Hey everyone, bet you're surprised at the fast update. I'm gonna be honest, I kinda have a Pokémon fetish right now after learning a few things. Most of all at learning that Ash is FINALLY getting Mega Evolution, heck yeah baby! This is so exciting as I have been waiting for this since Kalos, and it is finally happening! Another reason being that we're close to Brilliant Diamond and Sparkling Pearl's release. Gonna be honest here, I played Pokémon Diamond, but never managed to win it. Now though, it's gonna be a completely different story. And I've decided something, my main focus will be on my Pokémon story for a while, but I'll also still do my other stories, just probably a double, or triple updates from now on.
Anyway, I've done a bit of research on Verity and found out that some people are still denying that she's Cynthia's daughter. Heck, some people are saying she's the daughter of Cynthia's sister, or even the sister herself. It's honestly a bit confusing, but I still firmly believe that Verity is Cynthia's daughter and nothing is gonna change that. Now, time to answer some reviews.
ArashiNokitsune: I am glad to hear that you're enjoying my story so well. I hope you continue to enjoy it.
Doc of 102: May will get Mega Blaziken soon, Brock will get Mega Steelix, but Swampert still. And trust me, I wish the episode where Ash and May kissed was real.
Pokemon fan: Ash does now understand May's feelings towards him, but he doesn't know what to do with them just yet since he's already in a relationship. But Ash and May will be the parents of Manaphy. But it will be challenging to figure out a way for Manaphy to stay with May.
Guest: I'm sorry that Ash didn't get Flygon the way that you wanted, but I liked the Flygon in the movie and decided to have Ash catch it. By the way, thank you for all the reviews.
Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: I am happy to see that you're enjoying my story so far.
yochan123: I also like Rayquaza greatly and I promise that Ash will get one someday.
StrongGuy159: I intend to.
Invern: Thank you for answering.
Reaper36: Noted.
Okay everyone, listen. I did a check and I have to say, we're gonna be in the Hoenn arc for a long time as I've decided to do a lot of Advanced Challenge episodes and even do May's Contests. And I have to ask, the new movie, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle. I checked and it never said what Region it was in, so I'm considering doing it myself, but I wanted to ask you guys what you thought. Please answer in a review, or message. Also, I've made a profile of the main characters Pokémon and items. I'm considering to put it on display for everyone to see whenever they want, so please answer in a review.
I have some good news though. I've managed to complete the opening song and its on this chapter. But I have to tell you that it'll have another meaning, it's to show the Pokémon that Ash, Verity and Sorrel use in every chapter, but I'm sure there's room for improvement. Tell me what you think of it in a review, or message and tell me what I could improve. For now, enjoy the new chapter.
Chapter 20: The third Gym Battle.
A week and a half has passed since the events of the Millennium Comet, and the gang hasn't exactly been busy since then, but there was one major event. When the gang had been a mere stone away from Mauville City, they had noticed a poster for something called the "House of Tricks", where the winner received one-year supply of PokéBlocks. Everyone grew interested and decided to try this trick house out.
They soon arrived at the House of Tricks and saw lots of people competing. They met a girl named Alanna, who was the trainer of a Whismur that had knocked into Max and Jirachi. They saw the manager, the King of Tricks appear and explain the rules, before he goes away laughing, leaving May, Verity, Latias and Piplup sweat dropping. Alanna told the group that the King of Tricks showed up every year, but his real identity remained a secret.
The gang split up into three separate groups into the trick house. Group 1 was Ash, Pikachu, May, Alanna and Whismur. Group two was Max, Brock, Jirachi and Latias. And finally group 3 was Verity, Sorrel, Piplup, Lucario and Latios. Unknown to them was that a disguised Team Rocket had entered as well and ran after them.
The first challenge was rather tricky as it involved a maze with lots of doors. It was challenging as everyone couldn't find their way through, but they were visited by the King of Tricks, who was rather weird as he ran into a sponge wall, before he took off again. Ash, May and Alanna had separated with Whismur disappearing. Unknown to them was had stolen Whismur right under Alanna's eyes.
The three gathered together and began searching for Whismur, but they found a rather… unexpected Pokémon. It was Jigglypuff. Alanna adored the Fairy-Type instantly, while Ash, Pikachu and May were filled with dread at the sight of the little pink puffball. Before any warnings could come up, Jigglypuff started singing and sent them all to dream land with Jessie, who was trying to steal Pikachu from behind, joining them.
When they woke up, they saw their faces filled with Jigglypuff's scribbling again. May and Alanna burst out laughing at the sight of each other's faces, while Ash and Pikachu whipped it off instantly. They left without waking Jessie up, but she woke up later and met up with James and Meowth.
Ash, Pikachu, May and Alanna met up with the rest of the gang and explained the situation. They searched, but couldn't find Whismur. They assumed that the Normal-type managed to find the exit to the maze and decided to search for it themselves. Fortunately, Max figured out the trick to the maze, even if it was by accident as they found a trick door that lead out of the maze. Everyone was happy that they managed to escape the maze, even the King of Tricks showed up and praised them, before he fell off the wall that he was hanging on and slammed into the ground. May, Verity and Latias grew worried for him, but Alanna reassured them that he'd be fine.
What happened next proved to be a first experience for Verity, Sorrel, Piplup and Jirachi.
(Flashback)
Everyone was gathered together, having just escaped the maze. Pikachu was riding on Ash's right shoulder, Espeon was held in Latias' human hands, Verity was carrying Piplup in her arms and Jirach was hanging on Max's head. They were gathered together in a circle and were discussing their next plan of action, but then Alanna let out a gasp of delight as she spotted something past May and Max. Ash, Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Pikachu, Espeon, Piplup, Lucario, Jirachi, Latios and Latias turned around to see two adults (Jessie and James in disguise) and a Meowth. But what caught Alanna's attention was that in the blue haired man's hands was her Whismur.
Alanna's gasp of delight even caught their attention as they turned to look at her. "You found my Whismur!" The young female exclaimed in joy with her hands clapped together, before she moved super quickly in front of the disguised Team Rocket with her left leg lifted up backwards. "And you're bringing it back to me, that's so sweet". Alanna said in delight, making Jessie, James and Meowth sweat drop in dread.
"Oh, how can I ever thank you". She said as she snatched her Whismur from James' arms and hugged the Normal-type happily. "Whismur". The Normal-type said to her trainer as the gang walked up to their new friend and smiled happily at her. "That's awesome". Ash remarked with a smile, getting Alanna to look at him with her eyes still closed in delight. "I know". Alanna said in agreement, getting the disguised Team Rocket to sigh in disappointment that they weren't able to steal Whismur successfully.
"Jiggly!" A familiar voice called out, getting everyone's attention as they looked up and saw Jigglypuff standing on the top of the maze's wall. "Jigglypuff". The Fairy-type said happily with her eyes closed in joy, holding up her microphone with its right hand. "Now, check out that cute Jigglypuff on the wall!" The King of Tricks called out on his microphone, appearing out of nowhere once again.
Ash, May, Max, Brock, Alanna, Pikachu, Espeon, Latios and Latias all flinched at the sight of Jigglypuff, while Verity, Sorrel, Piplup, Lucario and Jirachi grew fascinated with the Fairy-type. "What a cute Jigglypuff!" Verity exclaimed with an adoring expression directed at the Fairy-type. "Piplup". Piplup said in agreement, finding Jigglypuff cute as well. "It may look cute, but it's not harmless!" Ash called out in dread, getting Verity, Sorrel, Piplup, Lucario and Jirachi to look and see the Rainbow Hero and the rest of the gang looking up at the Fairy-type in dread.
'Max, why do you look so scared of that little guy?' Jirachi asked his best friend in confusion, getting Max to look up at him with wide eyes. "Because that Jigglypuff makes us-!" Max tried to warn his best friend, only to be too late as Jigglypuff held her microphone to her face and began to sing. "Jiggulypuff~, Jigguly lypuff~ Jiggulypuff~" Jiggulypuff singed, making Sorrel widen his eyes in alarm as he realized something. "Wait a second, is it using Sing?" The Pokémon Professor in training questioned, before he, along with everyone else began to feel drowsy.
"Hope you like getting unexpected nap times, because this happens very often". Brock jokingly told the new additions, before the gang, Alanna, the King of Tricks and Team Rocket all fell asleep from Jiggulypuff's singing. The only one that stayed awake was Whismur, because of its special ability.
A little bit later, the gang and Alanna all woke up from their unexpected nap. They all groaned out as they sat up and stretched out a bit, before Sorrel pointed towards Brock's face with wide eyes of shock. "What happened to your face!?" Sorrel questioned in shock, getting everyone to look towards each other and saw Jiggulypuff's work on their faces. May and Alanna burst out laughing as they pointed towards each other's faces, Max and Jirachi laughed in amusement at the doodling on each other's faces, while Verity looked down at Piplup with a surprised expression on her face, who blinked up at her trainer. Latias and Espeon giggled at Latios, who looked annoyed at what just happened.
"You guys just experienced what Jiggulypuff does to us very often. And trust me, this isn't gonna be the last time we see the little puffball again". Ash told his sworn brother and girlfriend, getting them, along with Lucario and Piplup to look at him and Pikachu with expressions that said that they wanted an explanation.
(Flashback end)
After washing the scribbling on their faces, the gang continued on to the second stage, leaving the sleeping Team Rocket and King of Tricks behind. The second stage was to pass a stream, by walking on logs. The King of Tricks appeared again, warning some of the logs were not safe to pass, before giving an example as he fell into the water, as the log he was standing on wasn't safe, causing them all to sweat drop. Team Rocket caught up and used dirty tricks again by Jessie "accidentally" pushing the log that the gang was on, causing them to fall to the stream, much to their anger and annoyance.
They recovered and journeyed onto the third challenge, which was to swing a rope to the other side, a challenge Team Rocket had already succeeded. The King of Tricks appeared again and took a swing, but warned them if it is a wrong one, the rope would be too long and they could bash into a wall, giving an example himself.
The gang took their turn, each using their own separate rope with Pikachu and Espeon riding on Ash's shoulders, Verity holding onto Piplup with her right hand, Jirachi hanging onto Max's head and Alanna carrying Whismur. However, Team Rocket used a mechanical arm to bash them all, causing them to let go of their ropes and fall, angering them even more. They recovered and went on to stage 4.
This challenge was to climb ropes this time. The King of Tricks explained and showed what happened if they get it wrong by using himself as an example. The gang climbed up a red rope that Ash picked, before James appeared and cut the rope, sending them all crashing to the ground. Team Rocket taunts them all again, before continuing off, much to their growing anger. They caught up with Team Rocket in challenge five, which was to cross a sand field without falling into a hole. Team Rocket were confident that they would win, as they dig holes all the time. However, when they made their first step, they fall down into one. The King of Trick demonstrated one could fall into a hole and does so himself.
Through being careful and keeping their senses sharp, they managed to get through to challenge 6. The room was empty to their surprise. Team Rocket, in disguise, appeared and told them that the last challenge was to jump 10 times around the rope. May, Max, Brock and Jirachi were fooled by the disguises, but Ash, Verity, Sorrel, Pikachu, Espeon, Piplup, Lucario and the Eon Dragons weren't fooled. Pikachu gave them a Thunderbolt attack, causing them to lose their disguises.
With their covers blown, Team Rocket challenged the gang to a battle. Ash used Pikachu and Espeon, Verity used Milotic, Sorrel used Accelgor, Jessie used Seviper and James used Cacnea. Even Alanna joined the battle with her Whismur with the four trainers and their Pokémon easily defeating Team Rocket and their Pokémon, before Tangrowth sent them all flying with a Giga Impact.
Everyone cheered in joy for their victory in the battle, but they didn't obtain victory in the contest as another boy named Ivan won and got the prize of PokéBlocks. The King of Tricks gave one last joke as the boxes of PokéBlock fell on Ivan. Then, Jigglypuff made another appearance, much to the gang's horror as they, along with everyone else fell asleep from Jigglypuff's singing. When they woke up again, their faces were once again covered with the Fairy-type's handy work.
Now, finally the gang has arrived in Mauville City after half a month of traveling. Right now, they had just walked through the entrance of the town and were now looking around their surroundings in awe as they continued on. Pikachu like usual, was riding on his trainer's shoulder, Espeon was walking besides Ash on his right, Verity was carrying Piplup, Lucario was walking behind his trainer and Jirachi was held in Max's arms.
"Mauville City!" Max exclaimed with a wide smile, which was shared by Jirachi as they, along with the others walked through the streets. "We've finally made it". Sorrel remarked with a small grin, happy that they've finally arrived after so much traveling.
Verity looked around her surroundings with a wide smile, carrying Piplup in her arms, who was looking around as well, before she turned to look at the Rainbow Hero. "We've finally made it, and your third Gym Badge is right around the corner". The Twinleaf girl told her boyfriend, getting Ash to look down at her and grin. "You got that right, but I'd like to stop by the Pokémon Center and switch my team out". The raven haired boy replied to the tomboy girl, getting Latios, Latias and Espeon's attention as they looked at their trainer.
'What? But we haven't been with you guys for long'. Latias complained, making sure that only the gang could hear her and not a stranger. Ash looked at the disguised red Eon Dragon and gave her a sorry smile. "I'm sorry, really, but I really want to switch out and give some of my other Pokémon a chance to battle. Even start training Flygon". The Rainbow Hero apologized as he brought out Flygon's Ultra Ball and looked down at it, seeing that the center was still red.
Due to having six Pokémon on him already, Ash hasn't been able to let Flygon out since he captured him, much to his displeasure as he wanted to train with his new Dragon and Ground-type. Latios grew an understanding look on his face as he understood his trainer's reasons. He looked towards his sister and saw her pounting. 'Latias, come on. Ash wants to train with Flygon and with some of the others. Besides, we can take this chance to see Delia again'. The disguised blue Eon Dragon told his sister in hopes of convincing her.
Latias' spirits were immediately lifted upon hearing her trainer's mother's name, having enjoyed being around her whenever she was in Pallet Town. Ash and Latios smiled at seeing Latias' happy look, before the Rainbow Hero turned his attention down at Espeon, who was walking besides him on his right, and saw the Sun Pokémon giving him an understanding look, easing his concerns. "Wow! So this is Mauville City!" A familiar voice called out, catching Ash and Pikachu's attention as they looked to their right.
To their surprise, they saw their old friend Wally 10 feet away, facing a black haired adult man wearing a creamy coloured shirt, white long pants and black shoes with a bright smile on his face. "Wally?!" Ash said in surprise, getting everyone's attention as they all stopped and looked at the Rainbow Hero and saw him staring at something.
They turned their attention and saw Wally facing the adult male, who was laughing happily at the green haired boy's expression. "Hahaha! You sure seem to be enjoying it, Wally. So what would you like to do? Do you want to grab a bite to eat at the Mauville Food Court? Or maybe we should get you a Bike of your own at Rydel's Cycles. Would you like that? I bet the exercise would be good for your health". The adult man asked the 10-year-old boy, getting Wally to look up at him with an innocent look.'
"No, thank you! I want to challenge the Gym right away!" Wally answered, getting the adult male to widen his eyes in surprise and take a step back. "What?" The man questioned Wally, who turned down look down in thought. "Let me see… I'm pretty sure the Gym is…" The green haired boy began, before he turned right, left, then forward past the adult man. "Yup! Straight ahead this way! Just through this street!" Wally concluded, before he took off past the adult man, who turned around to keep his eyes on the 10-year-old boy.
"What? Hey! Wait! Wally?!" The adult man called out, before he gave chase after Wally. Ash and Pikachu watched with smiles as Wally and the adult man left their eyes' view. "I was beginning to wonder how Wally was doing, but it looks like he's doing great from what I say, right Pikachu?" The Rainbow Hero asked his partner Pokémon, which the Electric-type nodded to him. "Pikachu pi". Pikachu replied to his trainer, happy to see the young trainer doing well.
"Umm, Ash?" Max said to his idol, getting Ash and Pikachu's attention as they looked around and saw their travel companions looking at him in confusion. "Who was that boy? And how do you know him?" May asked her crush in curiosity, having never seen Wally before. Ash and Pikachu had confused looks on their faces, before they widened their eyes in realization. "Oh, that's right. You guys weren't there when Pikachu and I met Wally". The Rainbow Hero said in realization, getting Sorrel to nod to him.
"You seem to know that boy well. How do you know him?" Sorrel asked his sworn brother in a curios tone, getting Ash to look at him. "I'll explain everything on our way to the Pokémon Center". The Rainbow Hero replied to his sworn brother, before he began walking off to the Pokémon Center with Espeon following him. Everyone spent a moment watching the Rainbow Hero in curiosity, before they followed after him and his Pokémon.
(10 minutes later)
10 minutes have passed since Ash and the others set out for the Mauville Pokémon Center and during that time, the Rainbow Hero explained to his friends on how he knew Wally. He told them how he met Wally on the day that he met Max, how the two met in the forest while searching for Team Rocket and how he helped the young boy catch his first Pokémon, a Ralts.
The gang walked through the Pokémon Center's open doors, which closed behind them as they walked to the front desk, where Nurse Joy was.
"…And that's when Wally and I said goodbye as Marshadow had located Team Rocket, so it was nice to see him doing so well". Ash finished explaining his story to his friends, who have all surprised smiles on their faces as they looked at him. "Wow Ash, I'm surprised that you were able to help that kid catch a Ralts while all of that was happening". Max said in amazement, understanding his idol's reasons for helping Wally capture his first Pokémon, despite searching for Team Rocket at that point of time.
"Wally seemed like a nice kid, so I wanted to help him out". The Rainbow Hero replied to the young boy, before he looked forward as he thought about the 10-year-old boy. "If we see him again, I'll ask him how he's been doing. I never did get to ask him if he wanted to complete in the Hoenn League". Ash remarked, getting Verity and Sorrel to smile as they could see their old friend's interest in the 10-year-old boy.
"You really seem interested in that boy". The Pokémon Professor in training stated, holding his chin with his right hand. Ash gave his sworn brother a nod, before he turned his attention to Nurse Joy as he and his friends and Pokémon stopped in front of the front desk. "Hi Nurse Joy". The gang greeted the female adult as their Pokémon greeted her as well. "Welcome to my center". Nurse Joy greeted the gang back, before she took notice of Ash and stared at him with a curious look.
"Pardon me for asking, but are you Ash Ketchum?" The female nurse asked the Rainbow Hero, slightly surprising him and the others at her question. "That's right, I am". The raven haired boy answered, getting Nurse Joy to smile at him. "A package arrived here for you from Professor Oak a few days ago". She told the Rainbow Hero, surprising him and everyone else once more. 'A package from Mr. Oak?' Latias said in surprise, making sure that only the gang hears her voice and no one else.
"Chansey!" A cheerful voice called out, getting the gang to look to their right to see a Chansey approaching them, carrying a brown wrapped up square shaped package. "This must be the package that Nurse Joy mentioned". Brock commented as Chansey walked up to Ash and handed him the package, who looked down at it in confusion. "Espe?" Espeon said to her trainer from her spot next to him, while May walked over to Ash's left side and looked down at the package in his hands.
"What do you think is inside of it?" The 10-year-old girl asked her crush, who just shrugged his shoulders in response. "Don't know, but I don't feel anything heavy inside of it". Ash answered as the Chansey walked away to return to duty. "Then just open it and find out". Max said as he walked to his idol's right side and looked up at him. 'Yeah. Open it'. Jirachi said in agreement, wanting to see what was inside. The Rainbow Hero stared down at the package in his hands, before he knelt down and placed it on the ground.
He began unwrapping the wrapping around the box with everyone watching. With the wrapping gone, the package was revealed to be a square box. Ash took lid off the box and placed it to the side, before he and everyone else looked inside of the box. To their surprise, it was just a white capsule small enough to be held in someone's hand in a bubble wrap with what looked to be a small notebook next to it.
'Not exactly exciting looking, is it?' Latios commented as Ash picked up the capsule with his right hand and the notebook with his left hand. "Why on Earth would Professor Oak send this to you?" Brock asked his old travel companion, getting Ash to look up at him with a confused look. "No idea, but maybe this notebook could help out". The Rainbow Hero answered, turning his attention back to the notebook and opened it to the front page.
Ash quickly read through the first page, before he narrowed his eyes in a frown, getting Pikachu to tilt his head to the left. "Pika?" The Electric Mouse questioned his partner in curiosity, wondering why he was frowning. "This notebook… it's like an instruction manual". The Rainbow Hero revealed to his friends, getting Verity to look over her boyfriend's right shoulder to look at the notebook.
"Well, what does it say?" The Twinleaf girl asked in curiosity, getting Ash's attention as he looked over his right shoulder to look at her. "It says to go outside, push the button and then throw it in front of you". Ash answered, getting confused expressions from everyone. "That honestly sounds a bit odd, but maybe we should do it to check out what this thing can do". May suggested to the group, receiving nods of agreement from everyone as they began heading out of the Pokémon Center.
The gang went to the left side of the Pokémon Center next to the tress surrounding the building. Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Piplup, Lucario and Jirachi stood a little bit away from Ash, Pikachu, Espeon, Latios and Latias as the Rainbow Hero stared down at the capsule in his right hand, while his Pokémon surrounded him in protective manners just in case. Ash gave a sigh with his eyes closed, before he opened them. He then pressed down on the capsule's button, reared his right hand back, before he then threw it out in front of him.
Kaboom!
The capsule exploded into a white cloud of smoke, much to everyone's surprise as they stared up at the cloud of smoke for a few moments, before it cleared to reveal a sort of public pay phone with a plastic cubicle. It was rather wide as a small group of people could fit in there, and inside was a phone box with a slot in section, a large screen attached to the phone box and, to the gang's amazement, there was a Pokémon Transporter right next to the phone box on its left.
Everyone stared at the public pay phone that was 10 feet away from the Rainbow Hero with wide eyes of surprise. "Well… this is unexpected". Max stated with a stunned expression on his face, getting everyone to rod in agreement. Ash stared at the public phone for a few moments, before he lifted up his left hand and looked at the notebook. He turned the page over and began reading through it. "Slot in your Pokédex to start up the Pokémon Box Link?" The Rainbow Hero read in confusion, before he tilted his head up to look up at the public pay phone.
"Is that what this thing is called? The Pokémon Box Link?" Ash questioned as he grew a fascinated look, wondering what this device could do. Deciding to test it out himself, Ash began walking up to the Pokémon Box Link and brought out his Pokédex with his right hand. The others followed behind the Rainbow Hero as he stopped in front of the device and placed his Pokédex in the slot in section.
Then, to everyone's fascination, the Pokédex was pulled inside of the phone box with the slot-in section closing shut. Then, the black screen turned on and showed multiple ones and zeros on it. "Pokédex identified. Now accessing Pokédex's data". A female AI voice said from within the phone box as the screen changed to show a picture of Ash. "Trainer's profile has been identified. Welcome, Ash Ketchum". The AI greeted the Rainbow Hero as multiple screens appeared below the picture, each being different sections than one another.
Everyone's amazement grew even more than before at witnessing this. "Wow… That's something you don't see everyday". Brock commented as Ash walked up to the Pokémon Box Link and looked at the screen, which showed multiple sections. There was one called his profile, another one called his Pokédex Data section, another called achievements section, etc.
The rest of the gang walked up behind Ash and looked down at the screen, before Sorrel looked at his sworn brother in confusion. "What even is this thing?" The Pokémon Professor in training questioned his old friend, getting Ash to look at him over his right shoulder and shake his head in response. "No idea, but this notebook said that it was called the "Pokémon Box Link". Other than that, I don't know what this thing is". The raven haired boy explained to his sworn brother, getting Brock to grow fascinated as he looked at the screen. "Pokémon Box Link?" The former Gym Leader said in fascination and wonder, having never heard of something like this before.
Suddenly, the box phone began letting out a ringtone, catching everyone's attention as they looked and saw the screen displaying a bar with the words "Incoming call from Professor Oak". "Whatever this thing is, it looks like it's still a phone of somekind. You gonna answer that?" May asked her crush, which Ash nodded as he picked up the phone with his right hand and held it to his ear, before he pressed the bar that said "Accept call" with his left hand.
Immediately, the bars disappeared and were replaced with a screen that showed Professor Oak with the background showing his lab. "Ahh, Ash! Looks like the package arrived safely". The old professor greeted the Rainbow Hero with a fond smile, getting Ash to return it with his own. "It's great to hear from you again professor, but I don't know what's going on. What is this thing that you sent to me?" The raven haired boy asked as Pikachu gave a wave to Professor Oak with his left hand.
"My boy, you are now in possession of the latest Pokémon Transporter created. It's known as the Pokémon Box Link and it is a rather marvelous invention". Professor Oak began to explain as everyone listened in carefully. "With this device, you can now switch out your Pokémon, even with you're traveling and don't need to be in a Pokémon Center to do it". The old man continued to explain, much to everyone's amazement already. "Really?" Max asked in amazement, while Jirachi blinked in confusion as he still wasn't fully informed of everything related to Pokémon Trainers.
Professor Oak nodded to his young friend as he could already see the excitement in his eyes. "Indeed, but it has even more functions. It allows you to access your Trainer Profile and even acts as a super Pokédex of sorts. The data that the Pokédexs that you carry will be downloaded to this device, such as the data of the Pokémon you capture in your journeys. I've already transferred the data from your previous Pokédexs to this device, and since it activated, it has downloaded your current Pokédex's data to it. It will even act as a built in phone that you can carry wherever you go". The Kanto Region professor continued to explain, before he turned to look at Verity, Sorrel, May, Max and Brock.
"Even your friends could use this device if they wished. All they need to do is slot in their Pokédexs into this device, and it'll access their trainer profiles". Professor Oak added, much to the amazement of May, Verity and Sorrel. Just then, the professor of the Kanto Region noticed Jirachi hanging on Max's head, causing him to grow an amazed look on his face. "Oh my! Ash, is that a Jirachi?" The old Pokémon Professor Oak asked in excitement, getting everyone's attention as they looked at the Wish Pokémon, who gave a warm smile to Professor Oak.
'Hi'. The Steel and Psychic-type greeted as he waved his right hand, getting everyone to smile at him as Ash redirected his attention back to Professor Oak. "That's right; this is our new friend Jirachi". The Rainbow Hero introduced Jirachi to his old friend, getting Professor Oak to grow an impressed smile. "I've heard of Jirachi and how it sleeps for a thousand years, so it's incredible to see that you've caught one". Oak said in assumption, getting Ash to shake his head sideways in denial.
"You got it wrong, Jirachi isn't actually my Pokémon". The Rainbow Hero corrected, getting a confused look from Professor Oak. "You see, not too long ago we were in the middle of something big. Jirachi was awaken not too long ago and became best friends with Max. Eventually, after being exposed to the Rainbow Wing's power, Jirachi was freed from going back to sleep for a thousand years. Right now, Jirachi is May's Pokémon, but when Max becomes a trainer, Jirachi will become his starter Pokémon". Ash explained to his old friend, receiving a look of understanding from the old professor.
"Ahh, I see now". Professor Oak stated, before he looked down at Max and gave him a smile. "I must say Max; you're an incredible lucky boy to have made such great friends with a rare Pokémon like Jirachi. Make sure to take good care of him". He told the 8-year-old boy, which Max nodded eagerly at him as he picked up Jirachi from his head. "I will, Professor". Max replied to the professor, before he brought Jirachi into a hug, which he happily returned it.
Professor Oak's smile grew bigger than before from watching the two as he could tell that Max and Jirachi cared deeply for one another. Just then, he noticed two unfamiliar people among Ash's group, getting him to look at the two with a welcoming smile. "Well, hello there. I don't believe we've met yet". The old man greeted Verity and Sorrel warmly, getting their attention as they looked at him.
Ash grew a massive smile as he looked at his girlfriend and sworn brother for a moment, before he looked back at Professor Oak. "Professor Oak, these two are my old friends Verity and Sorrel". The Rainbow Hero revealed, getting the Pokémon Professor to widen his eyes in surprise. Ash then looked back at Verity and Sorrel. "Come say "hi", guys". The raven haired boy requested, getting Verity to smile brightly as she stepped forward next to her boyfriend on his right and gave Professor Oak a playful grin.
"Nice to meet ya Professor Oak". The tomboy greeted with a playful tone as Sorrel walked up to Ash's left, looking incredible nervous at meeting the famous Pokémon Professors. "I-It's an honor to meet you". Sorrel greeted nervously, looking a bit overwhelmed. "The honor is all mine! Ash has told me much about you two and the history you all share together". Professor Oak replied to the two with a happy smile, happy that he finally got to meet Ash's greatest friends and for the Rainbow Hero finally being able to reunite with them.
"Rrraaa. /Piplup". Lucario and Piplup said as the Water-type waved to Professor Oak from within her trainer's arms, while the Fighting and Steel-type walked up to his trainer's side. "And these two must be the Piplup and Lucario that I was told about. I must say; they both look healthy and strong. You two have raised them well". The Kanto Region professor told the two Sinnoh trainers, getting Verity to grin wilder than before, while Sorrel's overwhelmed look grew bigger than before.
"That means a lot, thanks". The Twinleaf girl thanked the Pokémon Professor for his words, while Piplup gave a happy cry as well. Professor Oak nodded to Verity, before he leaned forward in his seat. "If you don't mind me asking, what do you two do? Are you challenging the Hoenn League like Ash?" Oak asked in curiosity, wondering if Verity and Sorrel were Gym challengers like Ash.
"Not really. I might become interested in Gym Battles eventually, but I'm focused on Pokémon Contests right now". Verity answered as she brought out her ribbon case and opened it to show Professor Oak her three Contest Ribbons. "I've already won 3 so far. I just need two more to be qualified for the Grand Festival". The Twinleaf girl added, receiving an impressed look from Professor Oak. "That's rather impressive. I look forward to seeing your performances". The old professor stated, before he looked over to Sorrel, who looked a little nervous at being the center of one of his idol's attention.
"I-I'm inspiring to become a Pokémon Professor like you someday". The Veilstone boy revealed, much to Professor Oak's fascination as he grew a grin. "Is that so? That is an interesting goal to follow. I look forward to the research you uncover one day and wish you luck in becoming a Pokémon Professor". The old man told the young boy, instantly lifting up his spirit as he gave Professor Oak a humble bow. "Thank you, Professor Oak". Sorrel thanked his idol, which the Kanto Region professor nodded to him, before he turned to look back at the Rainbow Hero.
"The Pokémon Box Link is a recently created device and only three have been successfully built. I was lucky enough to get one for you. That notebook in your hands will help tell you everything about it and how it works". Professor Oak told the rising star of Pallet Town, much to Ash's appreciation as he gave his old friend a grateful look.
"Thanks Professor, for getting this for me". The Rainbow Hero thanked the old man, grateful to him for giving this device to him. "Think nothing of it, my boy. Now, are Latios and Latias there with you?" Professor Oak asked the Rainbow Hero, catching the Eon Dragons' attention at the mentions of their names.
Sorrel and Verity stepped back and joined the rest of the gang as Latios and Latias walked up besides their trainer in front of the screen, where the disguised red Eon Dragon gave a friendly wave to the old man. "Ahh, you both are looking well. Have you been looking after Ash?" Oak asked the two Eon Dragons, which Latios nodded to him. "That is good to hear. Ash, would you mind transferring Latios and Latias over. Delia wants to show them something important". The old man requested from the Rainbow Hero, getting everyone curious on what Ash's mother wanted to show the Eon siblings.
"I was planning to trade in Latios, Latias, Espeon, Raikou and Marshadow anyway, so okay". Ash replied to Professor Oak, before he looked down as he brought out Latios and Latias' Master Balls with his left hand and enlarged them. He then turned to look at Latios first, then to Latias. "Guess I'll be seeing you two around soon". The raven haired boy said to the two, getting Latios to smile at him, while Latias gave her trainer a hug.
The human form blue Eon Dragon turned around to look at Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Piplup, Lucario and Jirachi. 'Look after Ash in our absence, please?' Latios requested from his friends, which they all nodded to him instantly. "Leave it to us. We'll keep an eye on Ash". Max told the Dragon and Psychic-type with a smile, while Jirachi nodded towards Latios with a smile. 'Close eye on Ash'. The Wish Pokémon added, getting Max to laugh as he looked down at his friend.
Latios gave a relived smile, before he turned to look back at Ash. 'We're ready'. The blue Eon Dragon told his trainer, getting Ash to nod to him. Latias turned to look at everyone as Ash first returned her brother to his Master Ball. 'We'll see you around, guys'. Latias bid farewell as Ash fired a red beam at her, which covered the red Eon Dragon from view as she was absorbed into the Master Ball.
The Rainbow Hero looked down at the two Master Balls in his hand for a moment, before he placed one of them down in the Pokémon Transporter. Lightning came down on the Master Ball and teleported it. The Rainbow Hero placed the second Master Ball down on the transporter, which teleported it over to Professor Oak. On his side of the video chat, Professor Oak held up his right hand to show everyone that he was holding Latios and Latias' Master Balls. "The transfer was a success". The old man told the Rainbow Hero, getting him to smile.
"Okay, now sending over Raikou". Ash informed as he brought out Raikou's Ultra Ball and placed it down on the transporter. Like before, the Pokémon Transfer transferred the Ultra Ball over to Professor Oak, who held it up for Ash to see. The Rainbow Hero then looked over his left shoulder to look at his shadow. "It's your turn now, Marshadow". Ash told his old friend as Marshadow rose up from within his shadow, before he looked up at his trainer.
'I'm ready as well. I have something to take care of, anyway'. The Gloomdweller Pokémon stated, getting Ash, Pikachu and Espeon to raise an eyebrow at him, before the raven haired boy brought out Marshadow's Dusk Ball. Ash returned Marshadow to his Dusk Ball, before he placed the device over on the transporter, which teleported it over to Professor Oak.
Ash and Pikachu then looked down at Espeon, who looked up at them. "Espeon". The Sun Pokémon said with a sad look on her face, one that Ash and Pikachu returned. "Pikachu pi pika". Pikachu replied to his teammate in reassurance, getting the Rainbow Hero to nod in agreement. "Pikachu's right. We'll see you again soon, Espeon. For now, go spend some time with Mum". Ash told his Psychic-type, bringing out her Poké Ball with his left hand. Espeon give her trainer a nod, before she snuggled her head against his leg.
Ash gave Espeon a warm smile as he returned her to the Poké Ball. He stared down at the device in his left hand for a moment, before he placed it down on the transporter as electricity came down on it and teleported the Poké Ball to Professor Oak. The old man held up all five devices in his right hand to show that they were all safely there, before he lowered his right hand. "Now, which Pokémon would you like?" Professor Oak asked the Rainbow Hero, ready to send over whatever Pokémon Ash chose.
"I'd like Grovyle, Magneton, Timber and Tauros. I've already got my last Pokémon right here". Ash answered, holding up his right hand to show that he was holding onto Flygon's Ultra Ball with the center no longer glowing red, indicating that the Rainbow Hero could use his new Pokémon now. Professor Oak nodded to Ash, before he got up on his chair and left to go get the Pokémon that the Rainbow Hero requested.
5 minutes later, Professor Oak returned and began transporting Ash's Pokémon to him. Eventually, he sent over the last Pokémon, which was Grovyle. Ash picked up the Poké Ball with his left hand and held it up to show Professor Oak. "The transfer was a success". The Rainbow Hero informed the old professor, getting the old man to smile. "Good. Now Ash, before I go, I just wanted to tell you that notebook will tell you everything you need to know about the Box Link, so make sure to read it". Professor Oak told the 12-year-old boy, getting Ash and Pikachu to look down at the notebook in the Rainbow Hero's right hand.
Ash then turned to look back up at the screen and nodded to Professor Oak. "I've got that memorized, so don't worry. I'll see you around, Professor". Ash bid farewell to Professor Oak, who waved his right hand to him. "Good luck in your Gym Battles". The old man bid goodbye as Ash ended the call, causing the screen to disappear and return to the main page with his profile image. The raven haired boy placed the phone back on the phone box, before he looked at the screen.
The Rainbow Hero then pressed an icon that said "Eject Pokédex", causing the screen to turn black as Ash's Pokédex slotted out. The raven haired book took ahold of his Pokédex with his left hand, and then placed it away. "Guess I should put this away now". Ash said as he reached out to press a red button right in between the Pokémon Transporter and the box phone. "Hold up!" Max called out unexpectedly, getting everyone's attention as Ash stopped his left hand from pressing the button.
"What's up Max?" May asked her brother, wondering why he stopped Ash from returning the Pokémon Box Link to its capsule form. Max gave his idol a pleading look, despite still holding Jirachi in his hands. "Ash, could May and I use the Box Link to call Mum and Dad. I want to tell them about Jirachi". The 8-year-old boy explained to the Rainbow Hero, getting Jirachi to grow an excited look on his face at the thought of meeting Max's parents. Ash grew an understanding look on his face, before he gave a nod to Max as he stepped back and held his left hand out to the Pokémon Box Link.
Max grew a happy look on his face, before he gave his idol a thankful look. He then grabbed hold of May's right hand with his left and ran up to the Pokémon Box Link, bringing his sister with him. The two siblings stopped in front of it, before Max looked up at May with a smile. "Come on May, insert your Pokédex!" The 8-year-old boy told his sister in an excited tone, getting May to sigh at him.
"All right already, just give me a second". The Pokémon Coordinator replied to her brother as she brought out her Pokédex and placed it in the slot in section. The Pokédex was pulled inside of the phone box with the slot in section closing shut. Then, the black screen turned on and showed multiple ones and zeros on it. "Pokédex identified. Now accessing Pokédex's data". A female AI voice said from the phone box as the screen changed to show a picture of May. "Trainer's profile has been identified. Welcome, May Maple". The AI greeted the female coordinator as multiple screens appeared below the picture.
May picked up the phone from the phone box and held it to her left ear with her left arm, before she pressed the icon that said "Phone". She began writing down her home's phone number, while Ash began reading through the first few pages of the notebook with Verity, Sorrel, Brock and Lucario gathering around to listen to him read.
May soon finished dialing and pressed the call button. The screen changed to show a black screen with the ringing tone turning on. The two siblings and the Wish Pokémon waited patiently for a few seconds, before the screen lit up to reveal their mother, Caroline, on the other side with the background showing the kitchen section of their house.
Caroline's face lit up instantly upon seeing her children after so long. "May! Max! It's you!" Caroline exclaimed in joy to see her children, getting the two siblings to smile back at their mother. "Hi Mum!" May and May greeted their mother happily. "Hold on a moment, let me call your father over". Caroline requested from her children, before she turned to look at her right. "Norman, come quickly! The kids are on the phone!" The brunette called out to her husband in a happy tone.
Almost immediately, Norman appeared on the other side of the screen, smiling brightly upon seeing his children. "May! Max! It's so good to hear from you!" The Normal-type Gym Leader said happily at seeing his children again. "Hi Daddy". Max greeted his father with a wide smile on his face. "It's great to see you guys again". May said to her parents with a smile, having missed them in her journey.
"You as well, May. Where are you and Ash at now?" Caroline asked her daughter in a curious tone. "We've just made it to Mauville City for Ash's third Gym Battle". The younger brunette answered her mother, receiving a fascinated look from her father. "His third Gym Battle? Guess it won't be long now until he has what he needs to challenge me to an official Gym Battle". Norman remarked with an excited voice, looking forward to the day where he and the Rainbow Hero will have their battle.
"Max wanted to call over to show you guys his new friend". May told her parents as she looked down at Max and saw his excited look. "Mum, Dad. Say hi to Jirachi". Max told his parents as he lifted his hands up to show Jirachi, who gave a wave to his best friend's parents with his right hand. The two parents gasped in surprise upon seeing the legendary Pokémon in their son's hands, while Jirachi had a happy look.
"Oh my goodness". Caroline breathed out in surprise, having never expected to see such a rare Pokémon. "Where did you guys find such a rare Pokémon?" Norman asked his children in amazement, getting May to smile up at him. "It's a long story that we'll tell you when we get home. We wanted to show you Jirachi and tell you that right now, Jirahi's my Pokémon, but I'll give him to Max when he becomes a trainer". The Pokémon Coordinator explained to her parents, getting Norman to nod in understanding to her.
"I see. Well, I look forward to officially meeting Jirachi someday, face to face". The Normal-type Gym Leader said with a smile, getting Max and Jirachi's smiles to grow even bigger than before. The 8-year-old boy then looked up at his sister. "May, show Mum and Dad Shellos". Max told his sister, getting her to blink in surprise at her brother's request, before she grew a smile. "Okay". May replied to her brother as she brought out a Dive Ball and enlarged it.
"Shellos, come on out". The brunette said as her Dive Ball opened and released a bright white beam that went to the top of her head. The white beam cleared to reveal the West Sea Shellos that May captured not too long ago. "Shellos!" Shellos cried out with a wild smile, before it began climbing down to her trainer's right shoulder.
"Wow, a Shellos. May, where did you capture a Pokémon from the Sinnoh Region?" Norman asked his daughter in fascination, getting May to smile as she and Shellos nuzzled each other happily. "It was not too long ago". The brunette began to explain as she thought back to the day that she caught her beloved Shellos.
(Flashback)
It was just a day after the whole event with the Shiftry that kidnapped Nurse Joy. The gang had decided to stop by a lake to have lunch before they continued on. Right now, May, Verity and Piplup were by the lakeside, filling up their water bottles that they carried for their journey, while everyone else was further away in the forest, setting up launch for the day. The two Pokémon Coordinators had their water bottles dipped in the water, filling them up with them smiling, while Piplup was swimming around in the water, enjoying herself.
"I don't know about you, but that stuff with Shiftry was an adventure and a half for me". Verity told her fellow Coordinator, starting up a conversation. May gave a giggle as she turned her head right to look at the older female. "Funny, I was thinking the same thing". The brunette confessed, before she and Verity began chuckling in amusement.
Just then, a small splash caught their attention as they looked forward and saw a Pokémon in the water not too far away from them. It was a sea slug-like Pokémon that had an amorphous, slug-like body. It had mantles covering the top halves of its body. Unlike real sea slugs, it had a bulbous head and four small feet rather than one large foot. It had a black oval-shaped eyes, tiny noses, wide yellow lips, and yellow outlines around their eyes and mantles. The main colour of its body was pink and white.
The unknown Pokémon noticed the two females and gave them a happy smile. "Shellos". The Pokémon greeted with a happy tone that sounded a bit female-like. May instantly grew an adoring expression on her face at seeing the cute Pokémon. "It's so cute, what is it?" May asked in an adoring tone, getting Verity to look at her. "It's a Shellos. A Pokémon from my home, the Sinnoh Region". The Twinleaf girl answered her fellow Pokémon Coordinator, before she placed her right hand in her pocket.
Verity then brought out a light blue Sinnoh Pokédex with her right hand and flipped it open, before she held it out to May. "Here, use my Pokédex". The tomboy told her friend, getting May to look at the older female, before she took her Pokédex with her left hand. The brunette held the Pokédex out to Shellos and it instantly scanned her.
"Shellos, the Sea Slug Pokémon. Shellos's shape and colour varies depending on where it lives. Two different varieties have been confirmed". Verity's Pokédex buzzed, telling May about the Water-type. The brunette looked back up at Shellos and saw it still having a welcoming smile on its face, before it tilted its head cutely. "Oh, I just can't stand it anymore! I want you!" May cried out with her cheeks red, getting Verity to sweat drop a bit as her Piplup swam up next to her. May handed Verity back her Pokédex, which she closed and put it away.
"Go, Beautifly!" May cried out as she brought out and threw her Poké Ball, releasing the Bug and Flying-type. "Beautifly beau". Beautifly cried out, flapping her wings in the air. "String Shot!" The 10-year-old girl commanded with a confident smile. Beautifly shot out a white string from its mouth at Shellos, but the Sea Slug Pokémon dived back into the water and dodged, causing String Shot to float in the river.
"Oh no! Now where it is?!" May questioned in alarm as she turned her head left and right to spot the Water-type Pokémon. "Beautifly". Beautifly said as she looked around her surroundings to spot Shellos. However, Shellos then resurfaced in the lake behind Beautifly and cried out as it released a wind with light blue sparkles inside from its mouth, striking the Bug and Flying-type from behind and causing her to cry out.
"Oh no, Beautifly!" May exclaimed in panic with her eyes wide. "That was an Icy Wind attack, super effective against a Flying-type like Beautifly". Verity commented with slightly wide eyes. "Piplup pi". Piplup said from her spot in the water next to her trainer. Verity turned her attention to May and saw her still looking on in panic. "May, calm down! You need to keep your cool!" The Twinleaf girl told the younger female, getting May to look down at her. "But Beautifly is-!" The brunette began, until she was cut off by the Twinleaf girl.
"And panicking won't help her! You need to calm down, keep your emotions in check and believe in yourself and your Pokémon if you ever want to win a Pokémon Contest! Believe in Beautifly right now and trust your instincts". Verity told her fellow coordinator with a reassuring smile, which calmed May's nerves down as she looked back at the battle and saw Shellos still striking Beautifly with Icy Wind.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, before she opened them to reveal that they were filled with determination. "Beautifly, dodge and use Gust!" May called out to her Bug and Flying-type, getting Beautifly to shot open her closed eyes. "Beautifly!" Beautifly cried out as she flew out of the Icy Wind, before she turned around and started flapping her wings very quickly, creating a powerful gust of wind that pushed Shellos back with its eyes closed from the attack.
"Alright!" May cheered out with a smile, before she thrust her right hand out. "Now, use Silver Wind!" The brunette commanded, growing a confident smile on her face. "Beautifly!" The Bug and Flying-type cried out as it now released a wind with silver crescents in it at Shellos. "Shell!" The Sea Slug Pokémon cried out as it dived down into the water again, dodging the Silver Wind attack.
"Now where could it be?" May questioned as she and Beautifly looked around their surroundings again to search for Shellos. Just then, something out of the water and slammed into Beautifly's back, making her cry out as she was sent crashing onto the solid behind May, Verity and Piplup, getting them all to look to see Shellos on the Bug and Flying-type's back and was keeping Beautifly from taking flight.
"That was Body Slam". Verity said in realization as she recognized the move that Shellos just used, before she turned to look up at May. "Call Beautifly back. She's an open target like that". The Twinleaf girl told her fellow brunette, getting May to look at her and nod. She held out her Poké Ball with her right hand and pointed it towards Beautifly. "Beautifly, return!" May called out as her Poké Ball released a red beam that made contact with the Bug and Flying-type, covering her from view as she returned to the Poké Ball, causing Shellos to fall to the ground.
The Water-type turned around as May put away Beautifly's Poké Ball and brought out Torchic's with her right hand. "Torchic, I choose you!" The brunette called out as she threw the Poké Ball, releasing her Fire-type starter. "Torchic tor!" Torchic called out with a wide smile, full of energy. "Peck attack!" May commanded, making Torchic narrow her eyes as she leaped towards Shellos and landed a direct hit with her beak. "Shellos!" The Sea Slug Pokémon cried out as it slid across the ground before stopping. Shellos opened its eyes, before she fired a stream of water from its mouth, landing a direct hit on Torchic, getting the Fire-type to cry out.
"That was a Water Gun". Verity commented as she finished filling up her water bottle and closed the cap. "Hang in there, Torchic! Use Quick Attack!" May commanded, holding her right fist out. "Torchic!" The Fire-type cried out as it jumped to the side out of the water gun, before she began charging towards Shellos quickly, leaving a white trail, before slamming into the Sea Slug Pokémon.
"Way to go Torchic! Now, Ember!" May called out with a confident smile. Torchic cried out as she opened her beak and started shooting out round balls of fire at Shellos, landing another direct hit. Once the Ember attack ended, Shellos opened its eyes and narrowed them, before its outline began flashing yellow. "What's happening now?" May asked in surprise, while Verity widened her eyes in shock. "Don't tell me that Shellos knows Earth Power!?" The Twinleaf girl exclaimed in shock as she didn't expect the wild Sea Slug Pokémon to know such a powerful attack.
"Shellos!" Shellos cried out as it slammed its head on the ground, creating glowing gold cracks on the ground that began to travel towards Torchic. "Torchic!" The Fire-type called out in alarm with wide eyes, while Verity turned to look at May as she rose up to her feet. "May, return Torchic now, or she'll faint!" The Twinleaf girl warned her fellow coordinator, getting May to nod as she held Torchic's Poké Ball out to the Fire-type.
"Torchic, return!" May called out as her Poké Ball released a red beam that covered Torchic from view, before she was returned to the device just in time as the gold cracks stopped underneath right where Torchic just was. May sighed in relief with her eyes closed, before she opened them and saw Shellos panting in exhaustion. "Shellos looks tired. Now's my chance!" The brunette called out in joy as she put Torchic's Poké Ball away and brought out Beautifly's one again.
"Come on out Beautifly and use Tackle!" May called out as she threw the Poké Ball, releasing the Bug and Flying-type. Beautifly cried out as she flew and tackled Shellos, making the Water-type cry out as she was sent sliding across the ground on her right side, before she stopped. "Shellos looks tired, now's my best chance!" The brunette called out with a wide smile, before she brought out another Poké Ball with her right hand. Verity stopped her however by holding her right hand in front of the 10-year-old female.
May turned to look at the older female and saw Verity holding up a Dive Ball with her left hand. "Use this. It works better on Pokémon that live underwater like Shellos". The Twinleaf girl advised to her friend, getting May to look down at the Dive Ball for a moment, before she nodded as she took it with her left hand. Verity stepped back as May looked back at the Sea Slug Pokémon and held up the Dive Ball. "Okay, go Poké… Dive Ball!" The brunette called out as she reared her left leg up, before she threw the Dive Ball towards Shellos.
The Dive Ball soared through the air, before it struck Shellos and bounced in the air. The Dive Ball opened as a red light surrounded Shellos, before it was absorbed into the Dive Ball. After a moment, the device closed and fell to the ground with the center glowing red. Everyone watched with their breaths held as the Dive Ball began shaking side to side, before eventually stopping with three stars appearing over it, signaling the capture to be a success.
May grew a massive smile on her face at seeing the capture be a success. "Alright! I did it!" The brunette called out in joy as she ran towards the Dive Ball, before she knelt down and picked it up with her right hand. She looked down at the Dive Ball containing her new Pokémon with a massive smile, before she held it up in the air. "I caught… a Shellos!" May called out in joy at catching another Pokémon. "Beautifly!" Beautifly cheered out, happy to have a new friend.
Verity and Piplup smiled at the Petalburg girl, before the Twinleaf girl turned to look at her starter Pokémon and knelt down in front of Piplup. She picked up the Water-type and cuddled her in her arms, before she walked over to May. "Way to go, May. You've managed to catch a new Pokémon". The 12-year-old girl praised the younger female with a proud smile, getting May to look at her with a smile.
"But I couldn't have done it without your help. Thanks Verity". The brunette thanked the older Pokémon Coordinator with a smile, getting Verity to return it. "No problem. Now, let's go show everyone your new friend". The Twinleaf girl told her friend, getting May to smile brightly as she looked down at the Dive Ball in her hands.
(Flashback end)
"And that's how it happened". May finished, having told her parents the battle she had with her Shellos and how she captured the Sea Slug Pokémon. Norman and Caroline grew amazed looks on their face, while Max and Jirachi looked up at May and Shellos with proud smiles. "It's rare for a wild Pokémon like a Shellos to know a powerful move like Earth Power. You got yourself a lucky catch, May". Norman told his daughter, getting her to smile brightly at her father with her cheeks lightly flushed. Even Shellos flushed at Norman's words.
"Thanks Dad". The brunette thanked her father with a slightly embarrassed look. "Shellos". The Sea Slug Pokémon said in a slightly embarrassed voice. "May, listen dear. If you ever need someone to look after your Pokémon for you, you can always send them to us. There's plenty of room in the greenhouse". Caroline told her daughter, getting May's attention as she looked at her mother. "Thanks Mum". The brunette thanked her mother, grateful for them willing to look after her Pokémon if need be.
"This conversation has been a nice one, but I believe that we should stop here. Ash has been waiting patiently for his Gym Battle". Norman told his children, getting Max and Jirachi to look up at May and Shellos. "Dad has a point. Ash has waited for his third Gym Battle, and we're making him wait longer". The 8-year-old boy said in agreement to what his father said, getting May to look down at her brother for a moment, before she nodded. "You guys are right. We'll see you later, Mum, Dad". May said to her parents, before she and Max began waving goodbye to them.
"Bye May and Max". Caroline bid goodbye to her children as she and Norman waved back to May and Max. "Take care of each other and your Pokémon". The Normal-type Gym Leader added, before the call ended with the screen returning to the main page. The brunette then pressed the "Eject Pokédex" icon, causing the screen to turn black as her Pokédex slotted out. May took ahold of her Pokédex with her left hand, before she placed it away.
May, Max, Shellos and Jirachi then turned their attention to the rest of the gang and saw Ash, Verity, Sorrel, Brock, Pikachu, Piplup and Lucario having a conversation with each other. "Guys, we're all done!" Max called out to the rest of the gang, getting their attention. 'All done'. Jirachi said from within Max's hands, having a happy smile from seeing his best friend's parents.
"That's good to hear". Ash stated, before he turned to look at the rest of his traveling companions. "Does anyone else need to make a call, or switch out?" The Rainbow Hero asked his friends, wanting to make sure that nobody's left out. "I'm good on my end". Brock answered with a wave of his right hand
"I was thinking about trading in Lapras and Milotic for two of my different Water-types". Verity answered her boyfriend, having been thinking about trading in some of her Pokémon. "I'd like to trade in Accelgor, Alakazam and Houndoom as well". Sorrel told his sworn brother, getting Ash to nod to him and Verity. "Okay, go ahead guys. But Sorrel, do you have your own Pokédex?" The raven haired boy questioned his old friend, having not seen him with his own Pokédex yet.
Instead of answering his sworn brother's question, Sorrel placed his right hand in his coat's pocket, before it brought it out to reveal a green Sinnoh Pokédex. Getting his answer, Ash gave a nod to Sorrel, before he held his right hand out to the Pokémon Box Link. "Well then go ahead. We'll wait". The Rainbow Hero told his friends, getting smiles from Verity and Sorrel.
A few minutes later, Sorrel and Verity had switched out half of their team. Verity had made the first call and switched out Lapras, Milotic and Mismagius for her Gardevior and two others. Sorrel had switched out Accelgor, Alakazam and Houndoom as well with the Pokémon replacing them unknown to the rest of the gang.
After Sorrel had finished using the Pokémon Box Link, he stepped away from it. Ash walked up to the Pokémon Box Link before he stopped in front of it. He lifted up his right hand and pressed on the red button, causing the Pokémon Box Link to explode in white smoke. After a moment or two, the smoke cleared to reveal the same white capsule from before, lying down on the ground. The Rainbow Hero knelt down and picked the capsule up with his right hand.
He looked down at the sealed Pokémon Box Link for a moment, before he placed it away in his pocket. The Rainbow Hero then turned around to look at Verity, Sorrel, Piplup and Lucario. "So, what kind of Pokémon did you guys switch out?" Ash asked in a curios voice, getting Verity to grin as she stepped forward. She held up both her hands, revealing to be holding Gardevior's Heal Ball in her right hand. In her left hand was a Great Ball and Dive Ball.
"Why don't you see for yourself!?" The Twinleaf girl called out as she tossed the three devices into the air. The three balls opened and released white beams that struck the ground in between the gang, before they cleared to reveal the Pokémon that they released. "Gardevior!" Gardevior cried out as she spread her arms out. "Vaporeon!" The first unknown Pokémon cried out from next to Gardevior, revealing to be a Vaporeon. The third Pokémon revealed to be a Kingdra with the Dragon and Water-type crying out proudly.
Everyone looked on in amazement at seeing the new additions of the team. "Wow, a Vaporeon and Kingdra!" Max called out in amazement as he ran up to the two Water-types, getting Vaporeon and Kingdra to look at him in surprise. "I caught these two a long time ago. Vaporeon used to be an Eevee and Kingdra a little Horsea". Verity told the 8-year-old boy as Vaporeon ran up to her, which the Twinleaf girl knelt down and picked up the Bubble Jet Pokémon, before she hugged it.
"Vaporeon's a girl, and Kingdra's a boy, just to let you guys know". The Pokémon Coordinator added with a smile as she scratched Vaporeon's chin, much to the revealed female's pleasure. Kingdra floated up to Piplup, who greeted her fellow Water-type happily, while Gardevior just walked up next to her trainer. "Well Verity, they both look strong and healthy. You've raised them well". Brock told the Twinleaf girl with an impressed tone, seeing how much care the two Water-types had for their trainer.
"Thanks Brock". Verity thanked the Pokémon Breeder, before everyone turned their attention over to Sorrel and Lucario. "Guess it's my turn then". The Pokémon Professor in training stated, before he held up both his hands to reveal that he was holding a Net and Ultra Ball with his right hand and a Great Ball with his left hand. Sorrel then tossed the three devices into the air, which released three white beams that struck the ground behind him, before they cleared to reveal what Pokémon they were.
To everyone's amazement, it was an Aerodactyl, a shiny Ariados and a Poliwrath. They all let out powerful cries as Aerodactyl spread its wings out, Ariados opened and closed its mandibles and Poliwrath held its arms up like a wrestler. "Wow! An Aerodactyl, a Poliwrath and a shiny Ariados!" Ash gasped out in amazement at seeing the three. "Pikachu". Pikachu commented in awe as he looked at all three of them, one at a time.
"I caught Poliwrath and Ariados when they were just a Poliwag and Spinarak. I found an Old Amber and used it to revive Aerodactyl, before I caught it". Sorrel told everyone as he knelt down and patted his Ariados and Poliwrath, much to their joy at their trainer's care for them. "You must have found a Water Stone to have evolved your Poliwrath, right?" Max asked the Pokémon Professor in training, getting Sorrel to look at him as he stood up fully on his feet.
"That's right. I found one in the Kanto Region". Sorrel answered as he lifted his right hand up and patted his Aerodactyl on its snout, getting the Rock and Flying-type to close its eyes in pleasure. Lucario greeted Poliwrath and Ariados, before he began talking with them. "Wow, you guys really are experience trainers to capture Pokémon like these ones". May said in amazement, getting Verity to look at her fellow coordinator with a smile as she kept holding her Vaporeon in her arms.
"Give yourself some time May. I'm sure you'll get some new and rare Pokémon sooner or later". The Twinleaf girl told the younger female, getting May to give her a thankful smile. "I think it's time that we should get going now". Brock told the gang, getting everyone to look at him, before they nodded. "Brock's right. My Gym Battle is waiting for me, and I'd like to win it as soon as possible". Ash remarked with an excited smile, getting Verity to chuckle at her boyfriend.
"Alright Ash, we'll go now". Sorrel told his sworn brother, before he held up his Net, Great and Ultra Balls in his hands, before he returned all three of his Pokémon to their receptive devices. "Just give us a moment". Verity requested as she held up her Heal and Dive Ball with her right hand. She first returned Gardevior to her Heal Ball, then Kingdra to his Dive Ball. Deciding to follow their lead, May brought out Shellos' Dive Ball with her left hand and returned the Sea Slug Pokémon to it.
"Well, looks like everyone's ready. Let's go!" Ash exclaimed as he took off running. "Pika!" Pikachu cried out as his trainer ran around the corner, out of sight. Everyone smiled at the Rainbow Hero's excitement, but their smiles fell upon hearing a loud "blam". They all ran over to the front of the Pokémon Center with Verity still carrying her Bubble Jet Pokémon, where they saw Ash and Pikachu had been knocked to the ground on their back, both with swirls in their eyes.
In front of Ash and Pikachu was a thin boy around the Rainbow Hero's age, having been knocked to the ground as well. He had gray eyes, brown hair and fair skin. On his head was a white beanie and a black head band in addition with his beanie which has a thin scarlet semi circle pattern. His attire consists of a skintight red and black T-Shirt with an odd zipper to go with it, along with black and dark grey slim-fit shorts that are knee-length. He wore a green backpack and has white-green slip-on sneakers. Finally on his left wrist, he had a white bracelet.
Ash, Pikachu and the boy all groaned as they sat up from the ground and rubbed the back of their heads with their right hands, before the Rainbow Hero and unknown boy looked at each other. "Sorry about that". Ash apologized, before he took notice of the boy's white bracelet and saw, to his surprise, a Key Stone attached to it. The boy shook his head, before he gave Ash a reassuring smile. "Nah, don't worry about it. I wasn't looking where I was going". The boy replied with a carefree tone, before he blinked upon seeing a badge case in front of Ash.
Ash took notice of the boy staring at something, so he looked down and saw the badge case. He picked it up with his right hand and held it up, before he turned his attention to the boy in front of him. "Is this your badge case?" The Rainbow Hero asked, getting the unknown boy to nod to him. Ash held the badge case to the boy, who took it with his right hand, before he opened it up and sighed in relief. "Oh thank goodness. All three badges are still here". The 12-year-old boy said in relief, getting Ash and Pikachu interested as they got back onto their feet.
"You're collecting badges to enter the Hoenn League?" The Rainbow Hero asked, getting the boy to look up at Ash and saw him holding his right hand out for him to take. The boy gave a nod to Ash as he took his hand with his right hand. "That's right. How about you? Are you collecting badges?" The boy asked the raven haired boy, getting Ash to nod to him.
"That's right. I'm challenging the Hoenn League with my best friend Pikachu". Ash answered as Pikachu climbed up to his right shoulder, before he waved at the brown haired boy. "Pikachu pi". Pikachu greeted the boy warmly, before Ash pointed towards himself with his left hand's thumb. "And I'm Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town of the Kanto Region". The Rainbow Hero introduced himself to the boy as his friends walked up to them, getting Ash, Pikachu and the boy to look at them.
"And these are my friends". Ash added as he held his right hand out to his friends, who all looked at the unknown boy with warm smiles. "Hi, I'm Verity Awadetsu, and this is Vaporeon and Piplup". Verity introduced herself and her two Water-types to the boy. "Piplup. /Vaporeon". Piplup and Vaporeon greeted the boy with warm smiles. "I'm Sorrel Kaede, and this is Lucario". Sorrel greeted the boy with a small wave, while Lucario grunted as a greeting.
"I'm May Maple, hi". May greeted with a friendly grin, along with a wave of her right hand. "And I'm her little brother Max, and this is Jirachi". Max introduced himself and Jirachi to the boy as the Wish Pokémon waved his right hand. 'Hi". Jirachi greeted with a happy smile, before he lowered his right hand. "And I'm Brock, Pokémon Breeder". Brock greeted the boy with a gentle smile, getting the 12-year-old trainer to smile.
"It's nice to meet you everyone. I'm Brendan Birch". The unknown boy, now named Brendan, introduced himself, much to everyone's surprise at his last name. "Birch? As in…?" Max began in surprise, which Brendan nodded to him with a grin. "That's right, my dad's Professor Birch". The now revealed son of Professor Birch revealed, much to everyone's surprise as they didn't know that Professor Birch had a son.
"You're Professor Birch's son!? No way!" May exclaimed in disbelief, pointing towards Brendan with her right hand's index finger. Brendan nodded to the Pokémon Coordinator with a grin, before he turned to look back at Ash. "Have you challenged the Mauville Gym yet?" Brendan asked the Rainbow Hero in a curious voice, getting Ash to shake his head in response. "No, not yet. We just arrived in Mauville just today and we were just about to head to the Gym". The Rainbow Hero answered, getting Brendan to nod in understanding.
"I see. Well, good luck out there because the Gym Leader there is one tough customer, especially with his Electric-types". The son of Professor Birch warned Ash, much to his and Pikachu's fascination. 'An Electric-type Gym'. The Rainbow Hero said in his mind, before Brendan refocused his attention back to him. "I was just about to head out for my fourth Gym Badge. So sorry I got to run, but there's no time to waste!" Brendan exclaimed as he took off running past Ash, getting him, Pikachu and everyone else to turn to watch Brendan leave.
"Bye, Brendan!" Max called out as he and Jirachi waved their hands in the air, getting Brendan to wave back as he ran, before he turned a corner and disappeared from view. "Well, he was high spirited, wouldn't you say?" Sorrel remarked with his arms crossed, getting Brock to nod in agreement. "He seems like a nice guy, just like Professor Birch". The Pokémon Breeder said with a smile, seeing the resemblance between Brendan and his father.
May turned to look at her crush and saw Ash's excited look. "What's got you so excited, Ash?" The oldest Maple sibling asked, getting Ash to look at him with a confident grin. "I've just found a new rival for the Hoenn Region, so I'm pretty excited to find out how strong he is someday. Brendon may be in the lead right now, but that'll change soon!" The Rainbow Hero exclaimed with a confident voice, holding up his left fist as he felt his trainer spirit ignited at finding another rival.
May gazed at Ash with a dreaming look as she could feel her heart beat quickly. Even Verity had the same look directed at her boyfriend. The Rainbow Hero lowered his left fist, before he turned to look at his friends. "Come on. Let's go to the Mauville Gym and get my third Gym Badge". The Rainbow Hero told his friends, ready for his third Gym Battle.
Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Piplup, Vaporeon, Lucario and Jirachi all nodded to Ash, all having smiles on their faces. Ash and Pikachu nodded to them back, before they took a moment to look at each other, then at the road in front of them. "Let's go!" The Rainbow Hero called out as he took off running towards the gym, followed by everyone else as Ash lead his friends to the Mauville City Gym for his third Gym Battle.
(Play Pokémon Journeys opening: 1, 2, 3, version 2)
With a green background, three mirrors appeared, one vertical with a rainbow background, the second with a blue background and the third had a green, with all three mirrors showing three familiar pairs of legs to three certain trainers. These windows then closed before opening again, this time showing Ash, Verity and Sorrel all running with eager looks. Ash was running forward, Verity was running right and Sorrel left. The mirrors all closed and disappeared to reveal the title "Pokémon Legend of the Rainbow Hero" in colorless letters, before the Rainbow Wing fell past it, changing the letters all into a rainbow color.
'Hey, you still not ready? C'mon, hurry up!'
The three old friends were standing in a triangle position with their backs towards each other with different coloured grounds below them. Ash's ground was a rainbow colour, Verity's an electric blue and Sorrel's a green color. Ash put his cap on his head with a grin, before adjusting his backpack. Pikachu and Espeon then appeared, jumping onto his shoulders, much to the Rainbow Hero's joy.
'You all packed and ready to leave?'
Verity knelt down for a moment, before she stood up to reveal that she was holding Piplup in her arms with the two partners smiling happily at one another.
Sorrel and Lucario were standing right besides each other with the two looking through Sorrel's notebook that he was holding with his right hand. The two partners looked at each other and smiled.
'I'll show you this wide mysterious world'
Ash, Verity, Sorrel, Pikachu, Espeon, Piplup and Lucario were all gathered together, talking to one another happily. It changed to show Sorrel adjusting his right shoe with Lucario stretching his paws out next to his trainer, while Verity had her arms wrapped around her boyfriend's right hand as she gave him a peck on the cheek, resulting in Ash's face turning flushed with Pikachu, Espeon and Piplup laughing in front of them. It then changed to show Ash and Sorrel standing in front of one another, giving a fist up to each other, before Verity appeared from below and wrapped her arms around her two old friends' shoulders, bringing them into a group hug with her eyes closed happily and the two males smiling.
'And skip the slow send-off'.
Ash, Verity and Sorrel then ran out of a Pokémon Center into the outside world. Inside the Pokémon Center, Brock watched them ran out from a bench next to a window, Max and Jirachi were playing together, before they turned to look out the door. May was handing in her Pokémon to Nurse Joy, before she turned around and gave a warm smile.
'Be it through fire or through water'.
'I'm fumbling blindly through the days'.
'When I don't even know what the next second will bring'.
Ash, Verity and Sorrel were all standing in front of a computer screen as it showed pictures of the legendary trio of Kanto, Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno in three separate pictures with the background showing a map of the Kanto Region. The screen then changed to show Lugia and Ho-Oh in two separate pictures with the background showing a map of the Johto Region.
The computer screen changed to show three separate pictures of Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza with a map of the Hoenn Region as the background. The screen changed to show a single picture of Dialga, Palkia and Giratina together with a map of the Sinnoh Region as the background. It changed once more to show a single picture of Zekrom and Reshiram flying around each other with Kyurem in the center with a map of the Unova Region as the background.
The computer screen changed to show two separate pictures of Xerneas and Yveltal with a map of the Kalos Region as the background. The screen then changed once more to show two separate pictures of Solgaleo and Lunala with a map of the Alola Region as the background. Finally, it changed to show a single picture of Zacian (Crowned Sword) and Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) in front of their shrine in the Slumbering Weald.
Ash, Verity and Sorrel were looking over a folding map, before Ash turned excitedly to Sorrel and said something to him, getting him and Verity to turn their attention to him with the Pokémon Coordinator telling her boyfriend something. Pikachu, Espeon, Piplup and Lucario all sat down besides one another and snacked on some cookies gathered around their trainers.
'Each and everyone one of my memories'.
Ash's left rainbow colored eye showed the brightly flashing Rainbow Wing, before the screen zoomed out to show the Rainbow Hero in his transformed state, falling towards a bright light when Ho-Oh came by and flew around with the camera spinning around as well. Ho-Oh flew off as Ash did a flip as he pulled out a Master Ball with his left hand that gleamed with psychic energy, before it burst open with a white beam coming out.
'Can always be found inside a Ball'.
The white beam cleared to reveal Latios flying in the sky with Marshadow on his back, before Latias joined them from the right and flew besides her brother.
A Poké Ball hit the ground and rolled over to Ash's feet. The camera changed to the inside with round shadow showing the outside with the red top transparent. Ash, Verity and Sorrel gazed at the Poké Ball in wonder, before the Twinleaf turned to look at her old friends. The three stepped back at the device opened with a blue light filling the screen.
'On 1, 2, 3, dive in!'
A spot light shined down on Ash as he thrust his right hand out with a grin, before all his Pokémon charged ahead with spot lights on all of them as well. Pikachu, Espeon, Venusaur, Blastoise, Grovyle, Raikou, Zoroak, Snorlax, Timber, Sableye, Corphish, Meganium, Tauros, Kingler, Muk, Typhlosion, Nidoking, Gallade, Kabutops, Skrelp, Rapidash, Gengar, Primeape, Hitmonlee, Ampharos, Ursaring, Donphan, Feraligatr, Tyranitar and Trevenant all charged ahead on ground, while Latios, Latias, Charizard, Tailow, Pidgeot, Heracross, Scizor, Lapras, Dragonite, Magneton, Skarmory and Noctowl flying above them with Marshadow riding on Latios' back and Lapras floating through Espeon's Psychic attack.
Pikachu suddenly sparkled with electric, before he leaped and fired Thunderbolt at Sorrel's Aerodactyl, who dodged it by flying by.
'I've got the future plans I imagined in my pocket'.
Verity's Milotic came out of nowhere with a spot light on her and fired a Mud Shot attack at Sorrel's Lairon, striking the Rock and Iron-type, sending it sliding across the ground past Sorrel, who cried out in surprise. From the side jumped in Lucario with his paws together with an Aura Sphere in between them, getting Sorrel to smile as his Aura Pokémon fired the Aura Sphere, causing the camera to turn around to show Verity standing behind her Milotic, having wide eyes as the blue sphere grew closer.
The screen changed to show Team Rocket all together in the forest with Jessie standing to the right, James to the left and Meowth in the middle. Then from the side, their Pokemon came out and stood behind them. Jessie had her Pokémon Seviper, Dustox, Wobbuffet, Trubbish and Gothita gathered behind her, while James had Cacnea, Axew and Paras behind him.
The three losers gave confident looks, before the two humans brought out Poké Balls and threw them as their Pokémon cheered, before the devices burst open to reveal bright white lights.
'Greeting someone new is always fresh'.
Ash stared up at the sky in amazement as Mega Latios faced off against Primal Kyogre in the air above with it raining heavily around them. Latios charged up at Luster Purge, before he fired at Kyogre, who narrowed its eyes at the approaching attack.
'No need to hesitate! Try!'
Atop a grassy hill with dark cloud covered skies, Verity's Lopunny and Sorrel's Poliwrath stood 10 feet away from each other, before they charged in and began sparking in hand to hand combat with neither of them having the advantage.
Ash, Pikachu, Espeon, Latias, Zoroark, Donphan, Corphish and Dragonite all jumped up and cheered with a rainbow background. Verity, Piplup, Furret, Glameow, Vaporeon, Tangrowth, Kingdra and Lopunny all jumped up and cheered with a blue background. Finally, Sorrel, Lucario, Luxray, Accelgor, Lairon, Victreebel and Poliwrath all cheered with a green background.
'Let's have a fight!'
Atop the Sky Pillar, Ash, Verity and Sorrel all stood side by side with Pikachu riding on his trainer's right shoulder with Mega Sceptile, Mega Houndoom and Mega Gardevior in front of them, all facing up at the sky where a shiny Mega Rayquaza was roaring down at them.
'1: Once the battle is done'.
The Hoenn Region champion Steven and his Mega shiny Metagross appeared with a silver background. The screen changed to show a stadium, where Steven waved his left hand out, giving a commanded as Mega Metagross unleashed a Flash Cannon attack. The camera shifted to show a Dragonite counter the Flash Cannon with a Hyper Beam attack with Lance standing behind the Dragon and Flying-type, having an excited grin on his face.
'2: And we're laughing or crying'.
The Johto Region champion Lance and his Dragonite appeared with a dark blue background. The screen changed to various photos, the first showing Ash holding up the Johto League Silver Conference trophy in his hands, the second showing Verity holding up the Slateport Pokémon Contest Ribbon in her right hand, the third revealing Sorrel researching a set of ruins with his back turned to the camera.
The fourth photo showed all three friends and their partner Pokémon all together. Verity was in the middle, having a wide smile on her face with her eyes closed with her right hand wrapped around Sorrel's shoulders and left hand around Ash's shoulders, bringing the two smiling males into a group hug. Piplup, Pikachu and Lucario were all in front of their trainers in the photo, smiling wildly at the camera. The final photo showed them all leaning in towards the camera with happy faces.
'On 3, let's be friends!'
The screen changed to show Professor Oak, Tracy, Misty, Delia, Azora, Togepi and Slyvia all together in Professor Oak's backyard with Misty and Azora holding their Pokémon in their arms. Professor Oak and Tracy smiled at each other, Misty hugged Togepi happily with the Fairy-type crying out happily. Delia placed her hands down on Azora's shoulders and smiled down at her, getting Azora and Sylvia both to smile up at her.
The screen changed to show Forina with the sky black, before Jirachi flew through his homeland, leaving a sparkling trail with various nocturnal Pokémon about. A wild Ludicolo jumped into view in a forest, surrounded by several confused Marshtomps, before they all began dancing.
'Any day and every day, that's always been my rule'.
Ash, Verity, Sorrel, Pikachu, Piplup and Lucario stood on a cliff overlooking a city next to a tree with a blue sky filled with clouds. Time began changing as the sky changed to reveal a more clear blue one, then an orange sky as the sun began to set and then a beautiful night sky filled with stars.
The screen changed to show the Raizen Mountains, then to Mount Tensei, right where Ash battled Ho-Oh so long ago.
'With this unpredictable, boundless world awaiting'.
In the Petalburg City Gym, Norman opened his determine filled eyes, before the camera zoomed out to show that he was in the Petalburg Gym's battlefield with his Slaking in front of him. Norman crossed his arms, while Slaking roared as it began pounding its chest like a gorilla.
The screen changed to show Ash kneeling down, before he got up on his feet and walked into an opening surrounded by a white light with Pikachu by his right side.
'Let's go! Every time you trip and fall'.
With a yellow background, Pikachu's ears perked, before both he looked up at Ash as he walked forward with a wild smile that grew wilder as he looked down at Pikachu with a rainbow background. With an icy blue background, Piplup cried out as she looked up.
'Let's go! You pick yourself up by my side'.
Verity walked forward with a grin, before it grew as she looked down at her partner with a blue background. With a silver background, Lucario's ears perked, before turned his head right to look at Sorrel as he walked forward, before he turned to look at his trusted partner with a green background.
Three mirrors appeared and showed the three old friends in separate mirrors with their Pokémon team. Sorrel was in the left mirror with his Lucario, Entei, Luxray, Aerodactyl, shiny Ariados and Poliwrath around him, facing their direction with a green background. On the right mirror, Verity stood with her Piplup, Suicune, Lopunny, Vaporeon, Kingdra and shiny Gardevior besides her as they faced right with a blue background.
In the middle mirror in between the three was Ash with Pikachu, Flygon, Grovyle, Magneton, Timber and Tauros, all facing forward with a rainbow background.
'I choose you'.
Sorrel lifted his left hand, Verity raised her right hand and Ash held up both of his hands, before all three friends hi-fived each other.
(Opening song finished)
Ash, Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Pikachu, Piplup, Vaporeon, Lucario and Jirachi have been running through Mauville City's streets for the last 5 minutes, running towards the Mauville Gym. During their run, Pikachu, Vaporeon and Jirachi had stopped letting themselves be carried and ran besides their partners (floating for Jirachi).
Soon, the Mauville City Gym came into sight, getting Ash's excited smile to grown even bigger than before. "There is it! The Mauville City Gym!" The Rainbow Hero exclaimed in excitement, getting the rest of the gang to smile as well. "Finally! We're gonna see another Gym Battle!" Max called out with an excited tone, having been waiting to see another one of Ash's Gym Battles again. 'This is so exciting!' Jirachi commented with an excited look, looking forward to watching the Rainbow Hero battle.
Everyone else shared the excitement as they continued to run towards the Gym, but then Ash noticed two familiar figures standing in front of the Gym. It was Wally and his uncle, standing across each other in front of the Gym's entrance and looked to be having an argument. "Wally?" The Rainbow Hero said in slight surprise to see the green haired boy. Ash and his friends began to slow their peace as they drew closer and listened in on the argument.
"Uncle, I'm begging you! I want to challenge this Gym to see how much stronger I've become! Please! You'll let me, don't you?" Wally pleaded from his uncle, getting the adult man to sigh in exhaustion as he scratched the back of his head with his right hand. "Now hold on, Wally… It's certainly true that you've grown quite a lot stronger alongside your Pokémon. But don't you think that jumping right into challenging a Gym might be pushing it?" The man replied to his nephew, getting Wally to shake his head in response.
"I'm not pushing it! If it's me and my Ralts, we can beat anyone!" The green haired boy exclaimed in a stubborn tone, believing that he and his Pokémon could defeat anyone they came across. The 10-year-old boy then noticed something at the corner of his left eye, getting him to turn to his left, before he widened his eyes in surprise upon seeing Ash and Pikachu. Wally grew a massive smile on his face as he ran up to the gang, getting his uncle to notice their audience.
"Ahh! Ash!" Wally exclaimed in joy as he stopped in front of the Rainbow Hero, getting Ash to smile down at him. "Hey Wally, long time no see". Ash greeted the younger boy with a smile. "Pikachu pika pi". Pikachu greeted from the ground next to Ash, getting the green haired boy to look down at the Electric-type with a smile. "Hi Pikachu". Wally greeted the Electric Mouse, before he looked up and noticed Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Piplup, Vaporeon, Lucario and Jirachi.
Ash noticed that Wally notice his traveling companions, getting him to smile as he looked over his right shoulder to look at the others. "These are my friends that I'm traveling with". The raven haired boy told the younger male, getting Verity to smile as she waved at Wally. "Nice to meet ya. I'm Verity Awadetsu". The Twinleaf girl introduced herself with a smile, before she looked down at Piplup and Vaporeon.
"And these are my Pokémon, Piplup and Vaporeon". Verity introduced her Pokémon to Wally, getting the two Water-types to smile up at him. "Piplup pip". Piplup greeted the 10-year-old with a happy tone. "Vaporeon". Vaporeon greeted Wally, sticking close to her trainer. "I'm Sorrel Kaede, and this is Lucario". Sorrel greeted the boy with a small wave, while Lucario grunted as a greeting.
"I'm May Maple, hi". May greeted with a friendly grin, along with a wave of her right hand. "And I'm her little brother Max, and this is Jirachi". Max introduced himself and Jirachi to the boy as the Wish Pokémon flew next to his face and waved his right hand. 'Hi". Jirachi greeted with a happy smile, before he lowered his right hand. "And I'm Brock, Pokémon Breeder". Brock greeted the boy with a gentle smile, getting the 10-year-old to smile at all of them.
"Nice to meet you all. I'm Wally". Wally greeted with a smile as his uncle walked up next to him and smiled at the gang. "And I'm Wally's uncle, nice to meet all of you". The man greeted the gang with a welcoming smile. Wally then turned his attention back to Ash and gave him an excited look. "Ralts and I have gotten a lot stronger since we first met. Growing together!" The green haired boy told the older male, getting Ash to grow an interested look on his face.
"Really? That's great to hear". Ash replied to Wally, glad to see him doing so well since they last met. Wally nodded to the 12-year-old male, before he grew a small determined look on his face. "I want to prove that to you and my uncle both, Ash". Wally told the Rainbow Hero with a high voice and his head held up high.
"Please…help me once more… And have a battle with me!" The green haired young boy requested, getting Ash and Pikachu to widen their eyes in slight surprise. The Rainbow Hero looked down at the younger boy's eyes and the determination inside of them, getting Ash to lightly smile. "Alright Wally, I'll battle you". Ash told the younger boy, getting Wally to smile happily. "Thank you, Ash. OK. Here we go". The 10-year-old boy thanked the Rainbow Hero, getting Ash and Pikachu to smirk at him.
A few seconds later, Ash and Wally stood ten feet away from each other on the street in front of the Gym with Pikachu still riding on the Rainbow Hero's left shoulder, while Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Wally's uncle, Piplup, Vaporeon, Lucario and Jirachi watched from the side in front of the Gym. "So Wally, what kind of battle do you want? A one-on-one battle?" Ash asked his friend with a confident grin on his face, which Wally nodded to him.
Ash brought out a Poké Ball with his right hand and enlarged it. "Pika?" Pikachu said to his best friend, getting Ash to look at him and gave a small smile. "Sorry buddy, but I think I'll go with someone else for this battle". The Rainbow Hero apologized to his partner, getting Pikachu to sigh in disappointment that he won't get to battle.
Wally held his Poké Ball with both his hands and looked down at it, before he closed his eyes. "We're going to win this, Ralts! We have to!" The 10-year-old boy said to the device, as if he was speaking to his Pokémon inside. Wally then reopened her eyes to show the determination in them, before he took his Poké Ball in his right hand and threw it. "Go! Ralts!" The green haired boy called out as the Poké Ball soared through the air, before it opened and released a bright white beam that struck the ground.
The beam cleared to reveal the Psychic and Fairy-type, who looked up at Ash. "Ralts!" Ralts called out as it spread his arms out, ready to battle. Ash stared down at Ralts with calculating eyes as he saw that the Psychic and Fairy-type had indeed grown stronger. He gave a grin as he held up his Poké Ball with his right hand, before he reared it back. "Go! Grovyle!" The Rainbow Hero called out as he threw the device into the air, before the Poké Ball burst opened and released a bright white beam that struck the ground.
The beam cleared to reveal the evolved Wood Gecko Pokémon, who had a confident look on his face. "Grovyle". Grovyle said with a grin, before he brought out his twig and placed it in his mouth. "Alright Wally, you ready?" Ash asked the 10-year-old boy, which Wally nodded to him. "You bet!" The green haired youth replied with confidence in his voice.
(Play Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - Battle! Rival Music (HQ))
"Ralts, let's start off with Lucky Chant!" Wally called out, thrusting his right hand out. "Ralts! Ralts ralts!" The Psychic and Fairy-type began chanting with its hands together, getting May to frown in confusion. "What's Lucky Chant?" The brunette asked in confusion, getting Max to look up at him. "It's a move that keeps the opponent from landing a critical hit for awhile". The 8-year-old boy explained to his sister, holding Jirachi in his hands.
"Interesting start, but I prefer to go onto the attack. Grovyle, Energy Ball!" Ash commanded with narrowed eyes. "Grovyle!" The Wood Gecko Pokémon cried out, opening his mouth as he formed a light green energy ball in front of his mouth, before he fired it at Ralts. "Quickly Ralts! Use Teleport!" Wally commanded, holding up his left fist. "Ralts!" Ralts cried out, before he teleported, causing the Energy Ball to strike the ground and create a small explosion.
Ralts then reappeared behind Groyvle, getting the Grass-type to look over his right shoulder to look at the smaller Pokémon. "Now! Disarming Voice!" Wally commanded with a confident grin, getting Ralts to smile. "RALTS!" The Psychic and Fairy-type cried out, opening his mouth and releasing a beam of pink sound waves surrounded by hearts at Grovyle. The Wood Gecko Pokémon quickly turned around and raised his arms up into a shield as the Disarming Voice struck, pushing him back a bit.
"Gro…vyle!" The Grass-type grunted with narrowed eyes, before he spread his arms out with a powerful cry, causing the Disarming Voice to disperse. "That was a great move by Wally to get behind his opponent, but it doesn't look like Grovyle took any damage at all". Sorrel commented with his arms crossed, noticing the little damage that Disarming Voice did. "Ahh". Lucario said in agreement, telling that this battle was clearly one-sided as Grovyle wasn't even trying yet.
"Ralts, Teleport again!" Wally commanded as he waved his right hand out to the side. "Ralts!" The Psychic and Fairy-type called out, before he teleported once more and reappeared behind Grovyle 10 feet away. "Now, Magical Leaf!" The green haired boy added, getting Ralts to cry out as his hands glowed light green, before creating a light green orb of energy in front of him. Ralts then fired multiple light green leaves from the orb at Grovyle, landing a direct hit on Grovyle's back.
The Wood Gecko Pokémon almost flinched, but stopped himself. Wally grinned wildly upon seeing Magical Leaf land a direct hit. "Alright! We're gonna win this battle!" The green haired boy cheered, getting Ash and Pikachu to narrow their eyes. "You've still got a lot to learn Wally, a battle isn't over until it is decided". The Rainbow Hero told the younger male, before holding his left hand out to the side.
"Okay Grovyle, you can stop playing around now! Energy Ball!" Ash commanded, swiping his left arm forward and held his fist up. Grovyle grinned as he turned around to face Ralts, now looking as if the Magical Leaf wasn't damaging him at all. "Grovyle!" The Wood Gecko Pokémon cried out, opening his mouth as he formed another light green energy ball in front of his mouth, before he fired it at Ralts, pushing past the Magical Leaf, before making contact and created an explosion.
"Ralts!" Wally exclaimed in concern as Ralts came sliding out of the smoke created from the explosion, before stopping in front of his trainer. "Looks like Ash has decided to get serious". Brock commented, seeing that his old friend was finally getting serious. "Wally's in trouble now!" Max exclaimed with an excited smile, getting Jirachi to nod. 'Big trouble'. The Steel and Psychic-type called out with a smile.
The smoke soon cleared to show Grovyle standing tall with his head held high, still having the grin on his face. Ash and Pikachu were both grinning as well, before the Rainbow Hero held his left hand out. "Now, finish this with Leaf Blade!" Ash commanded with a grin on his face. "Gro…vyle!" The Wood Gecko Pokémon called out as the three leaves on his forearms glowed green and combine into one long sharp blade.
"Dodge it!" Wally called out in panic, getting Ralts to cry out as he jumped into the air in hopes of dodging the Leaf Blade. His hopes were dashed away as Grovyle shot out into the air right in front of Ralts, before he swung right arm, landing a direct hit with Leaf Blade and making Ralts cry out in pain. "Ralts!" Wally cried out in deep concern as Ralts shot out and slammed into the ground in front of him, kicking up dust.
(Music end)
Grovyle landed in front of his trainer on his feet gracefully, before his Leaf Blade powered down. The dust cleared to reveal Ralts lying down on the ground, covered in scrapes. But the Psychic and Fairy-type was still conscious as it got back on his feet and glared at Grovyle. "It's still up!?" May called out in surprise to see Ralts still able to battle.
"But there's no reason to continue battling. Ralts can't win against Grovyle". Brock stated with narrowed eyes, getting Sorrel to nod in agreement. "That's right. Just two attacks and Ralts in already like this. One more attack and Ralts could be hurt". The Pokémon Professor in training said with his arms crossed, before he turned to look at his sworn brother and saw him watching Wally and Ralts with narrowed eyes. Ralts glared up at Grovyle with determined filled eyes, who looked down at him with narrowed eyes.
Ash watched as Wally called out to Ralts in encouragement to keep battling, as if he didn't want to lose. The Rainbow Hero's mind flashed back to the first battle he had with Cross and the mistake that he made that Wally was doing now. He remembered stubbornly telling Charmeleon to keep battling, despite the fact that it was clear he couldn't win and Charmeleon got hurt because of him. Ash swore to never push his Pokémon like that every again and make that mistake. And he refused to let Wally make it just like he did.
Ash brought out Grovyle's Poké Ball with his right hand and enlarged it, before holding it out to his Wood Gecko Pokémon. "Return! Grovyle!" The Rainbow Hero called out as his device fired a red beam at Grovyle, covering the Grass-type from view, before he returned to the Poké Ball. Everyone blinked at Ash's actions in surprise, while Wally frowned in anger. "Hey!? What's the big idea?" The green haired boy questioned angrily as Ash placed the device away.
"The match is over. Ralts can barely stand on his own and Grovyle is still full of energy. There's no hope of you winning this battle, Wally". Ash told the 10-year-old boy with narrowed eyes, getting Wally to grit his teeth in anger. "You're wrong! Ralts and I can still win this!" The green haired boy called out stubbornly, getting Ralts to cry out in agreement as he didn't want to disappoint his trainer.
Ash narrowed his eyes sharply and gave Wally a look of disappointment. "Wally, don't make the same mistake that I made". The Rainbow Hero told the 10-year-old boy, getting everyone to blink in surprise and confusion. "Mistake?" Max remarked in confusion as his idol's words greatly confused him, while May looked up at Brock. "Brock, do you know what Ash is talking about?" The Pokémon Coordinator asked the Pokémon Breeder, getting the former Gym Leader to shake his head in response.
"No, I don't know what he's talking about". Brock answered, having never idea what Ash is talking about. Verity, Sorrel, Piplup and Lucario were silent as they had an idea on what Ash is referring to. Ash stared intensely at Wally, getting the young boy to sweat nervously. "Wally, I made the same mistake that you're close to making. I battled a strong trainer as well long ago. I pushed my Pokémon hard to win the battle, despite the fact that it was clear we didn't stand a chance. We lost the battle, but the worst part was that Charmeleon got hurt because of me". The Rainbow Hero told the 10-year-old boy with a voice as cold as ice, getting Wally, May, Max, Brock, Wally's uncle and Jirachi to widen their eyes in shock.
Pikachu, Verity, Sorrel, Piplup and Lucario's faces fell as they remembered Ash's first battle against Cross and how terrible it went. Ash's face fell for a moment upon remembering that day and the terrible mistakes he made, before he lifted his head and looked back at Wally. "There's no shame in admitting defeat if it is to protect your Pokémon from harm. A trainer's responsibility is towards their Pokémon, not to winning battles". The Rainbow Hero told the new trainer, having learned this lesson the hard way.
Everything was silent as everyone stared with their breaths held. Wally then slowly tilted his head down to look at his Ralts and saw the bad state that it was in. The green haired boy widened his eyes in horror, before he brought out his Poké Ball and held it towards his Psychic and Fairy-type. "Return Ralts!" Wally called out as he fired a red beam from it device, covering Ralts from view, before he returned to his Poké Ball.
Everyone sighed in relief at seeing Wally's choice, while Ash grew a proud smile on his face. Wally stared down at his Poké Ball in his right hand with sad eyes, before he sighed in defeat with his eyes closed. "Wow… you really are strong, Ash!" The green haired boy stated, getting Ash to shake his head as he began walking up to the younger male.
"That may be true, but I wasn't always strong. I've been a trainer for 2 years now, traveling through the Kanto, Johto and now Hoenn Region. I've learned much during my travels and made a lot of friends". The Rainbow Hero told the young boy as he stopped in front of Wally, before he lifted his right hand and placed it on his head, getting the green haired boy to look up at Ash in surprise. "You've started your journey not too long ago, so it's natural for you to lose here and there, but I can tell you this. You have the potential to become one of the best trainers in the world someday; you just need to continue to learn in your travels". Ash added with a promising smile, getting Wally to look up at him in awe.
Max and Jirachi were staring at Ash in awe as well with anime stars in their eyes. Brock, Sorrel, Lucario, Piplup and Vaporeon all had proud looks at the Rainbow Hero as they agreed with him completely. May and Verity staring at the raven haired boy with dreamy eyes as they both felt their hearts stolen by Ash once more. Pikachu looked at his best friend with a gentle smile at seeing how much he's grown.
Wally's uncle had a smile on his face as he walked up to his nephew and placed his right hand on Wally's left shoulder, getting the green haired boy to look up at him. "Uncle… I'll go back to Verdanturf…" The 10-year-old boy told his uncle, before he looked up at Ash and gave him a happy smile. "Ash, thank you… Being a Trainer is tough, isn't it?" Wally questioned, getting the raven haired boy to nod towards him.
"You bet it is, but it'll all be worth it for all the friends you make". The Rainbow Hero told the younger male, getting Wally to nod to him, before he held his head down with his eyes closed. "It's not enough just to battle with your Pokémon. I can't become a true Trainer like that… Not really…" The green haired boy stated, getting his uncle to shake his head. "Wally, there's no need to get so down on yourself. Why, what's keeping you from becoming stronger? Nothing is! All you need to do is keep growing". The adult man told his nephew, getting everyone to nod in agreement.
"Your uncle's right. All you need to do is continue to grow, Wally". Ash said in agreement to Wally's uncle. "Pikachu pika". Pikachu remarked from his best friend's shoulder. "…" Wally kept silent with his eyes closed; taking in what everyone's telling him. "Come on, let's go home. Everyone's waiting for you". The adult man told his nephew, getting Wally to open his eyes and looked up at his uncle.
"…Yes, Uncle". The green haired boy replied to his uncle, before he turned to look at Ash. "Ash…" Wally began; closing his eyes with his head tilted down, before he opened them and looked up at the Rainbow Hero. "I… I'm definitely… I'm going to get stronger. Much, much stronger! I feel like I learned a lot from just one Pokémon Battle with you… About my own limits… and Ralts's…" The green haired boy continued, getting everyone to smile at him.
Wally then took a step forward to the Rainbow Hero and looked to the side with a nervous look. "So…um… That's why… Ash… If it's all right… Could I…" Wally continued as he looked up towards Ash's face and saw his slightly confused expression. "Could I call you…my r-riv-". The boy continued, before he stopped himself and blushed in embarrassment as he broke eye contact. "Ah, never mind! S-sorry! It was nothing! Please forget about it!" The boy finished with an apology, much to Ash's confusion at him apologizing for nothing.
"Guh…good-bye!" Wally bid farewell, before he then took off running with everyone's eyes watching him, before he disappeared from sight. "What was that about?" Ash questioned in confusion, wondering why Wally seemed so embarrassed all of a sudden. "I think he was about to ask you to be his rival". Verity told her boyfriend in assumption as she and the others walked up to Ash, getting him and Pikachu to look at her. "That was why he was so embarrassed? I would have been honoured if he asked me to be his rival". The Rainbow Hero stated as he would have been happy to be Wally's rival.
"I think he was embarrassed asking you that was because he looks up to you". Brock told his old friend, getting Ash to widen his eyes in surprise, while Pikachu gave a giggle. "I don't know about that. Looking up to Ash as a role model isn't exactly the best idea". May joked with a giggle, getting Ash to anime glare at her. "Come again!" The Rainbow Hero playfully snapped, getting everyone to laugh in amusement.
Wally's uncle walked up to Ash, getting his and everyone else's attention as they looked at him. "It just dawned on me that you must be the young man who kept an eye out for Wally when he caught his Pokémon. So it's you we have to thank for Wally becoming so positive about the future. Thank you". The adult man thanked Ash with a grateful look, getting the raven haired boy and his Electric-type to smile up at him.
"Don't mention it. I was glad to help out Wally capture his first Pokémon". Ash told the adult man, thinking that there was no need to thank him. "Still, I must thank you somehow". Wally's uncle replied to the Rainbow Hero as he looked down in thought, before he widened his eyes in realization. "…Ah, here! Take this! I want you to have it, as a bit of a thank-you". The man exclaimed as he placed his right hand into his pants' pocket, before he brought out something and held it towards Ash.
The raven haired boy looked down and saw the adult man holding a disc container, containing an orange disk of somekind. The gang gathered around Ash to look down at the disc container in fascination as he took it and held it in his right hand. "What is this?" The Rainbow Hero asked in curiosity, wondering what the adult man gave him. "That is HM06 Rock Smash". Wally's uncle answered, getting Ash, Verity, May, Max, Brock, Pikachu, Piplup, Vaporeon, Jirachi and Lucario to look up at him in confusion, while Sorrel widened his eyes in amazement.
"I've heard of these before!" The Pokémon Professor in training exclaimed in amazement, getting the rest of the gang to turn their attention to him. "Mind explaining what exactly this is?" Max requested from the older male, having never heard of a HM before in his life. Sorrel looked at all of his friends with an amazed smile.
"HMs is apart of a special collection of discs called HMs, TMs and TRs. These special discs help Pokémon learn certain moves, like this one helps Pokémon to learn the move; Rock Smash". Sorrel explained to his friends about HMs, TMs and TRs, much to everyone's amazement as they stared down at HM06 in Ash's hand. "Wow! I've got to admit that's awesome!" Verity exclaimed in amazement, suddenly gaining the desire to collect some of those discs herself.
Wally's uncle nodded in approval with his hands on his hips at seeing everyone's pleased looks at Ash's gift. "Even if there are obstacles in your path, I think you'll be able to break through them. Especially if you use Rock Smash there!" The adult man told the gang with a happy tone, before he looked to his right in the direction that Wally ran off in, and then back at everyone. "I should head back now, but… If you ever have the time, I'd love it if you'd stop by our home in Verdanturf. I'm sure Wally would enjoy it, too". Wally's uncle told the young trainers, getting Ash to look up at him and nod.
"We'll keep that in mind". The raven haired boy replied to the male adult, getting him to nod towards the 12-year-old boy. "We'll look forward to seeing you". Wally's uncle bid farewell, before he took off after his nephew, leaving everyone in front of the Mauville Gym, watching him leave until he left their sights. "Well, he was nice". May remarked with a smile, getting Max and Jirachi to nod in agreement.
Ash tilted his head down to look at the HM06 in his right hand for a moment, before he took his black backpack off and placed the disc container in it. "Excuse me?" An unknown voice questioned from behind the gang, getting all of their attention as they turned around to see a young adult male walking up to them. He had brown hair, dark eyes and slightly tan skin. He wore glasses over his eyes, a creamy coloured jacket with a red outline over a green shirt, gray long pants and brown shoes.
"Pardon me for asking, but was it you guys causing the ruckus outside of the Gym?" The man asked the gang, getting Brock to smile nervously. "Uh, sorry about that. We didn't mean to cause unnecessary trouble". The Pokémon Breeder apologized, getting a reassuring smile from the young adult. "Oh, it's no trouble at all. I was just wondering what that sound was". The brown haired man reassured the younger male, before he placed his right hand on his chest.
"Anyway, my name is Watt. It's nice to meet you". The man, now named Watt, introduced himself to the gang, getting Ash to smile up at him. "Hi Watt, my name is Ash Ketchum. And I'm here for a Gym battle for my third badge". The Rainbow Hero told Watt, getting him to slightly widen his eyes in surprise, before he gave a sad smile. "I'm sorry to say, but I don't think you'll be able to get a Gym battle here in this Gym". The young adult said with a slightly sad voice, getting everyone curious on what he meant by that.
"Why's that?" Verity asked in confusion, getting Watt to look at her. "The Gym Leader, Wattson, has lost his battling spirit after his last Gym Battle". Watt answered, getting Brock to frown in concern. "What happened? Did he won easily?" The former Gym Leader questioned, getting Watt to shake his head in response. "No, quite the opposite actually. He lost very badly". The young adult answered, getting everyone to slightly widen their eyes in surprise upon hearing a Gym Leader was defeated easily.
"You see, a week ago Wattson had a three-on-three battle with a boy named Brendon…" Watt began to explain, getting Ash's full attention at the mention of Professor Birch's son. "Wattson used Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton, while Brendon just used a Rhydon and a Swampert. Rhydon defeated Magnemite and Voltorb single handedly, while Swampert defeated Magneton quickly. It was pretty much one sided, and Wattson's spirit was broken by his easy defeat". The young adult finished with a sad look, getting Sorrel to look down in thought.
"I guess that must be hard. For a Gym Leader to be easily defeated without even defeating a single Pokémon, it would break even the strongest of spirits". The Pokémon Professor in training said in understanding, getting May to look at him. "Ever since then, Wattson has been away in New Mauville. I haven't heard from him for a week, and I'm starting to get worried that he's considering quieting being the Gym Leader". Watt said in concern, getting Max and Jirachi to gasp in concern. "What?! Can he even do that?" The 8-year-old boy questioned in concern, getting Verity to look down at him. "I don't know". The tomboy answered, having no idea if a Gym Leader could quite. "Piplup. /Vaporeon". The two Water-types said in concern, before they looked at one another.
Ash was silent as he looked down at the ground in thought, getting Pikachu to look at him in concern. "Pika chu pika". The Electric Mouse said in concern, getting Ash to smile at his best friend. "Don't worry about me. I was just thinking about something". The raven haired boy reassured his partner, before he turned to look at Watt. "Where is this "New Mauville" anyway?" Ash questioned the older male, getting everyone's attention as they looked at him. "It's on an island across the city". Watt answered in confusion, getting Ash to nod to him in thanks, before he turned around and began walking off.
"Ash, where are you going?" May asked her crush, getting Ash's attention as he stopped walking and turned to look at her over his left shoulder. "Where do you think? To New Mauville to find this Wattson guy". The Rainbow Hero answered, before he turned to look forward. "I can understand that a crushing defeat can hurt a lot, but that doesn't mean you just give up. I'm gonna have my battle with Wattson, one way or another". Ash added, before he resumed walking, his destination being New Mauville to find the Gym Leader.
Verity gave a small smile, before she began chasing after her boyfriend, followed by Piplup and Vaporeon. "Looks like Ash isn't gonna take no for an answer". Sorrel stated with a grin as he knew that his sworn brother wasn't one to give up so easily. Lucario gave a small growl of agreement, before he and Sorrel began to chase after their friends. "Come on guys. We better follow after them". May said with a smile, before she chased after her traveling companions, followed by Brock, Max and Jirachi.
Watt watched them all silently with wide eyes, before he began to follow them, hoping that they could help his boss recover from his crushing defeat from a week ago.
(A little bit later/ New Mauville)
On an island across Mauville city, there was a power plant next to a forest on the island where the wild Pokémon live. Near the edge of the island were two individuals with one of them being a Manectric. The second individual was an adult man. He had white hair, black eyes, a white beard and a round belly. He wore a short-sleeve camouflage shirt with yellow lightning bolts over a bright yellow jumpsuit and yellow slides that had a gray round disc in the middle. This man was Wattson, the Mauville City's Gym Leader.
Wattson had been on this island for the past week now. He at first just sulked from his humiliating defeat, before he met his Manectric when it was an Electrike. Electrike had helped lifted his spirits on his first day and every since, Wattson has been training his Pokémon and new Electrike here on New Mauville. The training had been going well as Electrike had evolved into Manectric on the fifth day. Today had been another great day of training and now, they were returning to the abandoned power plant to take a break.
Wattson gave a happy laugh as he knelt down in front of his Manectric and gave it a soft pat with his right hand, much to the Electric-type's joy. "Well done, Manectric. You were magnificent as always". The Electric-type Gym Leader praised his new partner Pokémon, very proud of its progress that he's made. "Manectric". The Electric-type replied to its trainer, before it lifted his head up and gave Wattson a lick on the face, getting him to laugh.
"Ahaha! Stop that!" Wattson laughed out, before a loud rumbling got both his and Manectric's attention. They looked over and saw a red and gray machine with wheels, a steel cage on the back and a sort of vacuum attached to the front heading towards the power plant. "What's all this?" The Gym Leader questioned in confusion as he rose up to his feet. "Manectric". Manectric commented, having no idea what that was as well.
On the front of the machine, seated in the control seats were three familiar losers. Jessie, James and Meowth all laughed as they drew closer to the power plant. "Ready?" Jessie questioned with a grin on her face. "Your power plant days are numbered". James answered, his eyes glued to the power plant. "Yeah, less than one". Meowth remarked with a smirk on his face.
Earlier that day, the three losers had came to New Mauville to make a base in the power plant, but that idea was scrapped upon seeing hordes of Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton inside. So, they changed their plans to capture all the Electric-types and send them all to their boss back in Kanto.
The vacuum part of the machine smashed right through the front door, before it went up to all the Electric-types, who stared up at it. Then, it began sucking them all in, sending them to the steel cage on the back of the machine. The three losers all smiled in delight with James folding his hands behind his head.
"Come on in. Plenty of room for everyone". Jessie said in a pleased voice with her eyes closed in delight. "Which means plenty of mullah for the three of us". James remarked with his eyes also closed in delight. All the Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton attempted to zap their way out of the cage, but their electricity all soon disappeared, much to their surprise. "Hey, listen up. Dis thing's built just for catching electric Pokémon. So, you're wasting your energy with all of those volts". Mewoth told the Electric-types with a smirk on his face, having designed it to be electric proof.
"Stop this!" Wattson demanded as he and Manectric ran up to the machine, getting Team Rocket's attention as they looked at him. "Just who do you think you are?" The Gym Leader questioned in anger as Manectric growled at the three losers.
(Play Team Rocket's theme)
Jessie and James stood up from their seats with their hands on their hips. "Prepare for trouble, now here's a shock!" The purple haired woman began her part of the motto. "You can make it double around the clock!" The former rich boy began his part of the motto with his eyes closed. "To protect the world from devastation!" Jessie continued with a smile. "To unite all peoples within our nation!" James continued his part.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!" The female adult continued with a smirk. "To extend our reach to the stars above!" The male adult added with a smile with his eyes now open. "Jessie!" Jessie introduced herself. "James!" James introduced himself as well. Then, Jessie began super fast, conducting electricity while James carried an electricity generator backpack with detachable electric rods in hand.
"Team Rocket sparks wonderment at the speed of light!" Jessie finished her part of the motto. "Surrender now, or prepare to fight, fight, fight!" James finished his part of the motto. "That's right!" Meowth called out with a grin on his face, finally saying his part. "Wo…bbu!" Wobbuffet cried out, coming out of his Poké Ball and finishing the motto.
(Music end)
At that moment, Ash, Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Watt, Pikachu, Piplup, Vaporeon, Lucario and Jirachi all appeared and ran up to behind Wattson and Manetric, looking up at Team Rocket with narrowed eyes. "Team Rocket!" The gang all called out with narrowed eyes at the losers. "Not you guys again!" Sorrel exclaimed in annoyance at seeing them again.
Wattson looked over his right shoulder to look at the gang and his assistant. "I've got this!" The Gym Leader told them, getting Watt to look at his boss. "Please come back to the Gym!" Watt begged his boss, but Wattson turned his head away with his eyes closed. "It's too late. Let an old soldier fade away". The Gym Leader replied to his assistant with a weak voice, getting Ash to look at him.
"Mr. Wattson, with all due respect, you can't just give up like that!" Ash told the Electric-type Gym Leader with a serious tone. "Pika pika!" Pikachu cried out in agreement, getting Wattson to open his eyes in surprise. It was at that moment that Team Rocket took notice of the gang, getting them to grow mischievous smiles. "Yoo-hoo!" Meowth called out with a wide grin on his face. "Hey Pikachu!" Jessie began as she pointed towards Pikachu with her right hand. "We want you!" James finished for her as the vacuum pointed towards them, getting Verity to narrow her eyes.
"Not on your life! Vaporeon, Aurora Beam!" Verity commanded as she held out her left hand towards the machine. "Vaporeon!" The Bubble Jet Pokémon cried out, before releasing a multicolored beam from her mouth at the vacuum, landing a direct hit and causing it to explode. Team Rocket gasped in dread upon seeing this, while Verity gave a confident grin.
Max then looked up at Jirachi, who was floating besides him on his left. "Jirachi, could you use Teleport to get all the Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton out of that cage?" Max asked his best friend, getting Jirachi to look down at him and nod. 'Leave it to me'. The Wish Pokémon replied to his best friend, before he looked towards the steel cage. Jirachi closed his eyes and focused with his wish tags flashing white. All the Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton in the cage all began teleporting out of the cage and reappeared on the solid ground around the gang, getting them, their Pokémon, Wattson, Watt and Manectric to smile in relief.
Team Rocket on the other hand, weren't happy at seeing this. "Hey, no fair!" Jessie called out in anger at seeing the Electric-types out of the cage. "You can't use legendary Pokémon! That's against the rules!" James exclaimed as Jirachi opened his eyes, while Brock to glare up at them. "That's rich coming from you guys of all people!" The former Gym Leader snapped at the thieves as they never played fair.
"Lucario, Aura Sphere!" Sorrel commented, thrusting his right fist out. "Rrraaahhh!" The Aura Pokémon roared out as he brought his hands together and created a blue sphere of aura between them, before it fired it at the machine. "Abandon ship!" The three losers called out in dread, before they jumped out of their seats and onto the ground, before Aura Sphere connected and destroyed the machine.
Jessie, James and Meowth all glared at the gang, who returned the glare themselves. "Now you've done it!" The former rich boy said in anger as both him and Jessie brought out Poké Balls with their right hands. "Guess we'll handle this, the good old fashion way!" The female adult exclaimed, getting May to glare at her. "Bring it on! It'll give me a chance to see how my training has paid off!" The Petalburg girl retaliated as she held up a Poké Ball with her right hand.
Meowth growled at the gang, but before the battle could begin, suddenly the ground started shaking, getting everyone to look down in surprise. "Guys, not to point out the obvious, but the ground is shaking!" Max pointed out, getting Jirachi to look at him in confusion as he didn't feel the earthquake because he was floating.
Just then, out of nowhere, something huge jumped down from the sky behind Team Rocket, the force kicking up dust and sending Jessie, James and Meowth flying. The three landed in front of the gang, before they turned around to see what was happening. The dust soon cleared to reveal a giant Electabuzz themed machine with white glass eyes and a familiar red R on its forehead.
Everyone stared up at the machine in surprise, before Ash looked down at Jessie, James and Meowth. "Is… that thing yours?" The raven haired boy questioned the three losers, getting Jessie to shake her head without looking at him. "Nah, we used all our cash on that vacuum machine with the electric proof cage". The female adult answered, having no idea what was happening. The top of the Electabuzz machine's head opened, before a platform came up from within it, showing two familiar thieves that haven't been seen for awhile with their backs turned.
(Play Team Rocket's theme)
"A shrieking whine! A blast from the past!" A familiar gold haired woman began with her left hand on her hip. "Spinning like a Gyro Ball and moving fast!" A familiar green haired man began with both of his hands on his hips. "To the moon…" The woman continued as she turned around, revealing her identity to be Cassidy from Team Rocket. "…And beyond…" The man continued as he turned around, revealing his identity to be Butch from Team Rocket as well.
"What a blast!" The two exclaimed together, Cassidy holding her left hand out to the air, while Butch held his right hand out to the air. "Administering justice with lightning speed!" Cassidy continued as she swiped her right hand out to the side. "Bashing the bad guys, should we feel the need". Butch continued as he thrust his left fist out to the right.
"So here's a newsflash from across the wire…" The gold haired woman added as she held her right hand behind her right ear. "The real Team Rocket is now on fire!" The green haired man exclaimed as he held his left hand out to the sky above with his right hand on his hip. "Cassidy!" Cassidy introduced herself with a smirk with her hands on her hips. "And it's Butch!" Butch introduced himself with his hands on his hips. "Shuck-uckle!" A Shuckle called out, appearing from out of nowhere in between the two.
"Teaching the losers a thing or two…" The female adult continued as she and her partner brought their right and left hands together. "…The true Team Rocket…" The green haired adult, before he and his partner brought their hands down and crossed their arms. "Us! Not you!" Cassidy and Butch finished their motto together.
(Music end)
"Cassidy!" Ash and Jessie exclaimed with wide eyes of surprise. "And Biff!" Brock and James called out together, getting Butch to glare down at the former rich boy in annoyance. "I've told you before it's not Biff, it's Butch! James, you're as bad as your twerps!" Butch snapped in anger that his name was mistaken once more after he's corrected it so many times.
Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Wattson, Watt, Piplup, Vaporeon, Lucario, Jirachi and Manectric were all confused at the two new Team Rocket members as they've never met them before. "Who are those guys?" Verity questioned in confusion, having thought that there was only one Team Rocket. "And are they really members of Team Rocket?" May questioned as well, having not much knowledge of Team Rocket.
Ash looked through the corner of his eyes at his traveling companions as he realized that they haven't met Cassidy and Butch yet. "Long story short; Jessie, James and Meowth weren't the only members of Team Rocket that Brock and I encountered in the past". Ash told his friends, giving them a sort story about Birch and Cassidy.
"So… What are you doing here, messing up the landscape, Jessie?" Cassidy questioned her long-time rival with narrowed eyes. "Stop stealing all of my lines! What are you doing here?!" Jessie snapped back with her own question, holding her right arm up. "Ask Professor Bamba". The gold haired woman answered, before a sudden phone call got her attention. She picked up her phone with her right hand, held it to her ear and answered.
"Hello there?" Cassidy answered, wondering who it was. "IT'S NAMBA!" An angry voice bellowed from out the phone, making Cassidy flinch, before she grumbled and put the phone away. "We're here on orders from Professor Namba. He needs a lot of electrical power for a new project of his, so he sent us here to New Mauville to steal all the power from the power plant". She explained as she turned to look at the power plant, getting Jessie to glare harder at her.
"You tell Professor Fanboy…huh?" She began, only to be interrupted by another phone call. Cassidy brought out her phone with her right hand, answered the call and held it to her ear for a moment, before tossing it at Jessie. "It's for you". Cassidy told her rival with a dreadful voice, much to Jessie's confusion as she caught the phone. Jessie held the phone to her right ear with her right hand. "Hello?" Jessie greeted in confusion, wondering who it was.
"IT'S STILL NAMBA!" Professor Namba snapped from his side, getting Jessie to flinch from the loud voice, before looking back up at Cassidy. "Alright, why didn't that loudmouth give us the order? We're already charged with setting up a secret base here in the Hoenn Region!" The female adult exclaimed as she threw the phone back to Cassidy, who caught it with her right hand.
"Well, that's not what I heard. Giovanni never mentioned anything about a Hoenn Secret Base or anything of the sort". Cassidy replied to her rival, getting Jessie, James and Meowth to gasp in surprise at her words. "But… we've been here in Hoenn for like a few months now". James complained, getting Butch to smirk down at him. "Maybe it's because you fools have forgotten how forgettable you all are". Butch taunted with his hands on his hips.
"True. 'Tee hee!" Cassidy agreed with her partner, before they both began laughing at their rivals and enemies, getting Jessie to growl in anger with her teeth gritted. "Where did you get that bucket of bolts?!" She questioned, pointing towards the Electabuzz themed machine with her right hand's index finger. "It's actually a present from Professor Kimba". The green haired adult answered, before his phone began ringing.
Butch picked it up with his left hand and held it to his ear. "IT'S NAMBA!" Professor Namba corrected angrily from his side, and then he hung up with Butch flinching, before he placed the phone away in his pocket. "It's one of Professor Namba's inventions". Butch corrected, getting James to grit his teeth in anger.
"Grr… We find and build our own machines! It's just not fair that a brat like Bilch gets all the perks!" James complained loudly as he flailed around in anger. "I JUST TOLD YOU IT'S NOT BILCH, IT'S BUTCH!" Butch snapped at his enemy in anger that he got his name wrong, again. "Enough of this!" Ash exclaimed in annoyance as he brought out a Poké Ball with his right hand and spun around. "Tauros! Zen Headbutt!" The Rainbow Hero commanded as he threw his Poké Ball into the air.
The device soared through the air, before it burst open and fired a white beam at the ground that looked like it was moving. The beam cleared to reveal Tauros, who was charging towards the Electabuzz machine. Tauros cried out as the top part of his head glowed blue and was surrounded by a see-through reflective shield, before he headbutted the machine's right foot, causing the machine to shake with Cassidy and Butch flailing about to keep their balance.
Once their balance was regained, Cassidy and Butch glared down at Ash and the gang as Tauros returned to its trainer's side. "Get lost, twerp! Before we decide to get nasty!" Cassidy snapped at the Rainbow Hero, getting Verity to glare up at her for what she called her boyfriend. "Go ahead and try, you old hag!" The tomboy snapped at the gold haired woman.
Jessie, James and Meowth all burst out laughing at what Verity called Cassidy, while Butch paled in horror. Cassidy's face turned bright red in rage at what she was just called. "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?" She roared out in anger, before she glared at her partner. "HOOCH! GET BACK IN THE MACHINE!" Cassidy snapped at her partner, now getting him to glare at her. "Come on! That doesn't even rhyme!" Butch snapped back at her, before the platform below them returned to inside the machine.
The Electabuzz themed machine gave out a cry as it raised its arms, before an electrical surge came out of the antennas towards the gang. "Look out!" Watt called out in concern, before they all jumped away, dodging the electric surge as it struck the ground and created an explosion. Verity landed in a roll to her knees with Piplup and Vaporeon landing in front of her.
"Piplup! Hydro Pump!" Verity commanded, holding up her right fist. "Pip…lup!" The Water-type cried out, before unleashing a powerful stream of water with white rings at the Electabuzz themed machine, landing a direct hit on the stomach and pushing it back. "Lucario, use Metal Claw and aim right where Hydro Pump landed!" Sorrel commanded as he pointed towards the machine's stomach with his right hand.
Lucario gave out a cry, before he brought his paws in a cross over. The spikes on his paws glowed white, before they grew and transformed into three claws. The Fighting and Steel-type spread his paws out, before he leaped and swung his claws, landing a direct hit and both leaving scratches on the machine and pushing it back.
Inside of the machine, Butch and Cassidy sat in the control room, looking down at a big screen that showed the gang, Wattson, Watt and all the Pokémon. "These twerps are so annoying! Vaporize them already!" Cassidy demanded angrily as she twitched in anger, still ticked off at what Verity called her. "No problem! Second electrical surge, coming right up!" Butch exclaimed, before pressing a red button with his right hand.
The machine's antennas began surging with electricity again, something that Brock took notice of. "Look out! It's going for another attack!" The former Gym Leader exclaimed in concern, getting Wattson's attention as he glared up at the machine. "Leave this to me!" Wattson requested, before he looked down at his Manectric, who was still besides him on his right.
"Manectric, go!" The Gym Leader exclaimed, thrusting his left arm out towards the mecha Electabuzz. "Manectric!" The Discharge Pokémon roared out, before it leaped off the ground and towards the Electabuzz machine. The mecha Electabuzz fired its electrical stream from its antennas and it struck the air borne Manectric.
(Play Pokémon- Heroes of Hoenn)
However, the Discharge Pokémon wasn't harmed at all as the electric surge seemed to be powering it up instead, much to May, Max and Jirachi's amazement. "Oh wow". May said in awe, watching with a wide smile on her face. "Manectric isn't getting hurt at all, so that must mean its ability is Lightning Rod! It'll increase Manectric's special attack!" Max exclaimed in amazement as he recognized the Discharge Pokémon's ability now. 'So cool'. Jirachi commented with a smile on his face.
Wattson gave a chuckle with a confident grin on his face. "With this, Manectric's power has increased. Now, Manectric! Thunderbolt!" The Gym Leader commanded as he thrust his left arm out towards the machine. "MANECTRIC!" The Electric-type roared out, unleashing a powerful stream of electricity at the mecha Electabuzz, striking right where the scratches were.
Back inside of the machine, Cassidy gave a smug laugh with her eyes closed. "Ahahaha! Sorry to tell ya, but this machine's completely electric proof! So go ahead and zap us as much as you want!" The gold haired woman laughed out, while Butch looked down at a monitor and grew worried upon seeing that the limits to the machine's electricity absorption were reaching their limit.
Back outside, Ash held up his left fist and thrust his right hand out. "Then let's see how you handle this! Pikachu, Volt Tackle!" The Rainbow Hero commanded as he swiped his right hand up into the air. "Pika-pika-pika-pika-pika!" Pikachu cried out as he took off running, before his body was surrounded by golden electricity with his body looking black and white. Pikachu then leaped up into Manectric's Thunderbolt and flew towards the mecha Electabuzz, before striking it and causing the machine to be completely zapped.
Even Birch and Cassidy were being zapped from the inside with the two crying out with wide eyes. "I thought this thing was electric proof, so what gives?!" Cassidy questioned in shock, having thought they'd be safe from electricity. "I believe the word that the Professor used was "suppose to be electric proof", not completely". Butch corrected his partner, before the two cried out louder as the controls exploded.
The mecha Electabuzz soon exploded, leaving black smoke. Everyone all cheered at seeing this with Pikachu and Manectric landing back in front of their trainers with sparks of recoil damage briefly appearing around the Electric Mouse, before they disappeared. "No matter the Team Rocket we face, they all blow up the same!" May remarked with a grin on her face, getting Max to nod in agreement.
(Music end)
Then, the mecha Electabuzz's head crashed onto the ground in front of the gang, Wattson, Watt, Manectric and all the Electric-types, before it completely shattered to reveal Cassidy and Butch still in their seats, only they looked a bit dazed and a bit scorched. Everyone cheered at seeing this, before Cassidy snapped out of her daze and glared at the gang.
"No one mangles with our machine!" Cassidy exclaimed in anger, before she brought out a Poké Ball with her right hand. "Well, if it's a Pokémon battle you want, busters, you've got one! Raticate! Let's go!" The gold haired woman cried out as she reared her right hand back, before she threw the Poké Ball into the air. "Primeape, you too!" Butch called out as he brought out a Poké Ball with his right hand and threw it.
The two Poké Balls soared through the air, before they burst open and released white beams into the air, before they cleared to reveal a Raticate and a Primeape. "Raticate! /Primeape!" The two cried out as they landed on the ground in front of the gang, getting them to narrow their eyes. "Looks like they want some more!" Ash stated as Tauros glared at Raticate and Primeape, ready to attack when his trainer gave the order.
"Just a minute here!" A familiar voice called out, getting everyone to look to the right and saw Jessie, James and Meowth standing 20 feet away with them, still glaring at their rivals and enemies. "CASSIDY! I've still got a score to settle with you!" Jessie snapped at her hated enemy as she brought out a Poké Ball with her right hand. "Seviper! Get to it!" She cried out as she threw the device into the air, which released a white beam that straight up tackled Raticate.
"Raticate". The Normal-type groaned out in pain as the white beam cleared to reveal Seviper. "Seviper!" The Poison-type cried out, bashing Raticate away. "I trust you can handle that pompous punk?" Jessie asked James as she turned her attention to him, getting the former rich boy to nod to her. "It'll be my pleasure". James answered as he brought out his Great Ball with his right hand.
"Paris! Come forth!" The blue haired male exclaimed as he threw the Great Ball into the air. The device soared through the air, before it burst open to reveal a bright light. The bright light cleared to reveal Paris hugging its trainer's torso happily, much to the former rich boy's pain. "Pinch those chumps". He groaned out as he pointed towards Cassidy, Butch and their Pokémon, receiving unimpressed looks from Jessie and Meowth.
(Pokémon Sound Anime Collection - Johto Rival Battle!)
"I'll teach you to mess with me! Raticate, Skull Bash!" Cassidy commanded her Normal-type with an anger filled tone. "Raticate!" The Normal-type cried out as it charged towards Seviper, intending to slam into it. "Use Dig!" Jessie called out with narrowed eyes. "Seviper!" The Poison-type cried out as it dived down into the ground and disappeared underground. Raticate stopped its Skull Bash attack in surprise, before the ground underneath it shook, and then Seviper emerged from within and bashed the Normal-type into the air.
"Now use Bite, and send that mouse to the ground!" Jessie commanded as she held her right hand out. "Se…viper!" Seviper exclaimed as it bite down on Raticate's tail, making the Normal-type cry out in pain, before the Poison-type reared its head back, then threw Raticate to the ground, causing it to slam into the ground hard.
"Paras, Metal Claw!" James commanded as he pointed out with his right hand's index finger. "Paras par!" The Bug and Grass-type called out as its largest legs turned into metal, before it charged at and landed a direct hit on Primeape, making the Fighting-type cry out in pain as it skidded back, before stopping and glared at Parris. "Primeape! Ice Punch!" Butch commanded with an angry glare.
"Primeape!" Primeape roared out as it leaped at Parris with its right fist reared back, before it was surrounded with ice blue energy. "Fight back with Break Break!" James told his Bug and Grass-type, which it cried out its name as its left claw glowed, before Paras leaped at Primeape. The two opponents swung their attacks at each other and clashed against one another. The two opponents struggled to overpower one another, before their clash ended in an explosion that forced Paris and Primeape to leap back and land in front of their trainers.
"Let them have it with Thrash!" Butch commanded, pointing his left hand's index finger out. "Primeape! Prime!" Primeape roared angrily as it stomped around, before charging towards Parris, leaving a dust cloud as it charged. "Stop it in its tracks with Toxic!" James commanded his Paris, pointing forward with his right hand. "Paris!" Parris cried out, before firing a stream of purple liquid from its mouth, striking Primeage in its face and causing it to stop as purple electric surged around its body.
"What's the matter?! This chump should be easy for you! Stone Edge!" Butch commanded angrily, getting Primeage to cry out in anger as it punched the ground with its right fist, causing pointed light blue rock pillars to appear out of the ground and rush towards Paris, landing a direct hit with one of the rock pillars and causing a small explosion. "You can take that no problem! Paris, X-Scissor!" The blue haired adult commanded, holding his right fist out.
Paris came out of the smoke created from the explosion with both of its claws glowing light blue. It then crossed its claws in front of its body with a purple 'X'-like energy appearing in front of its ground legs, landing a direct hit on Primeape. The Fighting-type was sent skidding across the ground before stopping with purple electricity briefly appearing around it.
"Raticate! Rock Smash!" Cassidy commanded her Mouse Pokémon, getting Radicate to cry out as its right arm glowed orange, before it leaped and landed a direct hit on Seviper, sending it sliding back a bit. "Now, Dig!" The gold woman added with a smirk on her face. "Raticate!" The Normal-type called out as it dived down underground.
"Use Dig too!" Jessie called out with narrowed eyes. "Seviper!" The Poison-type cried out as it dived down into the ground and disappeared underground. The sounds of Raticate and Seviper's hisses were heard underground as they clashed, before Raticate came blasting out of the ground and into the air, before it fell and crashed on its back. Seviper came leaping out of the whole that Raticate made when he blasted out and landed in front of a smug looking Jessie.
Cassidy growled out in pure anger as she held up her right fist. "Why you! Raticate, Super Fang!" Cassidy commanded in anger. "Raticate!" The Normal-type roared out as its teeth glowed gold and grew longer, before it bit down on its neck, making the Poison-type cry out in pain with its eyes closed. "Get that rat off you!" Jessie told her Fang Snake Pokémon, getting Seviper to shot open its eyes, before it bit down on Raticate's tail, getting the Normal-type to cry out as it released Seviper's neck. The Poison-type then threw the Normal-type away from it.
Jessie then jumped into the air, flailing her arms and legs around anime style. "Seviper, hit em with a super strong Poison Tail, and do it right now!" She angrily commanded her Fang Snake Pokémon, desperately wanting to beat Cassidy now. "SE…VIPER!" Seviper roared out as the dagger part of his tail glowed purple, before it reared its tail back, then swung it.
Bam!
Seviper landed a direct hit on Raticate, sending the Mouse Pokémon crashing onto the ground in front of its trainer with swirls in its eyes, much to Cassidy's disbelief. "Dynamic Punch!" Birch commanded his Fighting-type with a glare. "Primeape!" Primeape cried out in anger as its right fist glowed red and red-orange energy pulsed off of it like an explosion, before it leaped towards Paris.
"Dodge that Paris, then finish em off with X-Scissor!" James commanded Paris with a grin on his face as he could feel victory within his grasp. "Paris!" The Bug and Grass-type cried out as it leaped into the air and dodged the Dynamic Punch, before both of its claws glowing light blue, before it crossed its claws in front of its body with a purple 'X'-like energy appearing in front of its front legs, then it slashed right on Primeape's face. It was a direct hit as Primeape was forced to shut its eyes closed, before it collapsed to its back with swirls in his eyes, while Paris landed back on the ground.
(Music end)
"No way!" Butch exclaimed in disbelief that they lost to the same losers that were beneath them in the past. "How could we ever lose to these clowns?" Cassidy questioned in anger that she lost to Jessie of all people. Jessie, James and Meowth were all laughing in joy with even Seviper and Paris smiling in joy.
"Ahahaha! We win, we're winners and you're losers~" The three sang together in joy, before Jessie and James turned to look at their Pokémon. "Well done Seviper, you've just made my day!" The female adult praised her Fang Snake Pokémon, getting Seviper to cry out in joy at her praise. "You too Paris, you're the best Bug and Grass-type anyone can ask for!" James praised his Mushroom Pokémon, getting Paris to smile in joy with its eyes closed.
"Paris…" Paris said happily, before he began glowing light blue, making Team Rocket's smiles grow even bigger. The glowing Bug and Grass-type began growing with its two mushrooms growing and becoming one, its head, eyes and body growing bigger. Even its three pairs of legs grew larger with the front legs becoming large pincers. The blue glowing cleared to reveal that Paris had evolved into a Parasect. "Parasect!" The evolved Mushroom Pokémon cried out as it raised its pincers into the air.
"Yes! Go, my new Parasect!" James called out in joy with a wide smile on his face. "Para…" The Bug and Grass-type said as it slowly began to turn around to face its trainer, getting James to lose his joyful look and replace it with dead. "Oh-oh, this might be a problem". The former rich boy said in alarm as he recognized that look in Parasect's eyes. "Parasect!" Parasect called out as it leaped up to James and hugged him with hearts in its eyes, getting James to cry out in pain.
Back with Ash and the others, they all watched the battle of the two Team Rockets besides one another and even Paris's evolution to Parasect. "Wow, Team Rocket's actually doing that great against the other one". May said in slight surprise to see the three actually win against Cassidy and Butch. "And that's surprising as they used to be around the same strength the last time that we saw Butch and Cassidy". Brock remarked, remembering all the times that they met Butch and Cassidy in the past and how they were around the same level of strength with Jessie and James.
"Looks like we're gonna have to be careful around them from now on as they're getting stronger than what they used to be". Sorrel remarked with his eyes narrowed in caution, getting Verity to look at him with a confident grin on her face. "But look at the bright side, we'll actually get in some good practice and our Pokémon will get stronger in our battles against them from now on". The tomboy pointed out, getting Piplup and Vaporeon to cry out in agreement. "She has a point and who knows? Maybe battling them will help get your Pokémon stronger". Max commented with a smile, getting Jirachi to nod. 'Get super stronger'. The Steel and Psychic-type said in agreement to his best friend.
Ash watched as Jessie, Meowth and Seviper give James and Parasect unimpressed looks, before he gave a small smile. "Those guys… They've really grown stronger from the old days, huh Pikachu, Tauros?" The Rainbow Hero asked his partners, getting Pikachu and Tauros to look at their trainer and nod to him.
Butch and Cassidy returned their Raticate and Primeape to their Poké Balls and placed them away in their pockets. The two of them then brought out two more Poké Balls with their right hands and looked up at their rivals. Parasect had finally let go of its trainer, getting James to let out a breath of relief, while Jessie, Meowth and Seviper still had unimpressed looks on their faces. "Hey, the battle isn't over just yet!" Cassidy snapped at them, getting all of their attention as they turned to look at her and Birch.
"That's right! We've still got 4 more Pokémon ready to battle!" Butch exclaimed, getting Jessie and James to smirk at them. "By all means, go ahead and try". James taunted with a smug look on his face as he gave the hand sigh "bring it" with his right hand. "We'll just beat all of your Pokémon, then blast you guys off!" Jessie exclaimed with a confident smirk, swiping her right hand out to point towards the two.
"Hold on you two, I've just got a great plan!" Meowth told his two teammates, getting them to look down at the Normal-type in curiosity. "And what would that be?" The former rich boy questioned the Normal-type, wondering what this brilliant plan was. Meowth gave a devilish smirk as he looked up at the two. "We join forces with Butch and Cassidy. Now… hear me out before you say anything". Meowth requested as James and Jessie, especially Jessie, were about to flat out refuse the idea, before they stopped.
"We've already beat them, showing that we're now stronger than them. So, think about the chances of them beating the twerps? Absolute zero, that's what! Their only chances of actually wining are teaming up with us. They'll probably argue at first, but they'll actually beg after we tell them that we still lose to the twerps. That way, even if we lose, the fact remains that they actually begged us for help, and the boss will let them have it". Meowth finished with a smirk, getting James and Jessie to smirk evilly with their eyes flashing like a star as they realized how great the plan was.
The three losers shared a nod, before they turned to look at Cassidy and Butch. "Hey Cassidy? I'm in such a good mood from beating you, so I'm gonna give you an offer to join forces with us!" Jessie offered to her enemy and rival, catching the gang by surprise, while Cassidy grew even more ticked off. "You're joking, right?! I'd never team up with you in a thousand years!" The gold haired woman snapped at Jessie, getting her to smirk at seeing Cassidy following along the plan.
"Oh, I'm sorry about that. It's just that I thought that your mission was so important that you can't fail. But let me tell ya, the twerps are a lot stronger than us, so I highly doubt that you'll be able to win on your own". The female told her rival, getting the gold haired woman and her partner to widen their eyes in alarm, before they turned to look at their audience and became intimidated at seeing all the Pokémon glaring at them.
"Jessie, maybe they're just too proud to admit that they need help". James said to his partner with a wink, playing along with the plan and getting Jessie to put on a fake thinking expression. "Hmm, now that I think about it; you're right James. Maybe we should just leave while we can". She stated with a growing smirk, getting Meowth to nod as he crossed his paws and closed his eyes. "Yeah, sure, why not? I'm sure dat Boss won't be TOO angry with them". The Normal-type remarked with a smug look as he, Jessie and James all grinned at Butch and Cassidy.
The two were growling angrily at their enemies and rivals with their faces almost bright red. But they knew that they had a point as they remembered in their past battles with Ash and the defeats they were inflicted. The two had no choice but to swallow their pride as they knew their boss would be furious if they failed. "Grrrrr… Fine, we'll join forces with you!" Butch exclaimed in anger, getting Jessie, James, Meowth, Seviper and Parasect to look at him and his partner. "But don't think this makes us friends!" Cassidy added in anger, still ticked that she had to work with Jessie.
Jessie, James, Meowth, Seviper and Parasect all nodded to the two, before they all turned to look at Ash, Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Wattson, Watt, Pikachu, Tauros, Piplup, Vaporeon, Lucario, Jirachi, Manectric and all the Electric-types. "Looks like they didn't just get stronger, they also got smarter". Brock remarked with narrowed eyes, getting Ash to nod in agreement, while Pikachu and Tauros stood in protective manners in front of their trainer.
"Leave the Twerp with the Pikachu and Tauros to us, you guys handle the rest!" James told Bitch and Cassidy with a cat-like grin, getting the green haired male to glare at him in anger, but complied as he and Cassidy brought out two more Poké Balls with their left hands. They tossed them and the two Poké Balls in their right hands into the air, which all four devices burst open and released white beams that struck the ground. They all cleared to reveal a Houndoom, Tentacruel, Mightyena and Cloyster.
Ash, Verity, Sorrel, Pikachu, Tauros, Piplup, Vaporeon and Lucario all narrowed their eyes at the sight. "Looks like this battle's gonna take longer than we originally thought". Sorrel stated, getting Ash to nod in agreement as Seviper and Parasect joined the five other Pokémon against them. Verity stared with narrowed eyes, before she turned to look at May, Brock, Max and Jirachi. "We're gonna need a bit of help in this battle". The tomboy told her traveling companions, getting them all to look at her in surprise, before Brock nodded.
"She's right, we need to help. Who knows what else they have in store". The former Gym Leader stated as he stepped forward and joined his traveling companions, bringing out a Poké Ball with his right hand. Max turned to look up at his sister with narrowed eyes. "May! Help them!" The 8-year-old boy told his older sibling, getting May to look down at him in panic.
"But Max, I'm not even sure I could help!" The brunette girl exclaimed in fear that she couldn't help, getting Verity to turn her attention to the younger female. "Don't think or panic like that, May! This is your chance to finally battle and test everything that you've learned!" The twinleaf girl told her fellow Coordinator, getting May to turn towards her. She looked down uncertainty for a moment, before she tilted her head. May then stepped forward and brought out a Poké Ball with her left hand and a Dive Ball with her hand.
"I'll handle James. Verity, Jessie's yours. May, you handle Cassidy and Brock and Sorrel, handle Butch". Ash told his traveling companions, getting them all to nod, before they all spread out to face their receptive opponents. Max, Wattson, Watt, Jirachi, Manectric and the Electric-types all watched in concern, before the Electric-type Gym Leader turned to look down at the 8-year-old boy and his Pokémon.
"Are your friends going to be okay?" Wattson asked in concern, getting Max to smile brightly up at him. "They're be fine. I know they'll win". The youngest Maple sibling said in complete confidence for his sister and friends, before he turned to watch the battles take place. May stood across Cassidy, Houndoom and Tentacruel, while Brock, Sorrel and Lucario stood across Butch, Mightyena and Cloyster. Verity, Piplup and Vaporeon stood across Jessie and Seviper and finally, Ash, Pikachu and Tauros stood across James and Parasect.
"Torchic! Shellos! Go!" The Petalpurg girl called out as she tossed her Poké Ball and Dive Ball forced, which burst opened and released Torchic and Shellos on the ground. "Tor! /Shel!" The Chick Pokémon and Sea Slug Pokémon cried out as they faced Houndoom and Tentacruel. Cassidy burst out laughing at the sight of the two. "Oh, please! You really expect to win with those two weaklings?" The gold haired woman mocked as her Houndoom and Tentacruel growled, intimating May a bit, but she stood her ground.
(Play Pokémon Anime Soundtrack Hoenn Elite Four Battle EXTENDED)
"We'll see about that! Torchic, use Ember! And Shellos, Icy Wind!" The brunette commanded as she held out her right hand. "Tor! /Shel!" The Chick Pokémon and Sea Slug Pokémon cried out, before Torchic cried out as she opened her beak and started shooting out round balls of fire at Houndoom, while Shellos fired a stream of water from her mouth at Tentacruel.
"What a joke! Houndoom! Flamethrower! And Tentacruel, Sludge Wave!" Cassidy commanded with a confident smirk on her face. Houndoom and Tentacruel both cried out, before the Dark Pokémon opened its mouth and released stream of red-orange fires, while a big wave of dark purple sludge formed around the Jellyfish Pokémon, before it was hurled out. Flamethrower and Ember clashed, as did Water Gun and Sludge Wave for a few moments, before the two stronger attacks won the struggle and shot out towards Torchic and Shellos.
"Ahh! Dodge it!" May exclaimed in panic, getting both Torchic and Shellos to cry out as they leaped to the sides, dodging both Flamethrower and Sludge Wave as they struck the ground and made an explosion. Torchic and Shellos landed on their feet, before they cried out in surprise when Houndoom and Tentacruel suddenly appeared in front of them. "Use Bite and Wrap!" Cassidy commanded with a smug grin.
Houndoom bite down on Torchic's body, while Tentacruel wrapped its six tentacles around Shellos and began to squeeze hard, bringing pain to both Tochic and Shellos. "Ahh! Torhic! Shellos!" May exclaimed in panic, getting Cassidy to let out a smug laugh. "Ahahaha! How pathetic of a trainer you are! You're just as weak as your Pokémon!" Cassidy laughed out, getting May to glare at her in anger.
With Verity and Jessie's battle, the Twinleaf girl made the first attack. "Piplup! Hydro Pump!" Verity commanded, pointing her right hand's index finger out. "Piplup pip!" Piplup cried out as she leaped into the air and fired a powerful stream of water with white rings around it from her beak, landing a direct hit on Seviper and pushing it back.
"Why you! Gothita! Shock Wave!" Jessie commanded, bringing out a Luxury Ball with her right hand and tossing it into the air. The device burst open and released a white beam that cleared to reveal the Psychic-type in the air with its eyes narrowed. "Gothita!" Gothita called out as light blue electricity surrounded Gothita's body, before it released a beam of light blue electricity from its feeler, landing a direct hit on Piplup. "Piplup". The Water-type groaned out with her eyes shut, withstanding the super effective attack.
"Vaporeon, Whirlpool!" Verity called out as she thrust her right hand out. The Bubble Jet Pokémon cried out as she jumped into the air, before she formed a large whirlpool around her body. She then leaped towards Gothita and slammed the whirlpool into the Psychic-type, landing a direct hit. "Gothita!" The Psychic-type groaned out as she was forced to stop using Shock Wave, causing the blue electricity surrounding Piplup's body to disperse, much to the Water-type's relief.
The whirlpool around Vaporeon dispersed, before the Bubble Jet Pokémon leaped back and landed next to Piplup, who shook off her daze and faced her opponents. "Piplup!" The Penguin Pokémon called out in a spirit voice, getting Verity to grin. Gothita fell onto Seviper's head on her stomach, getting the Fang Snake Pokémon to look up at the Fixation Pokémon in surprise.
"Se…?" Seviper said in confusion, getting Gothita to open her eyes and look down at the Poison-type. "Goth". Gothita replied to the Fang Snake Pokémon, before she stood up on her feet and jumped off and back onto the ground besides Seviper. "Gothita, Pound! And Seviper, Poison Tail!" Jessie commanded as she swiped her right hand out to the side. Both the Fang Snake Pokémon and Fixation Pokémon cried out as Gothita's hands glowed yellow and the dagger part of Seviper's tail glowed purple, before they both charged towards their opponent.
"Vaporeon, Iron Tail! And Piplup, Drill Peck!" Verity commanded with narrowed eyes, holding up her left fist. "Piplup! /Vaporeon!" The two Water-types cried out as Piplup's beak glowed white and started to spin like a drill, while Vaporeon's tail gleamed bright white. The two then leaped and clashed with their opponents with Vaporeon's Iron Tail against Gothita's Pound attack and Piplup's Drill Peck against Seviper's Poison Tail. Verity and Jessie glared at each other as their Pokémon struggled to overpower each other.
With the Rainbow Hero's battle, Ash thrust his right fist out. "Taurous, Horn Attack! And Pikachu, hop on!" The raven haired boy commanded, getting both Pikachu and Tauros to cry out as the Electric-type hopped onto the Normal Type's head, before the Wild Bull Pokémon started charging towards Parasect. "Stop it in its tracks with Toxic!" James commanded with narrowed eyes. "Parasect!" The Bug and Grass-type cried out, before firing a stream of purple liquid from its mouth to the approaching Tauros.
"Pikachu, counter that with Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded as he swung his right fist to the left. "Pika!" Pikachu cried out as he slapped his red cheeks, before unleashing Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt and Toxic clashed against each other, before creating an explosion with smoke. But Tauros continued to charge, passing through the smoke and ramming into Parasect, making the Bug and Grass-type cry out as it was sent flying from the force of the attack.
"Okay, time to even the odds!" James stated, holding up a Poké Ball with his right hand, before rearing it back. "Cacnea, come forth!" The former rick boy cried out as he swung his hand and tossed the Poké Ball, which burst open to reveal a bright light. The bright light cleared to reveal Cacnea hugging its trainer with its arms around James' neck, much to his pain. "Ohhh! Not now please, just use Pin Missile!" The adult male pleaded from his Pokémon, which Cacnea half obeyed as he held his left arm out and fired a barrage of white, arrow-shaped streams of pins.
The Pin Missile struck Tauros, forcing the Normal-type to close its eyes from the pain with Pikachu looking down at him in concern. James then successfully managed to pry Cacnea off his neck and held him up with both his hands. "Now, get them with Needle Arm!" The former rich boy commanded as he threw Cacnea towards Tauros and Pikachu. "Cacnea!" The Grass-type called out as a light green orb of energy with four spikes on it formed around both of Cacnea's arms, before he swung his right arm.
Bam!
Cacnea landed a direct hit on Tauros' left cheek, leaving a red mark as the Wild Bull Pokémon was sent sliding back across the ground. At that moment, Parasect recovered and stepped forward as Cacnea landed next to him. "Now Parasect, Break Break!" James told his Bug and Grass-type, which it cried out its name as its left pincer glowed, before Parasect leaped at Tauros and slammed Break Break onto the Normal-type's forehead.
"Tauros!" Ash called out in concern as Tauros was sent sliding across the ground, before stopping in front of him. "Ahahaha! We're finally beating the twerp!" James laughed out in joy, along with his Cacnea and Parasect, before their laughter died down upon noticing a red aura surrounded Tauros as it breathed in and out heavily with its head tilted down.
The Wild Bull Pokémon then lifted its head up and opened his eyes, revealing them to be glowing bright red. Tauros then let out a powerful roar, creating a powerful shockwave that almost blew Cacnea and Parasect off their feet, much to their surprise. Ash and Pikachu both smiled at seeing this as they knew what it was. "Anger Point. Tauros' ability activated!" The Rainbow Hero called out in joy at seeing Tauros' ability activate. "Pika-pikachu!" The Electric Mouse remarked with a wide smile on his face.
"Okay Tauros, Rock Slide, go!" Ash commanded with a confident smirk on his face. Tauros cried out, lifting his head up as multiple stones appeared in front of him in the shape of a ring, before the Normal-Type swung its head down and launched the stones. Two separate stones slammed into Cacnea and Parasect, causing an explosion that sent the two flying into the air, before crashing onto the ground in front of James, who gasped in horror.
With Sorrel and Brock, the Pokémon Breeder reared his right hand back, still clutching the Poké Ball. "Mudkip! Go!" Brock called out as he threw the Poké Ball, which burst open and released a white light, which soon cleared to reveal the Mud Fish Pokémon. "Mudkip!" The Water-type cried out as he landed on his feet across Mightyena and Cloyster. Lucario leaped out and landed next to the Mud Fish Pokémon, facing the Dark-type and Water-type.
"As if I'm afraid of that! Mightyena, Hyper Beam! And Cloyster, Rock Blast!" Butch commanded, thrusting his right fist out. Mightyena unleashed an orange beam from its mouth, while Cloyster's horn glowed white and silver energy gathered in front of it, forming into a silver rock, before the Water and Ice-type fired it.
"Lucario, Aura Sphere! /Mudkip, Water Gun!" Sorrel and Brock commanded their Pokémon, both holding their right hands out. Lucario and Mudkip cried out as the Aura Pokémon formed a blue sphere of aura between his paws and launched it, while the Mud Fish Pokémon fired a stream of water from its mouth.
Aura Sphere and Hyper Beam clashed against each other, as did Water Gun and Rock Blast, before all four attacks caused an explosion. "Now Mudkip, Rock Smash!" Brock commanded with narrowed eyes. "Mudkip Mud!" Mudkip cried out as his tail glowed white, before he began charging forward. "Cloyster, Iron Defense!" Butch commanded his Water and Ice-type, getting Cloyster to smirk, before it closed its shell.
Mudkip leaped towards Cloyster and spun around, before slamming his glowing tail against the Water and Ice-type. However, Mudkip was instead the one inflicted damage from Cloyster's Iron Defense. "Mud!" The Mud Fish groaned out in pain, getting Brock to gasp in horror. "Now Mightyena, Iron Tail!" Butch commanded with a smirk on his face, causing the Dark-type to roar out as its tail glowed bright white, before it spun around and slammed it into Mudkip, sending the Water-type flying. "Mudkip, no!" Brock called out in concern as Mudkip slammed onto the ground a little away from Lucario, getting the Fighting and Steel-type to look at him in concern.
"Now, use Bite!" Butch commanded with a confident smirk on his face as he pointed towards Lucario with his right hand's index finger. Mightyena roared out, before it began running towards the Aura Pokémon. "Stop it with Bone Rush!" Sorrel cried out as he swiped his right hand out to the side. "Grrraaa!" Lucario growled out, before he brought his paws together, then spread them apart, creating a light green bone of energy. Lucario then held out his energy bone as Mightyena leaped towards him and bit down on the Bone Rush with the two glaring at each other.
Mudkip managed to climb back onto his feet, before he shook his head to get rid of dizziness in him. "Mudkip!" The Mud Fish Pokémon called out as he glared up at Cloyster, getting Brock to smile in relief. "That's it, Mudkip! Now, Water Gun!" The Pokémon Breeder told his Water-type with a grin. "Mud…kip!" Mudkip cried out as he unleashed a stream of water from hits mouth, landing a direct hit on Cloyster, especially when its shell was open.
The Water and Ice-type groaned out in pain, while Butch gritted his teeth in anger. "That's it! Cloyster, Icicle Crash!" The green haired adult angrily commanded, getting the Bivalve Pokémon to open its eyes. "Cloyster!" Cloyster cried out, before it took in a deep breath and released a wind with light blue sparkles in it from its mouth into the air. Then, small clumps of ice formed in the wind and grow longer and larger, forming into sharp icicles. The icicles then began to rain down on Mudkip, who looked up in surprise.
"Quick, use Protect!" Brock commanded in alarm, getting Mudkip to cry out as its body became surrounded in a green shield. The Icicles all made contact with the green shield protecting Mudkip, but didn't break past it as they all broke into light blue sparkles. "Alright!" The Pokémon Breeder cheered in joy as the green shield around Mudkip disappeared. "Mudkip". The Mud Fish Pokémon said with a happy smile and its eyes closed.
(Music end)
"That's enough of this! Cloyster, Water Gun!" Butch commanded in anger, now starting to get ticked off. "Cloyster!" The Bivalve Pokémon cried out, before firing a stream of water from its mouth at Mudkip, landing a direct hit on the Mud Fish's head. "Mudkip!" Brock called out in concern as Mudkip was pushed back a little bit, before Cloyster stopped using Water Gun.
"That's better! Now, crush it with Rock Blast!" Butch commanded with a satisfied grin on his face at seeing things go his way. "Cloyster!" Cloyster called out with a grin as it leaped into the air, before his horn glowed white and silver energy gathered in front of it, forming into a silver rock, before the Water and Ice-type fired it. The silver rock descended down the ground, until it came crashing down on Mudkip's head, who stood its ground, despite the giant rock pressing down against its head.
Mudkip groaned in pain, barely managing to keep conscious and not get crushed by the silver rock pressing down on him. Sorrel and Lucario both turned to look at the Mud Fish Pokémon in concern, while had a determine look on his face with his teeth gritted. "Mudkip, hang in there! I know you can break through that and defeat that Cloyster! I believe in you!" Brock called out to his Water-type, still believing strong that Mudkip could defeat Cloyster.
Mudkip looked over the corner of his right eye to look at his trainer, before he looked back at the silver rock pressing down on him as it began growing heavier. However, just then, Mudkip began flashing bright white, getting Brock, Sorrel, Butch, Lucario, Mightyena and Cloyster to look in surprise.
(Ash and Goh - Pokémon (2019)/Pokémon Journeys OST - Yuki Hayashi)
"You're…" Brock whispered in disbelief, while back with May, she continued to look on his panic as Shellos was getting crushed in Tentacruel's tentacles, while Houndoom continued to bite down on Torchic. "Oh no! What am I gonna god!" The brunette exclaimed in panic, before she widened her eyes upon remembering something important.
'You need to calm down, keep your emotions in check and believe in yourself and your Pokémon!' May remembered Verity's words as they echoed in her mind, getting her to take a deep breath, before she breathed out. 'That's right. I need to stay calm'. The Pokémon Coordinator thought to herself as she opened her eyes and took a good look at the situation and thought of a way to turn things around.
She then widened her eyes as she thought of something, before she turned to look at Torchic and saw that since Houndoom was biting down on her, their faces were very close to each other. 'That's it!' The brunette shouted out in her head in realization, before she thrust her left arm out. "Torchic, use Peck on Houndoom's face!" May commanded her Fire-type, getting Torchic to shot open her eyes. "Tor!" The Chick Pokémon cried out as she began pecking down on Houndoom's right side face with her beak, landing direct hits.
The Fire and Dark-type cried out in pain, letting Torchic go without meaning to. The Fire-type took advantage of this as she landed on her feet, before she leaped away to a safe distance from Houndoom, getting May to grow a confident smirk on her face. "Way to go Torchic! Now, use Focus Energy!" She commanded, her smirk slightly growing bigger than before. "Torchic Tor!" Torchic cried out as her body became briefly covered in an orange glow, before it disappeared.
"Great, circle around Tentacruel by leaping and use Ember! Don't give it a chance to counterattack!" May commanded as she pointed forward with her left hand's index finger. "Tor!" Torchic cried out as she leaped into the air above Tentacruel, before she opened her beak and started shooting out round balls of fire, striking right in between the two large red orbs on its head, making the Water and Poison-type groan out in pain.
"What!?" Cassidy called out in surprise as Torchic landed on the ground, before she leaped into the air and fired another round of fire balls, landing another hit on Tentacruel's right side. Tentacruel's grip on Shellos began to weaken, before he let go fully. "Shel!" Shellos cried out in joy, before she leaped away and landed in front of her trainer, much to May's relief. "Shellos, are you alright?" May asked her Sea Slug Pokémon in concern, getting Shellos to turn around to look and give her a smile.
"Shellos". Shellos answered with a happy look, getting May to smile brightly, before she looked back at Torchic and saw the Fire-type still leaping around Tentacruel, firing barrages of Embers at it, who was trying to use its tentacles to protect itself. Cassidy was starting to grow a bit annoyed. "Stop that annoying chicken with Water Gun!" The orange haired woman angrily commanded, getting Tentacruel to open its eyes.
"Tenta…" The Water and Poison-type began, before he was cut off by another barrage of balls of fire, this time striking its face and preventing Tentacruel from using Water Gun. Cassidy gasped in surprise, while May and Shellos smiled brightly at seeing this. "Way to go, Torchic! Keep pushing them back with Ember!" The brunette eagerly commanded her starter with a grin. "Tor! Tor!" Torchic cried out as she leaped two more times, firing two more barrages of Embers at Tentacruel, before leaping into the air once more.
"Torchic!" The Fire-type cried out, before she unleashed a bright bluish white light that covered her from view. May and Shellos gasped in surprise at seeing this, while Cassidy, Tentacruel and Houndoom cried out in surprise.
(Music end)
The bright glow had even caught the attention of Verity, Piplup, Vaporeon, Jessie, Seviper and Gothita as the four battling Pokémon ceased their power struggle and leaped away to watch. Back with Brock, Sorrel and Butch's match against each other, the three trainers, Lucario, Mightyena and Cloyster watched with wide eyes as Mudkip evolved before their eyes with the silver rock still pressing down on it. It began to grow bigger into a bipedal Pokémon.
(Play Opening (TV Anime Ver). - Pokémon (2019)/Pokémon Journeys OST - Yuki Hayashi)
The evolving Pokémon's four legs changed into two sturdy legs with three small toes, and it has two black fins for tails, its tail changed into a larger twin tail that reached its back now. It grew an angular black fin on top of its head and orange gills on the ends of both cheeks. Finally, it grew two long arms with three-fingered hands that grabbed onto the silver rock pressing down on it.
The glow disappeared to reveal Mudkip's evolved form, the Water and Ground-type Pokémon, Marshtomp. The evolved Mud Fish Pokémon lifted the silver rock up with incredible strength, before it began crushing it within its hands, causing cracks to form, before Marshtomp eventually shattered it. "Marshtomp!" Marshtomp cried out proudly, getting Brock to smile brightly at seeing his newly evolved Pokémon.
"Alright! Mudkip's now Marshtomp!" The Pokémon Breeder called out in joy, while Sorrel grew fascinated as he brought out his Sinnoh Pokédex with his left hand and held it out to scan the Mud Fish Pokémon. "Marshtomp, the Mud Fish Pokémon. Is the evolved form of Mudkip. It can move faster through mud than it can through water". The Pokédex buzzed, getting Sorrel to smile as he turned to look at Brock. "Congratulations Brock". The Pokémon Professor in training congratulated his traveling companion, getting Brock to smile at him.
"Mar!" Marshtomp cried out, opening his mouth and firing multiple small balls of mud at Cloyster and landing a direct hit, making the Water and Ice-type cry out in surprise, along with Butch. "That was Mud Shot! Well done, Marshtomp!" The former Gym Leader praised his Water and Ground-type with his right fist up, getting Marshtomp to look over its shoulder at its trainer.
The Mud Fish Pokémon smiled up at his trainer as he opened his mouth, but instead of the usual cry, actual words came out. 'Thank you, Brock'. Marshtomp thanked his trainer, getting Brock to widen his eyes in surprise. 'Did… I just hear Marshtomp's voice?' The former Gym Leader questioned inside his mind in shock, before he grew a smile upon realizing that soon, he'll hear the voices of his Pokémon.
He looked back up at Butch's Cloyster, before swiping his left hand out towards it. "Now Marshtomp! Rock Slide!" Brock commanded in a dramatic fashion, getting Marshtomp to smirk as it turned to look at its opponent. 'Okay!' The Mud Fish Pokémon replied to his trainer, before lifting its hands up as multiple stones appeared in front of him in the shape of a ring, before the Water and Ground-Type swung them down and launched the stones at Cloyster.
All the stones landed direct hits on Cloyster, making it cry out as it fell onto the ground on the back of its shell with swirls in its eyes. "HEY!" Butch exclaimed in shock, while Brock and Marshtomp happily cheered for their victory. Sorrel and Lucario smiled at seeing this, before the 12-year-old male turned to look at its trusted partner. "Okay Lucario, it's time to end this! Use Bone Rush to knock Mightyena back, and then finish it with Aura Sphere!" Sorrel told his Aura Pokémon, getting Lucario to look over his right shoulder to look at him.
"Rrraaahhh!" Lucario replied to his trainer, before he looked back at the Dark-type that was chomping down on his energy bone. The Fighting and Steel-type headbutted Mightyena on the head, making the Dark-type cry out in surprise and cancel its Bite attack as it let go of the energy bone, before Lucario swung his Bone Rush right under Mightyena's belly, landing a direct hit and sent it flying.
Mightyena crashed down on the ground a little bit away from the knocked out Cloyster. Lucario held up his energy bone in front of him as it dispersed, before he brought his paws together and formed a blue sphere of energy in between them. The Aura Pokémon cried out as he launched the Aura Sphere at the down Dark-type, before it exploded on contact and covered Mightyena from view with smoke.
Butch gasped in horror as the smoke quickly cleared to reveal Mightyena lying down with swirls in its eyes, groaning with its toung sticking out. "You did it!" Brock told his traveling companion with a grin, getting Sorrel to look at him with a smirk. "We did it". He corrected, before he turned to look at Lucario and saw him and Marshtomp fish pump each other.
(Music end)
(Play Pokémon Anime Sound Collection- The Rescue for Latios)
Back with May's battle, May, Shellos, Cassidy, Tentacruel, Houndoom, Verity, Piplup, Vaporeon, Jessie, Seviper and Gothita all continued to watch Torchic evolve before them. The Fire-type started growing bigger with its legs growing as it changed into a bipedal creature. It grew a short and pointed tail, two long arms that had three, sharp claws at the ends. It also grew well-developed thighs that looked to be covered in shaggy feathers. A feather crest formed on top of its head with three orange points. Finally, its beak grew a little longer than before.
The glow soon cleared to reveal Torchic's evolved form, the Fire and Fighting-type Pokémon, Combusken. "Combusken!" The Young Fowl Pokémon called out proudly, getting May to smile brightly at seeing her starter evolve. "Torchic's finally evolved!" The brunette exclaimed happily, getting Shellos to cry out in joy, before she brought out her Pokédex with her right hand and scanned her evolved Fire and Fighting-type.
"Combusken, the Young Fowl Pokémon. Combusken is the evolved form of Torchic. As a fighting Pokémon, it has the ability to breath raging fire from its beak and to unleash high powered kicks". The Pokédex buzzed, before May looked up at her Combusken. "You're so cool now!" The brunette stated in awe. "Combusken!" The Fire and Fighting-type cried out as she took a stance.
Cassidy gritted her teeth in anger at seeing this. "So your little chicken evolved into a bigger one?! Big deal! Houndoom, use Snarl!" Cassidy commanded angrily, pointing towards Combusken. "Rrraahhh!" The Fire and Dark-type roared out as it released multiple purple and black rings of energy from its mouth at the Fire and Fighting-type, getting Combysken's attention.
"Combu…sken!" Conbusken cried out as she opened her mouth to show a ball of fire had appeared in her mouth, before she then unleashed a cortex of fire towards the Snarl attack. The two attacks clashed momentarily, before Fire Spin broke through and continued on to Houndoom, before landing a direct hit and pushing the Fire and Dark-type back.
"That was Fire Spin!" Verity commented with a wide smile as Piplup and Vaporeon cheered for their friend. May had a happy smile on her face at seeing this, before she looked down at her Pokédex and noticed that it showed her evolved Combusken had learned another move with Fire Spin, which replaced Ember and Quick Attack. May's smile grew bigger than before, before she looked back up at the battle and thrust her right hand out.
"Okay Combusken, give them a taste of your new Sky Uppercut!" The brunette commanded with a confident look, getting the Young Fowl Pokémon to grow a smirk. "Combusken!" The Fire and Fighting-type called out as she held up her right claw, before it glowed white. The Fire and Fighting-type then stabbed her glowing claw into the ground, before she began charging towards Houndoom, leaving a white trail behind her claw as it tore through the ground.
"What are you waiting for?! Stop it with Flamethrower!" Cassidy commanded her Fire and Dark-type, which Houndoom obeyed as it unleashed a stream of flames from its mouth at the charging Combusken. The stream of fire struck Combusken, but she kept charging through it towards her opponent, much to Houndoom's surprise as it kept breathing out fire. "What the!? Okay then, Tantacruel, use Water Gun!" Cassidy commanded her Jellyfish Pokémon, getting May to narrow her eyes.
"Forget that! Shellos, Ice Wind!" May commanded her Sea Slug Pokémon, getting Shellos to narrow her eyes at the chance to rejoin the battle. "Shellos!" Shellos cried out, before it released a wind with light blue sparkles inside from its mouth at Tentacruel, landing a direct hit and stopping the Water and Poison-type from firing Water Gun.
"Fine then! Take out that slug with Mega Drain!" Cassidy angrily commanded her Water and Poison-type, getting Tentacruel to turn its attention to Shellos. "Tentacruel…" The Water and Poison-type said as it held up two tentacles, which began growing a green outline, before Tentacruel began charging towards Shellos, but that just made May grin. "Now's our chance! Shellos, use Earth Power!" May commanded with a confident look as she thrust her left fist out.
"Shell!" The Sea Slug Pokémon called out as its outline began flashing yellow, before she slammed her head on the ground, creating glowing gold cracks on the ground that began to travel towards the approaching Tentacruel, before striking and creating an explosion. "Say what!?" Cassidy exclaimed in surprise as Tentacruel came flying out of the smoke that was created from the explosion.
Combusken drew closer to Houndoom, before she eventually reached her target. "Com…busken!" The Fire and Fighting-type cried out as she swung her right claw up towards Houndoom's snout, before eventually…
Kablam!
The Young Fowl Pokémon landed a direct hit underneath Houndoom's snout, sending the Fire and Dark-type flying from the super effective attack. Both Houndoom and Tentacruel crashed into the ground in front of their trainer with swirls in their eyes, both knocked out with Cassidy staring down at the two in shock.
(Music end)
"Combusken!" Combusken called out with a grin, while May held up her hands in joy that she and her Pokémon won the battle. "Hooray, we won!" The brunette called out in joy, getting Shellos and Combusken to turn their attention to her and grinned. The two cried out in joy for their first victory, happy that they made their trainer happy.
Verity, Piplup and Vaporeon smiled at their friends, while Jessie laughed at Cassidy as she returned her knocked out Tentacruel and Houndoom. "Ahahaha! Wow, even lost to the new twerp!" Jessie laughed out, getting her Seviper and Gothita to burst out laughing as well. Cassidy growled as she turned to glare at her enemy, before Jessie turned to look back at Verity and her Pokémon. "Let me show you how it's done! Seviper, Haze!" The female adult commanded her Fang Snake Pokémon, getting Verity and her Pokemon's attention.
"Seviper!" The Poison-type cried out, before opening its mouth and let out thick, black smoke that covered itself and Gothita from view. "Piplup, blow that away with Drill Peck!" Verity commanded with narrowed eyes, holding up her left fist. "Piplup!" The Water-type cried out as she leaped, before Piplup's beak glowed white and started to spin like a drill. She blew through the smoke and blew it away, revealing that Seviper and Gothita had disappeared, but there was a hole on the ground in between where the two were.
"So, they went underground with Dig, huh?" The Twinleaf girl remarked with narrowed eyes, before she looked down at her Vaporeon, who looked up at her. "Use Iron Tail on the ground and hit as hard as you can". She told her Bubble Jet Pokémon, getting Vaporeon to nod to her, before she looked down at the ground. Vaporeon jumped into the air as her tail glowed white, before she slammed it down on the ground hard, causing a mini earthquake.
Two familiar cries came from the hole in the ground, before Seviper shot out and crashed onto the ground with Gothita riding on its head. "What!?" Jessie exclaimed in surprise, while Verity grew a smirk on her face, before she turned to look at May and saw her, Combusken and Shellos gathered together and jumping in joy.
"Hey May!" The Twinleaf girl called out to her fellow Coordinator, getting May's attention, along with her Pokémon, as they turned to look at Verity as Vaporeon and Piplup landed in front of her. "Watch this. It'll help you in your Contests one day". Verity told the younger female with a wink of her left eye, getting May slightly confused, but gave a nod to her fellow Coordinator.
(Play Pokémon Anime Sound Collection - Dawn's Contest Appeal)
Verity nodded back, before she looked down at Piplup and Vaporeon in front of her. "Piplup! Vaporeon! Are you guys ready?" The tomboy girl asked her two Water-types, getting them to look up at her with smiles. "Piplup! /Vaporeon!" Piplup and Vaporeon replied to their trainer with eager grins, getting Verity to grin herself.
They looked back at their opponents and saw Seviper get back up and was now glaring at them, along with Gothita glaring as well. "Seviper, make them pay with Poison Tail! And Gothita, use Shadow Ball!" Jessie commanded in annoyed anger as she pointed towards Piplup and Vaporeon with her right hand's index finger. Both the Fang Snake Pokémon and Fixation Pokémon cried out as the dagger part of Seviper's tail glowed purple, while Gothita created a ball of darkness between her hands, before she fired it and Seviper charged.
Verity continued to grin, before she swiped her right hand out to the side. "Piplup! Vaporeon! Use a combination attack of Aurora Beam and Drill Peck!" The Twinleaf girl commanded with a confident look, getting Piplup and Vaporeon to grin. "Va…poreon!" The Bubble Jet Pokémon cried as she formed a multicolored orb of energy in front of its mouth, before she fired a multicolored beam from the orb. "Piplup!" The Water-type cried out as she leaped, before Piplup's beak glowed white and started to spin like a drill.
Then, Piplup drove into the Aurora Beam. She flew up to the end of the beam with her spinning break emerging out from it, before the Aurora Beam turned into a vortex. Jessie gasped in shock, while May, Combusken and Shellos gasped in awe with the brunette having her hands clapped together. "It's beautiful". May stated, receiving cries of agreement from her Pokémon.
The combined Aurora Beam and Drill Peck deflected Gothita's Shadow Ball, before slamming into the surprised Seviper, absorbing the Poison-type inside of the vortex as Piplup continued towards the panicking Gothita. "Goth-goth-goth-goth!" The Psychic-type exclaimed in panic as the combined attack drew closer, before eventually making contact and created an explosion with smoke. The smoke quickly cleared to reveal both Seviper and Gothita lying down on the ground with swirls in their eyes, much to Jessie's horror.
Piplup, meanwhile, landed besides Vaporeon, before she puffed her chest out in pride. "Piplup pip". The Water-type said in pride, getting Verity and Vaporeon to giggle, before the Twinleaf girl turned to look at May's amazed look. "I call that Drill Beam. Combining your attacks will work amazingly in Contests". Verity told her fellow Coordinator with her hands on her hips, getting May and her Pokémon excited at the thought of making their own combination attack.
With Ash's battle against James, the former rich boy's Pokémon managed to get back on their feet and glare up at the angry Wild Bull Pokémon. "Cacnea, Thunder Punch! And Parasect, X-Scissor!" James commanded as he held up his right fist. "Cacnea!" The Grass-type called out as it leaped, before its right fist was covered in electricity. "Parasect!" The Bug and Grass-type called out as both of its pincers began glowing light blue, before it crossed them in front of its body with a purple 'X'-like energy appearing in front of its pincers.
Then both Cacnea and Parasect leaped towards Tauros and Pikachu, intending to land a double attack, but Ash wouldn't allow it. "Tauros, Iron Tail!" The Rainbow Hero commanded as he held his right hand out. The Normal-type cried out as his three tails began glowing bright white, before Taurous spun around and slammed them into Cacnea's Thunder Punch and Parasect's X-Scissor, deflecting both of the attacks, much to the surprise of Cacnea and Parasect. "Now, Pikachu, use Focus Punch!" Ash told his best friend with a smirk, getting Pikachu to grow his own smirk.
"Pika!" The Electric-type cried out as both of his fists glowed light blue, before he leaped from Tauros's head and landed direct hits on both of Cacnea and Parasect, sending them both sliding across the ground, before stopping in front of their trainer, allowing James to see that they had swirls in their eyes. James gasped in horror, while Pikachu landed back on Tauros' head with his smirk still present.
(Music end)
Max, Wattson, Watt, Jirachi, Manectric and the other electric-types watched the battles take place with the 8-year-old boy and Wish Pokémon having amazed expressions on their faces at seeing their travel companions battle, while the Gym Leader and his assistant were impressed. "Rather impressive, wouldn't you say Watt?" Wattson questioned his assistant with an impressed smirk, which the young adult nodded to his boss. "Yeah, they're pretty good". Watt answered with a smile, really impressed so far.
Jessie, James and Butch returned all their Pokémon to their receptive devices, before they, along with Cassidy glared up at her opponents and saw them and their Pokémon looking at them with confident smirks. Meowth, who had been watching the battles take place, jumped in between Jessie and James. "Okay, time for Plan B!" The Normal-type called out, getting his two teammates' attention as they turned to look at him as Meowth landed on his feet. "And what would that be?" Jessie questioned with her hands on her hips, having never been told about a "Plan B".
"It's simple, really. Run and hid in the Power Plant!" The Normal-type answered as he shot around and began running towards the power plant's open door, getting Ash to narrow his eyes. "I don't think so!" The Rainbow Hero exclaimed as he brought out a Great Ball with his right hand. "Magneton, stop Meowth with Flash Cannon!" Ash called out as he reared his right hand back, before tossing the device.
The Great Ball soared through the air, before bursting open and releasing a bright white light in front of the power plant's door. The light cleared to reveal Ash's Magneton, who cried out as it hovered in front of the power plant's door, before it fired a white beam of energy with light blue energy at the running Normal-type, striking right at the ground and created an explosion that blew Meowth off his feet and into the air.
The Normal-type slammed into the ground next to his teammates with swirls in his eyes. "Never mind". Meowth groaned out, while Ash grinned at his Electric and Steel-type Pokémon. "Way to go, Magneton!" The Rainbow Hero praised his Magneton, getting the Magnet Pokemon to grow a happy look. "Magneton". The Electric and Steel-type said in a happy voice, not noticing slightly sparkles of electricity surrounding it.
Jessie growled as she turned to look at May, Combusken and Shellos, before she brought out another Luxury Ball with her right hand. "Forget about running, let's just battle! Go, Trubbish!" The female adult called out as she threw the Luxury Ball, which burst open and released a white light, before it cleared to reveal the Poison-type who had its eyes narrowed.
"Trubbish!" The Trash Bag Pokémon exclaimed, ready for battle. "Give them Sludge, Trubbish!" Jessie commanded her Poison-type, who cried out as it opened its mouth and spate out a ball of purple sludge at May, Combusken and Shellos, which the three managed to dodge, though they were surprised by Jessie attacking them instead of Verity.
"Okay then!" James remarked as he brought out a Great Ball with his right hand. "Axew, Slash!" The former rich boy called out as he threw the Great Ball towards Brock's Marshtomp. The device burst open and released the Dragon-type, which cried out, before it slashed the Mud Fish Pokémon with its right claw, making Marshtomp flinch in pain. "Marshtomp!" Brock called out in surprise at the sudden attack.
"Okay then, we'll switch opponents!" Cassidy exclaimed as she brought out two Poké Balls with her right hand, which were already enlarged. "Go! Granbull and Sableye!" The gold haired woman cried out as she threw the two devices to Ash, Pikachu and Tauros. The devices soared through the air, before bursting open with two bright white lights. The lights cleared to reveal a Granbull and Sableye with the two crying out, before they landed in front of Tauros and glared at the Wild Bull Pokémon, who returned the favor.
"So now you want a piece of me and my Pokémon, huh?" Ash remarked with narrowed eyes as Magneton flew next to Tauros and glared at the two opponents. Meanwhile, Butch focused his attention on Verity, Piplup and Vaporeon and held up two Poké Balls with his right hand. "Hitmontop! Shuckle! Go!" The green haired adult man exclaimed as he threw the two devices, releasing the two inside.
"Hitmontop! /Shuckle!" The Handstand Pokémon and Mold Pokémon cried out as they landed ten feet away from the Water-types. "Shuckle, Power Trick! And Hitmontop, Rolling Kick!" Butch commanded, holding up his right fist. "Montop! /Shuckle!" The two cried out, before Hitmontop flipped onto its head and began rolling towards Piplup, while Shuckle's body glowed multicolored.
"Piplup, fight back with Ice Beam! And Vaporeon, Iron Tail!" Verity called out with narrowed eyes, ready for round 2. "Piplup!" The Penguin Pokémon cried out, before forming a light blue ball of energy in front of her mouth. She then fired multiple light blue beams from the ball at the spinning Hitmontop, landing a direct hit and encasing the Fighting-type in ice. "Vaporeon!" The Bubble Jet Pokémon called out as her tail began glowing white, before she started charging towards Shuckle.
"Shuckle, use Sludge Bomb!" Butch commanded his Bug and Rock-type with narrowed eyes, getting Shuckle to narrow its eyes, before firing multiple globs of brown sludge from its mouth at the charging Vaporeon. The Bubble Jet Pokémon continued to run towards the Bug and Rock-type, quickly running from side to side to dodge the stream of multiple globs of brown sludge, before leaping into the air.
"Vaporeon!" The female Water-type cried out as she dive down, before she spun around and slammed her glowing tail on Shuckle, landing a direct hit and sending the Bug and Rock-type back sliding across the ground. "Don't take that! Use Earthquake!" Butch commanded in annoyance, getting Verity to widen her eyes in concern. "Shuck…!" Shuckle began as it jumped up from the ground, intending to slam into it to use Earthquake.
"Quickly, stop them with Aurora Beam, Vaporeon!" Verity told her Bubble Jet Pokémon in an urgent tone as she knew that the others will get caught in the Earthquake attack if it succeeds. "Va…poreon!" The Bubble Jet Pokémon cried as she formed a multicolored orb of energy in front of its mouth, before she fired a multicolored beam from the orb, landing a direct hit on Shuckle due to its slow speed. "Ahh! Shuckle!" Butch called out in surprise as Shuckle crashed onto its back with swirls in its eyes.
"Power Trick may swap its attack and defense, but it can't do anything about its speed!" Verity told her opponent with a grin, getting Butch to glare at her. At that moment, Hitmontop broke free of its icy prison and glared at Piplup. "Hitmontop! Triple Kick!" The green haired adult angrily commanded his Fighting-type, holding up his right fist. "Montop!" The Fighting-type cried out as it jumped up and started spinning on its head, before striking Piplup three times with its legs, sending the Water-type crashing to the ground on her back.
"Don't give up Piplup! Use Drill Peck!" Verity called out as she swiped her right hand to the side, getting Piplup to jump back onto her feet. "Piplup!" The Water-type cried out as she leaped, before Piplup's beak glowed white and started to spin like a drill. Piplup landed a direct hit on Hitmontop's stomach, making the Fighting-type cry out in pain, before he fell onto his back upside down with swirls in his eyes. "Not you too!" Butch exclaimed with wide eyes, while Verity grinned confidently.
With Brock and Sorrel's battle, Axew continued to unleash a barrage of Slash attacks at Marshtomp, who was using his long forearms to cover his face. Lucario then stepped in and kicked the Dragon-type away with his right foot, sending Axew crashing onto the ground on its back. Lucario growled as he stepped in front of Marshtomp, who lowered his hands and gave his friend a thankful smile. "Marshtomp". The Mud Fish Pokémon thanked the Aura Pokémon, getting Lucario to grin at him.
"Axew ew". Axew said as he got back on his feet and glared up at his two opponents. "Don't you let them get away with that! Axew, use Rock Tomb!" James commanded his Dragon-type as he thrust his right hand out with his index finger out. Axew created a red orb of energy between its hands, before the Dragon-type threw it into the air. The orb of energy then expanded and solidified into multiple large boulders that all fell towards Lucario and Marshtomp, who both looked up at the falling boulders.
"Lucario, use Metal Claw to destroy the boulders!" Sorrel commanded, swiping his right hand out to the side. Lucario gave out a cry, before he brought his paws in a cross over. The spikes on his paws glowed white, before they grew and transformed into three claws. The Fighting and Steel-type spread his paws out; before he leaped and began swining his claws, shattering each large boulder that he struck.
"Now Marshtomp, Mud Shot!" Brock commanded with narrowed eyes, getting Marshtomp to narrow his eyes. "Mar!" Marshtomp cried out, opening his mouth and fired multiple small balls of mud at Axew, landing a hit and covering the Dragon-type's body with mud. "Ahh! Axew!" James exclaimed in concern as the Tusk Pokémon tried to whip the mud off of him.
"Rrrah!" Lucario growled out as he destroyed the last large boulder, before he looked down at Axew. "Lucario, use Copycat and copy Mud Shot!" Sorrel called out to his partner, getting the Aura Pokémon to growl a little, before becoming surrounded in a waving aura of light. Its aura changed to a brown color, before Lucario opened his mouth and fired multiple small balls of mud at Axew, striking the Dragon-type and covering it up in more mud.
"Now Marshtomp, finish it with Water Gun!" The former Gym Leader called out as he held his left hand out. "Marshtomp! Mar!" The Water and Ground-type cried out as he unleashed a stream of water from his mouth at Axew. "Axew!" The Dragon-type cried out as the stream of water struck him, before shooting him off his feet and slamming into his trainer, which James caught Axew with his arms.
"My Axew!" James exclaimed in concern as he held up the Dragon-type in front of him and saw that Axew's body was covered in mud from the Mud Shots and had swirls in his eyes. Brock and Sorrel turned to look at each other, before they gave a hi-five to one another with Lucario and Marshtomp following their trainer's lead.
With May's battle, Combusken and Shellos stood 10 feet away from Trubbish with their trainers standing behind their Pokémon. "Trubbish, use Dark Pulse!" Jessie commanded, holding her right hand out. "Trubbish!" The Poison-type cried out as it fired a beam of black and purple circles from its mouth at Shellos, getting the Water-type to cry out in surprise. "Combusken, protect Shellos!" May told her starter with narrowed eyes. "Combusken!" The Young Fowl Pokemon called out, before she leaped in front of Shellos and crossed her arms in an "X" shape shield.
The Dark Pulse slammed into Combusken, but she stood strong and withstood the attack. "Combusken!" The Fire and Fighting-type cried out as she spread her hands out, causing the Dark Pulse to disperse. "Well, then, how about this?! Sand Attack!" Jessie commanded with narrowed eyes, getting Trubbish to cry out, before he picked up sand and began throwing it at Combusken with its hands. "Shellos, quick! Water Gun!" May called out in alarm at the sand getting in Combusken's eyes.
"Shell!" The Sea Slug Pokémon cried out as she unleashed a stream of water from her mouth. The stream of water made contact with the sand, causing it to turn into wet sand as it fell onto the ground in front of Combusken, who looked down at it with wide eyes of surprise. "Okay then, Rock Blast!" Jessie commanded with an annoyed look on her face. "Trubb!" The Trash Bag Pokémon called out as three light blue rings appear and spin around Trubbish's body. The rings then glow white and turn into glowing white rocks that spin around the Poison-type's body as well. Trubbish then fired the glowing white rocks at Combusken, landing a direct hit as the Young Foul Pokémon was forced to shut his eyes from the small rocks hitting her.
"Hang in there Combusken! Shellos, use Earth Power!" May commanded as she thrust her left fist out. "Shellos!" The Sea Slug Pokémon called out as its outline began flashing yellow, before she slammed her head on the ground, creating glowing gold cracks on the ground that began to travel towards Trubbish. The cracks went underneath Trubbish, making the Poison-type cry out in pain from the super effective hit with the light blue rings disappearing.
The stones that were attacking Combusken disappeared, allowing the Fire and Fighting-type to recover as she opened her eyes and glared up at Trubbish. "Now Combusken, finish this with Fire Spin!" May commanded with a confident look, getting her starter to grin in excitement. "Combu…sken!" Conbusken cried out as she opened her mouth to show a ball of fire had appeared in her mouth, before she then unleashed a cortex of fire towards Trubbish.
"Trubbish, dodge it!" Jessie exclaimed in panic, but Trubbish didn't move as it was still taking damage from the Earth Power. Then, the Fire Spin slammed into the Poison-type and blasted Trubbish off his feet. "Ahhh! My Trubbish!" The female adult said in concern as her Trash Bag Pokémon fell to the ground on its back with swirls in his eyes. "Trubbish…" The Poison-type moaned out, knocked out from the Earth Power and Fire Spin.
"All right! We won again!" May called out in joy as she thrust her right hand into the air, having her eyes closed in joy. "Combusken! /Shellos!" Combusken and Shellos cried out in joy with the two having their eyes closed in joy as well. May opened her eyes and brought her hand down, before she looked around herself. She saw that Verity, Brock and Sorrel had won their matches with Butch and James returning their Pokémon to their separate devices. She turned to look at Jessie and saw the older female returning her Trubbish to its Luxury Ball as well.
The brunette then turned to look at her crush and saw that Ash, Pikachu, Taurous and Magneton about to battle Cassidy, Granbull and Sableye. Grandbull roared at Taurous, Pikachu and Magneton, using its Intimidate ability and causing the three to nearly flinch. Cassidy made the first move as she thrust her right hand into the air. "Granbull, Play Rough! And Sableye, Focus Punch!" The gold haired woman angrily commanded her Pokémon.
"Grand! /Sab!" The Fairy Pokémon and Darkness Pokémon cried out together as they charged towards Tauros and Magneton with Sableye's right fist glowing light blue. Ash narrowed his eyes, before he grew a smirk on his face. "Alright then, let's go with this! Tauros, use Iron Tail on Granbull and Magneton, use Thunderbolt on Sableye!" The Rainbow Hero commanded with a confident voice.
"Magneton!" The Magnet Pokemon called out, before unleashing a powerful bolt of electricity at Sableye, landing a direct hit and sending the Ghost and Dark-type flying. Tauros cried out as his three tails glowed bright white, before he charged towards Granbull. Once close enough, the Wild Bull Pokémon spun around and slammed his glowing tails into the Fairy-type, landing a super effective hit and sending Granbull flying as well.
Both Fairy Pokémon and Darkness Pokémon slammed to the ground in front of their trainer, getting Cassidy to cry out in surprise. "Nice job guys! Now Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash called out with an eager grin on his face, getting Pikachu to grow a smirk on his face. "Pika-chu!" The Electric Mouse called out as he leaped up into the air from Tauros' head, before unleashing a powerful Thunderbolt at the down Granbull and Sableye, landing a direct hit and causing the two to cry out in surprise and pain, before the electric attack caused an explosion.
The smoke from the explosion cleared to reveal that Granbull and Sableye both had swirls in their eyes, signaling that they cannot battle anymore. "Oh, come on! Just how much stronger did the twerp get!?" Cassidy questioned in anger as she brought out her two Poké Balls and recalled her defeated Pokémon. At that moment, Meowth regained consciousness and sat up from the ground, before he turned to look at the gold haired woman.
"Dat's a million dollar question, lady". The Normal-type answered, getting Cassidy to glare down at him, before she reached down and grabbed hold of his face. "Then let's see how you do! Double-Edge attack!" Cassidy angrily commanded as she spun around and threw Meowth towards Ash, Pikachu, Magneton and Tauros. "WAIT! I DON'T KNOW THAT MOVE!" Meowth shouted out in dread as he knew that this was going to end badly.
And he was right as Ash held his right hand out towards him. "Magneton, use Tri Attack!" The raven haired boy commanded his Magnet Pokémon, getting Magneton to narrow its eyes. "Magne…ton!" The Electric and Steel-type cried out as he spun around rapidly, before a ball of yellow electric energy, light blue ice energy, and orange fire energy form around Magneton. The Magnet Pokémon then fired all three balls at the approaching Meowth.
Kablam!
All three balls struck Meowth and sent him flying back in the direction he came from. "Owie!" The Normal-type called out in pain as he slammed into Cassidy, blasting her off of her feet, before they both slammed onto the ground. "Great job, Magneton!" The Rainbow Hero praised his Magnet Pokémon, getting Magneton to grow a happy look.
"Magneton". The Electric and Steel-type said in a happy voice, before it began glowing with yellow electrical sparks dancing across its body. Magneton's sudden evolution caught everyone's attention as they looked and watched the evolution take place. The glowing and sparking Magneton grew bigger and wider, now resembling a UFO. Its body was now wide and circular, similar to a disc or saucer, with a thin edge circling the diameter of its body.
Then, the glow and sparks disappeared to reveal the evolved Pokémon. It was now a robot-like Pokémon which resembles a UFO. Its body was now wide and circular, similar to a disc or saucer, with a thin edge circling the diameter of its body. Its main eye is in the center, containing a large, red pupil. On each side of its body, it has a ball-shaped addition, with each side containing an eye, horseshoe magnet, and Phillips head screw. On top of its head is a tall, thin, yellow rod, closely resembling an antenna. Behind its body is a third horseshoe magnet, positioned like a tail.
"Magnezone!" The new Pokémon cried out, holding up the Phillips head screws, getting Ash to smile brightly at his new Pokémon. "Alright, Magneton evolved!" The Rainbow Hero exclaimed in joy as he brought out his Pokédex with his right hand and scanned his new Pokémon. "Magnezone, the Magnet Area Pokémon. It evolves from Magneton in certain magnetic areas, and emits energy from each of its three magnets". The Pokédex buzzed, getting Ash to look towards the power plant. "The magnetic field from the power plant must have been what enabled Magneton to evolve". The raven haired boy said in assumption, before he looked back up at his new Magnezone.
The Magnet Area Pokémon looked down at Cassidy and Meowth as Jessie, James and Butch gathered around the two with all of them looking up at Magnezone. "Magne…zone!" Magnezone cried out, releasing light blue electricity from its red eye at the five, striking and making them all cry out as they were zapped. "That's Discharge!" Sorrel exclaimed in surprise, before the Discharge attack created an explosion that blew them all into the air.
In mid-air, Cassidy glared up at Jessie's smug look directed at her. "You said if we worked together, we'd win!?" The gold haired woman hissed in anger, getting her heated rival to laugh at her. "I never said that". Jessie replied with a smile, getting James to nod with his own smug look. "We said that by working together, our chances of succeeding would be higher. We never said that we'd win!" The former rich boy corrected with a sly look, getting Butch to snap at him.
"You tricked us!?" The green haired adult snapped angrily, getting Meowth to burst out laughing. "Yahahaha! And you fell for it!" The Normal-type laughed out, getting Cassidy to glare up at him. "TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" The five shouted out as they all disappeared in the blue sky, leaving a twinkle as they went.
Everyone stared up at the sky for a few moments, before they all turned to look at each other. "Nicely done, everyone!" Sorrel praised the group as Magnezone flew towards his trainer, before Ash gave him a comforting rub above its center eye. "Congratulations Magnezone". The Rainbow Hero congratulated his newly evolved Pokémon, receiving an affectionate cry from Magnezone. Taurous and Pikachu walked up to their friend and congratulated him on his evolution as well.
Verity, Sorrel, May, Brock, Piplup, Vaporeon, Lucario, Combusken, Shellos and Marshtomp all gathered around Ash and his Pokémon, which the Rainbow Hero turned to look at his friends. "That was a fun battle, wouldn't you guys say?" The raven haired boy asked his friends, getting a grin from Verity, before she nodded. "You bet it was". The Twinleaf girl answered her boyfriend, while Sorrel turned to look down at Brock's newly evolved Marshtomp. "And the rewards were worth it". The Pokémon Professor in training stated, getting everyone to look at their newly evolved Pokémon.
"You're right about that. I got my Combusken". May remarked with a smile as she brought her newly evolved starter into a hug, getting Combusken to smile with his eyes closed. "And I got my Marshtomp". Brock said with a smile as he looked at Marshtomp, who looked up at him with a grin. "Marshtomp". The Mud Fish Pokémon replied to his trainer, happy that his trainer was happy.
Max and Jirachi then came up to their traveling companions. "Guys, that was awesome!" The young boy exclaimed in joy as he and Jirachi looked at Combusken in awe, who smiled down at them. 'So awesome'. Jirachi remarked with a smile as Wattson, Watt, Manectric and the Electric-types of the power plant walked up to them. The Gym Leader gave a healthy laugh full of spirit, getting everyone's attention as they looked at him. "That was incredible, all of you battled with spirit and complete trust in your Pokémon". Wattson stated with a smile, before pointing towards himself with his right hand.
"I'm Wattson, the Gym Leader of the Mauville City Gym". The Gym Leader introduced himself, before holding his right hand down towards his Manectric. "And this is my Manectric". He added as his Electric-type gave the gang a welcoming smile. "Manectric". Manectric greeted everyone warmly, getting the gang to smile at them.
"It's so nice to meet you. I'm Max, and this is my best friend, Jirachi". Max introduced himself and Jirachi as he grabbed hold of the Wish Pokémon and held him in his arms, who gave a wave with his right hand. "And I'm his older sister May, and these are my Pokémon Combusken and Shellos". May introduced herself and her Pokémon, which Combusken and Shellos cried out in greetings. "I'm Brock, and this is Marshtomp". Brock introduced himself and his newly evolved Pokémon, getting Marshtomp to give out a welcoming cry.
"I'm Sorrel Kaede and this is Lucario". Sorrel introduced himself and his Lucario, who gave a small growl as a greeting. "I'm Verity Awadetsu. These are my friends, Piplup and Vaporeon". Verity introduced herself and her Pokémon as well with Piplup and Vaporeon crying out in greeting. Ash then stepped forward with Pikachu now riding on his right shoulder, while Magnezone and Taurous were behind him.
"And I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. These are my partners Pikachu, Taurous and Magnezone". The Rainbow Hero introduced himself and his Pokémon to the Gym Leader, getting Pikachu, Taurous and Magnezone to cry out in greetings, before Ash then held up his right fist. "And I came here to Mauville City to have a Gym battle with you". The raven haired boy added, getting Wattson to slightly widen his eyes in surprise, before he gave a sad smile.
"I'm sorry to say, but I don't think I'm gonna do anymore Gym Battles". The Gym Leader told the 12-year-old boy, who shook his head at him. "I heard about your battle with Brendan and how you lost. I can understand that it was a crushing defeat, but that doesn't mean that you should give up". The Rainbow Hero told the Gym Leader, getting Wattson to look at him, before he looked down at the ground with sad eyes.
"I'm sure that's pretty easy for you to say. You've never experienced a crushing defeat like I have". Wattson stated, getting Ash to narrow his eyes as he crossed his arms. "That's where you're wrong. I've lost badly lots of times before as well, but I don't let it get me down, so neither should you". The Rainbow Hero told the Gym Leader, getting Wattson to tilt his head up to look at him.
Ash gave a humble bow towards the Electric-type Gym Leader. "Please battle me, I beg you". The Rainbow Hero pleaded with a humble tone. Wattson stared down at Ash for a few moments, before he grew a smile. "Very well young man, we'll have a battle". The Gym Leader told the Rainbow Hero, getting Ash to smile in relief as he lifted his head up. "Thank you". Ash thanked Wattson with a grateful voice, while everyone smiled at Ash.
"Let's meet up at the Gym in an hour. You should check in at the Pokémon Center and get your Pokémon back to full health". Wattson suggested to the 12-year-old boy, getting Ash to nod to him. "Alright then". The Rainbow Hero replied, before turning around to face his Pokémon and friends. "Let's head back to the Pokémon Center and get our Pokémon looked at". Ash told his friends, receiving nods from all of them, getting the Rainbow Hero to smile.
However, that was when Ash noticed a sparkle inside the power plant from the busted door, getting the raven haired boy to slightly widen his eyes. "Huh?" Ash said in confusion, getting everyone to look at him in confusion. "What's wrong?" May asked her crush in confusion, getting the Rainbow Hero to look at her. "I saw something sparkle in there". The Rainbow Hero answered, before he turned to look at Wattson.
"Is it alright if I quickly take a look inside?" Ash asked the Gym Leader, which Wattson gave him a nod. "Of course. I'm sure the Pokémon wouldn't mind". The Gym Leader answered as he looked down at the Voltorb, Magnemite and Magneton, which they all cried out, giving permission to the Rainbow Hero. Ash grew a smile, before he, Pikachu, Tauros and Magnezone all went towards the open door.
"Wait up Ash!" Verity called out to her boyfriend as she, Sorrel, Piplup, Vaporeon and Lucario followed after the Rainbow Hero. Soon the three humans entered the power plant with Pikachu, Piplup, Vaporeon and Lucario following them inside, while Magnezone and Tauros waited outside. Everyone waited for a minute and a half, before the three old friends and their Pokémon came back out with them carrying something with their right hands.
"What'd you guys find?" Brock asked in a curious voice as Ash, Verity, Sorrel and their Pokémon stopped in front of them. Verity gave a grin as she held up her right hand to show that she was holding a Thunder Stone, much to Max's amazement. "Wow, a Thunder Stone!" The 8-year-old boy exclaimed in amazement, getting Jirachi to tilt his head in confusion.
Sorrel then held up his right hand to show that he was holding a Metal Coat with his right hand, getting Brock to look down at it in curiosity. "What is this?" The Pokémon Breeder questioned in curiosity, getting Sorrel to smile up at him. "It's a Metal Coat, it helps Pokémon with their Steel-type moves, but it also helps a Scyther and Onix evolve into Scizor and Steelix". The Pokémon Professor in training answered his traveling companion, receiving an interested look from Brock. "Help Onix evolve into Steelix…" The former Gym Leader whispered to himself as he thought about his Onix.
"What about you Ash? What did you find?" May asked her crush in fascination, which was shared by Combusken and Shellos. Ash and Pikachu gave the brunette and her Pokémon a grin in reply. "Check it out". Ash replied as he held up his right hand, getting everyone to look and, to their shock, saw that he was holding a Mega Stone. "That's a Mega Stone!?" Verity called out in surprise as even Piplup and Vaporeon had wide eyes of surprise.
Sorrel took a good look at the Mega Stone and was able to identify what kind it was. "That's a Ampharosite, a Mega Stone for an Ampharos". Sorrel identified, getting Max to moan in disappointment. "But we don't have an Ampharos". Max stated in disappointment, getting Ash to smirk down at him. "Don't be so sure of yourself. I actually have an Ampharos back home". The Rainbow Hero told the younger male, instantly lifting Max's spirits, before he looked down at his new Mega Stone with a grin on his face.
(1 hour later)
After the three old friends' discovery, everyone had returned their Pokémon to their separate devices and returned to Mauville City. The gang went back to the Pokémon Center, while Wattson and Watt returned to the Gym to prepare for the battle. Nurse Joy showed impressive work by quickly restoring the gang's Pokémon back to full health. With some time left before the battle, the gang decided to go to the Pokémon Mart to buy some supplies for later.
They brought a lot of supplies such as Hyper Potions, Max Potions, Full Restores, Full Heals, even some Ultra Balls and Great Balls for May and Brock. To their further surprise, they found a section where a few TMs were on display to buy. There was TM09 Venoshock, TM42 Facade, TM57 Charge Beam, TM82 Dragon Tail, TM40 Aerial Ace, TM 47: Low Sweep, TM78 Bulldoze and TM98 Power-Up-Punch. Ash brought them all, though it left a bit of an impact on his wallet.
Later on, an hour had passed and the time to battle had arrived. Right now, everyone was standing outside of the Gym besides each other with Ash in the middle of the group. Pikachu was riding on the Rainbow Hero's right shoulder, Verity carried Piplup in her arms, Jirachi was hanging on Max's head, Lucario stood besides Sorrel on his right and May had her hands folded behind her.
"Finally, my third Gym battle is here at last". Ash said with an excited tone at finally having his Gym Battle, before he held up his right fist with his smile changing into a smirk. "And in no time, I'll have my third Gym Badge in my badge case!" The Rainbow Hero added with a confident look. "Pi-pikachu". Pikachu remarked from his best friend's shoulder. "Yeah, that's the spirit!" Brock said with a smile at his friend's determination, before May turned to look up at her crush with a smile.
"You'll get it Ash, for sure". The brunette told her crush with complete faith in her voice. "May took the words right out of my mouth. You'll be great and at the end of the day, you'll have your third badge". Verity said to her boyfriend with a confident look. "Piplup". Piplup commented from her trainer's arms. "Oh man, I can't wait for this one. It's gonna be awesome!" Max remarked with a wild smile as he folded his arms behind his head. 'Awesome! Awesome!' Jirachi repeated with an eager look on his face.
"Yeah". Ash said as he walked up to the front door and lifted his left hand up and placed it on a yellow section of the door. "Wattson! I'm here for my-!" The Rainbow Hero began, before he was cut off when the door unexpected fell down inside of the building. "Well, this is unexpected". Sorrel remarked as he and everyone else walked in and stopped above the knocked down door. "You can say that again". Verity stated as she looked around and saw that the inside was a narrow path.
Then, two railings rose up from within the knocked down door, much to everyone's surprise. Then, to their further surprise, the knocked down door which was actually a vertical lift, began going down the narrow path like a roller coaster, while another door replaced the one from before.
"Well, Wattson has a… "special" way of welcoming people". Ash remarked with wide eyes as Max and Jirachi looked around themselves. The vertical lift continued to go down the narrow path, drifting left and right and passing through a door that opened for them. Max began laughing nervously with his eyes closed. "I feel like I'm on a ride at the amusement park, just like back at the Millennium Festival". The 8-year-old boy said in a nervous tone, getting Jirachi to smile down at him. 'This is very fun'. The Steel and Psychic-type commented in an eager voice.
Just then, the vertical lift began going up a hill, getting Brock to grit his teeth and Sorrel to widen his eyes. "Well…I'm not very amused". May said in a nervous tone as she could see where this was going. "Just… like a… ROLLERCOASTER!" Brock exclaimed in panic as the vertical lift reached the top, before going down the hill very fast like a rollercoaster. Everyone cried out as they hung on for dear life.
Unknown to them was that Wattson was watching them from the monitor room with an eager grin on his face. "Welcome my friends, to the last ride of these old rides, before I start making upgrades of them! Hahahaha!" The Gym Leader laughed out happily, any signs of his down spirit completely gone.
His assistant Watt then walked up to him from behind. "Boss…?" The young man began, getting Wattson's attention as he turned to look at his assistant. "Did you turn up the power on that thing again?" Watt questioned his boss in a nervous tone, but was actually happy to see him back to normal. "Of course! Besides, these traps deserve one final hurrah before I upgrade them". The Gym Leader replied to his assistant, before he grinned. "Besides, like I always say. "If you're gonna do something, do it big". He added, before he turned to look back at the screen that showed Ash and the others.
Back with the gang, the vertical lift reached down a lake of water, but managed to push through it with everyone hanging on tight. "Yes, but sir… Perhaps you've gone too far". Watt said in a nervous tone, getting Wattson to smile brightly with his eyes closed. "Nonsense! Just think of this as a little warm up before battle". The Gym Leader replied to his assistant, who still felt nervous. "But sir…" The young adult began, before he was shushed by Wattson, who held his left hand's index finger to his lips. "They're getting close to the best part". Wattson stated with an eager grin on his face at the chance of Ash and his friends seeing his "little surprise".
With the gang, the vertical lift managed to make it past the lake and was now going down a narrow path again. Verity sighed in relief that the crazy ride was over, while May frowned as she placed her hands on her hips. "Well, this is no way for a Gym Leader to welcome his or hers guests". The brunette stated, getting Sorrel to look at her with a natural expression. "Everyone has their own way of saying "hello", and I guess Wattson is just one of those people". The Pokémon Professor in training told his traveling companion, before he looked forward.
"Aww, come on guys. I think it's fun". Max said to his friends with a smile, not the least bit scared of the ride. 'It's very fun; I'm having so much fun!' Jirachi called out from atop Max's head, getting the young boy to laugh as he looked up at his best friend. Just then, the vertical lift was closing in on another door, which opened to reveal an unexpected surprised. "RRRAAAHHH!" A mechanical Raikou roared out as the vertical lift stopped moving with the gang having wide eyes of surprise.
"A Raikou!" The 8-year-old boy exclaimed in surprise, getting Sorrel to shake his head in denial. "Close, but that thing's actually a machine, not a real Raikou". The 12-year-old boy corrected as the mecha Raikou roared, before unleashing white electricity at the gang, but they ducked and dodged. "Piplup, Hydro Pump!" Verity commanded as she held out her Water-type. "Piplup!" Piplup cried out, before unleashing a Hydro Pump from her beak.
The stream of water with white rings clashed against the electricity from the mecha Raikou, before both attacks dispersed. "Now Lucario, Aura Sphere!" Sorrel commanded as he held his right hand out towards the mecha Raikou. Lucario gave out a roar as he formed a blue sphere of aura energy in between his paws, before firing it at the machine, causing an explosion upon impact.
The smoke from the explosion cleared to reveal the mecha Raikou completely scrapped, getting May to sigh in relief. "Well, that's a good way to give everyone a heart attack". Ash remarked with wide eyes, getting Pikachu to nod in agreement. "You okay Lucario?" Sorrel asked his partner, getting the Aura Pokémon to turn around and gave his partner a smile.
Just then, a door before them lifted open and both Wattson and Watt walked in. "Well done my friends!" The Gym Leader exclaimed with a wide smile, getting everyone's attention as they turned to look at him. "And I must confess, I never thought I'd see the day where my electro Raikou was turned into a pile of scrap metal!" Wattson added, before he burst out laughing, receiving nervous smiles from the gang.
Wattson then stopped his laughing and gave Ash an eager grin. "So Ash, are you ready for our battle?" The Gym Leader questioned the Rainbow Hero, getting Ash to grow a grin of his own. "I was born ready". The raven haired teen replied, before anime electricity sparked out of both his and Wattson's heads and clashed against each other, getting everyone to smile at their eagerness to battle.
A little bit later, everyone was at the main battlefield of the Gym. Wattson stood to the left side of the battlefield, Ash stood at the right side with Pikachu on his left shoulder, Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Piplup, Lucario and Jirachi stood near the wall behind the Rainbow Hero to watch the match. Watt stood to the side of the battlefield, acting as the referee for the match and was holding a red flag with his right hand, and a green flag with his left.
"And now, the Mauville Gym battle will begin! Each trainer will use 3 Pokémon and-!" Watt began, before Ash interrupted him. "Wait!" The raven haired boy called out, holding his right hand out and getting everyone's attention as they looked at him. "Instead of a 3-on-3 battle, may I request a 4-on-4 battle?" Ash suggested, surprising everyone as they widened their eyes at this expected development.
"4-on-4? But why would Ash want to change the battle?" Max questioned in surprise, having wide eyes at why his idol wanted the battle to change. 'Yeah, why?' Jirachi added in with wide eyes, wondering why the Rainbow Hero suggested that. "If I know Ash, it's probably because he wants to have an exciting battle". Sorrel remarked with an amused smile, getting Verity to giggle as she knew that was exactly why her boyfriend suggested this.
Wattson stared at Ash for a few moments, before bursting out laughing. "Wahahaha! It's been a long time since I've had anything other than a 3-on-3 battle, but very well. Your requested is granted". The Gym Leader told Ash, getting him to smile in excitement. Wattson looked at Watt and gave him a nod, which the young man returned, before he looked forward again.
"This battle will be a 4-on-4 battle! The battle ends once all four of a trainer's Pokémon are unable to battle and only the challenge is allowed to substitute Pokémon!" Watt called out, explaining the rules for this battle, before holding both flags up. "Trainers, send out your first Pokémon!" He told the trainers, getting Wattson to grow a smirk on his face.
"Here goes! Electrode, go!" Wattson called out as he brought out and threw a Poké Ball. The device soared through the air, before releasing a white beam that took shape, before clearing to reveal that it was an Electrode. "Electrode!" The Electric-type called out, before slamming onto the ground and smirked at Ash.
"Wow! An Electrode!" Max exclaimed in amazement, while May brought out her Pokédex and scanned it. "Electrode, the evolved form of Voltorb. Highly concentrated electric energy causes this Pokémon to explode unpredictably. Also known as "The Bomb Ball". The Pokédex buzzed, while Sorrel blinked as he realized something.
"Hold on, I thought Watt said that Wattson had a Voltorb, Magnemite and Magneton. So does that mean that Wattson has different and more powerful Pokémon?" The Pokémon Professor in training questioned in surprise, getting Brock to look at him with a smile. "They do actually, and they use them depending on the opponents that they are facing". The former Gym Leader answered the younger male, getting Sorrel to look up at him in surprise, before he looked back at the match.
"That's just fine with me!" Ash stated, holding up an Ultra Ball with his right hand. "Go, Flygon!" The Rainbow Hero cried out as he threw the Ultra Ball, which soared through the air, before releasing a bright white light that took shape, before it cleared to reveal Flygon. "Fly!" The Mystic Pokémon called out with a smile as he slammed onto the ground on his feet, causing a mini earthquake upon making impact.
"Alright, it's Flygon!" May cheered out at the sight of the Dragon and Ground-type. "This'll be a good first battle for Flygon". Verity commented with a smile, seeing this as a good first battle for Flygon. "Piplup pi". Piplup said in agreement from next to her trainer on Verity's left. "Let the match begin!" Watt called out as he held the flags up, signaling the battle to start.
(Ash, Flyon + 4 V.S Wattson, Electrode + 4)
(Play Battle! Gym Leader - Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Music Extended)
"Let's star off big! Flygon, take flight and use Hyper Beam!" Ash commanded as he thrust his right hand out towards Electrode. "Fly!" The Mystic Pokémon cried out as he spread his wings, before he took flight, kicking up dust. The Dragon and Ground-type gathered energy in his mouth, before firing an orange Hyper Beam towards Electrode.
"Electrode, counter with Thunder!" Wattson commanded with narrowed eyes, getting his Electric-type to smirk. "Electrode!" Electrode cried out as its body was surrounded by electricity, before it fired a massive yellow beam of electricity at the Hyper Beam. The two attacks clashed against one another and had a power struggle for a few moments, before creating an explosion.
"That's one way to use an attack that won't have an effect". Max remarked with an impressed look, while Jirachi watched in excitement. "Indeed. Since Flygon is part Ground-type, Electric-type moves won't work on him, so using Thunder to counter against attacks is a smart move". Brock said with an impressed smile on his face, while Verity, Sorrel, May, Piplup and Lucario stayed silent as they watched.
The smoke from the explosion quickly cleared to show that neither Flygon, nor Electrode had taken any damage. "That didn't work, but how about this! Flygon, Dig!" Ash called out, thrusting his right fist out again. Flygon gave a cry, before diving down towards the ground and dug underground, leaving a hole where he dived down.
Electrode turned left and right to search for Flygon in a slightly panicking way. "Electrode, stay calm and try to sense where Flygon will come up from!" Wattson told his Pokémon, getting Electrode to look towards him and nod, before he faced forward and closed his eyes. However, surprisingly, Flygon erupted from the ground behind Electrode and flew into the air, much to Electrode and Wattson's surprise.
"Now, Hyper Beam!" Ash commanded with an eager grin on his face, getting Flygon to smirk, before he fired another orange Hyper Beam and landed a direct hit on Electrode. "A direct hit!" Sorrel commented with a smile at seeing the powerful attack land a hit. "Electrode, use Swagger!" Wattson commanded with narrowed eyes, getting Ash to widen his eyes.
"Elec…trode!" The Ball Pokémon called out as it glowed red and gave Flygon an intimidating look. "Fly?" Flygon said as his pupils turned into swirls and his eyes glowed red. Flygon began crying out in confusion as he flailed around in the air, getting May to look up at him in concern. "What's wrong with Flygon?" The brunette asked in concern for the Mystic Pokémon. "It's Swagger. It increases a Pokémon's attack power up highly, but it confuses them as well". Brock explained to the young girl with a gruesome face, increasing May's worries.
Wattson gave a laugh, before he looked up at Flygon. "Now Electrode, Signal Beam!" The Gym Leader commanded as he swiped his right hand out. "Electrode!" The Electric-type cried out as a pink ring appeared in front of his face, before firing a streaky pink beam from the ring at Flygon with multiple blue shapes appearing around the beam. The Signal Beam struck Flygon by the stomach, making the Dragon and Ground-type cry out in pain.
"That was a direct hit!" Verity exclaimed with wide eyes, while Sorrel narrowed his eyes. "Flygon's a sitting duck as long as he is confused and even if Ash commands an attack, there's a chance Flygon will just strike itself". Sorrel commented with narrowed eyes, getting Max and Jirachi to look up at him in concern. "Isn't there anything Ash can do?" The young boy asked, getting Sorrel to look down at him and nod. "There is. Recalling Flygon". The Pokémon Professor in training answered, before going back to watching the battle.
Ash brought out Flygon's Ultra Ball and held it out towards the Dragon and Ground-type. "Flygon, return!" Ash called out as his Ultra Ball released a red beam that struck Flygon, covering him from view, before he returned to the device. The Rainbow Hero placed the Ultra Ball away and brought out a Poké Ball with his right hand. "You're up, Timburr!" Ash called out as he threw the Poké Ball.
The device soared through the air, before bursting open and releasing a white beam that struck the ground. The beam took shape, and then cleared to reveal Timburr, who spun his log around with his hands, before holding it out towards Electrode. "Timburr!" The Fighting-type cried out, ready to battle against the Electric-type.
"A Fighting-type, huh? No difference! Use Swagger again!" Wattson commanded with a confident grin, getting Electrode to smirk. "Elec…trode!" The Ball Pokémon called out as it glowed red and gave Timburr an intimidating look. "Timburr, use your log to cover your eyes!" Ash told his Muscular Pokémon, getting Timburr to cry out as he spun his log around, before holding it up in front of his eyes, much to Wattson and Electrode's surprise.
"It's kind of pathetic. Swagger won't work if the opponent's eyes are covered". Verity remarked with a grin on her face, getting Brock to nod in agreement. "You're right about that. With Timburr's log, Ash has a defense for Swagger". Brock said with a smile at watching his old friend.
"All right, now Bulk Up!" The Rainbow Hero commanded his Fighting-type. "Timburr!" The Fighting-type cried out as a crimson aura surrounded its body as it began flexing its muscles. "Powering up its attack and defense power, huh? Guess we'll fight back with Double Team!" Wattson commanded with a smirk. "Electrode!" The Electric-type called out, before creating four more copies of itself with all five of them lining up together.
Timburr looked at the doubles with narrowed eyes as he held his log with both of his hands. "Now, Thunder!" The Gym Leader called out with a grin on his face, getting all the Electrodes to cry out, before the second last one on the right's body was surrounded by electricity, before it fired a massive yellow beam of electricity at Timburr. "Dodge it, then Fire Punch!" Ash called out as he swiped his left hand to the side.
"Timburr!" Timburr cried out as its right fist was surrounded in fire, before the Fighting-type leaped to the side and dodged the Thunder, which struck the ground and created an explosion. Timburr then leaped towards the Electrode that fired the Thunder and slammed his flaming fist onto the Electric-type's face, making Electrode cry out in pain.
"Ahh! Electrode!" Wattson exclaimed in concern, before gritting his teeth. "Stay strong and use Signal Beam again!" The Gym Leader commanded, thrusting his left hand out. "Electrode!" The Electric-type cried out as a pink ring appeared in front of his face, before firing a streaky pink beam from the ring at Timburr with multiple blue shapes appearing around the beam. The Signal Beam struck the Fighting-type, but he stood his ground as it was pushed a little bit back.
"That won't work on Timburr! Now, Ice Punch!" Ash commanded with a grin on his face. "Timburr!" The Fighting-type cried out as he twirled his log around with its left hand, before resting it on his shoulder. Timburr's right hand then glowed light blue as it turned into a fist, before the Fighting-type began pushing through the Signal Beam. Timburr then broke through the Signal Beam and slammed its glowing blue fist into Electrode's face.
"Electrode!" Wattson called out in concern as Electrode rolled away from Timburr, before stopping to show that there were swirls in its eyes. "Electrode is unable to battle! Timburr is the winner!" Watt called out as he raised the green flag towards Ash's side of the field, signaling the victory was his. "Great work Timburr!" The Rainbow Hero praised his Fighting-type with a grin. "Pikachu!" Pikachu praised his friend with an excited look.
The Fighting-type grew a smirk on his face as he spun his log around in both his hands. "Timburr!" The Muscular Pokémon cried out proudly as he grabbed hold of his log with his right hand, before slamming it on the ground. "Ash got the first victory, but it is too soon to celebrate". Sorrel commented with his arms crossed, getting Brock to nod in agreement. "Yeah. Wattson still has an advantage as he knows that one of Ash's remaining Pokémon is Flygon". Brock remarked, getting May concerned for her crush.
Wattson returned Electrode to its Poké Ball with his right hand, before turning the device around to look at it. "Electrode, you did well. Take a good rest now". The Gym Leader told his defeated Pokémon, before he put the device away and brought out another Poké Ball. "Here we go! I choose you Rotom!" Wattson cried out as he tossed the device into the air, which burst opened and released a white beam that struck the ground.
The beam cleared to reveal an orange washing machine with clothespins, blue eyes, white teeth and an electric blue aura around itself. The new Pokémon called out, crackling as a pipe appeared out of it. Ash narrowed his eyes in fascinating as he brought out his Pokédex with his right hand and scanned it. "Rotom, the Plasma Pokémon. An Electric and Ghost type. Rotom play pranks by inhabiting electrical appliances. When one inhabits a washing machine, it's called Wash Rotom". The Pokédex buzzed, getting Ash to raise an eyebrow as the device showed that the Wash Rotom was an Electric and Water-type.
"This is surprising. Rotom is a Pokémon from the Sinnoh Region, so seeing one in Hoenn is rare". Sorrel commented with his arms crossed, having a bit of knowledge about Rotom as it originated from his home region. "I wonder where Wattson got a Rotom from?" Max questioned with an amazed smile on his face. 'It looks kinda cool'. Jirachi remarked from Max's head, his smile still on display.
"Now Rotom, Hydro Pump!" Wattson commanded with a confident grin, getting the Electric and Water-type to cry out, before pointing its pipe at Timburr and blasted a powerful jet of water from it. "Dodge it!" Ash called out, getting Timburr to grunt as he jumped into the air and dodged the Hydro Pump. "Great dodge!" The 12-year-old praised his Pokémon with a grin, while Wattson gave a smirk. "Now, Will-O-Wisp!" The Gym Leader commanded, getting the Rainbow Hero to widen his eyes in surprise.
Rotom cried out as it opened its mouth and fired a blue fireball from its mouth at Timburr, landing a direct hit and covered the Fighting-type in flames. "Timburr/ Pika-pika!" Ash and Pikachu exclaimed in concern as Timburr landed on the ground, before the flames grew and covered him completely. "Timburr!" The Muscular Pokémon cried out in pain as he suffered through the burn condition.
"Now, use Hex!" Wattson commanded with a grin, making Ash widen his eyes in surprise. "Crap, Hex!" The Rainbow Hero called out in alarm as dark purple wisps of energy appeared around Wash Rotom, before Timburr was surrounded in purple energy, hurting it as Timburr cried out in pain.
"What a great combination. Using Will-O-Wisp, then Hex to deal damage". Verity commented with narrowed eyes, getting May to look at her. "What's Hex anyway?" The brunette asked the older female, getting Verity to turn to face her. "It's a Ghost-type move, and its power increases if the opponent has a status condition. Since Timburr was burned from Will-O-Wisp, Hex dealt more damage". The Twinleaf girl explained to May, telling her about Hex and what it does.
The flames surrounding Timburr died down, before the Fighting-type collapsed to his knees, but held onto his log to support himself. Ash slightly gritted his teeth, before he held his right hand out. "Use Bulk Up!" He commanded, getting Timburr to open his eyes, before he stood up full on his feet. "Timburr!" The Fighting-type cried out as a crimson aura surrounded its body as it began flexing its muscles.
"Use Hydro Pump again!" Wattson commanded with a confident grin, getting the Electric and Water-type to cry out, before pointing its pipe at Timburr and blasted a powerful jet of water from it. "Timburr, throw your log into the Hydro Pump!" Ash told his Pokémon, making Timburr cry out as he held up his log with both hands, before hurling it towards the jet of water. The leg went right through the stream of water, before it went into the pipe and got stuck in it, getting the Wash Pokémon to widen its eyes in surprise, while Wattson cried out in surprise.
"Great work! Now, Rotom won't be able to use Hydro Pump!" Max exclaimed with a wide smile, getting Jirachi to laugh in joy. "Now Timburr, use Drain Punch!" Ash called out with a confident smirk on his face. "Timburr!" The Fighting-type cried out as a green light surrounded its right fist, before Timburr charged towards Wash Rotom. The Fighting-type them slammed Drain Punch on Rotom, causing green, sparkling energy to appear, which flies back towards Timburr in an orb, bathing it in a sparkling green glow that healed him.
"Alright!" Ash exclaimed with a smile, before Wattson pointed towards Timburr with his right hand. "Attack using Thunder!" The Gym Leader commanded, getting Wash Rotom to cry out as its body was surrounded by electricity, before it fired a massive yellow beam of electricity at Timburr, landing a direct hit that made Timburr cry out, before it exploded.
"Timburr!" Ash exclaimed in concern as the smoke from the explosion quickly cleared to reveal Timburr lying down on his stomach with swirls in his eyes. "Timburr is unable to battle! Rotom is the winner!" Watt called out as he held the red flag to his boss's side as Rotom spat out the log from its pipe, which landed near Timburr's knocked out body.
"Aww, that's sad. Especially after Drain Punch restored some of Timburr's energy". Max commented with a sad look, one that Jirachi mimicked. 'Really sad'. The Psychic and Steel-type remarked with a sad voice, getting Verity to look down at him and Max. "The battle isn't over yet, so Ash has a chance to make a comeback, right Piplup?" Verity said to her starter with a grin as she looked down at Piplup, who smiled up at her. "Piplup pip". The Penguin Pokémon replied to her trainer, confident of the Rainbow Hero's victory.
Ash held Timburr's Poké Ball out towards the Fighting-type with his right hand, before recalling the Timburr back, and then looked down at the device with a smile. "Good job out there, now leave the rest to us". The Rainbow Hero praised his defeated Pokémon, before he placed the Poké Ball away and brought out a Great Ball with his right hand. "Go, Magnezone!" Ash called out as he spun around and threw the Great Ball, which burst open and released a bright white beam.
The beam took shape in the air, before it took form and cleared to reveal Magnezone. "Magnezone!" The Magnet Area Pokémon called out as it hovered in the air and looked down at Wash Rotom. "Magnezone, huh? This'll be interesting". Sorrel remarked with an interested look on his face, getting Brock to nod in agreement. "Magnezone's an Electric and Steel-type, while Rotom is an Electric and Water-type. Neither side has the advantage". The former Gym Leader said as he crossed his arms with a smile on his face.
"Go, use Thunder again!" The Gym Leader commanded, getting Wash Rotom to cry out as its body was surrounded by electricity, before it fired a massive yellow beam of electricity at Magnezone. "Magnezone, use Light Screen!" Ash commanded as he held his right hand out forward. "Magnezone!" The Electric and Steel-type cried out, before it formed a light-blue barrier in front of itself. The Thunder made contact with the barrier, before it bounced off.
"Now, give them Tri Attack!" Ash added, swiping his right hand out to the side in a dramatic fashion. "Magnezone!" Magnezone cried out as it spun around rapidly, before a ball of yellow electric energy, light blue ice energy, and orange fire energy formed around it. The Magnet Area Pokémon then fired all three balls at Rotom, landing a direct hit and pushing the Electric and Water-type back.
"This battle isn't over just yet! Rotom, use Will-O-Wisp!" The Gym Leader commanded as he pointed towards Magnezone with his right hand. Rotom cried out as it opened its mouth and fired a blue fireball from its mouth at Magnezone. "Dodge it!" Ash commanded as he swiped his right hand out to the side. "Magne!" The Electric and Steel-type cried out as it floated right and dodged the blue fireball.
"Good, now Discharge!" The Rainbow Hero commanded with narrowed eyes, getting Magnezone to narrow its eye, before releasing light blue electricity from its red eye at Rotom. The Discharge attack struck and made Rotom cry out in pain. "Fight back with Hex!" Wattson commanded, getting the Electric and Water-type cry out as the blue electricity dispersed, before dark purple wisps of energy appeared around Wash Rotom. Magnezone was surrounded in purple energy, making it shut its eye in pain.
"Hang in there! Use Tri Attack again!" Ash commanded as he thrust his right hand forward, getting Magnezone to open its eye. "Magnezone!" Magnezone cried out as it spun around rapidly, causing the purple energy to disappear, before a ball of yellow electric energy, light blue ice energy, and orange fire energy formed around it. The Magnet Area Pokémon then fired all three balls at Rotom.
"Use Thunder to fight back against Tri Attack!" The Gym Leader commanded with narrowed eyes, getting Wash Rotom to cry out as its body was surrounded by electricity, before it fired a massive yellow beam of electricity at the three balls of electricity, fire and ice. The two attacks clashed against one another, before causing an explosion. Smoke was created from the explosion and covered the middle part of the battlefield, blocking Magnezone's and Rotom's views of each other.
"Magnezone, try to sense Rotom's electricity!" Ash called out to his Magnet Area Pokémon, making Magnezone nod, before it closed its eye. Magnezone focused on the field for a sign of electricity, before he felt Rotom's electricity, getting the Electric and Steel-type to open its eye. "Magnezone!" Magnezone cried out, getting Ash and Pikachu to smile. "Good job, now hit em with Flash Cannon!" The Rainbow Hero commanded with a smirk, thrusting his right hand up.
"Mag…ne…zone!" The Electric and Steel-type called out, before it fired a white beam of energy with light blue energy. The Flash Cannon went through the smoke and towards Rotom, landing a direct hit on its front and making it cry out in pain. "My Rotom!" Wattson exclaimed in concern as Rotom collapsed to its back, now having swirls in its eyes.
"Rotom is unable to battle! Magnezone is the winner!" Watt called out as he lifted the green flag to Ash's side of the field as the smoke completely cleared. "Great work Magnezone!" Ash praised his Magnet Area Pokémon with a grin on his face. "Pika!" Pikachu cried out from his partner's shoulder, getting Magnezone to close its eye in joy. "Magnezone!" Magnezone cried out in joy at pleasing its trainer.
Wattson returned his Rotom to its Poké Ball, holding the device with his right hand, before he turned it over to look at the Poké Ball with a small smile. "You did great work out there, take a good rest". Wattson told his defeated Pokémon with a proud smile, before he placed the Poké Ball away and brought out another one. "Go! Raichu!" The Gym Leader cried out as he threw the Poké Ball into the air.
The device soared through the air, before bursting open with a white beam coming out. The white beam struck the ground and began to take shape, before it cleared to reveal a Raichu. "Raichu!" The Electric-type called out with a wide smile on its face, its tail had a lightning bolt-shape end, showing that it was male. "Pikachu!?" Pikachu called out in surprise at seeing his evolved form.
"Wow, it's a Raichu!" Max called out in amazement, while May had wide eyes of surprise. "This is Pikachu's evolved form?!" The brunette exclaimed in surprise, before she brought out her Pokédex with her right hand and scanned Raichi. "Raichu, the Mouse Pokémon and the evolved form of Pikachu. Raichu's tail functions as a ground and releases electricity into the surface, which keeps it from shocking itself". The Pokédex buzzed, getting May to look back up at the Mouse Pokémon.
"Raichu, Break Break!" Wattson commanded with a smirk on his face. "Rai!" Raichu cried out as his arms glowed bluish white, before he leaped at Magnezone very fast and landed a super effective hit on Magnezone's center. The Light Screen reappeared, before it shattered as the Magnet Area was pushed back, before it stopped in front of Ash and Pikachu, who both gritted their teeth slightly.
"That was a super effective hit, and not only that, it broke the Light Screen". Sorrel remarked with his arms crossed, getting May to look at him in confusion. "Huh? What do you mean Break Break destroyed the Light Screen?" May asked in confusion, getting the 12-year-old boy turn to look at her. "Certain attacks have special effects that aren't just meant to damage the opponent's Pokémon. For example, Break Break's special power is to destroy the opponent's Reflect or Light Screen that are still activated". Sorrel answered as he turned to look back at the battle to watch.
"We've still got some juice left! Discharge!" The Rainbow Hero commanded with narrowed eyes, getting Magnezone to narrow its eye, before releasing light blue electricity from its red eye at Raichu. "Dodge by charging in!" Wattson commanded with a smirk, getting his Electric Mouse to grow a smirk of its own. "Rai Rai!" Raichu cried out as he fell onto all four feet, before charging forward and dodging the Discharge attack.
"Good, now Knock Off!" The Gym Leader called out with an eager voice. "Raichu!" Raichu called out as his right hand was surrounded by black sparkles, before he leaped up and slammed his hand down on Magnezone's head, sending the Magnet Area slamming into the ground. "Magnezone!" Ash called out in concern with slightly wide eyes.
"Now, use Return!" Wattson called out with an eager grin on his face, making Ash widen his eyes even more. "Rai rai!" Raichu called out with a smile, before he tackled Magnezone with great force, pushing the Electric and Steel-type back across the ground. "What was that?" Max questioned in surprise with wide eyes, having never seen Return before. "That was Return, it's a Normal-type move that powers up the higher the Pokémon's friendship with its trainer is". Verity explained with narrowed eyes as she watched Magnezone weakly float back up in the air.
Ash gritted his teeth slightly, before he brought out Magnezone's Great Ball with his right hand and held it out towards Magnezone. "Return for now, Magnezone!" Ash called out as his Great Ball fired a red beam at Magnezone, covering it from view, before the Electric and Steel-type returned. The Rainbow Hero placed the Great Ball away, before he turned to look at Pikachu and gave him a grin.
"You ready buddy?" Ash asked his best friend, getting Pikachu to smirk back at him. "Pikachu pika!" Pikachu answered with a nod and his eyes narrowed, getting Ash to chuckle as he turned to look back at the battlefield. "I choose you, Pikachu!" The Rainbow Hero called out as he swiped his right hand out and pointed with his index finger. "Pika!" Pikachu cried out as he leaped off of Ash's shoulder and landed on the battlefield on all four feet.
"This is gonna be so exciting! Pikachu V.S Raichu!" Max exclaimed in excitement with his hands up. 'So exciting. Who will win? Pikachu or Raichu?' Jirachi commented with an exciting look on his face. "This isn't the first time that Pikachu has faced a Raichu before, so this won't be a first time experience for them". Brock said with narrowed eyes, thinking back to Ash's battle against Vermilion City's Gym Leader. "Hopefully, that'll help with this". Verity commented with a confident smile, full of faith in her boyfriend.
"Let's start this off with a bang! Raichu, use Wild Charge!" Wattson commanded with a grin on his face. "Rai-Rai Raichu!" The evolved Electric Mouse cried out as his body became surrounded in yellow electricity, before he charged towards Pikachu, running on all four feet. "Let's return the favor with Volt Tackle!" Ash commanded as he held up his right fist.
"Pika-pika-pika-pika-pika!" Pikachu cried out as he took off running, before his body was surrounded by golden electricity with his body looking black and white. The Electric Mouse Pokémon charged in on each other, before they clashed and created an explosion upon impact. Pikachu and Raichu slid out of the smoke on the ground, before they stopped in front of their trainers. Yellow sparkles briefly appeared around them, before they disappeared.
"Not bad, but we've still got some tricks left up our sleeves. Raichu, use Break Break!" Wattson called out with an excited smirk. "Rai!" The Electric Mouse cried out as both of his hands glowed bluish white, before he charged towards his pre-evolved form. "Fight back with Focus Punch!" Ash commanded, holding up his right fist. "Pika!" Pikachu called out as his fist glowed light blue, before he charged towards Raichu.
The two Electric-types closed in on each other and began fighting each other in hand-to-hand combat. The two landed a good couple of hits on each other, before they ended it with Raichu slamming his left fist onto Pikachu's right cheek, while Pikachu slammed his right fist on Raichu's left cheek. The two Electric-types slid across the ground away from each other, before they stopped and glared at one another. "We've got more where that came from! Pikachu, use Iron Tail!" Ash commanded with a grin as he held out his right hand.
"Pika-chu!" Pikachu called out as his tail glowed bright white, before he fell on all four feet and began running towards Raichu. "A Steel-type move, huh? In that case, use Knock Off!" Wattson cried out as he swiped his left hand out. "Raichu!" Raichu called out, before he held up his right hand as it was surrounded by black sparkles. Pikachu then leaped into the air, before he flipped and brought his glowing tail down on Raichu, who swung his black sparkle covered fist up.
Both Iron Tail and Knock Off clashed against each other with Pikachu trying to overpower one another, before they both ended their power struggle with Pikachu leaping away and landed on all four feet. "Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded, getting Pikachu to cry out as he unleashed a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from his body at Raichu.
"Dodge, then use Return!" Wattson commanded as he swiped his left hand up. "Rai!" The Electric Mouse cried out as he fell on all four feet, before he took off towards Pikachu, dodging the Thunderbolt. Raichu rammed into Pikachu, pushing the smaller Electric-type back and sent him sliding across the ground, before he stopped. "Pika pika!" Pikachu called out in determination, refusing to lose in this battle.
Ash narrowed his eyes, before he looked down at his Z-Ring and saw the Electrium-Z was already on and ready to be used. 'We could use Gigavolt Havoc to win this battle, but I'm not gonna do that. We can't become too reliant on the Z-Ring's power'. The Rainbow Hero thought to himself as he tilted his head up to look back at the battle and thought hard. Ash then thought of an idea, getting him to grin a little.
'Let's try this idea. No guaranties that it'll work, but might as well try'. Ash thought to himself, before swiping his right hand out. "Pikachu, try Iron Tail one more time!" The Rainbow Hero commanded with a confident voice, getting Pikachu to smirk. "Pika!" The Electric-type cried out as his tail glowed white, before he leaped into the air and began falling towards his evolved form. "Raichu, use Knock Off again!" Wattson commanded with a grin on his face. "Raichu!" Raichu called out, before he held up his right hand as it was surrounded by black sparkles.
The two Electric-types drew closer to one another with Ash still grinning, before he saw the perfect timing. "Now, change to Focus Punch!" The Rainbow Hero commanded with a smirk, making Wattson widen his eyes in surprise and shock. "Pikachu!" Pikachu cried out with a confident smirk, before he flipped forward with his right fist now glowing bluish white, before he thrust his fist out and clashed against Raichu's Knock Off attack. Focus Punch won against Knock Off with Pikachu slamming his fist into Raichu's left cheek, sending the evolved Electric Mouse Pokémon sliding across the ground on its back.
"Raichu!" Wattson called out in concern as Raichu stopped sliding in front of him, before the Electric-type sat up and glared at Pikachu, who gave him a smirk. "Now Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded, getting Pikachu to cry out as he unleashed a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from his body at Raichu.
"Dodge, then use Return!" Wattson commanded as he swiped his left hand up. "Rai!" The Electric Mouse cried out as he fell on all four feet, before he took off towards Pikachu, dodging the Thunderbolt. Ash gave another smirk, before he swiped his right hand forward. "Now, change to Iron Tail!" The Rainbow Hero commanded with a grin. "Pika". Pikachu said as he ceased using Thunderbolt, before he leaped into the air and flipped over with his tail now glowing bright white.
"Rai!?" Raichu called out in concern, before Pikachu's Iron Tail slammed into his head hard, sending him crashing into the ground hard, kicking up debris and dust that covered the two Electric-types from view. "Raichu!" Wattson called out in concern, having wide eyes as he awaited for the dust to clear.
The dust cleared to reveal Pikachu standing up in front of a lying down Raichu, who had swirls in his eyes. "Raiiiii…" The evolved Electric Mouse moaned out in pain, getting Watt to look down at him for a moment, before he lifted the green flag towards Ash's side of the field. "Raichu is unable to battle! Pikachu wins!" The referee called out, signaling Pikachu's victory of this match.
"Way to go, Pikachu!" Ash praised his best friend with a grin. "Pika-pika!" Pikachu cried out proudly as he thrust his right hand to the air. "Alright, they won!" The youngest Maple sibling exclaimed in joy for his idol that was for step away from earning his third badge. "It was smart of Ash to lure Wattson into a false sense of thinking like that". Brock commented with an impressed smile on his face.
"All that's left is one last Pokémon, and then Ash wins his third badge". May said in excitement for her crush's victory. "True, but Wattson's last Pokémon hasn't battled yet and is completely rearing to go, while Ash's Pokémon have all battled and taken some damage as well". Sorrel remarked with narrowed eyes, getting Lucario to growl in agreement. "Don't sweat it, Ash has got this! Right Piplup?" Verity questioned her starter with a grin. "Piplup". Piplup replied to her trainer with a smile.
Wattson returned his Raichu to its Poké Ball, holding the device with his right hand, before he turned it over to look at the Poké Ball with a small smile. "Take a good, long rest Raichu. You deserve it". The Gym Leader told his defeated Pokémon, before he placed the device away and brought out another Poké Ball with his right hand. He then looked towards Ash and held the device out to him. "This last Pokémon is all that stands in your way from claiming your third Gym Badge, but he won't make it easy for you! Go, Manectric!" Wattson cried out as he reared his right hand back, before throwing the device into the air. The Poké Ball soared through the air, before releasing a bright white beam that struck the ground.
The beam took shape, before it cleared to reveal Wattson's Manectric. "Manectric!" The Discharge Pokémon roared out proudly, kicking up dust from his powerful roar. "So, Wattson's last Pokémon is Manectric". Sorrel stated with his arms crossed, knowing that Pikachu wasn't the ideal choice against the Discharge Pokémon. "With Manectric's Lightning Rod ability, Pikachu's chances of winning aren't big". Brock remarked with narrowed eyes as he knew that using Electric-type moves against Manectric will backfire. "Don't worry, Ash will still win!" Max exclaimed with determined filled eyes, having full belief in Ash that he'll win. Jirachi nodded in agreement to his best friend with narrowed eyes.
"Alright, let's start with Iron Tail!" Ash commanded as he held his right hand out. "Pika!" Pikachu cried out as his tail began glowing bright white, before he fell on all four feet and charged towards Manectric. "Use Double Team!" Wattson commanded as he held his left hand out. "Manectric!" Manectric cried out as he created copies of himself. Pikachu swung his tail down on one of the Manectrics, but it puffed out in white smoke, getting the Electric Mouse to cry out in surprise. "A fake!?" Ash cried out in surprise, causing Wattson to burst out laughing. "My Manectric has mastered the art of blending in with his doubles when using Double Team, so there's no way you'll find him. Now Manectric, Signal Beam!" The Gym Leader commanded as he swiped his left hand out to the side.
"Manectric!" One of the Manectrics called out as all, but that one, disappeared, before pink ring appeared in front of his face, before firing a streaky pink beam from the ring at Pikachu's left side, blasting the smaller Electric-type back. "Pikachu! Use Focus Punch!" Ash commanded with narrowed eyes, but there was a hint of concern in them. "Pikachu!" The Electric Mouse cried out, before his right fist began glowing whitish blue, before he leaped towards Manectric and slammed his glowing fist on the Discharge Pokémon's left cheek.
"Manectric, use Thunderbolt!" Wattson commanded with narrowed eyes, getting Manectric to shot open his closed eyes. "Manectric!" The Discharge Pokémon roared out, before unleashed a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from his body at Pikachu and created an explosion upon impact. "Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed in concern as the smoke from the explosion cleared to reveal Pikachu lying down on the ground on his back with swirls in his eyes. "Pika..." The Electric Mouse groaned out as he couldn't continue anymore. "Pikachu is unable to battle! Manectric wins!" Watt called out as he held the right flag up as Ash ran towards Pikachu, signaling Manectric's victory.
"Guess Pikachu took too much damage from his battle against Raichu". Brock commented with narrowed eyes as Ash reached and picked up Pikachu in his arms. "And after Pikachu fought so hard". May said in sorrow for the Electric Mouse as Ash walked up towards them and stopped in front of Verity. "Could you look after Pikachu for the rest of the match for me?" The Rainbow Hero asked his girlfriend, which Verity nodded to him with a soft smile on her face. "Of course, leave it to me". Verity replied as she took Pikachu into her hands and held him in her arms. "Pikachu pi". Pikachu apologized to his best friend for losing, getting Ash to smile down at him. "Don't worry about it, just leave the rest to me". The Rainbow Hero replied to his partner with a reassuring smile, before he turned back around and walked back to his side of the battle field.
Ash brought out a Great Ball with his right hand and held it up. "Go, Magnezone!" Ash called out as he spun around and threw the Great Ball, which burst open and released a bright white beam. The beam took shape in the air, before it took form and cleared to reveal Magnezone. "Magnezone!" The Magnet Area Pokémon called out as it hovered in the air and looked down at Manectric, who growled up at him. "Let's get this thing over straight away! Flamethrower!" Wattson commanded with a confident smirk on his face. "Manectric!" The Discharge Pokémon roared out as he released a red-orange stream of fire from his mouth at Magnezone.
"Use Light Screen!" Ash commanded as he swiped his right hand to the side. "Magnezone!" The Electric and Steel-type called out, creating a light-blue barrier in front of itself. The Flamethrower struck the barrier, but Magnezone still cried out in pain, getting Ash to cry out in concern. "Even with Light Screen, Flamethrower is still super effective!" Brock exclaimed with wide eyes, while Sorrel narrowed his eyes and Verity and May looked slightly concerned. "Stay strong Magnezone! Use Tri Attack!" The Rainbow Hero called out with narrowed eyes, pointing his right hand out. Magnezone cried out as he begun spinning, causing the stream of flames do disperse, before a ball of yellow electric energy, light blue ice energy, and orange fire energy formed around it.
Magnezone then hurled the three balls towards Manectric, who leaped away to dodge with the three balls creating an explosion upon impact with the ground. "Manectric, Thunderbolt, go!" Wattson commanded as he thrust his left hand out out. "Manectric!" The Discharge Pokémon cried out as he landed on the ground, before unleashing a powerful bolt of electricity from his body at Magnezone, landing a direct hit, but it didn't seem to effect the Electric and Steel-type. "You of all people should know that Electric-type moves won't do much damage to Electric-types, much less when Light Screen is up. But this'll do something, Flash Cannon!" The Rainbow Hero commanded, thrusting his right fist out.
"Magnezone!" The Electric and Steel-type cried out, before it created a white ball of energy in front of its eye and then fired a white and light blue beam from it at Manectric, landing a hit and pushing him back a little. "Manectric, Flamethrower again!" Wattson commanded with a confident smirk on his face. "Manectric!" The Discharge Pokémon roared out as he released a red-orange stream of fire from his mouth at Magnezone. The light-blue barrier appeared in front of Magnezone again and blocked the stream of fire, but it didn't protect Magnezone as it cried out and was pushed back.
"Magnezone!" Ash cried out in concern as the Magnet Area Pokémon fell and crashed into the ground, kicking up dust. The dust quickly cleared to reveal that Magnezone had crashed into the ground with a swirl in its eye. "Magnezone is unable to battle! Manectric wins!" Watt called out as he held up the red flag, signaling Manectric's victory. Wattson gave out a spirited laugh at seeing his Pokémon's second victory. "Well done, Manectric!" The Gym Leader praised his trusted Pokémon, getting Manectric to smile at him.
"Now it's one-on-one". Verity remarked with narrowed eyes, getting Sorrel to nod. "At least Ash's last Pokémon has an advantage". Brock stated with narrowed eyes, getting Max to nod in agreement. "Flygon's part Ground-type, so Manectric's Thunderbolt won't work on him". The young boy reminded the gang, causing May to bring her hands together in a prayer for Ash's victory. 'The Rainbow Hero will win, I know he will'. Jirachi said with a bright smile, full of faith in the chosen hero that Ho-Oh chose. "
Ash held Magnezone's Great Ball out with his right hand and returned the Electric and Steel-type to the device, before he looked down at the ball with a smile. "You did a good job Magnezone. Rest for now, you've deserved it". The Rainbow Hero told his defeated Pokémon, before he placed the device away and brought out an Ultra Ball with his right hand. "It's all on you... Go, Flygon!" Ash cried out as he spun around, before he tossed the Ultra Ball into the air. The device soared through the air, before bursting open and released a bright white beam in the air.
The beam cleared to reveal Flygon, who had a wide smile on his face. "Fly!" The Mystic Pokémon cried out in an eager voice, before he stomped on the ground, creating a small earthquake upon impact. "It'll take more than type advantage to win this. Manectric, Signal Beam!" Wattson commanded with a grin on his face. "Manectric!" The Discharge Pokémon roared out as a pink ring appeared in front of his face, before firing a streaky pink beam from the ring at Flygon. "Take flight, Flygon!" Ash cried out with a grin, holding his right hand out with his index finger out.
"Raaahhh!" The Dragon and Ground-type cried out as he spread his wings, before he took flight into the sky, dodgig the Signal Beam. Flygon kept flapping his wings to stay air-born, before he looked down at Manectric, who glared up at him. "Manectric, use Double Team to confuse Flygon!" The Gym Leader commanded, getting Manectric to narrow his eyes. "Ma!" The Electric-type cried out, before creating 10 doubles of himself that all glared up at Flygon. "This time, we've got a countermeasure! Flygon, use Sandstorm!" Ash commanded as he swuped his open right hand out to the side. "Fly!" Flygon cried out, flapping his wings and releasing a tornado at all the Manectrics, striking them all, causing the doubles to puff in white smoke, while the real one was sent flying from the attack.
"Huh!?" Wattson cried out in surprise with wide eyes, while Ash grew a smirk. "Great work, now Steel Wing!" Ash called out with a grin on his face. "Raaahhh!" The Mystic Pokémon cried out as his wings glowed bright white, before he began flying down towards Manectric, who landed on his right side. "Manectric, stay strong! Use Flamethrower!" Wattson commanded as he held his left hand out. Manectric got back on his feet, before he looked the Dragon and Ground-type, before releasing stream of fire from his mouth at the diving down Flygon.
The Flamethrower stuck, but Flygon flew through it down towards Manectric, before slamming his right wing on Manectric, causing the Electric-type to cry out as he stopped using Flamethrower, before he slammed down on the ground on his right side, while the Mystic Pokémon flew back into the air with his wings returning to normal. "Manectric, Signal Beam!" Wattson commanded with a hint of panic in his voice. Manectric lifted his head up from the ground and looked up at Flygon, before firing a Signal Beam at him. "Flygon, counter with Hyper Beam!" Ash commanded, swiping his right hand out in front of him. "Fly...!" Flygon cried out as he twirled around in mid-air, before he tilted his head up as an orange ball formed in front of Flygon's mouth, before he fired the ball as a beam.
Both the Signal Beam and Hyper Beam clashed against each other, before they created a big explosion with the smoke covering the battlefield completely. Everyone covered their eyes from the smoke for a full minute, before the smoke cleared. Manectric was back on his feet, but Flygon was nowhere to be seen, but there was a hole in the ground. "Flygon must have used Dig and used the smoke as a diversion". Sorrel commented with an impressed smile on his face. "Nice!" Verity remarked with a wide smile on her face.
The ground underneath Manectric slightly cracked, before Flygon erupted out of it and rammed into the Electric-type's stomach. "Manectric!" The Electric-type cried out in pain as he was lifted up from the ground and into the air. "Manectric!" Wattson called out in concern, while Ash grew a smirk as he thrust his right hand out forward and held his left hand fist up. "Good job Flygon, now... finish this with Sandstorm and spin!" The Rainbow Hero commanded as he brought his right hand to his left, before swiping it up into the air.
"Fly!" The Mystic Pokémon cried out as he spread his wings out, and then proceeded to begin spinning, bringing Manectric along for the spin, before creating a Sandstorm tornado around himself. The tornado floated off the ground, before it redirected itself to point down at the ground. The tornado then shot out towards the ground and slammed into it, kicking up dust and creating a creator upon impact. The dust was then blown away from Flygon spreading his wings out, revealing himself to be flying slightly above the ground and was looking down at the creator. Lying down on the creator on its back was Manectric, who had swirls in his eyes and his mouth open. "Ma..." The Electric-type groaned out, unable to continue the battle anymore.
Watt took a good look at his boss's Manectric for a few moments, before he held up the green flag. "Manectric is unable to battle, Flygon wins! Since the Gym Leader no longer has any Pokémon to battle and the challenger still does, the victory goes to Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!" Watt called out, signaling the battle was over and that Ash was the victor.
(Winner: Ash, Flygon, Timburr, Magnezone and Pikachu)
(Music end)
May, Max and Jirachi all cried out in joy for the Rainbow Hero's victory, before the two siblings turned to each other and hi-fived with both of their hands. "I have to admit, that was an exciting battle to watch". Sorrel confessed with an impressed look on his face with his arms crossed. "Rahhh". Lucario said in agreement to his trainer, having enjoyed the battle as well. "It was exciting, intense and creative all at the same time". Verity remarked with a grin on her face. "Piplup". Piplup commented with a happy expression on her face. "That Ash... Always making the battles he takes part in, so special". Brock said with a small smile on his face. "Pikachu-pi". Pikachu commented with a smile, happy for his best friend's victory.
Ash walked into the battlefield, before he stopped as Flygon flew towards and landed in front of him. Ash smiled at his Mystic Pokémon as he lifted his right hand and placed it on Flygon's head and gave him a comforting rub. "Way to go, Flygon. You won us our third Gym Battle". The Rainbow Hero praised his Dragon and Ground-type with a smile, getting Flygon to cry out in happiness. Wattson walked up towards his Manectric as the Discharge Pokémon got out of the creator and back onto his feet, before he knelt down next to him. "You were magnificent Manectric, well done". The Gym Leader praised his partner, getting Manectric to smile up at him.
A little bit later, everyone was outside of the Gym with the sun beginning to set for the day. Ash, Verity, Sorrel, May, Max, Brock, Pikachu, Piplup, Lucario and Jirachi stood across Wattson and Watt on the left side of the Gym with Pikachu riding on Ash's left shoulder, Verity carrying Piplup in her hands and Jirachi riding atop Max's head. Ash and Wattson had already returned Flygon and Manectric to their devices and now, it was time to award the Rainbow Hero with his third Gym badge.
"Ash, I haven't had a battle as exciting as that for a long time, so thank you". Wattson told the young Rainbow Hero, getting Ash to smile up at him. "I should be thanking you for giving me such a great battle". Ash replied to the Gym Leader, getting him to let out a happy laugh. "I guess we both should be thanking each other then. Now, here's your prize". Wattson said as he brought out a gold and blue coiled wire shaped badge with his right hand. "The Dynamo Badge". The Gym Leader added as he held the badge out to the 12-year-old boy, who took it with his right hand.
"Thank you very much, Wattson". Ash thanked the Gym Leader, who held his right hand up. "Hold up, there's still something left". Wattson told the 12-year-old boy, getting him and the rest of the gang to blink in surprise. Wattson then brought out two disc containers with his right hand and held them out to Ash, who looked down at them and saw yellow discs inside of them. "This is TM24 Thunderbolt and TM72 Volt Switch". The Gym Leader revealed as he handed the two discs to Ash, who widened his eyes in surprise. "Well... this is an unexpected, but nice surprise". Brock commented with wide eyes of surprise, getting Sorrel to nod in agreement.
Ash and Pikachu stared down at the two additional prizes with wide eyes of surprise, before the Rainbow Hero looked up at Wattson and gave him a thankful smile. "Thank you, Wattson". Ash thanked the Gym Leader once more, who gave him a big grin in return. "Think nothing of it. Now, you go out there, collect the remaining 5 badges and win the Hoenn League". The Gym Leader told the young boy, who gave a smirk, before he nodded. "You got it. Bye". Ash bid farewell as he turned around and began walking away. "Good-bye". The rest of the gang bid farewell as they turned and followed after the Rainbow Hero. Wattson and Watt waved to the gang with their right hands as they walked away.
A little bit later, Ash looked down at his badge case in his right hand, looking at his three badges with May and Verity walking besides him, while the others walked behind him. "That's three badges down, and five left to go". Verity stated with a smile, before May looked up at her crush with her hands folded behind her. "And I'm sure you'll get all of them in no time". The brunette told her crush with a gentle smile on her face, getting Ash and Pikachu to smile at her. "Thanks May". Ash thanked his traveling companion with an appreciated tone. "Pikachu". Pikachu said to the Pokémon Coordinator with a smile on his face.
Sorrel, Max, Brock, Lucario and Jirachi all smiled at their traveling companions, before the Pokémon Professor in training noticed a familiar pair of eyes in his sworn brother's shadow. 'Ash...' A familiar voice said out loud, getting everyone's attention as they all stopped walking and turned to look down at Ash's shadow, before a familiar Gloomdweller Pokémon emerged from it. "Marshadow?! Is something wrong?" Ash asked in surprise and concern as he knelt down before the Fighting and Ghost-type, who shook his head in response with a smile.
'No, everything is alright. I've just come to deliver your reward for earning your third Gym badge'. Marshadow answered with a reassuring voice, getting everyone to tilt their heads in confusion. Marshadow held up his closed right hand, before he opened it to reveal that he was holding two crystals. Ash slightly widened his eyes in surprise as he took the crystals in his left hand and looked down at them, where he saw familiar symbols on them. "Marshadow, what are theses?" The Rainbow Hero questioned in surprise, getting the Gloomdweller Pokémon to smile up at him. 'These two crystals are the Z-Crystals, Flyinium Z and Dragonium Z'. Marshadow revealed, getting everyone to widen their eyes in surprise.
"Two new Z-Crystals? That's awesome!" Max exclaimed in delight at the chance of seeing two new Z-Moves. Marshadow gave the young boy a nod, before he turned to look back at his trainer. 'I figured that it was time to grant you some new Z-Crystals. I'll come back tomorrow to help you with these two Z-Crystals, right now I'm needed back at Pallet Town. I'll see you guys later'. Marshadow told the gang, before he sunk back into Ash's shadow and disappeared completely, leaving everyone with confused expressions. "That was weird". Verity stated with a confused face, getting her starter to nod in agreement.
Ash looked back down at the two new Z-Crystals in his hand for a moment, before he smiled and put them away in his pocket. "Come on guys, let's head back to the Pokémon Center. Tomorrow, we'll head out". The Rainbow Hero told his traveling companions, before he turned around and began walking off back to the Pokémon Center. Everyone followed after the Rainbow Hero back to the Pokémon Center to rest for the rest of the day, and continued their journey tomorrow.
(Meanwhile, back in Pallet Town)
In the backyard of Professor Oak's lab, Marshadow erupted out of a tree's shadow and looked around his surroundings. A laughing cry came out of nowhere from above, getting the Gloomdweller Pokémon to tilt his head up, before he grew a smile upon seeing Latios and Latias flying around the sky with the two new additions to the Ketchum family ridding on their backs.
The little girl, Azora was ridding on Latios's back, while her shiny Sylveon, Silvia was riding on Latias's back with all four of them laughing in joy. Marshadow's heart swooned at seeing the young child have so much fun with the Eon siblings in the air. He thought back to when he, Latios, Latias, Raikou and Espeon first met the child not too long ago.
(Flashback)
Latios, Latias, Raikou, Marshadow and Espeon all stared with wide eyes full of disbelief at the 8-year-old girl staring at them with wide eyes of wonder, who stood besides Delia, who smiled down at her, and the shiny Sylveon, who stood on the girl's left side. Just a few minutes ago, Professor Oak had released them all from their devices and the first thing that they saw was Delia with a random girl and a shiny Sylveon that she called Sylvia. The girl and Sylvia immediately looked at them all in awe, while Delia introduced them to the little girl named Azora, her new adopted daughter, much to their shock and surprise.
Delia gave all five of them a smile as she crouched down and placed her hands down on her new daughter's shoulders. "Azure, these are the rest of your big brother's Pokémon, along with a Pikachu that he always has with him. These are Latios, Latias, Raikou, Marshadow and Espeon". The mother of the Rainbow Hero introduced her adopted daughter to the five, getting Azora to look at her for a moment, before she looked back at the Pokémon in front of her. "Wow... I can't believe my eyes..." Azora said in awe that she was seeing legendary Pokémon before her. "Veon". Sylvia remarked with a smile, just as amazed as her best friend.
Latias stared down at the young child for a few moments, before she turned to look at her brother and gave him a nervous smile. 'Well... I guess this was the surprise that Delia wanted to show us'. The red Eon Dragon said to her sibling with a nervous chuckle, but Latios didn't responded as he stared at the girl. He could sense her emotions and felt two that really stuck out. One was a terrible fear for humans, which surprised Latios as he's never met a human that fears his or her own race. The second was a deep love for Pokémon, so deep that it rivaled Ash's love for Pokémon, which surprised him again.
Latios watched as Azora gathered enough courage and walked up towards him. She stopped in front of the blue Eon Dragon and looked up at him as if he was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life. "You're... so beautiful..." The blue haired girl said with a wide smile, before she reached out towards him with her right hand, but stopped herself with an uncertain look. "May I?" Azora asked with a nervous tone, getting Latios, Latias, Raikou, Marshadow and Espeon to stare at her in fascination. Latios lowered his head down and nodded to Azora, getting her to smile brightly as she lifted her right hand, before she gently pat his head. She gave Latios a loving gaze, which slightly surprised him.
Raikou and Marshadow took notice of Azora's loving gaze on Latios, getting them curious as they turned to face one another. 'She seems interesting, don't you think?' Raikou asked the Gloomdweller Pokémon with a curious voice, getting Marshadow to nod to him. 'Indeed. I can sense the deep love for Pokémon she has. It's honestly a bit amazing to see a human with so much love for our kind like her'. Marshadow answered as he turned to look back at Azora, who was now giving Latias a pat with her left hand. 'You think she'll impact Ash's life greatly?' The Gloomdweller Pokémon asked his fellow legendary, getting Raikou to look back at the young girl as her shiny Sylveon walked up next to her best friend and looked at the Eon Dragons in awe. 'That depends. Let's see what we can learn about her'. Raikou answered with a curious look directed at the young girl.
(Flashback end)
For the rest of the day, Latios, Latias, Raikou and Marshadow were with Azora and Sylvia, spending time and getting to know her greatly, while Espeon went back to Delia to their home. The four had learned that the child was a kind and loving one that truly loved Pokémon with all of her heart. Latios and Latias had grown to care for the child in the short time and played with her and Sylvia greatly. Raikou and Marshadow became more at ease with her, but haven't had a chance to play with her yet as she seemed too focus on Latios and Latias at the moment. But they have grown to care for her greatly.
Not too long ago, Marshadow had traveled to the Alola Region through the shadows and collected the two Z-Crystals for his trainer, before traveling back to Hoenn to deliver them. Now, he was back in Pallet Town and was watching Azora and Sylvia play with Latios and Latias. "Azora! Sylvia!" A familiar voice called out, getting everyone's attention as the two Eon Dragons stopped in mid-air, before they turned and saw Professor Oak waving to the young girl from in front of his door. "Delia called! It's time to head home!" The old man told the young girl, getting her to frown in disappointment. "Ahh, but I wanted to spend more time with Latios and Latias!" The young girl complained in sadness, getting Latios and Latias to smile at her.
'Don't worry, we'll fly you home'. The blue Eon Dragon told the little girl, getting her to look at him in surprise. "Really?" Azora asked in surprise, getting Latias to nod to him. 'Of course, we want to get to know you better'. Latias answered with a happy tone, liking the blue haired girl greatly. Azora grew a happy smile on her face, before she turned to look at Sylvia, who gave her a happy look. "Sylveon". The Fairy-type told her partner with a happy cry to see Azora enjoying herself so much. Azora then looked down at Latios and gave him an eager nod, getting the blue Eon Dragon to smile. 'Okay, hang on tight, Azora!' Latios cried out with an eager tone, before he shot out like a jet towards the Ketchum household. 'Wait up!' Latias called out with a smile, before she shot out like a jet and followed after her brother with Sylvia hanging on tight to her.
Marshadow watched them all with a smile, glad to see the two Eon Dragons get along with their trainer's new little sister. He knew that Azora would make a great Pokémon Trainer one day that would accomplish much. He could hardly wait for the day that Ash met his new little sister.
I hope that you've all enjoyed this chapter and the surprises in it. Like I've said before, I intend to make a lot of changes in my story compared to the anime and this is one of them. And with this, season 6 is finally over and season 7 begins. Next chapter will be about the first episode of season 7, but there will be changes and May will catch a new Pokémon. I'm gonna tell you I know when to have Ash and May get together, it'll be on the episode where they battled that couple with the Nidoking and Nidoqueen. It won't just be about a childish squabble though.
I've found out when the seventh movie takes place and that is right after Ash's sixth Gym battle, so that'll be a while. What other changes do you guys think I should do? Answer in a review and I'll take into consideration what you'd like me to do. For now, I'm gonna rest before starting the next chapter, but don't sweat it. It shouldn't take too much time. Just to let you know, my birthday is on the 17th on this month, so I'll take the day off on that day.
See you guys around.
