Clash of the Titans
By: Gorskman
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
Chapter 1:
At first sight
Quilava jumped to the side and growled slightly, the large octopus creature in front of it shot out another water gun. "Tentecruel! Use hydro pump!" a teenaged boy commanded, the water pokemon let out a deep gurgle like growl as a large blast of water surged from out of it mouth aiming to extinguish the smaller fire type.
"This could be it folks, if Pete doesn't come up with something quick this match will be over!" The announcer bellowed, the stadium let out a scream of chants and admiration; everyone paid close attention to the ensuing battle, but none more than four friends sitting in the middle section. "Wow, this is certainly turning out to be one heck of a battle" the oldest of the four said, nodding his head in approval of the semi-final match of the Cali (Cal-eye) league National Series. "Hey Max? what does the Poke-Nav say about that trainer down there in the black and white plaid over shirt?" the 13 year old girl asked "Well, according to the trainer analysis, his name is Pete Eberstark from Little Pond town, it says his first pokemon was also a Pikachu but evolved into a Raichu, he's come in the elite eight in the Indigo league and in the final four in the Hoenn league but was disqualified from the Jhoto league for reasons beyond his control, gee he's good… " the young boy said closing the Poke-Nav and adjusting his glasses. "Yeah and he's cute to boot, what do you think Ash? " the girl asked shoving some popcorn into her mouth whilst looking to the trainer who just starred at the field, with a look of interest on his face. Brock Max and May all looked at him in awe, it wasn't that fact that he was paying attention but that he was paying more attention to the battle than to his popcorn. "Wonder what's gotten into him" Brock pondered turning his attention back to the field.
Pete smirked moving a finger to push a long strand of brown hair behind his ear, he watched the blast of water hurling at his Quilava, then his eyes widened "Quilava dodge it at the last second then use quick attack!' Pete shouted thrusting his arm outwards pointing at the opposing pokemon. Quilava waited and the crowed watched in silence. Each trainer had lost two Pokemon and it was all coming down to this. Pete's Gailenellow was trounced by his opponents Pelipper, but Eevee was able to take down Pelipper and Marill but then Tenetcruel was brought to the field and well that's how we got this final battle. "wait for it….wait for it…." Pete thought to himself seeing his Quilava getting shadowed by the attack, "…….. ………… ……….NOW!" Quilava jumped under the Hydro pump and took off in a sprint, white energy trailing it "TENTCRUEL!! Use.. CONSTRICT!!" the opposing trainer commanded. The pokemon growled deeply rearing back launching its tentacles towards Quilava. Qui…..Qui….Lav…Qui….Lava…Qui Lava!! Quilava ducked under the tentacles, a look of shock came over Tenecruel and its trainer as Quilava slammed into Tentecruel, sending it tumbling backwards, before falling to the ground all bruised and swirley eyed.
The whole arena stayed quiet for a what seemed like an eternity, suddenly the referee held up a red flag "Tentecruel is unable to battle, the winner is Quilava and the victory goes to Pete Eberstark of Little Pond!" the crowd went insane, as the scoreboard shifted to a large picture of Pete with smaller pictures of Gailenellow, Evee and Quilava and, the words congratulations above his picture. The crowd cheered for Pete's victory.
"And there you have it folks, Pete Eberstark has earned himself a spot in the final match against Ash Ketchum of Pallet town!" the announcer yelled over the loud speaker,
The crowd still cheering from the victory all began to file out of the arena. May, Max and Brock all stood up together stretching and conversing about where to get dinner, when they realized that Ash wasn't chiming in, they knew something had got to be askew….
May turned completely around with her hands folded behind her back, tilting her head ever so slightly, she asked Ash with concern, "Are you all right Ash, you look a little white in the face" "Huh?" Ash slowly dribbled out. Brock May and Max looked between each other, "WOW HES AWESOME!" Ash exclaimed bolting up from his seat suddenly coming back to life, Brock May and Max nearly fell over from exasperation.
Down on the field, Pete the victorious trainer had pulled a Pokeball off his belt and pointed it at the fire Pokemon who was sitting quite proper in front of him with a very satisfied look on its face. "Quilava return" and in a red flash Quilava was gone. "Good job buddie" Pete said looking at the ball and it shrunk. Suddenly a orange colored rodent sprung up to his shoulder letting out several small cherps Rai RAI! Chu Rai Chu!
Pete smiled scratching the Pokemon on the head "Hey buddy, don't worry I'm gonna need you in the finals, that Ketchum kid is pretty good from what I can gather…" Pete looked down noticing the absence of the furry brown four legged Pokemon, since Eevee had fallen in combat the league medics had taken it to the Pokemon center already, of coarse it WOULD have been fine had it ever taken to staying in it Pokeball. Pete sighed and turned to walk off of the trainer platform. The stadium was nearly empty and the nights festivities were beginning, Pete could hear the sound of a band starting in the distance and the vendors begging to shout so as to peddle their wears. Pete walked into the tunnel that lead from the stadium underground to the trainer's area, he looked up to meet the gaze of three other trainers, all of who where smiling and giving him the thumbs up.
Ash, Brock, May and Max walked through the packed masses of people who fluttered about from shop to shop, stand to stand buying Pokemon league sanctioned goods. "OOO it all looks sooo good!" squealed May gripping both of her hands together in front of her chest, her eyes all large and star like. "Oh yeah!" exclaimed Ash "I love the Pokemon League, no matter what region, they always have the best food!" "Oh Ash…." Max sighed, the group of friends erupted into laughter. "Hey look over there!" Brock suddenly exclaimed which grabbed the rest of groups attention. There standing in the crowd wearing a pink t shirt and trademark denim shorts and holding a very adorable looking Azurill, was a very attractive redhead with her hair bulled to the side in a ponytail. "MISTY!" they exclaimed, running to her, "GUYS!" she shouted with smile on her face that went on for miles, taking off in their direction and met them half way. They all stopped in the middle of the floor where there weren't as many people gathered and began to exchange greetings. May and Misty began with the usual exchange of compliments on the other attire and what not. Max tried getting Misty's attention several times to no avail. Brock well Brock just sort of laughed, Ash on the other hand, didn't say a word, he just sort of starred off pretending he wasn't starring at his friend. He couldn't help it though she looked amazing; he blushed but turned away into a nearby stand so he could pretend to be looking at some fried Tanuki.
"Hi…Ash" Misty said in a very slow calculated manner, Ash shoved several sticks worth of Tanuki in his mouth and muffled out a "Elwo Mehe"(Hello Misty). He hoped that the food would mask his cracking voice and would puff his cheeks out enough No one could see all of the color they just got.
Brock just sighed and began to laugh and soon May and Max joined him, it was nice to have all of their old friends back together, their laughter was short lived however, as Ash stopped his nervous chuckle with a mix look of fear, aggression and excitement taking over his features.
May, Misty, Max and Brock all turned their heads to see what had taken Ash's attention so fast, when they did they too became quite stout and silent. Walking in their general direction were four teenagers about their age, one of them was recognized as Ash's soon to be opponent, Pete Eberstark. Pete was clad in a white and black plad collared shirt blue jeans and a back wards blue baseball hat with a red C on it (A/N sorry im a HUGE Chicago Cubs fan), While a Raichu sat on his shoulders. He was accompanied by three others a girl holding an Eevee in her arms, a boy who looked to be about Pete and Ash's age and another guy who was a little older. The four of them stopped dead in their tracks. The two gangs just sort of gazed at each other no one making a movement or a sound…
Wow I can't believe that I finally finished the first chapter. There are a few things I do want to clear up mostly about ages and what not. This takes place after the Sinnoh region and clearly Dawn has decided to go another direction, which will probably come up later. Also at this point
Ash- 17
Misty -17
Brock- 19
May- 16
Max- 14
Pete -17
I'll have some more Authors notes in the next chapter, until then please Read and Review! Next chapter coming soon I promise ~Gorskman