Ash Ketchum, Pokemon Master By ZaneT69

Chapter 13

After repairing Flannery's battlefield and even showing her a standard method and shortcut to speed it up by melting rock; which was used by many Fire-type Gym Leaders, Ash also had to find the Heat Badges for her and then make sure that she knew how to create more of them... which caused her grandfather, Mr. Moore, to reveal himself and help her out with that.

"This will be a three-on-three Pokemon battle between Ash Ketchum and the new gym leader Flannery, with substitutions allowed only for the challenger," Flannery's grandfather, Mr. Moore, said. "Trainers, send out your first Pokemon."

"Grandpa! Do you have to say that I'm new?" Flannery complained.

"No "Grandpa" stuff out here, Flannery. You'll address me as Judge."

"Go Mag!" Flannery said, sending out her Slugma.

"Go Swampert!" Ash said.

Flannery started things up with an order to use Flamethower, it was met and overpowered by Hydro Pump and then followed up with Muddy Water that left Slugma unable to battle.

"Mag is unable to battle. Flannery send out your next Pokemon." Mr. Moore said.

"Go Meg! Use Yawn!" Flannery ordered, to Ash's annoyance.

"Hydro Pump," Ash ordered with visible annoyance. Flannery tried having her Slugma dodge, but the Hydro Pump followed it at high speed. Still, Ash had lost a Pokemon to Sleep status and would have to wake it up.

"Meg is unable to battle! Flannery send out your next Pokemon." Mr. Moore said.

"Go Torkoal! Use Overheat!"

"Wake up, Swampert!" Ash bellowed, putting everything but his magic into the act. It and the Overheat allowed him to succeed. "Now... Hydro Pump!"

"Use Overheat!" Flannery said, and the two moves met and began struggling for dominance... The fire technique was evaporating the water and the water was also combating the heat, it was tedious and Ash opted to have Swampert cancel the Hydro Pump, shield against the weakened Overheat with Protect and then counter attack with Hydro Pump, striking Torkoal and knocking it backwards...

"Torkoal is unable to battle! The winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" Mr. Moore said.

Flannery walked over to Ash. "Here is the Heat Badge, proof of your victory over the Lavaridge Town Gym. 5000 Poke dollars will also be transferred into your account."

"Thanks, Flannery," Ash said politely.

With his fifth badge won, Ash was back to training. He needed all of his Pokemon at level 45 to have another advantage over the Pokemon of Winona.

During this training Ash's Metang evolved into a Metagross, Lairon evolved into a Aggron, and his Snorunt evolved into a Glalie.

After catching a Torkoal in the Valley of Steel, Ash teleported himself, May, and Max to Mauville after May expressed an interest in the contest being held there. While May was preparing for that, Ash was catching a Volbeat, Illumise, and Kecleon, and then releasing them back into the wild, and working on Hoenn Pokedex completion... Ash acquired a Seviper, Clamperl, Gorebyss, Huntail, Luvdisc, and a Medicham, and then traded some away for a Spoink, Grumpig, Hariyama, Shuppet, and had even went to where May had tried to catch an Azurill and then bribed it with berries in exchange for being caught and then released. It worked and Ash honored the agreement and even escorted Azurill back to its parents.