Pokémon: The Final Journey

Chapter 1: The Meet Up

Ash Ketchum, a 15 year old traveling the world with his partner, Pikachu. Throughout his travels, Ash has made many friends. Whether it be in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, or even Unova, he has made many of friends.

As Ash's ferry to Indigo Plateau in Kanto starts to dock, he looks at the invitation one last time. "You are hereby invited to The Ultimate Pokémon Tournament at The Indigo Plateau in the Kanto Region! At this tournament you will face trainers from all 5 discovered regions. This will be a six round tournament with the top 64 trainers we could find. We hope to see you there!" "We have made land in Kanto!" The captain yells. "Here we go Pikachu," Ash says to his partner, "I wonder what the prize is."

As Ash steps closer to the Colosseum where the tournament is to be held he sees a main stage connected to four other smaller stages. "I guess there will be a few preliminary rounds before the Main Event, nothing unusual there." As Ash says that he turns his head to registration and sees a sight he never thought he'd see. Gary Oak, his childhood rival turned Assistant to Kanto's very own Professor Oak, his grandfather. Gary and Ash lock eyes and Ash doesn't know when it'll be, but he knows he and Gary will meet in this tournament. Next to Gary he sees his friend he met in Johto, Harrison. Last time they were in a tournament together Harrison beat Ash in the Quarter-Finals. Ash knows if they face-off again he wont let it repeat. "Hey Ash!" a voice yells off in the distance, why its Tyson, Ash's friend from Hoenn who beat Ash in the Quarter-Finals to win The Hoenn League. "Oh hey Tyson! You got invited too? I'm not surprised. Just know this I'm better than I was three years ago, I've learned a lot more." "You better have, battling in the Hoenn League is also a good way to learn new things,I've actually battled every member of the Elite Four. I lost of course, but hey not everyone can challenge them. I'll see you later Ash." As Tyson walks off Ash gets a glimpse of other old friends of his like Nando, who he defeated in the first round of the Sinnoh League, and Conway, who he defeated in the Third Round in the Sinnoh League. Also Paul, Ash's rival in Sinnoh who made Ash change the way he battled completely, Virgil the trainer who only uses a team full of Eevee and it's evolutions, Cameron the ambitious trainer who beat Ash in the Quarter-Finals in the Unova League, and Stephan, Ash's long-time Unova friend whom he beat in the Third Round of the Unova League.

The next day arrives and Ash Hurries to the Main Stage with the other 63 participants in the tournament to end all tournaments. "Hello everyone!" says the MC of the tournament, "Welcome to my little creation, in this tournament there will be two preliminary matches each trainer must win if they wish to continue to the Main Event. First we will cut these 64 trainers to 32 with a round of single battles. Here are the 32 matches that will take place, once you see your match please head to the front desk to find out what stage you will be on a what element you will battle on. As the faces of the trainers flash on the main screen Ash sees he will face Cameron in the first round of the tournament. He also sees that Conway will face Nando, Tyson will face Harrison, Stephan will face Gary, and Virgil will face Paul.

Who will win, who will lose, who will be the Ultimate trainer, and what even is the prize?! Find out next time!