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Hope you guys enjoy this chapter it was difficult writing the fight...let me know what you think :p
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Misty, Zoey and May sat on their bed's sulking because they had a wonderful time at the restaurant with Gary which is weird because who sulks after free food and a good time…you're about to find out
"Damn that Gary" Misty cursed
"Making us have a good time-" Zoey commented hanging her head
"Without Ash" May said wiping at her eyes where tears were threatening to fall until suddenly a loud bang was heard at the door making the three women jump in surprise. All three girls look towards the source of the noise only to find a smiling Dawn
"Dawn, what the hell?!" Misty said as she held her chest "You scared the crap out of me!"
"I'm all in" She said simply with a smirk
"W-what?" May asked cautiously
"I'm all in"
"You can't mean-" Zoey started
"Yup, I'm in this Ash contest one hundred percent now!" She said happily as she hopped onto her bed giddily
"Y-You….Wait what happened while we weren't here?" Misty asked scared of the answer
"Nothing much." She said with a smile as she sighed out in content remembering the way Ash held her hand while they watched the sunset together
"The hell!" Misty said getting angry "Every time we even said something about you being with Ash you violently denied it, so spill the beans right now!"
"No!" Dawn yelled back sticking her tongue out which further provoked the water Pokémon gym leader into tackling her. Through the struggle Dawn was able to pin Misty to the ground with her arm behind her back
"Get off me!"
"Calm down first?" Dawn asked back with a smile
"….fine" Misty replied back as Dawn let her go "How in Mew's name did you pin me?" Misty asked genuinely confused since over the past couple of years that she's known the girls she was always the muscle of the group not Dawn
"Alright girls let's make this a bit more…fair" May said suddenly making the girls turn their attention to the sly expression on her face "How about whoever wins all the Pokémon contest take home the Ash"
"I have the slight feeling that you really think Ash is a Pokémon…" Zoey trailed off
"I'm a gym leader. Not a coordinator!" Misty said with a growl
"Which means you lose by the fault" May said with an innocent smile
"W-wait wha-" Misty stuttered
"Sorry Misty" Dawn said shaking her head
"Yeah, shame really" Zoey commented while shrugging
"Shut up!" Misty yelled as the girls snickered "I'll enter your stupid Pokémon contest and win it all with my beautiful water Pokémon!"
"All hands in" May said "This is gonna be called "The happily ever after Ash" bet'-"
"Whoa…I expected something childish. Good job May" Zoey commented amaze
"Although it should be called 'Ash and May forever bet'!" She said giggling happily as she delved into her imagination
"That didn't last too long" Zoey sighed in defeat as the rest of the girls laughed
Dawn all the while started to think to herself 'Something in me is telling me to go for him…let's hope whatever it is making the right call'
The next morning
Ash sat with one pokéball in his hand as he was silently meditating to himself
"Ashy-boy! You read-" Gary was quieted by a slight thundershock from Pikachu which successfully silenced and slightly fried the young Pokémon researcher
"Pika" Pikachu demanded as he put a finger to his lips and pointed towards Ash "Pikachu pi-ka pi pi Pikachu"
Gary coughed out a smoke puff and started to speak "I'm not your dimwitted trainer, so I don't know what you're saying" He said as he kicked at Pikachu who retaliated by jumping up to Gary's shoulder and slapping him once across the face making Gary gasp in shock and then have a tick mark appear on his forehead
"Pika?" Pikachu said as it balled his fist up and got into a stance
"Alright alright….I definitely understood that. I won't interrupt that loser" the young man said holding his cheek
"Alright, I'm ready!" Dawn said excitedly as she and the rest of the girls enter the room
"Why the hell didn't you shock her?!" Gary asked outraged at Pikachu since Dawn was pretty loud with her entrance in fact she was louder than he was when he first entered
"Pi-kachu" Pikachu said as he shrugged
"You little-"
"Don't touch Pikachu!" Dawn yelled as she punched Gary who was getting ready to leap at the mouse Pokémon. She then picked up Pikachu in her arms and hugged him close possessively
"Since when were you guys so close?" May asked a little annoyed with Pikachu since he was always shocking the rest
"Pi kaka" Pikachu stuck it's tongue out at May and the rest of the girls as they all got tick marks on their foreheads thinking of the same thing
Gary woke up from his punch rubbing his cheek and looking around and then spoke up "Ok. One, why the hell are you so strong?" Dawn shrugged giving a sheepish smile in reply "And two why the hell are you wearing a trench coat?" He asked genuinely curious
Dawn smiled as she looked over at Ash
"Wait, Are you going to streak at the gym?!" Gary asked suddenly making the girls and Pikachu almost fall over "I'll go get my camera from my totally-"
"Awesome speedboat" Everyone said in unison with a groan
"It is!" Gary retaliated
"Dawn, punch him again…before I do" Misty said pinching the bridge of her nose in annoyance
"Not the face!" Gary cried with his hands up in defense as he saw Dawn approaching until they were interrupted by a loud outburst
"Ready!" It was Ash as he rose to his feet from the couch confidently "Pikachu!" Ash called
"Pika!"
"Ikuzo!" Pikachu hopped out of Dawn's arms and ran towards Ash who then started a full sprint out of the door
"What a weirdo" Gary laughed out
"Shut up!" All of the girls yelled in unison as Gary cringed
"We've gotta catch up with Ash!" Dawn said as she ran out after the young man
The rest of the girls nodded towards each other and ran out leaving Gary on the floor
"Ketchum, How the hell do you do it?" He asked out loud with a growl. The young Pokémon researcher got up and dusted himself off as he slipped his hands into his pockets and walked out casually
Ash stood in front of the gym with fire burning in his eyes as he then pushed the front door open. As the young man walked through the gym it was deathly quiet as everyone that was training stopped what they were doing to look at the young man who walked fearlessly through the gym once more. There were silent murmurs all around as they wondered if Ash was crazy or had a death wish or in some of the female's case they wondered if he would take them on a date
"Chuck!" Ash called out as the gym leader/karate master leaped out of the waterfall upon hearing his name
The heavyweight Karate master landed in front of Ash with a thunderous boom
"So you really have returned, Satoshi" He said with a smirk "What part of you're a thousand years too early to fight me don't you understand"
The karate students around the gym started to oh at the line since everyone remembered fully well what their master put Ash through
"What the hell Ashy-boy you just gonna take that?!" Gary yelled out until May put her hand over his mouth hopping nobody heard Gary say Ash's name
"Shut the hell up!" Misty said shaking her fist at the Pokémon researcher
"I think I told your wife a thousand years have come and I'm here to defeat you"
"Hmm we'll see about that"
"Yes we will. In fact I have some new rules" ash stated
"I'm listening"
"We're fighting with our Pokémon. There are no downs, this time we go until the last man and Pokémon are standing. The Pokémon can attack humans but we cannot attack the Pokémon"
Chuck only raised an eyebrow but nodded his head in understanding
Pikachu stepped up next to Ash and pumped it's fist feeling just as pumped up as it's trainer
"I hope you don't plan on fighting with such a Pokémon" Chuck said as he pointed a finger at Pikachu
"Don't worry, I'm not…and besides Pikachu can take you and any other Pokémon with one paw tied behind it's back and rubber taped over his cheeks" Ash said with a confident smirk as he saw that Chuck was offended by his comment "Alright buddy you sit this one out. It won't last long" Ash said to Pikachu who nodded and hopped out of the ring and onto Gary's head
"Who gave you permission to use my head as a seat?" Gary asked as Pikachu shocked him a little "I'll put you in a master ball!" Gary threatened as the girls laughed at him
"I see you girls are back" they heard another voice call as everyone turned around to find Chuck's wife approach them with her arms folded
"But of course" Misty started "My Satoshi is gonna kick your husband's Ass!"
"Your Satoshi?-" The three girls questioned in unison
"So you say. But judging from the last time they fought, I can confidently say that your friend is either stupid or no longer wishes to walk amongst the living"
"I think it's the latter" Gary said nodding his head only to receive a super punch from Dawn and a thundershock from Pikachu
"He will win!" Dawn said with determination in her voice as everyone turned towards the ring to see Ash calling to someone
"Is there any gloves around here?" Ash asked one of the karate girls who blushed when he approached her ringside by the ropes
"Y-yes" She stuttered out as she ran off to get some gloves for Ash
The young woman returned with some black grappling gloves that Ash slipped on slowly which proved to further raise the tension and the anticipation in the gym
"Gloves?" Chuck asked confused
"Yeah, I'm not holding back" Ash answered back as he tightened one of the gloves and looked over at Chuck "I'd feel bad about putting an old man in the hospital" He said seriously as he pulled out a pokéball
"Why you little…Enough talk, NOW IS WHEN OUR FISTS DO THE TALKING!" He roared fired up as he too took out a pokéball
"Your boyfriend seems to have a lot of talk this time around" Chuck's wife commented shaking her head
"See! She called Ash my boyfriend!" May yelled excitedly as she hopped up and down in place
"Shut up! She was obviously talking about me you idiot!" Misty said as she punched May on top of the head
"N-no obviously it wasn't the two of you…it was me" Zoey commented back blushing a bit at the thought of being Ash's girlfriend
Gary and chuck's wife stared at the girls and sweat dropped at the site 'I was actually talking about the blue haired girl…but I'll keep that to myself' She said to herself
"Showtime!" everyone turned to the source of the voice which turned out to be Dawn's voice as she opened up the trench coat she was wearing to reveal a cheerleading outfit "Let's go! Let's go!"
"That's what was under there" Gary commented thoughtfully as he pulled out his phone to snap a photo
"You brought a cheerleader huh?" Chuck questioned with an amused smirk as he shook his head slightly in disapproval
"I did?" Ash asked as he looked over to his friends only to spot Dawn in her cheerleader outfit that she wore at Olivine city. Ash covered his nose since out of nowhere it started to run like a faucet with blood …that type of blood loss can't be healthy
"Look blood!" Someone yelled out excitedly "Master Chuck drew first blood!"
"He's winning!" Another subordinate called out enthusiastically
"I don't know who's more stupid," Gary started "The challenger, the cheerleader, or the subordinates" Gary commented to Chuck's wife who nodded in understanding to his question
"Alright, enough games" Ash said with two small pieces of tissue in his nostrils as he tossed his pokéball high into the air "Let's go!"
The pokéball fell to the ground and opened with its blinding light as it revealed Ash's Pokémon a bipedal, jackal-like Pokémon, with fur that is predominantly blue and black. It possesses a short, round spike on the back of each forepaw, in addition to a third on its chest. It was a Lucario. It stood tall as it's four small black appendages on it's head rose while reading the Aura within of it's opponent Chuck
"Whoa, that Lucario looks powerful" Zoey commented "Satoshi is such an awesome trainer!"
No one had any extra side comments and as Usual each girl nodded in agreement to Zoey's comment
'Let's see how much closer you've gotten to become a Pokémon master without even trying, Ashy-boy' Gary said to himself with a smirk 'I highly doubt that all that time spent hiding away was only used on music'
"So a Lucario is it?" Chuck asked not really impressed "Let's Go, Machamp!" Chuck roared as he threw out a pokéball
The Pokémon revealed itself as a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon with four well-muscled arms. Its skin is bluish gray, and it has red eyes and pale yellow lips. On its head, there are three, brown ridges right above its eyes. It has two arms on each side of its body: a pair located in the normal position, and another pair directly above that attaches on the top of the shoulders. It wears legless black tights along with a golden power-save belt
Machamp flexed it's muscles as it stood taller than Lucario
"Satoshi," Chuck started as Ash took off his shirt and boots preparing to fight "Let's make this a bit more interesting"
"Go on" Ash urged as he was stretching his legs
"If you lose this fight, you're going to quit traveling, become my subordinate, and take over this gym one day" Chuck stated as more of a demand than a suggestion
"Sensei, no!-" One of Chuck's subordinates called out
Chuck raised a hand to stop the subordinate
"It is alright, Satoshi shows superior skill in his martial art and I'd like to know that the gym is in good hands when I retire one day" Chuck said truthfully "He'll have the gym and the students…but he can't have Evelyn"
"Who the hell is Evelyn?" Misty voiced out rudely
"The woman… I'm sure everybody (Including the author) has be calling 'Chuck's wife'" Gary said shaking his head as everyone sweat dropped in embarrassment
Ash got into a low Kung-Fu stance as Lucario mimicked it's trainers action Chuck got into his traditional karate stance while Machamp got into it's own stance
Ash set the tide by dashing towards Chuck and dishing out a quick 4 punch combination that Chuck successfully blocked but didn't see the follow up leg sweep that caught the Karate master off guard and made him fall flat on his back with Ash ready to deal a finishing blow only to be cut short by a two handed punch from Machamp which was surely going to leave a mark. Ash flew to the other side of the ring as Lucario quickly made it's way over to Ash to check him over. After Ash waved him off letting him know that he's alright. Lucario nodded in understanding as it quickly charged at Machamp and gave it a successful two punches and scissors kick combo that didn't make the stocky Mahamp stagger even a bit so Lucario followed up with an over the shoulder slam.
"Awesome!" May cried out excitedly
"Yeah look at Lucario go to work" Zoey commented amazed at the well trained Pokémon
"Let's go Lucario! Let's go!" Dawn cheered
"Don't count out Chuck and Machamp yet" the older women commented with a smirk
Machamp was suddenly up and attacking both Ash and Lucario
Ash dodged as much as he could making sure to keep his own rule in his mind of not being able to attack Pokémon, while Lucario dodged and attacked back twice as much for it's trainers sake
Chuck joined the fray by blindsiding Ash with a kick to the midsection where Machamp hit the first time. He then punched Ash in the face knocking some blood from his mouth as he then grabbed him and threw him to the floor
Machamp followed suit and finished off Lucario with a seismic toss next to it's trainer
Chuck and Machamp stepped back to marvel at their work with smirks across their face "Count it!" Chuck ordered as a subordinate started to count
"1…2…3…"
"Crap…Crap…Crap…" Ash started "Ow...ow...ow" he then said to himself as he lay on the floor next to Lucario "Hey Lucario..." Ash started
"Car?" Lucario answered as it two lay on the floor in a bit of pain
"Maybe...my mouth wrote a check our bodies couldn't cash"
"I think Ashy-boy wrote a check his body can't cash" Gary said with a smirk making Ash's cheerleader growl at him
"Pika!" Pikachu said shocking Gary a bit on his head
"Alright! alright!" The Pokémon researcher cried trying to shoo away Pikachu from off his head
"Good job Pikachu!" Dawn cheered with a smile
"4...5…6" The count continued
"Ok, time to get up" Ash finally decided as Lucario followed Ash's lead
"Took quite a nap there young man!" Chuck commented with a mighty laugh
Ash ignored the comment and stood tall along with Lucario as they looked at one another and nodded and then fist bumped one another "Lucario, extreme speed combination version 2"
"This sounds promising" Zoey commented holding her cheeks because she was blushing
"Why the hell are you blushing?" Gary asked genuinely confused
Zoey looked away so Misty spoke in her stead "Well the thing is Ash has done something like this before. He barely gives his Pokémon orders and they know what to do"
"They are very well trained" May spoke up "Dawn used one to cheat in the Pokémon coordinator competition" She continued
*gasp* "Dawn!" Gary said as he feigned being shocked
"Did not!" She yelled back throwing a pom pom at Gary "And this is about Zoey, not me!"
"Oh I already got the gist of it..." Gary said as a matter of fact way of speaking "She has an "awesome trainer fetish""
"That's a thing?" Evelyn asked surprised
"Of course" Gary started as he started to stroke at an imaginary beard on his chin "Before I became a Pokémon researcher Casanova with a-"
"Totally awesome speedboat" The girls said in unison as Gary flipped them the bird "I was an awesome trainer giving women the worst case of awesome trainer fetish this world has ever seen!" He said folding his arms across his chest with a satisfied smile on his face as the entire Gym shot him a 'whatever' look "Don't hate" Gary added
Back with Ash
Following his trainer's order Lucario nodded in understanding "Lu-cario!" and in the blink of an eye Lucario disappeared and reappeared in front of Machamp and started to attack with a furious combination of punches and kicks
At another part of the ring Ash looked towards Chuck with a glare as he spat the blood that pooled in the side of his mouth to the side and dash towards Chuck with his own "extreme speed"
The trainer turned musician started trading blows with Chuck and it was nothing but blocking every punch and kick that was thrown between the two
"You look focused, are you sure there is nothing plaguing your mind?" Chuck asked in the midst of trading blows with Ash trying to see if he could throw off Ash's performance.
For a brief second Ash looked over at Dawn as she had a hopeful look on her face. Chuck seeing this opening took it as a sign to go with his finishing punch his signature straight. When suddenly the young Pokémon trainer had determination burning in his eyes since he knew he was over the problem between himself and Dawn so when the punch approached him Ash quickly countered by knocking Chuck's hand to the side successfully knocking him off balance so that he could deliver a straight punch of his own right to the karate masters torso making the old man skid to the other side of the ring holding his midsection and spitting some blood to the side
From the crouched position Ash was in since executing the punch he slowly stood up and dropped his hands to his side and spoke "Monks believe you must be strong in both mind and body"
Chuck let out a gallant laugh from his bleeding from hearing his own words used from the first fight.
With Lucario, the jackal-like Pokémon finally got the upper hand and used a dragon pulse attack on it's hulking opponent who put its arms up defensively and went skidding next to its trainer with it's arms smoking
Ash seeing that everything was in place spoke up as Lucario regrouped with his partner "Now let's finish the combo!" Ash said to Lucario who nodded in understanding "Extreme speed to Close Combat" both Ash and Lucario inhaled and exhaled at the same time becoming in sync with one another and dashed over to their respective foes who were standing next to one another ready to counter but their Extreme speed proved to be too fast for Machamp and Chuck even though Ash's moves were just pure martial arts but it did look an awful lot like a Pokemon move
"SeeSeeSee!" May yelled excitedly as she jumped up and down
"Whatwhatwhat?!" Misty asked mimicking May with a bit of annoyance
"I told you guys, he's a Pokemon!" She said with a big smile as everyone fell to the ground with a sweat drop
Ash and Lucario delivered multiple punches and kicks until both Chuck and Machamp were brought to a stagger which gave Lucario and Ash time to simultaneously crouch into a position where they would finish off their opponents with a palm thrust
"Aura sphere!"
A magnificent blue light filled the gym as everyone had to shield their eyes from the amount of aura both Ash and Lucario emitted together even though Lucario was the only one really using a Pokémon move and Ash was just using a palm thrust.
The light died down and in the blink of an eye both Chuck and Machamp went flying and landed on the outside of the ring, one fainted and the other one barely conscious while Ash and Lucario were back to back and crouched and holding the position of the palm thrust/aura sphere
"I love version 2" Ash said under his breath as Lucario nodded in agreement and bumped fist one more time
Closing his jaw and getting over what he just saw the subordinate decided it was time to declare the winner "And the winner is...Satoshi and Lucario!"
"Yay!" The group cheered excitedly as they filled the room with excitement even from Chuck's very own subordinates who were amazed at the once in a lifetime gym battle they were able to witness firsthand
'Well Ashy-boy, looks like your still as unorthodox as I remember. Especially when it comes to working with your Pokémon' Gary thought to himself proudly even though he probably wouldn't admit it. EVER.
Evelyn ran over to her husband and gave him a quick once over and decided the karate master would be fine, She then turned to Ash who was hopping out of the ring with Lucario close behind "I'm amazed young man" she said as Ash and Lucario approached her "You were right, if you didn't wear those gloves, this big lug," she paused as she patted Chuck's belly "would be in worst shape than he already is" she said with a smile
"Hey!" Chuck Started as he sat up holding his torso garnering laughter from everyone in the gym since they were all now gathered around him. Chuck Stood up and turned to Ash "That was quite the fight Satoshi!" He said loudly as he slung an arm around Ash's shoulder making the young man feel uncomfortable "You weren't lying when you said a thousand years had passed!"
Ash felt an awkward chuckle escape his lips as he looked over to the girls and Gary and mouthed the words "Help me"
To which they all looked at Chuck's Hold on Ash then Shook their heads no
"On to some serious business my friend" Chuck said seriously as he removed his hand from Ash's shoulders and reached into his pocket
"Cool, he's got Nun chucks!" Gary said a little too excitedly which made everyone gave him a look to which he coughed and gathered himself "Hit him Chuck...hit him…..Sweep the leg" He said as he rubbed his hands together to which Dawn punched him and silenced him for the time being
"The match is over stupid" Dawn said as she pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration at Gary's idiocy
Chuck sweat dropped at Ash's friends and then chose to continue "Satoshi, I reward you with the Storm Badge!" he declared as he placed the badge in Ash's palm
"…" Ash studied the badge in his hand for a moment as Pikachu hopped onto his shoulder
"What's wrong?" May asked with puppy dog eyes as she latched onto Ash's arm and looked in his eyes much to the girls including the female subordinates in the gyms chagrin
Ash looked away with an unnoticeable blush on his face as he thought back to Gary's words about the girls maybe liking him
"I didn't win this badge in a fair Pokémon battle" Ash explained as he held out the badge for Chuck to take
"Are you crazy?" Zoey asked clearly confused "You just risked your life for that badge"
"I know that…"
Chuck put his hand up and declined taking back the badge back which confused Ash since he already explained why he wouldn't take it "The way you fought today was different from the time we fought last. For you see, when we martial artist fight, we let our fist do the talking and we transfer our feelings. Last time you fought with a heavy burden in your heart…such sadness as you fought alone in this ring" Chuck paused but then pumped his fist and had fire burning in his eyes which made everyone take a slight step back and sweat drop "But you came back and you fought but this time your fist spoke with confidence. There was no burden plaguing your heart as you fought gallantly with your partner backing you up and with that you showed me the trust between yourself and your Pokémon a combination that I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to beat no matter how many battles we have. You definitely deserve this badge"
Ash closed his eyes and smirked in amusement as he shook his head "Thank you"
The subordinates cheered as Ash and the gang left the gym
"Such awesome talent…makes me wonder if his trainer was…no never mind couldn't be…" Chuck said to himself as the doors closed behind the group "Alright, back to work! We are increasing your training until you can fight just like that!" He barked as everyone scrambled around the gym
The gang was returning from their lodge with their luggage when May spoke up
"We should really visit again!" She said excitedly
"Yeah, without all the…you know blood and martial arts and stuff" Misty commented as Ash sweat dropped and chuckled a bit sheepishly
"Sorry about that"
"Wait a minute Ketchum" Gary interrupted everything "Where did you learn to fight like that?" Gary questioned making everyone else wonder the same thing. "I mean being a musician is one thing….but a martial artist too?"
"Uh….um….first off you said you were gonna tell me why you were here if I won the match against Chuck. So how about you answer this question" Ash said changing the subject quickly "Why are you here?"
Gary put his hand to his chin in thought as Ash and the girls all circled him and waited in anticipation
"Well the thing is we found someone that we think could be your mother…"
Ash's eyes went wide as he dropped the case that carried his guitar
"What?!" was all he could muster as Pikachu hopped on to his shoulder and patted his head in understanding
Dawn quickly grabbed Ash's hand and gave it a squeeze as she didn't know what else she could do
always gotta end it on a good note lol
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I will get to work on the next one right now
you can review on your thoughts on the chapter and the fight in the chapter
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