A/N: Hehe, thanks for the reviews. I was somewhat surprised by how much you wanted the cheerleader outfit. Well, I certainly don't mind doing more. With that out of the way, here we go.
Ash yawned as he woke up from his 10 AM wake up alarm from his Poketch. He sat up from his bed and pushed against his back, popping it. He spent the night in the Pokémon Center. Johanna offered to let him sleep in the Snorlax Inn with them but he declined, not wanting to bring their bill any higher. He then remembered something last night that made a grin creep on his face as he placed his fingers on his right cheek. While the rest of Dawn's family went to their respective rooms, his partner stayed behind for a minute to say and do something; tell him goodnight and kiss him with a quick peck on the cheek. He sighed with content before proceeding to put on his clothes and going to the lobby to get his Pokémon back. After receiving his Pokémon, he was about to exit the center when he was run into as soon as the doors opened with a combined yelp of pain. All the early uprisers and the nurse saw one of the many comedic collisions of Ash and Barry.
"Ow! Watch where you're- Oh, Ash!" The hyper teenager exclaimed initially annoyed but then switched to happy in nothing flat as he picked up his dazed friend onto his feet while dusting him off. "I'm glad I ran into you... in a literal sense." Barry laughed while slapping his knee. "But anyway, let's go outside! It's time to battle!"
"Can I at least have breakfast first?" Ash asked, a little annoyed by his usual behavior.
"Oh right! I just put on my clothes and ran here. I totally could go for some cereal. Here." Barry then dug into his bag and popped out four plastic cups, and handed two to Ash. He looked at the branding to see it was the cherry flavored sugar packed Cherri-O's, with the mascots of a Cherubi and Cherrim on it.
"Of course you'd have your favorite cereal." Ash chuckled. Barry laughed along with him.
"Only way to start the morning! After breakfast, it's battle time!"
The two were facing off on one of the city's outdoor Pokémon battle fields, surrounded by an audience. One of the people was acting like a referee.
"This battle is between Ash and Barry! Via the rules established by the trainers, there will be no substitutions allowed unless a Pokémon is knocked out, and only four Pokémon will be used! Let the battle begin!"
"Tails, get ready!" Barry shouted, sending out a buizel.
"Staravia, I choose you!" And the battle begins with something new. Ash then realized that his rival sent out a different Pokémon. "Oh, not starting with Stara, are you?"
"I thought I'd throw you off your game a little bit! Tails, use Quick Attack!" With a burst of speed, the Sea Weasel Pokémon blitzed forward, ramming into Ash's bird. "Then follow up with Water Gun!" At this close of a range, Staravia had no time to dodge the torrent of water coming from the buizel's mouth.
"Impressive start, Barry. But now its my turn." Ash snapped his fingers, prompting Staravia to use Quick Attack, but almost immediately after that, Barry snapped his fingers so that Tails dodged jumping upwards with Quick Attack. "What?!" Barry laughed from his best friend's surprise.
"You thought I'd never figure out your Pavlov training?! I may be scatterbrained but I'm not dumb!" By spitting, he proved his point as that prompted Tails to shoot out Water Gun at the flying type. Ash hastily snapped his fingers so that Staravia flew out of the attack path.
"Well, if I can no longer trick you, then we'll just do this the old fashioned way. Let's show them Staravia!" Staravia chirped in agreement with his master as he soared up into the sky, confusing both.
"What's your bird doing?" Barry questioned Ash.
"I have no clue." It was only then that Staravia came flying down like a missile, white streaks of energy surrounding the flying type.
"Whoa! Did he learn Aerial Ace?" Ash gasped in pleasant shock.
"No! Tails, use Water Gun!" Barry pleaded, sweating from this development. Tails tried countering with the same water type move, making contact with the incoming enemy, but Staravia's momentum was too great as he slashed through the torrent and smashed the Sea Weasel Pokémon into the ground. Staravia chirped in a proud way as he flew into the air again, leaving a dazed but still active water type in a small crater.
"Nice Staravia!" Ash cheered. "Now use Quick Attack!" Barry snapped his fingers in response, but his Pokémon was too slow to utilize the tactic as he was rammed once again by Staravia in the back. He cried out in pain as he flew towards Barry's feet, skidding to a stop, defeated. "You did awesome, Staravia!" Ash praised his Pokémon, whom chirped his name in triumph. Barry returned his water type and brought out another Pokeball.
"Oh yeah?! I'll show you something wicked! Stara, get ready!" Now showing his bird Pokémon. She screeched at her opponent, trying to intimidate Ash's Pokémon. "Stara, use Wing Attack!" Barry ordered.
"Aerial Ace!" Ash yelled out. Both flying types careened towards each other with different visuals of white energy, colliding with enough force to create an explosion. Despite the explosion though, both Staravia came out with determination in their eyes, though Ash's bird looked like he was hurting. He had to make this count.
"Stara, Wing Attack!" Barry ordered. Heading towards her enemy, her wings glowed white, preparing to attack. Ash snapped his fingers to convey the use of Quick Attack. Despite that, his rival snapped his fingers to make his bird do the same. Thinking quick, Ash crossed his arms in a X formation before throwing themselves to his sides. Staravia split apart into many after images, just in time to not be hit by the incoming attack. Flapping her wings to not smash into the ground, Stara looked up to the many fakes of the same bird Pokémon that she was. "Stara, flap the ground to stir up the dirt!" Barry suggested. Following orders, she flapped her wings as hard as she could, creating a dust storm, hiding her presence. Not really sure how he could beat that without leaving himself open, Ash sighed.
"Alright Staravia, we're going all or nothing on this! Aerial Ace!" Staravia prepared himself for one final attack, white streaks surrounding his body as he dived towards the ground.
"Now that's what I'm talking about! Wing Attack!" Barry exclaimed, getting particularly excited. From the dust, Stara soared at top speed, her wings glowing white. The two smashed into each other, resulting in another explosion. Everybody was quiet as the two nearly identical birds floated down, landing on the ground, both bruised and roughed up. However, Ash's Staravia fell to the ground, fainting from the pain. "Alright!" Barry cheered, along with Stara, opening her wingspan as wide as she could. "You finally got your revenge!" Both he and his Pokémon laughed in triumph. Ash returned his flying type Pokémon, and smiled at the spherical machine.
"You did good. I was not prepared for him to learn. At least that quickly."
"I heard that!" Barry cried out annoyed. Putting Staravia away, Ash pulled out another Pokeball.
"Luxio, I choose you!" Ash summoned his electric lynx. "Use Charge!" Luxio barked as he started charging with electricity. Groaning, Barry asked his rival,
"Hey Ash, can I forfeit Stara? She's obviously not going to survive at the state she's in." Smiling from how he was thinking of his Pokémon, Ash obliged.
"Sure. Show me your next Pokémon."
"Thanks Ash!" From the crowd, Dawn came out finding her two friends.
"Guys!" She called them out, spooking the two boys from how much they were into the battle. "Why didn't you get me?! I don't get to hang with the both of you often!" Her face and tone looked and sounded quite miffed.
"Hey, it isn't my fault!" Ash defended. "He only gave me time to eat breakfast!" Barry nervously scratched his head.
"Hehe, sorry Dawn. I was too excited. As usual." Realizing that he was in the middle of the battle, Barry slapped both sides of his face, psyching himself up. "Ash, we have a battle to do! And an audience to boot! We can make it up to Dawn after this!" Not sure how to respond to that, he looked over to his comrade.
"Dawn, do you mind if we finish our battle first? If you want me to forfeit, I don't mind too much."
"What the hell are you saying, Ash?! This is a battle of rivals! We don't quit because of a girl!" Barry yelled out outraged. Dawn realized that her interrupting the battle brought all attention to her, some interested while some were annoyed she halted the battle. Not wanting to bring more attention to herself, Dawn sighed before uttering,
"Fine, whatever. Both of you meet me in the park when this is over." The teenage girl then walked away both annoyed and sad looking as the two boys looked guilty.
"Let's get this over with. Thorn, get ready!" Barry shouted, revealing his red and blue rose handed grass type, Roselia.
"Luxio, use Charge again!" Once again building up on electricity, the lynx was super charged indicated from his fur standing as far as it could go.
"Thorn, use Poison Sting!" Barry commanded. Thorn thrust his hands forward, shooting off bright purple needles at the Spark Pokémon.
"Use Spark!" Running towards his foe while dodging and leaping over the incoming attack, Luxio was able to weave around the needles effectively enough to ram into the roselia, his electric type move enhanced by the charge. Thorn yelled in major pain as he was sent back, reeling from such a powerful attack, despite the type disadvantage.
"Distract Luxio with Leech Seed!" Shooting two seeds from his rose hands, the seeds landed at Luxio's feet, before sprouting vine tendrils that gripped on the struggling lynx before he howled in pain from his strength being sapped.
"No! Counter with charge!" Ash pleaded.
"Don't let it! Mega drain!" The roses on his hands turning bright red, Thorn shot forth two beams of energy that successfully further sapped Luxio's energy before he could defend, hurting the electric type even more. However, despite the two draining moves, Luxio didn't seem terribly phased by them all things considered.
("That charge sure helped a lot.") "Luxio, finish it with Bite!" Even entangled in vines, the Spark Pokémon charged ahead, baring his fangs.
"Counter with Stun Spore!" From Thorn's rose hands, a sparkly yellow dust littered the air just when the lynx pounced on the grass type, chomping down on the grass type's body, crying out in anguish before fainting. "Thorn, return!" Withdrawing his Pokémon, it was down to just one for the blonde haired teen.
"We'll never surrender! Monferno, get ready!" His starter Pokémon looked different. He now looked more chimpanzee like with a long tail with its signature flame on the end. He also had red and blue markings on his face.
"So that's your Monferno. How's he been doing the past weeks?" Ash asked, curious.
"Good, but a little difficult. He's quite the naughty monkey. He just loves playing and being mischievous. But enough about that. Monferno, use Mach Punch!" Travelling just as fast as quick attack, the Playful Pokémon smashed his fist into the Spark Pokémon's face, sending him back enough in that Ash literally had to jump with a frightened yelp so his Pokémon didn't collide with his knees. Skidding across the ground until he came to a stop, Luxio shook his head rather annoyed as he returned to the field.
"Yeah, you want revenge for that?" Ash asked his electric type. Luxio growled. "Alright then. Use Charge. Sparking with electricity again, his fur stood on edge.
"Mach Punch again!" Barry ordered. With the same speed, the flaming chimpanzee attacked, but while Barry was speaking, Ash made a buzzing noise with his mouth, so by the time Monferno punched Luxio again, the lynx was coated in supercharged electricity, hurting him as well as he screeched in shocking pain. And due to the punch not being as effective in punching the electric type back, so he wasn't forced back off the field. However, what nobody expected was Monferno's tail to erupt in a rage as the fire starter roared.
"MONFERNO!" His voice reverberated throughout the whole audience, sending them chills but also the first applause from the people. Barry became very excited with a big smile.
"Alright, blaze! No way you can beat me now! Use Flame Wheel!" Barry instructed. Jumping forward and encasing himself in a wheel of intense fire, the flaming starter came like a boulder.
"Dodge!" Ash pleaded, but the stun spore left Luxio paralyzed. As a result, he was hit by the super charged wheel of flame. Luxio was pushed back to almost where Ash stood, singed and defeated. Monferno returned to his side of the field before his flame wheel wore off.
"Good job, Inferno! We have him on the ropes now!" Barry cheered.
"You do realize I got two more Pokémon, right?" Ash asked nonchalantly. Barry's celebration stopped from that realization. After returning, he said to Luxio, "Good job buddy. Have a long rest. Buizel, I choose you!" The Pokémon that was going to decide this battle was Ash's own Sea Weasel Pokémon.
"Dang it! Why do you have to have a buizel too?!" Barry complained as he stomped from one foot to the other. Then he sort of calmed down. "Fine then! I'm not a coward! Monferno, try knocking him out with Flame Wheel again!" Revving up his attack again, the fire starter barreled down towards the water type at high speed. Ash responded by clapping his hands and then spitting. Buizel nodded as he jumped over the fire attack with his glowing tail before using Sonic Boom as it passed pushing the fire out of the way to see a very flabbergasted face from the monkey. Buizel grinned before spewing a torrent of water that hit Monferno in the middle of his chest, creating a sound that combined the yell of Monferno and the hiss of the fire being extinguished. "No, Monferno!" When the mist dissipated, it showed Monferno on his front, fainted.
"Wow, that was so cool." The referee said to himself, before realizing that he wasn't keeping track through the whole thing. He shook his head and said,
"The winner is Buizel, and the winner of this match is Ash!" Everybody who witnessed the battle cheered in an uproar. Buizel walked up to his master and smirked in victory.
"You did good, Buizel. Return." Ash complimented the water type with a smile, but after returning him, his smile was gone. He walked to his rival that just returned his starter. "Come on Barry. Let's go apologize to Dawn." Remembering his friend, he nodded while mumbling quietly,
"Okay."
Dawn was having fun playing with Spike and Ralts. They were playing hide and seek amongst the ruins where Ash and Cynthia fought yesterday. Although, it was adorable whenever Spike would try to hide, because he was always found out thanks to his very existence giving off so much happiness Ralts could feel where he was all the time. Behind a pillar or wall, in the flowers, in the fake mountains of the park perimeter, it didn't matter. And Spike was having fun anyway, because the two Pokémon would always hug it out. She giggled from the interactions they were having when she heard walking behind her. She looked back to see the two boys looking guilty. While she has already forgiven them... for the most part, she decided to have them squirm for a bit, if only for her amusement or petty satisfaction as a prank, by having her best 'disappointed in you' face.
"You know, I would've expected this from Barry. I'd still be annoyed from his behavior, but I would've expected it. But you, Ash? You could've checked on me first. See if I wanted to see you two battle." Ash looked away, looking ashamed of himself. "Now there's only one thing that can make me forgive you." The two boys sort of perked up when she said that. Dawn then put her left foot forward and softly ordered, "Kiss my boot." While Ash was sort of hesitant on this, Barry immediately leapt onto his knees and hands, kissing her boot three times before the girl quickly withdrew it. "Whoa whoa whoa! I was only kidding!"
"Wait, what?!" Barry cried out in shock while Ash's eyes opened wide.
"I wasn't going to actually have you two kiss my boot. I've already forgiven you guys." And then her face and tone became a little sheepish. "But I did want to mess with you two. Like a prank or joke." While Ash had literally no response to this because he was having trouble coming up with anything to say, it took two seconds before Barry got up to his feet and laughed.
"Oh, I get it! You sure pulled the wool over my eyes! Nobody fools me!" Ash rolled his eyes, knowing full well that while his best friend wasn't stupidly gullible, he will still believe things without thinking. Dawn spotted this and partially came to the same conclusion. Then something came into the blonde's head. "Oh, I know! Wait right here!" And then Barry ran off, leaving the two alone. It was silent for a bit before Ash chuckled.
"So it was a prank?" He asked with a smile. Dawn blushed.
"Uh, yeah. Sorry if you feel... you know." She tried apologizing, not sure how to say the right words.
"Well, I just have one thing to say." Ash said, completely serious. Dawn closed her eyes and braced for what he was going to say before she felt a hand above her head. She opened her eyes to see his face, tranquil and grinning. "That was actually funny how you got got Barry to kiss your boot. He's always so full of himself." Ash then chuckled again, prompting Dawn to giggle and smile, looking really cute in Ash's eyes. It was at that moment that Barry came running back, prompting the two to take a step apart before he noticed. He was carrying a fishing pole.
"Here Dawn. A fishing pole." The boy handed the pole to the wide eyed researcher.
"Where did you get one of these?"
"Some fisherman. He's passing these out like hot cocoa in the middle of winter and he does not let you say no. You get a pole, end of discussion." He groaned.
"Luckily we didn't experience that." Ash commented. It was then that Togepi and Ralts ran to Dawn's legs, having finished their current round, respectively chirping and saying their names. Barry practically went head over heels on how cute Spike was.
"Awww! That is so adorable! Hey there little gu-" Before he could scoop up the Spike Ball Pokémon, Dawn picked up the tiny creature and defended him, looking really protective.
"Oh no, I will not let you near my baby! I can't trust you with such a delicate baby Pokémon!" Barry put his hands up in defense.
"Whoa. I can understand that. Mom never let me do dishes or lawn mowing."
"Well, as long as that is understood." Dawn nodded, putting Spike aside, whom didn't understand the situation.
"Togepi!"
"Well, with all that out of the way, I think it's about time I get out of here. Get my next badge in Veilstone City and whatnot. Smell you later!" And with that, Barry dashed off.
"Yeah, I think there's nothing real significant for us here too. Let's go to Veistone City." Ash determined.
"Yeah, and with this new fishing pole, we can now finally catch water types much more frequently." She looked down at her new item, but then gasped.
"Oh no! I didn't properly thank him!"
"Oh don't worry about that. He knows we would have better appreciation for it. He's not the sitting around type." Ash reassured. "Anyway, let's go."
Hello. It is me again, Rotom :D. Here is Pokedex entry #404. Luxio, the Spark Pokemon; Strong electricity courses through the tips of its sharp claws. A light scratch causes fainting in foes. If that's the case, why don't they have any claw based moves? All they do is bite and shock.