Summary: In an alternate universe of Pokemon, there are no more leagues, no more regions, and no more gyms. It's all compiled into one mega tournament - The Legend's Tournament. Warning: Ash will be very strong, and all the characters will be sixteen or above. Will get into M ratings in the later chapters. Original idea came from Ohaeder, I'm just continuing it. Thanks!
First of all, credit to this idea goes to Ohaeder. He's some dude from 2013 who started this story and then never finished it. I saw it and loved the idea, so here I am continuing it.
Second of all, if you follow my other stories, I'm getting major writers blocks on RWBY: A Faunus Life, and Persephone: Daughter of Zeus, so, yeah. I'm not giving up on them, I'm just taking a break.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, or any of its characters, or even the plot for the first chapter, lol.
"Oh, and a major Dragon Breath on Dragonite! But it's still able to get up, as expected from the Number Four Trainer! Cynthia and Lance are both on their last Pokemon, but right now, it looks like Cynthia is in the lead!" The Pokemon Official Announcer yelled out.
"Garchomp, use Dig! Wait for my command to come up!" The Pokemon obediently followed its trainer's commands.
Lance countered by shouting, "Dragonite, wait for it, then use Draco Meteor!" Cynthia just laughed, then snapped her fingers. Immediately, Garchomp came out of the ground behind Dragonite.
"Release it, Dragonite!" The strongest dragon type move came hurtling at Garchomp. Cynthia kept laughing.
"Protect, into Dragon Rush." The super effective move was the last thing Dragonite could take, and it went down.
"And that's it! Lance's Dragonite is down, and Cynthia is officially the Number Four Trainer!"
That was all Ash got to see before his Mom turned off the TV. "Mooooooooooom!" He whined, but she just shook her head.
"Not this time, Mister. It's your bedtime, and it's a very important day tomorrow!" She reminded him. He instantly perked back up, his face brightening. Tomorrow was the day he picked his starter Pokemon! He rushed upstairs and immediately jumped into his bed and turned off his light. "Brush your teeth!" His Mom called from downstairs.
The Legend's League Tournament was an annual tournament that spanned the entire Mega-Continent made up of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos. (1) There were nine brackets you could be in, and those were, in order from worst to best, Beginner, Trainer, Leader, Great, Elite, Ultra, Master, Champion, and the best of all, Legend. There were only ten people identified as Legend Status, and they were usually referred to by number.
The contest itself took place on the Diamond Plateau, which was in the very center of the Mega-Continent. It was said that the Legend matches happened above the actual Plateau, and the very center of the field was in the center-most point of the Mega-Continent.
The eleventh through one-hundredth were in the Master's League, and weren't quite as famous as the Legends, and those with Master Status weren't usually referred to by name. There were only six Champions, one for each country making up the Mega-Continent. Those six were the best in each of their respected countries.
The beginners were the worst, and there were many of them. They may have gotten unlucky, or they were just bad, but they had no popularity whatsoever. Each year in the Legend's League Tournament, people had to be over sixteen, and went through ten randomized matches against ten randomized opponents. If you won less than five, you were automatically a beginner. If you won more than five, you started to get ranked based on how many wins you had, how many opponents you knocked out, and how many times your Pokemon got knocked out when you won.
If somehow, you won all ten matches without losing a single Pokemon, you were immediately placed into the Ultra League, bypassing the first five Leagues. This had rarely happened, the most recent one being by a young boy named Red, who was only thirteen when he first joined, before the age barrier was in place. Red was the current Number One Trainer, the best of the best. The Ultimate Champion.
-Six Years Later (I'm not going to go through the entire journey, what did you expect?)-
"Ready, Ashy-boy?" Gary Oak shouted back at his traveling companion.
"Of course I am, Gare-Bare." Ash taunted back. Gary chose to ignore this.
"Bet you're excited that you just barely made the cutoff for signing up," Gary told him. You had to be at least sixteen years old to sign up.
"Of course I am! I doubt I could've waited another year!" Ash responded. They both walked into the Plateau Center, where numerous attendees were standing, signing in literally thousands of people who were going to compete in this year's Legend's League Tournament. Both trainers went wide eyed at the amount of people.
Ash pointed a line near the end of the Center that was moderately shorter than the rest, which the two immediately sprinted towards, almost knocking into a few people along the way. They ended up getting checked in quicker and managed to get the last available room in the center. They dropped their stuff off, gasping at the two giant beds and great space of the room.
"Training or food?" Gary asked. Ash looked at him with a deadpan expression.
"Food, of course."
"Bet you I can beat you there!" Gary shouted, already running off. Ash just shook his head.
"Why is everything a competition for him...?" He wondered aloud.
The next day, Gary and Ash were up bright and early, ready for their matches. "Hey," Ash whispered to Gary, "I heard that Cynthia and Wallace themselves were coming out to oversee the trials." Gary scoffed.
"Yeah right, Ashy-boy. The number four AND eight coming out here just for the trials? You must be an idiot if you actually believe that. Where'd you hear that from, anyway?" Ash pointed at the television, on which the subtitles read: "Four and Seven to oversee trials." For once, Gary had nothing to say.
A few minutes later, over the PA speakers, Gary was called. "The match between Gary Oak and Samirah Scarlet will now begin. Competitors, please make your way to Stadium Five."
"You hear that, Ashy-boy? Next time you see me, I'll be a winner." Ash just grinned.
"Good luck, Gary."
It only took a few more minutes until Ash was called. "Ash Ketchum and Bryan Price, please report to Stadium Two, your match is about to begin."
As soon as Ash got there, he immediately noticed that his opponent wasn't too good. Probably was going to end up in the Beginner's League. "3... 2... 1... Begin!" The referee called out. Bryan sent out a Lapras, and Ash sent out his Primeape. A horrible matchup for Bryan. Before his opponent called out a single word, Ash told Primeape,
"Mach Punch." Lapras flew into the Stadium wall, obviously knocked out. Bryan had his eyes wide open but sent out his next Pokemon.
"Talonflame, go! Use Flame Charge!" Ash just looked at it.
"Swat it aside, Primeape." The Pokemon did just that, and Talonflame crashed into the ground but managed to get back into the air quickly.
"Talonflame, Agility twice!" Primeape and its trainer just watched as the bird increased its speed. Bryan chuckled.
"Big mistake, pal. Talonflame, Aerial Ace!" THe bird disappeared, readying its strike. "Now!" Bryan shouted.
"Thunder Punch to your left, Primeape." The bird Pokemon barely even heard the command before it was sent into the wall, knocked out. Bryan gaped.
"That was luck... pure luck. Heracross, go! Take down this stupid monkey!" Ash just sighed.
"End it quick, Primeape. Fire Punch." Bryan's eyes widened.
"Heracross, Protect!" A green shield appeared in front of the bug.
"Not going to work," Ash told him. "Primeape, Brick Break, with your other hand!" Bryan could only watch in horror as his Pokemon's shield was broken, and then hit, before being punched to the ground with a flaming fist.
"And Heracross is unable to battle! Ash wins!" The referee announced. Ash simply walked away as his opponent fell to his knees after the brutal beating he was given. Ash immediately ran to Stadium Five, hoping to catch the end of his friend's battle. As he got there, he saw that Gary was still on his first Pokemon, Blastoise, and his opponent was on his last, a Zoroark. Both were breathing heavily.
"Blastoise, finish this. Rapid Spin and Water Gun!" The turtle sunk into its shell and began to spin, while shooting out a steady stream of water in all directions. The other trainer was panting.
"Zoroark, dodge, please!" But the bipedal fox Pokemon couldn't do anything but watch as the water slammed into it.
"And Zoroark is unable to battle! Gary wins!" The referee ended the match. Ash waited for Gary outside the locker rooms.
"Nice going Gary, I saw the end of your match." Ash said to Gary when he exited the locker rooms. Gary looked at Ash, smirking.
"Thanks. Did you lose already?" Ash smirked too.
"Nah, creamed the first guy. Didn't get hit even once." Gary's head snapped to the closest thing he had to a brother.
"Well, what are we waiting for? I want to watch this!" They ran to the lobby, and watched the replay of Ash's match multiple times before they were called again.
Ash was up against some girl named Whitney in Two-on-two battle. She had sent out two Miltank, and Ash had sent out his Primeape again, and his Pikachu that had been on his shoulder, trying to reveal as few Pokemon as possible. "Miltank, use Rollout!" Both Cow Pokemon came barrelling at the Fighting and Electric Types.
"Dodge," Was the only command given to the two. Then, "Close Combat." With surprisingly quick speed, Primeape dashed towards the two Miltank and delivered a flurry of punches and kicks. The two Normal types didn't stand a chance. The battles went on all day, until Ash was at his tenth and final battle against a girl named Clair, who was the cousin of Number Five, Lance, and a semifinalist in the Great's League last year.
Ash had yet to lose a single Pokemon, although he had been hit a few times in the later matches. Only Red had ever gone without being hit a single time. Ash had given up on conserving his Pokemon, and was now revealing them as he had pleased. One advantage from watching the matches, Ash knew that Clair mainly used Dragon type Pokemon.
Sure enough, when the battle started, she sent out a Dragonite and a Kingdra, while Ash sent out a Dragonite and a Garchomp. He started off this time. "Dragonite, use Blizzard! Garchomp, Dig!" The Land Shark Pokemon obediently dove into the ground, while Dragonite readied the powerful Ice type attack.
"Dragonite, match it! Kingdra, look out for Garchomp!" Clair yelled out, not wanting to be beaten again.
"Now, Dragonite!" Ash called out, while Clair waited for a few seconds, then yelled,
"Block it Dragonite!" Ash whistled, and suddenly Garchomp rammed into Kingdra, knocking it into the air.
"Use Roar, then Protect!" The Dragon/Ground type let out an unearthly roar, making Dragonite pause in its Blizzard, before being covered in a green shield while the powerful Ice-type move slammed into both of Clair's Pokemon, fainting them both. Clair gritted her teeth.
"Hydreigon, go! Salamance, go!" The two new Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon burst out onto the field. Clair made the first move. "Hydreigon, use surf! Salamance, fly above the waves and... Mega-Evolve!" A glow came from Clair's wrist and Salamence itself. When it disappeared, a new Pokemon was in its place.
-Up in the VIP Lounge-
Apparently, more than numbers Four and Seven were at the trials. In fact, Numbers Four through Nine were all there. Four was, of course, Cynthia, who was the Champion of Sinnoh. Five was Lance, who was there to cheer on his cousin. Six was Diantha, the Champion of Kalos. Number Seven was named Alder, and he was also the Champion of Unova. Eighth was Wallace, who was actually tied with the Ninth, Steven, for both position and the Champion of Hoenn.
Number One, Red, was the Champion of Kanto, and absent from the group, no doubt training just in case there was an actual challenge this year. Number Two and Number Three, Blue and Green, were in the same position as the Hoenn Champions, tied as the Champions of Johto. They were in a relationship, however, and didn't seem to care all too much.
"What do you think of him, Cynthia? That boy is the only one who's done flawlessly so far." Diantha informed the Sinnoh Champion. Lance turned his head,
"He's facing my cousin. It's time for that to end!" Cynthia just shook her head.
"You do realize your cousin is down five Pokemon, and has only hit his Pokemon a total of three times?" Diantha snickered, while Lance just threw a glare in her direction. Cynthia turned back to Diantha. "I think he's interesting enough. How come I haven't noticed any of his battles in the previous years?"
"He's only sixteen." Number Eight told her. "I looked through the database. This is his first year competing." Alder, Cynthia, and Diantha all looked at him in shock.
Back on the field, the match was wrapping up.
"Haxorous, Use Endure!" Clair yelled.
"Dragon Dance, both of you," Ash called out calmly. 'Crap, of course he just raised his stats.' Clair gritted her teeth.
"Haxorous, use Dragon Rage!" Clair yelled it in one last attempt to take out at least one of his Pokemon.
"Meet it, Dragonite." Smoke erupted from the middle of the battlefield, and the crowd waited anxiously for the final verdict.
"AND HE'S DONE IT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! ASH KETCHUM HAS WON ALL TEN MATCHES WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE POKEMON! HE'S DONE IT!" The referee announced. The resounding cheers echoed throughout the entire plateau.
Back on stage, Ash was overjoyed, and Gary had hopped the fence of the stands and was hugging his childhood friend. "You did it Ash!" He clapped him on the back, and then repeated himself.
And so began the adventures of Ash Ketchum, who was aiming to become the Ultimate Champion...
HOW WAS IT? I REALLY ENJOYED WRITING THIS! ALSO, (1) WHAT SHOULD THE NAME OF THE MEGA-CONTINENT BE? ALSO, ALOLA IS JUST SOME RANDOM GROUP OF ISLANDS, SO I WON'T INCLUDE THEM UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO. PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE REVIEW!
Note: This story will become Mature themed in later chapters, with a harem. If you looked at the very top, you would see that the characters are Ash, Hilda, Cynthia, and Serena. These are the only girls I'm certain will be in there, because they are my choices. Just review in comments what you want. You can vote for no more than three girls, but you can't vote for the same girl more than once, although I can't really stop you from making more accounts and reviewing on those. NO GAY SHIPS.
First Published: 9/18/2017
Word Count: 2,615
Content Word Count: 2,245