Master of Legends (Chapter Five)
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Almost a single month had passed since Serena had become a Pokemon trainer and declared her intentions to Ash. Ash was shocked at her bold declaration and at first he didn't know what to do with it nor did he know if she had the potential to be one, but nevertheless he decided to see how good she was. He informed her that first she needed to decide what she'd specialize in and capture a full team. Since Fennekin's final form, Delphox, was a Fire and Psychic type then Ash told her that she could decide to specialize in fire or psychic type.
It took Serena a few hours to decide, but in the end she had decided to specialize in fire type as they gave her a 'warm' feeling. And so, for about a week she trained Fennekin to not only learn to battle, but to also get used to it. Apparently her Fennekin, being a female, didn't like having her fur ruffled since when a wild Fletchling cast a whirlwind attack on them for getting too close to its territory and it ruffled her fur so badly it made her look like a puffball. Fennekin was so furious that she launched a massive ember attack and it took the Fletchling out right away. They took it to the Pokemon center for it to be healed.
Fennekin was slowly adjusting to battle and it finally showed when Serena caught her first Pokemon after a week of training. It was a very aggressive Fletchinder that attacked them before they could leave Kalos. Fennekin could barely land a scratch on it the whole match and got thrown around but when Fletchinder sliced at her with its claws is when Fennekin lost it. Losing part of her precious fur was too much for her and in her anger she had unleashed her Blaze ability.
With a massive flamethrower attack Fennekin gave Fletchinder some bad damage before relentlessly attacking with slash attack over and over again until finally finishing it with a body slam attack. While shocked, and slightly scared, of Fennekin's attitude Serena managed to catch Fletchinder. Once Serena promised to give Fennekin a good brushing she calmed down and went back to her sweet, calm self.
Even Ash was a little nervous when he saw Fennekin that mad.
Anyway after catching Fletchinder is when Serena then caught a wild Litleo, it was a cute and playful little pup that loved to cuddle with Serena and Ash. What Ash also found amusing was that it seemed to also have a crush on Ash's Arcanine. Her fourth Pokemon was the exact opposite as it was a Houndour and it had a rivalry with Ash's Arcanine and was very competitive and protective of Serena. Her final two Pokemon were a cute Litwick and an Eevee that she planned to evolve into a Flareon when she got a Fire Stone.
All in all it took her a little over two weeks to capture a full team and in Ash's opinion her team was pretty good. Her Fennekin was a cute one until it angered and that could be its greatest advantage, her Fletchinder would eventually evolve into a Talonflame and with it aggressiveness it would make a good battler or a problem, but which would yet to be seen. Her Litleo would eventually evolve into a powerful Pyroar and since it had a crush on Ash's Arcanine, which was a male, it was obvious that her Litleo was a female. Her Houndour would eventually evolve into a Houndoom and since it was so territorial and protective of Serena than it would do anything to protect her. Her Litwick would eventually reach the form of a Chandelure and with its unique typing it would be a great mix of attacking, defending and supporting. Her Flareon would be the same as a great support type as well.
The next two weeks Ash spent helping Serena train her Pokemon. Once the two weeks were up is when they would meet up with Ritchie and continue with their journey. They met up with him in Pewter City. "Ritchie" Ash greeted him.
"Ash" Ritchie greeted in return as the two friends clapped hands and shared a brief one armed hug. "It's good to see you again Ash."
"You too" Ash said in return.
Ritchie then noticed Serena with Ash "Oh, I didn't see you there, hi, I'm Ritchie Hiroshi, from Frodomar City."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Serena Yvonne, from Vaniville Town" Serena introduced. "It's nice to meet the friend Ash talks so much about."
Ritchie grinned slightly "So Ash, is she another one of your recruited Elite Four members?"
Ash nodded "Yep, I met her in the Kalos Region when I saved her from being crushed by a Rhyhorn. She's actually a childhood friend I met at Professor Oak's summer camp about seven years ago now. She wanted to join me so I've been giving her some help in training her Pokemon."
"Cool, hey Serena want to have a battle with me" Ritchie asked excitedly.
"A battle" Serena asked somewhat nervously. She had only battled wild Pokemon and against her own Pokemon, but never against another trainer.
Ritchie nodded "Yeah, if Ash recruited you then you've definitely got some potential, I want to see it."
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And so they moved out into the open fields so they wouldn't accidently destroy anything. "Alright, we'll make this a one on one battle. First Pokemon that feints loses; are you ready" Ash called out acting as a referee.
"Yeah/Y-Yeah" Ritchie said confidently while Serena sounded a little nervous. "Alright, I choose you Magnezone" Ritchie called sending out a large magnet shaped Pokemon that sparked with electricity.
"Whoa that thing looks powerful" Serena said nervously pulling out her Pokedex and scanning it.
"Magnezone, the Magnet Area Pokemon it evolved from Magneton in certain magnetic areas and emits energy from each of its three magnets" her Pokedex said.
'Oh yeah that sounds powerful alright' Serena thought before looking at it again. 'But… I do have an advantage. It's part steel-type and steel is weak against fire type.' Gaining some confidence she grabbed a Pokeball "I choose you, Fletchinder" Out of her Pokeball came her flying Pokemon that gave a loud squawk.
"Ready" Ash called looking at both of them "Begin."
"Magnezone use flash cannon" Ritchie ordered. His Magnezone charged the massive attack.
"Fletchinder flamethrower now" Serena countered. Fletchinder charged its flamethrower attack. Both attacks were launched simultaneously and met in midair. They held off for a few seconds before the flash cannon broke through the flamethrower and headed straight for Fletchinder. "Dodge it quickly." Fletchinder flew and avoided the attack "Yes, Ember, let's go." Fletchinder launched its second attack and this time it hit Magnezone, who winced slightly.
Ritchie didn't look worried at all "Magnezone use zap cannon." A bright electric ball shot from Magnezone and it struck Fletchinder. Fletchinder squawked and fell to the earth with its body sparking.
"Fletchinder, no" Serena cried.
"Thunderbolt" Ritchie commanded. A massive thunderbolt shot forward and enveloped Fletchinder. When the thunderbolt ended Fletchinder looked about to fall before stopping itself and shooting back into the air with a loud cry. "It's still conscious" Ritchie said surprised.
"Fletchinder, use Flame Charge now" Serena called quickly. Fletchinder's body was surrounded by flames before it charged Magnezone.
"Wild Charge now" Ritchie countered. Magnezone's body was then surrounded in electricity as it charged at Fletchinder. Both of them hit and it was a standoff once more as both Pokemon tried to push through. Fletchinder was not going to be held back again. With a loud and furious squawk Fletchinder's power increased even more. "Such power" Ritchie said partially shocked.
"GO FLETCHINDER" Serena shouted. Fletchinder managed to break the standoff and hit Magnezone and send the Magnet Area Pokemon flying back into the ground. "Alright Fletchinder, you did it" Serena cheered.
Ritchie was smiling 'She has enormous potential. Just a few weeks with Ash and she's managed to hurt Magnezone.' As he thought that his Pokemon got back up 'Unfortunately she still has a lot to learn.' "It's not over yet Serena" he called to her stopping her cheering. "Don't celebrate until you know your opponent is defeated."
"We're not afraid; you ready Fletchinder" Serena said confidently. Fletchinder squawked until wincing and nearly falling "Fletchinder" Serena said worriedly.
"You've got to teach your Pokemon to conserve energy until their own reserves build up" Ritchie said. "Otherwise they'll expel it all in one sitting. Magnezone end this with thunderbolt." Magnezone gave a roar before launching a massive thunderbolt at Fletchinder that hit head on.
"Fletchinder, no" Serena cried. Her Pokemon fell from the sky and onto the ground swirly eyed.
"Fletchinder is unable to battle; Magnezone is the winner" Ash announced. "The winner of the battle is Ritchie." Serena immediately ran to Fletchinder and checked on it while Ritchie recalled his Magnezone.
"Fletchinder" Serena murmured sadly. Not because she lost, but because her Pokemon was so injured.
Ritchie walked up to her "That was a good battle" he said to her.
"Really" she said surprised. "But… I lost… so easily."
"Winning isn't everything" Ritchie told her with a grin. "Remember I lost my battle to Ash and it was three on three. This was just one on one. You did some significant damage to Magnezone. We only won because we've been training longer. Give it some time and I can guarantee that you'll be beating people left and right."
"He's right Serena" Ash said. "We've got years of training ahead of us. We've got plenty of time to get better. We're not gonna approach the league for at least four more years."
Serena looked back up at them and smiled "Right; I'll do my best." That made them both smile and then they spent the rest of the day training. Serena saw that Ritchie was a specialist in electric type Pokemon. The Pokemon he revealed to have was his Magnezone, a Raichu, an Ampharos, a Shiny Electrode, an Electivire, and a Lanturn. His Pokemon were all very powerful and rowdy.
Serena watched them both battle it out. "Alright Ritchie, show me how much you've improved" Ash said.
"I'll leave your head spinning" Ritchie smirked. "Ampharos, let's show him how much stronger you've gotten."
"Alright then" Ash said pulling out a new Pokeball. It was all white in color with four patches of green color on it and two ridges of yellow near it. It had six spots near the center button of the pokeball with two dots on top being red, the middle blue and the bottom silver. "Regigigas, time for battle."
Out of the pokeball appeared a massive golem Pokemon that stood easily over five meters tall. Serena stared in shock "What the heck is that?" She pulled her Pokedex out and scanned it.
"Regigigas, the Colossal Pokemon. According to legend, Regigigas has towed continents using topes."
"Towing continents" Serena was wide eyed. 'How did Ash manage to capture such a powerful Pokemon?'
"Regigigas… that's a new one" Ritchie said with awe in his voice. He looked positively ecstatic "Alright Ampharos, it's time to show Ash how strong we've really gotten. This Pokemon is a lot stronger than his Dragonair, but we'll show it what we're made off." Ampharos roared in agreement with lightning dancing from its body. "Alright, Ampharos use Brick Break." Ampharos charged with its fist glowing before punching Regigigas straight in the face. The Colossal Pokemon flinched a little bit, but remained in place. "Now Thunder Punch" he shouted. Ampharos' fist blazed with thunder before laying a second massive hit on it. Regigigas still didn't move or show visible signs of pain.
Serena was confused 'What is Ash doing? He's just standing there.' It's true, Ash was just standing there not moving a single muscle and just staring at the field.
Ritchie also saw him just standing there 'What's he doing? Is he going to attack or not?' "Well if you won't attack Ash, I will. Ampharos, Regigigas is a Normal-Type so it's weak to fighting moves. Keep using Brick Break and Rock Smash."
For nearly two minutes Ampharos continued the same attacks all over again and Regigigas was pushed back maybe two steps before getting knocked to the ground from a double attack. Ampharos landed on the ground slightly out of breath, but okay.
"Was that is Ash" Ritchie asked with a smirk. "Honestly I expected a lot more."
Ash smirked "Remember what you said to Serena, Ritchie? Don't get cocky until it's over." Ritchie watched as Regigigas got back to its feet looking unharmed. "Judging by the expression on your face" Ash chuckled as Ritchie looked shocked. "You don't know how this is possible. Let me enlighten you. Regigigas has an ability. It's known as Slow Start and it temporarily halves its attack and speed when first brought out."
"It halves the speed and attack" Ritchie said before going wide eyed. "You prepared for this."
"Of course; I knew of Regigigas' special ability" Ash said. "That's why I trained it in defense and endurance to be able to last against attacks until Slow Start wore off. And now that it has you can see Regigigas' true power. Now Regigigas use hyper beam." Regigigas' eye glowed before it unleashed a large blast that struck Ampharos before Ritchie could call out an order.
'Fast' Ritchie and Serena thought wide eyed. "Ampharos, Signal Beam now." Ampharos built up a massive energy in its arms before launching it. Regigigas merely crossed its arms enduring the attack before dispersing it.
"Use Stone Edge" Ash said. Regigigas formed a massive amount of stones around its body before launching them at Ampharos.
"Use Power Gem to absorb it" Ritchie called. Ampharos formed a large energy ball that intercepted the stones and absorb it. Ritchie smirked "Good, not let him have it." Ampharos launched the Power Gem attack at Regigigas and hit it head on. "Alright Ampharos let's hit it again with Focus Blast."
Ampharos charged the attack, but Ash was ready first. "Giga Impact" was all he said. Regigigas charged at Ampharos and was engulfed in energy before hitting Ampharos sending it flying into the air. Ampharos flipped and launched the Focus Blast attack hitting Regigigas head on.
"Don't give up; Thunder Bolt attack go" Ritchie shouted. Ampharos roared and launched a massive thunder bolt attack at Regigigas that hit and illuminated the entire area. Yet when the attack cleared Regigigas was still standing making Ritchie and Ampharos gasp.
Ash smiled "Crush Grip now." Regigigas charged forward and grabbed Ampharos before its body began glowing orange. Ampharos cried out from the combination of the powerful grip and energy before suddenly a bright glow lit the area and Ampharos was launched from Regigigas and hit the ground harshly skidding across it.
"Ampharos" Ritchie cried running up to his beloved Pokemon. It was out cold.
"Guess that's it" Ash said. "Good job my friend." Regigigas let out a deep hum before Ash recalled the Colossal Pokemon and went to help Ritchie care for Ampharos. Serena watched amazed at the battle. Ash had beaten Ritchie and he made it look easy. And Ritchie had easily beaten her.
She still had a lot of training to do.
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After having their Pokemon healed they began their journey "So we're going to go pick Brock up" Ritchie asked.
Ash nodded "Yeah, he just finished all of his classes a week ago so he'll be free to come train with us."
"Who's Brock" Serena asked.
"He's the former Gym Leader of Pewter City in the Kanto Region" Ash replied. "When I first encountered him he was a little unsatisfied with his life as he had to look over his siblings while his parents both abandoned them for their own personal gain. Before I left Pewter City Brock's father returned and Brock went out to start his own journey. He wanted to be a Pokemon Breeder at first, but changed his goal to become a Pokemon Doctor. He's been training at it for years and finally graduated. After the Indigo League I went back and asked him if he wanted to be try and become an Elite Four member. He gave the thought an idea, but wanted to finish his school first. Last week he contacted me and said he was interested. So we're going to pick him up, start training and together we'll look for our final Elite Four member."
"Oh… cool" was all Serena could say.
They came to Pewter City only a few minutes later since they were only in the forests outside the city. Following the path to the Pewter City Gym they found it rather easily and Ash knocked. Serena and Ritchie hung back deciding to let Ash do all the talking. After all he was the only one who had met Brock. Neither Ritchie nor Serena had.
The door was opened and both of them saw a tall dark skinned man with spiky black hair answer the door. He had squinty eyes, wore dark blue pants and a matching long sleeved shirt with a doctor's coat over that.
"Ash, good to see you again" Brock greeted him.
"You too Brock" Ash said as the two of them hands. "You ready?"
"Yeah, I just gotta go say goodbye. I'll be along shortly" Brock replied. He left and a moment later returned "Alright, let's hit the road." He was carrying a large backpack on his back. He then noticed the others "I don't believe we've met. Brock Harrison" he said.
"Ritchie Hiroshi" Ritchie greeted shaking hands with him.
"Serena Yvonne" Serena greeted shaking hands as well.
"Nice to meet you" Brock said. "I'm looking forward to training with you all."
"Likewise" Ritchie grinned. "So what type of Pokemon do you specialize in?"
"I actually specialize in Rock-Type Pokemon" Brock replied. "I've grown up around them my whole life and my father also specialized in them. I've inherited his love for them even though my mother kept trying to make me love Water Pokemon more."
"Well good for you for sticking with the type you love" Ritchie said. "Me personally, I prefer Electric types."
"Oh; that's a hard type to specialize in" Brock said. "Because of their ever building electrical currents they have to be released periodically otherwise their bodies will overload. The stronger the Pokemon the more they need it."
Ritchie nodded "Yeah; I have to give them a major battle each day so their electricity doesn't overload. It's arduous work, but it's worth it. They keep growing stronger every day."
"That's awesome; I'd very much like to see your training methods" Brock said. "What about you Serena? What's your specialty?"
"Oh, um I specialize in Fire-Type Pokemon" she replied.
"Also a good type, but be careful" Brock advised. "Fire Types are known for their fiery personalities. They can be very hotheaded and quick to rush in so a firm hand is definitely needed. Sometimes they can have very short tempers so firm, but delicate is the best attitude to go with."
"Wow" Serena said amazed committing everything Brock said to memory. "Thanks for that. I'll be sure to remember it. I'm glad we got a Pokemon Doctor with us." The others all laughed together.
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