Episode 61: The Crashing Waves of Humilau
The final two chapters of this saga, the final pin of the region followed by a special chapter in the next, then off to Hoenn for the trio.
It had been a few days since Ash's victory against Iris, the trainer looked at the pin with a prod smile thinking about the battle that he had, "I guess I was lucky to have Salvia there when I needed her support," Ash reminded himself while putting the pin in the protective case with his other nine pins, it was then that he felt someone squashing his foot, "ouch, what the hell Madeline?" Ash asked while trying to hide the pain from the girls.
"You forgot me Ash," Madeline replied with Tepig still in her arms, puffing up her cheeks angered that Ash forgot that she was supporting him in the battle, "I was there to, hoping you would win, maybe next time I will support the opposing trainer," Madeline dictated causing the prince to scratch the back of his head with a nervous grin.
Salvia stood back seeing the two having a small argument, "well at least they are almost like family," Salvia whispered to herself while walking up to them, she placed her hands on the two trying to calm them down, "come on you two, we need to see how Marlon, Hilda and Hilbert are doing," Salvia told the two as they looked away crossing their arms, 'come on you two, Ash will be finished here and then we can head to Hoenn," Salvia said while trying to calm her husband and the girl down.
Madeline walked a head with her Tepig and Raichu following, "man it seems like I hit a nerve," Ash commented while watching the black haired girl walking off.
Salvia stood next to Ash and placed her right hand on her chin, "I think I know why she is upset, you haven't once thanked her for cheering, after all she looks up to you as a trainer," Salvia replied quietly.
"Now you make me feel guilty," Ash replied with a frown. Ash called out his vast white pokemon ready to take off towards the next city, "Madeline, come on, we can get to Humilau City faster with Reshiram," Ash told the girl quietly.
Madeline looked back and smiled at the trainer before turning back towards the exit of the city, "right, you want to finish this region off as soon as you can," Madeline replied with a smirk, she returned her gaze to Ash who nodded calmly.
The trio, Tepig and Raichu climbed onto the legendary pokemon and flew off towards the next city, "no wait Reshiram, can we head to Undella Town instead?" Ash asked his pokemon, the powerful white pokemon changed the flight path much to the surprise of the girls, "I remember something we need to see, it might be our only chance," Ash replied with a smile as he looked forward.
Salvia and Madeline looked at one another wondering what Ash was thinking, "I know you want to surprise us Ash, but can you make it less obvious?" Princess Salvia shrugged her shoulders while displaying a certain amount of displeasure at Ash's attempt in surprising her, "you forget that I know what you're thinking, so there is no need to hide it from me."
"Hmph, I should have known, we can read one another's thoughts," Ash submitted with a gentle smile, "I was hoping to surprise you by showing the Marine Tube, it takes less time to get to Humilau City," Ash explained to the royal while Madeline listened with intent.
"Why would you take the time to show us Ash?" Madeline questioned the prince of Sinnoh innocently.
The vast white pokemon continued on the flight path as the trainer began to think about what he had said earlier, "we haven't had the chance to see the sights of the region, we never had a break unless we went to the theme park in Nimbasa City," Ash commented while thinking back to what happened to Salvia's dad.
Salvia placed her right on her husband's shoulder and gentle rested her head on it, "I know you're thinking about what happened to my dad, it wasn't your fault Ash," Salvia assured the trainer softly.
"Yeah Ash, it was that nasty Chris and the Shadow Triad, they are to blame for what happened," Madeline boldly told Ash with her fists clenched.
"I know Madeline, I guess this journey has turned into a mess thanks to Chris," Ash remarked while placing his hand over Salvia's, he closed his eyes and remembered the journey so far, remembering the time Ash and Salvia were being chased by King Brian and his guards while fending off Chris and Alex at the same time, "we have been through so much since our journey started Salvia," Ash remarked while Madeline tilted her head.
"Yes we have and now with Madeline, it seems like we have a small family of our own," Salvia gently told Ash as the legendary started to descend to the ground. Salvia looked at the remains of the fortifications, "it has been so long since we were here last, this town seems deserted," Salvia said with immense guilt as tears started to flow from her eyes, "this is where dad told me to follow my heart," Salvia decreed as the legendary landed in the middle of the town.
(Flashback)
Brian walked towards the hospital where his daughter was staying, Salvia looked out the window to see her father walking in, "I guess, he seems to have been affected by Ash's disappearance as well, I can see that he trusts Ash," Salvia whispered to herself with a proud grin.
"Salvia, who are you talking to?" the little girl asked the royal.
Salvia turned around while placing her hand where her lung had partially collapsed, "no one, just thinking out loud," Salvia replied with a smile. The princess walked up to her bed and sat climbed on, she sat down and looked at the letter, "Madeline, I know what you think of my father, he will be coming to talk to me, do something to amuse yourself just as long as you don't get into too much trouble," Salvia told the girl with a smile.
"What are you? My mother?" Madeline asked the royal with a cheeky grin, "I promise not to do anything that would get me into trouble," Madeline promised but Salvia didn't realise that the little girl had crossed her fingers behind her back.
"She can be very mischievous, much like Ash," Salvia told herself as she opened the draws to get a photo out, she looked at it for a moment and started to smile, looking at the photo of Ash with his arm around her shoulder, his smile broad and a his left hand signally peace, "I miss you Ash, I want you back by my side," Salvia started to cry.
Salvia lifted her head to see her father enter the room, "I see you are still looking at that photo of you and Ash, I guess he means more to you than I imagined," Brian stated with pride, he moved towards the bed and sat next to his daughter, "I still can't believe he blamed himself for you getting sick," Brian said with a frown.
"It wasn't that dad, I think he was feeling the pressure of becoming the crown prince," Salvia retorted with a saddened expression.
"I guess that was my fault, getting captured led to what happened to Lady Delia, I don't think he has fully recovered from that," Brian stated wisely, before turning his attention to the photo, "you both seem really happy," Brian pointed out with joy.
"I know, this is something I miss so much, being happy to stand with Ash smiling and always enjoying one another's company," Salvia confessed with a tear falling down her cheeks.
"Salvia, my daughter, you have so much in life to look forward to, maybe I will let you have that freedom you seek, I am to blame for you escaping the palace anyway," Brian told his daughter with a smile as looked at the photo again, "follow what your heart tells you, I know full well where it will lead you," the king told his daughter with a grin, "and don't worry, Ash will be back." The king assured the bluenette with an assured smile. "Also this war with my brother might lead to an unfortunate event, if anything happens to me, your mother and I agreed to give you and Ash have the thrown, but she will continue to watch over it while you journey to become stronger, to become the woman you want to be," Brian explained while walking towards the exit of the room, "well I better see what that little demon is up to."
'Dad, Madeline isn't such a bad little girl, she is far from being what you call a demon,' Salvia thought to herself while laughing at herself, but knew that her father was right about Ash, "dad is right, you will come back to my side, where you belong," Salvia whisper with a proud grin, she placed her photo of Ash and her back in the draw and looked out the window, 'I guess my heart stays with Ash, now and forever,' Salvia reminded herself while placing her hand over her heart.
(Return from Flashback)
Ash looked around while Salvia saw the ruins of the hospital, "Salvia!" Ash called over to her, she ran into the destroyed hospital while Ash and Madeline chased after her, she walked into the room and spotted the draw set next to the bed she was sleeping in, 'she picks a fine time to do something she forgot,' Ash complained while going after his young wife.
Salvia reached into the draw to see the photo in the same spot, she picked it up and saw Ash approaching her, "you know something Ash, when I was looking at this photo, it reminded me of the days when we were happy," Salvia said while clutching the picture close to her heart, "but now I find you a little bitter, I want the old you back," Salvia requested while showing Ash the picture of him with his arm around her.
Salvia looked up to see a figure standing at the door of the room, "I want you and Ash to be happy," the figure said with a smile.
"Dad," Salvia whispered while looking at the familiar face, she walked pass the prince and towards the figure, "was that a ghost?" Salvia asked herself unsure of what was going on.
"Salvia, are you alright? You act like you have seen a ghost," Ash commented while his wife moved her hand towards the entrance of the room, Salvia turned around crying, "Salvia, I guess you're right I am a bitter person, I guess everything has built up over time, first my mom, then now I am still coming to terms with the loss of your father," Ash said while approaching the princess with his arms extended out, he placed his arms around the royal and embraced her with all his might, "alright I will do my best to be less bitter," Ash promised while Salvia placed her arms around the prince.
Salvia pulled back and walked towards the exit of the destroyed Hosiptal, "come on Ash, I want to see you win the next battle," Salvia commented with a smile, she wiped away the last of her tears looked over her shoulder to see her father's spirit stand next to Ash with his left hand on his shoulder, 'I guess, this is something he knew all along, I am happy with Ash,' Salvia thought while the figure disappeared from the room leaving Salvia to smile broadly, "I promise to become strong, like you Ash," Salvia stated as she exited the remains of the hospital.
'No Salvia, I just want you to be yourself,' Ash thought with a warm smile. The prince walked out of the room and followed his young wife towards the their next destination, he led the two girls towards a small building, Ash looked back to see the girls talking between themselves with Tepig in Madeline's grasp and Raichu walking next to them.
Ash smirked fondly at them as they stood next to him, Ash looked over his shoulder to see the Marine Tube building still standing and seemingly unscathed, "well Ash, are we going to enter?" Madeline asked the prince quietly.
Ash nodded and walked in quietly, followed by the two girls, entering the empty building Ash saw the entrance booth where they needed to pay to enter, "oh well it seems like no one is here," Salvia shrugged her shoulders, "if we can't pay then we cannot go through…" Salvia commented while watching her husband walk up to the gate, "what are you doing Ash?"
Ash looked over his shoulder with a cheeky grin, "well since no one is I think we should just go through without paying," Ash replied before jumping over the barrier.
"But Ash, that's against the law," Salvia returned in shock.
"So, is anyone here to prevent us from walking through the Marine Tube?" Ash questioned the shocked royal, she gasped at the trainers train of thought, she shrugged her shoulders and shook her head, "come on Salvia, if no one is here then it's free," Ash joked much to the displeasure of the princess.
"You better not be doing this all the time," Salvia commented with disdain, she walked up to the turnstile and tried to climb over, but before she could jump off she fell towards Ash, the trainer caught her before she could hurt herself, "that was your fault Ash," Salvia blamed the raven haired trainer with an angered expression.
"Why are you blaming me? I just stopped you from getting hurt," Ash responded with a playful tone, before seeing Madeline landing gracefully in front of him, "Madeline, how did you do that?" Ash asked the little girl.
"Well I was learning Gymnastics before I met you, and while you two were training some of your pokemon I was practicing," Madeline replied proudly. The girl walked up a head knowing that Ash and Salvia were going to take their time, 'always so lovey dovey, I think I am going to be sick,' Madeline thought while looking back to the royal couple staring lovingly into one another's eyes , the Hoenn native clenched her fists and started to grow angry at the married couple, "hurry up you two!"
Ash smiled warmly before placing Salvia onto the ground, he walked towards Madeline and messed her hair up much to her displeasure, "come on time to show you this awesome place," Ash proclaimed while walking a head.
"I can't believe he talked me into following him in this situation," Salvia whispered while pulling her photo out of her pocket, "you really are mischievous Ash, I never thought you would do this," Salvia silently told herself before looking back to see a ghostly figure standing at the marine tube entrance. The figure smiled as he started to disappear while Salvia nodded, 'Dad, I will follow my own path to becoming the queen of Sinnoh, I will rule it my way and unite the regions to live in harmony,' Salvia thought as she made a promise to her father before his spirit completely vanished, she quickly turned her attention to Ash and Madeline who were walking further away, "wait for me!" Salvia called out as she ran up to Ash.
After entering the Marine Tube Ash, Salvia and Madeline looked around in wonderment to find themselves in a large tube surrounded by water, "look at all the Mantines," Ash instructed the girls as he slowly walked further into the tube.
"Amazing, we are walking under the water," Salvia replied while large winged water pokemon swam around the tube. The princess walked slowly looking around in amazement at the sight that was around her, the reef that was swaying in the currents, the water type pokemon that were swimming in the water, "I can't believe we are seeing what is underwater," Salvia said with great surprise as she walked next to Ash still in awe at the sights around her.
Madeline placed her fire type pokemon on the ground allowing it to walk around on its own. "Wow Ash, I haven't seen anything like this even in Hoenn," Madeline stated in admiration, the girl admired the Marine Tube while walking towards the glass in order to see what the underwater world had.
"Madeline, be careful," Ash told the girl with a concerned tone.
"I will be fine," Madeline boasted while her Tepig timidly walked towards her, "you know Ash, you always said we missed out on seeing the sights of Unova, but I think we have seen something really amazing," the Hoenn native complimented Ash with pride, she walked up to Ash and Salvia, "to be honest, my family was always taking business trips, I never got the chance to make friends, but you two have been more than just friends to me," Madeline claimed while taking her necklace from her pocket, "you two have showed me so much from this region, I want to continue travelling with you," Madeline stated with pride as she opened up the heart shape locket.
"You don't need to ask," Ash told Madeline happily, he turned his attention to Salvia and nodded, Ash walked a head with a tear sliding down his face, 'I cannot believe the things all three of us have lost is all because of Chris,' Ash thought while the girls followed him towards the other end of the tube.
"Don't worry Ash, we will stop Chris, and I know what you might have to do in order to save Lady Delia," Salvia said with a solemn tone.
"I should know better than to try and hide things from you, yeah you're right, I might have to end up…. No there has to be another way," Ash said while shaking his head.
'It's hard for Ash to accept that he might have to kill his own mother in order to save her, but I must support him no matter what,' Salvia thought while keeping her eyes fixated on her husband, she knew that Ash was having a difficult time accepting the task that he would have to take, it wasn't what he wanted, the silence between Ash and Salvia, "come on Ash, I will follow whatever road you decide, but you always taught me not to hesitate in the choices that you make," Salvia assured the prince.
"So why are you hiding the fact that we are already king and queen of Sinnoh?" Ash asked with a smug expression.
"I didn't want you to feel the pressure of being a leader Ash, you need to grow into that role, making tough choices is what makes a great leader," Salvia explained quietly as Madeline tried to say something but she knew it was best not to interfere with Salvia, "I think I saw the spirit of my dad a few times, I can't quite explain it but I think he is making sure everything is alright," Salvia remarked while grabbing the picture of her and Ash together, "this is the thing I miss the most Ash, the times when we were always happy to be around one another, now I feel that every time you smile, you don't mean it," Salvia stated while Ash looked to the ground knowing that Salvia was right about everything she was saying to him.
Ash started to chuckle a little as he grabbed Salvia's hand, "you're right, I was thinking too much, I wanted to prove to your dad that I was able to look after you and take on all the responsibility he was going to leave me," Ash professed with a sigh.
"But you were losing a personal battle right, I just want you to be yourself, everything will come naturally, you will fit the role of the king, I have faith in you," Salvia said while pushing her husband's hand away, she walked passed him and placed her hand on his left shoulder, "come on Ash, you have another pin to earn," Salvia encouraged Ash confidently.
"I started out teaching you a lot of stuff about this world, now I think the roles have reversed," Ash stated with a proud grin, he looked over to Salvia and placed his hand on the royal's he sweetly smiled at her, causing her to breathe a sigh of relief.
Madeline walked up to them and placed her hands on her hips, "I want to see Ash battle against Marlon now!" Madeline demanded furiously.
About thirty minutes later the trio had exited the Marine Tube and started to get the feel of the tropical breeze, the palm trees and the people walking around, "I guess the people are starting to feel better after the war," Salvia commented with a sense of satisfaction.
The prince closed his eyes for a moment and started feel the breeze blowing in his face and the sound of the crashing waves on the sure line, "I will face Marlon and win, then we will head to Castelia City to head off to Hoenn, there we will find a way to stop Chris," Ash told the princess as calmly as he possibly could.
"Yeah and I will support you," Salvia replied with great eagerness.
"And I will support Marlon," Madeline retorted with a sly grin.
"Oh man, that's not fair," Ash returned with slight disappointment.
"Well it seems that my next challenger is here, I could hear you guys a mile away," the gym leader of the city told Ash, Salvia and Madeline, "I am up for the challenge, it will be a battle best four out of six battle, the trainer with the most wins, will be declared the victor, if you win, you will obtain the Flood Pin," Marlon explained with a carefree tone, he led the trio to the gym.
"Hold on guys I need to go to the Pokemon Center," Ash stated before running off towards the red roofed building.
Salvia immediately knew what was going on , 'he wants to change his pokemon around,' Salvia thought knowingly.
After about ten minutes of waiting Ash emerged from the Pokemon Center placing two pokeballs on his belt, "alright, now I am ready," Ash confirmed quickly. Ash followed the gym leader to his gym to participate in the last battle of the region.
The group entered the gym building to see the main area filled with water, Ash looked around to see small islands dotting the battlefield, "so he will be battling on a water field," Salvia noted while looked over with concern, but then she looked over to see Ash with a more than confident smile on his face, "he knew that this was going to happen," Salvia whispered while Ash took to the podium ready to face his opponent.
"So Ash, are you ready to face the final challenge of the region?" Marlon asked with a smile, the blue haired gym leader picked one of his pokeballs and threw it out towards the battlefield, "Swampert, it's time to battle," Marlon called out a large blue pokemon with two dark blue fins on his head and a dark blue tail, the pokemon roared out ready to face whatever pokemon Ash had in store for it, "well Ash, show me what you've got," Marlon demanded with a confident grin.
"Very well, time to show you what I am really made of, Lapras, I choose you," Ash called for a large blue water pokemon with a large shell on its back.
"When did Ash get that pokemon?" Salvia wondered while Madeline looked on in shock.
"I recaptured Lapras, about three years ago," Ash replied with a smirk, "start things off with Dragon Pulse," Ash called for the first attack of the round.
"Jump into the water," Marlon retorted quickly.
Swampert dove into the water and avoided the powerful attack from, "okay, let's see how this is going to go, Lapras follow Swampert," Ash instructed his water pokemon, Lapras dove into the water and started chasing after the mud fish pokemon, "attack with Horn Drill," Ash called out to his pokemon confidently.
A large drill like feature appeared from the horn of Lapras, the ice type pokemon charged towards the opposing pokemon, but Swampert dodged the attack easily, "alright, now counter with Hammer Arm," Marlon ordered calmly.
"Dodge it now Lapras," Ash instructed his pokemon in a hurried tone. The transport pokemon moved quickly but was still hit by the glowing arm of the ground type pokemon, Ash's pokemon jumped out of the water with Swampert following it, "attack with Ice Beam," Ash commanded ina panicked manner, Lapras spun around and formed a ball of ice in its mouth, it fired the attack directly at the mud fish pokemon, dealing great damage to the opposing pokemon, "yes," Ash celebrated as the water type crashed onto one of the small islands dotting the battlefield.
Swampert got back to its feet, and looked up to see the Lapras landing on the water's surface, "wow, he is really good, Swampert attack with Hydro Pump," the gym leader ordered his pokemon as calmly as possible, the mud fish pokemon unleashed a powerful torrent of water, the steady stream approached the transport pokemon, before Ash could react the water crashed into Lapras, but it stayed on the spot mot flinching from the attack, "no way, it seems like Lapras has the Water Absorb ability," Marlon stated in shock.
"Now attack with Psychic," Ash counted quickly with supreme confidence, a strange aura surrounded the ground type sending it flying towards the wall.
Marlon watched in shock as his pokemon slammed into the wall, "seems like you have the first round Ash," Marlon submitted as he recalled his pokemon from the battle, Ash followed suit recalling his pokemon from the battle, "alright, time to start the second round, Gyrados let's go," Marlon called for his second pokemon.
'I want to save Raichu for later, so that means I will need another pokemon,' Ash thought while picking his next pokeball for the battle against, Ash looked at the pokeball and wondered for a moment "Gengar, I choose you," Ash called for his next pokemon to battle Marlon, the purple red eyed pokemon stood ready to face off against the water type pokemon.
"A ghost type pokemon, alright, Gyrados attack with Crunch," Marlon commanded his large blue serpentine pokemon with conviction.
"Gengar dodge the attack, then counter with Shadow Ball," Ash commanded his ghost pokemon, Gengar leapt into the air and formed a ball of energy, Gyrados crashed into the small island with it's fangs reaching outwards, the island crumbled into the water while the shadow pokemon threw the sphere at the atrocious pokemon.
"Now attack with Hydro Pump," the blue haired gym leader ordered, the water/flying pokemon lifted its head up and fired a blast of water at Gengar.
"Alright Gengar, dodge the attack, then use Hypnosis," Ash replied calmly.
The hovering ghost type pokemon easily dodged the attack but while sending a hypnotic wave towards the water type pokemon, "Dive now Gryados!" Marlon hurried his order. The water type pokemon quickly enter the water barely missing the ghost types attack, Ash gritted his teeth knowing that hitting Gyrados would now be a difficult task, "so what will you do now Ash?" Marlon asked coolly.
"Gengar, show them your Thunderbolt," Ash quickly countered much to the horror of Marlon. The shadow pokemon unleashed a powerful blast of electricity at the water causing arches of lightning to bounces around over the water.
"Gyrados no!" Marlon yelled out in shock as his pokemon started floating over the water with bits of lightning bouncing off of its large body paralysed from the devastating attack.
"Wow Ash is really good, he is only a battle away from making it impossible to lose," Madeline complimented with a grin, "yes Ash you can do it!" Madeline cheered loudly knowing that Ash was at a distinct advantage in the battle.
"Yeah that's it Ash, show him what you can do!" Salvia cheered while watching the trainers recall their respective pokemon from the battle, she watched Ash and Marlon pull out their next pokeballs ready to call out their next pokemon, "I wonder who they will chose next," Salvia whispered to herself quietly.
"Swanna, let's go," Marlon called for his white flying water pokemon.
Ash smirked with Pokaball in hand, "Pidgeot, I choose you," Ash called for his third pokemon.
"Another of his older pokemon," Salvia commented with a smile.
Marlon smiled knowing that this battle was about to become interesting, "well flying types, I usually specialize in water type pokemon, so I don't mind trying something I don't normally do," marlon stated while his water type pokemon got ready to face off against the brown winged pokemon with a red and yellow head-crest. "Start things off with Scald," Marlon said issuing his command for the third round of the battle.
"Pidgeot, dodge the attack with Aerial Ace," Ash countered with a confident grin. Ash watched his pokemon dodging the attacks easily while Swanna continued to use Scald on the dodging flying type pokemon.
'Great, I cannot get near Swanna,' Ash thought while his pokemon flew around the arena dodging the hot water, "alright, use Aerial Ace to attack," Ash commended with growing impatience.
"Ash what are you doing?" Salvia asked in shock as the flying type pokemon flew closer to the attack water type pokemon.
"Alright Swanna, now attack with Brave Bird," Marlon ordered with assurance, Swanna quickly stopped the attack and then gained a blue aura and flew towards the bird pokemon, the two pokemon collided in the middle of the battlefield.
"He rushed into an attack that he should have waited for," Salvia commented silently as Pidgeot crashed into the water, Ash looked at his pokemon now knowing that his mistake could cost him the round, "now his pokemon is an easy target," Salvia whispered as the flying type slowly got out of the water.
"Use Scald again Swanna," Marlon ordered in a carefree manner. As Pidgeot flew out of the water a hot stream of water crashed into the trainer's pokemon sending it back into the water, "Ash, there is no way you can win this round," Marlon stated calmly.
"You're right," Ash replied with a frown, "but I am not about to let this round go down without a fight," Pidgeot, fly out of the water, then use Aerial Ace," Ash replied with a smirk.
"I was taught this trick by Skyla, Swanna use Aqua Ring," Marlon stated while instructing his powerful pokemon, rings of water formed around the flying type pokemon defending it from the incoming attacker, Pidgeot crashed into the barrier not dealing much damage to the white pokemon, "now finish it with Scald," Marlon ordered calmly.
Swanna fire a stream of hot water at the flying pokemon dealing significant damage to it, Pidgeot landed back in the water unable to battle in against Swanna, "oh great, I guess this battle is far from over," Ash complained while recalling his pokemon from the battle.
Marlon recalled his pokemon and got ready to call out his next one, "Wailord, it's time to battle," the gym leader called for his largest pokemon in the team.
"This will be interesting, Raichu, I choose you," Ash called for his partner pokemon to battle against the much larger pokemon, Ash looked down at his feet seeing the water enveloping his shoes, "oh this is great, I cannot use Thunderbolt," Ash complained while Marlon grinned at the trainer.
"Start things of with Water Spout," Marlon issued his command. The water master's pokemon started to glow light blue preparing a large burst of water to attack Ash's Raichu with.
"Alright, counter with Electro Ball," Ash called for his attack. A ball of electricity formed in the tail of his partner pokemon, he threw the electrically charged sphere at the large blue pokemon but it was pushed back by a large column of water, the water slammed into the electric mouse dealing significant damage, "in one hit, my Raichu was almost knocked out," Ash hissed while his partner pokemon got back to his feet, panting after the attack. Ash closed his eyes knowing that there wasn't much he could do here, 'a good leader makes tough choices,' Ash reminded himself while opening his eyes to glare at his opponent.
"What are you thinking Ash?" Marlon asked unsure of what Ash will do next.
"No Ash, don't do it!" Salvia screamed out in horror.
Ash looked back and smiled broadly at the princess; he turned his attention back to the battle and nodded at his Raichu, "Raichu attack with Thunderbolt."
"No he woud be taking a large amount of voltage if it connects with Wailord," Marlon stated while Raichu charged up for his attack, he unleashed a powerful burst of electricity on the float whale pokemon dealing a great amount of damage, the electricity flowed through the water hitting Ash at the same time, the trainer screamed out as the electricity leapt from his body, "he knew what was going to happen," Marlon stated in disbelief knowing that Ash had planned it all along.
"Ash!" Salvia screamed out before running to the prince, she tried to approach him but the sparks prevented her from getting closer, she looked up to see Wailord falling in the battle, "he knew this was going to happen," Salvia remarked as she placed her arms around Ash also taking some of the electricity, "you're one crazy person Ash," Salvia commented before being pushed back by the electricity.
Ash fell to his feet with a broad grin, "it worked," Ash stated while looking up, panting after the merciless attack, he started to laugh while recalling his pokemon from the battlefield, "that was totally worth it," Ash commented knowing that he had won the third round of the battle, he looked over his shoulder to see Salvia getting back to her feet, annoyed at Ash for doing something so reckless, he burst out into laughter as the remaining sparks of electricity dissipated, "no need to be so upset," Ash remarked while Marlon recalled his pokemon allowing for the water to recede.
"What you did was so reckless Ash, don't ever do it again," Salvia retorted with her fists clenched, 'but it was great to see that cheeky smile again,' Salvia admitted to herself before getting back to her seat.
"Salvia, why did you do something that reckless?" Madeline asked with a worried expression.
Salvia turned her attention to Madeline, "if Ash killed himself just to win a battle, I would be really sad, and you would lose someone you look up to," Salvia replied while Ash pulled out his next pokeball, "he is going to finish this battle off now," Salvia acknowledged while staring Ash's determined expression.
"Mantine, let's get back into this battle," Marlon called for his fifth pokemon.
"Time to end this battle, Darkrai, I choose you," Ash called for his fifth pokemon, Marlon looked at the pitch-black pokemon knowing that he was going to be in for a difficult battle, "I left my two legendries with me," Ash professed with a confident grin.
"Darkrai, this is going to be a hard battle," Marlon told himself while he started to shake in fear, "Mantine, attack with Wing Attack," Marlon instructed his water type pokemon.
"Darkrai, attack with Dark Pulse," Ash calmly commanded his pokemon. The dark type pokemon fired a wave of dark energy towards the water type pokemon, the attack connected before Mantine could land the attack, Mantine crashed in the water while Darkrai was hovering over the last parts of land that dotted the battlefield.
"Not bad, Mantine attack with Ice Beam," Marlon told his pokemon.
As the frigid attack formed in the kite pokemon's mouth, Ash nodded at Darkrai, "use Dark Void," Ash ordered quickly, forming a ball of darkness the dark type dispersed the attack in every direction hitting the water type forcing it to fall asleep. The orbs of darkness missed everyone, with one flying passed Ash's head, he didn't flinch knowing that it was time to finish the battle, "end it now with Dream Eater," Ash called for the final battle of the round, Darkrai started to glow purple with Mantine writhing in pain from the attack, after the attack finished Ash knew that Mantine was completely finished yet, "fine Darkrai finish this battle with Shadow Ball," Ash ordered quickly.
Just as the tired water type woke up from the devastating combo attack it was hit by a powerful shadowy orb, knocking it out of the battle giving Ash the victory in the battle, "amazing, he commands a legendary pokemon so easily," Marlon stated with a proud expression, he recalled his pokemon, the battle was over, winning only one round against Ash, "amazing, most battles I have with other challengers take another battle, but you won on your first attempt," Marlon complimented the trainer as he handed him a small blue pin.
Ash politely took the pin and smiled at it proudly, "thanks Marlon for the great battle," Ash thankfully told the gym leader; he opened his pin case and placed his eleventh pin inside.
Marlon looked at the case and nodded, "well I guess that means you will be off to Hoenn or Sinnoh," Marlon stated with confidence.
"I am heading to Hoenn with Madeline and Salvia," Ash replied while looking towards the cheering girls, he smiled as he walked towards them, "thanks for the support Madeline and Saliva," Ash appreciatively remarked while Madeline brightly grinned at her friend.
"No problem Ash, you're a strong trainer," Madeline praised the trainer in a joyous tone, she crossed her arms and smirked at the trainer, "now that wasn't so hard to thank me for supporting you in your battles," Madeline stated with a cheeky tone.
Ash nodded before looking back towards Marlon but found that he wasn't there, "okay Madeline And Salvia, time to head to Hoenn, for the next part of our journey," Ash decreed with a smirk, ready to take on the next part of his challenge, the trio walked out of the gym and towards the Pokemon Center to help Ash's team recover.
Salvia sat at the table waiting for Ash to return, she was politely eating her food, she watched as the trainer walked back with a large serving of food, "Ash, are you serious? I can't even eat all of that food," Salvia questioned her husband in disbelief.
Ash sat down with a playful grin, "yep, I intend to eat every morsel on this plate, bowl and another plate, then it will be desert afterwards," Ash replied blissfully as the princess watched him eating his food.
"Of course, but when we reach Hoenn, we will camp outside under the stars and I will make sure you have a balanced diet, I will also have to teach you how to cook," Salvia commented while Ash continued to eat his food, Salvia noticed a small bot of food near the prince's mouth, "you also need to learn how to eat properly to," Salvia stated while leaning in with a napkin, she wiped the food away with Madeline watching with her hand covering her forehead, "now Ash, I should teach you some table manners, because how can I let you live in the palace without eating cleanly?" Salvia questioned him as she fell back into her seat to watch him eat his food again, only to repeat what she was doing earlier, "eat slowly Ash."
Ash looked up with an innocent look with pasta sauce covering his chin, "but…mmph, I …..need," Ash started while Salvia shook her head in shock at his lack of etiquette at the table, Ash swallowed his food, with a slurp of the pasta, "I need to recharge my batteries after all I was hit by a Thunderbolt," Ash finished his sentence while Salvia closed her eyes in shock.
"Messy eater, and talks with his mouth full, didn't your mother teach you anything?" Salvia asked as she leant in to clean the prince's face, before Salvia was able to move back to her seat Madeline pushed her causing her to fall onto Ash, the two looked over to Madeline who was laughing at the royal couple, 'geez my dad was right, she can be a little demonic,' Salvia thought as the girl continued to laugh at them.
"Come on you two, we need to head off to Hoenn, I want to see my home region," Madeline stated with a cheeky grin while her Tepig started laughing at the duo, "oh and there is one more thing, oh right, you two need to adopt me," Madeline openly told the duo who were ignoring her words, "hey are you two listening to me?" Madeline asked in vexation, she clenched her fists and turned around knowing that there was now no getting to them.
"I have a lot to teach you, no being reckless, table manners and how to be a father figure to Madeline," Salvia sweetly decreed while looking into Ash's eyes.
"Oh great, so now, I have to deal with you teaching me stuff," Ash replied with a sigh, but before he could say a thing Salvia embraced him, "alright, teach me everything you need to teach me," Ash submitted nervously as the princess moved back.
She gazed into his eyes and nodded appreciatively, "good, we will start to second day after we make it to Hoenn."
The final battle of Unova is completed, in a dominating performance by Ash, the next chapter will be a little shorter and will happen a couple of months later on Salvia's eighteenth birthday, due to guidelines I will not be able to do what I had intended but oh well, I hope you enjoy the Unova Finale.
Next time episode 62: New Turn of events.
AN: this series will end with a double release, please enjoy both chapter and review them, hope to see you all in the fourth saga.