Totodile entered the battle doing his little dance, crying "Tota-Tota-Totodile!"
The announcer pointed out the type advantage, but questioned if an unevolved Totodile could beat a fully evolved Infernape.
The referee then declared, "The match between Luffy's sixth Pokemon: Ace and Ash's fifth Pokemon: Totodile, shall now begin!"
"All right, Totodile, open this up with a Water Gun!"
Totodile fired the stream of water at Ace.
"Counter with Ember!"
The two attacks collided in a deadlock.
Clemont bit the nail of his thumb and through his gritted teeth he said, "Who's going to win?"
The two attacks pushed against each other to end up in another deadlock and both dissipate, leaving steam to cover the arena floor.
"That is one powerful Totodile!" The announcer said, getting the crowd to cheer.
"Hit him with Flare Blitz!"
Ace's body was covered in gold fiery energy and he skyrocketed to Totodile.
"Dodge into the air!"
Totodile jumped away from the attack.
"Follow him!"
Ace launched to his opponent.
"Counter with Water Gun!"
Totodile used the attack against Ace, but it was no use.
Ace blasted through the torrent of water and hit Totodile in a gold fiery explosion! Ace jumped back to in front of Luffy and Ash had to catch Totodile before he could hit the ground.
Ace landed in front of Luffy and gold lightning coursed through Ace's body, making wince in pain.
The referee asked Ash if Totodile could continue.
Totodile answered by jumping out of Ash's arms to fight; with obvious wounds from the explosion covering most of his body.
"Okay, Totodile, charge him and use Scratch!"
Totodile ran towards Ace.
"Meet him with Close Combat, Ace!"
Ace dashed to meet Totodile.
Ash watched the two run, intently.
When Ace got close enough and raised his arm to strike, Ash commanded: "Stop and use Water Gun!"
Totodile stopped running and jetted Ace with Water Gun.
The attack pushed Ace back to Luffy, making them both chuckle.
"Smart move, Ash," Luffy complimented.
"Thank you," Ash grinned.
Luffy looked at Ace, who had clearly been damaged, and thought of what to do. 'From a distance or close-up, Ash will do what he can to use a Water attack…he's smart, but…he's only used Water Gun so far. Wait! Is that the only Water move Totodile knows?' He grinned. "Ace, use Ember while running to Totodile!"
"Fer!" Ace did as he was told and ran to Totodile while using Ember.
"Counter with Water Gun!"
The two attacks collided again, but Ace was pushing through the Water Gun as he ran with Ember.
However, as Ace got closer to Totodile, his running slowed and became a walk; the torrent from the Water Gun was stronger the closer it was from Totodile.
"Fly through it with Flare Blitz!"
Ace canceled out his Ember and immediately went into Flare Blitz, jumping through the Water Gun and hitting Totodile again in another fiery gold explosion.
"Totodile!"
The small blue Pokemon flew into Ash's chest, knocking him over.
The referee asked if Totodile was able to battle.
Ash sat up with Totodile and he and the referee saw the spirals in Totodile's eyes.
"Let's hear it for Ash's Totodile, everyone!" The announcer got the crowd to cheer for the downed Pokemon.
Gold energy went through Ace again, making him grit his teeth and close his eyes in more pain.
Ash returned Totodile and started to think about which Pokemon he would use next.
His friends stared at him, waiting for his decision.
"Let's go, Boldore!" Ash tossed the PokeBall to release the rock Pokemon.
"Bold!" Boldore cried out.
"Saving his rock type for last against a fire type like Ace is a genius move from the young Ash Ketchum!" The announcer complimented.
"I'll let you go first, since me and Totodile opened up the last match," Ash said with a grin.
Luffy smiled. "Sounds good to me. Ace, use Close Combat!"
Ace dashed to Boldore.
"Counter with Sandstorm!"
Boldore's body was covered in all different colors.
"Stop!" Luffy commanded and Ace did so.
Boldore jumped into the air.
"Jump back and block, quickly, Ace!"
Ace jumped back to Luffy and Boldore landed, causing the spiraling sand move to blast out.
Ace blocked the move with his arms, but still took damage.
When the attack stopped, Luffy told Ace to use Flame Wheel.
Ace rolled towards Boldore.
Ash told Boldore to counter with Sand Storm.
Luffy then commanded, "Stop and use Fire Spin while Boldore's in the air!"
Ace stopped his attacked and launched a blaze of fire with spiraling white energy around it at Boldore.
Boldore was pushed back, his attack being cancelled out, and landed back in front of Ash.
"All right, Boldore, use Stone Edge!"
Two rows of white orbs formed an x around Boldore, became rocks, and were fired toward Ace.
"Counter with Ember!"
The announcer pointed out that while Ember was weak to Stone Edge, Stone Edge was a more limited move than Ember and was a good call from Luffy.
The crowd cheered.
"He kind of reminds me of Ash," Serena said.
"Rock Blast!"
Boldore blasted panels of silver energy at Ace.
"Block, Ace!"
Ace blocked the five panels of energy, each doing some damage.
"Now, jump and use Fire Spin!"
Ace jumped up and used Fire Spin.
"Dodge and hit him with Flash Cannon!"
The Flash Cannon exploded in silvery white when it hit Ace, sending him into a backflip and landing back in front of Luffy.
Luffy chuckled. "Let's go out in a blaze of glory, Ace."
"Fer," Ace nodded.
"Ace, use Flare Blitz!"
Ace's body was covered in fiery gold once again and he jumped to Boldore, flying across the battle ground like a jet.
"Counter with Rock Smash!"
Boldore jumped too, meeting Ace a quarter of the way.
The two Pokemon struck each other, Ace's attack causing an explosion to send them both away.
Boldore slid back on his legs, his body showing battle damage.
Ace violently rolled back to Luffy.
"Can Ace continue!?" The announcer questioned.
Ace pushed himself up, but was struck with gold energy going through him, making him fall back on his face.
"Luffy's Ace is unable to battle, Boldore is the victor. Making Ash the winner of this match!"
The crowd cheered as the screen lit up in green, having Ash's face highlighted in the center with Boldore and Torkoal's faces underneath.
Ash's friends yelled the congratulations and Team Rocket gave backhanded compliments to the twerp.
Ash and Luffy congratulated each other on a great match; and Ash went off to prepare for the next battle.
Author's Note: Well, this will have to be the last chapter due to me no longer having any passion for this story. There is a possibility that I will want to pick this back up after Detective Pikachu, but who knows. If you would like to continue this story yourself, just ask and I will tell you who Ash is meant to face next and what Pokemon they have. Also, if you want to continue this story, please send me your chapters and I will upload them here with your name at the top and bottom of each chapter (along with grammar corrections). Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this story.