Ash vs. Brawly!
Episode 20: Part 2
"And begin!"
After the battle between Aria and Brawly was over, the gang had to wait for a couple of hours until of a Brawly's pokemon were healed up at the Pokemon Center, including Aria's as well. But now, the battle was just starting.
Brawly was using his Machop again and Ash chose Taillow. But right when the battle started, Aria noticed that Brawly was using the same tactic as before. Machop was taking the hits like no problem and Aria was quite surprised that Ash didn't notice this when she was battling Brawly.
But right when Brock, May, and Max started to figure it out, Aria wondered if Ash did too. Right away, Ash told Taillow to use Quick Attack instead and Brawly this time attacked using Cross Chop. It hits Taillow right on and Taillow falls to the ground. The pokemon tried to get back up, but it was knocked out from the single attack.
Taillow was drained of its strength...
Aria clutched Electrike in her arms, and it looked up at her in curiosity.
Aria heard the others talking about how Machop was able to handle the attacks like it was surfing, but she and the others gasped when she heard Ash was going to continue with his risky strategy.
Ash called out Treeko and Brawly was still using his Machop. Again, the same strategy with only using power attacks to win. But this time, Machop was getting tired from it. Ash quickly told Treeko to use Quick Attack and Treeko rushed forward. But Machop quickly dodged it, but Treeko used Pound and lands a direct hit.
Machop was knocked out after being hit head on with an attack like that. Brawly calls Machop back and Aria started to get sweat down her face.
They're down to their last pokemon...
She glanced at Treeko before noticing something about it.
And Treeko's getting tired. It won't be able to last much longer if Ash keeps using those power attacks...
Brawly calls out Makuhita and that was when Aria grit her teeth together.
Not good...when I was battling Makuhita was really tough to battle, but with Treeko in this condition it won't be able to beat it unless Ash changes his strategy...
Aria noticed that Ash called out a move and it hit Makuhita but it was only doing the same thing like before and taking the hits.
But Treeko was really exhausted and collapsed onto the ground. But Ash told it to use Quick Attack and Treeko lunged forward. Makuhita then rushed forward and punched Treeko before grabbing onto it and throwing Treeko to the ground.
"Makuhita Arm Thrust!" Brawly said.
Makuhita listened, attacking Treeko multiple times before knocking it onto the ground.
"I'd say the battle is over." Brawly said grinning, but then his eyes widen. Treeko was still ready to battle but it looked exhausted from all of the power attacks it was using. Treeko used Pound but Makuhita dodged it and grabbed onto Treeko and used Seismic Toss high in the air before heading downwards and throwing Treeko into it.
But Treeko was still getting up, he wasn't finished yet.
"Wow, look at Treeko!" Max said, shocked.
"I can't believe it still wants to battle." May said frowning.
"But Treeko can't handle it anymore! The more it battles the more weaker it will get!" Aria exclaimed.
But then, everyone gasped. They all looked at Makuhita and noticed that it was glowing.
"What's happening?" Ash asked confused.
"Makuhita is evolving!" Aria exclaimed, shocked.
Makuhita started to grow bigger and bigger until it had become a Hariyama.
"Wow, look at that." Aria said, taking out her pokedex.
"Hariyama, the Arm Thrust Pokémon. Hariyama is the evolved form ofMakuhita. When tensing its body, its muscles become hard as stone."
Aria tensed.
"Ash! You need to stop the battle!" Aria told him.
"Stop? Why?" Ash asked, confused and shocked by what she meant.
"Treeko can't handle a pokemon like that!" She exclaimed.
"Aria's right, Ash! Treeko reached its limit!" Brock agreed.
"We're not giving up like that!" Ash said before turning back to the battle.
"Don't be crazy!"
"Ash! You have to stop! This isn't you!"
Treeko lunged forward using Pound but Hariyama blocked it and then used Knock Off and whacks Treeko away with lots of damage. Treeko ended up crashing into the wall nearby and knocked it out.
"That was a great battle Ash," Brawly said. "But you should get Treeko to the Pokemon Center, right away."
Ash growled under his breath after losing his battle to Brawly.
Once they got to the Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy had checked Treeko up and let it rest in one of the rooms.
"Nurse Joy," Ash started, keeping his voice low. "Is Treeko okay?"
"Physically Treeko is okay. But forcing a pokemon to battle this hard, I don't like it at all." She said. "Treeko needs some rest." Nurse Joy walks out of the room, leaving the group alone.
"You know, Nurse Joy is right." May said.
"You just got carried way Ash." Brock added.
"You should always know when to quit." Max said.
Then Ash snapped. "Yeah, what do you guys know about it?"
Max and May gasped in surprise.
"We were so close, so close! And then we...ended up losing to some gym leader who rather be surfing than training!"
SLAP!
Everyone gasped from the loud sound that echoed through the room.
Aria had ended up slapping Ash on the cheek in anger, her face filled with so much rage.
"Ash! Don't be that selfish!" Aria yelled at him. Ash's eyes widen in surprise as he placed his hand over his sore cheek. "So what if you lost? It doesn't mater! That means you still have time to train and get better! You're much better than that Ash! And you can't force Treeko to keep on fighting when it looks like it can't handle it anymore!"
"Aria-"
"What if this was Pikachu? How you would feel then if this happened to Pikachu? What would you do then?"
"Aria! Ash! Stop fighting!" Brock told them.
"Shut up!" Ash runs out of the room with Pikachu, and left Aria surprised by her own actions.
"Aria! Why did you do that?" May demanded.
She turns to them, her eyes filled with shock.
"I don't know. I just felt so mad and when Ash was talking like that I guess I just burst." She said, frowning. "I'm sorry you all had to hear that. This isn't the first time Ash has acted like this." Then she looked away. "I'm sorry, I need to go apologize to Ash." She leaves the room as the others watched in her both shock and worry.
"I shouldn't have done that to Treeko." Ash mutters, keeping his head low as he walked through the beach.
"Pika..." Pikachu said quietly.
"I guess, I just wanted..."
"Whoa! Awesome!"
Ash looked up after hearing that familiar voice.
"That's it, again Hariyama!"
Ash past a boulder before spotting Brawly and Hariyama surfing together. But Ash noticed that Hariyama was having trouble keep its balance when being on the surfboard and fell into the water.
"You're a lot heavier from all of the muscle you got from evolving." Brawly explained once they stopped surfing to take a break. "Focus, used the power of the wave to help your legs learn to balance." Ash listened to their conversation for a moment before noticing that they had stopped surfing. But then he ran towards him to see if they could talk.
"Well, if it isn't for the little dude." He said. "So how's your Treeko doing?"
"Treeko's going to be just fine." Ash said.
"That's good. I got to say, I was surprised by that Treeko's spunk. Peace." He was about to head back towards the ocean until Ash stopped him.
"I was wrong when I thought that surfing was just goofing off." Ash said.
"Surfing is a really great way for a heavy pokemon to build up leg strength while gaining an awesome sense of balance at the same time, and having a great time while doing it."
"Now I understand that." Ash kept his head low. "All this time I just thought that you weren't taking training seriously like you should have been."
"Hey dude, it only looks like it's fun but it's still work too." Brawly said with a chuckle.
Aria was walking around, searching for any sign of Ash until she heard a familiar voice. She peeks over rock and saw Ash and Brawly talking to each other.
"This island is full of nature everywhere you look." Brawly said. "The oceans, the mountains, the forest, seems to me playing in nature can turn into some pretty decent training, huh?"
"Playing in nature becomes training?" Ash said confused.
Brawly chuckles again. "Come on Hariyama, let's go play some more." He said before running towards the ocean with his pokemon.
Aria smiled before approaching Ash.
"So he really wasn't goofing off."
Ash looked up, turning around and noticing his sister walking towards him.
"Oh, hey Aria. Listen, I'm sorry that I yelled." He apologized. "I didn't mean for it to happen."
"It's alright Ash, now that we know what's going on we don't have to fight anymore. I should be saying sorry to you though. I'm sorry for hitting you when I got mad." She said. "But hey, that's what siblings do right? They fight, play games, being friends, things like that happen to everyone. Don't forget that you can't force pokemon to do what you want all of the time alright? Treeko was lucky to have a great trainer like you Ash, so I would say that its lucky."
"Thanks Aria, and if it's alright. Can we stay on Dewford Island a bit longer so I can do some training?" He asked.
"Sure Ash, you don't have to ask. I'm sure the others are fine with it too as long as there is no more fighting."
Ash nodded in response.
"Let's go back to the Pokemon Center. The others are getting worried about you." Aria said before running a bit ahead. "Come on!" She encouraged.
Ash smiled, glancing at Pikachu before they ran to catch up to Aria.