Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own Pokémon. Nintendo does. I don't own the songs either.
Author's Note: This fanfic shows how I think the series finale for Pokémon Anime will go. Of course, that may be a bit of a problem, because this fic is also the sequel to my Pokémon Live! adaptation. But I managed to fix that adaptation to fit the original storyline, so, anyway, here's the sequel, and my idea for the finale of the Pokémon Anime!
Today, we join our heroes, Ash and Pikachu, as they fight for the very title that they have been journeying years for - the Greatest Pokémon Master of all time!
Ash Ketchum couldn't believe how
good things had been going for him. Just a month ago, he and his
prized Pikachu had, with the help of the 150th Pokémon, Mewtwo,
defeated the evil Giovanni and his mechanical marvel, the
MechaMew2. After that battle, he had kept his promise to make it
up to Misty Waterflower for forgetting her birthday by giving her
the Diamond Badge that he had won from beating Giovanni. He had
also confessed his undying love for her, and found out she loved
him the same way.
Now, here he was, at the Indigo Plateau,
winning the last battle he'd have to fight before becoming a
Pokémon Master - against Lance, the leader of the Elite Four.
All of Ash's friends were there in the bleachers, cheering him
on. Even Jessie and James, two former members of Team Rocket, and
their coworker, Meowth, were there. Giovanni had fired them
shortly before his battle with Ash, so they had defected to the
good guys.
Ash could still remember the battles prior to
this one. He had fought against the four trainers that Lance was
the champion of: Will, whose team was all dual types that
included the Psychic type; Koga, the former Gym Leader of Fuschia
City; Bruno, who used mostly Fighting-type Pokémon; and Karen,
who had a rather dark personality, like her Pokémon. They were
all using Level-40 to Level-50 Pokemon, and they weren't exactly
pushovers. But Ash's Pokémon were in the same ballpark, so he
managed to beat all four of them. And now, his Pikachu was
whupping up on Lance's Level-50 Dragonite. That seemed very
difficult, and pretty much hard to believe, but when you gave
your Pokémon as much love as Ash did, you'd be a real winner.
Eventually, after a long hard battle, the
mighty Dragonite was down. Lance recalled it, rather upset by his
loss.
"Eeeeeeeyes!" Ash shouted, as his
platform lowered and Pikachu ran up to him. "We beat the
Elite Four! I'm a Pokémon Master - the winner!"
"That's it!" Lance cried. "I
hate to admit it, but you are a Pokémon Master!"
Lance stepped down from his platform and went to congratulate
Ash. "I still can't believe my dragons lost to you, Ash! You
are now the Pokémon League Champion!"
"Ha hah!" Ash laughed happily.
"I knew if we tried our hardest, we could do it! After all,
we won the Diamond Badge, and now we've won the title of Pokémon
Master!"
"Or, at least, you would have been,"
Lance continued. This statement brought a shock to Ash and his
supporters. "But you have one more challenge ahead. You have
to face another trainer! He beat the Elite Four before you! He is
the real Pokémon League Champion!"
"Well, he won't be for long!" Ash
said, still determined to win. "Pikachu and I will kick this
turkey's butt easily! Uh, what's his name?"
"I'm not telling," Lance said.
"You'll have to find out for yourself!"
"All right!" Ash agreed. "It's a
deal! Tomorrow, we fight the current Champion for the title of
Pokémon Master!"
Soon...
Ash was in the dugout
with his friends. They were all giving him their comments on his
victory.
"Oh Ash, you won!" Misty said
sweetly, showering his face with kisses.
"That victory rocked!" commented
Brock Slate, giving Ash the thumbs-up.
"It was picture perfect!" added
Tracey Sketchit, as he was drawing a detailed picture of Ash's
victory pose.
"Hey, thanks, guys," Ash said, wiping
the light pink stains of Misty's lipstick off his face. "But
even though I've beaten the Elite Four in battle, it isn't over
yet. Remember, I've still got to face whoever it was beat me
here. I'll catch you guys later. Get it? Catch? Come on, Pikachu.
We're gonna go train for the final battle." With that, Ash
got up and Pikachu followed him as they went out to start
training. "Hee hee, catch you guys later. That's a good one,
but maybe not..."
Right after Ash and Pikachu had left, Misty had
a very dreamy look on her face. "Ahh, I always dreamed I
would marry Ash someday, and now I know it will come true!"
She could already imagine her wedding day with Ash.
In Misty's dream, she was wearing a beautiful
white gown, her hair was down, and a clear white veil fell over
her face. Ash, looking his handsomest in a white tuxedo, a red
rose in his tuxedo pocket, stood across from her smiling his
gentle smile, and looking deep into her eyes. He took her
white-gloved hand onto his and slipped a blue sapphire wedding
ring onto her finger. As the preacher declared them husband and
wife, Ash lifted up Misty's veil and they came together for their
first kiss as Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Ketchum.
Tracey looked at how starry-eyed Misty looked.
"Judging from how she looks, I'd say she's daydreaming of
marrying Ash," Tracey said, stating the obvious.
"I could see that," Brock declared.
Doesn't take much to make me happy
and make me smile
Never never will I feel discouraged
Cause our love's no mystery
Demonstrating love and affection
That you give so openly yeah
I like the way ya make me about you baby
Want the whole wide world to see
Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love
Goin' in and out of changes
The kind that come around each day
My life has a better meaning
Love has kissed me in a beautiful way
And oh yea (my love, my love)
oh yea (my love, my love)
oh you got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love
Demonstrating sweet love and affection
That you give so openly yeah
The way I feel about ya baby can't explain it
Want the whole wide world to see
Ohhh but in my heart
You're all I need
You for me and me for you
ohhh, it's growin' every day
ooooh
ohhh, oh oh oh oh oh
you've got the best of my love
ohhh, oh oh oh oh oh
you've got the best of my love
ohhh, givin' you the best of my love
my love ohh my love
ohhh, givin' you the best of my love
my love ohh oh yeah
ohhh, oh oh oh oh oh
you've got the best of my love
Outside the Indigo Plateau, the former Team Rocket trio chows down their first real lunch in years.
Outside, the three
ex-members of Team Rocket were chowing down on the elusive lunch
they had hardly ever gotten a bite out of during their careers
under Giovanni's rule.
"Boy, it's really wonderful to be back in
civilzation an' havin' lunch again!" Meowth said between
munches. "Da Boss never gave us any lunch
breaks!"
"Yeah!" Jessie said in agreement.
"But now that he's dead, we can do whatever we want!"
"Uh-huh!" James agreed gladly.
"Being a member of Team Rocket made me miss the good old
days when we were in the bike gang!"
"Well, we may not be part of the gang
anymore, but at least it looks like we're not blasting off again
anymore!" Jessie said.
"Amen to that!" James expressed.
At that point, they heard a familiar voice
behind them. "Hey guys!"
The trio of ex-Rockets turned their heads and
found who called to them. It was none other than an old friend of
theirs during their days in Team Rocket: Mondo, the Class B Team
Rocket apprentice who had gotten Jessie and James out of their
various predicaments.
"Mondo!" Meowth said. "What
brings youse here? Were you fired from Team Rocket too?"
"Well, not exactly," Mondo explained
to his idols. "When I found out that The Boss had fired you,
I feared that as long as I was a part of Team Rocket, I'd never
be able to spend time with you again. So I decided to quit my
job, just so I could be with you guys again. But when I got to
the Rocket Hideout, I found that The Boss looked as if he had
been done over by the Chicago Bears! I figured that if he was
dead, he would never know that I quit, so I hung up my Team
Rocket uniform and left to meet with you guys again." By now
Mondo was sitting down with his friends, watching as they ate
their food. "But I see I may not be needed anymore when it
comes to your need for food."
"Oh, you can come and help us anytime you
want," James said, a chicken leg in his mouth. "Since
we're good guys now, you can still get us out of any problems we
have."
"Ah," Mondo said, glad to be with
Jessie and James again. "Thanks."
Meowth sat down on Mondo's lap. "I'm just
glad Da Boss never had any chance of knowin' dat we've defected
to da good guys' side."
"He does now," an angry and
familiar-sounding voice came from behind them.
The four ex-Rockets turned their heads and
screamed in horror. For what they saw meant trouble for them. Big
trouble.
