Last of the Masters.
A Pokemon Legend unveiled to the public.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, if I did... the Pokemon adventure manga would have made a spin-off series by now :D
Chapter One: A challenger Approaches
In a quaint cafe on the edge of Saffron City, a young man of the age of seventeen, with a red cap, matte black hair, ruby eyes, a stoic facial expression, a black suit, with a red tie, a belt with five pokeballs, a poketch, dex scanner and a masters badge strapped to his left, a pale, yellow looking Pikachu, with its only other color being black and dark red for its cheek pouches hanging on his shoulder, seated across from a famous figure head of the Kanto region, Lt. surge, the lightning user gym leader who could give anyone a run for their money.
"Ha! Red, you havent changed since the day you said you were visiting the isle of thunder to train your electric type pokemon. Talking about the isle of thunder, how did you find your journey there? I mean, even I had difficulty battling some of the weaker pokemon over there, Raichu is the only reason I'm still alive, those buggers are quite the handful." The lieutenant said to Red, both taking a sip from their tea cups before starring at the poster for a 'match of the century! Ash Ketchum of Pallet vs Vinicity of Lavender' The blonde man took a glance at Red and tried, yet again to spark a conversation from the young man "So, the boys from Pallet, same place as you, think he could become the next master? I mean, I believe I battled the lad five years ago, back when he was ten, his pikachu has guts, maybe even more than yours." The muscled fellow stated, he saw not a single reaction from the boy in red, and did not know how to treat him when he was in such a state.
"Surge. It is pitiful that you think that there could be another master. Especially if they could defeat you at the age of ten. I completed the task, Blue did, as did Yellow, Leaf and Green. You can't base a decision all on the conclusion of someone defeating you in a battle, that is how to find yourself in a losing position. You are a gym leader, it is your soul purpose to battle trainers and swat them back at all costs, make sure that they work at defeating you, then once they defeat you, reward them for their hard work. If they just walk over you, then whats the bloody point of a gym leader? You might as well send them straight to a championship league match, win, then play against an elite four member in order to win the right to face the league, defeat the champion and become a pokemon master. That is how the system works. If it is not followed then what point is there in a league or masters? There isn't. Do not give that boy any commendations for his victory, it'll only lower my view on the system, for which I already have a failing opinion of, hence why I believe the war really will be above us soon. Now, you mentioned the isle of thunder." Red said, taking a sip from his tea, looking towards his pikachu who gave him a nonchalance look in return, he then jumped off his masters shoulder to the gravel below, Red then clicked his fingers, a waiter came over and placed a bowl down, he was about to poor some "PokeChow" before Red stopped the man, with a hand and a look, the waiter then retreated, Red then pulled a container out of his inner blazer jacket and poured the content into the bowl, the pale bright pikachu then proceeded to eat the food. "It took me four days to reach the isle of thunder whilst travelling on my Lapras. On the journey over, I landed into a battle with a user of Gyrados, his mistake, I thought I could show the putride trainer to not mess around with a trainer on his way to train, I did not want to waste time, energy or resources on the scum, so I summoned one of my fearow from the sky, using drill peck, the trainer sorely lost and learned not to shit on me. I got to the island and ordered lapras to get to an aquarium reserve. I then summoned all of the pokemon I wanted to train, these were Zapdos, Ampharos, Raikou, Electivire and Zebstriker, I then ordered them to scout the area for perfect training grounds, camping sites and catching rate areas. They then set off, over the next few hours I trained Ignis on how to master the Lightning vortex routine, and ember swarm move, I then of course spent the next few days battling, catching, training, learning everything I could about the island and its pokemon." Red stated, as if his tale meant nothing to him and that it merits no real reward to him.
The man just looked at Red, knowing him since he defeated him when he was merely 10 years old, he knew that this kid didn't like to speak other than to command his pokemon to victory, and to help people in times of need, but it seems that over the past few years, Red's ability to talk to another human being, other than Blue, and other close friends has increased, he had even appeared on television once or twice to take over for Professor Oak when he was out of the region cheering on one of his trainers, or even one of his grandsons. it seems that Red's pokemon had learnt interaction methods from their master and so his pokemon are not the lively buggers you'd expect them to be. If the man was honest with himself, he too could acknowledge that his pikachu Ignis, is the only pokemon he has ever actually seen show even a little bit of a reaction from, and that was when he helped Red first defeat Blue all those years ago, it was broadcast all over the country and so everyone saw the first person to defeat Lance become champion lose twenty minutes later to Red, who then surpassed all expectations of him.
"Red, I have tickets to that match." The blonde man stated.
"Which match?" Red asked taking another sip from his tea.
"The Ash of Pallet Vs Vinicity of Lavender. I got invited to be one of the judges, Brock from Pewter backed out after hearing who Vinicity would be facing, probably becuase his old buddies with him, so that means I have spare tickets, four of them, I'd like you to take them, and use on for yourself."
"Is that a request or an order?"
"Its both." The boy with the red tie sighed, looked to the poster on the wall, then returned his gaze to the man.
"The tournament is at eight tonight, you really think I can get people to join me?"
"Of course I do, and if you can't, just go by yourself and sell the tickets! Haha!" The man said, pulling out four tickets from his breast pocket "Here, take 'em, besides, I've gotta go get ready, my limo will be outside my gym in two hours, i've got to get back yet." The Lieutenant said, motioning for the waiter to come over, and pay the bill, he did so and stood, shook hands with Red who left the cafe with him.
"You want my Fearow to give you a lift?"
"You know Im more into the lightning style Red, honestly, it's like you don't know me at all!" Red looked into the sky and whistled, then spoke in a soft voice
"Zapdos. Fly." and in a flash of lightning, the blonde man was gone and Red began walking in a random direction, that's how he has lived his past few years, he prefers to find himself in an unexpected situation, rather than making a plan and it going tits up.
~An hour and a half later~
Outside the Pokemon Battle colloseum Theatre:
"What is taking them so long? I mean he was the one that called us and asked us to come tonight, I meant the least he could do was make it here on time!" Shouted Blue in frustration, Blue is wearing a pair of black jeans and a dark blue top, wearing an equally dark blue belt, the buckle being his gyms badge.
"Common Blue, just wait a minute will you? the match isn't supposed to start for a little while now, just be patient" Stated Blues girlfriend Erika, who was wearing a beautiful golden Kimono.
"Fine, but I swear to arceus, if they don't get here soon I will-"
"You will what Blue? You couldn't battle your way out of a paper bag!" retorted a rather soft voice, belonging to a rather familar female, Blue turned his head in the direction of the voice and there he was Misty, with her arms wrapped around her partners arm, Misty was wearing an elegant strapless red dress that matched her shoulder length red hair. Her partner was wearing exactly the same as earlier, except this time he was wearing a cap and so his black hair was out for the world to see, and of course his pikachu Ignis was happily sitting on his shoulder.
"What took you guy so bloody long?" Asked Blue
"Blue, the reason for them being late is their reason, its personal, we don't need to know it. Now that you guys are here, we can now go in and attend our seats and fill out who we think will win the match. Then watch it ourselves, do you guys agree with that?" Erika asked the group, everyone gathered nodded their replies, Red then took the lead and walked everyone into the building, Misty's arm still wrapped around his, with Blue and Erika following suit, once entering the building they saw a bouncer who at first looked like if you messed with him, he could easily rip you in half, but once he laid his eyes on the group of people that were entering the building, his eyes grew huge and his body began to giddy.
"Thank arceus! I can't believe it, today really is a joyous day afterall!" Shotued the bouncer
"A glorious day?" Asked Misty
"Yes! I am standing in front of three legendary gym leaders, and a pokemon master! Oh I could die quite happily right now" Red passed the man the tickets, he then gave them their seat numbers "If you want or need anything, anything at all, I would be quite happy to use all of my power to ensure that it happens."
"Thank you" said Misty and Erika as the group were about the enter the seating area
"May we know your name?" Asked Red
"My name... oh right! My name is Keg"
"I'll be happy to take you up on your offer Keg, have a nice night"
As the group found their seats in the VIP section and sat down Erika turned to Red who was sitting on the other side of Misty "That was really nice of you Red, I'm proud of you" then began talking to Blue
"Yeah, and if you keep up this nice guy act, I'll let you be as naughty as you want tonight" Misty whispered into Reds ear, he gave no reaction, and turned to the group "so who do you think will win?"
~Back Stage, room Two~
A fifteen year old boy with black hair and a red cap with a green pokeball logo (AN: Remember his Sinnoh look?) was staring worriedly at his partner pikachu.
"Do you think I'll win?"
"Without a doubt."
"How can you be so sure, Brock?"
"Because I've known you for five years and in that time I've seen you overcome challenges that no one else could. The same goes for this match, if you beat Vinicity you get to have an exclusive battle with any member of the league, and we both know that once you do that you have the right to face the entire league, then the champion and you will finally reach your dream of being a pokemon master. So if anyone can win this match, that person would be you." The rock master of the Kanto region told his friend of five years.
"Brock's right Ash, besides, I'm still gonna love you no matter the outcome, I have faith in you Ash, I mean, it took you almost three years to ask me out, but you did it in the end, and I'm proud of you for it, and thats why I have faith you will make all the right decisions in this battle. Ash Ketchum, I love you, and you will show the world your strength." Ash's girlfriend May Maple told him.
"Thanks guys"
"The Championship match between Ash Ketchum of Pallet Vs Vanicity Courage of Lavender is about to commence. Please ensure that all pokemon are inside their pokeballs or out of the way throughout the match. Can the participants please make their way towards the battle grounds." Came the voice of the PA
"Good luck Ash"
"Do you best"
"I'll see you on the other side" Ash said to his friends, turned to his partner, gave him a smirk, the yellow mouse then made its way onto Ash's cap and the two made their way towards the battle field.
~The end of the match~
"And with that astonishing hyperbeam, Vanicity's Machamp is rendered unconsciousm making the line up 2-6 to Ash Ketchum, making him the winner of the match! Ladies and Gentlemen, Ash Ketchum of Pallet town has now just won the right to face against any league member, now, lets go over to the Judges of tonights match. You may not know this folks, but the judges have been watching the match closely, and their combined score will determine how strong of a league member that Ash will be allowed to fight."
Over in the Judges booth, the collection of six judges look at eachother and press a button, Champion Lance speaks into the mic, and without a second of hesitation the PA's voice again heard.
"Sorry folks, i forgot to mention the terms of points. The scoring rates from 1 to 10, the different members of the league have concluded on how many points they had determined the winner of this fight would have to rack up in order to fight them. he would at least a 20 in order to battle Will, if he gathers 25: Koga, 30, Bruno, 35, Karen and if he collects between 37 and 47 he gets to challenge Lance, if he collects 48 or 50, he can challenge any member of the league." and with that the judges all pressed a button "From Gym leader Lt. Surge, he awards 10 points! Gym leader Blaine awards 10 points, from elite fours very own Bruno awards 9 points and from our very own Champion, Lance awards 9 points to the winner. Ash Ketchum has received 48 points in total, making him eligable to facing up against any member of the Pokemon league." The audience gave a huge cheer to Ash, and a man had appeared at the end of Red's row, and gave him the 'come here' motion with his hands, so of course Red and his girlfriend follow him back stage to which they meet Professor Oak.
"Good evening Red, Misty how are you two?" The old man asked in his usual polite voice.
"We're prety good, but what do you want Professor?" Misty asked.
"Well, actually I wanted to ask a favor off of Red."
"Anything Professor."
"I want you to award Ash with the Victory Road Award, and, if you want to, anounce that Ash can also chalenge you due to you being in the Pokemon League. But only if you want to."
"Sure professor, I'll be happy to. Misty, wait here for me, Okay?" Red asked, to which he received a quick peck on the lips and then began walking back to her seat, with Ignis tightening his grip on Red's shoulder the two took the black box and walked out into the battle field.
"And so Ladies and Gentlemen, the Victory Road award is being presented to Ash Ketchum by noneother than Kanto's very own Pokemon Master Red of Pallet Town!"
Ash and Pikachu then turned to the battle field gates and their eyes grew in amazement, walking towards them was the trainer that had inspired Ash to become a pokemon master. It made him happy that both he and his hero were standing on the exact same battle field with the exact same pokemon on their shoulders. Red's pale yellow Pikachu Ignis, and Ash's bright yelllow Pikachu, Pikachu. Red had stopped right in front of Ash, shook his hand, offered him the badge, and they both bowed, Red then announced to the entire stadium that due to him being under employment from the league, he is, in fact allowed to be challenged by Ash, but he can also challenge any other Pokemon Master from Kanto, if Ash challenges a Master and wins, he too becomes one, but if he looses he misses his oppotunity to face the elite four, the champion and becoming one naturally.
"I, Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town, hereby challenge Red of Pallet town to an eight on eight battle, in six months time, in Pallet Town. We are both to use the team of six we used to defeat the strongest pokemon trainer we have ever faced." This announcement had astounded all of the gathered people, and two people in the audience were surprised and shocked, not due to the anouncement, but due to a reaction, both Blue and Misty both were shocked, because Red, the young man that had never shown any emotion except in private, was now smirking towards Ash, Ignis's dark red cheeks sparking with electricity, Ash, giving Red the same look, the same goes for Pikachu.
"I accept those terms, but, you have to have to fight me with everything you've got, if you hold back, you will not be happy with the result." they both shook hands and from that point on, the whole of Kanto knew that they were in for an amazing battle.
~Underground base~
"Mr. Giovanni sir, Red, the trainer that took down our operation all those years ago, has finally shown his face again to the public, he intends to battle Ash Ketchum, who I believe operatives Jessie, James and Meowth have been hunting down for 5 years. What is our play, sir?"
"y'see, 5 years ago, Red taught me that I cannot simply allow myself to have an operation taking place in the open, you've got to keep things under a lid on these types of things, my training in the Great War taught me how to defeat an opponent. After Red took us down, I went into hiding and trained my pokemon, I didn't know how long it had been until my son, Silver had found me and reminded me, of course I had no time to reconsiliate a bond with the boy, but it doesn't matter, he is an established Pokemon Master over in Jhoto and I couldn't care less. I want to destroy Red, I want to destroy everything he has built and has been working on. I want to destroy the league, and replace it with my own. i want to rule over Kanto, I want to master every single pokemon, and take back what was once ours."
"Sir?"
"Red has the original Mewtwo. The one that we tried to create using genes claimed from Mew fossils. I will even start another Pokemon War, and destroy ever last, trainer, Gym Leader, Elite four member, champion and Pokemon Master to reclaim EVERYTHING that the brat stole from Team Rocket. SO MOTE IT BE!"
The end of the first Chapter.
R&R