Hey guys! Thanks sooo much for the reviews!:) Sorry for the longer than usual wait. Im kind of stalling until more X/Y info and Pokemon are released, because if you haven't figured it out yet, Trace is from the X/Y region and will be using X/Y Pokemon in this tournament. Any way, hope you enjoy! I worked really hard on this chapter!

The thick, heavy, snowfall progressively turned light. A few snowflakes landed on Ash backwards hat and arms as he was wearing his black t-shirt, jacket-less due to giving Misty his so she could have warmth. Misty stood close by, observing the scene wrapped up in Ash's jacket covering her body with her arms buried inside, as the mounting tension grew between Ash and the Trainer who called himself Pokemon Master Red.

This has to be a dream. We were in a mansion! How did we get here? What is going on? Maybe if Ash beats this guy he'll talk.. Misty thought to herself as the silent but thick moments continued between the two Trainers and their Charizards.

"Flare Blitz." Red commanded without warning.

Charizard's body became engulfed in a blue flame as he flew swiftly towards Ash's Charizard and rammed into him without giving either Ash or Charizard a chance to respond.

Ash's eyes widened, "I can't believe how fast it is." he gritted his teeth, "Charizard, you okay?"

Ash's Charizard slowly picked itself up and let out a loud roar. "Use Steel Wing!" Ash commanded thrusting his left arm out. Ash's Charizard flew towards Red's with both of his wings glowing with a white aura.

"Fly up." Red's Charizard elevated straight up.

"Follow it!" Ash commanded and Charizard followed, closely - still preparing Steel Wing - behind Red's Charizard as they both elevated higher and higher.

"Shadow Claw."

"Shadow Claw!?" Ash shouted in disbelief.

Red's Charizard came to a complete halt, spun around and struck Ash's Charizard - who was flying with too much momentum to be able to stop in time - with his claw that had a purple/black aura aura around it. Charizard went on a downward spiral due to the force of Shadow Claw.

"Charizard!" Ash called out.

"Flare Blitz." Red commanded and his Charizard quickly flew downward, following Ash's Charizard again engulfed in a blue flame.

"Charizard! Quick, use DragonBreath!"

Charizard arched his neck so his head was pointed up at Red's Charizard who was following close behind; Ash's Charizard opened his mouth and released the purple flame that hit Red's Charizard, but with Flare Blitz, Red's Charizard was able to plow through DragonBreath and slam into Ash's Charizard.

"Charizard: grab hold of it and don't let go!" Ash commanded.

Red's Charizard was still on top of Ash's after Flare Blitz disappeared, Ash's Charizard took significant damage, but was able to wrap his arms around Charizard, squeezing as tightly as possible so he couldn't break free. Red's Charizard struggled to break free but couldn't.

"What!?" Red muttered, stunned by Ash's Charizard's ability to recover.

"Seismic Toss!" Ash shouted with his heart pumping fast and his fist clinched tightly.

Ash's Charizard took Red's Charizard around and round in the air before free falling with immense momentum. Both Charizard's pounded into the snowy ground, causing the surrounding area to shake, Misty even had difficulty staying on her feet, Ash didn't notice because he was too zero'd in on the action. Red and Ash both closely observed both of their Charizard's slowly standing back up, both were breathing rapidly, but much more so Ash's than Red's.

"Charizard return." Ash firmly held his Poke-Ball out and recalled Charizard, tucking the ball away and pulling out another. "Kay. Squirtle: I CHOOSE YOU!" he said throwing the ball onto the snow covered ground.

"Oshaaaa!" Oshawott appeared from the light and initially put his hands on his hips, closing his eyes with a confident grin, but immediately began crossing his arms, rubbing them with the other hand due to being so cold.

"Oshawott!?" Ash shouted flabbergasted.

"You must have left Squirtle's PokeBall back at the room and accidentally picked up Oshawott's!" Misty exclaimed.

"Ah. I think you're right!" Ash said sweat dropping. "That's okay! You ready to fight, Oshawott!? Red's a Pokemon Master and we gotta win!"

Oshawott looked at the large and intimidating Charizard. At first Oshawott leaned back with sweat pouring all over his head, he then recalled his encounter with Ash's Charizard.

"OSHA!" He pounded his scallop and stepped up with his fist clinched.

"Flare Blitz."

Charizard again abruptly spread it's wings and glided swiftly towards Oshawott engulfed in a blue flame.

"OSHHHAAA!" Oshawott panicked and fell into the thick snow beneath him with his arms over his head. Red's Charizard flew right over him and stopped just before he got to Ash, who was so intensified he didn't even budge.

Oshawott poked his head out of the snow, with snow still mounted on his head, and frantically looked in all directions for Charizard. "Oshawott: use Hydro Pump on Charizard's tail!" Oshawott put his hands together and shot a Hydro Pump that hit the flame on Charizard's tail, making it slightly smaller; Charizard slightly cringed but quickly turned around to face Oshawott, who began to panic again.

"Dragon Pulse." Charizard opened it's mouth and released a turquoise ball that overwhelmed Oshawott.

"Oshawott return." Ash said recalling Oshawott and tucking his Poke-Ball away. He looked down at Pikachu uneasily, "You ready Pikachu?"

"Pika!" Pikachu said running a few feet in front of Ash and starring down Charizard.

"Flare Blitz." Red commanded and Charizard charged towards Pikachu.

Electro Ball should do a lot of damage since he's so fast!

"Pikachu: Electro Ball!"

Pikachu's body began emitting electricity as Electro Ball spiraled around his tail and Pikachu slung it off just as Charizard was closing in; Charizard made impact and flung Pikachu all the way back by Ash's feet, Charizard only took miniscule damage as it flew back over a few feet in front of Red.

"Pikachu!" Ash kneeled down by Pikachu, "Are you okay buddy?"

"Pika.." Pikachu managed to muster up ther strength to stand, despite being close to the edge.

What am I gonna do? It's to strong!

Just then, a large shadow hovered over Ash and Red. The thick clouded sky jaded the details of the figure, but it was large with wings and red eyes. A thin lightning strike came down from the figure that hit Pikachu. Before Red or Ash could get a good look at the origin of the lightning strike, it vanished.

Pikachu stood up with electricity flickering all over his body, "Pikachu, are you okay?" Ash asked trying to piece together what just happened. Pikachu turned to him and nodded firmly.

Ash smiled. He and Pikachu had a rapport where, they could understand each other with simply exchanging looks. "Kay Pikachu: use Electro Ball!"

Pikachu dashed towards Charizard with electricity sparkling all over, "Pika pika pika pika!" as he grew closer to Charizard, a giant Electro Ball formed around his tail. Without hesitation, he jumped up in front of Charizard and flung the giant ball that overwhelmed it. This Electro Ball was about three times larger than it normally was. Charizard fell over in defeat.

Red looked slightly taken back as he recalled his Charizard, tucking his Poke-Ball away and grabbing another, "Blastoise." he said tossing the ball in front of him, revealing a large/powerful looking Blastoise. Like Charizard, Red's Blastoise was reasonably bigger than the average Blastoise.

"Pikachu has the advantage, but he's too tired. Come back for now, Pikachu." Ash said as Pikachu - still notably tired from the battle with Charizard - made his way back over to Ash. "Okay. Sceptile: I CHOOSE YOU!"

"SCEPTILLEE!" Sceptile emerged from the light emitting from his Poke-Ball, spreading it's leaved arms and starring down Blastoise.

"Sceptile's a Grass-type, so Ash has the advantage. C'mon Ash. Beat this guy and get us out of here.." Misty said to herself observing Ash's more than ever determination.

"Hydro Cannon." Red commanded. Blastoise quickly shot out a powerful Hydro Cannon that surged faster than a fire hose could make it go. The noise it produced sounded like a tornado blowing through.

"Sceptile quick: dodge using Quick Attack!" Ash promptly commanded.

Sceptile barely weaved to the side of Hydro Cannon and darted towards Blastoise leaving snow flying up where Sceptile was initially standing, "SceeeeeeppTILE!" he slammed into Blastoise. Blastoise was relatively unfazed by the attack.

"Ice Punch." Red commanded while Sceptile was still up close to Blastoise; Blastoise reared back with ice forming around it's fist as he whaled Sceptile, sending him flying just in front of Ash.

"Sceptile! Are you okay?!" Ash shouted as Sceptile slowly picked himself up and nodded back at Ash. He knows Ice Punch. We have to think of a way to strike first, or this won't end well. Ash thought to himself gritting his teeth. "Sceptile: Leaf Blade!"

Sceptile lunged towards Blastoise with the right leaved-wing that hung from his left arm glowing a light-green aura, Sceptile swung said blade at Blastoise - knocking it back slightly.

"Ice Punch! Keep them coming and finish it off!" Red said with more of a sense of urgency than he had revealed the whole battle. He almost sounded, threatened or irritated with Sceptile's ability to hold a candle to Blastoise when it comes to speed and power.

Blastoise began swinging at Sceptile with both of it's fist consumed with ice, Sceptile was dodging most of them with ease.

Sceptile's got the advantage and he's too fast for Blastoise! This is it, I can win this! "Sceptile: wrap this up with Leaf Storm!"

The seeds on Sceptile's back began glowing as they summoned a barrage of glowing leaves that were sent hurling towards Blastoise.

Blastoise crossed it's arms attempting to shield the dozens of leaves, but was struck one too many times, clearly damaged significantly.

"Good job, Sceptile! Now, finish it off with Leaf Blade!" Ash commanded over-confidently with a clinched fist.

Sceptile leaped towards Blastoise again with the leaf on his right arm extended, "SceeeeepTILE!"

"Grab it!" Red commanded. Blastoise clamped his hands against Sceptile's leaf, stopping him in his tracks. Sceptile struggled to break free but could not.

"Now, send it flying and use Focus Blast!" Blastoise spun Sceptile around and flung him back towards Ash, he summoned a Focus Blast and swung the light-blue aura ball hurling at Sceptile. The blast knocked Sceptile out.

"Sceptile…return." Ash said in frustration as he recalled Sceptile and tucked away his Poke-Ball. "Kay Pikachu. You ready to go again?"

"PIKA!" Pikachu darted just in front of Ash and stared down Blastoise, "Kay use Thunderbolt!" Ash shouted.

"Ice Punch!"

Pikachu shocked Blastoise with Thunderbolt as he continued to approach Pikachu with Ice Punch.

"How is Blastoise taking that Thunderbolt?!" Misty shouted in disbelief.

Blastoise hit Pikachu with Ice Punch, even after taking Thunderbolt; Pikach lay on the ground almost motionless. Ash ran up to him kneeling by his side holding him in his arms, "Are you okay, Pikachu?" Ash asked tenderly. "Pika." Pikachu responded lightly. Ash walked over to Misty who was a few feet behind him.

"Hold on to Pikachu for me." he said handing Pikachu to her.

"Ash…"

"I'm gonna get us out of here," he looked up and stared deeply into Misty's eyes as she stared back in his. She took Pikachu into her arms, "Okay. I know you can do it, Ash." she said softly, putting all of her faith into the young boy she was witnessing become a young man right before her eyes, taking on the world's strongest Pokemon Master.

Ash took a Poke-Ball off of his belt and held it in front of him before tossing it, "Gible: I CHOOSE YOU!"

"Giiiibblee!" Gible immediately jumped on top of Ash's head and bit it, as he normally did. "C'mon Gible! We have an important battle!" Ash said as he frantically danced around trying to get Gible off. Gible finally jumped off.

Red looked at Ash and Gible with repugnance, "Focus Blast." Red commanded and Blastoise hurled Focus Blast at Gible.

"Gible quick: DIG!" Gible quickly burrowed under the snowy ground and just avoided the powerful Focus Blast. Red and Blastoise patiently awaited Gible.

Gible drilled out of the ground and attempted to hit Blastoise, "Ice Punch!" Red commanded and Blastoise was able to avoid Gible's Dig and get a direct/super-effective hit that sent Gible flying back, landing in front of Ash.

"Gible!"

Gible slowly made his way back on his feet, "Giiibbb" Gible struggled to stand with the damage from Ice Punch.

"You okay?" Gible turned to Ash and nodded.

"Kay Gible: use Dragon Pulse!" Ash commanded and Gible proceeded by releasing a turquoise-aura ball hurling towards Blastoise.

"Hydro Cannon." Blastoise shot out Hydro Cannon that pushed back Dragon Pulse; Gible was overwhelmed by the attacks and fell in near defeat. Gible was near the end of his ropes as he struggled to stand, "Gible.." Ash shouted hopelessly.

"Finish it with Ice Punch." Blastoise charged towards Gible readying Ice Punch. Gible looked up and firmly stared at Blastoise who was quickly closing in. Just then, Gible began glowing.

"Its...evolving!" Misty exclaimed.

Gible slowly grew into his second evolution, Gabite! Just as Blastoise swung Ice Punch at Gabite, he dodged and smacked Blastoise with Rock Smash using his right claw, "BLAASSS!" Blastoise was pushed back by the force.

"Awesome! Gabite: use Draco Meteor!" Ash exclaimed with a clinched fist. His passion was stimulated by Gabite's will to evolve and fight back.

Gabite's body began to glow with an orange, mystic, force, as he shot out an orange orb into the sky that busted into several smaller meteor's that crashed down and while Blastoise dodged most of them, he was hit by the last two. Blastoise fell over on the snowy ground in defeat.

"Great job Gabite!" Misty shouted joyfully.

"Gaaabbiittee!" Gabite jumped in celebration, showing he maintained his fun/playful personality he had as a Gible.

"Keep it up, Gabite! You're doing great!" Ash enthused.

Red called back Blastoise and threw another Poke-Ball onto the field, a Venusaur came out and let out a loud battle cry, "Sauuuurrrrr!"

"Venusaur." Ash said gazing at the majestic Grass-type. "Kay Gabite: use Dig!" Gabite burrowed under the snow covered ground, "Frenzy Plant!" Red commanded.

"Huh?!" Ash shouted as Venusaur's body began to glow with a green outline; it stomped on the ground with it's two front feet, summoning spiked roots making their way towards the whole Gabite dug.

"No! Gabite, get out of there!"

The roots dove down in the hole Gabite dug and slung him out of the ground and slammed him down repetitively, Gabite could not recover once the roots let up, he was unable to battle.

Ash gritted his teeth, "Gabite return. He said in despair recalling his newly evolved Pokemon.

Ash only has two Pokemon left, he still has four. C'mon, Ash.

"Kay Noctowl: Come out and use Air Slash on Venusaur!" Ash's shiny Noctowl came out of it's Poke-Ball sparkling like shiny Pokemon did, it swiped both of it's wings together sending a blade of wind that struck Venusaur, doing decent damage - being a Flying-type move.

That's right! Venusaur can't immediately move after Frenzy Plant! Misty thought as she looked on in anticipation.

"Great job, Noctowl!" Misty cheered from the side.

"Awesome Noctowl! Keep it up!" Ash celebrated, one of the few times in the battle he demonstrated his childish/bubbly like personality, albeit briefly.

Red stared at Ash intently for a few moments, "So what's next?" Ash asked him boastfully.

"Leaft Storm." Red commanded and Venusaur quickly summoned a barrage of leaves hurling towards Noctowl.

"Quick Noctowl: Extrasensory!" Noctowl's eyes began to glow as it released a yellow-transparent beam of psychic energy that was able to successfully blockade the leaves and send them away. Ash nicked his nose sneeringly, "Lets wrap this up! Get in close and go for a Sky Attack!" Noctowl's eye brow tufts began to glow with a white aura, as did his whole body; he swiftly dove towards Venesaur.

"Sludge Bomb." Red commanded superciliously. The plant on Venusaur's back conjured up a purple ball of sludge that pelted Noctowl and sent him flying backwards in defeat.

"Noctowl!" Ash shouted in defeat as he called his owl Pokemon, "You were great, now take a good rest." he said looking at the Poke-Ball then tucking it away before grabbing another, intensely starring down Red and Venusaur.

"Kay. Charizard, it's up to you!" Ash released his Charizard again; Charizard was breathing heavier than usual, still damaged severely by Red's Charizard.

"Lets finish this up with Flamethrower!"

"Solar Beam!" Venusaur's plant immediately began glowing and released a powerful Solar Beam quickly there after.

"He was able to use Solar Beam without having to absorb sunlight!" Misty exclaimed.

Charizard's Flamethrower was scorching as it burned the snow on the ground before clashing with Venusaur's Solar Beam. The two attacks collided and caused the surrounding area to shake. When the attacks dispersed, Venusaur and Charizard were both near the end of their ropes.

"I know you can do it Charizard! Finish Venusaur off with Steel Wing!"

Charizard slowly picked himself off of the ground with battle scars all over, his wings began to glow and he leaped towards Venusaur, slower than he normally would.

"Giga Impact!" Red shouted with a hint of agitation in his voice.

Venusaur's body became consumed in an orange ball of energy as he ran towards Charizard. The two collided and again caused the surrounding area to shake. After moments of a post-attack stand off, they both fell in defeat.

"Charizard, return." Ash said recalling Charizard and gritting his teeth, looking down in despair as he fought back the tears that were beginning to build.

Ash looked up at Red who had just recalled his Venusaur. The two met eyes as the snowfall began to pick up and stared intently at each other for a few tense moments. Red and his Pikachu turned their backs to Ash, "You're alright kid." he said under his breath before he disappeared into the thick snowfall.

Ash fell to his knees and tensed up his whole body. "I lost.." he murmured.

"Ash….I can't…." Misty whimpered as she collapsed due to the increasing snowfall. Ash's jacket helped, but her yellow shorts revealing most of her legs were already granting her easy access to frost bite. Pikachu fell from her arms to her side on the ground, almost completely buried in snow.

"Misty! Pikachu!" Ash cried out as he attempted to crawl over their way, but the snowfall was just too much. At this point, his vision was obscured to the point where he couldn't see anything further than 5 feet in front of him, but he pressed on and by nothing short of a miracle was able to crawl his way over to Misty and Pikachu who were both barely visible at this point due to being covered in snow.

"I…can't loose you two…I CAN'T!" Tears began flowing down his face at the thought of loosing them, even though at this rate, Ash himself was in just as much danger as they were, but he knew he had to do something, regardless.

Out of nothing more than a helpless point of desperation, anger, and fear, Ash stripped down to only his boxers, in hopes of sacrificing all of his clothing to warm up Misty (who's legs were almost completely exposed) and Pikachu. He slipped his grey Unova-outfit pants on Misty before unzipping his jacket/vest and putting Pikachu - whom he wrapped up in his black under t-shirt - inside so he could warm up Misty and vise-versa. He zipped up the jacket and fell to Misty's side, just inches away from her face, "Misty…" he muttered gazing into her cold face that he still found beautiful despite being pale and all but lifeless. As if in a single flash, Ash recalled all of the times he's had with Misty and Pikachu. Pikachu laughing at his incompetence at the start of their journey, Misty fishing him out of a river, Pikachu holding its own and even defeating legendaries, Misty always giving Ash a hard time about the zapped bike, etc. Ash could almost feel his body beginning to shut down, as a last action of whatever energy he had left, he gently kissed Misty on the lips, and blacked out.

Not far from where Ash, Misty, and Pikachu were, floated a small shadow figure just above the ground, who's features could not be made out with the heavy snowfall. Just then, the sound of flapping wings could be heard from up above. The snowfall halted. The majestic Legendary Pokemon, Ho-Oh flew just above Ash, Misty, and Pikachu, dropping golden dust on them before flying down and perching up just beside them, looking down on the three, namely at Ash. Ho-Oh looked up and the floating figure was revealed to be Banette. The two stared at each other before Ho-Oh flew away and disappeared into one of the few clouds that remained in the sky that was abnormally clearing after Ho-Oh's arrival.

Misty slowly awoken. She looked at Ash who was in nothing but his boxers, hat, and socks and began blushing immensely, before she was able to piece together what he must have done. She recalled the snowfall and knew Ash made a last attempt at saving her and Pikachu, who she could feel nestled up to her inside Ash's jacket. "Ash…are you…okay?" she asked with a breaking voice. She noticed him breathing and instantly felt Pikachu breathing as well; she sighed in relief.

I can't believe he did all of that for us…was I dreaming earlier or did he….oh Ash. she grazed her hand through his hair and brought his head closer to hers and kissed him softly. She noticed him waking up and slowly shied away with her face flushing. "Misty…you're okay.." he said, also with a slightly breaking voice. She nodded and smiled at him, "Yeah. Thanks to you.." They stared at each other and both leaned in for a kiss. This was more passionate than before, considering both of them had never kissed, excluding when they just kissed each other when the other was knocked out and unresponsive. After about 10 seconds, Misty's eyes shot open when she remembered Ash only had boxers on, she pulled back and pushed him away, even though his body wasn't too close to her, "HOW ABOUT YOU PUT SOME CLOTHES ON ASH!?"

He looked down and just realized he only had boxers on. He quickly shot up and crossed his arms with a pink face, "You're the one who's wearing them, ya know!"

Just then Pikachu poked out of Ash's jacket, "PIKA!" Misty and Pikachu hugged each other before Pikachu zipped over to Ash and jumped up in his arms, nuzzling up to his chin, "Pikachu! I'm so glad you're okay buddy. Misty shook off her clashing feelings of embarrassment and Butterfree's in her stomach and just admired Ash and Pikachu's close, unbreakable bond.

Ash put all of his clothes back on and looked around wondering why/how the snowfall miraculously stopped, the sky cleared, and it wasn't really cold anymore, despite still being on the snowy mountain. Then, he caught a short glimpse in the sky that made his face light up, "Ho-Oh!"

Misty looked up in the direction Ash was looking in when he said that, "Ho-Oh? I don't see it! Where?"

"He was here. He helped us, I just know it." Ash said gazing into the sky. "Pika." Pikachu mimicked his Trainer, also gazing into the sky.

"Ash, look!" Misty shouted pointing at Banette who was floating a few feet in front of them, with it's mouth zipped open, spewing black mist.

"That's a Banette!" Ash exclaimed pulling out his Poke-Dex and aiming it at Banette. The Poke-Dez began making an odd crackling/static noise. Banette's picture was displayed, but it was different. Instead of Banette's usual zipped mouth, this one as unzipped, just like the Banette that stood in front of them.

"Banette. An abandoned, lost soul who was thrown away by it's friend and now won't stop toying with people until justice is served." the Poke-Dex read with an unusual chopped and screwed voice.

Ash and Misty both looked up at the Banette apprehensively.

"Banette, no! All people aren't bad! Please, let us help you!" Ash shouted passionately.

"Pika pika!" Pikachu reaffirmed what Ash said.

Banette continued starring at Ash, Misty and Pikachu with a devilish grin.

Meanwhile, Iris and Georgia found themselves coming face to face with the Legendary Dragon/Ice-type, Kyrem. After running frantically in a dark abyss for what felt like hours, they noticed something…

"Iris, stop!" Georgia yelled from behind Iris, who was still panicking.

Iris stopped after she looked over her shoulder and noticed Georgia had stopped, and Kyrem was no where in sight. "Where did it go?!" she yelled. "Axxxxeeeww!" Axew mimicked.

"I don't know, but look!" Georgia said pointing at a door that was extremely out of place and quite randomly sitting in the middle of the dark void they were in.

"Lets hope it's a way out of here!" Iris said pacing towards the door, opening it, and walking through. Georgia closely followed. They found themselves walking out of the door that originally lead them to the basement. They found themselves back in the lobby. To their surprise, Gary, May, Dawn, Cilan and Burgundy were gathered in the middle.

"Guys! What's going on?! Where are Ash and Misty?!" Iris asked panicky, walking up to the group.

"We're not sure, something is definitely going on here. The rest of us have been hearing a little girl laugh, have you two heard it?" Gary asked Iris and Georgia.

"No. we saw Kyrem and he disappeared! Next thing we knew we were back here!" Iris responded before aggressively rubbing her hair in frustration. "What is going on?!" she shouted.

"I found this journal." Gary said holding it up, "It was written from the same girl we think is behind all of this….well, her spirit.

Burgundy buried her head in Cilan's shoulders, "Spirit!?" Cilan put his hand on the back of her head, comforting her, "What were saying it said?" he asked.

"She talks about a 'shadow angel' befriending her one day in the forest." As Gary elaborates, Dawn, May, Iris, and Georgia become increasingly scared. "She says her parents demanded she stop seeing this 'shadow angel', and one night, she claims the 'shadow angel consumed' one of her dolls she had not played with in a while. Her parents used their Pokemon to fight off this weird doll and she never saw it again. She goes on to say that she feels deep regret because her parents fed it lies, telling it she (the little girl) didn't want the doll around anymore…she says she longs for the day her doll will forgiver her. Her doll, Banette."

Thanks for reading! Review and tell me what you liked/disliked!

I will explain what these encounters were/what they meant next chapter. So its still up in the air if the Red encounter was an illusion or not until next time;)

Banette/strange mansion arc wrapped up next chapter, including some third round action! Pikachu got 2 votes and Squirtle/Oshawott both got 3, I flipped a coin and Oshawott won the coin toss:) Oshawott vs. Fennekin next chapter it is!

On a related note: I WILL be continuing this story with follow up stories! Unova League coverage, Team Plasma/Team Rocket coverage, and whatever Ash/Hilda competes in after the Unova League. For those curious, I want to stick with Ash's Unova team and develop them until the Unova League ends. So from now until the end of the Unova League, (with rare exceptions) expect to just see his Unova team. After that, his older Pokemon/reserves will get plenty of action in whatever I decide to have them do after the League:) Black Tower/White Tree Hollow challenge, Unova Battle Frontier (I would have to create them myself lol)...Unova Elite 4? Not sure yet..

Anyway hoped you enjoyed it, catch ya next time!:)