Chapter 59 - 18 - Red Eye!

Then, moment after the brief comments, someone break in from the dome of the gym with Z.Z. Flyers in an attempt to steal raw steel and Steel-type Pokémon as well. It was Red Eye and his team, who had decided to steal raw steel and Steel-type Pokémon for their own personal gains. Rico's worst enemy and rival had came back to the scene. Rico, Ash, and the rest got alerted by this, and looked towards the dome in seriousness.

"Red Eye!?" Rico retorted sharply in anger.

"Ugh, you again!?" Red Eye retorted in response and anger upon seeing Rico, one of his main rivals and enemies. He and Rico then stared at each other in fierce rivalry, creating a spark of rivalry as Ash and others watched in amazement.

Now the demanding conversations began:

"What are you doing here, Red Eye?" Rico demanded Red Eye an explanation.

"No, what are you doing here, you little kid?" Red Eye retorted sharply back.

"Oh," Rico retorted back, "I live here now, and you better get out of my friend's father's gym, you pervetous maniac!" Red Eye then laughed at his saying like a psycho while everyone stare at him in semi-confusion. After laughing, Red Eye retorted like a psycho, "Oh, yeah, go ahead and try it!" Rico then responded by calling his Lucario out, and it entered the scene in fierce.

"What the...?" Red Eye retorted sharply in stunning, "It's now a Lucario?" His grunts then was stunned at Lucario.

"Heh, it took me a lot of training and friendship to evolve it," Rico retorted back in style, "I think you should to your own Pokémon."

"Blah, blah, blah," Red Eye responded with rudeness, "I don't want to hear you saying that kind of stuff." Ash then joined Rico in agreement, adding, "Rico's right. Pokémon needed love and attention from their trainers in order to grow and evolve." His Pikachu and Charizard then responded in seriousness and agreement.

"Alright, fine!" Red Eye retorted in anger, "Let's have a battle then!" He then called out his Cranidos, and it stepped into the scene in fierce.

"Seriously?" Ash responded in puzzling, "Still a Cranidos? Geez Louis." Serena, Iris, and Martin then responded in plain as well. Enraged by this, Red Eye retorted sharply, "That's it! Now, a battle with me!"

Because of this, they had a Pokémon battle: Red Eye vs Ash, Rico, Serena, and Iris. Their Pokémon are Vanillish, Cranidos, Greninja, Lucario, Litleo, Delphox, and Emolga. Upon seeing an Ice-type, Iris flinched in fear and hid behind Cilan, yelling, "Ice-type Pokémon!"

"Why is she flinching on that Pokémon?" Rico asked in confusion.

"She's a Dragon-type trainer," Chili explained about Iris' typing, "and hates Ice-type Pokémon, because that's the advantage against Dragon-type Pokémon."

"Oh, I get it now," Rico response in knowing. He then turned back to battle in seriousness.

Then the battle had began, with Red Eye having his first move, "Okay, Cranidos, use Zen Headbutt" Cranidos then used Zen Headbutt, focusing its willpower to its head and rams towards Lucario.

"Quickly, Lucario, use Force Palm!" Rico seriously commanded Lucario. Lucario then used Force Palm, running up to Cranidos and puts its palm on it. It then fires a huge light green blast from its paw at Cranidos, striking it with great power, shocking Red Eye a lot. Cranidos was then launched back to Red Eye in pain.

"What?" Red Eye commented in shock, "Force Palm?"

"Yes, that's right," Rico retorted in style, "It's a Fighting-type move, effective against Rock-type." This enrages Red Eye, and then he commanded Vanillish, "Vanillish, use Ice Beam!" Vanillish then used Ice Beam, blasting with an icy beam.

"Quickly, Delphox," Serena seriously commanded Delphox, "melt it with Flamethrower!" Delphox then used Flamethrower, pointing its wand stick at the opponent and forms a red-orange flames at its tip. It then releases a red-orange stream of fire from the top of its wand at the Ice Beam, melting through all the way to Vanillish, striking it very much. Vanillish then collapsed to the ground in pain.

"Argh!" Red Eye frustrated in anger, "How come I still had the disadvantage?"

"I think you would have to study the types of these Pokémon," Ash retorted in uninteresting.

"Yeah, that's right," Iris added. Axew and Pikachu then responded in seriousness. This statements enraged Red Eye once more, and he commanded Cranidos, "Cranidos, use Zen Headbutt, again!" Cranidos then get up, and used Zen Headbutt focusing its willpower to its head and rams towards Greninja.

"Quickly, Greninja, use Water Shuriken!" Ash commanded Greninja in cool seriousness. His Greninja then used Water Shuriken forming a shuriken of water in its hand and tosses it to the ramming Cranidos, blocking its attack with great power, and Cranidos was once again launched back to Red Eye, this file fainted in defeat.

"Argh!!!" Red Eye retorted in anger, "You kids!!! Vanillish, use Ice Beam! All of them!" Getting up, Vanillish used Ice Beam, blasting Lucario, Axew, Pikachu, and Delphox with an icy beam.

"Quickly, Lucario, use Force Palm!" Rico commanded Lucario and Litleo in cool seriousness, "And Litleo, use Flamethrower!"

"Delphox, again, use Flamethrower!" Serena commanded Delphox in seriousness.

"Emolga, use Thunderbolt!" Iris commanded Emolga in semi-cuteness. Lucario, Litleo, Delphox, and Emolga then used Force Palm, Flamethrower, and Thunderbolt together, forming one big beam, striking Vanillish so much it produced an explosion. Once the smoke clears, Vanillish was finally defeated, enraging Red Eye once again. Lucario then went back to its trainer.

"What the heck?!" Red Eye raged out extremely, "I'll get you next time! Mark my words, I'll get you all!" He then called his Cranidos and Vanillish back to their Poké Balls and he and his team ascended up to the gym's roof and fled the place.

After this intense battle, Iris commented, "Wow, those guys are so mean and evil."

"Yeah, you could say that again," Ash seriously replied. His Pikachu then responded with seriousness.

"Well, that was an insane battle," Rico responded sharply. His Lucario and Litleo then responded with seriousness.

Later at Ash's house, Martin thanked Ash, Rico, Iris, and Serena for driving Red Eye and his team out of his gym.

"You're welcome," Serena brightly and politely replied, "luckily we're here just before that happened."

"Yeah, dad, you're welcome," Ash happily added. His Pikachu then responded in happiness.

"I'm happy to help too," Rico happily added. His Lucario and Litleo then responded with happiness.

"For helping me out dealing with this attack," Martin brightly replied, "I'll give you a snack time of cake and macarons this afternoon." This excites the kids a lot along with their Pokémon.

By after lunch, it became true. Martin and Delia are giving the kids snacks and drinks at the dining room. They were all happy all the way, with laughter, chatting, eating, and drinking. It was a reward they didn't expected. And so, as Rico's friendship with his Pokémon grew more.

Later at night, back at his house, while having dinner, Rico told his parents what happened that day.

"Wow," Lucas brightly commented in rising, "so your Riolu just evolved into Lucario?"

"Yup," Rico happily responded. His Lucario, while eating its special food, then responded with happiness.

"That was nice," Rosario replied brightly, "I hoped you brother in the afterlife will be so proud of you." Her Sylveon then responded with happiness.

"Yeah, I hoped so," Rico responded in pity happiness.

Later at 8:22 p.m., after brushing his teeth, at his bedroom, Rico laid out a clean colorful rectangular mat for Lucario to sleep on. Once that was done, Lucario lie down on it like a dog. Rico then jumped to his bed in exhaustion, commenting, "Whew! That was a great day we have, Lucario."

"Lucar!(Yup!)" Lucario responded with happiness.

"Well, this is our reward for taking care of you," Rico replied in positivity. Lucario then responded in happy agreement. After some time, Rico turned off the lights and went to sleep, thinking about his good time.

Meanwhile, at the rivers outside of Pallet Town, a young man was running away from Blue Eye and her grunts. That man then jumped from a waterfall and disappeared into the rushing waters as Blue Eye and her grunts observed him from above. This revelation will shock everyone who sees this. Yes, it will.