Chapter 12: Next Go Round
"Butterfree use Confusion on your Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, and PoisonPowder," Drew commanded his butterfly-like friend.
Soon the Pokémon's eyes glowed blue and so did the various gaseous matters, the orange of Stun Spore, the silver of the Sleep Powder, and the purple of Poison Powder were being manipulated. Butterfree turned the three status attacks in to three different colored twisters.
"Now combine them!" the emerald-haired trainer ordered.
The tornado-shaped status effects were mixed to make a multi-colored twister. The specks of powder were shining bright and the orange overlapped the purple, while the silver overlapped the orange, and the purple overlapped the silver and so on.
Drew flicked his hair, and smirked; "Now Butterfree end it with an Energy Ball!"
A green compact energy ball was shot out by the Butterfly Pokémon and aimed for the twister. When it made impact everything dispersed and there was multiple colors scattering everywhere.
"Seadra use Dragon Pulse!" and a powerful dragon technique got shot out after being ordered by Misty.
The attack directed its path at a solid gigantic rock that was the size of a Tyranitar. The green Dragon-Type move dissolved after leaving the stone in pebbles. A Gible soon launched its own dragon assault. Misty had to think quick before it would inflict pain on her Water-type Pokémon.
"Use Twister!" the gym leader quickly ordered and a twister was launched out at the Dragon Pulse, Gible had unleashed.
Thankfully for Misty, the Twister countered the Dragon Pulse and sent it back at the small dragon. The little creature soon fell backward with swirl eyes, indicating its defeat by the superior Pokémon.
"Bulbasaur use Vine Whip on the branch to dodge the Sludge Bomb," the raven-haired trainer demanded.
The Grass-type released its vines to grab hold of the tree branch to swing itself in to midair in order to dodge the barrage of sludge attacks. While in the air Muk tired to aim precisely, but the starter managed to avoid the torrent of sludge.
"Charge a Solarbeam," Ash called out to the Pokémon.
Muk had no other option, but keep on using a volley of sludge. Bulbasaur descended while charging its attack and moving away from the vicious offense from Muk and the intensity grew between them.
"Now!" the black-haired boy shouted with Pikachu watching with interest as well.
"Bulbsaaauurrr!" the Grass/Poison-type let loose of the Solarbeam.
The energy blast was launched at the gooey Poison-type and was a direct hit; "Muuuuk!" was the creature´s cry in pain.
"I should probably call mom and dad to transfer my Pokémon here, I forgot all about when we spoke this morning. I really need to get some training done, but I would like to have Venusaur, Glaceon, and Blaziken here too," May was speaking to no one in particular as she searched for Professor Oak´s phone.
The brunette looked around for the phone, "Hmmm where could it be, I really wanna train with Drew, Misty, or Ash rather than be looking for the phone. It would be so cool to train with one of Ash´s Pokémon like Misty is training with some of his."
Anxious was building up in the girl and she had a large urge to practice. Finally when she entered the living room had she found the video phone. Oak´s Laboratory is a lot bigger than it looks, that she knew for sure.
"Found it! Now to make that call," the coordinator smiled and started dialing. Once she finished she would hear the beeping sounds and wait until someone answered. The video screen just showed the words "contacting".
Someone picked up and was revealed to be Caroline, "Hello May, how come you called so soon?" she asked sweetly.
"Hey mom, I wanted to talk to dad about transferring from Pokémon here to Professor Oak´s Lab," the girl in the green bandana informed her mother.
"Oh well I´ll call him right now dear, you know that I have no clue on how does type of things work. Wait right here sweetie," the brunette mother told her and left to fetch her husband.
"Ok," the brunette daughter smiled and waited.
The video screen was still on and May´s house could be seen. There wasn´t much noise and not even Max showed up. Then Norman appeared on the screen ready to speak with his daughter.
"Hey May, I hear you want me to transfer your Pokémon to Oak´s Lab," Norman saluted her and spoke about the topic.
"Hi dad, yeah I need the Blaziken, Venusaur, and Glaceon for some practice if you don´t mind," the sweet girl let her father know.
"Of course not May, just wait by the Pokémon Transfer and I´ll immediately send the three to the lab," the man said to her daughter.
"K dad, I´ll be waiting," May told him and went to the Pokémon Transfer Machine, which lucky for her was right next to the phone.
Both of them didn´t hang up, but they left their spots to do what they needed to do in order to transfer the machine.
Norman was walking in to the greenhouse, this was where the Pokémon Transfer was located and where May´s other Pokémon were residing. He walked around searching for them and it didn´t take too long.
There in a pasture of grass he found Glaceon and Venusaur napping and Blaziken were resting against a tree. "Hey guys, May needs you in Pallet Town so get ready to be transferred alright," the gym leader discussed with the trio.
Blaziken nodded as he got up, while Glaceon also sat up, Venusaur also got up. The three of them were beginning for the process, Norman reached for their respective Pokeballs, "Return," he stated as a red flash put the three of them in their balls.
He later walked to another section of the greenhouse to find his three Pokémon slacking, which was typical as it ran in their nature. Norman couldn´t keep his child waiting so he wasted no time in getting to the machine.
When he arrived at the machine he spoke, "Alright time to send these Professor Oak´s." The mechanism had a tray to put six Pokeballs, with a lid to cover it. There was also a keyboard that helped direct the Pokeballs destination.
May´s father placed all three and started dialing the correct numbers that marked the location of Oak´s lab. Once he was done he pressed a final key and the balls vanished in thin air after an electric spark. Technology is a fascinating and remarkable thing, Norman thought.
"I should get back to the phone to see if May received them," Norman spoke to himself and started heading back to his house.
The brown-haired coordinator waited for the Pokeballs to appear and within seconds an electric spark occurred and through thin air three Pokeballs appeared. "Awesome I should let dad know I got the three of them," the brunette smiled and sat down to pick up the phone.
Her dad soon showed his face on the screen, "May, did you get all three of them?"
"Yeah thanks dad!" the coordinator cheered and thanked her dad.
"That´s great well May I guess this is goodbye. We´ll be speaking to you soon ok honey," Norman told her daughter.
"Ok dad, see you guys soon," May grinned and the two waved farewell as they disappeared from each other´s screens.
May got up from her seat; the lab was weird since neither Tracey nor Professor Oak weren´t here. Tracey had gone out to Viridian City to fetch some stuff from the Professor, while Oak was out researching in Viridian Forest. When Drew, Ash, Misty, and her arrived the two were about to leave.
Both of them were really glad to see the brunette again. They welcomed her to the lab and they introduced themselves to Drew as well, who was very polite to them. They told them that were leaving to get some work done outside so it was their job to keep the place in shape and that´s what the four of them did.
"Now I can get to practice, wonder where Ash, Drew, and Misty could be though?" May searched around from them as she exited the lab to the field. Professor Oak´s ranch was large and they could be anywhere.
The Hoenn female dropped it though; she might as well get some training. She reached for the seven Pokeballs she had placed in her fanny pack. "Come on out everyone!" she cheered and the seven all came out.
Before her stood Munchlax, Wartortle, Glaceon, Blaziken, Venusaur, Skitty, and Beautifly. They all appeared pretty cheerful about being out on open space and happily greeted their trainer.
"Hey you guys, we´re at Professor Oak´s ranch so I need you to behave good and not cause trouble. This where Ash also leaves his Pokémon to hangout so right now everyone except Blaziken can go off search for them and have fun. By the way we´ll also stop by here every day for some training and I´ll get through all of you during the week we´re here so for now you´re free to go!" May joyfully announced as everyone, except Blaziken left to run around the grass. May's Pokémon happily reunited with Ash, but the most pleased was Bulbasaur, although shocked at first by how much his student had grown, he was proud of the how strong it had gotten.
"Bulbasaur, bulba," Bulbasaur extended its vine for a handshake.
Venusaur though, did something she'd normally do because of her playful behavior, she extended both her vines and picked up Bulbasaur, "Venu venusaur saur," the Pokémon smiled as it held Bulbasaur.
May's Pokémon strongest Pokémon, Blaziken, only agreed to come to the ranch in hopes of battling Ash's Pokémon, including Ash's Sceptile. When they caught gaze of each other, the Hoenn starters smirked at each other, rivals forever in their minds. The fire fighter was eager to settle the score with the cocky lizard once and for all since they ended in a draw in their last battle, which was the Terracotta Contest. That was far behind now and Blaziken was stronger than ever from the time in Johto.
"Alright Blaziken, I know you´re anxious for a battle, but we need to train a bit first to make sure we´re on that track," May stated her first Pokémon.
"Blaze!" the Fire/Fighting-type Pokémon agreed as its fists flared with fire.
"Ok since your specialty is combat we should work on that," the brunette recommended while the proud Pokémon nodded.
"Alright start off with Quick Attack and charge for the tree in front of you!" the coordinator sent out a command.
The Pokémon built up incredible speed and could hardly been seen, "Now change to a Sky Uppercut, let´s pretend this is Sceptile!" its trainer ordered.
Blaziken imagined Sceptile about to use a Leaf Blade to hit directly at Blaziken, but the fierce fighter would duck and unleash a Sky Uppercut. In reality it released a powerful punch that tore the tree and sent it flying.
"Good Blaziken, most would expect you to attack head on, but that´s a good technique for evasion and offense," the girl in the red blouse complimented, however she was serious. In Johto she had gotten a lot more serious about training, despite the fact that she would still be her usual self outside of battle.
"Now let´s try a different form of fighting back, use Quick Attack again on another tree," May carried out the next order.
Like before Blaziken charged for the next tree with phenomenal speed, "Now go to the side at the right point to use Blaze Kick!"
May shouted out the demand and Blaziken used correct timing and moved to the side to unleash a fiery kick. It left the tree collapsing with burn marks. Blaziken´s trainer thought that if the opponent had a complete defense on direct attacks even if Blaziken ducked it would be able to use this tactic instead.
"Great Blaziken! You I think that strategy could also work with Flamethrower, Mega Kick, and Overheat too instead of Blaze Kick," the Blaze Pokémon's master informed him.
"How about we try use one more tactic, how does that sound?" the Petalburg Coordinator asked her starter.
"Blaziken!" the fired up friend had its fists clenched and fiery.
Suddenly, Ash´s Heracross had emerged from the bushes. "Herac," was the sound it made after appearing. It seemed to have an interest in battling May and Blaziken.
"Hello Heracross, you want to train with Blaziken?" the girl asked the Bug/Fighting-type Pokémon.
It nodded its head and got in to a fighting position.
"Great ready Blaziken?" May, shifted to her loyal friend, who shook its head in agreement.
Blaziken and Heracross got in to fighting positions and prepared for battle. "Ok Blaziken, use Flamethrower."
The Blaze Pokémon let loose a Flamethrower that headed straight for Heracross, but the bug flew up thanks to its useful wings. It searched for its target, but it had vanished after using the Flamethrower. It was too late when Heracross noticed Blaziken behind it, it was shooting straight at it, glowing blue thanks to Brave Bird.
Brave Bird had been learned during the Johto Journeys during one of May´s toughest contests yet. It proved to be an extremely useful move and saved her in many battles. The attack had hit directly at Heracross and did major damage as it feel considering the fact that it was part Bug and Fighting; however Blaziken did receive heavy recoil for the damage. It managed to get back up though, thanks to its endurance and used Focus Punch.
"Blaziken use Blaze Kick to counter!" the coordinator demanded and the attacks collided.
Blaziken´s fire characteristics gave it a huge advantage in this battle, but Heracross would not give up. Blaziken moved backwards again and got in to a fighting stance.
"Now just like we practiced, Quick Attack!" was May´s next order.
Heracross braced itself for the incoming speed, but just went it was about to use Take Down, except Blaziken went sideways and before Heracross´s eyes a Flamethrower shot straight at it. The bug was able to quick fast though, and used Endure to take the hit without fainting.
"You´re really tough Heracross, it´s good that you showed up for practice. Blaziken and I couldn´t ask for a better challenge," May complimented Ash´s well raised Johto Pokémon.
Heracross took pride in the comment, but it thought it could do better and to the duo´s shock it used Hyper Beam. "Quick Blaziken cancel it with Overheat!" May called out immediately.
Lucky for Blaziken it used the attack just in time and had a beam struggle with the Hyper Beam, Heracross´s determination was too much though, and the attack hit Blaziken backward. Having been hit by such powerful attacks though, the Blaze Pokémon struggled to get up.
Without warning, Heracross used Aerial Ace and took Blaziken by surprise once again. Like before it was pushed back even further and dealt lots of damage from the attack since it was part Fighting-type.
"Blaziken get up," the blue-eyed girl could only stress.
Heracross prepared for a Take Down, while Blaziken couldn´t get its composure until it snapped. The Blaze Ability had been activated and Blaziken used an attack May had never seen him use before. It was Flare Blitz.
"No way, Flare Blitz? Awesome Blaziken, now finish it!" the brunette ordered and the two battlers charged for each other.
When they collided a huge explosion took place that was exceptionally loud. Misty, Ash and Drew heard the commotion and could see where the smoke was coming from so they all ran to the spot from their respective locations, wondering what was up.
The dust finally cleared where it showed both Fighting-types on the edge of giving up, but they were both proud of their power so they wouldn´t let such a thing happen. Blaziken kneeled down, but before it landed on the floor, Heracross dropped like a stone before giving a smirk, a way of showing how much it enjoyed its battle.
Blaziken was the next to drop, but May reached out for him to get him up, "Awesome job Blaziken, I´m proud of you. You learned Flare Blitz and won, I hope we can win like this again," May gave her friend a reassuring smile and the Blaze Pokémon gave a smirk and fainted as well.
The girl put it back in its Pokeball and thought it would be best to find Ash and tell him about Heracross. She was amazed at how well it managed to tie with her Blaziken, Ash must be training really hard to win was the thought going on in her head.
All of a sudden, she saw three figures coming from different directions. She could only clarify who it appeared it to be and she was right. She saw Drew coming from the left, Misty from ahead, and Ash from the right.
"May, what happened!" Ash was the first one to reach her and question her.
"Ash, I was training with Blaziken and your Heracross wanted to join also so they battled. Blaziken won, but they both fainted," May explained the situation to him.
"May, what´s all the commotion?" Drew also asked her.
"What's going on May?" Misty also questioned her friend.
"Pika pika?" also inquired the little yellow pal.
"I´ll explain it better inside, come on we have to leave Blaziken and Heracross to rest," the sapphire-eyed female told them.
The rest of the group shook their heads and entered the laboratory. From there they walked to the room where Professor Oak would usually leave any resting Pokémon here after something like training. Ash had returned Heracross to its ball and put it on the stand, while May had also done the same with Blaziken.
"So May, tell us what happened more exactly," Ash demanded to know as he was excited from the sound of intense training.
Ash, Misty, and Drew began to listen as May opened her mouth to speak, "I was practicing with Blaziken for a while until Heracross came out from the bushes and asked for battle."
"That´s just like Heracross, so then what happened?" Heracross's trainer recalled.
May continued, "Of course Blaziken and I accepted, so it started off with Blaziken getting the advantage since it was part fire, and when he used Brave Bird, Heracross ended in a jam," as she spoke Ash only got anxious to hear how his Johto friend fared against its opponent.
"It used Focus Punch, but Blaze Kick countered it. As it progressed Heracross used Endure, which allowed it to stay on its feet longer, and this is where things got intense. He unleashed a Hyper Beam, while Blaziken was taken off guard, but we used an Overheat just in time," Drew and Misty, were now also caught in anxiety, due to hearing of such powerful offenses going head on.
"Hyper Beam overpowered Overheat and Blaziken fell back. It had a hard time getting up after dealing so much damage, and to make things worse, Heracross had charged enough to use Aerial Ace and that was big trouble for us," the brunette spoke tensely as if the battle were going on right now. Ash was proud of his pal´s comeback that brought the battle in favor of him now, Heracross had learned the technique just these days they were training and it sure did come in the handy with May in the end.
Ash continued to think proudly of the Bug/Fighting-type as May went on, "Blaziken had enough, and activated Blaze which let it boost its fire power. Then out of nowhere he learned to use Flare Blitz and charged straight for Heracross. Heracross used Take Down to try to counter it, and that´s when you heard the commotion, when that explosion happened. When the dust cleared they were still up, but Heracross then fell. Blaziken won, however it also fainted after a few seconds."
"That´s so cool May, you beat Heracross and he´s no walk in the park," Misty thought highly of Blaziken now as her trainer managed to overcome the Johto Pokémon.
"Humph, looks like Blaziken has some new tricks up his sleeve," the green-eyed coordinator smirked.
"You bet and I can´t wait to use them in a real battle," Drew´s rival stated back to him with a sly grin of her own.
"Speaking of battles, why don´t we have one right now! Remember what we said yesterday about having a double battle, well now I´m excited about it so let's have it now!" Ash cheered with eagerness.
"Good idea Ash, let´s see how strong we are as a pair," Misty mentioned to him as he shook his head to show agreement.
"Fine with me, remember the pairs. It was Misty and I with you and May," May´s rival informed them.
"Alright, but since Blaziken is resting right now I think I´ll use someone else, and I know just who," the brunette let them know.
"What are we waiting for let´s go back outside, come on Pikachu!" Ash told them with such excitement we ran to the exit with the Electric-type right behind it.
Ash had no clue who he was going to use, but he would find out soon enough once the battle commenced. He went on running to the field, "Hey Ash wait for us," Ash´s Hoenn friend told him.
Drew and Misty were right behind her and Misty could only shake her head, wondering when he would learn to stop doing that. Drew only seemed slightly annoyed with this, he hadn´t even come for training, rather to be May, except now it would have to wait and he´d had to train instead.
When Ash stopped he found every last one of his Pokémon hanging out with May´s, they seemed to be having a lot of fun. Venusaur and Glaceon were also there, "May must´ve brought everyone this time, and let them have fun," Ash smiled at this scene.
The trio behind him had reached with slight annoyance. Ash turned around and scratched the back of his head, "Oops sorry guys, I must have gotten carried away," he laughed nervously.
"I´m about to get carried away once I take out the mallet," Misty appeared annoyed, while Ash shook his hands in front of her to prevent it. She wasn´t that cruel though, so she didn´t do anything like that, Drew seemed to enjoy these types of things though and chortled.
Everyone ignored it; however he soon noticed that there was all seven of May´s Pokémon when a trainer could only carry six and found it odd, "Hey May, how´d you get all your Pokémon here?"
Soon Ash and Misty were also curious about the strange occurrence, "Oh I brought some them with me and once we got to the lab, my dad transferred the rest since everyone should be here to have fun." The brunette said smiling innocently.
"That explains it," Ash escaped his trance of thought with Misty and Drew as well.
"Now how about we get this show on the road," May and the trio all had confident smiles on.
"Sure," Drew reached for Pokeball.
"Guess that means we´re going to be battling here huh? Fine with me, come on out Seadra!" the red-haired gym leader called out.
"Misty I didn´t know Horsea evolved, that makes things even better," Ash´s blood was fueling for battle.
"Yeah it was just a few months ago, and it's really strong. This battle won´t be easy Ash Ketchum," the gym leader gave him an assuring smile.
"I can bet on that, how about you May?" Ash shifted to the brunette.
"Glaceon come here!" May shouted out excitingly at the Ice-type that came in a jiffy. It looked just as excited, having been called for what she knew she was called and she was just as eager to battle.
"Glaceon, great I´ve been wondering how strong it´s gotten," the raven-haired trainer told her.
"Plenty Ash, we´ll win this one for sure," she gave the boy a wink and smile.
Ash blushed under his Sinnoh hat, and Misty only smiled deviously while Drew had gotten a bit irritated, May only looked at Glaceon as if telling her she was going to do great, not noticing the scene. The Pallet boy´s attention then turned to Drew, "Which Pokémon will you use, Roserade?"
Drew flicked his hair, "I´m not predictable Ash, I´m going to use this one!" The LaRousse boy called it in pure confidence as it threw its Pokeball in midair.
When the flash vanished it revealed a tremendous Volcano Pokémon. Its roar gained the attention of everyone and looked at the fearsome Pokémon.
"You got a Typhlosion, awesome now I really can´t wait for this battle and I know just who to use," Ash clenched his fist.
"Don´t expect an easy win," was the green-haired boy´s only remark.
"Quilava over here!" the Kanto native waved to his Johto ally. It approached its trainer cheerfully, but it also stood before its evolved form and Drew.
The Fire-type only appeared tense at the towering foe and its trainer. Like Ash´s other Pokémon, they had a bad feeling about this newcomer, Drew and felt that it would cause problems eventually.
"Quilava we´re going to battle against Drew and Misty alongside May in a double battle, you ready?" The black-haired master looked down at his friend who shook its head.
Quilava was not going to get frightened by a Typhlosion and a fierce trainer; after all like all the other Pokémon Ash had it was confident about itself.
"Pika pikachu," the electric mouse wished its friend good luck happily. It knew Quilava could do it, and Ash had picked him to test its ability against its evolved form. Pikachu knew his trainer that well.
Like before the yellow pal was going to serve as referee as the quartet and their Pokémon got in to their respective spots. May stood behind her Glaceon, Ash stood behind Quilava, and Drew stood behind Typhlosion, while Misty stood behind Seadra. They were battling in the same spot where Ash and Misty trained so Seadra entered the water. Drew and Misty had the advantage in this battle, but Misty knew Ash had some tricks up his sleeve. Ash thought that types weren´t everything to win a battle so he was calm about it, and May thought the same since she got this same concept from him.
"Pika pikachu!" Ash´s first Pokémon declared the battle to begin.
"Quilava, start off with Swift on Typhlosion," Ash ordered Quilava.
"Let´s keep this simple for now Dig," demanded the fire beast´s master.
"Quick use Dig to stop Typhlosion!" the brunette called out quickly.
The Ice-type dug underground, but the moment it did Typhlosion jumped out. "Now Typhlosion use Earthquake!" and the moment it dropped on the floor, the whole ground shook furiously forcing Glaceon out of the ground and landing viciously on the dirt. Quilava had also paid a toll and fell backwards, damaged heavily by a super effective move. Seadra was unaffected since it was on water.
"Seadra use Bubblebeam on Quilava and Glaceon," the Dragon Pokémon unleashed barrage of bubbles that were heading right at the duo.
Quilava tried to get its composure, but there was no time for it to dodge the attack. "Glaceon use Ice Beam to stop that move in its tracks and then swing them with your tail," and the Fresh Snow Pokémon did as it was told.
The Ice Beam froze the bubbles and was hit by Glaceon's tail like baseballs. The ice volley was heading straight for Seadra, but then Drew called out an order. "Stop that with Flamethrower, Typhlosion!" the Pokémon rapidly did the order and melted the ice with fire move heading for Glaceon.
Misty found the technique May used exactly like the one Ash previously used and grinned. Ash couldn´t let the Flamethrower reach Glaceon or it would suffer major pain.
"Stop that with your own Flamethrower!" the raven-haired boy demanded with tension.
Quilava got in front of Glaceon and fired a Flamethrower that ended the other Flamethrower. "Now follow up with Smokescreen," the boy told its Johto friend.
With that Quilava covered the battle field in smoke and nothing could be seen.
"Quilava use your hearing and use Swift on Seadra," the Quilava´s trainer ordered.
"You do the same Glaceon, but use Water Pulse on Typhlosion," the Glaceon´s master demanded.
"Dodge it Typhlosion," the emerald-eyed boy commanded.
Since Typhlosion didn´t know where to move since the attack could come from anywhere, the Water Pulse made a direct hit that pushed back as the Volcano Pokémon groaned at the tremendously effective move.
Misty grinded her teeth, "Use Agility to move out fast!"
"You do the same Quilava!" the boy mimicked.
Seadra was off land and was going at incredible speed as was Quilava and used hearing to avoid dire consequences. The smoke was clearing up little by little though, but ears were the primary use to gain the upper hand right now.
"Quick Attack," Ash spoke with intensity.
Seadra wasn´t fast enough to avoid the unseen attack and was hit hard as it fell back to the water.
Finally the smokescreen had cleared up, but neither side was giving up. "Use Twister Seadra," Misty required the attack.
Seadra did as follows as a huge twister came at them, "Use Blizzard quick," the ice creature´s trainer required.
Ash smirked at her, which was good thinking of her. The tornado froze dead in its tracks. "Now break through it and use Iron Tail," the brunette told the Pokémon.
It broke through with the steel move, but before it hit Typhlosion hit her with a Flame Wheel, that was so incredibly fast it would barely be detected. Glaceon fell to the side and got up with wounds covering it from the serious attack.
"Quilava use your own Flame Wheel on Typhlosion," Ash was getting frustrated with the dire need of strategy.
"Halt it with Double-Edge," Drew flicked his hair.
Quilava charged quickly, but was fouled by a powerful Double-Edge that flew back, however Typhlosion faced recoil. As it flew back though, Ash told it use Dig. Drew knew exactly how to counter this, but May and Ash knew what to do now. May also told Glaceon to use Dig, but Drew ordered an Earthquake.
Before it could unleash the quake though, "Jump out now!" the pair said at the same time and the two did what they were told as they jumped out and avoided the shake since they were in midair.
"Water Pulse on Typhlosion," May pointed for the final evolved form of Cyndaquil.
"Push it back with a Water Gun," Misty directed Seadra as it began its defense.
"Cancel it with Aerial Ace, Quilava!" Ash spoke out fiercely.
Quilava´s superior speed stopped Seadra at the right moment and made it go underwater as the fire starter back flipped to its position. Because of this Water Pulse hit Typhlosion since Drew had no way of protecting it.
"Now, Shadow Ball!" May, gave yet another command.
Typhlosion was still hurt from the water attack, but thanks to Seadra who burst out of the water with a Dragon Pulse cancelled the ghost move out.
"Let´s see how you like this May, Flash Cannon!" Misty shouted out as the offensive technique aimed for Glaceon.
"Intervene with Fire Blast, Quilava," Ash said without any hesitation.
Yet another set of moves was cancelled out when they collided. Typhlosion was nowhere to be found though after the dust from the collision hit. The Pokémon on the ranch were watching intensely hoping for their trainer to win.
"This isn´t good Ash," May told him.
"I know, let´s follow his lead and go under too," Ash recommended and May shook her head.
"Dive underwater Seadra," Misty gave a crafty grin as it disappeared as well.
All Pokémon were under the surface right and only the four trainers could be seen. It was as if they were fighting without Pokémon.
"Now Typhlosion!" Drew screamed loudly.
"Follow behind it!" May and Ash had spoken simultaneously once again.
All three had surfaced from the ground with vicious faces. "Water Gun on Quilava!" the red-head demanded as the Water-type leaped out and shot pressurized water at a surprised Quilava. The Fire-type was shot down to the floor as it looked seriously injured.
"Lava Plume, now!" Drew spread his arms as he gave the next order.
Lava spurted out from the ground behind Typhlosion and fired at Glaceon who also fell back. Ash and May´s Pokémon were sustaining heavy injuries right now and there wasn´t much to do.
"I´ve been saving this one for you May. Typhlosion use a Fire Spin and follow-up with a Flame Wheel," the male coordinator demanded from the fire Pokémon.
Typhlosion released a twirl of fire and jumped in to and ran at full speed. The more speed it built up the more it started to look like a sphere. Both Typhlosion were aiming straight at Glaceon, but Quilava was powerless to stop. Once it hit everything would be over for May. The faster it got the flames would start to take shape of a flaming serpent.
"Water Pulse," May doubted her choice.
"No you don´t, Double Edge!" Drew shot his arm out.
It charged forward and the fiery sphere vanished replaced by a powerful tackle. As the Water Pulse headed for Typhlosion, the Volcano Pokémon just kept going and once it hit the spherical water attack dispersed on contact and Typhlosion went on.
"What! NO!" May yelled at the top of her lungs.
The Fire Spin hit Glaceon first and the Double-Edge only pushed Glaceon farther back. The Ice-type squealed in pain as it was pushed farther away. Typhlosion faced recoil, but it was nothing compared to Glaceon. Quilava only watched in horror as its final evolved form, mercilessly harmed Glaceon.
"Get up Glaceon please," the trainer appeared distraught. What could she do now, was it over.
"Dragon Pulse on Quilava," Misty gave her next attack.
"Dig to dodge, quick," Ash grinded his teeth at this.
"Dig to get it out, Typhlosion," Drew commanded.
As the two forms of the same evolution dug around searching for each other, Glaceon had gotten up. "No way, Glaceon was supposed to be knocked out after that assault," Drew groaned.
"Think again Drew," May gave him a crafty smile.
"May I want you to follow my example except using you use Water Pulse k," Ash got May´s attention as she nodded.
"Quilava jump out and use Fire Blast on the holes!" Ash reached his arm out as he yelled.
Quilava unleashed the mighty fire attack and shot at a hole, "Typhlosion get out fast!" the LaRousse boy called out quick as soon as he realized what Ash was trying to do, but it was too late.
Fire burst out from the holes like geysers and with it, came Typhlosion flying in the air and began dropping back, unable to get its equanimity. "Now May!" the girl´s partner commanded with a cry.
"Water Pulse like Quilava did, Glaceon," the Hoenn female quickly ordered the ice Pokémon.
"No, darn it!" Drew was now getting frustrated as Typhlosion was dropping down without control.
"Stop Glaceon with Water Gun," Misty stipulated.
"No you're not, Quilava get in the way and use Fire Blast once again," Ash instructed the Johto Pokémon.
Quilava gave intervention between the Water Gun and Glaceon. It let loose a Fire Blast that halted the Water Gun as everything evaporated and left steam. Quilava dropped down as Seadra vanished from sight thanks to the steam.
Meanwhile, the Water Pulse had shot and like before the holes shot out water like geysers and sent Typhlosion down.
"That´s the way," Ash high-fived May.
Drew chuckled, and Typhlosion got up, however this time it was furious. Its eyes were completely red and a red aura-like energy surrounded it.
"You´ve got to be kidding, it's still up?" the brunette gasped at this.
"It´s also activated Blaze, this is bad," Ash remarked finding the options running out.
"Twister!" Seadra had let loose and hit Glaceon. The duo hadn´t noticed because of the steam and Glaceon was sent backwards, still standing however.
"Your Pokémon have nerve, I´ll give you that, but it´ll take more than endurance to win," Drew flicked his hair, his arrogance getting high.
"I´ll thank you for the steam Ash, it works like Smokescreen, but watch this. Use Agility," the red-haired gym leader demanded.
"You´re not going to win Misty, I can reassure you that, Agility Quilava," Ash gave her a reassuring smile.
Seadra came out of the steam and Quilava went onward with incredible speed and soon they were facing each other.
"Flamethrower!" Ash yelled.
"Water Gun!" Misty cried.
The two released their opposite attacks that cancelled each other. They both landed backwards on land, but now the steam was bigger from the collision.
All four of them could use this for an advantage they thought. The Pokémon observing were extremely tense, even Pikachu. No one knew who would win.
Drew snapped his fingers, and all of a sudden the enraged Typhlosion unleashed Eruption. No matter where Glaceon or Quilava were now they couldn´t dodge this and it only became clear two seconds before it hit one of them, Glaceon´s speed let dodge it, but barely. Quilava on the other hand was in a dire situation as continuous barrages of Eruption hit it. When Glaceon had enough of this it used Dig without any orders.
Seadra stood there and could hear activity, "Seadra, Water Gun on the holes."
The pressurized water hit the holes and geysers shot out. With the combination of Eruption and Water Gun, Quilava was injured dangerously bad, except it just wouldn´t quit.
"Quilava, no you can´t go on any further stop!" the Blaze Pokémon's trainer ordered, but it didn´t listen.
Suddenly, Quilava started to undergo a transformation. The thing during the battle though was Glaceon vanished, May was the only one smirking until she sent out a command, "Iron Tail on Seadra!"
"What?" the water gym leader panicked.
Seadra turned around to find Glaceon swinging its tail; it was now iron and hit Seadra directly in the face. The Dragon Pokémon shrieked in pain as it was swung backward and fell hard on the ground. Soon swirl eyes appeared on its face.
"Pikachu!" the yellow mouse declared Seadra unable to battle as it had landed on his feet.
Misty returned it to its ball, "Seadra you did great, I hope you know that take a long rest." The red-head put her Pokeball back where it belonged as the battle continued.
"It´s all up to you Drew," the blue-eyed girl faced him.
"I have this under control," the green-eyed boy gave her assurance, but she had her doubts since she knew more about Ash´s battling skill than he did, but she wasn´t able to judge May´s skills well enough. She had a similar style to Ash that was for sure, perhaps that´s what helped Drew get this far she thought.
"Typhlosion use Fire Blast on Glaceon," the emerald-eyed teen commanded.
"Quick Water Pulse," May called out and the fire and water techniques clashed, thankfully though no more mist was produced. The view was still vague though, and the Pokémon had to use hearing.
Glaceon and May were shocked to find Typhlosion using Double-Edge without even Drew making an instruction.
"Use Iron Tail!" the Hoenn female shrieked.
The bond between Drew and Typhlosion must be strong if it was able to know what to do without a command, May thought. This sort of connection made it an even more unpredictable and difficult battle as Drew´s Typhlosion provoked sparks with Glaceon´s tail as Double-Edge and Iron Tail clashed.
An explosion was then heard from the collision and Glaceon and Typhlosion landed back to their respective spots. Typhlosion didn´t move an inch, but Glaceon started trembling and finally it tumbled. The proud Volcano Pokémon gave a sly smile over this, as Drew flicked his hair as if he expected an easy win from this.
Quilava was soon left and the attention was turned it. All the mist had finally faded making this battle a lot simpler, but the intensity would not vanish so easily, both Ash and Drew thought.
Ash´s Johto Fire-type had red aura-like energy as did Typhlosion before it and its eyes were blistering red. Everyone was stunned May, Drew, Ash, and Misty. Quilava was growling viciously and then they realized what the ability Quilava was using was called. Ash´s serious face as well as grinding his teeth stopped and changed to a sly smirk as he noticed this ability.
Drew had now gotten upset at this fact. He was groaning, his teeth were grinding, and he glared at Ash. This battle wasn´t going to end without a heck of a fight they both thought.
