Now that they have got the just of the matter, Ash and others in his group certainly would not dare to disturb Norman and Caroline's happy anniversary moment.
As Norman said, he would rather be misunderstood by Caroline than be unable to keep his hard worked anniversary surprise a secret. Ash knew too well that no one would reveal it unto it actually happened.
Standing side by side, they watched the fireworks that Norman had carefully prepared for Caroline.
Unexpectedly, they were in the shapes of Beautifly, a little different than the ones used in official Pokémon Contests.
They were really beautiful to say the least.
It turns out that Norman had actually proposed to his girlfriend at that time, Caroline, in the middle of a beautiful flower garden. There were many Beautifly flying in the middle of where they were, so Beautifly had a special meaning to them and was a true testimony of their love for each other.
From this viewer perspective, this was also the fateful relationship between May and her very own Beautifly.
Ash had also took the chance to finally talk to them about him being in a serious relationship with their daughter, May.
Like they had previously talked about, they were fine with it as they knew that Ash would be able to give their daughter the perfect life, like the ones she always dreamed of.
So they both happily gave Ash and May their blessings.
Under the beautiful fireworks and in front of family and friends alike, Ash and May gave each other a deep loving kiss.
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Then the very next day was the day that Norman and Ash will have their official Gym Battle.
Because they had already fought before at the start of Ash's Hoenn Journey, Norman originally planned to only use his strongest Slaking to fight against Ash, but he had also agreed-upon that Ralts and with her Trace ability will be unable to fight against Slaking or Slakoth, so Norman decided to add one more Pokémon to his team and use his stronger Vigoroth and Slaking to fight against Ash's team.
"Ash, I have been looking forward to this battle since when we had our first fight!" Norman's fighting spirit has also been burning brightly today, and he couldn't wait to start the battle with Ash.
After the official Gym Referee announced the start of their battle, Norman was the first to throw out his Poké Ball, "Well then, let's go Vigoroth!"
The Vigoroth that fought against his Hitmonlee before appeared again in the stage, and this time, it has to face Ash's carefully trained little cutie, Ralts.
The little girl has teleported off Ash's shoulder in a being pink light filled with sparkles. It had just copied Vigoroth's Vital Spirit ability and will not fall into the sleep conditions in this battle.
"Okay, here we go, use Slash!"
Norman was the first to launch his offensive attack. It was already pretty well known that Norman had repeatedly used three Pokémon with three different fighting styles to give the challenger a test to see weather or not they deserve his Badge or not.
So what Vigoroth was an expert at was with quick and accurate attacks. All of his attacks very faster than a usual Pokémon's. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Ralts, and his sharp claws struck hard at the little child.
However, Ralts didn't seem to react to its attack, and neither did Ash give any direct instructions for her to follow.
But just when Vigoroth's claws were about to strike Ralts' smaller body, her figure suddenly swayed, as if teleporting but not actually teleporting, and came to the other side of the field to easily avoid the first attack.
"What a flexible and fast speed!" Norman couldn't help but praise Ralts' speed powers, this was the kind of movement that is not something that just any Psychic-type Pokémon can do. They must have a solid physical body to move at such speeds, which is something that is definitely not common amongst long ranged attackers such as the Psychic-types.
"Psybeam!"
Ash also launched his first attack at this moment, which was the moment when Norman was stunned and had his guard not at complete control.
"Vigoroth, use Flamethrower!"
As expected of a Gym Leader m with the strength that is close to that of an Elite 4 member, Norman's reaction was so fast that he almost subconsciously understood the ongoing situation and issued his counterattack order.
The flames collided with the light pink beam, and an explosion occurred. Vigoroth and Ralts were both immediately blown away because of the strong winds made by the close range explosion.
Seeing that her friend was injured, Togetic immediately wanted to fly down to help her out, but she was immediately pulled down by Ash and held in his arms before she could do anything about this situation, "Togetic, many times before, like you saw, Pikachu and the others were also very injured, why didn't I see you looking anxious?"
The old Togepi was very heartless to say the least, even Ash, Brock and Misty were all anxious in those situations, but this child was still the ever cheerful one.
"Draining Kiss!"
Ralts stood up and blew a pink kiss, and then a pink ball of light flew out from Vigoroth and landed on Ralts' head, it was healing Ralts.
Almost all of the injuries she had received from the close range explosion recovered immediately.
"Vigoroth, stand up and use your Hidden Power!" Norman's skill was also powerful enough that he knew what to do. Just like that, six new light balls jumped out from Vigoroths body and surrounded Ralts from all sides.
Ash didn't expect or know that Hidden Power can be used like this. Now he knew that Hidden Power can both control the field and attack at the same time.
"Use Teleport to move from there!" However, such a slow trick will have no lasting effect on Ash and his Ralts. Wouldn't it be better to just attack them directly instead of waiting for a better chance that could never happen? Surrounding Ralts was equivalent to giving her more time to Teleport away, unless there is some sort of high level technology or powers stopping her from using her Psychic powers.
"Psybeam!"
The figure of Ralts suddenly appeared behind Vigoroth, and another colorful light hit it hard, knocking it away towards the wall.
Ralts then used several Confusions and Psychics to repeatedly smack Vigoroth against the wall and the ground until he lost his ability to fight or even move.
"Vigoroth loses its ability to fight, meaning Ralts wins this battle!"
Norman looked at Ralts' delicate and small figure, "Is this really the Pokémon hatched from that Egg that I gave you? Ash, you raised her really well, even more stronger than the Pokémon's I have trained for so much longer!"
The original promise of bringing this Ralts to the challenge him was now fulfilled.
Next was the main highlight of this Gym Battle, defeating the Slaking who had battled and tied with his Dratini back at the beginning of their Hoenn Journey.
"Go ahead, Slaking!"
"Stand by for battle, Absol!" This was one of Ash's biggest and strongest gains since he began to travel around the vast Hoenn Region.
"An Absol? Ash, you must have been brave enough to earn the loyalty of an Absol!" Norman praised him, then his face darkened again, "Slaking, destroy them with a Hyper Beam!"
Unexpectedly, Norman used one of the strongest Normal-type moves as soon as the their second battle started. This was also pretty much Slaking's ultimate attack, as this also had the same type attack bonus along with it being such a powerful move.
Only Pokémon like Slaking, Gyarados, Ursaring, and other Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon can use a powerful move like Hyper Beam as if they were very normal attacks.
"Avoid it!" Absol's speed was amazing to say the least as he easily avoided the attack range of the destructive Hyper Beam.
"Now! Psycho Cut!"
Taking advantage of Slaking being unable to move because of both its ability and the little drawback Hyper Beam brings with it, Ash has decided to decisively launched a powerful attack.
"Slaking, grab it!" At this time, Norman suddenly issued an order. Slaking actually raised his palm and used his bare hand to catch Absol's attack, only leaving some injuries in it's body.
"Sure enough, only by having such a strong bond can even a Pokémon like Slaking do this!" Ash suddenly laughed outloud.
Slaking was a notorious Pokémon that was known for their laziness, even more than their extremely high power levels. Even Ash didn't know just how strong their bond had to be to be able to do such a thing with practiced ease.
Norman is indeed a really admirable Pokémon Trainer.
"Use Dark Pulse!"
Before Slaking could make any move, he was hit by the sharp corner of Absol's face blade and raised himself into the air. Ash had already taken the opportunity to launch the perfect attack from here.
No mercy will be shown at all.
"Slaking, punch it out of the sky!"
Norman's reaction was also very fast, but Absol, who was now in the air, used his agility to forcefully adjust his posture in mid-air, and used a Dark Pulse to hit Slaking hard.
"Slaking, use Focus Punch!"
Taking Ash's move head-on, Norman finally gave out his next order, his strong arms shining with the light of the extremely purified Fighting-type energy.
"Use Razor Wind!"
Absol landed smoothly in the ground, the big blade of his forehead lit up with a dazzling white light, and he swung out a huge wind blade, "This was a skill developed even more with my Scizor!"
This attack was the combination of all the hard work Absol had put in for Ash!
This blade power was very terrifying to say the least. It became bigger and bigger and some parts of it hit the ground, leaving a huge cut mark on the field, showing just how terrifyingly sharp the attack was.
"KING!"
Slaking's momentum had also reached its limit, and he punched the wind blade hard with everything he had.
The punch was so powerful that everyone felt that as if their hearts were about to jump out of their chests. They gritted their teeth and did not dare to make a sound, as if they were afraid of it. Just now, Asha and his Absol had used their advantages to that Slaking being unable to move much to its limit and attacked continuously without mercy.
Fight when you advance! Fight when you retreat!
This was Absols motto for all of his battles.
It was simply too dizzying, but also extremely exciting.
The explosion happened at that moment.
After the smoke cleared, Slaking was still barely standing straight on the ground. He really had a strong will to never give up.
"Alright then, Abs-!" Ash his teeth and was immediately ready to give out another order to swing out again.
But before Absol could make a move under hik, Slaking had already fallen down.
"Slaking lost its ability to fight, meaning Absol won this battle! The winner of this battle is teh Challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" It took a few seconds for the referee to barely follow the scene in front of him and make a decisive decision.
Ash had won his fifth official Gym Badge.
Max was not dissatisfied or surprised at all when Ash had defeating his father, Norman, and getting the Balance Badge from the Petalburg City Gym.
After being on a such a long journey with Ash, he knew and saw that Ash's strength was something that even his father could never achieve, so in this battle, no matter which one of, Ash or Norman wins, he will gracefully accept it.
Although it would bring him some surprise if his father could actually defeat Ash, but he stayed on the neutral side throughout the whole battle.
After getting his fifth Gym Badge, the Balance Badge, according to the plan they had previously made, the group will go to Fortree City to get Ash's sixth Badge. And that was still a very long way to get there from where they were.
But now that the group had returned to Petalburg City, the group decided as a whole to go to Littleroot Town and visit Professor Birch. The last time they saw each other was months before in Dewford Island and investigating the the Evil Teams in the Hoenn Region.
"This feels so nostalgic, I rode this road to pick up my little Torchic from Professor Birch in Littleroot Town, and that's also when I met Ash there for the first time. And who can now believe we are together; from meeting you because of an accidental mistake. I really have to thank that Duskull if I ever see it again, for bringing us together." She said while holding Ash's hand near her chest.
May wanted to feel a nostalgic, so she took Ash and the gang to use this road from her home in Petalburg City to go to the Lab via this road.
"I still remember that I was not nearly as good at dealing with Pokémon at the time as I am right now, and I was so frightened by that Duskull in this forest right here that I almost fell out of itz But now, I have become a much more capable and excellent Pokémon Coordinator, and nothing like that Duskull can scare me." She said with a sheepish smile.
Seeing her like this, Ash and Brock looked at each other and smiled. May was a very talented Pokémon Coordinator and they bith believe that she really had the talent to become one of the very few Top Pokémon Coordinator.
Unexpectedly, as soon as May finished what she was saying, her same old friend jumped out to visit her.
It was the very same Duskull that had appeared before May before she had started her journey and met Ash. Now it was once again in front of May, but this time she had a group.
"Ahhh!" May still screamed and hurriedly subconsciously hid behind Ash, as if he was her brave knight in shining armor.
"LaRue!"
Ralts was also a little frightened, and then she screamed fiercely, and her whole body suddenly glowed with a blue light.
Ralts was having fun in Ash's hair while eating some candies he gave her that she couldn't even detect this incoming Duskull.
Pikachu and Ash both sensed this Duskull for a while, but they didn't do anything as Duskull didn't have any bad or malicious intentions against them at all.
Duskull even looked very happy to see the group here.
This Duskull, like most of its kind and other Ghost-type Pokémon's, loves to scare people out of the blue, but now he was trapped by a powerful Psychic bubble and smashed hard to the ground without being able to put up any defenses.
"Ralts, you seem to be getting more and more aggressive nowadays, haven't you." Ash patted her little head gently, making sure that she doesn't feel bad about this. Looking at her now, Ash thought that she might evolve very soon in the near future.
After apologizing to Duskull and giving him a few of his System made Ghost-type Pokémon food as an apology, the group continued on their way to Littleroot Town, but unexpectedly, Duskull got up from the ground after finishing his food and followed the group to where they were going.
Suddenly, a large pickup truck jumped down from one fk the hillside, and then drifted to a stop right in front of Ash and his group. The driver was naturally the mentally unstable Professor Birch, "Ash, May, Brock, and Max, long time no see! How are you guys doing nowadays? How did you all end up coming here out of the blue? You guys could have called me before, so I could have made a better entrance! Hahah!"
"Ash just got Dad's Balance Badge. So we want to come to Professor's Laboratory to have a look before we go off to our next destination." May replied with a grin.
"I see, I see, I just happened to need to go to the Littleroot Harbor to meet up with Professor Oak!" Professor Oak apologized quickly, "But I was too deep into that Wurmp- I mean field research and unknowingly forgot about out agreed upon time, so I wanted to take this high shortcut and rush out to there as soon as possible!"
'So you just perform your car stunts on this dangerous road without second thought?' Everyone in the group looked at him as if he was mentally challenged, which he most definitely and likely was.
Other than that, they all collectively decided to act like they didn't hear his accidental comment about what he did to that poor Wurmple.
"This is the first time he is coming over to meet me in my own Lab, I have to rush over there as soon as possible!" Professor Birch knew that his time was running out and he could no longer stay here to chat with everyone else.
"Okay, let's go together!" Ash and Brock hurriedly got in the car, while May and Max chose to go back to Professor Birch's Lab to wait for everyone else. After all, it will the first time for the two siblings to meet the world famous Professor Oak, whom they had both very admired very much, so they couldn't be rude enough to look dumb, which will not be that hard.
"Great, May, we can finally really see Professor Oak, and so soon!" Max immediately cheered up loudly.
However, May noticed that behind her, in the shadows between some of the large dark trees, something seemed to be hidden there, and she quickly dragged Max and herself to the area of Professor Birch's Laboratory to stay safe.
Ash and Brock also followed Professor Birch on the mountain road and took the dangerous shortcut to the Littleroot Harbor. On their way over to the harbor, Professor Birch suffered from his occupational disease, again, which at this point was not even surprising. He didn't even look at the road while he was driving. Instead, he was trying to talk to a Skarmory on the roadside and because of that, he did not even see the Camerupt in front of him.
They had to pull out their big guns for situations like that.
"Professor Birch, stop it!"
The bluish-pink light appeared on Ash's Psychic gradually began to rise again, and finally Professor Birch quickly stepped on the brakes as Ash instructed to stop it. The Camerupt was also very frightened by this random madman on the road.
"Ash, what's wrong? Why the sudden stop?" Professor Birch, who was in shock, turned around and asked.
"Professor Oak was on that truck!" Ash quickly jumped out of the pickup truck and gently patted the wild Camerupts back and then he went to the top of the truck. "I'm really sorry to scare you like that!"
"Huh, young man, what's the matter with you?" The old man driving the car did not blame Ash and the other two for their sudden stop, but smiled kindly and asked his question.
Ash walked around to the back of the cart, and sure enough, Professor Oak was napping behind it like there's no tomorrow, "Professor, wake up! You have work to do!!"
"Ash, I didn't expect to see you here so randomly!" The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was Ash of all people. Professor Oak was also very surprised to see him here when he hadn't mentioned to Ash that he was coming over to the Hoenn Region for work.
He waited and waited for Professor Birch to come, very much knowing that the psycho must have gone out to the field for his observation and lost track of time again like so many times before, so he tried his best to get to the Lab in his own. Unexpectedly, the first person he knew that he met in the Hoenn Region was Ash, the kid that was supposed to be in the other part of the region about now from what he got told.
"You seem to be very energetic, hahaha!" Professor Oak looked at Ash embarrassingly, and then noticed the Ralts and Togetic sitting on Ash's shoulder and his head.
He instantly recognized them from all the time he saw them by Ash and Misty.
"Oh my my, hello there, it's been a while since we last saw each other, right Ralts and Togetic? These two Pokémon are known to able to sense the emotions of those nearby, and they are so close to you. This must be that you three have a very strong bond!" Seeing that Ash was able to train these two Pokémon known for their emotion senses, Professor Oak was even more satisfied with Ash and his future.
Ralts can use the red horns on their heads to sense the emotions of the people and Pokémon around them. If their Trainer are in a happy mood, they will also feel and be happy in general. These little guy grew up practically being pampered by Ash.
Togetic can also sense the kindness in the hearts of other Pokémon and humans, and they will become listless if they are not around gentle or kindhearted people.
This little guy was the problem, but very loved Pokémon, of Ash and his group when she was still in her Togepi stage. Now that she has evolved and come to Ash's side, she is even more doted on than ever before.
But they were both very well-behaved and didn't cause any trouble to Ash at all, unless he told them to have their free time. They just stayed and played around Ash all day long.
After the two famous professors met, the conversation was not something that Ash or Brock could really intervene in. They returned to Professor Birch's Laboratory in the middle of their long conversation about being inside of a Pokémon.
The two siblings were now playing with a new batch of Royal Starter Pokémon's. She at the beginning didn't understand much or anything about even her Pokémon's, not to mention other kinds of Pokémon's. However, right now, she was really like a different person all together. This was the result of Ash's teaching her about the importance and how to train a Pokémon well, and Brock's careful planning of how and what to feed all of their Pokémon's in their long journey. She had really gained a lot.
"Ash!" Just as she was thinking of her boyfriend, Ash and the others came back, and May immediately rushed to greet them.
Max also hurriedly came to Professor Oaks side, "Professor Oakx, I can finally met you!"
This guy really took out a bunch of photos for Professor to sign, and then asked eagerly, "What kind of Pokémon are there in Professor Oak's Laboratory?"
Max was overwhelming the very tired Professor Oak, so Ash hit him in the head to calm him down, and he immediately stopped whatever he was saying.
Professor Oak looked at the siblings expressions of pure admiration and smiled, "Don't be so anxious, wait until I show you something better!"
With that said, Professor Oak took out three Poké Balls from his backpack. These are the three Royal Starters of Kanto Region, Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle.
Ash had long caught all the three of these Pokémon's in the Kanto Region, and now all three of them have elolved into their final form and are some of the strongest of their species, especially his Charizard.
There are very few Trainers and Pokémon's that can challenge him to use his full powers.
Suddenly, a light flashed from the corner of Ash's eyes, and Ralts had teleported out of his shoulders.
Tehy saw a low-powered Shadow Ball smashing over at something without any explanation, and the same Duskull hiding in the shadow not far away was knocked out.
"Huh, it's the same Duskull we met before!" May recognized it the instant she saw it.
The Duskull then just floated in front of Ash for a couple of seconds. His scarlet eyes under the skull mask showed a look of joy, but the laughter was cold and terrifying, not matching his very warm eyes. Ralts teleported back again and stepped on its head, but he didn't seem to care care about the existence of Ralts.
"Do you want to follow me?" Ash understood what Duskull was trying to tell him.
Duskull nodded heavily many times.
"Wow, I'm so envious!" Max hugged the in his Bulbasaur even harder and said with envy, "Big Bro has such a powerful aura that even wild Pokémon he has never seen before come to him to be captured! Now this is what I call aura."
Ash ignored whatever brain rot Max was saying and took out an unused Poké Ball, "Then please to meet you, Duskull!"
Duskull: 120/140
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