Hey everyone this is my first Pokémon fan fiction so I'm going to give it my best shot. I've had this idea in my head for a while now, so I decided to finally put it into action. This takes place shortly after Ash beat Olympia but right before Ash and the gang meet Squishy. I hope you enjoy this story. Disclaimer: I do not own the characters, all rights belong to the Pokémon Company.

On the way to Ash's next gym battle, Ash and his friends signed up for a tag team tournament that is being held in Plawer Town, where they were currently eating lunch. "Man I'm glad we found about this tag team tournament." Ash said with full of excitement. "This reminds me of the tag team tournament I competed in Hearthome City back in Sinoh. Plus it will be great to get some practice before my next gym battle. Isn't that right Pikachu?"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu said in agreement.

"Plus seeing all of the great battles may give me an idea for a new kind of performance I can use at my next Pokémon showcase" Serena said cheerfully. All she had to do was to get one more princess key and she would be one step closer to accomplishing her dream.

"You are going to do great Serena." Ash said with a smile causing Serena to blush. Whenever Ash complemented her it always felt like she had Butterfree's flying around in her stomach.

"I just can't wait to see all of the amazing Pokémon! Bonnie said excitedly. Plus maybe I can find finally find you a future wife big brother?" Clemont dropped his head in embarrassment and groaned at his little sister comment.

"Bonnie I've told you a million times, stops trying to find me a wife." Clemont said in embarrassment but Bonnie wasn't having it.

"No way big bro, I need to make sure that you have a reliable, sweet, and beautiful wife to look after you while I'm on my Pokémon Journey." Bonnie said with full of pride with her brother simply sighing. Suddenly the speaker was turned on.

"Attention, all trainers who have signed up for the tag team tournament please makes your way to the stadium while also getting a number ticket.

"Well looks like it time to go. Ash said as he quickly got out of his seat. Let's head to the stadium.

Just like the many tournaments and leagues Ash have competed in, the stadium for the tag team tournament was huge. Ash and his friends saw trainers all around the stadium with each of them holding a card with a number. Meanwhile Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobuffet were watching in disguise as vendors.

"Popcorn, get your delicious Popcorn!"James shouted as he made his way down the stairs.

"And wash down the popcorn with some a cool bottle of water" Meowth added in.

"We are selling them for a fair price!" Jessie shouted happily.

"Wobuffet!" Wobuffet said in agreement.

Suddenly the announcer, a round belly man with a gray colored mustache, and wearing a colorful suit of red, blues, and yellow with a black top hat started to speak. "Hello everyone, as mayor of this great town I'm glad to welcome you to the annual Plawer Tag Team tournament." The entire audience applauded in excitement before the mayor resumed speaking. "In this tournament not only do the Pokémon must work together but also the trainers themselves must work together too. They are Thirty-two trainers here that will form sixteen teams, but only one team will win the mystery prize! So for the next three days they will be tons of amazing battles! Now make sure you have your registration card and look for the number next to yours on the screen. You will also see the letter block you are in with the block ranging from the A block to the H block. Now let's get this tournament started!" The giant screen came to life and revealed the numbers of the trainers and what block they were located in. Ash who is number seven is paired with number fifteen and was in the D block, Serena who is number twelve is paired with number twenty-two is in the E block, and Clemont who is number six was paired with number thirty-six is in the A block. So Ash, Serena, and Clemont with Bonnie split apart to find their partners.

"Fifteen, I'm looking for a fifteen." Ash shouted as he turned left and right.

"Pika, Pika." Pikachu said as he waved Ash number card while standing on Ash hat. Suddenly Ash felt a poke on his back and turned around to see none other than Miette!

"Hey there Ash, I heard you were looking for number fifteen. Miette said happily as she showed him her card. So I guess that means you are number seven."

Meanwhile Clemont and Bonnie were looking for his partner for the tournament number thirty six.

"Thirty Six, we are looking for number thirty six." Bonnie shouted. "Where is your partner Clemont? Clemont then pushed his finger on his glasses slightly upward and started smiling confidently causing Bonnie to back up a bit as she knew what was about to happen next.

"Don't worry Bonnie, I had a feeling we would encounter a situation just like this." Clemont said confidently as went into his book bag. "The future is now thanks to science, Clemontic gear on! Clemont then pulled out a device that looked like a dowsing machine only with a number pad from out of his backpack. I call it the Finding your tag team partner scanner!"

"You really got to work on the naming part for your inventions." Bonnie pointed out dryly. Ignoring her Clemont went on to explain what his invention does.

"All I have to do is type in the number I'm looking for and then the machine will direct me to the person with that number." Clemont explained as he typed in thirty six and the machine started beeping immediately. "That's strange; it's saying that number thirty six is standing right behind me. He turns around to see none other than Korrina and her Lucario. Korrina! I didn't expect to see you here."

Korrina gave Clemont a smile. "After my battle with Ash I decided to sign up for the tournament so me and Lucario can become even stronger together. Korrina explained. Isn't that right Lucario?"

"Lucario." Lucario said in agreement.

"Well I guess you must be number thirty six, according to my machine here. Clemont explained. Suddenly the machine started beeping louder and louder before exploding in a bright flash of light which caused Clemont, Bonnie, Korrina, Dedenne, and Lucario to be covered in soot.

"Look like you have to go back to the drawing board big bro." Bonnie said dryly.

"Dedenne" Dedenne said as he agreed with Bonnie.

"On the plus side you two will definitely win since you are both strong gym leaders." Bonnie said cheerfully which shocked Korrina.

"Wait, you are a gym leader Clemont!?" Korrina asked in shock. "How come no one ever told me you were a gym leader?

"Really?" Clemont asked surprisingly. "Huh, I assumed that one of us told you I was a gym leader. But yeah, I'm the proud gym leader of the Lumiose Gym of Lumiose City."

"So wait if you are traveling with Ash who's running your gym?" Korrina asked.

"Clembot." Clemont said. He's a robot I made so that whenever I was gone trainers could challenge him to a match." Clemont explained. "Though since I wanted to give Ash a real challenge I headed back to my gym early to prepare for our battle. It was a great battle, but in the end Ash won and got the Voltage badge from me."

"Man I wish I could have been there and watched that battle." Korrina said excitedly. But let's be an awesome tag team and win this tournament!"

"Yeah!"

Meanwhile Serena was looking for her partner, number twenty two. "Twenty two, I'm looking for number twenty two." Serena shouted.

"Serena is that you?" A familiar voice asked. Serena turned around and saw that the familiar voice she heard was Sawyer.

"Hey Sawyer, it's great to see you again." Serena said.

"Thanks, so if you are looking for twenty two does that mean you are number twelve?" Sawyer asked.

"Yeah, I guess that makes us partners. Serena said. She wished she was paired with Ash so they could get closer, but teaming up with a friend was still great too. Suddenly she felt someone poke her back, as she turned around she saw Miette with Ash much to her shock. Miette, what are you doing here?"

"Why joining the tournament to come up with some new ideas for performance techniques. Miette replied with a sly smile. Plus I'm paired up with Ash for the tag team tournament."

"R-really?" Serena stuttered. Out of all the people Ash could have been paired with, why did it have to be Miette?

"Yeah, we plan on winning this tournament!" Ash said confidently. Serena put on a brave face as she smiled at Ash. She was glad that he was going to enjoy the tournament but what if Miette tried to make a move on Ash, or worse reveal her own feeling to Ash. As if she was in her mind Miette leaned closely and whispered in her ear.

"Yeah we will be spending a lot of time together training. Miette teased causing Serena to blush in embarrassment. Better hope I don't say or do anything."

"Serena, Ash, Sawyer, it's great to see you guys again!" Korrina said in delight momentarily distracting her. Clemont, Bonnie, Lucario, and Dedenne walking beside her.

"Korrina it's great to see you again." Ash said.

"How have you been?" Serena asked.

"Great, me and Clemont are partners, and we plan on winning this Tournament." Korrina said confidently.

"I wouldn't be too confident if I were you. Ash said. If anyone is going to win it's going to be me and Miette."

"Hey don't forget about us, me and Serena are going to win this tournament!" Sawyer said confidently.

"Attention trainers!" The mayor announced with all of the trainers focusing on him. The tournament does not commence for another half hour. So please take that time to train with your partner and prepare for your match."

"We better get ready Clemont." Korrina said.

"Yeah."

"Come on Miette, let's practice." Ash said as he head toward the practice field with Miette following right behind her. Miette flashed a Serena a cocky smile as she ran off with Ash causing Serena to glare at her. She then felt a hand on her shoulder and turned her head to see it was Sawyer.

"Come on Serena, we need to get ready too." Sawyer said. Trying not to worry about Miette she put on a brave smile and went with Sawyer to go train.

"Alright everyone it's time for our first match! The mayor said as the audience cheered in anticipation. The rules of the matches in the tournament is simple, each trainer is allowed to use only one Pokémon with no time limit and no substitutions. Whichever team is unable to battle is defeated with the winners advancing to the winners advancing to second round. Let the first battle of the day in the A block commence!"

"Lucario you are up!" Korrina said to Lucario who nodded his head as he flipped onto the battlefield.

"Bunnelby come on out!" Clemont announced as he threw his Pokeball at the field with Bunnelby coming out of the Pokeball in a bright white flash.

"Bunnelby!" Bunnelby said.

"Huh so the Lucario girl twerp is competing in the tournament too huh?" Jessie asked her teammates.

"Perfect, just imagine how happy the boss will be when we present him not only Pikachu, but also a mega stone and a Lucario!" James said with joy.

"I can hear the boss praising us already." Meowth said with full of delight.

"Wobuffet!" Wobuffet added in.

Their opponents, a boy in and a girl in their teens threw out their Pokeball's, the girl sent out a Wingull with the boy sending out a Magmar.

"Magmar use smokescreen!" The boy commanded with Magmar blowing black smoke unto the field.

"Wingull use supersonic!" The girl commanded with Wingull sending screeching sound waves into the smoke.

"Lucario use Metal sound to counter supersonic and clear the smoke!" Korrina told Lucario.

"Lucario!" Lucario said as he banged his spikes together in order to create metal sound as it countered supersonic and cleared the smoke while also lowering Wingull and Magmar special defense.

"Bunnelby use mud shot on Magmar!" Clemont ordered.

"Bunnelby!" Bunnelby said as he formed three mud balls between his ears and launched them at Magmar causing it a lot of damage.

"Wingull use Wing attack on Lucario!" The female trainer said to Wingull as his wings glowed in white light.

"Wingull!" Wingull shouted as he charged at Lucario.

"Magmar use flame thrower on Bunnelby!" The male trainer commanded as Magmar shot a stream of fire at him.

"Bunnelby, dodge by using dig!" Clemont ordered as Bunnelby dug underground.

"Lucario jump over Wingull and then hit it with Aura Sphere!" Korrina commanded as Lucario jumped over Wingull and threw a blue ball of energy at Wingull causing an explosion of smoke with Wingull fainting. At the same time Bunnelby popped out of the ground and performed an uppercut on Magmar with its ears causing Magmar to faint."

"Magmar and Wingull are unable to battle; the victory goes to Bunnelby and Lucario!"

"Yeah, we did it Clemont!" Korrina said excitedly as she hugged Clemont in happiness causing Clemont to blush as red as a tomato.

"Um th-thanks." Clemont stuttered. "We do make a great team."

"We sure do." Korrina replied as she let go of Clemont while still smiling at him. Meanwhile in the stadium Ash, Pikachu, Miette, Serena, Sawyer, Bonnie, and Dedenne were watching the battler.

"Man that was one awesome battle." Ash said with admiration.

"It sure was," Sawyer commented. "Though I guess that what someone should expect when two gym leaders are paired as a tag team."

"They are definitely going to be hard to beat." Serena commented. She have seen firsthand how strong they could be, and Lucario didn't even mega evolve in the match. Beating them was definitely going to be a challenge.

"Well we shouldn't have any trouble Ash." Miette said to ash with a confident smile as she touched his shoulder making Serena glare at her. "You've defeated both of them in order to get your gym badges, so I know you can do it again. Plus we can spend plenty of time together so we can develop a strategy to battle them."

"Thanks Miette, that sounds like a great idea!" Ash said to Miette. This caused Miette to smile smugly at Serena causing her to grind her teeth at Miette cocky attitude. She kept on rubbing in the fact that she would be able to spend tons of time with her. She just hoped that Miette wouldn't say or do anything.

"Well I think I found Clemont the perfect wife." Bonnie said with a air of confidence.

"Who is it?" Serena asked. She haven't seen Bonnie run up to any random girls during the entire time they were in the town. Who on earth could it be?

"Why Korrina, duh," Bonnie said as if it was obvious. "They are perfect for each other, Clemont is super smart, Korrina is super athletic so she can help Clemont get into shape, and they are both amazing gym leaders. I don't know why I didn't see it sooner."

Serena rubbed her head nervously while not saying anything. She have gotten use to Bonnie always looking for someone to marry/take care of her brother and decided just to leave the situation up to Clemont.

"And the first match in the D block is off with a bang with Frogadier and Slurpuff battling against Umbreon and Glaceon.

"Glaceon use Ice shard on Frogadier and Slurpuff!" A male teen ordered.

"Umbreon use Shadow Ball on them too!" A female teen ordered.

"Glaceon!" Glaceon shouted as it launched ice shards at Frogadier and Slurpuff.

"Umbreon!" Umbreon shouted as it launched a shadow ball from its mouth toward Frogadier and Slurpuff.

"Frogadier counter with Water Pulse!" Ash said.

"Slurpuff counter the attack too with Energy Ball!" Miette said.

"Frogadier!"

"Slurpuff!"

Frogadier charged a blue ball of energy while Slurpuff charged three green balls of energies before both of them throwing their energy balls at the opposing Pokémon attacks causing an explosion of smoke to appear. "Now Frogadier, use Cut on Glaceon!" Ash ordered. Frogadier formed a white colored energy needle in its hand as it quickly ran up to Glaceon and slashed at it causing it to slide backwards.

"Glaceon use Ice Beam on Frogadier!" The male trainer commanded as it shot a beam of blue energy at Frogadier.

"Dodge it and use Aerial Ace! Ash ordered. Frogadier easily dodged ice beam while at the same time one of his legs started glowing white. He ran up to Glaceon in a blur before giving it a devastating kick causing Glaceon to be sent flying backward with it fainting.

"Umbreon use quick attack on Slurpuff!" The female ten trainer ordered As Umbreon quickly ran up to Slurpuff. Thinking quickly on her feet Miette ordered Slurpuff to use cotton spore. As yellow sparkles came from Slurpuff body across the field it made Umbreon slow down its attack leaving an opening to strike back.

"Now use Energy Ball on Umbreon!" Miette ordered as Slurpuff summoned three small green balls of energies and threw then at Umbreon as it caused Umbreon to fly backward and crashed into the ground causing it to faint.

"Umbreon and Glaceon are unable to battle," The referee announced. The winners are Frogadier and Slurpuff!"

"Yeah we did it!" Ash said happily as he raised his hand for a high five to Miette with her clapping his hand.

"We make an awesome team!" Miette said confidently while smiling sweetly at Ash.

"Man, Ash sure has gotten a lot stronger since I last battled him." Korrina commented as she was watching the battle from the sidelines.

"Yeah, and Miette is pretty strong herself too," Clemont added. "Her strategy of slowing down Umbreon Quick Attack with Cotton Spore so she could get an opening to strike back at Umbreon was genius."

"Oh man, I got to write down that strategy in my notebook." Sawyer said as he pulled out his notebook and started scribbling down notes. "That technique will be really helpful when I'm battling against fast Pokémon."

"Yeah Miette is an impressive trainer." Serena said in admiration. Even though she didn't like admitting it to herself she had to admit that Miette and Ash were a pretty strong team.

"The time has come for the last battle of the day the H block." The mayor announced. "Let's end the first day of the tag team tournament with a bang."

"Let's win this round Serena." Sawyer said to Serena.

"Right"

"Come on out Bagon!" Sawyer shouted as he threw his Pokeball out into the field with Bagon coming out of it in a flash.

"Bagon!" Bagon shouted in excitement.

"Pancham, come on out!" Serena shouted as she threw her Pokeball out into the field with Pancham coming out of it in a flash.

"Pancham!" Pancham shouted in confidence.

A girl dressed in a dark hooded shawl threw her Pokeball out to the field to reveal that her Pokémon was a Gengar. Her partner, a man wearing a large brown winter coat despite of the warm weather threw out his Pokeball to reveal that his Pokémon was Beartic.

"Hmm," Clemont hummed. "A Beartic and Gengar, Serena and Sawyer are somewhat at a disadvantage.

"What do you mean Clemont?" Bonnie asked.

"Well Gengar is a ghost type, so Pancham fighting moves won't have any effect on it." Clemont explained. "And Ice type moves are super effective against Dragon Types so Sawyer will have to worry about Beartic ice attacks."

"But on the plus side Pancham rock type moves will be super effective against Beartic." Ash added.

"That is true too," Korrina commented. "We'll just have to see how this battle turns out.

"Pancham use Dark Pulse on Beartic!" Korrina ordered. Pancham shot a beam of purple and black circles at Beartic.

"Gengar jump in front of Dark Pulse and absorb it!" The hooded girl trainer ordered as Gengar jumped in front of Pancham attack and taking on the full force of the attack with no evidence of it even harming it.

"Bagon quick, use Dragon Claw on Gengar!" Sawyer said to his Bagon as green energy claws surrounded his arms as he charged at Gengar and was about to swipe at him before Gengar trainer told him to jump high, which allowed the male coat trainer to order his Beartic to use Icy Wind and sending a stream of cold air toward sending Bagon flying backwards which also dealt a bunch of damage to him. While still in the air the hooded girl trainer told her Granger to use Shadow Ball on Pancham. Gengar summoned a black and purple ball of dark energy and launched it at Pancham which made contact with him and sent him flying backwards.

"Now that's what I call an extraordinary showmanship of teamwork ladies and gentleman. The mayor announced.

"Man that Beartic and Gengar are really tough." Miette commented.

"Yeah, if Serena and Sawyer want to win this, they'll have to come up with a strategy to deal with them." Ash added on. On the field Serena bit her lip as she tried to think of a way to deal with Gengar and Beartic when she can she came up with an idea.

"Sawyer follows my lead, and wait for my signal. Serena said to Sawyer who nodded his head in confirmation. Pancham use Stone Edge and jump from pillar to pillar toward Gengar and Beartic."

"Pancham!" Pancham shouted as it slammed its fist's summoning rock pillars glowing in blue light toward them which then sent them flying while also jumping from pillar to pillar to gain speed.

"Bagon, follow Pancham lead!" Sawyer said to Bagon as he jumped from pillar to pillar too to also gain a speed boost."

"Now Pancham, jump and use a back to back Arm Thrust on Beartic and finish it with Dark Pulse!" Serena ordered. Pancham hands glowed white as he then gave Beartic two powerful punches which sent it crashing into the ground before sending a powerful beam of purple and black circles at Beartic. Once the dust settled it showed that Beartic have fainted.

"Now Bagon, jump also and use Dragon Claw on Gengar!" Sawyer ordered. Green energy claws formed around and tried to slash at Gengar but the girl in the shawl told Gengar to counter Dragon Claw with Shadow Claw. The two powerful moves made contact with each other resulted in an explosion with both Pokémon landing back on the battlefield. Both Bagon and Pancham was huffing and puffing, but Gengar didn't even seem to be breaking a sweat.

"Oh right, Serena took down Beartic!" Bonnie said excitedly.

"Yeah but they'll still have to worry about that girl Gengar." Korrina reminded Bonnie. "And judging by the looks of it, Gengar doesn't seem to be even tired.

"Now Gengar use Confusion on them!" The female trainer in the shawl told her Gengar. Gengar eye's glows blue which resulted in Pancham and Bagon staggering around the field.

"Oh no, Pancham and Bagon are confused, what are they going to do now?" Bonnie asked worriedly.

"I don't know," Clemont said. "Confusion last for a certain amount of time but I'm not sure if they will be able to last that long."

"Now Gengar, use Shadow Punch on Pancham and Bagon!" The girl trainer ordered with Gengar launching a fist that look like a shadow at both of them.

"Pancham, try to dodge it!" Serena said to Pancham.

"You too Bagon." Sawyer said to Bagon. Sadly to no avail, both of them got hit by Gengar Shadow Punch.

"Man, what are we going to do Serena?" Sawyer asked in worriment. "Both of our Pokémon are confused and almost done for and that Gengar doesn't seem to be running out of steam.

Serena wasn't sure what to tell Sawyer since she had no clue herself. If Ash was battling he would have come up with some great idea to get rid of confusion. Wait a second that's it; I need to think like Ash! But what would Ash do? He usually take advantage of his surroundings or situation. Wait a second that's it! I'll use my surroundings to my advantage!

"Pancham use Stone Edge on yourself and Bagon!" Serena ordered shocking everyone due to her unusual move. Pancham fists glow blue and slammed them on the ground with pillars launching both Pancham and Bagon up in the air.

"What are you doing Serena? Sawyer asked in confusion.

"Just watch and attack when I attack." Serena replied with a confident smile as she looked up in the sky. Just like she hoped for Pancham and Bagon seemed to have snapped out of Confusion due to Stone Edge. "Now Pancham use Dark Pulse on Gengar with everything you got!" Pancham shot a beam of purple and black circles at Gengar, and Sawyer, following Serena lead, Sawyer told Bagon to use Dragon Breath on Gengar with Bagon releasing a light blue fiery blast from its mouth. The two beams combined making a critical hit on Gengar and resulted in a huge explosion of smoke covering the entire field. Once the smoke settled both Pancham and Bagon were on their feet with Gengar lying on its back fainted.

"Beartic and Gengar are unable to battle." The Referee announced. "The winners are Pancham and Bagon!"

"Yes we won!" Sawyer said happily. He turned to look at Serena with a look of awe. "Serena, how did you come up with that idea to snap Pancham and Bagon out of confusion?"

Serena smiled in embarrassment at Sawyer praise. "It was nothing really, I just asked myself what Ash would do, and using Stone Edge to snap them out of confusion seemed like something Ash would do."

"It was still brilliant all the same!" Sawyer said causing Serena to be even more embarrassed.

"Man using Stone Edge to snap Pancham and Bagon out of confusion sure was an interesting way to turn around this battle." Miette said.

"Yeah, that seemed like something you would come up with Ash." Clemont said to Ash who rubbed his head in embarrassment.

"Yeah, it sure does don't it?" Ash said as he continued to rub his head in embarrassment.

"Well the great thing is that all of you guys are moving to the next round!" Bonnie said with much excitement.

"Dedenne" Dedenne said as he agreed with Bonnie.

"That concludes our last match of the Tag Team tournament for today!" The Mayor announced. Come back tomorrow to see even more amazing battles!"

Well there goes chapter one, I hope you enjoyed it. I'll be busy with School and working on an idea for a cartoon show idea, but please follow the story and the next chapter should be out in two or three weeks. Until then, stay safe and have a good day XD.