broke the rock with force palm. It worked and Lucario took no damage. When it landed Lucario used force palm with both hands. Golem was knocked out. They only stopped to eat. The next day after walking for a while Ash saw a Parasect. He wanted to catch it. Ash sent out Galvantula. Galvantula used bug bite. It hit. Ash threw a pokeball. Parasect was caught. It could use hyper beam, x-scissor, protect and stun spore. Ash and John decided to have a battle. Ash sent out Magnemite. John sent out Geodude. Magnemite used gyro ball. It hit. Geodude used rollout. Magnemite countered it with gyro ball. Geodude was next out. They arrived at Raikage Stadium the next day. John registered for the league but Ash couldn't. Ash went to find a pokemon to catch. John went with him because he wanted more pokemon. They saw Patrat and Oddish. John decided to catch Patrat and Ash decided to catch Oddish. John sent out Croagunk. Croagunk used brick break. It hit. John threw a pokeball. Patrat was caught. It could use tackle and bite. Ash sent out Parasect. Parasect used hyper beam. It hit. Ash threw a pokeball. Oddish was caught. It could use absorb. Ash went and registered for the league. It was the opening to the league. After it the league would begin. Every trainer John had met on his journey was there. Even the gym leaders. In Kang they were aloud enter without winning badges.
