The beginning of a new road {Path of the Aura Ranger: Book II}

III Pikachu's P.O.V

We returned to the Driftveil City Gym, only for the Gym Leader to refuse to battle us again! Like come on! Are you for real?! This time Gym Leader Clay was too busy as he has run out of Revival Herbs. Ash jumped at the chance of making the process quicker and offered to go and look for them himself. And by himself, he meant the whole group. Clay took the deal. So we set off to the Driftveil Market to find some... of course, it would not be this easy! Not with us people!

There, through our good friend Charles, we learn that the only place where Revival Herbs grow is on Milos Island, known as the Island of Legends.

Legends... of course...

Knowing that there was no way we could ignore this clear sign, we left for the island and were told to seek out a guide named Lewis. We traveled a great distance to find him, but Lewis sadly told us that he was unable to find any Revival Herbs either... there hasn't been any rain for a very long time, and all the herbs have dried up.

Lewis and his Gothorita have planned a rainmaking ceremony to appeal to the Legendary Pokemon Landorus, whose presence is said to make the land fertile.

Another Legendary...

Hey, why is it that no one thought of using Rainy Dance on the field? Someone! Can someone hear me? No one? Of course!

So, as everyone ignored me, Lewis and his Gothorita proceeded with the ceremony and summoned the Legendary Landorus. Because of course he would come! We have The Chosen One with us! That's Legendary bait if I know any! Luckily, nothing went wrong and we got our herbs... I really hope I did not just jinx us...

Well, moving on, we returned to the gym and presented the bag of Revival Herbs to the Gym Leader. Seeing as they were good quality Clay accepted Ash and Max's request for a Gym Battle. Clay lead our group to a wall and pressed a button on the door that lead us to the gym's battlefield.

What is it with Unova Gym Leader's and their secret battlefield rooms? I asked myself as Ash took his position as the challenger. It was our time to go first.

The referee declares that the Gym Battle will be a three-on-three match, as the rest of our group went to take their seats, and then Clay sent out his first pokemon, a Krokorok. Ash, on his part, sent out his Dewott then promptly commanded an Aqua Jet, but as expected Krokorok dodged it by using Dig. The Aqua Jet was just a way to measure Krokorok's speed.

Dewott stopped himself from crashing into a wall, just in time for Krokorok to leap out the ground and unleash a powerful Sandstorm, that covered the whole field. Dewott tried to fight off the Sandstorm, but got buffeted by it and blinded when sand got into his eyes. Krokorok took advantage of that and used Bite on Dewott.

"Dewott! Use Razor Shell and get him off you!" Ash commanded in his Ace Captain Ranger tone- which had Dewott stop panicking and use the terrain perception training Bulbasaur had beaten into him. Using his other senses, Dewott was able to knock Krokorok off him with a swing of his scalchop. "Now, Water Counter Shield!" Dewott rapidly spun as he fired off a Water Gun to create a water geyser which caused a downpour, managing to stop the sandstorm as well as washing out his eyes. Krokorok tried to escape by digging underground but Dewott simply fired another Water Gun into the hole, flushing the Ground-type pokemon out and into the air. Dewott then proceeded to use an Aqua Jet. This time the move met it's mark and then finished the battle with a Razor Shell. "Nicely done!" Ash cheered as Dewott threw himself into his arms.

"Not bad kiddo," I praised the Water-type pokemon. "You've grown up a lot from the scaredy pokemon that couldn't even open his eyes under water."

"Please don't remind me Pikachu-senpai!" Dewott moaned in embarrassment, making me laugh.

"Not bad," Gym Leader Clay praised as he returned his fainted pokemon, making us pay back attention to the battle. "But it will not be enough to defeat me! Sandslash you are next!"