Ch 56: The final battle begins

The Ever grande city stadium was filled up completely with spectators. People from around the world were watching on television. In Sinnoh Dawn and Drew were in a pokemon center watching the match with several other trainers. In pallet town Professor Oak and Tracey were both watching with several of Ash's pokemon that he didn't have with him.

Sitting in the front row of the stadium was Ash's and May's families as well as Charla with her baby. "I can't believe this is happening, our son is about to face an elite four member. I'm so proud of him" Delia said. "I can't believe we get to see an elite four member in battle" Max said. "All I know is Ash better win, because if he does that will make me look really good" Morrison said. "It won't be easy, he lost to Tyson five years ago" Red said.

"So he lost to Harrison five years ago and beat him now" Morrison said. "But Harrison isn't in the elite four" Norman said. "Ash can do this, all he needs to believe in himself and his pokemon. If he does that nothing will stop him" Felix said.

Ash stood before the entrance to the battlefield with Pikachu on his shoulder. "Your match is going to start soon, you better get out there" May said. Ash turned to her and put his hand around her shoulder. "Thank you May, for sticking with me all this time and having my back" Ash said. "It's nothing you haven't done for me" She said.

Both of them blushed a little, "Good luck Ash" May said. Neither of them said anything for almost a minute all they did was stare into each others eyes before sharing a passionate kiss. "I love you" Ash said before turning to the door. May left the hallway and headed back to the seats. Ash took a deep breath as he stared at the ground. Ash slowly raised his head to Pikachu and said. "You ready?" "Pikachu!" Pikachu said confidently.

Ash walked through the doorway and into the battlefield as the crowed roared in excitement. Standing on the other end of the field was Tyson with a pokeball in hand. "I've been waiting a long time for this Ash. You gave me the match of my life five years ago, I'll be expecting the same now" Tyson said.

"Oh I'll give you more than that Tyson" Ash said. The ref took his place at the side of the battlefield and help up his flags. "Let the match begin". Ash took out his first pokeball and threw it into the air. "I chose you" He said as Lucario came out and landed in front of him.

"Yeah Ash's Lucario he's gonna win the first matchup no question" Morrison said. Tyson grinned , "I see you have a Lucario, very impressive Ash that's not an easy pokemon to catch and raise. I should know" Tyson said as he threw his pokeball. Ash and Lucario's eyes widened as he saw what pokemon Tyson chose. "I don't believe it, both trainers have chosen their lucario" The announcer said.

Tyson's lucario was slightly bigger than Ash's Lucario and like most lucario was black and blue. "Wow what are the odds of that" Max said. "Aww come in this is Ash's lucario we're talking about" Morrison said. "Alright Lucario let's go, use force palm" Tyson said. "Lucario detect!" Ash said. Ash's Lucario used detect and avoided Tyson's Lucario's attack by a fraction of an inch. "Geeze that's one fast Lucario" Ash said.

Before Lucario could make a counter attack Tyson's lucario delivered a powerful kick to Ash's lucario's stomach , knocking him to the ground. "Lucario!" Ash said. "Wow Tyson's Lucario is really good" Red said. "Hey I what did I miss!?" May shouted as she rushed towards the group. "Don't worry May the match just started" Norman said.

May sat down in between her father and Felix. Directly behind her was Charla holding her and Charizard's infant charmander. May looked down onto the field and saw what was going on."Wait Tyson has a lucario too" She said. "Yeah and it's a pro" Max said. "Ash can do this, he's been in force situations" May said. "An elite four member May, remember the last time he faced an elite four member" Max said.

May smacked Max on the back of the head. "Oww , would you stop doing that" Max said. "Lucario use swordsdance" Ash said. "Lucario quick use close combat" Tyson said. Ash's Lucario used the power of his aura to increase his attack power, but before he could make a move Tyson's lucario was already coming at him. "Lucario move!" Ash said.

Ash's lucario avoided a few of the close combat strikes but took three blows from Tyson's Lucario. "Lucario quick use aura sphere!" Ash said. Lucrio grit his teeth and gathered up his aura energy. Once he had enough he unleashed it at Tyson's Lucario. "Lucario use detect, then aurasphere" Tyson said. Tyson's Lucario dodges Ash's lucario's aura sphere like a pro then unleashed an aura sphere of his own.

"Lucario dodge it!" Ash said. Lucario tried to avoid the attack but was too late , the blue sphere hit Ash's lucario and knocked him to the ground. "Oh no!" Ash said. "Oh Man , Ash's Lucario is taking a beating he better do something quick or he's in big trouble" Red said. "He can do this, I know he can" Delia said. "Come on Ash, don't give up. Remember you have Aura just like Lucario!" May shouted.

Ash heard May and remembered she was right. "That's it" Ash said. Ash closed his eyes and used his own Aura to connect with Lucario's. Lucario felt Ash's aura connect with his own and felt a better connection with his trainer. "Lucario use low sweep " Tyson said. "Lucario use detect and then stop him" Ash said. Now connected with Ash's aura Lucario felt more in synch with what Ash. When Tyson's lucario came at him he dodged his opponent's low sweep then grabbed Tyson's Lucario by the leg and hurled him into the ground.

"That's it lucario follow up with a force palm" Ash said. As Tyson's Lucario got up Ash's Lucario smashed his palm into Tyson's lucario's face. "That's it Ash you got it!" May said. "Using aura, very impressive Ash" A familair voice said. "What?" Ash said. "But you're not the only one who can use aura" Another aura message said. Ash realized it was Tyson talking to him through aura.

Ash realized that Tyson had been connected to his Lucario through his aura the entire match. "Lucario use close combat!" Tyson said. "Lucario close combat!" Ash said. Both Lucario unleashed a furry of attacks on eachother while they kept in sync with their trainer.

Ash's Lucario delivered many powerful strikes onto Tyson's, but Tyson's Lucario just had more power. After getting hit in the face once again by Tyson's Lucario, Ash's Lucario hit the ground unconscious. "Oh no Lucario!" Ash said. "No, he got him" May said. "The challenger's Lucario is unable to battle" The ref said. "Great work lucario" Tyson said.

"Lucario return, I'm really proud of you" Ash said. "She better be careful about who he sends out next. If he loses another pokemon this early into the match he's in big trouble" Max said. "He can do this, I know he can" May said. Ash took out his next pokeball and held it up to his face. "We can do this, I know we can" He said to pikachu. "Alright I chose you!" Ash sais as he threw the pokeball. Ash's squirtle came out and landed in front of Ash.

"Aww Ash's squirtle, that was one of his first pokemon" Delia said. "Lucario use forcepalm" Tyson said. "Squrtle use irondefense" Ash said. Squirtle went into his shell and tighened his defenses. When Lucario hit squirtle, he only took minimal damage. "Squirtle use hydropump" Ash said. Squirtle quickly popped his head out and blasted Lucario with water forcing him back.

"Lucario quick use close combat" Tyson said. "Squirtle withdraw then rapid spin" Ash said. Lucario ran at squirtle and unleashed a furry of quick attacks at squirtle. Squirlte went inside his shell and moved out of the way. Squirtle kept moving around picking up speed. Once he had enough momentum he crashed his shell into Lucario's head. "Lucario quick use focus blast" Tyson said.

"Squirtle use hydropump" Ash said. Squirtle came out of his shell and unleashed a piercing jet of water on Lucario forcing him back. "Perfect now use Skull bash!" Ash said. Squirle hurled himself at Lucario who was still recovering from the hydropump. Squirtle hit lucario dead in the center of his stomach causing the wind to get knocked out of Lucario.

"Lucario!" Tyson said. Lucario fainted and fell to the ground. "Lucario is unable to battle" The ref said. "Alright squirlte!" Ash said. "Pika!" Pikachu said. "There we go , he's got this" May said. "That squirtle is really something" Felix said. "Lucario return, you deserve this rest. Well Ash i'm impressed, but I'm far from beaten" Tyson said as he took out his next pokeball. "Come on out Sceptile!" Tyson said.

Tyson's sceptile came out and landed acrobaticly in front of Tyson. "Oh great his sceptile" Ash said. "This could be problematic for Ash" Morrison said. "Sceptile use bullet seed" Tyson said. "Squirtle use withdrawl" Ash said. Squirtle quickly got back into his shell as seeds racked across his shell. "Sceptile use screech" Tyson said. Sceptile ran over and picked up squirtle's shell. He put his mouth right over the open holes in the shrll and unleashed a piercing screech.

"He's trying to force squirtle out of his shell" Norman said. "Squirtle don't get out of your shell!" Ash shouted. "Pika!" Pikachu said. "Sceptile keep it up" Tyson said. Tyson increased the volume of his screech and finnaly squirtle came out of his shell holding his hands over his ears. "Leaf blade!" Tyson said. Sceptile threw squirtle into the air then jumped up and slashed him with both of his arm blades.

When he landed on the ground squirtle was unscounscious. "Squirlte is unable to battle" The ref said. "Oh no he's lost his second pokemon already" May said. "Tyson's sceptile is really good" Morrison said. "Squirtle return, get some rest" Ash said. "Better pick your next pokemon wisely. You're one behind already" Tyson said. "We're far from beaten Tyson, I chose you!" Ash said as he threw his next pokeball.

Ash's bulbasaur came out and growled at Sceptile. "Bulbasaur, well the types are the same but won't Tyson's sceptile have an evolutionary advantage" Caroline said. "Evolution doesn't mean everything mom" May said. "She's right there is more to pokemon than evolution" Felix said.

"Sceptile use screech" Tyson said. "Quick bulbasaur use leech seed!" Ash said. Bulbasaur sent out a seed that hit sceptile in the head and sprouted around his face, keeping him from useing screech. "Bulbasaur use tackle" Ash said. Sceptile tried to get the leech seed off his face but his energy was slowly being drained by the leech seed. Bulbasaur hit sceptile in the stomach knocking him back a few feet.

"Sceptile use X scizors" Tyson said. Sceptile finnaly got the leech seed off his face and charged toward bulbasaur. "Bulbasaur move!" Ash said. Bulbasaur tried to move but sceptile was too fast. Sceptile slasheh bulbasaur across the face. "Bulbasaur!" Ash said. Bulbasaur was knocked back by the x scizors. Bulbasaur got up and growled at Sceptile. "Nice work sceptile follow-up with leafblade" Tyson said.

"Bulbasaur use vine whip" Ash said. Bulbasaur whipped his vines around sceptile's arms and forced sceptile to the ground just in front of him narrowly avoiding the leaf blades. "Bulbasaur use tackle!" Ash said. Bulbasaur used his vines to pull himself past Sceptile's arms and into his face. "Sceptile get up!" Tyson said. Sceptile tried to get up but Bulbasaur wrapped his vines around another part of Sceptile and used tackle again and again.

Finally Sceptile was on his feet , "Sceptile use leafblade!" Tyson said. Sceptile wrapped the vines around his arm and yanked bulbasaur toward him. Sceptile slashed Bulbasaur with both his arm blades. Bulbasaur struggled to get back up and saw Sceptile land beyond him. "Bulbasaur use solarbeam!" Ash said. Bublbasaur took in sunlight and gathered it's energy. "Sceptile use leafstorm" Tyson said.

Sceptile unleashed a hurricane of leaves around Bulbasaur. Ash and Pikachu grit their teeth as bulbasaur got hit by every leaf. "Come on Bulbsaur stay strong" Ash said. Bulbasaur held on as best he could and finally had enough sunlight. Bulbasaur unleashed his solarbeam at Sceptile. "Sceptile dodge it" Tyson said. Sceptile tried to move but the solarbeam was too fast and he was hit.

Sceptile fell to the ground knocked out. "Sceptile is unable to battle" The ref said. "Alright Bulbasaur!" Ash said. "Alright that's showing him" May said. "Ash evened it out again but the match is far from over" Red said. "Sceptile return, rest up. Come on out Hariyama!" Tyson said. Haryiama came out and smacked his palms into eachother. "Hariyama use force palm" Tyson said.

"Bulbasaur dodge it!" Ash said. Bulbasaur narrowly avoided the forcepalm as Hariyama smacked his hand into the ground. "Bulbasaur razor leaf" Ash said. Bulbasaur unleashed a furry of leaves at Hariyama. "Hariyama arm thrust" Tyson said. Hariyama ran through the razor leaves and smashed his arm into Bulbasaur.

"Now vital throw!" Tyson said. Hariyama grabbed Bulbasaur and threw him into the air. "Now end with force palm" Tyson said. Hariyama jumped into the air and smacked bulbasaur into the ground. "Bulbasaur is unable to battle" The ref said. "That was fast" Max said. "Shut up Max, he's not beaten yet" May said.

"Bulbasaur return, you did great bulbasaur" Ash said. Ash and Pikachu looked over at Tyson. "Tyson's gotten even better than he was last time and I wasn't even good enough to beat him then" Ash said. Ash knew he had to do something now or he would have no chance of winning the match.