After participating in the Kalos League, Ash decides to go to the Nessada region with his friends. Along the way, they face some unexpected events which will change the life of some of them.
Hi, guys. Now I realize that there's a little error in the number of the chapters, so I'm sorry for that.
Ch.18: Battle of Life and Death
"Let the battle begin," shouted Brock.
"Octillery, let's go," said Harley.
"Roserade, come on out," said Drew.
"Glaceon, on the stage," said May.
"Pikachu, I choose you," said Ash.
May, Harley and Drew released their chosen Pokémon while Pikachu jumped of Ash's shoulder and stood next to Glaceon.
"Pikachu, use Quick Attack on Roseraid," said Ash.
"Glaceon, use Shadow Ball on Octillery," said May.
"Roseraid, counter Quick Attack with Magical Leaf," said Drew.
"Octillery, counter Shadow Ball with Flamethrower," said Harley.
Pikachu ran at full speed towards Roseraid and slammed into the grass/poison–type and before Roseraid could fire its Magical Leaf, Pikachu sent it flying backwards with Iron Tail. Meanwhile, Octillery successfully countered Glaceon's Shadow Ball, creating a huge explosion.
"Glaceon, use Ice Beam on Roseraid," said May.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Octillery," said Ash.
Roseraid, still recovering from Iron Tail, was directly hit with a super–effective Ice Beam and because of the smoke, Octillery didn't have time to react and got hit with Thunderbolt, paralyzing it in the process.
"Harley, let's aim at Glaceon," suggested Drew. "Two attacks in a row should be enough to defeat it and this will crush May's spirit."
"I like the way you think," said Harley. "Octillery, use Flamethrower on Glaceon."
"Roseraid, use Sludge Bomb on Glaceon as well," said Drew.
"Pikachu use Iron Tail to counter Sludge Bomb and then use Thunderbolt to counter Flamethrower," said Ash.
Roseraid fired its Sludge Bomb at Glaceon, but Pikachu's steel–type attack managed to neutralize the attack and the electric–type fired a Thunderbolt at an incoming Flamethrower.
"Thanks, Ash," said May. "Glaceon, use Frost Breath on Roseraid."
Glaceon fired its Frost Breath which struck Roseraid directly, but the grass/poison–type was still standing.
"May, let's finish them of," said Ash.
"I have an idea," said May. "Remember when Pikachu and Greninja combined their attacks to defeat Hydreigon? Let's do it again."
"I like the sound of that," said Ash. "Pikachu, use Volt Tackle."
"Glaceon, use Ice Beam on Volt Tackle," said May.
Pikachu rand towards Roseraid and Octillery and covered itself in a yellow light while Glaceon powered it up with Ice Beam, creating an Ice Volt. Roseraid and Octillery didn't have time to react and were both hit with the powerful combination, knocking them out.
"Octillery and Roseraid are unable to battle," said Brock. "Pikachu and Glaceon are the winners."
"That's how we do it," said Ash. "Great job, Pikachu. Return."
"I'm proud of you, Glaceon, return," said May as she returned Glaceon back to its Pokeball.
"Those will harder to beat than I thought," said Drew as he and Harley returned their defeated Pokémon.
"Heracross, I choose you," said Ash as he sent out the Johto fighting/bug–type.
"Beautifly, on the stage," said May as she sent out her bug/flying–type.
"Hariyama, let's go," said Drew.
"Drapion, come on out," said Harley.
"Hariyama, use Fire Punch on Heracross," said Drew.
"Heracross, dodge it and use Megahorn on Drapion," said Ash.
"Beautifly, use Air Cutter on Hariyama," said May.
"Drapion, counter Megahorn with Poison Fang," said Harley.
Heracross and Hariyama ran towards each other, but at the last moment, Heracross jumped high enough to avoid Fire Punch and allowed Beautifly to hit Haryama with a super–effective Air Cutter while the fighting/bug–type flew towards Drapion who saw it coming and successfully countered Megahorn with a Poison Fang.
"Heracross, use the moment and use Focus Punch," said Ash. While Drapion was biting on Heracross' horn, the Johto Pokémon's fist glowed and hit Drapion under the chip with a powerful Focus Punch.
"Ash, I say we finish this once and for all," suggested May.
"No problem," said Ash.
Beautifly, use String Shot on Hariyama and Drapion," said May. Beautifly fired its String Shot which wrapped around Drapion and Hariyama, causing them to be stuck to one another. "Now try to pull them closer."
Beautifly barely managed to pull the two heavy Pokémon closer and Ash knew he had use this opportunity.
"Heracross, use double Focus Punch," said Ash. Both of Heracross' fists glowed and landed its double Focus Punch on Drapion and Hariyama who couldn't do anything to dodge the attack and were send flying backwards, still wrapped in the String Shot.
"Drapion and Hariyama are unable to battle," said Brock. "Heracross and Beautifly are the winners."
"You were amazing, Heracross," said Ash as he returned Heracross back to its Pokeball.
"Beautifly, return," said May as she did the same thing as Ash.
"This is not good," said Harley. "Time to bring out the big guns."
"I agree," nodded Drew. "Absol, let's go."
"Banette, come on out," said Harley. Right after Bannete and Absol came out, Ash and May saw something that caught their eyes. The two Pokémon had Mega–Stones. At that moment, the young trainers knew who to use.
"Sceptile, I choose you," said Ash.
"Blaziken, on the stage," said May. At this moment, Drew and Harley lost their chances of winning because Sceptile and Blaziken also had Mega–Stones.
"We won't give up," said Drew as he and Harley touched their Mega–Rings and Mega–Evolved their Absol and Banette.
"We won't give up as well," said Ash as he and May also Mega–Evolved their Sceptile and Blaziken.
"Let's get over with this," said May. "Blaziken, use Blaze Kick on Absol."
"Sceptile, use Leaf Blade on Bannete," said Ash.
"Absol, use Night Slash on Blaziken," said Drew.
"Bannete, use Thunder Wave on Sceptile," said Harley.
All Pokémon ran towards their opponents, but Sceptile didn't have time to dodge Thunder Wave, but instead of paralyzing it, Sceptile's power was now boosted.
"How is that possible," asked Bonnie.
"Of course," said Clemont. "Sceptile has Overgrow as its ability, but when it Mega–Evolves, its ablity becomes Lighting Rod which boosts its special attack."
Sceptile and Blaziken managed to strike Bannete and Absol with Leaf Blade and Blaze Kick which send the two Pokémon flying backwards.
"If Sceptile is immune, then use Thunder Wave on Blaziken," said Harley. Bannete fired its Thunder Wave, but Blaziken suddenly got faster thanks to its Speed Boost ability.
"Absol, use Iron Tail on Sceptile," said Drew. Absol's tail glowed white and aimed at Sceptile, but the grass/dragon–type was too fast.
"Sceptile, use Energy Ball on Bannete," said Ash.
"Blaziken, use Flamethrower on Absol," said May.
Absol and Bannete didn't have time to react and were both directly hit by Flamethrower and Energy Ball. Even if the hit were critical, Bannete and Absol barely managed to stand up.
"Sceptile, use Dragon Pulse on Absol," said Ash.
"Blaziken, use another Flamethrower on Bannete," said May.
Once again Sceptile and Blaziken's attacks struck their opponents, but Bannete and Absol were still able to battle and each time, Blaziken was getting faster.
Sceptile, use Leaf Blade on Bannete," said Ash.
"Blaziken, use Focus Punch on Absol," said May.
Sceptile and Blaziken ran towards their opponents, but this time Absol and Bannete managed to dodge the incoming attacks and hit them with an Aerial Ace on Blaziken and a Shadow Claw on Sceptile.
"Sceptile, are you OK," asked Ash as Mega–Sceptile nodded and stood up.
"Can you get up, Blaziken," asked May as Blaziken also stood up, but from out of nowhere Banette fired a Thunder Wave towards the fire/fighting–type, but the attacks direction changed and struck Sceptile, boosting its special attack even more.
"This is not going to work," said Harley. "Bannete, use Shadow Claw on Blaziken."
"Absol, use Aerial Ace on Sceptile," said Drew.
Bannete ran towards Blaziken and Sceptile with full speed, but just before they could hit them, the two Hoenn starters fired their Dragon Pulse and Flamethrower, sending Bannete and Absol flying backwards.
"Let's finish them one by one," said Ash.
"I'm with you," said May. "Blaziken, prepare a Focus Punch."
"Sceptile, use Energy Ball in the Focus Punch," said Ash. Sceptile fired an Energy Ball towards Blaziken and the fire/fighting–type absorbed the grass attack into its fist.
"Blaziken, now slammed on Absol," said May. Blaziken ran with its full speed towards Absol who decided to use Quick Attack, but the combination of such strong much was too much and Absol was send flying backwards, knocking it out.
"Absol is unable to battle," said Brock.
"Now let's finish Bannete," said May.
"Sceptile, get ready to use Leaf Blade," said Ash.
"Blaziken, use Flamethrower on the Leaf Blade," said May. Blaziken fired its Flamethrower and Sceptile's Leaf Blade was now covered in flames.
"Sceptile, use Flaming Blade," said Ash. Sceptile ran towards Bannete with everything it had and slammed its 'Flaming Blade' into the ghost–type, sending it flying backwards, knocking it out.
"Bannete is unable to battle," said Brock. "Sceptile and Blaziken are the winners. The victory goes to Ash and May."
"We did it," cheered Ash and May.
"I'm so relieved," said Bonnie as stood up and went to Ash and May with Serena and Clemont behind her.
"That was a great battle, guys," said Clemont. "Those combinations sure were amazing."
Meanwhile, Drew and Harley were not happy that they lost to Ash and especially May. They were furious and were about to do everything it takes to get rid of May.
"You won't get way that easily," shouted Harley, attracting the group's attention.
"What do you want now," asked May annoyed.
"We want to get rid of you," shouted Drew as threw a Pokeball. "Flygon, use Flamethrower on May."
Ash heard this command and ran towards May to get her out of the way, but Flamethrower was too fast and the fire attack hit May directly, sending her flying backwards. Ash and the others, along with Pikachu, went to see if she was OK, but when they heard Drew ordering a Hyper Beam, they knew they had to do something to keep May safe.
"Pikachu, try to hold that Hyper Beam with a full power Thunderbolt and then slam Flygon with your best Iron Tail," said Ash.
Pikachu and Flygon fired their attacks at the same time which exploded when they collided, but Flygon was now vulnerable and Pikachu used this moment to slam his Iron Tail twice in a row, knocking the dragon/ground–type out, but Pikachu then delivered a Thunderbolt, paralyzing Drew and Harley, and went back to Ash who was checking if May was OK from that Flamethrower.
"How is she, Clemont," asked Ash as Clemont was using a new invention to see if May was till alive.
"From what I see, the only serious problem is her body temperature," answered Clemont. "We need to cool her down."
"Leave that to me," said Ash. "Glalie, I choose you."
Ash brought out his Glalie and ordered it to use a weakened Icy Wind on May. After a couple of minutes, May's body temperature began to cool down. It turned out Flygon's Flamethrower had more flames than power. After a few more seconds, May began moving and sat up on the ground.
"What happened," asked May.
"You got hit by Flygon's Flamethrower," answered Bonnie. "We were all pretty worried. Luckily, Pikachu used two Iron Tail in a row to knock it out, because it had tried to finish you of with Hyper Beam."
"So Ash and Pikachu saved me," asked May as she looked at Ash.
"It was Pikachu that used Thunderbolt to paralyze Drew and Harley," said Ash as he pointed to the two coordinators.
"Wait a minute," said Brock. "Where are those men?"
That's when they realized the men Drew and Harley hired to kill May were long gone. They didn't want to know what happened to them, but the important thing is that May was alive. Little they know, this battle was pretty long and had to leave for the airport to take the plane to Kanto.
(After 10 minutes at the airport)
When Ash and his friends arrived at the airport, Delia and professor Oak were already there.
"Where were you," asked Delia.
"Long story, mum," answered Ash. "Come on. The plane leaves in 10 minutes."
The group managed to get on the plane just in time and took there seats. Serena was the happiest of them since her seat was next to Ash's. The plane took off and everybody was waiting to arrive in Kanto.
To be continued…
That's all for now! Ash and May defeat Drew and Harley. Sorry if the battle was not that exciting. I'm not that good in writing double battles. Anyways, in the next chapter everyone arrives in Kanto and Ash and Pikachu will face some unexpected surprises for both of them.