Jhoto - Goldenrod City

Whitney, "Finish this focus punch."

Casey, "Aerial ace full power."

The two Pokemon put their all in that one attack and clashed resulting in a power wave going through the field. The two Pokemon separated and glared at each other not wanting to back down that easily before both of them fell.

Referee, "Both Pokemon are unable to battle, this match is a draw. Call your next Pokemon."

Casey, "Thank you Dodrio."

Whitney, "Not bad kiddo, now let's see how well you do against my Tauros."

Casey narrowed her eyes, 'I know exactly how powerful Tauros can be.'

Casey, "Let's go Poliwrath. Your turn."

Referee, "Begin."

Misty, "Ooooh! I have not seen Casey's Poliwrath in a while. I wonder how he will fare against mine."

Melody, "That Poliwrath is quite ripped."

Brock nodded, "This will be interesting."

Poliwrath had attacked with focus punch while Tauros had attacked his opponent with Zen headbutt. Poliwrath then moved back before attacking using dynamic punch and Tauros used swagger to counter. Both Pokemon then started to use sunny day and rain dance simultaneously increasing their strengths.

Casey, "Alright use water pulse."

Whitney smirked, "Fire blast."

Ash perked up at that, and watched as the water pulse and fire blast clashed and created a thick mist. Gou and Serena looked between Whitney and Ash and started to discuss and compare the techniques and moves. Both had Tauros that used moves and attacks that belonged to a different typing. Serena even told Gou she was a little envious of Whitney at the moment as she had all of Ash's attention at the moment.

Gou gave a laugh whispering, "Don't be, he is not interested."

Serena, "I know but it looks like he will be hyper focused on training now."

Tauros at that moment used earthquake on the field to catch Poliwrath off guard and used thunderbolt to knock him out.

Referee, "Poliwrath is unable to battle, Tauros wins. Choose your next Pokemon."

Casey, "Return Poliwrath, thank you buddy. Now Meganium, let's do this."

Meganium, "Meganium."

Referee, "Begin."

Whitney, "Take down."

Casey, "Catch him with vine whip."

Meganium used vine whip and caught Tauros just as he got close but that didn't stop the bull Pokemon who started to use swagger to escape. Meganium didn't waste any time and slammed the Tauros hard on the battle field before backing up. The stubborn bull however got up and charged again making Meganium tsk about hard headed males. She fluttered her petals before releasing a large leech seed that opened up to more leech seed, thank you Venasaur for the tips. The leech seed absorbed whatever strength Tauros had making him fall unconscious.

Referee, "Tauros is unable to battle, choose your next Pokemon."

Whitney, "Return Tauros. I see you taught Meganium new moves."

Casey grinned, "Of course I did. And we have more of where that came from."

Whitney smirked, "I'll hold you up to that, go Miltank."

Referee, "Begin!"

Whitney, "Roll out!"

Casey, "Leech seed on the path, make a barrier."

Meganium nodded and used the leech seed bomb again that sprouted vines and created a grassy wall. Only it didn't stop Miltank who jumped above the wall and almost hit Meganium straight on. Luckily Meganium managed to move away at the last moment, her training with Beedrill coming in handy, her teammate tended to rely on speed a lot. She knew how to watch out for the high speed, but she need to attack too.

Casey, "Meganium use earth quake on the ground to form ridges."

Casey, "Use high horse power to boost your roll out Miltank."

Brock sat up, "Oh that's the infamous move that Whitney used to win her battles during her trainer days."

Serena, "Her defense curl and roll out is already so strong."

Gou, "I can only imagine how much stronger it'll get."

Ash was on the edge of his seat, "Look at that speed, I can't wait to battle her."

Lucario nodded, -I want to battle here too.-

Ash nodded, "You can have the third battle. The leader of Tauros back home wants to tackle Ace battles and Snorlax wants to fight too."

Lucario, -Acceptable.-

Magby, "Bi bi bi bi magbi."

Lucario, -Win a couple of normal battles first baby flame, then you can compete in Ace battles as well.-

Magby nodded determined, and turned back to the fight only to see Miltank and Meganium were in a head lock. Meganium used poison powder but Miltank moved away not wanting to be paralysed and used roll out to attack the grass type. Meganium used double team to avoid getting hit by the roll out attack and retaliated by using vine whip.

Casey, "Use sunny day."

Whitney, "Rain dance!"

Casey, "Now solar beam."

Whitney, "Water pulse."

The two attacks were boosted by the sunny day and rain dance and created a powerful blast when it connected. Lucario created a shield infront of Ash and the baby Pokemon to avoid being affected by the back lash of the powerful attacks. When the power wave died down both Meganium and Miltank were on the ground and the referee waited for one of them to get up. After a few seconds, Meganium slowly got up and stood on the field with shaky legs but Miltank didn't get up.

Referee, "Miltank is unable to battle, Meganium wins the match."

Casey hugged her starter, "You did it Meganium."

Meganium nuzzled her back tiredly, "Mega meganium."

Melody, "That was awesome."

Chloe, "You did it."

Ash, "Meganium was amazing."

Gou, "Yeah, congratulations."

Serena, "That was magnificent."

Brock, "Well done."

Max, "That was so cool."

Misty, "We should party."

Casey laughed, "Thank you everyone. Hell yeah, let's go have a dinner party after my Pokemon are checked over."

Whitney grinned, "Congratulations Casey, that was a clean win. You first Ace Pokemon battle win I believe, so how about you and your friends come over to my farm. We can have a barbeque dinner to celebrate."

Casey beamed, "I would like that."

They went to the Pokemon center and chatted up a storm about the battle earlier and Misty and Melody talked about upping their training regime as well. Serena and Gou were walking with Ash talking about their own Pokemon and Ash offered one of his Tauros to Serena while offering a Miltank to Gou. The two teens blushed at that and thanked him for the Pokemon making Ash smile and offer a group training program.

Ash, "My Tauros and Miltank and your Tauros and Miltank could train together to sharpen their moves. That is after you get the Pokemon and bonded with them."

Gou, "I appreciate that."

Serena, "It'll be fun training together."

Max who was behind them walking next to Misty, "A fun training date."

Melody snickered when Serena and Gou turned pink, "Very smooth there."

Ash lifted his eyes, 'Huh? A date? Ah! So Gou and Serena want to use this chance to date each other. Well they are getting a Tauros and Miltank.'

Lucario had an amused look, -Meema got the wrong idea again.-

Abra giggled, -Yup!-

Gengar laughed, "Geng gengar geng geng gengar."

Phantump cooed, "Phaaaa."

Casey, "Hey Serena, once you are done training battle me. I want to take part in the Pokemon show case in Ecruteak City."

Serena, "Sure, Casey."

Casey, "You know I started training over the top after I met you lot and I still have trouble catching up."

Gou blinked, "Really?"

Casey nodded, "Mmhm! I used to think getting the gym badges and taking part in the League was enough but watching you lot train changed that."

Ash and Misty shared a look before they both sighed, they had a feeling it started with the two of them. Max, Gou, Serena and Melody stated they didn't notice much difference as they were training with Misty and Ash from the start. Brock however shook his head and said their training were definitely intense and to add to that the self defense training they do on the side was a bit much. Though he said he understood why they trained that way, considering their experiences so far.

Misty sighed, she had been doing that a lot lately, "Well it started because of our first day as trainers."

Ash nodded, "We planned on simply going through the gym and contest originally."

Max, "But?"

Misty, "The night of our first day as trainers we were attacked by Team Rocket and almost lost all of our Pokemon to them."

Ash, "What happened in Lavender town didn't help either."

Max, "Phantump's home town."

Casey, "Ah!"

As they waited for Casey's Pokemon to be healed Samuel called Ash on his private phone which surprised them. They looked at each other as Ash went to a private area as he answered the phone and talked to the good old Professor. The Jhoto Poke Talk show wanted to invite Ash for an interview with them, as he was being noticed in Jhoto by the Gym Leaders and the audience who watch the gym battles and contest. Ash thought about it and agreed to it as long as it didn't interfere with their routine and he didn't end up with stalkers.

Samuel laughed, "Understandable Ash, the interview will be early morning before it gets aired in the evening."

Ash, "Early morning? I think I can deal with that."

Samuel, "Wonderful I will tell them you agreed to it. And Ash you don't need to answer questions you don't want to."

Ash, "I know. I hope they will be professional, I won't be responsible for my Pokemon's actions if they feel insulted."

When Ash told the group about it they encouraged him to go but Ash wanted them there just in case something went wrong. The group agreed and Misty mumbled something about their luck being well so far so it would be better to be safe. Melody nodded agreeing with Misty and Chloe decided to check out the forest around Goldenrod to see if she could find a Pokemon she could click with and add to her pack and family. Among her friends she had the smallest pack of Pokemon consisting of Yamper, Thievul, Eevee, Mismagius, Cleffable and Fearrow.

The six Pokemon strong but she wanted to make a second team and branch out a bit more, ever since her talk with her Dad. She wanted to protect her friends and in order to do that she needed a diverse team. It was still up for debate if she wanted to join the police force, the Rangers or the infamous G - men or in her case G - women. But to do that she would need to get strong and but more importantly focus on stealth and speed. So far she had told Ash about it as he is a Champion and she figured he would understand where she was coming from. Ash had understood and called his speed focused Pokemon to help train hers and Pidgeot, Fearrow and Beedrill had happily joined her.

Ash even called Lance and told him of her interest, Lance had been surprised but gave her props to practice with as well as an undercover mission. Ash did not ask what it was about, she had half expected him to, and when she mentioned it, Ash had laughed and said, as a Champion he knew better. Chloe had since then been teaming up with the gym leaders from the Orange Archipelago and working on flushing poachers. It was a little tricky when traveling as a group but Misty, as a future Gym Leader understood and helped in covering for her. Melody and Serena were curious but didn't push her much expect for asking if she was alright and simply told her if she needed help, they would be there.

Chloe, "See something Mismagius?"

Mismagius shook her head, "Mis mis."

Chloe, "Guess we could look around more, then train."

Yamper, "Yam yam."

Chloe was about to return when she or rather her Eevee came across a trap set up by poachers. It raised alarms in her head but she stayed calm and called Whitney to give her a heads up. To say Whitney was shocked was an understatement, she had not exactly Chloe to be involved with Lance's team. Whitney was honestly impressed, when she went to the area where Chloe had contacted her from she was more surprised. The innocent looking girl had taken down three poachers with her Pokemon.

Chloe, "I had the advantage of surprise is all. These three were very full of themselves."

Whitney, "Still, poachers are not easy to defeat, you must have been training hard."

Chloe grinned, "What can I say? Sing is powerful move."

Whitney blinked before laughing out loud on realizing what Chloe had done to knock out the poachers to easily. After they and their Pokemon fell asleep, it was just a matter of rounding them up and making sure they did not escape. The poacher group seemed to be the only one working in the forest area but Whitney still talked to the Officers and Rangers to patrol anyway. You never know when the rest of them might turn up to help the group here. Chloe wrote her report and sent it to her in charge before returning to the Pokecentre where the others were.

Chloe, "It's already dark."

Misty, "Chloe, there you are!"

Ash helped Misty get rid of the leaves in Chloe's hair, "Looks like you have been training."

Chloe grinned not pushing them away, "A bit yes, might have gotten a little overboard but yeah. Clefable really is getting the hang of using Sing."

Serena perked up, "Will you take part in contests then? Melody and Misty are into gym battles, the two of us could take part in contest right?"

Chloe, "You are right, it'll even be fun. Once we return to the Orange Archipelago I'll register to take part in contest."

Melody, "Nice, we are an even number now, two gym leaders and two contestants."

Gou, "Chloe you will be an awesome coordinator."

Max, "We will watch you in the television."

Brock, "I can help you with the pokeblocks and pokemuffins."

Casey, "Yeah, if you need anything we will help you."

Chloe smiled, "Thank you everyone."

[A. N.: Hope you all enjoyed this. I'll be busy again till next week. lol

Have a great week everyone! Take care of yourselves okay. :)

Later!]