Drake

oday Ash was having a issue; it was his Shelgon and Vibrava again. Even though Shelgon and Vibrava have behaved recently, they were still impatient about evolving into Salamance and Flygon so they could fly. So Ash had them with him today so he could train them and hopefully help them evolve. Shelgon and Vibrava had grown stronger since they evolved from Bagon and Trapinch and they knew a lot of moves.

Shelgon knew Rage, Bite, Leer, Ember, Headbutt, Focus Energy, Protect, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Claw, Shadow Claw, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Crunch, Outrage, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Rock Slide and the egg move Hydro Pump.

Vibrava knew Bite, Crunch, Sonic Boom, Sand Attack, Sandstorm, Supersonic, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Dig, Bug Bite, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Screech, Silver Wind, Rock Slide, Outrage and the egg move Gust.

"So Ash, how are you going to train them today?" May asked.

"Well I don't know about that yet." Ash admitted. "I mean we could battle other trainers, but I have the feeling that probably won't help much."

"I think you're right Ash." Brock agreed. "I mean Shelgon and Vibrava are strong Pokemon and I doubt all the trainers will give them much of a good battle."

Max thought about something.

"Maybe you should battle Drake Ash." Max said.

"Who's Drake, Max?" May asked.

Max facepalmed.

"For goodness sake May don't you remember?" He complained. "Drake is another member of Hoenn's Elite Four and he's a master of dragon type Pokemon."

Ash thought about it.

"That's a good idea Max." He said. "I think I will challenge Drake to a battle. Sure I'll lose to him because his Pokemon will be a lot stronger than mine, but at least it will help me with Shelgon and Vibrava."

"I call that a good idea too." Brock said. "The only question is how do we find Drake?"

"If you're looking for the Elite Four member Drake, I will take you kids to him." A voice said.

The voice belonged to a sailor.

"Pardon me sir, but did you say that you know where Drake of the Elite Four is?" Brock asked.

"Yes I do. I'm one of the sailors on his ship." The man explained.

"Oh yeah, I heard that Drake is a ship captain." Max said.

"Do you think you can take us to Drake, sir?" Ash asked. "We would love to meet him and there's something he can help me with regarding my dragon type Pokemon."

"If you have a question about dragon type Pokemon, Drake will definitely help you with that." The sailor said. "Follow me kids, and I will show you the way."

The sailor led the gang to a port where a big wooden ship was located. It was one of those old-fashioned ships with masts, planks and other things.

"You kids wait here; I need Captain Drake's permission first to let you see him." The sailor said.

The sailor went up the plank onto the boat, while the gang waited on land.

"Do you think Drake will see us?" May asked.

"I don't see why he wouldn't." Ash said. "Besides the sailor did say that Drake would help."

"That's true." May replied.

Just then the sailor called out to the gang and told them to come aboard.

"This is exciting." Max said as they boarded the ship.

As soon as the kids came aboard the ship, an old man wearing a captain's cap, coat and boots greeted them. This man was Drake of the Elite Four.

"Welcome to my ship kids." Drake said, saluting them.

The gang saluted back and introduced themselves. They really couldn't believe that they were talking with Drake.

"Please excuse me Drake, but I need your help with something." Ash said.

He told Drake about his Shelgon and Vibrava and how they were impatient to evolve so they could fly.

"But their impatience is causing trouble because they keep on battling my other Pokemon so they could evolve."

"Say no more Ash." Drake told him. "I understand; my Salamence was the same when it was a Bagon and Shelgon."

"That's why I wanted to meet you. I was hoping you could help me with my Shelgon and Vibrava by battling with me." Ash said.

Drake smiled.

"I will gladly help." He said. "And I accept your battle. Besides I haven't battled anyone for a month now, so I would like a challenge. We will battle on my ship."

"On the ship?" Ash questioned. "But our Pokemon's attacks might destroy the ship."

"Oh don't you worry about that." Drake said. "I built this ship not just for sailing, but for battling too. And this boat is plenty big enough for it plus I can also fix my ship."

"Okay." Ash replied nervously.

So Ash and Drake got ready to battle each other. Drake's first mate, a man named Fitzwilliam explained that the battle was a two on two Pokemon battle and told the battle to begin. Ash sent out his Shelgon to battle first and Drake sent out his own Shelgon to battle.

"Give me all you got Ash." Drake said.

Ash ordered his Shelgon to start off with Hydro Pump, but Drake's Shelgon used Dragon Breath to counter the attack and Hydro Pump evaporated.

"I'm amazed your Shelgon knows Hydro Pump Ash." Drake said. "My Salamance and Shelgon don't know that move."

"Then check this move Drake, use Fire Blast Shelgon." Ash said.

Shelgon released Fire Blast at Drake's Shelgon, but it used Protect so Fire Blast didn't work.

"Impressive, but now it's my turn to attack. Use Dragon Claw Shelgon." Drake said.

"You use Dragon Claw too Shelgon." Ash said.

Ash's Shelgon and Drake's Shelgon went at each other with Dragon Claw.

"What a battle." May said.

"Those two dragon type Pokemon are really going at it." Tomo agreed.

"Yes but this battle may not last long." Brock said. "Sure Ash's Shelgon is strong, but Drake's Shelgon is stronger."

It wasn't long before Ash's Shelgon was struck by Drake's Shelgon's Dragon Claw attack and fainted. So Drake won the first round.

"Wow Drake's Shelgon is amazing." May said.

"Drake's a member of the Elite Four, what would you expect?" Max said.

"This makes me wonder what it would be like to battle Phoebe or Glacia." Tomo said.

Ash returned his Shelgon and called out Vibrava. Drake returned his Shelgon and called out a Altaria.

"Since Altaria can fly, I have the feeling that Vibrava may have trouble since it can't fly as well as Altaria." Max said.

"Yeah, but let's see what happens." Brock replied.

Ash ordered his Vibrava to start the battle off with Rock Slide. As it was a rock type move, Altaria would take super-effective damage. Drake ordered his Altaria to use Aerial Ace to dodge Rock Slide. Thanks to the speed from Aerial Ace, Altaria was able to avoid Rock Slide.

"Okay then Vibrava use Screech to distract Altaria." Ash said, covering his ears.

Vibrava produced a screeching noise with his wings and the noise stopped Altaria in it's tracks. Everyone else covered their ears because of the noise.

"Now use Dragon Pulse Vibrava." Ash said.

Vibrava fired a Dragon Pulse at Altaria which was a direct hit.

"All right, Altaria was hit by it!" Tomo cheered.

But Altaria wasn't done yet; it seemed the Dragon Pulse didn't do much to it.

"No way. Altaria was hit by Dragon Pulse, but it didn't look like it did much damage." Max said.

"That's to be expected from a Pokemon owned by a Elite Four member." Brock noted. "Their Pokemon are extremely difficult to defeat. And a regional champion's Pokemon are even harder to defeat then that."

"Now Altaria, use your Solar Beam." Drake said.

"You use Solar Beam as well Vibrava." Ash replied.

Both Altaria and Vibrava charged up Solar Beam and then fired the attacks at each other. Altaria's Solar Beam was stronger than Vibrava's; it broke right through Vibrava's Solar Beam and it was hit hard. Solar Beam was too much for Vibrava and he fainted. So Drake was the winner of the battle.

"Ash lost but it was a great battle." Brock said.

The others agreed.

Ash thanked Drake for the battle. He had both his Shelgon and Vibrava out and they thanked him too.

"Well Ash, I must say you gave me a good battle." Drake said. "But you still have a long way to go if you want to be as strong as an Elite Four member, as well as having a lot to learn about Pokemon battles."

"That's why I'm still traveling; it helps me learn new things every day." Ash smiled.

"Well Ash if you keep your training up, there is no doubt that you will become a great Pokemon master in the future." Drake said.

Ash thanked Drake for those kind words.

Suddenly a sailor ran up.

"Captain Drake sir, some thieves just stole some of our Pokemon." He said.

Not only did Drake have Pokemon, but the sailors did too.

"Where are the thieves?" Drake asked.

Just then Tomo's Growlithe started barking and it pointed to the ground.

"Those are the thieves!" The sailor exclaimed.

"It's Team Rocket!" Max shouted.

Drake had heard about Team Rocket and knew that they stole Pokemon.

"Let's go after them." Drake said.

He ordered Fitzwilliam to take over while he dealt with the thieves. The gang decided to help out too.

The thieves were indeed Team Rocket, up to their usual tricks and right now they were running for a place to hide.

"We got a good haul here." Meowth said. He stared at the sack containing the stolen Poke Balls James was carrying.

"I wonder what Pokemon are in the Poke Balls?"

"We'll figure that out later." Jessie said. "Right now we need to find shelter so no one can catch us."

They were stopped by a stream of fire. The gang had arrived with Drake and Ash released the stream of fire.

"Give those Pokemon back!" Drake demanded.

"No chance old man." Jessie said.

She called out her Cloyster and ordered it to use Blizzard. The Blizzard would stop Drake and the gang in their tracks. Ash quickly ordered his Shelgon to use Fire Blast. Fire Blast easily melted Blizzard.

"Okay Vibrava use Silver Wind to make Team Rocket drop the sacks of Poke Balls." Ash said.

Vibrava's Silver Wind made James drop the sack of Poke Balls and then it was ended by a Fire Dragon Roar causing them to blast off.

Drake picked up the sack of Poke Balls and was grateful.

"I can't thank you guys enough for helping me get my crew's Pokemon back." He said. "Especially you Ash, your Pokemon were wonderful."

Shelgon and Vibrava were happy to hear Drake's words.

Suddenly Shelgon and Vibrava started to glow.

"I think Shelgon and Vibrava are finally evolving." Max said.

He was right; Shelgon evolved into Salamence and Vibrava evolved into Flygon. Salamence and Flygon were happy in their final forms and started to fly around.

"It's obvious that those two are happy." May said.

"Well they would be since they can fly." Brock pointed out.

Ash saw on his Pokedex that both Salamence and Flygon now knew Fly, Aerial Ace and Steel Wing.

"I'm glad they will finally stop causing trouble at the lab now." Ash said.

Now it was time for the gang to leave. They said goodbye to Drake and his crew before heading off to their next destination.