Battle Pike

Today the gang was heading to the next battle facility; the Battle Pike. Right now they had just left a Pokemon Center. Brock had to tend to his baby Bonsly who was hungry; Brock had become a real Pokemon parent now.

"I wonder how your brothers and sisters are doing with their baby Bonsly." Ash commented.

"Well my mom and dad said it's like having more children." Brock chuckled. "But my brothers and sisters love their Bonsly a lot."

"Hey since we are headed to the Battle Pike, I wonder when Scott is going to appear?" Tomo questioned out loud.

He remembered Scott making a appearance when they arrived at the other battle facilities.

"That's a good question Tomo." Ash said. "But he'll show up soon. We're at the location of the Battle Pike anyway."

Just then Max showed up with May; she had been showing her newly hatched Eevee the ocean and explaining to it about Pokemon contests.

"We're heading to the Battle Pike now?" Max asked.

Ash was just about to answer his question, but three women approached the gang.

"Which one of you is Ash Ketchum, the challenger of the Battle Frontier?" A blonde woman named Barbara asked.

"I am." Ash stepped forward. "Are you here to guide us to the Battle Pike?"

"Yes, Queen Lucy asked us to greet you and guide you to her." Barbara said.

"Then I got here just in time." A voice said.

It was Scott.

The three women led Scott and the gang to the Battle Pike. The Battle Pike building was a temple and it had a big picture of a Seviper on it. It gave Ash the thought that a Seviper would probably be used in the battle. A woman with long black hair was standing outside the Battle Pike.

"Ash this is the Frontier Brain of the Battle Pike, Lucy also known as the Pike Queen." Scott said.

Ash introduced himself to Lucy and asked her for a battle. Lucy accepted. Just then she noticed Brock. Brock couldn't take his eyes off Lucy because he thought she was beautiful. Once Brock realized that Lucy was looking at him, he quickly looked away blushing. Lucy stared at Brock and a faint blush formed on her face. This was a indication that the two started to have a crush on each other.

"I'm ready for the battle whenever you are Lucy." Ash said.

Lucy quickly came back to her senses and everyone entered the Battle Pike.

Inside the battle facility was a big pond with green patches. The referee explained that the battle was a two on two battle and declared the battle to begin. Lucy sent out her first Pokemon, a Seviper. Ash's guess that Lucy would use a Seviper was spot on. He released Donphan.

"Ash should have the advantage with Donphan since it's a ground type Pokemon right?" May asked.

"It's true that ground types are strong against poison types, but let's see what happens between Donphan and Seviper." Scott said.

Ash started off and told Donphan to use Horn Attack. Donphan charged towards Seviper.

"Seviper use Poison Tail." Lucy said.

Seviper got ready to hit Donphan with Poison Tail.

"Quick use Iron Defense Donphan." Ash said.

Donphan's body turned into iron and blocked Seviper's Poison Tail.

"Nice one." Tomo said.

"Yeah that Iron Defense is great." Max said.

"Okay Donphan use Ice Shard." Ash said.

Donphan fired Ice Shard and the ice shards hit Seviper. Scott was amazed that Ash's Donphan knew Ice Shard and Barbara couldn't believe it either. Ash told Donphan to use Ice Shard again, but Seviper used Flamethrower and stopped Ice Shard.

"Now Seviper use Poison Tail." Lucy said.

Seviper used Poison Tail and hit Donphan. Ash could see that Lucy and her Seviper were good.

"All right Donphan use Rollout." He said.

Donphan rolled towards Seviper to tackle it, but Seviper dodged and released Flamethrower. The Flamethrower hit Donphan, but they didn't affect him much. Donphan continued rolling and he tackled Seviper.

"Now use Ancient Power Donphan." Ash said.

A silver ball of energy was created in front of Donphan's body. Donphan then launched the ball of energy at Seviper.

"Let's finish it off with Giga Impact." Ash said.

"Use Poison Tail Seviper." Lucy said.

Donphan charged towards Seviper and Seviper prepared it's tail. The two Pokemon attacked each other. But Donphan was stronger than Seviper and it fainted after Giga Impact struck it.

So Ash was the winner of the first round, but he still needed to defeat one more of Lucy's Pokemon to win. Lucy's last Pokemon was a Milotic. Ash knew that his Donphan was at a huge disadvantage against Milotic, but it knew a move that was strong against water type Pokemon.

"Donphan, Seed Bomb." He said.

Donphan opened his mouth and fired multiple glowing green seeds at Milotic, but Milotic used Protect and the seeds didn't hit it.

"Ash's Pokemon amaze me every time I see them." Scott said.

He was surprised that Donphan knew Seed Bomb.

"Ash's Pokemon have learned many moves from all the Pokemon at Prof. Oak's ranch." Brock explained.

"My Pokemon have too." Tomo added.

Lucy ordered her Milotic to use Hydro Pump. Donphan tried to dodge it, but the attack hit him and he fainted.

So now they were down to one Pokemon each. Ash released Raichu.

"I wonder why he's decided to use Raichu instead of Pikachu?" May questioned his choice.

"Well Milotic is a big, strong Pokemon." Brock said. "So Raichu might fare better against it. Then again Ash still might have a difficult time battling Milotic."

Ash started off by telling Raichu to use Charge and Raichu started boosting up it's electricity.

"That's one of Raichu's egg moves." Tomo said. "Raichu has the egg moves Charge and Volt Tackle. Pikachu only has the egg move Volt Tackle."

"Since Charge powers up electric type moves, Milotic is going to be in trouble when Raichu does use an electric type move." Max said.

Scott was interested to see what will happen next.

"Hydro Pump Milotic." Lucy said.

"Dodge that and use Thunderbolt Raichu." Ash said.

Raichu dodged Milotic's Hydro Pump before it could hit him and then he electrocuted Milotic with Thunderbolt. Thanks to Charge, Raichu's Thunderbolt was stronger than normal and Milotic took a lot of damage.

"That was great." Max smiled.

"I'm going to have my Plusle and Minun learn Charge the next time I use them in battle." May said.

Milotic was hurt but it was still able to battle.

"Use Iron Tail Milotic." Lucy said.

"Volt Tackle Raichu." Ash said.

Milotic and Raichu charged at each other with their attacks. After the two Pokemon struck each other with their attacks, Milotic fell down in defeat; that last attack was too much for it to continue battling. So Ash was the winner of the match.

Lucy returned her Milotic, told Ash it was a good battle and handed him the Frontier symbol. This Frontier symbol was called the Luck symbol and it had a hexagon shape. Scott was very impressed with how Ash battled and said he looked forward to see Ash's next Frontier battle. While Scott talked to Ash, Brock walked over to Lucy.

"Lucy." He whispered. "Can I have your number and email address?"

Lucy blushed.

"This is it." She whispered.

Brock gave her his email address.

This was the start of the relationship between Brock and Lucy; they each had a crush on one another.

So by the end of the day Ash had his fourth Frontier symbol and Brock acquired a girlfriend.