Story, characters and plot written by Maxwell Barricade, edits, corrections and extra dialogue by Beemstarr.
Pokken Tournament: Quest to be the best
Chapter 1: Back to square one
A/N: Well ello there! This is Maxwell Barricade, the writer of this story. (But I guess you already figured that out because of the title) So... Yeah, this is the first fanfiction I have ever written, so don't expect too much. Criticism is welcome, I actually don't mind flames, to be honest. Don't forget to read, review/follow/favourite/bookmark this story , enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon and all credit for Pokémon goes to Game Freak and Nintendo. I do not make any profit of this. Besides, if I did own Pokémon I would probably not even be on this website but instead make my ideas into games.
There was a thick fog hanging over the valley. The ground was uneven and rock-like. There were nearly no signs of life, other than a few small plants that knew to adjust themselves to the harsh environment. It was cold, very cold. This place was clearly somewhere in no-man's land. And yet, something was present.
Creeping through this frosty place was a dark figure, wandering in the distance. If you came close, you could see the figure was pokémon, this pokémon was blaziken. This blaziken wore a red and white hoodie, fingerless fighting gloves, a red backpack and a orange scarf, that was sheltering his mouth. The blaziken had a huge scar, that reached from his eyebrow to his nose.
The blaziken walked through the valley with his hands in his furry pockets, looking forward while also paying attention to the ground just in case there would suddenly be a piece of rock sticking out waiting to strike his feet. The blaziken had a emotionless, focused face. He didn't seem lost at all, in fact, it seemed like he was looking for something or someone.
A pile of stones appeared from the fog, blocking the blaziken's path. He stopped, looking at the pile. The blaziken let out a annoyed sigh, he bended his knees and jumped over the obstacle. Then proceeded to walk like nothing happened.
After a few more minutes walking, the blaziken could see something in the distance. He walked towards this mysterious dark thing.
When he got closer, he could see it was a pokémon as well. This pokémon was be standing on four paws. After seeing this, the blaziken started to walk even faster.
He could now identify the pokémon, this pokémon was an absol.
The absol was wearing some kind of black shirt, she had a dark purple bandana hanging around her neck. Her paws were covered in what seemed to be palm-less gloves.
The absol smiled, she was clearly expecting the blaziken. "So you did show up after all, took you long enough."
"What do you expect if you ask someone to come to a place in the middle of nowhere," the blaziken replied. "Of course it will take while before they get there." He finished glaring at the absol in annoyance.
"Hey, I was just joking around." The absol said offended.
"Of course you are... Anyway, are you ready?" The blaziken asked slightly irritated at himself for being so irritable" The blaziken tossed his bag away and got in a fighting stance only a experienced fighter could do, his right hand angled near his head and his left hand down with his fist clenched. He eyed his opponent calculatingly waiting for the absol to reply.
"Why do you think I'm here? To have a chat? Of course I'm ready!" the absol replied. She put her bandana over the lower part of her face and spread her legs into a fighting stance as well.
Both pokémon looked at each other for a few seconds... Both lf there feet shaking in anticipation, a gust of wind blew a lone leaf right in the centre of them, the leaf floated gently to the ground...
"Thunder Punch!" The blaziken yelled.
"Shadow Claw!" The absol shouted.
The blaziken drew back his right hand, which was engulfed with electricity. While the absol took two paws off the ground that would have long, purple claws one them.
Both pokémon dashed forward towards each other, their attacks clashing together. Sparks of electricity and purple matter was flying around when the two moves made contact with each other.
Finally both moves exploded, causing both the blaziken and the absol to be flung back. They both managed to land perfectly however they had both taken damage, evident by the small cuts on both Pokémon.
The blaziken started rushing towards the absol at an incredible speed, he was a red blur as he approached swiftly.
"Psycho Cut!" the absol yelled out as she jumped in the air her horn starting to glow pink-purple. She made a slashing movement with her horn, which fired off a pink-purple projectile with a blade-like form. The projectile flew towards the blaziken at a decent speed. The blaziken made a front flip, dodging the Psycho Cut attack.
"Brave Bird!" the blaziken yelled. He dived forward, with his arms spread like a bird, flying towards the absol at top speed.
However, the absol saw this coming. She jumped left, avoiding the charging blaziken. The blaziken wasn't able to recover in time, causing him to crash into the ground. A few pieces of rock broke off as the blazikens body hit the stone surface face-first. The impact caused the blaziken to bounce off the stone surface, which he used to recover himself by flipping. He landed on his foot, knee and one hand. The blaziken felt his face with his hand, checking if he was bleeding. He was suddenly hit in the torso by a dark purple ball. The blaziken was suprised by this attack, causing him to fly backwards landing on his back. The Shadow Ball did some damage, but it was certainly not enough. the blaziken soon kicked back up and got into a fighting stance once again.
Once he got back up again, the absol was gone. Not really surprising, due to the fact that there was a fog that limits your field of vision, but this was still a huge disadvantage.
Then out of the mist, the absol dashed out towards the blaziken. The absol's horn was glowing black because of a Night Slash it had charged. The Night Slash hit the blaziken across the chest, causing him to stumble back for a bit. The absol used Night Slash again, only this time the blaziken was prepared. He had dashed to the side, making the Night Slash miss and leaving the absol defenceless.
"Fire Punch!" the blaziken yelled, his right fist engulfed itself with flames. Blaziken thrust his fist towards the absol's face. The punch hit the absol in the jaw, and she fell on her side but recovered quickly by rolling. But blaziken did not take any chances.
"Sky Uppercut!" he yelled out right after the absol got up. She did not have enough time to react and took the blaziken's fist right on her chin. The absol juggled upwards, giving the blaziken a opportunity to hit another attack.
"Flamethrower!" the blaziken shouted before his mouth was filled with fire. He spat out a big wave of powerful flames, hitting the absol mid-air. She spun around when hit by the Flamethrower. The absol crashed on a pile of rocks. She slowly got up with a painful expression on her face. Her expression however quickly changed into a smirk. The blaziken ran towards the absol, but she dodged him swiftly.
"Sucker Punch!" the absol thrust her horn in to the blaziken's stomach, which was unprotected. The blaziken gasped for air when he got hit by the attacked and got on his knees.
"Shadow Ball!" dark matter came out of the absol's mouth, forming a purple ball in front her. She was ready to finish off the blaziken.
The blaziken looked at the absol, whom was about to end the fight, but then the blaziken smirked.
"Not today..." he said with a devilish grin on his face.
"Huh? What?" the absol stopped for a second, clearly confused. This is exactly what the blaziken needed. He got up and dashed forward the confused absol.
"Blaze Kick!" before the absol could even react, the blaziken's foot was by surrounded by fire and he hit her on the neck area. The absol landed on her back. The fight was almost over.
"Fire Blast!" blaziken created a fire sphere in his left hand, which quickly grew stronger. At a certain point the blaziken drew back his left hand and threw a fireball, The fireball then turns into a 大-shaped flame that is fired at the absol.
"But... How?..." the absol grunts out before getting hit by the flames, she let out a ear splitting cry as the fire engulfed her body. The smoke from the blast cleared showing a unconscious absol.
The blaziken was panting heavily and was damaged by the scratches from the fight. His scarf was hanging loosely after moving around a lot during the battle. The blaziken looked at the absol, whom would barely be able to get to get up again.
"A-alright Maxwell," she barely got the words out of her mouth, "Y-you win..."
The blaziken, Maxwell, got back in a normal stance again. Maxwell walked over to his backpack and took two full restores out of them. He then walked to the absol.
"Here you go, Robyn. This should make you feel better," Maxwell said as he reached a full restore out to Robyn, the absol. She took the full restore from him and sprayed it over her wounds, healing them. Maxwell did the same. They both sat down at a rock. Maxwell had a grin on his face.
"Let's see... The score right now is thirty eight to thirty five... and on top of that I stopped your winning streak."
"But you distracted me, you cheater," Robyn replied, half joking half pissed.
"It was not my intention to distract you." Maxwell said sighing.
"Oh really? why did you have to say 'Not today' then?" Robyn retorted mimicking Maxwell's voice. "I think you just said it to catch me off-guard."
Maxwell signs, "First off, I would still have gotten up and stopped your attack without saying that. Second off, it was your fault for reacting to it."
"You have a point there..." Robyn confessed, "Anyways, let's stop arguing about a simple sentence."
"I was about to say that," Maxwell said.
They both were quiet for a few minutes.
Maxwell and Robyn are both friends and rivals. They knew each other since they were young and have been friends ever since.
Maxwell was the quiet one. He would normally be silent with his arm crossed or in his pockets, leaning against a tree or a wall. He has started fighting at a very young age and is because of that very skilled in combat. Maxwell tends to be arrogant and acts like he is better then everyone else.
Robyn was a bit louder, the sarcastic one. She doesn't seem to take anything seriously. Robyn was pretty intelligent and would normally end up making clever and sarcastic comments, which most pokémon found pretty annoying. Robyn grew up to be a assassin, which is how she got her fighting skills.
When these two were together, however, they acted a bit different to each other. Robyn would make little, rather bad, jokes just to have a bit of a laugh rather than to offend.
And Maxwell would show a lot more emotion around Robyn, she was the only one would could make him for example smile a bit.
When it came to their rivalry, they would be rather competitive.
Maxwell's usual tactic would be to constantly attack the opponent, tiring him or her out before taking them down with powerful moves.
Robyn's normal strategy would be to dodge most attacks, trying to spot a weak point. The she would non-stop attack that point until the opponent would not be able to move anymore.
It did seem like Maxwell was holding back a little bit during these fights, though. Normally he would mercilessly attack his foe. You would need to stop him from attacking once he took his opponent, otherwise he would just continue throwing moves at them until there would be nothing left.
With Robyn he was more careful, though.
You could see that Maxwell was a better fighter then Robyn, but the last few matches were in Robyn's favour.
She was able to win five times in a row before this fight occurred.
"Sooooo... What have you been doing lately?" Robyn asks.
"The usual, training," he answered.
Robyn grinned, "Why did I even ask, are you sure you are okay? I think you are addicted."
"Why don't you just shut up?" even though he tried to sound annoyed, Maxwell still had a light smile on his face.
"No, I won't shut up," she said teasingly, "Are you sure that all that training isn't tiring for your muscles, little boy?"
Maxwell signed, "I'm pretty sure a twenty three year old isn't considered a 'little boy' anymore, Robyn."
Robyn would let out a annoyed sign, "For the love of arceus Maxwell, when will you finally learn to take a joke..."
"I don't know what is up with you and your 'jokes'," Maxwell said, "Besides, I'm preparing for something."
"Yeah yeah, of course you are preparing for something," Robyn said on some sort of sarcastic tone, "Well then, what are you preparing for?"
Maxwell took a deep breath, "I'm entering the tournament again."
Robyn looked at Maxwell, seemingly shocked. Her joking attitude was gone in a instant.
"What?" Robyn said, she had some kind of weird serious and concerning tone in her voice that didn't seem to fit her at all, "Even after what happened last year?"
Maxwell looked at Robyn with a raised eyebrow, "Heh, I have never seen you like this before," He said, "But I did expect a reaction like this."
"Are you sure about doing this? What if it will happen again? I thought you were dead!" Robyn stared in Maxwell's eyes, hers filled with fear.
"Trust me, this time it won't happen," Maxwell replied cooly, "I do appreciate your concern, though."
"But are you even allowed to enter after that?" Robyn asked, "I mean, they removed you from the roster aft-"
"For mew's sake, Robyn! Do I look wounded to you?" Maxwell snarled, this time being actually irritated, "And I don't care what they even said."
"O-okay..." Robyn seemed shocked by Maxwell's sudden outburst, but recovered, "But how will you enter again?"
"Then I'll start from square one," Maxwell said cracking his knuckles, "And this time, Robyn, I will win. I will show them that I am the strongest pokémon on this planet."
"Well okay Maxwell. If you are really sure about this..."
"Of course I'm sure about this," Maxwell grabbed his backpack and he'd sling it on his back, "Well, I have places to go, Robyn, see you later."
The blaziken then would walk off in through the fog.
"Maxwell, wait! Hold up!"
Maxwell stopped and turned around, letting out a annoyed sigh, "Seriously, Robyn. Are you trying to stop me again?"
The absol ran towards him, stopping at about one feet away from Maxwell.
She looked at him, but now she had her trusting old grin back, "I'm coming with you."
Maxwell raised his eyebrows, "You know that I prefer to travel alone, right?"
Robyn softly poked her horn into Maxwell's side, "Yes, I know. But isn't it a little bit lonely? Do you not want a little bit of company?"
Both pokémon looked at each other for a few seconds. The Maxwell smirked, "How can I say no to that face?" he said, "I honestly thought you were traumatized by my words."
The absol smiled, "Don't worry, I won't have nightmares. You know that you don't scare me THAT easily, right?"
Maxwell shrugged his shoulders, "Well, it did seem like it-" before he could finish his sentence he was interrupted by Robyn, who was head butting Maxwell's leg.
"Just shut up already!" she said laughing. Maxwell snickered at Robyn's poor attempt to silence him.
"Let's get going," Maxwell said finally, "It will take a few days before we get there."
The blaziken and the absol both walked through the fog, off into the distance...
Somewhere on Mt. Ember , same time.
Two hooded pokémon stepped over mountain rocks and hardened lava as they made their way up. They moved in a surprisingly quick tempo, making a hasty impression.
"Gosh... How long will take before we are there yet? I'm tired..." the pokémon at the back said impatiently.
"Just shut up and watch your step." the pokémon in the front replied. The pokémon in the front was about 30 centimeter taller than the pokémon in the back.
"Look," the pokémon behind said, "We have been walking for hours and I- SHIT!" the pokémon tripped over a rock, causing his hood to come off revealing the head of a zangoose. The zangoose fell forward and his knee landed on a sharp rock. Before the leading pokémon could react the zangoose started to scream in pain.
"AAAAHHHHHHHH FUCK! MY FUCKING KNEE! IT HURTS!" the zangoose cries out in pain.
The other pokémon ran to the zangoose, giving it a slap on his face so he became quiet. The zangoose looked at the pokémon's face, which was the one of a zoroark.
"Ssssshhhhhhhh!" the zoroark hisses as he looks angry at the zangoose, "Idiot! Do you want to alert the entire village or something?" The zoroark yells.
"Uuhhhh... No?" the zangoose replied looking like a complete fool, "Of course I do not want to do that..." He muttered however the zoroark hears him.
"Then why the hell are you screaming like someone just cut your balls off?" the zoroark snarls, he pointed at the knee of the zangoose, "Look, it's just a flesh wound!" The zangoose said sighing. The zangoose's knee was bleeding.
"I don't know Xen, it might be broken," the zangoose said worrying.
Xen laughs sarcastically, "Haha! Do you believe it yourself?" he says tauntingly. he imitated the zangoose's voice, "'Muh, I think my knee is broken, Xen. I start to feel pain when a magikarp hits me, Xen', quit being such a pussy."
"Okay fine," the zangoose growls angrily.
"And don't forget to put your hood back over your head, unless you want everyone to remember that stupid looking thing that you call your face." Xen added on.
Xen and the zangoose would continue climbing up the mountain, acting like nothing happened.
"Here it is, Wayne," Xen said, extending his arm to stop the zangoose.
Wayne raised his eyebrow, "Ehm... I don't see it, why are you so sure about it?"
Xen made a face palm, then signed annoyed, "That is because it's hidden, genius. Or else a normal hiker would just be able to walk in."
"Oh yeah... Of course..," Wayne said slowly, feeling like a compleet idiot. (Which he is)
"See those unown written on that rock?" Xen pointed at a huge rock, "If you look closely, they form the word 'Password'."
Wayne looks puzzled, "But... we don't have anything we can write with, how are we going to write the password then?"
Xen grinned, "This time you are actually asking a good question, Wayne. But you don't have to write anything."
"Ehhhh, what?"
The zoroark walked over to the rock, putting his paw on underneath the written unown. The rock slides in two and a pathway openend.
"So, what do you think?" Xen looked at Wayne, the zangoose had his jaw dropped looking completely confused.
"T-t-t... That doesn't make sense at all!" Wayne reacted.
Xen snickered, "I kind of knew you would not understand, but your reaction is still priceless."
Both pokémon entered the pathway.
To be continued...
A/N: Well, ello again. Yes, you are reading another autor's note again. I'll try to keep this short Okay so first off, I apologize if I did bad. I apologize if it seemed rushed, I apologize if the characters seem uninteresting, I apologize if the fight seemed choppy and I apologize if the plot already sounds boring. Even though I personally did better than I thought, I might have messed up greatly and I'm probably just a horrible writer. But enough about me and how I'm unsecure about my writing.
So, I think I will be accepting OC's! Not that I can't make them on my own (In fact, I already have come up with a few.), but it will probably save me some time. Besides, if you submit a OC you are showing me your appreciation for this story. Which I will say "Thank you!" to! Just visit my profile bio for the OC submission template. Send the OC via PM or post it in a review.
And now some other things. I have a feeling this won't get a lot of views, follows/favorites or reviews. I'm not aiming for popularity, though. But I don't want to get the feeling nobody will read my story. I think that putting a lot of work in to something and then that something gets barely noticed is kind of discouraging. But hey, if I wanted to be popular I would probably make a uncreative overdone Armourshipping story that will get appreciated by everyone anyway because bandwagon! (I'm looking at you, Fanfiction Pokémon FrontPage... (Please don't take this seriously.))
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of "Pokken Tournament: Quest To Be The Best" See you guys later!
-Maxwell Barricade
E/N: Hey everyone I hope your enjoying Maxwell's story I'm his editor Beemstarr. I do edits, dialogue improvements and a lot of other stuff like sorting the layout. The characters, plot and story are all done by Maxwell. Anyways read and review and most importantly enjoy guys.
-Beemstarr