At the stands:
"And what an amazing sweep with Chesnaught from Calem! And the boy with the Juggernaut grass type has won one of the jackpots of prize money while securing a spot in the round of top 16!"
Serena looked down at the battlefield in front of her to notice as Calem recalled his Chesnaught to then thank his opponent and walk back through the dugout. Serena looked to her left and noticed that Shauna was smiling with a bright smile. "So he won again," Serena heard Ash say from her left over the sounds of the stands cheering on for Calem's victory. "We promised to have a rematch, and I will definitely not be losing this time."
"Pika pika!" Pikachu smirked while pumping his fists.
Serena put a hand to her mouth and giggled a little before turning to Ash and saying, "Hey, Ash, isn't your match next?"
"Huh?" Ash asked until realization hit him. "Oh man! I have to run!" Ash then got up with such a strong force that even Pikachu struggled a little to hold on.
"Ash, make sure you win this battle!" Clemont said with a large smile as he passed by the lemon blonde boy with glasses. Bonnie and Brock also gave Ash a nice thumbs up before Trevor and Tierno also wished Ash good luck. The scarfed raven haired trained and his Pikachu then turned to the right at the set of stands and began to run up the stairs until he saw the exit of the stands. He then looked back at the battlefield and noticed that the scoreboard that had Calem's face as the winner of the match changed to Hau and himself. At this Ash smirked and walked up into the hexagonal hallway.
"Alright Pikachu," Ash said as he walked down the hallway that had a blue tint and a hexagonal shape along with yellow lights that illuminated the way. "I feel motivated to win this battle."
"Pika Pikachu," Pikachu replied with a fist pump that made Ash chuckle a little bit.
"Pikachu, because I want to win this battle with style," Ash then felt his belt with his hand and felt every single pokeball until two stood out to him. Ash then reached a corner at which he turned right. "I am going to lead with you, are you ready?"
"Pika Pikachu!" Pikachu cried with excitement as he gripped Ash's shirt a little stronger.
"Hey Ash!" Ash heard a familiar voice call out to him as he finished his turn and noticed the hallway to the left that had some stairs that would end up leading to the battlefield. Ash could hear the sound of the cheering going on, but he then noticed that Calem was right in front of him as well. "Ash, are you up next?"
"I totally am!" Ash said with a pumped fist and then motioned to Pikachu who was also grinning. "And I will win go make sure we make it to our promised battle!"
"Hehehe," Calem chuckled as he looked down and then put both of his hands on his pockets. "I am looking forward to hopefully having a battle with you Ash, but remember you have to win here first."
"Right," Ash replied with a smile until he narrowed his eyes, "And watch closely, because there is a pokemon that I am planning to use, and he is the one that wants to have a rematch with you."
"Frogadier?" Calem asked knowingly. Ash just smiled even more at this and Calem seemed to see a little bit of fire in Ash's eyes that made him back off a little. "Anyways, I have to go on ahead and go back with the others. You better win this match, because when after this battle, they will call us all down to get the prize money… And you better be the one that stands there with me."
"You bet!" Ash exclaimed while holding out a clenched fist in front of him. Calem then nodded and went around Ash with a smile on his face. Ash turned around and watched him leave until he made the turn and disappeared. Ash's ears then picked up on the faint sound of cheering coming from the stairs. Ash looked at Pikachu, who had a determined look on his face, and then ascended the stairs with a great amount of confidence. When Ash reached the top step, he saw the light at the other end of the tunnel…
A light he went towards without hesitation…
With Hau:
Hau looked at the light in front of him and heard as the cheers increased in volume. Hau then stopped right as the light was about to come into contact with his body. Hau then took a deep breath. He felt as the oxygen filled his lungs and with a light blow, Hau felt his lungs relax. Hau then pumped his feet on the solid floor and then said: "It's time… To win this battle and save Lillie."
And with that, Hau stepped into the light.
A/N: Alright everyone, let's take a deep breath…
This is a very decisive battle that could go either way, but what Ash does not know is that the life of a person lies in the result of the battle. Ash may be doing this off of passion, but Hau is doing this for a necessity.
Again, this may be an emotional battle for many, but I will keep things as good as I have tried to keep them for some time.
Without further ado… I am going to begin writing this chapter…
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Here we go:
Key of Kalos League:
The announcer won't be referenced as the announcer. Any text in italics that is in quotations is the announcer and assume that it can be heard by everyone in the stadium.
League Scoreboard System:
Bold: In use pokemon/trainer name
Italics: Fainted pokemon
Underline: Resting pokemon
(Pokeball): Unrevealed pokemon
Trainer A: Poke1 Poke2 Poke3 Poke4 Poke5 Poke6 (Active one)
Trainer B: Poke1 Poke2 (Pokeball) Poke4 Poke5 Poke6 (Active one)
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or "Runnin" by Adam Lambert
Chapter 37- Ash vs Hau! A life on the line!
With Ash:
Ash felt himself walking on top of the white trainers platform to then be exposed to the large fresh air of the open stadium. Ash could make out the six corners of the stadium that contained the large amounts of stands and the hexagonal yellow lights keeping the stadium lit despite it being barely around noon. Ash looked at the sky and saw the sun beaming right through the middle of the stadium. His attention then went to the top right in which he saw the scoreboard that he had seen before:
Ash: (pokeball) (pokeball) (pokeball)
Hau: (pokeball) (pokeball) (pokeball)
Ash smirked as he then focused his gaze through the cheering crowd to see Hau in front of him with a very serious expression.
"To a good battle," Ash said with a pumping of his fists. Ash noticed that Hau flinched a little in surprise at this gesture. Ash figured that Hau had probably never battled someone that had such a cold heart, but then again, something about this boy was confusing to Ash… Something just did not feel… Right.
Ash saw as Hau just nodded slowly as if telling Ash that he also meant to say the same thing.
"And so in which battlefield will our two trainers be battling in?"
Ash looked down from his platform to see the large gap that separated him and Hau come with a battlefield. Ash flinched as he saw this. He was not expecting such an odd looking field, much less a battlefield in the middle of Kalos that did not even look like it belonged anywhere. As the crowd cheered, Ash looked at the battlefield and noticed that it was a large sandy area with a couple of palm trees and the area in the middle was a pool of water.
"And the battle will be held in a beach field! This is going to be an interesting one folks!"
The crowd roared at this as Ash saw from the other end of the arena Hau, not smiling… Smirking. "My home region is Alola, this is just as good as giving me home advantage," Hau taunted.
Ash smirked back at this as the two then saw the referee join the two trainers on the battlefield. The ref then put his hand out towards the two trainers and shouted, "This will be a 3 on 3 pokemon battle. Substitutions are allowed and the battle will be over when all 3 pokemon on one side are unable to continue." The referee then put his hand into the air, "Choose your first pokemon!"
Ash did not hesitate, nor did he plan on wasting any time, "Pikachu! I choose you!" Ash shouted this while pointing at the battlefield. At this Pikachu jumped into the sand with a smile on his face.
"Pika! Pikachu pika!" Pikachu cried as he gathered electricity on his cheeks.
"And Ash decided to go with his powerful Pikachu! Amazing!"
Hau reached into his belt and then expanded a pokeball as he then threw the pokeball into the air while shouting, "Go, Raichu!"
The pokeball opened in mid air to show a slightly more curvy looking Raichu that had his tail under his feet and was floating in mid air. "Rai Rai!" Raichu cried with excitement as he flew around the arena with his tail.
"What a mysterious looking Raichu! I have never seen one like it in person before!"
"That is a Raichu?" Ash asked himself. "Doesn't look like one…" Ash then pulled out his Pokedex and scanned the floating electric rodent, but just flinched a little as he noticed that the Pokedex could not give him any information on what was in front of him. "This… This does not look good…"
At the stands:
"Clemont, do you know what pokemon that is?" Serena asked Clemont who was nearest to her. Clemont put a finger on his chin as he shook his head. Serena then knew that there was no way of knowing, so she sighed and hoped that Ash would do the best he could and would come out on top despite the amount of people she was hearing showing awe towards the mysterious looking Raichu.
Serena then looked up to see the scoreboard with Pikachu on one side and the Raichu on the other next to the respective names of the trainers.
Brock then said something that got everyone's attention, "Alolan forms…"
"What?" Tierno and Trevor asked in unison at hearing the tanned man's words.
Brock just looked down at the sandy field and said, "I was talking with Professor Oak in Kanto not too long ago and he mentioned his cousin who lives in Alola saying that some Kanto pokemon get alternative forms there." Brock then narrowed his eyes, "I think Incineroar is a fire starter from Alola too, which means this trainer is definitely not from around here… and even worse is how he mentioned the battlefield being in his advantage."
At this Serena nodded in understanding, but with large amounts of stress, "Be careful Ash."
At the battle:
The referee then put his left arm into the sky, "Let the battle…
BEGIN!"
Battle Music Begin! Ash (Pikachu) vs Hau (Raichu Alola Form):
"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" Ash shouted with his hand out as soon as the battle begun. He was not wasting any time, he was wanting to get Hau to attack and see what his strategy was. Ash knew that Hau was going to be trying to disorient his battling style, and Ash could not afford that. Ash narrowed his eyes as he watched Pikachu leap into the air while enveloping himself in an aura of electricity.
"Pika… CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried with his trademark thunderbolt that shot towards the ground and carved a Z shaped crackling volt across the ground before becoming of great approximation towards the Alolan Raichu.
"Raichu, use your thunderbolt to counter it!" Hau retaliated with a fist out. His Raichu gave out a similar cry to Pikachu's and with that began to make a crackling beam of electricity that headed straight for the thunderbolt that was headed in the direction of the evolved form. The two beams collided with great power and then dissipated a small explosion that made a cloud of smoke above the sand.
"Wow! A stalemate in thunderbolt! This is very exciting!"
"Hmmmm…" Ash whispered to himself through the cheering rows of stands around him. "There has to be something I can try." Ash then noticed Pikachu land in front of him on all fours, digging into the sand. Ash then saw as the smoke cleared and then noticed a shiny reflection from the sun come from the sand. "Glass?" Ash asked himself quietly while narrowing his eyes. 'This has to be an opening, but maybe I can use it to my advantage in another way… That's it!'
"Use thunderbolt again!" Ash heard from the other side of the tropical arena. Raichu kept himself on his tail before shooting the crackling electricity towards the electric rodent.
Ash looked at Pikachu and the two exchanged a small glance, "Pikachu, dodge it!"
"Pika!" Jumps to the left and avoids the first bolt.
"Rai!" The thunderbolt is redirected towards Pikachu.
"Kachu!" Pikachu dodges to the right to be near Ash again, but this time the bolt that Raichu shot came too close and struck Pikachu right on. "Pikaaaa!" Pikachu muttered as he flew across the air to Ash's surprise with smoke behind his tail.
"Pikachu no!" Ash called out as he noticed his small rodent begin to get back up slightly. "Pikachu, all you alright?"
"Pika… PIKACHU!" Pikachu shouted with a determined face as he stood back up on all fours. Ash looked and noticed some more glass on the sand, but decided that he might need some more for later.
"Raichu use focus blast!" Hau commanded with a pumped fist.
"Rai… CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" The surfing mouse cried as he made a orange ball of energy form in between his hands with a great amount of power radiating from it. Raichu then shot the orange sphere of energy towards the recovering electric mouse and Pikachu stared in complete awe as the orange ball got nearer. The attack surprised Ash as well as he did not make a move in time and thus the focus blast slammed into Pikachu with an explosion kicking up the sand.
"Pikachu!"
"Pikaaaa!" Pikachu cried while being enveloped in another explosion that his time hit harder. Pikachu fell in front of Ash with some difficulty and slowly made it to be on his four legs again before looking back at Ash and saying, "Pika pika Pikachu!"
"What a bad hit! I am surprised that Pikachu is still standing!"
"Right! We will keep on battling!" Ash replied to his electric mouse. At this the crowd cheered as Ash raised his arm, "Pikachu, run with quick attack!"
"Thunderbolt! Stop him!" Hau responded with a serious face. Pikachu made a while gleam around him as he began to run across the sand, but the Alolan pokemon charged up the electricity in his cheeks before sending them in the direction of Pikachu. Pikachu then narrowed his eyes as he sees the incoming attacks and noticed he can get out of the way. Pikachu shifts to the right as a thunderbolt struck his previous position and the Pikachu shifted back to avoid another thunderbolt. Pikachu then got through the attacks and leaped into the air with the sky gleaming down on his body to be headed right for the Raichu. Hau noticed this and gritted his teeth as he put his hand out. "Not gonna let this happen! Use psyshock!"
"Raiii! CHUUUUUU!" Raichu screeched as he makes his hands go out and expel a pink beam of energy which made Ash go wide eyed as he watched Pikachu get struck right in the head and pushed back to be in front of him.
"Pikachu no!" Ash shouted with worry as he watched his electric type land in front of him completely dazed and barely able to get up.
"Use toxic!"
Ash watched in terror as Raichu shot purple orbs of poison that interacted with Pikachu before the smaller electric rodent got completely enveloped in purple bubbles that Ash knew would be trouble for the future of the battle. "Pikachu, come on, I know you can push through!" Ash exclaimed with worry at his partner.
"Uh oh, it appears Pikachu has been poisoned, this does not look good for Ash at all!"
At the stands:
"This does not look good for Pikachu," Brock said with crossed arms. "He has been poisoned and has taken massive damage." Brock then leaned back in his seat and sighed in frustration.
"Poison may be something extremely powerful, but if Ash can just stall it out for a bit, then maybe he can do something with Pikachu before the poison runs its full course," Trevor implied while looking down at the battlefield with worry. He knew that ever since his loss to Ash, there was no way that Ash could lost Pikachu that easily, Trevor knew well the electric rodent could handle more than anything he has ever seen before.
Bonnie stood up from her seat with worry alongside Serena and Shauna who had extremely shocked faces as they watched Pikachu get struck once more with thunderbolt causing a large cloud of sand in the middle of the field.
"And Pikachu is struck again, this is very much the end of Pikachu!"
"What will Ash do, will he lose?' Bonnie asked with an unsure expression on her face with great worry in her voice.
Serena held her ribbon and said, "Ash will win this battle, I know he will!" Serena then looked at the panicked Ash who was gritting his teeth. "Ash, you better pull through with all of your power," Serena whispered to herself.
At the battle:
"Pikachu get up, we will win this together!" Ash ordered. Pikachu slowly got up as purple electric zaps and a small amount of purple bubbles came out of his head. Pikachu shook his head and then tightened his muscles before recharging his cheeks with a great amount of electricity that Ash saw as a great indication of determination. "YES! Alright, Pikachu quick attack!"
"What a persistent little guy! He will keep battling no matter what!"
"Pika!" Pikachu reeled his head up before narrowing his eyes at the floating Raichu and beginning to rush at full speed towards the flying electric and psychic type while having a white blur on his running. "Pika pika pika pika…"
"Trying the same thing?" Hau taunted with a smirk. "Raichu use focus blast!"
"Raiiii…." Raichu cried as he charged up the orange ball in between his arms. Ash smirked as he saw this, he knew he now had an opening. "CHUUUUUU!" Raichu exclaimed as he launched the ball of energy at the running electric rodent with great amounts of determination despite the purple bubbles coming from his head.
"Pikachu, iron tail!"
"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as he jumped into the air while making his tail glow white and stiffen. Pikachu then swung his tail around and aimed for the orange ball of energy. Hau watched in awe as Pikachu down cut the focus blast causing it to fall to the ground in front of Ash with an sandy explosion underneath while Pikachu was propelled into the air and with great amount of power, Ash saw his opening.
"Pikachu, use thunderbolt and iron tail together to make electric rings, and aim then at any part of the battlefield that are shining!" Ash commands precisely with great amounts of confidence. Pikachu cried his usual thunderbolt cry, but aimed his tail down at the field and made his electricity grow until he saw the shining glass on the sand and then let go on his electricity in miniature rings that headed towards the shining spots.
"What?" Hau asked himself as he questioned what Ash was doing. Hau then flinched in surprise as he noticed how the electric rings collided with the ground with force and then caused a large blinding light that made Hau turn away and cover his eyes while the Kanto native looked at the air to see Pikachu beginning his descent with great speed.
"Now, take advantage that Raichu can't see and use iron tail!" Ash commanded while putting his fist out.
"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as he made his tail glow white once more and then downcut on the head of the floating Raichu that was now closer to the ground because of the inability to see. Raichu landed in front of a shocked Hau with a small explosion. Raichu tried to get up, but as soon as he raised himself to his two legs, Raichu fell back down to his knees, and this gave Ash a time to finish.
Ash pointed forward and gave his finishing attack: "Use thunderbolt!"
"Pika… CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried with intensity as he charged up electricity on his cheeks and then firing the crackling bolt straight at the hardly standing Raichu. The explosion gathered some sand to go around the electric and psychic type. "Pika…" Pikachu grunted as he fell in front of Ash and took poison damage, but when the sand cleared, Raichu was on the ground unconscious.
"Raichu is unable to battle, which means that Pikachu wins!" The referee declared.
"What an amazing combination of moves! This means that Ash has somehow managed to find the lead in a battle that was never going on his favor in the first place!"
"Alright Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed with excitement as his electric rodent smiled back at him while ignoring the purple bubbles that surrounded him. At the same time, Hau retreated his fallen pokemon as the scoreboard deemed the Alolan Raichu as out of the battle.
Stands:
"That thunderbolt iron tail combination," Serena muttered as she smiled. "Maybe, it would work in showcases and maybe Kapi could try it."
"You know Serena," Bonnie said with a slight nudge with her elbow. "You should allow Kapi to watch some battles."
"Maybe, but maybe not right now, I have to cheer on Ash!" Serena declared as she stood up and joined the cheering crowd that was yelling Pikachu's name in unison.
"I still can't believe he pulled it off," Tierno replied with a smile as he crossed his arms. "So many people will need to watch out for that."
At the battle:
Ash saw as Hau reached into his belt and grabbed another pokeball. Ash could sense that whatever it was, it would be a strong pokemon because Hau was not having any second thoughts about what he was choosing. "Let's get this over with Kommo-o!"
Hau threw the pokeball and Ash watched as it curved in the air and began to descend back into the sand. The pokeball then burst open with a flashing light and Ash gasped as he saw what came out. Standing in front of him was a large bipedal dragon pokemon with green and red scales that ran all over his body. Ash flinched as he saw the battlecry that the pokemon made as the dragon type made a large cry that caused Ash's scarf to wave. The crowd did seem to be impressed as they also grew louder as they cheered on the battle.
"And Hau's second choice will be a Kommo-o! I have never seen a pokemon like that before!"
"Gruaaaww!" Kommo-o cried as Ash noticed that the large pokemon had his arms out in a style that looked like it could be a fighting type.
"A fighting and dragon type?" Ash muttered to himself as he looked at the sand to see his electric rodent in a tough spot with the poison. "Pikachu? You want to keep going?" Ash asked with determination as he watched Pikachu turn around and give out a strong thumbs up before turning his attention at the large pokemon in front of him. "Alright then, Pikachu, use quick attack, but run towards the water at the sides of the sand!"
"Pika!" Pikachu cried as he glowed a white outline and ran towards the left side of Ash's field to then jump into the water and begin to get himself wet.
"That won't work," Hau stated with a serious face. "Kommo-o use flash cannon into the water!" Kommo-o did not hesitate as he charged up a metallic white beam and aimed it at the water. The beam then fired and collided with the water while making the water splash in great distance. Ash watched as the flash cannon headed in the direction of Pikachu, but then Ash made the call that allowed him to get an opening.
"So Pikachu is hiding in the water as Hau commanded a powerful flash cannon! Will it be possible for the Kommo-o to land the hit?"
"Propel yourself into the air with iron tail!" Ash shouted while putting his arm out. Pikachu made his iron tail and then slammed the iron hard lightning shaped tail into the ground to cause a spring like maneuver that allowed the electric rodent to be suspended in mid air. Ash then noticed how Kommo-o was soaked in water due to using flash canon in the water, so with that he made his next call. "Thunderbolt!"
"Pika… CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu shouted with all of his power as the electric bolt slammed into the wet Kommo-o. The Alolan pseudo legendary pokemon took the attack with a grunt before going to his knees. Pikachu then stopped his attack and began to fall in the direction of Kommo-o and Hau saw his opening.
"And the water does its effect on the battle! Amazing work from Ash!"
"Use sky uppercut!"
"GRRRRAAAAWWW!"
"Pikaaaaaa!" Pikachu grunter as he got hit in the abdomen with a large fist of the dragon type. Pikachu got hit hard and flew across the sky with no control. Ash watched this with great panic as Hau made his last call.
"Flash cannon again!" Kommo-o instantly made the steel colored beam to then slam it into the electric rodent at such a blinding speed that Ash was left agape. Ash looked up to hear an explosion and gritted his teeth as he saw the cloud of smoke reveal Pikachu fall down from the air and slam into the sand below.
"Pikachu! Are you OK?" Ash asked in worry as he witnessed Pikachu slowly get up. Pikachu then made one last grunt before purple sparks came in and made Pikachu fall to the sand head first. "Pikachu no!"
"Pikachu is unable to battle, which means that Kommo-o wins!" The referee declared as Ash stepped into the battlefield.
"And Pikachu has fallen! The poison has finally caught up with him and it made sure that it would be at a critical time, Ash has to somehow get through this beast!"
Ash was careful trying not to get sand on his shoes, but he moved quickly as he grabbed the fallen electric rodent in his arms and begin to slowly carry him back to the trainer's platform. "Pikachu, you were awesome, take a good rest," Ash said as he noticed the purple bubbles gone meaning that the poison had disappeared after it gave Pikachu the last blow. Ash carefully set down his electric rodent on the side of the trainer's platform at a place where Pikachu would be safe and then walked back to the trainer's platform where he was earlier.
"What pokemon will Ash use now?"
Ash heard as the stands began to chant his name and he smirked as he gripped a pokeball and put it in front of himself to show Hau, "Goodra!" Ash shouted as he then threw the ball into the air. "I choose you!"
"Gooooooooooo!" Goodra cried as he stood on his side of the field with a defensive pose. "Goodra!" Goodra shouted while dripping goo from his arms.
"Alright Goodra, are you ready?" Ash asked with determination and a pumped fist.
"Goodra!" Goodra replied back with a nod and a smirk.
"And Ash's fifth registered pokemon is a Goodra! Amazing!"
"So, a battle of pseudo legendary pokemon?" Ash heard as Hau asked with a slightly amused tone. Ash nodded as Hau then put his arm out while calling out the first move. "Use clanging scale!" Kommo-o put his arms out and from there came a barrage of five sharp scaly like projectiles that all shot out in the direction of Goodra.
Knowing that Goodra is not a fast pokemon meant that Ash knew he had to attempt to counter it, "You thought you were done with my electricity? Thunder!" Goodra made his body glow an electric aura and then he expelled the crackling beam at the scales that were shooting past the sky towards him. The beam of electricity then interacted with the scales and both attacks collides in a stalemate in the middle of the tropical field.
"Urgh!" Hau grunted as he saw this, but then he pumped his fist, "Kommo-o use sky uppercut!" Kommo-o made a battlecry before making his fist glow and then running at a speed that Ash had not expected from the pokemon, but he definitely was ready.
"Trap it with your ears!"
"Goo!" Goodra stretched out his ears before the scaled dragon reached the gooey pokemon and as soon as the upper cut was about to come, Goodra made the ears snap in and wrap themselves around the fist. Ash was shown smirking as Hau was shown with gritted teeth.
"Use thunder!" Ash shouted while putting his arm into the air. Goodra charged up his electricity and expelled it through his ears and straight onto Kommo-o. The later winced in pain throughout the entire experience which frustrated Hau, but Ash decided to try something else. "Now throw Kommo-o into the air!" Goodra swung his ears around with great strength and the scaled dragon then fell on his back in front of his trainer.
"Amazing! I have never seen a Goodra use such an amazing strategy with his long ears! This battle is at a whole new level!"
"Kommo-o, are you alright?" Hau asked with worry.
"Graw!" Kommo-o responded with an amused face as the green and red dragon turned back towards the sandy battlefield and faced his purple opponent.
"Alright then! Use flash cannon!"
"Use bide Goodra!" Ash retaliated while pumping his fist with one hand and throwing his arm out to the side with a clean swipe.
"Goo!" Goodra nodded as he watched the Kommo-o charge up the steel type move and then fire the strong silver blast right at him. Goodra then braced himself as he felt the beam collide with him. Goodra then began to glow a red aura around him causing a large amount of resistance to build up in his veins. Hau was smirking as he saw this, but Ash was gritting his teeth obviously knowing that this was a huge risk for him.
Stands:
Serena held onto her ribbon as she watched the battle unfold in front of her. She was extremely worried for Goodra and she noticed that Hau issued a command that even made it so that Kommo-o's flash cannon would grow to be twice the size. As she closely looked at Goodra, she noticed the red aura around the pseudo legendary slowly growing… She knew what was coming.
"Ash has to hold on if he wants to go through," Tierno said. "There is no way Ash won't win if he does not attack."
"Yes, and there is even no way that Kommo-o will take less hits, the pokemon was able to make itself resist even thunderbolts from Pikachu and a straight on thunder from Goodra," Shauna remarked with a worried face.
"Ash has something up his sleeve," Brock suddenly said as everyone turned to him. "There is no way that Ash would just let himself being attacked just like that, I see something happening."
"Now, Ash might have an advantage with Goodra's rain dance, but we will have to see what will happen," Clemont remarked while adjusting his glasses.
"Go Ash!" Bonnie cried while standing up from her seat. "Go Goodra!"
"Nenne!"
At the battle:
Hau let the flash cannon stop with a large satisfied look on his face until he noticed that Ash was smirking and Goodra was holding in all of his power with his hands, "Let it RIP!" Ash exclaimed with huge amounts of happiness while putting his fist out.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Goodra started as he charged a ball of energy in front of his mouth that was white. "DRRRRRRRRAAAAAA!" Goodra shrieked in the end while aiming his energy at Kommo-o and letting out a large beam in the direction of the dragon fighting. Kommo-o watched in horror as the attack was about to hit with him and his eyes gleamed with awe as well until he was enveloped in a large explosion that left the sand to kick up on Hau's side of the field.
"And Goodra uses Kommo-o's own power to his advantage! What a risk that was Ash took to deliver so much damage!"
"Kommo-o! Are you alright?" Hau asked with panic as he watched the kicked up sand disappear.
"Gruaw!" Kommo-o weakly said with a dazed expression as he stood up and pumped his fist at Hau.
"Alright!" Hau stated while narrowing his eyes. Hau then put his hand out as he made his next command, "Use clanging scales!" Kommo-o got to work as he made the miniature sharp scales and then expelled them as projectiles in the direction of Goodra. Ash watched in horror as he had been surprised that Kommo-o had taken a bide from Goodra despite the damage the fighting type had taken earlier. Suddenly, Ash saw an explosion as his purple dragon got hit with the scales.
"And Kommo-o strikes back with an amazing use of clanging scales that have landed a super effective hit on Goodra!"
"Goodra," Ash shouted to his pokemon that was hanging his head in exhaustion. "Goodra, pull yourself together and use rain dance!" Goodra then looked at the sky and began to summon a large amounts of clouds that covered the stadium with the darkness that comes from blocking the bright sunny sky with the clouds. Slowly, Ash began to felt as the rain began to pour around him and begin to get his clothes wet, but he did not care. He also began to hear splashing sounds over the cheering crowd and it was obviously the shorelines at the sides of the stadium that caused the splashing sound of the rain hitting the water. Goodra then looked at Ash and smirked as Goodra knew what came next.
"Kommo-o use sky uppercut!"
"Not gonna happen!" Ash declared with a smirk as he put his arms out. "Use thunder!" Ash watched as Goodra began to crackle in electricity and begin to aim at the charging Kommo-o. Suddenly, Goodra shot his crackling beam and it landed right on top of the fighting and dragon type as suddenly, Kommo-o stopped in his tracks with a large feeling of being completely dazed. Ash saw this and put his hands out as the opportunity:
"DRACO METEOR!"
"No way!" Hau grunted with frustration as he noticed Goodra begin to charge up the orange celestial orb around his mouth.
"GoooooooooooDDDDDDRRRAAAAAAAA!" Goodra sang as he propelled the large sphere into the air. Goodra then watched in awe as the orb of orange energy passed the rain clouds and went right through causing a slight amount of silence with the crowd. Ash and Hau then saw as from beyond the rain clouds there was a flash of light that made the rain clouds glow a bright lightish color for a second, but then disappeared.
"Where has the orb gone? It seems to have disappeared!"
"Pew pew pew!" Through the clouds came a large amounts of meteors that began to fall all throughout the arena causing the sand to kick up while also causing the water to splash up into the air more than when the rain hits the water. The crashing meteors then slammed into Kommo-o causing an explosion that left Hau with his mouth agape. The crowd instantly cheered at this as the sand cleared and in the falling rain, Kommo-o was not moving on the ground.
"Kommo-o is unable to battle!" The ref declared while raising his hand. "Goodra wins!"
"Amazing! Ash used the rain dance to conceal the draco meteor and thus made it impossible for Hau to dodge the attack in any way! This means that Ash now has a great advantage and Hau is down to his last pokemon!"
"YES Goodra!" Ash shouted while putting a fist into the air.
"Goo goo goodra!" Goodra cried in celebration while looking at his trainer and smiling.
Ash watched as Hau sighed and recalled his Kommo-o back into his pokeball. Ash then took a glimpse of the scoreboard and noticed that he was in a very good spot:
Ash: Pikachu (pokeball) Goodra
Hau: Raichu Kommo-o (pokeball)
Hau then reached into his belt and pulled out a pokeball with a deep breath as he looked at the pokeball and visibly squeezed the pokeball in his hand as in he was putting his entire life in this pokemon. Hau then looked up at Ash with fire in his eyes and threw the pokeball into the air, "GO INCINEROAR!"
"There it is! The incredible Incineroar that we saw sweeping for all of this time! Will Hau pull this off, or will Ash end up defeating the still undefeated feline!?"
Ash watched in awe as the pokeball travelled through the rain and then opened to reveal a flashing light that materialized into the fire and dark feline like pokemon that appeared in front of him. "ROOOOAAAARRR!" Incineroar roared with a strong cry that made the stands shout in approval. Ash noticed how Incineroar then made himself appear bigger by putting his claws out in front of him. It truly was a menacing sight.
At the stands:
"There it is," Shauna said with an unsure tone. Calem nodded at Shauna as he watched as Incineroar launched a flamethrower at Goodra. Calem winced as he saw Goodra take the hit head on, but he then noticed that the rain above Goodra and Incineroar was weakening the power of flamethrower. Still, Calem could not help but feel worried for Ash as he recalled how he wanted to have a propper battle with the raven haired trainer.
"Come on Ash," Calem muttered as the audience gasped at how Goodra swung Incineroar into the air and then launched a thunder that left the fire and dark type slightly dazed. "Win this right here with Goodra!"
"Go Ash!" Bonnie literally jumped out of her seat to shout this. The cheering of the crowd did not really allow the message to get through, but Bonnie believed that Ash knew that they were all cheering for him.
Tierno and Trevor stared with uncertainty at the tropical field as they saw Goodra get slammed on by a darkest lariat. Trevor looked away as he saw how Goodra fell in front of a really stressed out Ash and Tierno crossed his arms with great amounts of worry for his friend. "Come on Goodra!" Brock attempted to yell at the field. Still, it worried him that Goodra was in such a critical condition to battle.
"Ash is in big trouble at this point," Clemont said as he adjusted his glasses to look at the field in which it was raining. "That fire type is really something else."
Serena just stared down at the field with a hand over her ribbon with great hope for Goodra. She knew that Ash still had one pokemon left, but it was evident that Incineroar would not back down at all, it looked like a fire type that would never back down from a battle and would never take a loss.
"And Goodra gets slammed on again with a powerful darkest lariat! What can Ash even do now?"
At the other side of the hexagonal stadium, looking down from the stands a cloaked man looked at the field with a serious face. Inside of his cloak, a small Pikachu was staring from the shoulder of the man. "Pika," the Pikachu gasped as he witnessed a draco meteor go into the sky and hide above the rain.
"Yes, I know," The man said quietly as he saw the meteors fall towards the ground and cause some damage to the fire type, but other than that Incineroar stood back up with some damage that evidently was not causing the large clawed pokemon to back down.
At the battle:
"Incineroar use darkest lariat one more time!" Hau commanded with a fist out and pointed towards the battlefield.
Ash gritted his teeth as he saw how Goodra was starting to look very fatigued from battling, "Goodra, we have to try this! Use bide!" Goodra slowly nodded as he prepared to brace himself, but Ash begin to give orders as the fire type came running with black glowing claws. "Use your tail and swing him away as soon as he makes contact!"
"GOOOOO!" Goodra shouted with great power as he charged up his action and then swung his tail with great amounts of angular momentum around as soon as the attack came. Goodra winced a little, but managed to stall out the attack and make Incineroar fall to be in front of his trainer. Goodra then had a red aura surround him and Ash knew that it was finally time to use his great power.
"Goodra let it go!" Ash ordered with a hand out. Goodra charged up his attack and then launched it right at the fire dragon with great power. Ash watched as Hau flinched at this causing the raven haired trainer to smirk, but Hau then changed the atmosphere of the battle.
"Flamethrower!"
"And after a bide, Hau is going to counter with flamethrower! How will this go down?"
"ROOOOOOOOOOAAAARRR!" Incineroar shouted with great power as he then expelled a jet of flames from his mouth. The two beams of energy then closed the gap and collided with great power that caused a large explosion in the middle of the field. From that explosion, both Goodra and Incineroar fell back with some damage taken, but the pseudo legendary dragon was having great difficulty getting up, and Hau wanted to take advantage of this:
"Incineroar finish this with darkest lariat!" Hau commanded while putting his hand out. Incineroar did not waste time as he made his claws extend and begin to glow black. Ash went wide eyed as he watched Incineroar begin to quickly close the gap with Goodra. Goodra also went wide eyed as he saw the attack come closer and closer until Goodra was hit right on the side of the torso with three claw marks that shadowed the swing of the dark type move. Suddenly the air around Goodra got consumed in sand and when the sand cleared seconds later, Goodra was on the ground unconscious.
"Goodra is unable to battle, which means Incineroar wins!" The ref declared as Ash sighed and recalled Goodra back into its red energy state in the pokeball.
"What a finish! That Incineroar looks in the mood to bring back the battle, this is getting exciting!"
"Thanks for battling Goodra, you were amazing," Ash said as he put his pokeball back into his belt. Ash then felt the rain lighten and when he looked up, it was evident that the rain was clearing and within seconds the rain was over. Ash then looked to his left to see that Pikachu was feeling a little better. Ash went over to Pikachu and put a hand over his head at which Pikachu slowly woke up. "Hey, Pikachu, are you feeling any better?"
"Pika," Pikachu smiled as he got on Ash's shoulder and gave a fist pump to let his trainer know that he could be with his trainer. "Pika pikachu!"
"Yes, I know," Ash told his electric friend as he walked back to his trainer platform. "We are going to show Hau just how powerful we can be!" Pikachu smiled at this and when Ash reached the trainer platform, Pikachu got down from the scarfed raven haired teenager's shoulder. Ash then reached into his belt and picked out a pokeball and put it in his hand. Ash then looked right and up to see the scoreboard. It displayed that Hau and him were both down to their last pokemon and Ash smiled as he knew he would have a great time battling with this pokemon. Ash then put his hand with the pokeball out and then threw it out like a frisbee. "GRENINJA! I CHOOSE YOU!"
"Ninja!" Greninja said in his sinister voice while standing in the sand with his arms crossed across his chest.
"And Ash's last pokemon will be a Greninja! What can this pokemon bring to the table?"
At the stands:
"Greninja," Calem said with wide eyes as he watched the sinister water and dark ninja standing in the sand with a great confident look. Calem then smirked, "I think that is what Ash meant by 'someone who wanted to battle me' the other day."
"Yea, but I am still a little worried," Brock said. "That is because water types are totally weak against fire types."
"Wait, I thought it was the other way around," Tierno said while looking at Brock with a quizzical look.
Brock then face palmed, "Of course, why did I even say something like that?" Tierno and Trevor both chuckled at that, but Shauna kept her focus in the battle.
"Serena, how powerful is that Greninja?" Shauna asked with a slightly worried voice. "That Incineroar has been able to take so many pokemon without losing, how will a Greninja even be enough?"
"Ash can defeat Incineroar when he is one with Greninja," Serena said with a serious voice. "I know that Greninja can reach heights that no other pokemon has ever reached before, so I am sure that Ash can win!"
Clemont then adjusted the glare on his glasses to then tell Shauna, "Serena is right, Greninja is very special. I am sure that Ash can win this if he pulls this off correctly."
"GO ASH! GO GRENINJA!" Bonnie screamed with excitement as she saw Greninja put his arms down with a serious look on his face. The cheering amount of people in the stands did not allow Bonnie to be heard, but Bonnie still held her great support for Ash.
At the battle:
"Alright Ash," Hau said with a serious face. "Let's get this over with quickly so that I can rush back to Alola with the money."
Ash quirked an eyebrow at this, "Why do you need the money so much Hau?" Ash then noticed how Hau shook his head.
"You won't understand Ash, I just need to win this battle," Hau declared as he put his hand outside and then crushed his fingers into a fist, "Use darkest lariat!" Incineroar once more made his claws gain a black tint and then he began to rush Greninja.
Ash narrowed his eyes as he watched how Incineroar made his claws expand and aim right for Greninja. Ash then widened his eyes as Incineroar leaped into the air with the attempt of down cutting his tongue scarfed water type. "Double Team!"
"Gren! Gren! Gren!" Greninja grunted as he split off into copied of himself. At this, Incineroar began to slash the copies and sure enough, the copies began to disappear and Greninja was nowhere to be seen. Ash smirked at this as he then subconsciously told Greninja a command. Ash felt like if he could say the commands if he felt the presence of Greninja, and as soon as Incineroar hit the last copy, it did not look like Greninja was even around at all.
"Where is Greninja? He seems to have disappeared!"
"Where is he?" Hau muttered to himself before looking to his left and seeing the beach water at that side splash a little. "Flamethrower there!" Hau exclaimed as he pointed in the direction of where he saw the splash. Incineroar nodded and shot the jet of flames at the water for nothing to happen but a lot of steam to come out of the water and disappear. Hau noticed Ash smirking and could not understand what was going on with Greninja as he could not see the pokemon. Hau then narrowed his eyes as he saw a little bit of sand kick up near Ash and then see a little trail of sand head towards Incineroar. Hau then widened his eyes, "Darkest lariat QUICK!"
"ROAR!" Incineroar roared with intensity as he made the black claws and then swung in front of him fro his claws to get stuck in Greninja's dark blue kunai that was in the latter's hand. The two pokemon stood there in a stalemate, before they then backflipped to their trainers and grunter with their battle cries.
"Amazing! And Greninja was prepared from the attack! Not only is Greninja being hard to track down, but Hau seems to be having the greatest challenge yet in this battle!"
"Water shuriken!" Ash exclaimed as he put his hands out.
"Gren!" Greninja cried as he jumped into the air and then reaching his two webbed arms for the shuriken markings on his legs to get ninja star shaped water orbs on his hands. "NINJA!" Greninja shouted as he crossed his arms with the shurikens and then uncrossed his arms to throw the water shurikens at the fire and dark type pokemon.
"Darkest lariat!" Hau shouted with some panic on his voice.
"Roar!" Hits both shurikens and makes them disappear behind him and make an explosion in front of Hau. This caused there to be a little bit of dust and sand to be picked up.
"Use aerial ace!"
"NINJA!" Hits the bottom of the jaw line.
"Roar…" Incineroar's head goes up.
"JA!" slams his foot into the top of Incineroar's head.
"Roar…" Incineroar falls back.
"Gren… NINJA!" Greninja slams his right foot into the abdomen of the wrestler pokemon.
"Roar…" Incineroar falls back towards his trainer, but as he does that Incineroar then opens his eyes, resisting the pain and then falling back on the sand on both feet and using one of his arms to scrape the ground as well to help stop him.
"What fierce blows from Greninja! This is bound to be Incineroar's match!"
"Earthquake!" Hau commands with his arms out. Incineroar makes his arms slam into the ground and then the arena slowly begins to shake making the sand start to kick up everywhere. Greninja winces a little bit as the ground causes him to fall to the ground and be in the middle of a small sandstorm. "Now use flamethrower!"
"Use aqua blade!" Ash commanded while subconsciously telling Greninja where to aim. Greninja made two dark blue kunais and then as the beam of flames comes in from a side, Greninja adjusts his position really fast and then slices the fire with his two blades. The crowd then began to cheer harder as Greninja jumped out of the kicked up sand to then slice at Incineroar.
"Dodge it quick!" Hau ordered, but it was too late, Greninja's speed made the two blades slam right into Incineroar and the fire and dark type ended up in front of Hau with a very dazed look on his face. "Incineroar, are you alright?" Hau asked in a now panicked tone. Incineroar gave a large roar for Hau, but Hau gritted his teeth, he knew he had to get through this somehow, or else Lillie would pay the ultimate price.
"And Incineroar is hit hard! This is trouble for Hau, will Hau be able to pull through this?"
Nightcore- Runnin'
Hau POV:
I feel as my fear begins to kick in, the fear I want to run away from.
Steel to my trembling lips, how did the night ever get like this. One shot and the whiskey goes down down down…
My vision starts to get a little blurry as I begin to see that there is a chance that I can lose this battle…
Bottom of the bottle hits, waking up my mind as I throw a fit.
I hear the announcer say something, but I could not quite make out what was being said. All I heard was some things being said and I just focused myself into the battle… I can't lose… If I lose then…
My heart is beating against my chest, I feel it… Like if it was going to burst out of my chest.
My heart is beating faster! I know what I am after!
My senses come back and I see clearly as I put my fist out in front of me, "Use dual chop!" I watch as Incineroar makes a battle cry and I notice as he makes his hands glow white and are going to go towards Greninja. I then see as Ash commands his Greninja to dodge, but I am prepared for that, "Jump up!"
"Roar!" I watch as Incineroar jumps after the jumping Greninja. I could see as Incineroar then downcut and slammed his fist into Greninja's head thus causing Greninja to fall to the ground in front of Ash. Greninja slowly stood up in front of an incredibly worried Ash, but I knew I had to keep going:
"Flamethrower!" I have been standing here my whole life, everything I've seen twice, and now it's time I realized!
The jet of flames collide with Greninja who crossed his arms in front of his face in order to protect himself, but that was not enough as I saw the frog begin to crash back and fall in front of Ash with smoke around him.
It's spinning back around now! On this road I'm crawling, save me 'cus I'm falling oh I can barely breathe right!
"Darkest lariat!" I command while crushing my hand in front of me. I watch as Incineroar makes his signature move and begins to charge Greninja with great power.
'Cus I keep runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'... RUNNIN' RUNNIN' RUNNIN' RUNNIN'
RUNNIN' FROM MY HEART!
Ash POV:
I see as Incineroar is about to slam his dark claws into Greninja, "Aqua blade!" The two attacks collide and a large shockwave occurs in which I feel as the wind makes my scarf shake.
Round and around I would go addicted to the numb living in the cold. The higher, the lower, the down down down.
"Use water shuriken!" I command while putting my fist out. Greninja makes his water ninja stars and then checks them right at Incineroar with great power. I watch as just them the two attacks collide with the fire and dark type.
I'm sick of being tired and sick of waiting for another kind of fix… The damage is damning me down down down…
My heart's beating faster, I know what I am after…
I watch as Incineroar falls over in front of his trainer and then I close a fist right in front of me, "Water shuriken once more!"
"NINJA!" I see as the shurikens collide with Incineroar on the other side of the field with great power. I then see as the small explosion leaves Incineroar barely able to stand.
I've been standing here my whole life everything I've seen twice, and now it is time I realized, it's swigging back around now, on this road I am crawling, save me 'cus I am falling, oh I can barely breathe right.
I then see as Incineroar begins to slowly get up to an extremely dazed and tired to a Hau that is saying something… As in, telling Incineroar to fight for someone: "Incineroar, get up, do this for Lillie!"
Lillie? Wait… You are telling me that something is actually on the line here? If Hau loses then does that mean that…
But I keep runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
My vision begins to blur as I then begin to notice my heart rate pick up. I can't lose, at least I don't want to… But what if it is best that I do?
RUNNIN' RUNNIN' RUNNIN' RUNNIN' RUNNIN'! From my HEART!
"Incineroar! Let's finish this, SO WE CAN SAVE LILLIE!" I hear as I notice that Greninja is out in the open and Hau is beginning to make dancing movements... Kind of like how Serena did them during her match against Paula in the masterclass. I narrowed my eyes as I then saw Hau's bracelet begin to glisten and glow. Greninja to turns to me and he pumps his fist. I shake my head no, I can't do it, at least not right now. Greninja nods and turns back around to what I could see as open ears. I knew what I had to do if I was going to turn this battle back for us, but I needed to make sure I knew what was happening. I look over at Incineroar and see him get covered in an aura that came from the bracelet. "Z MOVE! MALICIOUS MOONSLAUGHT!"
"What is going on? It seems that Incineroar is beginning to glow!"
"ROOOAAARR!"
If Incineroar jumps into the air… I just watch as Incineroar jumped into the air above Greninja.
I sigh and look down….
But then I look up with a sad face towards Hau, "Hau…" Hau looks at me with a confused look, but as I see that Incineroar is arching himself over Greninja and me, I had to break it to Hau, "I'm sorry… You fought a valiant battle, but this is all over…"
"What?" Hau asked in awe as I point into the air. Hau looked at the ground only to notice that Greninja was gone again. I then saw Hau get the strength to look up at the sky with tears beginning to form on his eyes. Greninja was above Incineroar, who was now looking down at the bare sand below him.
"USE AERIAL ACE!" I shout finally understanding Hau's pain, but I knew what had to be done. I watch as Greninja makes his legs glow white and then aim it down at Incineroar. Incineroar also turns around in mid air to see Greninja just in time to receive a kick to the abdomen and then get boosted right into the ground with the special aura around him.
"Incineroar NO PLEASE!" I hear Hau shout in desperation.
It was too painful to even think that I would do this….
But I did anyways:
"GRENINJA FINISH IT WITH WATER SHURIKEN!"
"Gren… NINJA!" I see Greninja make his shurikens and throw them right at Incineroar who was on the ground breathing hard. The next thing I saw was the two shurikens collide with the fire and dark type and cause an explosion in the middle of the field that caused all of the cheering to stop and become a lot of shocked faces. Greninja landed in front of me as the shock wave from the explosion left my scarf waving in the wind. When the mixture of sand and dust dissipated, I witnessed how Incineroar stood up in front of Greninja with a corrupt pose.
I witnessed as Hau looked relieved for a second and then took a deep breath and made his next move, "Darkest lariat!"
"Roar!" Incineroar shouted as he once again made his claws glow black and then begin to run at Greninja. I sighed at this as Greninja looked at me with a sad frown under his tongue. I nodded back and knew that it was over already. I narrowed my eyes as I saw Incineroar's running slow down to a walk and then to a stop in front of Greninja. Incineroar was about to slash Greninja when suddenly his black claws were replaced by a normal paw. "Roar…" Incineroar winced once more as he began to fall to his side while losing consciousness.
"PIKA PI!" Pikachu shouts in urgency as I saw how Incineroar was about to fall into the water, a potentially dangerous place for any pokemon to fall unconscious in.
I flinch at this as I then put my hand out, "Greninja quick! grab him!" I watch as Greninja then puts himself in the direction that Incineroar was falling to then drag the tiger from the direction of the water to then begin to slowly lower the tiger to the ground. I hear silence all over the stadium as the ref makes the call:
"Incineroar is unable to battle, which means the win goes to Ash from Lumiose City!"
"And it is over! Ash wins the match! What an upset to such an amazing league run!"
I hear the crowd roar with intensity as the scoreboard portrays my name as victorious, but I watch as a tear stricken Hau walks onto the sandy field and approaches Incineroar with a pokeball in his hand.
"Incineroar, we did all we could, just take a nice rest buddy," I heard Hau say as my heart shattered to pieces. I felt like I had just committed the worst decision of my life, and I don't know how I will be able to fix things. I watch as Greninja held Incineroar in his hands. Before Hau recalled his friend, I saw Incineroar whisper something to Greninja… But that ended with the red beam of the pokeball sucking Incineroar back into his small spheric home. Hau then looked at Greninja and forced a small smile before saying, "congratulations."
I walk onto the field just as I see Hau beginning to move away from Greninja. Pikachu was on my shoulder as I then stood next to Greninja and looked at Hau walk away through his dugout.
"Hau…"
That was all I could even say at that moment.
A/N: Ash won… In the end, Greninja was just too powerful that he completely bent Incineroar. The first and probably most crucial defeat that Hau could have met.
I do want you guys to keep in mind of a couple things: Originally I was going to have Hau have Decidueye, but as I began to think of ways to put myself into the story, I began to think that maybe Decidueye would be a little better if he was with Night. Anyways, I also felt like I needed Hau to have something powerful as well, so I decided to go with the extremely powerful Incineroar. I hope you guys did enjoy my depiction of the fire type starter of Alola, specially since I wanted to show all three starters off in this fic: Serena has water, Night has grass, and Hau has fire.
Furthermore, next chapter will hopefully be a little brighter in mood, I have something planned that may be huge character development for Ash in terms of many things, but mostly, I am making Ash grow up as a character to do things that Ash has never been able to do even in the anime.
So yes, I may give you guys a little hint of what may happen next chapter… cough cough a better XYZ12 CAUGH CAUGH… ugh, this cough is killing me, anyways, I hope you guys enjoy the next chapter that will include the ceremony of passing onto the top 16 and as well as the surprise plot.
Remember to R & R and I will see you guys next time!
PS: Sorry for taking so long, I said I would update sooner, but school has gotten is the way of so much! Anyways, I am going to reply to reviews next time, so I apologize for not replying today, I am just so tired xD!