Chapter 451 - Meeting Professor Oak Again (1/2)

The battle came to an end, Ash lost all of his pokemon and Flint's Infernape is in a state of paralysis as its body has gone numb.

Flint ”Wow, that was a great battle, I didn't expect your Pikachu would be this strong”

He said and laughed, he looked at his Infernape and smiled.

Flint ”Looks like we need to go to the pokemon center and fix you huh? Buddy”

He said to his Infernape, his Infernape struggled and turned around and nodded at Flint, Ash rushed towards Pikachu and picked him up in his arm.

Ash ”Pikachu you were awesome”

He said and rubbed off the dust on his cheeks, Pikachu slowly opened his eyes and licked Ash's finger.

Ash ”Looks like you are fine”

He said and got up and looked at Flint.

Ash ”Flint, thank you for the battle, it was awesome”

Flint ”I should thank you, it's been quite long since I had this much fun during a battle, what do you say Volkner?”

He said and looked at his friend and rival Volkner, Volkner looked at Ash, as they eyes met Ash knew he was going to get a battle that he wanted. When he heard that the gym leader was giving away the badges for free he got furious and stormed off to confront Volkner, that is when he met Flint.

Flint explained to Ash why Volkner is in his current state, so Flint and Ash decided to rekindle the spark inside Volkner through their battle and it looks like it worked.

Volkner ”Ash right? You got your battle, come tomorrow after you pokemon are completely rested, I will be waiting”

He said and walked away with the Proprietor, Julian also made a silent escape without being noticed by anyone, he came here to see how the gym leader really is but when he saw that Volkner has completely given up on his role as a gym leader he felt disappointed.

Luckily Ash was also in the city and with his mentality, he wouldn't have let this pass and he did what he is best at, bringing out the best out of other people.

Volkner was the same, he had given up but after witnessing Ash he was reminded of his own past, the past in which he was the same, stubborn, battle crazy trainer just like Ash.

Now that Volkner seems to be back to his usual self, Julian might get the battle he wanted, from what he has heard Volkner is really strong, his team consists of Jolteon, Luxray, Raichu, and Electivire.

These four are very close to the Elite-four level so defeating them, one needs to have a clear type advantage, a perfect battle strategy, and field awareness, without these there is no chance of winning.

Or one could bring a pokemon of higher level and defeat him.

After walking out of the gym, Julian decided to head towards the museum as Professor Kukui will be giving his presentation about his project soon.