Hey guys! It's been a while since I made a fanfic huh? Well, guess what, I'm back! This story used to be an Advancedshipping story but I feel as if the plot fits Pokeshipping more (not to mention, I had a change of heart regarding my favorite ships and had been leaning towards Pokeshipping more now.)

So here you go! Without further ado, I present to you, TROPHY!

Reviews are highly appreciated.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters but I do own my plot.

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TROPHY
Chapter 1

RIIIIING!

A muscular arm desperately searched through the night table beside a double bed for the annoying alarm clock that was disturbing the person from his slumber.

In the process, the arm knocked over the alarm clock and it fell on the floor with a loud thud awakening the owner.

"Ugh," a young man groaned as he stretched his arms and rose from his bed. This young man had auburn eyes and marks in the shape of lightning bolts under his eyes. His height was what men of his age would be jealous of and his body? The body of a well-built athlete. His raven-colored hair was in messy spikes.

This young man's name is Ash Ketchum, an 18-year old senior in Viridian National High, one of the most prestigious high schools in his country.

He was the head of his school's basketball team. We all know that for every basketball team head, there are lots of adoring girls out there and Ash happens to be one of those jocks whom girls fawn over all the time. In fact, he hung out with the most popular guys in his school, Paul and Drew who happen to live in the same village as he does.

Paul, also 18 years old, had dark onyx eyes and purple hair that almost reached his neck. He was taller than Ash by an inch and had a well-built body as well. He's currently going out with Dawn Berlitz, a beautiful blue-haired woman whom Ash sat next to in Math class.

Drew, another 18-year old, the most alluring green eyes. His chartreuse sort-of-boy-cut hair was the envy of men and fantasy of women. He was almost the same height as Ash and was also well-built due to all the training they did during their practices and trainings. Ash and Drew were so much alike being cousins and having grown up together.

Ash headed out of his room and down to the kitchen to get something to eat. He was delighted to see that his mother had prepared scrambled eggs and two pancakes for breakfast.

"Mom really knows how to satisfy by stomach," Ash mumbled to himself, smiling at his food. He usually ate alone since his mother was a business woman and barely had time for him. He was thankful though that his mother never left without cooking for him.

He thought to himself that it's about time that he got a girlfriend who knew how to cook so that she could teach him a thing or two. As popular as he is, Ash didn't have a girlfriend and that's what has been bothering him since the start of senior year. He didn't know who to take to the Seniors' Dance or what they call, "La Finale".

He recalled that day when Melody asked him to be her partner for the dance. Ash shuddered at the thought. Melody was pretty and was the head cheerleader but he certainly did NOT want to go with her. He found it wrong in so many ways.

Then he thought of Bianca, she had brown hair and she was really nice but she was probably going to the dance with Lucas, his classmate, so cancel that one.

His thoughts went to May, the brown-haired teenager whom he knew as the girl with the uncontrollable appetite that would match his perfectly. He knew that Drew had a thing for her and would kill him if he asked her to the dance.

He definitely didn't want to ask Dawn to go to the dance with him. Paul would definitely kill him. Paul was very protective when it came to his girlfriend. In fact, Paul would probably kill anyone who would dare hurt Dawn. He chuckled at the memory of Paul beating up this pervert Conway for sneaking up on Dawn in the girls changing room.

His thoughts ended up at Misty, Dawn's best friend since pre-school, and his childhood friend before she moved to Cerulean when they were both 10. Misty was the redhead with quite a temper which you would not want to deal with. Her temper was actually what made Ash fear her, sort of, when they were children. Of course, it wasn't until she moved to Cerulean that he realized that he actually missed her and appreciated her.

As if fate was playing with him, Misty moved back to Viridian a good 3 years ago. However, their friendship was no longer the way it used to be. Just the casual 'hi' and 'hello' in the hallway. It seemed that both had somehow walked in opposite directions, Misty being the regular girl with the temper and Ash being the jock. The perfect cliché for this perfectly cliché life.

Three years ago, when Misty came back and enrolled in Viridian National High, Ash was too busy with his now ex-girlfriend, Shaine, to even take notice of his then ex-bestfriend walking down the hallway and giving him a look of familiarity.

Ash took one last bite of his pancake and a sip of his water before washing his utensils and putting them back in the kitchen cabinet.

He went back to his room upstairs preparing himself for school. After taking a bath, he put on a dark blue graffiti shirt that had the words, "Let's get it on!" in the middle and a pair of dark was jeans. He also put on his blue and yellow varsity basketball jacket with Ketchum written on the back and 24, his jersey number, below. He wore a pair of white high-cut Nike training shoes.

He made his way to Drew's house like he usually did and waited for the young man to come downstairs.

"Ash!" A young brunette called out as she made her way from the kitchen.

"Denise, what's up?" Ash said. Denise was Drew's sister. Unike him, she had dark-brown hair and had dark-green eyes. Her hair was straight and reached a few inches below her neck. Denise was four years older than Drew and was in college.

Unlike Drew, Denise was a bit tidier with her things and was more organized. She was a neat-freak, Ash thought. She couldn't stand seeing the house messy. She couldn't stand seeing anything messy. That's why she rarely goes to Drew's room.

"Ashy-boy! Let's go!" Drew called out as he ran downstairs. He had on a plain purple shirt and a pair of black jeans. Like Ash, he wore his blue and yellow varsity basketball jacket with Oak written on the back and 14 below. He wore a pair of black Nike training shoes on his feet.

"Took you long enough," Ash told him, picking up his training bag from the floor and heading outside. Drew followed and went towards his car. They both got in and started driving to school.

"Really, Ash, you'll be going to college in what, a few months? You still don't have a car! Dude, your mom's filthy stinking rich and she can't even buy you a car!" Drew exclaimed, not once taking his eyes of the road.

"My mom can afford a car. She just wants me to learn how to save and buy my own car," Ash explained, taking a sip of his Gatorade.

"Save money, pish posh! Your mom can stop working anytime she wants and still have enough money to support six children for the rest of her life. You should be thankful that you're an only child which means she only has to spend for one child," Drew stated.

It's true. Ash was an only child. But according to his mom, she got pregnant two years before Ash was even born but she lost the child. Ash's mom was the only person who raised him. When Ash was two years old, his father left them after a fight with his mom and never returned. Ash never knew who his father was but then again, he never cared to learn about his dad anyway.

"I dunno with my mom. She always tells me to." Ash raised his head and mocked his mother's high-pitched voice, "You should learn to save money, Ash Ketchum. You may never know when the company goes bankrupt and lose all the money."

"You're bad at impersonating women, you know that," Drew said.

"Like you're good at it," Ash replied with a shrug.

They reached a big school campus and Drew pulled over at his usual parking spot. The buildings were huge and painted light blue and had silver doors and windows. Their school colors were blue and yellow but you wouldn't want to see a blue and yellow building, would you?

A statue of a lion preparing to jump was present in front of the main building in the middle and water was shooting out of its mouth. Students were everywhere, sat atop the railings, sitting near the fountain, under the tree and walking around.

"La Finale's in about a month and a half, have you decided on who you're taking?" Drew asked Ash as they stepped out of the car and headed towards the school's main building.

"I haven't thought of it. I don't even have a girlfriend. I never had one since after I broke up with Cassie," Ash said, opening the school doors for him and Drew.

They were both greeted by their jock friends, cheerleaders and some other friends. They walked towards their purple-headed friend, Paul whose lips were currently in contact with a certain blunette's lips.

"You guys need to get a room, really," Drew stated causing the couple to pull away quick.

"Hey Ash, Drew," Dawn greeted receiving a flashy smile from both. Paul nodded at both of them, resting his arm around the blunette's shoulder.

"What's up?" Ash asked Paul.

"I was kissing my girlfriend here when you guys decided to show up and ruin the moment," Paul said nonchalantly causing Ash to chuckle.

"So Paul, have you decided on whom to take for the dance?" Drew asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Paul replied causing Dawn to glare at him.

"Just because we're going out doesn't mean I'm automatically going with you to the dance," Dawn stated.

"Then who are you going with?" Ash asked. Paul just rolled his eyes thinking of how silly this conversation was.

"I dunno," Dawn smirked playfully, "Barry's single and so is Kenny unless he decides to make a move on Zoey and maybe Conwaywould like to go with me." Paul cringed at the name.

If there was one person whom he absolutely hated, it was Conway. He had midnight-green hair and had black eyes. He had hair that reached his neck and he wore glasses. He was known in school to have a huge crush on Dawn.

"Maybe Paul would like to go with me," To that, Paul felt relieved. But his relief was cut shortly when Dawn continued, "if he asks me properly that is."

"Come on, do I have to? I already told you, I'm not repeating what I did during prom," Paul angrily replied. Back in junior year, Paul had to practically kneel down with a bouquet of flowers in his hands in front of everyone in the cafeteria just to have Dawn agree to come with him. It was embarrassing for him.

"If you don't want to then I can go with my choices," Dawn teased.

"You're troublesome, you know that?" Paul said, rolling his eyes.

"And you love me," Dawn replied, kissing her boyfriend once more.

"These guys seriously need to get a room," Ash muttered and Drew nodded in agreement. Paul just gave them the middle finger and resumed to kissing Dawn. Ash just chuckled at them.

The bell rang signalling that the students should be back in their classrooms for their first class. Ash went to his Physics class while Drew, Paul and Dawn went to their respective classes.

"Hey Ash!"

Ash cringed at the high-pitched voice of none other than the mean and brutal head cheerleader, Melody. She had brownish-red hair and blue eyes. As usual, she wore her skimpy outfits. A pink tank top and a pair of white shorts that reached her mid-thigh. Students weren't allowed to wear such outfits at school but somehow she got away saying that it was easier to change into her cheerleading outfit.

"What do you want?" Ash grunted, not even bothering to look at Melody in the eye.

"I was just gonna ask who the lucky girl you will be taking is, that's all," Melody innocently said, battering her eyelashes at the uninterested young man.

"Well, for starters, she definitely isn't you," Ash replied causing Gary, a brunette, to snicker from right behind him.

"Just because you're the popular team captain doesn't mean you have to be such a jerk!" Melody almost yelled at him.

"Whoever said I was being a jerk? I was just being honest," Ash said. Melody blushed red from embarrassment and walked away. She went towards her best friends at the other side of the room.

Ash just rolled his eyes at her and continued doing whatever he was doing.

On the other corner of the room, a certain orange-head and a brunette sat babbling about whatever things. At least the orange-head was babbling.

"Misty, are you even listening to what I was saying?" the brunette asked her. Misty was currently staring at something which her friend couldn't decipher.

"Misty!" The brunette shook her violently this time, "Earth to Misty, wake up!"

"Knock it off, May! Unless you want to be the next victim of my mallet!" Misty shouted at May, going back to reality. She had just been thinking about the school dance at the end of the year.

"I was saying that Melody got pretty embarrassed after what Ash had told her. She was asking whom Ash was taking to the dance and she got pretty socked when Ash told her that he certainly wouldn't be taking her to the dance," May told her friend, chuckling a little, clearly unaffected by Misty's direct threat.

"It's not like Ash would actually ever go with Melody to the dance, you know," Misty replied, grinning. Misty hated Melody, a lot. Melody had been tormenting her ever since she enrolled in VNH. She couldn't even understand what boys like in her.

She was pretty, that's for sure. But she was very thin. It could be from training a lot for the cheering squad but she seemed too thin for that. In fact, rumors circulated around the campus once that Melody vomited her food a lot of times on purpose.

"She's like anorexic or bullemic or something! I don't know where she gets her clothes! The children's section perhaps?" May joked. Like Misty, May hated Melody. She might even hate Melody more than Misty does.

Melody had called May an 'uncontrollable pig' once in front of the whole class and what do you expect? They all laughed at her. After that, May started hating Melody.

Apart from that, Melody called Misty a tomboy during their Junior Prom joking about how men weren't supposed to be in dresses. Misty, being Misty, fired a truckload of curse words at Melody in the parking lot after that. Misty may seem to act boyish a lot but she was definitely not a tomboy. She didn't dress like one, at least. Just because she loved to fight people doesn't mean she's a tomboy.

" She's like a skeleton wrapped in bubble wrap minus the bubbles," May giggled at her own joke.

"She could be a replacement for the skeleton model here in the physics room!" Misty exclaimed causing both of them to laugh.

"And what may I ask is funny?" A voice from behind them asked.

"What's it to you, Melody?" Misty growled, annoyed at Melody for ruining the funny moment.

"It's a bit hot here you know… or I think it's just you and your temper issues. Gosh, Misty, lighten up will you! You're adding more wrinkles to your face," Melody said and muttered, "As if you don't have enough already."

This caused her friends, Ursula, a pink-haired teen and Brianna, a brown-haired teen to laugh at Misty. Misty, on the other hand, seemed to take this in a very bad way though.

"One, I don't have wrinkles! And two, at least I'm not just made of pure bones, Skeleton!" Misty retorted. May couldn't help but laugh at her friend's comeback.

"Who are you calling Skeleton?" Melody angrily replied.

"Do you prefer Bones or Sticks?" Misty calmly responded. Melody looked at Misty, ready to attack until her friends stopped her.

"Come on, Melody, those losers aren't worth your time," Ursula said, taking the enraged cheerleader by the arm and dragging her away with Brianna trailing behind them giving Misty and May the "Hey-you-better-watch-out" look.

"Those girls are impossible," May said.

"It's not like we can't handle them anyway," Misty shrugged.

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"Ash!" The brunette from earlier called out as soon as class ended.

"What is it, Gary?" Ash wondered, walking towards the owner of the voice.

"I was just wondering if you already had someone to take to the dance or you were telling the truth that you didn't have a partner. You know, it makes me wonder whether you're messing with that girl with the tank top or not," Gary said.

"Her name's Melody," Ash supplied for him.

"Whatever. I don't care about her name," Gary pointed out.

"No, I don't have a partner yet. What makes you wonder?" Ash asked.

Gary smirked inwardly. "Want to make a bet?"

Ash grinned at this. Ever since freshman year, Ash and Gary made bets. The prizes were usually just food from the cafeteria and such but since they were already graduating, Gary thought that it was time for a level-up bet.

"I'm game!" Ash exclaimed excitedly.

"I bet that you can't get yourself a girlfriend before the seniors' dance," Gary taunted. Ash shook his head and smirked.

"I bet I can. If I get myself a girlfriend and a date, what's in it for me?" Ash asked.

"Two thousand, five hundred bucks," Gary simply said. Ash was taken aback a bit by what the he said. The car he wanted was $2,400. Winning the bet would mean earning enough money to spend for his own car since his mother wouldn't let him borrow her money.

"Abusing your grandpa's credit card again?" Ash asked as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

"Hey, at least I know how to make use of my money," Gary responded casually.

"Okay fine, I accept. If I lose then Iowe you two thousand, five hundred dollars," Ash challenged.

"It's a bet then," Gary replied, holding out his hand for Ash to shake as they had done countless of times. Ash shook his hand and thought to himself, "Better search for a girlfriend now."

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END OF CHAPTER ONE

That's the first chapter! It's not that detailed but I tried my best to make it look worth-reading so I hope you guys like it.

Please correct me on any grammar mistakes and other stuff.

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