At the entrance to the tunnel:
Ash was standing there on his own, the hexagonal hallway was bright and the sounds from the stadium were packing at full blast which were muffled sounds to the raven haired trainer that was standing right in front of the stairs. The stairs lead to a dark corridor that would then hold the light to the outside, where he would have his battle against his father… The last battle of the tournament.
Ash took a deep breath as he looked down to see Pikachu next to him, he noticed the electric mouse had a determined look on his face, one that definitely portrayed just how he was ready to battle along side his teammates just to win this battle. The Kanto native then reached down towards his belt and counted the pokeballs: All six pokeballs were there (counting Pikachu's) which meant that he had everything he needed to win…
Yet something still made him feel unsure of himself.
Ash stood there looking with a blank expression towards the stairs with a pensive tone, something that Pikachu noticed as he looked up at his trainer with a puzzled expression. The electric rodent was expecting something more of like a tightening of the fingerless gloves to then tap his foot once on the ground, but then again, that was not happening, at least not this time.
Ash's ears then heard an unexpected angelical voice from his left which made him turn around:
"Ash!" She shouted, running with a very tired look and sinking to her knees in front of the raven haired trainer trying to catch her breath.
The Kanto native went wide eyed as he looked down at the person that had just come for him, "Serena, what are you doing here? You should be with the others-"
"Ash, I know you might be lacking a little bit of confidence right now," The honey blonde replied which made the raven haired trainer go wide eyed and also made Pikachu cock his head with curiosity. Serena then looked up with a determined expression, her blue eyes gleaming brightly with the light surrounding the two trainers. "Here," Serena said as she pulled something out of her pocket…
The handkerchief.
She reached out to Ash and put it in his hand. The raven haired trainer looked down at the white piece of fabric and studied it carefully, it was well maintained, just as good as when he had first given it to Serena back at the years ago. "S-Serena, this is the-"
"Yes…" Serena replied with a smile before then turning around and sighing. "Look, I promised myself that I would do as much as I could to get you to the top, so I am trying to do that for you right now with the handkerchief."
"Serena…" Ash said with awe as he watched the honey blonde begin to walk away… "Why?"
Hearing this, Serena stopped in her tracks and turned around while looking down with her fedora shadowing her eyes.
"Ash…" She said in a very quiet tone, only audible for the raven haired trainer.
"Huh?"
"Here is why I am doing this," Serena said as she began to walk towards the raven haired trainer. Ash recoiled a little and he went wide eyed as he saw the honey blonde getting to an extremely intimate proximity to him.
A view of the feet of both trainers shows a pair of brown boots going on their tippy toes in the direction of a pair of red and black shoes.
Serena pulled away with her face completely crimson red, her smile could not have been any brighter. "See you after the battle Ash," The honey blonde replied with a very shy tone as she turned around and began to walk away. "Next time I see you, I want to be talking to the Champion of the Kalos League," Serena said with a more confident tone before walking off.
The raven haired trainer could not comprehend what he had just experienced. One second he was talking with his friend, the next she absolutely blew his mind. His eyes sparkled as he watched the honey blonde walk away and his feet felt a little numb. He then knew what he was feeling at that moment, the moment he knew his heart was palpitating for her. Ash then looked down and smiled as he turned back around to the stairs which were in front of him while simultaneously putting the handkerchief in his pocket.
"Pika Pikachu?" Pikachu asked knowingly as he perched himself on Ash's shoulder.
The raven haired trainer looked at the electric mouse through the corner of his eyes and then closed his eyes to say the next thing: "Keep your thought to yourself buddy, I can't let that distract me right now."
"Pikachu," Pikachu agreed with a pumped fist as he looked forward.
"You're right, it did feel good Pikachu," Ash admitted as he adjusted his hat. "Now I know what I have been feeling ever since I danced with her at the dance party." The raven haired trainer then put his foot on the steps and began to climb, the sounds of the stadium getting louder and louder by each step that Ash took. "Let's worry about everything later, right now, we need to win this battle."
"PIKACHU!"
"Right!" Ash exclaimed as he reached the top of the steps and stopped in his tracks as he looked forward towards the light that was going to have to consume him into the large and powerful stadium that he knew was packed to the very teeth.
"Pikachu?"
"Wait," Ash replied as he felt the piece of fabric in his pocket before then then grabbing his hat with both hands and turning it to one side before adjusting it forward again.
"I want to be…" Ash muttered as he took a step.
"The very best…" he muttered again as he took another step forward.
"Like no one ever was…" Ash then whispered as he began to walk forward, having flashbacks of so many things that happened during his entire journey flash in front of him, the gym battles, his pokemon, his friends, the growth of his pokemon and increasing potential, to finally ending with his thought being lead to what Serena had just done to him a couple of minutes before.
"It's time…"
"Pikachu."
Ash then found himself stepping into the bright light that was followed by the announcement of his name and eruption of cheers from the stands:
"Ash!"
A/N: NOBODY saw it coming, I am guessing LOL! Yes, I had it planned in my head for so long as to how I was going to make Amour canon, so I did it. Originally, I was going to make the power go out and Serena would step forward with Ash feeling something touch his lips, but I decided to take it the more casual and ambiguous way so that the imagination as to how it happened can kick in.
Ok, now, will I make things spicy? Yes, but since they are beginning to love each other, I am going to keep them as amateurs in expressing love towards each other.
Anyways, the first part of the battle is about to begin, and yes, this is a different battle than we are used to seeing, so I am hoping I can write it well!
Hope you guys enjoy!
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
Chapter 50- A new way of battle! The father against the son!
At the stands:
"Ash against the person that has only lost one pokemon during the entire league? I am getting kind of uneasy about this…" This was all Bonnie said as she clenched her fists. Mairin held Chespie in her lap, she too was feeling mixed emotions about the raven haired trainer and his opponent being so potentially powerful.
Clemont adjusted his glasses as he looked at the battlefield and began to make remarks: "To be honest, Ash had a very complicated line of matchups throughout the entire league too… Hunter only really used some of his pokemon, but he stuck with Eevee. Hau was even more like the Satoshi guy as he only used Incineroar, and even Damian relied a lot of his power on his Hydreigon." The lemon blonde inventor then looked forward at the battlefield noticing that the stands were completely filled and preparations for the battle were beginning. "Still, I can't help but feel nervous about Satoshi, he has only shown an Aegislash with eight moves and a Pikachu that could take down a Mega Swampert after it defeated the same Darkrai that took down five of Seth's pokemon."
Everyone nodded their heads at this, but Serena looked very confident in herself: "Don't worry, Ash will find a way, I know he will!" At that very moment a pokeball opened on the honey blonde's lap which revealed Kapi, who looked excited for the battle. "Alright Kapi, you can watch," the young performer told the restless female Pichu.
With Professor Sycamore and Diantha, the two looked down at the large gap and began to make predictions. "Is it really possible for Ash to even overcome some of Satoshi's pokemon?"
"I think he could do something amazing like he always does," Professor Sycamore replied as he looked down at the arena and noticed that he cheers were getting louder and more vivid by the second.
At Serena's house:
Grace was preparing breakfast as she heard that the television was beginning to get loud and intense. "Fletchling, Fletch!" A Fletchling cried as he went towards the kitchen and signaled for the brunette to follow him.
"What is it Fletchling?" Grace asked as she finished breakfast and took a plate of eggs and bacon towards the couch in the living room that was situated right in front of the television, which was displaying the Kalos League Finals. "The finals huh? Well, I heard that Ash is in it, so why not watch it? If he wins, then my little girl might marry a champion when she gets older," Grace snickered. "You know, that does not sound like a bad idea after all."
With Ash:
"Ash!"
"Satoshi!"
The raven haired trainer heard his name announced along with his father's nickname. He did not care anymore that he was battling his father as he began to walk through the light to then see the enormous hexagon themed stadium. The sun shined brightly and Ash noticed his scarf wave a little as the breeze blew through the stadium as he reached his battle box. Stepping on the trainer's platform, Ash noticed that Pikachu got down from his shoulder to get prepared.
The raven haired trainer then heard enormous cheering from the stands and looked forward for his jaw to drop. It was his father, but not cloaked: he was in his red attire and with the trademark cap. He also sported two bracelets, one on both wrists and he had Pika next to him. "Ash," he started. "I have been wanting to have this encounter with you, but I wanted to do it as your father, not an enemy." Ash went wide eyed at this and looked forward nod. "Thank you."
"What a turn of events! Satoshi is actually Ash's father! And he gave up the cloak too!"
"I would prefer to be called by my real name, but whatever," Ashura said as he smirked and looked forward towards his son. "To a great battle, son."
Ash shadowed his eyes under his cap and smiled as he shook his head in an excited manner before then bringing his head back up with tears forming in the corners of his eyes, "Of course dad!" The raven haired trainer could not have wished for a better opponent, even better, ever since he was a child he had wished to challenge his father to a battle, and now he was going to get a full on six on six with him. The Kanto native then passed his hand through his eyes and cleared his throat as he regained composure. Ash then pumped his fist as he looked at his father, "no holding back!"
"I wouldn't want it any other way," Ashura replied as he smiled back.
"Now let's see in which battlefield we will be holding the first part of the finals!"
The battlefield was visible even before it came to the top to be at level with the trainers. Looking around, both trainer were not expecting this type of battlefield at all, in fact they were expecting a normal field, but this one was monstrous: It had four large skyscrapers with roads making a large cross as hey had a small plaza in the middle and some trees and lamp posts lining the streets.
"What is this? A city field?" Ash asked as he looked around.
"Pika…" Pikachu said in awe as he also looked at the monstrosity in front of him.
"And this will be a city battlefield, one of the special battlefield that we had developed for this battle!"
The crowd roared as the referee then appeared in the middle of the plaza at a distance that both Ashura and Ash could hear. "I know you may be wondering what the twist is, but let me address the rules to begin with." Both trainers nodded at this while looking at the referee that was standing in the center plaza of the city battlefield. "This will be a full six on six battle with substitutions allowed. Furthermore, the field will be changed after three pokemon on either side are unable to continue and as soon as all six pokemon on either side are declared unable to battle, the battle will be over."
"That does not seem so bad, like a normal battle," Ash muttered as he then noticed the referee raise his hand again.
The referee then spoke up again, this time catching Ashura and Ash off guard: "Now for the twist, the trainer will be able to join his pokemon in the battlefield during a battle to aid in any way possible during the battle!" This made both Ash and Ashura go a little wide eyed both muttering some form of metaphor that described their feelings towards the battlefield. "Now trainers, choose your first pokemon!"
Ash smirked as he reached into his belt and grabbed a pokeball before shooting it outwards: "Sceptile I choose you!"
The pokeball arched through the air before opening to reveal a bright light that materialized into the grass reptilian that had a twig on his mouth. "Sceptile!" He chanted as he flexed his muscles and looked upwards with a large battlecry. "SCEPTILE!" Ash smirked at this, Sceptile had not forgotten his last encounter with Ashura, and it was bound to be a great battle.
Ashura smirked as he pulled out a pokeball from his belt and threw it forward: "Come on out! Aegislash!"
Ash watched carefully as the pokeball opened into a shield like Pokemon the emerged and then appeared silently in front of the opposing raven haired trainer. The Katonian boy noticed that the opposing pokemon was silent and in blade form, not shield form at all. 'That has to be Zoroark, no doubt about it…'
"So Ash will lead with his speedy Sceptile and Satoshi will with his mysterious Aegislash! This battle with the main twist of the trainer joining the pokemon in battle will spice things up! Let's see what these two trainers can give us!"
The referee looked at both pokemon standing in the street and then smiled as he referenced the trainers. "Alright then, good luck to both of you in the finals and may the champion be the eventual winner." The referee then lowers his arm as he said the magical words the Ash and Ashura were anticipating to hear: "Let the battle… BEGIN!"
Battle music begin! Ash (Sceptile) vs Ashura (Aegislash):
Both trainers and their pokemon (including the electric mice) bolted out of their positions at their sides of the arena sprinting towards the center of the battlefield in a delta formation, the raven haired trainers were running behind and to the left of Aegislash and Sceptile while the Pikachus ran to the right and behind the larger bipedal pokemon.
"LEAF BLADE!/NIGHT SLASH!" Both trainers called out as their partners began to increase their speed and rush forward while creating their own blades. Sceptile and Aegislash then swing their blades in front of each other as they began to close the gap between each other. The crowd's cheering intensified as both blades began to near each other in slow motion. As soon as the two attacks collided, it began a shockwave that radiated through the whole stadium and made both trainers get knocked a little back by the shock wave of the attacks.
"It seems that both trainers are already giving it their all!"
Both pokemon fell in front of their trainers and looked up noticing that they were in the center plaza of the arena. Ash smirked as he then looked up and saw the battlefield's trees and then smirked as he eyed the leaves. "Sceptile use leaf storm!"
"Tile!" Sceptile shouted as he then turned around and shot the leaves out in a tornadic fashion towards the blade and shield pokemon.
Ashura looked at the leaves and smiled as he then pointed forward and shouted: "go forward with flamethrower!" Both attacks shot out with the barrage of flames moving faster than the smaller raven haired trainer had expected with caused an explosion to scatter a lot of smoke in both directions.
The scarfed trainer then smirked as he then smiled and put his arm out to the side: "Sceptile strike Aegislash with a powerful dragon claw!" The grass gecko pokemon nodded as he made his two green scaly claws and then charged through the smoke towards the supposed ghost and steel type.
"Dodge that!" Ashura exclaimed as he noticed the trap. Aegislash hopped back and out of the smoke to land behind the smoke in time for Sceptile to strike the ground from below. "Nice try son, but that did not work."
Ash then smirked as he watched the smoke clear: "Who said I was trying to hit you with dragon claw?" The raven haired trainer then put his arm out and smiled as he made the next move: "Sceptile use leaf storm and let him have it!"
"Scep!" Sceptile charged up with a smile as he began to create leaves behind his tail surround the green forest like formation to then shoot out with a wind that successfully entrapped Aegislash and launched him into the air. Ashura looked up and smirked as he then saw as Aegislash landed in front of him with a slightly dazed look, but still fine.
"Zora…" Aegislash then muttered as he began to glow purple and begin to transform into a black and red themed fox pokemon that looked forward with a determined pose. "ZORA!"
"Wow! Who knew that the Aegislash was actually a Zoroark under the illusion ability!"
"So you finally broke the shell," Ashura congratulated as he smiled and narrowed his eyes. "Good, because now the real fight can begin."
At the stands:
"They are already beginning with all of their power," Serena muttered. "Amazing…" The sun was shining brightly from what the honey blonde could see. Still, the amazement in the stadium was extremely hyped as she watched the raven haired boy going against his father by running along his pokemon and sticking by his side. "Neither are backing down from the start…"
"I am not surprised that they are going this all out," Tierno replied as he put an arm to his chin. "Ash has to be careful." The stressed look on everyone's face returned, but Mairin kept a strong gaze with determination for the raven haired trainer to pull something off now that he had something going on.
At the battle:
The crowd cheered loudly as Ash then ran to Sceptile's side with Pikachu next to him and pointed forward looking towards Zoroark, who was in front of them standing with a corrupt pose looking towards them, "Leaf storm!"
"Dodge it!"
"TILE!" Sceptile cried as he shot the barrage of leaves forward towards the dark fox pokemon. The illusion specialist jumped up as the attack landed on the ground and caused an explosion that left the raven haired boy gritting his teeth as he watched as the dust slowly settled in front of him.
"Grrr…" Ash muttered as he looked forward.
"We are ready now Ash," Ashura replied as he smirked and began to step back to allow space for his son to see what was in front of him.
"Sceptile…"
"Zora…" Zoroark muttered as he was close to the ground with one hand touching the ground close to the opposite trainer platform and at the opposite end of the arena. The dark type slowly stood up and looked forward, a view from behind showed a slight breeze making the black and red hair with a light blue orb wave slowly as the dark type stood powerfully with the light making his eyes gleam.
"Sceptile, leaf storm, don't stop!"
"Scep!" Sceptile shouted as he turned his tail around and began to shoot out different barrages of leaves straight forward towards the fox that flexed his knees to begin to run.
Zoroark took off with his hands behind him as he ran with a speed that could rival the leaf storm being thrown at him. "Zora!" Zoroark shouted as he side stepped to avoid the leaves that zoomed past the dark type from the side as in slow motion. Zoroark then jumped into the air and extended his arms as he began to fall again and somersaulted and kept running forward. The leaf storm kept coming and in slow motion, Zoroark ducked and slid under one of the beams to end up then running towards the large building at his side.
"What is Satoshi's strategy now?"
"Keep going Sceptile!"
"TILE!"
Zoroark began to run up the side of the large glassed structure that was beaming brightly a reflection of the sun. The crowd gasped in amazement as the illusion master ran up the tall building while avoiding the different leaf attack coming. "Zora?" Zoroark suddenly asked in a panicked voice as he saw one of the beams come closer and closer to him to the point that it was impossible to dodge.
Seeing there was no time to dodge, Ashura then put his hand out and made his next command, "Jump and get out of there!" The fox nodded as he then sprung out from the building and landed in the floor with a sprint going fast out of the direction of the plaza and heading towards out of the four edges of the building.
Ash looked at he leaving fox as the scene shifted to show that Zoroark's feet began to move faster and faster as he kept running before reaching a top speed. The raven haired trainer commanding the Sceptile raised a hand into the hard white ground and shouted: "Grab him and bring him back with frenzy plant!" Sceptile clapped his fists as he then shoved them into the ground which caused green plants to shoot out from the ground towards Zoroark. The older man seemed shocked at the move and raised his eyebrows to then see the green plants actually catching up.
"Zora?" Zoroark asked as he looked behind him a little surprised to see the large vines catching up. "Zoroark!" Zoroark gasped as the black fox then noticed the vines wrap around his torso and stop him from running forward. In a quick flash, he vines then retracted and pulled the hanged pokemon to be in front of the forest pokemon. Both trainers had similar smirking expressions as they noticed that Zoroark was trapped… Or so Ash thought.
"Zoroark had been caught by Sceptile, what can Satoshi do to get out of this situation?"
"I got you now Dad," Ash smirked as he turned to his father, who was next to him with his hands on his hips.
Ashura just smiled and looked back with a bright flash of reflected sunlight causing his eyes to gleam, "Are you sure about that?" Pikachu looked surprised as he then turned to Ash as began to pull on his shirt. The trainer looked at the mouse and asked what was wrong, but then the confirmation came as Ashura put his fist in the air with a large smile. "Zoroark, get out of there with night daze!"
"What? Oh no! Sceptile, cover him up and don't let him escape!"
"Tile!"
"Zora…" Zoroark muttered as he began to glow purple with some dark energy as an aura beginning to form. Sceptile acted fast as he made the vines attempt to completely cover the illusion pokemon. Suddenly, it was too much to handle and the vines shattered as Zoroark made the plants disappear completely while also making an explosion which caused Ash, Pikachu, and Sceptile to be pushed back.
"Amazing! And through night daze, Satoshi gets Zoroark out of the tough situation!"
The stands roared with excitement as Ash and Pikachu slowly recovered and looked over towards Sceptile who was slowly getting back up. "Are you alright Sceptile?"
"Tile…" Sceptile responded as he began to glow green. "SCEPTILE!" The green aura sparked a strong aura to emerge through the grass types entire body. Ashura looked with excitement towards the grass type with a twig on his mouth, but it was clear that things were about to get harder.
Ash smirked as he then walked up to the enraged grass type and looked at the Zoroark that was next to his trainer with a corrupt pose. "Alright Sceptile, run into the city and hide, when the time comes, strike Zoroark with all you've got!" The grass type nodded as he then jumped out of view from behind Ash and Pikachu, who both had smiles.
Ashura smiled back as he pointed forward, "Zoroark, find him, and Pika," Ashura said as he got the attention of his Pikachu. "Help me find Sceptile as well."
"Pika!" Pika shouted as he began to run in the direction opposite of Zoroark who began to leaf out of the way in he same fashion as Sceptile did.
"Now Ash has initiated a chase, what will happen?"
"Pikachu?" Pikachu asked as he looked up at his trainer with a curious and worried voice only to notice him smirking.
Ash looked down at his partner and smiled, "Let's see what would happen if Sceptile pulls off what he trained to do." Suddenly, Ash looked up to notice that Sceptile emerged with his green glow while being chased by his opponents while sporting his large green glow. This made the boy pump his fist and begin to run towards the action. "Sceptile, remember what you can do and use dragon claw and follow it up with the best leaf blade you've got!"
"Scep!" Sceptile nodded as his eyes gleamed in the sunlight as he formed two green claws and began to jump as he turned around with a swift pivot. Suddenly, the green frog made his claws interact with the purple blades that we're coming from the illusion pokemon and then held the stalemate for a bit as sparks flew in every direction possible within the interaction. "TILE!" Sceptile shouted as he then pushed through and made Zoroark collide with the ground below. The green frog then landed in the ground and retracted his claws to then make the lateral part of his hands glow green and form two very large blades that he then crossed in front of his face as he began to run forward.
"What a large leaf blade! This may go Ash's way now!"
Ashura noticed this and knew he needed to act fast: "Zoroark, jump and use flamethrower!" Zoroark nodded and growled a little as he waited for the attack to come closer before then jumping right into the air at a sight that made Ash panic a little then to see the large barrage of flames begin to cave down towards the green frog that was looking up slightly dazed.
"Sceptile no!" Ash shouted as he covered his face with an orange glow around him and Pikachu caused by the large inferno in front of him. "Sceptile resist it!"
"Tile…"
"He can't take much more," Ashura smirked. "Zoroark finish him with night daze!"
"Zora… ROARK!" Zoroark pounced on top of Sceptile, who was still trying to take the fire and then made his black body glow all purple before then causing a wave which made Ash, Pikachu, and Pika shield themselves as Ashura stood without flinching to see what happened.
The dust settled after a bit and the younger of the trainers turned around to see Sceptile on the ground with a non-glowing body which was slowly giving off smoke as he lied in the concrete. "Sceptile is unable to battle, Zoroark wins!"
"And it is over! Sceptile has just been Ash's fall guy, what an amazing victory for Satoshi!"
Ash and Pikachu then ran to their green friend and kneeled down next to him. "Sceptile are you alright?"
"Pikachu!"
"Sceptile…" Sceptile muttered as he slowly sat up with a tired voice.
At the stands:
"Sceptile…" Clemont muttered as he looked forward. "He definitely did try, but he still fell short."
Brock looked at Clemont and nodded as he sighed, "Specially against Calem, Sceptile has been off from his battling, and not Ash has gone down one pokemon, which is bad considering the fact that he has had the first knocked out pokemon in the last couple of battles except Hunter." Brock then put a hand to his chin. "This guy is tough."
Professor Sycamore and Diantha looked at the field with excited looks on their faces as they watched the large arena. It might have been a little hard for them to see the actual battle, but then televised coverage filled in some of the gaps throughout the stadium. "So, Satoshi is going to sweep like always…"
"He is a very tough opponent," Professor Sycamore replied as he looked back down to see Ash tending to Sceptile. "Ash still has five pokemon left, so let's see what he does."
In the room where Lysandre is looking down at the battle, he smirked, "So, Ashura seems to have the advantage… Let's see if Ash can even do anything in return."
At the battle:
"What will Ash do now that Sceptile has been defeated?"
"Sceptile, return," Ash said as he made the green frog turn into green energy that then returned to the red and white device. "You allowed me to see what Zoroark is capable of, take a good rest now." Ash then got up to see his father along with Zoroark and Pika walking over to him.
"Ash, Sceptile is very well trained," Ashura said as he looked down and smiled. "He definitely has proven himself a worthy opponent." The man then looked up and smirked. "Now… i am going to throw at you another challenge. Zoroark return." Zoroark nodded as he got sucked into the pokeball in Ashura's hand which caused Ash to look at his father in curiosity knowing that he was switching pokemon. "Now…" Ashura began to walk back and away as he held his arms out with one hand holding another pokeball. "Sink into the shadows, Aegislash!"
Aegislash emerged from the bright light and set his own body in the shield form before beginning to glow black and sinking into the ground to Ash's surprise. Watching his smirking father walk away, the raven haired trainer gritted his teeth: He wanted to prove he belonged in this fight- no… He wanted to prove he was better. He did not even stop looking at his father as he spoke up. "Pikachu, I want you to take this battle."
"Pika…" Pikachu muttered as he walked to be in front of Ash and looked down at the ground while sparkling electricity on his cheeks while looking at the shadows of the large towers and searching for the moving one. Instantly seeing Ash's choice, the entire stadium began to cheer knowing this was going to be an amazing battle hopefully for the electric mouse, still, it was obvious that Aegislash did look like a tough opponent.
"And Ash's Pikachu will now set the stage for the next battle! While Satoshi has picked his very own Aegislash!"
Ash looked at the ground and watched the shadow of Aegislash begin to move towards Pikachu and narrowed his eyes. "Pikachu, use iron tail and propel yourself up into the air, quick!" Pikachu nodded as he obliged and made his tail glow rigid and white as he then slammed it against the ground. "Great! This will get you some great airtime to avoid any shadow sneaks!" Ash commented with a smile and a pump of his fist as he looked up towards the electric rodent in the air.
"I doubt it, sacred sword!"
"Pika?" Pikachu asked as he then saw the shield and sword pokemon emerge from the ground and then make the sword glow bright blue before striking the electric mouse in the abdomen which made Ash completely gasp in shock. "Pika!" Pikachu squealed in pain as he fell in front of Ash and shook off the pain and then looked up with determined, gleaming eyes.
"Grrr… Pikachu jump at it and use iron tail!" Ash commanded as the sun's rays reflected off his bright brown eyes and he pointed forward. Pikachu once more made his tail glow white as he began to charge forward towards Aegislash with a powerful incoming attack and then used the tower that was closest to Aegislash to run up and effectively position himself on top of the ghost and steel type while also swinging his tail down towards the shield and blade.
"Sacred sword again!"
"Aegis!"
"PIKA!" Pikachu shouted as he collided with the large sword and used the momentum he was using to drive both himself and his opponent down towards the ground, the large collision setting off sparks as the two pokemon fell, the electric mouse desperately gritting his own teeth. "Pikachu!"
Ash and Ashura were both shown, one on the left and one on the right as their clothes ruffled and the scarf on the younger trainer's neck waved. Both pokemon had fallen and caused an explosion in the middle of the field that left smoke and dust searing in all directions. The crowd cheered as soon as the dust settled seeing that both pokemon were still standing, surprisingly, the electric mouse being able to daze the possessed blade.
"What a collision! Both pokemon are still standing! This is so impressive from both sides!"
"Alright," Ash shouted as he craned his hand. "Iron tail once again!"
Ashura narrowed his eyes as the edges of the scene darkened. "I got you now," Ashura muttered as the scene returned to normal and retracted to show the man pumping his fist and exclaiming out his next command: "king's shield!"
"King's shield?" Ash asked himself as he then watched Aegislash retract into shield mode and then make a hexagonal barrier in front of him that clearly seemed impenetrable. Pikachu slammed hard into the defensive move and was pushed back almost immediately after.
Pikachu landed next to his trainer and then felt himself being consumed in a blue glow before then blinking. "Pika?"
"Incase anyone didn't know, King's shield decreases attack power of direct attacks if they collide with the barrier. In this case, Pikachu's attack dropped!"
Ash went wide eyed as he then realized what had happened. "Pikachu's attack power lowers every time we attack directly at king's shield." He then put the hand that had his keystone engraved into the fingerless glove up to his chin, the while stone glistening to to the sun light. "What can I do to attack if Pikachu won't hit as hard?... That's it, special attacks!" Ash then pointed forward with a smile. "Pikachu use quick attack!"
"Interesting," Ashura muttered as he watched the electric pokemon shoot forward like a bullet with a white trail as he ran. He did not understand why his own son would do something so reckless as he knew that ghost types could not be hit by normal type moves. Maybe something was being planned…
"Pika!"
"What is Ash doing using a normal type move against a ghost type?"
Ash smirked as he then saw Pikachu get near Aegislash and then the sword pokemon allowed the electric mouse to traverse right through because of the typing of the move. Ash then saw his opportunity and punched the air in front of him. "Use thunderbolt!"
"Pika… CCCHHHUUUUUU!" Pikachu made his chanting battle cry as he then shot electricity in all directions while being behind the powerful blade pokemon, thus making it wince in pain as it took the hit thus making Ashura and Pika go wide eyed.
"Now thunderbolt again!" Ash shouted with a victorious pose as he heard the cheers he was receiving. It was clear that Pikachu was doing good work and could definitely get this win for the score to be matched up, and better yet prove that he could battle this.
Ashura had other plans though as he put his arms at his sides and talked in a dark voice: "Shadow sneak!"
"Gislash!" Aegislash muttered as he made himself glow black before sinking back into the concrete. The electric beam of electricity crackled from above and then dissipated into thin air without causing much of an explosion, but instead making Ash grit his teeth harder and clench his fists.
"Uh oh, from where will Aegislash attack next?"
At the stands:
"Ugh, can't he stop hiding?" Calem asked with gritted teeth as he looked back down at the battlefield. "It is almost as if Pikachu can't do anything."
"It is frustrating, but maybe there is a way in which Ash can manipulate the shadows to go in his favor," Brock replied as he put a hand to his chin. Looking at the field, there was nothing significant that he could see either than the slightly covered look by the towers. "Maybe Ash can get a better view since he is with Pikachu."
"Pichu…" Kapi said in a very worried voice as she looked down at the field trying to find her crush, which was apparently struggling against another pokemon. Serena held a nice comforting grip on her which made Kapi feel a little more alleviated, but the stress was there including the cheering from fans looking onto the field with excitement.
Under the scoreboard Diantha and Professor Sycamore looked down at the field with very serious expressions wondering what could be done. They knew that if Pikachu went down, things will get harder and harder for Ash.
At the battlefield:
"There has to be a way," Ash whispered to himself as he looked down at the field and then looked up at the top of the arena to then quirk an eyebrow. 'So it is definitely not noon, so that means that the sun casts a shadow on the field at a way that…' Ash then looked down to see Pikachu looking at the black figures of the ground and wondering which one was moving. Looking to the right, one shadow moved, but it was a tree blowing to the wind. The entire arena stayed quiet as the raven haired trainer looked down to see that one of the shadows was navigating itself around all the others. 'That's it!' Ash thought as he went wide eyed.
"PIKA!" Pikachu cried in pain as he got struck with a ghost type move that made the steel sword pokemon shoot from the ground.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted as he then ran up to Pikachu and looked at him. "Are you alright?" The electric mouse stood up and nodded as they both turned towards Ashura, Pika, and Aegislash, who was next to the other two.
"And it hits! Ash is definitely in trouble if this keeps up!"
Ashura smirked as he pumped his fist, "Shadow sneak again!" Aegislash made himself glow black again as he sunk into the concrete once again, Ash watching as the shadow of the steel type began to navigate through the others, avoiding contact.
"Alright Pikachu, we are going to finish this now," Ash declared as he smirked and looked at his electric type. Looking back up, Ashura saw his son smiling, something that made him chuckle to himself as the raven haired trainer saw the incoming attack from below the ground. "Pikachu, use iron tail towards the air in front of you!"
"What is this now?" Ashura asked as he watched a confused Pikachu make his tail white to then go forward and strike the air in front of him to then see that his son's eyes were gleaming brighter and his smile getting bigger.
"Pikachu," Ash shouted as he then saw the shadow trying to zigzag from behind, "kick back!" Pikachu nodded and did just that as he then made the shadow recoil which seemed to be confusing. The shadow encircled from around and then began to rush towards Pikachu from the front again. "Now Pikachu, use thunderbolt right in front of you!"
"It seems as if Pikachu is attacking the air!"
"Pika… CHUUUUUU!" Pikachu shouted as he shot the electric beam forward to the cheers of the crowd and the surprise of Ashura as he noticed that his Aegislash was propelled out of the ground like if it was hit with a powerful attack.
The raven haired trainer smirked as he then reached forward and crushed his hand in front of him. "Thunderbolt once more!"
"Pika…" Pikachu jumped into the air and backflipped as he made his electricity swarm him. "CHUUUUUU!" The electricity was brought forward in a very swift and firm electric charge that then caused a dissipation in the steel and dark type's power to nothing as Pikachu landed on Ash's shoulder while watching as Aegislash slowly fell to the ground to the sight of a surprised Ashura, who noticed that his pokemon had been completely defeated as it crashed to the concrete: sword separated from shield.
"Aegislash is unable to battle, Pikachu wins!"
"Amazing! Ash has managed to finally defeat Satoshi's Aegislash! This battle may be better than expected!"
The crowd roared in approval as the scoreboard updated to show that Aegislash had been defeated:
Ash: Sceptile (pokeball) (pokeball) (pokeball) (pokeball) Pikachu
Satoshi: Aegislash (pokeball) (pokeball) (pokeball) (pokeball) Zoroark
Ashura smirked as Aegislash got sucked back into his pokeball. The larger trainer looked at the pokeball and sighed as he put it back into his belt without saying a single word and being lost in his thoughts about how amusing this battle is.
At the stands:
"YES!" Bonnie and Mairin exclaimed as they stood up from their seats nearly causing Squishy, Dedenne and Chespie go fall to the ground as they clapped.
"This is actually not looking so bad, Ash managed to get one down," Tierno said as he pumped his fist.
Calem though, he looked at the field unconvinced with a similar expression to Clemont's, "Still, Ash has to work hard to get in front, things will be more difficult as he defeats pokemon… If he even gets to…"
Serena though, she smirked as she looked at Ash in the field while blocking out the worried conversation Calem, Trevor, Shauna, Clemont and Brock were having, "I know you can do this Ash," Serena whispered to herself as she tried to hold on as well as she could to the restless Pichu in her hands that was still celebrating Pikachu's victory.
At the battlefield:
Ash looked down at Pikachu and smiled as he rubbed his ears, "Take a good rest for now buddy, I am going to need you later." Ash said the last part while eyeing Pika, who was standing next to his trainer while eyeing the electric mouse on the teenager's side. "I want to go with someone else for this next battle." Ash said as he pulled out a pokeball and enlarged it in his hand. He looked at the pokeball and smirked as he knew this pokemon could take on the next one.
"Alright Ash," Ashura replied as he grabbed a pokeball from his own belt and looked at it. 'Ash truly is battling at his best… I know Charizard is not on my side, but I must use my other strongest to take this win!'. Ashura then looked up at his son and smirked. "Let's give this next battle everything we've got!"
"Agreed!"
"GO!" Both trainers shouted as they ran forward with their hands pulled back and their Pikachu's chasing close behind. "FLY!" Both trainers shouted as they launched the pokeballs forward. The two pokeballs crossed each other and then both trainers went wide eyed as they had completely forgotten about their own safety. "Urgh!" Both trainers grunted as they ducked and shielded themselves as the pokeballs burst open and unleashed two pokemon that flew at blinding speed over the trainers this causing a large burst of wind as the two pokemon curved upwards and into the sky above. Ash and Ashura then looked up and narrowed their eyes as they had their fists at their sides: "USE SUPERSONIC!" Both trainers yelled in unison.
"VERNNNN!" Ash's Noivern shouted as he turned around and made a sound wave beam rush towards his opponent that was opposite of him.
"TYYYLLL!" Ashura's pokemon, being an Aerodactyl also screeched as he released the sound waves towards Noivern. Suddenly, both trainers went wide eyed noticing that Noivern and Aerodactyl began to lose altitude and fly in weird ways as they pulled up on opposite sides of the city field.
"Both pokemon are confused!"
It was quiet for a second as Ash and Ashura stayed with their electric rodents on their side of the field, expecting the pokemon to come in from the horizontal street. Suddenly, a swoosh like supersonic sound occurred and two blurs crossed each other at incredible speed and crashed into buildings diagonal from each other making Ash and Ashura's jaws drop.
"Noivern!" Ash called out as he looked to the building to his left.
"Aero!" Ashura called out to the building also in his left.
The two pokemon had crashed hard into the buildings and ended up inside of them with the dust beginning to settle. As soon as the smoke cleared, Noivern and Aero appeared, both shaking their heads trying to snap out of the confusion as they then took flight again.
"NOI!"
"DACTYL!"
"Noivern, take flight and use your echo location to avoid the buildings, then get up close and use a powerful Boomburst!" Ash exclaimed as he began to run forward towards where Noivern was beginning to fly. The large eared bat nodded as he looked down and then shot forward to disappear between buildings. The raven haired trainer then noticed that Ashura had called out a similar move, so he knew he had to take control of finding Aero. "Pikachu, run around the field and if you see Aerodactyl, shoot a thunderbolt into the sky to alert me!"
"It seems that Ash has sent Pikachu do do some scouting work! What a way to use his resources!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu exclaimed as he began to run around in the other direction.
"Now where are you going to pop out of?" Ashura asked as he looked around seeing that the sound had gone quiet, even the stadium had stopped talking for this occasion. "Hmmm, if Noivern attacks from above then I might be able to shift things, but I believe that Noivern could have the advantage here… Maybe I can just, got it…"
"CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Ash heard the chant and his eyes shifted to the right to see that a thunderbolt ripped through the sky crackling electricity at amazing speed that dissipated into thin air.
The raven haired trainer smirked as he began to run in the direction of the electric beam, his father beginning to chase after him with Pika as well. Turning the corner, Ash noticed that there was a clear view of the stands and the cheering fans, but then looking forward there was what's he was looking for: Aero flying in circles. "What is he waiting for?" Ash asked himself as he then noticed that a yellow rodent was approaching him.
"Pikapi!"
"SWOOSH!"
"Pikachu? Huh wait, oh NO!" Ash exclaimed as he then saw Noivern zooming towards Aerodactyl from above while charging up the sounwave beam. "Noivern attack from another angle!" Ash called out in panic, but for the dragon bat it was too late as he released the sound waves forward in a tornadic fashion. "Noivern get prepared to dodge!"
"Noi?"
"Dodge it and follow up with giga impact!"
"Dactyl!" The dodge was quick and effective as Aerodactyl began to spiral around the blast of sound in the direction of the flying and dragon type pokemon. The rock type then made himself glow in a yellow and purple spiraled aura as he approached Noivern at fast speed.
"Vern!" Noivern shouted as he turned his body to the left to allow the attack to pass through. As that happened, he noticed that Aero was spiraling around to try and hit him with the giga impact this causing the dragon type to make himself dive down towards the ground and then pull up last second with the fossil pokemon behind him. Hearing the call to use sky attack, Noivern made his own self glow purple with celestial energy before then curving up enough to make himself fly above the stands. "NOII!" Noivern chanted as he then turned around and collided head on with Aerodactyl while causing an explosion right above the stands. The two pokemon then separated with their auras around them as they began to encircle the stadium while trying to hit each other.
"What great collisions of power between the two pokemon!"
At the stands:
"INCOMING!" Trevor shouted as he everyone ducked. "SWOOSH!" Aero flew above everyone this causing them to get blown away by a gust of wind created by the sheer potential of the rock and flying type's powerful wings. Everyone of Ash's friends then looked up to see that Aero and Noivern were beginning to head for each other again. The microphone systems were portraying the commands that the trainers were giving, and once again it was called for giga impact against sky attack.
"BOOM!" The attack happened above the field… but then the pokemon began to take charge towards the scoreboard.
"URGH!" Diantha and Professor Sycamore both covered themselves as they watched both pokemon cross each other narrowly above them and beginning to circle in opposite directions above the stands and towards the opposite end of the hexagonal stadium. The stands attempting to protect themselves as the two flying types passed overhead. Diantha and Professor Sycamore grew horrified at the scene, the battle was completely out of control at this point.
Lysandre watched as the pokemon raced towards him from the window he was looking through. Noivern came from his left while Aero from his right. The orange haired man narrowed his eyes as the two pokemon collided right in front of him and then created and unexpected shock wave that began to make cracks in the glass. "What?" Lysandre flinched as he watched Noivern and Aero struggling to overpower each other.
"Aero…."
"Noi…"
Both pokemon then pushed forward until…
"BOOM!"
"SHATTER!" The glass in front of Lysandre shattered completely in all directions towards him thus causing the entire glass to fall around him and some to shoot out in all directions. Lysandre felt as if something sharp had pierced his right ear. Curiously touching his right ear, the Team Flare leader felt a warm liquid substance that when he looked at it was clearly blood.
"Amazing, the power Ash and Ashura hold is undeniably second to none... Their strength is not to mess with," Lysandre said as he smirked and looked at his bloody hand. "They will be the tools for my creation!"
At the battlefield:
"Use hurricane!" Ash shouted as he ran with Pikachu next to his father. "Don't let Aero get any way of knocking you around!" Watching Noivern begin to dive down towards the battlefield, Ash saw his trusty dragon type begin to flap his wings and create a strong wind that was beginning to the make everything and everyone shake.
"And hurricane is sparking definite trouble for Satoshi! What will happen here?"
Ashura smirked as he held his arm close to his face, but then commanded for his own counter attack: "Aero stop him by using hyper beam!"
"AEROOOOOOO!" Aero shouted as he pushed a dark as draconic beam forward towards the large vortex of energy consuming the entire city field. A large explosion rang out from where Noivern was and Ash flinched as he watched his sound wave dragon begin to fall towards the ground.
"Noi…"
"Noivern no!" Ash shouted as he gritted his teeth. "That's it, Noivern hit him with a Boomburst!"
"HYPER BEAM!"
"Noi… VERRRRNNN!"
"Aero… DACTYL!"
Both pokemon charged up the attacks and shot them out simultaneously. As soon as they collided, they caused a large explosion in the middle of the field that ran out in all directions and shattered the glass in the intermediate stories of the fake skyscrapers while causing a giant cloud of smoke appear in front of them.
Ash then knew he had the advantage and smirked as he put his fist out. "Alright, Noivern, take that smoke and use sky attack!"
"Amazing! And Ash is using the smoke to his advantage to see Aerodactyl with Noivern's echolocation!"
"Noi… VERRRRNNN!"
"BOOM!" Ashura looked surprised as he saw Aero get smashed upon one of the buildings to then cause a giant explosion that caused the tower to begin to collapse. Ash, Pikachu, Ashura and Pika all ran out of the way as the ruble fell to the ground leaving that particular tower completely leveled and on the ground which caused an eerie silence from the stands.
"NOIVERN!" Noivern chanted as he flew on top of the destroyed building while Aero was on the large pile of debris with a completely unconscious state.
"Aerodactyl is unable to battle, Noivern wins!"
"What a win and way to secure the lead for Ash!"
"Alright, the lead is ours!" Ash shouted as he pumped his fists.
Pikachu also leaped into the air with a happy pose while throwing a fist into the air. "Pi Pikachu!"
The crowd cheered as Aero was sucked back into his pokeball while the scoreboard updated to show that the rock and flying type pokemon was knocked out. "Not bad Ash, not bad at all," Ashura said as he noticed that Noivern had landed next to his son. "Now Ash, remember back when you were a child as to what we used to do together?"
Pikachu looked back at Ash with a confused expression as the later had a smile on his face. "Of course, we would ride on your Dragonite and we would catch pokemon, I remember that Pidgey you caught once, I am guessing that you are going to make me battle it now that it is probably a Pidgeot, right?"
Ashura gave a hearty laugh as he looked at Noivern and smiled. "Close Ash, but you are not going to battle what I caught." He then pulled out a pokeball and bobbed it in his hand. "You are going to battle what we were riding!" Ashura then threw the pokeball forward and exclaimed: "GO DRAGONITE!"
The pokeball opened and with a bright flashing light, a large orange dragon appeared while touching the ground with one hand and then pumping both of his fists while roaring proudly. "ROOOAAARRR!"
"And Satoshi's next pokemon will be a Dragonite! Satoshi is definitely not fooling around!"
Ash flinched as he was caught off guard by text Dragonite that was in front of him with a powerful expression in his face. No doubt it was the same Dragonite from when he was a child. "So I am battling you Dragonite, Noivern, let's focus all of our power!" Ash then went wide eyed as he remembered something Hunter had told him at the dance party: 'Rumor has it that the man in the cloak was able to sweep Lance, champion of Kanto with only a Dragonite.' Ash looked at the Dragonite in front of him and smirked. "No doubt it had to be true, Noivern let's go with all of our power!"
"NOI!"
"ATTACK!" Both trainers shouted in unison as they put their hands in front of each other. The two pokemon charged up their own attacks and fired them off. The result: a Boomburst colliding with a light blue freezing beam. Ash knew that it had to be ice beam of course, but he knew he needed to proceed with caution if he was going to defeat Dragonite with Noivern.
"And it is revealed that Dragonite knows ice beam! This move can be detrimental to dragon types like Noivern!"
"Alright now Noivern, take flight!"
"Noivern!"
Ashura watched his opponents make their move as he pointed forward. "Ice beam on his wings!" Dragonite looked up and made a sphere of energy appear in his mouth as he fired both attacks forward and towards the flying and dragon type with giant ears. The cold beam then shot out and collided with the large bat wings that Noivern has which caused the sound waved dragon to begin to fall towards the ground to a shocked looking Ash. "Now finish him with sky drop!"
"Roar!" Dragonite roared as he bolted forward and grabbed ahold of Noivern with his arms before then swinging him around and around to launch him into the ground.
"BOOM!" Ash watched as Noivern crashed into the ground and was left completely immobile by the collision, instantly his concern showed. "Noivern no!"
"Pikachu!"
"Noivern is unable to battle, Dragonite is the winner!" The referee declared while pointing at Dragonite.
"Rooarrrr!" Dragonite roared as he flexed his muscles and landed next to Ashura with a very victorious pose.
"And there it is! With just some attacks Satoshi has evened out the score!"
Ash sighed as he pulled out Noivern's pokeball and recalled back the sound wave dragon. "Noivern you were awesome, take a good rest." Ash then put the pokeball back into his belt as he watched Ashura pull out a pokeball of his own and make his Dragonite get shifted back into red energy that finally ended when he put the device back in his belt.
"It looks like Satoshi will also be substituting out Dragonite, what pokemon will our trainers to with next?"
At the stands:
"Things are getting heated," Calem said as he grabbed the edge of his seat with a stressful look. "Ash, come on…"
Serena held Kapi tight as she kept a strong look for her beloved throughout the battle. She knew he could come out on top if he believed in himself, and this was definitely the time for Ash to work his magic.
"This battle is truly a battle of will," Brock said to which Clemont and Shauna nodded. The tanned gym leader from Pewter City then narrowed his eyes as he watched Ash and Ashura from afar. "Be careful, Ash."
Ash: Noivern Sceptile (pokeball) (pokeball) (pokeball) Pikachu
Satoshi: Aerodactyl Aegislash (pokeball) (pokeball) Zoroark Dragonite
A/N: What will happen next? Only time will tell in the next addition of Road to Master!
Honestly though, this battle is very slow to pick up, it is still four on four despite the amount of words to describe it! Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, remember to R & R and I will see you guys next time!