Day 2

Ash was on the field, bright and early. Pikachu tagged along, but was still a bit drowsy. Max was there too, interested in what Pokemon Ash had brought this time. Ash sent out his Grovyle, Torkoal and Glalie before sending out Bayleef and two other old members. One was a small teal mouse like Pokemon with red spots while the other was an enormous Pokemon.

Bayleef performed her usual display of affection with a Body Slam. "Woah! Your Cyndaquil and Snorlax!" Max said with sparkles in his eyes. He got close to the Johto Fire type, which the Pokemon replied with igniting his back flames. Max recoiled, not wanting to burn his hand but bumped into Snorlax, who was slightly up but still sleeping.

"Alright!" Ash said, "this morning, I want Bayleef and Grovyle to continue your training. Torkoal and Cyndaquil, you two can practice your Fire type moves along with your other moves. Glalie and Snorlax, can I trust you two to work on your moves?" The two Pokémon nodded. "Great, I will be with Cyndaquil and Torkoal for the morning half."

The Pokémon took off to train, as Ash beckoned Max to come along so he could keep an eye on him.

"Alright, Cyndaquil," Ash started once they were a good enough distance, "show Torkoal what you can do!" "Quil!"

The Fire Mouse Pokemon started by igniting his flames. Taking a deep breath, he expelled a Flamethrower into the air. He then spun around, creating stars. After his Swift attack, he exhaled a stream of smoke. Smokescreen dissipated and revealed Cyndaquil shrouded in flames before rolling like a wheel. Flame Wheel came to a stop and Cyndaquil stood back in his original position.

"Nice one, Cyndaquil!" Ash applauded. Torkoal was blown away by what the first stage starter did. If only he could do that...

"Alright, Torkoal," Ash addressed getting the Coal Pokémon's attention, "I want you to practice your Fire type moves. I also read up w but on other moves, so we will address that later. Okay?" Torkoal nodded. But the thought still wondered in his head. The Fire type tortoise reluctantly complied and readied himself for some hard training.

The two Fire types worked together hard, sort of growing a fondness for one another. It was 11 o'clock when Torkoal glowed red before releasing a red-orange energy blast in front of Cyndaquil. The Fire Mouse nodded and concentrated himself before expelling an Overheat himself. The attack took some energy out of him. Torkoal, in PokeSpeech, explained how Overheat worked and that it would take practice before that. Cyndaquil continued to listen before glowing.

Cyndaquil's body become slightly longer and slender while growing short ears. The light died down and revealed a new Pokémon. "Qui!"

"Awesome, Quilava!" Ash cheered before scanning his newly evolved Fire type.

[Quilava, the Volcano Pokémon and the evolved form of Cyndaquil. Quilava keeps its foes at bay with the intensity of its flames and gusts of superheated air. This Pokémon applies its outstanding nimbleness to dodge attacks even while scorching the foes with flames.]

"Alright, now we can take your training to the next level!" Ash said. Quilava flared his head flames with excitement as Torkoal let out a happy cry.

Afternoon came and Ash was reading up on his Pokémon. Brock found him and cooked for Ash, Max, and the gathered Pokémon as May also joined to see the progress Ash made with his Pokémon.

After lunch, Ash wanted to see everyone's progress. Starting off with Grovyle, the Wood Gecko Pokémon started with his arm leaves glowing. Rather than taking a green shine for Leaf Blade, they took a red glow this time. Grovyle then took began to inhale on a nearby tree, with green wisps of energy now appearing.

Bayleef was next, the Leaf Pokémon swinging her head leaf with determination. She swung her head leaf again, sending out an assortment of leaves. But unlike Razor Leaf, these leaves were multicolored. Bayleef then shimmer with a blue outline before conjuring glass square made in front of her.

Glalie went third, which the Face Pokémon opened his mouth and generated energy fangs. Dispelling them, Glalie then created a drift of freezing air from his mouth. The Blizzard attack stopped after Glalie chuckled mischievously. And finally the Face Pokémon charged forward with his face-body with an silver energy.

Snorlax, oddly enough, got to his feet and prepared to demonstrate what he had learned. The Sleeping Pokémon started by generating orbs of green energy that circled him. Hidden Power ended and Snorlax started to charge electricity. The Sleeping Pokémon fired a Thunder at a nearby rock, causing it to break apart.

Quilava decided to give a new attack a go. Concentrating, the Volcano Pokémon's head flame began to glow and unleashed an eruption of flames from the top. Next up, Quilava began to cover himself in flames and perform Flame Wheel. After rolling around, Quilava generated energy that covered his whole body and started to maneuver himself nimbly.

Torkoal went last, not that he minded. The Coal Pokémon shimmered for a brief second before conjuring fossils in front of him. After that, Torkoal began to glow red and unleash an Eruption like Quilava did moments ago. After that, the tortoise Pokémon expelled a purple gas cloud from his nostrils, which everyone had to hold their breath to prevent poisoning.

In a surprising turn of events, both Bayleef and Glalie glowed teal green and created a barrier that seemingly blocked the Smog attack.

But overall, Ash was proud of his Pokémon's process.

"Ash Ketchum." A voice on the loud speaker announced, "You have a call." Ketchum was confused, who could be calling him at this time? Perhaps his mother to make sure he was changing his underwear, hopefully he wouldn't be embarrassed by that.

At the P.C., Ash logged in and clicked on the video chat. Oddly enough it wasn't his mother but also not Professor Oak as well.

"Hiya, Ash!" Ranger Mason greeted. "Oh! Hey, Ranger Mason!" Ash greeted back.

"How are you doing?" "Doing great! Just arrived at the Hoenn League yesterday and doing some training with Pokémon."

"That's great to hear!" The Ranger replied, "Actually I was going to call you about your recent league."

"What do you mean?" Ash asked.

"Well-" the Ranger began before an olive green blue appeared in front of her. "Lar!"

Ash chuckled, "Hello again, Larvitar." "Lar!" The Johto Rock/Ground type cheered before Mason got back on screen. "Back to what I was saying, Larvitar and his mother saw you battle in the Johto League."

"They did?" Ash questioned. "Yep! And that got Larvitar into training himself!" Mason added. "Wow! Amazing, Larvitar!"

"Tar!" The Rock/Ground type puffed up with pride.

"Which is why I'm calling you," Mason admitted. "The thing is Larvitar needs a trainer. All the training on Mt. Silver made him tough and ready but he also seems like he wants to see the world."

"What are you suggesting..." Ash began. "Yes, Larvitar wants to be your Pokémon." Mason finished.

Ash couldn't believe what he was hearing. Larvitar wanted to be his Pokémon! And Brock had mentioned once that Larvitar was a Pseudo Legendary Pokémon, so he could have a potential powerhouse on his team.

"Are sure Larvitar? What about his mother?" Ash questioned. "His mother felt like he was ready since he was training and since you were the first person to hatch Larvitar, he sorta of imprinted on you as his father," Mason informed.

"Alright then," Ash answered, "He needs a Pokeball, doesn't he?" "Yes, you can transport a Pokeball to me." Ash nodded and placed an empty Pokéball on the machine before transferring over. Mason took the Pokeball and tapped it against Larvitar's skin, causing him to be observed by the Pokeball. A ding later and Larvitar's Pokeball came back.

"Alright, that's all I needed to tell you. Take care of Larvitar and good luck in the Hoenn League!" Mason said. "Thanks!" Ash replied before they ended the call. In his hand now rested a potential powerhouse. He smiled at the ball and was glad. Ash had never thought of getting a Larvitar but it seemed faith was kind to him. And he knew just just who to bring tomorrow.