CH 54: Rematch time

"Steelix use hyperbeam" Morrison said. Morrison's steelix unleashed a powerful hyperbeam at his opponent. When the Rapidash was hit she fell to the ground unconsious. "Rapidash is unable to battle" The ref said.

"Yes we did it Steelix" Morrison said. "Looks like Morrison is moving on to the finals" Red said. "Now all I have to do is meet him there" Ash said. " Ash who are you facing today?" Felix said. "I already checked, I'm facing Harrison" Ash said. "Oh no isn't he that trainer who beat you at Mt. Silver" Delia said.

"I'm a lot better than I was then mom" Ash said. "I'm sorry" Delia said. "So Ash do you know what pokemon you are using?" Felix asked. "Yup, I got them all picked out" Ash said. "Have you guys gotten to see Ash's charizard baby charmander it's so cute" May said. Back outside the stadium Charizard and Charla were waiting for them with baby charmander in Charla's arms.

Charizard saw Ash and the others approaching and smiled. "So they are here" Max said. When they got to the two charizard the baby charmander yawned and said "Char". "Oh May you're right that is just the cutest baby" Delia said.

Charla slowly stepped forward and held out the charmander to Ash. Ash took the charmander in his arms very carefully. "Aww, I wish one of my pokemon had a baby" May said. The charmander looked up at Ash and smiled. "Hey there little guy, I'm your daddy's trainer" Ash said.

After another minute Ash handed the charmander back to Charla. "Well my match is in thirty minutes are you ready for a rematch with Harrison Charizard?" Ash said. Charizard roared so loud Max almost stumbled. "I'll take that as a yes" Ash said. Thirty minutes later Ash stood on one end of stadium A with Harrison on the other end. In the stands, Charla was sitting behind May and the others with her baby charmander in her arms.

"This should be interesting, I saw Ash loose to Harrison on tv five years ago" Max said. "Well Ash has come a long way since then, I know he can win" May said. "Well Ash, it's been a while hasn't it" Harrison said. "It has Harrison, and I can tell you one thing, this match is going to end a lot differently then last time" Ash said.

"We'll see, ok time to go Houndoom" Harrison said. His houndoom came out and growled at Ash. "I choose you Garchomp" Ash said. Ash's Garchomp came out and roared at Houndoom.
"Houndoom use howl" Harrison said. Houndoom howled and his strength increased.

"Garchomp use dragon claw" Ash said. Garchomp lunged at Houndoom with his left claw glowing violet. "Houndoom dodge" Harrison said. Houndoom jumped back avoiding the attack. "Flamethrower" Harrison said. Houndoom unleashed a burning fire attack on Garchomp.

"Garchomp use dragon claw" Ash said. Despite the burning from the flamethrower Garchomp rushed forward and slashed Houndoom with dragon claw. "Houndoom!" Harrison said. Houndoom got up and growled. "Houndoom use smog" Harrison said. "Quick garchomp use dig" Ash said.

Garchomp quickly burrowed his way underground narrowly avoiding the poisones gas. "Houndoom use flamethrower down the hole" Harrison said. Houndoom unleashed another flamethrower down the burrow and hit Garchomp. "Garchomp use dig" Ash said. Despite being hit by flamethrower Garchomp endured and came up hitting Houndoom.

"Ash sure has trained his Garchomp tough" Felix said. "Houndoom use firefang" Harrison said. Houndoom ran up and bit down on Garchomp with firey teeth. "Garchomp dragon rage" Ash said. Garchomp gathered up his dragon energy and then unleashed all his dragon energy from his mouth onto Houndoom.

Houndoom endured the attack for a few moments but the power was too great and houndoom was knocked out. "Houndoom is unable to battle" The ref said. "Yes , great job Garchomp" Ash said. Garchomp roared in victory. "Houndoom return, get some rest buddy. Ok go Glalie" Harrison said.

He threw out his next pokeball and a glalie came out. "Glalie" His pokemon said. " Glalie use icy wind" Harrison said. Glalie filled the air with a harsh cold wind and Garchomp felt immense pain all over his body. "Garchomp are you ok?" Ash said. "Glalie use sheercold" Harrison said.

"Garchomp move!" Ash said. Garchomp tried to move but the icy wind had taken to much out of him and he was hit. Garchomp fell to the ground unscounsious, "Garchomp is unable to battle" The ref said. "Oh no Harrison came right back" Delia said. "He can do it, he's trained hard for this" Felix said.

"Garchomp return, you did great garchomp. Ok Infernape I choose you" Ash said. Ash threw out his next pokeball and Infernape came out and hit his fist to the ground. "Glalie use sheercold" Harrison said. "Infernape use flare blitz" Ash said. Infernape set himself on fire and ran at Glalie. Infernape had become so heated from the flare blitz he bured right though the sheercold and hit glalie knocking him out.

"Glalie is unable to battle" The ref said. "Great job infernape" Ash said. Ash and Infernape had practiced flare blitz enough times so that Infernape could use it without damaging himself. "Well that was quick" Red said. "Hey guys how's Ash doing!" Morrison said as he ran towards their seets. "Oh there you are , he's in the lead again" May said. "Alright, that's good, I need him to win" Morrison said.

"Well this should be a close one because Ash has lost to this guy before" Max said. "Wait are you serious" Morrison said. "Glalie return, get some rest. Ok go Weavile" Harrison said. Weavile came out and held her claws out infront of her face. "Weavile use Screech" Harrison said. "Don't let her use screech Infernape, quick use mach punch" Ash said.

Infernape ran forward and tried to punch weavile but she lunged back and unleashed screech on Infernape. "Uh oh, now infernape's defense is a lot weaker" Morrison said. "Weavile use leer" Harrison said. "Infernape use leer" Ash said. Both pokemon unleashed leer on the other. "Shoot, infernape's defense is really low now, I'd better finnesh this before he get's hurt" Ash said.

"Weavile use focus blast" Harrison said. "Infernape use Mach punch" Ash said. Both pokemon collided and when the dust cleared they were both unconscious. "Both pokemon are unable to battle" The ref said.

"Wow Ash and this guy are pretty evenly matched" Norman said. "Ash is still in the lead though he's only lost two pokemon and Harrison's lost three" May said. "Alright time to show your stuff, go Hypno" Harrison said. Hypno came out in front of Harrison. "I choose you, Croconaw" Ash said. Croconaw came out and roared at Hypno. "Hypno use confusion" Harrison said.

Croconaw grabbed his head in pain as Hypno unleashed the pyshicic attack. "Croconaw use hydropump fight through the pain" Ash said. Croconaw grit his fangs then opened his mouth and unleashed a massive jet of water that knocked Hypno back several feet. " Croconaw follow-up with crunch" Ash said.

Croconaw ran at Hypno with incredible speed. "I don't think so, Hypno use Psybeam" Harrison said. Hypno got up and unleashed Psybeam on Croconaw sending him to his knees. "Croconaw!" Ash said. "If Hypno can maintain that psybeam for another minute it's all over for croconaw" Felix said.

"Come on Ash you can do it!" May said. "Croconaw use Crunch" Ash said. Croconaw endured the pain and got up. When he was close enough Croconaw clamped his jaws down on Hypno so hard it knocked hypno out. "Hypno is unable to battle" The ref said.

"Geeze this is one dynamic match these guys just keep knocking each others pokemon right out" Max said. "Hypno return, get some rest. Ok go Manectric" Harrison said. Manectric came out and growled at Croconaw. "Manectric use thunder" Harrison said.

"Croconaw dodge and use icebeam" Ash said. Croconaw quickly moved to the side and launched an icebeam at Manectric. "Manectric use wild charge" Harrison said. Manectric charged up his internal electricity then unleashed it around him. He ran at Croconow and moved to the side to avoid the icebeam.

"Croconaw move!" Ash said. Croconaw tried to move but it was too late Manectric reached him and unleashed wild charge. Croconaw was knocked out by the electric attack. "Croconaw is unable to battle" The ref said. "Yes that's it Manectric" Harrison said. "Now Ash is out another pokemon" Red said.

"You guys he can do this" May said. "She's right remember he's still up one pokemon" Felix said. "Croconaw return, you did great croconaw" Ash said. Ash took out his next pokeball "I choose you quilava" Ash said. Quilava came out and landed in front of Ash. "Manectric use wild charge" Harrison said.

"Quilava use flame charge" Ash said. Manectric covered himself with electric charge while quilava covered himself in fire. The two pokemon ran at eachother win incredible speed and collided. The two pokemon were both launched back and landed in front of their trainer.

"Geeze those two are really going all out" Max said. "Quilava are you alright?" Ash said. Quilava got up to face his opponent. "Manectric use thunderbolt" Harrison said. "Quilava use defensive curl" Ash said

Quilava curled himself up tightened his defenses as the thunderbolt hit him. "Quilava use flamethrower" Ash said. "Manectric dodge it and use thunderbolt" Harrrison said. Manectric quickly avoided the flamethrower then unleashed a thunderbolt at Quilava. "Quilava dodge it" Ash said.

Quilava quickly moved narrowly avoiding the thunderbolt. "Manectric use wild charge" Harrison said. "Quilava use flamecharge" Ash said. The two pokemon ran at eachother and collided. When they collided , Quilava and Manectric both went flying back toward their trainers unconscious.

"Quilava and Manectric are unable to battle" The ref said. "These two are so evenly matched" Red said. "It's a godd thing Ash got the advantage early in the match, he's in good shape now" Felix said.

"That's true but I have a pretty good idea who Harrison's last pokemon is" Max said. "Manectric return, get some rest. Alright It's time to do this go Blaziken" Harrison said. Blaziken came out and threw his arms out into a fighting stance. "Blaziken just as I suspected" Max said. "I think I know who Ash is going to send out next" May said.

"Quilava return, get some well deserved rest" Ash said. Ash took out his next pokeball and stared closely at it. "We can do it this time, I know we can" Ash said. He looked back up at Harrison. "I choose you Charizard!" Ash said.

As charizard came out of his pokeball he roared. When he saw who he was facing he roared even louder. "Charizard, just like I thought" May said. "SO charizard again, well this should be interesting" Harrison said. "We're not going to lose this time" Ash said. Charizard growled and nodded after Ash finneshed.

Baby charmander got more excited when he saw his dad come out. "Blaziken we beat this guy once we can do it again. Use double kick" Harrison said. "Charizard use dragon claw" Ash said. Charizard flew at Blaziken and was hit by both of Blaziken's feet. Just as Blaziken began to pull out Charizard's right claw hit him and sent him flying back.

Blaziken got up and onto his feet. "Blaziken use focus energy" Harrison said. Blaziken focuses his senses and honed his reflexes. This caused him to start glowing yellow. "Blaziken use low sweep" Harrison said. "Charizard use dragon tail" Ash said. Charizard flew at Blaziken and swung his tail. Blaziken was quick enough to avoid the dragon tail. After Charizard's tail hit the ground Blaziken grabbed it and whipped Charizard to the ground.

"WOw that was awsome" Max said. May slapped Max on the back of the head. "Hey" Max said. Charla then smacked Max knocking him out of his seat. "Come on" Max said. Charla and charmander could barley watch when Blaziken whipped charizard to the ground. "Come on charizard get up!" May said. Charla growled saying something to Charizard. "Blaziken use focus blast" Harrison said.

"Charizard use dragon rage!" Ash said. Charizard opened his mouth and unleashed a powerful burst of dragon energy that knocked Blaziken off him. "Dragon claw" Ash said. Before Blaziken could recover Charizard slammed his left claw across Blaziken's face. "That's it Charizard!" Ash said. "PIka!" Pikachu said.

"Blaziken use high jump kick" Harrison said. "Charizard fly up and use dragon claw" Ash said. Charizard flew up after blaziken. When the two were close enough Blaziken's foot met Charizard's claw. The attacks cancelled each other out for a moment before Blaziken slammed his other foot into Charizard's head sending him to the ground.

"Charizard!" Ash said. Charizard crashed into the ground with blaziken ontop of him. "Blaziken use brick break" Harrison said. "Char!" Charmander cried. "Charizard you can do it!" Felix screamed. "Charizard dragon claw, then dragon tail" Ash said. Charizard caught the brick break with his claws then threw Blaziken's arms to the side before slamming his tail into Blaziken's face.

Blaziken stumbled backwards trying to regain his footing. Charizard let's finnish this with seismic toss" Ash said. "Blaziken move!" Harrison said. Blaziken tried to move but Charizard was unbelievably fast. He grabbed Blaziken and then took off high into the air. Charizard did a few u turns then flew straight toward the ground.

When they hit the ground a large cloud of dust formed around them. "Blaziken!" Harrison said. Ash and the others were watching closely as the dust began to clear. When it finnaly cleared Charizard was standing over unconscious blaziken. When Chaizard saw all the dust was clear he roared at the top of his lungs. "We did it!" Ash said. "Pika!" Pikachu said excitedly.

Ash ran out onto the field to Charizard and hugged him. Charizard smiled, he lifted up Ash and PIkachu as he hugged them back. "Char char!" Charmander said excitedly. Charla also roared in joy. "I knew he'd win, even against someone who beat him once" May said. "This proves Ash has gotten stronger" Delia said.

"I'm proud of him, our son is moving on to the finals" Felix said. "Yes! Ha ha, this is exactly what I want, I get my rematch with Ash and it's in the finals!" Morrison said. "Blaziken return, I'm proud of you Blaziken, you gave it your all" Harrison walked over to Ash and Charizard. "Well Ash , you gave me the battle of my life. You earned this win, good luck in the finals" Harrison said.

Ash and Harrison shook hands. Later that night in the hotel Morrison was in his room with the six pokemon he was using out. "We've come a long way and trained hard guys. Now it's our chance to shine; we're gonna show Ash and the world what we can do. I'm so proud of all you guys. Now let's to this together" Morrison said.

In Ash's room he was sitting on his bed with Pikachu on his shoulder. "This is the first time i've ever made it to the finals in a pokemon league" Ash said. "Are you nervous?" Delia said. "I guess you could say that" Ash said. "Well just remember, win or lose you made it this far and that is something to be proud of" Felix said.

"I don't know dad I've made it far into every pokemon league. I think it's about time I finally won one" Ash said. "That's the spirit Ash" May said. "Well do you have your pokemon picked out?" Delia said. "Yup I had nurse Joy look at them and their ready for the battle" Ash said.

"Well just get some rest and give it all tomorrow" Delia said. After Delia and Felix left Ash was staring at the ceiling in bed while pikachu and May rested beside him. May noticed Ash was away and said "Can't sleep?". "Yeah" Ash said. "Understandable, but you really should get some rest" May said. "I know it's just, I finally have a chance of winning a pokemon league and Morrison is my opponent. That's both exciting and worrisome at the same time" Ash said.

"Ash I know you should strive to win, but your dad was right. I just want you to do your best and have fun. So try and remember that and you'll be fine" May said. "You're right thanks May" Ash said. "Now let's get some sleep" May said. Ash and May kissed for a few seconds before May rested her head back on Ash's chest. Ash turned to Pikachu and said,"We're going to win, I know it".