Chapter 2
"Meganium, use Razor Leaf!" Ash yells to his Pokémon. Meganium lowers its head and raises the petals on its neck; sharp spinning leaves shoot out from under the petals and careen towards Tropius.
"Tropius, dodge it with Fly." Goliath calmly commands. Tropius flaps the four giant leaves on its back and is carried into the air quickly; the Razor Leaf shoots right under it. "Now, hit it with everything you've got." Tropius gives one good flap to its leaves and speeds towards Meganium. It hits Meganium with its head, impacting Meganium's chest. Meganium is knocked back a few feat and flipped onto its back; Tropius lands standing over Meganium.
Meganium, try to get up and use Take Down!" Meganium rolls onto its side and stands up. It launches itself at Tropius, putting its entire weight into the tackling motion.
"Tropius, Aerial Ace!" Tropius flaps its leaves and flies quickly into the air and down towards Meganium. Meganium tries to jump on top of Tropius while it was close to the ground but fails. Tropius strikes Meganium hard with its leaf while passing. Meganium, however, isn't fazed. Tropius hovers a few feet away from Meganium just above the ground.
We've got to somehow keep Tropius on the ground. Ash frantically thinks to himself. Ash suddenly gains a confident look on his face. "Meganium, Vine Whip and keep Tropius close to the ground!" Meganium, with a ferocious look on its face, lashed a vine, from under its petal, at Tropius rapping it around its torso. Meganium pulls with all its weight and Tropius starts to fall to the ground.
"Tropius, Whirlwind! Lift Meganium off the ground!" Tropius viciously flaps its leaves creating massive winds that twisted towards Meganium.
"Jump to the left Meganium!" Meganium hops a few feet to the left and the small tornado went right past Meganium and dissipated a few feet past it. "Now Meganium, pull it down with all your might! Use Strength!" Meganium yanks the vine hard and Tropius falls straight to the ground. Tropius lands on its back and has the wind knocked out of it, it cannot move and has an exhausted look on its face.
"Tropius, you have to get up!" Tropius snaps out of its immobility and squirms trying to roll over and get the vine off it.
"Not a chance! Meganium, tie down Tropius's arms, legs, leaves, and tail with Grass Knot!" Meganium releases its vine and begins to glow a feint green. Suddenly, long blades of grass sprout from underneath Tropius and rap around its arms, legs, leaves, and tail creating small tight knots. "Excellent, it can't move. Meganium, use Body Slam!" Meganium runs towards Tropius, jumps over it and falls directly on top of it. Tropius stretches its long neck and lets out a pain induced screech, falling unconscious.
"Tropius is unable to battle!" the referee yells. Goliath recalls Tropius to its Pokéball. He grabs another Pokéball from his belt and holds it out in front of him.
"Glaceon, it is time." The Pokéball in Goliath's hand opens and a small fox like Pokémon comes out. "Glaceon, use Icy Wind." Glaceon opens its mouth and small shards of ice spew out towards Meganium.
"Look out Meganium!" Meganium attempts to run out of the winds area of effect but could not. Meganium is pummeled and scratched by the ice. Meganium, now looking very beat up, is barely able to keep standing. "Meganium, Synthesis!" Meganium closes its eyes and begins to glow a vibrant lime green. The wounds on its body begin to disappear.
"Glaceon, quickly while it's healing! Use Ice Beam!" Glaceon opens its mouth and a small orb of light blue energy materializes at the opening of its mouth. The orb shoots out three lighting bolt like beams towards Meganium.
"No! Meganium!" Meganium is impacted by the beams while still restoring itself; it is frozen in place by a giant block of ice.
"Meganium is unable to battle." The referee announces. Ash recalls Meganium to its Pokéball.
"Guess I'll try Charizard." Ash unclips a Pokéball from his belt and throws it into the air. Charizard appears in a flash of light onto the field. It roars loudly for its emergence into the battle. "Right! Let's keep that confidence and moral! Flamethrower!" Charizard opens his mouth and shoots a large line of flames at Glaceon.
"Glaceon, Double Team." Glaceon splits into ten images of itself. The flame hits one and the image disappears.
"Charizard, hit all the images with a continuous Flamethrower." Charizard spits fire from its mouth and turns as it aims at the images. Each image disappears and Charizard stops. "What?!"
"I learned this from you, Ash. Glaceon, Ice Fang." Glaceon dives towards Charizard from above and bites Charizard's throat. The area around the bite is coated by a thin layer of ice. Charizard roars in pain and begins to rampage; Glaceon lets go and lands easily on its feet.
"Charizard, get rid of the ice with Heat Wave!" Charizard stops rampaging and lets out a huge roar; the air in the arena gets very hot. The ice melts off and Glaceon begins to cringe from the heat. "Charizard, while Glaceon is hurting! Use Eruption!" Charizard roars and giant balls of fire fly from its mouth in every direction. The audience that is lower in the stands screams and has to quickly move to not get hit and the referee has to dodge many of the fire balls. Charizard aims its head toward Glaceon and a large meteor erupts from its mouth; it flies towards Glaceon at high speeds.
"Glaceon, protect!" Glaceon let out a small cry and a clear green shield appeared in front of its body and deflected the meteor to the side; the meteor hits the wall of the battle field and exploded, destroying a portion of the wall. "Now, Glaceon use Blizzard!" Glaceon screamed and the air got very cold and a gust of snow appeared out of nowhere and consumed the field.
"I can't see anything… Charizard are you doing alright?" Ash yells into the invisible field. Charizard roars in response. "Alright, use Blast Burn and finish this!" Charizard curls his arms, legs, tail, wings, and head into a ball. Finally, Charizard releases his limbs and flails out while roaring. Fire bursts from him in every direction, clearing the blizzard and hitting Glaceon with full force. The fire dissipates and leaves the field singed; smoke rises from every corner of the field. Glaceon is lying on the ground, burnt and completely unconscious.
"Glaceon is unable to battle!" the referee yells while coughing from the smoke. Goliath, covering his mouth with his cloak, recalls Glaceon into its Pokéball. Charizard turns to Ash with a happy look on its face and accidentally shoots a flame at Ash in its excitement. Ash jumps out of the way and laughs while covering his mouth with his jacket.
"Ninetales, it is time." Goliath grabbed a Pokéball from his belt and released Ninetales. "Use Will- o- Wisp." Ninetales made an eerie noise and five small blue flames appear rotating around its body. Suddenly, one of the flames starts to move slowly towards Charizard.
"Charizard, fly up in the air to dodge it!" Charizard flaps its wings and shoots into the air like a bullet but the flame follows it. "Charizard it can't move very fast; just stay ahead of it!"
"Don't be so sure Ash. Ninetales release them!" Ninetales makes that same eerie noise and all five flames streak towards Charizard with incredible speed; they look like blue lines moving through the air. Charizard is hit by all five of them immediately and is set on fire with blue flames. Charizard roars in pain and falls to the ground.
Damn! Will-o Wisp can still hurt Charizard really bad because it's ghost fire! Ash screams in his head. "Charizard, try and stand up!" Charizard struggles to get up from the burning pain but manages to stand. "Charizard, Seismic Toss!" Charizard runs towards Nintales while still flaming.
"Ninetales, Agility." Ninetales pounces and moves faster than the eye can see. "Dark Pulse." Ninetales appears right next to Charizard, whose face was riddled with pain and fear, and released an explosion of black energy. Charizard is knocked to the ground fast and hard, completely unconscious.
"Charizard is unable to battle!" the referee decrees. Ash recalls Charizard to its Pokéball. Ash unclips a Pokéball from his belt and throws it into the air. A large otter like Pokémon appears on the field.
"Floatzel, Aqua Jet!" Floatzel launches itself towards Ninetales while surrounding itself with water. Ninetales doesn't have any time to dodge and they hit each other square in the head. Ninetales is knocked back and skids along the field, soaking wet and in pain. Floatzel lands on its feet easily and gracefully. "Floatzel follow it up with Water Pulse!" Floatzel holds its palms over each other and a small blue orb that looks like rushing water appears. Floatzel pushes the orb towards Ninetales and the orb flies towards Ninetales quickly.
"Ninetales, use Swagger!" Ninetales closes its eyes and sighs as if it's bored. The Water Pulse hits Ninetales and sends it flying backwards but Ninetales continues to sigh, impacting a wall. Floatzel gets a really angry expression on its face.
"Huh?" Ash looks at Floatzel. "Floatzel! Don't fall for it! Keep your cool!" Floatzel doesn't hear him. Floatzel charges at Ninetales who jumps out of the way just in time. Floatzel crashes its head into the wall behind Ninetales and staggers backwards. "Floatzel are you alright?!" Floatzel has his hands on his head and has a combination of pain and anger in his expression.
"Ninetales, use Fire Blast." Ninetales, cringing from the pain and barely able to stand, fires a large flame shaped like a person at Floatzel. Floatzel can't dodge and is hit hard but Ninetales falls to the ground from exhaustion. Floatzel is knocked to the ground and falls completely unconscious.
"Both Pokémon are unable to continue!" the referee yells. Both of them recall their Pokémon. Goliath unclips his last Pokéball from his belt. Ash looks at Pikachu and nods. Pikachu leaps onto the field.
"Pikachu was your first Pokémon, right Ash?" Golaith asks. Ash nods and Pikachu tenses up. "Well I've raised this Pokémon since it hatched. This was my first Pokémon as well." He held the Pokéball out in front of him. "It is time… my old friend." The ball opened and in a flash of light an odd blue Pokémon appeared on the battle field.
"Woooobbuffet!" the Pokémon yells in a very strange and awkward voice.
"A Wobbuffet?" Ash says surprised. "Umm… Ok… Thunderbolt!" Pikachu tenses its muscles and a flash of yellow light shoots out from it and streaks through the air towards Wobbuffet.
"Mirror Coat." Wobbuffet glows pink and the lightning bolt stops right in front of it and reverses direction back towards Pikachu. The bolt hits Pikachu with double the intensity it started with but Pikachu seems unfazed.
"What?! This is going to be tough… Ok then I'll try a physical attack! Quick Attack!" Pikachu runs towards Wobbuffet with incredible speed.
"Counter." Wobuffet glows blue and Pikachu is lifted into the air right in front of Wobuffet and sent flying backwards, hitting the arena wall.
"No!" Ash runs over to Pikachu. "Pikachu are you alright?" Ash asks concerned. Pikachu groans but hops on its feet immediately. "Alright, if he can stop any attack we throw at him then we will have to paralyze it first. Thunderwave." Pikachu runs back to the field with Ash and Pikachu jumps in front of him. Small blue electric sparks fly out of Pikachu's red cheeks; a small bolt rushes towards Wobbuffet.
"Safeguard." Wobbuffet glows white and the bolt dissipates as it hits Wobbuffet.
"What?! How can we beat this thing?! Keep attacking with anything you can, Pikachu!" Ash yells in disbelief as he sees all of Pikachu's attacks get deflected. "Is it even possible?!" Pikachu, now exhausted and in pain, lies on the ground while breathing heavily. "Pikachu!" Ash runs over to the small Pokémon and tries to pick it up but Pikachu sparks electricity to stop him. "You… You want to keep fighting?" Ash says in disbelief of the resilience of his Pikachu. "But… you're in pain… you should stop!" Pikachu ferociously shakes his head.
"Pika! Pikachu!" Pikachu yells loudly and angrily at Ash.
"You're not giving up… And neither am I!" Ash yells with a new feeling of confidence. "Alright Pikachu! Use Volt Tackle with everything you've got!" Pikachu lets out a high pitched roar and rushes at Wobbuffet surrounded by a massive electric aura. The sparks from the electric attack hit the light posts in the stadium and cause them to short circuit and shut down. The only light in the stadium is Pikachu's huge aura rushing towards Wobbuffet.
"Wobbuffet! Counter!" Wobbuffet glows blue; Pikachu collides with Wobbuffet. The two are still, both forces pushing against each other. Finally the energy between the two attacks releases and there is a massive explosion. The entire stadium is consumed in smoke and dust. People are coughing, children are screaming, and Medics start rushing out of the stadium doors to aid people. Three minutes of chaos pass and the stadium is empty except for Ash, Goliath, the referee, and Ash's companions.
The smoke begins to clear.