Ash was deep in thought at this moment.
He hadn't expected his Charizard to progress so fast!
Without him even holding hands with a girl, it was about to become a father!!
But… right now, Ash also had some complicated feelings for Misty.
As for the others… he could only say he hadn't really thought about it yet.
But Ash also sensed his own inexplicable attractiveness.
Maybe… he was popular? …An illusion, the greatest of life's ten illusions~
[Prima: I just said, that Charizard is no ordinary fellow. It truly has endless potential within!]
[Flint: It's a shame its foundation was damaged, evolving prematurely… *sigh*.]
[Drake: We've been over this many times! Charizard overcame it with its own perseverance and will! Otherwise, how could my little Charizard become its mate!]
[Flint: I don't believe it unless I see it with my own eyes!]
[Drake: Wow… where did this troublesome old man come from? So stubborn…]
Charizard wasn't aware of Flint's comments at this time.
It was still engrossed in the image from the Black World where it transformed into that incredibly handsome pitch-black dragon.
If it saw what Flint said,
once it returned to Ash's side, it would definitely have to visit his Gym!
[Lance: Phew~ It's finally almost over! What a torment!]
[Steven: Please, don't say "almost"… I thought I'd have to wait another ten days to see my Diancie! My mind is reeling!!]
[Wallace: So stop wiping your snot on my clothes!!]
[Bruno: Hah… hehe… Compared to your punishment, I feel much better.]
There's no harm without comparison.
Compared to the mentally scarred Steven and the physically impaired Lance,
Bruno really considered himself lucky.
At this time, on the black screen, the story in Charizard Valley also began to slowly draw to a close.
...
In a Black World —
Drake's shocking declaration made everyone's expressions stiffen on the spot,
especially Sabrina and Misty.
They were all ready to intervene, and it turned out you were interested in Ash's Charizard…
What was this?!
No wonder she was blushing like that!!
It was about getting Charizard to breed!!
Ash rubbed his temples awkwardly.
It wasn't a secret; even he had almost thought Drake was going to offer herself like Melody had.
Now it seemed he was too confident in his own charm.
But… the matter of Charizard breeding wasn't for him to decide alone.
"I understand, Miss Drake. But on this matter, you have to ask Charizard himself. Wait until Charizard recovers."
"Huh~ You still need to ask Charizard? I'm finding a mate for it! You know, among Charizard, females are only one-eighth!"
"And you're its Trainer, can't you even decide this?"
Hearing this, Ash lowered the hand from his head and slowly stood up from the bed,
taking out Charizard's Poké Ball.
"That's not how it is! Precisely because I am Charizard's Trainer, I must respect its opinion even more…"
"Alright, I'll go treat it first. We'll talk about the rest later."
Saying this, Ash hobbled out of Drake's room
and released the still-unconscious Charizard.
After some basic treatment, Charizard slowly woke up.
Ash recounted everything Drake had said to Charizard.
"...So, what's your choice, Charizard?"
"Do you want to stay here, or…"
"Roar!"
Before Ash could finish, Charizard nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking rice, looking extremely excited!
Ash: ?
It felt like… it had been waiting for this!
Were you that eager to find a girlfriend?!!!
"Ahem. Since Charizard has no objections, then I'll leave it to you, Miss Drake!"
Ash coughed lightly and turned to Drake with a solemn request.
Drake patted her ample chest, guaranteeing it to Ash.
"Don't worry! When the time comes, what I send back to you will definitely be a strong, healthy Charizard!"
"Please, just healthy is enough… I'd like to see a powerful Charizard, not a lazy one!"
"Hehe, alright, alright~~"
With that, Drake directly brushed past Ash, eagerly starting to bond with Charizard,
even calling her own Charizard to gather the female Charizard of the valley.
This… was specifically starting to pick mates???
Brock shed tears of sorrow on the side.
The Trainer's luck with romance was good, but how could even his Pokémon's romantic luck be this good?!
While Ash shook his head with a wry smile, he also used his Aura power to communicate with Charizard about its current condition.
After that fierce battle,
Charizard's level had risen once more!
Previously it was at the peak of Gym Leader level, and now it was… Elite Four level!
It was also the first of Ash's original starter trio to reach Elite Four level!
It was now Ash's biggest trump card besides Pikachu.
Next, Ash told Charizard about Mega Evolution and the Mega Stone,
and instructed Charizard not to just focus on breeding in Charizard Valley—
training still had to happen!
He would occasionally teleport Charizard back to check its training progress.
If it got left in the dust by a powerful rival later because of this,
the one embarrassed would be Charizard itself!
Charizard repeatedly agreed to this.
After the explanation, Ash handed Charizard's Poké Ball to Drake
for easier teleportation exchanges later.
Afterward, the group of four bid farewell to Drake.
Their trip to Charizard Valley ended here,
and the image on the black screen slowly faded…
...
[Leon: Reaching Elite Four level in less than a year… I think Black Ash's Charizard is likely to reach peak Elite Four level by the Silver Conference!]
[Diantha: At that time, even without calculating Mega Evolution, relying on Aura Fusion, Charizard could still compete with Champion-level Pokémon!]
[Cynthia: That's right. But the flaw of Black Ash's Aura Fusion cannot be ignored. In an official match, Black Ash can only use that move as a last resort. Otherwise, if the Trainer loses the ability to battle, it's all over.]
[Professor Oak: I believe Black Ash has developed his Aura power ahead of schedule. As Ho-Oh said before, this situation occurs because the gap between Black Ash and his Pokémon is too large.]
[Professor Oak: In the future, when Black Ash's level is equal to his Pokémon's, he won't need to expend so much Aura power to maintain the link.]
[Professor Oak: That way, even if the Pokémon faints, with his vast Aura reserves, Black Ash himself might not collapse… Well, in general, let's see how Black Ash develops.]
[Cynthia: Indeed. With Black Ash's creativity, unless we see it with our own eyes, we'd never know Aura power could be used in so many ways!]
Amid the discussion,
the black screen vanished and the white screen lit up.
...
**In a White World —**
After leaving Charizard Valley, Ash and his companions encountered many incidents.
Along the way, he caught a relatively unmotivated Cyndaquil,
but once this Cyndaquil showed fighting spirit, it was stronger than ordinary ones!
Afterward, the group arrived at Azalea Town and went through the Slowpoke well incident,
leaving the GS Ball in Mr. Kurt's hands.
In return, Mr. Kurt crafted several special Poké Balls for them.
Subsequently, Ash defeated Bugsy of the Azalea Gym,
successfully earning his second badge!
After leaving Azalea Town, Ash set his sights on the next Gym, Goldenrod City, and continued his journey.
Along the way, he successively caught a Totodile and a Noctowl,
but he temporarily lent his Squirtle to Officer Jenny,
letting it and Officer Jenny lead its little brothers into a powerful firefighting squad.
Besides Ash's group, Jessie and the others also had some personnel changes.
Jessie's Lickitung was accidentally traded for a Wobbuffet.
That Wobbuffet even gave Ash and the others quite a bit of trouble,
though of course, they still couldn't escape their inevitable blast-off in the end.
Subsequently, Ash and the others encountered a major event—Entei!!
Saying it was Entei isn't entirely accurate.
This Entei was actually an illusion created by Unown,
but through Unown's mysterious power, this Entei could freely manipulate crystals!
Combined with its own strength, it might be stronger than an average Entei!!
The one who created this Entei was a girl named Molly.
Her father's disappearance was the catalyst for Molly creating Entei.
She saw Entei as her father, and then, seeking her mother, she had Entei capture Ash's mother.
Although she didn't harm Delia in the slightest,
it still enraged Ash!
Ash fought his way through and finally saw his mother inside the crystal tower created by Entei.
But then, Entei reappeared, wanting to help Molly fulfill her wish.
Molly said Delia was her mother, so Delia was her mother!
Naturally, Ash couldn't accept this!
How could he possibly let his mother become someone else's mother!
And Molly's thinking was distorted!
Thus, a battle ensued between Ash and Entei.
At first, Ash exhausted almost all his Pokémon but couldn't harm Entei in the slightest!
Instead, he was knocked off a cliff by Entei!
At that moment, a handsome orange-red figure appeared—
Ash's Charizard had arrived!
It turned out it had seen Ash's crisis on TV
and flown straight from Charizard Valley!
By this time, the Charizard that had been training was much stronger than before,
though there was still a significant gap compared to the Unown-empowered Entei.
But it could finally put up a fight!
After a fierce battle, Charizard ultimately lost to Entei and was pinned under its foot!
Just as Entei was about to finish Charizard,
Molly suddenly came to her senses and stopped Entei.
Afterward, the Unown went berserk, and the Entei born from Molly's will
did not rampage with the Unown but instead stopped their frenzy.
Finally, the Unown calmed down, and Entei vanished.
Molly's father, Dr. Hale, who had been swallowed by the Unown, successfully returned to the real world…
Soon after, Molly's mother also returned from her journey,
and the family of three was reunited.
At this point, the image on the white screen slowly ended.
...
[Lance: Phew, it's finally over… By the way, I didn't expect something like this to happen in the Johto region!]
[Whitney: Hey! Isn't that the green fields near Goldenrod City?! It's so close to me, and I didn't even know!!]
[Drake: Eh… This was on the news. How could one of Johto's Champions and a Johto Gym Leader not know about it?]
[Lance: ...]
[Whitney: ...]
[Lance: I… I must have been fighting crime! That's why I didn't notice.]
[Whitney: I… I was too tired from training my Pokémon, so I don't pay much attention to the news!]
You guys just weren't paying attention at all!!
Drake couldn't help but complain inwardly.
Even she in Charizard Valley knew about this.
How uninformed were these two?!
[Cynthia: The last scene with Charizard coming to the rescue was quite handsome! By then, Charizard's training had already shown its first results, right?]
[Drake: Yes. By then, it had already shed the title of the weakest Charizard in the valley. And because of its perseverance and tenacity, my little Charizard also gradually grew to like it at that time.]
[Diantha: I can see it… I mean the fact that Charizard has gotten stronger!]
Fearing everyone might misunderstand, Diantha clarified that she was talking about Charizard's strength, not the romance.
[Diantha: Before, Charizard struggled to even carry Ash, but now it can carry him for aerial combat. This improvement in strength… is no small feat!]
[Prima: Mr. Flint, do you see now? How hard Ash's Charizard works and how great its talent is? Even with a damaged foundation, it's striving to realize its potential!]
Prima was still diligently promoting Charizard.
She was a firm supporter of Ash's Charizard!
Why? Because Ash's Charizard defeated her Dragonair and broke through her Dragon's Den challenge!
If Charizard was weak,
didn't that mean she was weak too?
So—she was now a ten-year fan of Ash's Charizard!
Those who belittle it are her enemies. Jpg!
[Flint: Hmm… It's a little effective. But at this level, it's still worlds apart from catching up to the Charizard on Black Ash's side!]
[Drake: We're not comparing it to Black Ash~ We're comparing it to an ordinary, yet stronger Charizard!!]
Why compare to Black Ash?
Over there, at full power, it even had a Rainbow Wing!
Plus, it had no wasted training early on.
It could be said the White World's Charizard could catch up for now!
But in the later stages, it was hard to say!
As the white screen image faded, the black screen image slowly appeared…
...
**In a Black World —**
After leaving Charizard Valley, Ash headed toward the Azalea Gym.
Along the way, they heard news of a Cyndaquil, one of the Johto starter trio!
So the group of four rushed to the reported location,
and indeed found a Cyndaquil!
Cyndaquil was an extremely rare find among the Johto starters!
Right now, Ash wanted to take in one more Fire-type Pokémon.
After all, the Flame Plate in his hand hadn't been used yet.
At most, it was for Brock's Vulpix.
The Rainbow Wing was reserved for Charizard in Charizard Valley.
He wasn't in a hurry to find Ho-Oh anyway.
And now… a new Fire-type had appeared, perfectly matching Ash's desires!
However… they were also intercepted by a boy in long pants
who also wanted to catch the Cyndaquil.
Originally, catching Pokémon was first-come, first-served, survival of the fittest.
But this guy actually played dirty, directly attacking Ash, the Trainer!
When Brock saw the Dugtrio using Sand Attack on Ash,
he couldn't help but cover his eyes.
It wasn't that he was afraid of the sand,
but he knew… that boy was about to be unlucky!
Sure enough, the next second, the flying sand was frozen mid-air.
Sabrina raised a hand, her crimson eyes flashing with a faint blue light.
"You… dare to attack Ash??"
*Protective Maniac Online!*
The boy in long pants, stared down by her ruby eyes, couldn't help but shiver.
He seemed to have… provoked people he shouldn't have!!
...
PS: A note here—the movie timeline is calculated by myself.
If there are any mistakes, please point them out.
In Spell of the Unown, Ash already had Noctowl.
Therefore, it's set that after catching Noctowl, he encountered the Unown/Entei incident~
That Entei still feels like it's above average Elite Four level. As for Champion level… it probably couldn't reach that.
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