Okay we are up to Chapter 26 in the story and it has been officially one year since I published the story and since I began publishing stories on the site.
Recap
Last chapter Ash and Dawn captured a Emolga and Garvantula on Route 4 while Team Rocket met up with Pierce in Saffron City back in the Kanto region for an unknown plot.
End Recap
Also if you had not noticed I changed Bianca's Pokemon from an Accelgor to an Escavalier in chapter 17 because of her trading her Shelmet in the episode "Evolution Exchange Excitement!" because I want to make this story fit the canon of the Anime the best it can.
Also during Best wishes in Japan this summer Dawn and Cynthia will appear. Read, Review and enjoy.
With a Garvantula and Emolga added to Ash and Dawn's rosters of Pokemon our heroes continue their vacation threw the Unova region.
Ash, Pikachu, Bianca, Dawn, May and Max continue to walk threw the forest path Route 4 with Ash following directions on his Pokegear and Dawn looks at the Poke ball which contains her newly obtained Emolga.
"I can't wait to use Emolga in a contest" She says intending to use the Sky Squirrel Pokemon in her first Kanto region contest.
"According to the Pokegear Nimbasa is just a few miles away" Ash says reading the directions on his Pokegear "So what's Nimbasa like anyway?" Dawn asks while having been here in the Unova region before she has not seen Nimbasa.
"It's great Dawn it's filled with theme parks it's the heart of business and economy here in Unova" Ash explains having been here before when he battled its gym leader Elesa who specializes in electric type Pokemon and won earning him the bolt badge.
"Whoa that sounds amazing!" Dawn says after hearing his description of the city.
"It is let's just enjoy it before we have to go back to Kanto for your contest" Ash says remembering that Dawn's first Pokemon contest in the Kanto region is set to happen one week from now.
"I just hope we don't run into Burgundy again I mean she's just so annoying I can barely stand her" Ash says thinking Burgundy is one of the most annoying people he has ever met as a Pokemon trainer "Pika-pi" Pikachu says agreeing with his trainer's.
Burgundy meanwhile is drinking some water from a water bottle near there and hears this and spits it out "Annoying? Me? How dare he?" She says to herself not thinking of herself as annoying.
"I mean to just imagine her becoming a S-Class Connaisseuse is scary," Ash says and Burgundy becomes even angrier then before at Ash's comment and she snaps the granola bar she was eating in half and runs up to him.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY ABOUT ME?" Burgundy asks Ash angrily "N-nothing Burgundy nothing" Ash says not wanting to make Burgundy even more angry with him over what he just said about her thinking she wasn't there.
"Aucun! I don't think so! You said I was annoying and if became an S-class Connaisseuse would be freighting!" Burgundy says having heard Ash's comments about her evaluation skills.
"Okay I said those things Burgundy" Ash says, "I knew it! How dare you say those things about my evaluating skills?" Burgundy asks angry "Well to be honest I don't really think you do a very good job at being a Connaisseuse" Ash says not caring how mad Burgundy gets.
"This is getting kind of interesting" Max says and Burgundy's face begins to turn red and steam comes out of her ears in anger "HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY ABILITIES AS A POKEMON CONNAISSEUSE! I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO INSULTED IN MY LIFE!" Burgundy yells out so loud probably people all the way out in Kanto can hear her.
"What about Cilan? You made it your life mission to get revenge on him after he beat you and gave you some advice and you blew it way out of proportion" Ash says remembering how many times she tried to get revenge on Cilan after he defeated her in a gym battle which motivated her to become a Connaisseuse in the first place.
"My revenge on Cilan is hereby now postponed for now getting revenge is shifted to you!" Burgundy says and holds out a Poke ball "I challenge you to a battle right now!" Burgundy says wanting to settle this score with Ash immediately.
"Alright then I accept!" Ash says ready to battle anyway at any time "Pika-pi!" Pikachu says wanting to battle.
Bianca, May, Max and Dawn soon sit down on the rocks around the place while Burgundy and Ash stand on opposite sides of portion of the field "We'll go with a three on three battle to see how good you've gotten!" Burgundy says, "You got it!" Ash says accepting her challenge.
"Now Sawsbuck let's go!" Burgundy says and the Season Pokemon is unleashed from its Poke ball "Sawsbuck!" It yells out and May pulls out her Pokedex.
"Sawsbuck the Season Pokemon and the evolved form of Deerling. They migrate according to the seasons. People can tell the season by looking at Sawsbuck's horns"
"Alright then Meganium I choose you!" Ash says and throws a Poke ball in the air and the Herb Pokemon is unleashed from her Poke ball "Meg!" She yells out upon being unleashed and Bianca pulls out her Pokedex having never seen this Pokemon before.
"Meganium the Herb Pokemon. Its breath has the fantastic ability to revive dead plants and flowers"
"Alright then Sawsbuck use Horn Leech!" Burgundy says and Sawsbuck lowers its head and its horns become surrounded in orange and its horns begin to glow gold and begins to charge at Meganium.
"Meganium dodge it!" Ash says and Meganium avoids Sawsbuck's attack and then the leafs on Meganium's neck glow purple and releases a thick gray smog with purple sparkles from it on to Sawsbuck and purple sparks go threw Sawsbuck.
"What? Sawsbuck has been poisoned!" Burgundy says, "I didn't know Meganium knew PoisonPowder" Ash says having until no knowledge Meganium had learned that move since her evolution from Bayleef to Meganium.
"GRRR! It doesn't matter! Sawsbuck use Shadow ball!" Burgundy says and the Season Pokemon charges up a sphere of black and purple energy and fires it at Meganium, which hits her causing significant damage.
"Meganium use Synthesis!" Ash says and Meganium's leafs glow white and she becomes surrounded by white sparkles and heals up the damage done by shadow ball.
"Whoa Ash used Synthesis so Meganium can regain her health!" Max says knowing that move can be used so a Pokemon can restore its own HP "That was pretty smart" Dawn says thinking that was bright of Ash to use that move.
Burgundy then gets angrier at the move Ash just had Meganium use "Sawsbuck use Mega horn!" Burgundy says and Sawsbuck lowers its head and a radiating silver energy erupts from the ends of its horns and covers them completely and begins to charges at Meganium.
"Use Protect!" Ash says and Meganium's leafs glow blue and becomes surrounded by a turquoise energy field protecting her and Sawsbuck is bounced right off of it and hits the ground and gets back up but is hurt by the poison.
"Now use Dragon Tail!" Ash says and Meganium's tail glows light blue and swings it and hits Sawsbuck with it knocking the Season Pokemon to the ground fainted.
"Sawsbuck return" Burgundy says and recalls the season Pokemon back to its Poke ball and puts it away.
"Just remember Ash this battle isn't over yet Stoutland let's go!" Burgundy says and throws a Poke ball in the air and the Big-Hearted Pokemon is unleashed from its Poke ball "Stoutland!" It yells out upon being unleashed from its Poke ball and May pulls out her Pokedex.
"Stoutland the Big-Hearted Pokémon and the evolved form of Herdier. This extremely wise Pokémon excels at rescuing people stranded at sea or in the mountains"
"Meganium return" Ash says recalling the herb Pokemon back to her Poke ball and pulling out another.
"What's this Ash is switching Pokemon? What could this one be? No matter I can defeat it I know I can" Burgundy says to herself in her thoughts confident in herself.
"Torkoal I choose you!" Ash says and throws a Poke ball in the air and the coal Pokemon is unleashed from its Poke ball "Torkoal!" It yells and sprays smoke from its nose and back upon being unleashed.
"I don't care how rare that Pokemon is here I can defiantly beat it! Stoutland use Thunder Fang!" Burgundy says to Stoutland who obeys its trainer's command and the Big-Hearted Pokemon jumps forward and charges at Torkoal and it opens its mouth and yellow sparks of electricity appear around Stoutland's mouth and bites down on Torkoal and both Stoutland's and Torkoal's bodies become surrounded by electricity.
"TOOORKOOAL!" Torkoal says yelling out in pain and Stoutland unlatches and jumps back to Burgundy's side "Torkoal use Flamethrower!" Ash says after seeing Torkoal recover from Stoutland's Thunder fang and the coal Pokemon unleashes a stream of fire from its mouth.
"Stoutland dodge it!" Burgundy says but Torkoal's flamethrower hits the Big-Hearted Pokemon before it can dodge "Stoutland!" Burgundy says hoping Stoutland didn't get too hurt and Stoutland gets up from the ground but has suffered significant damage.
"Torkoal now use Smokescreen!" Ash says and Torkoal releases a thick smoke from his mouth, which shrouds himself from Stoutland, and it forms around it and Stoutland.
"What is Ash planning to do?" May asks wondering what Ash is up to "I don't know May but whatever it is this is going to be interesting" Max says to his sister.
Stoutland inside of the smoke looks around for any sign of Torkoal inside "Torkoal use Inferno!" Ash says and Torkoal charges up a blue flame and fires and Stoutland becomes engulfed in the large flame.
"Stoutland are you okay?" Burgundy asks and the smoke clears and it shows Stoutland fainted on the ground with Torkoal still standing.
"Whoa! So that's what Ash was doing. Clever" Max says realizing why Ash pulled out Torkoal in the first place.
Burgundy then returns her fainted Stoutland back to its Poke ball after it's battle "Good job Stoutland rest well" Burgundy says and puts the Big-Hearted Pokémon's Poke ball away "Here's something that can defiantly take on a fire type Samurott let's go!" She says and throws a Poke ball in the air and the Formidable Pokemon is unleashed "Samurott!" it says upon being unleashed and May pulls out her Pokedex.
"Samurott the Formidable Pokemon. Part of the armor on its anterior legs becomes a giant sword. Its cry alone is enough to intimidate most enemies"
"Torkoal return" Ash says recalling Torkoal to its Poke ball and pulls out another "Purrloin I choose you!" Ash says and throws a Poke ball in the air and the Devious Pokemon is unleashed and sparkles fly off because of its shininess.
"A shiny Purrloin? Where did he get that? It doesn't matter, Samurott use Ice beam!" Burgundy says and the formidable Pokemon charges up a blue beam in its mouth and fires it.
"Dodge it and use night slash!" Ash says and Purrloin dodges Samurott's ice beam and its claws glow crimson and then slashes Samurott and jumps back to Ash's side and Samurott stumbles because of the significant damage done to the formidable Pokemon by the Devious Pokemon.
"Don't give up Samurott use Revenge!" Burgundy says and its body becomes surrounded in an orange aura and the formidable Pokemon unleashes a burst of orange energy from its body at Purrloin sending the Devious Pokemon flying but it grips on the ground softening it's landing causing minimal damage.
"Now use Razor shell!" Burgundy says and Samurott reaches across to its other arm and draws a sword and the whole sword glows light blue and the sword grows slightly longer and goes to slash Purrloin.
"Dodge it and use Thunder wave!" Ash says and Purrloin dodges Samurott's attack and the Devious Pokémon's body becomes surrounded in yellow sparks of electricity and fires a beam of electricity from its body, which hits Samurott, which paralyzes the formidable Pokemon.
"Okay now Purrloin use Shadow Claw!" Ash says and Purrloin's claws become surrounded by a dark-purple aura and it envelops Purrloin's paw and slashes Samurott causing the formidable Pokemon more damage.
Burgundy soon becomes angrier by this "Samurott use Rock smash!" Burgundy says thinking that would be an effective move to use against a dark type like Purrloin but Samurott only stands there while electrically currents goes threw its body due to it being paralyzed.
"Now Purrloin use Fury swipes!" Ash says and Purrloin's claws glow longer and glow white and begins to repeatedly slash Samurott with its claws and finally the formidable Pokemon falls to the ground fainted leaving Burgundy speechless.
"Nice job Purrloin!" Ash says congratulating the Devious Pokemon for defeating Samurott "Purr-Purr!" Purrloin says feeling pride for defeating a Pokemon like Samurott.
Burgundy then recalls Samurott to its Poke ball "You did your best Samurott get a good rest" Burgundy says and puts the Poke ball away and looks at Ash and Pikachu with anger burning in her eyes.
"Okay Burgundy I defeated you so I guess its time for you to go back to wanting revenge on Cilan" Ash says "No" Burgundy says "Wait? What?" Ash asks thinking its strange she would just stop wanting revenge against Cilan after all this time.
"After hearing you insult me like that I just can't just seek out two targets thus if you ever see Cilan again tell him I'm no longer interested in getting revenge against him now I simply want revenge against YOU!" She says now shifting her focus for revenge against Cilan to Ash.
"Pika-pi" Pikachu says in annoyance know that Burgundy has declared she plans to get revenge on Ash for insulting her.
"Burgundy this seems to be a bit of an overreaction" "I DON'T CARE! Mark my words Ash Ketchum I will prove to you I am an excellent Connaisseuse!" Burgundy says "Okay then I'll see you on that day" Ash says and Burgundy gets mad.
"I'LL HAVE MY REVENGE ON YOU SOMEDAY FOR SURE!" She yells and runs down Route 4 at a fast rate
"Whoa she sure does run fast" May says "Well now we have her to worry about," Max says since Burgundy might even follow then to Kanto if she is so determined to get revenge on Ash for insulting her evaluation skills.
"I think we'll okay Max I'm not really scared of what she'll do" Ash says "Pika-pi" Pikachu says in agreement that Burgundy is more of a pest then something they should be scared of and the group begins to walk once more threw Route 4.
After having a three-on-three battle with Burgundy and winning Ash and his friends continue with their commute threw the Unova region.
To be continued
Okay we just wrapped up Chapter 26 and Ash and Burgundy had a three-on-three battle which resulted in Ash defeating Burgundy using Meganium, Torkoal and Purrloin against her Samurott, Stoutland and Sawsbuck and she vowed revenge against him.
Ursula will make her debut in this story in the chapter where Dawn participates in her first contest in the Kanto region.
I'm also holding a vote on what Ash's Eevee should evolve into in the story so whatever you think Eevee should evolve into go on to my profile and vote from one of the seven evolutionary choices.
I'll update as soon as I can. So stay tuned.