Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or the concept for Aura Bond. Pokemon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri and Aura Bond I believe was first used by dragonwolf12 on his story 'The Chosen One's Journey'. I only own the plot.


It was three weeks after the ordeal with Team Rocket at Mt. Moon that Ash found himself entering Cerulean City. The city was very colorful with buildings of all sizes and shapes, littering long streets that stretched wide. People waved at him merrily and pointed at Riolu and Pikachu as he passed by, and he waved back, a little more subdued than the enthusiastic greeting from the people here but it was still enough to be friendly.

As he made his way towards the Pokemon Center, Ash thought about the last three weeks and just how productive they had been. Pikachu had managed to increase so much his output of electricity that Ash was sure he only needed perhaps one month before he reached the maximum his current stated would let him but it was enough to perform Thunder and maybe unlock his egg move Volt Tackle. Pikachu had also gotten accustomed to his fighting style and Ash had to just give him general instructions the he would follow to come up with a win.

Riolu had also eased more into his fighting style and had also picked up Agility for sparring so much with Pikachu and Scyther. According to him, he just only needed to prove himself against powerful fighter types before he felt he was ready to let himself evolve. He had also been gradually increasing his aura reserves so they would grow even more when he evolved into a Lucario. Riolu had never lost a battle since they had parted from Pallet and he and Ash were planning on keeping it like that.

Scyther had also comfortable on using his fighting style of tiring opponents out and then fight them head one only for him to confuse them with his fast and quick thought misdirection and precise strikes. He had steadily gotten faster and faster. So much that he was capable of leaving three after images and running on top of the water without the use of Aura. That was going to be very useful on their gym battle later. Scyther had only lost twice: to a magmar and to a particularly powerful Electabuzz.

Nidoran had also grown so much that Ash was sure that he was close to evolving that with one or two more fights he would get that little push. They still didn't know what special ability the unlocking of his Aura had given him other than making his physical attacks stronger but Ash was sure that when he evolved they would find out. Nidoran had only learned Dig as a new move since Ash considered that it was enough with that until he evolved.

Pidgeotto managed to master Tailwind two days after leaving Mt. Moon and it took her four more days to mix it up with Quick Attack and agility. It took her another week to get proficient enough on manipulating the air currents around her with aura but when she mixed all of those abilities she was the fastest member of the team, no questions asked. She was so fast that she could misplace the air if she flew for in a straight line for long enough. Thanks to her new found speed, she hasn't lost a battle yet. Ash had asked his mother to sent him the TM for steel wing and aerial ace just for her.

Gyarados had also grown a lot even if she didn't that. She had complete mastery over Ice Beam, Thunderbolt and Flamethrower and could fire them repeatedly all over the place without tiring herself and it took her two weeks to get on that level. She had also found out how to fly using her Aura but she couldn't gather the amount to lift her up more than five feet of the ground for more than ten seconds. They were now working on upping her reserves of Aura. She had only lost to the same powerful Electabuzz that managed beat Scyther but other than that she had won every battle she had been in, which had been surprisingly a lot.

But Ash knew that it was now when he was going to find real and tough trainers since it was here were the real challenges where. The west part of Kanto only had the Viridian City Gym and the leader, Giovanni, was so vicious that most trainers tended to avoid him, that, and he only accepted challengers that had seven badges. Ash had made the promise to himself that he was only going to partake in the conference this year if he managed to beat Giovanni. He had more than ten months to get up to that level and he was not going to waste any time.

Ash reached the Pokemon Center and he only stayed enough to get a room and an envelop containing the new TM's his mother had sent for him from Nurse Joy and leave everything on his room except for his pokeballs. Doing all that took twenty minutes at the most and he was out of the healing center and looking for Gym, following the instructions on the GPS apps of his X-Transceiver to get there as quickly as he could.

The Gym was at the edge of the city, one a grassy field that could be probably seen from any spot on the city that was high enough to look over all the building or it was at a right angle that no building obstructed its view. The Gym itself was slightly more impressive than Brock's. It was shaped like a dome painted yellow and pink, with waves going around it and a dewgong made of concrete right in the middle. Under the dewgong was a sign that read 'Cerulean City Gym'. He shared a nod with Pikachu and Riolu before stepping inside.

He walked up to the very pretty receptionist who smiled at him cheerily. "Are you here for the Water Ballet?" She asked in a a voice that matched her smile and general disposition.

Ash and his two Pokemon cocked their heads to the side in a eerie similar manner as they gave her equally confused looks. She giggled. "Water ballet? Isn't this the Cerulean City Gym?" Ash asked with confusion permanent on his voice as he stared at the girl.

The girls seemed a little nervous under his stare and she blushed before looking to the side, making Ash raise an eyebrow at her. "Ummm… well, Daisy, Violet and Lily give water shows to whoever wants to come and watch to get their Pokemon warmed up for Gym battles. We actually use it as a second income for the workers here. Would you like a ticket? The show is actually pretty good!" She said in a chipper tone, her face and voice back to normal but she refused to look at him in the eye.

That was strange. He ignored the snickering of his pokemon as he shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah. Sure. Why not? Might was well do something as I wait for the gym battle. Is there anyone else scheduled ahead of me?" He asked her as she handed him a ticket and he used his pokedex to send the sum of money into the Gym account.

She shook her head, still not meeting his eyes. "No. Most trainers ask when they show will be over so they could come and fight the Gym Leader but since you are going to see the ballet you'll get a preference," she said, looking up at him and then looking down back at the desk quickly.

Ash decided to ignore her strange behavior as he waved at her and made his way towards the main area. "Well, thanks for helping me," he said over his shoulder before he disappeared behind the doors.

The receptionist watched him go before sighing and letting her head fall harshly on the desk. "I'll never get a boyfriend if I keep getting nervous whenever a cute boy looks at me in the eye…" she muttered despondently.

Ash's eyes widened when he stepped into the main area of the gym. He spotted almost one hundred people sitting on the oval shaped stands, surrounding an enormous pool full of water that he could see was slightly bigger than the standard arena issued by the League for official battles but he was sure that it was extremely deep, since after a while he could only see darkness.

He stayed on the upper stands and Pikachu and Riolu sat at his side. It only passed a few more minutes before the lights darkened and many spotlights began to illuminate the pool and that was when Ash saw them. He was sure that his face was redder than that of the receptionist from before as he laid eyes on the three gorgeous girls that started to perform very intricate and graceful movements and flips on the pool with the aid of many water pokemon such as starmie, seel, dewgong, tentacool, seaking, seadra and one massive Gyarados that was even bigger than his own.

While the pokemon and the show were indeed impressive, Ash was more focused on the three teenage girls. One had golden blond hair and was wearing a blue bikini that accentuated her very voluptuous and well proportioned body, another had blue hair, which seemed to be natural since her eyebrows also were blue, and while not as voluptuous as the blond she had wider hips and a more fit figure. The last one had dark pink hair and while she was petit on the chest area, her hips were as wide as the ones belonging to the bluenette and her ass was the biggest.

Ash shook his head of such thoughts before he began to patiently wait for the act to end. It took about thirty minutes before everyone was clapping and shouting congratulations and compliments at the crew of human girls and water pokemon, who were waving at the crowd merrily. Ash waited for another ten minutes for everyone else to leave before he went down the stand and into the pool area and approached them.

He blushed. They were even more beautiful up close. He cleared his throat and gained their attention. The red haired and blue haired girl zeroed their eyes on pikachu and Riolu for a second before squealing and scooping them up, pressing them into their bosoms.

"Oh my god they are so cute! Don't you think so, Violet?" said the one with red hair as she continue to press Pikachu into her bust. Pikachu seemed to be enjoying it as he purred and rubbed his head against her.

"They certainly are, Lily!" Answered the blue haired one, Violet, as she did the same to Riolu who was actually blushing and struggling, albeit halfheartedly, to get out of her clutches. He seemed to sigh before shrugging and settled for enjoying the hug.

The blond haired one chuckled as she shook her head fondly. "Pardon my sisters. They always get, like, super excited when they see cute pokemon and that Pikachu and Riolu certainly fill the bill on that department," she explained with some exasperation before looking at him up and down. Her smile widened before crossing her arms under her bust, pushing her big breasts further and they looked like they were about to burst out of her bikini top. "And what can I do for you, cutie? Autograph time has ended."

Ash averted his eyes quickly but blushed at the knowing smile and mirthful eyes which she was looking at him with. "Ummm, well, I actually came here for a Gym Battle but the receptionist at the front told me that there was a water show first before you were taking challengers. It was very impressive by the way and I see that it takes a lot of time, training and coordination to pull off those maneuvers," complimented Ash as he rubbed the back of his head.

Daisy smirked at him. "Well, I'm glad you liked it and since you stayed to watch the show then you are going to be the first challenger of the day. How many badges do you have and for how long had you been a trainer?"

"I've got one badge and I began my journey and a half a month ago in Pallet Town," said Ash as took discreet glances at her and her sisters, which apparently they noticed since they were looking at him knowingly. They didn't seem bothered by them though.

Daisy hummed before nodding her head. "I believe a two on two, individual battles would suffice for me to tell if you are ready to earn the Cascade badge," she said before looking at Violet and Lily, who were still gushing at Pikachu and Riolu. "Give him back his pokemon you two. We are going to have a battle. What's your name by the way?" She inquired.

"Ash Ketchum," he replied as he too gave Pikachu and Riolu a look.

Violet and Lily seemed disappointed but funnily enough, Pikachu and Riolu seemed even more disappointed as they moved away from the two girls and approached Ash, taking their respective position near their trainer. The three sisters walked across the pool and stood at the opposite end of it in front of Ash. Daisy clapped her hands and suddenly, white, solid looking platforms emerged from within the pool and littered its surface, floating lazily.

Daisy picked up one of the pokeballs that was at the edge of the pool of where she was standing and released one of the seadra that participated on the water show. A rumbling sound was heard from deep within its chest as it glared at Ash but its eyes were warm. Ash regarded the creature for a moment and decided to release Scyther on one of the platforms. Seadra were incredibly fast one water so he needed to counter that speed with something even faster. When scyther was revealed, Daisy's smile widened as her sister's eyes grew. It seemed like they were expecting him to own a Scyther with only a month and a half time as a trainer under his belt.

Daisy cocked her curvy hip to the side and rested one hand on it. "Seadra, darling, use smokescreen and then water gun. Don't let up," she said with a smile and gleaming eyes. She knew that this was going to be a very good and close fight and she was not going to make it easy for him.

Ash watched as Seadra's half of the pool was covered in black smoke and his vision of it was obstructed. "Dodge the water guns. Use the platforms," said Ash calmly, crossing his arms over his chest. Scyther nodded and began to use quick attack and agility to enhance his perception, reaction time and speed.

Suddenly, a blast of pressurized water was shot directly at Scyther's front but the mantis pokemon quickly jumped to an adjacent platform, evading the attack completely. A second later another blast was fired and Scyther dodged that one in the same manner by jumping back to the previous platform. A blast was shot at an angle from Scyther's right and he was forced to jump towards a platform that was further away to the left.

A minute later an ash realized that they had reached an stalemate. Scyther was too fast for seadra to hit but Seadra's attacks were also too fast and to precise and unpredictable for Scyther to counter attack by closing in. It seemed that they needed to another approach. Ash stared at Scyther as he jumped from platform to platform evading the blast of water coming from different angles and places of the smokescreen.

They needed to get rid of that first. As he watched Scyther move so fast from one platform to the other that he created an afterimage, he got an idea. "Double team when in the air and go up," said Ash quietly enough so only Scyther could hear him. He heard him loud and clear because the next time he was forced to jump, he split into many copies of himself that landed on all seven platforms that littered the side of the pool that was not covered in black smoke.

It seemed like his plan to confuse seadra worked since the blasts of water stopped for almost five seconds before they began a new and where fired at each of the Scyther's copies, dispelling them when they contacted. He grinned when he heard Daisy's next command. "It's up there. Reach it with whirlpool!" Ash looked up to see Scyther hovering almost thirty feet above them, looking down at the cloud of smoke.

Said cloud of smoke began to dissipate as the effort to maintain it was instead directed into forming a whirlpool at the middle of the pool it grew until it began to pull the platforms before, with a deep rumble, Seadra launched it at the airborne Scyther at grater speeds that the one used by the girl's staryu a month ago. Ash didn't bother to usher a command. Scyther knew that he needed to evade the wide vortex of water and what to do next.

Scyther narrowed his eyes before he began to descend at high speeds, seemingly attempting to meet the vortex of water head on but at the last moment he did a corkscrew and spun along its length, evading it completely. This was thanks to his usage of agility and quick attack. When he was halfway down, Scyther stopped glowing with the power of those techniques and disappeared in a wrapping of dark, black energy.

Ash grinned and the eyes of the three sisters eyes' widened when Scyther appeared next to Seadra in the same warping of dark energy, who also widened its eyes when he saw his opponent standing on the water before it was hit with a glowing white rising blade that forced it out of the water before it was hit by another one that was coming down and sent it flying towards one of the walls. That grin, however, turned into a scowl when Seadra launched an ice beam that hit Scyther one the wing and the chest and also sent his pokemon flying.

Both pokemon hit the wall, cracking them slightly, and were rendered unconscious. Seadra had directly hit by two of Scyther's slash attacks, which were very strong on their own and they were enhanced by pursuit. Scyther had been hit by a super effective attack that caused four times the damage due to his double typing as a bug type and flying type and he also hit the wall quite hard. Ash returned him with a frown but congratulated him earnestly. That Seadra was very experienced and it had a terrain advantage but they still had room to improve.

"Don't be too hard on it and on yourself, Ash." He looked up to see Daisy returning her unconscious pokemon before setting it down its pokeball after whispering some words to it and then picked another one up. "Seadra hit your scyther by pure luck. This was your win," she said before smirking. "But the next one is not going to be as easy! Starmie!" She then released a purple star with ten 'limbs' and a bigger jewel on its center. It made a weird, deep squealing sound before it began to float above the water.

Ash considered it for a moment. He knew that it was capable of learning electric attacks and he didn't want to risk it with pidgeotto so he looked at the rodent on his shoulder. "You are up body. This should be easy enough."

Pikachu nodded. "Finally is my turn!" Was heard through the bond before Pikachu jumped from Ash's shoulder and into one of the platforms, his cheeks sparking as he glared challengingly at the star fish pokemon.

Ash quickly analyzed the situation and he knew that he had a slight advantage with Pikachu. Starmie couldn't go into the water since that would spell the end of the fight for it. That was one major issue he could ignore but there was the thing with Starmie's powerful psychic attacks and how versatile they could be. They needed to tread lightly here and play it safe. There was no use on being reckless and lose the battle before it started.

"Thunderbolt! And keep them going," he said with a smirk on his face. Pikachu was surrounded by a clacking yellow aura before a wide arc of electricity was fired wuth pin point accuracy at the starfish pokemon. Pikachu had made his attacks so strong now that he could smell burnt ozone when Pikachu used his electric attacks. Also, the hairs of his arms and the back of his neck would stand up and his skin would tingle.

"Rapid spin! Then water pulse!" commanded Daisy with a flourish of her arm that would've made anyone else, except maybe for he sisters, look ridiculous but it somehow suited her. Starmie complied with the order immediately, spinning rapidly out of the way of Pikachu's attack, which collided with the pool and electrified it, and then it formed a blue sphere made of swirling water with a white core and launched it at Pikachu.

Ash didn't have to say anything as Pikachu jumped into the air and in the span of two seconds formed a ball at the tip of his tail of similar size but it was colored black with a shining white core and thin arcs of lightning running across it. The two attacks collided at the middle of the pool, and the electric attack destabilized the energy on the water sphere and it resulted on the two techniques collapsing and exploding into many electrified thick drops of water that fell into the pool.

"Psybeam!"

Ash watched as Starmie's gem glowed with a lot of colors before firing an arching beam composed of those colors at Pikachu, who jumped to another platform to avoid being hit by the attack. Ash noticed that the platform was destroyed when the psybeam hit it and his eyes widened when the process was repeated. Their plan was to leave Pikachu without footing so he could be easy picking for Starmie's psychic attack later. They needed to do something now.

"Agility and quick attack into Iron Tail," Ash shouted just when Pikachu landed on one of the platforms at the other side of the pool and Starmie was already charging another psybeam. Pikachu abruptly turned around, towards the floating starfish, and seemed to disappear just before the attack hit. He appeared just a moment later above starmie and he did a front flip with a brightly glowing tail ready to strike Starmie.

"Light screen!" Daisy shouted with some desperation and Starmie managed to form the psychic construct but it was not stable enough to complete block Pikachu's attack and it was shattered and Starmie was sent into the pool with a splash. "Get out of there hurry!" She shouted, knowing what was coming, but it was too late.

"Thunderbolt," said Ash with a smile and a tone of finality and Pikachu, still in mid air, fired off a quicker, but weaker, arc of electricity that was enough to electrify the entire pool. The yellow rodent kept the attack for five seconds before letting it fade and landing lightly one of the platforms. A few second later a knocked out Starmie emerged from the pool, floating gem up and said gem was pulsing on and off, indicating inability to fight.

Daisy sighed before smiling as she recalled her knocked out pokemon. "You did your best out there. Take a good rest now," she whispered before she looked up to see Pikachu jumping into a laughing Ash's arm and the two of them hugging each other. Her smile widened as she heard her two sisters coo at the cute scene. She hummed as she began to walk towards him around the pool. Skilled and cute, what a delightful combination was Ash Ketchum.

Pikachu settled on Ash's shoulder and the black haired boy turned towards the approaching sisters. He took the tear drop shaped badge from her and he marveled at its simplicity and beauty before pocketing it. "You did a splendid job, Ash. You managed to adapt to a disadvantageous situation and not act recklessly when presented with an advantageous. You flowed like the water during the battle and for that you deserve the Cascade badge and the TM for Water Pulse," she told him with a smile, also handing him the blue colored disk.

Violet nodded her head. "Yeah! That was, like, incredibly awesome and smooth. Your scyther was pretty fast and it knocked out seadra with only two strikes. You trained it well," she complimented him, looking at him with excited, shining eyes that made him a little nervous.

Lily clasped her hands under her chin and gave Pikachu a dreamy look. "And he is as skilled as he is as cute. You say that you only have one and a half month as a trainer? It'll be scary to see you in a few months," she said with a not-at-all-scared giggle.

Ash sweat dropped as Daisy smirked and looked at him in a way that made him even more nervous. "Well, for my part, I would like to see how far he has gotten in a few months from here. Would you mind coming back for a rematch?" She asked him with a cute pout and a rapid blink of her eyes.

Ash coughed before grinning and nodding before he turned around. He looked back at them with a smirk. "Sure. Why not? Maybe we could compare Gyarados next time?" He wondered out loud before he began to walk to the exit, waving at them over his head, Pikachu and Riolu doing the same.

The three sisters followed him with their eyes before the three of them sighed dreamily. "He was so cool," muttered Lily as she cupped her face and looked at the ceiling with closed eyes.

Violet was fanning her red face. "He was so cool he got me all hot and bothered with that last bit about his Gyarados!" Exclaimed the bluenette, as she rubbed her thighs together before looking at her older sister. "Do you think he was telling the true about that?"

Daisy shrugged but she licked her lips sensually. "I don't know about that but…" She trailed off as she giggled and smirked. "We'll be battling and doing so much more when he comes by again," she said with a throaty voice.

Lily and Violet looked at each other before giggling.

-AM: KOI-

Ash decided not to head out towards Vermillion City right after the battle since he wanted to make sure that Scyther, who had healed himself with Aura, was at a hundred percent before they left Cerulean. He went back to the Pokemon Center, and after apologizing to Pidgeotto for not using her in battle and giving her the TM's for Aerial Ace and Steel Wing (He also gave them to Scyther too after a few minutes), he called his mother who was more than happy to hear from him.

"Hello there, Ashy! How is it going?" She asked with a happy smile on her face. Ash noticed that she was on her room, meaning that it wasn't a week day. He blushed as he noticed she wearing only bra and panties but he decided to ignore it. It wasn't like it was the first time he saw her like that.

He grinned and showed her the Cascade badge. "Pretty good actually. I got my second bade already and my team is getting stronger every day. Nidoran is very, very close to evolving even and I already gave Pidgeotto and Scyther the TM's you sent me. We are going to rest for today and head out tomorrow," said Ash as he leaned back into the bed. Pidgeotto was perched on a steel pole that came out of the wall and Scyther was resting beneath her. Riolu, Nidoran and Pikachu were curled up at the foot of the bed. Gyarados was on her pokeball obviously.

Delia's eyes brightened at that. "Congratulations on everything Ashy! You are making me so proud and you are making so much money with battling that I think we are going to be able to open another restaurant in two months if you keep up that pace!" She said with an excited giggle, making him blush in embarrassment, before looking at him curiosly. "Are going to pass through Saffron to reach Vermillion?"

Ash shook his head. "No, I won't. I will be tempted to challenge Sabrina but there is no way I'll beat her with my current level and without a ghost or dark type. I will take the month long rout to Vermillion to train, expand and diversify my team more. I'll challenge Lt. Surge and then Erika in Celadon. After that I will go around Saffron to Lavender to catch a Ghost type and train it for at least a month before I challenge Sabrina," explained Ash, rubbing his chin as he decided that it was an acceptable course of action.

His mother nodded her head in acceptance. "Be sure to visit the St. Anne when you are in Vermillion since its going to stay there for a week before it departs to Hoenn. Also, is there anything that you want me to send to Vermillion?"

Ash shook his head. "Not for the moment. I'll keep in contact with you weekly and tell you if I need anything," said Ash before he raised an eyebrow when his mother's head shot up and a wide smile split her face before she turned down to look at the screen.

"That's good Ashy. Well, I got to go. Got something very important that I need to do now. Get some rest! Love you!" She said before the screen went black.

Ash blinked before he shrugged. He took off his X-Transceiver and put it on the little table next to Gyarados' pokeball before he went and turned off the lights of the room. He got into the bed and leaned his head back into the comfortable pillow and sighed. There was a bunch of things going through his head, all of them about new training methods and tactics. But, just for a moment, he thought about Daisy, Lily and Violet, without their bathing suits. His eyes shot open, red in the face.

What in the hell was that?

-AM: KOI-

Ash had just stepped out of Cerulean, Pikachu on his shoulder and Riolu loyally by his side when he heard that oh so familiar and annoying voice he hoped he never had to hear again calling his name. He took a deep breath, and turned towards Gary with a neutral expression on his face. He immediately noticed the arrogant smirk on his face as he walked spinning a pokeball on his finger. He raised an eyebrow at that. It seemed like he hadn't lose a battle after he crushed him.

"Well, well, well… I see that you haven't evolved your pokemon Ashy-boy," commented Gary snidely as he laid leering eyes on Pikachu and Riolu, who glared at him. "Does that mean that you've gotten worse instead of better?"

Ash deadpanned at him. "That's rich coming from the guys that lost his first battle against me, said battle which was also my first one," returned Ash with a smile on his face. Pikachu and Riolu snickered.

"That was a good one," commented Scyther with a 'Not bad' tone of voice.

Gar growled before he calmed down and flicked his hair arrogantly. "Just so you know. That I have already gotten four badges and I've captured thirty pokemon. Anything you want to say about that?"

Ash decided not to say that he had captured forty eight Pokemon so he instead went for the other thing he said. "Four badges? Any one of them for major gyms and for actually beating them?" He asked with real curiosity.

Gary got a heated glare on his face as he gripped his pokeball tightly. "You know what? Let's have our pokemon do the talking for us! Go, Fearow!" Gary was almost frothing at the mouth as he released the brown colored flying type. It gave a shrill caw before glaring at him.

Ash smirked. This was the perfect opportunity to test Pidgeotto's new moves. He released her and she gave her own battle cry before she matched the fearow's glare with one of her own before she flapped her wings and shot into the sky.

Gary smirked at him. "That little bird is nothing compared to Fearow!" He pointed up dramatically. "After it! Drill peck!" Gary shouted. Fearow glared at him for his loud voice, all bird Pokemon had really sensitive hearing, but it nevertheless flapped its own wings before shooting off towards Pidgeotto.

"Twister. Tire it out. Then use your new moves," said Ash simply before he looked up. It was early in the morning so the sun was not an issue and he could clearly see what was happening high up in the sky.

Pidgeotto cawed at the incoming fearow before opening her beak and firing off a wide funnel of winds at it. Pidgeotto has also upped her output of power so her twister attack was as wide as her wingspan and it was noticeably faster. It reached her opponent in three seconds and Fearow tried to dodge and succeeded partially on doing soon because the winds generated by the attack still managed to hurt him a little.

Fearow righted itself and began to spin rapidly, glowing wicked beak pointed at Pidgeotto as it attempted to run through her with its drill peck attack. Pidgeotto just stared at her opponent with disdain before flapping her wings and raising a few feet higher, making the fearow pass below her with a lot of room the spare. It stopped spinning, shook his head, turned around and glared at Pidgeotto before attempting to hit her again with the same attack.

Pidgeotto seemed to scoffed before her eyes glowed white as she used Aura to manipulate the air currents around her. She stayed in place as Fearow neared her at decent speed before it suddenly dived down out of nowhere when it was a few feet away from Fearow. Ash heard Gary's frantic shouts and it seemed they reached fearow because it stopped spinning and shook its head.

Then Pidgeotto dived down herself, her body outline with curved lines of energy that originated from her beak as she zeroed on the still confused Fearow with Aerial Ace. Just when she was a few feet away from it, she disappeared only to appear a second later hitting it in the chest and sending it flying with a pained caw.

"Get a hold of yourself! Use hyper beam!" Gary shouted and Ash's eyes widened at that. How did Gary manage to teach Hyper Beam to his fearow. Sure his Gyarados knew how to do it but she already did when he captured her. He calmed down, however, when he saw Pidgeotto preparing her next move. Fearow was not going to have any time to do anything.

Pidgeotto enhanced her body with quick attack and agility before using tailwind to create a bubble of air around her and she shot towards fearow a buffeting speeds. When she knew she had the momentum necessary to make her next attack devastating, she stopped using quick attack as her wing took on a metallic glow and she rammed one into Fearow's chest, sending it into the ground un an unconscious heap.

Before it crashed, Gary recalled it with a glare on his face before releasing a kadabra. Ash regarded it for a moment before recalling pidgeotto and congratulating her. He released Scyther and enjoyed the wide eyed look that Gary sent him.

"How the fuck did you get a Scyther?" He almost shrieked as he stared at the rare bug type with wide eyes filled with greed. It looked like he had been wanting one hasn't gotten any luck in getting it.

Ash shrugged his shoulders. "Just as you got your kadabra there. I captured it," replied Ash sarcastically before crossing his arms over his chest. "Are you going to make the first move or should I?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

Gary growled before he pointed at Scyther. "Use confusion then shadow ball!" Kadabra nodded its fox like head and its fluffy tail waved as it raised its spoon which began to glow a faint blue along with its eyes.

Ash gave Gary an incredulous look as Scyther was outlined with a faint blue glow that he only had to move his head and shoulders a little to break. Had Gary forgotten the bug types were strong against psychic types because their minds and physiology were alien to the psychics? He shrugged again. That was not his problem.

As Scyther jumped away from a black sphere with a dark blue core of swirling ghostly energy, Ash gave his own command. "Use pursuit and slash. Then your new moves," said Ash in a bored fashion.

Scyther nodded and smirked before he disappeared in a warp of dark energy only to reappear seconds later, hitting Kadabra's frail body with a glowing blade cloaked in darkness that sent it flying with a deep cut on its chest and a sharp cry of pain. Grey arcs of electricity ran across Kadabra's body as it landed harshly and tried to get up. Pursuit was an attack that used the energies of the dark types, which were a void in the perception of the world for the psychics and any contact with that energy would render their powers unusable ofr a short period of time.

Then Scyther carried out his next command with utmost efficiency. He flew low towards Kadabra, body cloaked in the same manner as pidgeotto as he used Aerial Ace and disappeared a few feet away from Kadabra, who managed to stand up only to be sent back to the ground unconscious when it was hit in the chest with a glowing, metallic wing.

Gary was snarling now as he glared dagger at Ash as he returned his kadabra. He didn't, or wasn't able, to say anything as he released his eevee. It yipped happily before taking a serious expression on its face as it took a ready position, ready to fight.

Ash gave Gary an amused look as he returned Gary with a word of congratulations. "Are you sure that you want to keep going? We both know how this is going to end." Gary looked like he was about to bark at him before Ash shrugged and released Nidoran who lowered his horn, which began to leak poison, extended his barbs and began growling at Eevee.

"Shadow ball!" Shouted Gary and Eevee nodded before opening her mouth and forming the sphere of ghostly energy and firing it at Nidoran.

"Dig."

Nidoran nodded before doing a little jump and then falling paws first into the ground, disappearing into a hole of his own making and the shadow ball passed without hitting anything. It only took a few seconds for Nidoran to emerge since he was particularly fast underground and he emerged just below Eevee, the evolution pokemon crying out in pain as it was hit with a double kick and sent flying by the effective attack. Nidoran charged at her with a lowered horn, dripping with poison.

"Iron Tail!" Gary cried triumphantly and Ash's eyes widened when Eevee jumped to its feet and smacked Nidoran away with a metallic glowing tail. Steel types attack were very effective against poison types because they caused enough blunt force trauma to rupture the poison sacks inside of a poison type, which would spread through their system weakening them heavily. They produced the venom, yes, but their organs were not meant to get in contact with it.

Ash, worry deep on his stomach, was about to ask Nidoran if he was alright when he stood up and began to glow brightly. Ash's eyes widened further and a massive grin split his face as he saw Nidoran growing at least twice in size. His barbs became larger and bigger, just as did his horn and his overall body structure became stockier. The glow died down and Ash beheld his new Nidorino as he roared his name.

"Now this is what I was talking about," said Nidorino in a deeper voice as he glared down at Eevee who was now looking quite nervous.

Ash grinned at Gary, who looked like someone had unhinged his jaw and had substituted his eyeballs with dinner plates. "So… shall we continue?"

Gary sent a look to the newly evolved Nidorino, then at Pikachu and Riolu before shaking his head, returning Eevee and glaring at Ash before running away without another word. Ash smirked at his retreating form. "Smell ya later!" He shouted with a chuckle, that was shared through the bond, before he approached Nidorino and knelt. He patted him on the side, giving his new barbs a curious look. "Congratulations on evolving Nidorino!" Everyone else also shouted their congratulations through the bond they shared.

Nidorino nodded his head. "Thanks Ash. It would take some time to get use to it but it won't be much problem. I feel much, much stronger now and my poison is also stronger," said Nidorino as he began to slowly walk around, with Pikachu and Riolu at his side just in case he faltered in one step.

Ash stood up and pointed his red scanning device at Nidorino.

Nidorino: The evolved form of a male Nidoran. Nidorino has a horn that is harder than a diamond. If it senses a hostile presence, all the barbs on its back bristle up at once, and it challenges the foe with all its might. Upon evolution Nidorino had learned the moves Horn Attack, Poison Jab and Toxic Spikes. Sucker Punch, his egg move, hasn't been unlocked yet.

Ash grinned at that before pocketing his pokedex. It seemed like now he and Nidorino could star developing a personalized fighting style just for him. He would let him get used to his new body first before they begun working on it. As he watched amusedly as Nidorino began to play tag with Pikachu and Riolu, he thought something that he was sure he never thought he would ever say.

'Thank you, Gary.'


A slightly shorter chapter folks since I only needed to cover Ash's second gym battle, Ash beginning to notice girls sexually, Ash's second battle (if you can call that ownage a battle0 with Gary and Nidoran's evolution. I also gave a clue to what special ability the usage of Raw aura give's nidoran in this chapter. Next chapter is going to be much larger and is going to be larger and it will also cover another evolution. You'll get a cyber cookie if you guess who is going to evolve.

As always let's put Ash's Team and the moves they currently know:

Riolu (M): Quick Attack, Agility, Foresight, Counter, Force Palm, Blaze Kick, Aura Sphere, Low Sweep, Double Kick and Brick Break.
Pikachu (M): Quick Attack, Agility, Double Team, Iron Tail, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave and Electro Ball.
Gyarados (F): Hyper Beam, Hydro Pump, Dragon Rage, Twister, Crunch, Flamethrower, Ice Beam and Thunderbolt.
Scyther (M): Quick Attack, Agility, Double Team, Slash, Fury Cutter, Wing Attack, Pursuit, Aerial Ace and Steel Wing.
Pidgeotto (F): Quick Attack, Agility, Gust, Twister, Tailwind, Steel Wing and Aerial Ace.
Nidorino: Horn Attack, Fury Attack, Double Kick, Poison Sting, Poison Jab and Toxic Spikes.

Ash's team is growing to be very powerful indeed and in the next chapter is going to get even more powerful and varied so look up to it. Tell me what you think of the story so far on the review section. Would you believe that I cooked this four chapters in only a week?