343. Ralts Line

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At this moment when Ash was talking to himself, Max finally reached back to where they were before with May and brick.

Brock immediately got to work after hearing the simplified work from Max and made some very nutritional soup full of herbs that are known ti restore the physical strength of someone and gave it to little Ralts to drink.

Finally, after drinking the whole thing, it looked much better and was now even smiling a little.

"No, it's still not fully recovered, it seems that it still some level of fever left in its body. It's better to take it to the Pokémon Center and give it to Nurse Joy to have a look at it immediately, or who knows what could happen!" Brock didn't feel at ease at all, but he was trying his best to not be overly panicking.

He has already checked Ralts's injuries a few times. The main issue wasn't even the injuries, those could be healed with time akd good medical care, the main concern here was all the trauma it faced, and that was very serious for a Pokémon like Ralts, that are said to be able to feel emotions and act upon them. Not to mention it had also experienced drowning only some minutes ago because of the chase.

Now he was simply too weak to even stand up and his fever was getting from bad to worse. Brock could only try his best to make sure that his body doesn't completely collapse, and that was the most he could for now as he didn't have any of those advanced machines that established Pokémon Centers had. But if this continues for any longer, this little one will be in far greater danger than ever.

"Then come here, Ralts!" Max and little Ralts were already familiar with each other, even though they had just met only at max (get it?) half an hour earlier, and he put it on his back again, "Before we reach our destination go Cerosi Town, let me carry you there. Now I will be the one responsible for taking care of you, Ralts."

Ash, who ran back as quickly as possible after beating up that Hunter and some wild Pokémon's that thought he was intruding upon their territory, heard this and smiled, "Well good for you, Max, though you have to work hard for it."

"Ash!" May cheered up and jumped on him to kiss him, her lover was back to her in one piece.

Ash nodded to her and kissed her back, only with their love and nothing else, and his Ralts on his shoulders teleported to Max's back, and gently patted the other little one's head, "Don't be afraid, we will protect you!"

"Yes, Big Bro! I'll do my best to keep him safe with me!" Max was full of fighting spirit when he heard Ash's praise for him.

However, Ash looked to the other side and said, "Then close your eyes and ears quickly and turn around, don't look back at us…!"

Seeing Ash's appearance, Brock and May also had stern expressions on their faces, "Max, stay behind use!"

"What do you think you're doing?" Three men suddenly dropped down from the sky and have surrounded Ash and his group. Not far behind them, there was a Kirlia who was also covered in some heavy bruises. Looking at the new Ralts on Max's back, there was full of worry and sadness in its own eyes.

This Kirlia should be the companion of this little Ralts they found, so Ash would do his best to rescue it as well.

"Huh, Big Bro, something is wrong with Ralts here!" Max immediately exclaimed at that same moment, the little Ralts he found wasn't respond to him at all.

"Hand over those two Ralts, as well as that Togetic, Absol, and Flygon. We want them all!" The three men held a lot of their Poké Balls.

Looks like they didn't hear what happened to their partner, so they acted all high and mighty without knowing how strong Ash was.

They immediately threw out their Poké Ball and some few loud bangs heard, three Shiftrys, four Cacturnes, plus six Houndooms and nine Mightyenas, a total of twenty-two Pokémon surrounded Ash and his group.

These twenty-two Pokémon were all part Dark-type, which heavily restrains Ralts and Kirlias Psychic-type, tho they are also weak to the twos Fairy-types, but that really doesn't matter here as these two were quite weak. Plus, it's not surprising that even the faster Kirlia was caught, the weapons on their hands were even more advanced than the one that Ash easily dealt with some time ago.

May felt like she was facing a formidable enemy, but she also realized they ultimately were going to be safe, they just need to be careful and quick, "Max, if you find an opportunity, leave as soon as possible and hide." May quietly told her younger brother.

"Big Sis?"

"Stop talking, did you not say that you would be responsible for taking care of Ralts?" May stopped what Max was going to say, now everything must be prioritized to save Ralts.

Ash's fighting spirit was already burning like crazy, the last fight he had didn't really seem like even a warm-up to him, but he smiled and said to Pikachu, "Pikachu, they didn't even mention your name. Personally, I wouldn't even let that slide!"

"Pika pika!"

Pikachu shouted in understanding and jumped off Ash's shoulders. Whenever his small electric rodent was angry, the consequences were always severally serious for the opposition.

"Max, I will destroy a way to make a way for you, I don't want May to be angry at me for not making sure you're okay." Ash smiled and waved his hand, "Ralts and Togetic, you go with Max and make sure he is okay, if there is any issues, Teleport or call me! Pikachu, Volt Tackle! Hold back most of it, we don't want to destroy this forest or kill them, understand?"

Pikachu still managed to hear and nod to Ash's words despite being covered in loud and powerful lightning bursting out of his body wildly, in an instant Pikachu was wrapped in golden and blue electric currents, and rushed towards where all nine of Mightyenas were on the right side.

"Yes!" Max nodded fiercely, followed the path of destruction Pikachu caused with only an extremely small amount of his power on his body, and rushed over with his head buried in the air. He escaped from the encirclement in one go and ran out with the two Ralts and Togetic on his back and even Snorunt, who had been following Ash, also followed him after asking for Ash's permission.

After sending Max out, Ash looked at the three scared men in front of him. May and Brock stood behind him and threw Poké Balls of their own.

"Stand by for battle, Absol, Flygon!"

"Come on, Ludicolo!"

"Combusken, take the stage!"

This was the first time that Ash and his team faught a battle like this, side by side. May's progress was obvious to all, and she can finally stand by Ash's side.

Not on power, but in her commands and understanding of her own Pokémon's.

She clenched her fist tightly, she wanted Ash to see just how strong she was now in a real battle and not in one of those Pokémon Contest ones.

Ash's Flygon came out and spread out his wings and flew up to open up a Safeguard, firmly protecting their side of the battle from unnecessary issues.

"Hmph, d-d-don't think you're stronger than us just because you easily b-beat all of our nine Mightyenes up!" The middle-aged man couldn't help but yell out despite sweating all over his body, even stuttering in his sentence.

His two other henchmen couldn't help but look at him like a complete idiot, telling their enemies that they are not afraid despite looking like that.

"Boss, where is Bill? He was supposed to be hear with us, but now we can't even track him down!" The guy to the left of him asked in concern, after all Bill was the strongest amongst them after their Boss.

Facing the three teens, their Boss was already at a complete loss. "You, go attack that little kid! And to hell with Bill, he smashed by wife! I was gonna kill him anyway!" He said the last part in complete pain and anger.

The one on the left was about to turn around and chase after him in happiness, as that meant that he maybe even run away from that absolute tragedy that they were going to face, but was blocked by that same overpowered Pikachu looking at him like he didn't just decent nine of their Pokémon's in an instant. He was so frightened that he quickly called out, "Houndoom, Shiftry, Cacturne, protect me!"

This was what Team Magma had given to this group just before they had to go under. The collective level was not that high, but it was also not that low either. However, they were anything but Pikachu's opponent, a single Thunderbolts defeated all of them their core, truly a "burnt on the outside and tender on the inside" moment as Sun Tzu once said in his The Art of BBQ!

"Damn it, how could this happen!" The three men were immediately stunned again. Where the hell did such a strong Pikachu come from?

The real collective attacks by Ash and the other two finally started.

May faced a Cacturne, and she was still angry with Harley's one for hurting her adorable little Bulbasaur, "Combusken, use Fire Spin!"

"Cacturne, use Bullet Seed!" One of the two henchmen held a real gun out and gave the order decisively. Though he did feel something was wrong with his gun, it felt…lighter?

He or his partners had no clue that Ash had already teleported the bullets from all of their guns into his own bag for later uses.

He was elated to find out that his opponent was not that scary kid, but this beautiful girl.

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The collision of the Fire Spin and Bullet Seed suddenly caused a burst of dark smoke to appear in the sky across the battlefield and that part of the forest.

"This battle is a bit interesting." Ash murmured, a light flashing in his eyes, "Absol, use Sword Dance!"

Though he didn't even need to boost his powers as his opponents were all pretty weak, maybe a little stronger than that Bill they spoke off, he still wanted his Absol to get more practice in with a move like Sword Dance for real battles in the future, so he could maybe even use them as real swords to attack.

Tho that was just the idea without any results, so far that is.

Surrounded by the sword energy, Absol's whole body seemed to be shining with dark blue light.

Absol: 242/255

From when he caught to now, Absol's Bond Value has finally reached this level where they could feel the new power in his body.

"Cacturne, use Shadow Ball!

Houndoom, Flamethrower!

Shiftry, Solar Beam!"

The middle-aged uncle in the middle looked at Ash with both hatred and fear. The man he had just ordered to chase Max had lost all of his Pokémon's, so he had to give him his own Houndoom to fight that Brock kid. Now his two henchmen lost most of their real Pokémon's and were commanding but losing control of this battle.

Now it was just him and this kid!

"Ash, let me deal with that Houndoom!" Brock also stood next to Ash, "Ludicolo, use Hydro Pump!"

Ludicolo's Water Gun blocked two Houndoom's Flamethrowers, taking some of the "pressure" off Ash!

"Alright then, thank you, Brock!" Ash nodded, his eyes blazing, "Flygon, use Dragon Pulse! Absol, use Dark Pulse!"

The two pulse attacks actually merged together and turned into a giant dark purple eastern dragon, which easily crushed the two Shiftry's Solar Beams and sent it, the two most powerful ones here, flying out and going unconscious with some real serious injuries.

Combo Skill-Dark Dragon's Wrath!

However, this also gave Ash another opportunity to take advantage of. Two Houndooms took the opportunity to approach Ash from behind.

They held two hot looking Fire Fangs in their mouths and smashed it towards Ash's head!

"ASH!" Brock and May suddenly exclaimed in terror!

However, they seem to have forgotten in their haste that Ash himself possesses the power to beat the ever living crap of these Pokémon's, like he did with his own Vigoroth.

"Who the fuk do you think you are, little nigers!"

Ash shouted violently with all the racism he can muster up, his whole body was wrapped with a blue light, he reached out and grabbed the two Houndooms necks, and while the two big black dogs were whimpering, he directly smashed them together and then threw on the two men.

"You two are weak! My Houndoom is so much better than you waste of spaces! Mine can at least battle me for a few minutes!"

"May, concentrate on your own battle! I will only help you if you truly need it!" At this moment, only the battle between May and that Cacturne was left, and which should end quickly.

Pikachu and Flygon alredy took care of the rest of their Pokémon's in a single attack, so now it was time to round them up.

Ash clapped his hands and looked at the two men who crashed to the ground with a smile, "You two are under arrest! Looks like you all will be seeing your good buddy Bill there to!" He said with a bright smile.

"What!! So you're the reason he isn't here with us! I don't even care this anymore, the moment I see him, I'm beating him for smashing my wife and daughter, at the same time!"

Ash, Brock, one of their captives, and all of the Pokémon's, looked at each other and all nodded to make sure that they didn't hear anything that this guy said and will forget all things he said if they did for some reason hear it.

May gritted her teeth and said in a finalized tone, "This will be our lasg move, Combusken, use Double Kick!"

Today's Combusken was something that would always make sure to not let May down. He seized the opportunity on the last second and kicked Cacturne away, hitting the man behind it. Then he stepped on Cacturne and the man together and both lost their battle capabilities.

The group very easily defeated the three hunters here and rescued the somewhat injured Kirlia.

Fortunately, she was not seriously injured like Ralts was before.

Max was finally able to reach the Pokémon Center in Cerosi Town with the help of Ash's own Pokémon's defeating some wilds ones that tried to attack them.

After Nurse Joy's professional treatment and some injections, the little guy was finally more stable.

Ash and his party also sent Kirlia to the Pokémon Center for its treatment, and they also learned that their third companion was a Gardevoir.

When the two little ones recovered to health, Gardevoir finally found them, and it looked very tired and was also injured but not as seriously as the other two.

"Lalu ra!" Ash's own Ralts cheered from his shoulders, she was happy to see her future form.

'I looked so beautiful!' Ralts thought out in happiness and couldn't wait to evolve.

Gardevoir came to Ash and Max and bowed gently to show it's happiness and gratitude towards them for saving its friends.

This also means that Max and the new little Ralts, who became good friends in the end, were about to be separated.

"I-I understand!" Max struggled for a moment and realized, "Ralts, you have to take care of yourself and not get caught ever again!"

"Ral!" Little Ralts also showed a look of reluctance and was in a very sad mood. It shouted, jumping into Max's arms.

"Ralts, I will miss you too! I don't want to say goodbye, but I really can't help it!" Max hugged the little Ralts and said with bitter sadness, "Ralts, when I become a Pokémon Trainer, do you want to travel with me as my Pokémon?"

Hearing this, Ralts nodded happily.

"When the time comes, I promise to come and pick you up!" This was the agreement between Max and this Ralts.

The separation at this moment was also the beginning of the next reunion for them.

Gardevoir left the Pokémon Center with Kirlia and Ralts and all three of them used Teleport. In the breeze at this moment, a young childish voice floated around, "It's settled then, friend, you must come and pick me up when the time comes!"

Ash gave Max a good pat on the head and said, "Max, you did a good job today, I'll proud of you!"

Max wiped his tears away and said, "Yes, I understand, thank you!"