Chapter 5: Spirit vs. Dreams

We had just finished dealing with Team Rocket AGAIN, and during which Clemont had caught a Chespin. And I'm pretty sure this super hero guy called 'Blaziken Mask' is Meyer. I'm serious!

Anyway, we were all having lunch with the pokemon out. Serena's food was always good after all.

Chimchar finished first and brought his bowl over to Serena. "Chim! Chim!" He said.

Serena accepted the bowl with a smile. "Thank you Chimchar." She then reached into her bag and got out five macarons. "Here you go, this is a little treat."

"Chimchar!" Chimchar cried happily, accepting the food. The fire type then went over and offered one to my Froakie. "Chim?"

"Froakie Froak." Froakie politely declined. Chimchar then went and offered one to Pikachu.

"Pikachu." Pikachu also politely declined.

The fire monkey offered one to each pokemon, the only ones who took one though were Dendenne and Chespin, who were also huge fans of Serena's macarons.

Now Chimchar was left with three he went over and sat down by himself, popping one in its mouth. "Chimchar!" He cried happily from the taste.

Chespin seemed to be acting sneaky though. "Chespiiin..." He said with longing looking at the remaining two macarons. Using Vine Whip he quickly snatched the last two treats and stuffed them in his mouth.

When Chimchar went to eat his second one he found himself biting thin air. "Chim?" He said in confusion, looking around to see if he had dropped his other two macarons.

When it dawned on him that they had vanished, tears welled up in his eyes. "CHIIIIIIMCHAAAAAR!" The little fire type burst into tears.

I had just finished off my third sandwich when Chimchar had started crying. "Chimchar!" I called, rushing over to him. "Chimchar, what's the matter?"

The rest of our group, including the pokemon, gathered around the fire type. "Chim...Chihim...CHIMCHAAAAAR!" The poor pokemon sniffled before crying again.

I picked him up and tried to comfort him. "There there Chimchar, it's alright."

"What's the matter with Chimchar?" Bonnie asked in a panic.

"Denne!" The antenna pokemon was also worried about its friend.

"Pikapi!" Pikachu said, stepping forward. Using its impressive mimicry, he demonstrated Chimchar's problem.

"So Chimchar's two macarons just vanished?" Ash asked his friend, who nodded in reply.

The two Froakie's began discussing things with each other, then my buddy hopped over. "Froak! Froakie!"

"You think someone stole it?" I asked, to which Froakie nodded.

"That's awful!" Serena gasped. "Who would do such a thing?"

The two Froakie's talked some more, before Ash's Froakie hopped forward. "Froakie! Froakie Froak!"

On Froakie's call, Fletchling, Dendenne and Chespin stepped forward.

"Possible suspects?" Clemont asked, to which both water types nodded.

Chimchar had calmed down by now and crawled over to Dendenne. "Chim, Chimchar, Chim."

"Dendenne denne!" The two shared a quick hug.

"I guess that rules out Dendenne." Ash said.

"Seeing as they're friends I doubt Dendenne would be the culprit." Clemont nodded.

The fire and electric type walked over to Bonnie, who had puffed out her cheeks in anger. "Don't worry Chimchar! We'll find out who did it!"

Both Froakie's then hopped over to the remaining culprits. "Froakie Froak Froak!" My Froakie exclaimed.

"F-Fletchling Chling!" Fletchling defended itself.

"Ches...pin." The grass type huffed. Was that a bead of sweat?

Then Fennekin stepped forward. "Fenn! Fennekin!"

Ash's froakie talked with Fennekin, before nodding and letting Fletchling hop away.

"Fletchling's been ruled out?" I thought aloud.

"Oh right! Fletchling was with Fennekin when Chimchar started crying!" Serena said with a smile.

That just left one.

"Chespin!?" Clemont cried in an annoyed tone.

Chespin started sweating. "Ches! Chespin!"

Both Froakie's bore down on the starter. "FROAK!" They both yelled.

Knowing the jig was up, Chespin turned and hightailed it.

"Chespin! Come back!" Clemont called out as we all gave chase.

Chespin rushed through the forest looking back at us, unfortunately that made it fail to notice the building it was running towards, only noticing it when he smacked into it face first.

We all surrounded the grass type. "Chespin, apologize to Chimchar!" Clemont said.

Chespin walked up to Chimchar with an outstretched hand. "...Chespin." Chespin said.

Chimchar happily shook Chespin's hand. "Chimchar!"

"I'm glad Chimchar's so forgiving." I sighed.

Serena golt out two macarons. "Here you go, Chimchar."

"Chim!" Chimchar took them with a smile, instantly offering one to Chespin. "Chim?"

Chespin, for once, didn't feel like eating.

As Chimchar ate a new macaron I looked at the building Chespin had bumped into, it had the Pke-Ball symbol on it, but was too big to be a Pokemon Centre or a Gym.

"What's this place?" I asked as we returned most of our pokemon, excluding Dendenne, Froakie, Pikachu and Chimchar.

"I don't think I've seen a building like this before." Clemont said.

"Wait..." Ash said. "I know this place!" He suddenly rushed in the door with Pikachu on his shoulder.

Froakie hopped onto my shoulder as we all walked into the building. "Ash! You know what this place is?"

Ash turned to us. "Yeah! This is a Battle Club!"

"Battle Club?" Serena asked.

Suddenly another guy entered the room. He was wearing what looked like a red martial arts attire, and he looked pretty burly with a moustache. "Ah! New trainers!" He said. "It's good to meet you! I'm Don George, the leader of this Battle Club."

We quickly made introductions before I spoke up. "So, what's a Battle Club?"

Don George laughed. "To be honest, I'm not surprised you don't know. Battle Clubs are pretty new to the Kalos region! Our line originated in Unova, but we decided to branch out to other regions, starting with Kalos."

He led us over to what looked like an analyzer. I noticed screens were all over the place, showing a trainer and two of their pokemon each scene before flashing onto the next one. "If you register at the Battle Club, you can battle any other registered trainers currently at the Battle Club your at! Also, you can check info on your opponents and their pokemon, plus the data will immmediantely be sent to all other Battle Clubs in the region, so you don't have to register for each new Battle Club you come across."

"Wow! A place just for battling!? That's so cool!" I cheered. "Don George! Can I sign up for the Battle Club!?"

He nodded. "Of course!" He gestured to the analyzer. "Just place your Pokedex and Poke-Balls on the scanners."

"Great!" I turned to Chimchar as he was finishing off his second macaron, returning him to his Poke-Ball. I then placed my Pokedex and Scatterbug and Chimchar's Poke-Balls on the scanner.

A picture of me, Chimchar and Scatterbug immediately popped up. "Elliot Vanette has been registered for the Kalos Battle Clubs." The robotic voice said.

Froakie looked at me. "Froakie?"

I turned to Don George. "Hey, Froakie doesn't like to go in his Poke-Ball, is there any other way to enter him in?"

Don George nodded. "I'll do it manually." He then typed it in on a keyboard, and a picture of Froakie popped up. "There you go, you can start battling straightaway!"

"Aweesome!" I cheered.

"That's so cool, Elliot!" Serena smiled.

Ash stepped forward. "Hey! Can we sign up too?"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu said.

"Of course! I take it you want me to enter your Pikachu?" Don George said.

Ash nodded as he put his Poke-Balls and his Pokedex on the scanner. "Yes please."

Ash with Pikachu and Froakie immediantely popped up. "Ash Ketchum has been registered for the Kalos Battle Clubs."

"Thanks Don George!" Ash smirked, he then turned to me. "Hey Elliot?"

I looked at him. "Yeah Ash?"

"Since we're both registered now, how about we battle?"

"Pika! Pika!" Pikachu agreed.

I fist-pumped. "Yeah! Let's do it!"

"FroaKIE!" Froakie agreed.

OCXY

We were led to a sandy battlefield, I stood on one side with froakie by my legs whilst Ash stood on the other side with Pikachu.

"It would be my honor to referee both of your first Battle Club battles." Don George nodded. "How do you want to battle?"

I smiled at Ash. "How about a three on three single battle? It can be in rounds, first one to lose two pokemon loses!"

Ash nodded. "Sounds good to me!"

Don Geroge raised a hand. "Very well then!"

Suddenly the giant screen above us lit up, it was split into two sides. One one side was my picture with a red background behind it. On the other side was a picture of Ash with a blue background. There were three Poke-Balls lined up next to our pictures.

Don George lowered his hand. "Let the battle begin!"

A battle of heroes!

Elliot and 2 Pokemon+Froakie VS. Ash and 2 Pokemon+Froakie

Ash held out a Poke-Ball. "We'll start! Fletchling! I choose you!"

In a flash of bright light the bird pokemon appeared. "Chling!" It cried.

On the screen, the first Poke-Ball on Ash's side grew to twice it's size and turned into a picture of Fletchling's head.

On the sidelines, Serena put her head in her hands with a pout. "This is so unfair! I don't know who to cheer for!"

Bonnie was waving her hands frantically. "I'll cheer fo both of the,m! Go Ash! Go Elliot! Go! Go! GOOOOOO!"

"Denne! Denne! DENNEEEEEEEE!"

"I hope they both do well." Clemont smiled.

Serena wasn't so sure. "I'm just worried about who will lose.

I thought to myself. 'So it's Fletchling, huh? Okay, I've got the perfect choice!'

I got out a Poke-Ball and enlarged it, throwing it forward.

"Scatterbug! Show 'em your spirit!"

In a flash of bright light Scatterbug was on the battle field. "Skrip!" She said.

On the screen, the first Poke-Ball on my side grew to twice it's size and turned into a picture of Scatterbug's head.

"SCATTERBUG!?" Practically everyone yelled.

"W-Why choose Scatterbug!? It has a huge disadvantage!" Clemont said, flustered.

I nodded. "Scatterbug's my definite choice! Let's show Ash the power of bug types Scatterbug!"

"Skrip!" She nodded with determination.

Ash frowned. "Well okay then, we'll start! Fletchling! Use Razor Wind!"

"Chliiing!" Fletchling's wings glowed white as it shot slashes of air at Scatterbug.

"Dodge it, Scatterbug!"

Scatterbug managed to scuttle out of the way of the attack.

"Now tie its wings up with String Shot!"

"Skrip!" Scatterbug shot a long sticky thread at Fletchling, binding its wings to its body.

"Fletch!" Fletchling cried as it fell to the ground.

"Fletchling!" Ash cried.

"Now use Tackle!"

Scatterbug quickly scuttled over and rammed into Fletchling, throwing it across the battlefield.

"I can't believe it! Scatterbug's levelled out the playing field!" Clemont gasped.

"Don't give up, Fletchling! Use Peck!"

Fletchling managed to stand on its spindly legs as its beak glowed white, it tried to charge Scatterbug but it quickly tripped over.

"Ah!" Ash gasped.

"Use Tackle repeatedly!"

"Skrip! Skrip! Skrip!" Scatterbug continued to slam into Fletchling, dwindling down its health.

"Use Steel Wing to break free!"

"Fletch! Fleeee...tchling!" The pokemon glowing white wings broke from the string as it charged my bug type, being able to fly again.

"Jump on Fletchling's back!"

Timing just right, Scatterbug jumped over the attack and onto its predators back.

"Okay Scatterbug! Let's try a new move! Use Bug Bite!"

"Skriiiiiip!" Scatterbug's sharp tooth glowed at it continuously bit into the flying type.

"Chling! Chling!" Fletchling cried out.

Ash gritted his teeth. "Throw it off and use Peck!"

Fletchling backflipped to make Scatterbug fall of as it spun into the air and divebombed her with a glowing beak. Scatterbug just managed to get out of the way.

"Use Double Team!"

Fletchling instantly divided into many fakes.

"Use String Shot and cut it into multiple threads using your tooth!"

"Skrip!" Using its sharp tooth it divided one thread into ten, easily knocking out all the fakes and catching the real one.

"No way!" Ash gasped.

"Pika!" Pikachu copied him.

"Now Scatterbug! Slam it into the ground!"

"Skriiiiiiiiip!" Spinning around, Scatterbug slammed it into the ground. When the smoke cleared Fletchling's eyes were swirled.

On the screen, Fletchling's picture turned into a black silhouette and the picture returned to normal size.

For a second, nobody said everything from pure disbelief. "F...Fletchling is unable to battle! Scatterbug is the winner!"

"Wow..." Serena gasped.

"Awesome work, Scatterbug! You sure showed your power out there!" I cheered.

Scatterbug turned to me and smiled. "Skrip! Skrip!"

Suddenly Scatterbug started glowing blue.

"Wait...is Scatterbug...?" I said in disbelief.

"Froak...?" Froakie said.

As Scatterbug continued to glow, it's body expanded into what looked like a coat, and it's three hairs shrunk back into it's head. Then, in a small burst of blue light, a Spewpa was standing where Scatterbug once was.

"Spewpa!" Said pokemon cried out its new name.

"Wow! You evolved into Spewpa!" I cheered as I got out my Pokedex.

'Spewpa, the Scatterdust pokemon. It's body cannot be pierced by beaks, and it spews powder in order to protect itself.'

"What happened to Scatterbug!?" Bonnie and Serena both yelled.

I raised an eyebrow. "Haven't you heard of evolution?"

They both raised an eyebrow. "Evolution?"

"When a pokemon evolves, they grow stronger and change in appearance. Most of the time they require training, but sometimes it happens via a stone or a special item." Clemont explained.

"They get stronger? Wow..." Serena breathed.

"That's so coooool!" Bonnie cheered.

I got out a Poke-Ball. "Spewpa, well done. Return and take a rest, okay?" The red beam returned Spewpa to its ball.

Ash returned Fletchling to its own ball. "Fletchling, you were great out there, thanks so much! Take a good rest for now."

Spewpa's now evolved picture was tinted blue and shrunk down to normal size on the screen as I got out my next Poke-Ball. "Okay! Next up, Chimchar! Show 'em your spirit!"

Chimchar appeared in a burst of bright light. "Chimchar!" He cheered.

"Froakie! I choose you!"

Ash's Froakie appeared with a croak, showing our next pokemon up on the screen.

"Chimchar against Froakie! Go Chimchar!" Bonnie cheered.

Serena huffed. "Well, Froakie does have the advantage, but after Spewpa I'm not so sure."

"Chimchar does know Thunderpunch." Clemont thought aloud.

"We'll start this time! Use Ember!"

"Chimchaaar!" The fire type shot small embers out of his mouth.

"Counter with Bubble!"

"Frooooakiiiie!" The water attack easily overpowered the embers, hitting Chimchar full on.

"Chimchar! Are you okay!?" I called.

"Chim...char..." Chimchar whimpered as his bottom lip trembled.

"That was Chimchar's first super effective attack that hit him, it must have hurt a lot more then he thought it would." Clemont explained.

"Don't give up, Chimchar! Use Flame Charge!"

"Chim!? Chim! Chiiiiim..." This time Chimchar glowed red as firery rings surrounded it. "Chaaar!" Chimchar leapt through the rings, being ignited on the way as he slammed into Froakie with a small explosion, knocking it back.

"Froakie! Use Pound!"

"Counter with Scratch!"

The two pokemon ran forward and hit each other, skidding back a bit.

"Use Thunderpunch!"

"Dodge it, Froakie!"

As Chimchar tried to punch him with his electric fist Froakie leapt away.

"Use Thunderpunch repeatedly!"

"...Chim?" Chimchar scratched his head in confusion.

"Oh, right! Use Thunderpunch over and over again!"

"Chim!" Chimchar understood that time, charging forwards with both fists crackling electricity, Froakie was hopping left and right to avoid them. But then Chimchar did an uppercut, knocking it into the air.

"Hang in there Froakie! Use Water Pulse!"

"Frooooakie!" Froakie charged an orb of water and threw it at Chimchar!

"Chimchar! Chimchaaaar!" Chimchar cried in a panic as the watery attack hit him full on!

"Chimchar, no!" I cried.

When the smoke cleared Chimchar was slumped on the floor with swirled eyes.

"Chimchar is unable to battle! Froakie wins!"

On the screen, Chimchar was silhouetted.

"Oh no! Chimchar!" Bonnie cried.

I ran over to him. "Chimchar! Are you okay?"

When Chimchar woke up, his eyes were practically filled to the brim with tears. "Ch...chim..."

"Chimchar!?" I gasped.

"CHIIIIIIIIIIMCHAAAAAAR!" Chimchar wailed, crying bucket fulls of tears.

"What's wrong, Chimchar!?" I panicked.

"CHIM! CHIM! CHIIIIIIIIMCHAAAAAR!"

OCXY

We had paused our battle as Chimchar sat in between Bonnie and Serena, eating a macaron with an embarrassed red flush on its face.

"I suppose Chimchar was...a bit upset about its first loss." Clemont said.

"I thought Chimchar was amazing!" Bonnie said.

"Denne!" Dendenne copied her.

"Chiiiim." Chimchar blushed.

In the meantime, i went and updated my Battle Club data, Shwoing Scatterbug had now evolved. When I walked back in, everybody was watching a battle going on.

The first competitor was just a guy with glasses using a Watchog.

The second was a girl who looked about 15, she was fair-skinned and slim with icy blue eyes. She had curly jet black hair that reached her mid-back, she was wearing a black cardigan and black capris. I squinted in order to see she was wearing silver shoes with a black pattern, and a light grey pouch was around her waist. She was commanding a Lunatone.

"Nightrise! Use Ice Beam!" She shouted.

"Luuuuunatooooone!" The moon pokemon fired a powerful light blue beam which turned Watchog into a block of ice.

"Okay! Follow up with Stone Edge!"

"Luuuuuunatone!" Pointed stones appeared and floated around the Lunatone in two circles before being launched at the Watchog, shattering the ice and knocking it out.

On the screen above that battlefield, her opponents picture blacked out as she and her Lunatone's picture moved to the center, the words 'WINNER' appeared underneath it.

"Well done Nightrise, you were great out there." She said, patting her pokemon.

"Lunatone!" It said, beaming with pride.

We all walked over to her. "Wow! That Lunatone sure is strong!" Ash marveled.

She looked over at us. "Oh, didn't realize we got a crowd going. Hey there, name's Natalie, Natalie Brookestone. And this is my trusty Lunatone, Nightrise."

"Luna!" Lunatone said in its echoey voice as I got out my pokedex.

'Lunatone, the Meteorite pokemon. it turns active on the nights of full moons, therefore people link it to the lunar cycle.'

"It's nice to meet you." I said, holding out my hand.

She looked at it a bit skeptically, but shook it nonetheless. "Sure, nice to meet you too."

OCXY

Whilst our 'heroes' were making introductions, a certain trio were watching from a nearby tree outside of the Battle Club.

"A Lunatone in the Kalos region? What are rare find." Jessie said.

"And such a powerful trainer too! It must be top time tough!" James added.

"Yeah, but dey're with da twerps now! We can't get close!" Meowth complained.

Jessie glared at thw two. "We can't if you go and give up before the going even gets going!" She belittled them. "I believe I've got a way we can get that Lunatone AND all the Battle Club's pokemon!"

James smirked. "Really? Do tell?"

"Woooobuffet!" Said pokemon exclaimed, appearing randomly.

OCXY

We had all taken a quick lunch break with Natalie and Nightrise before me and Ash continued our battle. "So you have TWO Kalos badges?" I asked.

She nodded. "Yep, but I was born in Hoenn, so I got 8 Gym Badges there first."

"So, how did you and Nightrise meet?" Serena asked.

Natalie smiled as her Lunatone floated next to her. "Well, I was journeying through this cave one time, when an Aggron started to thrash around and almost caused a cave in! That's when Nightrise here saved me with a Psychic, and she just started following me ever since."

"Lune." Nightrise said, curving upwards slightly as if holding her head up high.

"That's so cool! So what are you doing here?" Ash asked.

"I registered at the Battle Club to improve my skills a bit. I haven't caught any pokemon in the Kalos region just yet, but I have some pretty good pokemon beside me."

I smiled. "Can we see them?"

She shrugged. "I suppose so." She then got out two Poke-Balls. "Doomsday, Riptide, come out for a second."

In two flashes of bright light an Absol and a Marshtomp were in front of us with a cry of their own names, both me and Ash got out our Pokedexes.

'Absol, the Disaster pokemon. It can sense when disasters are about to occur, and tries to warn people of them.' Ash's Pokedex said.

'Marshtomp, the Mud Fish pokemon. Marshtomp's sturdy legs allow it to stand even in mud, it burrows into the dirt to sleep.' My Pokedex said.

I didn't think I needed to ask who was called who.

"Wow! You have such cool pokemon!" Bonnie cheered, hugging them.

Suddenly a blue band clamped itself around Lunatone and lifted it up into the air.

"Nightrise!" Natalie cried in shock.

"What the heck!?" I yelled.

"'What the heck' we hear you cry." A voice said.

"Don't you know it's rude to pry?" Another voice said.

'Oh Arceus, please no.' I thought.

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all peoples within our-"

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" Natalie shouted. "Give Nightrise back!"

"Hey! You interrupted our speech!" Jessie yelled as she appeared.

"We don't interrupt YOUR speeches!" James shouted.

"Thank you." I told Natalie.

She turned to us. "Who the heck are those guys!?"

"They're a group called Team Rocket who steal other peoples pokemon!" Ash said.

Meowth appeared. "And now we got da best plan yet! Time for da draining!" He got out a remote and pressed a button.

Suddenly the band around Lunatone' glowed and crackled with electricity. "Lunatone!" Nightrise cried out in pain.

Then Froakie, Pikachu, Dendenne, Chimchar, Doomsday and Riptide were all lifted up by psychic energy!

"Pikachu!" Ash cried out.

"Our Drain Band sucks up all your Lunatone's Poke-power and uses it for psychic power!" Jessie sneered.

"And more power equals more pokemon!" James said as he turned up the power.

"Luuuunatooone!" Lunatone cried out, obviosuly suffering as more pokemon in the Battle Club were picked up by psychic energy.

"Stop it! You're hurting it!" Serena shouted.

"Who cares as long as we get more pokemon for da boss!" Meowth yelled.

I got out the only pokemon I had left. "Spewpa! Show 'em your spirit!"

"Spewpa!" She cried as she appeared.

"Pick that one up as well, Meowth!" Jessie cried.

Meowth tapped in a few buttons, but then frowned. "Uh-oh! We're all maxed out!"

Ash got out a Poke-Ball. "Okay! Fletchling! I choose you!"

Fletchling appeared beside Spewpa. "Chling!"

James got out his Poke-Ball. "Inkay! Go get them!"

"Inkay!" It cried as the squid-like pokemon appeared.

"Spewpa! Bring Nightrise down with String Shot!"

"Speeeeeew!" Spewpa shot a long sticky thread that latched on to Nightrise and began pulling it down.

"Oh no you don't! Inkay! Use Psybeam!"

"Inkaaaay!" A bright multicoloured beam was shot at Spewpa.

"Fletchling! Protect Spewpa with Razor Wind!"

"FletCHLING!" It flapped its wings to send razor sharp wind at the attack, the two cancelled each other out as Spwepa finally retrieved Nightrise.

"Way to go, Spewpa!" I praised her as both me and Natalie pulled at the band. Finally it broke and all of the pokemon fell to the ground, we managed to catch all of our respective friends.

"Hey! Dat's cheatin'!" Meowth yelled.

"Too right! Use Psybeam again, Inkay!" The pokemon once again fired it's beam.

Natalie rolled her eyes. "Sure, THAT will work. Riptide! use Mud Bomb!"

"Maaaaaaarshtomp!" The pokemon spat out loads of muddy blobs that cancleed the Psybeam and splattered all over Inkay.

"Now let's teach them a painful lesson about taking pokemon! Nightrise! You okay?" She asked her companion.

"Luna." Nightrise said in a sassy tone.

Natalie nodded. "Thought so, use Stone Edge!"

"LUUUUNATOOOOONE!" Nightrise fired sharp stones at the trio, instantly sending them flying.

"This is totally unfair!" Jessie complained as they soared through the air.

"It was five against three!" James shouted.

"Yeah, but usually its four against three." Meowth sighed.

"Woooobuffet!" Wobuffet said.

"We're blasting off again!" They all yelled as they soared off.

"I can't believe I let THOSE guys take my pokemon." Natalie sighed.

"Froakie Froak!" Froakie croaked with his traditional half-lidded gaze.

Natalie turned to us. "Listen, thank for saving my pokemon."

Ash smiled. "Sure, we're friends of course!"

She smiled. "Yeah, guess we are."

Don George ran up to us along with a bunch of trainers. "Natalie! Ash! Elliot! You managed to save all of the pokemon in the Battle Club! Thanks a bunch!"

All of the trainers began thanking us, which we all just accepted.

"Ash, Elliot." We turned to Clemont who gestured to battlefield number 1, where the screen results for mina and Ash's battle was still on. "I believe you have a battle to finish."

I turned to Ash. "He's right! ready Ash?"

He fist-pumped. "Of course! Let's do it!"

"Pikachu! Pi!"

"Froak! Froakie!"

OCXY

Me and Ash retook our positions on the battlefield, everyone in the Battle Club was now watching our battle.

"Right, Froakie! You're my final choice! Time to show Ash your spirit!" I nodded.

"Froak!" Froakie nodded as he hopped forward.

Ash turned to Pikachu. "Pikachu, you're up, buddy!"

"Pika!" Pikachu nodded as Pikachu leapt into battle.

"The battle will now continue!"

"Ash has an advantage with an electric type." Natalie said to herself.

"I don't know, Froakie is very strong." Serena said.

I turned to Froakie. "Let's show Serena what we've got, Froakie!"

"Froak!" froakie nodded.

"Then let the battle...resume!"

Spirit and Dream Resume!

Elliot and Froakie VS. Ash and Pikachu

"Froakie! Use Bubble!"

"Frooooakie!" Froakie took a deep breath and blew bubbles at Pikachu.

"Pikachu! Use Quick Attack!"

"Pikaaaachu!" Pikachu dodged past the bubbles and rammed into Froakie, knocking him back.

"Froakie! Water Pulse!"

"FroaKIE!" Froakie generated and launched a watery orb at Pikachu, throwing it back at Ash's feet.

"Follow up with another Bubble!"

"Froakiekiekiekiekiek!" Froakie jumped into the air and blew more energy bubbles.

Ash smirked. "Pikachu! Use Counter Shield!"

Pikachu suddenly spun rapidly, sending loads of Thunderbolts out in all directions that knocked the bubbles back.

"Froak!?" Froakie gasped.

'I've never seen Thunderbolt used like that before.' I thought with a frown.

"Now use Iron Tail!"

"Piiiikaaa..." Pikachu's tail glowed brightly as he ran towards Froakie.

"Dodge, Froakie!"

"Chuuu!"

Pikachu swiped with its tail, but Froakie easily jumped over it.

"Use Quick Attack!"

Froakie glowed white and shot into the ground and Pikachu, the electric mouse being thrown clear of the impact.

"Pikachu! You okay?"

"...Pika!" Pikachu jumped back onto his feet.

"Okay! Use Electro Ball!"

"Pikaaaaaa!" An orb of electricity was generated at the end of Pikachu's tail.

"Counter with Water Pulse!"

"Froooooooak!" Froakie generated an orb of water between his hands.

The two orbs collided and exploded, both pokemon skidded back out of the smoke and fell to their knees.

Then a figure leaped through the smoke towards Pikachu!

"Use Thunderbolt!"

"Pikaaachu!" The electricity hit the figure, which turned out to be a group of Frubbles.

"What!?" Ash yelled as the real Froakie leaped through the smoke.

"Water Pulse!"

Froakie threw another attack which hit Pikachu full on.

"Don't give in, Pikachu! Use Iron Tail!"

Pikachu slowed down it's skidding back and leaped at Froakie, knocking it back with its glowing tail.

"Now use Thunderbolt!"

"Piiiikachuuu!" The bolt shot straight forward and hit Froakie full on!

Froakie fell on the ground face first. "Froakie! Are you okay!?" I yelled in a panic.

Froakie wouldn't get up for a few seconds, but then he stood back up and brushed himself down. "Froakie!" He slapped himself in the face to motivate himself.

"Alright! Way to go, Froakie! Jump up high!"

"Froak!" He did an impressive jump into the air.

"Use Iron Tail!"

"Catch it!"

As Pikachu leaped up with a glowing tail, Froakie caught it between his hands. Landing back on the ground as Froakie refused to let go of Pikachu's tail.

"Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!"

"Stop it with Lick!"

"Piii-chu!" Pikachu cried as it was covered with Froakie's tongue, violently shuddering form the attack.

"Now! Close range Water Pulse!"

"Frrrrrrroakie!" Froakie slammed his Water Pulse into Pikachu Force Palm style. Pikachu was thrown back in a wash of small waves, skidding across the battlefield.

"Pikachu! Can you get up?"

Pikachu struggled to push itself to its feet, cringing in pain.

"Froakie! Water Pulse!"

"Pikachu! Electro Ball!"

"Froakiiiiiie!"

"Pikachuuuuu!"

The two began charging their respective orb attacks, getting bigger and more powerful with each passing second.

"NOW!" Both of us yelled.

"FROAKIE!"

"PIKACHU!"

The two orbs, each the same size of their respective pokemon, were launched and slammed into each other with devastating force. The impact released a bright powerful light that blinded everyone but the pokemon and their trainers, who looked at their opponents with determination.

The two orbs were still pushing against each other, the two types battling for dominance, trying to hit their opponents as the sand from the battlefield billowed around the two opponents.

Suddenly the Electro Ball absorbed the Water Pulse, growing twice as big in size and charging full force at Froakie!

"FROAKIE!?" Froakie yelled as the super Electro Ball smashed into my partner, pushing him back into the wall with a huge explosion.

"F-FROAKIE!" I called out in horror.

When the dust finally cleared, Froakie was laying against the wall, covered in shock wounds and swirled eyes. "Froak...ie..." He croaked in an unconscious state of mind.

"Froakie is unable to battle! Pikachu is the winner! And the victory goes to Ash!"

On the screen, Froakie silhouetted and shrunk, followed by my picture as Ash and his pokemons pictures moved to the center and 'WINNER' appeared underneath them.

I ran over to Froakie and picked him up. "Froakie! FROAKIE! Speak to me..."

Froakie weakly opened his eyes. "Froak..."

I turned to Don George. "Is there a medical centre here?"

He nodded. "Yes! This way!" He lead me down the path to a medical room.

OCXY

I finally stood up as Don George walked out with Froakie. "Well, I'm no Nurse Joy, but he's looking pretty good!"

"Froakie!" Froakie cheered as he leaped onto my shoulder.

"Glad to see your better, Froakie." I smiled as I rubbed his head.

All my friends quickly joined me. "I'm glad froakie's better." Serena said.

Ash smiled. "Yeah, We're sorry, we kinda went a bit overboard."

"Pikachu." Pikachu said sadly.

"It's alright, it was an amazing battle!"

"Froakie!" froakie agreed.

I smiled. "You won this time, Ash! But we're gonna get stronger, and we'll battle again!"

Ash smiled. "Yeah! I hope we'll have a battle as good as that one again!"

Pikachu and Froakie smiled and shook hands, the respect for each other growing.

"It was a great battle, I'll definitely remember it!" Clemont said.

"Both of you were really, really great!" Bonnie cheered. "Bonnie and Dendenne loved it!"

"Denne Denne!" Dendenne agreed.

"I must admit, you two fought really well." Natalie smiled.

"Lunatone!" Nightrise turned it's eyes up in a smirk.

I turned to my friends. "So, are we heading on?"

Ash nodded. "Yeah!"

Natalie stepped forward. "Listen, I would like to travel with you guys, but I'm gonna stick around and train a bit more. So how about we meet up later?"

We all nodded. "Sure!" We said in unison.

The four of us waved to Natalie and Nightrise as we walked out of the Battle Club.

"So, Cyllage City!" I said.

"Yeah! And our next Gym Badge!" Ash cheered.

I fist-pumped. "And let's visit as many Battle Clubs as possible!"

We all cheered as we ran off into the sunset together.

OCXY

Soon after our heroes left, a girl with purple hair and a Cyndaquil and a guy with a Chespin arrived at the Battle Club.

"This is a Battle Club, huh?" Liz said.

"Cynda?" Cano asked.

"I...guess so." Thomas mumbled.

"Chespiiiin!" Chespin cried.

As the two walked in they came face to face with a girl with a Lunatone.

Next Time: Special Chapter! Elliot and Froakie get lost in the bamboozling forest, where they meet Alan and Manon! When a bunch of other trainers who use Mega Evolution rock up as well! There's only one thing for it...EXTREMELLY OVERPOWERED FIGHTS!

And so this chapter is done, and Ash is the victor! Did you expect Ash to win? Did you think Spewpa would win her her round? What did you think overall? Say in a review, they do help! And I apologize for any bad grammar!

By the way, Leon belongs to Thegreatest777 and Natalie belongs to MoonBlazer, thanks you two!

Now to sign off! Bonnie?

Bonnie: Everyone! Get pokemon! And keep them too!