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CH 25, Ash vs Hala

Iki Town:

Having completed Ilima's trial, all that was left for Ash and Alain on this island was the Grand Trial. Ash was first up to take on the trial, with Alain taking his turn the next day.

"Ash we'll both use two Pokemon if that's okay with you?"

"Sounds good to me Hala!"

"Good luck Ash!" Alain called out from the side-lines.

"Don't worry I got this Alain."

Ash and Hala took their places on the battlefield across from each other as they prepared their first Pokemon.

"Go Crabrawler!"

"C'mon Rowlett!"

"Crabrawler Bubblebeam!"

"Rowlett dodge and use Leafage," Rowlett spun around in the air dodging the bubbles and sending leaves flying towards Crabrawler.

"Jump and use Power-Up Punch!" Crabrawler dodged the leaves by jumping into the air and hit Rowlett with a hard punch.

"Ash watch out that moves also powers up the user!" Alain called out from the side.

"Don't worry I know," Ash said returning his attention to Rowlett," you okay?" Rowlett nodded.

"Rowlett use Peck!" Rowlett dive-bombed Crabrawler, beak glowing with energy.

"Crabrawler grab it and slam it!" Crabrawler grabbed Rowlett by the beak and smashed him into the ground.

"Rowlett!" Rowlett slowly got off the ground and back into the air.

"Crabrawler Bubblebeam!"

"Leafage!" The leaves cut through the bubbles hitting Crabrawler and knocking it back a few feet.

"Crabrawler Bubblebeam!"

"Rowlett charge through with Peck!" Rowlett dive-bombed Crabrawler once again.

"Crabrawler Crabhammer!" The strike hit Rowlett just as he closed in on Crabrawler.

"Oh no Rowlett!" Rowlett managed to gain his bearings once more and rose back into the air.

"Crabrawler Power-Up Punch!"

"Peck!" The two charged at each other and traded hits both falling unconscious.

"Rowlett good job," Ash said recalling his friend.

"You too Crabrawler," Hala said returning his friend as well.

"Go Hariyama!"

"Pikachu it's your turn!"

"Pika Pi!" Pikachu took his place as Hariyama appeared across from him.

"Let's begin, Hariyama Bulk-Up!"

"Powering up huh, Pikachu Agility!"

"Pika Pika!" Pikachu began speeding around Hariyama gaining speed.

"Hariyama Focus Blast!" Hariyama stopped powering up and shot a large ball of energy at the still speeding Pikachu.

"Dodge and use Electro Ball!" Pikachu easily dodged the blast and shot his own ball of electricity at Hariyama.

"Arm Thrust!" Ash and Pikachu were surprised as Hariyama easily neutralized the ball of electricity with a single strike.

"Whoa, be careful Pikachu."

"Pika!"

"Hariyama Brick Break!" Hariyama charged at Pikachu with suprising speed.

"Iron Tail!" Pikachu met Hariyama's punch with his hardened tail creating a shockwave.

"Electro Ball!" Hariyama was caught off guard as Pikachu created as close range ball that easily hit it's mark.

"Toss it!" hariyama steeled through the shock and tossed Pikachu down to the ground with a large thud.

"Pikachu Thunderbolt!"

"Take it!" Hariyama stood strong barely flinching.

"That didn't work?!"

"It's going to take a lot more to take Hariyama down," Hala roared," Mega Punch!" Hariyama knocked Pikachu back into the air with a fast and powerful strike.

"Pikachu Quick Attack!" Pikachu charged back at Hariyama once more.

"Arm Thrust!"

"Jump on it!" Pikachu jumped to avoid the strike and landed on Hariyama's arm running along it.

"Shake it off!"

"Jump onto the back!" As Hariyama tried to shake Pikachu off he jumped to his back and grabbed on.

"Thunderbolt!" Hariyama couldn't do anything with Pikachu in a blind-spot, it could only bear the attack.

"Hariyama jump!" Hariyama jumped into the air as Pikachu struggled to hold on. Realizing it was futile to hold on, Pikachu let go quickly and landed safely back onto the ground.

"Hariyama Body Slam!" hariyama dropped back towards the ground, dive-bombing at an unprecedented speed.

"Dodge it!" Pikachu barely managed to dodge as Hariyama slammed into the ground a few inches away knocking Pikachu back with the resulting tremor.

"Focus Blast!" Pikachu got hit dead-on as he was still recuperating from the previous attack.

"You okay buddy?"

"Pika Pika!"

"Good, Agility!" Pikachu returned to speeding around Hariyama trying to confuse his opponent.

"Hariyama focus on Pikachu's movements," Hariyama focused as Pikachu continued to speed around.

"Now Quick Attack!"

"Hariyama Brick Break!" Hariyama manged to successfully counter Pikachu knocking him back.

"I didn't think it'd be able to land a hit," Ash mumbled.

"Let's go Hariyama," Ash gulped as he saw Hala and Hariyama performing the motions for a Z-Move," Hariyama All-Out Pummeling!" What seemed like a hundred fists bombarded Pikachu who did his best to stand strong.

"Pikachu!" Ash cried out in concern for his friend admist the onslaught of fists. As the onslaught ended Pikachu was still standing, ragged but still standing.

"You can do it Pikachu, Agility!"

"That won't work, Focus Blast!" Pikachu dodged the blast as he kept gaining speed.

"Now use Iron Tail on Hariyama's foot!" Pikachu slammed his tail down onto Hariyama's foot causing it to stumble onto the ground.

"Hariyama!"

"Let's show them our Z-Move Pikachu," Ash called out as they performed the motions," Pikachu Breakneck-Blitz!" Pikachu charged at Hariyama full speed and slammed into it with a powerful impact.

"Hariyama!" The impact was strong enough to knock out Hariyama.

"You did it Pikachu!" Ash called out as Pikachu jumped into his arms.

"Pika, Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu cried out celebrating as well.

"That was a fantastic battle Ash," Hala said recalling Hariyama," you definitely deserve this." Ash looked at the Z-Crystal in Hala's hand.

"Is that a Fighting type Z-Crystal?"

"It is, this is your prize for defeating me." Ash accepted the Z-Crystal and placed in his Z-Crystal case.

"Thanks a lot Hala," Ash thanked the kahuna before turning to Alain," guess it's your turn tomorrow huh?"

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it," Alain said as he looked down at his two Pokeballs with his newest catches.

"Then I look forward to our battle Alain, but for now let's head to the Pokemon Center and give our friends a well-earned break." Ash and Alain happily followed the kahuna back to Hau'ouli City.

That's all for now hope you enjoyed it. I won't be featuring Alain's battle with Hala as I'll be alternating between the two each Grand Trial, so it doesn't get too repetitive. See you all next chapter!