"The Tournament of Legends"
Summary: This is a tournament of the best trainers around the world. The only difference is Ash. In other words, my story is about him not being a retard and dense guy. So he will have other Pokemon, better ones, and they will be evolved. He will also have Legendary Pokemon, only a few, that follow him because of his pure heart. I made Ash 17 because he traveled through 7 different places, each taking a whole year. Any shipping will either be Rayshipping or if you guys have any suggestions. I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Chapter 1:
"Serperior is unable to battle. The winner of the round is Mandibuzz," the ref said as he raised the green flag. Since Trip Urban has no more Pokemon available, the winner of the final match of the Unova League is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town.
The crowd roared in approval as the famed Pallet Town trainer had won yet another league. You see Ash had won many leagues and had caught the attention of many high up trainers, like the Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia, and the Johto Champion, Lance. In Kanto, his first league, Ash was the runner up. He won Johto, easily, but was tested in Hoenn where he and his rival's last Pokemon had a stare down. It was starter vs starter with Ash's Pikachu having a little more energy left than Tyson's Meowth. In Sinnoh he won only by revealing one of his legendary Pokemon, a Shiny Ho- Oh.
Flashback: On his first day as a trainer, Ash was walking down the road to Viridian City with his new partner, Pikachu. Ash heard a shrill cry and was amazed to see a massive bird that let off something that could be compared to glitter. It was huge with a silver body (Because it was shiny) with flame orange wings and pure red tips. It was rapidly flying towards Ash.
"Hello young one," Ho-Oh said when it landed. It spoke in a feminine voice.
"H-How ar-are you ta-talking to me?" Ash questioned, being both frightened and confused at the same time.
"I can talk to anyone through telepathy. I am here because of your heart," Ho-Oh spoke calmly.
"What do you mean my heart? Is something wrong? Is… Ash stated as he started blundering and stuttering.
"I wish to join you because, for you see, I have tried to search for a trainer with an extremely pure heart for centuries," Ho-Oh said, still remaining her calm façade. She pecked a Pokeball at Ash's side and it sucked her in. After a few seconds it stopped twitching and signaled her capture, leaving a dumbfounded Ash and Pikachu to go on a journey with a new friend.
End flashback
In a long and grueling battle Ho-Oh took out Tobias' Legendary Pokemon, his Darkrai and Latios. After that Ash used his Garchomp to take out Tobias' Dragonite. After a well-placed Brick Break to the head Dragonite was out. After that Tobias sent out his Metagross, which ended with a Draco Meteor and Hyper beam double knock-out. Infernape made quick work of Aggron with a Mach Punch and Fire Punch combination. Tobias was down to his last Pokemon. It was a large bulky, ape-like Pokémon, a Slaking. After Slaking disobeyed for a couple of rounds due to his lazy traits he was taken out quickly with a Close Combat and Fire Punch combination, giving Ash the title of Sinnoh League Champion. He had won his 3rd Pokemon league in a row. The Sinnoh Elite Four, as well as the Champion, Cynthia, was there to see the trainer that was rumored to have Darkrai. In the end they had a big shock when not only Tobias was defeated, but defeated with a Legendary Pokemon.
In the Unova League, Ash stormed through all the rounds and finally faced his rival, Trip. Trip was much easier to beat than other final matches than Ash had been in. Ash ended up winning 6:2. His Serperior took out Trip's Jellicent, Unfezant, but eventually lost to his Conkeldurr. Conkeldurr proved to be an extremely tough opponent when it tied with Ash's Emboar leaving Ash with four Pokemon and Trip with 3 Pokemon. After the 15 minute break, Ash sent out his Dewott and Trip sent out his Chandelure to combat it. Since Chandelure was part fire Dewott had an easy time doing heavy damage to it. Dewott's Hydro Pump clashed with Chandelure's Shadow Ball resulting in an explosion, leaving an injured Dewott and a KO'd Chandelure. Switching Pokemon Ash sent out his Hydreigon while Trip sent out Vanilluxe. Even though Vanilluxe had a type advantage it was knocked out when Hydreigon used his newly perfected Draco Meteor attack. Vanilluxe was pelted with huge orange meteors that fell from the sky.
Trip was down to his last Pokemon, Serperior, his starter Pokemon. Ash sent out his Mandibuzz to challenge it and since Mandibuzz had the type advantage, and could fly away from incoming physical blows, it proved too much for Serperior. Also, Ash used a strategy that he was well-known for. He used the move Attract. Braviary was a girl and Serperior was a boy so when the attack hit Serperior became infatuated with Braviary, making it an easy target to beat.
In the crowd, Ash's long-time friends and traveling companions were cheering him on. The loudest were the girls for they all had developed crushes on the 17 year-old boy who they thought was oblivious to their affections, they were so naïve. When Ash walked into the locker room he was immediately mobbed by his friends.
"Great battle Ash," May exclaimed
"Yeah, it was ok for a kid," Iris said slyly while everyone sweat dropped.
"An excellent battle, Ash, it was flavorful and fun to watch at the same time" Cilan said in his usual excited manner when he talked about a Pokemon battle. After some talking about the battle Ash excused himself so he could go to sleep. He also said that he would be leaving in the morning for Pallet Town where he could relax and spend some time with his Pokemon.
While Ash was lying in bed with Pikachu curled up next to him, he turned on some TV. After watching part of a report from Professor Juniper about the mist Munna and Musharna emit a commercial popped up and the guy on TV, Mr. Goodshow, a small, middle aged, guy with a long white beard, started talking. "You think you're a strong trainer? Well then enter The Tournament of Legends where you can test yourself against the strongest trainers in the world. The best trainers like Cynthia, the Sinnoh Champion, and Wallace, the Hoenn Champion, will be participating as well as several gym leaders and elite four members. The tournament is being held in Viridian City in the Kanto Region, the only region that doesn't have a champion so it would be a neutral crowd. You can enter by registering in the Viridian City Pokemon Center only, no other one. In order to enter, you must show your Pokedex to prove that you have good stats, if not you won't make the cut. I'll see you there trainers" and with that Mr. Goodshow gave one last chuckle and the commercial switched to something about quality brands of underwear which made Ash sweat drop and get shocked by Pikachu because he got woken up.
After a goodnight sleep Ash was greeted in the morning by all his friends. "Hey Ash, ready to go back to Pallet Town" Dawn questioned. Ash nodded, staying quiet.
"What are you going to do there, enter another league, or do another Battle Frontier" Brock questioned. Ash still stayed quiet, but everyone could tell he was deep in his thoughts. To get him out of his stupor, May asked a question that could make most boys run away, cringing.
"You want to go shopping" May asked, clearly annoyed. The question was enough to get Ash out of his thoughts and when he flinched everyone chuckled.
"I was thinking of entering a tournament being held in Viridian where the best trainers can compete, you just have to have good stats, or be a gym leader. So Misty, Brock, Iris, (I made Iris the 8th gym leader instead of Drayden) and Cilan could join in easily, but I don't know about you May, Max and Dawn. Cynthia and Steven are few of the strong trainers that'll be there and I'm sure people like Tyson, Harrison, and Gary will be there so I gotta compete" Ash said slowly, not looking at the shocked faces of his friends.
Max decided to break the silence. "I think that's a great idea, hopefully I can join, but I don't think I can since I've only been a trainer for 2 years" Max said excitedly since he always loved to watch and compete in great battles.
"Yeah and we'll finally be able to bring glory to Kanto" Brock said determined. Misty nodded in agreement. After paying for breakfast the group headed onto their ship in which they're traveling back to Kanto in.
"The tournament starts in 2 weeks so we'll have 1 and a half weeks to train and relax before we have to travel to Viridian. After a few minutes of watching Castelia City disappear, Ash excused himself so he could rest and strategize. Pikachu was wandering around and playing with Cilan's Pansage and May's Wartortle. When Ash sat down on his bed he turned on his Pokedex and looked through all his catches. (He won't have all the same Pokemon as mentioned before):
Pikachu: Starter Pokemon, met in Kanto. (This is going to be an extremely long list)
Ho-Oh: Met in Kanto
Charizard: Formerly met as Charmander, Met in Kanto
Blastoise: Formerly met as Squirtle, Met in Kanto
Ivysaur: Formerly met as Bulbasaur, Met in Kanto
Alakazam: Formerly met as Kadabra, Met in Kanto
Dragonair: Met in Kanto
Pidgeot: Formerly met as Pidgeotto, Met in Kanto
Lapras: Met in Orange Islands
Snorlax: Met in Orange Islands
Heracross: Met in Johto
Croconaw: Formerly met as Totodile, Met in Johto
Typholsion: Formerly met as Cyndaquil, Met in Johto
Bayleef: Formerly met as Chikorita, Met in Johto
Pupitar: Formerly met as an egg, Met in Johto
Espeon: Formerly met as an Eevee, Met in Johto
Umbreon: Met in Johto
Sceptile: Formerly met as Treeco, Met in Hoenn
Swellow: Formerly met as Tailow, Met in Hoenn
Corphish: Met in Hoenn
Gardevoir: Met in Hoenn
Salamance: Formerly met as Bagon, Met in Hoenn
Vibrava: Formerly met as Trapinch, Met in Hoenn
Glalie: Formerly met as Snorunt, Met in Hoenn
Infernape: Formerly Paul's Chimchar, Met in Sinnoh
Torterra: Formerly met as Turtwig, Met in Sinnoh
Buizel: Formerly Dawn's Buizel, Met in Sinnoh
Staraptor: Formerly met as Starly, met in Sinnoh
Garchomp: Formerly met as Gible, met in Sinnoh
Absol: Met in Sinnoh
Dusknoir: Formerly met as Dusclops, Met in Sinnoh
Darkrai: Met in Sinnoh (His story will come later. Ash will have 2 other Legendary Pokemon which nobody knows about. I need 2 suggestions. They have to be from Kanto, Hoenn, or Unova. They can't be from Johto or Sinnoh.
Serperior: Formerly met as Snivy, Met in Unova
Emboar: Formerly Suwama's Tepig, Met in Unova
Dewott: Formerly met as an Oshawott, Met in Unova
Mandibuzz: Met in Unova
Hydreigon: Formerly met as Deino, Met in Unova
Seismitoad: Formerly met as Palpitoad, Met in Unova
Zoroark: Formerly met as Zorua, Met in Unova
Zorua was Ash's last capture and when it evolved into Zoroark it was extremely hard to beat and it became Ash's secret weapon in the Unova League. In all Ash had caught 39 Pokemon, which were all trained equally so they were an extremely tough group. (In the anime Ash has 35 Pokemon, including the ones in training, so I'm not far off in the number of them, just the kinds and evolutions. I wanted him to have a shot in the tournament and not get killed so I gave his some pretty darn good Pokemon).
Ash concluded that his Kanto and Johto team would be his strongest since they would have the most experience in battles and that his Unova and part of his Sinnoh team could use some work because of their lack of battling experience. He would start training with those two teams the most, Darkrai excluded since he was his second strongest Pokemon under Ho-Oh. Ash got up and let out his whole Unova team. "Okay guys, there's a tournament in Kanto and strong trainers are going to be there so we're going to train harder than ever. We need to win so we can finally bring Kanto some glory. All his Pokemon cheered in response. I want you to fight Pokemon in which you have a type disadvantage in so first up Emboar and Dewott."
Dewott was an otter like Pokemon that had small black ears and a pointed crest at the top of its head. It also had two shells at the side of its sides, like a cowboy has guns. Emboar is a bulky, pig-like Pokemon. It has small legs, has no neck, and a very small fluffy tail.
Ash used the battlefield that was rented to trainers for little money and Ash was lucky that no one had rented it before him. When Ash signaled to start Dewott immediately launched himself at Emboar. He was covered in ice and was charging at fast speeds. It was an Aqua Jet and Ice Punch combination. Emboar retaliated with Wild Charge. When the two crashed there was a struggle for power. In the end Emboar won since he was fully evolved and was a lot stronger. Dewott was thrown back with a cry, but stood up immediately with a feral grin. He fired a huge jet of water at Emboar and immediately followed up by using Razor Shell. Emboar dodged the Hydro Pump but was nailed with the two Razor Shell's. He used Head Smash and knocked Dewott into the wall. Slowly Dewott got up, but fell down after a few seconds. Ash ran over and after a few words of encouragement returned him. He then returned Emboar with a few words of congratulations.
The next match was between Serperior and Mandibuzz. Mandibuzz resembled a vulture. Her face and underside were navy blue. The outside of his wings were red, unlike the underside. Serperior is a pale-green, snake –like Pokemon. Serperior has curled pale-green patterns on the sides of her face and snout, and small, pointed yellow extensions on the back of her head. When Ash signaled the start Serperior started by using Leech Seed. Mandibuzz dodged and charged at her with a bluish and purple energy surrounding her, a move known as Giga Impact. It hit Serperior dead on and she was thrown back with a cry and got up with a grunt. She glared at Mandibuzz and charged, her tail a blue color and it became 2x bigger, Dragon Tail. Ash taught her that because if she fought another feminine Pokemon her normal strategy, using attract, would be ineffective. Even though Braviary was only clipped she returned to her Pokeball and the match resulted as a tie. Ash returned Serperior with words of congratulations and turned to the other Pokemon who were patiently waiting.
Zoroark wasn't fighting because she spars with Ash, hand to hand combat to get stronger. Also, Emboar was tired from his fight with Dewott so it would be an easy victory for Zoroark. The final match was Hydreigon and Seismitoad.
Hydreigon is a three-headed, dragon-like Pokemon. Hydreigon has six black wings on its back which are noted to look like Giratina's Origin Form wings. Its hands, also black, harbor a head in each one; these heads are also blue with black eyes.
Seismitoad is a bulky, froglike, dual-type Water- and Ground-type Pokémon that has speaker-like bumps all over his body.
When Ash signaled to start Hydreigon launched a dark energy from both of his heads on his hands. Dark Pulse was racing towards Seismitoad, who retaliated with a stream white ice, ice beam. The two attacks exploded on impact showing that none of them had the power advantage. When the smoke cleared it showed that none of them had taken any damage. Hydreigon was known for causing massive destruction and harm to his foes so he raced straight towards Seismitoad with a bluish, purple energy around him, Giga Impact. With the same energy surrounding him Seismitoad started racing towards Hydreigon as well. When the two giants crashed there was a power struggle in which Hydreigon won. As Seismitoad was falling Hydreigon charged at him with a purple and red energy surrounding him, an attack called Dragon Rush, and it hit Seismitoad straight on make him cry out in pain. Seismitoad let out a loud cry that formed in a circle and it was closing in on Hydreigon until Hydreigon used the same attack, Hyper Voice. It exploded on impact and since both of the Pokemon were close to each other they were thrown back. Both of them were down, but Hydreigon got up with a grunt. Seismitoad had swirls in its eyes signaling its defeat and making Hydreigon the winner.
Ash returned both of them with a smile on his face and went to heal them at the make-shift Pokemon Center on the boat. Ash switched all of his Pokemon, besides Pikachu, out so they could rest after battling. Once Ash walked out of the Pokemon Center he was immediately surrounded by Max and Dawn. Max looked eager, but Dawn looked pissed. He knew Dawn had feelings for him, but he didn't think they were these strong.
"Don't leave use without telling us" she shouted.
"Jeez I was only training in their battlefield" Ash said cautiously, knowing that if Dawn's temper blew over he would be screwed. After a few seconds she huffed and stalked away angrily. Max and Ash sweat dropped at the scene. Misty and Brock chuckled and went back to talking about strategy for the tournament. May was working on her tan. Cilan was commenting on all the different Pokemon he saw and Iris was eating some food and feeding her Pokemon.
Max finally spoke and said, "Hey Ash, you said that when I was older you and I could have a Pokemon battle.
Ash smiled as he responded, "Sure a 3on 3 battle should do, what do you think?"
"That's fine with me, especially since you've never seen any of my Pokemon yet" Max said looking totally stoked.
Brock decided to referee the match and started by saying, "The battle is between Ash of Kanto and Max of Hoenn. This will be a 3 on 3 match with substitutions. Let the battle begin." Ash started out by sending out a Pokemon that represented a green lizard that stood on 2 legs. His arms are long and have two thick, sharp, powerful, elongated leaves and three claws on each. The Pokemon put his signature twig into the side of his mouth. Ash started out with his Sceptile. Out of Max's Pokeball came out the same Pokemon.
"Sceptile was your starter Max" Ash questioned.
Max smiled and said, "No, I had a different starter, but I did get Sceptile from Professor Birch." Ash nodded and by now a large crowd had surrounded them.
"You can have the first move Max" Ash said.
"Thanks, but you're going to regret it. Alright Sceptile, charge in with your Leaf Blade attack." Sceptile's leaves on his arms grew until they were sharp and bright green.
"You use Leaf Blade as well" Ash said calmly. When the two attacks met Ash's Sceptile immediately overpowered Max's Sceptile and knocked it back hard onto the ground. "Sceptile, follow up with dragon pulse.
"Sceptile you have to get up and use Bullet Seed" Max said desperately. Dragon Pulse plowed through the Bullet Seed and nailed Sceptile in the chest making fall back and cry in pain.
"Alright Sceptile finish this off with your Slam attack" Ash said still remaining his calm façade. Since Max's Sceptile was nearly fainted it couldn't avoid the attack and was knocked back with swirls in his eyes.
"Max's Sceptile is unable to battle making Ash's Sceptile the winner, Brock said as he raised his arm. Max please send out another Pokemon."
"Come on out Swellow" Max exclaimed. In a flash a small bird with a sharp pointed beak came out. It had a black outline with red on the inside of its wings and a white chest.
"All right, Sceptile return." In a flash Sceptile disappeared. "All right come on out Alakazam" Ash said. Alakazam was a bipedial, human-like creature with whisker-like … things on his face and pointed ears. He had two spoons in his hands and each of his feet only had 3 toes. "I'll take the first move this Max" Ash said and Max nodded in response. "All right Alakazam use Psybeam."
"Swellow charge through and use Brave Bird" Max said.
"Perfect" Ash muttered. When Swellow broke through the Psybeam Ash said, "Now use Psychic." Max's eyes widened when he saw the obvious trap.
"Swellow you have to break out of there" Max yelled desperately.
"Sorry Max, but that's not going to help. Alakazam finish this with Thunderpunch" Ash said, knowing this battle was over. The attack struck Swellow in the head and he was immediately knocked out and his eyes were replaced with swirls. The crowd muttered at the power of Alakazam.
"Swellow is unable to battle, the winner is Alakazam. Max please send out your last Pokemon," Brock said knowing this match was over.
"Swellow return," Max said disappointed, but his eyes then got a gleam, "Okay Ash you wanted to see my starter then here it is, let's go Gallade." Gallade is a Pokemon that looked very similar to a Kirlia except for the skirt. Its head and visor almost hung over its eyes and the blades on his arms were similar to Sceptile's except for the fact that they represented swords and not leaves.
Ash grinned, "All right, Alakazam return." In a flash Alakazam disappeared. "Come on out Gardevoir," Ash said. The crowd whispered, excited, that there was a battle of evolutions.
"All right Gallade use Leaf Blade," Max said wanting the advantage of going first.
"Gardevoir dodge and use Shadow Ball," Ash said smirking. A large, purple ball grew in Gardevoir's hands and she fired it straight at Gallade. It hit him in the back and he growled out in pain. Before it could recover Ash followed up by saying, "Gardevoir use Attract." Gardevoir winked and hearts surrounded her before possessing Gallade and he became infatuated.
"Please snap out of it Gallade," Max said in frustration.
"Gardevoir finish this with Psychic and then follow up with rapid fire Shadow Ball." Gardevoir's eyes glowed blue and Gallade was hung in the air. After that rapid shadow balls came out and pelted Gallade without mercy. Gallade was clearly knocked out and had swirls in his eyes.
"Gallade is unable to battle. Since Max has no more Pokemon the winner of the match is Ash of Kanto" Brock said as the crowd clapped.
"That was a great battle Max, let's battle more often so we can train for the tournament" Ash said. Max still looked upset so May and Misty tried to comfort him.
"C'mon Max you did great, plus Ash has been a trainer longer than you so he has more experience" May said trying to comfort Max.
"Yeah, you'll do great later on in becoming a trainer" Misty said soothingly. This seemed to do the trick as Max brightened.
"Thanks guys I feel a lot better now" Max said as he ran off. The group chuckled and Ash quickly excused himself for the night.
"This is going to be one long tournament" Ash muttered to himself as he fell asleep next to Pikachu.
And Cut! How'd you like it? Please review and don't flame me too bad since this is my first Fanfic. I also need those two Legendaries. I know I made Ash dominate and I intend to keep it that way. Anyway I'm going on vacation for a few days so I don't know when I can update but I'll try hard.
Thanks,
Dragonheart1234