Author’s Note:
Greetings, Poliwags. We’ve got an epic one here today with a Charizard showdown! If you missed the last chapter, though, make sure to catch up here. As for this one, hope you enjoy!
Ash couldn't believe it. As he fell, he had thought his luck had finally run out, and that his habit of jumping and falling from high places had finally put him in a situation he couldn't get out of. Then, when he was caught, he had assumed it was Pidgeot or Noivern that had caught him, but then he noticed the unmistakable orange on his saviour's back. He had heard a screech that had sounded familiar too, and he looked up to see another old friend.
Infernape held Greninja, who was now in his regular form and unconscious, at the top of the building. He'd caught the Ninja Pokemon…while Charizard had caught Ash. Ash had begun to feel the pain as Greninja was struck, but for some reason, it had quickly disappeared. He felt tired, but he assumed Greninja had managed to cut off their connection before he'd been knocked out.
Charizard roared and flapped his wings and Ash felt his stomach lurch as the two of them whipped upwards and into view of those on top of the building. Ash noticed Serena on her knees, staring dumbfounded at the unexpected saviours. Mairin had a similar wide-eyed expression, while Malva glared at him.
"Ready for round two?" Ash called out to Alain, who looked surprised, but wasn't letting this faze him too much.
All of a sudden a Flamethrower attack went rushing towards Serena. Ash didn't have time to order an attack, but Charizard took the initiative. He fired off a counter Flamethrower which intercepted the other halfway, creating a huge blast of smoke.
Malva laughed. "So, you've got some reinforcements...that's fine. Houndoom, Mega Evolve!" she yelled. She pressed on her stone and her Houndoom began to glow with a bright, white light. The dog-like Pokemon emerged a much more intimidating sight. Its horns had grown and were now pointing up, rather than being curved. And, its silver, bony stripes had become something like a coat of armour, with jagged spikes around its chest and near its head.
Ash looked over at Infernape. "Infernape, I'm counting on you to keep Serena and Mairin safe from that Houndoom, alright?"
Infernape looked up at its trainer. "Infernape!" it yelled back and nodded. He set Greninja down gently and leaped in front of the girls it was tasked with protecting. Ash saw Delphox run to the unconscious Greninja to care for him.
Ash looked back at Alain. He gently patted Charizard's neck. "I hope your ready for a challenge, Charizard, because you've never faced an opponent like this before," he whispered to his old friend. Charizard looked at Ash from the corner of his eye and spat out a flame. Ash smiled. "Good."
Alain looked at Ash. Ash realized that his opponent seemed to be unhappy with Malva's attack on Serena, but he was clearly going to stubbornly continue the fight with Ash. "Charizard, Flamethrower!" he yelled, and the fierce battle continued.
"You too!" Ash ordered his own Charizard. Ash had often considered Charizard to be his strongest Pokemon. Even stronger at times than Pikachu, Infernape or even Greninja when he wasn’t transformed. Charizard had a battling spirit that almost no Pokemon could match and it showed itself here. His Flamethrower met the Mega Evolution charged Flamethrower evenly and the attacks exploded against each other and knocked both Charizards backwards. Ash took a quick glance down to the battle on the roof and saw Infernape land a perfect Mach Punch on Malva's Houndoom.
"Charizard, use Steel Wing!" Alain yelled.
Ash snapped his attention back to his own battle. "Dragon Tail!" he ordered. As Alain's Charizard charged towards them. Alain's Charizard's wing glowed white and then appeared to have a silvery gleam to it as it swung it towards Ash and his Charizard. Ash's Charizard pulled back just in time and flew up, quickly swinging up his glowing, green tail and smashing it into the face of Alain's Charizard. It was a super effective hit that caused Alain's Charizard to stagger back in extreme pain.
Ash saw Alain's face and the shock and fury he felt at his Mega Evolved Pokemon being hit like that. His Charizard righted itself and glared at Ash's Charizard. "Thunder Punch!" Alain yelled.
This time, Ash and his Charizard weren't fast enough for a counter. Alain's Charizard swung its fist back and let it loose, crackling with electricity, into Ash's Charizard's chest. For the second time in only a few minutes, Ash felt himself being flown backwards with his Pokemon due to his opponent's Thunder Punch. Charizard managed to right himself, however, and he seemed furious that he'd allowed himself to be hit like that. He flapped his wings furiously and spat fire. Ash smiled. "Alright, buddy, use Flamethrower!" he said.
Charizard whipped his head back and then launched it forward, letting loose the most ferocious looking Flamethrower Ash had ever seen. The huge blast of flames rocketed towards Alain and his Charizard. "Deflect with Steel Wing!" Alain yelled out in fear. His Charizard flapped his wings and whipped out one of them, gleaming like steel and flew into the oncoming flames. However, Ash's Charizard's attack was too strong. Some of it was deflected, but it ultimately overwhelmed the Mega Charizard and the latter's wing flinched and then sagged. It managed to keep itself in the air, but it was clearly labouring, its wing badly hurt.
Ash took his opportunity. "Dragon Tail!" he ordered. His Charizard rushed forward with tremendous speed and swung his tail back, before slamming it, now glowing green, into Alain's Mega Charizard. The two slammed into the side of the building, destroying part of it. They were both dazed and they stared at Ash in shock.
Ash and Charizard were just about ready to hit them with one more attack, when he heard a scream from the top of the building.
Serena had all kinds of emotions running through her as the two battles began. She felt fear for Ash, knowing he and his Charizard were at a disadvantage. She felt anger and hatred for Alain, disgusted that he'd blindly follow what Lysandre and Malva told him to do. And, she felt felt love for Ash and his Pokemon, amazed at Infernape's and Charizard's timely arrival and grateful for both of them fighting to keep her, Mairin and their Pokemon safe.
She glanced over to Delphox and saw her kneeling by Greninja, cradling his head in her arms. Serena would have joined her, but she still felt too weak to move, only just now accepting that Ash had survived.
All of a sudden she heard Malva order an attack on Ash's Infernape, and her attention snapped to the battle taking place only a few feet away from her. Infernape was on one side of the hole created by Lysandre's Zygarde, while Malva and her Mega Houndoom were on the other side.
Mairin quickly ran over to Serena with Chespie and Bebe, clearly scared and not wanting to watch alone. "Do you know if Ash's Infernape is strong?" she asked nervously.
Serena didn't answer right away as Malva had ordered a Flamethrower that Infernape was now countering with his own. The two attacks met in midair and exploded on impact, leaving smoke to billow up in the sky. That seemed enough of an answer to Serena. "This is the first time I've seen it battle, but if Ash trained it, Infernape's definitely strong," Serena said to Mairin.
Mairin looked up at Ash and Alain who were in the middle of their own heated battle. "Even if Infernape and Ash's Charizard are strong, how can they match up against Mega Evolved Pokemon?"
Serena continued to watch Infernape. He had leaped into the air and was now rapidly rolling, his body covered in flames, towards Malva's Houndoom. He hit Houndoom straight on and quickly leaped back to avoid a counter. Serena smiled. "Ash's Pokemon are special." She glanced at Pikachu who was now standing next to her, remembering the electric mouse defeating Korrina's Mega Lucario at the Shalour Gym.
"Dark Pulse!" Malva yelled. Serena watched in fear as the Mega Houndoom reared its head back and then spat out a ferocious burst of dark, purple and black energy towards Infernape.
"Infernape!" Infernape yelled and he leaped up quickly, dodging the attack, and dashed around the hole in the roof. He sped up and pulled back his fist. It glowed white hot and he slammed it into the vicious, horned, dog-like Pokemon, sending it sprawling backwards towards Malva.
"Wow...he's winning," Mairin said in shock. Serena nodded. It was true. Infernape had managed to land two powerful hits against Malva's Houndoom, while somehow remaining unharmed himself.
Serena took a quick glance up and saw Ash's Charizard hit Alain's Mega Charizard with an extremely powerful and super effective Dragon Tail attack that sent it staggering backwards. She smiled. Things were actually going pretty well.
Just when she thought that, though, things changed for Infernape. As soon as Houndoom recovered, Malva ordered a quick counterattack. "Crunch!" she yelled. Her Houndoom leaped forward and closed its supercharged jaws on Infernape's arm, which was still stretched out from his previous attack. "Now, Dark Pulse again!" Malva ordered, and Serena could hear the glee in the Elite Four member's voice. Serena's eyes widened as the mouth that had Infernape trapped, launched forth another blast of dark, purple and black energy that launched Infernape across the roof. He landed in a heap in front of Serena and Mairin.
Serena watched in horror as the flaming monkey-like Pokemon struggled to stand. "Come on Infernape!" she shouted. "We need you. Ash is depending on you!" At those words, Infernape opened his eyes and stood up. Serena saw Malva stare at Infernape in fear. She didn't know what had Malva so spooked, but then Infernape glanced back at Serena and Mairin, his eyes glowing red. He then turned back to Malva and Houndoom, breathing heavily and somehow even causing his Mega Evolved opponent to take a nervous step backwards.
Serena took Malva's hesitation and fear as a chance to see how Ash was doing. She looked at the perfect time. Ash's Charizard must have just been hit, but the attack seemed to motivate him, because flapped his wings furiously and launched an incredible Flamethrower at Alain's Mega Charizard. The latter tried to deflect with a Steel Wing, but the majority of the attack hit and did serious damage. Then, Ash's Charizard sped forward, swung its tail back and launched Alain and his Mega Charizard into the side of the building with a powerful Dragon Tail. Serena felt a rush of pride and excitement. She didn't want Alain to get hurt, but she still desperately wanted Ash to win this battle.
It looked like Ash was contemplating his next attack, but all of a sudden a scream split through the air. Serena whipped her head back and saw Infernape slam his fist into Malva's Houndoom. He then grabbed it, encased himself in flames, and started with his Flare Blitz attack. Serena could hear as Houndoom smashed against the ground with every step. It was obvious now that the scream had come from Malva.
Serena could understand it. What she saw in Infernape was extremely terrifying. He seemed to be overcome with power. His eyes had glowed red as he had slammed his fist into Houndoom and he had looked enraged as he began his attack. He was now whipping around the roof, barely avoiding Serena and Mairin on his first lap.
Serena looked over to Malva who was now wide eyed and clearly frozen in fear and worry for her Pokemon. "Stop him!" Malva yelled. "Alright, I give up!"
And then Serena saw Ash darting towards the wildly spinning Infernape, Charizard and him both determined to stop the thrashing that the flaming monkey-like Pokemon was doing.
"Don't do it, Ash!" Mairin shouted. Serena quickly looked at the younger girl, surprised. Then, Serena saw that Mairin's eyes were trained on Malva with pure hatred. She looked over to Serena. "She's faking it. Houndoom's fine."
Serena looked back. Ash didn't seem to have heard Mairin's shout. Charizard dropped down quickly and plucked Infernape off the roof, causing the ape to lose hold of Houndoom, who landed gracefully on the ground. Serena's eyes widened. It couldn't have landed that gracefully if it was hurt. She saw Infernape in Charizard's grasp. His eyes were red, but he didn't appear to have actually lost control. He was looking up at Ash in confusion.
Suddenly, Malva laughed and pointed up at Ash, who was now hovering with Charizard and Infernape. All three looked completely shocked. "Houndoom, Dark Pulse!" she yelled.
Another yell joined in. "Charizard, Flamethrower!" Serena looked over to see Alain, him and his Charizard looking weary, but still managing to fly.
Serena gave a panicked look towards Ash who was now fully aware he'd been duped. The attacks sped towards Ash and his two fire types. The Flamethrower hit Charizard, while the Dark Pulse hit Infernape. There was a massive explosion, leaving a huge cloud of smoke. Serena prayed for Ash to be okay. She willed the attacks to have somehow not done much damage. Her hopes were dashed as the smoke cleared and she saw Charizard, Infernape and Ash all falling towards the ground, completely limp. And the storm began, thunder and lightning blasted through the skies, highlighting the bodies falling to the ground.
Bonnie, Hawlucha and Squishy had arrived outside to a large scale battle between the police and Team Flare. She had watched as Ash commanded his Pidgeot to victory over the powerful Salamence and cheered loudly when the powerful bird had emerged victorious.
"Great job, Pidgeot!" she yelled as the bird passed her, on his way to do battle with a Staraptor that had knocked out a police officer's Fletchinder.
Bonnie noticed Clemont was in a heated battle with one of the Team Flare members that had attacked them on the beach. The woman with purple hair, Celosia. Bunnelby was clearly exhausted, but now he was about to be tag teamed by the green haired woman, Bryony, and her Liepard.
"Hawlucha, use Karate Chop on the Lipeard!" Bonnie quickly ordered. It was just in time. The Drapion had used Pin Missile and struck Bunnelby, but Liepard was preparing a Shadow Claw that would have seriously hurt the rabbit-like Pokemon. Hawlucha whipped forward and chopped at Liepard's back, knocking it to the ground.
Clemont looked up in shock at Bonnie. "Thanks, Bonnie!" he said happily. He returned Bunnelby who was now clearly in no shape to continue. He called out Luxray. "Luxray, use Swift!" he ordered, now having more confidence.
Bonnie called her attack as well. "Hawlucha, use Flying Press!"
Luxray's Swift attack struck Drapion in the middle of the chest, each glowing star knocking it further back. Meanwhile, Hawlucha leaped into the air, spread his wings, whipped downwards, spun in midair and hit Liepard with a perfect Flying Press.
“Luchaaa!” he yelled in glee.
"Awesome, Hawlucha!" Bonnie congratulated, as Hawlucha did a victory pose in front of his now defeated opponent.
Celosia and Bryony glared at Bonnie and Clemont, recalling their Pokemon. "Filthy brats!" Celosia snarled. She called out her Manectric, while Bryony brought out her Bisharp. "Manectric, use Thunderbolt!" Celosia ordered.
"Bisharp, use Stone Edge!" Bryony called.
Bonnie and Clemont were quick to respond. "Luxray, Wild Charge and get through that Stone Edge!" Clemont called, while Bonnie ordered another Flying Press to dodge the Thunderbolt.
Luxray charged through the stones that came up in his way, crackling with electricity. He blasted through each stone with ease and then continued running towards Bisharp. "Finish with Thunder Fang!" Clemont ordered. Luxray's jaws crackled with electricity and he bit into Bisharp, causing a massive explosion that left the latter unable to continue.
Meanwhile, Hawlucha once again launched into the air and then spun around, easily dodging the Thunderbolt attack from Manetric. He whipped towards Manectric and struck it hard, causing it to stagger back. "Karate Chop!" Bonnie yelled. Hawlucha slammed his fist down onto Manectric's head and it hit the ground. However, it managed to stagger to its feet.
"Shock Wave!" Celosia ordered.
"Bonnie, get Hawlucha off the ground!" Clemont yelled in fear.
Bonnie was fast, though. She felt she was developing some good fighting instincts. "Hawlucha jump up and then use High Jump Kick!"
Hawlucha performed the move with ease. He leaped up, dodging the shock wave attack around Manectric and then he whipped towards the latter and kicked it in the head, knocking it down to the ground. "Lucha!" he shouted, as he finished his attack.
Bonnie smirked at Celosia and Bryony. "You done?" she asked with a deathly sweet voice. She tried to make herself sound as much like a little kid as possible, hoping to embarrass them further.
The two Team Flare women glared and then looked up in surprise. Bonnie turned around, confused as to what they were looking at. When she saw, her eyes widened with dread. "Ash!" she yelled, as a blast of thunder was heard, following a bright flash of lightning. All kinds of surprises were in the scene she saw. First, she recognized Alain and his Mega Evolved Charizard. Next, she was stunned to see that there was another Charizard. She realized it must have been the one that Serena had mentioned had left Professor Oak's lab in a hurry after hearing about Ash being kidnapped. Then, she saw the monkey-like Pokemon which she assumed was the Infernape that was travelling with Ash's Charizard. What filled Bonnie with dread, however, was seeing the two Pokemon and Ash get hit by a Flamethrower from Alain's Charizard and a Dark Pulse from a Pokemon that must have been on the roof. There was a massive explosion of smoke and then she saw Ash and his Pokemon falling to the ground.
Bonnie looked around wildly. Pidgeot and Noivern were in the middle of their own battles and hadn't noticed, so they couldn't save Ash. She saw Talonflame rushing towards him, but it was clear the flaming bird was too far away and likely too small to help anyways. Hawlucha also whipped forward, hoping to help, but he was likely too far away, too.
All of a sudden, Bonnie realized Squishy was gone. She looked back towards where Ash was falling and her eyes widened as Squishy glowed white, changing form from his dog-like shape and into a snake-like shape. He launched forward with the most incredible speed Bonnie had ever seen. "That's Extreme Speed," Clemont said, surprised. Squishy continued to whip forward and then he stopped below where Ash and his Pokemon were nearing the ground and then nodded his head towards them, and they were encased in a glowing, blue barrier. "Safeguard!" Clemont said happily. Squishy then leaped up and caught the group, encased in their protective shield and he landed with a thud on the ground.
Bonnie ran forward, followed by Clemont and Luxray, towards her friend. She could see Talonflame and Hawlucha reach him. She looked up towards the building quickly and saw Serena staring down at the scene. Bonnie waved up at her. "He's okay, Serena!" she yelled. She could see the relief in Serena's face, even with the distance between them.
Bonnie looked over at Ash. Maybe saying he was okay was a bit of a stretch, but he was definitely alive. And at least he was conscious. He was dazed, but he was ensuring his Pokemon were alright. Clemont was tending to them. Luckily, they didn't seem too badly hurt. Charizard just looked furious, while Infernape was shaking his head, just looking disappointed with what had happened.
Then, suddenly, they were in danger again. Bonnie heard Serena scream in fear and anger. Bonnie turned to see a Dark Pulse attack heading straight towards the group. Squishy acted just as quickly as he had with Ash. He turned towards the attack, inhaled, and then unleashed a ferocious looking Dragon Pulse. The bluish attack rocketed towards the purple and black Dark Pulse and forced it back towards the culprit. Bonnie just barely saw a dog-like Pokemon with big horns jump out of the way as the side of the building exploded.
Serena glared over at Malva, furious that the latter would attack while Ash and his Pokemon were down. And furious with the evil trick to put him in that situation in the first place. "How dare you!" she yelled at Malva. She looked over at Delphox, about to call her to battle, but then decided to let her Pokemon continue tending to Greninja. She pulled out a pokeball and tossed it. "Sylveon, go!" she shouted.
Malva laughed. "You think you can beat a member of the Elite Four?" she sneered.
Mairin looked at Serena with a panicked face. "What are you doing?" she yelled. "There's no way you can beat her."
Serena shook her head, continuing to glare at Malva. "Just stay back," she said to Mairin. She looked at Sylveon. "Ready, Sylveon?" she asked.
"Syl veon!" Sylveon said, staring down the Houndoom from the other side of the hole in the roof.
Mairin ran over so that she was behind Serena. Chespie looked awestruck and Bebe had her eyes closed. "Be careful," Mairin said. Serena nodded to acknowledge her.
Serena went first. "Sylveon, use Swift!" she yelled. Sylveon jumped up and launched the glowing stars towards Houndoom.
Malva just laughed and snapped her fingers. Houndoom used Crunch and bit into each star as it approached, taking no damage at all. "Your boyfriend at least has some battle experience. You're just a weak little girl. Houndoom, use Dark Pulse."
"Protect!" Serena quickly ordered. As the purple and black attack launched towards Sylveon, she put up a bright, turquoise barrier that stopped the attack in its tracks.
Malva raised her eyebrows. "Not bad, but still no match for me." She pointed at Sylveon. "Flamethrower, and keep it up until that barrier runs out."
Serena felt her palms go sweaty. Sylveon couldn't keep the barrier up much longer, especially if being attacked. She decided to go on the offensive. "Sylveon, Double Team!" Sylveon gave up the barrier and instantly started multiplying. It looked as if there were about twenty different Sylveons on the roof. "Now Fairy Wind!" Each Sylveon jumped up and shook their feelers which extended from their ears. Houndoom looked up, confused, not knowing which to attack. Then, the Sylveon copies disappeared and the real one launched a gust of pure pink wind towards Houndoom. It flipped the Mega Evolved Pokemon over and slammed it onto its back.
Malva looked furious. "Hit it with Dark Pulse! Now!" she yelled in anger. Houndoom quickly got to its feet and opened its jaws, releasing a ferocious blast of purple and dark energy towards Sylveon, who was still in midair from her attack. She was struck in the middle of the chest and rocketed towards Serena, landing hard in front of her.
"Sylveon!" Serena yelled in concern, running forwards to her Pokemon.
Malva laughed. "See? That's true power!" She pointed at Serena, who now was holding Sylveon in her arms, comforting her Pokemon. "Houndoom, knock them off the building! Flamethrower!"
"Pika!" Serena watched, horrified, as Pikachu ran in front of her and Sylveon to block the attack. The flames rapidly approached and were just about to hit, when all of a sudden they were deflected by another Flamethrower.
Serena looked around at Delphox, thinking it was her, but her Pokemon only had focus on Greninja still, unaware of the battle. Then she looked into the sky, thinking Ash had miraculously come back with Charizard. Well, she was sort of right. It was a Charizard that had saved them. But, it was Alain's Charizard.
"Alain?" Mairin said, surprised.
Alain glared down at Malva. "What do you think you're doing?" he yelled. "How can you attack them while they're down?" He looked at Mairin. "I'm sorry Mairin, you may be right."
Malva narrowed her eyes. "I'm just doing what's best for Team Flare," she retorted. She looked at her Houndoom. "He's with them now, finish him off."
Serena watched, completely dumbfounded, as Houndoom reared his head back and fired a Dark Pulse at Alain and his Charizard. They were too weak and too tired from their battle with Ash, so they couldn't dodge it and the attack struck Charizard in the middle of his chest. They were launched back and Charizard reverted back to his original form.
"Alain!" Mairin shrieked, running to the edge of the building, terrified for her friend.
Serena had no idea what to do. She watched as Alain, like Ash, fell with his Charizard to the ground. But, then a roar was heard and Serena was amazed to see Ash and his Charizard racing towards Alain. Ash's Charizard spread his wings and hovered in front of the knocked out trainer and Charizard as they slammed into him. Serena could see that the weight was going to be too much. She saw Ash trying to reach out and hold onto Alain, while Charizard struggled to hold his double.
"They're too heavy," Serena said.
Mairin looked over at her in a panic. "What do we do?"
The answer came in the form of Pidgeot and Noivern who rushed towards their trainer and those he was helping. Noivern took Alain, while Pidgeot helped Ash's Charizard to hold Alain's. Serena noticed Pidgeot and Charizard exchange looks of recognition. She realized those two likely hadn't seen each other since Ash's journey through Kanto.
Noivern safely carried Alain to the ground and laid him next to Clemont and Bonnie. Pidgeot and Charizard did the same with Alain's Charizard. Serena could see Infernape was still down there, too. He was just finishing off a Team Flare opponent with a Flamethrower. Instead of staying down there, Ash and Charizard flew back up to the roof, along with Pidgeot and landed next to Serena and Mairin.
He jumped off of Charizard and Serena and Mairin both ran to him. The first wanting to embrace her boyfriend, the latter wanting to thank him. Ash stood awkwardly as the two of them hugged him.
Mairin thanked Ash and then she ran over to Charizard to thank him, too. Serena saw the flying lizard Pokemon looking at the young girl, embarrassed. Mairin finished off with a hug for Pidgeot. "Thank you guys for saving Alain. He figured it out. He knows that they're wrong." She pointed at Malva.
Serena held on to Ash tightly, not wanting to let him go. "It's true. Alain just saved us when Malva tried to attack Sylveon and me."
Ash's eyes flashed angrily. He looked over at Sylveon who still had Pikachu in front of her. The yellow, electric mouse was glaring at Malva, electricity sparking from his cheeks.
Malva glared at the group. "Enough of this. We don't need Alain anyways. All that matters is Lysandre getting control of that Zygarde. We're giving him plenty of time to deal with that."
Ash looked over at Charizard and Pidgeot. "Take Serena, Mairin and the other Pokemon down with you. Pikachu and I will deal with Malva." He looked at Serena. "Don't argue."
Serena stared into his eyes, wanting to do just that, argue, but she realized she couldn't. Ash had that look of determination that meant not only that he wasn't going to back down, but also that he knew he was going to win. She nodded and recalled Sylveon to her pokeball. She then pulled out Delphox's and Greninja's pokeballs. "It's okay, Delphox, Greninja will be okay." She told her Pokemon. She recalled both of them to their pokeballs and then handed Greninja's to Ash. "Bonnie and Clemont have the others,” she said.
Ash nodded and smiled. "Thanks for taking care of them all." He pulled Serena into a hug and held her tightly. "I'll see you in a few minutes. And I'll try not to fall."
This time Serena made the move. She leaned her head back, grabbed Ash's face with both her hands, and then pulled him towards her. She pressed her lips to his with all the love she had for him. She again felt that tingle of electricity course through her nerves, head to toe and had the feeling of being completely energized by the kiss. When they broke apart, she smiled at him. "Go beat her, Kalos champ," she said and then she ran over to Charizard and got on his back. He and Pidgeot flapped their wings and then flew Mairin and Serena back to the ground, to wait for Ash's battle.
Author’s Note:
Nothing like a little Charizard brawling to warm up for a match with an E4 member. Hope you all enjoyed. I remember loving writing these chapters way back.
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