Love in the Time of Teamwork

Chapter 15: A Triple

I've never explicitly stated it within the story, but you're free to make Ash and the gang roughly any reasonable age you want. He doesn't have to be ten, in other words. But I'm not definitively making them a particular age. That said, it's time for the exciting, illustrious Chapter 15!

Chapter 15

A Triple

"Look at that, Greninja, Serena's battling it out with Shauna," Ash said excitedly, pointing at the screen they were nearest to. Greninja turned his head and nodded, watching the screen with just as much interest as his trainer. The two of them were currently standing on a large bridge that crossed over the largest part of the city's river. At intervals along the large structure were more monitors displaying the results of the final day so far. Ash had watched almost every one of them in vivid detail as he ran along. Greninja started to as well, especially when Sceptile and Blaziken were battling it out.

Now it seemed like their team was getting into a real piece of the action, with Serena, Brock, and Gary facing off against the trio of Shauna, Trevor and Tierno respectively. Ash didn't worry about any one of them. They'd pull out a victory. Now, if only he could find a suitable opponent. He'd been looking for Seamus, wanting to battle it out again...until he got completely lost and ended up here.

"Chansey, we've got five moves, so let's make the most of it," Brock's voice rang out over the monitors. "Use Secret Power!"

"Chansey chan!" the Egg Pokémon chanted out. She closed her eyes and the pink aura that Ash had seen only a few times before surrounded Chansey's body before blasting outward towards Charmeleon. Naturally, Trevor ordered for his Pokémon to dodge, but Chansey's Secret Power was so widespread that Charmeleon was simply blasted back instead.

"Steady yourself and use Flame Burst," Trevor ordered. Ash found his feet stopping once again, watching raptly as Charmeleon spit out a large bullet of flame that was aiming for Brock's Pokémon. Chansey just stood there and took the attack while the embers of the attack shot off towards Serena and Shauna's battle. Apparently their Appeal Zone stopped the attack from interfering at all, although the camera didn't focus on the girls' battle, to Ash's displeasure. "Okay, if that doesn't work, rush in and use Fire Spin!"

"Charmeleon!" the Flame Pokémon cried out. It opened its jaw wide and fire rushed out of it while Charmeleon ran forward. The effect of the attack streaming out combined with Charmeleon's assault almost made it look like it was using something like Flame Charge or Flare Blitz as it came close. Ash had to admire Chansey's fortitude more; the Pokémon wasn't moving at all.

Rather, she didn't move until Charmeleon came close and Brock ordered a very simple attack.

"Pound." Chansey raised its hand and Ash flinched. He'd seen Chansey as a Happiny before use incredible strength in a battle or just bench-pressing mountains. As a Chansey...well, all he had to do was look at the screen. The Egg Pokémon slammed its open palm down on Charmeleon. Trevor hadn't seen it coming as Charmeleon slammed into the ground. The shock was evident on its face as it got a face full of dirt.

"Quick, bite it with Fire Fang!" Charmeleon raised its head just a little as its fangs blazed. With the strength it had, Charmeleon lunged forward and bit into Chansey's lower body, the flames clearly hurting Brock's Pokémon. Chansey twisted and turned around, bringing Charmeleon with it, as she tried to fling the Pokémon away from her. Charmeleon remained riveted in place, allowing no chance for escape.

"Don't panic, Chansey, and use Secret Power," Brock said in his calmest voice. He always knew how to command his Pokémon. That was probably why Ash looked up to him, bringing a smile to his face. Chansey's body once more glowed pink and that same aura pulsated outward. Charmeleon was blasted off, but didn't go too far. That turned into a rather lucky break for Trevor.