1.Ash's Story (Part 3: Hoenn)

Chapter 55

When we head back to Ever Grande City, we find that Wallace, East, and Lisia are waiting for us. From the looks of it, Wallace has been training Lisia with the contest moves.

"Hey, Ash! How is your battle?" Lisia leans closer to me, only to be pulled away by Reisa.

"You are making him uncomfortable, Lisia." Alice sighs as the others laugh. Wallace turns to me and says, "So you get all 4 medals, as expected from you."

"Yeah, and now the Champion is the only thing left." I say.

When we go to the battlefield, we can see a lot of fan girls and they are cheering for me. As for Wallace's surprise opening, they cheer even louder. Alice mutters, "Why do I feel a little jealous..."

East says, "That is because Ash is famous, the same goes for Dad. They have a lot in common you know, and both of them are Champions and Top Coordinators."

Reisa says, "She is right. Alice, you have to be quick or else he will be taken away." Alice then blushes on Reisa's comment.

After the rules stating from the announcer, Minami says, "If Brother wins this match, it will be his second Champion title."

"Yeah. I hope Ash can win." May says.

Steven says, "Though I wonder how will the battle turn out."

"Welcome, Ash. That incident in Sootopolis City... That was superb work, putting an end to that crisis all by yourself. Oops! It wouldn't be fair to say that you alone ended the crisis. You overcame that difficult situation by working as one with your Pokémon. We Trainers raise Pokémon by giving them items and by teaching them new techniques for battle. But we ourselves also learn many things from Pokémon. And this is where your achievements are put to the test against what others like you have achieved. Now! Who can most elegantly dance with their Pokémon in Hoenn? Show me right here and now!"

"You bet!" I say to him as we send out our first Pokemon. Wallace chooses Wailord while I go with Meganium. Meganium uses Vine Whip to hit Wailord, but Wailord uses Blizzard, causing Meganium to get hurt.

"Meganium, are you okay?" I ask her, and she nods at me. "Good, now use Energy Ball!"

Meganium fires the attack, and it damages Wailord.

"Nice try, but you can do better than that! Use Heavy Slam!" Wailord uses Heavy Slam, causing Meganium to be under him. Meganium then fires Petal Blizzard to send him flying and defeat him.

Next is Gyarados, who defeats Meganium with an Ice Fang. My second Pokemon is Manectric, and it uses Electric Terrain to power up his Electric moves, then uses Wild Charge to finish it off.

Whiscash is Wallace's 3rd Pokemon. Due to being Ground Type, Manectric can't do much damage. And Manectric is defeated by a powerful Earthquake. Sceptile is my third choice. Sceptile uses Bullet Seed and even jumps high to dodge the attack. Then Whiscash uses Rock Tomb to surround Sceptile, only to be knocked out by Dual Chop.

"Since one has three Pokemon unable to battle, there will be a 5-minute break!" The referee says.

After we're in the resting room, I say, "Pikachu, I'm sorry that you have to sit this one out."

Pikachu sighs, "It's fine, I should have let my sister do the work this time. She has been training hard for this battle."

Then after we get back, Wallace sends out Ludicolo, while I send out Beautifly, which catches a lot of fans' eyes. Beautifly uses Solar Beam, which Ludicolo dodges and it uses Ice Beam, which freezes the wings of Beautifly. Beautifly uses Gust before it lands on the ground. But it breaks free using Struggle Bug and defeats Ludicolo with Bug Buzz. Wallace sends out Tentacruel, which defeats Beautifly by using Sludge Wave.