Hi everyone! :D PokeFan177 here!

'kay, down to business, after beginning my first fanfic, "A Warning in Love", I encountered writers-block after the 2nd chapter D: But, I found that if I write two stories at a time, it helps me overcome the writers-block, so here I am with my second fanfic, please remember to R&R dear friends! :)

'kay, lets get down to the title, rating, summary and whatnot, shall we?

Title: Pokémon: The Tonai Tournament

Category: Games/Pokémon

Rating: T

Genre: Adventure/Romance

Characters: Ash K./Satoshi & Dawn/Hikari

Summary: It's been three years since Ash disappeared, and now at the biggest tournament of the decade, he's about to return and re-unite with his friends and secret crush. What will happen? Read to find out! AADL

- Long Description

Three years ago, the Sinnoh Journey between Ash, Dawn and Brock had ended, but their separation was not on good terms, after a fight between Ash and Dawn and Brock, Dawn and Brock leave Ash, devastated that his crush and long-time friend have left him, he decides to return to Pallet Town and find a new adventure, he returns to find something that would change his life forever, his mother, Delia Ketchum had been killed, now completely devastated, Ash runs away with all his Pokémon to become stronger, to become a master, to become... the best.

Three years later, it is finally time for The Tonai Grand Tournament, an event held every 10 years by The Pokémon League in Tonai City in the Tonai Region, many will enter, including Ash Ketchum, will he re-unite with his friends? Or will they reject him due to their last encounter? Will he and Dawn be together? Read to find out!

Characters:

Ash/Satoshi - 17

Dawn/Hikari - 15

Brock/Takeshi - 22

May/Haruka - 16

Misty/Kasumi - 17

Max/Masato - 13

Gary/Shigeru - 17

Tracey/Kenji - 17

Zoey/Nozomi - 15

Kenny/Kengo - 15

Barry/Jun - 15

Drew/Shu - 16

Brendan/Yuki - 16

Lisa (OC) - 16

Main Location: Tonai City, Tonai.

Other Locations:

Sunyshore City, Sinnoh.

Vermillion City, Kanto.

Slateport City, Hoenn.

Goldenrod City, Johto.

Pallet Town, Kanto.

- Notes

~ The Tonai Region is my own thought-up region, located to the southwest of Sinnoh.
~ Tonai City is the biggest city in Tonai, it sits in front of the ocean to the southwest of Sinnoh, with The Tonai River running just west of the city.
~ The Tonai Forest is a small forest just west of Tonai City, with The Tonai River running through the eastern part of it.

Okay, one last thing...

Pairings: AshxDawn, DrewxMay, TraceyxMisty, GaryxZoey.

Erm, erm... can't forget this;

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokémon.

All done! Now on with the story! Yay! :D

3... 2... 1... ACTION!


CHAPTER 1: Prologue

The Scene: Sunyshore City, Sinnoh. Three Years Ago.

"What? I can't help it that I beat the Sinnoh Champion and am now the most popular guy in Sinnoh!"

We find ourselves at The Sunyshore City Pokémon Center, where our heroes are... fighting?

"Yeah well you don't have to go rubbing it in mine and Brock's faces 24/7!"

Ah yes, did I forget to mention that Ash had competed in The Sinnoh League, won, and defeated The Elite Four and The Sinnoh Champ Cynthia? Yes I do believe I did, and as a result, Ash has become quite the sensation.

"Yeah! We're getting sick of this! We were happy for you when you won but now you're nothing but a jerk!"

And Ash has now found himself in quite the situation, as he has been rubbing it in Dawn and Brock's faces ever since.

"So you're not happy for me? Just because you were both big fat losers in The Grand Festival and The Best Breeders Contest? Some friends you are..." exclaimed Ash.

"OKAY! THAT'S IT! Ash Ketchum, I never want to see or hear from you EVER AGAIN! GOODBYE!" yelled Dawn.

"Same here, you're nothing but a jerk now Ash, I'm leaving too!" yelled Brock as he and Dawn stormed out of the room.

"GOOD RIDDENS!" exclaimed Ash as he slammed the door shut after they had exited.

"UGH!" exclaimed Ash as he threw himself on his bed.

"Pi Pika Pika Pi (Ash, you went too far there...)" said Pikachu.

"Who's side are you on Pikachu? They're no friends! They can't be happy for me just because I actually won in my game and they lost theirs!" said Ash.

"Pika Pikachu Pi Pi Pika Chu Pika Pi (Ash, they were happy for you, but then you crossed the line when you started rubbing it in their faces." said Pikachu.

"Pika Pi Pikachu Pika Chu (You should've returned the favor and cheered them up on their losses, not gloat about your victory.)" added Pikachu.

"(Sigh)... I guess I was a bit of a jerk..." said Ash.

"Pi Pika! (A bit?)" said Pikachu.

"Okay... (sigh)... a big jerk." said Ash. "Pi Pikachu Pika? (Now what are you gonna do...?)" said Pikachu.

"Go get some dinner and forget this whole thing?" said Ash with an innocent smile. Pikachu glared at him.

"Okay fine... I'll go apologize." said Ash as he walked out of the room into the lobby of The Pokémon Center to be ambushed by a crowd of fans.

"May I have your autograph?" said a boy.

"Will you go on a date with me?" said a girl.

"Be my boyfriend!" said another girl.

"Give me advice on how to become powerful like you?" said another boy. Ten minutes passed after around 20 autographs, and 13 rejections, the crowd dispersed and Ash was able to make it outside.

Ash saw an old woman walking around and decided to ask her if she had seen Dawn and Brock.

"Excuse me ma'am! But have you seen a girl around my height with blue hair and blue eyes, wears a white beenie and a boy a few inches taller with squinty eyes?" said Ash.

"Why yes, I saw two people by that description heading to the docks, I guess they're taking the 2 o'clock ferry to Canalave City." said the old woman.

Ash looked at his watch; 1:54PM, "Only six minutes?" exclaimed Ash in his mind.

"Thank you, ma'am." said Ash as he bowed in respect.

"No problem." said the woman as she then walked off.

Ash then hurried to make it to the docks so he could apologize before his friends departed, a few minutes later, he made it and immediately spotted Dawn and Brock walking up to the ferry, he quickly began dashing over to them.

"Dawn! Brock! Wait up!" exclaimed Ash.

"Stay away from us! We don't want to see you ever again!" yelled Dawn as her and Brock then began to quickly make their ways to the ferry.

"Dawn! Please! Wait!" said Ash as he caught up to them and grabbed her by her arm.

"Don't touch me jerk! Piplup, use bubblebeam." said Dawn.

Piplup then with hesitation followed its orders. "Piiip Lup Lup Lup!" exclaimed Piplup as it fired the beam of bubbles at Ash, forcing him to release Dawn.

"Don't you ever speak to me or touch me again!" yelled Dawn.

"Nor me!" yelled Brock as the two then boarded the ferry.

"No!" exclaimed Ash as he dashed up to them, but was too late.

"Ticket, sir!" said the ticket-man blocking Ash from boarding with his arm.

"I don't have a ticket, please sir! I need to get to my friends!" said Ash.

"Sorry, no one gets on without a ticket, now please stop holding up the line, sir." said the man, as Ash was forced to walk away.

Ash then watched as the ship that had his crush, and long-time friend on-board departed from The Sunyshore Docks, without him being able to apologize.

Then, hoping they would hear him, "I'M SORRY!" yelled Ash at the top of his lungs, just loud enough for Brock and Dawn to hear then feel guilty that they didn't let him speak before, he only wanted to apologize!

"Oh no, Brock! What have we done? Ash only wanted to apologize and now we can't say sorry for not letting him speak!" exclaimed Dawn to her friend as she now began to feel guilty about how she treated her crush.

Ash watched as the ship moved away from the docks, until it was out of sight, Ash now feeling terrible about what had happened returned to The Pokémon Center.

"(Sigh)... well Pikachu, maybe I'll get to apologize another time..." said Ash as he decided to call home and say he would be taking the next ship to Kanto.

The Scene: Ketchum Residence, Pallet Town.

"Ring! Ring! Ring! Phone call! Phone call! Ring! Ring! Ri-" exclaimed the video phone until it was answered by a woman named Delia Ketchum.

"Oh hi sweetie! How are you?" exclaimed Delia excited to see her son, but her smile dropped when she noticed that he had a frown.

"Hi mom, not so good..." said Ash in a sad tone.

"Sweetie, what's wrong? You seem very down..." said Delia, worried about her son.

"Well, I had a fight with Dawn and Brock, and they left on the ferry before I could get to apologize..." said Ash in the same sad tone.

"Aww... well don't worry sweetie, you'll get to apologize eventually..." said Delia trying to cheer her son up, and it worked as a small smile crept up on his face.

"Okay, thanks mom, and also I'll be taking the earliest ferry to Kanto." said Ash.

"Okay son, and also well done on the Sinnoh League! I'm so proud! See ya when you get home!" said Delia.

"Thanks, bye mom." said Ash as he hung up the phone. Ash then walked over to the counter to ask Nurse Joy when the next ferry to Kanto was.

"Excuse me, Nurse Joy!" said Ash as he walked up to the counter.

"Why hello there, how can I help you?" said Nurse Joy as she looked up from her computer.

"I was wondering when the next ferry to Kanto was?" said Ash.

"Hmm... one moment... (Typing on keyboard)... ah here we are, next ferry is in one hour from Sunyshore City to Vermillion City in Kanto." said Nurse Joy.

"Okay, thanks!" said Ash as he then ran out of the center to go get a ticket for the trip.

(One Hour Later)

Ash was now on the ferry headed from Sunyshore City to Vermillion City in Kanto, where he hoped to then take a train to Viridian City, and walk home to Pallet Town from there, he was hoping getting home would cheer him up, little did he know it would do the exact opposite.

(The Next Day)

After an afternoon of signing autographs and rejecting girls, Ash had gone off to sleep, it was now morning, and Ash was on the deck watching into the distance from the front of the ship when he finally, saw a mass in the distance.

"Hey Pikachu! Look over there! I think I can see Kanto from here!" exclaimed Ash getting his electric mouse to look over to the distance, a couple of minutes passed and it was now clear that it was indeed their home region, Kanto.

"We're almost home, Pikachu..." said Ash.

To Be Continued.


And... CUT! Well, how did you like the Prologue? Hope you enjoyed it! Please R&R!

See ya all later! PokeFan177 out!

Next Time: Tears Fall in Pallet