Note: Please read the author's notes in the end .
Chapter 16: Abnormal Aura
"Pikachu use Quick Attack on Greninja." as the mouse jolted towards the bipedal frog,
"Greninja Double Team." as multiple clones appeared confusing Pikachu.
"Take them out using Thunder." called out Ash and soon flashes of lightning started thinning the crowd.
"We can't fall behind." said Cynthia "Glaceon use Ice Beam to freeze the ground." and soon after a smooth mirror like surface was made, making it difficult for both Pikachu and Golem to maintain balance.
"Golem use Rock Tomb to break the ice and dish out some serious damage." commanded Stone.
Several Pillars of rock erupted from underneath the iced floor and continued to move towards Glaceon.
"Move away Glaceon." Cynthia told her Pokemon calmly as the eeveelution gracefully glided away from the incoming attack using her side of the ice field.
"Pikachu use Iron Tail to stabilize yourself on the ice." suggested Ash as Pikachu's tail glowed metallic and jammed into the ground providing the mouse with some much needed stability.
However Frost didn't let this chance go
"Use Hydropump on Pikachu." he yelled as the beam of water was aimed at the mouse.
It connected and sent Pikachu flying but it still wasn't strong enough to take the little guy out as Ash yelled "Use Electro Ball on Glaceon."
Pikachu used the additional momentum he gained from the hydropump to produce an electro ball with even greater velocity and threw it towards Glaceon who was still trying to fend of Golem trying to hit her with rock tomb.
Frost looked towards Cynthia to warn her about the surprise attack but stopped mid way as he realized that the Sinnoh Ace had already prepared for it.
(Well I suppose you don't call them Champions for nothing.) Frost thought while Cynthia said
"Use Dig Glaceon."
With that in the nick of time the eeveelution avoided both incoming attacks much to the surprise of Ash and Stone.
"You'll have to do better than that Ash if you want to beat us." said Cynthia with the superiority in her voice clear to anyone listening.
"Oh we are just getting started." stated Ash as he also told Stone "Keep Glaceon occupied for a bit longer I'll join you once I deal with Greninja."
"Sure thing just be carefully I don't think that Greninja is totally into the fight yet." replied Stone.
"They are going to regret underestimating us ain't that right buddy." to which Pikachu's cheeks glowed with electricity.
"Pikachu use Quick Attack + Iron Tail on Greninja and show it what we are really made of."
As Pikachu dashed towards Greninja Frost realized that the combination Ash was using to hard to just dodge so he suggested
"Greninja don't let that attack hit you use Cut to block it." as two kunai appeared in Greninja's hand and the iron tail was blocked successfully, although the attack didn't hit, it was obvious that Greninja felt it as it was down on one knee just after blocking it.
"Don't take this fight lightly just because it's not real Greninja we are fighting at Champion level so show some respect by giving it your all." said Frost to Greninja much to Cynthia's amusement.
The frog Pokemon nodded and after standing back up on it's feet let out a huge cry to show it's seriousness.
Meanwhile Stone yelled "Golem use Dig and flush Glaceon out." and Golem also went underneath the field.
Pikachu and Greninja were now locked in combat with Pikachu using iron tail and Greninja countering with cut not letting a single attack through.
(It seems that Greninja has finally warmed up.) thought Ash as now Greninja was starting to give Pikachu a run for it's money.
Shortly after this the ground underneath Pikachu and Greninja burst open as both of them separated from each other and out came a damage free Glaceon and a semi frozen Golem who was clearly angry at the eeveelution for being so hard to catch.
Seeing this Frost let out a chuckle as he commented "Your Glaceon sure did a number on Golem."
"You say that but your Greninja hasn't been hit properly yet." she added while seeing Glaceon purr in agreement.
Their little chat didn't last long as Stone commanded Golem to use Rock Slide on both Greninja and Glaceon.
A huge wave of rocks of varying sizes approached the two Pokemon at an alarming rate as nobody except Ash saw Pikachu slip past to the sides using the rocks as cover readying itself to use Thunder Bolt.
Cynthia and Frost saw this just in time for Cynthia to ask
"Will Greninja be alright on it's own?"
"Yes, Use Mind Reader!" he yelled the move to his pokemon.
The dark Pokemon entered a trace and become one with his surrounding as suddenly all of his movements became even more precise than before and he swayed back and forth between the incoming rocks and flashes of lighting.
"Glaceon Use Protect." a barrier erupted in front of the Pokemon as all surrounding attacks were nullified.
Once the barrage of attacks were over both Golem and Pikachu were quite drained due to the massive amounts of energy they burned in such a short span.
"You've been training Stone." mentioned Frost.
"Ya but I am still not quite there yet." replied Stone.
"True but you still lasted more than I expected considering you were up against the Champion of Sinnoh." Frost consoled while gesturing at Cynthia.
Meanwhile Cynthia told Ash "I suppose you were better than last time Pikachu's attack power and timing has improved not to mention his sneaking ability."
"Hehe but you are still the strongest Cynthia it's gonna take more than what I can do to take your Pokemon down." Ash added.
"Enough chit-chat it's time to end this Greninja use Water Shuriken on Pikachu." yelled Frost.
"I couldn't agree more, Glaceon Blizzard." added Cynthia.
This sealed the fate of the match as when the snow cleared both Pikachu and Golem were unable to continue.
Greninja returned to Frost's side when Frost kept his hand on his shoulder while praising him
"You did good Greninja." then recalling him back into his Pokeball.
Glaceon on the other hand decided to stay out and climbed onto Cynthia's head instead. Where Cynthia just patted her.
"Glaaa-ceonnn" the Pokemon purred in delight.
Shortly after Ash approached the pair with now an awake Pikachu on his shoulder.
"Man Stone warned me about how good you are Frost but I didn't expect you to be this good, your Pokemon must be elite four level or more." Ash complimented.
"Your words flatter me Ash." Frost said while rubbing the back of his head.
"No really it's been a while since Pikachu has been defeated like this, I suppose we still have a lot left to learn." Ash added.
"Actually your Pikachu's momentum transfer with the electro ball was very refined." Frost said.
"Thanks man Pikachu worked really hard to perfect that one." replied Ash while petting his starter.
"Ahem" Cynthia huffed in annoyance.
"Of course Glaceon was very good as well." added Frost while stroking Glaceon's chin.
"Yes Glaceon is strong as usual." added Ash while realizing he forgot about Cynthia's Pokemon.
"I was beginning to think you guys forgot about us." Cynthia added with a wry smile.
Stone who just joined said.
"I still cannot believe my Golem couldn't hit Glaceon once in that whole match."
"Don't fret it Stone, you were up against someone who even us Champion's have hard time dealing with." Ash consoled the escort while placing his hand on his shoulder.
Stone just sighed in return before Frost cut in.
"Stone a word." while gesturing to the side, much to Cynthia and Ash's surprise.
After when both Ranger's went and put some distance between the two Champion's and Frost was the one to speak first
"What do you think about the Kid?" he said while gesturing to Ash.
"Intel was on the mark Frost he is definitely one of them, Kid's an Aura Guardian."
"So were you able to suppress it with your Aura or did he check our aura with the special sight you guys use." Frost questioned seriously.
"Unfortunately no." replied Stone while lowering his head.
"Damn so his Aura is strong huh?"
"More than I could handle he must be a prodigy or something his Aura reserve is huge it took all mine to just to measure his strength." replied Stone.
"Did he catch on the fact that you can also manipulate Aura." asked Frost.
"No I was careful not to let mine leak around him but he most definitely sensed you just after the match." added Stone.
Frost sighed and replied
"Alright what is done is done, now listen carefully don't use your Aura around him anymore alright, since I can't manipulate Aura and he has already sensed me it's no use for you to waste strength anymore alright."
"It's been two years since last we met and you are already back to your usual self." Stone added.
Frost smiled and replied "It's a leader's job to lead his men Stone."
"And I am glad you are back, missions were quite dull without you." Stone said while shaking Frost's hand.
While returning the shake Frost asked "The kid has grown quite a lot since the last we saw of him on that ship two years ago."
"Ya I had doubts that he could use Aura back then but after what I have seen today I just confirmed it." replied Stone.
Frost just eyed Ash who was currently having a conversation with Cynthia and thought
(Aura, it's like a window to ones soul kinda makes you wonder what the kid say when he sensed mine.)
Just after when Frost and Stone left
"What was that all about?" Cynthia asked regarding the escort's private conversation.
"Actually Cynthia there is something I wanted to talk to you about in person as well so this is fine by me." replied Ash while in a serious tone.
"What do wanna talk about?" asked Cynthia.
"It's about your escort."
"What about him?"
"Well you know that I am sensitive to Aura right."
"Ya I mean my Lucario did mention that you were an Aura Guardian the last time we met." replied Cynthia.
"I sensed something weird about his aura that I would like you to know."
"What is he an Aura Guardian as well?" asked Cynthia amusingly.
"No but his Aura…. How do I put it, it's not normal."
"What are you suggesting." Cynthia asked while being a bit impatient.
"You see every person has Aura be it in small amounts, so people like me who can manipulate their own Aura can sense Aura in other's as well."
"And…."
"Sensing someone's Aura allows us to essentially sense someone's soul so we can see the true nature of that person." added Ash even more seriously.
"So what was his aura like?" asked Cynthia showing interest in this conversation.
"That's the thing usually for example in your case Aura is like a calm flame symbolizing that you are a calm person at heart but in his case it's violent like really unstable, I have never seen any normal person's aura to be like that, so keep your guard up around him just to be safe." said Ash.
"So is Stone's like this as well?" asked Cynthia out of curiosity.
"I checked his as well but nothing was wrong with him, his was normal which is the most I can say about him, unlike Frost's who's was just crazy." added Ash.
"Well thanks for the heads up Ash, do me a favor and check the other escort's as well while you are at it tomorrow right and tell me alright." said Cynthia.
"Okay, now that I have warned you we should be going now it almost 11." said Ash as he eyed his wrist watch.
Cynthia agreed by nodding her head.
Soon after this Frost called out to them
"Hey guys let's go the stadium needs to close also."
The four people walked out and soon both pairs parted ways, Frost offered that he drops Cynthia off to her suite and while walking to the elevator Cynthia asked Frost.
"So what did you talk to Stone about?"
"Nothing of importance, just catching up." he replied coolly.
"I see…." Cynthia said while still carrying her Glaceon in her hand.
When they reached the elevator Frost told Cynthia that she can get to her suite directly by putting the key she got into the elevator and also said that he will take the other elevator to his floor.
"So when will we meet tomorrow?" asked Cynthia.
"I will come at your room in the morning before nine if that is alright with you." he replied as the door to Cynthia's elevator began to close.
"Alright see you around Frost." was the last thing Frost heard Cynthia say as the door shut completely.
Inside the elevator Cynthia asked her Glaceon.
"So what are your thoughts on him after hearing what Ash said?"
"Gla-Glaceon." replied the Pokemon calmly.
"I suppose you are right, we can only wait." replied Cynthia as the elevator ascended to her room.
Author's Notes:
So what do you guys think about how I portrayed Ash? Did I overdo it or was it alright tell me in the review section if you are wondering why did Frost and Stone said they have met Ash before on a cruise it's because that was in an another story which I was writing before this one I never completed that because I got the idea to write this one but if you guys want me to complete that one as well I can do that so tell me about that I by PM or reviews . Also share your opinion on the Pokemon battle so that I can improve the next time if I did something wrong. As always follow my works and feel free to PM me any question's regarding the same and I will do my best to reply to them. Until the next time.
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