Day 7
Phanpy was curled into a ball, rolling towards Larvitar. The Rock Skin Pokémon opened his mouth before firing a dark purple double-helix blast at the Long Nose Pokémon, which struck true. Phanpy uncurled, damaged from the Dark Pulse, before trumpeting and firing green orbs for his Hidden Power.
Quilava dashed in with a white streak around his body at his opponent. Torkoal opened his mouth, creating a glob of poison, intent on performing Sludge Bomb. The Volcano Pokémon sped out of the way of the Poison attack before curling himself into a ball. The Coal Pokémon spun around, meeting the Rollout with Gyro Ball, winning the lock up. Quilava rebounded and fired a Swift, landing hits on Torkoal.
Heracross flew in, horn lime green for Megahorn at Pikachu. The Mouse Pokémon ran towards his opponent, his paw turning white paw glowing for Brick Break. The Bug and Fighting type move met, sending a shock wave. The Electric type jumped back before generating an orb of electric along his tail. With a mighty "Chu!", Pikachu hurled an Electro Ball at the Single Horn Pokémon. The Bug/Fighting type simply readied himself, Enduring the hit before shaking off the projectile move.
Primeape unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks on his opponent. Said opponent endured each hit before getting to their feet. Snorlax got up and charged with blue psychic energy and slammed headfirst into Primeape. The Pig Monkey Pokémon shook off the Zen Headbutt and retaliated with a red aura surronding his body. Using Revenge, Primeape was able to strike a serious blow against the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax faltered back a bit, but stood his ground.
Kingler had his claw poised for Hammer Arm and swung it down. Muk merely absorbed the attack due to his slime like physiology and gave a close-range Thunderbolt, electrocuting the Pincer Pokémon. Kingler shook off the Electric attack before opening his claw and firing multiple globs of mud from it. Muk gave his glob of mud, except it was bigger. Kingler's Mud Shot and Muk's Mud Bomb met and caused a mini explosion between the two Ground type moves.
Sceptile came in, his elbow leaves glowing with green energy, as he swiped nonstop at Meganium. The Herb Pokémon summoned a Reflect before firing multicolored leaves at the Forest Pokémon. The Hoenn Grass starter knew he couldn't avoid this move and decided to take it head on. Sceptile's tail turned to metal as Meganium elongated her tail with a turquoise scaled tail. They swung Iron Tail and Dragon Tail respectively, meeting at a stalemate.
Crawdaunt glowed with a red aura before opening his pincers to unleash Hydro Pump. Torrents of water poured towards Croconaw who, surprisingly, dodged with dancing still. The Big Jaw Pokémon formed energy fangs and Crunched down on the Rogue Pokémon, who shook off the attack. Since he was at close range, Croconaw was subjected to a Crabhammer before getting hit with high pressured Liquidation.
Swellow was caught in yellow energy rings from Noctowl's Extrassensory. The Owl Pokémon planned to slam the Swallow Pokémon into the ground but the latter flew free with the help of Secret Power. Swellow gained a smirk on his beak before creating a black mirror that imitated the Extrassensory and restrained the shiny Pokémon. However, Noctowl countered with a breeze of silver crescents towards the move, canceling it out. Both birds circled each other, readying their next move.
Bulbasaur had his vines out ready to take the incoming Tauros. Said Tauros came in with two white glowing horns. The Seed Pokémon unleashed Power Whip, effectively grabbing the Wild Bull Pokémon by his horns and tossed him away. The Normal type picked himself up, before generating an orb of ice which shot three arcs. The Kanto Grass starter spewed multiple green seeds that exploded upon reaching the Ice Beam, taking it out of the equation.
Glalie gave Gengar a face full of Icicle Spear before getting some distance. The Shadow Pokémon shook of the attack, before sparking and using Thunderbolt, which managed to shock the Face Pokémon. The Ghost/Poison type conjured a ring of ghostly flames before hurling it at the Ice type, who put up a Safeguard to prevent any status conditions. Gengar's smile took a frown before going in with a Shadow Punch, landing a decent hit on Glalie, but left him open to a Crunch.
Ash smiled at his Pokémon making process with each training. Tonight was the opening ceremony of the Hoenn League, so Ash made many rotations throughout the day to see where each of his Pokémon were.
He was glad Brock had mentioned bringing back his older Pokémon and it gave him a chance to use them again. It also gave his newer Pokémon a chance to learn new moves. Sceptile now had a better assortment of Grass type moves, Torkoal learned a few Poison type moves, Crawdaunt had a more diverse move set rather than the four he always had, Swellow excelled at his aerial ability while learning new moves, and Glalie had a better move set with his Ice type moves.
Overall, Ash was glad that he utilized his time to train his Pokémon to become better then they were before.
The opening ceremony began at 6 o'clock in the Ever Grande Conference.
"Hello trainers and welcome to the Ever Grande Conference!" Charles Goodshow announced. "You are here because you have made the requirements to enter the Hoenn League. Look to your right and left, as the trainers around you could be your potential opponent. I wish you the best of luck in the League!"
Ash and Pikachu looked up at the giant monitor with the many faces of trainers competing against each other. To the Pallet Town native, he was excited to face any new trainers that could potentially give him a challenge. To this time, he had trained his Pokémon, old and new, which provided him the ability to give his Pokémon evolutions and moves that could give him an edge in the battle.
Ash noticed the familiar faces of Morrison and Tyson in crowd, so he would get the chance to compete against them. Looking up on the screen, two other trainers stood out to him. One trainer is a young boy with lime green hair. Another seemed to have brown hair covered by a white hat and a green bandana across his forehead.
The trainers' face on the monitor began to shuffle, then reappeared with the first matches of the preliminaries. Ash found himself beside a trainer in a white gi. While he didn't know his name, Ash couldn't wait to battle his opponent.
A/N:
To redflareranger: Nice options for Ash's team.