Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Ash defeated Aerodactyl, while Dawn and her friends easily defeated the remaining fossil Pokémon without the assistance of the stronger Aerodactyl. After all, seeing their leader defeated, the remaining fossil Pokémon lost the will to continue fighting and were subsequently defeated one after another.

Ash, on the other hand, had no intention of catching Aerodactyl. Firstly, he felt that Aerodactyl and the other fossil Pokémon were a bit strange. Secondly, these fossil Pokémon were ultimately revived from fossils stolen from the research lab by Team Rocket, so even if he wanted to catch them, it would be best to ask for their consent first.

As for the Rockets' trio...

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Soon after, Ash used his evolved Staraptor as a messenger to deliver the note to Hyota. After reading the details on the note, Hyota quickly brought a large group of people to the scene. While cleaning up the mess caused by the fossil Pokémon, Officer Jenny took over the Team Rocket trio that Ash had specially tied together.

"You little brat, you're not human! How can you be so ungrateful!"

"That's right! Even if we haven't done anything special, we've still put in the effort! We're not asking for a huge reward, but at least we shouldn't be treated like this!"

"Put it on us, meow! We're innocent!!"

Even now, the trio still doesn't seem to think they're the ones who caused this turmoil, and they're all crying out for their innocence. Perhaps this is a rare and admirable quality. In any case, the sandstorm turmoil finally came to an end amidst the curses of the Team Rocket trio.

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The next day, early in the morning.

To thank Ash for his help, Piao Tai rushed to the gym after finishing a bunch of things in a hurry, and started the gym battle with Ash that they had agreed on the day before.

In the stands, Hikari had changed into a cheerleader outfit that she had bought sometime during the day, and started cheering for Ash along with Bumblebee and Piplup.

"That's amazing. Although I think you deserve the gym badge even without participating in gym battles." Piao Tai adjusted his glasses and then said with a wry smile, "That Aerodactyl is also quite powerful. Its revival was caused by a machine malfunction, which seems to have led to some changes in its strength and temperament in an extreme direction. Afterwards, Nurse Joy and the researchers will have to explore how to treat it better."

No wonder Ash said that Aerodactyl acted like a clueless goofball when it fought.

Ash thought to himself, although Aerodactyl's strength in the few rounds of combat was decent, its straightforwardness seemed to surpass that of Ursaring, otherwise it wouldn't have been completely defeated by Pikachu and Stark.

"The referee is unavailable due to other commitments, so let's just have a quick match today, okay? It's 2-on-2, the challenger can switch Pokémon, and the side whose two Pokémon are both unable to battle loses, is that alright?"

“Of course,” Ash agreed without any surprise.

The two sides agreed to a match, and then Piao Tai, the gym leader, was the first to send out his Pokémon.

"Come out, Onix!"

Piao Tai's starting Pokémon are the most common choice for Ground and Rock-type Gym Leaders, and Onix's size advantage is enough to filter out a large number of new trainers.

"Pickup!"

Ash: "......"

Seeing Pikachu's eager expression, Ash's lips twitched slightly.

Are you planning to fight others just by relying on Iron Tail and Quick Attack?

Ash shook his head, completely ignoring Pikachu's antics.

"Grass Turtle, I choose you!"

Ash chose Torterra, which had not yet participated in any official battles, as his first move.

Pokémon in position, the match begins.

As the gym leader, Pyoh naturally relinquished the first move, although for Ash, going first or second wasn't that important anyway.

"Run up there, use Leaf Blade!"

Leaf Blade is a standard initiating skill, but what if you run up there?

A strange look appeared in Piao Tai's eyes, after all, the small and thin grass turtle should not have taken the initiative to approach the Onix.

"Tie it tight!"

Although Ash's choice was strange, Pygmalion also decisively chose to fight back.

Countless leaves flew out from the top of the grass turtle's head. The huge Onix couldn't easily dodge this attack. Given that it had been given the order to attack, all Onix could do was trade blows.

But exchanging injury for injury is not the outcome Ash wants.

"accelerate!"

“NA!”

The Onix's massive tail was almost touching the Turtwig, but in the blink of an eye, the Turtwig suddenly accelerated, speeding away at a pace that the Onix could not catch up with at all.

Wow, so fast!

Hyota himself hadn't expected Ash's Turtwig to possess such speed; Hyota didn't even have time to give any further commands when the Turtwig darted away.

Ash certainly wouldn't let this opportunity pass him by. Every moment is crucial in Pokémon battles, especially when a trainer loses focus, as this could directly lead to the end of the match.

"Keep this speed and keep approaching Onix, and don't stop using Rapid Blade!"

Before Hyota could react, the Onix, having missed its binding move, naturally lost its ability to retaliate. All it could do was struggle to raise its tail in front of it to minimize the damage caused by Razor Leaf.

"In that case... use falling rocks!"

Unable to catch Turtwig's movements, Hyota could only have Onix use a wide-range move like Rock Slide to indiscriminately attack. Large Pokémon are most difficult to deal with, especially fast ones like Turtwig, so this was the only option Hyota could have.

However, what Ash was waiting for was the command to send the falling rocks.

"Jump onto it and keep using the Leaf Blade!"

"?!"

To Hyota's astonishment, the Turtwig leaped nimbly to Onix's tail, its Razor Leaf Blade continuing its barrage of attacks on Onix's torso.

Ash's actions once again surprised Piaotai. He thought that Turtwig should be dodging the falling rocks, and he wanted to use this move to make Turtwig distance itself, but he didn't expect this.

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