Hi, minna. Chapter 14. Well, the group are on the S S Anne and will be having a battle against something you will definitely know. The difference is that he won't have his complete team presently. But his team will be based more off his game counterpart, with one alteration but that won't be revealed in this chapter. :D
The group were relaxing with their Pokemon on the ship, as it began to float along the waves. Sylveon was chatting telepathically with Luchia and Riolu and Charmeleon were playing in the distance. As for Luchia, she had her incubator tucked safely in her arms as she looked at it. ''Do you think the Gible inside will like me, Sylveon? I'm not the best trainer in the world after all.''
Sylveon shook her head, with minor annoyance. 'I don't agree, mommy. I'm sure Gible will like you. Your kind, nurturing and overall, your just amazing to be with. Plus, I doubt that Cynthia gave you the egg because she thought you wouldn't take care of it. No, it would be the opposite.' She paused for a second, wrapping one of her many feelers around Luchia's arm. 'You'll be fine, I'm absolutely sure of it.'
Ash, who had been listening in, smiled briefly. Well, she did until a voice rang clear through the room. ''Well, well. Looks who here. Isn't it Ashy Boy and Lucie.'' Gary Oak began to walk towards them, with his smug smirk. ''Hey, Ash. We never got our battle before, so wanna do a battle now. We don't need to do 6 on 6, unless you really want to.''
''I'm game.'' said Ash with a smile. ''3 on 3. No substitutions and should our Pokemon disobey, they are disqualified.'' She spell out her terms clearly, knowing that her childhood friendly rival would agree to it.
''Okay.'' replied Gary, with his smug smile. Who was he to refuse a battle like that? After all, he believed clearly that he would win.
Brock, who had been watching, decided to be the referee whilst the girls simply prepared themselves for the battle. Brock stood a bit of a distance away from the battle field that had been set up for random battles. He spoke with a serious tone, that could rival the referees from the Pokemon League tournament. ''Okay, trainers. Release your first Pokemon.''
Gary grabbed his first poke ball and called out. ''Go, Growlithe!'' The red and black Puppy Pokemon appeared from the ball, giving out a large roar of intimidation onto the battlefield, as it waited for it's opponent to be called.
''Growlithe...'' muttered Ash, as she fumbled a bit with her poke balls. ''Go, Squirtle.'' The Squirtle appeared, but was immediately affected by the ability that Growlithe had. ''Great, lowered attack...hmm, with the type advantage, we'll be good.''
Gary took one look at the Squirtle and asked. ''You were late to choosing your starters and got that Pikachu, correct? So how on earth do you have a Squirtle on your team like that.'' He couldn't believe that he didn't have the luck with the type advantages here, and that his rival had a Pokemon more known for being a starter as opposed to being a Wild Pokemon.
''I caught him when he was part of a gang, known as the Squirtle Squad, just before reaching Vermilion City. When I spoke to Vermilion's Nurse Joy, she told me that they would constantly play tricks on the town, but they had also been abandoned by the former trainers. I also have a Bulbasaur, but how I obtained him is an entirely different story all together. And Lucie has a Charmander, who recently evolved into Charmeleon when she was having a battle with Misty, her new girlfriend.''
Gary nodded, shock written in his eyes. He shook his head and decided to get to the battle. He looked at his Pokemon, and called the move to start the fight. ''Growlithe, use Flame Wheel on the Squirtle.''
Ash grinned a little, but it soon altered to a smile. She looked at Squirtle, who was waiting patiently for the move calling. She quickly made the attack calls to alert the Tiny Turtle Pokemon on what it had to do to counter the Flame Wheel attack, and to beat the opposing Pokemon before them. ''Squirtle, counter it with Bubble then Water Gun.''
''Squirtle!'' He cried out, as he blow a bunch of bubbles from his mouth. The bubbles blasted through the Flame Wheel, but didn't continue from there. ''Tle!'' cried the Squirtle, as he blasted out Water Gun at the Growlithe, who whined from the pain of the water type attack. The pain became so overbearing that the Pokemon collapsed to the ground.
Gary sighed, recalling his Pokemon. He then picked up another poke ball. ''Go, Exeggutor!'' The coconut tree shaped Pokemon appeared before him with its normal derpy expression. The sight of the grass/psychic type unnerved Ash a little as it had the type advantage over Squirtle. ''Exeggutor, Energy Ball then follow it up with your Grass Knot attack.''
''Squirtle! Dodge the attacks and counter with Bite and Blizzard!'' The Squirtle did a back-flip over the Energy Ball, but wasn't able to dodge the Grass Knot attack, but it didn't do enough damage to faint him, as it only had a base 20 attack with his weight of 19.8 lbs. He ran over and bite the opponents, doing a lot of damage to the part psychic type Coconut Pokemon, he then summoned a Blizzard with his mouth.
Gary shouted. ''Dodge the Blizzard, Exeggutor! And follow up with Solar Beam!'' The Pokemon just managed to avoid the major damage from the Blizzard, but it did do some damage. However, it was quick to charge up the Solar Beam and hit the Squirtle, who wasn't prepared for the move. He was knocked straight out, causing Ash to sigh and recall him.
She sighed, looking straight at the dual type Pokemon and contemplated on who to bring out. She eventually made her choice. ''Go, Pidgeotto!'' The Bird Pokemon flew out of the ball, squawking loudly. ''Pidgeotto, start off with Air Cutter then finish it off with Air Slash. If that doesn't work, use Double Team!'' She paused. ''Trust your senses, Pidgeotto!''
The Bird Pokemon let out her battle cry, as she used the first attack on the Exeggutor, who hadn't been prepared for the flying-type. Gary managed to speak out an attack, just as Air Slash was used. ''Psychic, Exeggutor, stop it's movements!''
''Be careful, Pidgeotto. Don't let it catch you!'' Ash cried to her Pokemon. ''Double Team, confuse it!''
Pidgeotto summoned clones of herself, causing Exeggutor to start using Psychic on the wrong Pokemon. Ash let out her next move. ''Use Agility to improve your speed and once your ready, use Steel Wing!''
Pidgeotto built up her speed stat before making her wings like steel and she flew down at the Coconut Pokemon, who was still removing her clones. She slashed through it, knocking it unconscious. Ash let out a breath of relief, as her rival sighed. ''Beat my final Pokemon, Ketchum! Go, Wartortle!'' The evolution of Squirtle appeared, but not before Pidgeotto began to glow briefly.
The glow faded, after Pidgeotto grow bigger. She then cried. ''Pidgeot!'' Ash gasped in delight, as she saw her fully evolved Pokemon. She let out a smirk. ''Use your new move, Wing Attack. Pidgeot!''
Pidgeot's feathers became detached as she attacked the Wartortle. However, the Wartortle had a ace up it's shelve as it's trainer called. ''Blizzard!'' The strong move hit Pidgeot directly, causing her to faint due to the high base attack and the fact she didn't have a resistance to it, more a weakness to it.
Ash returned her Pokemon, and looked at her Pikachu. ''You ready, buddy. You should win here, but be careful.'' The Pikachu nodded, jumping off her shoulder and into the battle field.
Gary scoffed. ''Why is your Pikachu still that, you should use a Thunder Stone on it. Ashy Boy.'' Ash shook her head slowly in the response. This confused the other trainer, who continued with. ''What, why? Raichu has way better stats overall.''
''I don't believe in evolving a Pokemon, when they don't want to evolve. Pikachu has outright stated that he doesn't wish to evolve and I respect his ideals. Plus, I want Pikachu to learn most of his electric moves, before I would ever consider evolving him, even without his opinion.'' Gary's face only lit up with confusion, but he shook his head slowly.
Pikachu smiled at his trainer, before turning around to face the Wartortle. ''Okay, Pikachu. Thunderbolt. If it doesn't knock it out, use Volt Tackle!'' Pikachu's cheek began to spark with energy as he summoned a massive thunderbolt onto the opposing Pokemon. Yet, it wasn't enough by a margin to knock it out.
Gary took this as an opportunity. ''Use bite on the Pikachu, Wartortle. Don't let it use Volt Tackle'' The Wartortle nodded, going and biting the Pikachu, but not doing nearly enough damage. So in response, clouding himself with electrically impulses, Pikachu ran towards the opposing Pokemon and use Volt Tackle. It knocked it out instantly due to it being very much super effective.
Gary sighed, recalling his last Pokemon. ''I guess you win, Ashy Boy.''
Ash smiled in response, shaking her rival's hand. ''Yeah, maybe. But, I still think you put up an amazing fight. That Exeggutor was very powerful, I was only able to beat it thanks to Pidgeot. And you also had a powerful Pokemon in the form of your Growlithe, it was just too bad that I had caught a Squirtle. I think that had I not had my Squirtle, you would have won that battle.''
Gary nodded, with a small grin. ''Well, I'll be seeing you around.'' He then turned towards Luchia, who was sitting with Riolu on her lap. ''And I'll be wanting a battle against you in the near future, Lucie.''
Luchia slowly nodded in understanding, before managing to find her voice. ''Okay, but don't expect to win against Sylveon, Riolu, Gyarados and Charmeleon.''
He grinned. ''We'll see about that one when the times comes.'' He then walked away, as Luchia got up and walked towards her twin with a smile.
''Well, you beat him. You happy now?''
Ash nodded. ''But it wasn't a full win, as I beat him through chance, that's all.'' She smiled though, as she went and picked up Pikachu. ''However, I don't doubt that he'll come back with even stronger Pokemon and we don't even know what his other present 3 are at the moment.''
Luchia nodded in understanding. ''Yeah, I guess we'll just have to wait for that surprise.'' And with that, she smiled. All of a sudden, Cynthia jumped at her girlfriend, hugging her tightly.
''Congrats for you win, Ashy.''
Ash blushed a little, but smiled, giving a thumbs up. ''Thanks, Cynthia. I can't wait to beat him again now.'' Smiling, she decided to improve her team more and more over team and continue to aim to be a Pokemon Master one day. But suddenly a surprised scream filled their ears, causing everybody to look at Luchia and her now glowing Gible egg, that had a crack down the center.
Just to let you know. Just because Gary calls Ash 'Ashy Boy' doesn't mean she's a he. Nah, it's just Gary pointing out her tomboyish nature in a nickname-ish way.
Pokemon
Ash
Pikachu (Male)
Pidgeotto (Female)
Butterfree (Male)
Dratini (Shiny)(Female)
Bulbasaur (Male)
Squirtle (Male)
Luchia
Sylveon (Female)
Riolu (Male)
Gyarados (Female)
Charmeleon (Female)
Gible Egg (No gender yet)
Misty
Starmie (Genderless)
Staryu (Genderless)
Goldeen (Female)
Wigglytuff (Shiny) (Female)
Corsola (Female)
Brock
Geodude (Male)
Onix (Male)
Kabuto (Female)
Golbat (Male)
Cynthia
Gible (Female)
Togetic (Male)
Lucario (Female)
Roselia (Female)