Return of the defeated (on hold)

/Part 13/

"I let my guard down for one second and got hit by a Thunderbolt." He said.

Ash chuckled, "See I just got distracted like you."

"Alright, whatever you say mister master trainer. Just try not to let it happen too often." Meowth relented.

May and Ash chuckled at his behavior as they began making their way back to the gym to meet up with Misty and Tracey. The group made it to the gym and went inside to the living area where Misty and her family stayed. They sat and talked for an hour or so before they decided to have some lunch. Ash said he'd cook, both Misty and Tracey look terrified remembering some of Ash's food from the Orange Islands. Meowth and May both vouched for his newly found cooking skills and were surprised at the quality of food he made.

Once they'd eaten Misty turned to Ash, "So Ash how did your Zangoose get so strong and how did you manage to find a shiny one as well?"

Ash took a seat next to May and began, "My pokemon and I were doing trianing by Mt. Chimney. We went to the far side were no one travels and it has some really rough terrain. Most of the pokemon there had never seen a human before, but surprisingly weren't hostile. They seemed more curious than anything and a few even asked to join in from time to time." Ash paused for a moment to take a drink of water before continuing, "It'd been about two weeks when a group of Zangoose came to see what we were doing. Apparently the wild pokemon had been talking about us and this group wanted to see for themselves. They watched us for a couple of days when the leader came up to us, which was my Zangoose. He said he was really impressed with my pokemon and would like to battle one of them."

Flashback

"Zang zang ooose." Said the shiny Zangoose facing Ash.

"He said he wants to battle Pikachu." Meowth said acting as translator.

"Alright then Zangoose." Ash replied with a grin, "Show me how strong you are."

Pikachu squared up with Zangoose eyeing his opponent waiting for the slightest movement to give away any attack. Suddenly Zangoose shot forward with incredible speed hitting Pikachu with a powerful Slash attack, sending him rolling hard through the dirt

"Pikachu, are you ok?!" Ash cried out in shock and concern for his oldest friend.

"Pikachuuuuu!" was the response as Pikachu unleashed a super powerful Thunder Bolt hitting Zangoose dead center. The attack blacked the area around Zangoose, before throwing him back into a rock. Pikachu stood in front of Ash once again ready for battle gritting his teeth with determination.

From the smoke Zangoose shot forward dragging his claws on the ground.

"Careful Pikachu he's using Hone Claws! Dodge left now." Ash called to his best friend, but Zangoose managed to clip Pikachu's side with a Crush Claw. Pikachu rolled across the ground he dud his paws in the dirt to be ready to guard himself from another attack.

Ash saw a small opening once Pikachu got his feet under him, "Pikachu now use Thunderbolt!"

Pikachu's cheeks sparked with electricity and he launched his attack, Zangoose turned and caught them by surprise as his fist began to crackle. He ran straight at the electric attack and intercepted it with Thunder Punch. Zangoose pushed through Pikachu's attack before charging in with a Slash attack again.