Sorry for the slight wait, I went on a trip for my birthday yesterday and felt too tired afterwards to write. Prior to that, I was tired from trying to correct my sleeping pattern so bare with me. But lets get into this chapter, shall we?

Ash knew that Sabrina was a powerful gym leader, everyone told him so. As he walked towards the gym, he knew a harsh 4 on 4 battle was awaiting him. But he couldn't wait to do it, he had sent Vulpix back to the lab for the day so he could bring Charmeleon back for the fight like originally planned. The ice typed Alolan Vulpix didn't complain, in fact she was happy that her fur wasn't gonna get mucky in battle.

He had recently sorted with Haunter what he was planning and both agreed that evolution would be the best way to get on par with Sabrina's Alakazam. So, with the help of Serena, Haunter evolved into Gengar and was very prepared for battle. So he knew his team was ready for the battle, regardless of what happened next. They just had to be quick and finish the battle before psychic moves since his team was kinda weak to them.

He turned back to Serena and the others, the blonde hair girl looking as cheerful as ever. She knew he would win, that was the kind of boy Ash was at the end of the day. A winner. "Good luck in there, Ash," she said with a bright smile. "I know you'll win!"

"Yep, I'll win for sure!" he responded, very confident in his Pokemon's abilities to battle correctly. He gently petted Pikachu, getting a pleasant 'chaa' from the electric mouse. "Be sure to cheer for us, buddy," he said with a smile, before grabbing one of his balls and sending out Poliwhirl. "Okay, you two. I want you to stay with Serena on the sidelines so you can watch the battle."

The two Pokemon nodded, Pikachu lunged his body from Ash's shoulder and into Serena's awaiting hands - it was like she knew the electric mouse would do that movement. Poliwhirl simply moved next to the girl, she smiled up at her trainer and he smiled back. "Ash, you better win. You been praticing so hard for this and I don't want you goofing it up."

Ash chuckled, his starter was always like that. But he didn't reveal to the others what she had said telepathically. With everything said, he turned and push on the door. A long corridor awaited him and they were soon greeted by a brown haired man, a psychic that Ash knew was training under the gym leader. He looked down at Ash with some surprise. "Are you here to challenge to great Sabrina?" he asked, knowing the answer.

"Of course, me and my Pokemon had been practicing for this," Ash responded, a confident smile on his face. He couldn't wait to see Sabrina and begin their battle, it had been long awaited whilst they were dealing with the Pokemon trapper in the last couple of days.

"Well, I see your confidence. Follow me to the battle room," the brown haired man responded, turning around to take the group to the room where Sabrina awaited the arrival of the next challenger.

They arrived in short time, Sabrina was watching them from the moment they entered. The psychic woman was mainly curious about Ash, who she assumed was her new challenger by the confidence in his face. But that wasn't what made her curious, no. It was the power she felt within him, he was a Aura Guardian...well, one in training for certain. The 10 year old walked over to her, as she rest of the group sat down. Pikachu suddenly moved from Serenas's arms to be with Miyu's Plusle and Minun and sat down on the the pink haired girl's lap.

'That child...that's something odd about her too, psychic like myself. That's a curious factor, but I wonder why she has psychic powers of that level of strength,' she thought to herself as Ash stopped at the other side of the battlefield. She stopped up from her red arm chair and stepped opposite to him, speaking in a somewhat cold voice that she was well known for. "So, your my new challenger?"

"Yes, my name is Ash Ketchum and I plan to beat you to get the Marsh Badge!" Ash was confident, very confident in his Pokemon's skills and he planned to show the psychic those talents in battle.

"As you wish," Sabrina returned, her voice cold and collected. She briefly closed her eyes, before opening them with confidence. "But I won't lose. You know the rules, correct. 4 on 4, only you are allowed to make substitutions," those rules were spoken, clear as day. She watched as Ash nodded his head, accepting those conditions. She had expected that. Without another moment wasted, she levitated her first poke ball and cracked it open. It revealed, in dazzling red light, to be her Kadabra. Her first Pokemon of four. "Show your Pokemon, trainer."

Ash smiled, he had planned for this. He grasped his first poke ball and threw out Dratini, the still young Pokemon instantly smiled and snuggled against her 'baba's' legs. She then coiled around that body part like a light cerulean snake, it was quite cute and brought a chuckle from Serena. "Dratini, focus. We need you not to be hugging me so we can win this battle. Remember our training."

"Yep!" the Pokemon yelled, swirling around Ash's leg and then lunging forward into position. She was just so cheerful, showing her Jolly nature quite well. She continued to ramble, cheerfully. Her voice no longer had the baby tint that existed when she was a newborn. "I'll win for you, Baba! Show to my brothers and sisters that I can do something on my own and that I'm not the baby of the group!"

For retrospect, she definitely was the youngest of Ash's team and potentially of all the Pokemon that the group carried. But that was simply because she was a hatchling, she had powered in battle even if she wasn't used as often as her 'siblings'. Sabrina continued to watch the tiny dragon type, surprised by the affection she shown for her trainer. Almost like a father/daughter bond, it was obviously attached to the boy's aura powers. "Well, trainer. You make the first move."

"Dratini, Brutal Swing!" Dratini's tail glowed as she lunged forward, she wrapped her tail around the Kadabra before Sabrina could tell it what to do. She kept wrapped, even after Sabrina's telepathic link to the Kadabra told it to shake her off. She clung on, before moving fast and then sending the Kadabra into the wall in a super effective move.

Sabrina was quite surprised, but impressed. She almost lost her cool persona in her reaction. She couldn't do that yet, so she telepathically linked with her Pokemon and told it to use Psybeam. The colorful lights hit the dragon type, causing her to cry out as she flew back towards Ash and weakly struggled to lift her head back up to continue fighting. Ash was understandable shocked and ran over to the young Pokemon, gently petting her scales to try and see if she was alright. "You alright, Dratini?"

"Baba..." she looked up, before pushing herself up. She couldn't look weak, she had to do this. For Ash. For her team, she couldn't be the weak link. She slowly moved back and began to glow, brightly. Her form began to shift, growing bigger. Her ears became larger and more feathery. The small circle in her head grow up to be a white spike. Suddenly a blue ball appeared under her chin, another pair on her tail. Light disappeared to reveal her new state: Dragonair. She looked more mature, more regal and more powerful now. She turned to Ash and gave a smile, her violet eyes shining. She turned to the Kadabra and grinned, suddenly opening her mouth wide and a large beam of ice emerging. It shot towards the Kadabra, speedily, and hit directly. It froze the base of Kadabra's feet, pinning the psychic type to the floor.

"Ice Beam!" Ash screamed, before running forward and hugging the now taller Pokemon. "You've slowed it down, now Brutal Swing. Once more!"

The Pokemon shot up, seemingly in a flying like stat. She then wrapped herself around Kadabra, who couldn't move. Sabrina's face form a shocked expression as she was forced to watch her Pokemon get slammed into the wall once more and collapsed to the ground, eyes swirling. The referee nodded and called out. "Kadabra is unable to battle, Dragonair is the winner!"

"Pika! Pikapi!" Pikachu cheered from the sideline, before getting joined by Poliwhirl. The two starters seemed very impressed by Dragonair's performance and who could blame them, the Dragon Pokemon had just evolved and learnt a powerful move in Ice Beam.

"You may have won against my Kadabra, but I won't go easy on you just because of a evolution," Sabrina commented before sending out her Mr Mime, the Barrier Pokemon appearing before Ash and then mimed its trainer's win. She forgot about her telepathy all of a sudden, her lost having shock her up quite a bit. "Mr Mime, use Barrier!"

The barrier that wrapped around the Pokemon increased it's defenses, just as Ash yelled out. "Iron Tail!" Dragonair's tail glowed brightly, before slamming down on Mr Mime. But it survived, despite the super effective nature of the blow. Ash knew what the Mr Mime was potentially capable of and yelled it out to his recently evolved dragon type, needing her to be completely alert to any fairy moves. "Again, don't let it use a fairy move against you!"

But it was too late, as Sabrina had managed to grasp her telepathy again and got Mr Mime to use Dazzling Gleam. Without the warning, Dragonair was hit directly by the glowing light and slammed into the wall. She slid to the ground and laid unconscious, causing Ash to sigh as he recalled his dragon type. Whilst Ash did this, the referee called out. "Dragonair is unable to battle, Mr Mime is the winner!"

"Well, time to shine. Gloom!" the Weed Pokemon appeared and gave her usual lazy expression. "Sleep Powder!" a scent and powder rippled out of Gloom's flower and left a bad scent in the room. Ash was used to the horrendous smell, however. He watched as Mr Mime couldn't avoid the dust since it had been powering up for another potential Psybeam. It wobbled, and then collapsed to the ground. Sleeping wasn't a nice fate, Sabrina's face showed that she knew it too. Ash smirked and called out to his Gloom. "Now, Sludge Bomb!"

5 balls of sludge emerged and shot towards Mr Mime, it was a special move and Mr Mime hadn't raised its special defense. Two of the sludge balls hit and caused Mr Mime's sleeping state to be extended, whilst the rest missed and stained the floor where they landed. It wasn't just a status condition anymore, no. It had fainted, properly. The referee went over and checked to be sure. "Mr Mime has fainted, Gloom is the winner!"

Gloom gave a little cheer, before sitting down and lazily awaiting the next Pokemon. Ash chuckled and knelt down next to the Pokemon. "Tired, little one?" she gave a nod, just as Venomoth was sent out. The sight of the Bug/Poison type unnerved Gloom for some reason, maybe it was the fact Venomoth could learn flying moves. Yep, that was definitely it. "Gloom, Sleep Powder again!"

The powder rippled through the field once more, but Venomoth suddenly flew above the powdery substance and used Gust. The relatively moderately powered Flying type move removed the dust from the field and hit Gloom with super effective damage. She wasn't the strongest when it came to her defenses and it stunned her quite a bit. The attack continued, Gloom couldn't hold her balance anymore and went hurdling into the wall. That was a problem, as with her already low health from the main attack, she fell to the floor with a thud. A thud that later proved to have knocked her out. "Gloom is unable to battle, Venomoth is the winner!"

"Sorry, girl. You did well, take a long rest," Ash responded, calling the Pokemon back into her ball. "Okay, Charmeleon! Come on out!" the fire type blazed out of her ball, grinning the whole time. She turned to Ash and blew a Flamethrower to him in the form of greeting. Serena yelled out but then paused, seeing Ash chuckling at this. "Hello to you two, Charmeleon."

Serena sighed, relieve that he wasn't hurt. She peered at the battle, she knew Ash's strategies and the use of the powerful fire type was a ideal opportunity against the bug typed Venomoth. She smiled at the sight of him, confident and smiling. This was the Ash she adored after all. "Ash, win it," she whispered, getting a agreeing nod from his two starters and her 'daughter'

"Papa, good luck!" the voice of Miyu filled his ears, he smiled at his girlfriend and the pink haired child that had called out. He wasn't going to mask his annoyance at Miyu calling him papa in front of Sabrina, but it made him happy to know that they believed in him and Charmeleon.

"Charmeleon, Fire Blast!" the Flame Pokemon grinned. She jumped up and blew a large amount of fire, that took the shape of the kanji symbol for Fire. It hit straight on the bug type, but somehow it mostly protected itself with a Gust attack. But the fire flickered and left a powerful burn on the Venomoth's skin. But soon a Psybeam was shot in Charmeleon's direction.

"Dodge it!" Ash tried to yell, but it was too late when he called. Charmeleon attempted a dodge, but the hit caused her to stumble back. But she didn't give up, nor did she faint. She held her posture firmly. "Fire Spin!"

Charmeleon grinned, blowing a ring of fire around herself that slowly got bigger and bigger. She kept it under control and away from Ash, but it hit Venomoth harshly and soon it fell to the ground, slightly burnt and very much unconscious. The Referee moved her flag in Ash's direction as she called out. "Venomoth is unable to battle, Charmeleon is the winner!"

Sabrina looked at Ash and nearly sighed, but her voice spoke the confidence and maturity that came with being the psychic gym leader. "The bond between you and your Pokemon is strong, trainer. But you think you beat my strongest Pokemon?" she recalled her Venomoth and sent out Alakazam, the Pokemon Ash had been waiting on. "But I'll give you the advantage of knowing my moves. Alakazam, Calm Mind!"

Light surrounded the Alakazam, getting drawn in and boosting it's special defense and special attack. Ash frowned at this, but he knew Charmeleon had strong physical moves as well. He had to be quick so as soon as it came to him, he yelled out to his Pokemon. "Metal Claw! Then follow it up with Dragon Rush! Don't let it out speed out!"

Only one of the two moves were executed, Alakazam moved fast after the Metal Claw and used a boosted Psychic. Charmeleon couldn't hold on, not with the boosted and very powerful move. She was pushed back, unable to hold on and collapsed to the ground with large, anime-styled swirly eyes. The referee then quickly called out the fact. "Charmeleon is unable to battle, Alakazam is the winner."

"You fought well, Charmeleon. Have a good rest," Ash said as he recalled the Flame Pokemon. He grabbed his last poke ball, if he lost here then he'd have to call for a rematch. No, he couldn't be thinking that. Gengar would win for him! He threw the ball and revealed the recently evolved ghost type, the Pokemon's cheeky grin evident and powerful. He planned to beat the Alakazam for certain. "Shadow Ball!"

Gengar's mouth opened as a ball of shadowy energy appeared before him before hurdling towards the Alakazam, who wasn't able to dodge in time. The move may have been super effective, but it was special and Alakazam had already raised it's special defenses. Sabrina's red eyes seemed to gleam as she spoke out to her Psychic Pokemon. "Alakazam, use Psychic."

"Gengar, dodge it and finished it off with your Dark Pulse!" the Gengar suddenly levitated in the air, revealing that it was one of the Gengars to have kept their ability prior to the odd change that happened when people discovered Alola in the last year. The Gengar completely dodged what could have been a 1 hit knock out, and sent the powerful Dark Pulse out and Alakazam couldn't protect itself anymore. It faltered, trying to stay up but it had been damaged too hard and collapsed.

Sabrina's face frowned, she knew that the challenger had won before the referee even called it out. She sighed, collecting a Marsh Badge from a nearby drawer. She walked over to the 10 year old and dropped the badge into his hands. "I hadn't expected you to beat me, trainer. You did your best and thus, you have earned my gym badge. The Marsh Badge."

"Thank you for the fun battle, Sabrina," Ash responded, smiling. He looked at Gengar, who grinned. "I was on my toes towards the end, had my Gengar not have Levitate. I don't know what would have happened, but I'm glad that I won."

"I'm sure you are, now go back to your little family. I'm sure your girlfriend and daughter are waiting for you," the psychic trainer said, a soft smile on her face as she saw Serena and Miyu walk up to Ash.

Serena gave Ash a bottle of water, which he gulped down really quickly. "Good work out there," she said, with a smile. She quickly checked his face for burns, glad she didn't find any but she wanted to make sure. "Did Charmeleon hurt you at all?"

"Nope, she made the Flamethrower a version of fire that doesn't hurt me. We decided that when she came back," he chuckled, but he was glad that his girlfriend was concerned about him. It just showed that she cared. He saw her uncertain face after he said that though and reassured her. "I'm not lying, 'Rena. I'm completely fine and healthy. Charmeleon wouldn't hurt me, not after I corrected her ways," he then turned to Miyu and gently patted the little one's head. "Sweetie, I love that you cheered for me. But you shouldn't call me 'papa' in public, it's wouldn't be natural for someone of my age to have a daughter."

"Sorry, papa-myu," she then looked at Sabrina. "I just...she felt the same as me, we're both psychics...so I thought it'd be alright to say it-myu."

"It's alright, squirt. Just be more careful from now on," Ash said. "Though, you feeling the talents of others. Is that possible for a psychic to do, Sabrina?" he looked over his shoulder at the green haired woman.

"If they have enough power, then yes. I can and I knew you and her both had strong signals from your souls. I knew from the instant you walked in that you were a Aura Guardian in trainer and that your 'daughter' was a psychic like myself. But, I have to ask. Why does she call you 'papa'?" Sabrina asked, her voice laced with curiosity. The boy was only a 10 year old and was being called 'papa' by a child of roughly 5.

"Well, me and 'Rena found out. She had teleported to us and collapsed, but when she awoke and tried to pronounce our names. We discovered that she couldn't and thus we told her to call us what she wanted. That's basically what happened, so me and 'Rena are her parents in name," Ash replied, as Pikachu ran up his back and onto his shoulder. He gently pulled at Miyu's hat until it came off and revealed the cat like ears. "We knew Miyu was special though, she can teleport and she has a weird resemblance to the Mythical Pokemon Mew."

Sabrina nodded, looking at the ears. She then smiled and said in a kind voice to the group. "Well, I should let you go. I'm sure that it's getting late and Miyu would have a bedtime, I assume."

Ash nodded, he could see Miyu getting tired. He gently pulled her hat back on and then placed her on Brock's back. Brock was the strongest of the four and would be the only one able to carry her, piggy back style. The little pinkette leaned into her 'uncle' and fell to sleep, Misty chuckled and said to her boyfriend. "You alright with carrying her?"

"She's quite light, so easy to hold. I'm more used to carrying Geodudes and Gravelers," the rock type gym leader replied, it would be true due to his gym leader status and the others knew it was well. They had seen him carrying his Graveler, so it was definitely true. Misty smiled, giggling a little. She gently ran her fingers through the sleeping child's hair as they walked towards the main doors.

Ash and Serena chuckled and soon left the building, the next day was Serena's contest and they were glad Miyu had fallen asleep - the little child had been saying that she couldn't wait to see her parents' performances - and thus she couldn't be sleepy. It had been a long battle, but Ash looked at his new Marsh Badge. He was glad, it had been a fun battle and he couldn't wait to get to the next gym in Celadon City.

I hope you enjoyed this battle, it was a long chapter. I hadn't expected it to be near 4000 words just like that. But yeah, I hope you enjoyed.

Pokemon Teams:

Ash

Poliwhirl (Female)(Shiny)(Nature:Gentle)

Pikachu (Male)(Nature:Brave)

Dragonair (Female)(Nature:Jolly)

Gloom (Female)(Nature:Modest)

Gengar (Male)(Nature:Naughty)

Vulpix (Female)(Alolan form)(Nature:Sassy)

Oak's lab

Beedrill (Male)(Nature:Bold)

Gyarados (Male)(Shiny)(Nature:Adamant)

Nidorino (Male)(Nature:Naive)

Espeon (Male)(Unique shiny)(Nickname:Shadow)(Nature:Serious)

Charmeleon(Female)(Nature:Rash)(Temporarily in this chapter in replace of Vulpix)

Misty

Goldeen (Male)(Nature:Brave)

Staryu (No gender)(Nature:Timid)

Starmie (No gender)(Nature:Quiet)

Marill (Female)(Nature:Bashful)

Horsea (Male)(Nature:Naughty)

Brock

Graveler (Male)(Nature:Bold)

Onix (Male)(Nature:Lonely)

Golbat (Female)(Nature:Rash)

Sandshrew (Female)(Nature:Quirky)

Serena

Braixen (Female)(Nature:Mild)

Pancham (Male)(Nature:Hasty)

Cleffa (Female)(Nature:Quiet)

Cubone (Male)(Nature:Lonely)

Growlithe (Male)(Nature:Brave)

Mightyena (Male)(Nature:Adamant)

Oak's lab

Sylveon (Female)(Unique Shiny)(Nickname:Aurora)(Nature:Sassy)

Miyu

Plusle (Male)(Nickname:Plus)

Minun (Female)(Nickname:Minus)

(Neither are officially caught, but they follow her around)