Ash's Story (Part 6: Unova)

Chapter 49

As we arrive at Vertress City, we find a lone Helioptile there, which is strange because Helioptile is a Kalos-native Pokemon. It tries to attack us with Parabolic Charge, but then a woman rushes to us and says, "Sorry, this little one scares easily."

"So does that mean the Pokemon is yours?" Iris asks.

"Yes, we're a team." The woman says. "My name is Alexa. I'm a Pokemon Journalist. I'm a magazine writer and a photographer. I'm here on a mission to see the battle between the Champions and write a report about it."

"That's us..." I say, and she wants to interview us, we decide to do it after the battle because we know that Mr. Goodshow is waiting for us. After we greet him, we use the Battlefield as we are going to have a battle.

Iris is now dressed in her Champion outfit, and she says, "Know what? I really look forward to having serious battles with strong Trainers! I mean, come on! The Trainers who make it here are Trainers who desire victory with every fiber of their being! And they are battling alongside Pokémon that have been through countless difficult battles! If I battle with people like that, not only will I get stronger, my Pokémon will, too! And we'll get to know each other even better! OK! Brace yourself! I'm Iris, the Pokémon League Champion, and I'm going to defeat you!"

"Let's see about that!" I say.

The match begins as Iris sends out Archeops. I decide to send out Seismitoad. Seismitoad uses a Sludge Bomb to make Archeops poisoned. Archeops uses Acrobatics to keep hitting Seismitoad, causing both Pokemon to faint.

Iris sends out Excadrill next, and I decide to send out Pikachu. I start the battle with Pikachu using Thunderbolt, which naturally has no effect on a part Ground-type like Excadrill. Iris then tells Excadrill to use Drill Run. I cleverly command Pikachu to use Quick Attack which helps it dodge the attack. However, Iris's Excadrill grabs Pikachu's tail between its claws, thrusts Pikachu across the arena, and then slams it using Metal Claw.

Pikachu manages to flip around and get back on its feet. It uses Iron Tail while Excadrill uses another Metal Claw. The two dive towards each other but Pikachu dodges the opposing Pokémon's attack and slams Excadrill to the ground.

Iris follows up with Focus Blast while Pikachu charges up Electro Ball. The two attacks collide into an electric light explosion. Iris's Pokémon drills into the ground and attacks Pikachu. I have Pikachu keep spinning and it uses the momentum to land a powerful Iron Tail into Excadrill's face. Despite the powerful attack, Excadrill still stands. It uses Drill Run while Ash tells Pikachu to use another Iron Tail. However, right before Pikachu can execute its attack, the opposing Pokémon rams into Pikachu, making it fall to the ground. Pikachu still manages to stand as Excadrill digs into the ground but misses Pikachu when it rises up. Iris then commands it to use Focus Blast which lands directly into Pikachu, causing it to fly backward and smash against the wall, also making Pikachu faint.

"Pikachu... you did your best." I frown before giving him to Alice. Then I send out Lucario as my third Pokemon. Lucario uses Power-Up Punch first, but Excadrill dodges by using Dig. But Lucario manages to sense the aura and find Excadrill, giving him a Bone Rush to make it faint.

Iris sends out Emolga next. Emolga uses Discharge on Lucario, but he crosses his arms and braces the attack. Then Lucario uses Dark Pulse, which hits Emolga. Emolga tries to use Attract, but Lucario crushes the hearts using Bone Rush. Then Emolga is defeated when Lucario fires Dragon Pulse.

"Wow, Ash and Iris aren't holding back." Reisa says.

"Yeah. I can sense the flavor of two different spices trying to mix together." Cilan says.

Iris sends out Druddigon. Druddigon defeats Lucario with a Dragon Claw, so I send out Vanilluxe.

"I won't back down even if it is an Ice-type." Iris says. Druddigon and Vanilluxe exchange attacks, but Druddigon lost when Vanilluxe uses Blizzard. Iris sends out Dragonite, which uses Dragon Rush with the combination of Flamethrower to defeat Vanilluxe. I decide to go with Gardevoir. Gardevoir uses Moonblast, causing Dragonite to get hurt. Dragonite uses Thunder Punch, but Gardevoir just teleports away. Then I have Gardevoir uses Attract so that Dragonite is immobilized by love, and then we finish it with a Draining Kiss.