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"Normal human speech/thoughts/Pokémon with Telepathy"

'Pokémon speech with mind communications'

Chapter 10: Meeting New Friends

The day after his Battle Royal match, Ash walked into the lobby of the Pokémon Center they were residing in. After he had made his entrance, Ash could see the rest of his friends chatting among themselves within the lobby, as he sat down on the sofa with Lillie joining him upon noticing his entrance.

"Good morning, Ash." She greeted.

"Morning, Lillie." He greeted back.

"What are you going to do today? I mean, the next match isn't until tomorrow." Ash was in thoughts towards Lillie's question.

It did so happen that he was planning to show them the rest of the Pokémon he met and caught throughout his journey within the Ultra Space. Though, the only thing he wasn't sure about was that, if they were even comfortable to meet with people outside of their 'home world'.

"How about we go and meet the rest of my Pokémon?" He suggested.

"Really?!" Max's voice boomed through the lobby, upon hearing his suggestion.

Ash chuckled lightly at Max's enthusiasm because when it comes to new or old, weak or strong, he just couldn't wait to meet all sorts of Pokémon, much like when Ash himself when he started his journey throughout several if not countless regions.

"I was thinking if you guys want to meet them. I mean, after all, none of you have met them before." Ash told them.

He lifted up his head to see Max's glittering eye, as well as many curious faces made by his friends, though the most notable ones were Sophocles, Kiawe and Gladion.

"Alright, let's go and meet them." Ash told them as he got up.

Soon enough, Ash gestured for them to follow him as each one of them followed behind him. It wasn't long until they reach the hotel area, whereas Ash took the elevator up to a different floor from where both Lillie and himself stayed.

"I thought you and Lillie are staying on the sixth floor?" Gladion questioned curiously.

"If you see the number of Pokémon I have, and their given size. You'll understand naturally why I got a new room, Gladion." Ash answered.

The elevator soon stopped at the eleventh floor, as the doo shot open for them to exit. As they exited, Ash begin to walk towards the room where he kept the rest of his Pokémon. Once he unlocked the door with the key he stored in his pocket, the door flew open instantly with a Sigilyph flying out as he crashed into the wall, before falling down onto the ground knocked out cold.

"That was quite unexpected." Ash mused out, as he turned around.

"Though, you might want t-" Before the Alola Champion could complete his sentence, Max had already charged forward in order to look at the interior of the room.

Suddenly, a pair of Pokémon which consists of a Raikou and Entei leaped out in front of Max, ceasing him from entering the room as they growled loudly at the Hoenn native, who step back in fear of being attacked by the two Legendary Beast, only for Ash to step in front of them.

"Heel." He ordered sternly.

Both Raikou and Entei immediately lessen their guards upon their Trainer's order, before going back to each side of the door as they once again stood guard. Max sighed in relief, but at the same time was shocked at the sight of the two Legendary Beast under Ash's ownership, though, he wasn't the only one who was shocked.

"Was that an Entei and Raikou?!" Kiawe exclaimed in pure shock, as Ash chuckled.

"Yes, they are." Ash answered calmly.

The mere sight of his friends being fascinated by the Pokémon he had met, made him felt a little nostalgic of when he was young when he started his journey. Pikachu immediately ran out of the room to climb on his shoulder, as the rest of his friends went inside of the room to see the interior.

In plain view, Raikou and Entei were sitting by the door guarding it from any unwanted intruders. Meanwhile, Snivy was on the couch chatting with Altaria, whist Auna, one of Ash's Audino was lecturing Nagandel in the cooking area, for what seems to be that the Poison Pin Pokémon was taking a snack without her permission. While entering from the door, Dina took the unconscious Sigilyph back into the room to treat it, though what exactly happened to Avianoid Pokémon remains unknown.

"Everybody, come on out!" Ash yelled while throwing four Beast Balls into the air.

Each once burst open to reveal his Drapion, Lucario, Aggron and Yanmega, whist Zeraora came out from behind the door. His friends meanwhile were in awe at the sight of his Pokémon's, with Ash turning around to face them.

"Everyone, this here are my friends. So, be nice, alright?" Ash told them.

Auna, Dina, Snivy, Drapion and Altaria were happy to comply with the exception of Aggron and Zeraora who already knew them. Though, the problem seems to be with Lucario, Yanmega, Naganadel and Sigilyph.

"I don't think Lucario is very fond of me, Ash." Lillie voiced out her concern, after trying to interact with the Aura Pokémon.

"You'll have to give Lucario some time, Lillie. After all, he has been residing in the Ultra Wormhole his whole life." Ash reassured her.

After spending an hour inside of his Pokémon's room, Ash watched as Gladion, kiawe and Mallow were unsuccessful in making friends with Naganadel. Meanwhile, Max, Bonnie and Sophocles were unsuccessful in making friends with Yanmega, whist Lana was unsuccessful in making friends with Sigilyph, and not to mention his own wife was unsuccessful in making friends with Lucario.

The rest were already at loss of what to do, because no matter how much they tried, Ash's Lucario, Yanmega, Naganadel and Sigilyph were obviously uninterested in them. Which gave Ash an idea on what to do, and it was already pretty obvious to him on what they want from stranger's who Ash claims as his friends.

"How about we go out and have a battle exercise? This will help you guys understand their strength, a little bit more." Ash suggested.

"I guess that isn't a bad idea, but there are eight of us, and aside from Zeraora and Aggron as well as Snivy and Pikachu, you only have six remaining Pokemon." Max pointed out, as Ash chuckled, at his response.

"Who said I have six? There's still Raikou and Entei, besides, some of my Pokemon are pretty tough on their own." Ash answered.

The gang were absolutely confused, because Ash had just proposed to allow Raikou and Entei to fight in public eyes, and not in secrecy. They knew how rare the two Legendary Beast were, so it was unlikely for any Trainer who had captured them, to fight in the view of public at all.

"Are you sure you're going to allow Raikou and Entei to fight in public? I mean, after all, they are pretty rare." Sophocles questioned, completely unsure of what Ash was thinking, with Ash nodding his head.

"Of course, I mean. No harm done in letting them stretch once in a while, since they have been sitting guard for almost two years now." Ash told his Electric Type Elite Four.

Upon gaining his permission, Raikou and Entei let loose a ferocious and loud battle roar as they join Ash's side. The Alola Champion soon recalled his gang of Pokémon back into their respective Beast Ball excluding Zeraora and Pikachu, before heading towards the Pokémon Center. They went towards the back as he stood in his box, while his friends stood on the other side waiting for him to pick his opponent or letting them pick themselves.

News of Ash battling his friends quickly spread from one person to many, as a massive crowd started to form, and it was no surprise to Ash to not notice his old friends in the crowd, and aside from them, he could also see Gary, Paul and Trip on the other side.

"I wonder why his battle them." Trip mused out.

"Probably Battle practice." Paul responded.

"But, according to Nurse Joy, it's an official one on one." Gary told them.

The crowd started to murmur among themselves, with Ash Ash looking at his group of friends. From the looks of things, he could tell that they were discussing on who to go first and which one of Ash's Pokémon they would be facing.

"So, which one of you is going first?!" Ash yelled across the field, in question.

His answer was immediately answered when Kiawe stood forward with a Poke Ball on hand, Ash answered in kind as he fished out a Beast Ball from his belt before enlarging it.

"Turtonator, let's go!" Kiawe called out, as he threw his Poke Ball into the air.

His Poke Ball let loose burst of bright light upon opening midair, as the Blast Turtle Pokémon came down from the skies, before crashing onto the ground with his feet.

"Nator!" Turtonator let loose his battle cry, ready for battle.

"As I expected." Ash voiced out.

"Yanmega, I choose you!" The Alola Champion yelled, while throwing his Beast Ball into the skies.

With a burst of strange light midair, a buzzing sound can be heard as Yanmega came from the air before flying by Turtonator's, as he turned around to face his opponent in battle. The crowd along with Kiawe were completely confused, because Ash had just send out a Bug and Flying type, against a Fire and Dragon Type like Turtonator.

"You can have the first move, Kiawe!" Ash offered, still looking calm despite his chosen disadvantage.

"Alright, then don't mind if I do! Use, Flamethrower!" He yelled out.

Turtonator immediately let loose a stream of hot flame towards Yanmega's direction, and with very little effort or with just pure speed. The Ogre Darner Pokémon flew higher up, avoiding the Super Effective attack completely, escaping a very harmful attack.

"Use, Sonic Boom." Ash ordered, for his counterattack.

"Yan!" Yanmega screeched, before firing out a vibrating made of completely normal energy.

The blade then travelled towards Turtonator at an alarming speed, successfully hitting the Blast Turtle Pokémon in the body, forcing him to slide back a few feet as he grunted in pain. Though, due to his high stadium and incredible defense, Turtonator was no where near going down at all.

"If fighting from afar isn't going to work, use Dragon Tail!" Kiawe ordered.

"Tur!" The Blast Turtle Pokémon's tail turned orange, as he spun towards Yanmega.

"Dodge it!" Ash ordered.

Yanmega swiftly flew out of the way, causing Turtonator to miss his target. After missing his target, the Fire and Dragon type quickly stopped spinning as he slides on the ground to cease the momentum he had built up, while trying to attack the Ogre Darner Pokémon.

"I got to say I'm impressed. Not much Pokémon who possesses the same weight as Turtonator, will be able to stop themselves." Ash remarked.

"Thanks, and the surprises are just going to keep piling up. Use, Double Team!" He yelled out.

Ash and Yanmega were internally surprised, but they weren't going to show it on the outside, as they watch Turtonator split into many images of himself, quickly surrounding Yanmega in images of one real to many fake ones. The Ogre Darner Pokémon was looking around, obviously trying to find the real one, though Kiawe wasn't going to let that happen.

"Now, use Dragon Tail!" He instructed.

Soon enough, one by one, the clones of the Blast Turtle Pokémon started to spin towards Yanmega, forcing the Bug and Flying type to continuously dodge the on-going attack. Until he was hit by the real one, causing him to fly unsteadily with Ash chuckling at the situation.

"And you've sold yourself out, use Air Slash!" Ash told his Pokémon.

Quickly recovering from the earlier hit, Yanmega fired out dozens of wind blades towards Turtonator's most recent location, alongside the surrounding area. Causing multiple explosions to occur, covering the whole field in dust until a sound of something getting hit was heard. When suddenly, out from the cloud. Turtonator slide out with bruises covering his body, as he tried to recover quickly from the attack he received earlier.

"Use your combine attack!" Ash told the Bug and Flying Type.

"Yaan!" Yanmega screeched out, as he flapped his wing, creating a mild gust of fast moving wind in one direction.

Soon after, Yanmega flapped his wing another time shooting out a vibrating blade. At first, the Sonic Boom attack launched by Yanmega didn't really seem all that fast, though, suddenly it accelerated with an alarming speed, totally catching Turtonator off guard as the attack slammed into his face full force.

"Turtonator!" Kiawe yelled out in concern.

A cloud of dust was created about a loud and hard impact, as the one directional wind blew the dust away, to reveal a completely knocked out Turtonator, who laid on the ground on his belly with swirl on his eyes.

"Turto…" He called out, unconsciously.

"Guess that's that." Ash remarked, as he recalled Yanmega back into his Beast Ball.

Kiawe sighed as he recalled Turtonator back into his Poke Ball with a word of thank, before keeping the containment device in his pocket.

"I really didn't expect your Sonic Boom attack to fly that fast, Ash." He commented.

"Results of years of training, I'm sure anyone can create all sorts of result if they try." Ash responded.

The crowd sounded like they were in awe about what had just happened, because, Ash had just used a Bug type Pokémon like Yanmega, to win against a Fire type like Turtonator. It was then they were discussing if they should try asking Ash for some advice, exception for a group of people who think they were strong.

"Guess I'm next." Max voice out eagerly, wanting his turn to battle against Ash.

Ash smiled at Max's enthusiasm, as he watches the bespectacled Trainer take his place in his Trainer Box, before fishing out another Beast Ball for his battle against the Hoenn native.

"I'm not going to go easy on you, just because we're friend!" Max voiced out, as Ash chuckled.

"Wouldn't want you to. So, give it your all, Max." Ash responded back.

Max quickly enlarged his Poke Ball, before tossing the device into the air as it burst open to reveal a Garchomp. Though unlike any other Garchomp, Max's Garchomp was red in color with a scar running down his left eye, and just by the mere sight of Max's Garchomp, many were scared just by his appearance.

"Garchomp, huh?" Ash voiced out.

"In that case. Drapion, I choose you!" He proceeded to call out his Pokémon.

The Beast Ball then burst open to reveal the Ogre Scorpion Pokémon, as he roared loudly before grinning at Garchomp.

By Ash choice of selection, a few group of people in the crowd wasn't sure if Ash was even taking the Battle seriously. Since this is the second time, he had sent out a Pokémon with a Type Disadvantage, and this time, it was a Poison type against a Ground type.

"You can have the first move, Max." Ash offered.

"Alright, but don't regret it." Max responded with full confidence.

Though, unlike most Trainers. Max did not give Garchomp any sort of verbal commands, instead he looked at Garchomp who glanced back at him before cracking a huge smirk. It was then, Garchomp, without any of Max's verbal command, started to summon a parade of blue swords which circled around him, increasing his attack greatly.

"Swords Dance, huh?" Ash voiced out.

Max's Garchomp then created a claw purely made from a light green energy. As he charged towards Drapion, who did not so as budge an inch at all, confusing the crowd at his actions. Alas, with a mighty swing from Garchomp, a loud sound of something being hit was hurt as a huge cloud of dust can be seen erupting from the ground.

Judging from the silhouette, Garchomp seemed to be visibly having a hard time against Drapion who only guarded himself with one hand. When the cloud cleared out, Drapion was blocking Garchomp's attack with only one of his hand, as he smirked brightly at the Mach Pokémon's attempt to hurt it.

"My Drapion's Ability, is Battle Armor. You aren't going to scratch him that easily, Max." Ash told his Fighting type Elite Four.

"Ice Fang, now." Ash ordered.

Drapion's fang soon erupted in a cold and icy energy as he bit down on Garchomp's unguarded hand. Though, incredibly enough, Garchomp was able to pull back from Drapion's Super Effective attack, which was supposed to be near impossible to evade at the given range, as he retreated back to Max with his hand fin frozen in solid ice.

The crowd was both surprise and speechless, because just by looking at his opponent's Pokémon. Ash had already come up with a countermeasure, be it if his Pokémon was at a Type Disadvantage or not.

"What's Battle Armor, Brock?" Iris questioned.

"Battle Armor is an Ability that blocks out damage from a massive physical blow. Meaning, Drapion can negate most of Garchomp's damage, and come out nearly unscathed." He explained.

"So, it's much like a hard shell, instead it's an armor in this case." Dawn noted down.

Back on the field, Garchomp slammed his claws on the ground, as a field of swirling sand appeared underneath Drapion, causing the Poison and Dark Type to sink into the ground. It was mostly like to Ash, that Max was trying to immobilize Drapion with Sand Tomb.

"Interesting, using Sand Tomb to make Drapion immobile." Ash commented.

It was no surprise to Max that Ash wouldn't know of most common basic strategies to immobilize a Pokémon, and as a result of his real counterattack. Garchomp slammed his right hand on the ground causing large rocks to burst out from the ground, as they marched towards Drapion.

The rocks were getting larger and larger, and soon enough. Drapion found himself stuck inside a sinking hole, up upon a huge cliff created by Garchomp's most recent attack. It was then, Garchomp charged towards Drapion with claws glowing on a white light, as he raced up the mountain with great speed.

"Interesting, but not good enough, Max." Ash told the bespectacled teenager.

Max was visibly confused, as Drapion slammed the cliff-like structure causing the whole thing to shake, making Garchomp loose balance as he rolled down the cliff, shocking Max that his countermeasures were countered by Ash's own countermeasures.

After striking the cliff, Drapion pulled himself out of the hole he was sinking in as he grinned at Max and Garchomp, who were still confused as of how Ash knew to counter his Sand Tomb and Rock Climb combine effort.

"You might be wondering how I countered it. So, I'll give you a hint." Ash told Max.

The only motion Ash gave was to point at the ground beneath his own feet, shocking Max that Ash had come up with that kind of patience to wait it all out. Though, it was unfortunate that most people didn't quite get it.

"Why did he pint at the ground?" Mallow questioned.

"Ash had simply waited for Max to use an attack, that might cause his Garchomp to use more balance. Which unfortunately, Max fell into the latter, by using Rock Climb." Lillie explained.

It was then on the field, Max's Garchomp was send flying backwards as he landed on the ground knocked out cold by Ash's Drapion. Who proved to be more powerful then Max's Mach Pokémon, winning the match for his Trainer due to his Ability and strength.

"It seems that I'm still not strong enough, but that doesn't mean I'm giving up in trying to best you, Ash." Max told the Alola Champion with enthusiasm in his voice.

"I'm sure you will, just keep it up." Ash responded, causing Max to smile.

Max then went back to his group, whist Ash went back to his Trainer box. Just right after turning around, Ash could see Mallow taking over Max's place in the field, before pulling a Poke Ball from her pocket.

"Get ready, Ash. Cause I'm not going to be so easy!" She told him.

"Wouldn't dream of having an easy fight. So, let's give it our all." Ash responded.

"Tsareena, let's win this!" Mallow called out.

Her Poke Ball burst in a shiny light as Tsareena stood on the field delicately, as she swiped her hair with her own hand, causing it to fluster around causing nearby male Pokémon to fall midly in love with her beauty.

"Sigilyph, I choose you!" Ash threw out his Beast Ball.

After opening, Ash's Sigilyph came into view as he spun around in the air before laughing away.

"As every gentleman would say, ladies first." Ash told the Grass type Trial Captain.

"Tsareena, use Trop Kick!" Mallow ordered.

Tsareena immediately rushed at Sigilyph at high speed using he legs, as she leaped at the Avianoid Pokémon before landing a powerful kick to his body, causing Sigilyph to fly backwards, nearly uninjured by Tsareena's ineffective attack.

"Energy Ball, go." Ash ordered.

The Flying and Psychic type nodded as he created a ball of grass energy, before firing the attack towards Tsareena, who did not dodge without Mallow's command. Though for what seems to be a not very effective attack, Tsareena was send flying a few feet away back to Mallow by Sigilyph's powerful Energy Ball attack.

"What just happened? I thought a Grass type attack like Energy Ball, isn't supposed to have much effect on Tsareena, a Grass type." Paul questioned.

"Unless it has something to do with Sigilyph's Ability." Gary answered.

The Fruit Pokémon slowly got up as she glared at Sigilyph, who was laughing away at his successful attack against the Grass type Pokémon.

"Use Magical Leaf!" Mallow told her Pokémon.

Tsareena soon leaped into the air before creating a ring of green energy with her hands, as she proceeded to fire out a barrage of green leaves towards Sigilyph's direction. Only problem was, that Sigilyph didn't really need to put in much effort of dodging, since he was already having the advantage due to his capabilities to fly in the air.

"Alright, use Energy Ball, once more." Ash repeated the same attack.

Sigilyph hastily created the same attack twice, before firing it off towards Tsareena's direction, only for the Fruit Pokémon to evade at Mallow's command to do so, making Sigilyph miss his attack.

"Use Dazzling Gleam!" Mallow ordered loudly in order to start up a counterattack.

The Grass type Pokémon nodded as she charged at Sigilyph, with body cloaked in a shining rainbow aura. Though, the attack didn't frighten the duo one bit, as Ash simply snap his finger.

"Dark Pulse, let's go." He instructed.

Sigilyph soon charged up a orb of dark energy between the eyes on his body swiftly, before unleashing a beam made purely from dark energy. As the two attacks collided, Tsareena was immediately send flying back to Mallow injured greatly, having her Fairy type attack easily overpowered by Sigilyph's Dark type attack.

"Just a word of advice, Mallow." Ash called out catching her attention.

"Sigilyph's Ability is Tinted Lens." He explained.

From the crowd, there were many questions about what Ash's Sigilyph's Ability does. That would include Paul and Trip, as either one started to question.

"What's Tinted Lens?" Trip questioned.

"Tinted Lens is an Ability, that boosted a disadvantage attack by twice the power should it be collided with a Super Effective attack." Gary explained.

"That would explain how easily her Tsareena got overpowered by Sigilyph's every not effective move." Paul mused out with amazement.

Mallow sighed in defeat, because there was no way her Pokémon was going to win against Ash's Sigilyph. At least not wihh her current strength, as she recalled the Fruit Pokémon back into her own Poke Ball before walking back to her group to switch places with one of her friends.

"Since when did this airhead, turn so smart all of a sudden after thirteen years?" Misty asks in disbelief.

"His battling senses got even sharper than before, and his even cooking up pleasant and aromatic strategies while he fights." Cilan voice out, causing everyone to stare at him weirdly.

Mallow's place was soon taken by Lana, who already has her Poke Ball in hand, ready to battle with Ash.

"Primarina, let's win this!" She called out.

Upon arrival, the Soloist Pokémon started to sing a melody, soothing everyone's mind as Ash took out one of his Beast Ball from his belt after keeping Sigilyph's Poke Ball.

"Lucario, I choose you!" Ash yelled out.

The Beast Ball burst open to reveal a Lucario kneeling on the ground as he got up on his feet before bowing at Ash in a respectful manner. An attitude that no one has saw being displayed between a Trainer and his Pokémon.

"Try to be a little bit gentle when you're fighting, Lucario. I don't want Primarina to lose her voice in his battle. All else, do as you like." Ash ordered strictly.

"Rargh!" Lucario responded as he turned around to face Primarina.

Lana and Primarina were a little dumbfounded on what Ash had just told his Lucario, because it was very true that not much Pokémon would show this kind of attitude to a Trainer, unless it was under some sort of special circumstances.

"Primarina, use Sparkling Aria!" Lana ordered.

The Water and Fairy type immediately started to rung up a soothing melody, while constructing an enormous bubble. Though as soon as she fired the attack, Lucario was already gone from sight, confusing Primarina and her Trainer.

It was then Lucario appeared behind the Soloist Pokémon, but before Lana could warn her partner. Lucario swiftly gave Primarina two kicks to the body, before sending her into the air with a punch to the chin, causing Primarina to crash onto the floor hard, much to Lana's dismay.

"Primarina, are you alright?" She questioned.

"Rina!" The last evolution of the Alola Water type Starter nodded in response.

"Alright, then use Aqua Jet!" She ordered.

Primarina immediately surrounded herself in a veil of water, as she charged towards Lucario with high speed. Though, with what seems to be great reflexes, Lucario bend backwards as I held onto Primarina's hands before using his right leg to send her flying towards the opposite direction of where he was facing.

The force that Lucario put in was quite high, because Primarina was send directly to the wall with a loud crash, as she slumps onto the ground injured by Lucario's second attack, causing most people to be speechless at Ash's Pokémon strength and abilities.

"That was one powerful Circle Throw." Gladion mused out.

"it was even able to fling Primarina, who was moving at a relatively fast speed." Kiawe responded in awe of Lucario's reflexes.

Primarina slowly got up and much to Ash's and Zeraora's surprise, Lucario went to help Primarina up from the ground as he moved her towards Lana's direction in order for the Soloist Pokémon to rest, before walking back to Ash who recalled him back into his Beast Ball.

"Did Lucario just did that?" Ash whispered.

'It is unless we're as blind as a Zubat, then yes.' The Thunderclap Pokémon responded.

Ash watched as Lana recalled her Primarina back into her Poke Ball, before going back to her group. It was then, moments later after Lana left, Sophocles took her spot in facing Ash with a Poke Ball already in hand, ready to battle against the latter.

"Vikavolt, go!" Sophocles called forth, while throwing his Poke Ball in the air.

The Poke Ball burst open, as the Stag Beetle Pokémon came flying down from in the air, before stopping himself, allowing himself to face Ash's Direction. Though, Sophocles was still nervous of who Ash would use to face his Vikavolt.

"Altaria, I choose you!" Ash yelled, as he threw his Beast Ball forward.

The Special Ball burst open, as Ash's Altaria appeared on the field with beauty and grace as she landed on the ground, to face Vikavolt in combat.

"Don't mind if we go first, Ash. Use, Signal Beam!" Sophocles ordered.

Vikavolt first action was to create a pink orb swiftly, before firing off a rainbow colored beam at Altaria. Though, without Ash's command, the Humming Pokemon opened her wings before launching herself into the skies, avoiding Vikavolt's attack completely.

"Mirror Move, go." Ash ordered.

Altaria too created the same pink orb in front of her mouth, before firing off the same duplicated rainbow colored beam back at Vikavolt, shocking the Bug and Electric type, as his own attack was used against himself.

"Quick, dodge it!" Sophocles instructed.

Vikavolt quickly flew towards the side, avoiding the Signal Beam attack launched by Altaria, as the ground behind where he initially was exploded, creating a dust of cloud on the field.

"Zap Cannon!" He called out.

"Vi!" Vikavolt cried out, before charging up a relatively large ball of electricity.

After having to finally charged up the Electric type attack, Vikavolt fired the attack towards Altaria, and what any wouldn't have expected, Altaria guarded herself with her wings, as the attack exploded on impact, forcing her backwards a few feet as electricity coursed through her body, being paralysed by the powerful Electric type attack.

"Yes!" Sophocles yelled out in confidence, as Ash simply chuckle.

"Don't celebrate just yet, Sophocles." He told the Electric type Elite Four, confusing him.

Moments after being paralysed, the electricity around Altaria's body started to dissipate into thin air, shocking both Sophocles and Vikavolt, as Altaria flapped her wings in grace and beauty with Ash smiling.

"Now, use Incinerate." He ordered.

Altaria begin to charge up a huge amoung of fire energy in her beak, before firing a huge ball of blazing fire with a dark orange center at Vikavolt, and with no time to run, the powerful Fire type attack landed on its target dead center, causing Vikavolt to fly out into the open and much to the surprise of Ash and Altaria.

Vikavolt begin to slowly fly up from the ground, as he begins to spark out electricity, meaning he was still able to keep on fighting despite being hit by a super effective move such as Incinerate, an attack that could easily take out any Bug types.

"We only have one more shot, Vikavolt!" He screamed.

"Vika!" The Stag Beetle Pokemon yelled in sync.

Sophocles soon lifted up his left wrist, revealing his Z-Ring as Ash looked at Altaria who nodded, with them watching the Electric type Elite Four crossed his arm with the Z-Ring at the front.

"Let the course of Electricity run through our system, and electrify anything in our way." He quoted.

Like most people, a lot of the audience didn't quite get what Sophocles is up to as he did a series of dance, in order to charge up his Electrinium Z with the crystal shining brightly in the ring on his wrist.

Soon enough, a massive yellow aura emerged from Sophocles as it went into Vikavolt's body, successfully charging up his Z-Move, with Vikavolt charging up an enormous ball of electricity.

"Use Gigavolt Havoc!" He ordered loudly.

"KA!" Vikavolt responded as he fired the large ball of elelctricity, towards Altaria who looked as if she was ready to defend herself.

As the attack drew closer, Altaria quickly shielded herself with her cloud-like wings as the attack made impact, creating a large explosion on the field. Everybody was forced to cover their faces, as clouds of dust flew everywhere, though Ash didn't really look too worried about Altaria taking the attack.

Moments after the attack, Vikavolt decided to relax a little, it was at the given moment when the Stag Beetle Pokemon had let down his guard. A huge pink ball flew through the dust fog, hitting him right in the head causing him to plunge all the way to the earth beneath him.

"Vikavolt!" Sophocles yelled, as Vikavolt was unconscious on the floor.

Everyone was shocked as Altaria twirled around to disperse the large cloud of dust, to reveal herself coming out with very little damage done to her own body, though her wings and body were kind of dirty.

"Taria!" Altaria cried as she immediately jumped in front of Ash.

"Alright, time to get you clean." Ash told the Humming Pokémon.

Meanwhile Ash was cleaning Altaria, Sophocles went back to his group after recalling Vikavolt as he sat on the ground.

"His Pokemon sure are strong, aren't they? Even though we've only seen Aggron and Zeraora in combat." He voiced out his opinion.

"He sure is, and his well connected to his Pokémon as well." Gladion responded.

"I guess I'm next, aren't I?" Bonnie told the group.

As she entered the Trainer box, Ash recalled Altaria back into her Beast Ball after cleaning the Flying and Dragon type, before turning his attention to Bonnie, who was gripping onto her Poke Ball tightly.

"I don't know who you're going to send, but don't think we're going to be easily beaten." Bonnie told the Alola Chmapion with full confidence.

"Of course, I won't. Let's have a fun battle." Ash responded.

"Salazzle, time to shine!" Bonnie called out.

Her Poke Ball burst open to reveal Salazzle as she begins to smirk at the opposing group, thinking she was going to win easily as Ash took out another Beast Ball, before tossing it into the air.

"Entei, I choose you!" Ash yelled out.

The Beast Ball in Ash's current possession burst open, as the Volcano Pokémon appeared, before staring at Salazzle, pressuring the Toxic Lizard Pokémon, with everyone else staring in awe at the Legendary Beast of fire.

"I didn't think you'd use Entei this early, Ash." Bonnie started.

"You'd be even more surprised when you see Entei in combat, Bonnie." Ash responded.

Both Pokémon stared intensely at each other, just in case the other party decided to make a move against the other. It was until Ash said his own command, by raised up his left hand.

"Leer." He ordered with simplicity in his voice.

Entei's eyes immediately turned red before glaring at Salazzle forcing her to back off a little in fear, meaning that Entei's intimidating looks were working perfectly on the money, it was until Bonnie gave her own order.

"There's nothing to be scared about, Salazzle. So, use Poison Gas!" Bonnie told the Toxic Lizard Pokémon.

Upon hearing Bonnie's words, Salazzle managed to regain her courage as she spun in a circle before spraying a gas of poison towards Entei's direction.

Ash simply nodded towards Entei, as the Volcano Pokémon opened its mouth before firing out a golden-rose-colored flame, breaking through Salazzle's attack as if it was nothing as the attack made a huge impact on the Poison and Fire type.

"Salazzle, are you alright?" Bonnie questioned.

Salazzle nodded as she got up from the ground, before staring at Entei who still looked very intimidating. Bonnie was taking time to think of a plan, whist Ash simply raised his hand again in order to give Entei its orders.

"Stone Edge." He instructed.

Entei raised its feet before slamming the ground with its front paws, causing pillars of sharp rock glowing blue to erupt from the earth its is standing on, as the pillars slowly marched their way towards Salazzle's direction.

"Dodge it!" Bonnie screamed.

Salazzle quickly ran around the Rock type attack, causing each pillar to hit the other after erupting from the ground, as multiple explosions can be seen and heard and it was until the attack stopped, that the whole field was covered in dust and broken rock pieces.

"Now, use Dragon Pulse!" Bonnie ordered.

Salazzle opened her mouth before firing off a multi-colored beam in a shape of a dragon towards Entei, who took the attack without being fazed at all shocking the duo as the Fire type Pokémon simply shook its neck, completely ignoring the damage of the Dragon type attack.

"Salazzle is indeed fast, but I'm sorry to say that the battle ends here, Bonnie." Ash told the Kalos native.

Entei, without Ash's command. Opened its mouth before firing off a golden-rose-colored flame at Salazzle, sending the Toxic Lizard Pokémon all the way back to Bonnie's feet, as she laid on the ground with swirl for eyes.

"Good work, Entei." Ash praised, as Entei roared loudly.

The Alola Champion patted its head before recalling the Legendary Beast of fire back into its Beast Ball, as he watches Bonnie take care of Salazzle's injury with care, before recalling the Poison and Fire type back into her Poke Ball.

"I'm your next opponent, Ash. This time, I'm going to win for sure." Gladion told the Alola Champion with pure confidence.

"I'm looking forward to a good battle, Gladion." Ash responded.

Both Trainer took out a Beast Ball and Poke Ball respectively, as Gladion was the first one to call out his Pokémon without having fear that Ash would have a countermeasure for it.

"Let's do this!" He called out.

The Poke Ball burst out to reveal his Venusaur, as the Seed Pokémon stomped on the ground causing a small quake to occur with everyone stumbling to balance themselves, as Ash looked at the Beast Ball in his hand.

"Raikou, I choose you!" Ash called out.

The Beast Ball burst open to reveal the Legendary Beast of thunder, as it roared loudly at Venusaur who didn't really get affected much. Until Gladion started to give his command.

"Facade, let's go!" He ordered.

Venusaur's body soon glowed in an orange aura, as he proceeded to charge towards Raikou, who merely stood there unguarded as if ready for impact. Though, as soon as Venusaur drew closer and closer, the Thunder Pokémon gave a loud roar with a ring of purple energy bursting forth, sending the supposedly heavy Pokémon flying backwards like a paper bag, as Venusaur crashed on the ground.

Everyone was shocked at how much power Raikou had, as it could even send a Venusaur flying miles away. It was until Venusaur's body started to glow in a purple light, as the shape of the Seed Pokemon started to dissolve, transforming back into a familiar figure, which was revealed to be a Zoroark.

"How did Raikou know?!" Gladion exclaimed in pure shocked, because it was impossible for any ordinary Pokémon to guess that it was Zoroark in disguise.

"Let's just say, we foes of many kind." Ash responded.

Moments after Zoroark's big reveal by Raikou, the Thunder Pokémon roared once more as a huge volt of electricity started to build up in its body, before being shot into the skies as a huge attack of electricity came crashing down from the skies at Zoroark's location.

"Night Daze, quick!" Gladion ordered.

Zoroark quickly build up a huge amount of darkness energy, before slamming the ground, blasting the dark energy throughout the field, as it collided with Raikou's attack, causing an explosion to occur in the air above his head.

"Night Slash, go!" The eldest child of Lusamine told the Illusion Fox Pokémon with haste.

Zoroark's claws turned into complete darkness before expanding out a sharper talon of purple energy, as he charged right at Raikou with claws raised, trying to strike down upon the Thunder Pokemon.

"Snarl." Ash countered with his own orders.

Raikou once again opened its mouth before roaring loudly yet again, with a ring of purple energy appearing as it blasts Zoroark away yet another few more distance, back to Gladion as he landed on the ground before getting on one knee.

"Iron Head, now." Ash ordered.

Raikou's head immediately turned into steel, as it charged at Zoroark with speed beyond anyone's belief, before ramming successfully into the Dark type Pokémon's abdomen, crashing Zoroark into the wall as Raikou leaped backwards, with the Illusion Fox Pokémon falling onto the ground, even more injured then before.

"His Raikou is too strong to fight head on, that means my only chance of winning is by fighting from afar." Gladion thought in his head.

"Use Focus Blast!" Gladion ordered.

"Roark!" Zoroark cried out, before creating a big blue ball, as he fired the attack at Raikou.

The Legendary Beast of Thunder in the meantime, stood there unimpressed by the fighting type attack, before raising its right front paw, and by simply bringing down its claws, Raikou effortlessly rebounded the fighting type attack to the side, shocking the caster.

"What/Ark!" Gladion and Zoroark exclaimed loudly, as Ash chuckled.

"Time to end this, Raikou. Use Iron Head, once more." Ash ordered.

The Thunder Pokémon immediately prone down a little, as its head turned into steel. After having readied its attack, Raikou charged at Zoroark, successfully ramming into the Illusion Fox Pokémon, as it crashed the Dark type Pokémon into the wall behind Gladion, knocked out.

"His Raikou and Entei are unbelievably powerful." Cilan commented.

"They are the Legendary Beast, of course their strong." Misty said with sarcasm.

Ash recalled Raikou as Lillie swapped place with Gladion, being Ash's last opponent with the Kanto native taking out another Beast Ball.

"I hope you're ready for my last Pokémon, Lillie." Ash warned.

"Don't worry, Ash. I'm ready for anything you send at me, and my Pokemon." Lillie responded.

"Ninetales, I choose you!" Lillie called.

Her Poke Ball burst open to reveal a pale blue Ninetales, who surprisingly shine underneath the light of the sun, as she stared at Ash's direction, waiting for her enemy to be reveal at her opponent side of the field.

"Naganadel, I choose you!" Ash yelled.

The Beast Ball burst open, to reveal a purple Pokémon with both a draconic and insectoid feature, as it stared at Ninetales.

As soon as the battle started, a large hail started to fall signifying Ninetales Ability to be in effect.

"Dig!" Lillie ordered.

Ninetales leaped into the air before digging into the ground, disappearing from sight as Naganadel remained at where it was, waiting for Ninetales to reappear.

Soon enough, the ground beneath Naganadel cracked slightly, until Ninetales burst out from the from the ground, before swinging tails at Nagandel. Though, with what seems to be unbelievable speed, Naganadel immediately disappeared from sight, shocking Ninetales.

"Poison Jab." Ash ordered.

The Poison Pin Pokémon swiftly reappeared behind Ninetales as its stinger started to glow purple, before sending the Fox Pokémon away to the ground in front of Lillie as she slid all the way back to her Trainer's side.

"X-Scissor." The Alola Champion continued his assault of attacks.

Naganadel's stinger soon glowed in a green light, as it disappeared at an alarming speed before reappearing in front of Ninetales as it strikes down upon the Ice and Fairy type. Though, to Naganadel's mild surprise, Ninetales managed to leap out of the way in time to prevent herself from getting hit by Naganadel's attack.

"Aurora Beam!" Lillie instructed.

Right after evading Nagandel's fast attack, Ninetales opened her mouth to fire a rainbow-colored beam at the Poison and Dragon type, and to no luck, Naganadel vanished once again with incredible speed before appearing in front of Ash.

"Naganadel's fast, in fact its too fast. If only there's a way to lower down, Naganadel's mobility." Lillie thought through her mind.

"We can't swap speed but this might do, Power Swap!" Lillie commanded, shocking Ash entirely.

Ninetales let out a beautiful cry while closing her eyes, as both Pokémon glowed in a red light, while the attack was in effect, both light swap places, meaning the power of both Pokémon successfully swapped.

"Now, use Moonblast!" Lillie ordered.

Ninetales soon begin to charge up a large pink ball, before firing it at Naganadel's direction, but due to Naganadel's speed, the Poison Pin Pokémon successfully dodge. Though, what seems to be unlikely for Ninetales to possess a lot of power, but when the Moonblast attack hit the ground, a huge explosion occurred, shocking Naganadel.

"That must be the effect of Power Swap, impressive." Ash mumbled softly.

"Aurora Beam!" Lillie told her Pokémon.

Ninetales opened her mouth before firing off a rainbow-colored beam, though it was larger than before, as the beam flew towards Naganadel.

"Challenging it won't work in our favor, so, use X-Scissor!" Ash ordered.

Naganadel nodded as the largest stinger in the center glowed green, and right as the Ice type attack drew closer, Naganadel swiftly disappeared before striking Ninetales three times in her neck, causing the Fox Pokémon to cry out in pain.

"Don't give up, Ninetales, bite down on Naganadel's stinger!" Lillie encouraged.

Ninetales gathered her courage and strength, as she bit down on the stinger that was glowing green, though as she did, Naganadel did nothing but smirk brightly.

"Sludge Bomb." Ash ordered.

The other two smaller stinger on Naganadel's abdomen soon moved themselves to target the immobile Ninetales, as each stinger fired off a brown glob hitting Ninetales directly in the face, dealing a significant amount of damage to the Fox Pokémon, sending her backwards to Lillie.

"Ninetales!" She called out in concern.

"Tales." Ninetales responded in a tone signifying that she was fine.

Naganadel soon retreated back to Ash's side of the field, before staring at Ninetales with eyes of caution, something which the Fox Pokémon could never notice due to Naganadel's unreadable expressions.

"Now, use Sludge Bomb." Ash instructed.

"Ga!" Naganadel cried out, as it positioned all three stingers at his abdomen to target Ninetales, shocking her.

Immediately after positioning, Naganadel's next immediate action was to rapidly fire a barrage of brown glob towards the Ice and Fairy type, as Lillie put out her hand in order to give her Pokémon an order.

"Use Dig to dodge!" Lillie exclaimed.

Ninetales quickly dug a small hole for herself to enter, as the barrage of Poison type attack missed their target. As soon as Ninetales disappeared from sight, Naganadel's stinger went back to their original positions, as it float there waiting for its target to come back right put into the open.

"Let's not wait for them to appear, shall we, Naganadel?" Ash questioned, with Naganadel nodding its head.

"Then let's smoke them out, Dragon Pulse." Ash told the Poison Pin Pokémon.

Naganadel roared as it fired off a multi-colored beam in a shape of a dragon, as the attack dive down the hole which Ninetales dug. Moments after entering the hole, the ground erupted as Ninetales was blast out of the hole, though she was lucky to have a Type Immunity, as the Dragon type attack did not so much as a single damage.

The Poison Pin Pokémon immediately dashed towards the Fox Pokémon who was still in the air after being exposed, as Naganadel started to begin a flurry of attack with his large stinger glowing purple.

"Ninetales, no!" Lillie screamed.

After Naganadel's attack ended, Ninetales fell to the ground at long last, knocked out by Naganadel's constant assault of Poison Jab, making Ash the clear winner in every fight thus far, as he recalled Naganadel.

"Sorry, Lillie. Naganadel sometimes can get carried away, I hope you're not too mad." Ash told his wife, as she shook her head.

"No, it's fine. After all, there's no point in a battle if you're going to go easy." She responded, while tending to Ninetales' wounds.

The crowd started to mumble louder and louder at the strength and skills which the Trainers who were on the field earlier had just displayed, there were many talks about Ash especially due to his Pokémon's extraordinary strength.

"I got a big feeling, that I'm going to be the talk of the day tomorrow." Ash thought mentally to himself, until a bell rang.

"Attention all competitors, the match up for the third match has been announced. Please kindly refer to the list, in the lobby to see your matchups, thank you." Nurse Joy's sound boomed through the area.

Ash looked at his gang who nodded their heads, as they start to head into the lobby, and as crowded as it was during the first and second match, Ash and his friends could only see from the back of the entire crowd.

"This is a huge crowd." Gladion mused out.

"I'm not surprised, after all. Everyone wants to know, who their up against tomorrow." Lillie told her brother.

Knowing that they would have to wait for the crowd to leave, Ash, Lillie and Kiawe returned to the rooms, whist Max, Lana and Gladion went to train, as Mallow and Bonnie chose to watch.

So, I am back. The updates are getting delayed hard and I apologize for that. The next chapter will be the first round third match.

A/N: The next few chapters update are going to take a huge dive, which unfortunately also applies to my other stories, and apologies again. Don't worry though, I will try my best to keep the update constant.

Otherwise,

PEACE!