Ash's Pokemon Journey

Summary: This story is about how I think that ash's journey should have gone through, Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova. Smart, a psychic and an Aura user. I do not own pokemon.

Note: I am not doing the Kalos Region. So fairy pokemon and Mega Evolutions don't exist.

Chapter 150

Chapter 151

Meeting Looker

And

Ash VS Paul

Today the gang was on a train that would take them to Lake Acuity. It wasn't long till it was time for Ash to have a full battle against Paul. Since the gang were no longer in the cold section of Sinnoh, they were not wearing their warm clothes anymore. Ash had been carefully thinking about what pokemon he was going to use against Paul and now he knew what six pokemon to use. "So Ash what are you thinking about?" said Dawn. "Well Dawn;" said Ash "I'm thinking that my pokemon and I will show Paul how much we've grown the last time we battled him. I mean as you remember Paul has looked down on me and my pokemon ever since we first met. But now I will teach him a lesson about looking down on us". The others understood Ash's feelings.

Just then a man wearing a brown coat came up to the gang. "Hi there," said the man "would you kids like some lunch box bentos? I somehow ended up buying too many lunchbox bentos". "Well I do feel hungry, so yes I'll take one please" said Ash. "I want one too please" said Tomo. "Me as well please" said Dawn. "Same here please" said Brock. So the man gave some of his lunchbox bentos to the gang. The kids introduced themselves to the man and the man introduced himself as Looker. Looker still had more lunchbox bentos and he decided to give some to the train driver, the engineer and the assistant pokemon. Brock explained there was an electric pokemon that powered the train. "I wonder what kind of electric pokemon it is?" said Dawn.

The answer turned out to be an Ampharos; the gang decided to see the pokemon with Looker. Ampharos's electric power not only powered the train, it also helped the train when it came to steep climbing's and starting at a full stop. The train engineers were very happy to have Ampharos part of the team.

Suddenly the train driver noticed a red light signal and he stopped the train. He then phoned the railway center for information on the red light. It seemed though there was no danger ahead for a red signal and the signal was not malfunctioned either. "Why is the signal red then?" asked Tomo. The engineer had a feeling there might be some unreported trouble up ahead, so he decided to go out and have a look. Looker said he would go too to help out just in case. As the train wasn't going anywhere for a while, the gang decided to have lunch outside with all of their pokemon. Thanks to Looker giving the gang lunchbox bentos, Brock didn't need to cook this time.

Meanwhile the engineer and Looker had come to a junction with some points. Looker was staring at the two different set of tracks, while the engineer checked everything in a shed. "Obviously this other track hasn't been used for a while," Looker said to himself "but it looks sort of brand new due to no rust there". The truth is Looker was a detective and he was investigating the matter because something didn't feel right to him. The engineer came out of the control shed and he told Looker that someone had changed the controls and the track switch. "They must have done it deliberately;" said Looker "that way our train would stop and they would use the abandoned track. It's simple to know that when you take a good look". The engineer told Looker to get back to the train while he checked the next junction ahead. "I'll make a full report on this" said the engineer. But while the engineer ran up the track, Looker secretly went down the abandoned track to investigate.

At that time the gang had finished their lunches and Ash decided to do some training before it was time to face Paul. "Okay Pikachu, Staraptor, Grotle, Lucario, Chimchar and Empoleon it's time to train" he said. Pikachu, Staraptor, Grotle, Lucario, Chimchar and Empoleon were the six pokemon Ash decided to use. "Okay first up we'll do some stretching and running exercises and then we'll work on your moves" said Ash. He and his pokemon got to work at once and Dawn, Tomo and Brock watched. "I hope Ash will win his match;" said Dawn "I mean don't get me wrong he is a very strong trainer, but whenever those two battle well Paul turns out to be stronger". "Yes but Ash has trained hard since he last battled Paul," said Brock "and anyway when it comes to battles Ash has more heart with his pokemon than Paul does". "That's true" said Dawn.

While Ash was training his pokemon, Looker had come across an old abandoned train warehouse and mines. He went inside the warehouse and had a look around. On the wall there was an old map of where every train tracks led too and one of the tracks led to Lake Acuity. Looker figured that whoever changed the controls must have wanted to go to Lake Acuity. Then he took out some special scanning goggles from his coat to look for more clues. Thanks to the goggles, Looker noticed there were freshly made footprints on the floor and they were not his. "Someone must have used these tracks to transport something" he said to himself. Suddenly he noticed a small bit of paper on the floor and picked it up to look at it. The bit of paper had a symbol of Team Galactic on it. "I knew it was them" he said, sternly. Looker was investigating Team Galactic.

Back with the gang Ash was now having his pokemon practice some moves. Pikachu was warming up his thunderbolt attack, Empoleon was practicing drill peck, Chimchar was practicing thunder punch, Grotle was practicing super power, Staraptor was practicing brave bird and Lucario was practicing bone rush. "Okay all of you are doing very well, keep it up" said Ash. "Ash and his pokemon are working really hard there" said Dawn. "Yes and just before it will be time to battle Paul too" agreed Brock. Just then the train driver came up to Brock, Dawn and Tomo. "I just got a phone call from my engineer and he said that someone had switched the points, and that's why the signal was red" said the driver. "You mean somebody else was using the railway line?" asked Brock. "I don't know," said the driver "the engineer is checking to see if everything else is okay. So it shouldn't be long now till we can get moving again". "Something certainly feels odd here; someone else switching the train tracks and all" said Dawn. Brock agreed.

Sometime later the engineer came back at last. Everything was okay now so the train could finally get going. "Hang on where's Looker?" asked the driver. Just then Looker appeared. "Sorry I was taking a long walk around here" lied Looker. As he was an undercover detective, he didn't want anyone to know what he had been up to. Ash stared at Looker; he felt there was something strange about him. The driver asked his Ampharos to use thunderbolt and soon the train was moving again. "Finally we're moving again" said Dawn. "And soon we'll make it to the pokemon center at Lake Acuity" said Brock. "Good I can get my pokemon rested up there and then we can battle Paul" said Ash. "Ah so you are going to have a pokemon battle are you?" asked a voice. It was Looker. "Well good luck with that". Then he walked away. "There is something strange about that Looker guy" said Ash. The others agreed with him.

Meanwhile Looker was standing outside the train and was talking to his boss on the phone. He told him all about what he had discovered and about Team Galactic being responsible for the train delay by using something to travel on the railway line. The boss then told Looker to continue investigating and Looker agreed to do so. Team Galactic was obviously up to something, but the question is what?


Today the gang had finally arrived at Lake Acuity. "Lake Acuity is so beautiful," said Dawn "just like Lake Valor and Lake Verity". "Hey since Uxie lives in Lake Acuity, I wonder which any of us will see the spirit of Uxie?" said Ash. "Oh yes that's a good question" said Dawn, remembering her and Ash seeing Azelf and Mespirit. "Come on all of you," said Brock "we better get to the pokemon center to meet up with Paul and Reggie".

Ash handed over his pokemon to Nurse Joy as soon as the gang entered the pokemon center. "Do excuse me Nurse Joy, but do you know if two guys named Paul and Reggie are here?" asked Ash. "Yes they are here Ash, I was told about you and Paul going to have a full pokemon battle" answered Nurse Joy. "Great I'll go see if they are at the pokemon center battlefield at once" said Ash. "Oh hold on a minute Ash," said Nurse Joy "I'm afraid the battle ground at this pokemon center is under repair. You see that battle ground has had so many trainers battling on there; it ended up broken and torn up. So I've had to get it repaired, I am sorry Ash but there will be no more battles there till it's repaired". "Okay then where are Paul and I going to have our battle?" said Ash. "I can answer your question Ash" said a voice. The voice came from a man who was a referee for pokemon battles. "My name is Olivier and I was asked by Reggie to be the referee for your battle with Paul," said the man "and Reggie also told me he had a backup plan for where to battle just in case the battlefield here couldn't be used".

Meanwhile Paul was training his Electabuzz for his battle with Ash at Lake Acuity. Electabuzz was practicing thunder punch on the ground. "It's amazing you were able to perfect your pokemon's moves in just ten days Paul" said Reggie. Paul remembered his brother asking him 10 days ago to have a full battle with Ash. "Why have a battle now?" Paul asked his brother. "It seemed like your battle with Brandon had a major effect on you," answered Reggie "now it seemed like just the time". He thought having a battle with Ash would Paul perk up after losing to Brandon.

Back at the gang Ash got Pikachu, Grotle, Empoleon, Chimchar, Staraptor and Lucario back from Nurse Joy. "Your pokemon are all in tip top shape and ready for your battle" said Nurse Joy. "Thank you Nurse Joy" said Ash. "Your pokemon look already and confident Ash," said Dawn "they could battle anything. And of course we'll be cheering you on". "Thank you Dawn" said Ash. He turned to his six pokemon. "Listen up you six; as you all know ever since we first met Paul, he thought us as weaklings. Always underestimating us and thinking that working together and combining our hearts as one and all that was nonsense. Well now we've a chance to show him all out our ways of training and battling isn't all nonsense and that we are strong. So who's ready?" All of the pokemon replied they were ready; Chimchar called out the most. "Wow Chimchar I can feel that you definitely want to fight against Paul;" said Ash "and no doubt it's because Paul has thought of you as a really weak pokemon ever since you first belonged to him. Well we'll show him. Okay it's time now". Ash returned Empoleon, Chimchar, Staraptor, Lucario and Grotle to their pokeballs. Then he and everyone else left the pokemon center to meet up with Paul and Reggie.

The gang made their way to Lake Acuity; Olivier told them Paul and Reggie was there. Ash and Paul stared at each other once they saw each other. "Thank you for coming Ash," said Reggie "I really believe you two were destined to battle together this way. The truth is you and Paul are alike despite your differences; you two wish to become stronger with your pokemon, even though the way you train are complete opposites. That is why I wanted you two to have a full pokemon battle against each other. This battle will be a good time for you both to compare each other's strengths and weaknesses". Ash and Paul stared at each other; this battle was a battle they were not going to back down on.

Just then Olivier turned up in a hot air baloon with a portable score board. The type of score boards you get in pokemon battling competitions. Two men were setting up the scoreboard for him and they were also going to be in charge of making the changes during the battle. Olivier explained the rules about the match being a full battle and substitutions were allowed on both sides. Dawn used her coin toss app to decide who would pick the pokemon and start the match first. Ash won by picking tails, so he got to go first.

Ash started off by sending out Lucario first while Paul sent out Torterra first. "Lucario start up with bulk up" said Ash. Lucario boosted himself to make his attacks stronger. "That's a good idea for Ash to raise Lucario's attacks, especially as he knows how strong Paul's Torterra is" said Brock. Paul ordered Torterra to frenzy plant and the vines came out of the ground. "Dodge it and go in with blaze kick" said Ash. Lucario ran very fast and jumped into the air to dodge the vines, then he attacked Torterra with blaze kick. "Ash's Lucario is stronger than when I last saw it back at the Veilstone Gym" said Reggie. "Torterra won't be able to move now because it needs to recharge after using frenzy plant" said Brock. "Okay Lucario," said Ash "Torterra can't use any attacks now so here's our chance. Use ice punch". Lucario punched Torterra hard with ice punch and Torterra got a lot of damage. "Ice type moves are Torterra's weakest," said Reggie "I'm impressed that Lucario knows that move". "Ash has taught Lucario many moves thanks to his other pokemon" said Tomo. Paul smirked. "At least your Lucario is worth battling; much better than the Lucario I battled at the Veilstone Gym" he said to Ash. "Hey did he just make a rude remark about Maylene's Lucario?" asked Dawn, angrily. "He did" answered Tomo. "Paul easily defeated Maylene's Lucario in a minute when he battled Maylene" Reggie reminded everyone. "Humph Maylene's Lucario is strong now thank you" said Dawn, in a huff. Ash continued the battle by telling Lucario to use aura sphere next and Torterra was hit by the aura sphere attack. After that Torterra was able to attack again and Paul ordered it to use leaf storm. "Lucario use mimic to counter that leaf storm" said Ash. Mimic made Lucario use leaf storm and the attacks collided with each other. "Wow I certainly didn't expect this" said Reggie. Paul didn't expect this either; there was still a lot of things Paul didn't know about Ash's pokemon, because he hadn't met all of them yet. It was then Paul returned Torterra. "Why did Paul return Torterra?" asked Dawn. "It's probably because Torterra has done so much already, Paul wants to save Torterra for later" said Brock.

Paul sent out his Weavile next. Ash returned Lucario too; even though Lucario had a huge advantage over Weavile Lucario had already done much against Torterra, which is why Ash decided to use a different pokemon now to not wear Lucario out. Ash sent out Staraptor to battle next. "Huh? Why did Ash send out Staraptor?" asked Reggie "flying type pokemon are weak against ice type pokemon". "Oh we know why" smiled Tomo. "Yeah there's no need to worry about type disadvantage here" smiled Dawn. Reggie stared in confusion at Dawn and Tomo. Paul started off by telling Weavile to use blizzard. "Thought you would do that," said Ash "Staraptor use heat wave". Staraptor released a heat wave attack while Weavile released a blizzard attack. The fire managed to break through the blizzard attack and hit Weavile. Both Reggie and Paul were surprised that Staraptor knew heat wave. "Ash has taught all of his pokemon many moves ever since he first got them" said Brock. Reggie was impressed. Paul ordered Weavile to use metal claw while Ash ordered Staraptor to use steel wing. The two pokemon struck each other with their attacks. "Metal claw again" said Paul. "Use close combat Staraptor" said Ash. Staraptor and Weavile charged at each other again. Weavile managed to strike Staraptor with metal claw and Staraptor manged to hit Weavile with close combat. "Weavile use blizzard" said Paul. Ash decided to go to a desperate measure this time and he ordered Staraptor to use brave bird. Staraptor charged through Weavile's blizzard attack and hit Weavile. Weavile fell onto the ground, unable to battle.

"Weavile is unable to battle," said Olivier "the winner of this battle is Staraptor". Weavile's picture on the score board went blank. So Paul had five pokemon left, while Ash still had six. Ash was happy for his first win, but he knew it was not over yet. He returned Staraptor so he could get some rest after using brave bird. "Good idea of Ash to return Staraptor after it used brave bird;" said Reggie "Ash certainly knows about how to be careful with his pokemon". "Well we would know after being a pokemon trainer for five years now" said Brock.

Paul sent out Electabuzz to battle while Ash sent out Grotle to battle. Ash had a feeling Paul would obviously change Electabuzz in a moment; after all he had seen Paul's tactics before. "Let's go with this, Grotle use leech seed" said Ash. Grotle released a leech seed attack the seed attached itself to Electabuzz. Electabuzz got zapped by the vines at once. "Electabuzz use brick break" said Paul. Electabuzz charged at Grotle to use brick break. "Remember what you learned from Venasaur okay Grotle, and then attack" said Ash. Doing as he was told and taught, Grotle waited for Electabuzz to come at him. Then as soon as Electabuzz was about to hit Grotle with brick break, Grotle went in with super power. The two pokemon pushed each other back. "Grotle seems a lot tougher than it was as Turtwig" said Reggie. "That's because it's learned a lot from Ash's Venasaur" said Dawn. Brock explained Ash has his older pokemon teach his newer ones. "I understand" smiled Reggie. Paul returned Electabuzz and sent out Honchkrow. 'I thought so' thought Ash. He returned Grotle and sent out Staraptor again. "Ash obviously knew Paul was going to return Electabuzz and send out a different pokemon" said Reggie. "But is it alright for Staraptor to come out again?" asked Dawn. "Oh it should be okay Dawn;" said Brock "as long as Ash doesn't make him use brave bird for a while".

Paul started off by telling Honchkrow to use aerial ace and Ash told Staraptor to use aerial ace too. The two birds began tackling each other like crazy. Honchkrow was squawking like crazy while attacking Staraptor. "It looks like Honchkrow wants to settle the score with Staraptor" said Brock. "Well Staraptor did beat Honchkrow at the pokeringer competition" reminded Tomo. Dawn, Brock and Tomo explained about the pokeringer competition in Squallville Town. Reggie was amazed to hear the story between Honchkrow and Staraptor. "Staraptor use close combat" said Ash. "Night slash" Paul said to Honchkrow. The two birds went out each other with their attacks. "I do not want to get between those two" said Tomo. "Me neither" said Dawn. As the two bird pokemon went at each other like crazy, both Staraptor and Honchkrow started to feel worn out. "Use sky attack" Paul said to Honchkrow. "Use brave bird Staraptor" said Ash. The two birds charged at each other with their attacks and then both of them fell to the ground, defeated.

"Both Staraptor and Honchkrow are unable to battle," said Olivier "this round is a tie". Both Staraptor's picture and Honchkrow's picture went blank on the score board. So Ash had five pokemon while Paul had four. The two pokemon were returned at once. "You did well hanging on in there Staraptor" said Ash. "Poor Staraptor" said Dawn. "That was really a risky move Ash did, considering how exhausted Staraptor was" said Brock. Reggie stared at both Ash and Paul. Paul sent out a Magmortar next. "Paul's Magmar must have evolved" said Brock. Ash sent out Empoleon to battle Magmortar. "Empoleon is a good choice to fight against Magmortar being a water type" said Reggie. The battle between Ash and Paul was showing no signs of ending yet.


Paul started off by telling Magmortar to use fire blast while Ash told Empoleon to use hydro pump. The two attacks created a mist of steam. "This always happens when a fire type move and a water type move collide with each other" said Tomo. "Empoleon make this mist bigger with more mist" said Ash. Empoleon released a mist attack from his beak and made the mist thicker. "Ash is using the mist to confuse Magmortar" said Brock. Magmortar was confused; it couldn't see Empoleon in the mist. "Blow that mist away with flamethrower" Paul said to Magmortar. Magmortar fired flamethrower around the get rid of the mist, but it still couldn't find Empoleon. Just then everyone noticed Empoleon was in the air; it had jumped in the air to dodged the flamethrower attack. "Whirlpool Empoleon" said Ash. Empoleon released a whirlpool attack towards Magmortar, but Paul returned Magmortar before the whirlpool could hit it. "What a clever tactic of Ash's;" said Reggie "using the mist as a decoy and attacking from the air". "Using surprises is one of Ash's battle techniques" smiled Brock.

Paul sent out Torterra again. Ash kept Empoleon out. "What's Ash doing?" said Dawn "Empoleon is weak against Torterra". "No need to worry Dawn, my big brother has a plan for this" smiled Tomo. The others looked at each other in confusion. "Empoleon use ice beam" said Ash. Empoleon fired an ice beam and Torterra got hit by it. "Oh so that's Ash's plan" said Dawn. "Torterra's biggest weakness is ice types," said Reggie "but will it be enough?" "Torterra use frenzy plant" said Paul. "I was wondering he'd do that," smiled Ash "Empoleon show him your aqua jet-drill peck attack". Empoleon charged at Torterra with aqua jet, while dodging the vines, and then pecked Torterra hard with drill peck. Paul was surprised by that attack and so was everyone else. "Wow what was that?" said Dawn. "It was my brother's new technique for Empoleon," said Tomo "because of the ice aqua jet Buizel and Empoleon knows, Ash had thought maybe he could try some other moves with aqua jet. And drill peck was one of them". "Ah I see;" said Brock "so Empoleon starts off with aqua jet, but also gets ready for drill peck. Ash has picked up some newer moves". Piplup started to chirp in jealousy. "You want to know that move too don't you Piplup?" asked Dawn. Piplup chirped yes. "We'll ask Empoleon to teach you it later" promised Dawn. As Torterra couldn't make a move now it was Empoleon's chance to make another move. "Use ice beam Empoleon" said Ash. Empoleon fired ice beam and Torterra got hit by it again. Torterra still wasn't defeated by that move though. "That Torterra sure is standing strong" said Dawn. "Well Torterra is Paul's strongest pokemon, so that is to be expected" said Reggie. "Now let's go in with drill peck" said Ash. Empoleon charged at Torterra with drill peck, but Torterra used tackle to push Empoleon back. Then Torterra use leaf storm and Empoleon was hit by the leaves. "Oh no" said Dawn, worriedly. There was worse to come; Torterra used frenzy plant again and this time Empoleon was hit by the vines. Poor Empoleon was defeated.

"Empoleon is unable to battle, this round goes to Torterra" said Olivier. Empoleon's picture on the scoreboard went blank. So Ash had four pokemon left while Paul had four too. As Torterra couldn't make a move yet after using frenzy plant, Paul returned Torterra again and sent out his Ursaring to battle next. Ash returned Empoleon and called out Lucario again to battle. "Fighting types are stronger against normal types like Ursaring, so Ash has the advantage here" said Brock. "Yes but Paul's Ursaring is pretty tough itself" said Dawn. "Use bulk up" Paul said to Ursaring. "You use bulk up too Lucario" said Ash. The two pokemon boosted their attacks. "Lucario use aura sphere" said Ash. "Use focus blast!" Paul commanded Ursaring. The two fighting type moves collided with each other. "Use extreme speed Lucario" said Ash. "Use slash" Paul said to Ursaring. Lucario charged at Ursaring while Ursaring used slash to fight back. "Bullet punch Lucario" said Ash. Lucario repeatedly punched Ursaring with bullet punch. "Now sky uppercut" said Ash. Lucario punched Ursaring hard before Ursaring could do anything to defend itself. Ursaring fell down in defeat.

"Ursaring is unable to battle, this battle goes to Lucario" said Olivier. So now Paul had three pokemon left while Ash still had four. "Yeah but Paul will find a way to turn this around, I know he will" said Reggie. Paul sent out Torterra again. "You still okay to battle Lucario?" asked Ash. Lucario said he was, so Ash kept him out. "Lucario use blaze kick" said Ash. Lucario got ready to kick Torterra with blaze kick. "Use leaf storm" Paul said to Torterra. Torterra released a leaf storm attack and Lucario was hit by the leaves. "Oh no" said Dawn. "Lucario use aura sphere" said Ash. While still trapped by the leaves, Lucario managed to throw an aura sphere attack at Torterra. After getting hit by the aura sphere attack, Torterra couldn't take any more and fainted. But Torterra wasn't the only one who fainted; Lucario fainted on defeat too.

Both Torterra and Lucario are unable to battle," said Olivier "this round is a draw". Both the pictures of Lucario and Torterra went blank on the score board. "I didn't expect that, having both Torterra and Lucario get defeated together" said Dawn. "Well Torterra did get a lot of damage from Lucario's and Empoleon's attacks, so it would have gone down eventually," said Brock "and Lucario did get hit by that powerful leaf storm attack, and not to mention it has battled a lot during this match". "That's true" agreed Dawn.

Ash sent out Grotle next while Paul sent out Magmortar. "Grass types are weak against fire pokemon, Ash better switch" said Dawn. But Ash didn't switch, he kept Grotle out. "Why won't Ash switch?" asked Dawn. "It's because if Ash did switch Paul will just switch again," said Reggie, who understood, "Ash has noticed Paul's movements by now, so if he switches now well those two will be switching back and forth nonstop". Brock, Tomo and Dawn understood.

Since Grotle was at a huge disadvantage with Magmortar, Ash decided to try and make this quick. "Grotle use hidden power" said Ash. Grotle's hidden power was ground type. "Dodge that attack and use flamethrower" said Paul. Magmortar dodged the attacked and fired a flamethrower attack. "Quick use protect Grotle" said Ash. Grotle put up a protective shield and the flamethrower didn't hit Grotle. "Now use earth power" said Ash. Grotle slammed this two front feet on the ground and cracks went over to Magmortar and hurt it. "Good thing Grotle knows some ground type moves;" said Brock "ground type moves are stronger against fire type pokemon". "I hope it's enough though" said Dawn. Magmortar was nowhere defeated yet and Paul ordered it to use flamethrower again. Ash couldn't have Grotle use protect again so he could Grotle to try and counter the attack with energy ball. Unfortunately the energy ball wasn't enough. The flamethrower broke through the attack and hit Grotle. Grotle got a lot of damage from that attack. "Grotle are you okay?" asked Ash. Grotle was hurt but still okay to battle. "I don't like the look of this" said Dawn. Brock and Tomo looked on in worry. Ash wanted to have Grotle use synthesis, but if he did that Grotle wouldn't be able to defend himself after using it. Before Ash could even think of something, Magmortar released a smog attack and Grotle got hit by the smoke. The poison move made Grotle cough and feel sick. "Oh no Grotle" whispered Ash. Things were looking bad for Grotle and it got worse because Magmortar then charged at Grotle with fire punch. Poor Grotle couldn't take anymore when he got punched with fire punch and fainted.

"Grotle is unable to battle, the winner of this battle is Magmortar" said Olivier. Grotle's picture of the scoreboard went black. So Ash had two pokemon left while Paul still had two. "I knew this was going to happen" said Dawn. "Ash needs to be careful now on what to do here" said Brock. Ash decided to send out Pikachu this time. "Ash only has Pikachu and Chimchar left now" said Brock. Dawn and Tomo looked on in worry.

"Okay Pikachu let's go in with thunderbolt" said Ash. "Use flamethrower" Paul told Magmortar. The two attacks collided with each other, creating an explosion. "Now Pikachu use swift" said Ash. Pikachu released a swift attack and Magmortar got hit by the stars. Pikachu then stood still for a moment after that and so did Magmortar. "Why aren't thy doing anything?" asked Dawn. "I reckon Paul must be waiting for Ash to make his move" said Brock. Tomo had a think. "I wonder if Magmortar has the ability flame body" he said. "Flame body?" said Dawn. "It's an ability that some fire pokemon have;" said Brock "if pokemon makes physical contacts on a pokemon with flame body the pokemon gets burned". "My Magmortar has that ability too, and Ash probably thinks Paul's Magmortar has the same ability" said Tomo. Reggie watched in silent, waiting to see what will happen. Tomo's thought was right because Ash did believe Magmortar had the flame body ability. So he didn't want to make a risk with Pikachu using quick attack, iron tail etc. "Pikachu use thunderbolt again" said Ash. Pikachu released a thunderbolt attack, but Magmortar dodged it. Then it punched Pikachu with fire punch. Unfortunately Pikachu got burned from the attack. "Oh no fire punch can sometimes make pokemon get a burn" said Brock. "Paul must have realized that Ash knew about Magmortar's ability and he's decided to use a different tactic" said Reggie. "Pikachu are you still okay to battle buddy?" asked Ash. Pikachu was in pain because of the burn, but he was willing to keep going. Paul ordered Magmortar to use smog attack. "Pikachu time for the counter shield attack" said Ash. Pikachu spun around, realising thunderbolt and creating an electrical counter shield. The smog attack was counted by the shield and then Magmortar was hit by the electricity. Reggie and Paul were surprised of seeing this. Brock, Dawn and Tomo explained this was one of Ash's new tactics called the counter shield. "What do you think of this Paul?" said Ash. Paul just shrugged and didn't say anything. (Truth is Paul was impressed, but of course he didn't want to admit it) "Alright Pikachu let's use thunder" said Ash. Pikachu released a thunder attack and Magmortar got hit before it could do anything. Magmortar fell to the ground in defeat.

"Magmortar is unable to battle, this round goes to Pikachu" said Olivier. Magmortar's picture on the score board went blank. "Now Paul only has Electabuzz to battle with while Ash still has Pikachu and Chimchar" said Dawn. "Yes but look at Pikachu" said Brock. Pikachu was in pain because of the burns. "Come on Pikachu you return now for some rest" said Ash. Pikachu did as he was told and returned to Ash's side. Ash sent out Chimchar while Paul sent out Electabuzz. Electabuzz still had the leech seed over him, but he wasn't letting the leech seed beat him. "Electabuzz is acting tough like usual" said Dawn. "Wait till it evolves to Electivire" said Tomo.

Chimchar made the first move with bullet seed, but Electabuzz used protect and then charged with thunder punch. "Chimchar use fire punch to defend yourself" said Ash. Chimchar and Electabuzz butted fists with each other with their attacks. "Use thunder" Paul said to Electabuzz. "Quick Chimchar use dig to get away from that attack" said Ash. Chimchar quickly dug underground while Electabuzz released a thunder attack. The thunder attack hit the ground pretty good and poor Chimchar got thrown out of the ground. "Quick Chimchar use flamethrower" said Ash. Chimchar quickly blew a flamethrower and it did hit Electabuzz, though of course it didn't beat Electabuzz yet. "Chimchar looks like it really wants to beat Electabuzz" said Reggie. "Well Chimchar does have a rivalry with Paul's Electabuzz" said Brock.

Suddenly Chimchar started to glow and he evolved into a Monferno. "Wow Chimchar evolved" said Dawn. "I am so going to get my Chimchar to evolve" said Tomo. Ash was happy Chimchar evolved and he told Monferno to use bullet seed. "Dodge it and use thunder punch" Paul said to Electabuzz. Electabuzz dodged the bullet seeds and charged straight towards Monferno. Before Ash could even give a command, Monferno's right fist glowed blue and it countered Electabuzz's thunder punch. "That's mach punch;" said Brock "Monferno's learned how to use mach punch". Electabuzz moved in with thunder punch and this time it hit Monferno. Luckily Monferno didn't get paralyzed yet. "Monferno use flamethrower" said Ash. Monferno blew flamethrower, but again Electabuzz dodged the attack and used thunderbolt. Poor Monferno was hit by the attack before he could do anything. "I'm surprised Electabuzz hasn't given in despite the leech seed is still taking its energy" said Dawn. "That's Paul's Electabuzz for you;" said Reggie "it's the type that doesn't give in so easily". "Monferno use mach punch" said Ash. "Use thunder" Paul commanded Electabuzz. Monferno manged to punch Electabuzz, but then he got hit by Electabuzz's powerful thunder attack. Poor Monferno was hurt and paralyzed. Because Monferno was paralyzed, Electabuzz had the chance to attack. "Use brick break" said Paul. Electabuzz struck Monferno, before Monferno could do anything. Monferno fell to the ground in defeat.

"Monferno is unable to battle," said Olivier "this round goes to Electabuzz". Monferno's picture on the score board went blank. Because Chimchar had evolved, the picture changed from Chimchar to Monferno. Ash returned Monferno. "Now Ash only has Pikachu left" said Dawn. "Yeah but Pikachu his still hurt from the burns so he may not be able to hold on then" said Brock. "Electabuzz isn't in good shape either" said Tomo. Tomo was right because Electabuzz was panting. Ash bent down to Pikachu. "Are you okay to do this buddy?" he asked Pikachu. Pikachu ran onto the battlefield, meaning he was going to battle Electabuzz no matter what. "Pikachu has a lot of willpower like Ash does" sighed Brock.

Ash started off by telling Pikachu to iron tail, but Electabuzz countered with thunder punch. "Use swift Pikachu" said Ash. Pikachu released a swift attack and Electabuzz was hit by the stars. But poor Pikachu was feeling more and more hurt because of the burns and so was Electabuzz. "I can't bare this this anymore; with both the pokemon hurt" said Dawn. "Ash will need to finish this off soon or there will be more damage" agreed Brock. Ash understood that Pikachu wouldn't be able to hold on for long, so he decided to go full in. "Pikachu use volt tackle" he said. "Use thunder punch" Paul said to Electabuzz. The two electric pokemon charged at each other with their attacks, creating a small explosion. When the smoke cleared both Pikachu and Electabuzz had fainted upon defeat. This last attack was too much for the both of them.

"Both Pikachu and Electabuzz are unable to battle," said Olivier "therefore this battle is a draw". So the whole battle turned out to be a tie in the end. Ash went over to Pikachu, picked him up and gave him a cuddle. "You did great buddy" he whispered. "Pika" replied Pikachu, weakly. Ash and Paul stared at each other in silence. Ash slightly bowed his head to Paul in respect; as much as he hated to admit it, Ash saw indeed that Paul and his pokemon were indeed very strong. Paul did the same; he didn't want to admit it either but he thought this was a spectacular battle.

Reggie and the others ran up to Ash and Paul. Reggie pointed out that this was indeed a very good battle. "Ash you did brilliantly out there" said Dawn. "Thank you" smiled Ash. With the battle now over and done with Paul and Ash could think about continuing their journeys. Paul bid farewell to Reggie and Olivier and left. Ash and the others decided to go back to the pokemon center as Ash had a full pokemon team to get treated.


Sorry for the wait. I hope everyone likes how I did the full battle between Ash and Paul. I agree with any readers who thought that Ash didn't do well against Paul in the anime. To me Ash wasn't ready for that because he didn't train his pokemon enough for the battle and didn't think over of how Paul and his pokemon battled. Not to mention Ash lost his cool against Paul like Paul did against Brandon. It's ridiculous really because Ash had been through tough battles like that before. Sorry if readers wanted me to use legendary pokemon during the battle, but Ash would've won that battle too easily and Ash isn't really the type who would want to win so easily.

I couldn't believe Ash caught Dragonite in the new series; I was like what the heck? I hope Ash will catch more pokemon soon; I'm hoping he'll catch an Eevee. It's a shame GO didn't get a Silcoon, but he and Ash will be going back to Hoenn again I know it. It's obvious really that Ash and Go will be going back and forth between every regions.