Ash Ketchum vs. Lucy Heartfilia

## Description

*Ash and his Pokèmon. Lucy and her spirits. Who is the better summoner?*

## Interlude

Hiro: Starting out as young adventurers with big dreams, these two are always ready to send forth the creatures they have bonded with to fight for them.

**MBStarscream: Ugh, friendship.**

Hiro: Ash Ketchum, the champion of Pallet Town from Pokèmon.

**MBStarscream: And Lucy Heartfilia, the Celestial Wizard summoner from Fairy Tail.**

Hiro: I'm Hiro Hamada.

**MBStarscream: I'm MBStarscream.**

Hiro: And it's our job to examine both warriors' strength, abilities, weapons, and weaknesses to see who would win in a fight.

## Ash Ketchum

Hiro: Pokèmon. From the very beginning, these wonderful creatures have been spoken of as friends and partners to the humans of their world. One boy from this world had a particular love for Pokèmon and dreamed of becoming a trainer.

**MBStarscream: He was gonna catch 'em all! Is that why he's called Ash *Ketchum?* Kinda on the nose there, Nintendo.**

Hiro: Once he turned 10 he could finally work towards his dream... but unfortunately he slept in and the only Pokèmon left was a bad tempered Pikachu. However after saving each other from a flock of Spearow, the two bonded and the rest, as they say, is history.

**MBStarscream: Ash has traveled to many different regions, meeting many new friends and Pokemon, all to one day reach the goal of becoming a Pokèmon master; the very best... like no one ever was!**

Hiro: And he had just the skill to achieve his dream. Ash may not look like much on his own, but he comes with a few surprises.

**MBStarscream: All humans and Pokèmon possess Aura, the life force of all living things in the Pokèmon world, and Ash's is especially strong. He can sense the aura of others, project out his aura to heal others, and see the memories of a Riolu.**

Hiro: Ash's willpower and tenacity have let him stay awake while listening to Jigglypuff's Song, let him get up after a telekinetic attack out of sheer willpower, fought off against possession because someone called hi a coward, and let him form a bond with Azelf, to the point where if he got hurt, so would Azelf. Azelf's and Ash's bond and Willpower was also able to destroy a black hole.

**MBStarscream: Besides his own abilities, his power comes from his large amount of Pokémon, however because he has a vast amount, all will be separated from what region they were caught. Hailing from the Kanto region is the Pikachu who's stuck with him through thick and thin with the ability Static, an ability that paralyzes foes after taking physical contact, and unlike other Pikachu, Ash's Pikachu can have Static occur intentionally.**

Hiro: Pikachu's Hidden Ability is Lightning Rod; if an electric attack is used around a Pikachu with this Ability, the electricity will be drawn towards Pikachu instead, dealing no damage and boosting its Special Attack. His other main drawcard is Thunderbolt, a powerful electric move with 100% accuracy and a devastating base power of 90.

**MBStarscream: Pikachu can hit opponents before they can react with Quick Attack, turn his tail in a sword with Iron Tail and send an electric web at opponents with Electroweb. And then there's his Z-Moves, including Gigabolt Havoc, Breakneck Blitz, 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt, and Corkscrew Crash.**

Hiro: This mouse can get a lot bigger when he uses Gigantamax, increasing his size and stats exponentially. He gains the moves Max Steelspike, G-Man Volt Crash and Max Strike, which basically causes an eletric earthquake.

**MBStarscream: Shouldn't it be "Electroquake?"**

Hiro: Tomayto, tomahto. Though Pikachu is his most iconic, he's far from the only one Ash has at his disposal.

**MBStarscream: Up next is a Pokèmon that evolved from Bulbasaur, to Ivysaur, and finally, to Venusaur, the Seed Pokèmon. Venusaur is a Dual-Typed Grass and Poison Pokèmon that comes with two abilities: Overgrow, which increases the power of Grass Moves when weakened, and Chlorophyll, which speeds it up in sunny weather.**

Hiro: Venusaur's moveset includes Tackle and Growl, its two starting moves. It uses Vine Whip as a long distance multi-purpose whip, with low damage, and its Razor Leaf is sharp enough to cut through tree trunks. Petal Blizzard can strike at multiple targets, and Venusaur also has access to Seed Bomb. Its status moves include Poison Powder and Sleep Powder, which can Poison an enemy or Put them to sleep respectively, albeit at lower accuracy than other moves.

**MBStarscream: It can cover its foe in Leech Seed, which drains the opponents health over time and heals Venusaur. If Leech Seed doesn't heal enough, Venusaur can also use Synthesis, which heals at least 25% of its health using the power of sunlight. And to help aid in some of its less accurate attacks, Venusaur uses Sweet Scent to lower the opponent's evasion.**

Hiro: Its most powerful attacks include Double-Edge, a powerful tackle that can hit hard, but does 1/3 of the damage dealt back to Venusaur as recoil damage, Petal Dance, a move that launches Petals at the opponents multiple turns in a row with a high special attack at the cost of eventually confusing Venusaur, and its incredibly powerful super laser known as Solar Beam by absorbing large amounts of sunlight.

**MBStarscream: The catch is, the Solar Beam requires twice as long as any other attack to fire because of how powerful it is. Its Grass/Poison type makes it effective against Fighting, Water, Electric, Fairy, and other Grass types, but makes it weak to Psychic, Ice, Fire, and Flying.**

Hiro: Our next Pokèmon evolves from Charmander, to Charmeleon, and finally, to Charizard, the Flame Pokèmon. This Fire/Flying type's abilities come in the forms of Blaze, which increases the strength of Fire-type attacks when weakened, and Solar Power, which increases Charizard's Special Attack in sunny weather, at the cost of its own health. While Charizard is frail, he can fly, meaning you need to get a hold of him before you can take him down.

**MBStarscream: Charizard has a diverse moveset, with Normal, Fire, Flying, Dragon, and even Ghost-type attacks. His starting moves are Scratch and Growl. He can blind his enemies with Smokescreen, and can deal 40 points of damage with Dragon Rage. His claws can be made powerful with Slash, Dragon Claw, and the increased critical attack of Shadow Claw. Using Air Slash, Charizard can strike through the air, and Wing Attack can be used with the same power as his claws.**

Hiro: But Charizard's most impressive moves are his fire attacks. Fire Fang allows him to bite enemies using extreme heat, Heat Wave blasts multiple targets at high temperatures, Fire Spin traps enemies in a vortex of flame, and Flare Blitz has him tackle the opponent while surrounded in flame. It's so powerful it inflicts 33% of the damage back to Charizard as recoil damage. His Flame Burst hits the surrounding area, making him hit multiple targets.

**MBStarscream: However, Charizard's best attack is Flamethrower, a move so hot that it can burn through solid stone. Its typing makes Grass, Bug, Steel, Fire, Fighting, and Fairy types fall to it, but its biggest weaknesses are Rock, Water, and Electric types. Charizard has great Speed and Maneuverability and give it immunity to Ground type attacks. However, it's very frail as well, especially against the previously mentioned Water. If it spends too much time in a heavy rain storm, its flame will go out permanently. And when Charizard's flame goes out, he's as good as dead.**

Hiro: Up next is Snorlax, who likes to do nothing but eat and sleep, but nonetheless packs a punch in a fight. Sleeping is in fact a great way for it to heal in battle, and its offensive moves include Body Slam, Headbutt, Mega Kick, Mega Punch and Screech, which sharply lowers the defense of all who hear it.

**MBStarscream: One of its strongest moves is Giga Impact, and its signature Z-move is Pulverizing Pancake. Then there's Kingler, the Pincer Pokèmon. It may look like a crab, but those claws have 10,000 horsepower and are capable of prying open the shells of Shellder and Cloyster.**

Hiro: Muk has Body Slam, Poison Gas and Sludge Bomb, and Tauros has Fissure, Take Down and Horn Attack. From the Johto region is Heracross, the Single Horn Pokèmon that is capable of lifting and throwing objects up to one hundred times its own weight with its namesake. When Heracross is close to being defeated, the power of its Bug-type moves increases, and when burned, poisoned, or paralyzed, the power of its physical attacks greatly increases.

**MBStarscream: Heracross can attack with a flurry of open-palmed arm thrusts that hit two to five times in a row, shoot seeds or sharp spikes, slam into opponents with its whole body, and unleash an all-out attack on the opponent that deals more damage the more damaged Heracross is. Also from the Johto region are Bayleef, Quilava, Totodile, Noctowl, and Donphan.**

Hiro: During his time in Hoenn, Ash found the Wood Gecko Pokèmon known as Sceptile, the final evolution of Treecko and Grovyle. Sceptile's command over plant life reaches its peak when pushed to the brink, greatly increasing the potency of its Grass-type moves, and its naturally acrobatic nature means that items will slow it down. Thus its speed doubles when it discards or consumes the item its holding.

**MBStarscream: Sceptile has the move Leaf Blade, which it has used to cut through solid metal before, and Leaf Storm, as well as Night Slash and Dual Chop. Rounding out the Hoenn region are Corphish, Torkoal and Glalie.**

Hiro: Infernape comes from the Sinnoh region, and originally belonged to Paul as a Chimchar, who caught it after he saw it get attacked by a group of Zangoose and defend itself with a powerful Flame Wheel.

**MBStarscream: It would end up in Ash's hands, and its loyalty to Ash makes it a powerful ally. Infernape's Ability is Blaze, which boosts the power of Fire-type moves when its health is low. On some occassions, Infernape who can't control Blaze will go into destructive rampages when it activates, wrecking everything in sight and harming friends and foes alike.**

Hiro: Infernape is a dual Fire and Fighting-type Pokèmon, meaning it uses moves like Close Combat, Mach Punch and Flare Blitz, which causes a bit of recoil damage, but also has a chance of burning the opponent, plus the added bonus of thawing itself out of being frozen.

**MBStarscream: Gliscor, the Fang Scorp Pokémon, is a Ground and Flying-type Pokémon, and the evolved form of Gligar. Using its bat-like wings, Gliscor can glide from place to place by riding updrafts of wind, achieving a form of soundless flight that allows it to circle the globe without flapping its wings once. One of Gliscor's possible Abilities is Hyper Cutter, which makes it so Gliscor's attack power can't be lowered or weakened by an individual besides itself.**

Hiro: Sand Veil makes it harder to hit Gliscor during a sandstorm, Poison Heal causes poison to heal rather than harm him, and Fire Fang ignites Gliscor's jaws with flames before biting down on the target. There's also Staraptor, Torterra, Buizel and Gible, and of the Unova region is Krookodile, the Intimidation Pokèmon.

**MBStarscream: Named so because just stepping onto the battlefield lowers the opponent's attack! Krookodile's own raises every time it knocks out an opponent and raises to maximum potential if it takes a critical hit. Krookodile attacks with pure draconic power and rage, bites with darkness energy, traps opponents in a sandstorm, and creates a large scale earthquake.**

Hiro: In the Kalos region, there's Hawlucha, Talonflame and Noivern, and finally in the Alola region, there's Rowlet, Lycanroc, Torracat, and Poipole. With or without all these Pokèmon, Ash has done a great many things on his journey to become a Pokèmon Master.

**MBStarscream: He's strong enough to pick up and hold a Cosmoem, which weighs over 2,000lbs, and lift a log weighting 600 kilograms. He's scaled trees in about four seconds, survived a Giga Impact to the face, and gives order to the God of his world. Still embarrassing.**

Hiro: Ash is determined to win, but his brashness can sometimes be his downfall, as can be using too much Aura. He has little experience even using Aura, let alone in hand-to-hand combat, and every one of his Pokèmon has their own set of weaknesses depending on their typing.

**MBStarscream: But young Ash has still come far on his adventure with his Pokèmon and human friends by his side. Whatever Pokèmon he chooses, they will fight to victory no matter the odds.**

*Ash: I CHOOSE YOU!*

## Lucy Heartfilia

Hiro: In the world of Earth Land, home to guilds and wizards, one girl lived a life of luxury.

**MBStarscream: A girl who got her name from a broken sign. No, I will not elaborate.**

Hiro: Growing up in the Heartfilia mansion, things soon took a turn for the worse when Lucy's mother passed away and her father became more concerned with money and business than his own daughter. Naturally, this parental neglect had consequences.

**MBStarscream: Lucy totally walked out on that rich prick and met Natsu Dragneel, a Dragon Slayer wizard from the Fairy Tail guild who invited her to join them, starting a whole new chapter of her life.**

Hiro: Lucy practices Celestial Spirit Magic, a type of Spatial Magic which allows her to summon Celestial Spirits, magical beings residing in the Celestial Spirit World, using the Keys of their respective Gates. Once a contract has been made with a Spirit, such Spirit will be available for Lucy to summon on certain days.

**MBStarscream: Her Celestial Spirits have varying levels of power, with different ones being more suited for certain tasks than others, not necessarily related to battle. For example, Aquarius can manipulate water, creating powerful waves which can sweep away large amounts of foes at once, while Taurus has enormous physical strength, making him a valuable melee fighter, able to flank Lucy during battle and tackle opponents on her behalf.**

Hiro: However, Celestial Spirits are sentient beings who possess personalities and traits and thus can act accordingly during battle, sometimes even ignoring Lucy's orders and acting on their own. Celestial Spirit Mages have the potential to obtain extremely rare Gold Keys, which open the gates of the "Ecliptic Zodiacs," and more common, store-bought Silver Keys.

**MBStarscream: So far, Lucy has obtained 10 Gold Keys and 5 Silver Keys, a considerable amount of Keys for a single Celestial Spirit Mage, and she can use five of her Ecliptic Zodiac Keys in one day. She can even force the gate of a Celestial Spirit to close against their will, prompting them to return to the Celestial Spirit World.**

Hiro: Lucy has gained the advanced ability to summon more than one Celestial Spirit at once: she has even been shown gathering all of her five Gold Keys and one of her Silver Keys at once, something which greatly astonished Loke; however, due to a large amount of Magic Power required for the such feat, she was able to keep it active for just a handful of seconds. After gaining access to her Second Origin, Lucy gains greater control over this ability, as seen during her fight with Flare when she could keep two Celestial Spirits' gates open nearly effortlessly.

**MBStarscream: This provides her greater flexibility as she can combine the aspects of her Spirits' powers and abilities to form new and more powerful attacks. She can also use her own Magic with another Spirit to increase the power of an attack.**

Hiro: Lucy can also use Recompense Summoning, a technique that only a Celestial Spirit Mage possessing enough Magic Power to open three or more Golden Zodiac gates simultaneously can carry out to summon the Celestial Spirit King, the strongest among the Spirits, once. To save her friends, Lucy sacrificed Aquarius's key as the sacrifice needed to be of a Spirit with which she has solid mutual trust. By doing so, Lucy could summon the Spirit King and destroy Plutogrim.

**MBStarscream: Lucy can use Star Dress to obtain the powers of whatever Spirit she summons into her body, and she's got a lot of spirits to choose from. Aside from Aquarius and Taurus, there's Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius, Aries, Gemini, Scorpio, Cancer, and Capricorn, all with their own unique abilities. Another spell Lucy uses is Urano Metria, where after a bunch of chanting, the area is filled with star-like lights that blow up anyone that's near.**

Hiro: Lucy has shown to be able to sense Magic to a certain extent. This was first seen when she was battling against the Nine Demon Gates in Alegria, being able to sense all her comrades Magic despite being ensnared by the monster. After the one year time skip, during the Grand Magic Games, she was able to sense that the members of Scarmiglione were easily more powerful than their opponents, despite their efforts in hiding their strength, and could quickly tell that the intruder was much more stronger and dangerous before he even displayed his power.

**MBStarscream: Lucy has proven herself to be a very intelligent, logical and intuitive Mage. She was able to figure out that Bora had slipped a sleeping drug in her wine without tasting it, and being an avid reader, she has also shown to be adept at solving words-related puzzles and riddles; she was able to see through the spell which Zekua Melon cast onto his Daybreak book and work out the book's true content.**

Hiro: In addition, during the S-Class Trial, she figured out the location of Mavis Vermilion's grave with relative ease through the use of the "clues" hidden in the Trial's setup, being apparently the only member of Fairy Tail to achieve this.

**MBStarscream: Despite not being often shown due to her tendency to avoid battle or have her Spirits fight for her, she is efficient in using a whip, being skilled enough to grab opponents through its use, and to employ it as an effective weapon at short-to-mid range, and while not as proficient as the other members of Team Natsu, Lucy possesses some skill in melee combat.**

Hiro: Lucy's so called "final attack" is where Lucy charges into her opponents and leaps in the air, maintaining her momentum, and then sending a flying kick onto her opponents, a non-magical flying kick named after herself.

**MBStarscream: Ego much?**

Hiro: Lucy has proven herself to be quite resilient: she was able to survive the assault of a sadistic Zero, while she was still unconscious and somehow get back up; withstand a barrage of kicks from Kain Hikaru, an individual capable of breaking down trees and rocks through sheer physical power, without incapacitating damage, and also endure Kain trying to crush her head with his massive arms. Later on, during Team Natsu's fight with Hades, she survived being blasted, together with Erza, by one of his explosions.

**MBStarscream: Lucy has been shown to have great physical stamina. When having Taurus and Aries gates opened for a long while, she hasn't shown to have any fatigue at all when they were absorbed by Franmalth, and after being heavily injured by Franmalth using Hades Formula 28, she was able to hold herself against Tartarus. Even after being hurt by Jackal's explosions and while exhausted having two gates opened at once, she was able to open a third gate which is known to be a forbidden technique.**

Hiro: Lucy's spirits, magical power and resilience have more than earned her a spot in the Fairy Tail guild. She's rewritten the Book of E.N.D, curbstomped a magic cult, obtained all the Golden Spirit Keys, and helped her guild stop the Dark Guild Elsenwald.

**MBStarscream: But Lucy's got her weaknesses, which include her strength being weak without her Star Dresses, her Silver Keys being useless in battle, her durability having limits, and always getting stripped. But hey, I'm not complaining. This is anime after all.**

Hiro: Gemini can also only transform into people whose power is comparable to or weaker than Lucy's, and Star Dress Mix uses up a *lot* of magic power. But this Celestial Mage is definitely a cut above the rest in Earth Land.

**MBStarscream: Enough so to get a happy ending with Natsu! In more ways than one.**

Hiro: By leaving her luxurious life behind, Lucy had found her true family.

*Lucy: I can't keep crying forever... And I can always cry later. Right now... to save my friends... I have to fight!*

## Fatal Fiction

*Mario flips a coin.*

Hiro: Well, Lucy has the homefield advantage, but can her spirits keep up with Ash's Pokèmon?

**MBStarscream: You know, when you say "Ash's Pokèmon" you're just saying "ashes Pokèmon".**

Hiro: I don't need a lesson on words, Starscream.

*Magnolia Town*

"I don't think we're in Pallet Town anymore, Pikachu."

"Pika!"

The odd duo of ten-year-old boy and yellow mouse observed their, to them at least, even more odd surroundings. They'd never seen a town quite like this before, and they had explored plenty on their travels.

Something caught Pikachu's eye, and he pulled on the hair of his human companion, crying "Pika! Pika!"

"Ow, what is it?"

**Ash Ketchum** soon saw what Pikachu was looking at: A teenage girl with brown eyes and shoulder-length blonde hair that was kept in a side ponytail. Or more specifically, the small creature perched on her shoulder that resembled a tiny snowman.

Neither the girl or creature had noticed them, until Pikachu let out another "Pika!" that got their attention. Ash had covered Pikachu's mouth with a hand, but it was too late. Pikachu let out a muffled "Pika!" anyway, leading the snowman creature to cry out "Puu-puun! in response.

"Quiet, Plue." The girl said.

"Plue?" Ash repeated. "I've never seen a Pokèmon like that before. Wanna battle?"

The girl, **Lucy Heartfilia**, had no idea what he was talking about, or why he suddenly wanted to "battle". "Poke a mon?" she said in confusion. "What are you talking about, kid?"

"Go, Pikachu!" Ash said while pointing a finger at them. Pikachu promptly jumped off his shoulder and crouched down on all fours, electricity crackling from his cheeks. Plue, on the other hand, hid behind Lucy's head in fear. Lucy sighed. "It's okay Plue, I'll handle this. Go back to the apartment."

Plue eagerly jumped off of her body and ran off, leaving her with the Pokèmon and his trainer. "If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get, kid!"

**FIGHT!**

Lucy grabbed one of her golden keys and pointed it forward. "Open, Gate of the Lion! Leo!" A man in a sharp tuxedo and sunglasses soon appeared before Ash and Pikachu with a ding-dong sound. "You called?" he said.

"Take down this kid and his pet!" Lucy commanded. "You got it."

"Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!"

Pikachu obeyed his trainer's word without a second thought, sending out a beam of electric energy. Loke, however, jumped into the air and pulled back a light-covered fist, ready to slam it onto Pikachu. But Pikachu jumped up to meet his attack while sparkling with electricity and headbutted his fist. Pikachu then body-slammed Loke with electricity coursing and sprang off. Loke got up and took on a casting stance, sending a large amount of light from his body. Pikachu covered his eyes, then opened them to see a large lion's face just before he was blasted away with great force.

Ash gasped while Lucy simply said, "Nice work, Leo!"

"Return, Pikachu!"

Ash took out a Pokè Ball which his Pokèmon gladly returned to, then pulled it back with a hardened expression. "Krookodile, I choose YOU!"

He threw the ball, and his chosen replacement for Pikachu emerged to fight. "Use Crunch, Krookodile!" Commanded Ash.

Krookodile nodded and charged at Loke, but the Celestial Spirit countered with a series of light punches until Krookodile burrowed underground. Loke looked around for him until Krookodile burst out of the ground from behind and tossed a few sharp stones at him, catching him off guard. Krookodile was now free to use Crunch on his distracted opponent, sinking his teeth into Loke's back and tossing him aside.

Suddenly, a whip wrapped around Ash's leg and pulled him on his back towards Lucy. "Hey, trainers can't attack each other!" He protested.

"You wanted to fight, didn't you?" Lucy countered.

"Well, if that's how you wanna play..." Ash said before kicking Lucy in the gut with both feet. As she doubled over, Ash stood up and pointed at her. "Krookodile, attack!"

Krookodile turned to his new target and charged, but Lucy grabbed him with her whip and tossed him into the air, allowing Loke to punch him away from behind. Turning to Ash, Lucy gave him a smirk before running at him and jumping, holding out a foot to strike him in the chest, but Ash narrowly dodged the Lucy Kick.

He didn't notice Loke charging at him until the spirit had planted a fist in his face, knocking him flat. Krookodile saw this, and was *not* happy. Roaring in fury, Krookodile lunged at him and bit at him repeatedly before throwing him at Lucy, knocking both of them down. Krookodile refused to give them respite, raining more stones down onto them before lunging forward, grabbing Lucy in his jaws and tossing her away from Loke, who he then bit into once more and shook like a ragdoll.

When he was done mauling the spirit, Loke weakly spluttered and coughed, "W-well, I'm no longer needed here..." before he left for the Celestial Spirit World. Krookodile turned his glare towards Lucy, who gasped before taking out another key. "Open, Gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarius!"

Krookodile lunged, only to be pushed away by a stream of water as another ding-dong was heard. Aquarius turned to Lucy with an unamused expression. "You're lucky I was willing to come out to save you. What do you need help with now?"

"Taking down that kid and his pets!" Lucy said.

Aquarius looked towards Ash, who was weakly pushing himself up. "*That* kid? This better not be a waste of my time."

A roar got her attention, and she turned to see Krookodile getting ready to toss stones at them. Aquarius simply lifted up her urn to catch every stone that Krookodile threw before sending out another stream of water that carried the stones. Krookodile burrowed underground before the water and stones could hit him.

"Careful, Aquarius!" Lucy tried to warn. "It's undergrou--"

"I *saw* it with my own eyes, Lucy!" Aquarius snapped.

The crocodilian Pokèmon exploded from the earth from beneath them, knocking them aside. Krookodile bombarded them with stones until Aquarius fired a stream of bubbles at him. Lucy grabbed him with her whip and threw him into Aquarius' urn, the spirit shooting the Pokèmon into the air. Lucy jumped up and kicked Krookodile in the stomach, sending him flying away.

Seeing this, Ash ran over to where Krookodile was, past Aquarius and Lucy, and kneeled beside him. "Krookodile! Return!" he said, holding out his Pokè Ball. Krookodile did so, and Ash turned to face his opponents, Aquarius folding her arms. "Greninja, I choose you!"

With a throw of the ball, Greninja was ready to fight. "Use Water Shuriken!"

"Ninja!"

Greninja created a big shuriken out of water and threw it at Aquarius and Lucy, the former holding out her urn. He jumped over a stream of water Aquarius send towards him and in mid-air created multiple clones of himself that threw more shurikens down at Aquarius and Lucy. Clones attacked the spirit and her summoner from left and right at blinding speed until Aquarius caught one in her urn. And another, and another, and another until one was left.

She launched a stream of water at the remaining Greninja, pushing him towards a wall. Lucy took this opportunity to prepare a Lucy Kick, but Greninja grabbed her foot, jumped into the air and threw her into the ground. Aquarius swung her urn towards Greninja, creating a huge pillar of water that struck him from below. Greninja came down with a flying kick that hit Aquarius in the face and used Water Pulse that sent the water spirit back. Lucy tried to attack from behind with her whip, but Greninja formed a kunai out of water and slashed upward, launching Lucy skyward.

Kicking Lucy away, Greninja turned his attention back to Aquarius and ran through her with his kunai before she could react. Struggling to breath, Aquarius managed to utter, "You're on your own Lucy." before she disappeared.

"Aquarius, no!" Lucy cried out. She quickly changed into her Star Dress: Aquarius Form while Ash and Greninja's spirits bonded, causing Greninja to transform into Ash-Greninja.

Ash-Greninja created several copies of himself that surrounded Lucy and bombarded her with a hail of Water Shuriken that blasted her into the ground. As this was happening, Ash-Greninja raised his own Water Shuriken above his head and spun it, forming a vortex of water around himself before the shuriken suddenly tripled in size and turns from blue to orange.

Lucy jumped away just as Ash-Greninja threw the shuriken, causing a massive explosion of water. Lucy immediately charged at Ash-Greninja and whipped him several times until Ash-Greninja did a rising uppercut into the air, followed by a flurry of punches before ending with an axe kick that slammed her back into the ground. Lucy tripped Ash-Greninja with her whip and kicked him away, before generating a wave of water and launching it at her opponent, pushing him back.

Lucy then grabbed another key and shouted, "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!"

This time, the usual ding-dong was followed by the sound of a cow bell as Taurus appeared in all his bovine glory. "Your body is looking as s*moo*th as ever, Lucy!" he said flirtatiously. "Just take down that frog thing!" Lucy said impatiently. "You got it!"

Taurus then struck the ground with his labrys and the earth started splitting towards Ash-Greninja, with rocks flying from it. Ash-Greninja jumped out of the way, formed a pair of kunai out of water and dashed forward as Taurus blocked with his axe. Ash-Greninja then disappeared in a puff of smoke, before reappearing behind Taurus and knocking him away with a quick kick. Taurus jumped into the air and struck the ground beneath him, causing Ash-Greninja to be fired back along with rubble. Taurus charged at him and swung his axe, but Ash-Greninja dodged every swing.

"Stop *moo*ving!" Taurus said. Visibly unamused, Ash-Greninja kicked the axe out of Taurus' hands, grabbed it with his tongue and swung it down, piercing into Taurus' skull and sending him back to the Celestial Spirit World. Lucy growled in frustration before holding up two keys, imbuing their power into her body and changing into the combined Star Dress of Leo and Virgo. Lucy then holds up her arms and crosses them before swinging them outward, causing several pillars of light energy to erupt from the ground, knocking Ash-Greninja into the air.

As Ash-Greninja hit the ground, Ash had a worried look. "Greninja! Return!" Another return and throw of the Pokè Ball later, Charizard was stretching out his wings and spewing fire at the air. "A dragon?!" Lucy said in surprise. "I'm glad Natsu's not here. He'd definitely want that as a pet..."

Charizard flew up into the air and was about to use Flamethrower, but Lucy used her whip to grab him and slam him into the ground. Charizard still managed to use Flamethrower, forcing Lucy to dodge the flames. The dragon then engulfed his body with flames and flew forward, hitting Lucy with a flaming tackle. He grabbed Lucy in his claws before soaring high into the air with her still in tow. Charizard then began flying in a loop-de-loop several times while still holding onto his opponent, speeding up as he flew, and with one final spin, he hurled Lucy down towards the ground, sending her hurtling into the ground at blazing speeds.

Charizard flew down and roared in triumph as Lucy tried to get up. He began to charge up Flamethrower, ready to finish her off, when Lucy began to chant.

"Survey the Heavens, Open the Heavens... All the stars, far and wide... Show me thy appearance... With such shine."

"What's she doing?" Ash wondered aloud.

"Oh Tetrabiblos... I am the ruler of the stars... Aspect become complete... Open thy malevolent gate. Oh 88 Stars of the heaven... Shine!

The area around her changed to resemble space, with the various constellations surrounding her in the form of energy spheres.

"**Urano Metria!**"

The power of the constellations was then unleashed upon Charizard, bombarding him with beams of light from every direction that cause them to explode in a pillar of light. Once the light died down, Lucy's Star Dress vanished as Charizard collapsed. Ash ran to his side, crying his name while Lucy panted in exhaustion. Charizard weakly opened an eye to look at Ash, who was rubbing him in an effort to revive him.

"Are you okay, Charizard?"

Charizard growled while nodding his head, trying to push himself to his feet. Ash took out his Pokè Ball, but Charizard let out a roar to tell him no. He was going to keep fighting.

"You sure?"

Charizard snarled.

"Okay, Charizard. But rest after, okay?"

He would. But right now, it was time to end this.

Charizard leaped into the air and landed in front of a kneeling Lucy, shaking the earth. Lucy looked up at him helplessly as fire licked at his mouth. Taking a deep breath, Charizard belched fire down at her, enveloping her in the flames' glow. Lucy could not even scream before she was cremated, her ashes blowing away.

Ash stared in horror, before he held out his Pokè Ball. "Return now, Charizard!"

The Flame Pokèmon merely snorted before doing so. Ash looked at where Lucy had once stood, unable to comprehend what had just happened. What one of his Pokèmon had done.

What *he* had done.

He won, but at what cost?

**FATALITY!**

## Results

**MBStarscream: That's a dark fairy tail.**

Hiro: This battle was quite closer than we expected. We could do this battle 99 more times and Lucy could probably win a good amount of them, but we look for who can win the most times out of a hundred, not needing very specific things to happen.

**MBStarscream: While both have survived impressive explosions, Ash survived being in a building exploding that was far bigger than the exploding ship Lucy was on that time. It's hard to tell who was smarter, but battle and adaptation wise, Ash took the win by making winning strategies as he goes along.**

Hiro: Ash definitely won in speed, keeping up with an Arcanine, which can run over 6,000 miles while Lucy only outran a boulder. Somewhere Lucy outclassed Ash was arsenal due to her having more spirits than Ash had Pokèmon, but it didn't mean much, as Lucy's spirits are more of one-trick ponies compared to Ash's Pokèmon.

**MBStarscream: You said it again!**

Hiro: Let's take a look at Aquarius and Greninja, for example. While Aquarius is powerful, all she can do is control water. While Greninja can use water moves such as Water Shuriken and Water Pulse, flying type moves like Aerial Ace, normal moves like Cut, and can even create clones with Double Team, so Ash was obviously more versatile, even with a smaller arsenal.

**MBStarscream: Ash easily took strength with carrying a 2,204lb Pokèmon while Lucy has shown no physical feats close to that, only kicking a man into the air. While both have displayed lightning speed, Ash battles against Pokèmon with lightning speed attacks more than Lucy normally does. And while Lucy is limited on magic, Ash doesn't have to worry about that due to him just needing his Pokèmon.**

Hiro: While this may sound like in Lucy's favor with her huger arsenal and Ash only having six Pokèmon, every way Lucy could attack Ash basically needed magic, and the longer she had a Spirit's gate open, the more of her magic she had to use. Ash was also way more experienced than Lucy, dealing with trainers and Pokèmon with comparable feats to the Celestial Spirits and battling way longer than Lucy has.

**MBStarscream: While still remaining 10 years old. It's one of life's great mysteries.**

Hiro: It's also important to include the Pokèmon and Spirits in this. By themselves they're actually fairly even but with human help, Ash's Pokèmon trumped the Spirits.

**MBStarscream: Leo is the only one that can scale to Ash's Pokèmon but just barely. In fact, there's always a Pokèmon that's capable of feats similar to feats that Lucy and her spirits have dealt with, and Ash has seen every Pokèmon in action.**

Hiro: Ash and his Pokèmon were just too strong, durable, versatile and experienced for Lucy and her spirits to keep up with.

**MBStarscream: Lucy didn't quite make the ketch.**

Hiro: Ash Ketchum wins.

## Advantages

### Ash Ketchum (Winner)

* Stronger
* Faster
* More durable
* More experienced despite age difference
* More versatile despite smaller overall arsenal
* Lucy would be constantly using up magic
* Pokèmon > Spirits overall