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.33: Mega–Absol vs Mega–Blaziken

The end of May and Serena's battle was near. They were down to their last Pokemon, Mega–Blaziken for May and Mega–Absol for Serena.

"Blaziken, use Focus Punch," said May.

"Absol, counter it with Psycho Cut," said Serena. Blaziken charged towards Absol with Focus Punch, but the dark–type managed to stop it with a super effective Psycho Cut. "Now use Thunderbolt."

"Blaziken, counter it with Flamethrower," said May. Both Pokemon fired their attacks which collided in the middle of the field. "Use Blaze Kick."

"Absol, dodge it with Double Team," said Serena. To her shock, before Absol could use Double Team, Blaziken landed its Blaze Kick on the Mega–Evolved Disaster Pokemon. "How come Blaziken got so fast?"

"In case you don't know, when Blaziken Mega–Evolves it gains Speed Boost as its ability," said May. "Blaziken, use Flamethrower."

"Absol, use Double Team and then use Night Slash," said Serena. This time, Absol managed to avoid Blaziken's Flamethrower and all copies managed to land Night Slash on the fire/fighting–type. "Now use Psycho Cut."

"Counter it with Flamethrower," said May. Blaziken managed to counter Psycho Cut with Flamethrower and this gave him an opening and landed its Shadow Claw with a direct hit.

"Absol, Night Slash," said Serena. Using the opportunity, Absol managed to land a direct hit with Night Slash on Blaziken. "Now use Thunderbolt."

Absol fired its Thunderbolt which not only landed on Blaziken, but it also managed to paralyze it.

"Blaziken, please stand up," begged May and Blaziken barely managed to stand up, but it was now a lot more slower due to the paralysis. "Try to Focus Punch."

"Absol, dodge with Double Team and then use Psycho Cut," said Serena. Blaziken charged towards Absol, but the Hoenn dark–type created several copies with Double Team to avoid the attack and landed a powerful Psycho Cut with a direct hit. "Use Psycho Cut one more time."

"Blaziken, try to counter with Flamethrower," said May. Absol fired its Psycho Cut, but Blaziken managed to counter it with Flamethrower. "Now use Blaze Kick."

"Absol, let's finish this," said Serena. "Time to use our combination. Use Thunder Slash." Absol's horn got covered in black electricity and fired it towards Blaziken, who didn't have time to dodge and was directly hit by the combination of Thunderbolt and Night Slash, knocking it out.

"Blaziken is unable to battle," said the referee. "Absol is the winner."

"And Serena's Absol manages to take out May's Blaziken," said Freddy. "The combination between Thunderbolt and Night Slash took Blaziken of guard."

"May and Blaziken had the advantage until the paralysis from Thunderbolt kicked in," said Selena. "This was an incredible end to the third round matches."

"I agree," said Freddy. "Now, let's take a look at the fourth round matches that will start tomorrow at 10:30am."

Sixteen cards on the screen and after a couple of seconds, the matches were known and Serena was facing the only person she didn't to battle, her crush, Ash.

"The first battle will be between Ash and Serena," said Freddy.

"So we're facing Serena," said Ash. "Are you ready to do this, Pikachu?"

"Pika," answered Pikachu as he pumped his fist in the air.

(Later that day)

After the battles ended, everyone went back to the Pokemon Center to have dinner. Everyone was feeling fine, except for Serena as she still couldn't believe she was facing Ash in the fourth round.

"Serena, are you OK," asked Ash as he came over to check on her.

"I guess," said Serena sadly.

"Come on, Serena," said Ash. "We're friends. You can tell me anything."

"OK," said Serena. "It's just, I'm kind of nervous for tomorrow."

"About our battle, right," asked Ash to which Serena nodded. "Look, I have to confess that I'm kind of nervous, too. But no matter what, the important thing is to give it our best."

"You're right, Ash," said Serena. "I'm going to give my best and I'm gonna win."

"Not if I win," said Ash. "Just because we're friends, doesn't mean we'll be holding back, right buddy?"

"Pika pikachu," said Pikachu as his cheeks sparkled, showing that he was ready for battle.

To be continued…

That's all for this chapter. Serena defeats May, but now she has to take on Ash. I didn't say it will be a nice surprise, did I? I'd like to say that after the Sun and Moon series have started, I might give Ash and his friends some Pokemon from the Alola Region. Also, Ash won't be using Greninja against Serena, but he'll use his most powerful Mega–Evolution. Stay tuned to find out which Pokemon he'll use.

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