A New Journey - Ash Ketchum {2}

Chapter 95 - Ring Masters

With Brock feeling much better the next day, Emma and her friends continued on their journey once the snowstorm stopped. They walked through the small-town Emma was at the other day to get medicine.

As they continued walking, they spotted in the yard of a building a Nidoking wrestling a blue Pokémon.

It is a bulky, bipedal, crocodilian Pokémon with blue scales. It has large, powerful jaws lined with several sharp fangs. Three teeth are visible when its jaws are closed: two in its lower jaw and one in its upper. Its eyes are red with black markings around them and ridges above them and its lower jaw is yellow. There are three red spines on its body, each with three points: one on top of its head, one between its shoulders, and one near the tip of its tail. There are also several groups of large, rectangular scales on its arms, knees, tail, and waist. Its back is slightly hunched with ridges behind the shoulders and hips. On its lower body is a yellow, V-shaped marking that extends up to its thighs; there is a thin line through the center of the marking. Its arms have five clawed fingers each, and its feet three clawed toes.

Molly grinned. "What's that Pokémon?!"

Emma held out her Dexter. "Let's see..."

Feraligatr, the Big Jaw Pokémon. The final evolution of Totodile. Once a Feraligatr has clamped its powerful jaws around an opponent, it won't let go until the opponent is defeated.

"Totodile will be just like that one day!" Molly said with a smile as she looked up at Ash.

Ash nodded, smiling down at Molly. "That's right! Totodile will grow big and strong like that Feraligatr someday."

The group watched as the Nidoking and Feraligatr continued to wrestle, neither seeming to gain the upper hand. Their powerful bodies slammed against each other as they grappled, kicking up dust.

"Wow, they're really going at it," Misty remarked, her eyes wide.

Then, Feraligatr managed to throw Nidoking off and slid onto the sand. "Next!" Feraligater's trainer, a muscular man with spiky brown hair called.

A trainer with his Heracross approached, and immediately Heracross and Feraligatr started to wrestle.

"Way cool," Ash said with a grin.

Emma watched the intense wrestling match with interest. "It looks like they're training for something," she observed.

Brock nodded. "That guy must be using all different Pokémon to help train his Feraligatr."

Frealigatr managed to take down Heracross. His trainer walked closer and petted it, "Nice work. Let's take a little break."

An elderly man approached. "Your Feraligatr has gotten much stronger, Raiden."

Raiden smirked. "You just mark my words, Shonosuke, this year we're going to win the King's Rock."

"What is a King's Rock?" Ash asked as he looked at Emma.

The girl smiled. "It's one of the evolution stones."

Ash nodded quickly. "Oh. Got it."

"I guess they must have the Pokémon here do Sumo wrestling," Brock said.

Molly pointed. "Uh..."

Ash, the Pikachus, Togepi, Emma and Brock followed her little finger, startled to see Misty had left their side and now standing in front of the Feraligatr.

Misty had clapped her hands together, seemed to have completely changed expression on her face. "It's a... water Pokémon."

Emma groaned and they quickly walked closer. Raiden and Shonosuke turned, noticing the group of young trainers for the first time.