Chapter 3
Pokédex entry
Italics thoughts
Disclaimer I don't own pokémon.
Early the next morning as the sun began to rise over the Kanto region Ash Ketchum was on route to professor Oak's laboratory in order to collect some of his pokémon, to take with him as he was going to the power plant in Kanto. Walking up to the lab Ash was deciding which pokémon, he was going to take. He realised he was going to have to take some of his pokémon that were resistant to Electric so decided on taking some of his ground pokémon with him as well as one other. Entering the lab Ash was surprised that all of the professor's computers were switched on and running tests on something. As Ash walked outside he could see all of his pokémon were grouped together all warming themselves up for the days training ahead.
"Hey guys how you are all feeling today?" Ash asked as he stopped in front of them all. Hearing them all yell they were okay, Ash said,
"Alright then today I'm heading to Cerulean City and on to the Power Plant today so I can capture a few more electric types so I'm going to take four of you with me to help capture some."
Everyone looked excited and wanted to be the ones who went but Ash had already made his choice.
"Alright then guys I'm going to take with me Pikachu, Donphan, Aron, Palpitoad and Sceptile. Everyone else I'd like you to continue your training from yesterday and we will be back at the end of the day. Don't worry though even though you are not coming now I'm going to be travelling again soon so I can take you all with me at some point."
Ash then recalled the four pokémon he was taking and Pikachu jumped up onto his usual place on his shoulder and set off towards the Power Plant.
Walking down Route one Ash flashed back to when he first went down the route on the first day of his journey with a disobedient pokémon. Now eight years later, Ash was a lot better trained and had a lot of powerful pokémon. Halfway to Viridian City Ash heard a rustle in a bush, thinking it was a Pidgey Ash ignored it until suddenly a pokémon jumped out in front of him that he didn't expect as a Shinx appeared in front of him growling at Ash. Pulling his pokédex out of his pocket Ash scanned Shinx to see if it was actually a Shinx or a pokémon using the Illusion ability.
"Shinx the Flash Pokémon. The extension and contraction of its muscles generates electricity. It glows when in trouble."
"Okay then Palpitoad come on out it's time for our first capture."
In a flash of light Palpitoad appeared eager to fight. Ash then scanned Palpitoad with his pokédex to see what moves he knew since Ash last had checked.
"Since last checked Palpitoad knows the moves, Earth Power, Icy Wind, Sludge Bomb and Muddy Water."
Placing his pokédex into his pocket Ash began to call out an attack but was cut off by Shinx racing forward using Tackle slamming into Palpitoad's stomach who acted like he hadn't felt a thing, before using Mud Shot which caused Shinx to get knocked away before moving in front of bush. Growling Shinx ran forwards again weaving around to try and confuse Palpitoad before using Tackle hitting Palpitoad again causing little damage. Shinx then turned around and with his back paws began hit Palpitoad twice causing him to real backwards before jumping away again.
"Alright Palpitoad use Icy Wind let's slow down Shinx."
Palpitoad quickly unleashed a volley of frigid air towards Shinx who growled but strangely refused to move from his position. After a minute of using Icy Wind, Palpitoad stopped his attack giving Shinx the chance to spring into action. Jumping at Palpitoad Shinx used Double Kick once again, except this time with the added momentum Palpitoad was forced back slightly as the move connected with him. Ash watched on as Shinx continued to use Double Kick, before Palpitoad used his long tongue to knock Shinx away before he began to run towards where Shinx had landed and began to use Earth Power, when suddenly Pikachu let out a cry.
"Huh, what's up buddy? What do you hear?"
Pikachu then pointed at the bush which had begun to rustle again, seeing this Shinx ran into the bush looking anxious. Ash called off Palpitoad and carefully he walked forwards to where Shinx had disappeared. Prising the bushes apart Ash looked on in surprise, as Shinx was hovering in front of a Plusle and Minun who were cowering in fear when they saw Ash, as well as shivering as they looked ill. Quickly pulling off his backpack Ash reached in and pulled an Antidote out before beginning to spray the two injured pokémon. After a few moments the two pokémon appeared to feel a lot better as they jumped onto Ash cheering as they felt better. Shinx seeing his friends look like this also began to jump up and down yipping as his friends seemed to be improved. Ash then asked Pikachu to see why the three pokémon were there as it was very rare to find them in the wilds of their home region and as far as Ash knew they had never been spotted in Kanto. After asking Pikachu told Ash why and he shook with rage after hearing that they were all abandoned by their trainers as both Minun and Plusle didn't like to fight whilst Shinx protected them against their trainer who eventually was fed up of them and released them far away from their homes in Sinnoh. Pausing for a moment Ash asked Pikachu and Palpitoad to watch over the three pokémon before making a call to his mum. After explaining the situation Ash then said to his mum,
"They are so far away from home as well so I was wondering as both Plusle and Minun don't like to battle if I captured them would you mind if they stayed at home with you and Mimey?"
"That would be fine with me honey, I'd love to help the little dears go and ask them now. I will see you later, good luck" Delia said hanging up the call.
Walking back over Ash knelt down in front of the pokémon and asked them,
"I was speaking with my mum and she has agreed to this, if you both would like I could capture the pair of you and then you could live at my house with my mum and her other pokémon Mimey. You'd be safe and have a roof over your head and I will not make you battle, you would just be registered on my trainer profile."
For the second time in 10 minutes Ash was jumped on as both pokémon agreed to the conditions. Shinx smiled sadly and began to walk away before stopping when he heard Ash speaking up again,
"Shinx I was wondering if you wanted to join me on my journey I'm going to be competing in a tournament soon and from battling you before I can tell you are a strong pokémon and you would be able to see Plusle and Minun as well. What do you say?"
Wagging his tail Shinx bounded back to Ash and he was tapped on the head with a pokéball instantly catching him. Turning to Palpitoad and Pikachu Ash said,
"Well that's one way to catch some pokémon. Thank you Palpitoad for all your help have a good rest."
Ash called Palpitoad back to his ball and placed it back onto his belt with Pikachu jumping onto his usual place on his shoulder and again they set off towards Cerulean City and the Power Plant.
A few hours later after travelling through Viridian City, Viridian Forest and Pewter City, Ash finally arrived on the outskirts of the city eager to try and capture some more electric types. After stopping off at the pokémon centre to heal his pokémon before going to the Plant Ash noticed there was a small tournament which was being held later that same day with only a few spaces being available. After receiving his pokémon from Nurse Joy Ash said,
"Nurse Joy is it possible to sign up for the tournament this afternoon?"
"Why yes Ash you're in look there is one space left, it is an eight man tournament. Each trainer has to register three pokémon for the tournament, there will be three rounds you can use one pokémon or all three registered. The winner of the tournament will receive a selection of pokéballs and a collection of evolution stones as well. The tournament will start in the Contest Hall at 4.00 if you are not there then you will be eliminated."
"Okay Nurse Joy thank you, I'm going to register Pikachu, Sceptile and Donphan as my pokémon if that's okay."
"Of course you are now entered in the tournament good luck."
Thanking her Ash turned and walked out of the centre the short distance to the Power Plant that loomed towards the exit to the city. Walking up to the entrance Ash was surprised at how big the Plant was and carefully pushing open the doors Ash and Pikachu entered carefully. Upon entering the plant Ash looked around surprised at how quiet everything was. From the stories Ash had heard from his time travelling around Kanto, the Power Plant was home to many powerful electric pokémon but now all that remained in the plant was the cobwebs and the quiet hum of the machines that powered the vast majority of Kanto. Pikachu jumped from Ash's shoulder and began to walk around looking out for some pokémon. After checking the entire of the downstairs Ash cautiously went to the upper level in an attempt to find something. Peaking in the different rooms Ash saw no pokémon around. Thinking that his trip had been a waste Ash returned to the ground floor and as he was reaching towards the door Pikachu growled as he finally heard a noise showing a pokémon was actually living there. Turning Ash looked into the shadows of the room trying to find the pokémon that Pikachu had sensed before the pokémon walked out of the shadows. Ash was surprised to see the pokémon was an Electivire a pokémon Ash knew was strong after facing his rival Paul's during his journey through the Sinnoh region as well as his rival turned friend Gary's Electivire who proved to be one of Gary's tougher pokémon.
"Sceptile I need your help!" Ash said calling out his gecko pokémon. Sceptile appeared and looked over his opponent, acknowledging the strength she possessed before sliding into his battle stance. Electivire nodded and assumed her battle position as well before springing forward towards Sceptile at an alarming rate.
"Sceptile meet with Quick Attack into Leaf Blade." Ash yelled as Sceptile ran forwards colliding with Electivire who had started to use Thunder Punch. Both pokémon had equal power and slid back along the floor.
"Alright use Leaf Blade again Sceptile." Ash called as Sceptile ran forwards again, catching Electivire unaware forcing her to raise her arms defensively as she was pushed back towards a generator before finally deciding to fight back. In an instant Sceptile was thrown back after Electivire used a close range Focus Blast hitting Sceptile in his stomach, before using Ice Punch causing some major damage to Sceptile who began to grunt in pain. Electivire quickly unleashing a Thunderbolt at Sceptile trying to knock him out but Sceptile managed to jump out of the way onto a platform above. Watching Electivire Ash tried to formulate a strategy to beat her as she was one of the strongest wild pokémon he had faced in a long time and that started to get his Trainer instincts going. Not just because she was a fully evolved pokémon but like she was fighting to protect someone else.
"Sceptile use Dual Chop then Leaf Blade."
Jumping down again Sceptile raised his arms for an attack when Electivire suddenly released Shockwave at Sceptile as he ran forwards the blast caught Sceptile off guard and he was brought to his knees before a Thunder began to envelope him. Ash looked in horror as one of his more powerful pokémon that had defeated a legendary pokémon was brought to his knees and knew that the battle had now gotten a lot tougher. Whilst Ash looked on Sceptile was gathering all of his strength in his mind declaring he wouldn't lose the fight as he had taken down a legendary pokémon before. As he grunted in pain he began to feel something in his stomach and with a roar unleashed the most powerful grass type move Frenzy Plant onto Electivire who quickly stopped Thunder as she was restrained by Frenzy Plant. Struggling to his feet Sceptile began to glow green signifying his ability Overgrow had also activated. Feeling empowered Sceptile dived forwards towards Electivire with Leaf Blade ready hitting Electivire repeatedly before falling back. Electivire unwilling to be defeated let out a might roar and pulled herself free of the Frenzy Plant before letting out sparks of electricity.
"Alright Sceptile let's finish this, use Leaf Storm."
A volley of leafs flew towards Electivire before Electivire used Fire Punch at all of the leaves flying at him rendering the move ineffective, before starting to run forwards at Sceptile before quickly speeding up with an Ice Punch readied. Ash was surprised at the vast increase of speed and yelled to Sceptile,
"Quickly use Agility to gain some speed, then use Dual Chop!"
Nodding Sceptile disappeared from view before appearing behind Electivire and used Dual Chop on her back bringing her to her knees panting at the effort she had to exert to keep up with Sceptile. Sceptile jumped over Electivire and landed in front of her before also falling to his knees tired from the effort. Grabbing a pokéball from his pocket Ash threw it at Electivire wanting her to join his team, when suddenly a cry was let out and the pokéball was knocked back at Ash who caught it. Ash was surprised as in front of Electivire was an Elekid.
"Who are you then little guy?" Ash asked puzzled as why he had appeared when suddenly Electivire started yelling at him. After a few minutes Ash finally realised what the situation was,
"Wait a second is this your son?"
Electivire nodded and Ash finally understood why Electivire was fighting so hard it was so she could stay with her son just like his own mother would defend him and wish to stay with him.
"I'm sorry I didn't realise you had a son. I will leave you alone but it would have been awesome to have you on our team. Come on Sceptile let's get you to the centre to get healed."
As Ash recalled Sceptile who nodded Electivire and Elekid both were whispering to one another before they saw Ash leaving and yelled out to him to wait. Hearing them Ash stopped just before leaving the Plant and turned around and was surprised to see that Electivire was pointing at herself then Elekid then at Ash.
"Wait are you saying that you'll go with me if I capture Elekid as well?"
Seeing them nod Ash smiled and said,
"Of course I will I wouldn't separate a mother and son." Before taking two pokéballs out of his pocket and allowing them to capture themselves. The pokéballs didn't shake once just pinged before both disappeared to the professor's lab.
"Well Pikachu it looks like we've got another new teammate." Pikachu nodded excited at having another electric pokémon to speak to apart from Shinx who had been caught earlier.
"Now let's head to the pokémon centre so we can get ready for the tournament."
Arriving back at the pokémon centre Ash healed up all of his pokémon and was happy to hear Sceptile was perfectly fine and able to compete later on. Ash then headed into the training grounds at the back of the pokémon centre to complete some training.
A few hours passed as Ash finished training his pokémon, before Ash headed back inside the pokécentre to heal his pokémon before the tournament began. After receiving them back Ash decided that he would send over his newest pokémon to Professor Oak's lab in order to get them adjusted to the ranch. After ringing for a few minutes the professor finally picked up the phone.
"Hello there Ash, how is your search going?"
"Hey professor, that's why I'm ringing I've managed to catch a Shinx, Plusle, Minun, Electivire and Elekid, however Plusle, Minun and Elekid are not battlers. So I was wondering if I could send over all of them, in order for them to meet everyone else and would you mind taking Plusle Minun and Elekid to my mum's house."
"Of course Ash that's no problem just send them all over and I will introduce them to everyone else. Also I have received news that someone is interested to trade for four of your Tauros. Would you like me to go ahead if the pokémon they are willing to trade are what you'd like?"
"Oh wow I didn't think someone would be interested already but yes please I'd like you to go ahead."
"No problem I will inform them that we will go ahead."
The two continued to talk for a few more minutes before Ash sent over his latest captures and said goodbye to the professor, before heading to the Contest Hall to compete. Upon entering Ash saw that a lot of the trainers looked like beginners and believed that he may have an easy enough time. There was only one trainer that seemed like he may prove a challenge. Nurse Joy then appeared with a microphone to kick the tournament off.
"Welcome trainers to this tournament, the winner of the tournament will receive a selection of pokéballs including some from pokéball creator Kurt from Johto as well as a selection of evolution stones and a special prize of a pokémon egg which was found at the pokémon centre. Now let's see who will be battling who."
Matthew vs. Liam
Ash vs. Adam
Joshua vs. Alexis
Alice vs. Laura
Seeing that he was battling in the second round Ash left the arena and went into the stands to watch the battle that was going to take place.
"Alright trainers this will be a one on one battle between Matthew from Celadon City and Liam from Neon Town. The battle will be over when one trainer's pokémon is unable to battle. Trainers reveal your pokémon."
Grabbing a pokéball from his belt Matthew yelled
"Alright Meowth I need your help."
"Ponyta come on out."
Both pokémon appeared in a flash growling lightly at one another before the battle was officially underway.
"Meowth use Fury Swipes."
"Ponyta jump back then use Flamethrower."
"Meowth use Dig to dodge then Iron Tail."
Whilst running forward using Fury Swipes Ponyta released a powerful Flamethrower straight at Meowth who quickly managed to avoid the move by digging underground avoiding the move before quickly reappearing hitting Ponyta on the underside of her face.
"We've got you know, Ponyta use Double Kick!"
Before Meowth got away, Ponyta raised her legs and hit Meowth twice on the chest knocking him back.
"Grr Meowth use Night Slash."
Jumping forwards Meowth raised his claws which were covered in a dark energy and slashed repeatedly at Ponyta who was unable to get away from Meowth as he was an agile pokémon.
"Alright then Ponyta let's try and fight back, use Flamethrower!"
"Meowth jump on Ponyta's back and use Fury Swipes."
Jumping over Ponyta, Meowth landed on her back and began to repeatedly slash at Ponyta with his claws causing Ponyta to feel severe pain.
"Ponyta use Bounce and try and throw Meowth off you."
"Meowth hang on tight."
Ponyta jumped into the air trying to get rid of Meowth but he stuck onto her back by holding onto her mane acting like he was a cowboy.
"Now Meowth let's use our secret weapon use Water Pulse full power."
Everyone including Ash and Pikachu were surprised when they heard Water Pulse being called out as they had never seen a Meowth use it before and watched as Meowth gathered a ball of water in his hands and slammed it into Ponyta's back.
"Are you impressed it took Meowth almost two weeks to fully learn this move but against fire types that training's paid off. Meowth keep on using Water Pulse" Matthew called out smugly causing Liam to grit his teeth as he watched Ponyta whiney in pain as she was repeatedly hit with Water Pulse,
"Even with a secret weapon, I'm still not going to lose to you, Ponyta you can do this use Flame Charge let's heat things up!"
Ponyta surrounded herself in flames and began to run backwards and forwards gaining speed as she did so before eventually Meowth was thrown straight from Ponyta's back onto the ground. Getting to his feet Meowth stumbled forward injured from being thrown the distance but still ready to continue,
"Meowth use Water Pulse again." Matthew yelled.
Meowth gathered the water again in his hand and was ready to launch his move before suddenly he yelled in pain as he was inflicted by burn damage causing him to drop to a knee with Water Pulse dissipating in his hand. Seeing that he now had the advantage Liam decided that he was going to end the battle quickly before the tide turned back against him.
"Ponyta let's wrap things up use Double Kick!"
Racing forward Ponyta jumped at Meowth as he was still dazed and quickly with her hind legs kicked him back into his trainer's arms, as Meowth faded into the realm of unconsciousness as the burn damage.
"Meowth is unable to battle Ponyta is the winner, which means that Liam will advance to the next round."
"Alright Meowth return you did great I thought we had him. Thank you Liam for a good match."
"It was if Meowth hadn't have gotten burnt then I think it could have been a lot different. I was worried for a moment when I saw how strong Water Pulse was."
"Heh thanks like I said before it's our secret weapon against fire types a lot of people don't expect it."
With that the two trainers shook hands and both left the arena floor to allow the next two competitors onto the field. As Ash walked on to the field he knew that he couldn't underestimate the opponent he was facing as it was just proven even beginner trainers had surprises up their sleeves. As both trainers went to their sides of the field Nurse Joy reappeared to start the second round.
"This will be a one on one battle between Adam from Celadon City and Ash from Pallet Town, when one trainer's pokémon is unable to battle then the match is over. Trainer's release your pokémon."
Across the field Adam smirked and yelled to Ash,
"You may as well surrender now as my pokémon are unbeatable go Blastoise!"
"That's what you think, Donphan I choose you!"
"Wow you suck I have the type advantage now so I'm going to win easy. Let's end this in one shot Blastoise use Hydro Pump."
Blastoise should have released a powerful stream of water at Donphan but instead Ash could tell that the move a lot weaker than it should have been.
"Donphan take the hit buddy."
Donphan nodded and braced himself before the move hit but was surprised it felt like nothing.
"WHAT you must be cheating that move was a dead on hit."
"Tell me Adam, how long ago did you receive Blastoise?"
"I received him a month ago as a Squirtle and quickly evolved him into Blastoise. What does that matter?"
"It matters as you just evolved your pokémon without properly training them as that Hydro Pump just tickled Donphan. Now let me show you an attack."
"Ha even though I did that it doesn't matter, my pokémon still has the advantage keep using Hydro Pump."
Blastoise released multiple Hydro Pumps at Donphan who stood ready for Ash to command him.
"Alright then Donphan it's time to go on the offensive use Roll Out!"
Donphan curled up into a ball and raced at Blastoise who was still firing Hydro Pump. One of the Hydro Pumps eventually hit Donphan causing him to fly into the air.
"Ha you can't do anything now can you Ash."
"That's what you think Adam, Donphan keep using Roll Out but then use Seed Bomb."
"WHAT NO you can't." Adam yelled in terror."
"Oh yes I can even if I have the type disadvantage I can still find ways around it."
From mid-air Donphan cancelled his Roll Out and flew straight at Blastoise firing Seed Bomb repeatedly at Blastoise who grunted in pain as his defence against moves he was weak to wasn't high.
"Blastoise use Hydro Pump max power."
Donphan landed and was suddenly hit with Hydro Pump, caught off guard Donphan began to slide back before gathering his footing and dug his feet into the ground to stop moving ready for his next command.
"Alright Donphan use Earthquake to knock Blastoise off balance, then use Thunder Fang to end this."
Adam looked in horror as Blastoise struggled to keep his balance but was unable to as Earthquake knocked him onto his knees. As he struggled to get up, Donphan ran at him with Electricity crackling from his tusks as he collided with Blastoise who screeched in pain before finally falling backwards knocked out.
Seeing the match had ended Nurse Joy announced Ash as the winner and told Adam to give her Blastoise as he needed to be healed quickly. Mechanically Adam did so stunned at the complete mismatch which had occurred.
One of the judges stepped forwards to take over as the referee as Nurse Joy was busy and announced the beginning of the next match.
The next two trainers arrived on the field and the winner of the match could be seen then, Joshua was a beginner trainer and it was shown by the way he was shaking in contrast to Alexis who was calmly surveying the field. The battle was over fairly quickly as Joshua's Butterfree fell to Alexis's Absol. After the battle Alexis praised Joshua in his skill as even though he was a beginner he showed great promise. With a grin and a promise to grow stronger Joshua departed as the final two competitors took their places.
"This will be the final match in the first round. It shall be a one on one battle between Alice of Alamos Town and Laura of Viridian City. The match will be over when one trainer's pokémon is unable to battle. Trainers send out your pokémon."
"Chimchar I choose you." Alice yelled,
"Come to battle Zangoose"
"Trainers begin!"
"Zangoose use Quick Attack."
"Chimchar use Dig."
With a flash Zangoose raced towards Chimchar who quickly disappeared underground as Zangoose ran over where he used to be.
"Alright Chimchar come on up and use Flamethrower then Dig once more."
"Zangoose use Razor Wind when Chimchar appears."
Digging underground Chimchar listened for Zangooses footsteps before reappearing behind Zangoose and releasing a scorching flame at Zangoose who grunted in pain before he unleashed a whirlwind at the flames causing them to dissipate through a lack of oxygen before hitting Chimchar again with the same attack causing severe damage to the pokémon.
"Chimchar use Dig once more."
"Not this time I won't fall for the same trick twice, Zangoose use Shadow Ball in the hole then use Brick Break."
As soon as Chimchar disappeared she was thrown back out of the hole by Shadow Ball hitting him then the Brick Break knocked her straight to the floor. With Zangoose standing what seemed to be triumphantly over her with a foot on her back.
"We're not out yet Chimchar. Use Flame Wheel to escape then circle back around and use Focus Punch."
"Zangoose use Crush Claw to get rid of Flame Wheel then finish her off with Close Combat!"
"Chimchar use Dig to dodge."
As Zangoose got close to Chimchar she disappeared underground again avoiding the counter attack before quickly reappearing behind with a glowing fist that threw Zangoose forwards onto his front before he was engulfed with flames from Chimchar's Flamethrower before eventually he succumbed and fell unconscious.
"Zangoose is unable to battle the winner is Chimchar, which means the final person advancing to the second round is Alice."
Chimchar jumped up and down in glee after winning her match and jumped into Alice's arms who had also started to jump up and down.
"Thank you Chimchar you were amazing do you want to stay out or shall I return you for now."
Shaking her head Chimchar jumped onto Alice's shoulder and together they left the arena
"With the first round over with we will have a couple of hours break so everyone can heal up their pokémon and prepare for the next round."
Ash after hearing this headed towards the pokémon centre to heal up his Donphan after his battle. Upon seeing Ash leave the stadium Alice raced after Ash wanting to speak with him.
"Ash, hey Ash wait up." Alice yelled chasing after him.
Turning around Ash smiled as he saw Alice run towards him, stopping he waited for her to catch up before he was squeezed by her as she hugged him.
"Ash how have you been, it's been so long since I last saw you."
"It has been a long time, how is everyone back in Alamos Town? I'm surprised that Tonio isn't with you."
After hearing his name Alice's face dropped and she turned away,
"What's wrong Alice did something happen to him."
"I'd rather not talk about him." She replied looking back at Ash.
"That's fine Alice, I'm impressed with Chimchar as well, she is definitely a strong pokémon" Ash said as he stroked Chimchar's head who butted her head against Ash's hand as he did so. Before she turned to talk to Pikachu about what had happened since they last saw one another.
As they finished walking to the pokémon centre Ash was talking about his journey through Unova,
"And that's how I managed to beat Skyla, she was a difficult opponent for sure but that battle taught me an awful lot.
Entering the centre Ash and Alice handed over their pokémon and sat down in the café waiting for them to be healed.
"So what about you Alice. What have you been doing since we last met?"
"Well after you left things went back to normal back home but then everything started to get boring. I decided I wanted to go out and explore the world but Tonio wanted to stay in his lab. So I decided to leave and see the world. A lot of the pokémon from the garden wanted to explore as well so I captured them and we all set off. I explored Sinnoh last year before deciding to come here but I don't know what I want to do now."
Pondering for a second Ash then said,
"Well if you want you could travel with me. I've just received an invite to compete in the Championships and I'm going to be travelling through all the regions to gather the badges I need to compete, so if you want to travel your more than welcome to join me."
Hearing this Alice nodded her head excited for the opportunity, as she wished she had gone travelling years before.
"That would be great, are you sure you don't mind though?"
"Not at all I have loved travelling with people. A reporter from Kalos called Alexa is also going to travel with us as well as she is doing a documentary about the tournament."
The two continued to talk until eventually they were both called to get their pokémon before making their way back to the hall. Entering they saw Nurse Joy had just taken to the stage,
"Alright trainers, congratulations on making it to the second round, whoever wins these matches will advance through to the final round. Let's take a look at the board and see who will be fighting who."
Liam vs. Ash
Alice vs. Alexis
"Now can Ash and Liam please take your places in order to battle."
Both trainers took their places and wished the other look, before Nurse Joy called out,
"Trainers release your pokémon."
"Donphan I choose you."
"Ponyta I choose you."
"Trainers begin"
"Ponyta use Flame Wheel."
"Donphan use Roll Out!"
Ponyta formed a circle of fire around herself and sped towards Donphan who had curled into Rollout and raced at Ponyta. Mid-field the two pokémon collided with each knocking the other back and out of their move.
"Donphan use Seed Bomb!"
"Ponyta use Flamethrower."
Donphan unleased five large glowing green seeds at Ponyta who retaliated by unleashing a searing hot Flamethrower which burnt the Seed Bombs to a crisp, before it carried on and hit Donphan who winced as the move hit him.
"Donphan use Earthquake to knock Ponyta off balance then charge in!"
Donphan raised his legs as the Flamethrower continued to engulf him before he slammed them onto the ground causing it to shake stopping Ponyta from using her move before running forwards using Take Down. Ponyta whinnied in pain as Donphan slammed into her before jumping back to get away and catch her breath.
"Ponyta get ready use Bounce and then use Double Kick."
Ponyta jumped into the air avoiding Earthquake causing Donphan to break off Earthquake and look around to try and find Ponyta before Ash yelled,
"Donphan look out above you!"
Donphan unprepared for the speed of Ponyta was kicked twice in the head throwing him back across the field before he slid to a stop.
"Ponyta keep up the offensive use Flame Wheel then use Flamethrower as well."
"Donphan use Stone Edge!"
Ponyta surrounded herself with fire and raced at Donphan who stood his ground before forming stones around his body and launching them at Ponyta who was pelted and thrown out of her Flame Wheel.
Both pokémon stood panting as the effects of all the moves were taking their toll as each pokémon had been hit by powerful attacks. As each pokémon looked like they had a couple of attacks left something amazing happened as a light began to glow resonating from inside Ponyta. Both Ash and Liam looked in surprise as Ponyta was covered by the light and seconds later a Rapidash emerged whinnying in delight.
"Rapidash that's amazing I'm so proud of you now let's win this. Use Take Down!"
"Donphan I know that you are tired but I believe in you use your Take Down as well."
Both pokémon raced across the field and collided each trying to overpower the other, struggling for a second before Ash yelled,
"Let's finish this Donphan use Thunder Fang!"
As the two pokémon continued to struggle Donphans tusks crackled with electricity and hit the vulnerable Rapidash who yelled as the electricity coursed through her before she finally succumbed to the move and fell unconscious.
"Rapidash is unable to battle, the winner is Donphan. This means that Ash is our first competitor who will advance to the final round. We will take a short break before our second semi-final match will begin.
Ash after thanking Donphan quickly returned him and rushed to the pokémon centre to heal up Donphan. After a little while Nurse Joy reappeared with Donphan who had been healed but was unable to battle for a few days. Thanking Nurse Joy, Ash went over to a video phone and rang Professor Oak's lab. After a moment the phone was answered by Tracey,
"Hey there Ash how's your search going?"
"Hey Tracey it's going great I've caught a Shinx and Electivire who are interested in battling, and I've also caught a Plusle, Minun and an Elekid who don't want to battle as well."
"Wow it sounds like you've caught some good pokémon, though why do some of them not wish to battle?"
So Ash explained the situation to Tracey who looked upset at the end of the tale.
"I understand what you mean now Ash and it's nice that you are letting Plusle and Minun live with your mum I think she's lonely when you are on your journey. Is there anything else that you are wanting today Ash?"
"Yes thank you for reminding me I'd like to send Donphan and Sceptile back as they've both been in a hard fight today and I've been told they need to rest so I'll be transferring them over to you."
"No problem we are prepped for transfer."
Ash placed the two pokéballs onto the transport pad and in a flash they were transported over to the lab.
"Alright Ash I've received them both here."
"Cool thank you Tracey. I will see you in a few days."
"No problem see you later Ash."
With that Ash hung up the call and Pikachu jumped up onto his shoulder and the two returned to the stadium just in time to see the start of the next battle between Alice and Alexis who were using Luxio and Absol respectively.
"Luxio use Thunderbolt."
"Absol dodge and use Future Sight."
Absol jumped into the air and avoided the Thunderbolt which left a deep mark in the floor and fired a ball of energy into the air before it disappeared, with Absol landing in front of Luxio.
"Luxio use Iron Tail!"
"You use Iron Tail as well Absol!"
The two pokémon jumped into the air with their tails glowing colliding in an even match up before falling back to the ground ready to hear their next command.
"Luxio use Charge!"
"Absol use Icy Wind."
Luxio began to gather electricity ready to unleash it on Absol who quickly retaliated by firing a freezing burst of air at Luxio who had to cancel his move in order to avoid the move.
As Luxio landed he winced as he felt his leg flair up in pain as the Icy Wind caused Luxio's leg to flare up. Seeing this Alice knew she had to go on the offensive,
"Luxio use Fire Fang!"
"Absol use Shadow Ball in Luxio's mouth."
Luxio jumped forward ignoring the pain from his leg with his fangs covered in fire towards Absol who calmly stood there before forming a Shadow Ball and firing it at close range into Luxio's mouth causing the move to backfire and hurt Luxio instead.
"Luxio hang on, I know you can do it. Try using Iron Tail!"
"Absol use Night Slash."
Luxio jumped into the air and flipped down towards Absol fired a blast of dark energy at Luxio who batted it aside with Iron Tail and then carrying on to hit Absol who slid back growling while Luxio landed and looked at Absol pleased at finally landing a hit.
"Alright Absol let's stop playing around. Use Quick Attack to get in close."
"Luxio use Ice Fang!"
Absol disappeared in a flash and ran towards Luxio who prepared to use Ice Fang. Then just as Luxio began to use his move, Alexis yelled,
"Absol use Detect!"
Barking Absol glowed red and just before the move hit him, crouched out of the way causing the move to miss.
"Absol use Shadow Ball close range!"
Absol quickly recovered and in a flash unleased a powerful Shadow Ball at Luxio who was hit and heavily injured. Suddenly there was a flash of light and Luxio was hit again by a move which shocked Alice as she never heard the name of a move being called.
Seeing the confusion Alexis called out
"That was my Future Sight attack it takes a few minutes to hit but a lot of people aren't prepared for it when the time comes. Now Absol use Night Slash once more."
"Luxio I know your hurt but let's give it everything we have! Use Thunder!"
Luxio started to gather electricity causing his fur to bristle as he prepared to unleash a full powered Thunder even as he was continuously hit by a mixture of Night Slash and Shadow Balls. Finally he let out a roar and let loose a devastating Thunder at Absol who was unable to move after exhausting himself through the use of Shadow Ball and Night Slash took the full front of the attack. After a minute the attack let up and Luxio appeared to be triumphant before he like Absol fell to the ground exhausted, however neither pokémon had been knocked unconscious.
"Absol stand up I know you can do it!"
"Luxio please hang on a little bit longer you can win this I know you can!"
Hearing their trainer cry out encouragement both pokémon struggled to their feet each determined to win for their trainer.
"Alright Absol use one final Shadow Ball."
"Luxio use Iron Tail."
Absol fired a weakened Shadow Ball at Luxio who attempted to dodge by jumping into the air, unfortunately however for Alice and Luxio the continuous barrage of moves had taken its toll and with the earlier Icy Wind still affected his back legs he had been injured upon using Thunder which caused him to fall in a heap on the floor before finally he was hit by Shadow Ball causing him to fall unconscious.
"Luxio is unable to battle. Absol is the winner which means the winner of the match is Alexa who will face Ash in the final battle, which will take place in 10 minutes."
After seeing Alice recall her pokémon and run off to the centre and Alexis doing the same Ash thought about which pokémon he would use against Alexis before Pikachu tugged his jacket and pointed to himself insinuating that he wanted to battle. Smiling Ash agreed as he knew his buddy wouldn't let him down. A few minutes later Alice reappeared looking upset.
"Hey Alice, don't feel down you did amazing for your first tournament. How's Luxio?"
"He's okay just really tired so I've left him in the pokécentre. Are you ready to face her?"
Smiling Ash nodded and said,
"I am, Pikachu here is going to help me win."
"That's good I have every faith in you." Alice replied as she saw Alexis return to the stadium.
"Good luck Ash." She said before disappearing into the stands to watch the final match.
Ash turned and walked down to the field where he took his place calmly surveying the field. Nurse Joy then reappeared on the field and announced,
"Alright ladies and gentlemen the time has come for the final round of this tournament. The competitors are Ash and Alexis. This will be a one on one battle, when one pokémon is unable to battle the match is over. Trainers call out your pokémon."
"Alright then Pikachu let's win this. I choose you!"
"I will show you no mercy Absol I choose you!"
Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shoulder onto the field his cheeks sparking in anticipation. Across the field in a flash Absol appeared growling ready to win for his trainer.
"Alright Ash get ready I underestimated your friend Alice in the last match and it almost cost me this time I'm going to go all out."
"Bring it on I like the challenge!" Ash replied as he tensed himself for the battle.
After hearing Ash say this Alexis smiled and turned her hand to Ash and said,
"Well if you insist. Absol prepare yourself. MEGA EVOLVE!" she said pushing the stone on her ring.
In a flash of light Absol underwent a startling transformation and reappeared with a loud snarl.
"Okay then this may have gotten more complicated. Pikachu let's do this we can't back down. Use Quick Attack!"
"Absol let's show them your power use Shadow Ball and Future Sight."
Pikachu sped towards Absol with a glowing trail behind him as Absol shot balls of dark energy at him. Ducking and weaving out of the way Pikachu was showing the audience and Alexis just why he was one of Ash's more powerful pokémon as he effortlessly dodged all of the Shadow Balls.
"Pikachu batter up use Iron Tail to send those Shadow Balls right back at Absol."
With his tail glowing Pikachu jumped into the air and began to repel the attacks at Absol who was avoiding left and right, before being hit by Iron Tail as Pikachu got close.
"Absol use Icy Wind to slow Pikachu down. Then use Night Slash."
Absol unleashed a chilling blast of air at Pikachu who unfortunately couldn't avoid it and was knocked back where he was hit by Night Slash and knocked to the floor.
"Absol let's keep up the offensive, use Shadow Ball back to back."
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
Absol once again gathered a ball of dark energy into her mouth and released it towards Pikachu who quickly fired off Thunderbolt which stopped one of the moves before getting hit by the second and third move.
Gritting his teeth Ash saw Pikachu getting pushed back and back and he knew that the battle was going to be tougher than he anticipated.
"Use Quick Attack Pikachu, to get in close then Iron Tail."
"Absol use Icy Wind on the ground let's trip him up then use Night Slash."
Absol's Icy Wind hit the ground in front of Pikachu causing him to slide around missing his timing with Iron Tail which allowed Absol to capitalise and hit Pikachu with Night Slash hitting him in his chest and launching him backwards. Seeing Pikachu being hit by the move Ash knew that he was in for a tougher battle than he first thought. Whilst Alexis seeing that she had taken the advantage decided to press on it,
"Absol use Zen Headbutt."
"Pikachu use Volt Tackle."
Absol ran towards a panting Pikachu her head covered in Psychic energy looking ready to win the battle. Whilst Pikachu covered himself with electrical energy and surged forwards towards Absol. Mid-field the pokémon collided with equal power neither one giving an inch, causing sparks to fly between the two. Seeing that there was a stalemate both trainers called out for another move.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt."
"Absol use Shadow Ball!"
The collision of the two additional moves a cloud of dust appeared on the field before both pokémon flew out of the cloud, each panting as they came to a stop. With a flash Absol reverted out of her mega form as she couldn't contain it. Knowing that both pokémon were running on empty Ash and Alexis prepared themselves for the final part of their battle.
"Pikachu use Electro Ball."
Pikachu gathered his electrical energy into his tail and launched it at Absol and it looked like it was going to be a clean hit before Alexis called out,
"Absol use Detect, then Icy Wind."
Absol moved her head slightly and which caused Electro Ball to harmlessly fly past. Before unleashing a cold blast of air again at Pikachu who retailed with a Thunderbolt causing the two moves to be cancelled. Suddenly out of the sky Pikachu was hit by another psychic attack causing him to feel a lot more pain making him fall to his stomach feeling weakened. The Future Sight attack used earlier finally hit home and for Ash and Pikachu it was at a bad time.
"Alright Ash this has been fun but it's time for me to end this. Absol use Zen Headbutt!"
"I agree Alexis but you're mistaken about who will win. Pikachu use Volt Tackle!"
Pushing himself to his feet Pikachu covered himself in electrical energy and raced forwards towards Absol.
Just like before the two pokémon collided with their moves and it seemed as though the power was equal until one of the pokémon slipped forwards which allowed their opponent to capitalise a surge forwards overpowering the other move causing the pokémon to fly backwards knocked out.
Seeing that the winner of the match had been decided Nurse Joy came forwards.
"Absol is unable to battle. Pikachu is the winner which means that the winner of the match is Ash of Pallet Town."
"We did it Pikachu we won." Ash exclaimed racing to Pikachu picking him up before he fell to the floor. Ash then turned and looked to Alexis who was returning Absol after thanking her for all the hard work she did.
"Congratulations Ash, it was a wonderful battle. No one has been able to knock my Absol from her mega form before."
"Well it wasn't easy but I knew that Pikachu could do it. I hope we can battle again."
"I wish the same Ash, hopefully we will soon."
Ash then saw Nurse Joy return with his prizes.
"Congratulations Ash, it is my pleasure to award you with these evolution stones I hope that they prove useful to you. Also I am proud to award you with this egg which contains a Bagon that was left here."
"Oh wow a Bagon thank you, I promise that I will raise him well."
After that Ash headed back to the pokécentre where he met up with Alice who was waiting for him.
"Congratulations on your win Ash I bet you are really pleased."
Rubbing the back of his head Ash replied,
"Yeah I am, especially with the egg that I've got a Bagon will really help me out in the championships."
Entering the centre Ash handed his pokémon to the Chansey that resided in the pokécentre and sat down in the cafeteria with Alice the pair talking about what the plan was when they returned to Pallet, with Alice saying she wanted to capture some more pokémon to increase how many she had and Ash saying that when he returned he was going to increase his training and bond with his recent captures including his newly traded over pokémon.
After a few moments a ding was heard and Chansey returned his pokémon to him. After thanking her Ash returned to Alice and the two set off towards Viridian Forest on route to Pallet Town.
Viridian Forest over the years had seen countless trainers walk along its path from a young boy called Joey with an obsession with Rattata to Professor Samuel Oak himself! When he was starting his pokémon journey. Now though Ash was traversing through the forest with Alice heading back to his home town, as the tournament had lasted longer than was expected it was dusk as the two reached a clearing in the forest. Seeing that they could go no further Ash turned to Alice and said,
"I think its best we stop for the night as it could be dangerous going any further in such poor light. Is that alright with you?"
"You know best out here Ash this is the first time I've really been away from Alamos Town. If you want to stay here then that's fine."
Placing his bag down Ash looked around for some twigs for fire wood so there would be some light for when darkness fell and saw that he would have to go scavenging for some sticks with Pikachu.
Watching Ash disappear Alice began to feel slightly more nervous in the fact that she was alone in a new place. Setting her own bag down she reached in and pulled out a bar of chocolate and began to eat it not realising that there was something watching her.
Suddenly from behind Alice heard a rustle and quickly she span around to see what was coming out of the bushes. Grabbing her Chimchar's pokéball she readied it to call on her, until a small Caterpie wiggled into view. Seeing the small pokémon Alice placed her ball back on her belt and knelt down in front of it and gently let picked it up. Sitting on a log Alice began to pet Caterpie and listened to it purr as she did.
As Alice was doing this Ash and Pikachu had managed to find some firewood and was returning to camp where they saw Alice petting Caterpie. Placing the logs down Ash said,
"I think you might have found your first capture Alice."
"Oh hey Ash your back and you think so? Would Caterpie really join me do you think?"
Smiling Ash said,
"I've always found that the best way to find out is to simply ask them if they do."
Looking down at Caterpie Alice saw that it was nodding its head saying that it wanted to go with Alice. Smiling in joy she quickly reached into her bag that was next to her and grabbed a pokéball then tapped it on Caterpie head and in an instant was caught.
"Woo hood, I've just caught my first pokémon!" Alice exclaimed in glee twirling around.
"Congratulations, Alice that takes me back to my first capture as well."
"Really? What pokémon did you catch?" Alice asked puzzled.
Rubbing his nose Ash replied,
"Well actually I caught a Caterpie myself, he's a Butterfree now but when we get back to the lab I'll introduce you to him and all my other pokémon."
"Really that would be great I bet you have a lot of pokémon don't you."
"I have caught a wide variety of pokémon yes. Each and every-one of them has worked so hard for me in the past and this time we are going to go all the way and win the championships I can feel it."
The two pokémon trainers sat in the forest talking into the night before both finally fell asleep. As they did another pokémon who had been listening to Ash describe his pokémon and upon hearing how powerful they seemed, scurried out of the bushes and crept towards Ash's bag and touched one of the pokéballs getting sucked in and instantly being captured.
The night passed and as morning rose the next day Ash and Alice both woke up and began their trek through the remainder of the forest. The rest of the day passed and by dinner time Ash and Alice were arriving in Pallet Town. After heading to his house and letting his mum know he was back and was happy to see Elekid, Plusle and Minun had settled in nicely before heading up to the lab.
Upon arriving Ash was happy to see all of his pokémon training hard and his new pokémon interacting with his old ones. Telling Alice he would be back Ash entered the lab and found Professor Oak getting a pokéball of the transport system.
"Ah Ash welcome back I've just finished trading four of your Tauros and I must say the pokémon you have received are some wonderful ones. Here you go."
Ash grabbed the four balls off Professor Oak and thanked him for helping with the trading before racing back outside to introduce his new pokémon to everyone. When outside Ash whistled to call all of his pokémon to him. When they arrived Ash said,
"Alright everyone I've called a stop to training as I want everyone to meet the new additions to our family. You have all met Shinx and Electivire and I hope that they feel welcomed into our family."
Seeing the two nod Ash smiled and said,
"I'm very pleased that you feel welcomed. Now I would like everyone to welcome four more pokémon to our family as they have been traded for Tauros."
Ash then threw the four pokéballs into the air and in a flash his latest pokémon were revealed. Ash smiled as he saw the pokémon he received and thought that the professor had done a stellar job. In front of him stood a Beldum, male and female Ralts and an Eevee. Kneeling down in front of his new pokémon Ash said softly,
"Hi there you guys my name is Ash and I'm your new pokémon trainer if that is okay."
Seeing that all four pokémon still looked anxious Ash said,
"I promise you that I will treat you all with respect and as a member of my extended family as everyone behind me can support me on."
Hearing everyone agree the pokémon cautiously walked forwards with the female Ralts hiding slightly behind the male. Seeing this Ash in a moment of clarity said,
"You two are mates aren't you that's why both of you were traded."
Seeing them nod cautiously Ash continued,
"Well there is no need to worry me promise I will not leave any of you behind and I will try to keep both of you in my party at the same time."
Hearing this the Ralts looked a lot happier and began interacting with his other pokémon. Seeing Eevee speaking with Sylveon Ash wondered if he would be having another Eeveelution on his team deciding not to worry about it at the moment Ash turned his attention to his final pokémon he'd received as Beldum looked upset.
"What's the matter Beldum?" Ash inquired.
Beldum began speaking with Ash catching most of what was being said,
"Wait is this because of the moves you know."
Seeing him nod Ash replied,
"Well I am not bothered whatever moves you know as a pokémon trainer it is my job to make you stronger and to help you and that is what I am going to do."
Hearing this Beldum felt a lot better and was happy to know his new trainer believed in him. Seeing that his pokémon were all interacting Ash reached into his bag to pull out his pokédex so he could scan his new pokémon and brought out a pokéball as well. Puzzled as to why his pokéball was locked Ash pressed the middle of the pokéball and out came the pokémon that caught itself the previous evening. A Weedle.
"Hey there little guy you're a long way from home. What are you doing here?"
Scurrying Weedle showed that he wanted to become stronger after seeing and hearing about his other pokémon. For a moment Ash was quiet before saying,
"Well guys it looks as though we have another family member."
Weedle smiled and scurried over to Butterfree and Ash's other bug pokémon and began to converse with them. Readying his pokédex Ash scanned his pokémon and was pleased at what he saw.
"Beldum the Iron Head pokémon. Instead of blood, a powerful magnetic force courses through Beldum's body. This Pokémon communicates with others by sending controlled pulses of magnetism. Beldum knows the move Take Down."
"Ralts the Feeling Pokémon. Ralts senses the emotions of people using the horns on its head. This Pokémon rarely appears before people. But when it does, it draws closer if it senses that the person has a positive disposition. Female Ralts knows the moves Confusion, Double Team, Teleport, Disarming Voice and has the Egg move Misty Terrain which hasn't been unlocked. The male Ralts knows the moves Confusion, Double Team and Fire Punch. Ralts knows the egg moves Shadow Sneak which hasn't been unlocked yet."
"Eevee the Evolution pokémon. Eevee has an unstable genetic makeup that suddenly mutates due to the environment in which it lives. Radiation from various stones causes this Pokémon to evolve."
"Weedle the Hairy Bug Pokémon. Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favourite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose). Weedle knows the moves Poison Sting, String Shot and Bug Bite."
After scanning his new pokémon Ash placed his pokédex in his pocket and realised how lucky he actually was to be a trainer as each and every one of his pokémon was speaking to each other with none looking down at the other from his oldest pokémon to his newest. And he knew that his journey to compete in the Championships wouldn't be easy but with the help of his pokémon he would give it everything he had and he would hopefully emerge victorious.
Ash
Kanto-Pikachu, Pidgeot, Butterfree, Bulbasaur, Charizard, Squirtle, Kingler, Primeape, Muk, Tauros (26), Snorlax, Lapras, Machop, Eevee, Weedle
Johto-Bayleef, Totodile, Quilava, Noctowl, Heracross, Donphan, Elekid
Hoenn-Swellow, Sceptile, Corphish, Torkoal, Glalie, Aron, Torchic, Plusle, Minun, Ralts M/F, Beldum
Sinnoh-Staraptor, Torterra, Infernape, Buizel, Gliscor, Gible, Shinx, Electivire
Unova-Unfezant, Snivy, Pignite, Oshawott, Scraggy, Leavanny, Palpitoad, Boldore, Krookodile
Kalos-Talonflame, Chespin, Fennekin, Greninja, Hawlucha, Sylveon, Goodra, Tyrantrum, Noivern, Gogoat, Avalugg, Pangoro
Hope everyone likes the new chapter, sorry it has taken so long to be put up but hopefully I will be able to post more chapters sooner from now on. Don't forget to leave a comment if you enjoyed the chapter and if anyone has any suggestions on pokémon for Ash to catch let me know. Hope everyone has a lovely time over the winter holidays.