Ash's 5th Gym Battle

After Fantina's Pokemon were fully healed, it was time for Ash to battle her.

"I can't wait to see how this turns out." Dawn said.

"Ah it will be Ash losing." Barry said.

Even though Tomo defeated Fantina, Barry wasn't convinced Ash could beat her.

"Ash will win, you'll see." Tomo said.

Fantina sent Gengar out first while Ash sent out Mismagius.

"A Mismagius?" Barry said.

"Yep, Ash has a Mismagius like Fantina does." Tomo said.

Fantina found this interesting and couldn't wait to see how Ash's Mismagius battled.

Ash started the battle off.

"Mismagius, Psybeam." Gengar started floating away to avoid the attack.

"This is the problem with ghost type Pokemon." Brock said. "The way they can fly around like that makes it hard to attack them. Ash has been through this kind of thing before. But he knows exactly what to do."

Brock was soon proven right.

"Mismagius, Aerial Ace." Ash ordered.

Aerial Ace's speed helped Mismagius attack Gengar.

"Your Mismagius is something else." She said. "Okay Gengar, use Hypnosis."

"I knew this was coming." Ash said. "Mismagius spin and use Charge Beam."

Mismagius spun around while firing Charge Beam. Gengar's Hypnosis was broken and it was hit by the electrical counter attack.

"It's nice having another opponent use the counter shield technique." Fantina admitted.

"I'm not done yet. Mismagius, Psybeam." Ash said.

"Night Shade, Gengar." Fantina said.

Gengar was hit by Psybeam, while Mismagius was hit by Night Shade. Poor Gengar couldn't take any more after that attack and fainted, giving Ash the first win.

"No way. Ash really defeated Gengar?" Barry exclaimed in disbelief.

"Like I told you yesterday Barry, my brother knows how to defeat ghost type Pokemon as he's battled them lots of times." Tomo said.

"You are quite the challenger Ash." Fantina said.

She was impressed by his battling style. She returned Gengar.

"This is only the beginning Fantina." Ash said.

He returned Mismagius and sent Togekiss out to battle.

"Togekiss is up." Dawn said.

Dawn liked Togekiss because of how cute it was.

"Oh la la Ash you have a cute Pokemon there." Fantina said.

"Togekiss is more than just cute." Ash said.

Ash started the next battle.

"Togekiss, use Aerial Ace." Mismagius was slashed by a blade of air.

"Mismagius, Psywave." Fantina said.

Togekiss was pushed back by Mismagius' Psywave.

"Togekiss, Silver Wind." Ash said.

Togekiss blew a silvery wind from it's wings that hit Mismagius.

"Now Togekiss use Shadow Ball and Steel Wing." Ash said.

Togekiss fired a Shadow Ball and then used Steel Wing to hit the Shadow Ball. The Shadow Ball flew towards Mismagius so fast it didn't have the chance to dodge.

"Hey I recognize that move." Dawn said. "Ash did that with Glaceon and Leafeon in the Hearthome contest but they used Iron Tail instead of Steel Wing. Trust Ash to use a combination move."

Barry was impressed with this and so was Fantina.

"Mismagius, Magical Leaf." Fantina said.

"Air Cutter, Togekiss." Ash said.

The two attacks collided with each other.

"Aerial Ace." Ash quickly ordered.

Before Mismagius could do anything Togekiss tackled it hard with Aerial Ace and it fainted.

"Togekiss was incredible out there." Dawn said. "It really showed me how it can be more than just cute."

Truth be told, Dawn started to feel like she would want to have a Togekiss of her own. Barry was starting to feel more jealous of Ash because he defeated two of Fantina's Pokemon. Fantina returned Mismagius and called out Drifblim.

"Here we go again." Dawn said.

Ash returned Togekiss and sent out Honchkrow.

"Ash has a Honchkrow?" Barry asked.

"Ash has lots of Pokemon." Dawn smiled.

"Using a Honchkrow is a great strategy." Brock said. "Not only are ghost type Pokemon weak to dark type Pokemon, psychic type moves like Hypnosis are useless against dark type Pokemon."

"Use Aerial Ace." Drifblim was hit by the attack.

"Drifblim, Will-O-Wisp and Psychic." Fantina said.

Drifblim used the Will-O-Wisp and Psychic combination.

"Dark Pulse, Honchkrow." Ash said.

Honchkrow fired a Dark Pulse attack and it collided with Drifblim's attack.

"Drifblim, Ominous Wind." Fantina said.

"Use Icy Wind Honchkrow." Ash said.

The Ominous Wind and Icy Wind got all mixed up and Drifblim and Honchkrow were hit by the two attacks.

"You alright Drifblim." Fantina said. "Use Shadow Ball."

Drifblim fired a Shadow Ball attack, but Honchkrow dodged it.

"Honchkrow, use Aerial Ace and Night Slash." Ash said.

Honchkrow used Aerial Ace to quickly fly towards Drifblim, then he quickly used Night Slash to scratch it.

"Bullseye!" Ash shouted.

"Jeez the way Ash and Honchkrow are battling is scary." Barry said.

"You haven't seen everything yet." Tomo said.

"Okay let's end this." Ash declared. "Honchkrow, use Sky Attack."

Honchkrow started to glow to build up energy for Sky Attack.

"Hey I know that move." Barry said. "That's the strongest flying type move."

"Yes, but Honchkrow needs to store energy first so it can't attack right now." Brock said.

"Oh, like Solar Beam right?" Dawn asked.

"Correct." Brock answered.

"Use the Will-O-Wisp and Psychic combination." Fantina ordered while Honchkrow was storing energy.

The Will-O-Wisp circles surrounded Honchkrow, but Ash wasn't about to let that stop Honchkrow.

"Do it now Honchkrow." He said.

Honchkrow charged towards Drifblim, not letting the Will-O-Wisp rings get him down and tackled Drifblim really hard before it could try and dodge the attack. Drifblim couldn't take anymore and fainted.

So Ash was the winner of the gym battle. Barry couldn't believe it at first, but he eventually admitted that Ash and Tomo were very good Pokemon trainers. Fantina gave Ash his Relic Badge and of course he was happy.

After saying their thank yous and goodbyes to Fantina, Barry and the gang went to the Pokemon Center.

"What are you going to do next?" Ash asked Barry.

"I'm going to train on Iron Island." Barry explained.

It was a place where steel type Pokemon lived.

"I'm going to obtain my next badge in Canalave City."

Ash decided right away that he and Tomo should get their next badge in Canalave City as well.

"Well then if you two win there, I will officially make you my rivals." Barry said.

So apart from getting the Relic Badge from Fantina, Ash and Tomo found another rival.