Lucian

After catching Buizel, Dawn tried to introduce him to her other Pokemon. But Buizel didn't greet the Pokemon. Piplup didn't like Buizel's attitude and ended up getting into a fight with him. Dawn wasn't happy with this.

"You must remember Dawn Buizel spent it's time training and fighting alone." Ash reminded her. "I have an idea though. My Piplup, Shinx and Budew are itching to have a battle, so how about they battle Buizel?"

Buizel accepted the challenges because he was itching for a battle too.

So Ash got his Piplup, Shinx and Budew from Prof. Oak's lab and then he and Dawn got ready to battle. Ash sent out his Piplup first.

"Piplup, Bubble Beam." Ash said.

"Buizel, dodge and use Water Gun." Dawn ordered.

Buizel used Aqua Jet instead.

Unfortunately for Dawn, Buizel wasn't listening to her commands and was fighting alone.

"Okay Piplup, let's move in with Pound." Ash said.

Piplup tried to use Pound, but Buizel dodged it and attacked with Sonic Boom. Piplup was hit, but it was still willing to fight.

"Steel Wing." Ash said.

Piplup managed to hit Buizel with Steel Wing, but Buizel fought back with Sonic Boom.

Throughout the battle Buizel didn't listen to a thing Dawn said and wouldn't do as she said.

"Enough now." Dawn said. She wasn't getting anywhere with this.

So the Pokemon battle was called off.

"Dawn, I think you need to spend more time with Buizel before you try anything with him again." Brock advised. "Buizel is new to being a member of a team."

Dawn could see he was right; Buizel was a longer that liked fighting.

At a Pokemon Center, where the gang went to heal all their Pokemon, there was something special on TV. A Pokemon battle was being shown, but this battle was from a champion league. A champion league was a league where trainers could battle the Elite Four in any region if they won the Pokemon League in any region first. There was a man with light purple hair and a pair of glasses on his face battling a Scizor with Girafarig.

"That's Lucian of the Elite Four." Dawn said.

"Wow I hope I can meet Sinnoh's Elite Four." Ash said.

He, Brock and Tomo explained to Dawn that they met members of the Kanto, Johto and Hoenn Elite Four and the champions too.

"Wow, that's unbelievable." Dawn gasped.

She thought they were lucky.

"I wonder if we'll meet the Sinnoh Elite Four?" Ash said.

"You're about to right now." A voice said.

To the gang's surprise, the voice belonged to Lucian of the Elite Four. He was also at the Pokemon Center.

"I have heard about you Ash Ketchum." Lucian said. "I know the Elite Four from Kanto, Johto and Hoenn and they told me about you. In fact they told the others about you too."

Lucian explained that the other members of the Elite Four in Sinnoh were a man named Aaron who specialized in bug type Pokemon, a woman named Bertha who specialized in ground type Pokemon and another man named Flint who specialized in fire type Pokemon. Lucian specialized in psychic type Pokemon. He also explained that the Sinnoh Region champion was a woman named Cynthia.

"Wow it will be great to meet them." Ash said.

"I must ask Ash, did you ever get to battle any of the Elite Four members from Kanto, Johto and Hoenn?" Dawn asked.

"Actually yes." Ash told her about the times he battled Lorelei and Drake. "I lost those battles, but it was fun and exciting to battle Elite Four members. Oh and prior to becoming a Elite Four member, I battled Koga in the Fuchsia gym and won the Soul Badge."

Dawn thought Ash was very lucky indeed.

Suddenly Buizel started to talk to Lucian.

"Buizel's saying it wants to battle Lucian." Ash said.

Buizel knew that Lucian was a strong trainer and that's why he wanted to battle him. Dawn wasn't happy with that, but Lucian accepted the challenge. Dawn and Lucian got ready to battle, while Ash, Tomo and Brock watched from the sidelines.

"Buizel is going to have a hard time." Tomo said.

He remembered how strong Elite Four members were.

"Yes, but it will give him the battle he wants." Ash said.

Lucian sent out a Pokemon that looked like a big bell.

Ash looked it up on the Pokedex.

"Bronzong, the Bronze Bell Pokemon. One caused a news sensation when it was dug up at a construction site after a 2000 year sleep."

It also said Bronzong was a steel/psychic type Pokemon.

"Aqua Jet." Dawn tried to tell Buizel, but it used Water Gun instead.

Bronzong deflected the attack with Iron Defense. Dawn tried again to have Buizel use Aqua Jet, but it used Sonic Boom instead. Again Bronzong used Iron Defense to deflect the attack. Bronzong fought back by using Gyro Ball. Dawn tried to have Buizel dodge the attack, but it charged in with Aqua Jet. Bronzong tackled Buizel really hard, but he was still willing to fight.

"Alright Bronzong, time to use Flash Cannon." Lucian said.

"Uh oh." Ash said. "Buizel is done for now."

He knew how strong the move Flash Cannon was; some of his Pokemon knew that move. Buizel tried to fight back with Water Gun when Bronzong fired Flash Cannon, but Flash Cannon broke through Water Gun and scored a direct hit on Buizel. Buizel couldn't take anymore and fainted.

"Sorry." Lucian apologized to Dawn. "You should take Buizel to a Pokemon Center."

Soon Buizel was in the Pokemon Center getting healed up and he was better in no time. But because of that loss Buizel was upset.

"Losing that battle to Lucian must have been Buizel's first loss." Ash said. "Remember he was unbeatable back at the river."

Ash walked over to Buizel and knelt down beside him.

"There's no need to take the loss so hard Buizel." He said. "Everyone loses Pokemon battles most of the time. But losing Pokemon battles helps you grow stronger. Pikachu and I lost Pokemon battles before, but we keep on training to grow stronger. So you will be stronger with more training and battling Pokemon that are stronger than you."

Buizel looked at Ash, wondering if he was speaking the truth.

A moment later the gang went outside with Buizel. Lucian was outside too. The gang told him that Buizel was feeling upset right now.

"Buizel just needs to make a choice." Lucian said. "A choice on what to do with defeat; either it continues to battle or not."

Just then Ash's Piplup, Shinx and Budew came out of their Poke Balls.

"What's wrong you three?" Ash asked.

Piplup, Budew and Shinx wanted to battle again.

"Okay you three." Ash said. "Piplup and Budew, you battle against each other and Shinx you battle Pikachu."

The four Pokemon went off to battle each other.

"Your Piplup, Shinx and Budew are quite extraordinary Ash." Lucian said.

"Well the truth is Lucian, they belonged to somebody else before I obtained them for myself." Ash said. "You see, they used to live with an old man, but he died and those three were alone when I caught them."

"Well it's good that you came into their lives Ash." Lucian said.

Buizel looked at Pikachu, Piplup, Budew and Shinx while they practiced battling. He got up from where he was sitting and went over to the four Pokemon.

"It seems Buizel wishes to join them." Lucian said. "Watching Pikachu, Piplup, Budew and Shinx battle has brought back Buizel's fighting spirit."

Ash could see that he was right.

"Hey Dawn, why don't you and Buizel battle me again?" He asked Dawn.

"Huh?" Dawn blinked.

"That's a good idea Ash." Lucian said. "But I will battle you with Buizel."

"What? Really?" Ash gasped.

The others were surprised with Lucian's request too, but they agreed with his wish.

So Ash and Lucian took their places to battle. This time Ash decided to use Shinx to battle Buizel.

"Shinx start off with Tackle." Ash said.

Shinx charged to use Tackle, but Buizel dodged it.

"Here's something you won't be able to dodge Buizel. Use Swift, Shinx." Ash said.

Shinx fired white stars from it's tail and they hit Buizel.

"A good attack. Swift never misses." Lucian said.