Anime AM Warriors

by Mega-Uprising-Hog 15

7 Kids named Ash, Kirito, Asuna, Natsu, Luffy, Naruto, and Dan, had been together for years, but now they are about to head for High School, where they'll make new friends, adventures, romance, and enemeies. However they are going to need to keep secret that they are crime fighting teenagers. Pokemon x Sword Art Online x Fairy Tail x One Piece x Naruto x Bakugan Crossover

16. Ash vs Gary: Special Move Revealed

Ash's School Battles: 1 of 3

Ash vs Gary: Special Move Revealed

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(Dragon Ball Super Opening 2: Limit-Break X Survivor By Hikawa Kiyoshi)

(Anime AM Warriors Version)

Infernape and Electivire in the middle of the school battlefield exchanging blows at each other. Infernape's Mach Punch and Fire Punch collided with Electivire's Thunder Punch and Brick Break as they dodged, ducked, and blocked each others attacks. Then the two jumped back to get some distance and then fire a Thunder and Flamethrower attack at each other.

(ANIME AM WARRIORS)

(Koufun suzzo! Uchuu e GO!)

(Saisentan no "muchuu" o dou!)

Ash in his Kalos uniform tuning his hat backwards and grabbing a Pokeball from his belt.

(Kono te ni tsukamuyo)

Ash and Dan having a small sparring match in the backyard of their home delivering punches and kicks while trying to block each other's attacks. Pikachu and Pichu pop out from the the lower corners of the screen with smiled on their faces.

(Suttonkyou ni waratte tai!)

Natsu and Naruto having their own sparring match in the backyard giving punches, kicks, and blocking as best as they can. Happy pops out from the bottom of the screen with a smile on his face.

(Chinpunkan wa narekko dai!)

In a forest in the Sinnoh region at sunset, Paul releases Chimchar who is still heavily injured from the battles at the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition. Paul then starts walking away leaving behind a Pokemon he thought was once a strong member of his team, but now sees it as a weakling.

(I can't get no satisfaction)

Ash holds his hand out to Chimchar and offers him a part on his team. Chimchar grabs Ash's hand and a new family is formed.

(woo-hoo) Taikutsu wa)

Pikachu and Chimchar having a beam struggle using Thunderbolt and Flamethrower.

(woo-hoo) Ishi ni naru)

Pikachu and Monferno attacking each other using Thunder Punch and Mach Punch.

(Omokute ochichau mae ni )

Infernape looking up as he sees Staraptor flying through the air.

(Let's fly high)

(woo-hoo) Waku-Waku no)

Gary, Paul, and Trip smile arrogantly as they watch the people they've been waiting for arrive.

(woo-hoo) Hane hiroge)

Ash walks to the battlefield with both Pikachu and Pichu on his shoulders and a excited smile on, behind him are Red, Luffy, Kirito, Asuna, Natsu with Happy on his head, Naruto, and Dan. Their face show a smile with excitement that is equal to Ash.

(Tsugi no sekai e ikou)

Gliscor using Stone Edge, Heracross using Focus Punch, Greninja using Water Shriken, Pikachu running with Quick Attack, Blastoise using Water Gun, Serperior using Dragon Tail, Aggron using Metal Claw, Charizard using Slash, Electivire using Brick Break.

(Kanousei no doa wa rokku sareta mama)

Infernape attacking Agrron with lots of Mach Punches and then kicking him away. Gliscor using X-Scissor against Scizor.

(Yareyare...Kondo mo kabe wo buchiyaburu)

An Energy Ball attack missed Pikachu and landed behind which then exploded and Pikachu started to power up as his body is surrounded by electric aura that's about Ash's height.

(Ima da! Genkai x Toppa! Sakebe! Heno-Heno Kappa)

Infernape and Electivire charge at each other and with their fist both covered in fire and electricity. The two start punching, kicking, blocking, and ducking at they be of their ability, until using Flare Blitz and Giga Impact to charge at each other and then slide past one another.

(Muteki no oira ga soko de matteiru)

Pikachu, Infernape and Greninja power up and are surrounded by yellow, red, and blue aura that are almost at high as a Wailord.

(Droagon Bouru Suupaa)

Pikachu back flips onto Ash's hat and Pichu climbs up to sit next to him.

(Zen-Oh sama mo ottamage~!)

The AM Warriors are looking at the screen and give you a thumbs up.

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"WHHHAAAT!" yelled Lucy.

"I couldn't believe it ether! He beat Erza!" said Gray, who was very disappointment at the fact that 'Flamebrain' was able to beat one of the strongest mages in this school. A feat that is easier said than done, considering the fact that about 357 students, including himself had tried and failed.

"Wow. That kid his some major power if he can take Erza down! I wonder what he does for training?" questioned Cana as she drank down her 27 bottle of apple juice.

"Who cares! I'll just train harder and longer than him, then beating Erza will be a piece of cake." huffed Gray.

"Looks like someone's jealous!" giggled Lucy.

"I'm not jealous!" shouted the ice mage, who was in his underwear.

"Then I suggest you find your clothes while your at it." sighed Cana.

"AHH!? How does this keep happening?" yelled Gray as he races out of the cafeteria to look for his clothes.

"There he goes again. So Cana, what are you doing after today?" asked the blonde haired Celestial mage.

"I'm heading to the gym to check out those Pokemon battles that are taking place. That way I can drink more apple juice while having a show." replied Cama as she finished her 29 bottle.

"I wonder if the trainer who challenged the three others can beat them?" Lucy asked.

"Well If he can beat one of them then he might be able to beat the other two." Cana replied without concern.

"You don't understand, he's going up against all three of them at once!"

Cana spited her apple jiuce out of her mouth upon hearing this, "WWHAAT!?"

"You heard me, but that's not the most risky part. He said that if one of them beat him, then he offers himself to beat their target to pick on and beat up for the rest of the year!" explained Lucy.

"Ok. Having guts is one thing, but being suicidal is another!" said Cana. She thought that Ash was out of his flipping marbles.

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(With Ash)

Speaking of the devil, he was walking peacefully across that cafeteria to get to the exit so that he can meet the others outside. Pikachu was on his shoulder thinking about how he was going battle with Ash and the others later today, while Pichu was on the head of his 'daddy' playing with his ears.

Unfortunately, their peacefully walk towards the door was about to come to an end when Trip was sneaking up behind him trying to scare Ash and embarrass him in front of the whole cafeteria. But, Ash has the ability to read an opponent's movements in a fight by reading the aura in their bodies, and the beating of their hearts. So he's well aware that Trip is behind him. He was moving too slow to catch him by surprise anyway.

'Well if he wants to play like that then I'll just turn the tables on him!' he thought.

Ash picked up Pichu from off his head and covered him ears, he then looked over at Pikachu with was still on his shoulder and mouthed, "Behind us."

Pikachu knew what he meant and jumped into Ash's other arm. Trip got closer and when the timing was right he shouted, "BOOO!"

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No reaction, well from Ash as least. Everyone else in the cafeteria looked over to see what the fuss was about. But when they saw Trip behind Ash a good number of them got scared, while the other feared for Ash's safety!

Out of them many that feared for his safety, Serena, Dawn, and May feared the most.

"Oh no! Trip's trying to do something to him!" said Serena.

"But Ash didn't react! Is he calm because he can think he can take Trip down?" asked Dawn.

"I just hope he doesn't get hurt!" feared May.

Ash's next action shocked everyone in the area. He turned around to look at Trip with a bored face while reaching his hand out, grabbing Trip's nose and...

*HONK*

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"WHAAAAAAAAT!"

Ash had just honked Trip's nose like a toy. No one every thought that anyone would have the guts to make such a daring move, but Ash did it. and Trip was pissed off, and everyone else was scared on what he was going to do to him!

"WHAT THE *BEEP* DID HE DO!?"

"IS THAT GUY STUPID OR BOLD!?"

"TRIP IS GOING TO BEAT HIM SO HARD THAT THOSE BATTLES AREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY!"

"WHAT IS HE THINKING!?"

Everyone was chatting about how screwed Ash is right now. But they don't know that he's more then meets the eye!

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR YOU PUNK!?" asked a very pissed off trainer from the region of Unova.

Ash however said nothing and started walking away like nothing happened. This did not come without a reaction from the others!

"WHAAAAAT!?"

(A/N: Wow. People are saying "WHAAAAAAT!" a lot and we haven't gotten to the good part of this chapter yet!)

This of course pissed Trip off, not because Ash touched him, but because he didn't get the reaction he wanted.

"Hey where do you think your going?" he asked in a very angry voice.

"To see my friends. Why?" asked our raven haired hero.

"You think you can just do that and not have me teach you a lesson?"

"It's your own fault for not leaving me alone until later today, just like it's your own fault for getting involved with me on my first day here, which lead to your disliking towards me in the first place!"

Now Trip was mad, "Ok you asked for it!" he said as he called out for Serperior.

"Use Wrap on Pichu."

Everyone couldn't believe what what they heard! Trip was going to have Serperior attack Pichu! He was just a baby and not even a month old! Ash held on to his 'son' tightly to make sure that he was safe. Serperior's tail came closer and closer, and right when it was about to catch it's target, a hand appeared and stopped it!

"What?!" said Trip in surprise

Everyone looked and saw a very pissed off Luffy with his arms stretched three meters to catch the grass types tail before it could lay it's tip on Pichu's head. But it wasn't just Luffy! Kirito, Asuna, Dan, Naruto, and Natsu were also here, and they looked just as pissed!

"Hey, Stretchy Arms, mind your own business." shouted Trip.

"Not when you attack my brother. I make it my business!" replied Luffy. He let go of Serperior's tail and the Pokemon was smart enough to withdraw it and not continue attacking.

"We all make it our business, cause if you mess with one of us then you mess with all of us!" added Asuna. She and everyone else started walking up to Ash and stood beside him.

"Guys, let's form a circle!" he ordered. He put Pichu and Pikachu down and the team circled around them with their bodies as shields facing the outside. Everyone in the cafeteria was ether surprised, impressed, or uncomfortable on what's happening right now!

Trip was just as confused but also pissed, all he wanted to to make a fool out of Ash before he and the others would kick his ass later, was that too much to ask?

Ash looked at him and gave him a warning, "You can try as hard as you want, but you won't be able to hurt Pichu or Pikachu. If you want to do so, then you'll have to get past all of us, and I promise you that we'll make that a nightmare because of one simple rule; No one gets inside our circle!"

"NO ONE GETS INSIDE!" shouted Naruto.

"NO ONE GETS INSIDE!" shouted Luffy.

"NO ONE GETS INSIDE!" shouted Dan.

"NO ONE GETS INSIDE!" shouted Natsu.

"NO ONE GETS INSIDE!" shouted Kirito.

"NO ONE GETS INSIDE!" shouted Asuna.

"NO ONE GETS INSIDE!" shouted Ash.

Trip decided that he couldn't get in and just called it quits, "Serperior, return."

He then started to walk away, but before he could reach the door,

"Hey, Trip."

He turned around to look at Ash.

"Make sure you be at the gym after school just as you and the other two promised. You've already hurt Pikachu with Serperior, but now that you've tried to hurt Pichu as well you've just made it personal for me! So don't be late!" warned Ash.

"Don't worry, I'll be there. I wouldn't want to miss you making a fool out of yourself in front of the whole school!" he replied before walking out of the room.

"Let's go, team." said Ash. He picked up his two electric Pokemon and exited out the other door with the rest of the AM Warriors.

Once they were gone everyone in the cafeteria started cheering and clapping their hands for the act of courage and teamwork that they just witness. No one has every stood up to one of the many bullies in this School so brave and calmly before.

"That was awesome, that Ash kid made messing with Trip easy!"

"And how they shouted "No one gets inside our circle!" was super brave."

"It's because there were seven of them and just one Trip, he wouldn't have stand a chance because of being out numbered."

"It was so sweet how Ash defended Pikachu and Pichu, it was like he was treating them like his kids, he is so sweet. I wonder if he's single?"

"Hey I think I saw that Natsu guy, I heard that he defeated Erza last period!"

"He beat Erza! NO WAY!?"

"I saw that Dan kid too, I heard that he beat Runo in gym on the track!"

"You think that Ash will be able to beat Gary, Paul, and Trip together?"

"Even if he doesn't I don't think he'll be scared of them!"

Everyone was making a comment on one of members of the team and it seemed like that were all excited to see what was going to happen next what them around.

Meanwhile Serena and the others were relieved that it was over and that Ash was unharmed. But they were still worried about their parents coming to see his battles this afternoon, they couldn't understand why their parents wanted to see Ash and his parents so badly. Sure they haven't talked to them in years, but couldn't they just wait until the weekend to see them or invite them over instead of coming to the School.

One thing that make Serena curious was that her mom tried calling Ash's mom only to end up with no one answering her, she tried again like five times, but then she came to the conclusion that they must have switched phone numbers during the last few years and hopped to get their new number if they show up to Ash's battle today.

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(With the Warriors)

The team was now sitting out side enjoying the sun light and relaxing before lunch was over and had to go back to class. Ash was holding both his electric types in his arms to make them feel a bit more comfortable after what happened at cafetiere. Pichu was still a bit frighten by almost getting crushed by Serperior, so being near his 'father' and 'big brother' helped him ease up a bit.

Kirito and Natsu were playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, while Happy napped on Natsu's head, Naruto and Luffy were doing push ups to see who can do the most, Asuna was looking at the clouds, and Dan was talking to Drago about strategies for the next time their in a brawl.

"Hey everyone!"

The team turned around to see Red walking towards them, but he wasn't alone as he was holding hand with a girl. She had brown hair and was wearing a white hat with a pink Poke Ball logo on it. She had a sleeveless teal shirt, a pair of black sweatbands on her arms, a pink skirt, long blue socks and athletic shoes white shoes with a pink stripe.

"Hey Red, who's this?" asked Asuna.

"Everyone I like you all to meet, Leaf, my girlfriend!"

"Hello, it's nice to meet all of you!"

Everyone was surprised by this, but Red did mention something about Leaf last week when they first got here, but they didn't expect to meet her this early in their School days. Not they they were complaining!

"Hello Leaf, Red had mention you to us before, it's nice to meet you, I'm Ash, Red's cousin, and this is Pikachu and Pichu." Ash introduced himself and his Pokemon.

"Pika!"

"Pichu!"

"It's nice to meet you, Ash! But Red already mentioned you before and I know the rest of you as well." she said while looking at each person, "Natsu, Kirito, Asuna, Dan, Luffy, and Naruto."

"Wow, Red talks a lot about us then." smiled the blonde ninja.

"Yes. And he also talked about a few personal things as well!" Leaf replied shyly.

Everyone looked at Red with a confused face while he was sweating a bit, nervous about what their reaction could be. They all looked at Leaf and a brown haired Bakugan brawler asked, "What kind of things?"

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(One Backstory Later)

It turns out that when Red and Leaf's relationship turned 3 months old he decided that it was time to stop keeping secrets from her since she would find out on her own eventually and might not be happy that he didn't trust her with this kind of information. She already told him a few secrets that she never told anyone but the people she trust, so it was only fair that she would know this as will. He told her everything about him himself and the AM Warriors, the death of parents (except Red's they're still alive), about training to become heroes and avenge their parents, what their skills are, etc.

Leaf at first thought that Red was messing with her, but after seeing that he has the aura power to control fire she ended up believing him and promised to not tell anyone, but he told her all this at her house when he meet her parents ad they ended up eavesdropping on the whole conversation! Luckily that liked Red a lot and didn't care it he could use aura or not, they also promised to keep this information a secret. And that's pretty much the whole story.

The team was shocked that Red revealed this information, but they let it slide because they trust Leaf. If Red could trust her then maybe they could as well. Ash read her aura and the feeling that it gave off told him that she was a good person.

"Leaf, If Red ever mistreats you let me know she that I can have him get to know my blade more, OK?' said Asuna.

"I doubt that will happen, Asuna. But thanks for that."smiled the brown haired girl.

Red in the meanwhile sweat drooped and was going to remember to never treat Leaf poorly or Asuna will end him in less than five seconds. He was not planning on dying and time soon, especially by the hands of the white sword woman.

"So Ash, have you decided on what Pokemon your going to use against the three top trainers in the School?" Leaf asked.

"I got it all figured out and I'm not going to hold anything back! Those three need to be teach a lesson in respecting others and their own Pokemon, and I plan on giving it to them!" smiled the raven haired boy.

"I'll be watch and cheering you on!" said the brunette.

"We all will!" said Luffy as he placed his hand on Ash's shoulder.

"Thanks everyone!" Ash knew that he had the greatest family brothers, sister, and friends in the world. In just a few hours he was going to make the biggest scene in this School's history!

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(3 Hours Later)

It was time! The battles were about to start in just a few minutes and everyone was getting excited, wanting to know the outcome of the fights. Although some students did believe that Ash was going to lost because that he's going up against three trainers one at a time. Just because he beat Gary and Paul separately doesn't mean it can happen again so easily and soon, add Trip into the mix and you could say that Ash might have made a mistake if he's not strong enough to pull through!

Ash was right now out in the field of the Schoolyard sitting on the grass until he thinks it was time to head inside towards the gym. He has been think about this moment for the past few weeks and now it's here!

"You seem nervous my son!" said an all too familiar voice.

Ash turned his head to see Master Pan looking down at him with a face that spelled concerned all over it, "I'm guessing that those battles have you out of your comfort zone?"

"Yeah Sensei. I didn't think that I would worry some much about it, until now that is."

"(Don't Worry, Ash. I promise to fight as hard as I can some that we'll win!)" said Pikachu.

"(You can do it, Papa!)" said Pichu as he hugged Ash and cuddled into has stomach.

Ash knew that if his Master and Pokemon have faith in him then there was a chance, even if it's very small. The thing that worried him was that after hearing about so many other students trying to beat those three that ended up losing and just quit being trainers because they were told it was for the best and that weren't worthy to be Pokemon trainers.

"How about we do that meditation that we do when we're nervous about something?" asked the guardian of the seven kids that he took in.

Ash smiled and nodded his head in response. The two humans sat down on the ground cross legged and closed their eyes so that they can focus on meditation and help Ash get his cool back. Both of them cleared their minds and started to go deep inside their minds to find peace with themselves. Pikachu and Pichu stayed quiet, not wanting to disturb them in their time of peace and relaxation.

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(With The Girls)

"Do you really need to be here?" asked Dawn her mother with a voice full of frustration.

"Of course we need to be here, I want to see Ash's parents again after such a long time." said Johanna.

"I'm only here because I want to see how strong this Ash guy is and all of his Pokemon in action!" said Max.

The girls were just so embarrassed that their parent had to come to see to see Ash battle the biggest bullies in the School. Why did it have to be during the day or on a School day?

'I just hope Ash can do a good job in taking down those jerks like he did before.' thought Serena.

"Hey I have a question! Is Ash a guy with black hair, a cap, and both a Pikachu and Pichu with him?" asked Max.

The girls looked at each other and were completely surprised that Max knew what Ash's apprentice was, "Yes. How did you know?" May replied to her brother.

"Oh, because he's right over there at the front door with some old guy." Max answered.

That answer caught everyone's attention as they looked at where Max said, only to see Ash enter the front door of the School with and old man in his 50's it looked. The adults were glad to see Ash again after a while, while the girls were left wondering who that old man that Ash entered to School with was.

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(With Ash)

"Well Sensei, this is where we part ways until this is over!" sighed Ash as he looked at Pan before walking down into the hallway that leads to the gym.

"Good luck, Ash. And may your power and strength protect you!" smiled the mentor of the team before he headed towards the gym a separate way.

"Well Pikachu, are you ready?" asked Ash.

"(You bet that I'm ready. I'm going to teach those punks a lesson that you don't mess with the 'AM Warriors')" he replied with a fist bump to Ash.

"(You'll win, Papa!)" cheered Pichu.

Ash smiled as his Pokemon had confidence in him and the others. That was good because he could see the three Trainers he was facing today right in front of him. It was now or never!

"Didn't think you'd show up, Ashy Boy." smirked Gary.

"Are you kidding, I don't back down from a challenge so easily!" Ash smiled.

"You better hope that you've been training well, cause we're not known for going easy on wimps like you." warned Trip.

"One question; How wimpy am I if I could beat all three of you and escape on the first day here?" Ash asked sarcastically.

"You just got lucky! Don't think that it will happen again!" warned Paul.

"If I remember correctly, I did manage to knock you out unconscious for a bit." Ash smiled.

"Shut up before I make you!" Paul threatened

"We're let the battles do the talking! Gary, you and I are up first!" Ash replied.

"Good, I can't wait to see you cry when I beat you in front of this School." Gary huffed.

"Wait a minute, why are you bringing that Pikachu and Pichu with you? Don't tell me your going to battle with them." said Trip.

"I'm only battling with Pikachu alone, Pichu is still a baby and can't fight too well, so he's just standing by to watch." Ash answered. The three boys started laughing at Ash's responses.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"Pikachu's aren't really the strongest of electric type." said Paul.

"Are you saying that because that's what you think or that you've never owned one to see if it's true?" asked out raven haired hero.

"We know it's true. I've faced many Pikachu's before and their fainted in just two attacks. The point is your Pikachu isn't going to last long out there!" said Paul.

Ash and Pikachu looked at each other for a moment before a smirk appeared on both of their faces and turned their heads back at the trio, "Are you forgetting what happened to a certain Blastoise recently?"

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(Flashback)

(HERE. I. GGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!) yelled Pikachu. With his last bit of power he blasted more electricity into the Charge Beam, that much energy was just enough to overcome the Flash Cannon a bit. That little bit, changed everything!

Blastoise's Flash Cannon was getting weaker and was being pushed back by the Charge Beam, when the electric attack pushed harder, the Flash Cannon couldn't handle it any more. It got a little weaker and soon the Charge Beam flew right through the light energy attack and hit Blastoise.

"Blastoise! No!" called Gary. The Charge Beam made contact with the Kanto water starter and shocked him with 100 volts of electricity. When it stopped, Blastoise just stood there for a moment not saying a word.

Pikachu was panting his lungs out, he was on his hands and knees, but he was not going to faint in this battle, he wouldn't allow himself to faint.

Everyone in the audience was silent, it was as quiet as night time, no one was saying a word. Not even the Professor.

Soon a minute has pasted and Blastoise started to tip over a little, then two seconds later he crashed into the dirt creating a cloud of dust.

When the Professor looked it was clear that Blastoise had fainted. Gary had loss, without a doubt!

"Blastoise is unable to battle, Pikachu wins! All three of Gary's Pokemon have been eliminated, so this battle goes to Ash!" he announced.

(End of Flashback)

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"You just got lucky because I was distracted by thinking about something else. This time I'll beat you and shame you in front of everyone inside this school!" warned Gary.

"Then let's get started!" Ash replied. He and the others walked in through the gym doors and were met with people cheering as they walked in walked in. Ash was very surprised to see how many people were inside this gym! He could see some students that he had seen when walking through the hallways for the last few weeks, the teachers, the Professors, younger kids, and other adults.

'Wow. I didn't think that we would get a crowd this big!' Ash thought to himself in his head.

"(Why are there so many people here, Papa? Are they here to see you battle?)" asked Pichu.

"Let me check." said Ash. He closed his eyes and started to use his aura to sense the emotions of some of the people in the audience. A hand full of them were excited, others were doubtful, some were hopeful, and others were depressed.

"(What did you see?)" asked Pikachu.

"Well, a lot of these people are really hoping that I win from the looks of it. I guess that those three have really caused a problem for a lot of students here, cause I can feel a lot of Negative Aura." answered Ash.

"(What's Negative Aura?)" asked Pichu.

Ash started to explain to Pichu that Negative Aura is a different kind of Aura than the normal kind. It can be found when somebody has a negative feeling or reaction to something. It can also be found flowing through Super villains, Criminals, and in all bad people in general. But that's not the worst part, an Aura user can use Negative aura to create weapons, blast energy, create shields, and it's stronger than regular Aura, meaning that a Negative Aura user can outmatch a normal one if they're on the same amount of Aura control.

Ash then looked over at Gary, Paul, and Trip and started to read their Aura to see how much they each have, after he was done he could see that the three of them had a pretty good amount of Negative Aura for school bullies. He only hoped that they never learn how to use it!

"See all the people that are here to see you lose?! Not too late to back down now!" smiled Gary.

"No way. We're still doing this and I plan to see it through to the end!" Ash replied.

"Then knock yourself out!" said Trip, as he and Paul went over to sit on the benches near the battlefield. Ash knew that it was now or never and he was as ready as he'll ever be!

"Gary, let's do this!"

"Fine, but make it quick cause I have better things to do than to mop the floor with you!"

The two trainers walked onto the battlefield and got on each end to prepare themselves. More people had started entering the gym to watch and see how this battle would turn out. There was the rest of the AM warriors and Master Pan, Red and Leaf, Serena, Dawn, May and their families, Natsu's classmates, Naruto's classmates, etc. The stakes were high and it was soon time to start!

"This will be a full six on six battle between Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak. Both sides are to use six Pokemon to fight this battle. Substitutions are allowed. The battle will be over when all of one trainers Pokemon are unable to battle!" called out the referee.

"Ready, Ashy boy?" smirked Gary.

"You bet, especially if I can shut you up and get you to stop using that dumb name on me!" replied our favorite trainer.

"Nidoqueen, I chose you!" called Gary.

He tossed the Pokeball that contained a poison type of the Kanto region, and it looked big and strong from just standing still. Ash stared at it for a while in order to see if it had any weaknesses that he could work around.

"What's the matter, Ashy boy? Too scared to face my Nidoqueen?" laughed Gary.

Ash replied with silence as he just came up with a stradey on how to fight that giant mouse.

"Torkoal, I choose you!" he called out.

The red hot fire tortoise Pokemon of the Hoenn region appeared with a determined look on his face. He and his trainer have prepared for this battle for a while and was not going to let Ash down now out of all times!

"It's been decided that Gary gets the first move. Battle Begin!"

"This will be easy. Use Hyper Beam."

Nidoqueen opened her mouth wide open and started to charge up yellow and orange aura to unleash at Torkoal in order to land the first move. Once it was done she fired Hyper Beam at him with full power.

"Flamethrower."

Torkoal heard Ash's call and unleashed a powerful jetstream of flames that were heading directly towards the in coming Hyper Beam.

The two attacks met in the middle and began to push against each other in a beam struggle in order to outdo the other. Gary was surprised that Ash's Torkoal was able to match the strenght of Nidoqueen's Hyper Beam, as he couldn't remember the last time a Pokemon around Torkoal's height was able to take Nindoqueen's Hyper Beam, let alone match it with it's own long range attack. The two attacks continued to push each other back in order to burst through the other and hit it's target. After about a minute of struggling, the two attacks exploded and covered the field in black smoke.

'Drat! I can't see anything!' thought Gary.

He started to think of a way to attack Ash without him seeing what he's up to. He then remembered that Torkal was still in the same spot that he was before and hasen't moved an inch. That gave him an idea!

"Use Hyper Beam at 12'o clock." he ordered.

"Flamethrower towards the ground at full power. Hold nothing back!" said Ash.

Nidoqueen fired another Hyper Beam at Torkoal into the smoke cloud, but before it could hit it's mark. Torkoal came flying out of the smoke cloud with he's head looking down as he used a full powered Flamethrower to launch himself off the ground and avoid the attack.

The Hyper Beam may have missed it's opponent, but it did manage to clear the smoke out of the way and make the field visable again.

Torkoal began to fall back down towards the ground quickly after he stopped using Flamethrower to send himself sky high.

"Torkoal, use Iron Defense."

The tortoise Pokemon hid in his shell to avoid injury once he crashed into the field, but he still didn't exit his shell. Gary saw this as a chance to attack!

"Use Mega Punch."

Nidoqueen closed her paw and started to make it glow white while she ran up to Torkoal ready to deliver a powerful hit. Ash saw this coming and knew that it was time for a counter attack!

"Overheat."

Torkoal popped out of his shell and blasted a load of fire straight at Nidoqueen from a point blank range. The fire attack cancelled out Mega Punch and left Nidoqueen to deal with a bunch of flames to the face! Once the attack was finished, Ash gave the next order.

"Body Slam."

Torkoal jumped into the air and was coming back down ready to land on top of the poison type Pokemon to deal another blow. But Gary saw and opening and wasted no time using it!

"Rock Smash."

Nidoqueen's paw began to glow white again and soon thrusted her fist into Torkoal's stomach and sended him flying backwards until he landed on his side in front of Ash.

"You Ok, Torkoal?" asked Ash.

"Oalll!" replied the fire type of Hoenn.

"Use Iron Defense."

He once again returned to his shell to avoid damage from his opponent. Gary was starting to think that Ash was now too scared to fight back and was just hiding his Pokemon like a scardy cat.

"What the matter Ash, too chicken to have your Pokemon fight back?" he teased.

Ash said nothing and just kept on looking at Torkoal's shell and trying to come up with something that could help them out!

"Fine, I'll just finish this myself! Double Kick."

Using her legs to jump up as high as she could, Nidoqueen brought both feet down as she landed on top of Torkoal's shell. That was when Ash saw another chance to strike!

"Overheat."

When Nidoqueen landed in front of his shell after trying to stomp him into the ground, Torkoal popped his head out and blew a ton of powerful flames into her face again. It wasn't as bad as the last time, but it still hurt none the last.

"Use Hyper Beam."

"Flamethrower."

Both Pokemon opened their mouths and fired their respective attacks at each other. The only problem was that they were so close that an explosion occurred after the attacks made met in the middle. It pushed both Pokemon back a bit from the force that the explosion made, but Ash knew just what to do that the his opponent's guard was down.

"Heat Wave."

Torkoal opened his mouth again and started to create a ball of fire, after it was complete he launched it at the poison type in flame waves as it made contact with her. Nidoqueen shelded herself with her arms to avoid as much damage as possible.

"Time to take it up to the next level! Strenght." said Gary.

White aura started to surround Nidoqueen's body as she got a boost of power to help her with more powerful attacks.

"Now use Mega Punch."

Nidoqueen ran up to Torkoal and was ready to throw another punch at him with her glowing white fist.

"Use Iron Defense."

Torkoal retreated into his shell again to avoid damage. Nidoqueen's fist hit his shell and and the impact sent a tiny shockwave around the battlefield. Nidoqueen started to shake her fist in pain due to hitting Torkoal's hard shell.

"Heat Wave."

Torkoal blew a wind of flames from his mouth and the tiny sparks hit Nidoqueen like they did last time. Unlike last time however, a bit of flames appeared around her body and burned her.

Ash smiled as his plan worked. He wanted to throw as much fire attacks at Nidoqueen as possible in order for her to get burn. Now she'll be reciving damage slowly without needing to get hit!

"Nidoqueen, use Hyper Beam."

Torkoal, use Flamethrower."

Both Pokemon fired their attacks from their mouths and the two soon collided in between the middle of the field. They both seemed evenly matched, until Hyper Beam started to grow a bit strong and push Torkoal's Flamethrower attack back a little. Torkoal struggled to push back and even things out with both of they're attacks, but it wasn't going so well!

Meanwhile, Nidoqueen was sure that she could beat the Flamethrower attack and hit Torkoal, but then she felt a great deal of pain as her body felt like it was burning up! She had been burned and that brief moment weakened her for a bit to give Torkoal enough time to even out the power difference in their attacks and make both attacks even again. This went on for about a minute until Torkoal's Flamethrower started to weaken again and that allowed Nidoqueen to add more power into her Hyper Beam and push back the Flamethrower, until it blasted past the attack and hit the fire type of Hoenn, making her the winner of the beam struggle!

"Torkoal!" called out Ash.

Torkoal sled sideways along the battlefield until he stopped in front of Ash with and revaeled that he was now knocked out cold!

"Torkoal is unable to battle. Nidoqueen wins." called the referee.

"I know we'd win." smiled Gary. He wasn't expecting one Torkoal to give Nidoqueen this much trouble, bit in the end it made no difference as it wasn't strong enough to match one of his strongest poison types.

*BOOM*

He was forced to rethink that once he saw that Nidoqueen had hit the ground and she too was out cold. The fire attacks and the burn was proven to be too much for her to handle and she had to go down as well.

"Nidoqueen is also unable to battle! This match is a tie!" the referee corrected.

Everyone in the audience was surprised that Ash's Torkoal was able to tie with Gary's Nidoqueen! They never expected her to tie with a Pokemon as small as Torkoal, but he and Ash just prove that size doesn't matter.

Gary was just as surprised at everyone else. Not once has Nidoqueen been taken out by a Pokemon smaller than her, only bigger opponent have taken her down, but Ash's Torkoal made this first match a tie.

Gary did not like the results and knew that Ash was going to prove a bigger threat than he and the others thought if that little Torkoal of he could take down a Pokemon five times it's size!

"Torkoal, return. Thanks for all the hard work buddy." Ash smiled as he put the Pokeball away and took out another one.

"Muk, I choose you!" he called out.

The second that Gary called back his fallen Nidoqueen there appeared a big pile of purple goo on the battlefield. It had eyes and a mouth and was smiling with excitement.

"Magmar, I choose you!" said Gary.

The fire type of the Kanto region appeared and looked at Muk, knowing that he was going to have to fight that pile of goo.

"Ok, let's use Flamethrower."

Magmar opened his mouth and fired a jet strem of flames that were approaching Muk quickly and it looked very powerful!

"Dodge it and use Mud Bomb."

Muk used his arms to lift his body off of the ground and threw himself towards the side to avoid the flames. When he landed he opened his mouth and launched a ball of mud at his attacker.

"Use Fire Punch and knock it away." ordered Gary.

Magmar covered his fist in flames and waited for the attack to come closer, but Ash had a different plans.

"Sludge Bomb."

Muk started to fire globs of brown goo from his mouth at Magmar, they were smaller than Mud Bomb, but faster as well.

"Knock them all away." said Gary.

Magmar had just finished using Fire Punch to punch away Mud Bomb and was now trying to punch away as many globs of goo as he could to avoid getting hit by one of them. But there was just too many for him to hit fast enough and he ended up getting hit by nine balls of goo.

"Use Fire Blast."

Magmar opened his mouth and blasted out fire that started to turn into the shape of the Japanese word (Dai) and it went flying towards Muk.

"Dodge it."

Muk used his amrs to lift himself and jumped to the side like before, but the attack made little contact and he recived a bit of damage.

"Use Body Slam."

Muk used all of his might to jump up into the air and was coming back down while aiming to land on Magmar.

"Dodge it and use Flamethrower."

Magmar was able to avoid getting smashed by the pile of goo with a face and fired a bunch of flames from his mouth.

Ash was unable to give Muk any orders in time and had to watch as he was hit by a jet strem of fire. It looked powerful, and for Muk it must have been painful.

"Muk, are you Ok?" asked Ash.

Muk nodded and looked back at Magmar with determination written all over his face.

"Use Sludge Bomb."

Muk fired more balls of brown goo from his mouth at his opponent like before. Gary told Magmar to punch them away with Fire Punch again. While he did manage to avoid getting hit by most of them, a few manage to hit him hard and that's not the only thing it did. After it stopped, Magmar felt pain move through his body and he turned purple for a brief moment, meaning that he was poisoned now!

'So that's his plan huh, attacking with moves that will cause the opponent's Pokemon to be affected while they fight. Well it won't work any more!' thought Gary. He had now figured out Ash's stradegy to win aginst him and was going to turn things around now!

"Magmar, return." he called out as he returned his fire type to it's Pokeball.

'That's a smart move. With Magmar being poisoned, making him fight more would only result in a loss for him. And it looks like he figured out what I was doing up until now. It's time to take a different approch!' thought Ash.

"Umbreon, I choose you!" called out Gary.

Umbreon appeared on the battlefield and was ready to fight Muk. Ash was still thinking of a plan in how to turn thinks around if this battle started to go Gary's way, but decided to just start attacking for now.

"Use Mud Bomb."

Muk fired a ball of mud from his mouth and aimed it at Umbreon to see if it could hit the little dark type. But Umbreon was too fast and was able to get out of the way of the Mud Bomb before coming in close.

"Quick Attack."

Umbreon surrounded himself with white aura to increase his speed and rocketed towards Muk having hit him in the stomach full force. That was when Gary called out his next move.

"Shadow Ball."

Umbreon opened his mouth and started to form a sphere of black energy that was growing bigger by the second. Ash knew that with how close Umbreon was that there was no chance that Muk could dodge, so he had to attack from that close distance and hope for the best!

"Mud Bomb again." he called out.

Muk and Umbreon both launched their respected attacks at each other from point blank range and a explosion covered the field in dust and sent the two flying backwards from the impact!

Umbreon may had been hurt by the blast, but he was able to land on his feet after being thrown back by the explosion.

Muk however wasn't so luck and landed on his back after being thrown back from that blast. It also revealed that he was out cold and had lost this round.

"Muk is unable to battle. Umbreon wins." called the referee.

"Thanks for the help, Muk. Take a long rest, cause you earned it." smiled Ash as he recalled his fallen Pokemon.

"What the matter, Ashy boy. Upset that your poison type couldn't beat Umbreon?" asked Gary.

"I'm more upset that Muk was trying his hardest and you can't accept the fact that he gave you a hard time." Ash replied with a very cold voice.

"He didn't take down Magmar or Umbreon, he was just a waste of our time." smirked the brown haired teen.

"I'd watch that wretched tongue if I were you Oak!"

Silence filled the gym as Ash spoke in a voice that was even colder than earlier. Gary was shocked, just pure shocked, that Ash was talking to him like that!

No one ever spoke in a cold tone to him before. He was started to feel his spine shiver a bit by just looking directly into Ash's eyes!

"Muk gave it 110% in this battle, and I couldn't ask for anything more if I wanted to. I'm honoured to be his trainer and if I lose this battle today, I'll lose together with my Pokemon without regret, because I know that they'll give it their all for me!" Ash raised his voice a bit in order to get his message across.

The crowd was impressed on how Ash was standing up to one of the school's 'top' trainers. Gary on the other hand wasn't liking this at all. To him it felt like his pride was being challenged.

"Kingler, I choose you!"

Ash tossed a Pokeball the held a Kingler inside. Once it was out, it was ready for battle. Ash smiled knowing that he made a good choice in choosing Kingler for this battle.

"Ha, that's your Kingler? Mine's bigger than that!" bragged Gary.

"If you don't make the first move, I will." replied Ash.

"You asked for it! Quick Attack."

Umbreon raced full speed ahead towards Kingler as fast as he could in order to land the first hit on the crab Pokemon.

"Use Bubble Beam on the ground."

Kingler opened his mouth and fired several small bubbles at the ground in front of Umbreon and created a large dust cloud to hide in. Umbreon couldn't see where Kingler was hiding and started to look around to see if he could catch a brief glimpse of him and attack quickly, but that was easier said than done as the dust cloud proved to be thinner than he thought.

"Leer." said Ash.

Kingler poped out from the dust cloud and began to stare at Umbreon with glowing red eyes. As he being stared at, Umbreon's defense was lowered down a bit and that would make Kingler's attacks more effective against him.

"Bubble Beam."

Kingler then opened his mouth and fired more small bubbles at Umbreon. Gary told him to dodge as fast as he could, and he was able to avoid them just in time.

"Keep using Bubble Beam." said Ash.

Kingler continued to shoot bubbles from his mouth at Umbreon as the dark type kept on running around the battlefield to avoid getting hit. The more Kingler fired, the more Umberon dodged and this was going on for about a whole minute. Umbreon was starting to get tired and wasn't going to be able to dodge for much longer. Gary needed to think of something fast before Umbreon could get hit by a Bubble Beam.

He then thought back to when Magmar was using Fire Punch to knock away Muk's Sludge Bomb and was getting tired out by swinging his fist for too long.

'Let's see how long your Kingler can swing that claw of his, Ashy boy!' thought Gary.

"Umbreon, use Shadow Ball, repeatedly." he called.

Opening his mouth as wide as he could, Umbreon started to shoot multiple black spheres at Kingler. Ash looked at how fast those spheres were coming and knew just what to do.

"Dodge them all, Kingler."

Kingler started to move his legs as fast as he could to avoid getting hit by the black spheres that were coming his way. He was moving pretty quickly for having small legs, but the Shadow Balls soon started to get bigger and faster.

"Use Metal Claw to knock away the ones you can't dodge." Ash said.

Kingler made his larger claw glow white for a moment while he kept on dodging, when it was done glowing it revaeled that it turned to metal and was now using it to smack away the Shadow Balls that he couldn't out run.

Gary was getting frustrated now as his plan wasn't going like he wanted it to. Kingler may be swinging his claw to deflect the incoming Shadow Balls, but he was also moving around pretty good for having small legs. It looked like he wasn't getting too tired out like how Umbreon was when he was avoiding the Bubble Beam, and that was putting him at a disadvantage!

He decided it was time for a new method of attack, "Use Quick Attack."

Umbreon was running as fast as he could towards Kingler with his body surrounded by white aura to boost his speed. Ash said nothing to avoid Kingler getting hit by the attack and Umbreon smashed into the crab Pokemon, but it was a second afterwards that Ash called out an order.

"Use Vice Grip."

Within the blink of an eye, Kingler used his bigger claw to grab Umbreon before he could get away. Now caught within the claw of the crab Pokemon, all Umbreon could do now was struggle to break free while Kingler tightened his grip to deal more damage.

Gary grinned his teeth in frustration as he couldn't believe that he didn't think of the possibility of Umbreon getting caught in Kingler's claw. Umbreon was now a trapped rat and he couldn't do anything to get out of it!

But he suddenly found a way to escape the water type's grasp, "Use Screech."

Umbreon opened his mouth and let out a high pitch screeching sound that was so loud it forced Kingler to let him go and use both of his claws to cover his ears...wherever they were?!

"Shadow Ball."

Ash couldn't let that happen and had to attack while he still had to chance, "Crabhammer."

Kingler made his pincer glow white and the second he was ready he smashed his claw into Umbreon as hard as he could. But Umbreon managed to finish his Shadow Ball and it was launched at Kingler as he flew through the air before smashing into the ground from the hit Kingler delivered.

Both attacks hit their mark and caused both Pokemon great deals of pain. They were so painful that the two of them couldn't take it anymore and fainted.

"Both Pokemon are unable to battle. This match is a tie!"

Everyone cheered at how amazing both Pokemon preformed in this fight. Ash was proving to be a strong opponent and was giving Gary a run for his money! This was not sitting well with Gary however, he couldn't believe how strong Ash's other Pokemon were. Prior to the battle that they had on Ash's first day at School, both Nidoqueen and Umbreon had never lost this early in a full battle in about four years! Ash was a major threat to him and his role as one of the School's best Pokemon trainers, and both Paul and Trip realized this as well. They had to win or else they won't be intimidated by them anymore afterwards.

"Thanks for all your hard work, Kingler. Now take a break." smiled the raven haired boy.

But he then had a serious face on as he was thinking of a way of how to turn things around and into this favor. So far he had lost three Pokemon, while Gary lost two. And they were both in ties while Muk was the only one who lost so far!

He was down to half his team left while Gary had four Pokemon left, but Magmar was poisoned thanks to Muk! If he makes the next attack that Magmar gets hit by count, then maybe he could turn things back in his favor!

Gary returned his fallen Umbreon and then started to stare at Ash. He could see a smile on the raven haired boy's face, and that could only mean that he came up with a plan to get things to turn around for him.

Gary just chuckled, 'If he thinks he can win now, I'll wipe that smile off his stupid face' he said in his head.

"I'll admit that your Pokemon are stronger than I expected, but your next one won't be able to stand up to mine! Scizor, I choose you!" he called.

Talonflame, I choose you!" called out Ash.

The bug type of Johto and flying type of Kalos appeared on the battlefield and are now ready to get it on!

"Use Swift."

Scizor opened his large pincers and started to shoot little white stars at Talonflame with full force.

"Counter that with Razor Wind."

Talonflame started to flap his wings quickly in order to create a powerful wind that started to make sharp energy curves that were headed towards Scizor, or more specifically the Swift attack.

The two attacks met in the middle and caused an explosion and sended dust up into the air. A dust cloud had appeared and blocked everyone's view of the fight.

"Talonflame, use your wings to blow the dust away." ordered Ash.

The bird Pokemon of Kalos started to flap his wings in order to get ruin of the dust. It only took about a few seconds and the field was clear again.

"Now with that dust out of the way we can end this. Use Bullet Punch." said Gary.

One of Scizor's pincers started to glow white in order deliver a powerful blow at Talonflame as he got closer. Ash kept calm as he knew just what to do.

"Use Flame Charge to dodge."

Talonflame surrounded his body with fire and quickly flew out of range of Scizor's pincer before it could hit him. The flames died down and Talonflame was feeling great about how he had avoided that bug's pincer.

"Dodgeing, is that all your going to do?" asked Gary with a smirk.

Ash said nothing as he continued to stare at Talonflame happily. This triggered Gary as he didn't like it when someone ignores his taunts.

"Fine, have it your way then, Quick Attack."

Scizor rushed at the red bird Pokemon as fast as he could while having his body be surrounded by white aura to boost his speed. But Ash knew the perfect counter for this!

"Flame Charge."

The Kalos bird Pokemon surrounded his body in flames and sped towards the incoming Scizor as fast as he could. Thanks to to doing the same move eariler he was faster than before and doing it again would only increase his speed. Talonflame was the faster of the two as he smashed his body into Scizor's stomach and delivered a powerful fire attack that caused the bug type great pain.

"Talonflame, if your ready use Peck?!"

When the flames of his body died down again, Talonflame made his beak glow white and started to hit Scizor with it continually. Every blow hurted for Scizor as he couldn't think of anything that would stop Talonflame from continuing the assult. Thankfully, he has Gary to back him up!

"Bullet Punch."

Making his pincer glow white Scizor punched Talonflame in the back which sended him crashing into the ground. When Scizor landed he held his stomach in pain as Talonflame had delivered some serious damage to him and he didn't know if he'll survive another hit.

"You good, Talonflame?" asked Ash.

Said Pokemon got up from the ground and nodded his head to response to his trainer. Ash smiled as he knew it would take more than that to take down his Talonflame.

"Don't think for a second that you've won just yet, Ashy boy! I've been saving some of my more powerful Pokemon for after this!" warned Gary.

"Don't worry, I know that a battle is never over until it's over!" was the raven haired boy's answer to the threat.

"Well it's over now, Steel Wing!"

Scizor's wings began to glow white as he turned them into metal and started to dash as fast as he could towards the Kalos bird.

"Talonflame, show them you Spinning Steel Wing!" Ash ordered.

Everyone was confused at what Ash just said and decided to watch in order to get their answer. Talonflame started to fly as fast as he could towards Scizor while making his wings glow white and turning them into steel metal just like Scizor. But unlike Scizor, he started to spinning at a high speed that made him look like he had just become a drill. The two met in the middle and the more powerful attack landed it's mark on it's target. It didn't take a genius to figure out which Pokemon's attack was superior!

The winner landed on top of his defected opponent and looked at his trainer with a smile.

"Scizor is unable to battle. Talonflame wins!" called out the referee.

Everyone cheered at how strong Ash's improved move was and how it was able to beat Gary's Scizor. But let's be honest with ourselves, Talonflame is half fire type while Scizor is a bug type, it was clear who the victor was from the beginning.

"Return, Talonflame. You did a great job." smiled Ash as he recalled his Kalos flying and fire type.

Gary returned Scizor without saying a word, cause he just stared at Ash while doing so. Ash just came out of nowhere a few weeks ago and was proving to be more than he could imagine. At first he wanted to believe that his lost against him was just a fluke, but after seeing how this battle was going he started to have second thoughts about his earlier predication.

"Magmar, come back out!" he called as he tossed the Pokeball that had a Pokemon that could still fight.

"Ok, Pikachu, I choose you!"

His partner leaped from his shoulder and onto the battlefield. Pikachu was so ready to show Gary jus how strong he truly was and get him to pay for making fun of his best friend. Gary was suddenly getting very nervous after he remembered the power of that little Pikachu! Everything that he had said about not being scared was a lie, and he could tell that Ash knew it as well. He hoped that Magmar could somehow take that little electric type out before he cause them any more problems than he already has!

"Magmar, use Flamethrower."

Magmar started to take a deep breath and then unleashed a powerful jet strem of fire at Pikachu as fast as he could.

"Use Agility."

Pikachu started to run around the battlefield in a crazy pattern to avoid the incoming attack. He was able to dodge it by jumping into the air over it and then landing next to Magmar. That's when he started to run around him in a circle in order to get his attention and then started to randomly run around the battlefield confusing Magmar.

"Thunderbolt."

Pikachu stopped in front of the fire type and started to gather up electricity from around his body and was charging it up for it to have more of an impact when he attacks.

"Magmar, use Flamethrower and fast!" said Gary.

Magmar started to charge up his mouth with fire in order for his attack to also have a greater impact as well.

When both attacks were ready, the two Pokemon fired them at each other with. The attacks collided and started to push against each other in a beam struggle. The two attacks were evenly matched and kept on pushing to try and over power the other. For a moment, Magmar's Flamethrower started to get the best of the Thunderbolt, but Pikachu decided that he should stop holding back so much and added more power to his attack which pushed back the Flamethrower until it overpowered it and hit Magmar! Hundreds of electric volts were sent through Magmar's body as he was surrounded by electricity that damaged him greatly. When Thunderbolt finally stopped, he dropped towards his knees and used his hands to hold his body up so he wouldn't fall. He then looked at Pikachu who was standing still, giving him a change to get up.

When Magmar tried to stand up he felt a sudden pain rush through his body as it turned purple with a few acid bubbles appeared for a brief moment. The poison from his fight with Muk was still here and it chose to appear now. It was too much for him and it caused him to collapse!

"Magmar is unable to battle. Pikachu wins!"

Gary was now down to his second last Pokemon, and he was at a disadvantage with the type that the remaining two were. However, he wasn't going to surrender to Ash and let him claim victory like this. He was going to prove that he was the best!

"Fearow, I choose you!"

A large bird Pokemon from the Kanto region appeared onto the battlefield. Ash looked at the Fearow and started to remember back to the day that he started his journey as a Pokemon trainer when he and Pikachu were attacked by a flock of Fearow's pre-evolved form, Spearows. He sometimes wishes he could to back in time and change that first day, but he might have not earned Pikachu's trust and friendship that day, so it was probably best that he couldn't.

"You ready for this, buddy?" he asked.

"Pika!" replied the mouse Pokemon.

Gary was starting to get very nervous right now as he was at a disadvantage, but he didn't want to show it as his ego was just too large for him to see reason sometimes.

"Fearow, show then your Drill Run." said Gary.

"Counter it with Iron Tail." Ash ordered.

Fearow started spinning as fast as he could so that he could form his body into the appearance of a drill. As he blasted off towards his opponent while spinning, Pikachu was running up towards the incoming bird Pokemon with his made his tail glow white. When it stopped his tail was now made out of metal and he swung it at Fearow. Drill Run and Iron Tail collided in the middle of the battlefield and the two attacks started to push against each other. Though how Pikachu was able to do it in mid-air was beyond anyone's guess.

Pikachu started using more of his full power and ended up hitting the Drill Run and Fearow away from him as he landed on his feet. Fearow meanwhile has crashed into the ground and was struggling to get up again, but once he did he received his next order from Gary.

"Use Fury Attack."

Fearow started to flay towards Pikachu with his beak ready as he was about to peak the daylight out of the mouse Pokemon. Ash had others plans as he would not allow that to happen.

"Dodge them all with your true speed!" he called out.

Pikachu waited until Fearow was right in front of them and started dodging from the Fury Attack as fast as he can. Fearow was trying to peak Pikachu, but he wasn't landing a single hit as Pikachu kept on dodging be many methods. Moving to the left or right, ducking, rolling, jumping, you name it! If one looked close enough they could say that Pikachu was teleporting out of that attack's range as that is what looks to be happening!

Fearow couldn't take anymore and had to stop in order to catch his breath and rest his neck from all of the moving, which gave Ash the perfect chance to strike not that Fearow was getting tired.

"Use Electro Ball"

Pikachu started forming a sphere of electricity on the end of his tail and and began to make it grow bigger until it was about the size of a basketball. He then used all of his strength to send it flying towards Fearow, who couldn't reach in time and was shoved back by the yellow ball of power until it exploded and caused dust to raise up and cover the battlefield.

(A/N: OK, someone needs to clean that dusty field already. Having dust block your view of the outcome of a battle is annoying!)

When it cleared out, Fearow was laying on his back and had swirly eyes. That meant that he was out of the game!

"Fearow is unable to battle, Pikachu wins." called the referee.

The audience clapped that the outcome, yet no one cheered as it was to be expected given the type match up. Gary returned Fearow and grabbed his last Pokeball. He was at a disadvantage just like before, but he would keep fighting no matter how hard it was. And with that in mind he tossed the small sphere into the field...

"Blastoise, I choose you!"

The giant blue turtle Pokemon with cannons that his side appeared on the field and looked at Pikachu. One look could make anyone tell that he was nervous about getting to fight the little mouse Pokemon after what happened last time!

"Ok, Pikachu, come back now."

Everyone was surprised that Ash called back Pikachu from the battle since he was about to face an Pokemon that he has the advantage against. But they then thought that Ash was going to use a Pokemon more powerful than Pikachu to end this fight quickly. Needless to say, Blastoise was relief that he didn't need to battle Pikachu right now!

"Why did you call him back?" asked Gary.

"I want all of my Poemon to have a change to battle today, and I have great faith in this one. Charizard, I choose you!" Ash announced.

Out from the Pokeball came the fully evolved form of the Kanto fire starter line. The powerful beast that many mistake for a dragon but isn't. The Charizard!

Everyone was confused as to why Ash chose a fire type like Charizard to combat a water type like Blastoise. He was putting himself at a disadvantage by doing that, so why is he making this decision when he's up against Gary's strongest Pokemon every!?

"Hahahahaha. You really want to lost that badly? After saying that you'll take on all three of us!?" laughed the arrogant brown haired trainer.

"I have faith in Charizard! I could care less if he losses, as long as he gives it his all then that's good enough for me." replied our anime protagonist.

"Fine, your lost! Use Hydro Pump."

Blastoise aimed his cannons at the winged lizard and started to blast high pressures of water at the fire type in order to land the first move.

"Into the air, Charizard!"

Said fire type flapped his huge wings and started to take to the skies as he avoided the on coming blast of water.

"Flamethrower at his feet."

Charizard opened his mouth and shot a powerful stream of blazing hot red and orange fire at the turtle Pokemon's feet hoping that it would hit it's mark.

Gary just huffed at how he thought Ash's idea was dumb, "Use Withdraw."

Blastoise hid him his shell to avoid being hit by the powerful flame attack. It hit the shell and kept on attacking until about fifteen seconds had pasted and nothing happened.

"Your wasting your time using a fire type against Blastoise. I thought you were suppose to be strong?" Gary taunted.

"Funny, I heard the same thing about you." smiled Ash.

A tick mark appeared on the back of Gary's head as he did not take the insult too well, "Rapid Spin."

The huge shell started to make it's way towards Charizard who was still in the air. He kept coming closer and closer until it was about to hit before Ash gave the next command.

"Dragon Tail."

Charizard made his flaming tail glow blue before doing a mid air summersault and smashing it down onto the giant shell and sending it down into the battlefield. where it created a giant creator! Blastoise popped out of his shell with a a terrible headache from that Dragon Tail even though he was inside his shell for protection against it.

Ash saw that Blastoise was a bit weakened and prepeared for the next attack, "Charizard, use Seismic Toss."

Wasting no time in getting started, Charizard grabbed Blastoise's shell and using as much of his strenght as he could he started to flap his wings in order to lift up the extra baggage he was carrying. When he finally did so, Charizard took his fellow starter up for a ride around the gym and started to fly in circles in order to build up some speed. Once he had enough momentum he rocketed back down towards the battle and tossed Blastoise down head first and smashed him against the ground before pulling up and landing in front of him.

Blastoise slowly started to get up while looking at Charizard with a smile, he had just earned his respect as he was the first fire type to hurt him this much in the little time that the battle had started. Once he was fully up, Gary gave the next attack order.

"Use Aqua Tail."

Blastoise turned away from Charizard and blasted a powerful pulse of water from the tip of is tail.

"Charizard, use Dragon Breath."

Opening his mouth, Charizard unleashed a blast of green and yellow energy from his mouth and his it collide with Aqua Tail.

The two attacks struggled to push each other back for a while until Aqua Tail started to overpower Dragon Breath and hit Charizard head on. Charizard was sent flying backwards until he crashed in front of his trainer.

"Noo! Charizard." yelled Ash.

"Use Water Gun and end this!" called out Gary.

Blastoise turned around again and fired water from his hydro cannons at his target. Charizard was able to get up just in time for the next attack.

"Smokescreen."

The fire type blew smoke from his mouth and it began to make a cloud that covered the battlefield and help him hide from his opponent. Now that the smoke cloud was done, Blastoise couldn't see Charizard anywhere.

"Use Water Gun repeatedly."

Blastoise started firing shots of water into the smoke cloud again and again in order to see if he could hit Charizard. But he couldn't hear him cry in pain after the twentieth shot.

"Rapid Spin."

Blastoise hid in his shell and started to spin as fast as he could in order to hit Charizard in the smoke cloud, but said fire type flew out of the smoke when he was just going to enter it.

"Charizard, use Spinning Steel Wing." ordered Ash.

Charizard started to make his wings glow white for a few seconds before turning them into metal. He then started to spin rapidly as he headed towards Blastoise's shell. He looked like a huge orange drill and upon impact a powerful shockwave started to blow dust off of the battlefield. Charizard was drilling into Blastoise's shell for about a minute until he stopped cause of damage he received to his head.

Blastoise came out of his shell and was fine thanks to how hard it was, he turned around to see that Charizard was rubbing his head due to the impact of the Spinning Steel Wing attack.

"Use Iron Tail." said Gary.

Blastoise started to make his tail glow white for a few seconds before it turned into metal and he spun around to hit Charizard with it.

"Take a few steps back and use Flamethrower." called out Ash.

Charizard took four small steps backwards to avoid Blastoise's Iron Tail. Once it pasted his he used Flamethorwer to burn the water type's meatl tail and cause more damgae to him. Since Iron Tail is a steel type move, it injured Blastoise alot despite having a type advantage.

"Charizard, use Fire Punch repeatedly." said Ash.

"Blastoise, use Ice Punch repeatedly." said Gary.

Both Pokemon looked each other straight in the eye and smirked at the other that both their trainers gave them. Charizard started to make his fist light up with fire, while Blastoise's fist glowed white and was then covered in ice. When both attacks were ready the two of them launched their fist at each other and met in the middle as the punches collided. After the the two Kanto starters started to exchange punches in a fearsome barrage of punches. They kept on going and going at each other with buring hot and freezing cold fist, each blow ether missed, was countered, or hit its mark on the opponent.

Around Blastoise's thirteenth Ice Punch, Charizard took three steps back before landing a Fire Punch on the turtle Pokemon's face.

When Charizard threw his twentieth Fire Punch, Blastoise lowered his head into his shell so the attack could fly over his head, which it did.

The two kept at it for awhile now, and it wasn't too surprising since they were getting hit by moves that weren't very effective to the Pokemon with the type advantage. About two minutes have pasted and the two Kanto starter were panting very hard due to how tired they were. The fist fight had ended and both looked at each other in the eye while smiling. It was clear that both held a great respect for each other. Ash knew that Charizard was holding on with everything that he had and was very tired. He decided that it was time to end this and prove his point to Gary!

"Charizard, return. You rest now." he said as he recalled his fire starter back to his Pokeball so he could rest.

"I guess you decided to accept defeat, cause your Charizard was about to faint any moment now anyway." laughed Gary.

"You can't possibly tell me that you weren't impress by what you just saw. Charizard was about to go toe to toe with your Blastoise on equal terms despite having a disadvantage. Look at Blastoise, he looks no different from Charizard, and could collapse at any given moment!" Ash replied while raising his voice. He couldn't believe that Gary could continue to act all high and might after witnessing the battle he just saw.

"Charizard just got luck and hit Blastoise when he wasn't looking. Besides, Blastoise can heal from his injuries. Use Aqua Ring." smiled Gary.

Blastoise closed his eyes and started to have water droplets surround his body until they turned into full round water rings that slightly healed him.

Ash will admit that he understand why Gary was still confident that he could win, but with Charizard rest that meant that Pikachu and Talonflame were his only option left. It looks like he needed to show Gary and the others how being overconfident and arrogant can lead to ultimate defeat!

"Pikachu, I'm counting on you to end this! Can I trust you?" Ash asked his best friend.

"Pika!" replied the yellow mouse Pokemon.

"Then get out there!"

Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shouder and took one last look at Pichu who was on Ash's hat. He smiled at his little brother before going to the battlefield!

"Gary, you have the first move." Ash said towards his opponent.

"Your loss then. Water Gun." replied Gary.

Blastoise fired a powerful jet stream of water from one of his hydro cannons and aimed it at Pikachu. Of course, this proved no problem for Pikachu as he was able to avoid the attack quickly by running out of the way. But with the rings of water around Blastoise's body he started to heal after he finished attacking.

"Use Electro Ball."

Pikachu jumped into the air and began forming a powerful ball of electricity at the edge of his tail. It kept on growing bigger and bigger until it was about the size of it's creater and was chucked at Blastoise.

"Use Iron Tail to send it back." ordered Gary.

Blastoise made his tail glow white until it turned into metal before turning around and hitting the electric sphere with his metal tail like a baseball bat. Which caused the attack to be sent right back at Pikachu.

"Use your own Iron Tail and send it back." said Ash.

Pikachu's tail started to glow white until it also turned into metal and was used to smack back the yellow electric sphere.

"Keep hitting it back until it hits it's mark!" both trainers yelled.

What followed was a game of Pokemon ping pong with both players using Iron Tail to hit the electric yellow ball back and forth over and over again. Everyone almost forgot that a battle was taking place instead of a ping pong game, cause it was going on for about two minutes now.

"Pikachu, smack the Electro Ball into the ground and end this already!" sighed Ash. How the Electro Ball was able to stay together for that long was beyond him.

Pikachu leaped into the air and saw the Electro Ball coming towards him. After doing a mid air summersault he smashed that yellow sphere with his metal tail into the ground. It exploded upon impact and created a dust cloud.

Pikachu was panting from how tired he was from that game of Pokemon ping pong he just finished, and the same can be said for Blastoise. Both of their lungs were begging for air and it was coming slowly with each pant the two took. After about a minute, the two of them seemed fine and were ready to continue.

"Blastoise, use Rapid Spin."

Blastoise retreated into his shell and started to spin as fast as he could in order to deliver more damage when he hits. After a few seconds his spinning shell was heading towards Pikachu.

"Pikachu, use Quick Attack and then jump."

Pikachu started to run towards the incoming shell while having white aura surround his body for a bosst of speed. When he was about three meters from the giant shell, he leaped into the air and flew up really high thanks to Quick Attack boosting his speed.

Blastoise's shell stopped spinning and he popped out turned around to look at Pikachu, who had landed on the ground across the battlefield from him.

"Flash Cannon."

White aura started to surround the edge of Blastoise's hydro cannons until he fired then in a powerful stream of light at Pikachu with full force. Pikachu waited for Ash's command on what to do.

"Use Agility."

Pikachu started to run up towards Blastoise while the white aura from Flash Cannon was being fired at him. He easily dodged the blast by running towards the left, afterwards he he dashed towards Blastoise and ran past his legs to appear behind him.

"Charge Beam."

Those two words brought Gary's mind back to the last time he saw that attack in action. He couldn't let that happen again!

"Hydro Pump."

Both Kanto Pokemon started to charge up their attacks to unleash them at each other. Pikachu's body was being surrounded by yellow electricity, while Blastoise was using both hydro cannons to charge up a bunch of water. A majority of the crowd was getting excited when they saw both Pokemon charging up their attacks, while the students in period one battle class knew what the result would be.

"Fire!"

Both Pokemon launched their attack at each other and watched as they went closer and closer until they collided. The impact sent a powerful shockwave at cause the people closest to the battlefield to cover their eyes to avoid the dust.

The two beams have now begun to push against each other in order to attack the opponent, but getting past each other will be the only obstacle in reaching that goal. Charge Beam and Hydro Pump were pushing each other for some time now and it seemed like this was getting no where, until both attacks exploded and caused more dust to fly up.

(A/N: As I said before, someone needs to clean that field.)

When it cleared, both Pokemon and trainers looked at each other with a fire in their eyes. But Gary was obviously trying to hide his as he didn't want Ash to know he was having a good time, giving that it was pointless about now.

"Ha, that Charge Beam didn't defeat Blastoise like it did last time. Did your Pikachu weaker than it already is?" Gary laughed.

"Maybe you've just gotten strong over the last few weeks instead of flapping your mouth about you being the strongest." Ash sneered.

"I am the strongest. I'm Gary Oak, the most talented trainer in whole city of New York!" smiled Gary.

Ash knew it was now time for him to bruise Gary's ego, something that should have been done a long time ago, "Gary, do you remember how we got here today?"

"What are you talking about?" asked an annoyed Gary.

"How we ended up battling right here right now, what caused this?" Ash asked once again.

"You wanted to prove that your stronger than us by fighting us in front of a whole school. But, you picked a fight with the wrong people you punk!"

Ash just signed, "You were the one tried to assult me after one loss, but that's not the point. The point is Gary, I came here to teach you an important lesson!"

"What lesson is that?" asked the teenage Oak.

"Having too much pride and arrogants can lead to defeat and it also makes a loss more painful than it needs to be. Even if you are the strongest, making others feel bad isn't the right thing to do." explained our raven haired hero.

"What do you know about being strong? I'm surprised that your Pokemon lasted this long against mine, but in the end it was just luck that got you this far!" replied Gary with a smirk.

"Well, I guees the only way to get you to understand is by beating you. And trust me when I say this, I can beat you!" Ash announed as he stared at Gary from across the battlefield.

"That's a bold statement! Thinking that you can repeat the same fluke from before!" Gary was started to get really irritated with Ash now, claiming that he's able to beat him.

"It wasn't a fluke and you know it. I'm stronger than you, and not just as a Pokemon trainer but I'm physical stronger then you as well." Ash continued to talk as he needed Gary to understand something that he clearly can't!

"Why don't you just shut up?! Blastoise had beat plenty of electric types before, and your Pikachu will be the same! After him your Charizard is still weak from the battle it fought eariler and Blastoise is at full health again. Not to mention that Talonflame is also at a disadvantage! Face it Ashy boy, you've already lost!" snapped Gary.

Everyone held their breath as they waited for Ash's response to the enraged outburst. All he did was smile and gave a replied that shocked many, "It's just that Pikachu and I have been together for such a long time and trained so hard on each of our adventures, and with all of that train we've become crazy strong together. What I'm trying to say is, we've haven't been going all out yet!"

Many thought that he was bluffing and Gary was one of them, "Don't think that I'd fall for that! You really expect me to believe that your not taking me serious?!"

"It's truth! If you want us to prove it, all I ask is that you give me and Pikachu so time to power up to our maximum level of strength and show you a special move that will help us win! Unless your scared that it will be too much for you to handle?" he asked.

Gary just laughed, "Fine, take as much time as you need. It won't make a difference."

Ash smiled as the trap he had set up was working and Gary had fallen right into it perfectly, "Trust me, you'll going to love this!"

But before he did anything he grabbed Pichu from the top of his hat and gently put him down next to his left leg. Pichu looked up towards his 'father' with a confused face. All that Ash did was smile and gave him a thumbs up in responses.

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(Dragon Ball Z: Super Sayian 3 Theme)

Ash looked at Pikachu who replied with a nod as he knew it was time for the grand finale, the moment that they've been preparing for!

"What your seeing now, is Pikachu when he's using 43% of his full power." smiled Ash.

"Ok buddy, power up a little." he said towards his best friend. Pikachu started to surround his body with yellow electricity to increase his power.

"This is Pikachu when he's at 57% power. We use this much when we're against someone who's really strong like you! That's how we were able to have his Charge Beam match Blastoise's long range attacks in a beam struggle earlier!" Ash explained in full detail.

He then looked at Pikachu and said, "More!"

Pikachu increased the power of the electricity some more and the yellow coat of aura grew bigger! It was about half Ash's size.

"This is when Pikachu has ascended past that last level of power. Or you can just call this a 73%, which is what we used to over power Blastoise's Flash Cannon during our first battle!"

"So what! You think a few percentages are going to scare me?" Gary laughed.

Ash couldn't help but smirk,"Just you wait, this get even better!"

He and Pikachu looked at each other and knew that it was time to show this School just how seriously strong they are when they have each other's back. To show then the power of a Pokemon and an Aura User combined!

"And this! IS TO GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOND!"

(PPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

Pikachu started to scream his lungs out as much as he could to achieve a huge amount of power that was hidden deep within! His years of traveling with Ash to every region he's been to has given him the most training that he has ever received and his the most well trained out of all of Ash's current Pokemon!

The electricity around his body grew bigger until it was about Ash's height and was shining brightly, showing off how much power Pikachu had. His voice had grew louder and in a way more powerful as he continued to scream!

Gary was at a loss for words at what he was just witnessing in front of him. Ash's tiny Pikachu had more power afterall, he just didn't want to believe it at first. But now, he couldn't deny it any further!

The battlefield started to shake a little by the sudden burst of power that was coming from the Kanto electric type. Everyone that was within a 3 meter radius was starting to feel the shaking coming from Pikachu. One person was handling it just fine, and I think we know who that is!

'You and I have been through alot together, Pikachu. I can tell that there is more challenges for us in the future, and we'll both be ready for them, along with everyone else!' he thought.

'IMPOSSIBLE! How can Ash have a Pokemon THIS strong?!' thought his opponent.

Everyone in the audience couldn't believe what they were seeing. How could one Pikachu be that strong! Everyone knew that you should never judge a book by it's cover, and nobody thought that Pikachu would be weak if Ash had chose him for this battle, but this?! This was mind blowing!

The only ones who weren't surprised were Ash's family as they had seen Pikachu's power one too many time when they were out figthing strong enemies. They knew that Ash had to do this in order to get his point across to Gary, and no doubt in their mind knew that Gary would understand after Ash finishes this with 'that' move!

The ground continued to shake violently until it grew stronger and the audience could feel the shaking now, though it wasn't enough to scare them away.

"You impress, Gary? Cause if I were you I'd be at a lost for words. But if your still not impress, then maybe showing you my power as well!" smiled Ash as he got prepared to show Gary his power.

(AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.)

Yellow electricity soon appeared around Ash's body as he started channeling electric aura through his insides until it started to come out and surround his body, his screaming could be heard through out the whole gym as his power grew along with Pikachu's!

When everyone saw this, they couldn't believe their eyes, Ash was covered in electricity as he and Pikachu both increased their power!

Man thought were going through out everyone's heads. How was he doing that? Is he some kind of special Pokemon trainer? Is he a ninja with Lightning Release? Is he a Lightning Wizard? Did he eat a Lightning Devil Fruit? All those questions just kept on appearing in everyone's heads to no end!

Gary could swore that his soul left his body after seeing Ash burst into electricity! He was scared, no doubt about it Gary Oak was really scared!

'Is this a nightmare? It has to be a nightmare, I'll just pinch myself and end it!' he thought as he somehow brought his hand up to his left cheek and pinched it as hard as he could. It hurt, but if it woke him up it was worth it. But, he was still at the battlefield witnessing the sight before him!

(PIIIIIIIIIIIIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.)

Pikachu kept on screaming as more and more electricity started to build up around his body, he was reaching a height that many of the Pokemon trainers in the crowd thought was impossible to reach. Just how much training did Ash put Pikachu through? How is Ash able to control electricity himself?

(AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.)

Pikachu wasn't the only one who was working his lungs as his trainer was doing the same. More electricity was surrounding Ash to the point that it was close to combining with Pikachu's, nether of the two was letting up as their scream were starting to be heard from outside the School now. No one knew what to do at this point anymore, all they did was stay still where they were and didn't move, everyone couldn't take their eyes off of what was happening at the moment, if that was even possible to begin with.

The screaming from both Pokemon and trainer kept going and going. Many people wondered just how powerful the lungs of those two were, if they could hold their breath in a scream for that long.

With one final breath, the two of them finished the screaming in the highest voice that they could manage!

(CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.)

(AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.)

(Song End)

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Both then fell silent as they looked down towards the ground without moving even an inch. No one dared to say anything that would disturb them as they were too scared to do so, even Gary stayed quiet.

Finally, the two of them looked up at their opponent's and when their eyes stared down at the ones from across the battlefield, Gary could feel his body getting stiffed with fear!

"Pikachu..."

Said Pokemon looked back at his trainer to see if it was time to finish what they started!

"(Thunder Armor)"

He fired an Thunder attack upwards until it formed an electric cloud and struck him with lightning. When he was hit, his body started to become shiny and bright as the electricity made his body get covered in some kind of yellow armor!

Everyone was once again at a lost for words at what had just happened to Ash's Pikachu, and one question was flowing through their minds; What's Thunder Armor?

Ash could see that Gary was too shocked to move and decided to use this as the right moment to attack, "Volt Tackle."

Pikachu surrounded his body with more electricity and dashed forwards towards Blastoise as fast as he could, it only took him about three seconds until he hit the Kanto water starter. Blastoise's body was then surrounded by electricity as he felt the pain of the attack moving through his veins. It was too much for him to handle and it lead to him falling onto the ground with swirly eyes!

The referee somehow manage to find the strength to spoke and called out the winner, "B-B-Blastoise is unable to battle. P-Pikaachu wins! A-All of Gary's Pokemon have been beaten and that makes Ash the winner!"

The gym then erupted in applause as they cheered for Ash and Pikachu's amazing victory over Gary! This was defiantly going to be a battle that they'll remember for a long time, since Ash just took out one of the School's top trainers!

"How? How did I l-l-lose?" asked Gary as he dropped to his knees while staring at his defeated Blastoise. He just couldn't believe that he lose to the same person twice. He felt a bunch of negative emotions pasting through him.

"How? Are you really going to ask how I beat you after not realizing how obvious the answer is?" asked our raven haired hero as he hugged Pikachu, allowing the electricity from Thunder Armor to flow through his partner's body into him and turn Pikachu's skin back to normal.

Gary didn't say anything as he was too crushed to find words escape his mouth.

Ash just sighed and decided that he needed to explain, "Gary, pride is a good thing to have. It makes you have the desire to push through hard obstacles that get in your way, but having too much pride is not only a bad thing but a dangerous one too!" he said.

Gary then started to look up at his opponent as he continued his explaination.

"You let your pride get the better of you, and thus chose to use it to make yourself feel good while at the same time making those weaker than you feel bad about themselves. That's why you assulted me when I beated you on my first day, your pride was having a negative effect on you. Just because your related to someone who is famous and powerful doesn't mean that's an excuse to pick on those who aren't as strong."

Everyone was silent as Ash continued to teach Gary about the importents of not getting too overconfident and letting your ego get out of check.

"I know this because I too am related to a powerful man. He's an ancestor of mine and is long gone, but I want to be just as strong as he is not just as a trainer, but as a fighter as well. Another powerful man is helping me reach that goal along with my brothers and sister, so that we can feel proud of our growth as people." he kept talking.

Everyone listened to Ash as they could feel his speech was having an impact on them as well.

"That man taught me and my siblings a very important lesson. No matter how strong you are, there will always be someone stronger! Even if you surpass a certain someone you were aiming to beat, they'll just be someone stronger than that person as well, and then someone stronger than that person. The cycle is an endless loop that never ends and there's nothing we can do about it!" Ash signed. When Pan told this to him for the first time it gave him an uneasy feeling, but as time went on he learned that it was true as it was something that could not be changed.

"You brought this upon yourself, Gary, if you had just accepted losing to me the first time, then we wouldn't be here right now. I may have challenged you to this battle, but only to open your eyes and make you see that your not as strong as you think you are. You lost, Gary! Just accept it."

Gary said nothing, he simple brought his hand up holding Blastoise's Pokeball and returned his fallen water type. And that he ran out of the gym without saying a word. Ash signed as that was not the reaction he wanted, he was hoping Gary would accept defeat and the two of them could shake hands as good sports. But Gary's pride took a huge wound that was going to take time to recover from.

Turning his head, Ash looked at his next oppoent that had a much bigger amount of negative aura flowing through his veins. The cold hearted power hungry Paul!

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We got introduced to a new power: Negative Aura!

I'll go more into detail about it when it reappears in a future arc for this story that I planned for it to play a big role in. Trust me when I say it's going to be a real obstacle for our heroes in the future!

Now that that's over, I just wanted to stay that I'm really, really, REALLY SORRY for the LONG wait. I was lazy and no other word can describe it. I was lazy, as simple as that. But I was also distracted by all of the AWESOME stories from other writers that I forgot about my own, which then lead to writers block, which lead me to realize the I made this chapter MEGA LONG!

But I'm back and I'm going to continue on to the next chapter as Ash takes on Paul. The original plan was to release all of Ash's three battles together at once so that I could show you guys I care about my stories and how you enjoy them, but I think this hiatus told you something different, so I decided to just to the waiting and I gave you this finished chapter.

I thought that 'Thunder Armor' was a pretty cool Anime only move and should not have been a one time thing, so I used it here. You'll see more if it in the future, that I promise you!

The next chapter will be out sooner. This time I promise you won't have to wait so long! Stay tune for more exciting battles and adventures on the next episode of Dragon Ba- I mean Anime AM Warriors!

Next Time: Ash's School Battles: Ash vs Paul: Bonds vs Power!