Unexpected Twist
The new chapter. Thanks for the support to all my fans. For those, who want Ash to have a Riolu... just wait for the sequel of the story. There are many things that will be explained there.
It will take me a while to update stories again. Remember I can only work on them during the weekends. So that's why this chapter might look a bit rushed. That's why one-shots like "Stress Relief" are going to be more common than a story update.
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Now let's read!
Chapter 14: Not a Cold Time
After a whole extra month of journey through the forests of Johto, Ash found himself descending to the ground on the outskirts of Mahogany Town riding on his electrifying Zapdos. Now it was time for the seventh Gym Badge. The Thunder Legend finally touched the ground, his feet exuding electricity into the grass and dispelling inside the soil. Ash jumped from his Pokemon's back along with his starter Pikachu and Pupitar. The trainer made sure to not shake his backpack a lot. His egg rested inside.
"Nice job, Zapdos. Take a good rest" The young aura trainer recalled his Lightning Legend for a rest. The Aura trainer smiled looking at one of his unique Pokeball. Even after almost seven months since the incident in Shamouti Island, Ash still couldn't believe four of the strongest Pokemon heard his orders in a battle. The teenager could only feel honored by that fact. Not many trainers had the chance to meet Legendary Pokemon, let alone be told you were meant to fulfill an ancient prophecy.
The raven-haired teenager walked inside the gym, noticing many Water Pokemon inside pools. There were a few Lapras a few Seals and even a few baby Spheals under the watch of the elder Walreins. All of them were Ice-type Pokemon so it was no wonder that the Gym leader was an Ice expert. Something Ash had already found out but it was better to have his theory confirmed.
Ash soon arrived on what looked like a frozen battlefield. There was a lot of ground covered in slippery ice with a zone covered in liquid water. The Aura trainer could only guess that it was for any Water Pokemon used by the challenger or the leader.
"Hello there" A man's voice suddenly said towards Ash entering through a door. It was a man on his early sixties, with white hair and hints of wrinkles on his face. He casually walked towards the teenager "My name is Pryce and I am the gym leader" Just the man Ash needed.
"I'm Ash Ketchum. And I'm looking for a gym battle" The teenager from another region stated ready to obtain another badge.
"Then you have one" Pryce replied seen his challenger right back in the eye "Two on two battle. And only the challenger can substitute Pokemon. The other League clauses apply. Do you accept my challenge?" The gym Leader stated towards his challenger.
"I do" Ash replied, ready for this moment. He would now be one step closer to the Johto League. His team for now consisted on Quilava and Pupitar as a back up. Charizard and Moltres were simply too strong for the gym leader to handdle even if one wasn't even a Legendary Pokemon.
A lady walked into the referee stance.
"This is an official Gym Battle between Mahogany Town Gym Leader Pryce and the Challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute his Pokemon and the other clauses apply. Now, send out your first Pokemon!" The referee said.
"Dewgong, go!" The Gym leader sent out his Ice/Water Pokemon. It was just like Lorelei's. A white-fured seal Pokemon with a sharp horn in his forehead. The Seal Pokemon floated on the unfrozen parts of the pool.
"Quilava, I choose you!" Ash called out his Fire starter from Johto. The evolution of Cyndaquil ignited the fire in his head and rear ready for the combat.
"Dewgong vs Quilava, begin!" The referee said.
"Start with Safeguard!" Pryce started. The Ice Pokemon covered itself in a shield against status change. Ash knew that using Fire moves were not going to cause burning side effect now that Safeguard was up. But they could still cause damage.
"Quilava, Smoke Screen!" Ash ordered his counter. The Fire Pokemon unleashed the thick plumes of smoke from his mouth. The arena was now darkening. But Ash could still see with his Aura and that meant Quilava had a great advantage over the enemy.
"Don't let him go, use Aurora Beam!" Pryce ordered. His Dewgong fired a multicolored beam from its horn spreading into the plume.
"Okay Quilava, Double Team!" Ash countered, his Fire Pokemon creating copies of himself and only one fake been destroyed by the Ice attack "And now Flame Charge right to your left!" Quilava bursted its body with red flames and sprinted with his speed accelerating by the use of the move. The Fire starter hit the Ice opponent head on sending it backwards and injured.
"I'm truly surprised, Ash. I never thought you could attack while in the dark" The Gym leader stated. This trainer was not very common. "I've heard many things about your progress. But you are more than what meets the eye" Pryce said approvingly. The smoke cleared away and the two Pokemon were back into normal view.
"Dewgong, dive!" Pryce ordered. The Seal Pokemon went underwater and out of sight. An average trainer would have been worried by that. But then again, Ash had long ago understood he was beyond anything average.
"Quilava, run up to a stone pillar!" Ash ordered. Quilava did so standing on top of a frozen stone waiting for another command. Ash surveyed the frozen field using his Aura sight to find the submerged opponent "And now use Hidden Power right there!" Ash pointed at a place in particular of the pool. The Gym Leader rose an eyebrow. Was he serious or just going for a lucky shot? Quilava fired a barrage of yellow spheres from his mouth and they all went inside the water. As soon as they touched the liquid, electricity spread all over the pool. A few seconds later, Dewgong was floating with swirls in its eyes.
"Dewgong is unable to battle. Quilava wins. Gym Leader, send out your last Pokemon!" The referee said. Pryce recalled his Pokemon still coming to terms with how the youngster had bypassed the ice surface and looked at his Pokemon. Using Hidden Power electric was good no doubt about that.
The trainer from Kanto sighed. Good thing he had recently trained how to use his Aura sight without turning his eyes blue. That way, people would not look at him suspiciously. Or at least less suspiciously than one would. He could still turn his eyes blue just to scare people off if he was really pissed off.
"Piloswine, let's go!" Pryce called out his strongest Pokemon. It was a mammoth-like Pokemon with two tusks and a lot of brown fur over its body. The teenager knew it was an Ice but also Ground type. So Fire moves would have to be very powerful to harm it. And as Hidden Power was electric it would be useless.
"Ash, let me keep fighting" Quilava said towards his trainer. Ash looked at his Pokemon and smiled. If he was sure then Ash wasn't going to stop him. The two had trained to battle so battling was what the Fire Pokemon would do.
"I keep Quilava" The Aura trainer said to the referee.
"Piloswine vs Quilava, begin!" The referee said.
"Quilava, Fire Blast!" Ash started things up. The Fire starter unleashed the star-shaped fire attack headind at high speed towards the enemy.
"Use Amnesia!" Pryce countered. The Ice Pokemon amplified his Special Defence by two stages. The Fire hit him and did just a small ammount of damage.
"Now Sheer Cold!" The leader ordered. The Mammoth Pokemon roared the entire field covering in thick permafrost emanating from his body. Ash knew that the Ice move could be instant knock out for him.
"Surround yourself with Flame Wheel!" The Aura trainer countered. Quilava did so, the fire engulfing him. The ice turned into vapor once it touched the hot flames and left the Fire Pokemon untouched. Ash smiled ready for a special combo of his own "Now keep the fire up and Swift!" Quilava barfed the golden stars, which combined with the fire and landed on the opponent. The Normal-Fire move hit Piloswine, doing some moderate damage this time. But the Tusk Pokemon was still ready to go.
The Gym leader could not stop himself from smiling. This trainer could pass as an Elite Four of his region. His way of battling certainly looked like one.
"Use Rest!" Pryce ordered. His Ice/Ground Pokemon started snoring recovering his lost health.
"Charge with Flame Wheel!" Ash went again hoping that a physical attack could do more damage. His Fire Pokemon rolled in blaze into his snoring enemy.
"Sleeptalk!" Pryce ordered taking his opponent by surprise. Piloswine' sleeping body started charging towards the incoming enemy with the mammoth body shinning yellow. The Flame Wheel and the Take Down pushed each other until reaching a stalemate. The two combatants were pushed backwards to their respective sides of the field. The sleeping Pokemon now woke up after barely recovering health after taking the recoil damage. But Quilava seemed to have received a bit more damage with bruises in his blue-and-yellow fur.
"Ice Beam!" The gym Leader ordered now. And Piloswine fired the three-arc Ice move right at his enemy, making Quilava screech in agony. Even a Fire Pokemon had to feel that one. Because Quilava was now struggling to get back up. A few parts of his body now had ice crusts.
"Come on Quilava, get up!" Ash pleaded to his Fire starter. The Pokemon was really trying to follow the command. But he wasn't having any luck. Ash knew he could switch Pokemon but Quilava had said no. But again many Pokemon could sometimes be as stubborn as their trainers. Pikachu and Pupitar were encouraging the Fire Pokemon to get up as well "Don't give up now, my friend. We never give up on a fight!" The Fire Pokemon grunted knowing he couldn't let down his friends. Ash then saw Quilava's body glowing with new flames. The fire melted the ice from Quilava's body.
"Blaze is active" Ash stated to himself. Now he could finish this fight once and for all. Despite the risk of his Fire starter been now low on health "Quilava, attack with your full power!" The second form of Cyndaquil focused all the intense heat in his body into a mighty blast of incomparable blaze. Quilava unleashed the burning blast from the back of his throat with twice his own size. The spew of intense flames melted a few chunks of the battlefield and swallowed Piloswine in full. Even if he had recovered health, the super-powerful beam of fire had made all that healing useless. The Ground/Ice Tusk Pokemon fell limply on the surface with swirls for eyes.
"That was Blast Burn" Ash stated in surprise and also not understanding. The move could only be learnt by the Fire starters in their Final forms "But Quilava can't learn it unless..." Ash realized how that was remotely possible. The second form of Cyndaquil started shinning with white light, his body growing taller a bit more than Ash and also bulkier. The white light died down after a few seconds. Now the mighty Typhlosion roared, standing on his hinder legs with fire spikes on his shoulder blades. All of its injuries were gone too.
"Piloswine is unable to battle. Typhlosion wins. The winner of the match is Ash Ketchum!" The referee said.
"You did it Typhlosion!" Ash said proud. His now giant Pokemon went and hug his trainer, almost crushing every bone of the skeleton "Okay buddy, your love is going to kill me!" Near Ash, Pikachu and Pupitar congratulated their friend for his evolution. Ash's Pokedex beeped as the Aura trainer scanned it. Now Typhlosion knew a lot of new moves. Aside from Blast Burn of course.
The Gym leader recalled his Pokemon knowing the trainer in front of him was a serious competition. The elder man stepped forward towards his challenger.
"Congratulations, Ash. You beat me and earned the Glacier Badge" Pryce said handing over the ice blue-colored insignia. Ash placed the small object inside its case "Now your last challenge is in Blackthorn City"
"Really?" Ash stated knowing she was the last Leader before the Silver Conference would start "She's a Dragon mistress, isn't she?" The Ice leader nodded in response.
"That's right, and she is no push over so better bring some tough guns against her" The Ice Leader explained to his challenger.
"Don't worry, Pryce. I know exactly how to handle her" Ash replied with a smirk. He had quite the variety of Pokemon to properly take care of Dragon types.
Ash just walked out of the Pokemon Center after having his Pokemon checked over by Nurse Joy an hour after his victory. As the Aura trainer was walking with his Pikachu and Pupitar, three kids suddenly jumped in front of him. The three were dressed in blue outfits.
"Um, can I help you?" Ash asked eyebrow raised in confusion.
"Yes, you can twerp. By handing all of your Pokeballs" The apparent leader of the gang stated smiling wickedly. Ash didn't need his Aura to detect the idiocy emanating from the three stooges. All bark and no bite for sure. Ash was reminded of the three Rocket goons. Luckily those were still in jail for their annoyance. Pikachu and Pupitar looked at them seriously ready to blast them away.
"So you think you can beat the three of us in a three-on-three battle?" The apparent leader stated thinking himself as a real trainer.
"I'll only need one Pokemon" Ash stated now very seriously. He had one Pokeball ready for anything.
"Don't try to bluff, kid" One of the idiots said thinking he had a chance to win the experienced trainer from Kanto "Go Hitmonchan!" The humanoid Boxing Pokemon with red boxing gloves appeared.
"Go Hitmonlee!" The second idiot sent out the brown-colored humanoid Leg Pokemon.
"Go Hitmontop!" The last thug called out the Spinning Pokemon. Ash saw the three possible evolutions of Tyrogue at the same time. And he was just about to kick them all down with only one Pokemon.
"Let's end this, Sylveon!" The Aura trainer called out the unique Pokemon. The shiny evolution of Eevee materialized with glitter around her pink-and-white body. Many passers-by gawked at the cute and unique Pokemon from Kalos.
"What the Hell is that thing?!" The plump idiot blurted out obviously not recognizing the Fairy Pokemon. Sylveon growled by been called a thing. And so was her trainer.
"That 'thing', as you so smartly said, is a shiny evolution of Eevee. And she will kick you three without eveb breaking a sweat" Ash replied restraining himself from using his own Aura powers to land permanent damage on the fools. Despite how much he wanted to, jail didn't sound appealing. It would keep him away from Lorelei.
"Hitmonchan, Dynamic Punch!" The leader ordered right way. The Boxing Pokemon punched Sylveon in the face with his shinning punch. But it only pushed her back two inches without a real injury on her.
"Hitmonlee, Mega Kick!" The other idiot ordered. The Leg Pokemon charged with a glowing roundhouse. But again, Sylveon had less than a bruise on her flank after taking the hit.
"Hitmontop, Triple Kick!" The last dumb ass comanded obviously not realizing the danger. The Fighting move landed on Ash's Shiny Pokemon with three different kicks. But there was still no damage on the Fairy Pokemon, who merely yawned after all the attacks had ended. There were no marks on her glistering fur.
"I hope you were only warming up" Ash stated knowing his enemies were done for. His daughter had advantage over Fighting types and it was time to prove it "Because Sylveon is going to start wrecking some shit" The Fairy Pokemon smirked in a not very cute Fairy way "Sylveon, use Moonblast!" The Fairy charged a gigantic pink sphere of magic on her mouth and delivered it right at her three opponents, basking the place with hovering pixie dust. The three Fighting Pokemon were lying completely out for the count looking very black and blue.
The three idiots were still mouth-agape trying to process the fact they had been defeated with one attack alone.
"Now if you excuse me, I have real challengers waiting for me" Ash stated after recalling his shiny Fairy and walked away with Pikachu and Pupitar alongside him.
Notes from Chapter 14:
I know Blast Burn cannot be learnt by a Fire starter until you reach the final form. But that's just what happened here. Quilava learnt it so to finally have the strength to evolve. Typhlosion and Charizard are my favourite Fire starters so they will appear from time to time.
I know Pryce was a bit antipathetic in the Anime. But because he never lost his Piloswine then he was always happy.
I know having a Piloswine for so long without him evolving into Mamoswine sounds unrealistic. But I didn't want to change a lot of things from the original Anime chapter.
The three guys that appeared in the end were those who Misty met before going back to Cerulean City after the Silver Conference in the original Anime. I add them because Sylveon only had one fight so far in this story and all of them had Fighting Pokemon. And you know about Fairy's advantage over Fighting types.
So Ash is only missing one badge and also proved that his Sylveon is no push over. So read next chapter and find out what happens!