Episode 25: Blaze and Glory
This episode will happen two days after the events of Seafoam Island with Ash facing yet another tough battle with a couple of pokemon elvolving twice in this episode.
After the trip from Seafoam Island Ash and Salvia took the chance to have a quick battle between each other, with two of their newest pokemon with Cilan and Misty watching them from the sidelines, Raichu watched the battle going on with great intent, "nicely done Salvia," Ash commented with a proud smile as his Dragonair landed in front of him while panting from the attack, "Dragonair, attack with Dragon Pulse," Ash commanded with confidence.
"Rhyhorn, use Horn Attack," Salvia instructed her pokemon calmly.
Rhyhorn charged towards the powerful dragon pokemon with great ferocity, Dragonair powered up a powerful burst of energy and fired it at the ground type pokemon, the ground type pokemon had no time to move out of the way and took the attack head on, Rhyhorn took the attack and fell back from the force of it, "alright this round of the battle is over," Ash told the princess with a smile as he recalled his pokemon.
After recalling his pokemon a young woman approached the ground type pokemon, "wow, that was an amazing battle," she said while looking over to Ash. "Almost forgot I am the fire master of this island, the granddaughter of Blaine, Toni," she introduced herself with great confidence.
Ash walked up to the fire master with a smirk, "my name is Ash Ketchum, I challenge you to a battle," Ash respectfully requested.
The lady with long pink hair wearing blue jeans and a white shirt with a fire emblem on the front extended her hand out, "I accept your challenge, but in this battle the rules will be different, it is still six on six but whenever we knock out a pokemon we have to start the next round with another pokemon, in other words this battle will be the best four out of six," Toni explained to the challenging trainer.
The rest of the group walked up to Ash with an excited look on their faces, "Ash, I thought we were going to finish this battle," Salvia said with a frown as she pulled out her pokeball, Ash looked over to the princess and nodded, "good," Salvia replied as she stood back at her end of the battle field, "Lavitar, it's time to shine," Salvia called out her newly acquired pokemon.
"Beldum, I choose you," Ash called out his, the iron ball pokemon hovered in front of Ash between the mostly green pokemon ready to battle it, "now Salvia, Beldum's only know one attack," Ash told the young royal as she nodded with determination, "Beldum attack with Take Down," Ash instructed the steel type pokemon.
"Larvitar, counter with Dark Pulse," Salvia ordered her pokemon while the opposing pokemon charged towards it, the rock skin pokemon fired a dark wave of energy at the steel type pokemon, the two attacks collided with devastating force pushing the iron ball pokemon dack towards Ash.
Ash smirked for a moment as his pokemon got back up after the powerful attack, "well done Salvia," Ash complimented the bluenette as she started to celebrate a little, "don't celebrate too early, Beldum attack with Take Down again," Ash instructed his pokemon with.
"Not so fast Ash, Larvitar attack with Bite," Salvia ordered her pokemon quickly.
The two pokemon charged at one another with their trainers cheering them on, as the two pokemon got closer they both started to glow a bright white, Beldum grew larger with two arms extending from a main body, while Larvitar grew slightly taller and a more cacoon shape, after the glowing stopped Ash and Salvia looked in amazement as they pulled out their respective pokedexes to gather the information on their new pokemon.
Misty and Cilan looked at one another for a moment with a smile on each others faces, "unbelievable, the recipe of this battle has produced a new product, Ash now has a Metang while Salvia has a Pupitar," Cilan commented happily as he walked closer to the new pokemon, "amazing these new ingredients will give Ash and Salvia a much needed boost in power against Chris and Alex," Cilan started ecstatically.
Misty looked at the ground in slight as she listened to Cilan's words, 'doesn't he ever shut up?' Misty thought to herself as she waltzed over to her friends to congratulate them, "so Ash, do you have any idea what team you will be battling with in the masters challenge?" Misty asked her friend as he recalled his new pokemon back to its pokeball.
Ash looked at his Raichu and smiled, "sorry buddy but you will have to sit this one out," Ash told the electric pokemon, Raichu looked at his trainer upset about what he had heard from his trainer, "I want to try something tomorrow," Ash told his pokemon as the group left the battle area for the Pokemon Center.
After walking for a short time the group made it to the medical facility with the sun setting in the background. Salvia watched as the trainer walked into the Pokemon Center with concern, 'what could he be thinking?' Salvia wondered as the trainer turned around to see her standing there without moving.
Ash walked over to the princess and extended his hand towards her, "I don't want you to stand there alone," Ash said as the princess took his hand and followed him inside, "I have something I want to ask you," Ash told the young royal after walking into the crowded building.
Ash went ordered dinner for the group as he looked towards the bluenette with a smile, he walked over to her and sat down next to her, "when I find my answer, I promise you will be the first to know," Ash told the young royal as she looked up at the trainer and smiled at him, "but I want to continue my journey with you by my side at all times," Ash told the princess as he looked at her happily.
Salvia looked towards her new friends and smiled, "I am happy to hear that Ash," Salvia chimed as she rested her head on the trainers shoulder, "so what do you intend to do in tomorrow's battle?" Salvia asked the trainer quietly as the food started to arrive.
"I will answer that for you later, but first we need to eat," Ash retorted calmly as he grabbed the knife and fork to start eating his food.
Salvia watched Ash eating his food and smiled, 'well at least he is confident,' Salvia thought as she took her utensils to start eating her food, she politely started eating her food.
Ash took a look over his shoulder to see Salvia politely eating her food, "oh come on Salvia, no need to eat like a princess," Ash said before gulping down on more food, "you're out in the real world and not confined by the palace walls," Ash told his girlfriend with a cheeky smile, Salvia looked at the trainer as he took another lot of food and crammed it into his mouth, "you see….. what I…. mean?" Ash asked while trying to talk with is mouth full of food.
Salvia sighed at the sight of the trainer trying to talk with his mouth full, Ash, in the palace we learnt manners," Salvia told Ash as she politely placed more food in her mouth, while watching the trainer wolf down on more food, 'I am not sure how you would last in the palace Ash,' Salvia thought as she shrugged her shoulders.
Misty and Cilan watched as Ash and Salvia ate their food, "much like the flavors of different food, these two are a great contrast," Cilan said with a smile as he noticed a bit of food coming from the corner of Ash's mouth.
Salvia noticed this and wiped her finger across the bit of food, "this wouldn't happen if you eat your food slowly," instructed Ash as she placed the bit of food in her mouth, suddenly a sudden burst of heat pulsed through her mouth, "hot, how can you eat that stuff?" Salvia asked the trainer as she grabbed a bottle of water.
Ash swallowed his food and laughed at the princess, "you just got your first taste of curry," Ash teased the princess who looked over to Ash and smirked at him, "hey don't look at me like that," Ash commented as he walked away from the table. Salvia followed the trainer to the exit of the medical facility to find out what the trainer had planned for the next day's battle, "Salvia, the reason why I don't want Raichu to battle is because I want a member from your team," Ash remarked as the two started walking down the street of the island city.
Salvia looked over to Ash with a smile, "who do you have in mind?" Salvia asked the trainer as they continued to walk through the lit up street.
Ash and Salvia finally made it to the beach, "I want to borrow your Pupitar for this battle," Ash retorted as the two sat down to listen to the waves crashing onto the shore. Ash looked at the princess for a moment and smiled, "I have a question for you Salvia," Ash said as the young royal turned her gaze to Ash, "when is your birthday?" Ash asked Salvia with a hopeful smile.
"My birthday is on the twenty third of February," Salvia replied to Ash's request she continued to look at the trainer and smiled at him, "so when is your birthday Ash," Salvia asked her question.
The trainer looked up to the star filled sky and smirked for a moment, "the twentieth of December," Ash replied as the princess looked over to him in amazement, "yes I know, it's only a month away," Ash remarked quietly as he fell back on to the sand so he could look up to the stars, "honestly I haven't wanted much for my birthday, since I have all I've ever wanted," Ash confessed with a proud smile.
"We are the same, every year for my birthday my dad throws an extravagant party, I get all sorts of gifts, but all I ever wanted was to enjoy a day with my family, most times all I get is clothes that I don't like," Salvia explained as she fell on to the sand next to Ash, she looked up to the night sky and got closer to Ash, "there is one thing I want for my birthday Ash," Salvia started as she rested her head on Ash's shoulder.
Ash turned his head to look at the princess and smiled at her as she moved her arm over the trainer, "what do you want for your birthday?" Ash asked in reply.
Salvia closed her eyes and gently smiled at the trainer, "I want your answer by my birthday," Salvia replied with certainty as she opened her eyes, she gazed into the trainers eyes, "I don't want a gift from you Ash, most times I don't get what I want," Salvia remarked as the trainer placed his finger on the royals lips.
"How about I make a promise to you?" Ash asked the bluenette in an assuring tone, "how about I promise to stay by your side forever?" Ash asked Salvia as her gentle blue eyes stayed fixed on the trainers.
Salvia looked on in amazement as the trainer moved his finger from the princess's mouth to cup her face, she remained speechless at the promise that was made to her, 'is he serious?' Salvia thought as she watched Ash's head move closer, but before Ash's lips made contact with the princess's, Mew appeared in front of them and used its psychic powers to stop them from kissing, 'what? I was so close to kissing Ash again,' Salvia thought as she looked over to see the small pink pokemon laughing at them.
Ash looked at the small pink pokemon as it laughed at them, "alright what's the big idea?" Ash asked as the small pink pokemon hovered in front of the trainer, "that wasn't fair Mew," Ash remarked as he sat up and grabbed his pokeball, Ash threw the pokeball at the new species pokemon only for it to use its psychic powers to stop the pokeball and send it back to Ash.
Salvia burst out into laughter at the sight of Ash failing to capture Mew, "Ash we need to rest at the Pokemon Center before tomorrow's battle," Salvia told Ash as she handed the trainer her pokeball containing her Pupitar.
Ash stood up and looked at the legendary pokemon, "Mew, why did you stop me?" Ash asked Mew but the legendary flew off into the direction of the princess, 'oh well maybe next time,' Ash thought with a grin as he ran off to follow the princess.
(The Next Day)
Ash stood outside the pokemon gym with Salvia standing next to him with Misty and Cilan standing behind them, Raichu stood between Ash and Salvia. The group walked into the gym with confidence that Ash was going to win his next battle, Ash looked around to see the battlefield as it was when he was last here, "wow the battlefield is still over a volcano," Ash said in amazement as the rest of the group sat in the stands to watch the trainer participate in the battle.
Meanwhile in an unknown part of the gym a small pink pokemon sat down and prepared to watch the trainer get ready to battle the pin master, Toni walked up to her end of the battlefield and looked over to Ash who was confident, "I take it you want to hear the rules again?" Toni said as Ash shook his head, "good you know the rules of this battle, the one that wins the more than their opponent is declared the winner of the battle," she said as she pulled out her pokeball, "Ninetail's time to flare up," Toni called out her first pokemon of the battle.
Ash pulled out his pokeball and smirked at the opposing pokemon, "Pupitar, I choose you," Ash called out the princess's pokemon for the battle.
The group looked on in amazement, "Ash asked me if he could borrow Pupitar," Salvia explained with a smile as her pokemon got ready to take on the fire type pokemon.
Cilan placed his hand on his chin and smiled at the intelligence of the trainer, "his smartness in battle is amazing, he never asked to borrow one of my pokemon," Cilan pointed out as an elderly man with a white lab coat got ready to judge the battle.
"This is rare, Ash asking to borrow a pokemon, I remember in his first gym battle he refused to borrow my water type pokemon," Misty stated as she looked over to the princess, 'I never expected this from Ash, could it be that they truly love one another?' Misty thought before turning her gaze back towards the battle.
"I will make the first move, Pupitar attack with Stone Edge," Ash instructed the rock type pokemon surrounded itself with stones before sending it out towards the fire type pokemon.
"Quick, stop it with Shadow Ball," Toni instructed her fire type pokemon, the fox like pokemon powered up a powerful sphere before unleashing it at the incoming attack. The attacks collided causing an explosion Toni covered her face as the dust flew pass the two trainers, "he is good," Toni said while noticing that the opposing pokemon was still ready for more in the battle, "Ninetails, start our combination with Sunny Day," Toni told her pokemon, the pokemon let out a howl causing artificial sunlight in the gym.
"I wonder what she is up too," Ash told himself as he started to think about the possibilities, "no time to think, Pupitar attack with Earthquake," Ash called out for the next attack, the rock type glowed red causing the ground to shake, the wave of earth moved towards the fire type rapidly until it made contact, the fox pokemon fell back after taking a devastating hit.
"Fire a Solar Beam," Toni ordered her pokemon with great confidence. The attack was fired quickly and slammed into the opposing pokemon dealing critical damage, "great now end this with Fire Blast," Toni commanded with increasing confidence, she watched her pokemon send out a five pointed fire attack towards the injured rock type pokemon.
"Pupitar!" Salvia yelled out for her pokemon, suddenly the rock type opened its eyes and started to glow a pure white, the pokemon grew taller and gained a large tail, the glowing stopped and a large green pokemon stood at the ready and took the fire type attack, Salvia pulled out her pokedex to gather information on her new pokemon, "Tyranitar," Salvia called out with a smile as the pokemon let out a loud roar, this time send out sand to cover up the sun and got ready to attack.
"Tyranitar, attack with Stone Edge," Ash called out for the next attack of the battle, the dark type pokemon sent out a powerful barrage of stones towards the fire type dealing immense damage to Ninetails. The fire type collapsed after the devastating hit giving Ash the first round of the battle, "nicely done," Ash celebrated as the large pokemon roared out in joy, Ash recalled the pokemon as per the rules of the battle, he looked over to Salvia and nodded at her happily.
"not bad Ash, but this next round will belong to me, go Camerupt," Toni called out her next pokemon to battle, Ash looked at the large red pokemon with two volcanoes bulging from its back, "time to see what you'll do Ash," Toni said with a confident smirk.
Ash pulled out his next pokeball ready to take on the new fire type pokemon, "time to fight fire with fire, Emboar I choose you," Ash called out his next pokemon to take on the battle, "Emboar attack with Brick Break," he commanded confidently.
"Camerupt, use Take Down" Toni called out for the counter attack. The two trainers watched as their pokemon charged towards each other with ferocious power, the glowing fist of the mega pig pokemon made contact with the eruption pokemon's Take Down. The two trainers watched as the two pokemon fell back from the force of the attack, "wow his Emboar is powerful," Toni said as she noticed the panting of her pokemon.
Ash looked over to his panting pokemon as well, "oh man in just one attack we both caused some serious damage," Ash said in amazement.
"Camerupt attack with Rock Slide," Toni called out for the powerful rock type attack.
Ash watched as the ground type sent out an avalanche of boulders towards his pokemon, "Brick Break again," Ash called out. The mega pig's fist started glowing and he started fighting off the boulders while charging through the field of rocks, "now use Head Smash," Ash called for the next attack of the battle.
"Use Iron Head," Toni instructed for the counter attack. The two pokemon charge at one another again this time with even more force, they both head butted each other again this time throwing them back towards their trainers, "Camerupt get up," Toni called out in concern as her pokemon collapsed from the power of the two attacks.
Emboar knelt down on one leg before falling to the ground, "these two can't take much more, even after a few attacks," Cilan stated as the two pokemon slowly got up from the attacks, "it's over," Cilan stated as the group watched the two pokemon collapse again.
"Wow that was amazing," Ash said as he recalled his pokemon, "Metang, I choose you," Ash called out his steel type pokemon.
Toni looked over to Ash and started to laugh at the trainer, "are you serious? You know fire types have the advantage against steel type pokemon," Toni berated Ash while getting ready to call out her next pokemon, "oh well whatever, Flareon time to flare up," Toni called out another mostly red pokemon with a yellow collar and tail, "let's bring a quick end to this battle, attack with Lava Plume," Toni declared her attack.
"Don't underestimate me, Metang counter with Rock Slide," the trainer instructed his steel type pokemon with great confidence. The two attackers sent out a powerful avalanche of rocks and lava to their respective foes, the two moves collided with incredible force but Flareon had the advantage and pushed the rock type move back towards the psychic type pokemon along with the fire type move dealing great damage to Metang, "now hit it with Confusion," Ash called out for another attack.
"Forgot about its psychic abilities," Toni told herself in frustration. The two pokemon became surrounded in a purple aura and Metang started throwing the fire type around preventing it from making any counter attack.
Ash watched as the fire type was slammed into the ground dealing significant damage to it, "now attack with Zen Headbutt," Ash commanded his pokemon with increasing confidence.
"Not so fast Ash, Flareon attack with Fire Fang," Toni instructed her pokemon with equal certainty, the two pokemon charge at each other with Flareon having fire appear from its mouth. The two combatant collided with amazing force pushing them back, it was then Metang started ti glow a pure white, "what another evolution?" Toni asked herself in shock.
"No way, twice in two days," Ash said in shock as his pokemon started to get larger and another two legs appeared from the back, the glowing stopped this time a pokemon with a silver 'X' on the front was standing there ready to battle the Flareon, "first Salvia's pokemon, now my pokemon," Ash said with a smile as his pokemon stared down the fire type pokemon, "Metagross, attack with Meteor Mash," Ash called for the new attack.
"Not good, I only have one chance at this," Toni told herself as the intimidating pokemon got closer with the powerful attack, "close enough, Flareon attack with Lava Plume again," Toni order her next attack to counter her opponents attack, a powerful blast of lava washed over the battlefield and approached the charging psychic type pokemon.
Ash watched in disbelief as his pokemon was hit by the fire type attack, "great I was over confident," Ash said he told himself as his pokemon fell after the powerful attack, it picked itself up but it was too hurt to continue battling, "the round goes to you Toni," Ash said with concern for his pokemon, "sorry Metagross, but digression is the better part of valor," Ash told his pokemon as he returned it giving Toni the round of the battle.
Toni looked over to Ash with a smile on his face, "you showed great concern for your pokemon, that's amazing, even if it cost you the round," Toni pointed out with a smile as she got ready to call out her next pokemon, "Houndoom, time to flare up," Toni called her next pokemon for the fourth round.
"I haven't battled with this pokemon in nearly five years, but Lapras I choose you," Ash called out a large blue pokemon with a gray shell, "time to see what you have learnt over the years Lapras," Ash said with a smile as he nodded at the transport pokemon, "show me your new attacks," Ash told his pokemon with great confidence. With Ash's command being set that water type formed a sphere of water above its mouth and fired it at the opposing dark type pokemon, "Water Pulse, nice," Ash said as the opposing pokemon dodged the attack and got ready to attack the water type pokemon.
"Not good, if that lands I could lose this round, Sunny Day now Houndoom," Toni instructed her pokemon with concern, the fire type howled out as the room was filled with artificial sun light again, "now attack with Solar Beam," Toni ordered with a smile.
Ash nodded with a smile as his pokemon glared at the powerful fire type pokemon, it let out a loud song before it started to rain inside the building, "anyone have umbrellas?" Ash asked as he burst out into laughter, he knew that his pokemon was too slow and allowed it to take the powerful attack, "alright then, now to show them what you can do, Lapras attack with Water Pulse again," Ash issued his command with a smile. A powerful sphere of water appeared above the mouth of Lapras before it fired it at the fire type pokemon.
"Flamethrower now," Toni commanded in panic forgetting about the chance to counter Rain Dance, 'no I forgot about Sunny Day,' Toni thought as the water type move ploughed through the fire attack. "Houndoom no," Toni yelled out in shock as her pokemon was hit by a smashing water attack.
The pokemon got back up slowly as Ash nodded and noticed that another burst of energy appeared above the mouth of Lapras, "that's Dragon Pulse," Ash said as the his pokemon blasted the fire type with a devastating attack. The fire type collapsed from the onslaught of Lapras' powerful attacks, "wow Lapras has gotten stronger," Ash told himself proudly before recalling his water type, 'you will make an amazing pokemon in my team from now on,' Ash thought with a proud smile.
"I never expected this, I better win the next round or this is all over, Chandelure, time to flare up," Toni called out her next pokemon.
Ash looked at the pokemon in shock, "not this again," Ash said with a sigh as he got ready to call out his next pokemon, "Krookodile, I choose you," Ash called forth his next pokemon to battle in what was possibly the last round of the battle, "time to show them what we can do," Ash said as the intimidation pokemon roared out in confidence.
Salvia watched on as Mew moved closer to the princess, it floated up to the princess and sat on her lap, Salvia looked down and smiled at the pokemon, "I take it you're enjoying the battle to," Salvia enquired as the legendary pokemon looked up with its mouth open, "come on Ash, you can win this battle!" Salvia yelled out her support for her love.
"Wow, you have the type advantage again," Toni told Ash with a smile as she got ready to attack the crocodile like pokemon, "Chandelure, attack with Flame Burst," Toni called for the first attack of the round.
"Krookodile, attack with Dragon Claw," Ash told his pokemon with equal confidence while his voice started to get drowned out by the noise of the cheering from his friends and Salvia. The intimidation pokemon charged through the flames that were coming from the fire type before slashing down on the ghost pokemon.
The ghost type fell back from the force of the impact, "not bad, but watch this," Toni said with a smirk while her ghost pokemon got back up, "time to Use Will-O-Wisp," Toni told her pokemon confidently.
"Alright time to counter it with Stone Edge," Ash coached his pokemon on for the attack, the two pokemon became surrounded with their attacks before sending it out towards their respective foes, the stones clashed with the ghostly flames causing an explosion. The smoke and dust picked up after the explosion causing an air of uncertainty between the two foes, "this battle is tougher than I thought," Ash told himself while waiting for the dust to settle.
Salvia, Misty, Cilan, Raichu and Mew continued to watch the battle from the stands, "you can do it Ash!" Salvia yelled out as she continued to increase the volume of her support, Mew watched with intent as the princess yelled out more support for the trainer, "don't worry Mew, I know Ash will win this battle," Salvia said with great confidence while her view didn't alter from the trainer, 'you can win this battle,' Salvia thought proudly while watching the dust almost settle.
"This battle still has some spice left in it," the green haired friend of Ash pointed out.
"I know this battle is of a high level, Ash and Toni aren't giving each other an inch, I sense this battle will go down to the last pokemon," Misty pointed out as most of the dust and smoke had finally settled.
The dust had finally settled with Ash and Toni noticing that their pokemon were still ready to battle on, "Krookodile, attack with Crunch," Ash ordered for the next attack. The ground type charged towards the opposing pokemon with ferocious intent while it waited for the chance to hold off the incoming attack, 'she is almost too calm,' Ash thought as his pokemon got closer to attack the foe.
"Chandelure attack with Energy Ball," the pin master called out for the next attack, a large ball of energy appeared in front of the ghost type pokemon while Krookodile edged closer, "your pokemon is too close," Toni decreed with great assurance, the fire type pokemon fired the attack at the incoming Intimidation knocking it back before it could land the attack, "I make sure to teach my pokemon how to counter type disadvantage," Toni pointed out with a smirk while watching the opposing pokemon struggle to get back up.
Ash gritted his teeth while noticing his pokemon exhaustion, "this could go down to the wire," Ash said with a slight chuckle, "Krookodile, Attack with Stone Edge," Ash told his pokemon calmly. The intimidation pokemon formed the stones with a loud roar and started the barrage of stones.
"Chandelure attack with Will-O-Wisp," Toni ordered with certainty, the fire type sent out another burst of ghostly flames to counter the rock type move. The attack collided but this time a stray fire ball hit the ground type burning it upon impact, "now to end this round," Toni said with a smirk as she the ground type pokemon started to writhe in pain, "Use Hex," Toni told her pokemon to complete the combination, the yellow eyes of the ghost type started to glow with malicious intent while creating an aura around the opposing ground type pokemon.
"No Krookodile," Ash called out to his pokemon as it collapsed to the ground after taking a critical hit from the opposing pokemon, "well I guess we have one round left to decide this battle," Ash told the pin master as she nodded in agreement, they both recalled their pokemon and got ready to call out their next pokemon for the final round of the battle, "I am glad I called the professor for this guy," Ash said as he pulled out his final pokeball, "Salamence, I choose you," Ash called out amostly blue pokemon with large red wings.
"A dragon type, this could be trouble," Toni said with sweat flowing from her face, she tried to regain her nerves as the powerful dragon roar, "Magmortar, time to flare up," Toni called out her final pokemon of the battle, "time to start things off with Rock Tomb," Toni called out for the starting attack of the round, the large red and yellow pokemon hit the ground with its powerful arms and raised rocks near the dragon type pokemon.
"Can't be serious right? Salamence take to the air," Ash told his pokemon as it flapped its massive red wings, the pokemon flew around and awaited the next command of its trainer, "Dragon Pulse," Ash called out for his first attack of the final round, the powerful dragon type opened its mouth and unleashed a mighty blast of energy towards the opponent's fire type pokemon.
"Stop the attack with Flamethrower," Toni ordered her pokemon, the fire type sent out a flurry of flames towards the attack in defence, the attacks collided but the fire type was overpowered quickly by the dragon type, "what no way, no pokemon has stopped my Magmortar's fire attacks before," Toni said as her panic started to rise.
Ash smiled at his foe, "well I have trained this Salamence extremely well, I don't often use him in battle because it wouldn't be fair on my opponents," Ash said with confidence as the fire type received a mighty hit from the dragon type, "Salamence, attack with Dragon Claw," Ash called out for the next attack. The dragon flew towards the fire type with glowing claws, it slashed down on the opposing pokemon but it barely dodged it and got ready to unleash the next attack, "close, but one hit from Dragon Claw would have been the end of the battle," Ash commented loudly as the large dragon landed in front of the trainer.
Toni looked on in amazement, 'wow, he has been holding this one back for a while,' Toni thought with a smile, 'I don't think I can win this battle, but I will give it a try,' Toni thought with a smile, "Magmortar attack with Psychic," Toni ordered her pokemon, the fire type's eyes started to glow blue causing a bright blue aura to surround the mighty dragon type.
"Not a bad move, but not good enough, Salamence attack with Earthquake," Ash instructed his pokemon confidently, the dragon lifted its front legs up and slammed them down onto the ground with incredible force sending out a massive shockwave towards the fire type.
The shockwave slammed into Magmortar dealing immense damage to the massive earthquake, Toni looked on in shock as her pokemon fell to the ground, "amazing, his pokemon is far more powerful than expected," Toni said as she watched her pokemon struggle back to its feet, it was panting from the powerful two hits it received but it still wanted to battle, "Hyper Beam now," Toni called for the powerful attack.
A powerful red and yellow beam emanated from the fire type, the powerful beam approached the dragon type menacingly, "Salamence, dodge the attack," Ash told his pokemon calmly, the dragon type flapped its wings again and took to the air yet again, "now end this with Dragon Pulse," Ash instructed his pokemon. The dragon type sent out a massive blast of energy towards the tiring fire type pokemon, Ash watched as his pokemon's attack smashed into the fire type dealing significant damage to it.
Toni watched as he pokemon fell to the ground again, "Magmortar no," Toni called out to her pokemon as it fainted in battle against the mighty dragon type pokemon, it landed in front of Ash and started to roar while breathing flames into the air, "wow never expected that trainer to be so good," Toni told herself as she recalled her fire type pokemon.
Ash recalled his more than happy dragon type pokemon, "Professor Oak was right, he missed battling with me," Ash said with laughter.
After walking out of the building Toni approached Ash to give him the next pin in his expanding collection while they were waiting for the others to show up, "Ash, this Flare Pin belongs to you, since you have four you will need to take your travels to another region," Toni advised Ash with a smile as she winked at him, "with Salamence on your side the other Pin Masters will need to watch out," Toni told Ash as she walked away from the trainer happily.
Ash turned around only to have Salvia embraced the trainer, "that was an amazing battle Ash," Salvia told Ash as Mew hovered above them while Misty and Cilan watched them embrace.
Ash smiled at the young royal, "thanks for your support," Ash said thankfully. The two pulled away from the embrace, "I believe this belongs to you Salvia," Ash stated while giving the princess back her Tyranitar, "honestly I didn't expect you pokemon to evolve again a day after it became a Pupitar," Ash said while scratching the back of his head.
"It's fine Ash, I am just glad you're using my pokemon to battle with, it will make them stronger which in turn will help me out," Salvia explained as she looked over to her friends, "in fact all my new friends are helping me get stronger," Salvia explained as she grabbed Ash's hand and looked into his eyes.
Ash nodded and looked over to his friends, "our next stop is Pallet Town before we head out to Johto," Ash told his friends with a smile, "but before we do that, I have a promise I need to keep," Ash said calmly while looking into Salvia's gentle blue eyes.
'Finally a date with Ash,' Salvia thought excitedly.
The next episode will be the last of the Kanto part of the story, I will be breaking the story up by regions, so after the next episode there will be an entirely new book dedicated to the Johto leg of their adventure.
Next Episode will be mostly between Ash and Salvia, that's right the time I think most of you have been waiting for. I will make sure the next episode is sweet and a little fluffy as well, I also promise Mew will not interfere.
Next time episode 26: Kept Promises