Unexpected Twist
And the story goes on! Thanks for the support to all my fans. Remember that there will only be 19 chapters for this story so the end is rather near. I know there's not a lot for Ash to do as he only has to go through the gyms and then the League. But I think the last three gyms including this one will have some twists that might be interesting.
Now let's find out!
Chapter 13: The Team Grows
Ash had finally reached Olivine City. He was ready for his next Gym badge of Johto. So far he had five and was missing three before been officially able to enter the Johto League. It had been rather peaceful days of traveling over the region. Except for that pestering Eusine guy. The guy was a legend freak, always trying to look for any traces of the legendary Beast Water-type Suicune. Like if he had some sort of morbid fetish for it. It had been rather ironic that after defeating his Alakazam with his son Pupitar, Ash had caught sight of a wild Suicune near a lake.
The Aura trainer strode inside the gym building with his two out-of-the-Pokeball Pokemon hoping to find the Gym leader. The teenager from Kanto found a teenage lady a few years older than him. The lady had long light brown hair and was dressed in a grey dress. The cute teenager was chatting with a much younger girl, who had an Onix next to her. The elder one had to be Jasmine, the Steel-type expert.
"Oh hello there" The teenage lady said towards Ash with a friendly smile "Are you looking for someone?"
"I was looking for Jasmine and see if she would accept a Gym battle" Ash said now. Yet something told him that searching wasn't going to take that long.
"Well, Jasmine accepts" The obvious Gym leader replied. She whispered something towards the younger girl with her Onix. The kid went into the sidelines as the referee.
"Challenger, state your name and place of origin!" The young girl as a referee said to Ash.
"I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town" The Aura trainer replied. His Pokemon were ready for this.
"This is an official two-on-two Gym battle between the Gym Leader Jasmine and the challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town in Kanto. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute his Pokemon at any moment. All the other League clauses apply and there's no time limit. Now send out your first Pokemon!" The referee said.
"Go Magnemite!" Jasmine sent out her Magnemite, floating over the battlefield with his magnet-like body.
"Okay Gligar, let's go!" Ash called out his Vampire Pokemon from Johto. The purple flying scorpion hovered in the field smirking towards the enemy. Jasmine frowned knowing she was in real troubles. Magnemite was an Electric/Steel Pokemon so Ground attacks would be very harmful for her Pokemon. And her own Electric attacks would be useless too.
"Magnemite vs Gligar, begin!" The referee said.
"Okay Magnemite, use Mirror Shot!" Jasmine ordered. The hovering Pokemon charged a metallic green sphere in front of him and fired it off.
"Gligar, Double Team!" Ash countered and his Pokemon created many copies of himself. One was destroyed by the attack while the others remained. The Scorpion Pokemon then stuck his tongue out mockingly. Ash smiled. His Gligar could be strong but still a die-hard prankster nonetheless.
"Flash Cannon!" Jasmine ordered unfazed by the Pokemon's antics. Her Magnet Pokemon charged the silver blast and fired it off. The Steel move started destroying the fakes.
"Dodge and Guillotine!" The Aura trainer ordered now. The multiple Gligars got out of the way and shot towards the opponent with pincers x-crossed and glowing white.
"Magnemite, get out of there!" Jasmine ordered seeing the incoming danger. After all, Guillotine was an instant knock-out move. The flying magnet Pokemon hovered away but the remaining clones were faster reaching him. One by the one, the fakes simply faded away confusing the Pokemon even further. Finally the real Gligar slammed against Magnemite sending him plummeting down into the ground completely knocked out with swirls in his eyes.
"Magnemite is unable to battle. Gligar wins. Gym Leader, send out your last Pokemon!" The referee said. Jasmine recalled her Pokemon knowing this wasn't the usual trainer she was facing against.
"Great job, Gligar. Now take a rest" Ash recalled his Ground/Flying Pokemon and prepared his next Pokemon "Blastoise, go!" The Turtle Pokemon roared, standing with his giant bulk on the arena.
"Steelix, finish this!" Jasmine called out her fully-evolved Pokemon. It was more than ten meters long with a hard iron skin. Spikes protruded from his segmented body a giant mean-looking face atop of his body. Ash rose an eyebrow. Steelix had disadvantage to Water attacks. So Jasmine had obviously thought about something else.
"Steelix vs Blastoise, begin!" The referee said.
"Use Screech!" Jasmine comanded first. The Steel Pokemon unleashed the high-pitched wail towards the Water starter.
"Avoid it with Withdraw!" Ash countered. His Water Pokemon went inside his shell and avoided the attack. It also increased his defence stat.
"Steelix, use Dragon Breath!" Jasmine attacked now knowing she had to do some damage. The Iron Snake let loose the yellow blast from its mouth.
"Dodge with Rapid Spin!" Ash countered. Blastoise started spinning upwards into the ceiling and dodged the paralyzing attack only by the skin of his teeth "Now Hydro Pump!" The Turtle Pokemon went outside his shell and fired the two water sprouts from his shoulder cannons.
"Dodge and Dragon Breath!" The Gym leader went into offensive now. Steelix moved away from the aqua blast and fired his paralyzing Dragon attack again.
"Wash the entire field with Surf!" The Aura trainer ordered. Blastoise created a giant water wave that intercepted the attack for him. The wave was vaporized by the attack with none of the Pokemon taking damage "Charge at Steelix with Aqua Jet!" Blastoise suddenly shot forward enshrouded by a water torpedo.
"Receive him with Thunder Fang!" Jasmine ordered seen the opening. The Iron Snake shot his head forward with his fangs covered in electricity. Blastoise didn't dodge it because it was what he had to do. To make Jasmine go overconfident. Steelix used the Turtle Pokemon as his chewing toy and threw him down into the ground. Ash was ready. That was part of the plan. It was time to finish things for one.
"Blastoise, let's use your Ice Beam!" The Water Pokemon overpowered the paralysis on his body and fired the freezing arcs of cold ice from his mouth. The attack hit Steelix doing very little damage. But it had the effect of encasing his entire snake body inside a glacier. "Now finish this with Fissure!" Blastoise roared with strength and stomped the ground hard. Multiple cracks spread through the ground towards the trapped Pokemon. Jasmine stared with eyes wide open. Not again! It was the same tactic and she had been fooled into it!
"Steelix, try to get away!" The Gym leader desperately ordered. But it was already too late. The also instant knock-out move landed over the frozen dual-Type Pokemon, earning a yell of pain from the evolution of Onix. The ice shattered into small icicles.
Steelix landed on the ground completely knocked out with swirls in his eyes.
"Steelix is unable to battle. Blastoise wins. I declare the challenger Ash Ketchum the winner of the match!" The young girl as referee said.
"Great job, Blastoise" Ash said towards his fully-evolved Water Pokemon, who pumped his arms in victory. The Aura trainer was proud of how strong his Water starter had become in no time. All of his Pokemon were strong, no doubt about that.
"Ash you are very powerful. Whitney told me about a powerful trainer, who had astonished her" Jasmine stated earning a blush out of Ash "I see she could only refer to you" He was hot no doubt about that.
"Well, I do have some charm" Ash replied rubbing his head innocently. Next to him, Pikachu and Pupitar chuckled to themselves.
"And here's your Mineral Badge" Jasmine handed her badge. Ash took the new grey-colored symbol and placed it on his badge case.
The Aura trainer walked outside the gym's door alongside Jasmine. It seemed like nothing bad could happen after such a great fight. But there was always something happening.
"Hey stop, you thieves!" An old man suddenly yelled from behind Ash and Jasmine. Three men were running away from him with a blue egg inside an incubator. Ash didn't need to hazard a guess in what was going on here.
"Pupitar, Dark Pulse!" Ash ordered on instincts and his Pokemon son nodded. A sphere charged in his mouth and a powerful spiral of dark energy shot faster than a bullet. It hit the three thieves making them fall down and land on their faces. The egg they were carrying was already falling to the ground but a blue shield was covering it. Ash sighed, lucky of his quick thinking. He brought the blue egg to him with his aura power.
"I think this is yours, sir" Ash said towards the middle-aged man handing the egg. The later looked grateful towards the youngster.
"Thank you very much, lad" The old breeder said to the young trainer smiling. His name was Shelby and he was a Pokemon Breeder.
"Hey brat, what do you think you are doing?!" One of the thieves, maybe the leader, blurted out towards Ash not realizing how many troubles he was in. Pikachu frowned in anger, his cheeks showing yellow volts. Pupitar also got mad that someone was insulting his father charging another Dark Pulse with more strength behind it.
However, Ash rose his hands telling them without words to stand down. This situation required a more thundering approach.
"I'm stopping you!" Ash answered back to the thug his eyes shinning fully blue. That had the effect of making the thugs think twice before engaging against the not-so-obvious kid. The Aura trainer brought one of his special Pokeballs out. This was certainly going to be sweet. The Titan of Lightning bursted out with sparks flying around him "Zapdos, stop them with Thunder!" The Thunder Pokemon unleashed the powerful Electric move, hundreds of lightning tendrils firing off with devastating power. All of them rained down over the thugs, who were instantly paralyzed by them. They dropped to the ground, their bodies espasming with overdose of volts and heart failures.
"Great job Zapdos" Ash said rubbing his Pokemon's head. The Titan enjoyed his touch, which created glitter over his yellow feathers. The two viewers observed with undivided stupor.
"Great mother of Arceus!" The gym leader blurted out in utter shock.
"I have to say, a young trainer with a Legendary Pokemon is just unheard off" The man called Shellby said, marveling at the mere presence of the Titan of Lightning from Kanto. Just hearing from one was incredible but seen one in action was even better. And it looked like it hadn't even warmed up.
"Ash, did you always had Zapdos in your team?" Jasmine asked curiously, checking the giant Bird of Lighting out. Even when she was a couple of feet away from him, her hair stood on edge by the electrically-charged aura Zapdos had around him.
"For five or six months, almost" Ash explained towards the lady "I'm sorry he didn't fight against you but I really didn't want to you to think that I depended on a Legendary Pokemon to win" Jasmine shook her head obviously not thinking the same.
"Ash, if you beated me without losing a Pokemon, then Zapdos would have won by just staring at me" The Gym leader replied. The breeder was looking at the young trainer with curiosity. The egg he had was to be the trophy in an Extreme Pokemon race. But the young man in front of him had certainly earn it after his selfless actions.
"Here young man" The breeder offered the unhatched Pokemon. Ash holded the offered blue egg on his hands looking at it with curiosity.
"But why?" The trainer from Kanto asked. He had already received a Pokemon egg so why he was been handing another was simply weird.
"Because I think you can do a great job in taking care of it" Shellby explained smiling. He knew by just looking at the Pokemon around him that they were properly taken care off and also had great deal of strength "I know that Tyranitars aren't as numerous as before. And the fact your Larvitar is already a Pupitar then tells me you can handdle this Pokemon without an issue" Ash looked at his Shell son, knowing he was right. Many trainers spent years trying to make their Pokemon evolve by just raw power when a bond was also required. That was why his Pokemon became incredibly powerful in no time. It wasn't just about learning new moves but also learning about themselves. So Ash was going to do what he did naturally. Add his new family member.
"Thank you, sir. I will take good care of this Pokemon" Ash replied. He then said goodbye to Jasmine and Shellby and left towards his next adventure riding on Zapdos' back. The teenager kept gazing at his blue egg.
"Father, does that mean I will have another sibling?" Pupitar asked towards his father curiously. Not that the Shell Pokemon lacked plenty of family relatives.
"Certainly, son" Ash replied. Next to him, his Electric starter chuckled "Don't laugh, Pikachu. Because you are going to be the babysitter"
"You wouldn't do that" Pikachu said a bit fearful. He had taken care of many Pokemon but even he had limits.
"Who knows?" Ash replied, leaving his starter sweating nervous. Then Ash looked at his new egg thinking who could hatch out of it.
Notes from Chapter 13:
I already tell you, Ash won't capture the Red Gyarados, which appears later on.
A blue egg. Does that sound like a cannon Pokemon Ash captured in the region of Johto?
Suicune appeared like in the first chapter of the Anime in Johto. I bet many wanted for Ash to capture it but new legends will only be catched in the sequel. And Suicune will appear in "Start of a legend"
Just because Ash sent out one Legend it doesn't mean everyone will suddenly find out about them.
And the trainer got a couple of surprises this time! See what comes next!