Sinnoh League Victors
Okay my fans, I'm back with a Pokemon two-shot after a long period of absence. And again I go with Ash beating Tobias. Although this time his regular Pokemon and good old training are more than enough to accomplish that. The battle will be the semifinal like in the Anime. Though I will always say that it should have been the final battle during the Anime. But as always, the writers want to screw Ash up right when he has the chance to become important.
Though apparently Ash's Noibat will evolve into Noivern and his Frogadier has become a Greninja with a unique transformation. Maybe, just maybe, Ash might win the Kalos League. But Ash doesn't even have a full team of 6 Pokemon so victory is a lousily-used term here.
This battle may look a bit one-sided but remember Ash is fighting with his strongest team. Sort of. And I don't know how good Tobias is aside from the legends he's shown so that's mute point. You can either write him overpowered or either write Ash overpowered.
Now let's read!
Chapter 1: Ash vs Tobias
The fifteen-year-old Pokemon Trainer Ash Ketchum, hailing from Pallet Town was standing on his side of the giant battle arena. The Valley of Lily Conference was coming to an end. And Ash's fight was the semi-final one. Once it was over, there would only be one last battle to show the new League Champion of the Sinnoh League. That Champion of the League would later have the opportunity to battle the Elite Four and the current Champion of the region for the title.
Ash had his eyes closed sighing to calm his racking nerves. The sound of the increasing crowd of ravenous fans was something he was used to by now so the teenager easily erased it out of his thoughts. The raven-haired teen still couldn't fathom he had finally reached the semi-final round in an official League. In his five years as a Pokemon trainer, Ash had only reached the Eight best in the previous leagues of Johto and Hoenn and the Sixteen best on Kanto. He had won the Orange League but that league wasn't considered an official one.
Though something that the seasoned trainer could take pride on was his victory over the Battle Frontier of his home region. Never he had been challenged to that kind of limit before. That was, however, until this very moment. Ash knew this was no warm-up jogging around the park like other battles he had gone through. His opponent was not going to play cool with him at all.
The small yellow rodent on Ash's shoulder called Pikachu brought his trainer out of his thoughts. His opponent for the day had arrived on the other side of the arena. Ash recognized the famous trainer. Or rather, infamous trainer. He was Tobias and he was known because he had a Darkrai, a Legendary Dark-type Pokemon very few people had seen, let alone captured. The older trainer was dressed in a red vest with long grey hair covering one of his dark blue eyes. His stance showed Ash he wasn't nervous whatsoever.
Ash could see his older opponent was already underestimating him without even showing their Pokemon with his visible blue eye looking down on him. That was something this particular opponent would come soon to regret. After winning his last fight against Paul three days ago, Ash had called Professor Oak in the Kanto region so he could send him back some of his oldest and also strongest Pokemon. Some had even fought with other legendary Pokemon on the other regions. After finding out that his semi-final battle would be against a Legendary Pokemon, the seasoned teenager had decided to spend the remaining time with his powerful team so to properly prepare them for the fight against legends. They had all learnt new moves and become incredibly powerful despite only having three days to prepare themselves for this moment. Ash only hoped that it could be enough for him to claim victory without their team been really hurt by Tobias' Pokemon.
The referee walked on the sidelines and the audience went silence, getting ready for the imminent show. On the stances, Ash's travelling companion of the Sinnoh region, the fourteen-year old bluenette Coordinator Dawn and the gym leader and Pokemon Breeder Brock were sitting with a lot of expectations hanging in their eyes.
For Brock it was a matter of growth. The young rambunctious ten-year old kid he had met trying to fight Electric against Ground types was standing proud on the arena higher than anyone could hope to accomplish. The years of traveling through the regions, all the experiences had helped Ash more than he truly realized.
For Dawn it was a matter of respect and friendship. Ash had been the first trainer she had met in her journey to become a top coordinator. His valiant and never-give-up attitude always kept her pushing forward to become the very best even after her loss in many contests. Even his own lost had not put him down as Ash simply got back on the game and came through no matter the odds he had to go up against.
"This is an official six-on-six semi-final battle of the Valley of Lily Conference between Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town in Kanto and Tobias from Sandgem City. Pokemon substitution is allowed at any moment. There is no time limit and all the other League clauses apply. Now, send out your first Pokemon!" The referee said raising his red and green flags.
"Go, Darkrai!" Tobias called out his Pitch-Black Pokemon. The Dark Legend of Sinnoh hovered with his humanoid appearance, clawed hands and only one blue eye visible by his white turf of flowing hair. The audience marveled at the arrival of the Legend. Many had heard about Tobias and his feats with the Dark-type Pokemon but many now started to believe those rumors.
Ash gazed into the Legend's eye remembering his own encounter with a Darkrai back in Alamos Town. The Pokemon trainer from Kanto knew which moves the Dark type could use after witnessing him fighting the deities Dialga and Palkia into a stalemate.
"Sceptile, I choose you!" Ash called out his fully-evolved Grass starter from the region of Hoenn. The Gecko Pokemon stood proud with his long branch-like tail and a bit taller than his trainer. He had his trademark twig in his mouth. But he wasn't in his usual overconfident stance. Now the Grass starter was serious from the beginning. Ash knew his Pokemon had fought two legends before, a Regirock and a Deoxys when traveling through Kanto for the Battle Frontier. But it didn't mean this legendary Pokemon would be any easier to defeat.
"Wow, Ash's Sceptile looks really strong." The blue-haired coordinator called Dawn stated scanning the Pokemon with her pink Pokedex. She had heard about Ash's accomplishments during his journey on the Hoenn League and the Battle Frontier had been thanks to his mighty Sceptile.
"And it's quite a powerful one too. He almost defeated Brandon's Regirock." Brock explained to his friend. Many of the people around were hearing Brock's words with a lot of attention. "And I can assume he is got stronger after so much training with Ash." Dawn took her eyes into her friend, her hands fidgeting a bit. The bluenette knew that Ash had left all of his Pokemon back in Kanto with instructions to not lay back with their training. So the stance of confidence from both trainer and fully-evolved starter was not easy to ignore. She also knew Ash had always been the best trainer ever, even if he were to lose. And she had met Brandon and his Reggis so the fact her friend had defeated him whereas Paul couldn't gave the coordinator a bigger sense of confidence on her best friend.
"Darkrai vs Sceptile, begin!" The referee said.
"Use Ice Beam!" Tobias ordered like if knowing he could already win without too much effort from his part. The Dark Legend cupped his hands together and fired the three-arc freezing beam to get the victory at high speed.
Yet the younger opponent had other ideas.
"Okay Sceptile, show him your speed with Quick Attack!" Ash quickly countered. Sceptile obeyed the order and sprinted forward becoming nothing but a green blur even Tobias and his Darkrai couldn't follow. The Ice attack just went near Sceptile without coming an inch close to touch his lime skin "Now X-Scissor!" Sceptile suddenly appeared like teleporting and slashed in an x-motion with the leafs on his forearms glowing dark purple. The Bug attack hit Darkrai right on his chest sending him backwards towards his trainer. The legend shock his head regaining his bearings after the unexpected and very painful blow.
"A Bug move is very effective on Dark types!" Dawn said knowing Ash had an advantage over the powerful opponent.
"But remember this is a Darkrai, who Ash is facing," Brock stated arms folded and looking very serious at his once protégé now semifinalist of a league. "A Legendary Pokemon won't go down so easily." Dawn's face fell knowing her veteran friend was right.
"Impressive," Tobias stated still with a smile of superiority framing his face. Not many trainers had even come close to his Pokemon let alone injure him like Ash had just done. But one lucky shot proved nothing "Darkrai, use Dark Void!" The Pitch-Black Pokemon again cupped his hands this time firing an orb of glowing black energy.
The young raven-haired trainer knew the attack quite well. He had received one and ended up sound asleep in nightmare land. Not a fun experience for him and certainly wasn't going to let his Pokemon suffer it as well.
"Another Quick Attack!" Ash again ordered, his Pokemon accelerating forward again and eluding the Dark attack even faster. The two opponents, one human and the other Pokemon again gazed in utter surprise at the velocity. "And now X-Scissors!" Sceptile fired his scintillating purple arm blades downwards hitting Darkrai at the top of his head right at the scalp and doing quite some damage by the Bug-type move. The Dark legend hovered backwards a few inches but wasn't out of commission just yet.
"Use Ice Punch!" Tobias ordered with his enemy up close. Darkrai neatly recovered his bearings and punched his opponent with his blue-glowing fist in a clothesline movement. The Gecko Pokemon and his trainer could only widen their eyes, when the attack hit the mark right on the solar plexus. Sceptile growled as he back flipped from the strike, landing gracefully on his feet in front of Ash. However, the fully-evolved starter stumbled to one knee, as the Grass starter now had his chest frozen and had a hard time walking.
"Sceptile, return!" Ash recalled his Grass Pokemon for a rest knowing his Pokemon needed to take a breather after a super effective attack like that one. All the training in the world meant nothing, when paired up to a Legend's might. "Don't overdo yourself my friend. I need you for later." Ash then clipped his Pokemon and prepared his next combatant, his confidence not undeterred at all "Now Heracross, go!" The blue scarab Pokemon of Johto appeared on the grassy field landing with a thud. He looked ready to battle.
"Ash has double advantage here." Dawn stated now knowing Heracross was a Bug/Fighting Pokemon, very effective types against Dark.
"But who knows what Darkrai has in store yet?" Brock replied now. He didn't want to sound pessimistic but that was the possible truth. Tobias could be pretty much holding back Darkrai's moves on purpose so to torture not only Ash's Pokemon but also the teenager.
"Darkrai vs Heracross, begin!" The referee said.
"Heracross, Sword Dance!" Ash started things up with a power-up move. The Bug Pokemon from Johto increased his attack by two stages with an air vacuum around his body. Tobias didn't look concern at all by that. Like if waiting until Ash's Pokemon could become strong enough to be a proper punching bag.
"Use Hypnosis!" The trainer from Sinnoh ordered and Darkrai fired the sleeping waves of energy from his eye hitting Heracross and putting him to snore. The Bug Pokemon fell with his face into the grassy field. Ash saw Heracross' body suddenly shuddering receiving damage. That meant Darkrai had the ability Bad Dream. If Heracross remained asleep, his friend would take a lot of damage.
Good thing they had worked up a trick for those situations.
"Sleeptalk!" Ash ordered surprising Tobias. The sleeping Heracross flew into his opponent still sound asleep and fired a continous barrage of punches and kicks. The Close Combat attack did some serious damage after been amplified by the power-up. The Dark Legend of Sinnoh, however, still refused to go down floating with bruises over his ghostly body. The Scarab kept dossing.
Tobias smirked, however, surprising Ash. After years of battling, The trainer from Kanto knew how to read people's face. And a sudden smirk meant nothing good for him.
"Use Air Slash!" The Legendary trainer ordered, Ash's eyes widening in shock. The Pitch-Black Pokemon again joined his hands and created a blue sphere of concentrated air. He flung it at high speed towards the sleeping Pokemon hitting Heracross right in the face. A mighty explosion followed with the Bug Pokemon tumbling backwards like a rag doll. His blue shell was covered in soot and painful-looking cracks. Brock gasped and Dawn closed her eyes by the horrific display.
"A Flying move is super effective on a Pokemon like Heracross!" Brock stated with his serious tone. This battle was just anyone's guest as to who would win.
"Heracross!" Ash looked at his old friend from Johto with concern written all over his face. His gloved hands were balled in fists, seething on the inside. He knew his team could be harmed in battle but this was taking things a bit too far for his liking. His opponent simply had no kind of concern about hurting his opponent.
"Heracross, please get up!" The trainer from Kanto pleaded towards his Pokemon hoping for one last effort in the battle. Ash knew that he could be asking way too much but his Pokemon had always come through no matter what.
Incredibly, the Scarab Pokemon still had his eyes closed snoring out loud instead of swirls for eyes.
"Heracross is still able to battle!" The referee sounded now so that the audience knew what was going on. Now it was Tobias's turn to change his face into one of incredulity.
"But I don't get it! An average Pokemon like Heracross could have never survived a supper effective attack like that one!" Tobias stated wanting someone to answer him.
"That was your mistake!" Ash answered smiling back at his rival. That's what happened when you underestimated your rival before things could get serious "For thinking that me and Pokemon are just 'average'." Tobias clutched his teeth by the remark. No one was going to make him look like an idiot.
"Use Dream Eater!" Tobias ordered now, knowing his Pokemon had taken quite a beating like it had never happened before. Darkrai sent a ghost illusion of himself towards the prey ready to sap his life force away. Ash looked on defeated knowing now for sure that his Pokemon was done for if hit by the life-sapping move.
The trainer from Kanto, however, saw Heracross' eyes suddenly widening back to consciousness. Lucky time like no other before. The ghost Darkrai went through a copy doing no damage to the real bug.
"Heracross, Focus Blast!" Ash ordered to keep the pressure. Heracross cupped his hands forming a swirling blue sphere of power and shot them. The glowing orb was quickly shot confusing the Pitch-Black Pokemon by the unexpected come-back. The orb closed the gap and hit the Dark Legend, leaving some serious injuries on him. The blast packed quite the punch as Darkrai was already showing signs of fatigue. Tobias stared in amazement after still not causing a knock out and gain the lead.
That's when Ash saw Heracross' body glowing with a bright green aura. It meant his ability Swarm had been activated making Bug attacks stronger. The experienced trainer knew it was time to take advantage while it lasted.
"Use Dark Pulse!" Tobias ordered not understanding how his opponent was still standing. The famous spiraling attack of blackness went towards the Bug/Fighting Pokemon.
"Overpower the attack with Megahorn!" Ash ordered now decisively. Heracross shot into the incoming Dark blast faster than a bullet with new Bug strength coursing through him. His empowered glowing horn cut through the spiraling blast like knife through butter and impacted the Dark Legend right in the chest. Darkrai now hovered lower with his blue eye closed in grimace. Things weren't looking good for him after taking such an amplified Bug move.
The trainer from Kanto finally saw the opening for a closure. His Heracross had put a lot of strength behind those attacks so to make them as strong as he could. Now it was time to make sure the effort was worth it.
"Finish this with Hyper Beam!" Ash finished the fight in big. Heracross aimed his horn forward and the orange blast fired away from it at high speed. It hit the drowsy Darkrai like a ton of bricks sending him careening into a wall and finally knocking him out for the first time ever.
"Darkrai is unable to battle. Heracross wins. Trainer, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. The entire stadium remained silent processing what had just happened. Then the applause and chanting for the trainer of Kanto rained down on him.
"Ash did it!" Dawn pumped her arm in victory sign while her Water Pokemon Piplup danced around in his dancing outfit "He defeated Darkrai!" However, next to her, the Pokemon breeder from Kanto was still not dropping his stoic face.
"Don't cheer so fast, Dawn," Brock stated still looking very serious towards the arena "Remember we don't know what other kinds of Pokemon Tobias has for back up." The coordinator from Sinnoh had to reluctantly agree there. Winning with only Darkrai actually left you wondering what could be the second strongest Pokemon in Tobias' team.
On the arena, the trainer from Sinnoh recalled his strongest Pokemon with a feeling of disbelief running through him. But then it was replaced with something else. Enthusiasm. No one had ever pushed him thus far without losing at least three Pokemon in ten minutes.
"Ash, you have truly earnt your place in the Sinnoh League. No one has been able to defeat Darkrai until now," Tobias said feeling anxiety coursing through his body. This was the first match where he truly had to be sharp on his feet "Now, get ready for my second Pokemon!" Tobias threw the next Pokeball and bursted open. The new arriver floated like a living jet with blue wings and white body with a long neck. The Pokemon howled to the sky with might.
"Latios!" Ash exclaimed in surprise. He still remembered the two Eon siblings from his visit to Altomare in Johto. Ash looked at his heavy-panting Pokemon. "Heracross, return and take a rest!" Ash recalled his Bug Pokemon back.
"But why would Ash call back Heracross?" Dawn asked confused. "A Bug type is very effective on a Psychic Pokemon."
"But Heracross is also part Fighting," Brock said now thinking. "And Ash knows that Heracross has used a lot of energy fighting Darkrai." It was quite a clever move to let your tired Pokemon rest up for later.
The trainer from Kanto sighed knowing things were about to get real. The Pokemon he was about to unleash was a testimony of how serious things had got.
"Now, come out!" Ash threw his next Pokeball ready for a good-old classic. A humongous orange-scaled Dragon-like Pokemon appeared. The powerful fully-evolved Fire starter from Kanto roared showing a powerful display of orange flames as he spread his draconic wings with the ground shaking.
"Are you ready for this, old friend?" Ash asked towards his friend, who expelled flames into the air signaling a full yes. The teenager couldn't hold his mirth. His Charizard always wanted to battle strong Pokemon. This was the perfect time for that.
"I knew Charizard would have to participate in this battle." Brock said with a small smile. Charizard was one of Ash's trump cards in every battle. Brock even guessed Ash could have won the Hoenn League if he had called him back.
"And it looks really powerful." Dawn chimed in using her Pokedex on the Pokemon from Kanto she had never seen before.
"You can bet on that, Dawn." The Gym Leader from Kanto said knowing too well what Charizard had accomplished on his years of fighting alongside Ash "Charizard has gone toe to toe with an Entei and defeated an Articuno." Dawn's mouth hit the ground as did many of the people nearby hearing Brock's comments. To think that the Fire Pokemon had fought against so many legends then Latios was just another day for him.
"Latios vs Charizard, begin!" The referee said.
"Use Dragon Rush!" Tobias started the fight. His Eon Legend shot like a bullet with his body enshrouded in a dark blue Dragon-shaped aura. But his speed was nothing impressive for Ash or his Fire powerhouse.
"Smoke Screen!" Ash ordered a counter and Charizard barfed a thick fog from the back of his throat. Latios missed his mark as his opponent was no longer where it used to be. "Now Dragon Breath!" Ash's order came from out of nowhere. The Fire Pokemon unleashed the yellow blast and hit the mark doing some real damage on the Eon Legend. Latios screeched out with lightnings paralyzing him by his weakness to Dragon moves. Tobias cursed to his insides. Ordering an attack was useless as Latios would not be able to move.
On the other hand, the trainer from Kanto saw the perfect opening. Time to put some of those new moves his strongest Fire Pokemon had trained in the Charicific Valley.
"Use Dragon Slash!" Ash comanded now, making Tobias and everyone looking widen their eyes. What was that technique?
The mighty Dragon-like Pokemon flew through the black fog into its stunned enemy, his wings spread wide. Charizard's left hand started glowing purple with a charging Dragon Claw. But then the claws got longer and with a whitish coloration with its new move Slash. The double attack hit Latios with an uppercut motion from his chest to his face. The Eon Legend screamed out in white-hot agony by two of his main weaknesses leaving bleeding cuts on his blue-and-white scales.
"It seems Ash taught Charizard how to combine Dragon Claw with Slash." Brock explained by his friends' new tactics rubbing his chin in deep thought. "I can hazard a guess that Charizard learnt those moves back in the Charicific Valley. And Ash decided to mix the two for a stronger one. Dragon Claw is not only effective but Slash has chances of doing critical damage." It didn't come as a surprise, however, considering his young friend had talent for contests thanks to travelling with both May and Dawn for so long. "A double attack super effective against a part-Dragon like Latios!"
"Do it Ash!" Dawn cheered for her best friend.
Tobias narrowed his eyes, knowing he had to do something quickly. He saw that the paralysis was finally gone from his second legend.
"Latios, finish him with Luster Purge!" The trainer from Sinnoh ordered. The male Eon Pokemon charged his trademark purple-colored blast on his mouth and fired it off.
Ash frowned knowing things were serious. But if Tobias wanted power then Charizard was the perfect guy for the job.
"Fight back with Blast Burn!" The trainer from Kanto countered. His Fire Pokemon widen his jaw and expelled an incredible blast of searing heat. The two unholy blasts collided mid way and the shock wave pushed the two rivals backwards with painful-looking injuries on them. The static from the small nuke-like bomb made all the electric devices of the arena go haywire. People on the stances had to cover their faces from the backlash of the lacerating wind.
Ash saw that Charizard had new bruises and he was panting after using the powerful Fire attack that a Fire starter could learn. Time for something special his powerhouse had learnt in the Charicific Valley.
"Use Dragon Dance!" Ash ordered. His Pokemon sprayed his draconic wings and roared, increasing his attack and speed. His bruises still ached but the fire titan didn't paid heed. He had taken worse from stronger legends.
On the other side of the arena, the trainer from Sinnoh knew he had to act quickly. His Latios wasn't going to last long after taking so many effective moves.
"Use Light Screen!" Tobias said now. His injured Pokemon protected himself from special attacks by creating a luster shield over him.
"Start flying!" Ash comanded not bothered by the defence increment. His Fire/Flying Pokemon went into his element high over the arena without any kind of difficulty.
"Go after him with Giga Impact!" Tobias ordered wanting to get things over. The Eon Legend's body exploded with orange aura preparing the devastating Normal-type attack.
"Use Aerial Ace!" Ash ordered now. Charizard kept his flight forward with the legend almost touching his tail. Until he disappeared without a trace surprising Latios. The Eon brother stopped his attack scanning around for his opponent. Charizard suddenly reappeared behind Latios and hit him head on with his new Flying move. The Eon Pokemon lost his balance and started falling his body getting weaker, something Ash noticed "And now Dragon Tail!" Charizard charged and flipped forward mid-air with his back limb glowing green.
"Use Confuse Ray!" Tobias ordered surprising Ash. The pink waves escaped from Latios' eyes hitting the opponent straight on. The Fire starter stopped his attack mid way with his pupils dilating. Charizard looked from one place to the other not understanding anything. It had been confused.
"Charizard, snap out of it!" The teenager from Kanto pleaded. But his wish fell on deaf ears as Charizard started biting his own arms. Tobias couldn't grin any bigger. This chance was finally his.
"Use Giga Impact!" Latios shot forward with his orange aura covering him. He hit the Fire starter straight on a thick cloud of dust following the nuke-like impact. The combatants had to cover their faces from the gales of wind. Once the storm settled, everyone could see the bruised Latios trying to hover high but struggling to do so. Charizard on the other hand was slowly getting up despite his even more painful-looking wounds. The attack had erased the confusion. He roared to the sky, the fire on his tail doubling in size. Ash smiled with a sigh to calm himself. Blaze was active. And by now Light Screen had worn off.
"Charizard, let's not waste any more time and attack with Fire Blast!" Ash ordered now his Fire Pokemon determined to follow despite his dire condition. Charizard let loose the star-shaped flame attack. He hit Latios right in his face and speed up Latios' careening. The Legendary Pokemon hit the wall of the stadium completely knocked out with an impact equal to a hand grenade.
"Latios is unable to battle. Charizard wins. Trainer, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. The audience came alive cheering for the young trainer of Kanto. Never they had seen someone bringing down two legends in a row.
Tobias recalled his defeated legend thinking that it had to be impossible. Never he had been defeated and now he was barely hanging by a thread. Maybe the Sinnoh League wasn't as easy as he thought it would be. But he still knew he could defeat the kid.
"Come out!" The grey-haired trainer called out his next Pokemon. It was a giant bird-like Pokemon with a long peck and yellow feathers. His body exuded with an electric aura. The Titan of Kanto flapped his wings sparkles flying all over.
"A Zapdos?" Ash stated in shock. Two legends were amazing but three? Good thing he had trained his Pokemon for something like this.
Charizard growled at the legend but he stumbled to one knee, the pain overcoming his battle pride.
"Charizard, return!" Ash recalled one of his strongest Pokemon back for a rest. This was going to require a different kind of approach. Ash prepared his next Pokemon of the day. "Gliscor, go!" Ash's Ground/Flying Pokemon appeared in his bat/scorpion look with his pincers pointing at his Legendary opponent. Instead of fear, however, Gliscor barely stuck his tongue out mockingly towards the Thunder Legend.
"A nice match up. Even Zapdos' strongest Electric attack won't do a thing to Gliscor because it's Ground type." Brock explained now smiling.
Dawn was fidgeting with one nervous hand while the other scanned the legend from Kanto.
"Zapdos vs Gliscor, begin!" The referee said.
"Start flying!" The grey-haired trainer ordered wanting to get ahead of his rival. His Legend took off high into the sky with amazing speed. Ash was reminded of his encounter with Zapdos in the Orange Islands. Luckily, his Pokemon wouldn't get fried up by Electric attacks.
"Chase after him!" The trainer from Kanto ordered and Gliscor went after the enemy with great speed as well "Now Metal Claw!" Gliscor's pincers glew with a silver color ready to smash hard from behind.
"Detect!" Tobias ordered. Zapdos' eyes shone green and even without turning his head back he moved to his left. And eluded the Steel attack coming from the Scorpion enemy. Tobias was the one smiling with an opening "Now Steel Wing!" Zapdos quickly spun hundred and eighty degrees and slammed the Vampire Pokemon with his silver-glowing wings. Gliscor screamed in pain now a bit dizzy and with bruises on his face.
"Gliscor, use Cross Poison!" The raven-haired trainer ordered. The Ground type scorpion shot forward with his pincers in purple colors crossed in front of him.
"Flash!" Tobias countered with a sly grin. Zapdos emitted a sudden burst of blinding light from its body. Everyone had to cover their faces from the eye-injuring attack. When the light dimmed enough, Zapdos was still flapping its wings while Gliscor was screaming its name in pain his pincers covering his injured eyes. He was hovering aimlessly. Ash wanted to curse himself. Now Gliscor would miss whatever attack he used unless he somehow could see the enemy.
"Finish him off with Sky Attack!" Tobias ordered. Zapdos again charged into his hovering enemy while descending and smashed his rival with his bird body covered in white light. The two Pokemon hit the arena below with great force kicking a cloud of dust up. Incredibly, Ash saw Gliscor panting and very injured but still conscious.
The problem, however, was that he was beneath Zapdos's taloned foot and couldn't escape from there.
That was when Gliscor cried out in pain with electricity running through his body. Ash wanted to curse his rotten luck. It had to be Zapdos' ability Static, which paralyzed the opponent no matter what type it was. The teenager saw Tobias smirking obviously ready to finish this with one effective attack. But not if Ash and his friends had something to say about that.
His friend could be blind but finding Zapdos wasn't an issue because it was right on top of Gliscor.
"Gliscor, ground your tail!" Ash commanded surprising a few viewers. The Pokemon obeyed eye-closed and embedded his scorpion tail into the arena. A second later the static inside him went into the soil without any further effect on Gliscor. Both Tobias and Zapdos looked in utter shock to that. Something the seasoned trainer decided to take the advantage off "Now Ice Fang!" Gliscor's fangs shone light blue and bite right at the Titan's leg. Zapdos screeched in agony as the frostbite quickly spread over his right leg and up to his left side of the body reducing his mobility by a great margin. Gliscor was now free and ready to finish the fight after doing super effective damage. He blinked a few times regaining some coherent picture.
"Now Mud Bomb!" Ash said smiling. Gliscor opened his fanged mouth and fired a shower of mud-made bullets. Most were poorly-aimed by the still-lingering Flash. But many were properly heading their way.
"Use Detect again!" Tobias commanded desperately. But Ash kept grinning hoping. That move had huge chances of failing if used repeatedly.
Zapdos's eyes glew green but then his body shuddered, indicating a failed move. The Electric Pokemon screamed after been hit by one of his main weaknesses. He was still standing with dirt in his yellow feathers but barely. Ash decided to end it once and for all.
"Finish this with Giga Impact!" Ash ordered with the same tactic Tobias had wanted used on Charizard. The vampire Pokemon flew into his frozen opponent with his body surrounded by the powerful Normal attack. He hit Zapdos head on sending him tumbling away for a few meters completely out cold. Gliscor panted after using a lot of his power to guarantee the knock out.
"Zapdos is unable to battle. Gliscor wins. Trainer, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. The viewers again exploded in cheers for the youngster from Kanto, who had now taken down three legends.
On the high place of the stadium, a beautiful blonde lady called Cynthia observed things developing with a great deal of surprise. As the Champion of Sinnoh she had witnessed great Pokemon battles. But never one like this one. At first she had been shocked to hear that a trainer had a Darkrai with him, let alone another two extra Legends. But more surprising to her was her friend Ash Ketchum defeating those Legends without losing one of his own Pokemon. The bond the young trainer had with his Pokemon went really deeper than she had first assumed.
She kept observing the battle with a smile on her lips.
Meanwhile the trainer from Sinnoh had recalled his Zapdos asking himself how was it possible to have lost all of his strongest Pokemon without bringing one of his rival's Pokemon down. He looked at Ash, who was congratulating his Gliscor for his excellent job. Tobias could quit the match right here and now but the trainer in front of him was very unusual from the average idiot he was used to defeat without a problem. That's why he was going to continue until the end.
"Come out!" Tobias said sending his next Pokeball to the arena. The ball bursted open and revealed the next Pokemon. It was a hovering Dragon Pokemon with one long head and two heads as his hands. He had a chubby body of black colors with purple stripes on his belly. He also had ten wings on his back. The Dragon roared towards his rival.
"What is that Pokemon?" Dawn asked in stupor analyzing it. But there was no data available in her pokedex.
"I don't know. But it doesn't look good for Ash if he doesn't know what he is fighting against." Brock stated also in the dark about the rare Pokemon.
But his friend in the arena wasn't as clueless as Brock thought he was. The trainer from Pallet scanned the new Pokemon with his Pokedex. Good thing Professor Oak had updated him with the Pokemon list of the other region of Unova. After meeting the rare Zorua and Zoroark, the teenager had been interested in knowing more about that distant region. This Pokemon he was facing was a Hydreigon, a Dark/Dragon pseudo legend from Unova.
That meant that Tobias had ran out of Legends. Which was kind of a problem, as Ash had trained all of his current team to resist moves from Legendary Pokemon. A Pokemon like Hydreigon was going to be overpowered in no time.
But Ash had no stupid illusions. Tobias could be hiding something for later. So it was better to finish the match quickly.
"Gliscor, return!" Ash returned his Pokemon and prepared to keep the fight on. Ash knew that neither Heracross nor Gliscor were going to fight another round. They were just too tired for that "Come back to the arena, Sceptile!" The fully-evolved Grass starter reappeared no longer with ice and ready. Many viewers, who knew about the rare Pokemon were wondering why would Ash choose that Pokemon. Dragon Pokemon were resistant against Grass moves.
"Hydreigon vs Sceptile, begin!" The referee said.
"Use Dragon Breath!" Tobias ordered. The Dragon Pokemon fired the yellow blast from his central mouth aiming for his Grass-type opponent.
"Agility!" Ash countered and Sceptile increased his speed to elude the blast with no problem at all. Sceptile disappeared again from sight, the chubby Pseudo legend unable to find him "Now use your Dragon Rush!" Sceptile's body exploded with a blue Dragon-like aura around him and rapidly smashed into his opponent head on. Hydreigon floated back grunting in severe pain by the Dragon attack. Ash smiled knowing no one, specially Tobias, had been expecting that one for sure. Ash hadn't wanted to use the move against Darkrai as revealing too soon might have made Tobias reconsider his battle choices.
But no point in hiding it now.
"Use Tri-Attack!" Tobias ordered with seriousness in his voice. Each one of Hydreigon's head started glowing with a specific power. A combined Flame/Ice/Thunder blasts headed for the fully-evolved Grass starter.
"Agility again!" Ash commanded. Sceptile dodged his speed increasing even further and becoming invisible to everyone's eyes as he ran around the field. Hell even Ash could no longer see his Pokemon! "Now X-Scissor!" Sceptile neatly appeared from behind his enemy and slashed x-motion with his leafs. Hydreigon cried out in pain. Been also Dark type meant the Pseudo-Legend was weak against Bug attacks. Hydreigon floated backwards grunting in pain by the powerful blows he was been forced to take.
Ash smiled knowing things were going his way. Those blows could have made Brandon's Regirock cry out in pain and knock it out in no time. It was a testimony to how strong Sceptile had become.
"Use Will-o-wisp on the whole field!" Tobias commanded with a grimmer tone. The pseudo Legend fired the blue flames from his three heads without a particular aimed spot. Just a blast of burning heat covering the whole field. The blazing attack hit Sceptile right away burning him as no speed could take him to safety.
Ash clutched his teeth knowing he had to act quickly as the fire would do a lot of damage to his friend.
"Stay strong and charge a Solar Beam!" Ash said with a determined tone to his Pokemon. The flames kept burning but the Grass starter was ignoring them using the Sun to charge his powerful blast through the small yellow nudges in his back.
"Keep up the Will-o-wisp!" Tobias saw the opening. His Pokemon again unleashed the hell fire on Sceptile, who kept charging his blast no matter what burn marks he was getting. His green scales were churning away but the starter wasn't giving up yet.
"Focus that fire in your blast!" Ash ordered making everyone look at him in surprise. Sceptile roared all the fire on his body suddenly been swallowed inside his mouth and mixing with the Solar attack. The double Grass/Fire attack fired off at blurring speeds and engulfed the Pseudo Legend from Unova, making him screech out in blazing agony. After a few minutes of an eerie silence, Hydreigon landed on his back completely bruised and knocked for the count.
"Hydreigon is unable to battle. Sceptile wins. Trainer, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said.
"Awesome, Ash has the complete advantage!" Dawn said while her Piplup danced around cheering for their friends.
"Maybe Tobias just relied too much on his legends to make his other Pokemon stronger or to even make a strategy up." Brock stated now smiling. As always Ash had managed to pull through any odds. Though the battle was still on so it was better to be careful.
"Avalugg, go!" Tobias released his next Pokemon. It looked like a turtle made entirely out of hard ice. Ash didn't need to scan the new Pokemon to know it was an Ice type.
"Okay my friend, take a break!" The trainer from Kanto recalled his tired Grass Pokemon from Hoenn and got ready for the next match "Gible, I choose you!" The Land Shark Pokemon appeared his mouth open to bite something or someone. Yet he looked quite small next to the chubbier opponent.
"But why Gible?" the bluenette coordinator asked. Her Water starter suddenly hid under the seat not wanting to be hit by a loose Draco Meteor.
"I have to agree," The Gym leader from Kanto chimed in again "Gible is strong for a young Pokemon but he doesn't have the same experience like the other Pokemon Ash has used so far. Besides, like Gliscor, Gible is very weak to Ice attacks."
It seemed they would have to wait and see what kind of crazy strategy Ash pull out of the hat.
"Avalugg vs Gible, begin!" The referee said.
"Gible, use Rock Smash!" Ash started things up this time. His small Dragon Pokemon charged with his fists glowing white. The Fighting move could do some real damage.
"Use Iron Defense!" Tobias countered, as his Pokemon boosted his defence by two stages. The attack hit him in the cheek but did no serious damage. Gible jumped back ready for more "Now Ice Ball!" Avalugg charged a frozen orb on his open mouth firing it right away.
"Use Dig!" Ash quickly ordered and his Dragon Pokemon went inside the ground to elude the incoming Ice blast "Now Dragon Dance!" Gible roared from inside the ground, increasing his attack and speed while he was protected.
"Use Earthquake!" Tobias ordered with a grin. Ash knew those were really bad news.
"Attack with Dragon Claw!" The trainer from Kanto ordered now. Just before Avalugg was going to stomp the arena, Gible quickly shot from bellow him and hit the enemy right in his underbelly. Avalugg flew high for a few meters but had taken little damage thanks to his amplified defence.
"Fall with Take Down!" The trainer from Sinnoh ordered now. The Ice Pokemon from Kalos fell at high speed with his glacier body covered in yellow light. Gible had no time to move away and was plowed into the soil by the enemy. Avalugg had received the recoil damage but it seemed to not have been a lot.
"Gible!" Ash screamed his voice sounding with concern for his Pokemon. The Dragon/Ground Pokemon was grunting trying to get free from beneath the enemy's paw.
"Send him flying with Psychic and then Ice Shard!" Tobias commanded finally ready to win. Avalugg's eyes shone blue and surrounded the smaller opponent. Gible was sent flying with the psychic move to the other side of the arena and then a rain of hard ice bullets fired from the Ice Pokemon's mouth making the land Shark screech in pain. The small Dragon landed in front of his worried trainer struggling to get up with cuts over his grey scales. Ash couldn't see one of his Pokemon take so much damage. He cared about them more than anything.
"Gible, return!" The raven-haired trainer stated. But just when he had aimed his Pokeball to recall the Pokemon, the young Dragon type had returned to his feet roaring out loud with newly-found strength.
That was when a white light covered Gible and his body started morphing. Ash, Pikachu and everyone else looked in expectation as the evolutionary process was happening. The light died down and now a taller Dragon Pokemon with shark features stood in the arena. He had longer fin-wings on his arms and one white claw for hands. He also had spikes on his thighs.
"Wow, you are incredible Gabite!" Ash said in happiness to his new Pokemon. The trainer then checked his Pokedex to see the new moves his Pokemon had learnt after evolving "Let's use your new Twister!" The new Dragon Pokemon shot his wings forward and fired the powerful tornado. It hit the Ice Pokemon sending him flying into a wall with hurricane-like force.
"Avalugg, destroy that lizard with Water pulse!" Tobias ordered frantically. His Pokemon from another region barfed a higly-focused sphere of water with the same size as Gible had had.
"Fight back with Dragon Pulse!" Ash ordered smirking. Gabite expelled the incredible purplish orb from the back of his throat, instantly colliding with the opposite force. The draconish sphere canceled the orb of the rival, the explosion blasting the two Pokemon away inside a cloud of dust. When the dust settled one could clearly see both the Ice Pokemon from Kalos and the Dragon from Sinnoh out for the count with their bodies covered in soot.
"Both Avalugg and Gabite are unable to battle. This round is a draw. Blue trainer, send out your last Pokemon, Red trainer, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. Tobias recalled his Pokemon knowing one thing already. He had lost. But even so, he still had to see what Ash could truly do.
"Kabutops, go!" The grey-haired trainer called out his last Pokemon. The fully-evolved Fossil from Kanto appeared with his hand-scythes ready to slash the enemy.
"Okay Gabite, return!" Ash called back his Dragon Pokemon for a rest knowing he deserved it. Despite not winning like the others, his pseudo-legend had still pulled out a performance greater than other could hope to. The teenager then looked at his Electric Mouse starter. "Now buddy, ready to show why we won the Battle Frontier?" Pikachu nodded his red cheeks sparkling with volts. Ash smiled remembering the incredible Electric powers Pikachu had shown, when fighting Regice almost a year ago. Time to see if that power still remained and hopefully improved after their adventures through Sinnoh.
"Kabutops vs Pikachu, begin!" The referee said.
"Water Pulse!" Tobias ordered. His Pokemon created a blue orb in between his scythes and slammed it onto the soil. Water waves were now heading for Pikachu. The water washed over the arena and left Pikachu soaked. But with no real damage on him.
"Okay Pikachu, let's show him your Quick Attack!" Ash started the end. His Pokemon started sprinting like a yellow blur. The enemy couldn't see him.
"Use Air Cutter!" Tobias ordered. His Pokemon fired crescent-Moon-shaped waves of sharp air towards the incoming mouse from his glowing scythes.
"Go faster and dodge!" Ash said smiling. Pikachu obeyed and run faster eluding each and everyone of the slashing gusts attacks "Now Electro Tail!" First Pikachu prepared his silver-glowing Iron Tail. Then a voltaic sphere called Electro Ball appeared at the tip of the limb ready to fire off. But instead of that, the electricity was absorbed by the tail and started glowing yellow. The audience cringed by their seats waiting for the final moment. Pikachu jumped and swang his limb down at incredible speed hitting the Fossil Pokemon right in the center of his wide rocky head. The double Steel/Electric attack made Kabutops cry out in white-hot agony sending him flying at his trainer's feet. Tobias saw his Pokemon completely out for the count with just one perfect move.
"Kabutops is unable to battle. Pikachu wins. With all of Tobias' Pokemon knocked out, I declare Ash Ketchum the winner of the match!" The referee said. The audience rained down with cheers for the winner of the match.
"Yes, we did it!" Ash said in happiness lifting and hugging his Pikachu. Ash then called out all of his Pokemon out. Gliscor, Heracross, Charizard, Sceptile and Gabite appeared wondering why they were out. "We won guys!" Ash hugged his Pokemon, who were still shocked to the core. But a second later they cheered as well firing their attacks into the sky in celebration. Despite their injured conditions, the group of Pokemon only cared about celebrating. Not many could say they had defeated Legendary Pokemon and lived to tell the story.
"Ash!" The Pokemon trainer heard Dawn's voice. He saw her running towards him and giving him a bone-crushing hug "You were incredible!" The winner of the match scratched his head innocently blushing a bit by the contact with his close girl friend.
"Thanks, Dawn." Ash replied keeping his girl friend from Sinnoh close to him. Something he didn't realize he was unconsciously doing.
"It was an amazing display, Ash." The breeder stated clapping Ash's back with a broad smile. "You have truly outgrown yourself."
"Thank you, Brock." Ash thanked his long-time friend from Kanto with a manly hug. Brock was like Ash's big brother after the many adventures they had gone through over four regions.
The cheers ended, however, when everybody saw Tobias walking towards Ash with a firm pace. The young trainer now stood against his opponent the two looking at each other in the eye. Both Dawn and Brock were looking at Tobias as if expecting him to physically attack Ash. Not that they would let him.
"Ash, your performance was simply staggering," Tobias stated now towards his strongest challenge ever, surprising Ash. He wasn't expecting a friendly support from the trainer of Legends "I could have given up after you took down my Zapdos but I wanted to see all that you had to offer," Ash stood on hair trigger as Tobias moved his right hand. The trainer of legends placed his hand forward for a shaking "And it was nothing less than incredible." The teenager from Kanto smiled. The two rivals shook hands in good terms. The audience clapped again by the sportsmanship shown.
"I wish you the best luck when fighting for the title of Champion. Because I will come back for the rematch." Tobias finished with a friendly statement.
"I'll be ready for that day." Ash replied while his Pokemon team roared in unison to support their trainer. If they had to grow even stronger then they would.
Tobias walked away from the arena, leaving the teenager with his girl friend and his Pokemon ready to celebrate. As he walked away, however, the trainer from Sinnoh couldn't help but think about something.
"If he ever captures a legendary Pokemon, I'm screwed."
Notes from Chapter 1:
I didn't want to give Tobias an entire team of six Legends. So I just used Zapdos and then rare Pokemon from other regions.
The legends Sceptile fought were Brandon's Regirock and a wild Deoxys. Not the one from Movie 7 though. The one from the Anime episode of the 9th season.
I think Tobias relied on his Legends too much. Once they were down, all of Ash's strongest Pokemon, who could have competed with other legends were ready to easily overpower the average Pokemon with little trouble.
Many would have liked Sceptile to beat Darkai. Trust me; I wanted to keep it that way. But I had to also consider that Darkrai was Tobias' strongest Pokemon. Also remember that in the Anime, Darkrai had already fought against 3 of Ash's Pokemon before been defeated by Sceptile. That means that Darkrai had tired out a bit by the time of his I also made it up by Sceptile defeating a rare Pokemon. Hydreigon didn't exist at that point of time because the 5th Gen was still to be revealed.
Pikachu may not have done a lot unlike his Anime counterpart. But let's face it. After fighting Regice, Paul's Pokemon and even Flint's Infernape, don't you think a simple Kabutops is piece of cake in comparison?
I used Ash's strongest Pokemon. Gible wasn't the strongest from Sinnoh, that spot is for Gliscor (or maybe Infernape or Torterra). However, Gible did have a good move array. And after his fight against Conway then I couldn't stop myself from including him. Which by the way, should have been the battle, where it had evolved.
Sadly he drew with a Pokemon with double advantage so no big deal. Ash can't win everything, right?
As always, hints of Pearlshipping.
There's a second chapter coming, don't worry.
And so Ash has won but without legends helping him. Will he be able to become the new Champion? Wait and see in the last chapter!