Disclaimer: I own none of the characters that are in the Pokémon series all I want is to create my own fanfic to see how it would be if Ash was actually capable of doing something other than losing league after league. It will also have the pearlshipping (Ash and Dawn). Check out my other story as well please!
"You sure you're ready for an opponent like Tobias?" Dawn asked concerned, she'd been surprised plenty of times by the progress of the young trainer, but she was quite certain that this time, he'd met an opponent that he would stand no chance against.
"Of course I'm sure, I put together my top team this time." he said proudly and Dawn wondered, "what was ash's top team?"
"But you still don't know more than one of Tobias' Pokémon so how could you put up a good team against it.
"Just you wait and see!" was his last words before walking towards the contestants' entrance. He was glad his last conversation before the match was with Dawn, it always seemed to calm him down talking to her though he never understood why. He was still a childish 14 year old boy.
"All the way from Pallet town. Making his way towards the hearts of the crowd. Give it up for Ash Ketchum!" the crowd went crazy when Ash entered and both he and Pikachu waved towards them.
"This is it Pikachu." the tiny mouse stayed silent staring at the entrance where their opponent would be coming through.
"The second competitor is a man we all know next to nothing about. Tobias!" the crowd roared for the more or less unknown man. They all knew that he used a Darkrai, but his other five pokemon were always a big mystery.
"We will decide who will begin with a simple coin toss." Called the announcer before settling down to watch the result of the coin toss.
"It's a heads and Tobias therefore starts."
"Darkrai, let's go!"
"Infernape I chose you!" with both trainers Pokémon out on the grassy field the judge kicked the match off.
"Infernape use dig!" Ash called, since he already knew all too well how fearful of an opponent Darkrai could me with its dark void he figured a speedy attacker would be the best way to go.
"Be careful Darkrai, we don't know where it will resurface." The shadowy Pokémon gave no response but repeating its name twice.
"Now, Infernape use mach punch!" Ash called and the fire Pokémon resurfaced and delivered a head on blow.
"Great now follow that up with another dig." Ash called and Infernape responded quickly by diving underground before Darkrai could attack.
"We have to do something about that pesky infernape, let's use dark void down that hole." said Tobias, he'd never imagined that his Darkrai would face such a situation. Yet what truly scared him was the wicked smile Ash flashed as Tobias gave his command and he knew he'd played right into his hand.
"He just as I thought. Now Infernape just as you did with Drapion's poion spikes. Demolish the whole ground and the dark void by using flare blitz!"
"No!" Tobias yelled. As the ground lit up and the flames hit Darkrai he knew that Ash had just been waiting for an opening to use one of Infernape's bigger moves.
"Now take out that annoying Darkrai with one final mach punch!" Infernape resurfaced once more and delivered the final blow.
"As incredible as it sounds, this is the first defeat of Darkrai. I think anyone could agree that they did not see this coming, Infernape who single handedly wiped the floor with Darkrai hasn't even taken a single hit! What has happened with the challenger from Pallet Town?" The crowd cheered as loud as they could and ash bowed gracefully.
"Truly this is a shocker; I did not expect my Darkrai to fall this easily. Now for my second Pokémon, let's go Latios!" he'd felt confident that if anyone got past his Darkrai he would have no problem wiping out what was left of them with Latios.
"The second Pokémon of Tobias is a Latios, does this trainer have any weakness!?" Dawn asked Brock.
"Well I certainly haven't seen anyone with a collection of Pokémon like that, but I feel certain that Ash can actually win this thing. He's like a completely different person now." Brock answered turning his head towards Dawn, she seemed to agree wholeheartedly as she watched the trainer with stars in her eyes.
"Maybe if he's changed this much it might be a good time to introduce him to my offer, and if I play my cards right I could even get those two together." Brock thought with a grin.
"Although I never would have guessed that you had a Latios it wasn't surprising to see that you had a dragon type. All strong trainers have them you know? Just to prove that I already knew about it I'm gonna show you my secret weapon against them. Infernape return and Glalie, I choose you." Tobias watched in horror as Ash brought out his second advantageous Pokémon. That trainer really was more than other people gave him credit for.
"Doesn't matter if it's advantageous or not, since I will defeat it in one move! Use luster purge!"
"Tch tch" called Ash waving with his finger.
"Defeat my Glalie with one move? I think not, have you seen the Hoen league? I went through it all with my Glalie and it will not be defeated so easily! Use ice beam!" the two beams collided in mid air and created a massive explosion.
"What force! Both Pokémon were blown away by the power off those two moves." Called the announcer, but Ash corrected him.
"That's not quite right, I would say that Latios got blown away. My Glalie is just fine and is ready to use a headbutt!" Glalie came out from the smoke and delivered a rock hard headbutt. Latios cried out in pain.
"Now let's finish this thing! Use another ice beam Glalie!"