"Thought so," she said. "If magma has a few percent of water in it, then it's just really, really dirty water."
"All right!" Ash cheered. "Now if Magmar uses Thunderpunch he'll just zap himself! Water Pulse!"
"Please stop breaking my volcano," Blaine requested.
"All right!" Ash cheered. "Now if Magmar uses Thunderpunch he'll just zap himself! Water Pulse!"
"Please stop breaking my volcano," Blaine requested.
Charizard liked the plan.
Rhydon did not like the plan.
But then, since it involved Charizard lifting him up by the tail and throwing him into the roof, it wasn't something he'd have liked anyway.
Rhydon did not like the plan.
But then, since it involved Charizard lifting him up by the tail and throwing him into the roof, it wasn't something he'd have liked anyway.
"Have your Pokémon even heard of the Type Chart?" Giovanni demanded, as Rhyperior slowly fell sideways.
"Yeah?" Ash asked. "I thought the best way to make sure I was ready for the League would be to see if I could beat a Ground gym with an Electric team!"
"Pi-kaaaaa!" Pikachu said.
"Though, yeah, Pikachu thinks the Type Chart needs a change anyway," Ash added. "Who do we speak to about that? Professor Oak doesn't seem to know."
"Yeah?" Ash asked. "I thought the best way to make sure I was ready for the League would be to see if I could beat a Ground gym with an Electric team!"
"Pi-kaaaaa!" Pikachu said.
"Though, yeah, Pikachu thinks the Type Chart needs a change anyway," Ash added. "Who do we speak to about that? Professor Oak doesn't seem to know."
"Hey, want to guess what I know how to do and you don't?" he asked, as they reached the peak of their trajectory and began to fall.
"What are you doing?" the other Charizard demanded. "If you don't let me go we're both going to crash!"
Ash's Charizard grinned. "I know!"
They got closer and closer to the ground, then he wrenched them into a spin. "Time's up! The answer's Drill Run!"
After going through three stone floors in succession, they finally stopped moving.
"That was fun," Charizard declared, shaking his wings to get the rubble off. "Don't you think that was fun?"
The other Charizard made a noise like mimblewimble and passed out.
"What are you doing?" the other Charizard demanded. "If you don't let me go we're both going to crash!"
Ash's Charizard grinned. "I know!"
They got closer and closer to the ground, then he wrenched them into a spin. "Time's up! The answer's Drill Run!"
After going through three stone floors in succession, they finally stopped moving.
"That was fun," Charizard declared, shaking his wings to get the rubble off. "Don't you think that was fun?"
The other Charizard made a noise like mimblewimble and passed out.
Ash recalled Dragonair, and sent out Dratini.
Which evolved to Dragonair before Mandi had even finished sending out Golbat.
"Oh, come on!" he said. "That one didn't even do anything yet!"
"I've just discovered a whole new dimension of hugs!" Dragonair cheered, and sprang skywards. "Hello Golbat! Would you like to make friends with me?"
Which evolved to Dragonair before Mandi had even finished sending out Golbat.
"Oh, come on!" he said. "That one didn't even do anything yet!"
"I've just discovered a whole new dimension of hugs!" Dragonair cheered, and sprang skywards. "Hello Golbat! Would you like to make friends with me?"
Pikachu: What about you guys? A lot of us have a chance to travel alongside so much of the time, it's easy to forget you don't so much.
Horsea: It is nice. I do sometimes feel like a bit of a burden on the team when everyone needs moves to create instant ponds, and it's mostly for my benefit and Goldeen's benefit. Still, it's good to stretch my fins.
Ash: Hey, something just occurred to me. Is there any reason a Lapras couldn't learn Agility?
Goldeen: Especially when it might not be a chance that lasts all that long.
Ash and the others arrived at their next destination at about eighty knots, and they were halfway up a beach by the time Lapras was able to skid to a halt.
Horsea: It is nice. I do sometimes feel like a bit of a burden on the team when everyone needs moves to create instant ponds, and it's mostly for my benefit and Goldeen's benefit. Still, it's good to stretch my fins.
Ash: Hey, something just occurred to me. Is there any reason a Lapras couldn't learn Agility?
Goldeen: Especially when it might not be a chance that lasts all that long.
Ash and the others arrived at their next destination at about eighty knots, and they were halfway up a beach by the time Lapras was able to skid to a halt.
The hole in the sky closed up.
"...at this point, I want the largest dose of normal that is legally safe," Misty said. "Let's get to Goldenrod town, there's an entire Gym there that's about Normal."
"...at this point, I want the largest dose of normal that is legally safe," Misty said. "Let's get to Goldenrod town, there's an entire Gym there that's about Normal."
Team Rocket attacked, but they were — unaccountably — unready for a flying invisible Legendary Pokémon who knew Moonblast.
Really, it was sort of negligent in a way.
Really, it was sort of negligent in a way.
"So, uh… do I get the badge?" Ash asked. "Because you're meant to get that from Blackthorn Gym, and there… kind of isn't necessarily a Blackthorn Gym any more. Does it count as a gym if it's not got a roof or a floor?"
"Dodge!" Roxanne ordered.
"How?" Omanyte demanded. "Dodging implies having some idea where to dodge to or from!"
Then Omanyte got hit by Thunderbolt.
Also Phanpy.
Also the ground.
In many ways, it was a team effort.
"How?" Omanyte demanded. "Dodging implies having some idea where to dodge to or from!"
Then Omanyte got hit by Thunderbolt.
Also Phanpy.
Also the ground.
In many ways, it was a team effort.
"Declaration: a properly skilled technician," Porygon announced over the tannoy. "Oversharing addition: I am weeping with simulated joy. And simulated weeping."
"Hey!" Meowth protested. "We kept dis ship in flyin' shape, didn't we?"
"Sarcastic comparison. Keeping the Hikokyu in shape the way you did is like keeping a sandwich in the shape of a taco."
"Hey!" Meowth protested. "We kept dis ship in flyin' shape, didn't we?"
"Sarcastic comparison. Keeping the Hikokyu in shape the way you did is like keeping a sandwich in the shape of a taco."
Gardenia took a deep, steadying breath.
"I'm not going to ask for clarification," she decided. "Please send your final Pokémon out."
Ash recalled Croagunk, and as he did Gardenia sent out her Roserade.
Ash's reply was Entei.
"Oh, hold on," Gardenia frowned. "Hold on… I've got the hang of this, now. Your style of Pokémon training is all about misdirection. So the one thing I can be sure of is that this isn't Entei."
It was Entei.
"I'm not going to ask for clarification," she decided. "Please send your final Pokémon out."
Ash recalled Croagunk, and as he did Gardenia sent out her Roserade.
Ash's reply was Entei.
"Oh, hold on," Gardenia frowned. "Hold on… I've got the hang of this, now. Your style of Pokémon training is all about misdirection. So the one thing I can be sure of is that this isn't Entei."
It was Entei.
The Mecha Giratina launched with a whunk, and Zero stared as his specially built transforming fighter jet flew off without him in it.
"Master," Infi said, as the Porygon's image vanished and she regained control over the interface. "The Giratina Power Copying Module has just crashed."
"Then reboot it," Zero ordered. "We need to take Giratina's power while we have the chance!"
"I mean that it underwent an emergency ejection and hit the ground, breaking apart," Infi clarified. "It is not functional."
"Master," Infi said, as the Porygon's image vanished and she regained control over the interface. "The Giratina Power Copying Module has just crashed."
"Then reboot it," Zero ordered. "We need to take Giratina's power while we have the chance!"
"I mean that it underwent an emergency ejection and hit the ground, breaking apart," Infi clarified. "It is not functional."
"Hmm…" Iris said, examining the egg carefully. "I guess it could be one of several possible Pokémon, but with you I'm not ruling out it being a Pokémon entirely new to science."
"I caught one of those, once," Ash replied. "It turned out they were actually Mew."
"I caught one of those, once," Ash replied. "It turned out they were actually Mew."
"And Ash has…" Iris said, then stopped and sighed. "Really?"
"Look, I'm as surprised as you are," Kyogre rumbled. "I suspect Hoopa was involved."
"Well, it was a fishing contest," Iris said. "And I'm pretty sure Kyogre isn't a fish. So James wins."
"Look, I'm as surprised as you are," Kyogre rumbled. "I suspect Hoopa was involved."
"Well, it was a fishing contest," Iris said. "And I'm pretty sure Kyogre isn't a fish. So James wins."
"Fly up!" Ash called. "Mix the attacks so Reuniculus can't shield properly!"
"Can't you just be content with being a ridiculous electrokinetic?" Reuniculus demanded, gathering psychic energy in her hands before sending it surging out at Pikachu.
"My trainer uses a junior creator deity to check if the shops are open!" Pikachu replied, hiding behind his Thunderstone for a moment before flinging it back at Reuniculus with an Electroball following it. "Excuse me for staying ambitious!"
"Can't you just be content with being a ridiculous electrokinetic?" Reuniculus demanded, gathering psychic energy in her hands before sending it surging out at Pikachu.
"My trainer uses a junior creator deity to check if the shops are open!" Pikachu replied, hiding behind his Thunderstone for a moment before flinging it back at Reuniculus with an Electroball following it. "Excuse me for staying ambitious!"
"Is part of your actual fighting style confusing your opponents so much they can't tell what's going on?"
"I think part of his fighting style is confusing reality so much it can't tell what's going on," Arc volunteered helpfully.
"I think part of his fighting style is confusing reality so much it can't tell what's going on," Arc volunteered helpfully.
"I have this strange sense of foreboding," Ellie admitted.
"It goes away eventually," N replied. "Like how if you're in hot weather for long enough you stop feeling it."
"It goes away eventually," N replied. "Like how if you're in hot weather for long enough you stop feeling it."
Iris: That Kyurem you've trapped… you can force it to do what you want. But you won't get the strength that comes from the bonds between trainers and Pokémon, where they share their pain and their skill and their ideas! My Pokémon are mine because they want to be, I'd let any of them go if that wasn't true — and they're stronger because we work together! And Ash's Nephmew just cut your mind control thing in half.
"Well, I'm sending out my final Pokémon," Grant decided. "I'm not really sure I understand what you did to the first two, but I hope against hope that this third one's going to make a bit more sense."
Ash: I'm not sure how citizenship law applies to multipart metacreation split across two planar realities, but the battle was definitely in Unova and Giratiny was actualized in the bit of the Reverse World coterminous with Unova. He's a small copy of the original Giratina!
Luxio: ...you know that Clemontic Shower we worked on together? Can it be repurposed for headache reduction?
Clemont: We haven't even begun to get into the details. Wait until you hear about his phone.
Luxio: ...you know that Clemontic Shower we worked on together? Can it be repurposed for headache reduction?
Clemont: We haven't even begun to get into the details. Wait until you hear about his phone.
"Ash has a miniature shiny version of the creator of the universe as his smart phone," Pikachu said, succinctly. "And they're a Normal type. So yes, by that definition this is normal."
"Since that Pokémon didn't even exist until two days ago, don't you think it might end up being a bit difficult for people to realize what you're trying to be?"
Hoopa unfolded their arms, so they could fold their arms again but more so. "Hoopa does not think that that is in the rules anywhere."
Hoopa unfolded their arms, so they could fold their arms again but more so. "Hoopa does not think that that is in the rules anywhere."
"Oh, don't worry, you can understand humans without understanding Ash," Vulpix said, flicking a tail. "I think he's an honorary natural disaster at this point anyway."
"Natural disaster?" Brock repeated. "Are you sure he'd be a natural disaster?"
"If you're telling me Ash is artificial, there might be someone to complain to," Vulpix replied. "But if anyone's going to take the blame it's Mew, and she's about the same age as the universe so if you're blaming her you're blaming her for everything anyway and the whole concept of natural falls down."
"Natural disaster?" Brock repeated. "Are you sure he'd be a natural disaster?"
"If you're telling me Ash is artificial, there might be someone to complain to," Vulpix replied. "But if anyone's going to take the blame it's Mew, and she's about the same age as the universe so if you're blaming her you're blaming her for everything anyway and the whole concept of natural falls down."
