Johto Chapter 17

With an intense ride, the group of four arrived at Goldenrod City.

"We finally made it." Ash said as they went to the large contest hall where Ash got his second ribbon.

"Yeah. Let's register for our Johto Grand Festival." Reisa said.

Ash and Reisa all went to the registration desk and showed the receptionist the ribbons they had.

"Well… that was it." Ash smiled.

"Yeah." Reisa nodded.

"I see you are here." They turned and saw Ariel waiting for them.

"You bet. I actually wanted to have an actual match with you." Reisa said to Ariel.

"Same here." Ariel said.

Then they also met Solidad, who also got 5 ribbons. Her presence also made Reisa and Ariel's eyes glowed fire.

Back when meeting Lillie and Kris, they also saw Adam and Emma come.

"Why are you here?" Ash asked as he hugged them.

"Lillie called us, saying that you, Ariel and Reisa are participating the Grand Festival." Adam said.

"Besides, Dia was also here, but he ran off to somewhere." Emma gave a mischivious smile.

"I see. Please expect us to win." Ash said.

"Sure will." Adam said.

They then went to see the opening ceremony, the MC introduced the judges, which was Mr. Suzukio, Mr. Contesta, 3 Nurse Joys and much to their shock, Jasmine.

"I see where Dia have gone to." Ash said.

"Yeah." Reisa nodded in agreement.

In the first appeal round, there are 300 contestants participating, the judges split into 3 and there will be 3 coordinators on the field. Ash was assigned to Jasmine's field.

"Okay. Yanmega, Noctowl! I chose you!"

Ash took out the two Pokemon and started the performance. After showing their sparkle wind show, Ash decided to give an unusual ending.

"Noctowl! Use Confuse Ray in the sky! Yanmega! Silver Wind!"

The two Pokemon nodded and they made an aurora light which was beautiful.

"That was special, using the flying moves like this." Nurse Joy said.

"I agree. He showed a great talent." Jasmine said.

Reisa was at the Mr. Suzukio's field, she used Seaking and Starmie. They performed a water ballet which was similar to Misty's, but her style. She also got the judges compliments. Ariel used Magcargo and Magmar, they showed great fire to made the judges, Mr. Contesta and Nurse Joy heat up.

After the appeal rounds are over, the MC said that the results were here. Ash saw himself, Reisa, Ariel and Solidad on the screen, which meant they passed.

"Alright. Our first step was done." Reisa said in excitement.

"Yeah, right up next is the real deal." Ariel said.

All four of them were battle hard, they defeated all the enemies on the way.

"Well folks, right now the match ups for the semi finals are here!"

It shows that Ash was facing Solidad while Reisa was facing Ariel.

"Wow, I can't believe we meet each other." Ash said.

"Yeah…I am not going to lose." Solidad said to Ash.

"Me too." Ash replied.

Ariel said, "Reisa, lookes like it is you and me."

"I now, now I am a little nervous."

Back in the audience, Lillie said, "So Ariel and Reisa are facing each other, this is so hard to choose who to cheer on."

Adam said, "Well, you can cheer both of them if you like to."

Kris said, "Well, I was more worried about Reisa, the last time they battled, she lost and fell in depression."

Dia said, "If she could conquer that, she fould win easily."

The next day, Ash and Solidad were standing at the opposite sides.

"Here are our 2 contestants! Which will the be the victor? Now let the match begin!"

Solidad said, "Slowbro, Lapras! Show them your moves."

Ash said, "Meganium, Butterfree! I chose you!"

Ash sent out the two Pokemon as the match started. Meganium started off with Energy Ball and Butterfree cut it into missiles to shot the two water types, but they did a huge Water Pulse to cover the moves and it disappeared.

"Now, Ice Beam and Bubble Beam!" Solidad said as the Pokemon did a ice bubbles, Ash asked Butterfree and Meganium to use Stun Spore and Sweet Scent to break those bubbles and made them different colors. Which made Solidad lost a lot.

"Now Meganium! Dance around with Butterfree, then use Tackle and Body Slam!"

They nodded and danced, letting the audience feel like watching a dance show, then they slammed the two Pokemon.

"Shake it off, Lapras! Then use Thunderbolt! Slowbro! Psyshock to add the flavor!"

The two Pokemon did what Solidad said, Meganium and Butterfree used Protect to dodged them.

Then both offensive and defensive, Ash then said, "Meganium, time to show our power, Vine Whip to make them fly! Then Butterfree, when they are in the air, use Quiver Dance!"

The two Pokemon did what Ash said, when the opponents fell on the ground, the buzzer was alarmed.

"Time is up! The winner is… Ash Ketchum!"

Ash cheered with his Pokemon, not to mention a Body Slam from Meganium.

"We lost, but you two did great." Solidad said as she recalled the two Pokemon.

After Ash was freed from Meganium, he went towards Solidad.

"Great battle."

"Indeed. Although I lost my chance to win, but be sure you win the finals."

"I will." He said as they shook hands.

In the audience, Reisa said, "So that it was either you or me who will be facing Ash in the finals."

Ariel said, "It will be tough, considered we all lost to him. But we should give our best."

"You bet." Reisa said.

That afternoon, Reisa and Ariel faced each other.

"Let's go. Blastiose, Octillery!" Reisa sent her Water Pokemon.

"Houndoom, Umbreon! You are up!"

Then the MC announced the battle began. Reisa asked Blastoise to use Water Pulse and covering the Octillery's Octazooka. Ariel used Dark Pulse to break it and then use Psychic to convert into missiles and backfire. Then Umbreon used Double Team and Houndoom covered the copies with flames, turning into flying missiles and shot Blastoise, but Blastoise used Withdraw while Octillery stand on top of the shell, they started spinning and attacking the copies, making them disappeared and a rainbow appeared.

"Time to not hold back, shall we?" Ariel asked as she took out a Key Ring.

"You bet." Reisa said as she took out the Key Necklace. Both of them pressed it and mega evolved their respective Pokemon.

"What a surprise, it is a mega evolution battle!" The crowd cheered at them, Ash nodded and smiled at them.

The two both used their power boost to their advantage, then not long after, Blastoise shot a Dragon Pulse and it covered the field with smoke. It was that time when the buzzer alarmed.

"The winner is Reisa! With 5 points higher than Ariel! Reisa will be facing Ash in the finals!"

Reisa was happy, she jumped in joy. Ariel said, "Congratulations. I knew you could do well."

"Thanks."

"Good luck on battling Ash." She said as she left the stage.

The next day before the match, Ash said to his Pokemon. "Pikachu, Sylveon. Your opponent will be Reisa. Are you pumped up for this?"

They cheered in excitement, Ash smiled and gave them each a Pokepuff.

"Good, let's do our best."

Meanwhile, Reisa was inside her room, she got a call from her father, Wallace.

"That is wonderful, Reisa. You almost reach your dream." Wallace said.

"But what if I lose? I have never won Ash before." Reisa said in a frown.

"If it really happened, don't give up. You can try it next year. The title won't go away if you try hard."

Reisa nodded. "Well, I will see you after the match." Reisa said and then hang up the phone.

"Well folks, the has come to determine who will get the Johto Ribbon Cup! On our right side is our Kanto Champion, Ash Ketchum! While on the other side is our Water Specialist, Reisa! Now who will win the cup? Let's find out as they sent out their Pokemon!"

Reisa said, "Ash. I know I can't win against you, but I won't let the crowd disappointed! Feraligatr! Gyarados! Come on out!"

Ash said, "Your Starter and your first Mega Evolution, good. Pikachu, Sylveon! I chose you."

The two jumped out of the crowd with a twirl, causing the crowd the cheer.

"Now let the match begin!"

Gyarados and Feraligatr tried to use the Water Fire Combo, Pikachu and Sylveon dodged and used Swift with Fairy Wind. Gyarados used Crunch to bite of the attack, while Feraligatr used Close Combat on Pikachu, but the moves aren't too violent, instead, the Close Combat was like playing the drums, causing Ash to get worried.

"Sylveon, help Pikachu by using Dazzling Gleam!"

Sylveon did and then made Feraligatr lost the target.

"Not bad. Gyarados, use Dragon Rage!"

"Sylveon go and swim in the attack!"

When the Dragon Rage fired, Sylveon jumped inside and did a spin.

Adam said, "A clever idea. Dragon types are immune to Fairy types."

Lillie said, "So far the two are equal."

Ariel said, "Indeed, neither will want to lose the battle."

After a Thunderbolt Moonblast and Hyper Beam Water Pulse combined, the field was once again covered by the smoke. When it faded, Gyarados and Feraligatr had swirls in their eyes.

"Since Gyarados and Feraligatr are unable to battle, Pikachu and Sylveon win!"

The crowd cheered for Ash's victory, while Ash didn't feel exciting, instead, he went towards the crying Reisa.

"Reisa. It was just a battle. Please don't cry." Ash hugged her, causing the crowd to also cheer for Reisa.

Reisa looked at the crowd, she wiped out her tears and nodded.

In the ending ceremony, Jasmine was the one who present the Ribbon Cup.

"Ash, congratulations. You won the grand festival on your first try. Now you are a Top Coordinator like us."

Ash got the cup and said, "Thanks, it was actually my Pokemon who did the work."

Jasmine said, "True, but they couldn't do it without you."

Later that night, they all attend the party held for contestants and the audiences. Ash met up with others.

"You did it, Ash." Lillie immediately hugged him, causing him to blush at the sudden movement.

Adam said, "Indeed, you sure had Delia's style of Coordinating."

Emma asked, "By the way, where is Reisa?"

"Oh, she went to talk to her father about the last match."

Kris said, "I guess she was disappointed at her loss, right?"

Ash said, "She did, but then she told me that she was glad that she lost to me instead of others."

Ariel and Solidad came, Ash asked them what would they do afterwards, Solidad said that she would go to Unova while Ariel said to watch Silver battling the league. Ash then wished them good luck.

When Reisa arrived, Ash asked, "How was Wallace? Is he fine at your loss?"

Reisa nodded, "He said that before he was a Top Coordinator, he failed a lot of times. I just need to do better next year, right now let's just finish your journey in Johto."

"Thanks." Ash said.


The next day, Adam, Emma and Dia went back to Sevestar, while Ash, Lillie, Reisa and Kris decided to head to Blackthorn City. Until they saw the screen from the Radio Tower.

"Greetings, everyone."

Ash then noticed the man. "It is Archer! The current leader of Team Rocket!"

"What did he want?"

Archer said, "Right now our leader, Giovanni was caught in jail. But that doesn't mean Team Rocket will disbanded. We will continue our boss' plan and take over the world."

This statement caused a lot of people to fear.

"Ash, Lillie." Lance came with another person.

"Brother Ethan?" Kris asked.

"Hello Kris, I know now it is not the time for reunions." He turned to Ash. "So you are the one who defeat Lance in Kanto. I am Ethan, the current Johto Champion."

"Nice to meet you." Ash said as he shook his hand.

"Right now Team Rocket was in the Radio Tower. We need your assistance to take them down." Lance said.

"Sure. We will." Lillie said as they went to the Radio Tower.

Inside the Radio Tower, they saw the famous Team Rocket trio.

"You three again?" Ash said in annoyance.

"Well twerp, you caught almost all of our members. Therefore we shall defeat you here."

They sent out 4 Pokemon, Arbok, Weezing, Victreebel and Wobbuffet.

"Do you seriously think you can beat us?" Ash taunted, Ethan said, "Well, you guys go find the 4 commanders, I will simply handled them all."

"Okay. I trust you." Ash said as they left. Ethan took out Ambipom, Sudowoodo, Togekiss and Politoed.

"Now you will fall." Ethan said.

The other 5 went upstairs and met the 4 commanders waiting for them.

"I knew you would come." Proton said.

"This time we will defeat you and take all of your Pokemon to save our boss." Petrel said.

"And get the revenge on my traitous children."

Lance said, "Archer, Ariana, Proton and Petrel… You are under arrest." Lance said as he took out Aerodactyl. Ash took out Pikachu, Lillie sent out Lapras, Reisa sent out Feraligatr and Kris sent Monlee. Archer sent Houndoom, Ariana sent Crobat, Proton sent Muk and Petrel sent Weezing.

Meanwhile, Ethan defeated all of the trio's Pokemon.

"No way… we lost so easily…" James said.

Ethan gave a sinister smirk, "So you're Team Rocket, do you know what rockets always do?"

The trio was in fear, Meowth said, "I don't want to know.."

Then suddenly, they were blasting off the tower.

"We are blasting off again!"

Ethan said, "That takes care of the Rockets." He said as they left tp catch up with Lance.

Lance and the others battled the 4 commanders, Kris' Monlee evolved into a Hitmonchan, he used a lot of punches to defeat Muk.

"To think that we are defeated so easily…" Ariana said in anger.

They saw all of their Pokemon fell…they tried to retreat.

"Lapras, froze them in the ice!"

Lapras did and the 4 people were in the ice.

"Now that is how the bad guys get captured." Lillie high five Ash.

"You did a great job." Ash said.

Ethan came to Lance, "Do I miss something?"

Lance said, "Your sister's Tyrogue evolved."

"That's cool."

Reisa asked, "So where is the trio?"

"Blasting off again. They said it."

Lance said, "So with these four captured, now there are only two sets of Team Rocket aren't captured. One is that trio and another one I didn't see them."

Ash said, "The trio will be no problem, they will most likely chasing me. As for the other two. I will watch out for them."

Lance nodded as he and Ethan took the 4 commanders away. Before leaving, Ethan was scolded by Kris, causing Ash and the others to laugh, Lance said, "By the way, Ash. You only have one gym left?"

"Yes. The Blackthorn gym where your cousin is."

Lance said, "Well, since you beat me, she shouldn't be a problem." Lance said as he left.

Lillie said, "So Clair is the Blackthron Gym Leader?"

"Yes. I can't wait to battle her. Now let's go."

They nodded as they flew off the city.


Here is the end of the Grand Festival, Ash is the winner. And Team Rocket is arrested, only a trio and a duo left. (You know who the duo is if you watch the movie).

As for Clair, Ash knew her, since he was trained under Lance and Lance often mentioned her.

Ash's current team:

Pikachu, Sylveon, Ho-Oh, Butterfree, Mewtwo (Mega XY), Celebi, Scizor (Mega), Lugia, Espeon, Umbreon, Heracross (Mega), Meganium, Typhlosion, Houndoom (Mega), Feraligatr, Skarmory, Noctowl (Shiny), Yanmega, Murkrow, Suicune, Steelix (Shiny Mega), Entei, Raikou, Phanpy

Now with Lillie:

Pidgeot (Mega), Venusaur (Mega), Blastiose (Mega), Kingler, Gyarados (Shiny, Mega), Gengar (Mega), Primeape, Muk, Magneton, Rapidash (Shiny), Tauros, Dragonite, Aerodactyl (Mega), Mr. Mime, Mew, Fearow, Lapras x2, Snorlax, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres

Training:

Charizard (Mega XY)

Reisa's current team:

Feraligatr, Quagsire, Azumarill, Slowking, Blastoise (Mega), Politoed, Omanyte, Kabutops, Seaking, Octillery, Starmie, Tentacruel, Gyarados (Mega)

Kris' current team:

Meganium (Megaree), Cubone (Bonee), Parasect (Parasee), Arcanine (Archy), Xatu (Xatee), Smoochum (Chunee), Hitmonchan (Monlee)

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