POKEMON
TRIPLE
XTREME
Stage 1
It was the Lobo League finals. Ash was battling head to head with Chalkus, a young man with wavy blonde hair and bright red lips. The first one with three victories would win the match and become champion of the Lobo league. Chalkus won the first two matches with his Alakazam and his Magmar, crushing Ash's Squirtle and Bulbasaur. All hope seemed lost as Ash fell to the ground crying, feeling dejected and ashamed. Out of nowhere, Charizard emerged from the clouds, wrapped in a majestic orange flame that was undeniably heavenly. Charizard easily defeated Chalkus' Pokemon, winning two straight matches for Ash without even receiving any direction from him. Triumph seemed certain and Ash appeared to be on the verge of his first league victory that mattered. However, Ash called Charizard back and chose instead to bring Pikachu in, he wanted his favorite Pokemon to win the tournament for him. They embraced and Ash sent Pikachu into battle. It wrapped itself in thunderbolts and charged at Chalkus' Pokemon, a lowly Remoraid that he brought out in error. Pikachu pounced on it while it flailed on the ground, a minute later, Pikachu was now on the ground, battered and defeated. Chalkus became the Lobo League champion while Ash once again tasted a humiliating defeat. He picked up Pikachu and walked out of the arena in shame while Charizard shook its head and flew away.
"Boy, that was embarrassing," Brock said as he met Ash outside the stadium. "I mean, to lose like that in front of everyone in the stadium and those watching around the world to a freaking Remoraid when you had the advantage with an electric type, I think I would just—"
"Hey Brock…shut up!" Ash said indignantly.
"It's not my fault you lost."
"You're making me feel worse."
"I mean, I can say what I want to because I've never lost in a tournament."
"You've never been in one! Let's see you try it instead of just tagging along all the blasted time doing nothing!"
"I'm a gym leader, which means that I clearly am overqualified for these silly tournaments."
"You weren't saying that when I kicked your butt back in Pewter City!"
Brock laughed. "I-I let you win, because I felt sorry for you, rookie."
"Yeah right, you couldn't even beat Team Freaking Rocket without my help."
Brock gasped, his hand was over his mouth. "You take that back!"
"Never!"
Both Ash and Brock clenched their fists and held each other's shirts.
"You boys are so stupid when you're angry."
Appearing behind them was May, eating some cotton candy. She winked at Ash and he stuck his tongue out.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Brock asked. "Shouldn't you be changing Max's diapers or something?"
"I don't hang with my brother anymore," May said. "I'm too womanly to be bothered with that little runt."
"So says the ten year old."
May removed her bandana and let down her hair. She pranced in front of Ash and wrapped her arm around his neck.
"So Ash—"
"I still think you're a worthless, poor man's replacement for Misty, who I can't stand!" Ash bellowed, then walked off with Brock sneering at her.
May shredded her bandana and looked up at the sky, her heart filled with anger and hate.
"I shall destroy you Misty, I swear it!" she said, then ran off.
"And she hate's Misty for what reason?" Brock said, shrugging. He pulled out his PDA and went on his favorite message board to tell all the Advanced Shippers how worthless their beliefs were. He then ran in the direction Ash went.
Brock found Ash walking in the woods. For the first time, he noticed that Pikachu was on Ash's head and was still injured from its fight.
"Aren't you going to a Pokemon Center?" Brock asked.
"No, Pikachu doesn't deserve it after what he did!" Ash said.
"Yeah, I agree with you. I just wanted to see Nurse Joy." He salivated. "And maybe Officer Jenny won't be too far away."
"Who cares about those test tube clones, can't you see what's really—"
Brock slapped Ash, his face was a portrait of anger. "Never…say…that…again!" he roared.
"It's true."
"What was that!"
"Nothing."
"At least I have girlfriends. Who do you have?"
Ash walked towards a tree stump and laid one foot on it. He looked up at the sky, a beam of light penetrated through the tree branches and covered him. A single tear ran down his cheek.
"The only one I have…is my dear short skirted wonder, Dawn. I'd follow her into a volcano and back…as long as she doesn't wear pants, that is."
Brock giggled and pulled out his PDA to tell his Pearl Shipper friends the good news. "So what happened to Misty?"
"Old news."
"And May."
"Don't care. You can take her."
"I'm not that desperate."
"No one is."
Brock and Ash continued walking through the woods when they saw Officer Jenny drive by in her squad car.
"Instead of walking, I'll get us a ride," Brock said, then ran after it.
"How the hell are you going to catch up to a car by…ah, never mind!" Ash said.
He waited for Brock to return after he realized how stupid he was being. His thoughts shifted to Dawn. She never showed any interest in him unlike the others, which was what attracted him to her more than anything else. He wished he had stopped her before she left, now she was gone and he had no idea where she was. Ash wept, Pikachu regained consciousness and rolled its eyes.
"There you are loser!"
Ash wiped away his tears and looked around but could not see who said that.
"Show yourself!" Ash yelled.
Stepping out of the bushes was Chalkus, he had an evil grin on his face.
"What do you want?" Ash asked.
"I want to take over the world!" Chalkus answered.
"Excuse me?"
"And the only one who can stop me is you, that's why I'm here to take you out."
Ash scratched the back of his head. "Okay, what the hell are you talking about?"
"You know, the world will turn to Ash, and you're Ash, so if I want to take over the world, I have to defeat you."
Ash laughed. "Dude, that was back in movie two, you know, back when I used to have a fan base."
"Chalk up and die!" Chalkus yelled, then brought out his Fearow.
"Chalk up? What the hell is that supposed to—"
The Fearow used beak on Ash's head and drew blood. He ran back and leapt into the bushes.
"I'm not a Pokemon, you can't attack me!"
"Yes I can, these are the rules over in the Alto region."
"Does this look like the Alto region to you!"
"Chalk up and die!"
Ash brought out his Pidgeot and leapt on its back as the Fearow came in for another beak attack. They climbed into the sky and Fearow followed them. Pidgeot used gust and Fearow dodged it and used quick attack to knock them back. Ash almost lost his balance and fell off of Pidgeot.
"You will never win unless you have a killer instinct!" Chalkus said.
"If that's how it is, then eat this!"
Pidgeot used sky attack combined with quick attack to hit the Fearow's head, blowing it clean off. With the headless Fearow falling to the ground, Ash stood on top of his Pidgeot and laughed maniacally.
"I like these rules!" he proclaimed. "Let's see what you got now!"
Chalkus called out his Alakazam. Pidgeot raced down to use another sky attack but Alakazam used confuse on it and made it slam itself into a tree. Ash jumped off it just before impact, Pidgeot was badly injured but was still moving. Ash put it in its Pokeball.
Ash gritted his teeth, then summoned his Tauros. Alakazam tried confuse again, but Tauros' limited mental capacity made that attack useless. It rammed its horns into Alakazam, then tossed its lifeless body aside.
"That's two down, one more to go!" Ash exclaimed, thoroughly enjoying this new type of battling.
"This isn't over yet!" Chalkus said, then brought out his Machamp.
"Tauros, run that punk over!" Ash yelled.
Tauros charged at Machamp, but it caught Tauros' horns and brought it down. Machamp broke all of its legs before snapping its neck.
"That doesn't mean anything, I've got a million of those things back home," Ash said.
He brought out his new Pokemon, Geodude, and launched it at Machamp. He forgot that rock types were weak against fighting types and Geodude was pounded into rubble.
"You have no chance against me!" Chalkus said.
Ash felt that he was right, he had no way to win the fight. He fell to the ground, weeping once again, wishing for a miracle. Landing in front of him was Charizard, it sensed he was in danger and came to help. Chalkus and Machamp cowered, taking a few steps back.
"Yeah boy, that's right!" Ash pronounced. "I'm going to win right now. That's why I choose…Pikachu!"
Charizard turned to Ash in disgust, Chalkus gave a sigh of relief. Ash threw the near comatose Pikachu into the battle, and in no time Machamp had beaten it into the ground, breaking off its tail and its two front legs.
"I can't believe it, Pikachu!" Ash yelled, falling to the ground. "How could you lose so easily, you lazy, good for nothing—"
Ash was cut short literally as Chalkus' Magmar came out of nowhere and used flamethrower on Ash, burning his legs to a crisp. He fell to the ground, crying in pain. Chalkus stood above him, victorious.
"Now that you have fallen, nothing shall stop me from taking over the world!" Chalkus said. He leapt onto Machamp's shoulders and it ran off together with Magmar.
Ash felt the humiliating sting of defeat for the second time that day. That pain was almost as bad as losing his legs. Overcome by it, he closed his eyes and passed out. Charizard shook his head and flew off again.
Will Ash and Pikachu survive? Will May get revenge on Misty? Will Brock ever get a clue? Find out next time on Pokemon Triple Xtreme!