"What? Big bro, you caught another new Pokémon!" Max saw the Electrike next to Ash playing, and immediately regretted not being able to see it, "I was so focused on playing games and losing that I missed the battle! How could I!"
"May, I will never go with you again!" Max seemed to have made up his mind.
May looked at the cute Electrike rubbing Ash's leg and was a little stunned, "Ash, can you still remember how many Pokémon you have caught so far? I have only caught two Pokémon while you caught so many."
"Besides, this Electrike is so cute, I want one too! Can I please have it, baby?" May hugged Electrike and couldn't put it down and just liked at Ash with her baby doll eyes, which obviously didn't work in the experienced Ash. Thes kinds of fluffy Pokémon's are her favorite ones.
Ash's new Electrike was also very docile compared to most other ones when not battling, but he can quickly change this when he is in a battle. He let May hold him and continued look cute for his masters mate.
Ash smiled at seeing two of the things belonging to him being so so close and said, "May, you are just starting out now on you journey for the first time, so you don't need to catch as many Pokémon as I do. When you become proficient in it and have enough ability to take care of them all, you can try to add more Pokémon to your team. You have to remember that the Pokémon's are our partners, once you make them join you, you will be responsible for their wellbeing." Ash lovingly told his inexperienced girlfriend.
"Yes sir, I understand!" In fact, May was just feeling a little envious and nothing more. She knew her situation well. She couldn't even take care of her two Pokémon by herself and needed Ash's and Brock's help.
Brock looked at Ash talking to May, smiled and nodded, "By the way, Ash, where is our next destination?"
"The next Gym is located in Lavaridge Town, so most definitely there for our next destination. From what I heard from Wattson, the Gym Leader will be using Fire-type Pokémon's." This is also the reason why Ash exchanged his Torchic immediately after beating the Gym. He had already planned to let his Torchic challenge the Lavaridge Gym.
His Growlithe was still in its early stage, so there was no need for her to join him.
"No, Ash, can we go first go to Fallabor Town? I asked Nurse Joy and she said that the closest and next Pokémon Contest will be held at Fallabor Town. Ash, you also want to participate, right?" May asked quickly. She really needed to win a Pokémon Contest!
Hearing these two place names, Max quickly took out the PokéNav and inquired, "Big bro, the distance between Fallabor Town and Lavaridge Town is not far, on the other hand, you need to go through an area very close to the town." Max said excitedly.
Looking at the two points not far apart on the map, Ash nodded and made the final decision, "Then we can go to Fallabor Town first, and then go to Lavaridge Town through there."
After all, he had to make time for his next Pokémon Contest, and the Gyms can't exactly run away from him.
After they left the big city of Mauville City, Ash and the group plunged into the deep forest again.
The most common thing in all of their trips were the vast number of forests, and this time they were lucky enough to encountered a whole watermelon field not long after they left.
The watermelon inside were all ripe and looked to be growing very really well.
"Wow, so many big melons!" May was pleasantly surprised by this.
Of course, there are ordinary fruits like this in the Pokémon world. After all, most of the berries are not tasty to the human tongue and only taste good to certain Pokémon's.
Ash, Misty and then their previous partner Tracy had encountered the seven Grapefruit Islands back in the Orange Islands, and it was also there that Ash was able to catch his long waited Snorlax, who could swim very well. In terms of his strength alone, it was enough to serve as one of Ash's strongest regular Pokémon's.
However, the cultivation of this such a ordinary fruit is actually much more difficult than that of tree fruits, as it requires fruit farmers to spend a lot of effort in cultivating it.
If they randomly eat the watermelons here without asking or looking for anyone, they would most likely be treated as thieves and be beaten ups
Ash would never let that happen again!
A blue light flashed on his eyes, as he quickly wanted to find the owner here, but he found something else interesting thing on the other side of the hillside.
It was a Electrode, but it was disguised as a bigger than normal watermelon. It must be acting as the guard here in this melon field to protect the watermelons here from being stolen.
"Hey, who are you guys?" A pretty girl soon appeared next to Ash and the rest, "Are why are you four here to steal my melons again?"
"No! No!" Ash quickly said back, "We were just passing by, and we also didn't want to pick them to eat. You can't slander great people like us when you don't even know us!"
"Huh.. really?" The young lady looked Ash up and down. His shape was quite unique, with Pikachu and Ralts standing on his shoulders, and an Electrike at his feet.
He was handsome to say the least.
Yes, he is right. Such a handsome man will never do such bad things!
"Haha. My bad. The watermelons here are all carefully grown by me. If you want to eat them, there is no problem other than one..." The young lady said, "As long as you can beat me in a doubles match, you can eat as much as you want!"
Poor Brock couldn't even say anything before he was pulled back by Max and May.
So if he wins the battle, he can eat as much of her melons as he wants, so of course he can't miss such a chance!
The battle began immediately.
"My name is Natasha! These are my two Pokémon's I will be using!" Natasha threw two Poké Balls, "Amd just to let you know, but we have never lost in a doubles match!"
It was very obvious that this girl Natasha was very confident in her power, and the Pokémon she used were indeed good enough. She was young to be using a Grovyle and a Slugma, a combination of Grass and Fire.
"I am Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, and they are the ones I use are my Torchic, and Electrike!" Ash then threw his Torchic's Poké Ball out.
And his Electrike happily ran up and stood with it to please Ash.
Then, Torchic snorted and turned his head aside from Electrike.
"Okay, now the doubles match is about to begin! Are both sides ready?" Brock was in charge of being the referee as he was actually a professionally licensed one. The moment his announcement was made, the eyes of the two Pokémon on Ash's side completely changed to that of a much more serious note.
"Elec..." Electrike lowered his body, and some low growls were coming from his open mouth. The fur all over his body all stood up, and there were now streaks of electricity flowing through it.
Torchic's eyes also became much more sharp, and the temperature of his whole body seemed to be rising at a noticeable speed.
They looked at each other, as they had to put aside their daily banter during this battle. They were now united as one to fight for their beloved Trainer!
"Its so scary. My little Electrike's appearance changed all of a sudden." May couldn't even handle it anymore. Is this really the same docile Electrike she plays with?
Max, however, focused on Torchic, "May, your Torchic is far worse than big bros one, and his one is younger!"
Max has forgotten when was the last time May's Torchic actually trained with the rest.
"Okay, let's start. You can go first since I'm so nice!" Natasha was really confident in her battle prowess and let Ash take the lead in attacking.
"Then I'm happy to oblige!" Ash smiled back softly, "Torchic, Flame Charge! Electrike, Charge!"
Torchic turned into a fireball and was ready to hit Grovyle, while Electrike started to Charge up and then launch a thunderous strike at Slugma.
But Natasha was really experienced in tag team battles and knew what to do, "Grovyle, avoid using Bullet Seed to attack Electrike! Slugma, use Flamethrower on that Electrike!"
Natasha launched a double attack on Electrike in an instant, and the two attacks soon also came towards Electrike.
However, Electrike's speed was even more amazing.
"After avoiding it, Discharge! Ember!"
Ash's quick order made Brock on the side suddenly widen his closed eyes.
Although he had never engaged in doubles battles, he could tell by just looking at Natasha how much more experienced she was at this than anyone he had seen.
When she gave the order, she made it very clear who was going to do what and what the target of the attack was, this ensured a much more smoother response from her Pokémon.
But what about Ash? Commanding two Pokémon at the same time, issuing huge orders looked so simple from his perspective.
It's not really difficult for the much faster Ash to respond back. Discharge's is of course from Electrike, and Ember's is from Torchic. As for who to attack, there was no need for that.
Ash made sure his Pokémon's knew the type chart for when wasn't with them, they could use this to gain the upper hand.
The Electric-type Discharge was not effective against the Grass-type Grovyle, and the Fire-type Ember has no effect against Slugma, who was also a Fire-type Pokémon.
They determined their attack target early on, almost as soon as the battle had begun!
And just with this simple command, Ash's fighting rhythm had become much faster than that of the opposite Natasha.
Electricity rushes and shocked the Slugma, Ember flies up and hit the Grovyle that was jumping into the air.
Natasha couldn't react to such a rapid attack, and Ash's attack combo also hadn't ended yet, "Thunder Fang! Flame Charge!"
The two Pokémon rushed over at the same time, heading towards their intended attack target.
Thunder Fang took a bite at Slugma, and the smoke from the small scale explosion swallowed him up completely.
The blazing fireball hit Grovyle hard, and the two Pokémon flew out from their own small explosion, completely losing their ability to fight anymore!
After the battle, Torchic looked at Electrike beside him, snorted again, and turned back to where Ash was. Electrike quickly caught up with him and arrived at Ash's feet looking for compliments.