"The Power of Two"
A Pokemon fanfic by XxSailorAriesxX
Author's Notes: Do not own Pokemon, just the new and original characters created by me and a few friends.
Chapter 1: Do You Have What It Takes?
It was a familiar scene as the group trotted down the road. A boy wearing a red hat with black on the top and a logo of a blue rainbow shape with a blue dot below it on top of his messy black hair. A white t-shirt with a blue and yellow vest was covering his chest, while jeans and red and black tennis shoes covered the lower areas. On his shoulder was a yellow and black Pokemon. Pikachu was it's name. In the middle was a girl, a bit shorter than the boy wearing a pink and white beanie on her head of blue hair. She wore a black vest with a white tank underneath. Completing her fashionably acceptable outfit was a scarf, pink skirt, socks, and pink sneakers. The oldest and tallest of the group was tanned with brown hair and eyes that were not visiable. He wore a green shirt with a grey and orange vest over it. Finishing off the outfit was a pair of grey khakies and tennis shoes. Ash Ketchum felt as if he'd been doing this for years. Walking endlessly down road after road with his friends on a quest to become the world's greatest Pokemon master. He was in the Sinnoh region and itching to get the next gym badge.
"Come on guys," he laughed and ran a little ahead of them.
"Wait, Ash," cried the girl, who's name happened to be Dawn, as she chased after him.
The older boy shook his head and kept his pace. Brock was getting too old for this kid stuff. Not wanting to care too much about Ash's determination to defeat another Gym Leader, he started to scan the many buildings for something to take his mind off of it. A pretty girl, pehaps? "Yeah, that would be just the thing," he thought to himself. His gaze landed on a poster immediately making him drawn to it like a moth to a bug zapper.
"Ash! Ash!" he yelled.
Ash turned his head and then walked over to Brock, Dawn following behind him.
"What's up," Ash asked.
"Take a look at this," Brock said to him, pointing at the poster.
Dawn glanced at it and her eyes went wide.
"Calling all trainers," Ash read aloud, "Pokemon Technical Institute is inviting everyone to sign up for the first ever PokeTech Double Battle Contest. Do you have what it takes to accept this challenge? To sign up please visit our Enrollment Center by July 17th. We hope to see you there. Signed, The Pokemon Technical Institute Advisory Board-Sinnoh."
"And there's even a map to show us where to go," Dawn pointed out.
"I think this would be a good thing to do, Ash," Brock explained, "It's open to anyone and plus, think of those school girls!"
"But what about the badge," Ash asked.
"Pika," Pikachu chimed in.
"You didn't read all of it," Dawn said glancing at the bottom of the poster, "It says here that you can get a special badge for this, and more surprises await the winners."
"I don't think it'll help any with the Sinnoh League," replied Ash.
"But... THE SCHOOL GIRLS!" Brock exclaimed, falling face first to the ground.
"Ash," said Dawn, "I've never been on a PokeTech Campus, and besides I'd love for my Pokemon to get a little more experience. Can't we just please try this?"
He thought about it for a moment and looked at Pikachu.
"What do you think, buddy?" he asked.
"Pika!!" Pikachu replied nearly jumping off his shoulder.
"Okay, let's do it," Ash said to the others, "Brock, take a map and let's get going."
Brock landed at Ash's feet.
"Oh thank you! THANK YOU!"
Ash glanced down at him and then said, "Dawn, maybe you better get the map."
After getting the map and dragging Brock back into reality, they headed off down the road.
There was a rustle in the bushes and out jumped Team Rocket.
"Did you hear that," said Jessie, throwing her long red hair over her shoulder.
"Yes," James replied running a hand through his own mop of blue hair, "The twerps are going to PokeTech. Didn't even know they had one here."
"Well apparently theys do," said Meowth crossing his arms, "And where da twerps go, we goes, got dat?"
"Just think of all those gorgeous school boys waiting for me," Jessie sighed, hearts appearing in her blue eyes.
"But um... What if they make us take a test to enter... You know we're not too good at that," said James, pressing two of his fingers together nervousily.
"Don't be an idiot," shouted Meowth, "If theys lettin everyone in, yous will have nothin ta worry bout. Plus it's a golden oppertunity ta steal some rare Pokemon for da Boss."
"Right," James perked up, "Right, Jess? Jess...?"
But Jessie was off in her own little world day dreaming.
Meowth whipped out his claws Wolverine style and gave Jessie a good face slashing before she snapped back to the real world.
"MY FACE!! LOOK AT MY FACE," she screamed grabbing Meowth by his cheeks.
"Jessie, don't kill Meowth, we need him," James tried to calmly explain.
Jessie threw Meowth down and walked back into the bushes with James following her.
"We need to get in costume, especially if we have to sign up right behind those twerps," he explained to her.
"I guess you're right," she acknowledged pulling out a pink compact. She needed to cover up the cat scratches if she inteded to meet any decent men.
They quickly got into costume and took off after the Twerp Troop.
An hour or so later, Ash and the gang were walking through the enterance gates of Pokemon Technical Institute, or PokeTech for short.
"Wow, look at this place," Dawn exclaimed, "It's so big and so beautiful."
"You can say that again," Brock said as he made his way over to a couple of girls sitting on the edge of a fountain on the quad.
"Hello ladies," he said in his debonair tone of voice, "I was just wondering if any of you lovely ladies would like to go out sometime."
The girls burst into laughter and rose from their spots, the tallest with a smile went up to him.
"Looks like you're all wet, bub," she said before tossing him single-handedly into the fountain.
They walked off taking just a single look back at a soaking Brock and went on their merry way.
Ash and Dawn came up slowly, trying not to laugh themselves.
"Are you really sure you want to do this, Brock?" Ash asked him.
"Yeah," he groaned as he slowly came up from the fountain.
"Well the only good thing about Brock's swimming lesson is the Enrollment Center is just right there," Dawn said pointing straight ahead.
Brock quickly dried off and they went inside to sign up.
Inside the Enrollment Center were four tables set up for people to come in and register. As Ash went to the closest one, he swore that he caught a glimpse of a familiar face, but shook it off and just focused on the task at hand. After everything was filed in the computer, he was handed an invitation from the girl behind the table.
"We're having a little get together tomorrow night for all of the contestants, just for everyone to try and get to know each other before having to get teamed up. You came just in time, you know," she said to him.
Ash nodded and thanked the girl, walking outside to wait for his friends. He sat down on one of the stone blocks in front of the building and turned the invitation over and over in his hands. He was curious just as to who had all signed up and who he'd be stuck with as a partner.