Hoenn Part 23

They go to see Norman, who is happy to see both children and others. Norman and Caroline congratulates Ash for winning the league, and then Norman takes out a letter.

"Well, Mr. Brinley sent me this letter, he wants me to give it to you, why don't you read it?" Norman asks.

Ash takes the letter and reads it, but then he is in a surprise as he keeps reading.

"Brother? What's wrong?" Minami asks.

"These are the S. S. Tickets, with this we can go ride Captain Stern's S.S. Tidal to the Battle Resort!" Ash says.

"What is a Battle Resort?" May asks.

"It is a vacation spot in the Hoenn Region, with a lot of battling facilities as well as luxurious resort..." After explaining the place, the others are delighted to hear about the place.

Lillie says, "That sounds awesome! I want to go there with you."

"Of course, we will go there together." Ash says.

Caroline says, "The S. S. Tidal is at Lilycove City, you can go there and ride it."

"Sure. I will like to." Ash says as the group of 7 head over to there and go to the Port.

"Wow, it is so big!" May says once they arrive at the port and see the ship in front of them.

"Yeah. We can look at the great view in this ship." Reisa says.

They meet Captain Stern, he greets them and takes them to the first class, much to their shock.

"It is too big for a room!" Mark says once they see that their room consists of a living room, a small kitchen, a bathroom with a big tank and the bedroom with a king sized bed.

"Consider it a thank you gift for saving us from Team Aqua Back then." Captain Stern says. "Now enjoy your ride." He then leaves to steer the wheel.

Once they put their stuff, Ash says, "Let's go outside and enjoy the view. How is that sound?"

"Sure." Lillie says. "There must be a lot of facilities outside."

Then they go outside to play some games in the game corner, and then they change into their swimsuits and go play at the artificial beach on top of the ship. Just then, they hear some guitar music and they are curious, so they go check it out, then they see a man in front of them and they are surprised.

"It's Uncle Sidney." Lillie says. "He is on the ship as well?"

"Ash? Lillie? Mark? Minami? Reisa?" Just then, they see two people walking towards them. "Felix, Wyree. It is nice to see you again." Ash and Lillie greet the two people.

"Same here. It sure is a small world." Wyree says.

"But what are you doing here?" Minami asks.

"Dad bought us here for a vacation." Felix says. "And he was playing his guitar here to get some money, I suppose."

After the music ends, the crowd gives an applause, Sidney says, "Thank you for listening. I hope you all enjoy your stay here on the ship."

Then he notices that his children are talking to Ash and the others, he decides to join them and says, "Well if it isn't Ash and Lillie, as well as Mark, Minami and Reisa? It is nice to see you on the same boat as well."

"Hello, Uncle." Lillie hugs him."Your guitar music is really rocking as well."

"I am glad that you like it." Sidney says. "So Ash, I heard that you won the Hoenn League, congratulations."

"Thank you, Uncle." Ash says. Then Sidney says, "You can thank me later, how about we do some interesting things on the ship?"

This causes confusion to them as Sidney says, "Now who wants to see a battle with me and the Hoenn League Winner Ash Ketchum?" And this causes a lot of people to cheer, and for Lillie and the other's shock.

Sidney sees their face and he smiles, "I like that look you're giving me. I guess you'll give me a good match. That's good! Looking real good! All right! Let's get down to the kind of battle that can happen only here!"

Ash turns his shock to a smile and says, "Okay, Uncle. I challenge you for the Elite 4 match as the winner of the League!"

Then Lillie is asked to be the referee, and then she says, "This will be a 5 on 5 battle between Ash Ketchum, the Hoenn League Winner and Sidney of the Elite 4. Now please send out your Pokemon."

"Mightyena, you are going first."

"In that case. Butterfree, I choose you!"

Max says, "Wow, not only we can board the great ship, we can also see the Elite 4 battle here."

"Indeed. My father uses Dark Types, I can't wait to see how the battle turns out." Wyree says.

Sidney tells Mightyena to use Sucker Punch, Butterfree dodges and use Razor Wind, which Mightyena also dodges. It uses Swagger to make Butterfree confused, much to Ash's shock. Then it uses Take Down. Ash asks Butterfree to use Bug Buzz, but it shoots almost everyone and causing the crowd to take cover. The attack accidentally hit Mightyena and causing him fainted.

Sidney next sends out Crawdaunt, it uses Ice Beam and Surf to defeat Butterfree. Ash sends out Azumarill next. Azumarill dodges a lot of Crab Hammers, then it uses Play Rough, causing Crawdaunt to get tired. Ash asks Azumarill to use Attract, which hits Crawdaunt and makes her fall in love. Then another Play Rough finishes it off.

Next is Cacturne, who defeats Azumarill using Spiky Shield and Seed Bomb. Ash recalls Azumarill and sends out Swellow. Swellow uses Double Team to evade the Bullet Seeds, but the copies are gone due to Needle Arm. Both Pokemon changes their attacks, and both of them fainted due to a Brave Bird and a Needle Arm.

Sidney calls Shiftry next while Ash sends out Mawile.

"Mawile, mega evolve!" Ash says as the Pokemon changes form.

"I see you are using Mega evolution. But that won't stop me." He says as he plays the guitar once more.

Shiftry uses Fake Out to flinch Mawile, then using Night Slash. Mawile uses Iron Head and hit Shiftry. Then using Crunch to prevent him from escaping. But fails since it uses Substitute. Mawile defeat the decoy and also uses Fire Fang, knocking Shiftry out.

"You show me very well. Here is my last Pokemon. Absol!"

As he sends out Absol, he plays another tune and activate the key stone on his guitar. Mega Absol appears in front of them.

"Cool, a mega evolution battle!" May says as Lillie's Absol is getting excited to see it, Lillie smiles, "Absol, watch and learn, maybe it will be a help in your future battles."

"Even though he sends out his Mega Evolution, Ash still has the advantage." Felix says.

"I am not going easy on you. Flamethrower!" Sidney says as Ash widens his eyes, then Mawile faints after one hit.

"It can learn Flamethrower? And it is also a One Hit Knockout?" Reisa says.

"He is so strong..." Minami says.

"Return Mawile. You deserve a rest." Ash says.

Sidney then says, "So now what? Are you going to give up?"

Ash says, "Well, I am not going to give up. This will be my final Pokemon! Kyogre!"

As Ash sends out the Legendary Pokemon and then it jumps out of the ship, everyone on the ship can't believe their eyes at the sight of the Legendary Pokemon.

"Kyogre?!" Reisa gasps.

"Wait, he has Kyogre?" Wyree asks in surprise.

"And importantly, he is going to use it now?" May asks.

Just then, Kyogre starts to glow and activates its Primal Reversal. Its Ability Primordial Sea activates, and the giant storm causes the waves to appear and the ship is bumping on the waves.

"I don't think it is a good idea to use Kyogre when we are on the boat!" Max says as he hang on the sides.

Sidney says, "Things sure are getting interesting for now."

"Yeah, the battle is getting started."

Kyogre uses Ice Beam on Absol, who dodges and uses Psycho Cut. Kyogre fires a Hyper Beam to negate it, then it uses Origin Pulse to defeat Absol in the end.

"Absol is unable to battle, Kyogre is the winner, which means the victory goes to Ash Ketchum!" Lillie says, but then she suddenly slips and she misses the hanging, Ash widens his eyes as he sees that Lillie is going to fall down.

"Lillie!" Ash quickly holds her hand and recalls Kyogre, then the rain and the waves disappear and the ship has returned back to normal.

"Are you alright?" Ash asks her, but Lillie just smacks his head, causing him to wince in pain.

"Stop being so reckless, okay?" Lillie scold him, he nods.

Sidney says, "Well Ash. You got what it takes to go the long way. I acknowledge that. But you really are reckless to use Kyogre on a boat."

"I am sorry…" Ash lowers his head in shame.

"It is fine of the passengers aren't falling off the ship. And since you beat me. Here is your Dark Medal."

Ash thanks him and gets the medal, they enjoy the view as they arrive at the Battle Resort.

"The Battle Resort. It looks like an amazing place." May says.

"Indeed. I can't wait to look around." Ash replies.

They visit all kinds of shops and engaging all kinds of battles, before they leave, they bid farewell to Sidney and his two children and ride Kyogre back to the mainland.


After learning that the second Elite 4 member usually trains in the Mt. Pyre, they go there once more and Ash notices a girl praying in front of the grave.

"I see you have come." The girl stands up and faces them. "I guess you beat Sidney already."

"Are you Phoebe the Ghost type Elite 4?" Lillie asks.

"Indeed. So you are here for the battle? Ash Ketchum?" Phoebe asks.

"Yes. I am. But what were you doing?" Ash asks.

"You see, I have gained the ability to talk to Ghost Pokemon when I am training here, so don't think that it will be an easy battle."

She sends out Dusclops while Ash sends out Sharpedo. Dusclops often dodges and sneaks out and uses Shadow Punch, but due to the Rough Skin, he is always hurts. But before Dusclops gets fainted by a Crunch, he uses Curse on Sharpedo.

Phoebe uses Banette next. Banette uses Phantom Force to keep dodges the attack, until Curse activates and leaving Sharpedo fainted. Ash sends out his own Banette and they all use Phantom Force. As they can't see the battle, in the shadows, they then see both of them fall off and faint.

"What happened?" Max asks. "How did they get knocked out at the same time?"

"They are battling in the shadows, which is why we can't see what they are using." Reisa replies.

Next is Mismagius versus Sableye. Sableye often use Sneak Attack with Night Slash, but Mismagius often uses Pain Split to steal Sableye's HP. Sableye uses Power Gem, which is also countered by Thunder Bolt, then Sableye is defeated by Dazzling Gleam.

"Absol, how about you get your battle?" Ash asks, and then the Pokemon nods as it jumps to the field.

"Absol, Mega Evolve!" Absol roars and changes its form. Absol uses Night Slash to win against Mismagius. Next is Dusknoir, it keeps using Punch moves to hit Absol, Absol also uses Dark Pulse and Night Slash to counter.

"Finish it off with Psycho Cut!"

Ash says as Dusknoir is hit by the move, fainted afterwards. Ash says, "Nice job, Absol."

Absol smiles back at him, but then it glows and then it falls, showing its fainted eyes in the end.

"What happened?" May asks.

"Destiny Bond. It also takes the opponent down when the user fainted." Lillie replies with a sweat on her face.

"You show your moves very well. Here is my last Pokemon. Sableye!"

Phoebe sends out her last Pokemon and use Mega Evolution.

"A Sableye. Well, I want all my Pokemon to have a chance to battle. Groudon! I choose you!"

Groudon appears on the field giving a roar, and then it starts to get into Primal Reverse. Its ability Desolate Land causes the Sun to shine very bright. Lillie and the others can's see it clearly due to the sunlight as they try to cover their eyes.

"Now it is a Groudon?" Lillie says in shock.

"I see. You have Legendaries." Phoebe says.

Sableye tries to use Power Gem to hit Groudon, but he uses Solar Beam to deflect it and hit Sableye. Sableye also get fainted by Precipice Blades.

"You are strong. I can give you that. Here is your Ghost Medal."

Ash grabs the medal and thanks her. She also lets them see her training.


Their next destination is Shoal Cave, Ash and Lillie go there alone since the others can't enter due to the period of tide. Ash and Lillie are asked by an old man to gather Shoal Salts and Shoal Shells, they get a shell bell in the end as thanks. As they get deeper into the cave, they get to a place that is an Ice Paradise for Lillie.

"This place is so beautiful..." Lillie says.

"Yeah." Ash says, then they hear some training as they see two children fighting against a woman.

"Aunt Glacia! Frost! Yuki!" Lillie calls out to them as they see them. Frost says, "Ash? Lillie? Is that you?"

As the two of them walk towards them, they greet each other and Yuki says, "It sure is surprising to see you two here."

"Indeed, what brings you two here?" Glacia asks.

Ash shows her the Dark and Ghost Medals, and then he says, "I want to challenge you for the Elite 4 Battle, Aunt Glacia."

Frost says, "Hey, you got the Dark Medal, does that mean you beat Dad?"

Lillie says, "He did, and he won it recklessly." Then Ash blushes and says, "Are you going to emphasize that?"

Glacia says, "Now I am really curious about what you did to win against my husband, but that can be told later."

As they are facing each other, Yuki becomes the referee and she also explains the rules.

"I've traveled from afar to Hoenn so that I may hone my Ice-type moves. But all I have seen are challenges by weak Trainers and their Pokémon. I wonder what you will show me. What a relief it would be if I could, for once, have a serious battle against an opponent!"

"I promise Aunt Glacia, I won't hold back and give it all I got." Ash says.

Glacia sends out Dewgong as Ash sends out Manectric. Manectric uses Thunder Fang, but Dewgong hide in the icy waters and sneak up using Ice Beam. Then Manectric tries to use the Electric Terrain to make the field electrified. Then using Wild Charge to defeat Dewgong.

Glacia sends out Glaceon next. It defeats Manectric with a powerful Iron Tail. Ash sends out Nosepass. Nosepass gets hit by another Iron Tail, but Ash uses Magnet Bomb and Rock Tomb to defeat it.

Next is Froslass, who uses a Blizzard to cover the field. Nosepass can't see everything as Froslass defeats Nosepass with Shadow Ball. Ash sends out Torkoal next, Torkoal uses the Smoke Screen to make the field clear and then using Flamethrower to defeat Froslass.

Walrein is her fourth Pokemon. Walrein uses Surf to defeat Torkoal. Ash sends out Aggron and mega evolve it, much to Glacia's amusement. After Walrein gets some Stockpile and Swallow, its defense raise a lot to Aggron can't even hit it badly. When he almost defeat, Walrein uses Rest to recover and then use Snore to attack Aggron.

"Wow, this is the power of Aunt Glacia…" Lillie says in awe.

Ash says that he can't give up and uses Metal Claw once more, then using more Steel moves before Walrein wakes up. After a long battle, Walrein runs out of PP, making Aggron defeat him. But due to tiredness, Aggron also faints.

"Very well. You really have the patience to win. This is my last Pokemon. Glalie!"

"Then I choose you, Jirachi!" Ash sends out the Wish Maker Pokemon, Glacia smiles at the sight of the Mythical Pokemon.

Frost says, "No way, Mom is going to fight the Wish Making Pokemon?"

Yuki says, "It sure is surprising."

"I know Adam's son will use a Legendary in the Elite 4 Battle. In that case, Mega Evolve!"

Glalie mega evolves as the match begins, Jirachi uses Doom Desire, then he tries to evade the Frost Breath and Crunch. Not long after, the Doom Desire hits and defeats Glalie.

"Very Well. I haven't had a serious battle. Here is your Ice Medal."

Ash takes the medal and thanks her. Yuki says, "Ash, that was an awesome battle."

"Indeed. It sure is great." Frost says.

"Thank you, guys." Ash says.

Glacia turns to Lillie and says, "I heard from my sister. So Lillie, your dream is to become an Ice Master?"

"Yes. I like Ice Types."

Glacia says, "That is a good dream. I am looking forward to see you achieve it."

Lillie thanks her for the encouragement, and then she proceeds to tell them about what happened to Ash in the battle against Sidney, and Glacia sure gives Ash a scolding for using Kyogre on the ship with a lot of people on it.

After Ash has to bear the scolding, they bid one another farewell as Ash and Lillie go out of the cave in the low tide and go meet up with others who were staying at Mossdeep City.


Now Ash defeats 3 of the elite 4, and I can't stop laughing when I imagine Ash using Kyogre in a battle on a ship. I hope you enjoy it and the next chapter will conclude the Hoenn Arc.

Ash and Lillie's Current Pokemon:

Butterfree, Pikachu, Lapras x2, Mewtwo, Mew, Meganium, Azumarill, Espeon, Steelix, Mantine, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Sceptile, Blaziken, Swampert, Mightyena, Linoone, Beautifly, Dustox, Ludicolo, Shiftry, Swellow, Pelipper, Gardevoir, Masquerain, Breloom, Vigoroth, Ninjask, Shedinja, Exploud, Hariyama, Nosepass, Delcatty, Sableye, Mawile, Aggron, Medicham, Manectric, Plusle, Minun, Volbeat, Illumise, Swalot, Shapedo, Wailord, Camerrput, Torkoal, Spinda, Flygon, Cacturne, Altaria, Zangoose, Seviper, Lunatone, Solrock, Whiscash, Crawdaunt, Claydol, Cradily, Armaldo, Milotic, Castform, Banette, Chimecho, Absol, Glalie, Walrein, Huntail, Gorebyss, Relicanth, Luvdisc, Salamence, Beldum, Latias, Latios, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Gallade, Sylveon

In Home:

Venusaur, Blastoise, Pidgeot, Raticate, Fearow, Arbok, Raichu, Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Clefable, Vileplume, Venomoth, Dugtrio, Persian, Golduck, Primeape, Poliwrath, Alakazam, Machamp, Victreebel, Tentacruel, Golem, Rapidash, Slowbro, Magneton, Farfetch'd, Dodrio, Muk, Cloyster, Gengar, Hypno, Kingler, Electrode, Exeggutor, Marowak, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Weezing, Rhyperior, Kangaskhan, Seaking, Starmie, Mr. Mime, Jynx, Pinsir, Tauros, Gyarados, Ditto, Omastar, Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Dragonite, Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Furret, Noctowl, Ledian, Ariados, Lanturn, Xatu, Ampharos, Bellossom, Sudowoodo, Politoed, Jumpluff, Sunflora, Umbreon, Slowking, Unown x28, Wobbuffet, Girafarig, Forretress, Granbull, Scizor, Shuckle, Heracross, Ursaring, Magcargo, Corsola, Octillery, Delibird, Skarmory, Houndoom, Kingdra, Donphan, Stantler, Smeargle, Miltank, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Larvitar, Tyranitar, Lugia, Honchkrow, Weavile, Lickilicky, Yanmega, Porygon-Z,

In training: Charizard, Charla

Reisa's Current Pokemon:

Feraligatr, Quagsire, Azumarill, Slowking, Blastoise, Politoed, Omastar, Kabutops, Seaking, Octillery, Starmie, Tentacruel, Gyarados, Lanturn, Corsola, Lapras, Mudkip, Relicanth, Ludicolo, Sharpedo, Corphish, Pelipper, Huntail, Sealeo, Surskit, Whiscash, Gorebyss

May's Current Pokemon:

Blaziken, Beautifly, Delcatty, Venusaur, Munchlax

Mark's Current Pokemon:

Blaziken, Lucario, Breloom, Hariyama, Meditite

Minami's Current Pokemon:

Primarina, Carbink, Mawile, Togepi, Altaria