Master of Legends

by Underdog Lover

Ash grew up reading the stories of the Legendary Pokemon and became enamored by them. Before his journey began he realized that in order to be the best Pokemon Master he had to have the best Pokemon. Ash begins his journey to capture all of the Legendary Pokemon in the world making many bonds along the way. He is on the journey to become the 'Master of Legends.'

6. Chapter 6

Master of Legends (Chapter Six)

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.

The four of them spent a year training intensely with one another. As a tradition with the Pewter City Gym, Brock's first Pokemon were a Geodude and an Onix, but Brock left them all at home for his little brother Forrest to use. Broke would start out with a new team.

Even though he didn't have any Pokemon that didn't stop Brock at all as during a trip to a dark cave Brock befriended and treated an injured Kabutops. He nursed it back to health and the Kabutops wanted to come with Brock. After that Brock caught five more Pokemon across the lands.

The first one he caught was an Aerodactyl that was in the same cave as the Kabutops he caught. The Aerodactyl was very aggressive and short-tempered, but in the end Brock caught it and had to go through quite a bit of training to get Aerodactyl to listen to him. The third Pokemon he caught was a Boldore that he planned to level up into a Gigalith. His fourth Pokemon he caught was an Armaldo when he found a Claw Fossil and had it revived. He did the same thing with this last two Pokemon. Two Fossil Pokemon from Kalos that he caught: an Aurorus and a Tyrantrum. Aurorus was very docile and happy while Tyrantrum was boisterous and temperamental, but nothing Brock couldn't train.

Brock wasn't the only one with new Pokemon. Ritchie caught an Eevee and evolved it into a Jolteon and also caught a Luxray. Serena had captured a Ninetales as well as a Camerupt and some of her Pokemon had evolved. Her Litwick had evolved into a Lampent, her Litleo into a Pyroar, her Fletchinder into a Talonflame, her Eevee into a Flareon and finally her Braixen into a Delphox. Serena was absolutely ecstatic.

And then there was Ash. The first Pokemon he ended up catching, surprisingly, was a Lucario. Ash had left for the mountains with Mew as she sensed a powerful aura up there. They were surprised when, instead of finding a Legendary Pokemon, they found a Lucario. It was rare to find a Lucario in the wild as usually they were just Riolu's. They did do battle and in the end Ash won and Lucario pledged his loyalty to Ash. Ash was surprised by the response, but was nevertheless happy to have Lucario as one of his Pokemon.

The next amazing things to happen was Ash's Pokemon evolving. After months of training Ash's Bagon finally evolved into a Salamence and gained its wings. The Salamence line trained relentlessly for this having wanted their wings for as long as they have existed. Ash's shiny Metang had also evolved into a fully evolved and powerful Metagross. Ash's Dragonair had also evolved into a Dragonite.

Finally he had also finished catching the last of the Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon. He captured a Larvitar, a Gible and a Deino; all three of which would eventually evolve into their final forms.

Brock was curious and asked Ash why he captured the Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon if he planned to specialize in Legendary Pokemon.

Ash's response was cheeky, devious and brilliant. "Well I plan on spicing up the challenges. It's like a pre-game bonus battle. Any challenger that wants to take the Elite Four Challenge will get the chance to fight one of my Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon. It's just a simple one on one battle and the Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon is chosen at complete random. If they can defeat the chosen Pokemon then they've earned the right to battle me right away, but if you can't you face the Elite Four. Can you imagine the amount of challengers that'll flock just for that kind of chance?"

Brock could imagine it and right away he thought that Ash was an evil, devious genius.

But that was for later; they still had to find their final member. Currently the four of them were in Hoenn watching the Victory Tournament of the Ever Grande Conference. They were looking at trainers who were specializing in Pokemon instead of using various as various could only be used by champions, not Elite Four.

They saw three so far that jumped out. A girl named Allison, who specialized in Fairy Type Pokemon. The second was a boy named Thomas, who specialized in Normal Type Pokemon. Finally there was Morrison, a boy who specialized in Steel Type Pokemon.

They all watched the battles with scrutiny once the Victory Tournament began. There were thirty-two trainers and only three specializing in one type. They became disappointed when Allison lost her first match. "For the Fairy Type, I expected a little more" Ritchie said.

"Yeah since they're so good at Defense and Offense" Serena agreed.

"Yes, but the Fairy Type also has very few offensive moves as most of them are support type" Brock pointed out. "If a certain move is used to often it's very easy to counter it."

The matches continued and both Thomas and Morrison made it farther, but Thomas lost in the Top 16 to a trainer named Tyson. Morrison managed to continue on, but barely. It was amazing; his Steel Type Pokemon were showing amazing ability. He made it past the quarter-finals and into the Semi-finals where he faced the same boy that defeated Thomas.

Tyson and Morrison's battle lasted a long time, but in the end Tyson came out victorious. His own versatile team, plus his fully evolved Metagross and perhaps the strongest Meowth that any of them had seen, was too much for Morrison leaving Tyson as the victor.

"That Tyson is pretty good" Serena commented.

"No kidding" Ritchie agreed. "His Meowth was definitely the strongest of its kind that I've ever seen."

"Not to mention it has really good fashion" Brock quipped making them all laugh. "So Ash, what do you think?"

Ash smirked and spoke a moment later spoke "I think we've found our final member. Let's go." All of them stood up and left the stadium. The found Morrison leaving the arena with a downtrodden look. They all stopped in front of him making him stop.

"What's up, you need something" he asked.

"We just want to congratulate you" Ash said. "That was some amazing battling you did out in the tournament."

"Heh, you really think so" Morrison asked with a sheepish grin while rubbing the back of his head.

"Of course" Ash said. "I don't think I've seen anyone use Steel Types so good since Steven Stone himself."

Morrison's grin grew and he laughed "Well he was my inspiration for having a Steel-Type only team. Not to mention Metang was my very first Pokemon."

Ash smiled "Well then, allow me to offer you a proposal." Morrison now looked confused "You see myself and my friends here are on a goal."

"What kind of goal and how does it involve me" Morrison was looking suspicious now.

"I'll get to that" Ash said. "Let me explain first. For as long as the Pokemon world has existed the two regions of Kanto and Johto have shared an Elite Four and Champion. The reason for why, I don't know. Is it because they're so close or something else? The point is that it's time for that to change. I won the Kanto League three years ago and now I want Kanto to have its own Elite Four and Champion. What you see next to me are people who share my goal. My best friend Ritchie, a master of Electric Pokemon, the lovely Serena, a Fire-Type master and Pokemon Doctor Brock Harrison, a Rock Type specialist. We came here to Hoenn to find our final Elite Four member. Of the thirty-two trainers who made it to the victory tournament only three specialized in certain types of Pokemon and among them you made it the farthest. You have amazing potential Morrison and we could help you become a master Pokemon Trainer, a member of the strongest Elite Four. Will you join us?"

Morrison stared at Ash in shock at what he just said. Morrison knew of Ash the moment he mentioned his victory in the Kanto League three years ago. Everyone knew of him; a young trainer who swept through the competition using at maximum, just three Pokemon. But the best part was that he used the Legendary Mew. He was famous; many people wanted to meet and challenge him, but he disappeared and was never seen. To think that very same person was in front of him offering him such an opportunity.

Morrison grinned broadly "I'd be a damn fool if I turned you down." All of them grinned "Sign me up Master Ketchum."

Ash laughed "You can just call me Ash; we're friends right."

"Hell yeah" Morrison grinned and shook hands with Ash. The deal was struck and their team was complete. They now had three years left to train until they approached Mr. Goodshow with the idea.

ONE YEAR LATER

The first year was spent with all of them training Morrison up to their current level. He took to it like stink on a Skuntank. His team was also very powerful; his first, and main, Pokemon was a Metang and while it wasn't fully evolved it was powerful. The reason was that Metang wanted to reach its absolute limit before evolving. His other Pokemon were already fully evolved or close to being fully evolved.

The other Pokemon he had was a Steelix, an Aggron, a Skarmory, a Scizor and an Empoleon. His team was incredibly well rounded and powerful in defense. Ash had Morrison's entire team train with Ash's steel type Pokemon. Registeel, Cobalion and Heatran all ran Morrison's team into the ground with very intense training. Ash had his own Metagross train with Morrison's Metang, one on one.

They also had Morrison capture a couple more Pokemon to increase his team as only one of them was not from the Hoenn Region. They took him to the Unova Region where he captured a Pawniard that would eventually evolved into the Dark/Steel Type Pokemon, Bisharp. The second Pokemon he caught was an Escavalier. After that they were going to make a trip to Johto to train on Mt. Silver, but after passing through Sinnoh Morrison caught a Riolu that would eventually evolve into a Lucario, a dual Fighting/Steel type.

Now the five of them were on Mt. Silver training relentlessly with their Pokemon. Ash was incredibly proud of the team he had assembled. Not only that, but two of his team were unique. They were specializing in a type that had never before been used in any Elite Four team.

Each Elite Four started out unique, but didn't remain very unique except for a certain few. When the Kanto/Johto Elite Four team was first formed the Elite Four consisted of Will, the user of Psychic Pokemon, Koga, the master of Poison Type Pokemon, Bruno, the Fighting Master, and Karen, the user of the Dark Type. Koga and Will were the first ever Elite Four members to specialize in that type. However it wasn't long afterwards they were replaced by Lorelei, the ice user and Agatha, the ghost master. The power scale had been rearranged as well.

When facing the Elite Four a challenger would face them in order from least strong to strongest. Before Lorelei and Agatha came aboard the Elite Four list started with Will, then Koga, then Bruno and finally Karen at the top. When Lorelei and Agatha came into the group it changed. Will was defeated by Lorelei, but she couldn't defeat Koga and thus Will had to leave the Elite Four. Then Agatha came and she defeated Lorelei, Koga and Bruno, but couldn't defeat Karen. She took the spot as the third strongest of the Elite Four and Koga and Bruno had to battle to determine who would stay in the Elite Four. Bruno defeated Koga and kept his spot in the Elite Four while Koga left and returned to being a Gym Leader in Fuchsia City.

Now the power scale of the Kanto/Johto Elite Four started with Lorelei, then Bruno, then Agatha and finally Karen who still remained at the top undefeated. Lance was the Champion of the two regions having become champion at eighteen and remained champion for over ten years completely undefeated.

The Hoenn Region Elite Four remained unique until Agatha and Lorelei came into the Kanto/Johto Elite Four. They were the only ones who had a Ghost and Ice Trainer in the Elite Four. The power scale in the Hoenn Elite Four started with the dark trainer Sydney followed by the lovable ghost trainer, and excellent dancer, Phoebe. After her came the cool, ice cold beauty, Glacia. The strongest of the Elite Four, having held the rank for nearly thirty years, was Drake, a captain of a Trade Ship. He, like Lance, was a master Dragon Type trainer. The reason he remained an Elite Four was that despite his mastery of the dragon type he couldn't defeat Steven Stone's Steel Type Pokemon.

Steel Type, easily the best defensive type Pokemon. They were one of maybe two that dragon type attacks had little effect on. Steven was the best master of Steel Type Pokemon in the entire world. His Pokemon were like tanks; they could withstand a multitude of attacks, even attacks from Fighting, Fire and Ground types, the three types that Steel Pokemon were weak against. A very common challenger that Steven had was Wallace, a very powerful trainer and Pokemon Coordinator. Even though Wallace had managed to defeat all of the Elite Four many times he could not defeat Steven. Even though Wallace had the opportunity to take a spot amongst the Elite Four he refused as his desire was to be Champion of Hoenn, not an Elite Four.

The Sinnoh Elite Four were actually considered the most powerful of all the Elite Four. They were unique as they were the first Elite Four to introduce three masters of new types never been seen in the ranks of the Elite Four. Their names were Aaron, Bertha and Flint. Aaron also held the record of being the youngest Elite Four member ever having become one when he was just nineteen years old and he was a specialist of the Bug Type Pokemon.

After Aaron was the oldest member of the Sinnoh Elite Four and a specialist of the Ground Type. Like Drake of Hoenn, Bertha had been a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four for nearly three decades. Her Ground Type Pokemon were incredibly powerful and she turned them powerful despite the weaknesses they had. Above her came the next member Flint, a master of Fire Type Pokemon. He was the first person to ever become an Elite Four member that specialized in Fire Type. Originally from Sunyshore City he left it when he was twenty and six years later he became a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. Flint's personality was as fiery as his Pokemon. Yet despite his training Flint could not best Lucian, the strongest of the Sinnoh Elite Four and a master of Psychic type Pokemon. Lucian remained at the top of the Sinnoh Elite Four for about six years.

However all of them paled in comparison to their Champion. She was the youngest female Champion ever to be crowned at the age of nineteen. She didn't specialize in one type of Pokemon and instead used multiple and remained undefeated because of her massive skill. Her name was Cynthia and she was considered the pride of Sinnoh not only for becoming an undefeated Champion and continuing to hold that title for almost ten years, but also by becoming Master of the Champion League. The Champion League was a League that was only available for trainers who had beaten a region's victory tournament, Elite Four or Champions of their Regions. It was there that they could all battle one another in a massive tournament in order to become Master of the Champion League; the one who was considered to be the most powerful Pokemon Trainer in the world. Currently Cynthia held that title and was considered the most powerful Pokemon Champion ever.

Then came the Unova Region and while they were not known for having any unique members of the Elite Four they did have one that brought them pride. Before, Sinnoh held the record for the youngest Elite Four Member. That being Aaron, who became one at nineteen, but not long after he joined that record was shattered by the Unova Elite Four member named Caitlin who became a member when she was eighteen. She was also the third strongest of them beating the only other girl of the group. A girl named Shauntal; a master of Ghost Type Pokemon and a famous writer. The ones who were stronger than them were the boys of the group. Above Caitlin and second strongest of the Unova Elite Four was a man named Grimsley, a master of Dark Type Pokemon. He was an okay man, but he loved to gamble a little too much. Above him was the strongest of the Unova Elite Four, a man named Marshal and a master of Fighting Type Pokemon. He was a very eccentric man who boldly proclaimed his strength and fellow apprentice of Alder, the Champion of Unova. Finally was Alder, the Champion of Unova. Like Cynthia he was a master of various types of Pokemon, but unlike Cynthia, Alder had no desire to be the top Champion. He was content with a travelling life as he constantly travelled all around the Unova Region. Despite his lazy and rather hermit-like lifestyle Alder was champion for a reason and had yet to be defeated in many years.

Finally came the Kalos Region. Like Sinnoh before them Kalos was unique by introducing two new Pokemon types that had never before been seen in the ranks of the Elite Four. The first of the Kalos Elite Four was a master of Fire Type Pokemon and news reporter. Her name was Malva and despite her loyalty to the Elite Four she seemed to be a little shady. The second of the Elite Four was one of the ones who introduced a new type to the ranks. He was a top class chef and master of Water Type Pokemon named Siebold. After him was the second strongest of the Kalos Elite Four and a master of the Steel Type. He was a very honorable and chivalrous man named Wikstrom. Finally the strongest of the Kalos Elite Four and a master of the Dragon Type, much like Drake, named Drasna. She was a relaxed middle aged woman and nothing seemed to faze her, which made her an excellent battler. Finally there was the Champion of Kalos; the lovely and beautiful, famous actress named Diantha. Diantha was a tough a battler as she was as famous as an actress. She hardly got any private time so she was known for using her acting abilities to disguise herself so she could go out in public. She was also a big lover of deserts.

Thinking about all of that made Ash realize he had to find out which order his Elite Four would go in. They were all incredibly strong, but they had to be placed in an order. If Ash had to guess he would say that Ritchie was the strongest of them, but the others could still surprise him.

"Hey guys" he called to them. "I need to discuss something with you all." All of them stopped their training and ran up to Ash.

"What's up Ash" Morrison asked.

"I've been thinking about a few things" Ash said. "Every Elite Four Group is ranked on a power scale from least strong to strongest. We need to figure out how our ranking system is going to work."

"Oh yeah, forgot about that" Ritchie admitted. "How do you recommend we do it?"

"I was thinking it like this" Ash said. "Everyone will battle each other like Ritchie against Serena, Morrison and Brock and then Serena against Morrison and Brock and finally Brock and Morrison. After that it'll be a one on one battle with all of you picking one of my fully evolved Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon to battle against. And then we'll tally up the total amount of wins and determine it then."

"I like your ideas" Morrison grinned. "Let's do it."

SCENE CHANGE

Ritchie stood in the battlefield and faced Serena "This won't be like our first battle Ritchie" Serena said. "I'm determined to defeat you."

"Keep that fire in your eyes Serena" Ritchie grinned. "I'm looking forward to it. Now then, Electivire, time to shine." Ritchie let out his Electivire, who let out a loud roar as lightning spewed from its body.

Serena smirked and pulled out her own Pokeball "I'm fired up; go Delphox." Out of her Pokeball came Serena's starter Pokemon, her Delphox. Both Pokemon stared one another down intently. Brock and Morrison sat on the sidelines eager to see the battle.

Ash stood in the middle acting as the referee "Ready" he called looking between them. "Begin." He ran back as their battle began.

"Delphox, flamethrower" Serena called. Delphox built up a large flamethrower attack.

"Electivire, thunderbolt, let's go" Ritchie countered. Electivire built up a massive thunderbolt and both Pokemon launched their attacks simultaneously. The attacks collided in a massive explosion that kicked up a lot of dust. "Now use Focus Blast." Electivire built up the attack before launching it into the dust.

"Delphox, dodge and use mystical fire" Serena ordered. Delphox jumped and avoided the Focus Blast before twirling her hand and launching a large blast of flames at Electivire that hit dead on.

"Electivire use Bulldoze" Ritchie called. Electivire flipped back up before slamming both hands onto the ground creating a massive shockwave that hit Delphox head on.

'Electivire knows ground moves' Serena thought shocked. "Don't give up Delphox, let's hit that beast with Fire Blast." Delphox jumped back up before launching a large blast of fire in the shape of a kanji symbol. Electivire dodged it, but Delphox dashed until she was right in front of it. "Fire Spin now" she shouted. Delphox roared and launched a large blast of flames at Electivire at point blank range.

Ritchie was wide eyed at the quick attack while Serena smirked. "Electivire, you okay" Ritchie called. Electivire jumped from the flames looking scorched, but okay. "That was pretty good Serena, but it'll take a lot more fire power to defeat my Electivire."

"Trust me, I plan on it" Serena smirked. "Delphox, use Psyshock." Delphox raised her wand and formed a swirling mass of blue and purple energy before launching it at Electivire.

"Use Agility to dodge it" Ritchie countered. Electivire managed to dodge the attack, but Delphox did not relent. The attack was launched again and again.

"Your Electivire is strong, but even it can't keep this up forever" Serena smirked. Before long the Psyshock hit the ground next to Electivire hurting it from the backlash. "Told you" she smirked. "Flame Charge, let's go." Delphox was surrounded in flames before charging at Electivire.

"Wild Charge now" Ritchie countered. Electivire was covered in lightning before charging at Delphox. Both of them hit each other resulting in quite a standoff before Electivire broke through and struck Delphox head on.

"Delphox, no" Serena cried.

"Alright Electivire use Electro Ball" Ritchie shouted. Electivire formed an electric ball in its hands before launching it where it hit Delphox.

"Delphox are you okay" Serena asked. Delphox was panting and looking exhausted, but could still stand. "Alright Delphox, Electivire may be strong, but we can beat it in speed and we've got a secret weapon. Use Light Screen." Delphox was then enveloped in a bright yellow glow.

Ritchie widened his eyes before gritting his teeth 'She prepared this move for me.' The effects of all of Ritchie's thunder attacks would now be cut in half. 'The only other moves Electivire knows are fighting and one ground type move. The fighting type moves won't be very effective, but if I can weaken Delphox enough I can win.'

"Alright Delphox, we can win this" Serena called with confidence. "Now use Will-o-Wisp" she ordered Delphox formed a dark fireball on her wand before launching it at Electivire.

"Dodge and use Agility" Ritchie ordered. Electivire dodged and began running all around Delphox trying to make it dizzy.

"I don't think so" Serena smirked. "Delphox, time to show off your Ballet moves." Delphox also smirked and stood on her toes before she began swirling rapidly "Now use fire spin." Delphox cried out as she released a large stream of fire that shot out in the entire area creating a large fire tornado.

"Whoa" Morrison was amazed. "How'd she do that Brock?"

"By having Delphox spin like that Serena knew it would increase the range of the fire spin attack" Brock explained. "Since Delphox was spinning so rapidly the velocity in which Fire Spin would be released would be much higher giving it a longer range of attack."

Electivire jumped out of the flames even more scorched up and panting, but still standing. 'I can't let Electivire keep getting hit like that.' "Alright Electivire let's try this one more time; use Bulldoze." Electivire initiated the Bulldoze attack.

"That won't work" Serena declared. "Delphox jump." Delphox did indeed jump making Ritchie smirk. Serena widened her eyes when instead of using the Bulldoze attack Electivire instead jumped into the air using its antennae to grab Delphox. "A fake out" she gasped.

"Exactly, and you walked right into it" Ritchie smirked. "Now use Bulldoze." With Delphox in its grip Electivire went towards the ground slamming Delphox down hard as well as giving it a point blank Bulldoze attack causing the ground to implode.

When the dust cleared Electivire was seen standing over a downed Delphox. Ash was about to step up and announce Ritchie as the winner when Delphox's eyes snapped open. They turned a completely different color; from obsidian black to burning red. Delphox shot up with a roar as blue flames exploded off her body making Ritchie, Brock, Morrison and Ash go wide eyed at the sheer amount of heat that Delphox was releasing.

"That's Blaze" Morrison gasped.

Serena was also wide eyed, but a smile came to her face a moment later "You always come through for me Delphox. Thank you so much; now let's end this. Use Flamethrower." Delphox screamed before unleashing a massive flamethrower attack that struck Electivire head on.

"Electivire no" Ritchie cried out.

"Now us Mystical Fire" Serena shouted. Delphox charged and launched her signature attack.

"Electivire use wild charge now" Ritchie shouted hastily. Electivire was surrounded in lightning before charging at Delphox just as the attack was launched. Delphox launched the attack and Electivire charged right into it and kept charging forward getting closer and closer. "Now use Thunder Punch" Ritchie roared. Electivire roared as its fist was encased in lightning before punching at point blank range. The resulting clash between both attacks caused a massive explosion. Ritchie and Serena were nearly blown off their feet. Everyone shielded their faces from the dust in the explosion and could only wait until it cleared.

A few tense minutes later and the dust did clear it showed both Electivire and Delphox still standing, but both were looking very injured and on their last legs. Then Delphox gave out a tiny groan before falling forward onto the ground unable to continue.

Ash stepped forward "Delphox is unable to battle; the winner is Electivire."

Ritchie grinned "Excellent work Electivire." Electivire gave a proud roar before wincing in pain. "I'll get you fixed up in a jiffy. For now take a rest" and with that he returned Electivire to its Pokeball.

Serena crouched down by Delphox as the Fox Pokemon looked up. Serena softly comforted her Pokemon "You did your best Delphox and I'm so proud of you. I'll give your fur a nice brushing tonight." Delphox cooed softly at Serena.

The matches got better and it became obvious to everyone when Ritchie was the strongest. He defeated Morrison's Skarmory with his Magnezone and he even defeated Brock's Kabutops with his Ampharos. Then Ash and Ritchie battled and Ritchie used his Raichu to combat against Ash's Dragonite. This was like a rematch from their last battle only both of them were still a Pikachu and a Dragonair respectively.

It was a long fought battle that lasted nearly twenty minutes, but in the end both of them knocked each other out resulting in a draw.

After that came Morrison who came in second place. He managed to defeat Brock's Aurorus with his Aggron, but his Steelix lost to Serena's Houndoom. In the end it was Morrison's Metagross vs. Ash's Metagross and Morrison came out on top when he just barely managed to defeat Ash's Metagross. However his own Metagross would need about a week's worth of rest before battling again.

Brock and Serena tied for last place though as although Brock managed to beat Serena's Talonflame with his Aerodactyl, but his Tyrantrum lost to Ash's Salamence leaving Brock's record as 1-3. Serena had lost to Ritchie's Electivire and Brock's Aerodactyl, but she won against Morrison's Steelix leaving her record at 1-2. The records went as followed.

Ritchie: 3-0-1

Morrison: 2-2

Serena: 1-2

Brock: 1-3

If Serena could defeat Ash's Pokemon she'd have the same record as Morrison and then the two of them would have a rematch to determine second and third place and if she lost Brock and her would have a battle to determine third and fourth place.

Serena and Ash faced one another before Ash smirked and sent out his Pokemon. In a flash Ash's Goodra appeared with a soft coo and a smile. Serena had to really think on this since Goodra, like a lot of Dragon Pokemon, were resistant to Fire type attacks. So she'd have to pick a dual variant.

Soon she made her decision "Alright let's get fired up Lampent" she called releasing her floating Lamp Pokemon.

"Lampent, good choice" Ritchie said. "She'll have more variety to attack with since Goodra is resistant to fire type attacks."

"Alright Serena, time to show me how good you've become" Ash said.

"I'll show you, no… I'll prove it" she declared as confidently as she could. "Lampent, tell me, are you ready for the next step?" Lampent turned and gave a small nod with a sound of confirmation. "Thank you" she said before pulling out a small purple stone.

"Is that what I think it is" Morrison stared wide eyed.

"It is" Brock said seriously. "A Dusk Stone. With it Serena can evolve Lampent into a Chandelure." Serena walked up to Lampent and patted her small Pokemon with a smile before gently pressing the stone to its head. Lampent was enveloped in a bright glow. Through the glow Lampent began to morph until it was a much bigger size with multiple fires around its body.

Lampent was now a Chandelure.

Throughout the sight Ash just smiled; he was glad he taught Serena the importance of evolution. When it came to stones they should only be used if the Pokemon was ready for it. Serena had held onto that Dusk Stone for a long time and now it was going to pay off; he just knew it would.

"Alright Chandelure, let's do this" Serena proclaimed. "Use Shadow Ball." Chandelure formed a shadow ball before launching.

"Goodra, Dragon Breath" Ash countered. Goodra launched a thick green beam of energy from its mouth just as Chandelure launched a shadow ball. Both attacks hit and exploded in midair. "Now use Dragon Rush."

"It won't do us much good, but counter it with Flame Charge" Serena called out. Goodra surrounded itself in blue energy before charging while Chandelure surrounded itself in red flames before charging. Both Pokemon met in a mighty clash with both of them trying to push each other back until eventually they realized it was a stalemate. "Now use Night Shade." Chandelure's eyes glowed before it launched a ray of darkness from its eyes.

"Dodge it" Ash said. Goodra flew up into the air "Now use Dragon Pulse." Goodra formed a green ball of energy before firing it. The attack hit sending Chandelure flying backwards.

"Chandelure" Serena cried. "Are you alright." Chandelure gave a firm nod, but Serena was still worried. 'Goodra has many advantages over me. I need to think of a way to defeat it and fast. Fast? Wait that's it' she thought. "Chandelure use Flame Charge." Without hesitating Chandelure did just that and charged.

"Dragon Rush" Ash said simply. Goodra was surrounded in blue energy before charging. 'Serena knows that won't work; what's she planning?' The two Pokemon got within a foot of each other before…

"Now duck" Serena shouted. Chandelure dived down and managed to avoid the Dragon Rush making Ash widen his eyes. "Now use Dark Pulse" she called. Chandelure turned and shot a Dark Pulse right into Goodra's back making the gooey dragon cry out. "Alright Chandelure you did it" Serena cheered.

"It's not over yet" Ash smirked. "Goodra use Flamethrower." Goodra flipped and launched a massive flamethrower that struck Chandelure head on. The fire hit Chandelure making Ash narrow his eyes 'She didn't even try to make Chandelure move.' He understood when he saw the flames vanish and Chandelure glowing brightly. '"I get it; Chandelure's ability is Flash Fire."

"Correct and you know what that means" Serena smirked.

"It means that all of Serena's Fire Type attacks will be powered up tremendously" Ritchie said.

"Yeah" Brock agreed. "Even though Goodra is resistant to Fire-Type attacks, ones that are powered up with Flash Fire will still do some damage."

"Alright Chandelure, time to show them your real power" Serena called. "Use Overheat." Chandelure gave a long battle cry before unleashing a massive torrent of flames. The flames hit Goodra head on.

"Endure it Goodra, you can do it" Ash called. Goodra tried, but the flames were incredibly hot "Alright Goodra, use Aqua Tail." Goodra cried out and jetted out of the flames and flew towards Chandelure with its tail glowing blue.

"Chandelure, dodge it" Serena called. Chandelure dodged as Goodra shot past it, but landed on the ground and with a twirl struck Chandelure head on sending it flying. "Chandelure" Serena cried. Chandelure recovered "Alright, get in close and use Shadow Ball." Chandelure charged, but looked incredibly sluggish.

"Aqua Tail again" Ash called. Goodra charged at a much faster pace before slamming Chandelure again with an Aqua Tail.

"What" Serena said shocked. "Chandelure could've easily dodged it, but it's so slow now. Wait…" she looked closely and saw some goo on Chandelure's body. "Is that… goo?"

Ash smirked "That's Goodra Hidden Ability: Gooey. Once Goodra makes physical contact with the opponent they become a lot slower. Chandelure is too slow to run away now. You fought well Serena, but now it's over."

"Not yet; not as long as we can battle" Serena stated. "Shadow Ball let's go." Chandelure launched a shadow ball at Goodra, who dodged it.

"Use Dragon Rush" Ash stated. Goodra surrounded itself in blue energy once more before charging at Chandelure ready to end this.

"Use Dark Pulse, quickly" Serena shouted. Chandelure launched a swirling ray of darkness that hit Goodra, but Goodra was slowly breaking through it and refused to be stopped. 'Just a little closer… just a little closer' she thought as Goodra was almost close enough. Finally when Goodra broke through Dark Pulse did Serena shout "Now, use Shadow Ball." Chandelure built up a shadow ball and launched it at point blank range causing a pretty massive explosion. Once more everyone had to shield their eyes from the dust and debris and wait for it to clear.

When it did clear everyone stared in surprise at the outcome. Goodra and Chandelure were both on the ground unmoving. Brock, acting as referee, announced "Chandelure and Goodra are both unable to battle. The match ends in a draw."

Well that made everything a little confusing. The results of everyone's battling now stood as this:

Ritchie: 3-0-1

Morrison: 2-2

Serena: 1-2-1

Brock: 1-3

Ritchie clearly had the best record so he was the top of the Elite Four followed by Morrison who had two straight wins. Serena and Brock both had one win, but Serena had two loses and a tie with Ash whereas Brock had three loses.

Brock acknowledged Serena as the better battler and so Serena got to the title as Third of the Elite Four while Brock took Fourth. Now they were one step closer to their dream; everything was set up and prepared. Mr. Goodshow would be in for one big surprise.

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