April 18.
Hau'oli City, Navigation Gym.
Today was the day the Navigation Gym officially began accepting Trainer challenges. Anyone who earned Gym Leader Kahili's approval would receive the Navigation Gym's Navigation Badge.
Ash, the first challenger, sent out Pikachu to battle Kahili's Altaria.
Using the advantage of flight, Altaria had Ash and Pikachu on the ropes for a while.
But Ash soon thought of a solution.
"Pikachu, Quick Attack!"
He used the walls to change the direction of Quick Attack, taking advantage of the rebound to accelerate.
Pikachu understood immediately. Pushing hard off the wall at the edge of the battlefield, Pikachu shot toward Altaria high overhead at an incredibly tricky angle!
"You can do that?!"
Even Kahili was stunned.
"Now, Iron Tail!"
"What?!"
Kahili looked a little startled.
In that brief moment of distraction,
Pikachu's Iron Tail struck Altaria squarely at the base of a wing!
Kahili had never experienced what Ash's Pikachu could do...
Pikachu couldn't fly, of course,
but Ash's Pikachu could...
Altaria let out a pained cry and plummeted from the air after taking the heavy blow from Iron Tail.
"Finish it with Thunderbolt!"
A powerful surge of electricity then ended the match.
Kahili recalled Altaria. Far from being upset, she applauded in admiration.
"Brilliant improvisation, Ash. You've proved that height isn't an insurmountable obstacle."
"You've earned this Navigation Badge!"
Kahili handed the excited Ash a blue badge shaped like a bird's wing.
"I got the Navigation Badge!"
"Pika pika, Pikachu!"
The next challenger was another of Professor Kukui's students: Kiawe, whose fiery spirit never stopped burning.
"Miss Kahili, please have a blazing battle with me!"
Kiawe stepped onto the field, brimming with fighting spirit.
"Turtonator, show them our flames!"
Turtonator landed heavily.
Kahili sent out her second Pokémon.
"Pelipper, take the field!"
The moment Pelipper