Chapter 0: The Beginning

Time: 12:00 PM

Place: Lily of the Valley Island, Sinnoh

POV: Normal

Author's Note: This fanfic is about the journeys of Ash Ketchum (who is 13 at the time of this chapter) during and after winning the Sinnoh League. This happens in the same alternate universe that is featured in my first fanfic, Legend of the Dark Victini (The one where Unova doesn't exist.). Before this, the journey of Ash is exactly the same as in the anime.

I do not own Pokemon, Gamefreak or Nintendo.

"And Ash's newly evolved Raichu wins again! Tobias's Latios goes down hard!"

(Whoa. That came a little too soon. Let's rewind a little bit. Say, to the beginning of the League.)

Flashback:

Misty, Tracey, Gary, Max, and May arrive to cheer on Ash.

Ash beats Nando and another unknown trainer with a Granbull.

Ash then beats Conway, but Barry loses to Paul.

Ash battles Paul and barely beats his Electivire with Infernape.

Ash's Pikachu finally decides that he is ready to evolve after learning Electro Ball. Ash trains his Pokemon hard before his Semifinal battle. Buizel and Gible evolve to their final forms. Raichu and some of Ash's other Pokemon grow to unbelievable power.

Ash gets visited by the Latias from Altomare, who decides to join Ash's team.

Garchomp masters Draco Meteor.

Ash makes a new team out of Raichu, Floatzel, Garchomp, Infernape, Latias, and Gliscor.

Ash hand-down defeats a mysterious trainer with white and red hair who is known only as Resky, though that is not his real name. He has no records as a trainer (or as a person, for that matter).

Ash goes up against Tobias's undefeated Darkrai in the Finals and wins with one Volt Tail combo attack from Raichu.

Ash defeats Latios too, but it was harder this time. Ash had to use both Garchomp and Latias to weaken it before pulling out Raichu again.

End Flashback

"And Ash's newly evolved Raichu wins again! Tobias's Latios goes down hard!"

"Latios is unable to battle. The winner is Raichu."

Yes, Ash thought. Now I just have to defeat his next four Pokemon!

"Okay, return, Latios."

"Return, Pikachu."

"You are strong, Ash, very strong. Go! Heatran!"

"Go! Floatzel!"

Tobias was looking concerned for the first time ever. His Latios and his Darkrai were both defeated. And Floatzel looked very strong. He started to return Heatran, but before he could...

"UseHydroPumpquick!"

The Hydro Pump defeated Heatran so quick, nobody saw anything.

"Return, Heatran. Go, Raikou!"

Raikou came out. It was Shiny.

In the audience, Dawn said, "Oh, No! Raikou has the advantage on Floatzel! Could Ash lose?"

May had confidence in Ash. "That may be, but Ash is extremely strong. It won't matter. Tobias won't have a chance."

"He, heh. You sure seem confident, May." Barry said.

"Can we just watch the match? I'm liking this more and more." Gary said.

The announcer said, "Well, Tobias has the advantage this time! How will this turn out?"

"Use Thunder, Raikou!"

Ash wasn't fazed. "Ha. Dodge!"

Flotzel was just standing there with its arms crossed, but when Thunder hit, Floatzel was gone.

"Now, use Ice Punch!"

Floatzel brought Raikou to its knees. Raikou was also frozen.

"Now! Use Aqua Jet!"

"Oh no you don't! Use Zap Cannon!"

Ash smiled.

Raikou broke out of the ice and used Zap Cannon, but Flotzel used Aqua Jet to counter. Somehow, the Zap Cannon was absorbed, turning the attack into a water-electricity fusion move.

"Yes! It's Electro Aqua Jet!" Ash yelled triumphantly.

Gary, Misty, Dawn, Max and Tracey were suprised by the improvised fusion move "Wow!" They all said. Tracey said. "I gotta sketch this!"

"Yay! A water-type fusion move! Go Ash!" Misty cheered.

Gary said, "Well, it looks like Ash has gotten stronger. A lot stronger."

"Yes, yes he has." Brock and Max said simultaneously.

"Yeah, Ash is pretty much awesome." Barry said.

"Told ya!" May replied.

The Electro Aqua Jet hit, and Raikou was knocked out.

"Raikou is unable to battle. Floatzel wins."

"Wow! Ash Ketchum has defeated a Raikou with a water-type!" the Announcer said. "What's next?"

"Return, Floatzel. Go, Infernape!

"Return, Raikou." Tobias said. "Go! Heatran!"

Heatran came out - but it immediately slumped to the ground. It was fainted.

"Uhhh, Heatran is unable to battle. Infernape wins?"

Everyone in the stadium except for Ash stared.

""Nice one, Ash."" Raichu said.

"Wow! It looks like Heatran is already fainted! Another win for Ash!" the Announcer boomed.

"What? Heatran? But how?" Tobias was shocked.

In the audience, everybody was wondering how Heatran fainted. Then May figured it out.

"Wait! Remember when Heatran was out for a second a while ago?" May explained. "Well, I think Floatzel used a super-quick Hydro Pump before Tobias could return Heatran. It was so fast, nobody saw it."

"Well, if that is true, then Ash really is getting better. I'm going to have to battle him sometime." Gary replied.

Tobias had figured it out too, and had returned Heatran.

"Go! Celebi!"

Hmm, Ash thought, A Grass-type - but why? It must be a trick... well, let's go!

"Flare Blitz, Go!"

Infernape darted towards a non-existent Celebi.

A confused Infernape said, ""Whaaaa?"" and smashed into the ground.

"Oh, no! It looks like Celebi used it's time-travel powers!" the Announcer boomed over the loudspeaker.

For the first time in the battle, Ash wasn't sure what to do.

"No! Ash is frozen up! This could be the end for Infernape!" Dawn said, concerned.

"Right. Ash is going to have to figure out something fast - or he's going to lose." Max added. "Plus, he's lost his confidence. He could be in trouble."

"Hey, I'm the one who talks like that," Brock said.

"Come on Ash, you can do it!" May shouted.

"Well, If Ash loses than I know what I'm going to do," Barry said. "I'm gonna have to fine him!"

(everybody sweatdrops)

"Come ON!" Gary yelled. "LET'S JUST WATCH THE BATTLE!"

Ash was jarred by Gary yelling, and he finally figured something out.

"Okay, Infernape, get underground with Dig!"

""Okay!"" Infernape said, and dug underground.

"Hmm, Ash is choosing to use Dig to get underground!" the Announcer said.

"Now, Infernape, plug up the hole and wait!"

""Uh, Okay.""

Celebi finally returned.

"OKAY, INFERNAPE, NOW USE OVERHEAT!"

"What?" Tobias said, suprised.

The battlefield started to glow red. Celebi was wondering where Infernape was.

"LOOK OUT!" Tobias yelled.

But it was too late. Huge flames shot out of the whole battlefield and exploded into Celebi. Celebi was knocked out, no question.

"YES! ASH DID IT!" May cheered.

"Celebi is unable to battle. Infernape wins!"

"Nice one, Infernape. Return." Ash said.

"Return, Celebi. But now, Ash, you will lose! GO! MEW!"

"Wow, Tobias uses his last Pokemon for the first recorded time!" the Announcer said.

"Okay, then Go! Floatzel! And use Hydro Pump!"

"Use Thunder!"

Thunder shot right into the Hydro Pump and into Floatzel. Floatzel was knocked out.

"No, Ash!" May yelled.

"Floatzel is unable to battle. Mew wins."

"This could be a problem," Brock said. "Mew is at an ultra-high level, and could know any move. Ash is in big trouble."

"Whoa! For the first time in this battle, one of Ash's Pokemon is defeated!" the Announcer practically screamed.

"Ahhrg! Return, Floatzel. Go! Gliscor!"

"Good choice, Ash," Misty said. "Gliscor is immune to Thunder, plus it hasn't battled yet."

"Yes, but Mew is still strong," Dawn said. "And though Ash has five Pokemon, Mew's any-move powers will be hard to beat."

"Okay, now use Giga Impact, Gliscor!"

Gliscor made a big hit on Mew and spun away, unable to move.

Tobias smiled.

"Use Blizzard, Mew!"

Mew's Blizzard also made a big hit, but Gliscor wasn't quite down yet.

"Okay, now use Fire Fang!"

Gliscor flew towards Mew.

"Now, Mew counter with Psychic!

Mew stopped Gliscor in his tracks and slammed him to the ground. Gliscor was out.

"Gliscor is unable to battle. Mew wins again."

In the audience, everybody (especially May) was looking concerned for Ash.

"Oh, snap! Another loss for Ash. He's going to have to get it together, big time!" Brock said.

"Yep. Otherwise, he's going to get FINED BIG TIME!" Barry yelled.

(everybody sweatdrops again)

"Aw, dang it! Go, Latias!"

'Yay, let's battle!' Latias said psychically to Ash. 'But whoa, that Mew looks strong!'

"And Ash's only legendary Pokemon comes out again!" the Announcer said.

"Yes, yes it is, Latias. Now use Mist Ball, rapid fire!"

"Counter with Psychic!"

Mew's Psychic repelled some of the Mist Balls, but some of them hit and did some damage. Mew was still going strong, though.

"Now, use Fire Blast!"

Fire Blast hit and did major damage to Latias. Latias was also Burned.

"No! LATIAS!"

In the audience, Dawn was saying, "Oh, no! Latias is hurt bad. This is not good."

Ash cared about Latias, and couldn't stand to see her hurt so badly. He knew what to do.

"I declare a TKO on Latias!" He said. "Help her, please!"

'Thank you, Ash.' Latias said psychically.

A squad of Joys rushed out and carried Latias to a Pokemon center.

"So, Ash decides to declare a Technical KnockOut and save Latias from being hurt further!" the Announcer announced. "This is the first TKO in the Sinnoh League, ever! But it has cost him a Pokemon, leaving him with only Raichu and Garchomp!"

"Meh." Misty said.

I gotta win, quick! Ash thought. I'll use Garchomp next!

"Go! Garchomp!"

"Use Fire Blast again." Tobias said.

"Eat the fire, Garchomp, then jump and use Draco Meteor!"

The flames were absorbed by the dragon-powered pulse being formed, and then Garchomp jumped into the air and shot out flaming Draco Meteors at high speed.

"Wow! Awesome combo!" All of Ash's friends said.

"Yes! It's Dragon Flare Striker!" Ash said.

"What! No!" Tobias yelled.

The ultra-strong fusion move hit hard many times. But when the dust cleared...

"WHAT?"

For Mew was not knocked out.

"NO WAY! MEW IS STILL GOING, EVEN AFTER DRAGON FLARE STRIKER!" the Announcer boomed as loud as he could.

Garchomp fell to the ground, completely exhausted.

"Garchomp is out of energy and therefore unable to battle. Mew wins!"

"Come on, Ash. You can do it!" Dawn, Misty and May cheered simultaneously.

"Yes, I can." He spun his hat around. "GO! RAICHU!"

"You will still lose, Ash. Mew cannot be beaten!" Tobias said.

"Oh, yeah? ELECTRO BALL, RAPID FIRE!"

The Electro Balls zoomed towards Mew, who was too slow to dodge.

"YES!"

"NO! ULTRA FUSION ATTACK, GO! ELECTRO ICE FLARE BLASTER ULTIMATE!"

Mew glowed golden. A concentrated ball of Thunder formed at its left hand. A concentrated ball of Blizzard formed at its right. And a concentrated Fire Blast formed at its tail. The three formed together and turned into a tiny ultra-powerful golden sphere, rimmed with psychic energy.

Everybody in the stadium was focused on Mew and the gold sphere. They were speechless. Ash had no idea how to deal with this. He waited for defeat.

"No! Ash! You can do it! Do it for me!" May said. "I love you!"

The words echoed through the stadium.

Ash felt courage surge through him. He could win.

"NOW, RAICHU! SLICE THROUGH WITH IRON TAIL!"

""Time to rock the house!"" Raichu jumped up, towards the falling sphere, spun, and SLIIIIIIICED right through with Iron Tail, absorbing the enormous energy.

"What?"

"Yes! Now Volt Tackle and then Ultimate Meteor Iron Drop!"

Raichu, who was starting to fall, was rocketed up by Volt Tackle and hit Mew on the way up. Then, Raichu turned around, heading straight towards the falling Mew. The Iron Tail fused with the energies of the Ultimate Sphere and the Volt Tackle. Raichu spun around and used his tail to slam Mew to the ground.

A huge explosion with golden flames was triggered when the Volt Iron Drop hit Mew. Smoke covered the stadium. The loudspeaker and the TV feed broke. In Pallet Town, Delia said, "Aw, man!" At the Pokemon Center, Latias said, 'Aww, come on!'

Everybody held their breath. Raichu was... on his feet!

"WOW! RAICHU IS STILL UNFAINTED! BUT WHAT ABOUT MEW?" the Announcer yelled without the loudspeaker.

The smoke started to clear. May looked all around for Mew.

Then, a huge, 10-foot deep crater was revealed. Mew was at the bottom, completely fainted.

The referee got to his feet (barely) and said, "Mew is u-u-unable to battle. Raichu wins? SO THE VICTOR IS ASH!"

Everybody stared for a second. Then they cheered.

"Yes! Ash did it! He won the Sinnoh League!" Dawn, Brock, Tracey and Max said.

"I can't believe it. He really won." Gary said.

"Come on, let's go down and meet the new Sinnoh League Victor!" May said.

They all went down to the battlefield.

"Return, Mew. You were absolutely amazing." Tobias said.

"Hey," Ash said to Tobias. "Awesome match! How'd you do the Ultimate Attack thing?"

"You will see, Ash. Soon you will see." Tobias shimmered and vanished.

"Whoa..."

"Hello, Ash." Cynthia walked up. "Your friends and the Trophy are waiting."

"Okay then!"

Ash walked up onto the raised podium.

"And there ya go! The Sinnoh League has ended, and Ash Ketchum is the Victor! The loudspeaker is back online, and so is the TV feed, so now everyone can see!"

(In Pallet Town, Delia said, "Yay!")

All of Ash's friends walked up. May met Ash on the podium.

"So, you finally won. I think you can call yourself a Pokemon Master, now."

"Here's your Trophy, Ash. Oh, and you can now become a Kanto Frontier Brain, or challenge the Elite Four if you like." Cynthia said.

"Thanks. Now where were we?" Ash said as he embraced May.

"Oh, yes. I think I'm pretty much a Master now. And I think that you can call yourself a Pokemon Master's girlfriend." And he kissed May.

Nearby:

Barry was saying, "Ha! I knew it!"

Everybody else was sweatdropping at Barry,

And all around the world, girls (including Dawn, Misty, and Latias) were saying, '"Aw, dang it!"'

The two held the kiss for a full minute, then broke away. "I love you too, May. I always have."

The friends all walked away from the stadium.

Barry said, "So, what are we going to do tomorrow? Watch Ash run for president?"

"I don't know," Ash said, "Maybe I'll become a Frontier Brain, like Cynthia said.

"Sounds good to me!" May replied. "Let's go to Kanto!"

"Do you ever stop moving?" Gary said.

"Um, No." everybody replied.

END CHAPTER

But not END STORY! There is more to come... Oh, and now I will be taking turns between making chapters for L.o.t.D.V and making chapters for this story.