Torkoal against the big boss Steelix, the battle was just about to begin.
"Let's first test out on him!" Ash began to direct the battle of Torkoal without any second thoughts, "Use Flamethrower!"
Torkoal's flames were indeed excellent, especially with all of its makeshift coal burning in inside of his body and then releasing the powerful heat.
However, this pillar of fire was almost completely ignored by the giant Steelix. Just by moving, he stirred up large amounts of sand and dust, thus easily blocking Torkoal's Flamethrower!
This was also the reason why Ash usually will never use any of his Fire-type Pokémon's when fighting against Pokémon's such as Steelix.
Steelix evolved from the Rock-type Pokémon Onix and has most likely learned a lot of Rock-type skills. It also has the Ground-type both before and after evolving into a Steelix.
Using Fire-type Pokémon's against such Pokémon's is usually only done when he wants to build up resistance for his Pokémon's.
Of course this can be directly linked to how strong his Pokémon's were.
He won't choose to use his Growlithe or Combusken against this Steelix unless he uses his Aura Powers to amplify their fire power. He almost never uses his own powers to make his Pokémon's stronger in battles because it is too much for his opponents; it also just happens to be not allowed in official Pokémon battles, so he only uses it against stronger wild Pokémon's against his own weaker Pokémon's.
His stronger Fire-type Pokémon's like Charizard and Thyplosion can directly ignore this Steelix as they both can instantly defeat it with a simple attack.
Seeing this, Torkoal gritted his teeth. He had fought with this Steelix several times before, and was defeated every single time and was injured all over without being able to do much damage to Steelix.
He used his Flamethrower again of Steelix. Unexpectedly, Steelix did not chose to dodge or block it, and took the damage from the Flamethrower head-on without flinching, and then used his huge tail to use a powerful Iron Tail towards Torkoal.
"Use Iron Defense!" It was too late to dodge and not enough time to counterattack, so Ash quickly locked in and ordered Torkoal to increase his defenses by going inot the shell. This not only increased his defense but also blocked most of the damage from that Iron Tail.
Torkoal resisted the hit from Iron Tail a second time and spit up large amounts of smoke from his nostrils and back, his fighting spirit was still burning crazily high! He was putting the dignity of being a Fire-type Pokémon on the line, so he must defeat this Steelix!
"He's so hot-blooded. He definitely a Fire-type Pokémon! So that's what a true Fire-type is supposed to look like…" May was already felling extremely hot just by being close to the Torkoal.
She almost forgot that her own Starter Pokémon was also a rare Fire-type Pokémon.
"In that case, Torkoal, get ready!" Ash could feel all the determination and the will that thsi Torkoal's had. It has been seriously injured before even coming here and does not have much strength left to fight this stronger Pokémon, so he might as well put everything on this last attack.
"Torkoal, use Shell Smash!"
Ash's order surprised even Brock, not to mention Max, but Torkoal had already executed it before they could say anything.
Cracks suddenly appeared on the thick turtle shell, and then it began to shatter. At this moment, Torkoal was like red-hot giant charcoal. He now had that scalding hot felling to him.
"Brock, what kind of move is that?" May asked Brock, who was right beside her.
"That Shell Smash that Torkoal just used will reduce his Defense and Special Defense, but in turn he will greatly increased his Attack, Special Attack and Speed!" Brock's eyes sparkled, "Ash bet everything on the outcome of this move. If he does go for his final attack, that attack must be..." Before Brock could even finish, Ash was already on it.
"Overheat!"
Ash raised his arms and his fighting spirit with Torkoal was already burning to their current limits.
With the new increased Speed, Torkoal was able to continue to avoid Steelix's Iron Tails, and then his entire body turned a burning red after hearing Ash's command!
The double defense that Torkoal had just abandoned were also now his greatest advantage, in exchange for those things that he didn't need yet, he greatly improved his main Special Attack. This will requires all of his strength to use, this last attack will use all of his new and old Special Attack to decimate his opponent!
He bet his everything on this last attack!
BOOM!
The new massive fire pillar took on a high-heat color, and with Ash's and Torkoal's new bond, it hit Steelix hard on the face!
This Steelix still didn't dodge, or rather he didn't have the time to dodge, and he had to withstood this full force attack head on without any second defensive layer.
The enhanced Overheat pushed Steelix back continuously, but it still managed to withstand it for some time. It glared fiercely at Torkoal and Ash, who was behind him. The metallic luster appeared on its tail again on the final moment of his consciousness.
"Come on, Torkoal!"
Ash decisively added his Auta to help out Torkoal, and the fire pillar that Torkoal was continuing to release became even more powerful. He finally pushed Steelix hard against the hard mountain wall, and the explosion immediately swallowed it completely! The sound was deafening to them.
Steelix immediately lost his ability to fight and fell down.
Risking everything, Ash and Torkoal ushered in their new victory.
Torkoal, who was out of the battle, naturally returned to its original state and lay down directly to rest. It had barely rested before he came to battle this Steelix. Now he was full of bruises and was completely out of energy.
"Hey, you're really strong. Do you want to follow me?" Ash squatted in front of Torkoal and took out one of his unused Poké Ball.
"TOR KOAL!"
Torkoal burst into tears again, then almost immediately spit up a lot of smoke, he was really excited, like a child, but he was really fierce when fighting, just like his little Electrike.
After Torkoal finished crying, he rested his head on the Poké Ball Ash showed him.
Torkoal: 200/215
Ash was immediately surprised by the high Bond Value and compatibility this Torkoal shared eith him. It was almost as good as when his Lapras had hatched in front of him, not even the Phanpy he had hatched had such a high level of bonding with him from the get go.
Neither Torkoal nor Lapras can evolve anymore, so there was no such thing as an increase in their shared Bond Value along with their degree of compatibility as others when they evolve.
With such a high degree of compatibility and bonding, it was no wonder that this Torkoal had listened to him complete this gamble without any second reservation.
Torkoal had fully recognized Ash as his Trainer, even before Ash asked him to join his team.
Ash now hoped that their future Bond Value can be further improved when they do their next training and battles.
"It's so beautiful. I neve knew there was such a way to catch a Pokémon!" May's eyes were opened again today by her boyfriend. For the first time, she saw that besides catching a Pokémon through battles, there was such a way to have them join you so willingly.
Of course, this method of subduing was only for those very few Trainers that truly did love Pokémon's as if they were family.
The past Ash was an expert in this kind of capturing method. He could almost make a full team of them if he so chose to.
The now defeated Steelix left with Skarmory and the three Magnemite to the other side of thei valley. They had now recognized the power that Torkoal and Ash had.
After passing through the Valley of Steel, Ash and his party quickly got on the right road again. And it turned out that Mauville City was right in front of them.
"Babe, let me tell you a good thing!" When entering Mauville City, May suddenly kissed Ash with a air of mystery.
"And what might that be, babe?" He said with the same tone May used on him.
"When we came to Mauville City last time, didn't I tell you about the Mauville City Food Court?" May said with a smile, "So you see, that place is also called the Battle Food Court. We can battle with the people there while waiting for our food to be prepared! And of we win, it's completely free; and the more times you battle and win, the more luxurious dishes you can eat!"
Hearing this, Ash's eyes lit up. Isn't this the perfect place to get more of his needed Exchange Points and more training?
He wasn't exactly short on money, not by a fat chance. He always saved up the extra money he had earned and sends them to his mother to use or save.
And the monthly pay he gets from the G-Men was something that he had saved up for a while now, he was now closer to being a billionaire then being as "poor" like his old self.
But looking at May's look, he realized what his girlfriend was truly thinking of, "You just want me to help you fight and win, and then you can eat more luxurious food, right?"
"Uh!" May stuck out her tongue, "You got me detected, love. I tried to win against them teh last time I was here, but they were too strong for me and I couldn't fight them after round two." She said in dissatisfaction.
This was the best of both worlds for Ash, he can earn his Exchange Points and experience for his Pokémon's by doing battles, and his girlfriend can also enjoy the delicious snacks for free.
It really was such a good thing; he has to hurry up now.
Sure enough, the Mauville City Food Court was at its busiest time now. In addition to some small vendors, the three core stores included Explore Gardevoir, Magnemite Magnet and Assorted Muk Noodles. On the battle field in the center of this whole area, a graceful lady wearing a long blue skirt was directing her Walrein to crush the opponent's Camerupt on the opposite side like it was nothing, it was a one hit knock out.
Her strength was cheered by everyone present there.
May's eyes were the brightest, "Ash, that lady over there has neck won ten battle in a row and can eat the most luxurious Assorted Muk Noodles for free!"
When it comes to the most luxurious Assorted Muk Noodles, his girlfriends eyes were filled with bright stars.
She was very much looking forward to all free food her boyfriend was going to win for her!
Ash then saw the lady put away her thickkk Walrein, shook her head as if she was disappointed, came to the counter to receive her luxurious Assorted Muk Noodles, and started to eat it like it was the last thing she will ever eat.
She ate very quickly and was sweating profusely after a while.
Ash looked at his girlfriend, who was drooling uncontrollably on the side and said with a smile, "Are you ready for it?"
"Yes! I want to eat that Magnemite thing first!"
"Torkoal, use Flamethrower!"
In one of the battles inside of the Mauville City Food Court, Ash had a great time battling with his newly caught Torkoal, and within a very short time he had already managed to get his ten consecutive victories.
"Torkoal, well done!" Ash highly praised his new Torkoal, and the guy suddenly burst into tears and spit up large amounts of smoke again. Fortunately, this square has good countermeasures for various moves, including wide spread smoke moves like Poison Gas and Smokescreen, otherwise it would affect other people's enjoyment of their hard won food.
After taking his Torkoal back to rest up, May also happily received the Magnemite food item she wanted for a while. This deluxe version of the Magnemite food was actually just a much bigger version of a real Magnemite. It had a rich taste in content and had a wonderful after taste to it.
The lady just now had also finished eating her Muk Noodles and came behind Ash, "Young man, your Pokémon is trained very well, better than most I have ever seen."
"Yes, thank you very much for the compliment." Ash said with a smile, "You are also very strong, stronger than most, and you have also never seem to use your full strength. I want to challenge you to a battle, is that okay with you?"
Of course this was the main intention of why this lady came over to him.
Ash said a few things to May, and then he and the lady left to go the battle venue of the hotel where she was currently staying at. The equipment here was more than complete enough, and no one would pay attention to them in this private ground, allowing them to show off to their strengths to the fullest.
"Young man, my name is Glacia, and I specialize at training and using Ice-type Pokémon's. I came all the way to this place to focus on bettering my skills, but all I saw here were weak Trainers and Pokémon's that couldn't even understand each other!"
This lady Glacia looked very noble and kind, but as soon as she entered the her battle form, her appearance and aura completely changed to a more intimidating look, "If you can force me to use even half of my strength, that would be great!"
"Well, I shall try. I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, please to make your acquaintance." Asv responded with a smile and a simple bow.
When she heard Ash's full name, Glacia's eyes suddenly lit up with excitement, "So you are that Ash Ketchum that Steven mentioned so many times before. Yes, you are indeed extraordinary to battle me!"
With that said, she took the lead in throwing her Poké Ball, "Come on out, Walrein! Although this Walrein isn't my strongest Walrein, he is still in my third strongest one, just because he is younger than his father and mother!" She said with a confident yet cold voice.
Sure enough, she sent out her Walrein, which was a dual Water and Ice-type Pokémon. It was also much more powerful than the one he had seen Shelly use during the incident at Mt. Chimmney before.
This was a powerful enemy, so Ash has to deal with it with all his strength, "Stand by for battle, Manectric!"
Manectric, which has just evolved and is like a child compared to this fully grown Walrein, needs high-intensity battles to adapt to the increased power after evolution! Moreover, his Electric-type also restrains the opponent Water-type.
Glacia couldn't help but feel a little taken back when she saw Ash's large Manectric. This Manectric was very powerful, and it was still so much younger compared to her Walrein.
Since Ash's Menectric had just recently evolved and is still young, Ash decided to use his Aura Powers to boast Menectrics powers for this battle, otherwise it simply wouldn't be fair at all.
Glacia had trained her Walrein with vast amounts of resources and time, which Ash had not had much time to train. If it was his Pokémon's from Kanto or Johto, they could have beaten this Walrein without much trouble, but this obviously wasn't the case for his Menectric.
There was no referee for thsi battle, just Ash and Glacia battling each other. The battle started the moment the two Pokémon stood still and looked at each other with a fierce gaze, "Walrein, let's begin with a Blizzard!"
As one of the few Ice-type Pokémon Trainer, the most powerful one that Ash had ever encountered before was the Kanto Regions Ice-type Elite 4, Lorelei, but the momentum that Glacia was releasing in front of him was not weak at all.
A powerful Blizzard swept over, and in the blink of an eye, a layer of frost had condensed on Manectric's claws.
At this moment, Ash's clear order was issued,
"Discharge!"
The golden mane of Menectric suddenly flashed with heavy yellow intensity, and Manectric was wrapped with blinding lightning and power. Discharge was an attack was can attack multiple opponents at the same time and do vast amounts of damage to them but was thsi was used by Ash to resist Walrein's Blizzard attack.
"Sure enough, you're just as brilliant as Steven said so— no, even more Thant that." Glacia smiled softly.
After her test just now, she understood that the Ash in front of her was indeed an excellent
Trainer worthy for her full strength.
"Walrein, use Surf!"
Glacia's eyes flashed with delightness, and her whole aura suddenly changed again. The bond between her Walrein and her was also very high, this did make sense as it's been with her for a long time. Feeling Glacia's changes, the speed and power of Walreins moves also immediately shows an increase.
It set off a wave to lift itself up high, and the huge wave hit where Manectric was at.
"Sure enough." Ash didn't panic by seeing this, and even is wanted to, it's not something he was willing to, "Ise Wild Charge!"
There was no way to avoid such an attack that was coming from all directions. Ash's only option right now was to attack back.
As they said: the best defense is the strongest offense!
Wild Charge was a bit like a simplified version of Pikachu's signature Volt Tackle attack. Quite a few Electric-type Pokémon's can learn how to use this move, but few can use them as effectively as a certain minority.
Menectrics red eyes seemed to be emitting a certain scarlet light from them, his whole body was wrapped with golden electric current, and he rushed towards the huge wave like it was a simple thing for him.
Manectric: 245/255
At this moment, their shared Bond Value and the degree of compatibility were both increased by another 5 points, which means that their Bond Evolutions was just around the corner.
"MANE!"
Manectric, who was galloping, suddenly felt an incomparable new power going inside of his body, now flowing through his body as if it was his blood, and then generated more powerful lightning around and oit of his spiky but soft mane.
Manectric concentrated all the new Electric-type energy in the air into his mane, and then created dads thunder clouds in the sky.
Ash plans to send him back to his fluffy Raikou for training later in this kind of attacks. Raikou had already trained him when he was an Electrike, and there was non better at helping him create thunder clouds for more energy than him.
The two saw a new lightning bolt form into a dragon spear, suddenly erupted from Manectric, and hit Walrein hard on the cusp of the new storm.
"WALREIN!"
Glacia was stunned for a moment and screamed out, but responded soon enough, "Walrein, use Surf!"
It was still the same Surf, Walrein opened his eyes suddenly, set off another wave to catch himself, thus avoiding greater damage, but he continued to attack, attacking Manectric again and again.
Ash frowned, "Thunderbolt!"
Ash has a very deep understanding of how to properly use electricity to it's maximum potential, not to mention that they are now in the stage of almost achieving their Bonds Evolutions where he can increase the power even more so.
Manectric's current situations was all under his perfect control. The Thunderbolt, now looking like an eastern dragon, unexpectedly turned back again. Manectric stepped on it, raised his figure further up, and jumped right in front of Walrein.
"Come on!" Ash and Glacia yelled at the same time, and the momentum of their two respective Pokémon's were raised to their limit.
Manectric: 250/255
BOOM!
The huge water waves beneath Walrein were torn into pieces by lightning, but Manectric was also pulled down by the waves and heavy ice!
"CHARGE!"
Ash used a skill to enhance its attack at this time to better control his next move. Countless sparks around it were seen frantically converging, making its golden mane shine even more brilliantly.
These golden manes were growing crazily until they began to rise up into the air from its back, like a Super Saiyan Transforming, shaped like thunder and magnificent bolts.
This was similar to how dogs and cats blow up their fur to make themselves look bigger when they encounter threats or fights to look more intimidating than their opponent. Not only that, his body lines have also become more sharp and menacing.
"What is that?" Glacia looked at Manectric's changes in surprise, then remembering hearing about the legendary evolution beyond evolution, Mega Evolution, from Steven and Drake before.
Manectric: 255/255
But the change is still in progress, sparks began to shine, and the mane on Manectric's head formed into two separate gold spikes, like an animal horn standing on its heads.
"Fight on!" A crazy smile appeared on Ash's lips as he stopped supplying his own Aura to Menectric neck that he had grown stronger than before.
This was the first Bonds Evolutions Ash had completed for a Pokémon in his Hoenn Region team.
"Wild Charge, again!" After the last Charge a few seconds ago, Manectric's attacks were much more powerful than it was chilling.
Glacia's fighting spirit was also burning. She didn't expect that the "child" in front of her had such amazing power, stronger than she could have even imagined, "Walrein, Sheer Cold!"
This was a one-hit kill skill of the Ice-type that very few can use. Once it hits, it will instantly defeat the opponent, so the hit rate was extremely low.
BOOOMM!
Of course, such a move requires the user to prepare and not move. Manectric was covered in thunder armor and hit Walrein hard.
Looks like luck wasn't in Ash's side today m as the Sheer Cold did hit its intended target.
There was an explosion, and both Walrein and Manectric fell to the ground!
It was a DRAW!
Sheer Cold was an extremely powerful attack that few could use. Manectric couldn't dodge when attacked at such close range and at his max speed. After releasing his Bonds Evolutions form and reverting back to his regular self, Ash was stunned for a while. He stopped then shoke his head.
"Come back, Manectric. You did well, now rest."
"Ash, your power is something truly fierce. That fierce power can conquer everything. You will definitely become the Pokémon Master!" Glacia took back her much more injured Walrein. This time she had truly felt the thrill she wanted.
"Thank you, Hoenn Elite 4 Glacia!" Ash smiled.
"So you have recognized me." Glacia smiled, "Let's fight again next time we meet!"
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