Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. If I did Ash would age and win everything
A/N: Below is the third gym battle with a twist. Those who have seen the anime of this episode should get the twist straight away. Enjoy.
Just off the coast Trovita Island
A young girl was having fun on her Seel. This girl was called Maria. She was eleven year old. Maria loved the water, and always enjoyed surfing and playing with her Pokemon Seel. Maria's big brother ran the Island Gym. His name was Rudy. He was a member of The Orange crew and a tough leader to beat. Maria loved her brother, he always seemed to have time for her, no matter what his schedule. Maria was holding onto her Seel, when out of no where the ocean began to get rough. Maria gripped onto Seel tightly, her eyes widened as she suddenly saw a whirlpool beginning to form. Maria kicked her legs hard, trying to get away from the whirlpool, however she and Seel were trapped in the current. Maria did the only thing she could she screamed.
"Help!"
Ash, Sabrina and Tracy were just surfing towards the Trovita island for his third gym badge. When they noticed someone was struggling in the sea. Ash not thinking about his own safety snapped opened a Poke ball.
"Blastoise, let's go!" Blastoise appeared and allowed Ash to hop on his shell. The water Pokemon then powered through the waves towards the struggling Girl. Ash gripped onto Blastoise shell hard, as the sea begin to get rough. They soon reached the whirlpool, Ash reached out his hand towards the girl.
"Here take my hand, quickly."
Maria was thrashing around in the water, however before she could grab Ash hand, the whirlpool pulled her under. Maria thrashed her hands about as she kept sinking beneath the waves. She could feel herself losing strength, and she couldn't hold her breath anymore. Just as Maria had given up hope, she felt someone grab her around the waist. Maria slowly opened her eyes and looked into the face of a boy who couldn't have been more then fourteen. He had chocolate brown eyes and messy black hair. Maria noticed he was holding on to a powerful Blastoise that was swimming towards the surface. As they broke the surface of the water, Maria let out a huge breath and began to cough and splutter.
"Are you okay?" Maria looked up into the boy face and saw concern in his eyes. Maria cheeks blushed as she held on tighter to the boy. She didn't know who he was, but this boy had risked his own life to safe her.
"Yes, I am fine thanks to you." Maria noticed her Seel had now come along side her. However she found herself not wanting to let go of the boy who had rescued her.
On Trovita Island
A tall boy dressed in black trousers and a black waist coat looked through his binoculars anxiously. He had heard the scream of his little sister, and had come running from the gym. He had been prepared to dive in and rescue her, however when he saw the Blastoise surf across the ocean with a boy on it's back, he decided not to get involve. He knew the boy was answering his sister call for help, and if he decided to interfere then it could confuse things putting Maria into more danger. The boy was called Rudy and he was the gym leader for the Trovita island gym. Rudy carried on watching the rescue, he watched his sister vanish beneath the waves and then watched as the boy dived with his Blastoise down into the ocean. Nothing happened for a few minutes. Rudy was getting worried, however he soon let out a sigh of relief as the Blastoise broke the surface of the sea. He noticed that the boy had his sister wrapped up in his arms and they were now surfing towards a Lapras that was several feet away. Rudy turned his binoculars and looked closely at the Lapras. Sitting on it was a boy and girl. However it was the girl who had grabbed Rudy attention. He had never seen anything so beautiful in his life. Those purple eyes that long luscious purple hair. The girl looked around thirteen or fourteen.
"Shame she is a little young. She going to be knock out when she grows up."
Rudy was your typical seventeen year old teen, nothing but girls on the brain and horny as well. The last girl who had visited the gym was an older trainer, she couldn't have been older than fifteen or sixteen, but Rudy had used his charm to seduce her anyway. Rudy saw himself as a bit of ladies man, and most girls who met him, were hypnotised by his good looks and cool attitude. However that had been nearly three weeks ago, and now he was horny again. However there was no way he would try seduce this one, not unless he wanted to end up behind bars. Rudy noticed his sister hadn't let go of the boy since she had been seated on the Lapras. Rudy turned from the cliffs, it was clear the Lapras was heading here. No doubt the boy who had rescued his sister was here to challenge him for a gym badge If the power of that Blastoise was anything to go on, then it would be a challenge not to forget.
Ash was feeling a little uncomfortable. Ever since they had got back to Lapras the girl he had rescued had not let go of his waist. Not only that but the girl was constantly looking at him and smiling. In all honesty Ash thought the girl looked a cute kid, heart shaped face, sparking green eyes and flowing red hair. Ash put her age at around ten or eleven. Ash looked to Sabrina, she was not happy with this latest development, and Ash knew it. However when ever he tried to break contact with the girl she just grabbed him around the waist again, and buried her head into his chest. Ash had come to learn that the girl was called Maria, and she was the sister of the gym leader of the Trovita gym. Ash was certain the last thing Maria brother wanted to see was his little baby sisters hands all over him. Not unless Ash wanted to die before his fifteenth birthday. Ash noticed a small party of people had gathered on the beach, one person stood out, he was a boy, dressed in a red shirt and black waist coat, he had curtain red hair and green eyes. There was no doubting this was Rudy, Maria's big brother and the Trovita gym leader.
Lapras had soon arrived on the island. Ash jumped off Lapras along with Tracy and Sabrina, however Maria just wouldn't let go of Ash. Lapras had just been recalled, before Ash found himself being pulled towards the small party of people.
"Rudy! This is Ash. he saved me when I got in trouble earlier. He is here to challenge you big brother." Ash scratched the back of head nervously. Here he was, standing in front of Maria brother, while Maria held on to his arm. Ash noticed Rudy was just standing there. However just as things were getting awkward, Rudy spoke.
"Sophie, could you take Maria to the Infirmary, I want make sure she is okay." A nurse stepped forward and attempted to take Maria away from Ash, however the young girl wasn't having any of it.
"Rudy, I don't need to go to the Infirmary. I am fine, beside I want to show Ash around the gym. Come Ash, you got to see all my brothers Pokemon." Maria then dragged Ash off towards the main building, Pikachu hot on his heels.
Rudy shook his head and turned to Ash two companions. "Forgive my sister, she can be quite strong headed when she wants to be. Allow me to introduce myself official. I am Rudy, a member of the Orange crew and leader of the Torvita Island gym. Forgive my forwardness, but I have never laid eyes on anything so beautiful." Rudy took hold of Sabrina hand and kissed her knuckle. However what surprised Rudy was, Sabrina wasn't showing any signs of falling for his charm, in fact she was looking rather angry. Rudy noticed she pulled her hand away quickly and then just huffed. Again Rudy was surprised however he soon forgot all about it after he introduced himself to Tracy. Rudy then led them towards the main building.
meanwhile inside the gym, Ash was wishing he was anywhere but here. Maria had been dragging him all over the place. They had visited the gym, work out room, where Ash was surprised to see several Pokemon dancing. Then Maria showed him the hospital wing, and finally the sleeping quarters. Ash felt uneasy as Maria showed him into her room.
"I love Pokemon. When I grow up I want to be a Pokemon doctor like Sophie. She said that she would take me on as an apprentice when I reached fourteen. I love water Pokemon. In all I have four water Pokemon I have caught. Would you like to see them?
Ash was about to say no, when he felt himself dragged out of the room again. Ash found himself being led to the huge pool. He noticed several Pokemon were happily swimming in the pool. There was a Golduck, a Poliwag, and Vaporeon lounging on the side of the pool. Ash heard another Poke ball open. he saw the light dive into the pool, where it suddenly turned into Seel.
"Aren't they all beautiful. Seel and Vaporeon are my favourites. I noticed you had a Blastoise. Do you have any other water Pokemon?"
Ash was about to reply when he was interrupted by a deep male voice. "Maria I am sure Ash loves all your water Pokemon, but he is here to challenge me for a gym badge. So could you please remove the chains you have on the young man and allow us to discuss his challenge. Tell you what why don't you show Tracy and Sabrina to the sleeping quarters."
Maria narrowed her eyes and then stamped her feet. "Fine!" Maria then stomped off toward Sabrina and Tracy, she said in a annoyed voice.
"This way!" Maria led Sabrina and Tracy away. This left Ash and Rudy to talk. Ash was relived to be out of Maria grasp.
"Thanks, that was getting a little uncomfortable. Is your sister always like that with new people?"
Rudy shook his head, in fact he himself was shocked by his sister behaviour. Normally she was such a shy child around new people, however that wasn't the case with Ash. "No infact she is normally rather shy around new people. However the fact that you saved her life, might have a little bit to do with her attitude to you. Thanks again by the way, Maria means the world to me. You see both our parents spend all there time travelling so it has really just been me and Maria. If anything happened to her, then I don't know what I would do."
Ash nodded in understanding. "It was nothing. I saw someone in trouble and decided to help. Is this gym like the others, a two out of three contest?"
Rudy looked at Ash and shook his head. "No here we do things differently. I am not one for challenges, however by the rules of the Orange League, I have to provide one challenge. Personally I would just prefer a straight battle, but rules are rules. The challenge is basically a target shooting contest. If you can score over 1000 points, then you can challenge me for the badge. However with the day almost gone I would like to offer you and your friends accommodation for the night, and we can start your challenge tomorrow."
Ash thought Rudy made a good point, it was getting late, and he would prefer to be all fresh and ready instead of taking the challenge now. "Thank you Rudy. We would love to stay with you." Unknown to Ash and Rudy Maria had heard everything. A small smile graced her face. Ash was staying over, now to begin her plan of getting the young trainer interested in her.
Later that night Ash Sabrina and Tracy joined Maria and Rudy for dinner. Ash wasn't sure what to dress in, so he just decided to dress in a plain shirt and a pair of blue jeans. Sabrina was in a nice flowing purple summer dress, while Tracey was just dressed in a t-shirt and jeans. However Maria was certainly not dressed for dinner, she had a small pick top on, that showed a small amount of her mid-drift, and pink skirt that went just above the knee. she also had white sock and trainers on. What was worse, Maria had taken the seat next to him, and now had her hand on hi thigh. Ash turned to see Sabrina just huff and roll her eyes. Before anything could get to uncomfortable, Rudy decided to start up conversation.
"So Ash, hope you don't mind but I was doing a little bit of research on you, and discovered that you're the Indigo League Champion, and in fact that you are the youngest in the history of the competition."
Ash gulped as he noticed Maria eyes were sparkling even more now. Talk about taking hero worship to the extreme. Ash placed his knife and fork down. "Well it wasn't all me, had it not been for my Pokemon, then I would never had reached the final. They deserve all the credit, I just helped train them a little. I was planning to go on to the Johto to compete in their league, however they don't start for another month or so. Instead of being at home and doing nothing, I decided to try my hand at the Orange league. So far I have won two badges and looking forward to winning my third. Of course that's if I can complete your challenge tomorrow."
"You will win Ash, the challenge is not that hard. My brother made it quite easy, because he loves battling. Normally I cheer him on, but I thing I will cheer you on this time. " Maria then cuddled into Ash arm, much to the annoyance of Sabrina.
After dinner everyone retired. Ash was sleeping in a room with Tracy. he was waiting till later, he then would sneak into Sabrina room. He had felt the tension at the table between Maria and Sabrina. In fact Ash was shocked Sabrina had lasted this long without at least showing Maria who was in charge. Ash looked to his watch it was coming up to midnight. Ash climbed out of his sleeping bag, and quietly opened the door and then shut it gently. He then tip-toed towards Sabrina room. Ash checked down the corridor to make sure no one was around, he then opened Sabrina door carefully. Ash crept into the room and found Sabrina laid out on her bed. Carefully he got undressed just leaving him in his boxers. He then crawled in next to her. He gently wrapped both his arms around her. He felt her stiffen, however when Ash whispered in her ears.
"It's me, relax, babes." Ash felt Sabrina relax into his embrace. He then kissed her neck. "Sabrina you know Maria means nothing to me right. It's just some stupid little girl crush. My heart belongs to you and you alone. Of course it will belong to Cynthia's too, but that will be when she joins us. For now you are the only girl for me."
Ash felt Sabrina turn over in his arms, so he could see her face. He noticed she had been crying. Gently he kissed her tears away and then captured her lips with his. The two trainers then spent the rest of the night getting to know one another a little better.
Next day
Ash stood on the dock with Rudy and Maria. He had been informed that the challenge was going to take place on this boat, and that they would be riding around the island, where different targets would appear. All he had to do was hit the targets using one of his Pokemon. Ash climbed into the boat along with Sabrina and Tracy. He noticed Maria was smiling at him, today she was wearing a different skirt, which was much shorter. Ash called out Blastoise.
"Okay Blastoise keep your eyes peeled. When you see it a target, I want you to use your cannons to hit them." Ash noticed Blastoise flexed his muscles. Soon Rudy had started up the boat. Ash had been told there were three different types of targets. Yellow targets were worth 50 points, blue targets were 100 points and the red target was worth 200 points. Ash only need 1000, so Ash could see why Maria said this was an easy challenge.
"There's one Blastoise, and another." Blastoise hit both targets. The whole challenge took less then ten minutes. In the end Ash scored over 2000 points.
Rudy docked the boat. "Okay then Ash, well done. We will have lunch and then we can have our battle if you want. The battle will three on three. just like a normal battle. Same rules apply no substitutes, and no time limits."
Ash was pleased with this development, like Rudy he preferred a straight on battle. The question was what Pokemon to use. Blastoise was a must, so was Venusaur. the question who was his third. Ash finally decided to go with all three of his starters. So his team would be Venusaur, Blastoise and Charizard. Ash was so bust thinking about his team that he failed to see Maria run up beside and grab his arm.
"That was the best Ash, I have never seen anyone do it so fast." Ash noticed Sabrina was growling, suddenly Sabrina grabbed Ash arm and pulled him away from Maria.
"Listen Maria, whatever crush you have on Ash, you need to deal with it now. Ash already has a girlfriend, and she is standing right in front of you. So far I have put up with your little act, but no more. Do you think I am stupid and don't see what you are trying to do."
Maria frowned, and crossed her arms against her chest. She didn't know Sabrina was going out with Ash, she just thought the two were friends. Maria turned to Ash, and noticed he was looking a little uncomfortable.
"Is that true Ash, Sabrina is your girlfriend." Maria watched Ash nod. This caused Maria to burst into tears and she ran from the pier back towards the main gym.
Rudy sighed. "Well I suppose it is better she gets over it now. Sorry Ash I didn't realise how taken my sister was with you."
Ash waved the concern away. "It's fine Rudy, I didn't want to hurt Maria feelings, but she was making me feel uncomfortable. Anyway shall we go for lunch, I can't wait to get our battle started."
Later That Afternoon
Ash found himself standing on a platform of rock over looking the sea and cliff below. According to Rudy this was where he battled all his challengers. It was only Ash and Rudy on the rock platform. The referee and the other observers were floating above the field in a air balloon anchored to the platform.
Ash stood ready a ball in his grasp. He heard the referee signal the start of the match. "This is an official gym battle, between the challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, and Rudy the Trovita gym leader. Once all of one trainers Pokemon is knocked out, I will declare the winner. Trainers send out your first Pokemon."
Ash opened his Poke ball. "Go Venusaur!" The grass type landed on the platform, causing a the platform to shake a little. It roared ready for battle.
Rudy brushed a strand of hair away from his eyes. "I choose you Electabuzz!" The electric humanoid Pokemon appeared on the field. It was sparking with electricity.
The referee announced the match up. "Electabuzz vs Venusaur, let the battle begin.
Ash decided to make the first move. "Venusaur use Leech seed!" Venusaur fired a several seed from the huge tree on its back. One of the seeds were going to hit Electabuzz until Ash heard Rudy counter.
Rudy clicked his finger and music started playing. "Electabuzz dance and avoid those Leech seeds." Electabuzz began to dance avoiding all the seeds now raining down on him.
Ash was speechless, he had never seen such a defence. It was then Ash remembered what Maria had told him, her brother had an unusual way of battling. was this what she meant. Ash was so engrossed in his thoughts that he failed to hear Rudy launch an attack.
"Electabuzz use Fire Punch!" Ash snapped to attention and noticed Electabuzz was heading towards Venusaur, his fist engulfed by flames. Ash seeing the danger decided to act.
"Venusaur counter with Sleep Powder!" Venusaur began to shake the tree on its back, a fine white mist washed over the field.
Electabuzz was caught in the mist, this caused the electric type to slow down and yawn. It then fell to the floor fast asleep.
Rudy growled in frustration, he should have seen that coming. "Electabuzz wake up!" However the electric type continued to snooze.
Ash seeing an opportunity decided to jump on it. "Venusaur use Vine whip to slam Electabuzz onto the field." Ash watched Venusaur use vine whip to pick up Electabuzz, before slamming it onto the field several times.
Rudy growled as he watched on. "Electabuzz wake up and use Ice Punch!" The electric type heard it's trainer and woke up. It then infused it's fist with ice and slammed it into Venusaur. The attack had done a fair amount of damage.
Ash noticed that attack had left a serious mark on his Pokemon. Another hit like that and Venusaur could be close to being knocked out. "Venusaur use Earthquake!"
Venusaur roared before sending a shock wave across the field. The attack hit Electabuzz sending it flying.
Ash watched with a satisfied smirk as Electabuzz came crashing down and hit the floor. It had swirl for eyes signaling it was knocked out. Ash heard the announcer.
"Electabuzz is unable to battle, the winner is Venusaur. Trainer send out your next Pokemon."
Rudy recalled Electabuzz. "Nice battle Ash, but lets see how you deal with a Pokemon that is unaffected by your little tricks. Go Exeggutor!"
The grass/psychic type appeared on the field ready for battle.
Rudy smiled. "Eexggutor use Psychic!" The grass/psychic eyes glowed blue. It then caused Venusaur to be raised up in the air.
Ash growled. "He noticed his venusaur suddenly flipped and then was slammed down on it's back. Ash already knew the result. Venusaur was knocked out. Ash recalled his Pokemon. Ash waited for the referee to make the announcement.
"Venusaur is unable to battle. Exeggutor wins the round. Trainer send out your next Pokemon."
Ash pulled a ball off his belt and threw it onto the field. "Go Charizard! Use Smoke screen!" The fire/flying duel type appeared on the field and opened its mouth. It then filled the battle field with black thick smoke.
Rudy frowned, now he couldn't see where Charizard was. Which meant he couldn't do much. "Exeggutor use Calm mind!" The grass/psychic type closed its eyes raising its special attack and special defence.
Ash grinned. "Charizard use Dragon Claw!" Charizard claws glowed. It then charged through the smoke and slashed Exeggutor. Charizard then hid in the smoke once more.
Rudy growled. He had no idea where Charizard was hiding. "Exeggutor use Psychic to clear this smoke!" Exeggutor eyes once again glowed blue. This time the blue glow surrounded all the smoke lifting it from the field.
Ash had been waiting for this exact moment. As the smoke was lifted, it showed Charizard was right in front of the grass/psychic type. "Charizard use Fire spin!" Charizard opened its mouth and spewed a huge flame that wrapped around Exeggutor trapping it in a whirlpool of flames.
Rudy watched his Exeggutor stamping from side to side. Suddenly its eyes turned to swirls as it fell over and puffed out smoke. Rudy recalled his Exeggutor and waited for the referee to announce the winner.
"Exeggutor is unable to battle, the winner is Charizard. Trainer send out your final Pokemon."
Rudy removed a ball from his jacket. "Okay Starmie you're up. Music please!" Starmie appeared on the field and began dancing.
Ash looked on confused. "Charizard use Dragon claw!" Charizard claws glowed once more, it then went to slash Starmie.
Rudy grinned. "Starmie spin yourself into a Thunderbolt attack!" Starmie started to spin really fast, causing an electric field to surround it. Starmie then directed the electric energy at Charizard.
"Ash was speechless, a Starmie was using an electric attack, being Charizard was part flying then it was super-effective. Ash watched his Charizard stumble back from the attack.
Rudy grinned, this round was his. "Starmie use Hydro Pump!" Starmie started spinning and shot out a jet of water towards Charizard.
Ash narrowed his eyes. "Not likely. Charizard, take to the air, and use Sunny day!" Charizard dodged the hydro pump and then flew towards the sky. Charizard then roared and the sun light began to intensify.
Rudy shielded his eyes as the sun light got too bright. Rudy knew Charizard was up there somewhere, but he couldn't see where it was coming. "Starmie be on guard."
Ash smiled. "Charizard use Solarbeam!" From the sky a bright beam fired and hit Starmie, sending the star fish Pokemon stumbling back.
Rudy had watched where the solarbeam had come from. "Starmie use Thunder!" Starmie started to spin faster and faster, soon a blast of energy shot up into the sky.
Ash heard Charizard roar and knew the attack had hit. He watched Charizard fall towards the battle field. "Charizard level out quickly and then use Seismic toss!"
Charizard heard Ash, he used all his power to level out and then flew towards Starmie.
Rudy was surprised Charizard could still battle. "Starmie use Hydro pump!" Starmie shot out a jet of water once more, however it noticed Charizard just avoided the attack. Starmie felt the impact as Charizard crashed into it. Starmie was launched in the air, where it was caught by Charizard.
"Thing you can stop me with a couple of electric attacks. Think again Jewel face!" Charizard then shot up vertically before doing several somersaults. at the end of the last loop, it dived towards the battle field.
"Enjoy the dirt Jewel face!" Charizard then dropped Starmie and watched as it slammed into the battle then fluttered down in front of Ash and roared.
Starmie attempted to get up, however it ended up falling back, it's jewel face began to blink, signalling it was fainted.
Rudy lowered his head. He recalled Starmie and then waited for the final announcement.
"Starmie is unable to battle. The winner is Charizard. With three of the gym leader Pokemon knocked out, I declare the Challenger Ash Ketchum the winner."
Ash fist pumped, he had won his third badge, but unknown to the young trainers, things were about to get a lot more difficult.
Hall Of Origins
Arceus watched through the globe. The time for his chosen second test was at hand. Zapdos, Articuno and Moltres had returned to their original islands, and Lugia was ready in the ocean waiting to be summoned. Every thing was in place, now all they needed was the hero who would jump in and save the day.
A/N: Next Chapter will be the first part of the next movie. 'The Power of One."