Hey everyone, it's Shiro Tsubasa here with a Pokémon fanfic! *hushes the gasping crowd* I absolutely love betrayed/intelligent Ash fics where he has epic Pokémon so it's no surprise this eventually tumbled out of my head. The inspiration for this fiction came when I was training my Rhyhorn on SoulSilver for Rhyperior and I thought "Why the hell doesn't Ash have a Rhyperior?"
Disclaimer: I do not own the Pokémon franchise. If I did instead of Black/White we would have had a game with all the previous regions and there would be no Fairies floating around eating my dragons.
Legend:
"Speech"
"Translated speech"
'Thoughts'
*Pallet Town, Ash's house, After Sinnoh*
Ash sat under the tree in his back yard, thinking about his recent trip to Sinnoh. Most would expect him to be brooding or figuring out why he lost after all his hard work but he was smiling. Ash never expected to win in Sinnoh; in fact, he hadn't expected to win since Johto where he made a decision that would impact his entire trainer career. "Pikachu, I think they're finally ready." He spoke softly to the little mouse on his lap. "Are you sure Ash?" His companion replied with a hint of surprise in his voice. "Yeah, it's about time I stopped hiding them. After seeing Cynthia in action and her having a reputation of being the strongest Champion, I feel confident we can take them. As it stands I plan to challenge Sinnoh because of that, anything less would be an insult to them." Pikachu smiled at his trainer, knowing they could finally stop holding back and show the world just what they were capable of.
*Next day*
"Hey Ash, wake your lazy butt up. I have a surprise for you." Said the mouse Pokémon. Ash awoke and temporarily freaked out at the powerful looking Raichu staring him in the face before he smiled. "So you finally went through with it? Congratulations, I know how long you've considered it. Did anything happen during evolution?" Ash asked his newly evolved starter. Pikachu had been thinking about finally evolving for a long time but had decided to wait until Ash was ready to challenge a Champion. "Nope, everything's great. My speed's better, my strength's better, and I accidentally killed a Fearow with a Thundershock. On a related note, the local Spearow flock no longer has a leader or a good fraction of their numbers." Ash sighed, he knew Pikachu was a lot stronger than he had led everyone to believe and from the sound of things he was even more insane as a Raichu. "Well, as long as you control yourself everything will be fine. What do you say we go down for breakfast?" Raichu let out a cheer of happiness before they rushed downstairs for breakfast.
As they reached the dining table Ash's mom greeted them from where she was placing breakfast on plates. "Good morning Ash. Morning Pi-," She caught herself when she turned around to see a Raichu sitting in Pikachu's customary spot. "Pikachu, is that you?" The Raichu nodded its head with a small "Rai." "Good morning mom. As for Raichu, he decided that it was finally time to evolve since our plans have begun to advance to the next stage." Ash replied before digging into his breakfast. Delia was shocked, what plans was he talking about? So she asked just that. "We're challenging the Elite Four of Sinnoh and then taking Cynthia's title from her." Delia stood there with her mouth open and a scoff came from the doorway. Everyone looked to see Misty and all Ash's friends standing there, along with Paul. "You really think evolving Pikachu will let you beat Cynthia? Ha, we were right, you are hopeless." Misty sneered.
Ash glared slightly. "You don't know anything Misty." "Yeah I do, we all do. We all know you're a worthless excuse of a trainer who nearly gets us killed all the time. We were coming today to try to talk some sense into you but apparently you're too far gone." She replied, sounding a surprising bit like Paul in attitude. "You know, you're all supposed to be rather intelligent right? What makes you think that, over a 4 year period, I haven't grown stronger and smarter in my training? What makes you think that you even have any idea just how good I really am?" It was Paul who replied this time. "Simple, even against me you lucked up more than anything. Admit it, you're a worthless trainer and you should just quit." Ash let a small smile slip onto his face.
"I honestly wasn't expecting to have to reveal this so soon. I was hoping to keep it hidden until my fight with Bertha. Want to know something interesting? None of you have seen my real party. After my loss at Johto I did some soul-searching. I decided that I shouldn't continue like I had before and changed my entire approach. I learned everything I could and then I caught a few Pokémon and hid them from everyone, save Professor Oak who has known the entire time. I wanted to train them to be the best. I was waiting until I was sure I was ready to show them. Once I saw Cynthia fighting, I knew we were ready. You might think I'm worthless Paul, but you don't stand a chance against my real party." Ash smiled a bit wider at their disbelieving faces. "Hah, if that's true then I challenge you to a battle." Paul replied arrogantly, expecting Ash to be caught in his lie only to receive a shocking reply. "I accept." As he said this, Ash pulled a small necklace out of his shirt, revealing it had six PokéBalls attached to it.
*A little while later, Battlefield behind Oak's Laboratory*
"Professor Oak, do you mind refereeing?" Ash asked the aged Professor. Having been told what was happening; Oak gladly allowed use of his battlefield and agreed to referee. "This will be a Six-on-Six Pokémon battle between Paul and Ash. Substitutions are allowed. Begin!" Paul smirked, "End this quickly Weavile." As the Weavile appeared Ash's smile got a bit bigger. "It's time to show you what we can do. Crush their will, Gaia!" Ash threw the PokéBall which released an absolutely massive Rhyperior. She landed with a roar, creating a small earthquake and shocking everyone. Paul's eyes widened slightly at realizing that Ash wasn't kidding, before smiling. "You still made a rookie mistake; Weavile is quite effective against overgrown boulders." Most of Ash's friends agreed except Brock. As a rock specialist he knew that Rhyperior was going to be nasty in battle, nobody used a Rhyperior without having a plan.
"We'll see about that. Gaia, Rock Polish." Gaia shined slightly, boosting her speed and reaction time. "Weavile, Hit it with Metal Claw." Weavile responded and hit Rhyperior dead on, only for Rhyperior to look at it as if it was insane. Paul and the others were shocked, aside from Brock who just had his fears confirmed. "Your Rhyperior has Solid Rock, doesn't she Ash?" Brock asked from the sidelines. Most of the others didn't know what that meant except Paul, whose eyes widened in realization. "Yup, on top of a ton of resistance training. She can shrug off just about anything."
Misty looked at Brock in confusion, "What's Solid Rock?" "Solid Rock is a rare ability for a Rhyperior to have. It reduces the damage of Super Effective attacks substantially. Combine that with a high physical defense and attack and is it any wonder why Rhyperior are considered one of the best Rock types in existence?" Brock asked with a hint of awe. Though he wanted to be a Pokémon doctor, there was no denying his love of Rock type Pokémon.
The rest of Ash's friends were in awe, he had something that strong all along? "Finish it Gaia. Grab it and point-blank Flamethrower." As everyone's attention returned to the match they saw that, indeed, Rhyperior had caught Weavile and was bathing it in flames. This pattern of Rock Polish and Flamethrower was repeated with each of Paul's Pokémon until his Torterra, by which point Rhyperior was as fast as Paul's Weavile had been. "Gaia, Horn Drill." Everyone watched as Rhyperior blitzed Torterra with its horn twirling in a deadly fashion. Paul never had time to even think of a counter before Torterra was hurled across the field in a dead faint. "Torterra is unable to battle. The winner is Rhyperior. Victory goes to Ash." Professor Oak announced, breaking everyone out of their stupor. Nobody could believe it, little weakling Ash had swept Paul's entire team without a single loss.
Ash smirked before turning to Professor Oak. "I'm leaving for a while before I challenge Cynthia; if you need me, you know where I'll be." He then turned to his friends. "If you need me, then get over it. I want nothing to do with you anymore." With that he returned Gaia and walked away. By the time they all caught up, trying to apologize for their stupidity he had already vanished.
So yeah, there it is! Hope you enjoyed that little chapter. As of now this is going to remain as it stands however I do have plans to eventually do it when I figure out where I want to go with it but I will say now Kalos will be ignored and if Unova didn't have cool attacks it would as well. For anyone curious, yes Gaia is epic, yes she's based off my Rhyhorn (though mine has Shock Wave in place of Flamethrower since I have a Houndoom to tackle any pesky Grass types and they can't learn punches until Rhydon), and the reason he ended with Horn Drill is because despite her amazingness Gaia still fought 5 Pokémon and Ash didn't want to risk it with that ungodly Torterra of Paul's. OH! And I forgot to mention, Ash will have ONE legendary, only because I have always wanted Ash to have it (HINT: Not Rayquaza despite it being my favorite legendary but it is from Hoenn.)
