EP 005: Triple Playing
EP 005: Triple Playing
by SSJ04 Mewtwo
Beta/Assistant: Eclispe2025
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"Yes! finally! Striaton City! I'm ready for my first gym battle in Unova!" Ash shouted, excited to be having his first gym battle.
"You are such a kid," Iris said, finally speaking up for the first time since she had seen what she had a few days ago.
"He's not a kid!" Dawn and May shouted.
"The mute one speaks," Angie teased with a smirk and Iris felt her face flame up, remembering what Angie and Ash had done.
"Something wrong? You seem to be blushing," Anabel grinned.
"Hey! Let's go! I've got a gym battle to win!" Ash called out, having gotten some distance from the girls.
"He's confident as usual," Angie grinned.
"Wait up!" Dawn and May shouted.
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Ash was nearing the outskirts of Striaton City when something struck his head, knocking him out. Pikachu growled at the Salamence that was snickering and its trainer who was smiling with evil intentions.
"Awe, did I hurt the mouse's trainer?" J taunted. "Salamence, grab the boy. Time to cash in."
"Hold it!" Anabel shouted.
"Mamoswine!" Dawn shouted.
"Blaziken!" May called out and the two Pokémon came out of their balls, ready to fight.
"Metagross, I need you my friend!" Anabel called forth. J growled. She could have taken out the two coordinators, but facing three Pokémon would be too taxing, especially if the three girls had six Pokémon each then there was no way that J could beat them.
"Damn you...I'll be back!" J shouted and Salamence took to the sky after J got onto its back and flew to meet up with the air ship.
"Who was that?" Iris asked.
"That was Pokémon Hunter J. She's been chasing Ash all the way from Sinnoh," Angie replied.
"That's a nasty cut," Anabel said.
"Let's get him to the center," Dawn suggested and the others helped to haul Ash to the center.
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"Ugh, what happened?" Ash groaned as his eyes opened. He saw May's concerned face looking back down at him.
"You okay?" May asked as Angie, Dawn, and Anabel came over to the bed as well.
"What hit me?" Ash asked. He was about to sit up, but feeling that his head was in May's lap, he decided to stay right where he was.
"J's Salamence attacked you," Anabel answered.
"Where's J now?" Ash asked.
"Gone, but you can bet she'll be back," Dawn said.
"Yeah, and probably will chase us all across the Unova region. Ash, send the Pokémon you’ve got to Oak and bring out the big guns so you'll have a team that can protect you better. The ones you've got can't handle J," Angie said.
"No. I'll stick with what I've got. Plus, I've got Pikachu. I won't do us any good to save my big guns for later if we do run into worse trouble than J, or if one of you is captured," Ash countered.
"But she'll just keep chasing us. She's more dangerous than Jessie and James," Angie said worriedly.
“It's okay," Ash said and took Angie's hand. "We'll be okay, I promise." This declaration seemed to ease Angie's fear and she calmed down. However, what any of them didn't know was that it was more his powerful aura that was calming Angie.
'His aura...is it getting stronger?' Anabel thought to herself.
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"Why can't you control your kid for a boyfriend?" Iris shouted. "He demands a gym battle, refusing food, and then challenges not one, but all three gym leaders!"
"He likes a challenge and he's not a kid," Angie growled.
"I must say, you've got guts to challenge all three of us. Cilan, what flavor would you say is that? And, would mind being the ref?" Chili asks.
"Not at all, and I'm curious to see if all Kanto trainers have this gutsy flavor," Cilan remarked.
"Pansear, go!"
"Tepig, I choose you!"
"Begin," Cilan started the match.
"Tackle!" Ash ordered. Tepig charged and sent Pansear into the air, but the Pokémon managed to land on its feet.
"Fire punch," Chili ordered. This sent Tepig rolling. "Now, follow it up with flame thrower!"
"Tepig, try to block it with ember!" Ash called.
The two flame attacks hit, but to Ash's horror, ember was swallowed up by flamethrower. A loud bang was heard, indicating that Tepig took a hit.
"Dig!"
Pansear burrowed into the ground just before the dust settled. Tepig looked around for Pansear and found it, coming from beneath the piece of ground it was standing upon. Tepig was sent flying into the air, spun, and landed on its belly.
Get up Tepig!" Ash encouraged. The cheerleaders started cheering loudly for Pansear and Chili. However, not to be out done, May and Dawn started cheering for Ash and Tepig, trying to be louder. Angie joined as well.
'Loud battle,' Anabel thought to herself.
"Keep using dig!" Chili ordered.
"Tepig, keep running! It can't get underneath you if you keep moving!" Ash shouted.
Tepig kept running, staying ahead of Pansear. However, Pansear came out right in front of Tepig, tripping it up. While it was in the air, Pansear went back underground.
"Tepig, dive into the hole Pansear made and get it!" Ash shouted.
"You’ve got to be kidding me," Chili said in shock.
"Ash certainly has a daring flavor," Cilan remarked.
The two Pokémon came out of the hole, Tepig holding onto Pansear's tail by the teeth. To force Tepig to let go, Pansear did a back flip, crashing into the ground. Tepig took most of the brunt of the fall, but it would not let go of Pansear.
"That's the way Tepig!" Ash shouted. Tepig started spinning. Once it had gained enough momentum, it finally released its hold on Pansear, throwing it.
"Quickly, before it tries to regain its balance, use ember!" Tepig's ember attack was followed up by a tackle, sending Pansear crashing into a wall.
"Pansear is unable to battle. Round one goes to the challenger Ash," Cilan said and the two trainers returned their Pokémon.
"Hope you don't mind me going next, Cilan," Cress said.
"Not at all," Cilan replied.
"Panpour, let's go."
"Pikachu, you're up."
Pikachu quickly used quick attack, but Panpour's double team attack created an after image that the electric type passed through.
"Panpour, use scratch," Cress ordered. The attack seemed to hurt the mouse. "The type advantage your Pikachu has is useless against my Panpour. Panpour, water gun!"
Pikachu performed some creative acrobatic dodging to get out of the way of Panpour's water gun. Pikachu then went for a thunderbolt. Panpour shot its water gun at Pikachu's feet, throwing it off. Quickly, Panpour blasted Pikachu with another water gun, sending it into the air. Panpour leapt and used multiple scratch attacks.
'This isn't going well,' Anabel thought as Angie, Dawn, and May cheered for Pikachu to get up.
"Volt tackle!"
"That won't work!"
Panpour' smashed the ground, creating a path of mud right in Pikachu's direction. Pikachu slipped and slid and Panpour used another water gun, sending the electric type flying.
"Pikachu is unable to battle. Panpour is the winner," Cilan proclaimed.
"He's good. That strategy was quite sound," Anabel commented.
"Your turn Cilan," Cress grinned.
"Pansage, time to spice things up!"
“Oshawott, I choose you!"
"You’ve got to be kidding me," Angie said.
"That's Ash for you. He's never been one to follow the type advantage rules all the time," Anabel said.
Oshawott, seeing who it would be battling, tried to convince Ash that it might not be able to beat Pansage.
"Listen Oshawott, you can win this. Remember how brave and strong you were when you freed Pikachu and Axew from Team Rocket. Now, I need you to do that again and battle Pansage, okay?" Ash asked and Oshawott, inspired, jumped onto the field of battle.
"The flavor of your words might be inspiring, but your choice is not," Cilan commented.
'His aura flared up again. Oshawott seemed to take in Ash's words and his aura as well. This battle isn't as unbalanced as everyone thinks it is,' Anabel mused.
"What a kid. He should have sent out Pidove," Iris complained and received glares from Angie, Dawn, and May.
Oshawott started out with tackle, but Pansage dodged and fired off bullet seed. The attack did damage as Oshawott tried to get away.
"You don't have a good affinity with your Oshawott. Pansage, get in close," Cilan ordered. Pansage did so and Oshawott freaked out. Pansage bit Oshawott on the head. Oshawott ran around, its arms flailing about. It continued to try and shake off Pansage, but it ended up tripping over a rock and Pansage leapt onto another rock.
"C'mon Oshawott, I believe in you. Now, use water gun!" Ash shouted.
Oshawott kept firing water gun, but Pansage kept dodging. Oshawott stopped, panting from the effort of firing so many water guns.
"Oshawott, concentrate and aim carefully. I know you can do it," Ash encouraged.
'There's his aura again...this ought to be interesting if Oshawott hits,' Anabel mentally observed.
Pansage kept skipping rocks, but when it made a leap that was greater than it had been making, water gun hit, sending Pansage crashing to the ground. Oshawott celebrated as May, Angie, and Dawn cheered the otter on.
'That hit was harder than it should have been. The flavor of this battle is changing,' Cilan thought. "Okay Pansage, gather energy for solar beam."
Pansage gathered energy into a ball, moved it to the side of its body and fired it. The ball soon turned into an arrow that was heading straight for Oshawott. The otter stood there, stunned.
"Oshawott!" Ash cried out.
Oshawott grabbed its scalchop and blocked the attack with it. The force of the attack pushed Oshawott against a rock. The otter angled its scalchop upwards and sent the solar beam into the sky.
The cheerleaders, who had been cheering for the gym leaders, fell silent. The three gym leaders stood in awe of the feet, and Dawn, May and Angie were cheering loudly as Anabel smiled. Iris was also stunned by the move.
"Most impressive, Pansage, bullet seed."
"Deflect and use razor shell!"
Oshawott deflected the seeds with its scalchop and leapt into the air, about to use razor shell, but another round of bullet seed broke its focus and confidence and the scalchop went flying and Oshawott crashed to the ground.
'These connoisseurs can be snobbish at times,' Anabel thought, listening to Cilan's' comments to Ash.
"Water gun!" Ash shouted and the attack ricocheted off the wall and brought Oshawott's scalchop to it. It used Razor shell, hitting the surprised Pansage.
"Bite!" Cilan shouted.
"Razor shell, one more time!" Ash called out. The two attacks hit and the two Pokémon stumbled away from each other. Oshawott wobbled, but Pansage fainted five seconds after turning its back on he otter.
'I knew he'd win. His new Pokémon are starting to take to his aura. That'll help them all if J keeps showing up,' Anabel thought as Ash celebrated with Oshawott.
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Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
original story is by author Ssj04Mewtwo, story is being continued with permission. if you see any areas that need correcting, feel free to message me
by SSJ04 Mewtwo
Beta/Assistant: Eclispe2025
888
"Yes! finally! Striaton City! I'm ready for my first gym battle in Unova!" Ash shouted, excited to be having his first gym battle.
"You are such a kid," Iris said, finally speaking up for the first time since she had seen what she had a few days ago.
"He's not a kid!" Dawn and May shouted.
"The mute one speaks," Angie teased with a smirk and Iris felt her face flame up, remembering what Angie and Ash had done.
"Something wrong? You seem to be blushing," Anabel grinned.
"Hey! Let's go! I've got a gym battle to win!" Ash called out, having gotten some distance from the girls.
"He's confident as usual," Angie grinned.
"Wait up!" Dawn and May shouted.
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Ash was nearing the outskirts of Striaton City when something struck his head, knocking him out. Pikachu growled at the Salamence that was snickering and its trainer who was smiling with evil intentions.
"Awe, did I hurt the mouse's trainer?" J taunted. "Salamence, grab the boy. Time to cash in."
"Hold it!" Anabel shouted.
"Mamoswine!" Dawn shouted.
"Blaziken!" May called out and the two Pokémon came out of their balls, ready to fight.
"Metagross, I need you my friend!" Anabel called forth. J growled. She could have taken out the two coordinators, but facing three Pokémon would be too taxing, especially if the three girls had six Pokémon each then there was no way that J could beat them.
"Damn you...I'll be back!" J shouted and Salamence took to the sky after J got onto its back and flew to meet up with the air ship.
"Who was that?" Iris asked.
"That was Pokémon Hunter J. She's been chasing Ash all the way from Sinnoh," Angie replied.
"That's a nasty cut," Anabel said.
"Let's get him to the center," Dawn suggested and the others helped to haul Ash to the center.
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"Ugh, what happened?" Ash groaned as his eyes opened. He saw May's concerned face looking back down at him.
"You okay?" May asked as Angie, Dawn, and Anabel came over to the bed as well.
"What hit me?" Ash asked. He was about to sit up, but feeling that his head was in May's lap, he decided to stay right where he was.
"J's Salamence attacked you," Anabel answered.
"Where's J now?" Ash asked.
"Gone, but you can bet she'll be back," Dawn said.
"Yeah, and probably will chase us all across the Unova region. Ash, send the Pokémon you’ve got to Oak and bring out the big guns so you'll have a team that can protect you better. The ones you've got can't handle J," Angie said.
"No. I'll stick with what I've got. Plus, I've got Pikachu. I won't do us any good to save my big guns for later if we do run into worse trouble than J, or if one of you is captured," Ash countered.
"But she'll just keep chasing us. She's more dangerous than Jessie and James," Angie said worriedly.
“It's okay," Ash said and took Angie's hand. "We'll be okay, I promise." This declaration seemed to ease Angie's fear and she calmed down. However, what any of them didn't know was that it was more his powerful aura that was calming Angie.
'His aura...is it getting stronger?' Anabel thought to herself.
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"Why can't you control your kid for a boyfriend?" Iris shouted. "He demands a gym battle, refusing food, and then challenges not one, but all three gym leaders!"
"He likes a challenge and he's not a kid," Angie growled.
"I must say, you've got guts to challenge all three of us. Cilan, what flavor would you say is that? And, would mind being the ref?" Chili asks.
"Not at all, and I'm curious to see if all Kanto trainers have this gutsy flavor," Cilan remarked.
"Pansear, go!"
"Tepig, I choose you!"
"Begin," Cilan started the match.
"Tackle!" Ash ordered. Tepig charged and sent Pansear into the air, but the Pokémon managed to land on its feet.
"Fire punch," Chili ordered. This sent Tepig rolling. "Now, follow it up with flame thrower!"
"Tepig, try to block it with ember!" Ash called.
The two flame attacks hit, but to Ash's horror, ember was swallowed up by flamethrower. A loud bang was heard, indicating that Tepig took a hit.
"Dig!"
Pansear burrowed into the ground just before the dust settled. Tepig looked around for Pansear and found it, coming from beneath the piece of ground it was standing upon. Tepig was sent flying into the air, spun, and landed on its belly.
Get up Tepig!" Ash encouraged. The cheerleaders started cheering loudly for Pansear and Chili. However, not to be out done, May and Dawn started cheering for Ash and Tepig, trying to be louder. Angie joined as well.
'Loud battle,' Anabel thought to herself.
"Keep using dig!" Chili ordered.
"Tepig, keep running! It can't get underneath you if you keep moving!" Ash shouted.
Tepig kept running, staying ahead of Pansear. However, Pansear came out right in front of Tepig, tripping it up. While it was in the air, Pansear went back underground.
"Tepig, dive into the hole Pansear made and get it!" Ash shouted.
"You’ve got to be kidding me," Chili said in shock.
"Ash certainly has a daring flavor," Cilan remarked.
The two Pokémon came out of the hole, Tepig holding onto Pansear's tail by the teeth. To force Tepig to let go, Pansear did a back flip, crashing into the ground. Tepig took most of the brunt of the fall, but it would not let go of Pansear.
"That's the way Tepig!" Ash shouted. Tepig started spinning. Once it had gained enough momentum, it finally released its hold on Pansear, throwing it.
"Quickly, before it tries to regain its balance, use ember!" Tepig's ember attack was followed up by a tackle, sending Pansear crashing into a wall.
"Pansear is unable to battle. Round one goes to the challenger Ash," Cilan said and the two trainers returned their Pokémon.
"Hope you don't mind me going next, Cilan," Cress said.
"Not at all," Cilan replied.
"Panpour, let's go."
"Pikachu, you're up."
Pikachu quickly used quick attack, but Panpour's double team attack created an after image that the electric type passed through.
"Panpour, use scratch," Cress ordered. The attack seemed to hurt the mouse. "The type advantage your Pikachu has is useless against my Panpour. Panpour, water gun!"
Pikachu performed some creative acrobatic dodging to get out of the way of Panpour's water gun. Pikachu then went for a thunderbolt. Panpour shot its water gun at Pikachu's feet, throwing it off. Quickly, Panpour blasted Pikachu with another water gun, sending it into the air. Panpour leapt and used multiple scratch attacks.
'This isn't going well,' Anabel thought as Angie, Dawn, and May cheered for Pikachu to get up.
"Volt tackle!"
"That won't work!"
Panpour' smashed the ground, creating a path of mud right in Pikachu's direction. Pikachu slipped and slid and Panpour used another water gun, sending the electric type flying.
"Pikachu is unable to battle. Panpour is the winner," Cilan proclaimed.
"He's good. That strategy was quite sound," Anabel commented.
"Your turn Cilan," Cress grinned.
"Pansage, time to spice things up!"
“Oshawott, I choose you!"
"You’ve got to be kidding me," Angie said.
"That's Ash for you. He's never been one to follow the type advantage rules all the time," Anabel said.
Oshawott, seeing who it would be battling, tried to convince Ash that it might not be able to beat Pansage.
"Listen Oshawott, you can win this. Remember how brave and strong you were when you freed Pikachu and Axew from Team Rocket. Now, I need you to do that again and battle Pansage, okay?" Ash asked and Oshawott, inspired, jumped onto the field of battle.
"The flavor of your words might be inspiring, but your choice is not," Cilan commented.
'His aura flared up again. Oshawott seemed to take in Ash's words and his aura as well. This battle isn't as unbalanced as everyone thinks it is,' Anabel mused.
"What a kid. He should have sent out Pidove," Iris complained and received glares from Angie, Dawn, and May.
Oshawott started out with tackle, but Pansage dodged and fired off bullet seed. The attack did damage as Oshawott tried to get away.
"You don't have a good affinity with your Oshawott. Pansage, get in close," Cilan ordered. Pansage did so and Oshawott freaked out. Pansage bit Oshawott on the head. Oshawott ran around, its arms flailing about. It continued to try and shake off Pansage, but it ended up tripping over a rock and Pansage leapt onto another rock.
"C'mon Oshawott, I believe in you. Now, use water gun!" Ash shouted.
Oshawott kept firing water gun, but Pansage kept dodging. Oshawott stopped, panting from the effort of firing so many water guns.
"Oshawott, concentrate and aim carefully. I know you can do it," Ash encouraged.
'There's his aura again...this ought to be interesting if Oshawott hits,' Anabel mentally observed.
Pansage kept skipping rocks, but when it made a leap that was greater than it had been making, water gun hit, sending Pansage crashing to the ground. Oshawott celebrated as May, Angie, and Dawn cheered the otter on.
'That hit was harder than it should have been. The flavor of this battle is changing,' Cilan thought. "Okay Pansage, gather energy for solar beam."
Pansage gathered energy into a ball, moved it to the side of its body and fired it. The ball soon turned into an arrow that was heading straight for Oshawott. The otter stood there, stunned.
"Oshawott!" Ash cried out.
Oshawott grabbed its scalchop and blocked the attack with it. The force of the attack pushed Oshawott against a rock. The otter angled its scalchop upwards and sent the solar beam into the sky.
The cheerleaders, who had been cheering for the gym leaders, fell silent. The three gym leaders stood in awe of the feet, and Dawn, May and Angie were cheering loudly as Anabel smiled. Iris was also stunned by the move.
"Most impressive, Pansage, bullet seed."
"Deflect and use razor shell!"
Oshawott deflected the seeds with its scalchop and leapt into the air, about to use razor shell, but another round of bullet seed broke its focus and confidence and the scalchop went flying and Oshawott crashed to the ground.
'These connoisseurs can be snobbish at times,' Anabel thought, listening to Cilan's' comments to Ash.
"Water gun!" Ash shouted and the attack ricocheted off the wall and brought Oshawott's scalchop to it. It used Razor shell, hitting the surprised Pansage.
"Bite!" Cilan shouted.
"Razor shell, one more time!" Ash called out. The two attacks hit and the two Pokémon stumbled away from each other. Oshawott wobbled, but Pansage fainted five seconds after turning its back on he otter.
'I knew he'd win. His new Pokémon are starting to take to his aura. That'll help them all if J keeps showing up,' Anabel thought as Ash celebrated with Oshawott.
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Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
original story is by author Ssj04Mewtwo, story is being continued with permission. if you see any areas that need correcting, feel free to message me