Champions of Sinnoh
So it's a new day and a new chapter! We head into the new Gym Battle and a surprise meeting at the end.
As a side note, we are reaching half of the story already. There will be 25 chapters for this adventure of us.
But for now we have to keep reading. It's a bit rushed but I really don't care at this point.
Now let's read!
Chapter 11: Going Galactic
Ash walked with Dawn the two holding hands closer to each other than before. Their last couple of days together had been rather uneventful. Of course if you counted The Poke-magician Francesca and her playful Psychic Pokemon Chinglings. Apparently her Pokemon were been very hyperactive so Dawn and Ash had given them a free lesson of Pokemon fighting to cool them down. Which had the effect of calming the Pokemon down and perform their wizardly routine as always.
Also, on their way towards Veilstone City Ash had met an arrogant trainer wanting to capture his Pikachu. The guy already had a Pichu and a Raichu and wanted to complete the set of three. After Ash had refused to trade his starter, the arrogant idiot had challenged him to a fight. And Pikachu had made quick work of both his evolution and pre-evolution. If one were to consider that Ash's starter had defeated a Regice on his own, then two average electric Pokemon weren't that big a deal to handle.
Currently the couple kept their pace inside Veilstone Gym towards the battle arena after a quick trip to the Pokemon Center, where Ash had talked to Professor Oak about something. The two trainers could see a teenage lady going through a martial arts routine, throwing kicks and punches to the air in front of her. The lady had short pink hair. She was in rather good shape with an ample chest and long legs. She had a small bandage in her nose bridge but it wasn't as distracting as her beauty.
"So you are Maylene?" Ash asked noticing the obvious. The Fighting lady finished her roundhouse kick and looked at the two new comers smiling.
"That's right cutie" The pink-haired fighter said with a wink of an eye towards the Pokemon trainer. Her stance shifted again into a battle stance "If you are here to challenge me then get ready for a beating"
"I've heard that before" The experienced trainer stated not taken aback by her comment "A loud bark and no bite"
"I'll bite you if your girlfriend lets me" The Gym leader said to Ash grinning, making him and Dawn rose an eyebrow. She was bold, that was for sure "But back to the fight, it's three on three and only the challenger substitutes"
"Fine by me" Ash said now, walking to his side of the field after kissing Dawn. The referee walked into his place while Dawn remained on the sidelines waiting for her man to dominate the fight. For some reason, the coordinator loved that thought when considering the opponent was another lady.
"Challenger, state your name and place of origin" The referee said to Ash.
"Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town in Kanto" The Aura trainer said, one Pokeball ready.
"This is an official three-on-three Gym battle between Veilstone City Gym Leader Maylene and the challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute. There's no time limit and all the other League clauses apply. Trainers, send out your first Pokemon!" The referee said.
"Okay Machoke, let's roll!" The Gym Leader sent out her first Fighting Pokemon. It was a humanoid Pokemon with blue skin.
"Let's go, Glalie!" The challenger called out his floating Ice Pokemon from Hoenn.
"Machoke vs Glalie, begin!" The referee said.
"And here I thought I'd have a fight!" Maylene said falling for Ash's trap of making her feel very overconfident "Finish this with Brick break!" Her Fighting Pokemon started running with his glowing fists ready to punch. But the experienced trainer from Kanto wasn't so easily fooled.
"Use Icy wind to stop him!" Ash ordered now. Glalie fired a gust of freezing wind from his mouth making Machoke's feet to froze and leave him standing like a statue. Meanwhile the Ice Pokemon had increased his speed after the Ice move. Maylene looked in surprise. That was unexpected.
"Use Focus Punch!" The Gym Leader ordered. Her Pokemon got free and again attacked with a fist glowing blue. Ash smirked ready to make her pay for underestimating him and his friend.
"Dodge and Zen Headbutt!" Ash ordered. His Pokemon easily eluded the Fighting move. Then Glalie's body started glowing red and he charged hitting his enemy right in the guts with great force. The Psychic move completely overpowered the Fighting Pokemon, who fell backwards with swirls in his eyes. Maylene looked in utter shock.
"Machoke is unable to battle. Glalie wins. Leader, sent out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. Maylene looked completely slapped in the face.
"What's the matter, did your own ego blocked your punches from hitting me?" Ash said smirking towards the leader. The fighting lady looked really pissed off now. She recalled her Pokemon and got ready.
"Okay Meditite, let's fight!" Maylene called out her next Fighting Pokemon. It was a rather short-sized humanoid Pokemon with grey and blue skin.
"Glalie, return!" Ash recalled his Ice Pokemon from Hoenn. He drew one of his newly-exchanged Pokeballs from Professor Oak's lab. He had sent back Donphan for the time being and called someone special for the occasion "Now my old friend, come out!" A giant plump body that easily weighted at least one ton appeared making the entire arena rumble. His skin was green with a creamy belly. He yawned like if he had just awoken from a nap. Both Dawn and Maylene looked at the towering figure of a powerful Snorlax.
"Meditite vs Snorlax, begin!" The referee said.
"A Snorlax?" The Gym Leader asked almost not believing it. She looked at her challenger incredulously "You do this to piss me off, don't you?" She asked towards Ash.
"I just want to win my badge. If it angers you then it's kind of an extra bonus" Ash replied with a teasing tone. The Gym leader shocked her head back to the fight at hand.
"Meditite, use Bullet Punch!" Maylene ordered. Meditite shot forward and landed a barrage of fast punches over Snorlax. But they all bounced harmlessly against its chubbiness. Both Leader and Pokemon stared in shock "What the..."
"Snorlax is a Normal type but it doesn't mean he hasn't fought against Fighting moves before" Ash said confident in his good old friend. After all, Snorlax had defeated stronger Pokemon before during Johto and the Battle Frontier "Now use Belly Drum!" Snorlax started hitting his belly like a drum. He lost half of his health but increased his attack and defence to the limit.
"If that's how you want it then let's do it!" Maylene said now, feeling both angry but also excited about the match for some reason. It had to be her fighting spirit "Meditite, use Confusion!" The Pokemon made his eyes to glow blue sending confusing waves.
"Safeguard!" Ash countered. His Normal Pokemon covered himself in blue shield that would stop status change. The psychic waves simply washed away from him.
"Oh dammit!" Maylene coursed out loud "Meditite, use Focus Blast!" The Fighting/Psychic Pokemon cupped his hands and fired a swirling blue orb towards the giant Pokemon.
"Use Mega Kick to send it back!" Ash countered. Snorlax literally kicked the sphere back with greater force and as fast as a bullet.
"Meditite, jump and dodge!" Maylene frantically ordered. Her midget-sized Pokemon barely eluded the attack going high. Which was what Ash wanted her to do.
"Now Body Slam!" Ash ordered his planned trap. For someone so big, Snorlax jumped high much faster than Meditite and his shadow descended over the Fighting/Psychic Pokemon. It landed on top of him and hit the ground with a massive thud. Snorlax stood up and the small Fighting Pokemon was a flat pancake with swirls in his eyes.
"Meditite is unable to battle. Snorlax wins. Leader, send out your last Pokemon!" The referee said. The Gym Leader recalled her beaten Pokemon for a rest.
"I never had an opponent who defeated my Pokemon while having Type disadvantage, Ash" Maylene stated admiring her opponent. He was cute and tactician. Very few trainers could proudly bolster that. "But now you'll see my strongest Pokemon" The pink-haired Gym leader said very confident, sending her last Pokemon out "Let's go for the win, Lucario!" The evolved form of Riolu showed up in the arena. The Aura Pokemon stood on his black legs with twice the height of Riolu. His eyes briefly shone blue with the power of Inner Aura, before turning back to normal.
"Wow, a Lucario" Ash said remembering his last adventure with his own friend back in Kanto "Snorlax, return!" Ash recalled his Normal Pokemon back to his Pokeball. It was time for his recent addition to get in the show "Go Riolu!" The pre-form of Lucario appeared, his eyes also shinning blue for a second. Maylene and her Pokemon looked in surprise. They weren't expecting that one.
"Lucario vs Riolu, begin!" The referee said.
"Okay Lucario, let's see what they've got" Maylene said knowing that the fight was going to be one of the most interesting in her life "Use Metal Claw!" Lucario charged with three new shinning claws on his black-furred left hand.
"Catch it!" Ash ordered. Riolu stopped the hand. Amazingly, Riolu stood against the stronger Lucario with almost equal strength thanks to all of the training he had been doing with his new team "Now Circle Throw!" Riolu flipped down and sent his evolution flying away over him.
"Now Agility and Force Palm!" Ash ordered. Riolu sprinted and increased his speed. Then he prepared his palms and shot them forward.
"Lucario, you too!" Maylene countered. Lucario flipped mid-air recovered and shot his palms forward as well. The palms clashed together sending a powerful tremor over the battlefield. But both Fighting Pokemon were still good to go with little damage on themselves.
"Lucario, use Bone Rush!" Maylene ordered. Her Pokemon cupped his hands together and an energy bone appeared ready to pummel the enemy.
"Use Copycat!" Ash ordered. Riolu scanned the technique and also created a bone between his hands. The two Aura Pokemon started hitting each other with their bones like swords trying to overpower the other. While Riolu didn't have Lucario' strength to overpower him, he had a smaller size and much more speed. The bones clashed and shattered into a stalemate.
"Lucario, use Aura Sphere!" Maylene ordered, hoping to take her opponent off guard. The famous blue orb charged in between Lucario's paws and fired off.
"Agility!" Riolu neatly eluded the sphere with his speed increasing again "And now your own Aura Sphere!" Riolu cupped his hands and delivered his own Fighting attack. The sphere hit Lucario in the chest and sent him sprawling backwards. No one could have predicted that one.
"I never heard of a Riolu with Aura Sphere" Maylene stated in utter surprise. Her Lucario flipped back to his feet for more fighting. But he was just as stunned as his trainer.
"Now you do" Ash stated, grinning. Riolu smiled as well.
"Lucario, use Sword Dance!" Maylene ordered. Lucario created a vacuum around him and increased his attack by two stages.
"Let's go with Iron Defence!" Ash countered. Riolu's defence increased by two stages, making Maylene's power up useless.
"We can do this all day, Ash" The Gym leader stated, the fight going nowhere "Lucario, use Focus Punch!" The Fighting/Steel Pokemon started running with his fist glowing blue. Ash waited until the enemy had got close enough.
"Trip him down with Low Kick!" Ash ordered. Riolu took advantage of his speed and smaller size to casually shot his foot forward and make Lucario trip down forwardly "And Sky uppercut!" Riolu hit the falling Pokemon in the furry guts making him scream in pain and sending him into the ceiling. The Aura Pokemon landed hard on the ground with his panting very noticeable by now.
"Lucario, Focus Blast!" Maylene ordered, trying to come up with something. Her Pokemon quickly cupped his hands and fired the swirling blue sphere.
"Use Vacuum Wave to block it!" Ash said now. Riolu fired a crescent-Moon-shaped energy wave that nullified the blue sphere, leaving only flying sparks over the arena.
"Lucario, Extreme Speed and Force Palm!" Maylene ordered. Her Lucario swiftly disappeared in the blink of an eye. He appeared right behind Riolu, and placed his palm in his back. The Emanation Pokemon screamed in pain as he flew forward. Ash looked in concern at his Pokemon. But Riolu flipped to his feet bruised but wanting more.
"Riolu, use Calm Mind!" Ash said back ready to finish this in big. The Fighting Pokemon increased his special Attack and Special Defense in one stage each.
"That won't protect you from my attacks, Ash!" The Gym Leader stated very confident in her victory "Lucario, finish with a full power Aura Sphere!" The Aura Pokemon again cupped his hands and shot his powerful trademark Fighting move.
"Use Flamethrower!" The Aura trainer ordered, earning a surprise gasp from his opponent. Riolu inhaled and fired the amplified burst of flames from his mouth. The fire stream quickly overpowered the aura ball and swallowed the evolved Aura Pokemon. Been part Steel meant Lucario had serious disadvantage against the burning flames. The fire died down and Lucario fell on his back his body covered in ashes and completely knocked out.
"Lucario is unable to battle. Riolu wins. The winner of the match is Ash Ketchum!" The referee said.
"Great job, Riolu!" Ash said to his new friend, who growled in happiness. Dawn run up to her boyfriend and gave him a kiss in the lips. Meanwhile, the Gym Leader recalled her Pokemon smiling.
"Ash, you certainly left me speechless" Maylene said honestly recalling her Aura Pokemon and bowing her head showing her respect.
"And I wasn't trying to impress you" The teenager stated now with Riolu standing next to him.
"Very funny" The Gym Leader said and sighed "But as you won fair and square, I give you the Cobble Badge" Ash looked at his new symbol and placed it in the Badge case. Another one down.
A couple of hours later the couple happily walked around the Meteor Valley in Veilstone City. The many glowing craters were a nice spectacle for anybody. It had been them that had given Veilstone City quite a fame for tourists.
"Wow, it's incredible" Ash said looking at the scintillating stones. He remembered his bad experience with meteors and a few wild Deoxys. But these space stones didn't have traces of Pokemon so Ash thought he was lucky.
But when Fate wanted to screw things up then it did. Ash and Dawn heard the noises of engines heading their way. It was an helicopter with a G symbol on its flanks. The coordinator's eyes widen.
"It's Team Galactic!" Dawn said recognizing the organization. She had known about them for years because unlike other organizations they weren't hiding from public.
"Wait, what is that?" Ash asked. But anything with the word 'Team' was bad if his experience could talk about two idiots and a Meowth. But it seemed Dawn knew about this Galactic people, which was different from Team Rocket as they weren't so public all the time.
"Team Galactic is a band of scientists wanting to replicate the creation of the universe. They normally have publicity on Tv, requesting for new candidates" Dawn replied now towards her boyfriend, making Ash widen his eyes. Those were some goals.
The two trainers saw one helicopter hovering lower to the ground and trying to use a grapple to hold a meteor. Two figures jumped from the helicopter landing next to the space rock supervising its ascension.
"Hey what are you doing?!" Dawn asked towards the invaders. One of the two ladies, dressed in a tight grey outfit with a smirk looked at the couple. She had short red hair and a skin-tight white outfit. It fitted her quite nicely.
"My, my, and who is this hot piece of meat?" The red-haired lady said checking Ash out like a juice steak. The Aura trainer rose an eyebrow. She wasn't one to beat around the bush, that was for sure.
"Let him go, Mars" The purple-haired lady next to her said her body as sinful as her friend. Her eyes were a bit colder but maybe even deadlier "By the looks it seems he's already taken" The red-haired merely chuckled.
"So? I'll take her too so she can see what I do with him" The red-haired apparently called Mars replied towards her friend with certain innuendo. Dawn and Ash looked at each other not knowing what to say to that "I know you always like watching, Jupiter" The purple-haired lady just rolled her eyes.
"Look ladies, I'm flattered but you should stop before you get hurt" Ash said, his hand on his back ready to go for a Pokeball if needed. His Pikachu was also showing electricity on his cheeks.
"Sorry cutie, but the second rule of Team Galactic is no failure is allowed" Mars said, her Pokeball in hand and a sadistic smile in her face "And the first one, is that no witness remain" Her Pokeball opened and revealed her grey-furred and chubby Purugly.
"Let's end this quickly" Jupiter said calling out her own Pokemon. It revealed a purple-furred and stinky Skuntank.
"Skuntank, Toxic!" Jupiter ordered. Her stinky Pokemon spew a purple liquid from his mouth.
"Purugly, Shadow Ball!" The red-haired lady also comanded, her plump Pokemon releasing the Ghost sphere.
"Pikachu, use Discharge to stop the poison!" Ash ordered now. The starter sent the Electric blast halting the incoming torrent of poison.
"Prinplup, use Whirpool!" Dawn countered alongside her boyfriend. The second-form Pokemon appeared and created the gigantic water tornado to intercept the ball. The two attacks exploded and nullified each other.
"This will be fun" Mars said with a grin, gazing at her lady enemy and licking her lips with a sultry expression. She wasn't one to skip a lady too "Purugly, use Hipnosis!" The plump cat sent blue waves towards the Water Pokemon.
"Use Safeguard!" The coordinator expertly ordered. Her Pokemon covered himself in a blue shield and avoided the attack.
"Now Pikachu, Agility!" Ash ordered. His Electric Starter sprinted increasing his speed towards his enemy.
"Skuntank, finish him with Acid spray!" Jupiter ordered. The Poison Pokemon now barfed a blast of yellow substance into the rapid mouse.
"Double Team and Flash!" Ash countered. Pikachu created many copies of himself, and only a fake was hit by the poison. Then the copies unleashed a flashing light. Both Jupiter and her Skuntank had their eyes closed by the blinding blast "Now Volt Tackle!" Pikachu charged with his strongest attack, his body enshrouded by electricity. Pikachu tackled his enemy and sent him crashing into its trainer completely knocked out.
"Purugly, finish this with Thunder Wave!" Mars said now knowing her ally was in trouble. Her Pokemon fired purple lightnings from her spiral-shaped tail.
"Charge through with your Metal Claw!" Dawn ordered. Her Water penguin started running with his fins glowing white. He placed his hands forward and received the electricity. The attack died down and now Prinplup had his hands also glowing with the absorbed static. He lashed with his Steel/Electric move, making Purugly screech in pain and hit her trainer. Mars landed on her butt with her chubby Pokemon out cold too.
The two Galactic members stood up recalling their defeated Pokemon. Yet they looked far from been defeated.
"You know fellows, we really tried to go easy on you" Mars said a bit arrogantly. Considering she and her friend had lost then it was saying something.
"But you just had to force our hand" Jupiter continued now. Dawn looked at Ash giving him a head gesture pointing at the helicopters. Ash gave a silent nod.
"If you mean your private army will help you then think again" Ash said, a Pokeball opening and showing the towering Iron Snake Pokemon, with his mean face gazing up to the helicopters "Steelix, bring them down with Hyper Beam!" The Steel Pokemon fired the powerful orange attack towards the helicopters, blasting them into cinders. They plummeted down and exploded with a booming echo through the night. That would certainly bring someone's attention. And now the meteors were safe.
"Look who is now alone" Dawn said a bit rhetorically grinning towards the gobsmacked Galactic leaders "Life can be a bitch, Mars. But I think you already had experience with that" The red-haired obviously didn't like that comment and foolishly tried to punch the coordinator. But Dawn casually stepped aside and tripped her opponent down. Mars lost her footing and fell on one of the glowing meteors with her face.
Just when Jupiter was going to do something, Ash shot a small Aura sphere from the tip of his index finger hitting her in the forehead. The attack was strong enough to put her down without doing a lot of damage to her. One could say Ash had a soft spot for cute ladies, no matter if they were evil. Because if it had been a man, then Ash might have blown his head straight off without showing any kind of pity.
"That was easy" Dawn stated recalling Prinplup back to his Pokeball.
"Not until their leader is out of the equation" Ash stated recalling Steelix while Pikachu jumped on his shoulder. He knew that people like them weren't one to quit so easily. The Police sirens could be heard coming their way attracted by the ruqus.
The couple strode towards the Pokemon Center needing a really good night of rest.
"Tell me Dawn, Team Galactic never said how they planned to shift reality in their recruitment brochures, right?" Ash asked towards Dawn. The bluenette only shrugged her shoulders.
"All I know is that they want to harness the primordial forces of the universe" Dawn answered back remembering only what she had watched on Tv many times "Whatever that can be" The Aura trainer pondered on that answer.
Because it didn't sound good at all.
Notes from Chapter 11:
Seriously, Pikachu owned a Regice but lost to a Raichu. He defeated a Raichu in Kanto when he was a weakling. Sinnoh was supposed to be his playground before the real battles of the Sinnoh League. So remember that Pikachu in this story has the power to defeat a legend just like Sceptile, Torkoal and Charizard.
So our friend Snorlax pays a visit. And if you wonder where did he got the new moves remember that Ash spent a month training all of his Pokemon before coming to Sinnoh.
A Riolu defeated a Lucario. You should have expected that one coming considering it's Ash's Riolu.
I always thought that Mars looked a bit sadistic. She and Jupiter may appear later on but as good girls after Team Galactic is done for. Of course, good in public and a bit naughty in other places.
A hint of Legends to come in the next chapter.
So now a new enemy appears and another Badge is earned. Let's see what comes next because it won't be for the weak of hearts!