Pokemon: Bond Evolutions of Pokémon

Now that they have got the just of the matter, Ash and others in his group certainly would not dare to disturb Norman and Caroline's happy anniversary moment.

As Norman said, he would rather be misunderstood by Caroline than be unable to keep his hard worked anniversary surprise a secret. Ash knew too well that no one would reveal it unto it actually happened.

Standing side by side, they watched the fireworks that Norman had carefully prepared for Caroline.

Unexpectedly, they were in the shapes of Beautifly, a little different than the ones used in official Pokémon Contests.

They were really beautiful to say the least.

It turns out that Norman had actually proposed to his girlfriend at that time, Caroline, in the middle of a beautiful flower garden. There were many Beautifly flying in the middle of where they were, so Beautifly had a special meaning to them and was a true testimony of their love for each other.

From this viewer perspective, this was also the fateful relationship between May and her very own Beautifly.

Ash had also took the chance to finally talk to them about him being in a serious relationship with their daughter, May.

Like they had previously talked about, they were fine with it as they knew that Ash would be able to give their daughter the perfect life, like the ones she always dreamed of.

So they both happily gave Ash and May their blessings.

Under the beautiful fireworks and in front of family and friends alike, Ash and May gave each other a deep loving kiss.

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Then the very next day was the day that Norman and Ash will have their official Gym Battle.

Because they had already fought before at the start of Ash's Hoenn Journey, Norman originally planned to only use his strongest Slaking to fight against Ash, but he had also agreed-upon that Ralts and with her Trace ability will be unable to fight against Slaking or Slakoth, so Norman decided to add one more Pokémon to his team and use his stronger Vigoroth and Slaking to fight against Ash's team.

"Ash, I have been looking forward to this battle since when we had our first fight!" Norman's fighting spirit has also been burning brightly today, and he couldn't wait to start the battle with Ash.

After the official Gym Referee announced the start of their battle, Norman was the first to throw out his Poké Ball, "Well then, let's go Vigoroth!"

The Vigoroth that fought against his Hitmonlee before appeared again in the stage, and this time, it has to face Ash's carefully trained little cutie, Ralts.

The little girl has teleported off Ash's shoulder in a being pink light filled with sparkles. It had just copied Vigoroth's Vital Spirit ability and will not fall into the sleep conditions in this battle.

"Okay, here we go, use Slash!"

Norman was the first to launch his offensive attack. It was already pretty well known that Norman had repeatedly used three Pokémon with three different fighting styles to give the challenger a test to see weather or not they deserve his Badge or not.

So what Vigoroth was an expert at was with quick and accurate attacks. All of his attacks very faster than a usual Pokémon's. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Ralts, and his sharp claws struck hard at the little child.

However, Ralts didn't seem to react to its attack, and neither did Ash give any direct instructions for her to follow.

But just when Vigoroth's claws were about to strike Ralts' smaller body, her figure suddenly swayed, as if teleporting but not actually teleporting, and came to the other side of the field to easily avoid the first attack.

"What a flexible and fast speed!" Norman couldn't help but praise Ralts' speed powers, this was the kind of movement that is not something that just any Psychic-type Pokémon can do. They must have a solid physical body to move at such speeds, which is something that is definitely not common amongst long ranged attackers such as the Psychic-types.

"Psybeam!"

Ash also launched his first attack at this moment, which was the moment when Norman was stunned and had his guard not at complete control.

"Vigoroth, use Flamethrower!"

As expected of a Gym Leader m with the strength that is close to that of an Elite 4 member, Norman's reaction was so fast that he almost subconsciously understood the ongoing situation and issued his counterattack order.

The flames collided with the light pink beam, and an explosion occurred. Vigoroth and Ralts were both immediately blown away because of the strong winds made by the close range explosion.

Seeing that her friend was injured, Togetic immediately wanted to fly down to help her out, but she was immediately pulled down by Ash and held in his arms before she could do anything about this situation, "Togetic, many times before, like you saw, Pikachu and the others were also very injured, why didn't I see you looking anxious?"

The old Togepi was very heartless to say the least, even Ash, Brock and Misty were all anxious in those situations, but this child was still the ever cheerful one.

"Draining Kiss!"

Ralts stood up and blew a pink kiss, and then a pink ball of light flew out from Vigoroth and landed on Ralts' head, it was healing Ralts.

Almost all of the injuries she had received from the close range explosion recovered immediately.

"Vigoroth, stand up and use your Hidden Power!" Norman's skill was also powerful enough that he knew what to do. Just like that, six new light balls jumped out from Vigoroths body and surrounded Ralts from all sides.

Ash didn't expect or know that Hidden Power can be used like this. Now he knew that Hidden Power can both control the field and attack at the same time.

"Use Teleport to move from there!" However, such a slow trick will have no lasting effect on Ash and his Ralts. Wouldn't it be better to just attack them directly instead of waiting for a better chance that could never happen? Surrounding Ralts was equivalent to giving her more time to Teleport away, unless there is some sort of high level technology or powers stopping her from using her Psychic powers.

"Psybeam!"

The figure of Ralts suddenly appeared behind Vigoroth, and another colorful light hit it hard, knocking it away towards the wall.

Ralts then used several Confusions and Psychics to repeatedly smack Vigoroth against the wall and the ground until he lost his ability to fight or even move.

"Vigoroth loses its ability to fight, meaning Ralts wins this battle!"

Norman looked at Ralts' delicate and small figure, "Is this really the Pokémon hatched from that Egg that I gave you? Ash, you raised her really well, even more stronger than the Pokémon's I have trained for so much longer!"

The original promise of bringing this Ralts to the challenge him was now fulfilled.

Next was the main highlight of this Gym Battle, defeating the Slaking who had battled and tied with his Dratini back at the beginning of their Hoenn Journey.

"Go ahead, Slaking!"

"Stand by for battle, Absol!" This was one of Ash's biggest and strongest gains since he began to travel around the vast Hoenn Region.

"An Absol? Ash, you must have been brave enough to earn the loyalty of an Absol!" Norman praised him, then his face darkened again, "Slaking, destroy them with a Hyper Beam!"

Unexpectedly, Norman used one of the strongest Normal-type moves as soon as the their second battle started. This was also pretty much Slaking's ultimate attack, as this also had the same type attack bonus along with it being such a powerful move.

Only Pokémon like Slaking, Gyarados, Ursaring, and other Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon can use a powerful move like Hyper Beam as if they were very normal attacks.

"Avoid it!" Absol's speed was amazing to say the least as he easily avoided the attack range of the destructive Hyper Beam.

"Now! Psycho Cut!"

Taking advantage of Slaking being unable to move because of both its ability and the little drawback Hyper Beam brings with it, Ash has decided to decisively launched a powerful attack.

"Slaking, grab it!" At this time, Norman suddenly issued an order. Slaking actually raised his palm and used his bare hand to catch Absol's attack, only leaving some injuries in it's body.

"Sure enough, only by having such a strong bond can even a Pokémon like Slaking do this!" Ash suddenly laughed outloud.

Slaking was a notorious Pokémon that was known for their laziness, even more than their extremely high power levels. Even Ash didn't know just how strong their bond had to be to be able to do such a thing with practiced ease.

Norman is indeed a really admirable Pokémon Trainer.

"Use Dark Pulse!"

Before Slaking could make any move, he was hit by the sharp corner of Absol's face blade and raised himself into the air. Ash had already taken the opportunity to launch the perfect attack from here.

No mercy will be shown at all.

"Slaking, punch it out of the sky!"

Norman's reaction was also very fast, but Absol, who was now in the air, used his agility to forcefully adjust his posture in mid-air, and used a Dark Pulse to hit Slaking hard.

"Slaking, use Focus Punch!"

Taking Ash's move head-on, Norman finally gave out his next order, his strong arms shining with the light of the extremely purified Fighting-type energy.

"Use Razor Wind!"

Absol landed smoothly in the ground, the big blade of his forehead lit up with a dazzling white light, and he swung out a huge wind blade, "This was a skill developed even more with my Scizor!"

This attack was the combination of all the hard work Absol had put in for Ash!

This blade power was very terrifying to say the least. It became bigger and bigger and some parts of it hit the ground, leaving a huge cut mark on the field, showing just how terrifyingly sharp the attack was.

"KING!"

Slaking's momentum had also reached its limit, and he punched the wind blade hard with everything he had.

The punch was so powerful that everyone felt that as if their hearts were about to jump out of their chests. They gritted their teeth and did not dare to make a sound, as if they were afraid of it. Just now, Asha and his Absol had used their advantages to that Slaking being unable to move much to its limit and attacked continuously without mercy.

Fight when you advance! Fight when you retreat!

This was Absols motto for all of his battles.

It was simply too dizzying, but also extremely exciting.

The explosion happened at that moment.

After the smoke cleared, Slaking was still barely standing straight on the ground. He really had a strong will to never give up.

"Alright then, Abs-!" Ash his teeth and was immediately ready to give out another order to swing out again.

But before Absol could make a move under hik, Slaking had already fallen down.

"Slaking lost its ability to fight, meaning Absol won this battle! The winner of this battle is teh Challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" It took a few seconds for the referee to barely follow the scene in front of him and make a decisive decision.

Ash had won his fifth official Gym Badge.