Greetings! This is an idea that popped into my head that I really want to try. I've seen Ash betrayed and leave, I've seen Ash become the master, I've seen Ash betray his friends. So I decided to not do any of those! Instead, I am going to make a fic where Cynthia loses to Ash and she decided that she needed to get stronger still. So she leaves and eventually, creates a new league with a new elite, new set of gyms, and everything with her at the helm as the champion. She then decides to get together with the league officials to create a tournament. She wanted revenge but more importantly, she wanted her title of Pokémon Master back. Hopefully this idea doesn't become a bust!
"In order to understand why it is that I am about to ask this of you, you first need to know my story."
"I'm sure that I already know most of your story."
"Not all of it."
"Then what don't I know?"
"You're about to find out. See, it all started three years ago..."
Three Years Ago
Garchomp looked up weakly at her opponent, her eyes narrowed before her body gave out and she collapsed, her eyes being replaced with swirls to signal that she was fainted.
"Garchomp!" Her trainer yelled.
"Garchomp is unable to battle! Champion Cynthia has lost all six Pokémon! Therefore, the winner of this Championship match is Ash of Pallet Town!" The referre yelled out which was received with silence at first.
Nobody could believe their eyes. Champion Cynthia had lost and to a kid who couldn't have been any older than 15. After a bit, the cheers slowly started to build up as everyone started to cheer and clap as Cynthia approached garchomp and kneeled down.
"Thank you... my friend. You fought the hardest you could. Take a long rest." She said-
Current Day
"I already know all of this. Are you leading up to the fact that you're washed up now at the young age of 23?"
"No. It's a long story but I suppose I can summarize what I assume everyone knows."
"Yes. It'll make everything progress much faster."
Three Years Ago
Cynthia had congratulated Ash for defeating her and becoming the Champion of Sinnoh before healing her Pokémon and taking Ash through the routine that would now be his job as Champion. The paperwork, taking care of the issues that arrive in the region, meetings he would need to attend, maybe throwing the occasional tournaments and-
Current Day
"You're a slow story teller. You know that?"
"Fine. I'll speed it up."
Three Years Ago
Anyway, she basically just gave him the run down of how to run the region. The rest she trusted he could figure out. What she wasn't expecting was to have her Pokémon Master status revoked. Since she was finally defeated, she not only lost her Champion title but also her title as the strongest trainer. And Ash had taken her record for youngest Champion. While hers was 18, Ash was only 15.
He took everything and he didn't even mean to. She couldn't blame him and she didn't. She just felt like she didn't deserve to lose her title. One loss did not put her below others in terms of the power rankings for Pokémon Master but it did. She had dropped down to number 2 with the loss to Ash and that is what disappointed her. Ash didn't become Pokémon Master though. No.
Current Day
"Wait, he beat you but he didn't earn the title of Pokémon Master?"
"He did not. We have a ranking system. He didn't have enough points to move up high enough. However, my losing to him, someone who had far less points than me, dropped me down exponentially which meant that the person below me suddenly surpassed me."
"I see. I wonder where I am in that scaling."
"Well, while I was number one, you were six. Currently though, I haven't checked."
"Damn. Not bad."
"Not Bad indeed. Anyway, moving on..."
Three Years Ago
Ash didn't earn the rank of Pokémon Master but he did move up a lot while Cynthia dropped. And so, Lance had taken over as Pokémon Master. This had disappointed her and when Ash offered to have her in his Elite 4, she had immediately declined. Work under a kid? Absolutely not. She instead left for Undella Town where she had her Villa.
She chose Undella instead of Celestic because aside from the Summer, Undella was basically deserted which meant she could train privately. For three years, she dropped off the face of Pokémon fights. Her ranking continued to go down while Ash's continued to rise the longer he held onto her Champion spot.
Three years later, she had trained her team up harder than she ever had before and in order to bond with her Pokémon on a deeper level, she trained with them. Going through the same exercises which basically placed her at the peak of her physical fitness at just the young age of 23. Her health and strength soared as her rankings dropped.
Once she felt like her Pokémon had hit a level above everyone else, she left Unova and took to the city of Aurelia. The region Aurelia was based in did not have an official name due to it not having a Pokémon League. However life was very bright there. The grass was green, resources were very abundant, Pokémon from all over went there for all sorts of of things.
It was the perfect place to set up. She had met with the Mayor, met with the Pokémon League officials who were shocked to see she was still around, and once she finally got the approval, She decided to set up the Champion stadium in Aurelia since it was the first place she arrived to in the new Region. The Region still required Gym Leaders and Elite 4 members so that's what she was doing now.
She is recruiting.
Current Day
"And that is my story summed up. And Also why I am here." Cynthia said to the young man sitting across from her.
The man leaned forward, gazing into her one silver eye carefully, his own Electric blue eyes studying her carefully.
"You want me to join you." He finally said.
"Not just join me. I want you to be my 4th Elite. I've seen your battles. The mind games you play coupled with your strength and years of experience would be perfect as the leader of the Elite 4." She said and the man leans back a little.
"Rule alongside you." He said.
"In a way, yes. As my 4th, You would be allowed to come to meetings with me or go for me if I am ever unavailable." She said.
"I haven't battled in a while."
"Nearly four years. Your ranking used to be three when I was at one four years ago. Then only one year later, your number never rose again which means you had quit." She replied.
"Yea. That's correct."
Cynthia pulled out a watch and slid it to the middle of the table as a hologram of the power rankings shows up, displaying the top five first.
"Courtesy of one Professor Oak. I will be handing these out to each of my Elites. My 4th will obviously be a bit more special than the other three. He or she will have direct access to me meaning you can call or text me at any time. However the other three must relay their message through you. Once you have decided it is important enough, then you can either forward it to me or you handle it. Now why I pulled up our rankings. We both haven't fought in years which puts us at..." she scrolls down the rankings until she reaches the end.
"Not even ranked." He said and she nods.
"They think we have quit entirely. They don't know where we are. Only the officials know I am planning on making a comeback but until I start fighting again, they can't rank me." She said as she closes the rankings and spins the watch on the table.
The man looked to be hard in thought which made Cynthia wait for an answer. She was currently wearing a light blue sleevless collar shirt with a tear drop zipper, black pants, and her typical black and yellow heels. She also had a jacket much smaller than the one she used to have. It was similar but smaller and more for winter and it was currently neatly placed on the chair behind her. Accessories, she had on the watch PokEx from Professor Oak which had a lot of features but that's for later and the typical four tear shaped hair clips that are black with yellow lines tracing the circle shape.
The man himself had short black hair that was a messy clean kind of look with Electric blue eyes. His muscles were very well built but not enormous to where it looked weird. He was wearing a blood red shirt with black jeans and combat boots. On his chair was a black winter jacket laid out neatly as well. For accessories, he had a necklace with a golden shark tooth hanging off of it. He pondered on what Cynthia said a little while longer before looking up to meet her gaze.
"What makes you think I'm up for the 4th slot?"
"I will personally train you. On top of all the skill you already possess, I will help you shake off the rust and improve in the process." She replied without a second thought.
She was serious about this.
"I'll do it this way. Battle me one Pokémon each. There you can decide if my skill level is good enough still to be the 4th member. If you still think so, You've got yourself your 4th member." He said.
"Very well. We can go to my place. There's a field out back." She replied.
He nods and stands up, putting on his jacket and Cynthia followed suit. One pro of having left battling so long was that these two were considered average citizens once again. They arrive outside, noticing that it started to snow while they were inside. Cynthia called out garchomp and climbed on and the man followed suit, Garchomp immediately taking off into the sky with blinding speed.
The city was hard to see currently due to the snow falling but without it, one would say it was huge. Towering skyscrapers, beautiful two to three story houses depending on the neighborhood. They even had mansions. Expensive restaurants. One would argue that this city was simply for the rich and maybe it was. Cynthia had more than enough saved up from her time as Champion and it was money well spent.
When Garchomp reached her neighborhood, it slowed down before stopping in front of a large three story house. It wasn't as large as the mansion in her Villa but it was still gorgeous to her. Three floors, a balcony. It was square shaped with a triangular roof as expected of most houses. It had an extra few windows at the top for the attic on top of the already many windows. The house itself was made of the red brick except for the roof. The door was a nice mahogany brown color that seemed to be nice and shiny as Cynthia turned the Golden knob, opening the door after returning her Garchomp.
The man followed and took in the sights. When he first walked in, he was greeted to red velvet carpeting with two spiraling stair cases on either side of the room both with the same carpet and golden handles. In front was a door which was the same color as the one outside. On the roof of the first room was a large chandelier that illuminated the entire room. The walls were a very nice mahogany wood as well, the door having a golden trimming to seperate it from the rest of the wall.
As she opened the door in the middle of the room, they were greeted to a massive room with a battlefield in the center, the typical battlefield color and logo except that the usual white trimmings were golden. The rest of the room was full of gym equipment and plenty of space for sparring. Cynthia walked to the field before turning to face him.
"What do you think?" She asked as he approached the field and noted that it was larger than your typical civilian trainer field.
"It's different." He said.
"I had it made. I had this massive space and no reason to use it. Then I just put this field here and it became a place my Pokémon could train." She said.
"I'm impressed. So we using our strongest?"
"No need. I can tell everything I need to know by the way you battle." she said as she pulled off her jacket but the man kept his on.
"Alright then. On the count of three." He said as he picked a Pokeball and Cynthia picked one as well.
They count up from one to three before both throwing their Pokeballs at the same time, both opening up to respective battle cries. On one end, it was a Lucario and the other end, a Houndoom.
"A Houndoom. Can't say I've seen those around often." She said, the Houndoom stretching and shaking itself off as it gazes at the Lucario.
"Yea well, I've always been fond of them. Flamethrower." He said and Houndoom nodded, opening his mouth and releasing a torrent of fire.
"Bone rush." Cynthia replied calmly and Lucario yelled as he slammed an Aura Bone staff on the ground, the flamethrower hitting it and the flamethrower splitting open which made Houndoom stop his attack.
"Aura Sphere." She said and Lucario charged one up before letting it fly towards Houndoom and Houndoom braced himself.
"Dark Pulse." He replied back and Houndoom leaped up into the air, charging the swirling dark energy in his mouth before letting it fly towards Lucario after having avoided the Aura Sphere.
"Quick, dodge it and use Bone Rush." Cynthia replied quickly, Lucario dashing towards Houndoom and avoiding the Dark Pulse as he made the bone appear again before smashing it against Houndoom's head before immediately twirling it and uppercutting Houndoom which sent him howling back and slamming into the ground before slowly climbing back to its feet and snarling a little.
"Keep calm and use Flamethrower and charge in." He said and Houndoom dashed forward it, releasing a torrent of flames.
"Hurry and dodge then use Close Combat!" Cynthia yelled and Lucario immediately dashed to the side to avoid before leaping at Houndoom to hit him.
"Crunch!" The man suddenly called out And Houndoom immediately bit down on Lucario's hand, throwing him up before leaping up and biting down on his foot, yanking him down and sending him hurdling to the ground.
"Not bad." Cynthia said and made sure Lucario was still good to go. "Aura Sphere!" She yelled.
Lucario yelled and Charged an Aura Sphere before sending it sailing towards Houndoom.
"Flamethrower!" He yelled back.
"Mach Punch!" She said immediately.
Houndoom released the torrent of flames, exploding the Aura Sphere only to see a lightning fast Lucario slam his fist into Houndoom's cheek, sending him skidding back as he struggles to get up but still managed.
"You good, bud?" He asked and Houndoom growled in approval which made him nod as his eyes narrow.
This fight was just a trade out. He needed to find the upper hand.
"Mach Punch!" She yelled and he smirked.
"Fire Blast!" He said quickly and Cynthia's eyes widened as Lucario charged in quickly only to be met by a massive Fire Blast at point blank range, sending Lucario soaring right back to Cynthia's feet, Lucario slowly struggling to get to his feet.
That was super effective. She couldn't take one more hit. She looked over at Houndoom who was tired out but it looked like it still had energy to go and she didn't want to risk hurting her Pokémon any worse.
"I think that's enough." She said which surprised the young man but he nodded and Houndoom relaxed, getting pet by his trainer now which makes his tail wag.
"You take a good rest, Lucario." She said and Lucario nodded as she returned him before approaching the young man.
"Welcome to the Elite 4." She said and shook his hand which he accepted as he returned Houndoom.
"You are my 4th. I look forward to working with you, Blaze." She said with a smile and Blaze smiled back.
So that was my attempt. The fight scene felt a little meh honestly but hopefully those should get better as the chapters progress. I am truthfully not entirely sure where I want this to lead. I'm also wondering if I should make my own OC's for the other Elites or maybe make a whole SYOC thing. I'm not decided on that yet. Anyway, that was the first chapter. I truly do hope it was somewhat fun to read and made you look forward to the next one. Peace out for now.