(A/N) Before you read this chapter, I would advice you to read the last one again so you can experience the full battle in one go. Also it would fresh your mind up a bit as it has been a little while since I uploaded the last chapter. Anyway, let's get started!
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I made a mistake by uploading this chapter to early, therefore my apologies if you couldn't find it. But here it is now!
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Ash and Wulfric are in the middle of Ash's first World League gym battle. After Houndoom managed to take down Mamoswine in the first battle, Lucario and Weavile are giving it their all to decide who will win the second battle.
Ash: Lucario! Finish it with Aura Sphere!
Wulfric: Shadow Ball now!
As Lucario charged a light blue ball of aura between it's paws, Weavile did the same but he created a purple ball of energy. They both we're still in hand to hand combat range as they threw their respective attacks at eachother.
A massive smokecloud appeared, covering both pokemon. Both Ash and Wulfric covered their eyes, from the dirt and dust flying into their faces.
The gang in the stands we're all on their feet, shocked as they were watching the cloud of smoke as they were waiting to see the outcome of this battle.
After the smoke faded, it revealed Lucario and Weavile both laying on the ground with swirls in their eyes.
Viola: Both Lucario and Weavile are unable to battle! Therefore this battle is a draw!
Wulfric smiled as he grabbed his pokeball and returned Weavile. When he had the pokeball close to him he said "Great job Weavile! You deserve a rest" before he put the pokeball away and grabbed another one.
Ash walked onto the battlefield and made his way over to Lucario. When he was there, he kneeled down, matching Lucario's level and put a hand on his head as he said "Great job buddy! I'm really proud of you!"
Lucario smiled at Ash as it was sitting on the ground after the intense battle.
"Hop on" Ash said as he turned his back to Lucario, pointing to his loyal pokemon he would carry him off the battlefield.
With help of Ash, Lucario got onto Ash's back and Ash carried him of the battlefield before making his way to the stands.
Ash: Serena? Could you take care of him for me?
Serena: Sure Ash!
"Thanks Serena!" Ash said as he gave her a smile.
Ash Put Lucario down on a seat next to Serena and went back to his trainerbox.
Wulfric: That was a good battle Ash! You and Lucario work really well!
Ash: Yeah! But same goes for you and Weavile!
"Good." Wulfric said with a smile as he grabbed his next choice. "Now shall we get on to the next battle?"
Ash: Thought you'd never ask!
"I bet you remember this one!" Wulfric said as he threw the pokeball forward.
As the pokeball opened, it revealed Wulfric's thrusted partner Avalugg, the Iceberg pokemon. An opponent Ash had a lot of struggles with in the past.
"Avalugg.." Ash said as he gritted his teeth.
"This is not good..." Serena said as she had a worried look on her face while she clasped her hands together and held them on her ribbon.
Gary: What do you mean Serena?
Shauna: Yeah? Ash has still three pokemon left while Wulfric has two.
Serena: You see... This same Avalugg was the pokemon Ash had the most trouble with the last two times he faced Wulfric. Even though Ash wasn't himself during the first battle, Avalugg swept most of Ash's team during that fight.
They all sweat dropped until Brock asked "How did the 2nd battle go then?"
Serena: That went a lot better, they managed to find a way to beat Avalugg but it took a lot of work to get past it again. And now Wulfric knows how they defeated it last time so this time it will be even harder. Not to mention that the two of them also got stronger over the past three years.
"Serena" Misty said as she put a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure Ash will find a way to pull through!" As she gave her a warm smile which Serena returned.
"Yeah! No need to worry! It's Ash after all!" Dawn said.
Gary: And besides... He's got you.
"What do you mean Gary?" Serena said as a slight blush appeared on her face.
"Look at him" Gary said as he looked at a focussed Ash standing in his trainer box before he continued "He'll never give up because he's got you on his side. You are his strength to go through even hell if he needs to."
May: Gary is right Serena. As Ash said, With you, there is no way he can lose!
"Right! And besides, the only person he can lose to is me when I battle him later today!" Max said which made everyone laugh.
As renewed confidence ignited inside Serena, She watched her beloved one grab his next choice.
"Come on out Houndoom!" Ash shouted as he threw Houndoom's pokeball forward.
Once again Houndoom appeared infront of Ash. It was still sweating a bit while trying to control his breath as it wasn't fully recharged from the last battle yet.
"I need you once more Houndoom. Together we can defeat Avalugg!" Ash said as he received a nod from the Dark pokemon.
Viola: Battle begin!
"Houndoom use flamethrower!" Ash shouted.
Houndoom charged a streak of flames in it's mouth and fired it towards Avalugg.
Wulfric: Gyro ball now!
Avalugg gave a deafening roar and went on his hind legs, then it started to around at high speed.
As the flamethrower hit its target, the powerful fire type move got deflected because of the spinning move Wulfric used.
"What!?" Ash shouted, completely shocked by Wulfric's move.
Wulfric: You need more to beat us Ash! Now Avalugg go and use Gyro ball on Houndoom!
Avalugg who was still spinning started to spin faster and faster as it moved at high speed towards Houndoom who was watching the big Iceberg pokemon close in at rapid speed.
"Quick use Iron Tail infront of it on the ground!" Ash shouted, hoping Houndoom was able to pull it off.
Houndoom jumped up, flipped his body around and slammed it into the ground, creating a small trench. And just as Ash hoped, before Avalugg could hit Houndoom, it got stuck in the trench.
Misty: I remember! That's the same technique Ash used against Withney and her Miltank!
Brock: Yeah! I remember aswell, smart thinking!
Wulfric: I'm impressed Ash...
Ash: Thanks!
Wulfric: But you forgot one thing, Avalugg! Now use Ice fang!
"What!" Ash shouted as he saw Avalugg, who already was in close range of Houndoom.
Ash had not enough time to counter as Avalugg put it's teeth into Houndoom's leg who cried out in pain.
"Houndoom!" Ash shouted as he saw his pokemon suffer from the pain.
Then suddenly an Idea popped up into Ash's mind as he thought "Wait! Avalugg is now really close, we might be able to pull it off!" Before he commanded "Houndoom, don't give up! Use Fire Blast!"
Now it was Wulfric's turn to be shocked as he saw the fire type pokemon releasing the powerful 大 shaped fire type move on Avalugg's back who cried out in pain.
Out of sheer pain that the Fire Blast attack caused, Avalugg let go of Houndoom who landed infront of Ash, breathing heavily.
Avalugg also stumbled back but stood infront of Wulfric. It was slightly breathing as it hadn't taken as much damage Houndoom had in this battle and it's previous one.
While Houndoom was still recovering, Wulfric ordered his favourite suprise move as he said"Avalugg, use Avalanche!"
Ash's eyes widened as he saw a dark grey cloud appear above Houndoom, dropping big boulders of ice at the Dark pokemon who cried out in pain.
Ash: Houndoom! Please tell me you're okay!
As Ash pleaded for Houndoom to give some kind of answer, the smoke faded away, revealing an uncounsious Houndoom laying on the ground.
Max: Poor Houndoom... It battle so well.
Brock: Yeah, especially when you consider this is his first fight with Ash as his trainer.
They all looked at Houndoom as Ash made his way over to his fallen fire type.
As Ash approached, Houndoom started to shake out of fear. Everybody in the stadium looked confused.
Serena: Why is Houndoom shaking?
Brock: It could be that it was treated badly by his previous trainer...
Dawn: You mean like what happened with Chimchar when he first joined Ash's team?
Brock: Yeah, you could see it like that. Chimchar never got much attention and was treated harshly Paul so it didn't know how to react when Ash was being kind to him.
Serena: I see...
May: Poor Houndoom...
Ash kneeled down next to Houndoom so they would be at the same level as Ash made eye contact with it. Then he carefully placed his hand on Houndoom's head and said "There is no need to be scared Houndoom. I'm really proud of you, you know that?"
Houndoom looked at Ash confused.
"I mean it! You battled great out there and you never gave up! I'm glad you're on my team!" Ash said as he gave Houndoom a warm smile and he stroke his hand over Houndoom's head.
After hearing what Ash said, Houndoom started to tear up a bit while Ash was petting it. As he was petting Houndoom, he kept talking about how proud Ash was before he remembered he was still in a battle.
Wulfric: I'm glad your Houndoom is feeling better Ash but shall we continue?
"Huh? Oh right!" Ash said before he returned his attention back to Houndoom. "Do you want to sit beside me to watch the rest of the battle?"
Houndoom nodded and with Ash's help they made their way to Ash's trainerbox before Houndoom laid down, still injured from his battle. As he laid down, it kept it's focus of the battlefield.
"You ready Pikachu?" Ash said as he looked at his loyal electric mouse.
"Pika!" Pikachu chirped as sparks flew of his cheeks.
Pikachu made his way to the battlefield, taking a battle stance as it once again showed a look of determination before letting more sparks from his red cheeks.
"Pika, pika, pikachu! Show us everything you can do! Battle hard, battle right, make sure you win this fight! You are Ash's best and longtime friend! So never give up until the end!" Both Dawn and Serena cheered in unison as they did their poses.
Viola: Let the battle between Pikachu and Avalugg begin!
Ash: Pikachu start off with Thunderbolt!
"PikaaaaCHUUU!" Pikachu yelled as it released their favourite electric type move.
Avalugg took the attack, resulting into an explosion. The smoke faded and to everyone's suprise Avalugg stood there unharmed which made Wulfric smirk.
Wulfruc: That's an impressive Thunderbolt Ash, it would've dealt loads of damage to any pokemon. But for the World League you need more than that!
Ash gritted his teeth before he commanded his next move. "Pikachu use Quick Attack into Iron Tail!
Pikachu quickly started running in a zig zag pattern to Avalugg while white streaks formed around him. When Pikachu got in close range, his tail started to glow.
To Ash's horror, Wulfric started to smirk as he said: "Gyro ball into Avalanche!"
Ash knew he was baited into Wulfric's trap and out of sheer panic he shouted "Get out of there Pikachu!"
But Ash's shouts were already to late as Avalugg started spinning and Pikachu had no time to dodge.
Both moves collided but because of Avalugg's body mass and the speed it was spinning, it quickly overpowered Pikachu, sending him into a stadium wall.
Avalugg wasn't done yet. As Pikachu struggled to get out of the rubble caused by the powerful steel type move, clouds appeared above Pikachu which dropped giant sized ice boulders at the small electric type who cried out in pain once more.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted as he stood there, helpless. He couldn't save Pikachu from those incoming attacks.
To Ash's relief, some of the rubble started to move and once a icy rock was moved away, Pikachu revealed itself, angry and determined as ever but it was on the verge of collapsing. He gave out a loud battlecry as it took his battle stance again.
"You're the best Pikachu!" Ash shouted while clenching his fist before he started to think of a plan to beat Avalugg.
Wulfric: Avalugg, use Hail!
Avalugg let out a loud cry. Dark clouds started to form and it started to hail. When some of the ice particles hit Avalugg, it started to regain a little bit of health.
Brock: This is bad!
Dawn: What Brock?
"Avalugg's ability is Ice body. This means when it starts to hail, Avalugg regains some health every time." Gary explained.
Brock: And not only that, Pikachu will get hurt by the hail!
The girls and Max widened their eyes as they were shocked by Brock and Gary's explaination. Then they looked back at the battlefield, each of them with a worried look on their faces.
"I've got to come up with a plan to beat Avalugg." Ash thought to himself.
Suddenly Ash noticed the ice boulders on the battlefield.
"Thats it!" Ash thought before he gave Pikachu his next command. "Pikachu use Electro web on the ice boulders!
Pikachu quickly nodded and started to make spheres of electricity on his tail. Once Pikachu threw them, they expended into electric webs.
Max: What is Ash up to?
Gary: I don't know but it's typical Ash... It almost looks like when he melted the battlefield against me and Blastoise with his Charizard in the Jotho League Silver Conference.
Ash: Keep it up Pikachu!
Pikachu kept on firing the webs, which confused both Avalugg and Wulfric.
When all the boulders were covered, Ash gave his next command. "Pikachu! Quick Attack into Iron tail!"
Wulfric: Not going to work! Intercept with Gyro Ball again!
"Just what I wanted!" Ash shouted, resulting into a confused frown from Wulfric.
Pikachu who completely thrusted it's trainers tactics started to run again and became surrounded by white streaks. As Pikachu closed in on Avalugg, his tail started to glow white before leaping up, doing a frontflip and slamming his tail into the spinning Iceberg pokemon.
As soon as Pikachu made contact, Pikachu got launched away by the force of Avalugg's Gyro ball.
Everyone in the stands sweatdropped as Pikachu braced himself for impact but what happened was that he got launched into an electric web it created earlier and due to the speed and force it was shot into the web, it worked like a trampoline and Pikachu got shot back towards Avalugg.
Ash: Perfect! Now use Iron Tail over and over again!
Pikachu started to gain confidence as it smirked while preparing for Iron Tail again. Pikachu kept on bouncing between the webs at high speed and everytime when it got close to Avalugg, Pikachu hit it with Iron tail.
Brock: I see what Ash is doing now! He's using the webs from Electro Web to gain speed and momentum! That Gyro Ball was the perfect setup to gain a boost at the start!
Everyone looked in awe at Ash and Pikachu battling while Gary thought "Smart Ash... You're using the same technique you used to bounce Dragonair into the air and now you've found a complete new way to use it to your advantage."
"Alright Pikachu! Time to finish it off with a full power Iron Tail!" Ash shouted as he pointed forward in excitement.
Wulfric: Don't think so! Avalugg, counter it with Ice Fang!
Pikachu used his speed to hit one more of the webs before making his way straight towards Avalugg who's teeth started to glow light blue.
The both attacks collided and another cloud of dust went up, covering the two pokemon. Everyone was watching the scene with a close eye.
It took minutes what felt like hours before the smoke faded, revealing two pokemon standing infront of their trainers, covered in cuts and bruises as watch eachother with a close eye.
Avalugg was the first to stumble but somehow managed to stay on his feet. Pikachu gave a smirk before he collapsed to the ground, uncounsious.
Right after Pikachu fell, Avalugg also collapsed.
Viola: Both pokemon are unable to battle, this means this battle is a draw.
Wulfric: Great battle Ash! Again, you've caught me by suprise using that Electro web, pretty clever!
"Thanks" Ash said as he scratched the back of his neck.
"Poor Pikachu..." Max said as he looked sad that the little mouse pokemon was defeated.
Brock: Cheer up Max! Pikachu did really well against a difficult opponent!
Serena: Yeah! That same Avalugg almost took down Ash's whole team the first time they battled!
Ash made his way over to his little friend who just regained counsiousness. He kneeled now next to him and put a hand on his head.
"Thanks, you were amazing buddy, I couldn't ask for more!" Ash said while he scratched behind Pikachu's ear resulting into a satisfied coo from Pikachu.
Ash lifted Pikachu from the ground and cradled him in his arms while making his way back to the trainersbox. When he got there, he placed Pikachu down next to Houndoom who was smiling at his new friend.
Pikachu returned the smile before he laid down against Houndoom's body
(Imagine Togepi is Pikachu)
Ash smiled at the sight of his two pokemon before he grabbed his last choice from his belt and held the pokeball right infront of him as he enlarged it.
Wulfric grabbed his pokeball and said "The last battle! Let's give it our all!" Before he enlarged it and threw it into the air.
As the light from the pokeball dissapeared, infront of Wulfric stood a white pokemon with green arm, legs and a green tail. This pokemon is also known as the Frost Three pokemon.
"So the final battle will be the same as last time!" Ash said as he threw his final choice into the air.
The pokemon who appeared from the pokeball was non other than Ash's famous Greninja, the Ninja pokemon gave a smile as he saw his opponent.
Ash: That'a right Greninja! Abomasnow again!
"Gren!" It replied as he made a battle stance while watching his opponent carefully who was beating his chest as it roared loudly.
Viola: This will be the final match of this gym battle. Are both of you ready?
Both Ash and Wulfric nodded and then Viola signalled them to begin.
Ash: Greninja! Let's start off with Cut!
Wulfric: Retaliate with Wood Hammer!
Greninja formed two white blades in his hands and quickly started running towards his opponent.
When Greninja was getting closer and closer, Abomasnow's arm started to extend, glowing bright green. Abomasnow slammed his arm forward, straight at Greninja who was about to strike with his small glowing blades.
The both attacks collided, both trying to push harder to get the first hit off but to no avail, the attacks drew as they moved back a bit before theur trainers gave them their next command.
Ash: Water Shuriken now!
Wulfric: Block it with Ice Shard!
Greninja leaped into the air while slapping on his thighs which created small water shurikens. When he had them in his webbed hands, he threw them towards Abomasnow who opened his mouth and fired sharp pieces of ice towards the incoming water type move.
Both attacks collided and again, it was a stalemate.
"What do you say Ash? Shall we put the stakes a little bit higher?" Wulfric said as he grabbed his necklace from under his shirt.
Ash: I was just about to say the same!
Abomasnow looked at his trainer as he touched the keystone and said. "Alright Abomasnow! Mega Evolve!" Then blinding lights started to appear from Amobasnow and Wulfric's necklace and the transformation started.
When it was completed, infront of Wulfric stood Mega Abomasnow who was atleast 4 times the size of what is was. The sight of the Frost Three pokemon was intimidating everyone except for Ash and Greninja who just smiled at the sight of it.
Brock: Mega Abomasnow! I didn't knos Wulfric could mega evolve!
Serena: As you see, he can! And it's really strong aswell!
Then Greninja and Ash locked eyes before he turned his head back to his opponent. Both Ash and Greninja raised a hand into the air before Ash said "Alright Greninja! Let's show them our real power and let's get stronger together!"
A waterspiral shot up into the air with Greninja vanishing inside of it. The waterspiral started to grow bigger and eventually exploded. When it did, Greninja jumped into the air as it changed from form. He tucked his arms in and all the water of the exploded waterspiral started to gather into a sphere on Greninka's back. When it had enough water, it changed into a large blue water shuriked and Greninja widened his arms again, releasing a powerful battlecry as he landed infront of Ash.
"Yeey! Ash Greninja!" Bonnie shouted.
"Ash Greninja? What happened!?" Max shouted as he had no clue.
"That's Ash-Greninja! One of Ash's strongest pokemon. What you've just seen is a bond phenomenon transformation which only Ash and Greninja are able to pull off!" Serena said as a proud smile formed on her face.
That smile quickly changed as she said "but..."
May: But what Serena?
"When Greninja takes damage, Ash will take it too..." Serena said in a worried tone.
Brock: I'm sure Ash will be alright Serena, he survived worse things than this.
"Greninja use Aerial Ace, now!" Ash commanded.
Greninja started to run at a higher speed than it used to run, cracks in the ground formed on the spot where it first stood. Greninja's legs and webbed hands started to glow as he sped towards Abomasnow.
Wulfric: Ice Shard now!
Abomasnow opened his mouth and fired multiple sharp spear like pieces of ice towards Greninja.
Greninja who was at high speed, somehow managed to dodge the incoming attack and struck Abomasnow on the head. Then he followed up with a uppercut, a jab to the side, a kick in his belly and finally he did a fronflip and kicked his foot straight down at Abomasnow's head.
Abomasnow fell down to the ground and Greninja was looking at the large beast.
Wulfric smirked, he knew they had more to give and proved it as he commanded "Abomasnow! Now use Brick Break!"
To Ash and Greninja's suprise, Abomasnow let out a loud roar and got up quickly before slamming his arm on Greninja who was watching with widened eyes.
The attack hit hard and both Ash and Greninja groaned in pain.
Wulfric wasn't done yet as he commanded the next attack. "Now Earthquake!"
Abomasnow started to stamp with his feet on the ground which started to tremble terribly. Greninja got launched into the air before falling hard onto the ground as a small cloud of dust whipped up.
Both Ash and Greninja screamed in pain as he grabbed his chest with both arms, worrying everyone in the stands.
Serena was about to yell to Ash but he put his hand up, saying he wasn't giving up.
As the dustcloud faded Greninja stood there while the water shuriken on his back had grown a bit larger as water kept sparking of it. Both Ash and Greninja had a look of sheer determination in their eyes.
"We aren't done yet" Ash shouted as he and Greninja were breathing heavy.
Wulfric: I'm suprised that Greninja is still standing, but this will do it for sure! Abomasnow Woodhammer!
Abomasnow let out a loud, almost demonic roar as his arm enlarged before he charged straight dor Greninja.
Both Ash and Greninja were calm and relaxed as the big roaring beast ran towards them, smashing everything in it's path.
"Use Double Team into Cut!" Ash shouted
As Abomasnow closed in rapidly, Greninja split up into what looked like hundreds of copies, confusing Abomasnow.
"Clean them all up!" Wulfric shouted.
Abomasnow nodded and quickly started to swing his extended, green glowing arm around, swiping copy after copy until there were no more.
When both Wulfric and Abomasnow were processing what happened, Greninja appeared above Abomasnow with instead of white, purple glowing blades in hos hands.
Greninja started spinning as it dived down, creating what looked like a purple Gyro ball and slammed right into Abomasnow who cried out in pain.
"That was... Night Slash..." Ash thought as he still had his focus on Abomasnow before he yelled.
"Now use Aerial Ace!"
Greninja leaped up once again and his feet and arms started glowing light blue as he delivered a barrage of jabs and kicks to his opponent who was struggling to stay up as one attack hit after the other.
"Ready for more!" Ash shouted as both he and Greninja raised an arm into the air.
A giant water spiral made of blue and golden rings surrounded Greninja before it exploded, revealing a giant golden water shuriken spinning above Greninja.
"Let it rip!" Ash shouted as he threw his arm forward.
"NINJAAAAA" Greninja yelled while he unleashed the giant golden water shuriken from his grip as he threw it towards Abomasnow.
Wulfric: Quick Abomasnow! Use Ice Shard!
Abomasnow roared once more as it opened his mouth and launched multiple spear like ice pieces towards the giant water shuriken but it was to no avail. The water shuriken cut through each piece, gaining more and more speed and power.
All Wulfric and Abomasnow could was just watch with widened eyes as the water shuriken approached.
The giant golden water shuriken slammed into Abomasnow with full force, creating a massive explosion. The smoke covered the whole stadium which could be seen from miles away.
After minutes what seemed like hours the smoke faded. Everyone could see both pokemon standing infront of their trainers, watching eachother with a close eye. Greninja stumbled but managed to regain his footing as Abomasnow smirked before it fell down to the ground, reverting back to his normal form.
Viola: Abomasnow is unable to battle! That means the winner of this gym battle is Ash Ketchum of Vaniville town!
As soon as Ash heard the signal from Viola, both Ash and Greninja collapsed to the ground while Greninja reverted back to his normal form. Both were breathing heavy as the damage had taken it's toll.
After half a minute orso, Ash managed to stand up again and made his way to Greninja.
"Great Job buddy, I knew you could do it!" Ash praised his loyal Kalos starter.
Greninja nodded and gave a happy smile.
Ash just managed to get on his feet again before he got tackled to the ground by an overjoyed Serena.
"You've done it Ash! You've really done it!" Serena said as she kept rubbing her head on Ash's chest while hugging him tightly.
Ash returned the hug and said. "Thanks Serena, thats because all of you cheered us on!"
Lucario also dived in and joined the hug while barking happily which made the rest of the gang, including Viola and Wulfric who just joined laugh.
When they stood back up, Serena kissed Ash on his lips. As they broke the kiss, Serena said "I'm so, so proud of you!" Which made Ash chuckle a bit.
Max: You were so amazing Ash!
"Thanks Max but I don't know about that" Ash said as he scratched the back of his head out of embarrassement.
Brock: He's right Ash! You've really done well!
"Not to mention that you've matured a lot since when we traveled through Sinnoh!" Dawn said as she signalled for a high five which Ash gladly gave her.
May: Yeah! And that thing with the Electro webs! You have to teach me that! It was so beautiful...
Gary: You did well Ash!
Ash: Thanks guys...
"You've matured indeed Ash." Wulfric said as he and Viola approached them.
"Thanks Wulfric! It was a great battle and I liked every second of it!" Ash said excitedly.
"And I managed to capture every moment of it!" Viola said holding out her camera.
They all laughed for a moment until Wulfric spoke up.
"Ash, for your incredible the incredible battle we had which you proven yourself to be victorious. Therefore I present you the Ice Pearl Badge!" Wulfric said as he extended his hand and opened it with the Ice Pearl badge inside.
Ash carefully took the badge and as excitement started to build up inside of him, he stretched out his arm while holding the badge as he yelled "I've got the Ice Pearl badge!"
"Pi! Pikachu!" Pikachu cried out as he jumped up fist bumping the air.
"Rwuawrr" Lucario barked also doing a fist bump into the air.
Greninja did an equal pose like Ash did while Houndoom was happily barking.
As Ash did his pose, Serena swung her arms around Ash's neck and she hugged him from behind, pressing the side of her face against Ash's cheek while smiling.
Suddenly Dawn spoke up as she said "Hands up who missed Ash posing like this" while raising her hand into the air.
Max, Brock, Gary, May, Bonnie and Serena raised their hands, Shauna was confused as she had never seen a gym battle from Ash.
Then Wulfric spoke up as he looked at Gary: Gary isn't it right? What about we battle tonight? Then I should have enough time to heal my pokemon.
Gary: Sure!
Bonnie: What are we gonna do in the meantime then?
"Max?" Ash said as he looked ocer at the young trainer.
"You mean...?" Max said as stars appeared in his eyes.
"After we bring my pokemon to the pokemon center, we can have our battle? How about a 2 on 2?"
"YES PLEASE!" Max shouted as he was overjoyed with excitement.
The whole gang laughed about the young trainer from petalburg city's excitement before they made their way to the pokemon center.
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Chapter 43! This was the longest one I've made yet with 5000+ words! I hope you enjoy reading this chapter and let me know if you want me to add anything or if you want to know how the battle between Max and Viola will end as Ash and the gang will be back on school by then.