"Morrison!" the triplets shouted back as the ginger haired boy ran up to them, a smile on their faces as the familor faced boy ran up to them, "I haven't seen you guys for years! what are you doing in Hau'oli city?" Morrison said as he stopped in front of the three and Ash. The triplets smiled and began talking to the oranged haired boy as Ash seemed to freeze, his body going rigid as he stared at his, at one time friendly rival.
"...So you guys were chosen by the totem guardians? Thats awesome!" Ash saw Morrison's mouth move, but the words fell on deaf ears as he continued to stare at the boy. Snapping out of his frozen state a few seconds, Ash blinked as the the siblings and Morrison had turned ot face him, smiles still etched on their faces, "You look familiar - do i know you from somewhere? Have we battled before?" Morrison asked, his smile turning to curiosity as he looked at Ash, who shook his head, "No. We haven't met. You must be mistaking me for someone else" Ash lied through his teeth as he began walking away from them, "Well then..how about a battle? Plus any friend of these guys is a friend of mine!"
Ash grunted slightly as he stopped and looked over his shoulder and back towards the four trainers, "They are not my friends. And we can't battle." "Why not?" Morrison questioned, a disappointed look on his face at the raven-haired boys refusal to battle, "You to scared that you'll lose?" Morrison continued with a smirk - Ash rolled his eyes slowly as he turned back to face the boy who placed his hands onto his traditional japanese outfit, "No, I'm not scared in the slightest. I just want to get to the first trial without any interruptions"
"Come one Ash, one battle wouldn't hurt?" Darwin chipped in, making Ash's eye twitch as Morrison frowned, - Ash? He hadn't heard that name since he travelled through Hoenn, "It can't be Ash ketchum, could it? I mean, he does have the Pikachu, but this attitude isn't Ash.." Morrison thought as he watched Ash sigh and turn to face him fully, "Fine. If it will get you of my back, we can battle"
"Sweet! Let's go then!" Morrison exclaimed boysteriously, going to run out of the pokemon center, stopping only to look back at the others, "Let's go then!" He shouted as the siblings followed him with Ash trailing behind them, his feet dragging slightly.
"How many pokemon are we permitted to use?" Ash asked as he stepped into the battle square, watching as Morrison walked to the otherside of the field, "Well how many pokemon do you have on you?" "19" Ash stated, watching as Morrison's eye brows shot into his hair, "19?! How do you have so many pokemon with you? i thought the limit was 6?" Ash rolled his eyes and sighed as he looked across the field at Morrison, "Thats only if you have a pokedex. If you don't have a pokedex, you don't somewhere for your pokemon to go, see? But that doesn't matter - how many pokemon are we using?"
"Obviously i want to fight them all!" Morrison exclaimed, excited at the idea of fighting so many different pokemon, "But i only have 6 on me, so how about a 6 on 6?" Ash sighed softly but nodded, "Fine - but let's make this quick." Morrison frowned slightly at the boys attitude but shrugged and reached for his first poke'ball, throwing it into the air with a shout of, "Go - Girafarig!"
"Giraf!" The giraffe like pokemon exclaimed, stomping its hooves onto the ground and looking at Ash with a battle ready glare, "Hm." Ash stated as he looked at the familor giraffe pokemon, nodding as he reached to his belt, enlarging a poke'ball and throwing it on the field silently, "Scrafty!" The fighting/dark pokemon yawned as he appeared form his poke'ball, stretching his arms up before turning towards the man he saw as his father, "Heads up Scrafty. We have a battle."
Turning to face the way his father was pointing, Scrafty smirked upon seeing Morrison and his Girafarig, "Scraft!" He shouted, pounding his chest before crouching, getting ready to strike at Ash's command.
Girafarig v.s Scrafty
"A Scrafty, huh? Never battled one of 'dem before" Morrison said with a smile, looking towards his pokemon, "Let's get things rocking Girafarig! Iron Tail!" The normal/psychic pokemon let out a loud neighing sound as it ran towards Scrafty, its tail glowing bright silver as it swung it towards the dark/fighting pokemon.
"Grab its tail" Ash stated bordly, watching as Scrafty grabbed the giraffe pokemon's tail, "Lift up" Ash stated, watching as Scrafty easily lifted the Hoenn pokemon into the air, "Jump then Spin Throw" Everyone watched in shock as Scrafty easily lifted the 91.5 lbs. pokemon with no trouble before he jumped and spun his body around, swinging Girafarig around as he span, "Release" At the command from his trainer/father, Scrafty released his grip on the psychic pokemon before landing on the ground smoothly.
Girafarig let out a cry as it was flung through the air, sailing past its trainer and smashing into a tree behind Morrison., "Girafarig!" Morrison called out in shock and worry, watching as the psychic/normal pokemon slid down the tree and flopped onto the floor, swirls evadant in its eyes.
"Are you okay Girafarig?" Morrison asked his pokemon as he knelt down next to it, watching as the giraffe pokemon lifted its head tiredly with a nod, "Good...you did your best, now get some rest" Morrison sighed out in relief, recalling his fallen pokemon before returning to his side of the field, "Not bad at all - your pokemon are very strong, but let's see how you do againest my next one! Go, Gligar!" Ash watched as the pre-evolved pokemon appeared to the field as he recalled Scrafty silently, nodding at the poke'ball before he reached for his second pokemon, calling it out with a silent and bored look on his face.
"Gliscor!" Ash's own member of the Gligar family cried as it appeared to the field, turning and flying at Ash, who caught the over-friendly pokemon in a hug, "Nice to see you two Gliscor, but we have a battle" Ash stated in the friendlest voice the trio of siblings had heard come from the boys mouth, making them frown in confusion, "Why is he so friendly with pokemon, but not with people?" Darwin and Nicole thought, not noticing as the oldest of the three quietly snuck away.
"This is my chance..." Zack said quietly as he watched the battle in front of him, slowly and quietly taking steps away from his siblings before he was a good distance away, "Time to find out about Ash..." He whispered as he turned and tiptoed into the pokemon center.