Road To Master

by Nightshock5

In a new Universe: Ash has a dark past that eats him. After thinking about his past, Ash decides to begin his journey in Kalos along with a wild Pikachu he befriends. Along with a strong team, Ash will take on his strongest challenge yet! (Amourshipping) What will happen when Ash challenges the Pokemon League? Will he win? Will his father haunt his head? T for Violence

40. Chapter 40

Melemele Island- Alola:

Hau was running home with his eyes headed towards home. He was running through the sandy beach on his way towards the professor's lab with great excitement and a hand in his pocket. He felt the check in his pocket, what would finally be used to save Lillie. "Just a little more," Hau gasped as he reached the entrance of a small shack in the middle of the grass. Hau burst in through the door with a excitement as he shouted: "Professor Kukui!"

Tending to a small rocky dog like pokemon, Hau saw a man with a lab coat and a pair of glasses. He had slightly tanned skin and his lab coat was his only top on. He turned around and smiled when he saw who it was, "Hau, nice to see you again," the man named Kukui said.

"Ruff! Rockruff!" The small pokemon said as he pounced on Hau and gave him a lick. Hau laughed a little at this as Hau then called out the pokemon by its name.

"Rockruff, you are still awesome," Hau said as he then noticed Kukui with his mouth agape at Hau's attitude. Hau then grew a serious face, "Professor, can I see Lillie?"

"She has not changed since last time," Kukui started with a sigh as he then signaled for Hau to follow him up towards the ladder that lead to Lillie's room. "Look Hau, I am sorry about what happened at the Kalo League. I know you worked so hard."

"Let's not talk about that, I just want to see my sister again," Hau said. At this Kukui nodded and the two ascended the steps of the ladder to then see a small room with bookshelves lining the walls. There was also a bean bag chair that seemed to be a place for someone to read their books in. Lastly, Hau took a glance towards the left and saw it:

There was a bed with light blue covers. Next to the bed was a machine that was making sounds of inhaling air and exhaling air along with a bag. Hau then turned to the tubes that came off the machine to notice they lead down the mouth of a young girl who was in a blue and white dress while the bag had another tube that went into the arm of the girl. Hau looked at her carefully and gasped as he saw the girl. She had pale skin, but her hair was pale blonde with a icy blue tint to it, also it was cut short, to be around shoulder length. Hau then looked closer and noticed that her eyes were closed as her delicate chest moved up and down to the rhythm of the machine. It was obviously a ventilator keeping the girl alive.

"Glaceon…" a female Glaceon that was next to the bed said with a sad smile as she looked at the girl and put her cold body next to the warm girl. The pink was still in the girl's cheeks which meant that there was still life, but there was no consciousness.

"Lilligant," a female flower grass type pokemon came by with a bowl of water in between her hands with a wash cloth. Lilligant then draped the wash cloth in water and began brushing the face of the girl, making sure she cleaned her face all thoroughly.

Hau looked at Professor Kukui and with a sad expression asked, "Why is Lillie… Blue?"

Professor Kukui sighed and looked at Hau before he spoke up, "I don't exactly know, it probably has to do something with a decreased amount of oxygen… Anyways, we had to cut her ponytail off because it could interfere with the ventilation machine. Other than that, Glaceon has been really worried and Lilligant has kept Lillie hydrated by giving her water and occasionally cleaning her face off like she is doing now. That is why since the last time you saw Lillie, her lips and skin have stayed soft. Other than that, she has changed a lot."

"Professor Kukui," Hau began getting the attention of the professor. "Even though Lillie may not be the same as before, I think we all want her back… For that," Hau then looked at Professor Kukui and said, "I want to go ahead and do the surgery."

"But Hau, what about the costs?" Professor Kukui implied with a sad smile. "I know you tried your hardest, but you did not win what was necessary to save Lillie, what can we do?"

Hau just checked a little and then went to be next to Lillie. Hau then looked at the girl in front of him along with the flower bipedal pokemon and the ice type Eeveelution. Hau then smiled as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the check, "I may not have won my way, but someone special managed to help me…" Hau said as he felt a huge weight off his shoulders.

"Hau, is that…"

"Yes, let's get everyone ready for Lillie's return," Hau said turning back towards the professor with a smile on his face. Professor Kukui said nothing as he saw Hau put the check back in his pocket and then turn back towards the ladder and descended it. "I am going to go see the others and see how they are doing," Hau said as he then walked out the door and looked out into the beach. Hunter then went behind the shack and preceded to go due west towards the outskirts of Hau'oli city. As Hau then saw to his right a large building with a grand entrance. There was a amounts of battlefields at the front of the place and a race track for Tauros. Hau then preceded to enter the building to enter a classroom that had an open window that held a view of the beach. Hau shifted his gaze to the right to then be meet with a girl that had a Popplio in her hands. "Lana!" Hau shouted with excitement seeing the girl.

"Hau! No way!" Lana said as she ran towards Hau. Hau looked at the girl and noticed that she had blue hair that was held back by a brown hair rod with a blue and white outfit. She also had dark blue eyes with pale skin, but some freckles on her face. On her hands, Popplio was delighted with joy as she also noticed Hau.

"Waht is with all of the commotion here?" a boy said as he walked up behind Hau. "NO WAY HAU!" The boy screeched as he pounced on top of Hau with delight. "It has been so long!"

"I know Sophocles," Hau said as he saw the boy with a very chubby appearance. He also had orange hair with a white shirt that had a video game controller on it. Hau also noted that there was a small electric scarf around his neck that seemed to round out the electric trial captain's look. "Nice to see you again," Hau finished while putting his hands behind his head.

"Hau, it's great to see you back," Kiawe said as he entered through the door. "I personally was not expecting you to be acting like the Hau we all know."

"Oh yea," Hau said to the others as he was reaching to his pocket to pull something out. "About that…"

"Hau.. Is that you?" A green haired girl with a gray outfit said as she walked in from behind.

"Mallow," Hau said with a slight expression of regret. "Look about the last time we talked…"

"It's ok," Mallow said as everyone's attention went to Hau. "I talked with Ash after the battle you had with him. He said he wanted to know how to make a Malasada." Mallow then giggled, "Did that work out alright?"

"Y-you talked with Ash?" Hau asked nearly stammering through his words. Then Hau just smiled and said, "Yea, he made some Malasadas, but they were not as good as yours." The last part Hau said was through gritted teeth.

"Hau," Mallow then said, "What about Lillie, what are we going to do now?" Mallow asked with a saddened face. Everyone else turned to see Mallow and also gave sad expressions as they also knew about Hau's defeat. Mallow then flinched as she felt Hau put a hand on her shoulder. Mallow looked up with a slight tint of red on her cheeks to see Hau pumping his fist on his other hand.

"What are you talking about 'what do we do now', isn't the answer obvious?" Hau said the last part with a bright smile as he then reached into his pocket and pulled out the check so that everyone could get an eyeful of what Hau had in his hands. "Thanks to someone special, we are going to save Lillie. That is what we are going to do!"

At this everyone in the room went wide eyed with glimmers of hope in their eyes as they saw the meaning behind the check. It did not matter that Hau lost anymore, it was evident that Lillie would be saved if they acted now.

A/N: Alright, people are already asking yourselves questions about what is medically wrong with Lillie… I actually don't know even though I am interested in the field myself… I could say she is cyanotic, but her skin is not blue, it is just her hair. Anyways, her appearance is mostly just to fit her role as a character and because I am hinting towards something…

Anyways, I have nothing else to say, but the chapter will decide what happens between Ash and Hunter. This is the only chance Ash has to turn things around, let's see what happens.

Also, before I go! If you made it this far, thank you. Writing 40 chapters is a lot of work so I thank you for enjoying it up to this point!

Key of Kalos League:

The announcer won't be referenced as the announcer. Any text in italics that is in quotations is the announcer and assume that it can be heard by everyone in the stadium.

League Scoreboard System:

Bold: In use pokemon/trainer name

Italics: Fainted pokemon

Underline: Resting pokemon

(Pokeball): Unrevealed pokemon

Trainer A: Poke1 Poke2 Poke3 Poke4 Poke5 Poke6 (Active one)

Trainer B: Poke1 Poke2 (Pokeball) Poke4 Poke5 Poke6 (Active one)

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or Courtesy Call

Chapter 40- An impossible comeback!

At the battle:

Ash looked up at the scoreboard and noticed him being down three pokemon to five. Ash then looked at Pikachu who also had a worried look on his face. "Pikachu relax, I think I can do this."

"Pika?" Pikachu asked at his trainers bold words.

The crowd the cheered once more as Ash's attention was brought back to the new field that came up. It was a grassy field and Ash knew that it would be hard, but it was possible.

"So Ash," Hunter said with a smirk as he looked at Ash. "You liking my power right now?" Hunter then threw a pokeball out into the field while saying: "Go Electivire!"

"VIRE!" Electivire shouted as he landed on the grassy field and pumped and charged up electricity with his two tails. "ELECTIVIRE!" Electivire then shouted as he made a shockwave of electricity disperse throughout the hexagonal stadium, thus making the lights and scoreboard flicker a little before staying back on. At this the stadium cheered with excitement that could highlight how much the league was awaiting for this challenge.

Ash did not flinch as he saw this, but he narrowed his eyes as he said the next part, "My comeback starts now!" Ash then reached into his belt and picked the pokeball that he was meaning to choose and threw it towards the field. "I CHOOSE YOU!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Goodra shouted as landed on the ground with a large thud. "Goodra!" Goodra shouted as he curved back his hands and stood in a menacing position across from the electric type.

"And we have Goodra against Electivire! This will be a battle played out in a grassy battlefield!"

The crowd cheered as Ash then put his hands out to the signal of the referee to resume battling. "Goodra, start this off with thunder!" Goodra was quick to his trainer's orders as he made himself glow in crackling electricity before launching the beam right at Electivire through the crackling ground.

"Take the hit Electivire!" Hunter countered. The electricity smashed into Electivire, but instead of taking damage, Electivire began to reel his hands around and around as the electricity built up inside of Electivire tails. At this Ash flinched and gritted his teeth. "Now shock him with your thunder!"

"VIRE!" Electivire exclaimed as he then charged up the electricity and shot it right at Goodra. Goodra was not able to dodge due to being a slow pokemon, but Goodra got hit with the attack this causing Goodra to fall to the ground with electricity around him.

"Ugh no way!" Ash said with great amounts of frustration as he noticed Goodra barely able to move.

"And Goodra has been paralyzed! Not to mention that Goodra's thunder was ineffective due to Electivire's motor drive!"

"Goodra, are you alright?" Ash asked. Goodra closed one eye as the electricity crackled around him. "Alright then, use rain dance!" Goodra looked up at the sky and made a large battlecry which immediately made the entire air above the grass turn to dark clouds which slowly made water begin to pour down. Ash then looked forward and noticed that Electivire was then charging up electricity again so he looked at Goodra and said, "Keep your head up and make sure that Electivire's attack gets well absorbed as you use bide."

"Goo!" Goodra said back as he nodded. The sparks around the slimy dragon began to disappear as the rain made contact with Goodra and that seemed to make Ash relieved.

"The rain has cured Goodra's paralysis, but will Goodra still be able to land a hit on Electivire?"

"The paralysis does not matter anymore to us, we will just use your own rain to our advantage," Hunter declared as he pumped his fist. Hunter then put his hand out to the side as he brought his fist out as if he was punching the air. "Electivire use thunder with all of your power!"

Ash narrowed his eyes as he watched Electivire charge up the electricity above him and then begin to aim it towards Goodra. The electricity then struck the ground and went around Goodra before then piercing right into the pure dragon type. "Goodra remember what I said!" Ash saw Goodra nod as a small explosion enveloped around Goodra. Ash then smirked as the smoke cleared to reveal that Goodra was still standing with a menacing looking face and a blood red aura around him. "LET IT RIP!" Ash exclaimed as he put his fist into the rainy sky.

Goodra's green eyes gleamed with power as zooming out revealed the dragon forming a large white ball of energy in front of him before shooting it right out towards Electivire. It streaked across the grass and then the white ray of pure energy consumed Electivire. The electric type flinched as the entire air around him seemed to explode. The explosion sent a shockwave that made Ash's scarf wave, but was so close to hunter that he had to cover his eyes. "Electivire!" Hunter shouted in panic as he then looked back up to see the smoke clearing.

"And Ash's counter attack has done a great deal of damage to Electivire, what will happen now?"

"Electi… Vire…" Electivire grunted as he stood back up in front of Goodra with great power. "VIRE!" Electivire shouted with intensity as he made his entire body surge in electricity that sent arcing sounds throughout his tails as a "Jacob's Ladder" was seen arcing up the tails. Ash smirked at this as he then spoke up.

"I have never battled someone as capable as you Hunter," Ash said with a smile. "I am very impressed at how strong you are… But I will take this match, there is no way I can lose now!" Ash then pumped his fists as he then punched the trainer box below him. "Goodra use thunder and surround Electivire!"

"GOOOO!" Goodra shouted as he made the electricity he had stored in him reach towards the raining sky and then made the electricity strike the ground around Electivire thus causing a ring around the electric type.

"My electricity will never be shaken off," Ash said with a smirk as he then clapped his hands together. "Make the ground shatter Goodra!" Goodra then focused his electricity and bumped up the voltage.

"Vire…" Electivire flinched as he saw this and Hunter went wide eyed.

"Electivire get out of there!" Hunter panicked as he saw the attack coming. The air around Electivire once again exploded and Hunter went wide eyed as he noticed the electricity had not disappeared yet, but was sent crackling through the stadium continuously arcing the scoreboard to flicker from time to time. Electivire then slumped to the ground as the smoke cleared. Hunter then noticed that Electivire could still keep going as he noticed that Electivire's eyes were gleaming red with a red that he had never seen before. "Alright Electivire, use your faster speed and use thunder punch!" Electivire began to run through the grass with a great amount of speed as he then reeled back his fist and made it spark in yellow electricity. Just then Electivire was right in front of Goodra at which Goodra's eyes went wide at seeing Electivire at such close proximity.

Ash was calm though as he then put his fist out in front of him. "Stop him with your ears!"

"Dra!" Goodra shouted as he made his extendable ears swing around and grip Electivire which then caused the electric type's sparkling fist to stop crackling.

"Quick Electivire wrap your tails around him!" Hunter retaliated seeing the potential risk. At this point, both pokemon were secured to each other with barely any moving room. Both trainers gritted their teeth in a stressed out motion as they both pumped their fists:

"USE THUNDER/USE BIDE!"

Electivire struck first as he began to shock Goodra with the power that was being delivered in the shock. It was evident that the rain pouring around the two pokemon was amplifying the power of the electricity as the energy surged from one pokemon to the other. Goodra though, he made his aura grow more and more deadly and Ash noticed this as his chance to finally hit Electivire with what he had. "Goodra!" Goodra instantly opened his awareness to Ash as he forgot the pain that he was going through. "Swing Electivire around and throw him above you, then let go of the bide!"

"Dra!" Goodra shouted as he then swung Electivire around, but instead of being able to launch him into the air, Goodra fell on his back. Ash went wide eyed as he saws this because it was that Electivire was still holding on well.

"Goodra just let it go!"

"GOOOOOOO! DRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Goodra finally screeched as he made the beam appear and then smash into the abdomen of Electivire which caused the energy to carry Electivire from Goodra and up into the sky into the raining clouds. Goodra took deep breaths as he watched from his back up at the clouds that were pouring water on him to then see the clouds above him explode in fire. Everyone in the stadium remained silent as they then watched Electivire fall from the clouds and land head first on the ground with a thud. It was clear at that moment that Electivire had been knocked out when he hit the ground.

"Electivire is unable to battle, which means hat Goodra wins!" the referee announced as he held up the flags. Hunter silently recalled Electivire back to his pokeball as Goodra then stood back up and looked back at Ash.

"Alright Goodra! Well done!" Ash called out as he pumped his fist at the large slimy dragon.

"Dra!" Goodra smiled as he then turned back towards the grassy field that had water falling on him constantly supporting the purple dragon.

"And Goodra is able to defeat Electivire! This has already been taking the turn it needed. Ash only needs one more knock out to be on par with Hunter's battle strategy!"

At the stands:

"Yes Goodra!" Serena cheered as she stood up from her seat and put a hand over her ribbon along to the clapping crowd to Goodra. "Ash is making a comeback, this is definitely going to be something that Ash will do, I know he will!"

"Ash can't relax still," Clemont implied as the young inventor looked at Brock. "If Ash let's his guard down, this could be serious trouble, especially since Hunter still has that Zapdos and his Eevee."

"Let's not forget that Ash's Goodra is starting to get tired, especially after that battle, will Goodra even be able to stay in for another pokemon?" Brock asked.

Calem then spoke up as well to add onto the conversation, "Still, it did take Hunter two pokemon to knock down Charizard and Sceptile, and with Greninja, it took three. How much stronger can Ash's pokemon be to withstand that?"

"Calem does have a point," Tierno said as he put a hand on his chin. "Hunter seems to be having tired out pokemon while Ash has less. It is a lot better to fight with small numbers and a clean up, but it is also beneficial to have bigger numbers, so maybe it could to either way."

At the other side of the arena, Night had a finger on his chin as he looked down at the grassy arena. Night then turned to Leaf, who had a very worried expression on her face. "What is wrong Leaf?" Night asked.

"Just…" Leaf tensed up but then relaxed. "Just a little worried for Hunter, that is all."

Night just smiled and looked back down while looking at Hunter who was adjusting his jacket. "Hunter is enjoying himself with Ash, I know he is having a lot of fun down there." At this Night noticed a slightly less worried look on Leaf's face which caused him to relax a little as he then looked at the scoreboard in front of him:

Ash: Charizard Greninja Sceptile (pokeball) (pokeball) Goodra

Hunter: Tyranitar Electivire (pokeball) Zapdos Feraligatr Blaziken

At the battle:

"Go! Blaziken!" Hunter shouted as he threw a pokeball out into the field. The pokeball arched over the now wet grass and then burst into a white light that flashed brightly in the dimmed stadium due to the rain clouds. Blaziken then stood in front of Ash and Goodra with a strong pose as his fire burned brightly on his limbs despite the fact that the rain was splashing around. Hunter then put his fist out as he began to cry out his command. "Blaziken use blaze kick!"

"Ziken!" Blaziken shouted as he jumped into the air that was engulfed with rain and then began to fall with his leg down and pointed towards Goodra. Ash and Goodra braced themselves as Blaziken then slammed his burning leg right onto Goodra, who was straining for a bit before Blaziken then retracted his way to be in front of his trainer.

Goodra leaned over and clutched his abdomen in pain as he felt himself get engulfed in flames. Ash did not seem extremely panicked as he saw this as just then, Goodra began to glow green and the red rash that Goodra had over his stomach disappeared to be replaced with more goo the slowly began to leak down into the ground. At this Goodra smirked and made a battlecry along to Hunter and Blaziken's alarmed expressions.

"Once again Hydration protects Goodra from status conditions!"

"Alright Goodra, give them a powerful thunder!" Ash ordered as he put his fist out in a victorious pose.

"GOOO!" Goodra cried as he made himself glow in electricity. Just at that moment, Goodra launched an eruption of electricity that curved through the grass and then began to approach Blaziken who was clenching his fist with determination.

"Use flamethrower!"

"ZIKEN!" Blaziken shouted as he launched a weakened barrage of flames in the direction of the electricity. Both attacks collided in the middle of the grassy arena, thus causing an explosion that sent smoke everywhere throughout the arena. Ash gasped as he had to cover himself with his hands and then flinched as he saw how Goodra began to fall forward with exhaustion.

"Goodra can you continue?" Ash asked with a worried voice as he noticed Goodra continuing to strain.

"GOO!" Goodra responded as he looked back at Ash and then smirked. "Goo Goodra!"

"Alright Goodra," Ash said as he then turned his attention back to the field. Ash then saw that the best way to knock down Blaziken would probably have to be to deliver a hit that was strong at close range, but even that would be a challenge with Blaziken's increased speed in comparison to Goodra despite the rain advantage. "Goodra, I have an idea, but I am going to need you to stay where you are." Goodra nodded as he then eyed down Blaziken, who was now running forward at the command of a flamethrower. "Use bide!"

"Goo!" Goodra shouted as he nodded and prepared himself for the barrage of flames. The flames quickly slammed into Goodra, but Goodra put his hand in front of him as he focused on the power of the rain that was healing him from above. Ash had his teeth gritted and his fists clenched as he saw this and narrowed his eyes to see the blood red aura forming around Goodra.

"What is Goodra doing? Goodra seems to be enduring the entire flamethrower!"

"Alright then, Blaziken start to get closer as you use flamethrower!" Blaziken did not even blink as he began to slowly walk towards Goodra, slowly making it worse for the slimy dragon that was trying to endure the hit. Blaziken then got next to Goodra and Hunter made the next command: "Now use bravebird!" Blaziken stopped his attack and began to glow blue to then bend his knees and travel the short distance that was between him and Goodra. The dragon type then flinched as his green eyes gleamed to the incoming attack. Blaziken slammed into the large dragon's chest thus making his aura darken as Goodra then began to lean forward in pain and one closed eye. "How is he still not down?" Hunter asked in surprise as he saw this.

"LET'S GO!" Ash commanded as he raised his hand into the air. Goodra then made his white beam of energy surge outwards and streak with great speed through the grass. At this the crowd erupted into gasps as Blaziken got enveloped in a large bubble of white energy that then turned into a white aura of energy that swirled upwards before exploding. "BOOM!"

"And there is Ash's counter attack! A direct hit with bide!"

"Blaziken!" Hunter exclaimed in panic as he had to cover himself with his hand from the large explosion that surrounded the field. The smoke quickly cleared due to the rain, but Blaziken was still standing.

"ZIKEN! BLAZIKEN!" Blaziken cried as he then charged up his limbs and ignited his body into fire.

"What?" Ash asked in confusion in awe at how Blaziken was still standing. "Use thunder quick!" At that very moment Goodra quickly launched his attack, but the rain began to slowly disappear because of the prolonged time of being in effect. Ash then flinched as he witnessed how Blaziken quickly dodged the attack. Blaziken then had a large aura of blue fire as he began to edge nearer to Goodra who was not expecting a flare blitz. Ash flinched at this and then made the biggest risk he could: "Grab hold of Blaziken!"

"GOOOO!" Goodra shouted as he hugged Blaziken and secured his ears around the fire and fighting type white at the same time wincing in pain due to the fire attack. Ash and Hunter clenched their fists as they saw this and kept calling out for their pokemon to keep going and to not give up.

"Both pokemon are at such close proximity! This is going to be a large blow for both of them!"

Ash knew he had to do something fast as he then put his arms out and shouted: "USE DRACO METEOR!"

"GOOOO!" Goodra charged up as he looked on at Blaziken who was in front of him and still on blue fire. Between the two pokemon, Goodra made a ball of orange energy that then began to grow and grow. "DRAAAA!" Goodra exclaimed as he then made the ball explode into meteors at such a close proximity that involved him and Blaziken.

"BOOM!"

Ash and Hunter both covered their faces with their hands as they flinched at the way that Goodra had just landed the attack at such a close range. The explosion caused a large energetical shockwave of blue fire and golden plasma that surged through the arena and caused the trainer's clothes to ruffle as the wind of the shockwave began to alleviate itself. Both trainers then looked up to see both pokemon standing in front of them with determined faces. The public was completely silent during the standoff, mostly shocked at the intensity of the last attack.

"THEY ARE STILL STANDING! THEY ARE STILL STANDING!"

"Blaziken…" Hunter muttered.

"Goodra…" Ash muttered.

Goodra's balance then fluctuated as the slimy dragon fell to his knees and this made Ash's eyes widen as Goodra kept one eye open with half of his body still on the ground. Ash knew that any attack from Blaziken and this would be over for Goodra.

"Ken…" Blaziken muttered as he then fell on his side and slammed his head into the grassy ground.

"Blaziken no!" Hunter shouted as he saw this, but it was too late as Blaziken had swirls in his eyes from the exhaustion.

"Blaziken is unable to battle, Goodra wins!" The referee calls out as Hunter begins to recall Blaziken back into red energy that went into the pokeball. The scoreboard then eliminated Blaziken from Hunter's roster and Ash and Pikachu jumped onto the field to check on Goodra.

"Goodra pulled through at the last second! This was definitely one of the most intense battles yet!"

"Goodra, are you alright?" Ash asked as he kneeled down next to Goodra, who was kneeling on the ground panting hard.

"Pikapi?" Pikachu asked alongside Ash.

Goodra turned to Ash and gave a crooked grin while saying, "Goo, Goodra."

"Goodra you were great, you made us come back from our previous losses," Ash then smiled as he then recalled Goodra back into his own pokeball. "Take a break for now, I may need you later." Ash said this and at the same time, Goodra's pokeball nodded with excitement. Ash then walked back to the trainer's platform as he put his pokeball back on his belt while hearing the crowd roar with excitement. Ash looked around to see the monitors showing his face as he looked up at the camera, and then Ash sighed as he looked down at his electric friend, "Pikachu, I think we are now back in the game!"

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted with excitement as he pumped his fists.

"This match is now on a three on three situation, who will Hunter go with next?"

At the same time, Hunter threw a pokeball onto the grass. "GO Feraligatr!"

"LIGATR!" Feraligatr shouted as flexed his muscles and made water shoot around him with intensity.

Ash saw this and went wide eyed as he then turned back to his electric friend, "Pikachu, why don't you take this battle?"

"Pika pika!" Pikachu shouted as he pumped his fist. Pikachu then walked towards the field, but stopped as he then turned back to Ash and waited patiently.

Ash knew that Pikachu was wanting his usual call to be put into the field and at this Ash chuckled as he then pointed into the air and shouted, "Pikachu! I choose you!"

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as he jumped over Ash and fell in front of him while collecting electricity on his cheeks. "Pika pikachu!" Pikachu shouted with excitement to finally have some time to battle.

"And we now have Pikachu against Feraligatr!"

At the stands:

Serena was at the edge of her seat as she watched the cheering crowd. She knew that Ash had just brought it back to a three on three, and there was no holding back at this point. "Three on three," Serena said as she turned to Shauna. "I think Ash can pull it off and Pikachu will bring it to him!"

Shauna nodded at this as she saw the electric rodent on the arena with the blue alligator making a standoff in which they were both eyeing each other. "It will be a tough matchup, but Ash has the type advantage so maybe there is a chance."

"Keep in mind that Hunter has purely tired pokemon. He still has Zapdos and Eevee on his party, but Eevee is the one that is fully rested," Clemont said as he put a finger up to his glasses and made a glare. "Maybe Ash does have a chance after all."

"CHU PI!" An electric rodent flashed out of Serena's belt and landed on her lap. The small pokemon opened up her ears and looked down onto the field to see Pikachu was up to battle. At this she began to jump up and down on Serena's lap and everyone turned their attentions to the small rodent. "Pichu chu pichu?" Kapi asked with enthusiasm.

Serena chuckled a little as she nodded and let the shining eyes of the small Pichu to roam the battlefield eyeing Pikachu. "No way, you caught a Pichu?" Shauna asked with enthusiasm as she eyed the small rodent.

Serena turned to Shauna and said: "Yea, and Kapi is sure to support Pikachu and Ash all the way… Specially the former." The last part Serena whispered to the brunette. Shauna chuckled a little at that as Bonnie then looked down on the field and pumped her fists while yelling good luck to Ash and Pikachu.

Serena heard as the crowd began to roar in excitement as the battle was about to begin, this put her at the edge of her seat with nerves, but also with determination that Ash will pull through and win against the Johto starter.

At the battle:

"Ash, my Feraligatr is one of the most powerful fighters. I doubt your Pikachu can even do anything against it," Hunter taunted as he put a hand on his hips. Hearing this, Feraligatr grew to be more intimidating obviously trying to push Pikachu back.

"Pika pika…" Pikachu did not flinch as he eyed down Feraligatr with slight irritation at what his opponents have just said.

"When it comes to Pikachu, we can do just about anything!" Ash shouted with a smirk and a pumped fist as he looked on towards the battle to see Pikachu charging up electricity while sitting still. Ash eyed carefully as Pikachu and Feraligatr barely moved at all, it was as if one was trying to concentrate on the other. Pikachu did not even budge as he waited for Feraligatr to make a move.

"Which one of the two will make the first move? I am so excited, this seems like it will be one of the most intense battles yet!"

Just as expected, Pikachu twitched his ear to test and see if Hunter would react, and sure enough Hunter pointed forward and shouted, "Use crunch!" Feraligatr did not even blink as he made his jaw glow and then began to charge the electric rodent that was narrowing his eyes towards the alligator that was running across the grass.

Ash knew he had to act fast so he put his hand out and commanded for an iron tail. "Pika Pika Pika… CHUPI!" Pikachu shouted as he jumped into the air and then with his hardened tail slammed it in between the jaw that closed down on the iron tail. At this moment, the two were caught in the middle of the grassy terrain with the people sitting in the stands of the hexagon were cheering.

"Feraligatr has just clamped down on Pikachu's iron tail! What can Ash do now?"

"Thunderbolt!"

"Pika… CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu smirked as he delivered his lethal shock to the light blue opponent. At this, Feraligatr staggered back and fell in front of Hunter who had his teeth gritted obviously not expecting such an attack.

Ash quickly put his hand out and pointed forward to the other end of the battlefield and gave his next command: "Quick attack let's go!" Pikachu made a battle cry as he made himself glow white and then began to dart forward like a bullet in the direction of Feraligatr. Pikachu then jumped up and quickly slammed himself into Feraligatr thus causing the water type to stagger back and make Pikachu go into the while performing a backflip.

"Use hydro pump!" Hunter quickly retaliated while seeing the opening. Feraligatr did not even spend a lot of time looking at the direction that Pikachu was flying and then made his jet of water appear and go in the direction of Pikachu. Pikachu flinched as his eyes gleamed at the incoming attack.

"PIKAAA!" Pikachu cried as he fell back towards the ground completely soaked in water.

"Pikachu just took heavy damage from that attack! This seems to be looking bad for Pikachu!"

"Pikachu are you alright?" Ash asked with worry as he then saw Pikachu stand back up without difficulty. Ash then pumped his fist as he said: "Alright then Pikachu, I believe in you." Pikachu smiled at this as he then narrowed his eyes and looked forward to see Feraligatr now coming in with a brick break charged up. Ash then narrowed his eyes and put his hands out. "Pikachu use iron tail!" Pikachu got to work as he made his tail glow white and then jumped in the direction of the brick break that was incoming. Pikachu and Feraligatr closed the gap and when that happened, there was a stalemate that involved Pikachu and Feraligatr's attacks causing sparks and a lot of power to then erupt in both directions with a shockwave.

"Pika!" Pikachu cried as he slammed into the grass and rolled around in a cloud of dust.

"Feraligatr…." Feraligatr grunted as he fell opposite of Pikachu in a similar matter.

"Feraligatr jump back up and use hydro pump!" Hunter shouted as he pumped his fist. Feraligatr quickly got up and then charged up his mouth to expel a jet of water in the direction of Pikachu. The horizontal vortex of water went towards Pikachu in such a manner that it was not dodgeable for the small electric rodent.

"Pikachu!" Ash shouted with worry as he noticed Pikachu slowly get back up to his feet. Looking ahead he saw the hydro pump and he knew he had to act quick. Ash then put his hand in a crane like fashion aimed at the ground and then pumped his fist on both sides. "Use iron tail on the battlefield!"

"CHU PI!" Pikachu shouted as he slammed his hardened tail onto the ground to make a large dust cloud erupt from the ground. At this the hydro pump dissipated into nothing as it was completely blocked thus causing Hunter to smirk.

"Ash just used iron tail to block hydro pump! What an amazing combination of moves!"

"Impressive…" Hunter then pumped his fist. "Use ice punch!"

"Pika?" Pikachu asked as the dust cloud then emerged into a blue alligator with a freezing punch ready to strike.

"Dodge it!"

It was too late as the attack collided and made Pikachu fall in front of Ash with great amounts of fatigue. "Pika!" Pikachu cried as he got up with ice on the electric rodent's back. "Pikachu…" Pikachu then struggled a little to get back up which made Ash grit his teeth.

"Finish it with hydro pump!" Hunter shouted with a victorious stance as he smiled brightly.

"LIGATR!" Feraligatr shouted as he put his hands down on the grass and began to shoot the jet of water towards Pikachu who was close to the ground.

"Uh oh, is this it for Pikachu?"

Ash then put his hand out as a unique glint of fighting spirit came to his eyes. "Pikachu get on your back and use counter shield now!"

"Pika… CHUUUUUU!" Pikachu shouted as he got on his back and began to spin around the ice on his back. Pikachu spun faster than usual due to the lack of friction and the thunderbolt then turned into a crackling vortex of electricity that began to consume the entire portion of the battlefield that was nearest to Ash. Ash then smirked as he saw the water attack collide with the large electric tornado that was causing Ash's hair to shake and the scarf to wave with intensity.

The water collided with the electricity and then due to minerals in the water, the electricity was conducted through the water and in less than a second ended up electrocuting Feraligatr. "Feraligatr no!" Hunter shouted in panic as he noticed Feraligatr slam his head into the ground with exhaustion. Feraligatr then stood back up with electricity surging through his body which caused Hunter to grit his teeth while muttering: "Dang it paralysis…"

"Feraligatr has been paralyzed after the hydro pump conducted the electricity back towards Feraligatr! The tables might have just turned!"

"Pikachu use iron tail!" Ash shouted with a large smirk.

"Use crunch!"

"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed as he had his tail hardened and glowing white, streaking through the air while swinging down.

"Fera!" Feraligatr made his jaw open up towards Pikachu and although some electricity surged through him, Feraligatr was able to close his jaw on the bolt shaped tail.

At this, Hunter did not even hesitate to get rid of Pikachu from the contact. "Throw him into the air!"

"LIGATR!" Feraligatr cried as he then swung his head around and threw Pikachu to soar through the air.

At this, Ash smirked as he then noticed that it was his chance to finish things up. "Pikachu!" Ash shouted while pumping both of his fist. "Use electric overdrive!" At the last part, Ash slammed his fist into the trainer's platform as he then saw his best friend beginning to glow with an electric aura and the rain clouds were beginning to form overhead. Ash then saw as a couple of electric strikes from the rain clouds burst down and collided with Feraligatr, thus causing the water type to stagger and fall to his knees.

"PIKA!" Pikachu shouted as he then felt the water pour down and interact with the electricity he was charging up. Pikachu then made his eyes go on fire as he pulled back his fist and then emitted all of the energy he had stored up into the grass below. "CHUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried as he made the ground begin to rise up with electricity surging in the direction of Feraligatr.

"Gatr…" Feraligatr sank to his hands due to the paralysis as he then faced as the electricity was nearing him.

"BOOM!" An explosion rang out through the stadium as it caused a shockwave that involved the entire arena. When the smoke cleared, it showed that Pikachu was standing in front of a standing Feraligatr. Ash noticed as Feraligatr was smiling about something to then fall to his knees and cave down into the ground.

"Feraligatr is unable to battle!" The referee declared as he raised his hand. "Pikachu wins!"

"And Pikachu has just finished this battle off for Ash to finally take the lead for once during the entire battle! Amazing teamwork by Ash and Pikachu!"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu shouted as he jumped on Ash's shoulder and cuddled his cheeks on Ash while hearing the crowd cheer.

"Alright Pikachu! That was awesome!" Ash praised the electric type as he hugged him. It was clear now, Ash had retaken the lead from a start that had him down by two, and now he is ahead by one. Pikachu then went down from Ash and sat next to the raven haired trainer. The latter at this point knew that Pikachu wanted some time to recharge his batteries, so he did not blame him.

Hunter recalled Feraligatr and pulled out another pokeball. Ash knew who it was since it was the only one that could possible be on a pokeball at this point. "Zapdos let's go!"

"Zapdos!" Zapdos emerged from the pokeball and charged up an electrical charge that went through the grassy arena and dissipated through the terrain and the raining clouds.

Ash without a hesitation despite being completely wet at this point reached into his belt and pulled out a pokeball, "Go Noivern!"

"Noivern!" Noivern shouted as he appeared in the air flapping his wings while looking ahead towards Zapdos, who was looking back at Noivern with a menacing look.

"Noivern? This is going to be an aerial battle that will be sure to entertain everyone!"

"So, using a flying type against an electric type?" Hunter asked with amusement. "This battle is as good as mine!"

"I would not be too sure about that," Ash said as he pumped his fist. "Noivern is capable of so much!" Noivern cried back with excitement at what Ash said as the raven haired trainer then commanded his first move: "Go into the air and hide inside of the rain clouds!" Noivern nodded at this and instantly looked up while soaring into the sky and then concealing himself inside of the rain clouds that were pouring down rain.

"Ash is taking an initiative by going into the rain clouds, what now for Hunter?"

"Follow him!" Hunter retaliated thus making the electric type soar into the sky and also go into the clouds in search of the sound wave dragon. "Use thunderbolt on the rain clouds!" Zapdos made himself glow in electricity and then the steak of electricity soared towards the clouds and when the lightning collided, it caused the clouds to light up in electricity and explode overhead.

"Vern!" Noivern cried as he began to fall down towards the ground in obvious pain from the conducted electric attack.

"Noivern straighten yourself out and use boomburst!" Ash ordered while pumping both of his fists at his side.

"VERN!" Noivern shouted as he made his large ears glow white and then shoot the sound wave vortex of power at Zapdos.

"Dodge it!" Hunter shouted as he saw the potential threat of the normal type move. Zapdos flapped his wings as he began to fly upwards and around the boomburst. Zapdos did three successful barrel rolls as the sound attack then disappeared behind Zapdos. Noivern then flew under Zapdos and then flew to be in front of the way in which the electric type was heading. "Use steel wing!"

"Supersonic!" Zapdos then made his wings glow white, but at the same time, Noivern made his ears glow white and shoot a sound out of his ears that made Zapdos stop in his tracks and begin to fall back down towards the ground. Ash then saw this as his opportunity to strike as Noivern then stopped his attack and began to dive towards the electric and flying legendary pokemon. "Now use sky attack!" Ash commanded as he put his hand out to the side.

"Noi! NOIVERN!" Noivern shouted as he began to glow in a very gold and bright aura as he fell and then slammed into the side of the electric type to cause a large cloud of smoke to envelop Zapdos. Noivern then kept his aura of gold as he pulled up and began to ascend towards the rain clouds above him.

"Use wild charge!" Hunter exclaimed as he looked up towards Zapdos, who emerged from the cloud of smoke with an aura of electricity charging towards Noivern who was in the air. Noivern and Zapdos then began to chase each other through the air as they reached the rain clouds above and concealed themselves inside.

"We can't see anything! This has me at the edge of my seat!"

At the stands:

"This is so intense…" Night whispered as he then saw a lightning bolt strike the grassy battlefield. Leaf and Night both looked up into the air to see bright sparks of lightning and gold explode inside the rain clouds at different intervals.

"Come on Noivern…" Serena muttered as she held Kapi close to her. Both trainer and pokemon were at the edge of their seats due to the intensity of the battle. Clemont as well was trembling in his seat due to the excitement of the electricity being exchanged during the battle.

"Come on Ash!" Brock shouted as he cuffed his hands. The cheering crowd again was being extremely hard to talk over, but it was obvious that Ash needed the support he needed to win the battle.

"The way this battle is going, it could go either way," Trevor said with a worried expression until he then saw the clouds from the sky begin to clear over the grass. Trevor then noticed how Ash and Hunter had gritted teeth as the clouds began to disappear thus allowing the sun to peer into the arena. As soon as the rain clouds were completely gone, it was shown that Noivern and Zapdos were still under their respective auras and then collided once more in a strong collision of sky attack and wild charge that made a smoke cloud appear in mid air due to how strong the collision was.

"What happened?" Calem asked as he looked forward to then notice a glint from the cloud of smoke.

"Huh?" Serena stood up nervously with Kapi in her hands to see both flying types fall out of the sky with smoke coming from their wings and crash into the grass below with individual thuds. Then, Serena saw as both flying types then stood up with crippled wings in front of each other.

At the battle:

"Both pokemon are on the ground! Is this it for both of them?"

Ash and Hunter waited patiently to see which pokemon would cave in to the exhaustion first, but when they noticed that both pokemon still had some energy on them, they decided they could still battle, but from the ground.

"Use thunderbolt!" Hunter shouted with a raised hand.

"Use boomburst!" Ash exclaimed.

Both attacks were charged and attacked, but after everything, they ended up in a collision that did not go either way, but caused a large shockwave that sent a wind through the trainer platforms. Hunter then emerged as he saw his opportunity to finish things off. "Use heat wave!"

"DOOSSSS!" Zapdos cried as he flapped his wings and launched the wave of hell in the direction of Noivern. Ash gritted his teeth as Noivern took the hit head on while protecting himself by putting his wings over himself.

"Noivern use hurricane!" Ash shouted with a fist out and clenching his other fist in worry. Noivern flapped his wings and made the wind begin to carry the heat around him and begin to charge up. Zapdos continued using the heat wave, but after some time, the fire began to grow extremely big around Noivern. "Noivern, now make the hurricane become the center of the field!" At this Noivern reeled his head up and made the gust of fiery wind be the center of the battlefield with great amounts of power. Zapdos continued to make the heat wave larger and larger, but after a while, both pokemon were consumed in the inferno while taking damage. Ash could feel the heat beginning to make him sweat more than he usually does during battles and he knew that Noivern would not be able to hold up even more, so he put his hands out to the sides as the fire begins to consume the trainer platforms including Ash and Pikachu along with Hunter and Eevee at the other end of the arena. "Use sky attack!" Ash shouted with gritted teeth.

"Use wild charge!" Hunter shouted with a similar attitude.

"NOIVERN!"

"ZAPDOS!"

Both auras of light pierced through the fire hurricane and met in the eye of the infernal vortex. Both attacks strained with power as sparks went everywhere to the trainer's expressions of not giving up. Suddenly, both auras became so big that it detonated the time bomb waiting to happen.

"A fire vortex with two pokemon clashing in the eye of the hurricane! I can barely catch my breath!"

"BOOM!"

"Pika…"

"Urgh!" Ash grunted as he covered himself through the intense fire and explosive action that was happening. "Noivern!" Ash cried as he did not know what happened at all.

"Eevee…"

"Zapdos!" Hunter cried as he also covered his face at the explosion. "Urgh!"

The grassy arena made a large hemisphere of fire, wind, electricity, and celestial energy to charge up and then scatter throughout the entire arena which caused the crowd to look at the arena with their mouths agape at what just happened in complete silence. The lights and even the scoreboard flickered off and on as the explosion that dominated the field completely died down.

"Is it over? What happened?"

"Noivern!"

"Zapdos!"

Both trainers could not help but cry out to their pokemon as the noticed both flying types on the ground immobile.

"Both Zapdos and Noivern are unable to battle!" The referee declared. "It is a draw!" At this the entire crowd erupted into cheers as Ash and Hunter both recalled their pokemon back into their pokeballs.

"AMAZING! And so many collisions lead to a double knock out!"

"Noivern you were great, take a good rest," Ash praised as he then clipped his pokeball back into his belt. Ash then took a look at the scoreboard, it was a close one at this point, but Hunter still had a completely rested pokemon to battle with:

Eevee.

Ash: Charizard Greninja Sceptile Noivern Goodra Pikachu

Hunter: Tyranitar Electivire Blaziken Feraligatr Zapdos (Pokeball)

"My last pokemon," Hunter said as he then pointed forward and exclaimed: "Let's go Eevee!"

"Eevee!" Eevee shouted as he jumped into the arena. The grass was very burned off at this point, but it was still in tact surprisingly to everyone in the hexagonal stadium.

Ash felt like he needed a tank to take care of this battle, so he unclipped a pokeball from his belt and shouted, "Let's go Goodra!"

"And Eevee and Goodra will be battling, now Hunter down to his last pokemon!"

"Goodra!" Goodra shouted as the bright light from the pokeball materialized into the dragon type that landed on the ground with a large thud. "DRAAA!" Goodra shouted with excitement as he eyed down the opponent he would go up against. The referee then signaled for the battle to resume, and Ash decided to go for the first move.

"Goodra use thunder!"

"DRAAA!" Goodra shouted as he made the electric attack brun through the ground in the direction of Eevee.

"Dodge it!" Hunter shouted to which Eevee jumped out of the way with ease.

Ash flinched a little as he noticed this and then put his arm out, "Goodra use draco meteor!" Goodra instantly made the ball of energy surge into the sky and after a bit, it exploded into the many meteors that would be falling over the arena.

"What an attack! Will Eevee be able to successfully come out of this one?"

"Not gonna happen! Protect!"

"Eevee!" Eevee shouted as he made the aqua marine shield in front of him to which many orange meteors flowed into thus protecting the small brown fox pokemon.

"Now Eevee, use shadow ball!" Hunter shouted as Eevee charged up the purple ball of energy on his mouth to then fire towards the dragon type pokemon. Ash saw how the attack was nearing, so he made himself an attack that may be a little risky after all.

"Goodra use bide!"

"Gooo…" Goodra said as he took the hit and made a light red aura around himself due to the attack not being so powerful. Goodra then slouched down in pain due to exhaustion, but Ash knew that Goodra would need to take something even more powerful to be defeated.

"Go!" Ash shouted while putting his fist out. Goodra launched the beam of white energy towards the small fox pokemon, but at this Hunter smirked.

"I got you now," Hunter said as he then put his hand into the air. "Use hyper beam!"

"EEEEEEEVVVVVEEEEEE!" Eevee shouted as he launched a dark draconic beam towards the white one. The two attacks collided and struggled against each other, but then the hyper beam easily over powered and came up on Goodra thus causing an explosion that enveloped Goodra.

"Goodra no!"

"Pika!"

When the dust cleared, it was shown that Goodra was on the ground with no energy at all to continue fighting, "Goodra is unable to battle," The referee declared. "Eevee wins!"

"And this is it! Goodra is down and both trainers are down to their final pokemon!"

At the stands:

"Poor Goodra," Shauna said as she covered her mouth. Calem crossed his arms in obvious distress for Ash knowing that both trainers were down to their last pokemon.

"It comes down to Pikachu against Eevee doesn't it?" Tierno asked as he noticed Goodra on the grass get absorbed into red energy and then disappeared into Ash's pokeball before going on Ash's belt.

"I believe in Pikachu," the honey blonde haired girl declared as she edged closer to the edge of her seat with Kapi on her shoulder.

"Pichu!" Kapi cried as she looked down to the field and saw Ash and Hunter in a staredown.

Clemont and Brock exchanged a nervous look, but Bonnie got up from her seat and put her fist into the air, "Go Ash! Go Pikachu!"

"Night, will Hunter win?" Leaf asked in worry as she sat next to Night with her hands on her heart. "Both are down to their last pokemon."

"I don't know…" Night said as he then eyed Ash before then eyeing Hunter. "It is hard to tell who will win, but I suggest you keep your faith on Hunter."

"Jolteon!" Jolteon said with a sympathetic tone as he neared Leaf and gave her a very comforting touch.

Leaf chuckled at this before she then got a confident look on her face and then pumped her fist, "You are right, Hunter will win! I know he will!"

Night smiled at Leaf before turning back to the field and noticing that it was definitely it, this was the end of the battle… Whatever happens… Happens.

At the battle:

Pikachu looked at Eevee with a serious face… Pikachu now knew that the battle would be decided on his be battled. If he won, then Ash and him would move onto the next round, but if he lost… Pikachu shook with nerves at the thought of the battle being entirely on his shoulders. Although Pikachu knew that he had done it before, he never thought it would happen at this big of a stage. Pikachu shook a little next to Ash as the raven haired boy looked down at Pikachu obviously knowing what was going on in the rodent's mind.

"Pikachu," Ash said as he kneeled down next to Pikachu. "I have been in this situation before of being the person that people depend on to win as a team." Pikachu went wide eyed as Ash then stuck out his hand and said, "I want to win this along side you Pikachu, you deserve to get us this win more than anyone else!"

"Pika…" Pikachu said in wonder as he then stuck his hand out and shook Ash's hand with newly gained confidence. Pikachu then turned towards the grass and looked back at Ash while motioning towards the field. "Pika Pikachu!"

"Right!" Ash said as he then pointed into the grassy field and shouted: "Pikachu… I CHOOSE YOU!"

"Pika!" Pikachu jumped on Ash's shoulder which shocked the raven haired trainer a little because he expected the electric type to jump above him. "Pikachu…" Pikachu rubbed his cheek among Ash's cheek and made a little bit of electricity crackle between the two.

"Oh come on Pikachu," Ash said with a little bit of amusement and flatter at the action. He then smirked as he saw Pikachu run through his extended hand and then leap off into the field. "Alright!" Ash exclaimed with excitement.

"Pika pikachu!" Pikachu said as he got on all fours and charged up electricity on his cheeks before then expelling it on all directions. "PIKACHU!"

"Pikachu is getting prepared, this is going to be an intense match. Guaranteed to be a highlight of the tournament!"

"Yes!" Ash shouted with a pumped fist. "Now we are all fired up!"

"I am fired up too Ash!" Hunter declared from the other side of the arena.

"Right! Let's go with everything we have!" Ash declared as he signaled to Pikachu. "Pikachu and I will not go down so easily!"

"Neither will Eevee and I," Hunter said with a smirk. "Right Eevee?"

"Eevee!" The fox pokemon exclaimed while staring down Pikachu.

The referee then resumed the battle and Ash made the first move by pointing forward: "Pikachu, use thunderbolt!"

"Pika… CHUUUU!" Pikachu shouted as made himself glow in electricity and then jump into the air to fire the electric attack towards Eevee.

Hunter saw the attack coming and quickly put his hand out, "Quick use protect!" The electricity surged through the grass as it then made a zigzag motion across the grass before getting close to Eevee. The normal type quickly reacted and made the shield appear in front of him that blocked the electric attack. Hunter then put his hand out and shouted, "Use shadow ball!" Eevee quickly reeled his head back before shooting the ghost type sphere towards Pikachu.

"Eevee protects himself and not goes for a counter attack, what will Ash's strategy be?"

"Quick Pikachu, use iron tail and knock the shadow ball down and propel yourself into the air," Ash commanded with his two pumped fists. Pikachu quickly began to run towards the sphere and then made his tail glow white as he then jumped above the shadow ball and down cut on it to then make it crash into the ground below with a small explosion while causing Pikachu to go into the air with the reflection of the peering sun into the stadium.

"Use iron tail!" Hunter retaliated as Eevee jumped up with his tail glowing white. Both attacks collided in the air with a stalemate that then caused both pokemon to return to be in front of their trainers with a feel for each other's power.

"Ash, this battle has been fun," Hunter said. "But I think it is time we gave it our all and decide who the winner is!"

"I agree Hunter," Ash said with a pumped fist. "Get ready, because here I come!" Ash and Hunter then narrowed their eyes as they looked down at their opponents before striking again.

Courtesy Call- Nightcore

Pikachu and Eevee stared at each other while holding their tails up ready to strike. Both were not moving.

Heeyyyoo, there comes a danger up in this club, when we get started we ain't gonna stop, we going to turn it out 'till it get's too hot!

The entire arena was silent waiting for either pokemon to make a move...

Everybody sing, heeyyyoo, don't turn it out 'til they get no more, let's get this thing shakin' like a disco ball, this is your last worn in a courtesy call.

Pikachu then twitches his tail to try and make Eevee flinch. Eevee steps back a bit which makes Ash narrow his eyes and prepare himself.

Violins come in Heyoo, there comes a danger up in this club! When we get started we ain't gonna stop, we going to turn it out 'till it gets too hot!

"IRON TAIL!" Both trainers shout at the same time as both pokemon make their tails glow white and dart forward towards each other with great power.

Everybody sing…

Guitar kicks in with the beat. Both pokemon collide their tails amongst each other like a sword duel where they are attempting to take down the opponent. HEEYOOO down turn it up till they can't no more Let's get this thing shakin' like a disco ball, this is you last warning a courtesy call…

Both pokemon appear in front of their trainers while panting since they just hit their heart out with their tails, but it was not over just yet. Ash then put his hand out as he made his next command, "Use quick attack and at the same time use thunderbolt on yourself!"

"PIKA!" Pikachu shouted as he made himself glow an electric aura and then began to run towards Eevee with a trail of electricity behind him. "Pika pika pika pika pika...". I am not afraid, of the storm that comes my way…

"Use hyperbeam!" Hunter shouted as he made his hand go into the air. Eevee did not even take long to charge up the dark attack as he then directed it towards Pikachu that was running towards him. Intensity in the song grows When it hits it shakes me to the core and makes me stronger than before! Pikachu slammed head on into the hyper beam and began to run through it. Halfway through, Pikachu slowed down a little, but then made it to be right in front of Eevee.

"GOOO!" Ash shouted with great power.

"PIKACHU!" Pikachu shouted as he slammed himself into Eevee and caused a large explosion in the middle of the field to which Eevee and Pikachu both got sent back, but Pikachu regained his balance first.

"Use thunderbolt!" A mirage image of Ash showed as Pikachu jumped into the air and through his gleaming eyes made the electricity surge in the direction of Eevee. The fox did not even move as he stood up and clenched his fists to take the attack. The thunderbolt hit and Eevee tried his best to control the electricity that was shocking him. CAN YOU FEEL IT? MAKE IT REAL!

"Use shadow ball!" Hunter shouted as Eevee made himself charge up a dark ball of sinister electricity that then shot off towards Pikachu who was still in the air. I think it might wash away tonight! The shadow ball collides with Pikachu and sends him flying back to be in front of Ash in all fours. Awaken from this NEVER ENDING….

"Go in with iron tail!" Ash shouted.

"You too!" Hunter declared as he saw this.

Fight! It takes more than meets the eye… This war we are fighting, is not just rotting…

HEEEEYYYOOO there comes a danger up in this club. Pikachu and Eevee begin to collide iron tails similar to how they did before, but this time, Eevee manages to get a side hit on Pikachu.

"Pika!" Pikachu shouts as he falls back on his feel and on his right hand.

"Pikachu, are you alright?" Ash asked as he noticed the electric type straining.

"Pika pikachu!" Pikachu responded as he looked back at Ash with a very intense look. There is a rumble in the floor… So get prepared for war.

"Charge up electricity on your cheeks!" Ash ordered as Pikachu then made his cheeks begin to collect electricity. CAN YOU FEEL IT? MAKE IT REAL!

"Use hyper beam once more!" Hunter shouted with all his might as he noticed Pikachu and Ash not attacking them.

"EEEEVEEEEE!" Eevee cried as he shot the beam of dark gaia energy right at Pikachu.

"Use thunderbolt on yourself!" Ash shouted.

MAKE ME FEEL IT!

"Pika… CHUUU!" Pikachu shouted as he made an electric current that then made the entire area near Ash glow in yellow crackling electricity. The hyper beam then came and went around the electricity just like Ash had planned for it to do.

"Just like that Pikachu!" Ash praised as he noticed that as soon as the attack ended, Pikachu sank to his knees. Ash gritted his teeth at that as he knew that this meant that Pikachu was running out of steam. Ash then noticed that Eevee jumped into the air and launched multiple shadow balls in the direction of Pikachu which made the raven haired trainer flinch a little, but Ash did not give up. "Pikachu use iron tail and use those shadow balls to propel you into the air!" Pikachu acted fast as he made his tail stiffen and glow white as he then jumped on top of the spheres of energy. Once Pikachu was above them, Ash threw his fist out in front of him. "Use thunderbolt!"

"Pika… CHUUUUU!"

"Use protect!" Hunter shouted and at the right moment Eevee hit the ground and put up the shield that blocked the electric attack once more. Hunter then noticed as Pikachu fell in front of Eevee with some damage around him and with that he then put both of his fists forward and then pumped them out while shouting his command: "USE HYPER BEAM!"

"EEEEEEEVEEEEEE!" Eevee made a large sphere of black energy in front of him that was twice as large as Eevee himself with great intensity.

This is your last warning a courtesy call!

Ash grabbed his red cap and then inverted it to then take both of his fists and punch the trainer's platform as he shouted: "ELECTRIC OVERDRIVE!"

Guitar solo plays

"PIKA!" Pikachu shouted as he looked up at the air and made his rain clouds appear once more. Pikachu then made himself glow in yellow crackling electricity before then engraving his fist into the ground with determination while feeling the rain pouring down from the sky.

"EEEVEEEEE!" Eevee shouted as he made his attack rip out towards the electric earth that was moving like a wave in the direction of Eevee.

The two attacks met in the middle, both attacks straining to overpower each other. Ash narrowed his eyes and then smirked as he shouted for Pikachu to not give up. Pikachu and Eevee strained and the attacks edged closer and closer to each other before then hyper beam beginning to gain the edge. Ash saw this obviously knowing that if hyper beam got too close, it was over…

"This is it Ash, it looks like I have won!" Hunter declared while looking at Ash with the shock wave causing his hair to move around. Hyper beam was right in front of Pikachu as electric overdrive was the only thing protecting Pikachu at this point.

Ash though, he smirked as his scarf was waving madly in the wind due to how close he is to the collision, "Aren't you forgetting something?" Ash then pointed up just in time for lightning to come down from the rain clouds and strike Eevee with enough voltage to cause the normal type to stop his attack in pain.

"PIKA… CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu did not even have to do anything as his electric earth then instantly zoomed through the grass and slammed into Eevee.

Music cuts out.

"BOOM!"

A yellow hemisphere of electricity once again consumed the stadium thus causing a huge shock wave that made Ash and Hunter grit their teeths and shield themselves. When the smoke cleared and the explosion scaled down, Pikachu was in front of Eevee and the rain clouds disappeared from above the arena. The electric rodent then fell to his knees and panted hard as the brown fox across from him looked at Pikachu with a… smile?

"Eevee…" Eevee grunted as he then collapsed to the ground and made a small dust cloud surround him as he fell…

"Eevee is unable to battle, which means the match goes to Ash from Lumiose City!" the referee declared as cheers erupted throughout the stadium and the scoreboard displayed Ash's face as the victor of the battle.

"And it is over! Ash has emerged victorious once again! This time with an amazing finish by Pikachu!"

"Eevee!" Hunter shouted with worry as he raced onto the field and checked on his partner. Hunter saw how Eevee slowly opened his eyes and sighed as he then looked down and said, "Eevee, thank you so much for that battle, it was amazing."

"Eevee…" Eevee smiled weakly as he looked up at Hunter. Hunter then noticed as shadow came in front of him. A shadow with raven hair that then kneeled down in front of Hunter.

"Eevee, are you alright?" Ash asked as he also checked on the fox pokemon. Eevee nodded towards Ash as well as the raven haired trainer passed his hand through Eevee's fur and smiled, "Hunter should be very proud of you, I never had so much fun battling such an opponent in a while."

"Thanks Ash, for this amazing battle," Hunter said as both trainers stood up, Eevee in Hunter's arms. "Let's have another one soon, I will get stronger, and hopefully things will go differently."

Ash chuckled at this and said, "No, thank you! You made this battle a whole lot of fun! It was great, and yes, let's have another battle like this one in the future!"

"PIKA Pikachu!" cried from Ash's hands, covered in bruises and scratches, but other than that, completely fine.

At this, both trainers shook hands as a sign of being a good sport, but then Hunter pulled Ash closer and whispered something in his ear, "Listen up Ash, I only lose to champions, so you better be the winner in the long run."

Ash flinched as he heard this and then smiled as he pumped his fist, "You can count on that!" Ash then turned to Pikachu and said, "And we need to get you to a pokemon center because you look like you came right out of the end of the world!"

"Pika pikachu…" Pikachu sweatdropped as Ash and Hunter exchanged a friendly laugh with each other.

At the stands:

"Aww Hunter…" Leaf said with a slightly sad tone while hugging Jolteon trying to get comfortable.

"It's alright Leaf," Night said next to her. "Hunter's journey has just reached another milestone. He was able to experience his first legitimate loss. This will make him stronger in the long run, in fact, this is how I have become this strong," Night explained as he narrowed his eyes towards Hunter. "In fact, now I think he has to potential of being strong enough to defeating any champion depending on Ash's strength."

"I guess you are right," Leaf said with a smile as she looked down to see Hunter and Ash smiling and talking as if they were great friends. "Hunter knows he gave it his best after all, I can't wait to see what is in the future for us- I mean him." Leaf said that last part with a blush and a small smile as she also saw Night give a slight chuckle along with Jolteon.

On the other side of the stadium, the group was celebrating for Ash for his outstanding victory. "HE WON! HE WON!" Bonnie shouted with great amounts of pride into the cheering crowd.

"That was awesome!" Calem said as he clapped his hands along with Shauna, Tierno, Trevor and Tierno.

"That is what a pokemon battle should be," Clemont said as he turned to Brock. "What did you think?"

"I thought it was a great way for Pikachu to show that he is Ash's most trusted companion," Brock said with a smile. "In fact, it was a well deserved victory and an amazing comeback with his two dragons and Pikachu."

"PICHU!" Kapi cheered with a crimson tint on her cheeks. Serena saw them clearly, mostly because she was blushing herself as well due to seeing how well Ash performed in battle. Still, Kapi through that her blush was probably covered by her already red cheeks, but Serena knew better.

"I knew he would win," Serena said with a smile as she eyed down Ash and noticed him and Pikachu cuddling with each other. The pink tint she had on her cheeks quickly developed into crimson lines that covered her cheeks to a bright red tint because of how adorable it was, still she was extremely happy that Ash won. The honey blonde haired girl then stood up from her seat with Kapi on her shoulder and shouted. "Way to go Ash!" At the same time, a gust of wind made her hair wave a little along with her blue ribbon, which she parted to the side with her hand. Her bright smile and blue eyes reflecting off the light of the sun that came from the skylight of the hexagonal stadium.

A/N: GASPING FOR AIR! Try reading this entire chapter in one breath… Impossible, don't try this I don't want you to get cyanosis (again, I am interested in the medical field so if there is medical stuff involved, I won't hesitate to add it in).

Anyways, this was a great chapter I wrote. Ash made an amazing come back and I made this battle specifically to be character development for Pikachu, although this came more into play during this chapter other than the last.

Again, I apologize if making Charizard and Greninja fall guys offended you, but in this case I was wanting Pikachu to fill up their spot since after all, it was evident that he deserves this.

I hope you guys enjoyed, and remember to R & R so I will see you guys next time!