"Butterfree, use Sleep Powder," said a trainer that was standing on the beach and was currently in a Pokemon battle with Ash!
"Magenta, use Whirlwind," said Ash!
Butterfree flew toward Magenta and spread a dust all over her and around her, but Magenta flapped her wings fast and a big gust of wind was created from her wings that blew away Sleep Powder and pushed Butterfree back.
"Good now finish this battle with Tackle," said Ash, and Magenta flew at Butterfree and hit him right in the middle which sent him flying backwards and on the sand. He was unconscious the moment he hit the sand.
"Oh no, Butterfree," whined the trainer Ash was battling against, and went to check his Butterfree!
"Good job Magenta," said Ash to his Pokémon, and then he returned her to her Poke ball! He then walked toward his opponent and said. "Don't worry your Butterfree will be fine!"
"Yea, you are right," said the trainer after he looked at Ash, and then he returned his Butterfree as well. "Anyway, that was a great battle, I hope to battle against you again someday after I become better!"
"I'm sure we will meet again, and you better be better then," said Ash, and then he and the trainer had a handshake, before both turned and walked away.
"Remind me, when was the last time you lost a battle, Ash?" asked Misty after Ash came to her and Tracey who were watching the battle from little away.
"That would be my battle against Blue," said Ash, and got a raised eyebrow from Tracey! "In fact, I think that was the only battle I lost since I started my Pokémon journey over a year ago!"
"You mean to tell me you only lost a single battle in over a year, and that was against the Kanto Champion," said Tracey!
"Yea, but I thought I already told you that," replied Ash!
"You did tell me you lost against Blue, but you didn't mention that was the only battle you ever lost," said Tracey!
"So, what about it," asked Ash?
"Why are you even trying to compete here in Orange Islands if you are that good," asked Tracey? "You could just go and battle in some bigger Leagues."
"Well I had to come here because of the GS Ball, and since I already came, I thought I can try this different way of battles that exist in Orange Island's," said Ash!
"Oh, I see," said Tracey! "Well from what I've seen there is hardly anyone who can challenge you, so you will win this easily!
"We will see, you never know what might happen," said Ash, and then the three of them went to a cafe shop to take a little break!
As the three were sitting in the coffee shop, someone came behind them. "Well this is a surprise, I wasn't expecting to see you here, Ash," said the voice, and when the three turned around they saw Lorelei!
"What a pleasant surprise. What are you doing here Lorelei," asked Ash, after he saw who it is?
"I have a house on this Island, and I like to spend some time here," replied Lorelei after she took a seat on an empty chair next to Ash after he offered it to her! "But what are you doing here?"
"I went to Valencia Island to do something for Professor Oak, and then decided to try in the Orange League," replied Ash!
"Is that so," said Lorelei! "Well I don't think you will have too much trouble, as you are better than the trainers that run gym's here!
"If you say so," Ash simply said, and then looked at Tracey who was staring at Lorelei!
"You know Tracey, it's not nice to stare at people like that," said Ash, and got Tracey to wake up from his daydream, and blush deep red!
"Sorry about that," said Tracey while staring at the ground, and not daring to look Lorelei in the face!
"Who is your friend, Ash," asked Lorelei?
"Oh, right, you never meet him, well this is Tracey, we meet him on Tangelo Island, and he's been traveling with me and Misty since then," said Ash to Lorelei!
"Well it's nice to meet you Tracey," said Lorelei!
"Likewise," replied Tracey still not lifting his head from embarrassment, which caused Lorelei, Ash and Misty to laugh at him!
"You know Ash, I have a small demonstration of battle's later, I would like it if you come and participate as one of my opponents," said Lorelei!
"Why," asked Ash!
"Well, you are someone who almost became a Kanto Region champion, and you were only 11 years old. If you participate, we can show to people how real battles are battled," replied Lorelei!
"Ok then, I guess I'll participate," said Ash!
"Great," said Lorelei and stood from her chair! "Demonstration starts in an hour on the stadium not far from here, so better not be late," she said again and walked away!
"Wow, I cannot believe how close you are with one of Kanto Elite Four," suddenly said Tracey, which surprised Ash and Misty as they thought he was still embarrassed from being caught staring at Lorelei!
"I wouldn't go that far and say we are close, but we do know each other pretty well as we had a battle after I won Indigo League Tournament," replied Ash!
"Well than let's go to the stadium, we don't want to be late," said Tracey excitingly, and started walking toward the stadium leaving Ash and Misty behind!
"You think he heard when Lorelei said that the demonstration doesn't start until an hour from now," asked Misty?
"I think he heard, but it must have slipped his mind because of excitement," replied Ash!
"Let's go to the Pokémon Center and get us rooms for tonight," said Misty, and then the two walked to the Pokémon Center, after Ash paid for the drink the three had!
What they didn't notice is the guy that was seating behind Ash and Misty and was listening the conversation between Ash and Lorelei. Not on purpose of course, but they weren't exactly secretive and quiet so he overheard them.
The guy was wearing an all-black body tight blouse with the west over it, short black pants that go to below his knees, and red sneakers. He also had a weird shaped blonde hair that covered his right eye.
"Hm, so that guy almost became a Kanto Champion and he is the same age as me," he thought in his head. "And he is now competing in the Orange League, so it would seem that we will cross paths again around the time I reach the final gym. Maybe I should challenge him to a battle and see if he is really as good as Lorelei says he is."
He continued to think about Ash, and how he could be so good if he is the same age as him, and then a thought came to his mind. "I wonder how the final challenge would go if we both reach the final gym at the same time. Would we both be able to challenge the Leader one at the time, or would we have to battle against each other, and only the winner gets to battle the gym leader."
After a few seconds of thinking, he let it go and though. "Oh well, I guess only time will tell. Though it would be nice to battle against him, and even if I lose, I could definitely learn something from someone like him."
He then stood up from his chair, paid for the drink he had and left. He decided to watch the demonstration match between Ash and Lorelei, and then go to the next gym on Trovita Island.
Two hours later Ash and Lorelei stood on the field across each other, and in front of the large crowd that was waiting for the match to begin.
Lorelei has already defeated all of the challengers in her demonstration and Ash was the only one left.
"And here is the last match for today. This time the challenger is someone who some of you might already know as he has won the Indigo League just a few month ago," said the announcer, and the crowd started to cheer very loudly for both Ash and Lorelei's they knew that this match is going to be much better than the ones before, and the young trainers in the crowd might even learn something from Ash, as they couldn't learn shit from those other trainers.
The guy from earlier is among the crowd, and can't wait to see this battle. Misty and Tracey are also among the crowd, and are cheering for Ash.
"And he even defeated all four of Kanto Elite Four including Miss. Lorelei here, and only lost to Kanto Champion, Blue Oak, so this demonstration is going to be epic," added the announcer!
The crowd cheered even louder than before after the announcer's words.
"This will be a one-on-one battle just like the ones before, so let's see which Pokémon will our trainers send out to battle," said the announcer, and everyone then quieted down a little and set their eyes directly on Ash and Lorelei!
"Cloyster you are up," said Lorelei and sent her Pokémon out!
"Amaura, come on out," Ash called his Amaura!
"Lorelei choses her Cloyster and Ash choses Amaura, now let's see how this match turns out as this two Pokémon didn't battle against each other in the first battle Ash had against Lorelei," said the announcer!
"Are you both ready," asked the referee?
Ash and Lorelei just simply nodded and the referee started the match.
"BEGIN!"
"Cloyster use Spike Cannon," said Lorelei!
"Amaura use Protect, and then use Stone Edge," said Ash!
Cloyster closed its shell, and then started to glow white, and then fired multiple white spikes from the shell that went at Amaura, who simply formed a barrier in front of himself and blocked the spike's, though there were a few cracks here and there on the barrier which proves that Cloyster's attack was very powerful.
After he blocked Cloyster's attack, Amaura glowed white and then raised his font legs up in the air, and then brought them back down on the ground which caused multiple jagged light blue stones to come out of the ground moving toward the Cloyster.
"Cloyster Withdraw," said Lorelei!
Cloyster quickly closed its shell, which protected it from the stones that shot from the ground and hit it on the body, though it did send it up in the air because of the force that the stones had when they shot from the ground.
"Use Aurora Beam," said Ash, and Amaura fired a multicolored beam from his month, which then hit straight at Cloyster while he was still in the air, and sent him backwards and out of the field, and only stopped after he clashed with the arena wall!
"Are you OK Cloyster," asked Lorelei, a few moments after Closter collided with the wall?
Cloyster opened its shell and showed that he was mostly fine and was only breathing hard. Closter then moved forward and entered on the field.
"Good, now use Blizzard, and then follow it up with Tackle," said Lorelei!
Closter then fired a Blizzard from its face at Amaura, who didn't really seem bothered that much, but it still slowed him down a little and that was enough for him to get tackled by Cloyster who came after him right after it fired Blizzard.
Amaura was sent flying back and hit the wall just like Cloyster earlier, but he received more damage than Cloyster as he didn't have a tough shell to protect him.
"Can you get up Amaura," asked Ash, as he looked at the rubble that was created from Amaura hitting the wall, and partly collapsing it?
A few moments later, Amaura got up from below the rubble, and came back to the field, though he had a few scratches on his body and was breathing hard.
"Use Ice Beam," said Ash!
"Counter it with Aurora Beam," said Lorelei!
Light blue lines of energy appear in front of Amaura's mouth and then a light blue ball of energy forms in front of his mouth, and then he fired it at Cloyster in a form of a Beam.
At the same time, Cloyster released a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the Amaura.
Two attack's collided in the middle of the field and started pushing at one another. They kept pushing for an almost half a minute, before the two attacks caused an explosion that lifted a lot of dust in the air and blocked the view of the field.
"Rock Throw," Ash's voice was heard from inside of the dust cloud, and confused everyone who didn't know him, and they wondered why he was attacking if he can't see anything!
Crystal's on the side of Amaura's body started glowing white and then several forms appeared from the crystal's and changed into rocks, which were then sent at Cloyster who didn't see them coming and was hit right in the face by several rocks, and a few of them hit him on the shell, which caused it to crack a little.
Cloyster was sent flying back, again, and stayed there for a few moments until the dust cloud cleared and showed him barely staying straight, covered in dust and with multiple cracks on its shell.
On the other side, Amaura was also panting, as even though he didn't receive that much damage, he was starting to get tired, and won't be lasting much longer.
"Can you keep battling Cloyster," asked Lorelei, and Cloyster just nodded, but everyone could tell he was barley standing, and that he can only do one more attack?
"What about you Amaura," asked Ash, and Amaura said he is fine?
"Cloyster use Aurora Beam, full power," said Lorelei!
"Amaura, use Aurora Beam as well," said Ash!
Both Pokémon fired their attacks at the same time, and just like earlier the attacks collided and pushed at one another.
"Come on Amaura, keep it up, more power," said Ash, and Amaura pushed more power in his attack, which then started to push back Cloyster's attack.
"Push it back Cloyster," said Lorelei, and Cloyster added all the power it had left and evened it out with Amaura!
The two attacks pushed at one another for a few more moments and then it exploded and again. Two Pokémon were thrown back from the force of the explosion and collided with the wall, which broke and buried the both.
"Well that was a great battle, but it seems that it is now over, all that is left is to see which Pokémon will get up first, or if the battle will be a draw," commented the announcer, and the crowd cheered!
After few minutes of nothing but the crowd cheering, and none of the two Pokémon moving, there was a slight movement from the pile of rubble were Ash's Amaura was buried.
"Come on Amaura, you can do it," said Ash, and after a few more moments Amaura got up and out of the rubble, while Cloyster didn't move at all.
"The winner of the match is Ash and his Amaura," said the referee!
"There you have it people, the battle goes to Ash, again," said the announcer! "Ash has once again proved that he is one of the best trainers in the world by defeating one of the strongest Pokémon of one of the Elite Four, and he's not even 12 years old!"
Just then there was a white glow that enveloped Amaura, and he started to change right before the eyes of the crowd. Amaura got bigger and bigger, and few moments later, the glowing stopped and instead of little Amaura, there was a very big Aurorus.
"Would you look at that people, Ash's Amaura has just evolved into Aurorus right after a very tough battle," said the announcer in a very high voice! "It looks like this tough battle was all it was needed for Amaura to evolve. I guess Ash made the right choice in choosing his Pokémon for today's battle!
"Congratulations Aurorus," said Ash after he approached to his newly evolved Aurorus and patted him on the head!
Aurorus thanked him, after which Ash returned him in his Poke ball to get some rest after a hard battle.
"Congratulations to you to Ash, you defeated me again and got a new Pokémon," said Lorelei! "This must be your lucky day!"
"Thanks Lorelei, and you might be right, this must be my lucky day," replied Ash!
"And that is all for this demonstration, people, I hope you have enjoyed todays battle's, and I hope that those young trainers among you have learned something today that will help them in the future," said the announcer, and the crowd started to go their own ways, while Ash also left to the Pokémon Center with Misty and Tracey.
"He really is good," thought the guy from before after he just witnessed Ash's Amaura defeat Lorelei's Cloyster and then evolving into Aurorus. "I can't wait for the time we will battle."
He then walked away to his next gym challenge on Trovita Island.
After they returned to the Pokémon Center, Ash, Misty and Tracey decided to have a little rest before they go and have dinner tonight. Ash and Tracey went to one room, while Misty went to the other, they agreed to meet in the Pokémon Center cafeteria at 8 o'clock.
At 8 o'clock the three of them meet in cafeteria and had dinner after which they all went back to bad to have a nice sleep before continuing the journey tomorrow.
In the morning, Ash and Tracey woke up and went down in cafeteria for breakfast, but after 15 minutes of waiting for Misty, Ash decided to go and see why she wasn't up yet.
"I'll go and wake her up, do you want to come, or will you wait here," asked Ash?
"I'll wait here since there is no need for both of us to go," replied Tracey!
"Ok," said Ash, and went to Misty's room to wake her up!
Once he got in front of Misty's room, Ash decided to screw around a little with her, so he slowly entered in Misty's room without knocking on the door.
He got inside the room and slowly walked toward Misty's bed and saw her lying on her stomach with her face turned toward the wall.
Ash suddenly got an evil smile on her face and slowly moved the blanket with which Misty was covered, and saw her in the pajamas, which were hugging her body very tightly and showed her little ass, which looked a bit bigger than it is, because of her pajamas.
Ash really had to hold himself back from jumping on Misty and making her his, but in the end realized that they are too young, and he won't push her to do something she wouldn't want to.
He then called her to wake up. "Hey, Misty, come on, it's time to wake up." Ash said, while slowly pushing her shoulder.
"Just let me sleep a little longer," Misty groaned after she opened her eyes slightly and saw Ash.
"Come on Misty, you are already late," said Ash. "Tracey and I have been waiting for you in the cafeteria for over 15min."
"Ahh, OK, I'll get up," whined Misty, and then she stood up while rubbing her eyes! "Go downstairs and wait for me, I'll be ready in 10min.
"Ok, if you say so!" Said Ash, and stood up from Misty's bad and started walking toward the door.
"But don't make me come back again." He added just before he was about to walk out of the door, and gave Misty the look, which she returned, and he just laughed and got out, leaving her to get ready.
Ash walked in Pokémon Center cafeteria and walked toward the desk were Tracey was seating.
"Hey Ash what's going on, why did it take you so long to wake her up," asked Tracey after Ash came on their table and set down?
"Misty didn't want to wake up," was Ash's reply!
"What's wrong with her, she didn't have a problem waking up until now, do we need to call a doctor to look her up," asked Tracey?
"No there is no need, apparently she's just tired and wanted to sleep." Said Ash, and Tracey shrugged his shoulders and started to eat.
About 15min later, Misty walked in cafeteria, and set down on the chair.
"Have you finally decided to get out of that bed?" Asked Ash, and gave her a smirk.
Misty looked at him with narrowed eyes, and huffed a little. "Don't push it, Ash, you might be strong but I can still kick your ass!"
Ash and Tracey just laughed at Misty's words and her expression, and she pouted at them, and then started to eat her breakfast.
"So, are we continuing the journey today, or will we wait until you get some more of your beauty sleep?" Asked Tracey, with a smirk.
"What is this, 'Misty teasing day' or something," Misty asked slightly annoyed at the teasing from Ash and Tracey, and the two just smiled a little at her? "We can continue right after breakfast if you want, I'm all ready now," replied Misty, and Tracey just nodded in acceptance!
"Ok then, let's finish this quickly and move out so we can reach next Town before the day ends," said Tracey!
"We are going on Trovita Island right, and that is on the other side of this Island," said Ash!
"Yes, we have to go on the other side of this Island, and then we can just go with Lapras on Trovita Island," replied Tracey! "It's actually not that far away from this Island, maybe a few miles!
"That's great, sooner we get there, sooner I'll finish this journey and go back home to take the GS ball to Professor Oak," said Ash!
After the three finished their breakfast, they checked out of Pokémon Center and started their way toward the other side of Mandarin Island South.
It's been ten days since Ash had exhibition battle against Lorelei, and nine days since Ash, Misty and Tracey left that Town, and started going across Mandarin Island South toward its western side were they were supposed to catch a ferry and go to a small Island called Trovita, were Ash's third Gym battle in Orange Island's is supposed to be.
During those ten days, Ash and friends have gone through few Town's and stops, which made their journey more fun. They have also done some training, mostly Misty and her Pokemon, but Ash did some training with his Pokemon.
Misty's Krabby has evolved into Kingler during training three days ago, while Ash's Ponyta evolved into Rapidash a week ago. Both of them have exchanged some Pokemon so that the ones that are on Oak's Ranch and in Cerulean Gym can get some training and not slack of.
Several other of Misty's Pokemon have evolved since the last time Ash saw them before he went to Mt. Silver for his and his Pokémon's training, so when he saw some of them, he was surprised, because he didn't saw them before as Misty kept most of her evolved Pokemon in Cerulean Gym, and only brought unevolved with her so she can train them.
Her Goldeen, Horsea and Oddish have evolved into Seaking, Seadra and Gloom during her travels with Leaf and Brock. Slowpoke also evolved into Slowking with the help of King's Rock that Misty bought in Stone Town.
The other Pokemon she has have been advancing nicely, and can already evolve as well. Misty already came to an agreement with Eevee to use one of the Water Stone's she bought in Stone Town so that Eevee can evolve into Vaporeon. The others can just evolve on their own when they feel they are ready.
But apparently some of Misty's Pokemon saw how Ash's Pokemon don't evolve unless they feel they can't advance more without evolving, so they started to refuse to evolve as well. And, like any other good trainer who wants what's best for their Pokemon, Misty doesn't have a problem with that and is helping them become as powerful as possible before they evolve.
The three are currently on a deck of a ferry which left from Trovitopolis few hours ago and is about to dock on Trovita Island's port.
"So, this is Trovita Island," commented Ash, as they were coming closer to the Island and were able to see it perfectly!
"Yeah, it sure is," said Tracey! "And it's one of better protected Islands in Orange Archipelago, because of all those whirlpools that are around it!"
"I see," said Ash, but then he and the others heard screaming coming from the sea!
Ash and the others looked ahead and saw a little girl and Seel caught in a strong current and look like they are about to sink.
"Lapras/Staryu come on out," called Ash and Misty and released their Pokemon, who then went after the little girl and her Pokemon to help them!
Misty jumped in the sea and started to swim toward the girl as well so she can help her.
Lapras, Staryu and Misty all got to close to the girl and her Pokemon, and started to help them.
"Don't worry, we are here to help you," said Misty after she caught the little girl, and placed her on top of Lapras, who then started swimming toward the shore, while Staryu helped Seel and pulled it towards the shore as well, with Misty helping it!
After Misty, Lapras and Staryu brought Seel and the little girl on the shore, they were approached by a young man who came towards them running as fast as he could.
"Mahri are you Ok, what were you doing in there," he asked the girl now known as Mahri?
"Don't worry big brother, I'm fine, thanks to this Miss. here and her Pokemon who helped me," Mahri said!
"I can't thank you enough for saving my little sister from the ocean," said the guy, while offering a bouquet of flowers to Misty! "My name is Rudy, by the way, and what is yours Miss..."
Misty blushed a little because of the attention and flowers this guy was giving her, and after few seconds she said.
"There is no need to thank me, and my name is Misty," said Misty, and offered her hand for a handshake, but didn't take the flowers which confused Rudy a little! "It's nice to meet you!"
"It's nice to meet you to Misty," said Rudy, and just then Ash and Tracey came next to Misty!
"Hey Misty, are you OK, is everything fine," asked Tracey after he approached her?
"Everything is fine Tracey, don't worry," said Misty!
"Are this your friend's, Misty," asked Rudy, as he looked at the guy next to Misty, and the other guy who just returned Lapras in its Poke ball after he thanked her for a job well done, he also looked familiar for some reason, but Rudy didn't know from where?
"Yes they are," said Misty! "Let me introduce you!"
"This is Tracey! He's a Pokemon watcher I met after I came on Orange Archipelago, and this is Ash, he is my boyfriend. We've been traveling together since the start of our journey," Misty introduced Ash and Tracey to Rudy and Mahri! "Ash, Tracey, this are Rudy and his sister Mahri!"
"Nice to meet you," said Ash and Tracey, and they shake hands with Rudi!
"Nice to meet you to," said Rudy! "Well, then since you have boyfriend I guess this flowers are useless!"
"Yeah, sorry, but I'm already taken," said Misty, and gave a little look to Ash, who was glaring at Rudy with what she started to call 'evil eye'!
"Hey, don't worry man, I'm not trying to steal your girlfriend," said Rudy to Ash after he saw the look Ash was giving him!
"Anyway, how can I help you," asked Rudy? "You must have a reason to be here!"
"I'm here to challenge the Trovita Gym," said Ash!
"Oh, well then let's go to my Gym," said Rudy, and then started walking toward the gym!
"You are the gym leader of Trovita Gym," commented Misty!
"I sure am," replied Rudy with a smile! "Now, Misty said your name is Ash, right!"
"Yeah," said Ash!
"That's Ash Ketchum, right," asked Rudy?
"Yes," replied Ash, again! "But how do you know? I don't think we have met before!"
"I have heard about you from the Indigo League Tournament, few months ago," said Rudy! "I must admit, I was quite surprised when I heard that, eleven year old kid, won Indigo League on his first try, but when I heard that you also defeated the Kanto Elite Four, and almost defeated the Kanto Champion, I was shocked beyond belief."
"Well, I trained my Pokemon very hard, so it's not that surprising that I won," said Ash!
"I see," said Rudy! "But are you really the Grand Master of the Aura Guardians?"
"Yes, yes I am," replied Ash simply!
"Ok," said Rudy, and few minutes later they all got in front of Trovita Gym!
"We are here," said Rudy, and walked inside of the building! "Come on in, and I'll explain to you how this will work!"
The group of three followed Rudy and his sister inside of the building and once inside they saw a large group of Pokemon, who were dancing or doing some exercise.
"That's an interesting collection you have there, Rudy," commented Tracey, and then pulled out his sketch book and started drawing Rudy's Pokemon! "They all look great, they look healthy, and strong, which is a perfect combination!"
"Well, I try to do my best in razing my Pokemon," said Rudy, and then looked at Ash!
"Now, you see, normally a challenger has to pass a test before they can challenge me to a battle, but considering who you are, and what you are capable of, we are just going to skip the test and move right to the battle," said Rudy to Ash, who just accepted Rudy's suggestion. There is no reason to prolong this anyway, so he will not complain!
"The way I do battle's here is that I allow the challenger to choose which Pokemon Type he/she will use in battle, and I use the same type," explained Rudy, and Ash raised his eyebrow in little surprise since this is the first time he saw some trainer do his battle like this, and that was how he likes to do battle's sometimes!
"Ok then, I'll use Water Type, Fire Type and Bug Type," said Ash, and Rudy nodded!
"Well then let's go to the field and start the battle," said Rudy, and then he took Ash and the others on top of one of the Spikes that surround the Island, and Ash and the other saw a Battle field on it!
"This is an interesting place for a battle field," said Ash, after they got on the field!
"Yes, I thought this might look better than just building a field inside of some arena or something," said Rudy! "This way you actually have to be much more careful while battling because if your Pokemon falls out of the spike then it would be in big trouble! AND, it looks cool!"
"It sure does," agreed Ash, and then went on one side of the field, while Rudy went on the other! Misty, Tracey and Mahri, watched from a hot-air balloon, while one of Rudy's friends provides commentary while riding a Pidgeot.
"Are you ready, Ash," asked Rudy?
"I'm ready," Ash nodded, and then the referee said!
"This will be a three on three elimination match between the Trovita Gym leader, Rudy, and the challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. The first trainer to get two wins is the winner," announced the referee! "Trainers chose your Pokemon!"
"Ok, I'll go first," said Ash, and pulled out his first Poke ball! "Come out, Rapidash!"
Ash's newly evolved Rapidash came out of his Poke ball, and stood ready for battle. He looked all pumped up, and ready to show that his evolution have made him much more powerful than he was before.
"That Rapidash looks very powerful, but I have someone ready to fight him," said Rudy, and called his first Pokemon! "It's time for battle, Ninetales!"
Rudy's Ninetales came out and stood across Rapidash ready for battle.
"Are you both ready," asked the referee, and Ash and Rudy nodded their heads, so he started the match? "BEGIN!"
"You can start, Ash," said Rudy!
"OK, if you insist," said Ash! "Rapidash, use Fire Blast!"
Rapidash rose to his hind legs and took a deep breath. When he dropped his front legs on the ground he opened his mouth and fired a 大, shaped attack that looked big and powerful enough to melt down the mountain.
The power of Rapidash's attack surprised both Rudy and his Ninetales, who widened their eyes comically, and Rudy suddenly yelled. "DODGE!"
Ninetales quickly jumped up in the air to dodge Rapidash's Fire Blast, but even though Ninetales was few meters above the Fire Blast, it could still feel the heat from the attack.
When the attack passed below the Ninetales and it went out of the ring and quite far in the distance where eventually exploded, and caused a big boom to be heard around Trovita Island.
Rudy, the referee, Tracey and Mahri were just standing there with their jaws dropped all the way to the floor, because of the surprise by the power behind Rapidash's Fire Blast, which could be comparable to the power of a Legendary Pokemon.
Misty was just smirking, since she wasn't surprised as she has seen Ash and his Pokemon do some crazy stuff.
"Ahm, Rapidash, maybe you should tone it down a little bit," said Ash, and Rapidash looked at him with what looked like a smirk on his face! "We don't want to hurt someone!"
Rapidash just nodded and looked at Ninetales who came back down on the field.
"That was one hell of an attack," commented Rudy! "I'm glad Ninetales was able to dodge it, because if that hit it, that would've been the end!"
Ash and Rapidash smirked at Rudy's comment, and then they decided to continue the battle.
"Let's continue this," said Ash, and Rudy agreed!
"Ninetales , use Quick Attack, and then follow it up with Hyper Beam," said Rudy!
Ninetales started to run at Rapidash, disappearing and reappearing as it runs. When Ninetales was about to hit Rapidash who couldn't see it because of the speed, Ash said. "Protect!"
A greenish aura appeared around Rapidash, and when Ninetales collided with him, it got blown backwards fast, and started bouncing on the ground.
"That's not going to work Rudy," said Ash!
"Ninetales stop and use Hyper Beam," said Rudy, and after Ninetales somehow stopped bouncing by digging its claw's and tails in the ground, it took a breath and fired a powerful Hyper Beam!
"Counter it with, Overheat," said Ash!
Rapidash quickly opened his mouth and fired a yellow and red beam that went straight and collided with Ninetales , Hyper Beam, but the two attacks didn't stop one another and then start to push and try to overpower the other like it normally happens in this kind of situations, instead Rapidash's Overheat broke through Ninetales, Hyper Beam the moment the attacks collided, and continued toward Ninetales, who stood there and couldn't dodge in time.
When the Overheat collided with Ninetales, there was a big explosion from which Ninetales flew out of and went all the way back and almost fell from the rock on which the gym was, but Ash used his Psychic powers to stop Ninetales from falling down in the ocean, and placed it on the field in front of Rudy, who just looked at Ash in surprise.
"Ninetales is unable to battle, the first match goes to the challenger Ash Ketchum," announced the referee, and Rudy sighed and returned Ninetales in its Poke ball!
"That was good battle Ninetales, but our opponent was just too powerful," said Rudy, and then looked at Ash! "Thanks for saving Ninetales, Ash, it would be in a big trouble if it fell down in the ocean!"
"Don't worry about it, Rudy, it was nothing," said Ash, and then he returned his Rapidash in his Poke ball!
"I got to admit though, I wasn't expecting you to be Psychic," said Rudy! "I mean, I knew you were Aura user since you are Aura Guardian, but not Psychic user as well!"
"Yeah, well, I guess I was lucky I was born with both," said Ash, and then the referee was heard!
"Trainers, chose your next Pokemon," said the referee!
"Starmie, I chose you," said Rudy, and released his second Pokemon!
"Wartortle you are up," said Ash, and his Wartortle came out of his Poke ball, with his sun glasses on and did a few dance moves, which made everyone laugh at his enthusiasm!
"Are you ready for this, Wartortle," asked Ash, and Wartortle just shacked his head up and down say yes?
"BEGIN," yelled the referee, and Ash and Rudy called their first attacks!
"Starmie/Wartortle, use Water Gun," both Ash and Rudy said at the same time!
Starmie released a spiral of water from the tip of its uppermost limb at Wartortle, while Wartortle jumped high in the air, and after he took a deep breath, he released the same spiral of water from his mouth.
The two attacks hit at one another, and pushed each other for a few seconds, before Wartortle's Water Gun overpowered Starmie's and pushed it back at it.
"Starmie dodge and use Thunderbolt," yelled Rudy after he saw a big Water Gun coming at Starmie!
Starmie jumped high in the air, and started spinning like a saw blade at an incredible speed, which caused it to start producing electricity around its body, that quickly turned into a big Thunderbolt, which then went at Wartortle!
"Dodge, and then use, Skull Bash," said Ash!
Wartortle dodged Thunderbolt by running straight at Starmie, and once he was close enough he got surrounded in silver aura, and jumped with its head down and strikes Starmie who didn't dodge in time.
Starmie got thrown backwards from the strike, and rolled on the ground until it stopped in front of Rudy. "Starmie, are you OK," asked Rudy with concern in his voice?
Starmie started to get up, but it was still shaky because of the Skull Bash it got from Wartortle.
"Finish this off with Hydro Pump," said Ash, and Wartortle retreated into its shell and started to rapidly spin while he fires powerful jets of water from its mouth through all the shell's openings. He then flied like a Frisbee towards Starmie, hitting it with water after he got close, and Starmie was unable to dodge in time even though Rudy told it to dodge!
Starmie was blown back by Hydro Pump, and flew all the way to the edge of the rock on which the field was on, but didn't fall down in the sea.
When the referee looked at Starmie, he saw that it was passed out, so he announced the end of battle. "Starmie is unable to battle, the winner of the battle is Wartortle, and the match goes to the challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!"
"All right, Ash, great job," Misty and Tracey cheered for Ash from inside of the hot air balloon, while Mahri was sad her brother lost!
"Return Starmie/Wartortle," said both Rudy and Ash after they thanked their Pokemon for a good battle, and their Pokemon returned in their Poke balls for some rest!
"Congratulations for the win, Ash, that was a great battle," said Rudy after he approached to Ash!
"Thank you Rudy," Ash simply said!
"Well, all that is left is to give you this," said Rudy, and pulled a Spike Shell Badge, from his pocket and offered it to Ash, who took it from Rudy!
"That's great Ash, now you only need one more badge, and you will be able to challenge the Orange crew Champion," said Misty after she, Tracey and Mahri came down from Hot air Balloon!
"You are right Misty," agreed Ash! "I guess our traveling through the Orange Islands is coming to a close!"
"Well then let's go," said Tracey in a hurry, which confused everyone there!
"Why are you in such a hurry," asked Misty?
"The sooner we finish the last two gyms. The sooner I'll get to go in Pallet Town and meet Professor Oak," said Tracey, and Misty and Ash sighed at Tracey's behavior and fan boy personality, while Rudy and Mahri laughed at him!
"Ok, then let's go," said Ash, and after they said their good bye to Rudy and Mahri, all three of them went to the shore and Ash called his Lapras from her Poke ball to take them to the next Island!