THE POKENINJA, ADVENTURES OF THE MAELSTROM POKEMON
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Chapter 23: A Parent's Worry and All Amped Up
Ash and the gang have just emerged from an entryway which led to the underground subway, looking quite refreshed and determined with Pikachu and Naruto feeling the same way.
"Finally, the Nimbasa city gym! I can't wait to win a gym badge!" said Ash excitedly.
"Yeah!" said Pikachu.
"I'm just as psyched as you two are," said Naruto in agreement.
With the help of Cilan's electronic map, the gang were able to locate the building which had the official Pokémon gym symbol situated before them.
"So this is the Nimbasa city gym!" said Cilan.
"Yeah!" said Ash, Naruto's ears twitched as he heard sounds of rapid footsteps heading their way and a rather familiar feminine voice could be heard as well.
"Look out, look out, look out, look out, look out!"
"Aw man, don't tell me…" Naruto let out a sigh, he quickly dashed behind Ash and used his tails to wrap around the person rapidly approaching and stopped her a few meters away from Ash who turned around in confusion and was quite surprised to see who it was.
"Bianca?!" said Ash.
Said person opened her eyes and smiled upon seeing Ash and the others, though she was a little surprised to see herself wrapped in Naruto's tails "Oh hi everybody, sorry for almost bumping into you. I was in such a rush that I wasn't able to stop myself in time,"
"Yeah, something we learned about you," said Iris.
"So I guess that you're here for a gym battle right?" asked Naruto, having unwound his tails from holding her.
"That's right!" said Bianca with a smile.
"Well you'll have to wait since I got here first," Ash turned to walk towards the building when Bianca suddenly grabbed him by the hand to stop.
"Hold on Ash, I made an appointment for a gym battle,"
"But we got here first," Ash protested.
"Maybe we should leave the final decision to the gym leader," said Cilan.
"Speaking of which, who's the Nimbasa city gym leaders anyway?" asked Iris curiously.
"Oh, her name? That's easy…it's Elesa! A supermodel which everyone is crazy about!" Bianca reached into her bag and brought out a magazine, everyone took a closer look at the front cover to see a woman with short blonde hair, wearing a pair of red, white and blue headphones with long black cords on the sides along with some fashionable clothing.
"Wow, she looks gorgeous," Iris was impressed with her looks.
"She's both a supermodel and a gym leader wrapped into one superstar!" said Bianca excitedly "So let's go and meet her!" she approached the doors which didn't open automatically much to their confusion "Huh? Why won't it open?"
Ash looked to the side and saw something "Hey, there's note over there,"
They went towards the notice and Cilan read it out for them "I regret I'll be away for the fashion show,"
Bianca flipped through the pages on the magazine "I just about something like that a while ago…it's actually close by. Let's go there, it's a great chance to see her fashion show!" she skipped away before they could say a word.
"So what will you do now Ash?" asked Iris.
"As of now, I think we should follow Bianca and meet with the gym leader since standing here won't get us anywhere," said Naruto.
"You're right Naruto, let's go then," said Ash.
"I also wanted to see the fashion show too," said Iris.
"Me too!" said Axew.
The group quickly caught up with Bianca and together they located the building where the fashion show was being held. Upon entry, they were surprised to see that a lot of people are in attendance and surrounded the catwalk while waiting in excitement for the star of the show to appear. Then they heard someone speak through the microphone.
"Alright, next up we have a supermodel who's at the cutting edge in Unova fashion, as well as the Nimbasa city gym leader…Elesa!"
The curtains then parted to reveal said person in fashionable clothing as the crowd went wild, especially the girls with many others taking pictures for magazines and such. Elesa proceeded to strut down the catwalk multiple times whilst wearing many types of clothing but retaining her headphones.
"Wow, she's so elegant," Iris was in awe.
"Totally awesome," said Bianca.
"I don't see what the big deal is anyway, no matter the style they're all the same clothing," said Kurama.
"True, but our world's view is far different from this one so we can't say much," thought Naruto.
"You have a point,"
Suddenly, Elesa turned their way and was momentarily surprised before a look of excitement appeared on her face "I'm tingling all over!" she leapt off the catwalk and landed before the group much to their surprise and everyone else "A Pikachu! Never seen one up close. Wow, you shine like the sun. Is this your Pikachu?"
"That's right, my name is Ash and this is my other partner Tokala," Ash gestured to Naruto who waved a tail in greeting, not exactly comfortable with the attention at the moment.
Iris spoke up "My name is Iris,"
"And I am Cilan," he bowed slightly in greeting.
Bianca was next "My name is Bianca, and you see…I came to the Nimbasa city gym and it was locked,"
"I also came for a gym battle!" said Ash.
"So you're both challengers, alright I'll meet you at the gym after the fashion show," said Elesa.
Ash and Bianca were ecstatic at the news "Great!"
Later on when the show was finally over, the group made their back to the gym and this time the automatic doors slid open to grant them entry. Once inside, they happened to find a four-seater railcar waiting for them.
"What's a railcar doing here?" asked Ash confusedly.
"I imagine we should ride it to the battlefield," said Cilan.
"That we do! I read about it on the guide book," said Bianca.
"Then let's go!" said Ash.
"But there isn't enough room for Tokala," Iris pointed out.
"No worries…" Naruto transformed into his Natura mode and hopped onto the front bumper of the railcar "I'll just latch on with my chakra,"
The rest nodded before getting in and the restraints became active, the railcar moved along while slowly picking up speed and soon the gang found themselves having a rollercoaster ride through rises, depths and shuttle loops with flashing multicolored lights and carousels below. They finally slowed to a stop at the end and got off, feeling their excitement wear off before noticing that they're in a slightly dark room.
"That was so much fun!" said Bianca.
"Yeah, I wanna ride it again sometime," Iris was in agreement.
Suddenly a set of spotlight were switched on to shine down upon a raised platform where they saw Elesa who was wearing a yellow jacket, a black top that exposed her stomach in two sections, opaque black tights and yellow high heels.
"Welcome to the Nimbasa city gym," said Elesa "Ash I was to apologize for startling you earlier,"
"It's no problem at all," Ash waved it off.
"Seeing your Pikachu put me in a state of shock," then she turned to Bianca "So you're Bianca with the appointment right?"
"Right, to challenge you to a battle," said Bianca.
Ash felt a bit annoyed at himself "Aw man, why didn't I make an appointment?"
"That's because we never knew that we had to do that here Ash, especially since we never did that in the previous gyms," said Naruto.
Elesa looked at Naruto in surprise "You can actually talk like us?"
"Yes but I didn't want any more attention than necessary on me earlier before, that's why I was quiet back there," Naruto explained.
"Oh I understand, by the way Bianca, there's someone waiting to see you," Elesa turned towards the door behind her "Alright!"
The doors opened to reveal a man with short brown hair and wearing a grey business suit with a red tie and a pair of grey shoes. Bianca let out a gasp as she seems to recognize the man before them.
"Daddy? What are you doing here in Nimbasa city?" asked Bianca, much to the surprise of the others.
"That's her father?" asked Iris.
"It appears so," said Cilan.
"Hello Bianca dear, the reason I'm here is to bring you home with me," said Bianca's father, surprising them yet again.
"Bring me home, why?" asked Bianca confusedly.
"I know I initially gave you permission to go on your journey, but I think I might have been too hasty. So it's time to come home,"
"What is that supposed to mean?" thought Naruto with a frown.
"No daddy, I'm staying right here! You know that it's been my dream to enter the Unova league," said Bianca.
"I'm not telling you to give up on your dream,"
"I'm staying here, I want to stay on my journey! You must remember how young you were when you started out on your journey?"
"But that is why I'm so worried, a journey can be a dangerous thing you know?"
"This man is being rather selfish, it seems to me that he didn't want her to leave on a journey in the first place," said Kurama, Naruto nodded in agreement to his partner's statement.
Elesa then spoke up "Say Bianca, perhaps the best way for your father to see how much you've grown is by testing you with a gym battle. A battle here and now, after all you did have an appointment with me,"
"That's right!" said Bianca.
"So if you lose to Elesa, then you'll come home with me?" asked Bianca's father.
Bianca was silent for a moment before responding with determination in her eyes "Alright, if I lose to Elesa I'll quit!" hearing that declaration truly knocked Ash and the others for a loop.
"Hold on Bianca, think about what you're promising. You're going up against a gym leader," said Ash.
"Yeah, what if you lose?" Iris added in with concern.
"Then I just won't lose," said Bianca, Naruto could tell her mind was made up.
"Just be careful, the stakes here are very high," said Naruto for Bianca to nod.
"Very well then, the battlefield is right through that door," said Elesa, the doors slid open for them to pass through and were quite surprised to see a large audience standing in the bleachers above and cheering loudly at Elesa's presence.
"What's all this?" asked Ash.
Elesa replied "the Nimbasa city gym arena! A battle isn't simply just about battling you know? It's a way for trainers to express themselves! So let's make this a reality.
Soon enough the battle was underway with everyone watching. Elesa called out on a Zebstrika while Bianca sent a new Pokémon the gang hadn't seen before called a Shelmet which Ash used his Pokédex to scan.
[Shelmet, the Snail Pokémon. Shelmet can shoot a sticky poisonous acid when attacking and it can defend itself by closing its shell]
Bianca started off by having Shelmet use Acid to attack, but Zebstrika swiftly leapt over the stream of purple liquid to land in front of the bug Pokémon attributing to its speed. Bianca then commanded Shelmet to launch a barrage of Energy Ball only to miss each shot due Zebstrika evading them, then Elesa commanded Zebstrika to use Flame Charge as it slammed into Shelmet to launch it into the air and followed it up with a Double kick, knocking it out. Naruto glanced to the side and saw her father actually smiling at her daughter's loss which got on his nerves.
She then sent out her Minccino next and commanded it to use Doubleslap, again Zebstrika avoided the two consecutive strikes before leaping out of the way of a Swift attack when Minccino was told to use it. Zebstrika was told to use Flame Charge again as it dashed around to confuse Minccino before slamming into it. Refusing to give in, Bianca commanded Minccino to use Hyper Voice which successfully struck it target. However it was short-lived when Zebstrika used Flame Charge to hit Minccino and followed up with a Double Kick, taking it down as well and marking a second loss for Bianca.
Still determined to win, Bianca called upon her third and last Pokémon Pignite, Naruto could only look on sadly as he knew deep within his heart that she wouldn't be able to win with the fact that there are still two more Pokémon left for Elesa to use if Zebstrika was to be defeated. Bianca commanded Pignite to use Flamethrower and as always, Zebstrika evaded the attack and was commanded to use Double Kick. Pignite dodged the attacks then used Flame Charge to land a successful hit. Bianca called for another Flamethrower and Elesa had her Zebstrika use Flame Charge to break through the flames and knock Pignite who hastily rolled away to avoid a follow-up of Double Kick. Pignite then used Heat Crash to land a hit and then used Flamethrower only to miss the attack, Elesa called for a Flame Charge which Pignite tried to dodge but Zebstrika was just too fast and was hit. Elesa then called out to Zebstrika to use Wild Charge as it slammed into Pignite, who couldn't take any more damage and fainted, signifying Bianca's complete loss.
Group were silent as they left the gym, which was when Bianca's father turned to speak to her.
"You tried really hard, but a deal's a deal,"
"Wait dad, I need to see how Shelmet is doing," Bianca took out a Pokéball and opened to release the Pokémon inside which appeared to be ill "Shelmet, are you okay?"
"Hold on, I had just the thing," Iris reached into her pocket and took out what appears to be a bottle of medicine "This should help Shelmet feel a whole lot better," then she had Shelmet drink it, with the Pokémon recover a bit.
"Thank you Iris," said Bianca with a sad smile.
"I'm sorry how things worked out," said Iris.
"Me too," said Cilan.
"So are you ready to go Bianca?" asked her father.
Before Bianca could anything more, the doors to the gym opened and Elesa came walking out with a smile on her face "Before you go, let's head to the Pokémon center. Zebstrika could use some tender loving care,"
With that said, everyone went to the Pokémon center to heal any of their injured Pokémon as they handed their Pokéballs over to Nurse Joy for healing.
"You can leave everything to me," said Nurse Joy.
"Thank you," said Bianca.
Cilan then spoke up "I have an idea, since we're all going to wait for a while, how about a bite to eat?"
"A bite?" Bianca's father looked a bit confused she cheered up at hearing that he was going to cook again.
An hour later, everyone was seated at a balcony built into the Pokémon center as Cilan had finished cooking and laid out the food on the table for everyone to eat. Soon afterwards, all the food was gone.
"That was delicious, thank you very much for the meal," said Bianca's father "Alright Bianca, it's time to go,"
Bianca looked hesitant "Yes but…dad I…"
"You made a promise Bianca,"
"I know…but,"
Iris whispered to Ash "You've got to talk to Bianca's dad and change his mind,"
"Who me?" asked Ash confusedly.
"Iris is right, I just can't accept the fact that Bianca is being stopped from fulfilling her dream. It just doesn't feel right with me," said Naruto who had be silent, thinking of ways to help Bianca remain on her journey.
"Okay, I'll give it a try," then Ash called out to Bianca's father "Excuse sir, I believe that Bianca should continue on her journey. So why don't you let her?"
"Well son, I worry that she'll get into trouble like she did back at the Pokémon center when all of her Pokémon were stolen. Maybe after she exercises better judgment," said Bianca's father.
"He must be talking about the heist that Team Rocket attempted until we stopped them," thought Naruto.
"Even so, she wasn't the only one to have her Pokémon stolen. I feel he's using it as an excuse," said Kurama.
"But she got her Pokémon back along with everyone else, so it shouldn't be a problem for her to continue on her journey," said Ash.
"It's not that I'm opposed to her going on a journey at all, contact with Pokémon is a way that the trainer grows but Bianca has some growing to do first. My opinion is that if Bianca settles down a bit, a new journey might be just the thing she needs,"
"But Bianca did grow with her Pokémon, she was able to acquire several gym badges each time we met her which tells how much stronger she was getting," Ash protested.
"I'm not truly convinced, given the battle I witnessed earlier. She's just not ready,"
Naruto was really getting annoyed with this guy not wanting to give in to letting his daughter go, so he whispered to Ash "If talking to him won't change his mind, then let's do the next best thing,"
Ash looked at Naruto confusedly before catching on to what he meant "That's a great idea Naruto, let's do that!" then he turned towards Bianca's father "In that case, I challenge you to a Pokémon battle. If I win then Bianca gets to stay on her journey," everyone was surprised at Ash's proclamation.
"A Pokémon battle? Then tell me what happens if you should lose Ash?" asked Bianca's father.
"Huh?" Ash was a bit confused.
"Where are you from Ash?"
"Uh Pallet town from the Kanto region,"
"So your journey must have taken you far and wide. Tell you what, I'll accept your challenge if you promise to return to Pallet town should you lose,"
"Go home?!" Ash and the others were taken aback by the consequences especially Bianca.
"Again with the high stakes, this guy is really something," thought Naruto.
"If you're confident you can win, then no problem right?" asked Bianca's father.
Ash was hesitant and became determined as he responded "Then it's a deal, I'll return to Pallet if I lose,"
"What?!" said Pikachu in surprise.
"Ash, you can't!" said Bianca in worry.
"Agreed, let's shake on it man-to-man," he held a hand out which Ash took to shake, settling the deal.
"In that case, I'll volunteer to be the judge," Elesa spoke.
"Do you think Ash really wants to go through with this?" asked Iris.
"Hmmmmm," Cilan wasn't too sure either.
The group went back into the Pokémon center and went directed into one of its battlefields where Ash and Bianca's father faced off for their Pokémon battle while Iris, Cilan and Bianca stood at the sidelines with Elesa serving as the referee.
"Ash, you've got a lot of courage to challenge me to a Pokémon battle…" then Bianca's father took off his suit to reveal an outfit underneath with a fiery temperament "You see when I was a young man, I was called the red meteor! Darmanitan, my Red Flash! Go!" then he took out a Pokéball and threw in into the field to release a Darmanitan in Zen Mode. Everyone was blinking at the man's sudden 180 degree change in personality.
"Okaaay…I didn't see that one coming," said Naruto with a sweatdrop.
"I'll never get tired of saying this but you humans are strange," said Kurama.
Suddenly one of Ash's Pokéballs opened up and Oshawott appeared on the battlefield looking excited.
"Let me battle this guy!" said Oshawott.
"You want to battle?" asked Ash figuring his Pokémon's intentions.
Oshawott patted his scalchop in confidence "That's right, I have the type advantage so I can handle him!"
"That's great, but there's a Pokémon that I want to use for this battle. You can even stay out to watch," said Ash.
"Oh okay," Oshawott felt disappointed but that soon turned into curiosity as he went to stand next to Naruto and Pikachu.
"Okay, go Pokéball!" Ash took a Pokéball from his belt and threw it into the field as well to release a Pokémon familiar to him and Pikachu who became happy seeing who it is.
It is a weasel-like Pokémon with orange fur, a yellow collar surrounds its neck with two blue fins on its arms and a tail which appears to be split like that of a fish's fin. There two parallel marks on its cheeks, cream paw pads on its feet and two spots on the back.
"Who's that Pokémon?" asked Bianca as she took out her Pokédex to scan with the others listening in.
[Buizel, the Sea Weasel Pokémon. It stores air in the sacs on its neck and uses them as floatation devices, and swims by spinning its two tails like a propeller]
"I never knew he had one," said Bianca.
"That must be one of Ash's older Pokémon before coming to the Unova region," said Cilan.
"Wow, it makes sense since Ash had gone through other regions before coming here," said Iris.
"Buizel, it's great to see you again!" said Pikachu happily.
Buizel turned around with a grin on his face "Long time no see Pikachu, it's good to be back and battling again,"
"Okay Buizel, let's do this!" said Ash, Buizel nodded in affirmation then faced his opponent determinedly.
"Alright then, battle begin!" said Elesa.
Music Start: Pokémon Black and White OST; Battle! Trainer
"Alright Darmanitan, use Flamethrower!" said Bianca's father, Darmanitan switched from Zen Mode into Standard Mode as it opened its mouth to launch a stream of flame at Buizel.
"Buizel, fight back with Water Gun!" Ash called out, Buizel opened his mouth as well to launch a powerful jet of water with both attacks colliding in the middle, resulting in a cloud of steam.
"Get in there with Fire Punch!" Darmanitan charged at Buizel with a fist ignited in flames, ready to attack.
"Wait until it gets close enough and then dodge while countering with Water Pulse!" Buizel held his paws close together as a blue sphere of water was generated. He waited until Darmanitan swung at him then ducked under the fiery punch before thrusting the sphere forward to ram into its before it exploded in a burst of water, knocking the fire type backwards "Now use Sonic Boom!" Buizel leap into the air with his tails glowing as he flipped around to send a large white crescent wave at Darmanitan.
"Dodge it and then use Flame Charge!" said Bianca's father, Darmanitan jumped over the incoming projectile and proceeded to stomp on the ground to throw up a cloud of dust before bursting through it, shrouded in flames.
"Push back with Aqua Jet, Buizel!" said Ash, Buizel's became surrounded in water as he rose into the air before lunging forward by spinning his tails rapidly like a propeller. Both Pokémon clashed and struggled for supremacy before an explosion occurred, sending them tumbling back to their trainers "Buizel, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, it's been a while since I had a battle like this," Buizel got back to his feet, still good to go.
"Impressive ash, but the stronger the opponent the more my red flash rises to the challenge!" as he spoke, Darmanitan got up with flames radiating from its body "Darmanitan, use Flamethrower!" the fire type launched a stream of flames at its opponent.
"Dodge it and then use Sonic Boom!" Buizel quickly jumped above the flames and fired off another white crescent wave.
"Defend with Fire Punch and then use Flame Charge!" Darmanitan lashed with a blazing straight punch to destroy the Sonic Boom then dashed towards Buizel in a ball of flames.
"Buizel, spin and use Water Gun!" said Ash, Buizel smirked in retention as he spun on his back while spewing a stream of water, creating whips of water to revolve around him whilst continuously striking Darmanitan when it got too close.
Oshawott was surprised to see the technique "He can use the Counter Shield too?"
"Buizel is one of the first to use it along with me and another friend Chimchar before he evolved into Infernape," said Pikachu.
"Don't give in my Red Flash, break through with Flare Blitz!" said Bianca's father, Darmanitan's body became surrounded in blue flames and lunged at Buizel, forcing past the water whips and slamming head on into Buizel much to Ash's surprise.
"Buizel!" Buizel struggled to its feet from the unexpected attack but his body was glowing with a red hue.
"That's not good," said Naruto realizing what's wrong.
"Oh no, Buizel's been burned!" said Cilan worriedly.
"What do you mean?" asked Iris.
"Sometimes a fire type move would often inflict burns on its target. When that happens, the Pokémon will constantly take damage over time and its physical moves will be weakened,"
"Then that means if Ash doesn't defeat soon, he'll lose!" said Iris now seeing the situation.
Not wanting to be quiet anymore, Bianca stepped forward to call out to Ash "Please Ash, stop already! If you lose this battle, you'll have to go back to Pallet town. I'll give up and go back home with dad just like I promised!"
"We haven't lost this battle, besides we've come too far to quit now!" Ash replied.
"But Ash…,"
"Let me ask you something…why are you risking so much on having a battle for Bianca? Ash you're a total stranger, it shouldn't matter to you either way whether Bianca continues her journey or goes back home with me," said Bianca's father.
"You're wrong! The reason I'm doing this is because Bianca's my friend!" said Ash.
"Your friend?"
"We may not always travel together, but we had a lot of good times whenever we meet up and participate in tournaments together,"
"We camped out together and played with all of our Pokémon," said Iris.
"We ate from the same pot and shared many amazing meals together," Cilan added.
"And there's a code which a friend follows from his teacher and I do too; those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash. Bianca is a comrade and I'll always be there to give help to her when she needs it," said Ash.
"Same goes for us and the other Pokémon," said Naruto.
Bianca's father was silent before a smile graced his lips "Alright Ash, let's say we finish this!"
"You're right, Buizel let's give it our all!" said Ash.
"Darn right, I won't let myself lose this battle no matter what!" Buizel felt just as determined, suddenly his body was enveloped in a bright blue light and slowly began to change form with everyone watching in awe. The light faded away to reveal a new Pokémon in place of Buizel.
It is an orange anthropomorphic weasel with longer arms and shorter legs with four fingers in each hand and three toes on each foot, the blue fins on the arms became pointed , two backward-swept pointed fins on the head with a circular cream spot on the center while retaining its two tails. The floatation sac changed to resemble that of a life vest and two small canine teeth poked out from the upper lip.
"Wow, Buizel evolved!" Ash took out his Pokédex to scan.
[Floatzel, the Sea Weasel Pokémon and the evolved form of Buizel. Its flotation sac developed as an aid in chasing aquatic prey. Floatzel can also carry people on its back]
"Not only did you evolve, but you also got some new moves. Let's go for it!" said Ash.
Floatzel smirked in reply "Sure thing Ash!"
"Quite impressive but let's resume, Darmanitan use Fire Punch!" Bianca's father called out, the fire type lunged at Floatzel with an ignited fist.
"Floatzel, bounce it away with your sac!" said Ash, Floatzel inflated his yellow to twice the size and deflected the punch "Now use Aqua Tail!" Floatzel's tail was surrounded with a stream of spiraling water before he spun around to hit Darmanitan with the super effective move.
"I remember that move, A gym leader back at Sinnoh used it too!" said Pikachu.
"That's so cool!" said Oshawott.
"Darmanitan, use Overheat to end this!" Darmanitan opened it mouth to release a large stream of swirling fire straight at Floatzel.
"Floatzel, time for an old combo! Use Water Pulse and then spin while using Aqua Jet!" said Ash, Floatzel launched a water sphere then quickly followed after it with both surrounded in swirling water. This combination attack clashed with the incoming flames but slowing broke through before it finally got close enough to strike head-on with such force that the fire type couldn't take it anymore and fainted.
Music End
"Darmanitan is unable to battle, so Floatzel is the winner. Therefore the winner is Ash from Pallet town!" said Elesa.
"We did it Floatzel!" said Ash happily, the water Pokémon responded with a toothy grin.
"Way to go!" said Pikachu.
"Whoa!" Oshawott was in awe.
"What a battle with Floatzel serving as the addition ingredient
"That was great Ash, now you and Bianca won't have to go home!" said Iris happily.
"I'm so glad Ash didn't lose," Bianca was relieved.
Both trainers returned their Pokémon back into their Pokéballs before walking towards each other, Bianca's father happened to be smiling though.
"You won the battle, so as agreed Bianca will be allowed to continue on her journey. I can ask you all to watch over my little girl," said Bianca's father.
"Yes sir," said Ash.
"Thank you Ash, I'm so glad that we're friends!" Bianca hugged tightly before going to hug her father too "And thank you for letting me go on my journey!"
"It's thanks to Ash and your friends, they reminded me of the good times which I had on my journey. I had completely forgotten because of my worry for you," said Bianca's father.
"That's wonderful Bianca!" said Elesa while walking up to the group.
"You're right…oh I remember, I was on my way to the Desert Resort, so I'll see you all later bye-bye!" Bianca perked up before suddenly scampering off before the others could say a word.
"And why am I not surprised, it's just like her," said Iris.
"You can see why I'm so worried about her," Bianca's father chuckled.
"Excuse me, but isn't that her bag over there?" asked Cilan while pointing at said article laying in the corner.
That question sent Bianca's father into a state of panic as he ran over to pick it up before going after his "Bianca wait! You forgot your bag!"
"Like father like daughter, I guess," said Naruto with the rest thinking the same thing.
"But it's great that you can still go on your journey, and we got to see one of your older Pokémon!" said Iris.
"Yeah!" Ash agreed happily, both in winning and reuniting with an old companion with more to follow.
"Well Ash, you did come for a battle so I'll see you tomorrow at the gym," said Elesa before leaving.
"That's right, and I'm going to get my next gym badge!" said Ash.
"Got that right!" said Naruto in agreement.
Later that night at the Pokémon center, Ash, Pikachu and Naruto were sitting on the bed while deep in thought on how to plan out a strategy for the oncoming gym battle with Elesa tomorrow.
They've been like that for quite a while," said Iris from across the room with Cilan.
"It's no surprise, trainers often have to make a well thought-out plan in order to go up against gym leaders," said Cilan.
"As long as they don't get any headaches out of it,"
"So...thought of anything so far?" asked Naruto.
"Well we all know that Elesa specializes in electric types and her Zebstrika is obviously powerful. So we'll need Pokémon that could handle that," said Ash.
"But we also need to watch out for any counters for type disadvantages she might have," said Naruto.
"You could use me, since I'm an electric type, it won't bother me," said Pikachu.
"True but aside from Iron Tail and Quick Attack, most of your moves are electric type moves,"
"That's true,"
"Hold on, there are some Pokémon whom I can use. I'll just go and call professor Oak and have him transfer them over," said Ash.
"Which Pokémon are they?" asked Naruto curiously.
"Well they're…,"
The next morning, Ash and the gang had left the Pokémon center and headed over to the Nimbasa city gym where they rode the rollercoaster once again.
"Okay guys, would you mind holding on to Pikachu for me?" said Ash.
"Are you sure? I thought you would use Pikachu for the battle today?" asked Cilan.
"Nah, Pikachu won't be battling this time," Pikachu leapt from Ash's shoulder onto Iris's. Ash and Naruto walked into the arena with was dark and silent until they heard a voice ahead of them.
"I've been waiting for you Ash," the spotlights turned on to shine Elesa as the room lit up to show the crowd from yesterday cheering for her "Thank you all for coming, now prepare to watch me glow!"
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah!" the girls screamed loudly, causing Naruto to shudder.
"Ugh fangirls," thought Naruto, he may have been infatuated with Sakura back when they were younger but Naruto has a serious dislike for fangirls since they in a way contributed to his awful childhood.
"A female's worst disease," Kurama grumbled.
"Hi Elesa, and thanks for accepting my challenge," said Ash.
"You're welcome Ash, I like the glow on your face too. Prepare for a light that glistens, I'll be shining as bright as the sun. I plan on dazzling you as well Ash," said Elesa, then both stood on opposite sides of the battlefield as the referee to her post.
"The Nimbasa gym battle challenge will now begin, Challenger Ash versus the gym leader Elesa. This will be a three on three match and the battle will be over when all three Pokémon on either side are unable to continue, also only the challenger may substitute Pokémon," said the referee.
"I wonder what Pokémon Ash will be using?" asked Iris.
"Who knows, but it will certainly create an interesting evaluation," said Cilan.
"Alright, let the battle begin!" the referee called out.
Music Start: Pokémon Black and White OST; Battle! Gym Leader
"Zebstrika, the spotlight is on you!" Elesa tossed her Pokéball into the field to release her Pokémon.
Ash smirked as he took a Pokéball from his belt "Go Pokéball!" he threw into the field to release a Pokémon unfamiliar to all except him and Pikachu.
It is a grey elephant-like Pokémon with a thick black band of hide running down the length of its back and extending to the tip of its long trunk. A pair of white tusks from the corners of its mouth, thin elongated ears held out almost perpendicular to its body, and its four short legs are each encircled with a broken black band and have three toes.
A curious girl from the stands took out her Pokédex to scan the unknown Pokémon.
[Donphan, the Armor Pokémon. Donphan is the evolved form of Phanpy. They attack by rolling their bodies into a circle and charging their enemies]
"Not exactly dazzling, but he's using his head," said Elesa.
"Donphan is a ground type so electric type moves won't have any effective at all," said Cilan.
"That's a great idea," said Iris.
"Donphan, use Hidden Power!" Ash called out, two white rings appeared and spin around Donphan in an X formation before disappearing as it fired a white energy beam from in front of its face.
"Dodge it and then use Flame Charge!" said Elesa, Zebstrika jumped to the side to avoid the incoming attack and starting stomping on the ground to create a dust cloud and dashing through it while covered in flames.
"Use Defense Curl and then Rollout!" Donphan curled itself up into a ball before getting pushed back from the impact then started rolling with great speed and slammed into Zebstrika for a super effective hit "Keep using Rollout!"
"Wait for Donphan to get close to you then jump away and use Double Kick on its side!" said Elesa. Zebstrika waited then dashed sideways and turned around to kick with both hind legs to kick Donphan's side to send it tumbling back.
"Hang in there and use Bulldoze!" said Ash, Donphan quickly recovered before rising on its hind legs and slammed both of its front legs to unleash a tremor along the ground.
Elesa panicked a bit "Quick! Jump into the air and come down with Flame Charge!" Zebstrika jumped high over the tremor before surrounding itself with fire and diving towards its target.
"Defense Curl again and fight back with Horn Attack!" said Ash, Donphan immediately complied and grunted from the burning impact before hurtling at Zebstrika with its tusks glowing white and ramming it with them.
"Zebstrika, dazzle them with your Quick Attack!" at Elesa's command, Zebstrika ran forward at high-speed with its body surrounded by a white aura while leaving a trail of it behind as it slammed into Donphan.
"Dig your feet into the ground Donphan and use Bulldoze!" said Ash, Donphan complied as trenches formed from being pushed back then it slammed both front legs to release another tremor, hitting Zebstrika with the super effective move.
"It's a hit!" said Iris happily.
"Not only that, Bulldoze also reduces a Pokémon speed as well," said Cilan.
"Now Zebstrika, use Flame Charge!" said Elesa, the electric type complied as it shrouded itself in flames and charged forwards.
"Fight back with Rollout!" said Ash, Donphan curled itself up and rolled at great speed with both sides clashing in the middle but the ground type overpowered Zebstrika and sent it tumbling back "Now finish it with Hyper Beam!" Donphan opened its mouth and an orange ball of energy appeared in front of it, then a beam fired from it and slammed into Zebstrika, sending it crashing into the wall behind Elesa with swirls in its eyes.
"Oh no, Zebstrika!" Elesa called out worriedly.
"Zebstrika is unable to battle, Donphan is the winner!" the referee called out.
"Way to go Donphan, you did it!" said Ash.
Donphan turned around and tackled Ash to the ground, looking very happy "Thank you, daddy!"
"Daddy?" Naruto and Kurama were confused upon hearing that.
"I raised Donphan from a Pokémon egg back in the Johto region," Ash clarified, getting the pokeninja to nod in understanding.
"Wow, Ash is sparkling that he's hard to look at. But he'll soon be spinning instead of sparkling," said Elesa with a twinkle in her eye which Naruto was quick to take note of "Alright Emolga, the bright light is on you!" she threw a Pokéball out into the field to call on her next Pokémon which was an Emolga.
"An Emolga huh…Donphan return!" Ash looked thoughtful as he return into its Pokéball then taking out another one to throw into the field "Go Pokéball!"
Another Pokémon appeared on the field, spherical in shape as it consisted of a black rock core covered by ice which has several holes and spaces across its body. Through three of holes, blue eyes and a mouth with flat teeth could be seen, and there are two large black conical horns on either side of the Pokémon's head.
The girl again used her Pokédex to scan the Pokédex.
[Glalie, The Face Pokémon. Glalie has a tempered ice body that doesn't melt even under a direct flame. It can freeze vapors in the air instantly]
"Now it's an ice type and since Emolga is part flying type, he has an advantage again and made the right decision to call back Donphan whose ground type attacks would have no effect," said Cilan.
"Emolga use Electro Ball!" Elesa called out, Emolga channeled electricity to her tail to form a yellow ball of electricity before flipping around to launch it straight at Glalie.
"Glalie use Gyro Ball to deflect it while attacking!" said Ash, two light blue orbs appeared at the end of Glalie's horns as it spun around rapidly and knocked away the electric orb out of the way before zooming straight towards Emolga.
"Dodge it and use Shock Wave!" Emolga flew out of the way and then her body became surrounded with yellow electricity before firing arc of electricity which hit Glalie.
"Hang in there and use Ice Beam!" Glalie charged up a light blue ball in between its horns and then firing blue arcing beams from it.
"Use Acrobatics to dodge and use Electro Ball," said Elesa, Emolga flew out of the way at high-speed with two afterimages trailing behind her, then she charged up an electric sphere and launched it at Glalie.
"Use Double Team, Glalie!" Ash called out, Glalie's body glowed white then multiples copies of itself appeared with the incoming hitting one of the fakes.
"Alright Emolga, use Shock Wave on all of them until you find the real one," Emolga began firing arcs of electricity on all of the copies till there was none left much to their confusion.
Ash then called out "Use Headbutt!" Emolga felt something slam into her back, causing her to fall to the ground and looked back to see Glalie smiling mischievously which annoyed her.
"Quite radiant of you Ash, but now it's time to be dazzled. Emolga, use Attract!" said Elesa. Emolga winked as pink heart shaped projectiles appeared and headed straight towards Glalie.
Ash smirked as he called out a command to Glalie "Glalie, spin while using Icy Wind!" the ice type began to twirl rapidly then blew sparkling blue snow from its mouth to create a frosty tornado which froze the hearts and they shattered before striking Emolga much to Elesa's surprise.
"But how?" asked Elesa.
"I created that move to defend against status type attacks back at Sinnoh, I knew that your Emolga would know Attract and was ready for it. Now use Headbutt, Glalie!" said Ash.
"Dodge it Emolga!" the electric type tried to move out of the way but Glalie had already closed the gap and slammed his head into her "Use Electro Ball!" however her Pokémon wasn't responding "Emolga what's wrong?" she noticed that Emolga was quivering in fear and realized what was happening.
"Ash, Emolga is flinching! Now's your chance!" said Naruto.
"Got it, Glalie use Gyro Ball!" said Ash, Glalie spun once more with blue orbs on the horns before charging forwards to slam into a vulnerable Emolga, knocking her to the ground swirls on her eyes and Elesa could only gasp in disbelief.
"Emolga is unable to battle, Glalie is the winner!" the referee called out.
"Alright!" Ash cheered, then he felt a cold wind pass through his body and look up to see Glalie smiling at him "You were amazing Glalie!"
Elesa raised a Pokéball to return her Pokémon "Emolga, you were brilliant like the sun," then she turned towards Ash with a smile "You shine so bright that I can hardly look straight at you, like a million shooting stars. So if that's the case, I'll just have to make sure that we shine a million times brighter than you,"
That statement pretty much took Ash aback and Naruto was just confused about what she was talking about when he picked up something from the audience's chatter.
"I've never seen Elesa so serious about a challenger," said a girl.
"You know, maybe it will get Elesa to use that Pokémon!" said another.
"That means we get to see mega powerful Elesa today!" a third spoke excitedly.
Naruto spoke to Ash "Heads up, sounds like Elesa plans to use a very strong Pokémon,"
"Got it, Naruto," Ash replied.
"Time for my electric queen, then spotlight's on you!" Elesa took out a Pokéball and kissed it lightly before throwing it into the field to release a Pokémon as a spotlight shone on it.
It is a short white eel-like Pokémon with dark oval eyes and a red four-point star-shaped mouth. A wavy yellow stripe runs along its body which has a long fin membrane, giving it a tapered shape.
"It's my Tynamo!" said Elesa proudly.
"Huh?" Ash was stunned.
"What the?" Naruto was in the same boat along with Cilan, Iris, Pikachu and Axew.
"That's it? A floating anchovy is her strongest Pokémon? Maybe the fame has completely messed with her sense of judgment," said Kurama in disbelief.
"I wasn't expecting this either, she must have a good reason to call on it," thought Naruto.
"Man, and here I was waiting for some crazy Pokémon," Ash took out his Pokédex to scan.
[Tynamo, The EleFish Pokémon. Tynamo usually lives in groups, and has an electricity-generating organ which discharges when in distress]
"Doesn't sound so powerful by itself, I'd still better be sharp," said Ash with Naruto nodding in agreement.
"You're not going first? Then I will, Tynamo use Tackle!" said Elesa, Tynamo took off at high-speed like a rocket and slammed into an unawares Glalie with such force that he was sent crashing into the wall behind Naruto and Ash with swirls in his eyes.
"Oh no Glalie!" said Ash worriedly.
"Glalie is unable to battle, Tynamo is the winner!" the referee called out.
"You did great Glalie, thanks," Ash returned the ice type back into his Pokéball.
"That was so fast! I barely saw it move before it was too late," said Naruto in disbelief.
"Me too, and Glalie was already exhausted from the last battle. I'll be choosing you Naruto, you should be able to match Tynamo's speed," said Ash.
"You got it!" Naruto then leapt into the field, ready for battle.
"I can tell that your Pokémon sparkles just like you, but we'll see for how long. Tynamo use Tackle!" said Elesa. Tynamo launched itself at Naruto at high-speed.
"Tokala, use Extremespeed!" Ash called out, Naruto's body became surrounded by a white and clear aura as he took off at high-speed as well. Both Pokémon slammed into each other repeatedly across the field with banging sounds heard throughout.
"Tynamo, use Spark!" said Elesa, Tynamo's became shrouded with yellow electricity as it dashed towards Naruto with intent to tackle him.
"Tokala, use Substitute and then use Crush Claw!" Ash commanded, Tynamo smashed into Naruto but he disappeared in a puff of smoke before revealing a log in his place. Then he reappeared behind Tynamo with claws glowing white with sparks surrounding them before striking the electric type, making it cry out in pain "Great, now finish it with Rasengan!" Naruto lunged at Tynamo with a blue spiraling sphere of energy in his paw, both failed to notice Elesa smiling all of a sudden.
"Tynamo, use Thunder Wave!" at Elesa's command, thin streams of yellow electricity shot from Tynamo's body and hit Naruto as he felt his body getting numb and stumbled to the ground with the Rasengan disappearing.
Ash's eyes widened in shock "Oh no, Tokala!"
"Darn it, she must have waited for me to get close enough for her to use that attack," Naruto struggled back to his feet, fighting against the numbness as sparkles of electricity coursed through his body despite his ability Guts is activated.
"Now Tynamo, use Spark!" said Elesa with Tynamo charging ahead while enshrouded in electricity.
"Tokala, use Shadow Clones to defend!" said Ash, several puffs of smoke occurred around Naruto before dissipating to reveal copies of himself. The clones positioned themselves in front of him to take the hit for him "Now use Extremespeed!" a clear and white swirled around Naruto as he dashed at Tynamo but he wasn't going as fast as he should.
"This is bad, with paralysis in effect. Naruto's speed is reduced," said Ash.
"Tynamo, use Tackle," Tynamo darted forwards to intercept and quickly went around to strike Naruto from the side to send him stumbling back while grunting in pain from the impact.
"Naruto, use Substitute!" Ash called out, Naruto attempted to use the move but his body seized up and got it,"
"So where is your sparkle now?" asked Elesa.
"I'm not giving up! As long as Tokala keeps fighting, I'll keep fighting too!" said Ash determinedly.
Naruto smiled at his friend's words "Thanks buddy, if only I can move my body. Come on, move, move move, MOVE!" he roared out as his body glowed brightly much to everyone's surprise before dimming to reveal something else in place. It is a saber-toothed tiger-like Pokémon with white fur and blue stripes shaped like lightning bolts, a large black mala beads is worn around the neck with the largest in the middle inscribed with a kanji meaning thunder on it.
Ash blink once until realizing what just happened "Tokala, you just unlocked a new form!" then he took out his Pokédex to scan.
[New data updated, Form unlocked]
Raiden Mode
Type: Electric
Ability: Motor Drive – Boosts Speed when hit by electric type moves
Attacks: Thunderbolt, Wild Charge, Quick Attack, Lightning Arrow, Metal Claw
[More forms are yet to be discovered]
Elesa was just as stunned at the transformation "Amazing, the desire for victory shared between those two gave Tokala the ability to access a new power. I must be careful,"
"Look, Naruto has a new form!" said Iris.
"My guess is that he must have adapted to the electricity and used as a basis for his new transformation to produce quite an exquisite taste," said Cilan.
"Go for it Naruto!" Pikachu cheered on.
"Tokala, use Quick Attack!" said Ash, Naruto dashed at high-speed while leaving a white trail of energy behind him.
"Tynamo, use Tackle!" Elesa called out, Tynamo launched itself towards Naruto at high-speed with both intending to collide like before.
"Dodge to the side and use Metal Claw!" Naruto instantly sidestepped to the left right Tynamo was almost upon him, then unsheathed his long claws as they glowed white before fading to reveal them turned into iron which he used to slash at his opponent.
"Tynamo, hang on there!" Elesa called out to her Pokémon worriedly.
"Tokala, end this with your new move…Lightning Arrow!" said Ash, Naruto let out a loud roar as his stripes glowed with yellow electricity concentrated on his back and took on the shape of a bow, he then used his prehensile tail to pull back on the bowstring to conjure a lightning bolt "Fire!" he let it loose as the projectile shot forward and struck Tynamo, making it screech before collapsing to the floor with swirls in its eyes.
"Tynamo!" Elesa was stunned at what just happened, Tynamo was an electric type and yet it got defeated by its own typing.
Music End
"Tynamo is unable to battle, Tokala is the winner! Which means the winner of the match is Ash from Pallet town!" the referee called out.
"We did it, we won Tokala!" Ash cheered loudly.
"They did it!" said Iris happily.
"Yay, big bro won!" Axew cheered.
"Alright Naruto!" said Pikachu.
"Quite the exquisite taste," said Cilan.
"That we did Ash!" Naruto roared in victory before reverting to his polymorph form. Meanwhile in the mindscape, Kurama could see that one of the grey orbs had changed color into electric yellow and couldn't help but couldn't help but wonder what other forms laid waiting to be unlocked.
Elesa then walked up to Ash with a smile on her face "Congratulations on your victory Ash, you've certainly proven that you value your bonds with your Pokémon as much as victory. I was truly dizzied by the pace at which you and your Pokémon move!" She took a small tray from the referee standing next to her and presented the badge to Ash, it is shaped like lightning bolt with an orange crown sticking out of the tip "I present you with the Bolt Badge,"
"Thanks," Ash took the badge and held it out for them to see "Alright, I just got the Bolt Badge!" he struck a pose with Pikachu doing a victory sign.
"Yeah believe it!" said Naruto with a foxy grin.
Later on, Ash and the others along with Elesa were saying their goodbyes before leaving for the Pokémon gym for his fifth badge.
"So where will you be going to next, Ash?" asked Elesa.
"We haven't thought of it yet," Ash replied.
"Then may I suggest Driftveil City? They have quite a dazzling gym there,"
"Then that will be our next destination then," said Naruto.
"Oh I almost forgot, the bridge leading to Driftveil city has been closed for repairs so you can't cross,"
"Then what do we do then?" asked Ash.
"Well you could always stay in Nimbasa city until it's fixed or…" Elesa trailed off thoughtfully.
"What is it Elesa?" asked Cilan curiously.
"If you don't mind sidetracks, there happens to be a town far away from the city called Eindoak Town where an event called the Harvest Festival will be held in a few weeks and there's even a battle tournament too, not to mention a legend," said Elesa.
"A tournament, sounds like a good place to go to," said Ash excitedly.
"Same here, we can while away the time before heading to Driftveil city," said Naruto.
"I want to go and find out about this legend, might be about dragons," said Iris.
"Seems like a place full of exquisite tastes," said Cilan.
"I see you've all made up you minds, so I wish you all a safe trip and be sure to dazzle them with your radiance!" said Elesa before returning to the gym.
"Let's head over to the Pokémon center for some rest before heading out to Eindoak town," said Cilan.
The group then made headway for the Pokémon center to rest for the night, anticipating the next adventure which they'll be sure to have on at their secondary destination.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto and the gang were on their way to the Nimbasa city gym when Bianca bumped into them (Nearly Ash) who was also on her way for a gym battle. The group located the gym leader at a photo shoot after learning of her absence at the gym. However they ran into Bianca's father who sought her out to bring her back home out of worry, but Bianca refused to return and made a wager on her gym battle to remain on her journey which resulted in her loss. Ash then stepped in to help and took a risky bet of returning home should he lose, however he won the battle with the help of an old friend hence both him and Bianca were allowed to continue on their journey.
Now that Ash has won his fourth gym badge, his next destination would be Driftveil city for his fifth badge but since the bridge is out. Elesa told him of a town which will serve as a decent distraction while the bridge is being repaired, so Ash and the gang will heading over there in the next chapter.
Just so you know, the next chapters will be about the Pokémon movie Black: Victini and Reshiram. Be sure to Read and Review as always.
This is Hussbek from Ghana
Signing out.
