The Sootopolis City Gym Challenge, a very intense Gym Battle involving Ash's very last Gym Badge in the Hoenn Region, was coming to an end.
The final Pokémon for this one-on-one battle had already been long determined, and everything Juan wants to know is already at its end.
So needless to say anything else, he and Ash threw the Poké Ball at the exact same time.
"Stand by for battle, Milotic!"
"Raise on the stage, Milotic!"
This was the final showdown for them, and it is also a battle between two very beautiful Milotics.
Ash's Milotic once again made Juan's eyes shine with both amazement and excitement. He dedicated his life to an expert on Water-type Pokémon's and a master of using Milotic to its greatest extent, or so that's what he believed. Naturally, he was able to spot the difference of this Milotic at a glance, anyone with even a single eye can see that.
Excellent.
That much was evident in its glow and look.
He has always been proud of his own Milotic, but he still had to admit that Ash's own Milotic was far more beautiful than the one he painstakingly trained and loved over all his years.
Not only the golden and pink scales that replaced its usual pinkish creamy part, but also the fairy-like temperament displayed by its very presence.
"Disarming Voice!" Ash like always still liked to use this move to open the show for the audience.
The beautiful notes turned into entities and wrapped around Milotics beautifully body.
If this was a real Pokémon Contest, this would be a great bonus.
"No matter how many times I see it, Ash's Milotic is still the most beautiful Pokémon I have ever seen…" May still wants her very own Milotic, but with her current level of competence, it was still too difficult to train a Milotic, even if it wasn't, she wouldn't be able to train a good Milotic now. She would have to wait some more to gain that level of power.
She ultimately decided to follow Ash's advice and take this step by step. As long as she continues on her journey, she will definitely be able to get a Milotic of her own.
The most important thing for May now was to quickly collect her remaining two official Pokémon Contest ribbons so that she can participate in the upcoming Grand Festival, or everything would have been for not.
However, it was obvious to Ash that the Milotic in front of Juan was the very same absolute ace of his Pokémon Contest team, and also a main member of his Gym Leader team, the same one he had spent so many years of hard work and energy to train into what it is today.
Even if Ash's Milotic was evolved through both the special beauty food and also used the Prism Scale created by the System during its evolution, and even though it has a much greater advantage in its innate potential and power, it is still far behind in terms of level and experience.
Ash didn't have much time to train his Milotic, only a few months at most. While Juan on the other hand had spent decade, if not even more than that on his beloved partner.
Ever since Milotic came on the scene, Juan seemed to have changed his attitude a little. He was no longer as enthusiastic as he was before, but his calm persona became even more calmer, "Hydro Pump it is!"
This was the change brought about by the profound compatibility, no need to even say how—just do it!
Trainers and Pokémon's can interact very differently to each other, causing inexplicable changes in the midst of a battle.
The level of Juan's Milotic was so high that it almost completely ignored the damage that Disarming Voice caused by Ash's Milotic did. Not to mention that this Hydro Pump attack was really a powerful one. The terrifying impact alone would make it uncomfortable even for defensive Water-type Pokémon's to handle without any prior preparations.
And Ash did not dare to neglect that part of its power. He then got ready to use his Psychic powers to help Milotic with his telepathic abilities, Ash didn't really think it was cheating as he was the one with the massive disadvantage.
Faced with such a high level, Ash could only do his best to avoid it for the time being and find the perfect time to counterattack it.
The head-to-head confrontation had already been going on for a whole two minutes, and like the usual battles between two tanks, it was long, knowing that the level gap was still so big, Ash knew he had to think of something to change this fact.
Hydro Pump reached a rocky area on the shore and immediately smashed those big and small stones into pieces.
Seeing this, the two siblings were shocked and elated, "Mr. Juan's Milotic is definitely much stronger than the other Pokémon's he sent out previously!"
"Of course that would be, that Milotic is said to one of Mr. Juan's two real trump cards, along with a Kingdra that he hadn't used yet. The other ones were also very strong, but they were ultimately not Mr. Juan's ace, though like he said, they are part of his main team and also the Pokémon's he only uses against the strongest of his opponents!" Brock, who was also a former Gym Leader, understands this thing very well.
His father also had something like this back in the Pewter City Gym.
The strongest Pokémon's of a Pokémon Trainer is something that is usually not sent out that easily, just like Ash's Legendary Pokémon's, Pikachu, and his other Pokémon's of his older regions. If he really did send them out to battle, the battle will simply be too easy for them, and it will also be like he was bullying them.
After all, the main purpose of the Gym Battle for a Gym Leader is not to defeat the challenger, it's just to see if they are worthy of participating in more dangerous battles in the future. So there is often no need to send out their strongest Pokémon's so easily.
Of course, Gym Leaders also have levels that they can easily chose from. Veteran Gym Leaders liek Juan and Roman can choose Pokémon's based on the level of the challenger, they didn't have to follow the strict guidelines set by the Hoenn Region Pokémon League like someone like the much younger and less influential Gym Leaders liek Roxanne and Brawly had to.
He sent out his Milotic, which just goes to show how much he values Ash's strength. He saw no reason to hold back against Ash.
Seeing that another Hydro Pump was getting ready to be shot out, Ash's eyes flashed with light, "Mr. Juan, you have to he careful!"
Faced with such a high-level Milotic, the only way Ash could have fight and have a chance to win was to use his Milotic's Bonds Evolutions!
"Woo!"
Ash's Milotic very gracefully jumped up from the water, and the water it brought up not only did not fall down, but it was controlled to rise continuously until it was completely wrapped up, forming a huge water sphere.
Immediately, a pair of water wings stretched out from the water sphere, tearing the entire water ball apart, and now it was glowing as it was in the middle of its Bonds Evolutions. This was also the first time that Ash-Milotic appeared in front of everyone with their views unobstructed.
Its long beautiful tail, which originally had golden and pink scales, now turned into pure golden, and with red gemstones appearing along it's full body. There was also a red object that appeared to be like a crown extend out from the back of her head, with a veil hanging behind it. The most amazing thing was that the tail that was originally like a fan has now transformed into a huge existence like a draconian one, and she now looks like it she was dragging a long skirt behind herself.
It was simply too beautiful to comprehend.
It was like a girl who was originally already very beautiful, now puts on the most beautiful wedding dress for her significant other, and to their eyes, she was the most beautiful being they ever saw in their life.
"Woo!" Milotic cheered up gracefully and happily. She loved her new complete form so much, even she never thought she could surpass what she looked like in her Transitional Form as her beloved master told her. But this level of beauty was something that even she never thought she could ever reach, this was even more beautiful than she imagined to others.
May was dumbfounded by what she saw, looking at her boyfriends Milotic with blank eyes, it was if that was the only one in the world.
The most beautiful Pokémon truly did live up to its name and more…
Of course, the most surprised one in this room wasn't even May or the young ones, it was Juan and his butler Sebastian, but still more so Juan than anyone else.
He had devoted his whole life so far to seeing and introducing the charm of Water-type Pokémon's to all people across the world, but now he had to admit that this was the most and greatest existence he ever laid his eyes upon.
And now it was right in front of him.
He was stunned there and finally closed his mouth, very surprised but delighted, "Who knew that Milotic can still have such a beautiful form that was unheard of before. So this was the strange phenomenon Steven told me about… the same thing happened to that very powerful Tyranitar he spoke off."
"Lets fight!" Ash suddenly shouted, waking up everyone up present from their inner workings, "Disarming Voice!"
It was still Milotics Disarming Voice attack. Although the same attack just some time ago only had some charm and little power to it, its power was mostly ignored by Juan's own more powerful Milotic. But now that same Milotic activated her Bonds Evolutions and into this far more powerful form, she had also obtained the rare secondary Fairy-type.
This also means that other than Disarming Voice becoming stronger because of the user becoming stronger, it was receives a good bit more power now as Milotic was now a Faith-type.
Juan's Milotic immediately retreated like the serpent it truly was. Juan quickly came to his senses and realized that this was not even Ash's full strength, it was just the most that his Milotic can handle, "Alright, Militotic, we'll use Twister!"
This was also one of the moves that Milotic's are quite skilled at, but as a Dragon-type attack, it was pretty much ineffective against Ash's Milotic other than the water it blew to obstruct Ash's Milotics view. Poor Juan had no idea what he got gotten himself into.
Ash and Milotic also ignored it and launched further attacks, "Dragon Tail!"
With a single command, the water wings behind Milotic flapped hard, just like the water stream pushing Milotic to fly away forward. It rushed directly into the Twisters eye, and the golden draconian but fairy tail behind it shone with a dazzling cyan light.
That big tail was clearly covered with pieces of blue dragon scales, pure Dragon-type energy. Ironic how it was being used by a Fairy-type, the Dragon-type biggest enemy.
"Oh no!" Juan immediately exclaimed in shock. The sudden stronger Dragon-type attack from the enemy caused an imbalance in his sides own attack, leading it to go haywire.
"Militotic, quickly use Iron Tail to stop it!"
Although Juan's Milotic did not have the powerful Dragon Tail attack, it still had the equally strong Steel-type Iron Tail!
Luck seemed be in Juan's side as he unknowingly used a type stronger against the current enemy Milotic.
The two powerful tails were fighting head-on against each other. Because Juan's side needed to quickly use their move without much thinking or energy behind it, Ash's Milotic took full advantage of it and sent Juan's much loader and experienced. Juan's Milotic was sent away flying in one fell swoop, well the moment that Dragon Tail beat Iron Tail in both power and endurance.
"Milotic, use Hydro Pump!" Juan's Milotic crashed into the water, but it twin suddenly opened its beautiful eyes, and the same very powerful Hydro Pump attack was launched again from its mouth, knocking Ash's own Milotic away from where it was getting ready to continue on its attack.
"They are both really strong. This battle is again really showing the difference between regular Pokémon Trainers and Pokémon Trainers at the very peak." Brock couldn't help but feel his whole body trembling out in excitement. Th atmosphere of this battle in front of him was very tense, something he always enjoyed. Ash and Juan had already exerted their Pokémon's strength to their current limit, more so Ash's current Milotic than anything else. Such a battle was really too intense, not to mention any further than this.
May and Max beside him were already long gone speechless, now only opening and closing their mouths.
This battle was something that the group definitely liked more than the one against Elite Four member Drake.
"Twister!" After completing her Bonds Evolutions, Milotic's physique has been greatly strengthened, and now the same Water-type attacks were no longer that effective against her. She became more resistant to it with her new type and new body.
Even if she had to take another few close up hits of these same Hydro Pump, it won't be a problem to come back and continue its fight.
Ash gave out another order, Milotic's long tail full of scales that looked to be liek crimson ruby and gold hit hard, and the Twister immediately enveloped Juan's Milotic, the user of the attack.
Juan's eyes widened, "It's really like a completely different Pokémon!"
Twister was ineffective against Ash's Milotic, who was now a Fairy-type Pokémon, but on Juan's side, the effect was also decently well. Although it didn't deal any real damage, the new stronger Twister still trapped it in inside of the eye, making Ash's Milotic unable to see in which directions the future attacks will be coming from.
Finally came Ash's decisive moment, "Militotic, Aqua Tail!"
Her water wings fluttered, and Milotic came closer again to a specific spot, and slapped her powerful thick tail to the ground with a not so gentle bleo, making the waters spill out of everywhere.
"Milotic!" Juan finally exclaimed!
His long time butler and the current referee Sebastian waited until the dust fell to the ground and finally announced the verdict of this awesome match, "Master Juan's Milotic loses the ability to fight, meaning Young Master Ash's Milotic wins this battle, so the final winner is Young Master Ash Ketchum!"
"I lost a great battle." Juan accepted the victory calmly like the adult he is and took his Milotic back to recover its health.
"Thank you for your hard work. Please take your time and rest up, you won't have to battle anyway for some time."
Seeing Ash's Milotic revert back to its original state, Juan smiled and came to Ash's side in understatement, "Asg, you are the most promising young man I have ever seen, and also probably the strongest one at their peak. Just keep traveling like this. You will definitely become the Pokémon Master you aspire to be. The future belongs to you, Ash. I believe you!"
"This is a token of defeating the Sootopolis City Gym. Teh Rain Badge, please accept it!"
At this point, Ash had finally collected all of his eight necessary Gym Badges to participate in the Hoenn Region Ever Grande Conference!
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Then Juan suddenly turned around and smiled at Ash when he received a message from someone.
While no one was looking and told him something in secret, "Ash, the Maya girl arrived in Sootopolis City. Although it would have been better if she could have come earlier to see the festival we prepared for her, it's great to hear she's here."
"You told me she's one of your women, right?" He asked with a smile that was full of smugness.
"Yeah," Ash acted like he didn't care, but he really did. "So… what?"
Juan just pushed him away while having a gentleman smile, "You go and enjoy your girl with her, she's only here for a day before her duty demands her to be back."
Ash nodded in agreement to what Juan was taking about, "And what if my friends? What are they going to do?"
"Don't worry about them, me and Sebastian will take them out to tour and say that you have some official business to do."
"Now get out of here." He shooed Ash way in laughter, not noticing May heard pretty much everything he uttered.
Ash simply smiled at her unsuspecting self; there was no way he wouldn't notice her jealous look.
'Soon, May, soon. Your turn will come, I promise you that, my love.' He said as he turned away to go welcome his first love in this world.
The girl that he turned into a true woman, the girl that helped him become a true man.
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I hope you guys like this.
A most likely possible R-18 coming up in the upcoming days.