Hau'oli City, Battle Royal Dome.
Faced with Incineroar's taunting,
Litten charged forward fearlessly,
the fur on its back bristling as it unleashed Fire Fang!
Dark-type energy wound around Incineroar's sharp claws...
Inferno Overdrive!
Boom!
Incineroar's full-force strike completely shattered Litten's attack and slammed it hard into the ground!
Litten lay on the battlefield, unable to battle.
"Litten!"
Ash rushed forward and scooped Litten up. Incineroar took a step back to make room for him.
"Litten, are you okay?"
Litten struggled to open its eyes, a trace of frustration in its gaze-frustration at losing so quickly.
The Masked Royal walked over to Ash.
"That's some excellent fighting spirit. It'll grow stronger."
Though it had lost, Litten's actions had earned the respect of the entire audience, as well as the Masked Royal and Incineroar.
After losing to the Masked Royal's Incineroar, Litten's fighting spirit burned even brighter.
When Lycanroc saw Litten training alone on the beach, it was the first to run over, striking the pose it and Ash had used while learning moves together.
That suddenly gave Ash an idea, too.
"Litten, let's learn a new move!"
"We can definitely beat Incineroar!"
To defeat Incineroar, an even fiercer flame ignited in the hearts of Ash, Pikachu, and Litten.
Together with Lycanroc and Rowlet, they began grueling special training on the beach...
For example, wagging their tails together...
Playing the lone hero together...
Wriggling across the sand like maggots...
Ash even brought his training to school.
Under the dumbfounded stares of Kiawe, Lillie, Sophocles, and the others, Ash trained as though no one else were there.
Then Ash's enthusiasm lit a fire in Kiawe.
"Let's help, too!"
A bewildered Marowak, Steenee, Snowy, and Togedemaru also joined the training...
All to practice Flame Charge.
Even though they couldn't learn it in the