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.
Ch.27: Reunion and Realizations
Ash, Greninja, Braixen and Sylveon kept running towards the direction from which Thunderbolt and Ice Beam came. When they arrived at the scene, they couldn't believe at what they saw. It wasn't only Pikachu and Glaceon, but also Kaylin and her Pikachu, and it appeared that Pikachu had been protecting them from very familiar wild Pokémon. They were a Pikachu, a Greninja, a Delphox, a Sylveon and a Glaceon, and all of them appeared to be the opposite genders of Ash's Pikachu and Greninja, Serena's Braixen and Sylveon, and May's Glaceon.
Just then, the wild Greninja ran towards Pikachu with an Ice Punch, but Ash wouldn't allow that to happen.
"Greninja, quick," said Ash as he and the Pokémon started to make their way towards their friends. "Counter it with Night Slash."
Just as the wild female Greninja was about to land its attack on Pikachu, Ash's Greninja managed to push it away. All the wild Pokémon saw this and they immediately lined up, ready to attack.
"Ash, good thing you came," said Kaylin as she hugged her brother.
"It's good to see you, too," said Ash as he returned the hug.
"Pikachu can barely keep this up," said Kaylin. "My Pikachu isn't that strong and Glaceon is weak against Delphox's fire attacks."
"Don't worry," said Ash. "Me and Greninja will handle this."
Just then, the female Pikachu struck Ash's Pikachu with a powerful Mega Punch, followed by Thunder Punch.
"Pikachu, stay strong, buddy," said Ash. "Use Thunderbolt."
Pikachu stood up and fired a powerful Thunderbolt towards the female, but it was too fast and the wild Pikachu managed to dodge the electric attack. This move appeared it had tired Pikachu out as the electric–type collapsed on the ground and the female Pikachu charged in with another Thunder Punch, but just as it was about to land its attack on Pikachu, a Wild Charge came out of nowhere and struck the wild Pikachu with a lot of power. Everyone saw that the attack came from a Pikachu, but what surprised the group is that it was Kaylin's Pikachu that used Wild Charge to protect her big brother. However, because of the recoil damage, Kaylin's Pikachu fell on the ground, next to its brother.
"I didn't know Pikachu had that power in her," said Kaylin.
"Don't be surprised," said Ash. "With time, your Pokémon's power will only increase. Greninja, Pikachu is down, so it's up to you."
"Ninja," nodded the water/dark–type as he prepared for a hard battle. However, he was not the only one. Serena's Braixen stood next to Greninja, wanting to help her crush, as Sylveon used her ribbons to get the two fallen Pikachu out of the harm's way and placed them in front of Kaylin.
"Greninja, get ready, because this will be a one hell of fight," said Ash as Kaylin stood behind him with Pikachu, Sylveon and Glaceon. "Let's show them what we're made of and what happens to everyone who hurts our friends."
Ash and Greninja began mimicking their moves and in a couple of seconds, Greninja was covered in a water veil which exploded and a giant shuriken formed on Greninja's back. It was now Ash-Greninja against five wild aggressive Pokémon, or so Ash and Greninja thought. The wild Pokémon roared as loud as they could and in just 10 seconds, Ash, Greninja and their friends were surrounded by an entire group of different and aggressive Pokémon, such as Ursaring, Machamp, Aggron, Beedrill, Magnezone, Drapion, Fearow, Krookodile, Hydreigon, Houndoom, Seviper and Trevenant.
"That's not good," said Ash.
"Ash, tell me we'll get out of ere alive," said Kaylin as tears began to form in her eyes. "These Pokémon look pretty aggressive and scary."
"There's nothing to worry about," said Ash. "We'll get out of this forest. I won't let anything happen to you. You just keep an eye on Pikachu, Glaceon and Sylveon. Me, Greninja and Braixen will deal with this."
Suddenly, a loud roar was heard all wild Pokémon backed away, excluding Pikachu, Greninja, Sylveon, Delphox and Glaceon. Soon after that, a massive Pokemon landed in front of Ash-Greninja. For a moment, Ash thought it was a Garchomp, but it didn't look like an ordinary Garchomp. That's when it hit him. He and Greninja were now face–to–face with a 4-meter tall Mega–Garchomp. It appeared to be the leader of the wild Pokémon in the forest. The Mega–Evolved Garchomp then glared at Braixen and fired a power and super–effective Stone Edge only to be countered by Ash-Greninja's Water Shuriken. Greninja then looked at Mega–Garchomp telling it something from sort of "If want to get to Braixen, you'll have to go through me first". At this statement, Mega–Garchomp glared Greninja and prepared for a battle.
"It seems you really care about Braixen, don't you, Greninja," asked Ash his water/dark–type to which Greninja nodded, but suddenly the 'Ninja Pokémon' went to Braixen and kissed her on the cheek, catching her by surprise and causing her to blush like never before. "Greninja, let's show Mega–Garchomp what we're made of."
With that, Greninja looked at Mega–Garchomp with fierce expression.
"Greninja, start up with Night Slash," said Ash. Greninja formed two dark blades and landed a powerful Night Slash on Mega–Grachomp which caused the Mega–Evolved ground/dragon–type to roar in pain, but it recovered rather quickly and ran towards Ash-Greninja with Dual Chop, but Greninja managed to avoid the hit and fired a Water Shuriken which was countered by Garchomp's Flamethrower.
"Greninja, use Night Slash again," said Ash. Greninja once again formed its dark blades and he and Mega–Garchomp began a hand-to-hand combat with Night Slash and Dual Chop. "If we keep this up, we'll get tired. Greninja stop the attack and use your full speed to avoid Garchomp's attacks. Try to tire it down."
Greninja understood what Ash was telling it to do and began running around Garchomp, causing all of Garchomp's attacks to miss.
After a couple of minutes, Mega–Garchomp began to get tired while Ash-Greninja was still fresh, despite running so much.
"Greninja, use Water Shuriken," said Ash. Greninja grabbed the giant shuriken on its back and threw it towards Garchomp. The ground/dragon–type didn't see it coming and was directly hit by the water attack. "We're not done, yet. Greninja, freeze it with Ice Beam."
Greninja fired a super–effective Ice Beam which struck Mega–Garchomp, causing to freeze.
"Let's finish this, Greninja," said Ash. "Use Hydro Cannon!"
Greninja opened its mouth and fired a powerful Hydro Cannon which struck the frozen Garchomp, knocking it down. "Great job, Greninja. I knew you could do it."
Greninja returned back to its original form and nodded at Ash. Then, Braixen threw herself on Greninja, hugging it tightly and kissed the water/dark–type on the lips, or in Greninja's case, on the tongue.
"Looks like Greninja and Braixen are officially a couple," said Kaylin as she, Pikachu, Sylveon and Glaceon came up to Ash, Greninja and Braixen.
"Yeah, I'm happy for Greninja," said Ash. "How are you feeling, buddy?"
"Pika pika," said Pikachu confirming it's OK after it took a rest.
"Glad to hear it," said Ash. "Come on, guys. Let's go find the others."
Then, Pikachu and Greninja sensed something coming from the near by bush and prepared to attack with Thunderbolt and Night Slash, but it was just a false alarm as Ash's friends came out.
"Ash, Kaylin," shouted Serena. "It's so good to see you."
"You have no idea how worried we were," said Brock.
"We were worried about you, too," said Ash. "But, how did you find us?"
"We heard the sound of a fierce battle and we knew it was you," said Clemont.
"Yeah, me and Greninja had to battle a Mega–Garchomp while Pikachu was recovering from a really hard battle against a Greninja, a Pikachu, a Delphox, a Glaceon and a Sylveon," explained Ash. "At least we're back together."
"And not just us," said Kaylin. "Look over there."
The group looked at the direction Kaylin was pointing at and couldn't believe at what they were seeing. Greninja and Braixen were nuzzling each other.
"What's wrong with those two," asked Clemont.
"You couldn't be denser," said Bonnie. "It's obvious that Greninja and Braixen are now a couple."
"That's great news," said May, but something seemed wrong.
"Pikachuuuu," shouted Ash's Pikachu as he unleashed a Thunderbolt on Glaceon and Sylveon who appeared had been trying to make Pikachu walk with them.
"You know, Ash," said Brock. "Greninja might not be your only Pokémon to have found its mate. It looks to me that both Glaceon and Sylveon like Pikachu."
Sylveon and Glaceon glared at each other and everyone knew what they wanted. The two eeveelutions wanted to battle for Pikachu's heart.
To be continued…
And that is that. Ash's Greninja and Serena's Braixen are officially a couple. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you're wondering why Garchomp was Mega–Evolved, it's because its trainer had abandoned it in the forest a couple of months ago while it was in its stage of Mega–Evolution. Now to the main subject. Who will win Pikachu's heart? Sylveon or Glaceon? Find out in the next chapter.
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