A/N Hello my fellow internet-goers! Welcome to Endgame: Complete, a story-series-thingy of I'm doing about Pokemon. This will not focus on ships (or armadas, if you're like me), but can and will include them.

This is my interpretation of what could happen during or after the events of the games. I'll probably take creative liberties from the anime, but Ash will not appear.

These will not be in chronological order, and each should be considered to be in its own separate universe unless explicit shown to be otherwise. It's more fun for you guys and lets me experiment more.

Until next time~

-Storm 2016

"What do you mean I'm not strong enough?" The young woman in her mid to late teens responsible for the indignant statement fumed at the cause of her rage, the doorman for the highest-end restaurant in Lumiose City. Despite its out of the way locale on one of the numerous side streets, it was undoubtedly the strongest battle-restaurant that the city had to offer. None of the others could prove to be as adequate of a challenge.

"Ma'am, as I said before, we only accept the most powerful of clientele. You aren't on the list, so I can't let you in." The gi-clad man said, raising a hand in a placating gesture. But the woman would have none of that.

"How could I not be on the list?! I'm the freaking Champion!" She paused a moment, taking a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself. Getting triggered by a lack of recognition was no way for a Champion to act.

"As I said, I'm Serena, saviour of Kalos and also its current reigning Champion," Serena said again, pulling her trainer card and badge case out of her bag to prove it. "See?" She pointed to the full case, where she had pinned the medal of honor she had been awarded after the Team Flare incident, along with the badges she had worked so hard to earn.

"Now that you mention it, you do look a lot like the girl from the parade," The doorman admitted begrudgingly, crossing his arms and squinting his eyes as he inspected her face again.

Wait… like?

"What do you mean by 'a lot like,' Mr. Doorman?" Serena asked brightly as she clasped her hands together behind her back, card and case held between them. There were barely disguised daggers in her voice that could be made out through the sweet overtone. The man was smart enough to escape the situation.

"Oh, uh… I mean… I can't believe I didn't recognize you!" He quickly corrected himself, the smile plastered on his face both apologetic and nervous.

"That's better!" Serena smiled up at him with the charming yet dangerous innocence she had learned on her journey. She could destroy a good chunk of the town if she wanted to, and he realized that.

"So," She drew out the word childishly, using her smaller stature to her advantage. "Can I go in now?" She did her best to sugar-coat her voice in an attempt to sway the bouncer, stealthily sidling closer to the door. Apparently not stealthily enough.

"Sorry, but I can't let you do that," He insisted adamantly, barring her progress into the establishment with an arm. "If you're not on the list, you're not on the list." In one infuriating moment, Serena actually contemplated setting her Delphox loose on the man. But that would do nothing but cause trouble for the both of them, so she dismissed the thought. Also she didn't feel like paying reparations for the damage it would create.

"Fine, fine," The champion said, mentally taking a step back from the situation. "I'll go." She turned on her heels and walked away, wanting to get out of there before she actually did set one of her pokemon loose. Besides, she was here on official business as Champion, not to go to fancy restaurants. As she reached the outlet into Centrico Plaza, she pulled out her Holo-Caster and dialed the number of a friend she had met on her original journey through Kalos.

"Hey, Clemont," She greeted the holographic image of the Lumiose Gym Leader with a smile and small wave of the hand.

"Oh, Serena. It's been a while," Clemont replied rather awkwardly, rubbing a hand on the back of his neck, his glasses flashing from the changed angle.

"Did I call at a bad time?" Serena asked worriedly. She hadn't meant to cause any trouble for him.

"No, no. Not at all," He reassured her quickly. "I've actually just finished with a challenger. Your timing couldn't be more perfect."

"Okay, good," She released the breath she didn't know she had been holding.

"So, what do you need?" Clemont asked curiously, the hologram shuddering as Serena walked towards Prism Tower.

"I was just wondering if we could stage an exhibition battle here some time in the next month," She explained, glancing away from the Caster for a moment to dodge a rollerblader thundering past on the sidewalk. She had originally come to Lumiose on the previous champion's request to set up the battle, and had gotten sidetracked with the restaurant.

"Sure, I don't see why not," The gym leader agreed steadily. "But with who?"

"Some trainer from a foreign region challenged Diantha to a battle as the Champion. Since she is no longer holds that title, the request falls to me." Serena explained simply. There was no need to go into details just yet, especially since she was in the middle of the busiest section of Lumiose City. There was no telling who could overhear their plans.

"I was hoping you would agree to host it, given that your gym is basically an arena." She stopped at curb of the street, waiting for the crosswalk to light.

"It would prevent me from taking challengers during the expo," Clemont muttered, probably just thinking aloud, as he had a tendency to, "But it would be nice to have your debut expo at my gym, too."

"That's right," Serena realized, mentally facepalming as she walked across the crosswalk as the lights changed. "This is my first official battle since beating the league."

"You've been so busy that you've forgotten that?" He chuckled as she hopped onto the opposite sidewalk, traffic resuming as the lights changed again.

"I think the novelty of it hasn't quite work off yet," She answered with a laugh. "I mean, did I really become the Champion a few months ago, or is this just some fantasy of grandeur?"

"If this is just your imagination, I feel pretty real for an idea in your head." He joked back. "Anyway, where are you? I'd like to get this set up as soon as possible."

"Clemont," Serena started, trying her best not to laugh.

"What?" He asked in a worried tone. "Is my backpack smoking again?"

"No, no," She wheezed, trying save face as she giggled at his obliviousness.

"Then what is it?" He demanded, looking at her through the Holo-Caster sternly.

"Clemont," She repeated as best she could, "Turn around." Lifting her gaze from the device, she looked into the huge glass doors of Prism Tower, a structure comprised mostly of large windows. There, in the main lobby, was Clemont, the electric trainer staring resentfully at Serena's hologram with his back to the real her. With a huge grin on her face, she waved cheerfully at him while laughing at how someone so smart could miss something so obvious.

Only being couple years younger than her, Clemont was a genius with anything mechanical or electrical. He had designed Prism Tower and much of the city's electrical infrastructure as well. And despite his blue jumpsuit, he was also kind of cute in an adorkable way.

Clemont did as he was told, turning around so that he could see Serena laughing her ass off and waving. By the time he had come out of the tower to meet her properly, he was completely embarrassed, if his pink face was telling the truth. While his cheeks returned to their normal hue, they exchanged pleasantries and moved their conversation inside the tower, which also served as the Lumiose Gym.

"I've forgotten how breathtaking some of these arenas can be," Serena sighed as they entered the main core of the gym via the spectator's entrance into the stands. It was a huge vaulted room, large steel cross beams crisscrossing the ceiling, the main arena being a packed dirt floor with white paint borders. The stands themselves were simple metal benches on concrete slabs, but they were fairly comfortable all things considered.

It wasn't the room itself, per say, that was breathtaking, but the memory of the battle she and Clemont had had there. She triumphed, of course, but the gym leader hadn't taken it easy on her at all. It was one of the most memorable, well, memories, that she had made on her journey, along with the other battles with gym leaders and the League itself. The ultimate weapon that Team Flare had unearthed had also been breathtaking, but was so in a much more dangerous light. Serena thought of it almost as a Roserade; undeniably beautiful yet inherently dangerous.

"Yes, it can be something," Clemont agreed, a note of nostalgia in his voice. He had spent much more time here than she, and had met many challengers, some of which had were bound to be memorable. A comfortable silence filled the air as the two let themselves sink into their own thoughts.

"Hey, Clemont! Are your pokemon healed yet? You've still got a challenger waiting!" The familiar voice snapped the two roughly out of their stupor, causing both to look around for the source. The pattering of shoes against the concrete floor of the bleachers alerted them to the newcomer.

"Bonnie!" Serena greeted the energetic young blonde, who stopped in her tracks a few yards away.

"Serena!" Bonnie practically tackled the older girl in her greeting. If not for the long months of training that the Champion had gone through with her Pokèmon, she might have been bowled over by the hug.

"We haven't seen you in forever!" Bonnie continued to squeeze Serena's midsection, pinning her arms to her sides.

"Yes, it's nice to see you, too," Serena gasped, struggling to breath from Bonnie's energetic hug. The small girl was exceptionally strong for some reason, and the over the top greeting she was giving the Champion was starting to hurt. As she was released from Bonnie's iron grip, she was flooded with relief as the pressure evaporated.

"Wow, when did you get that strong?" Serena winced, rubbing her arms to sooth the bruises that were probably going to show up soon.

"Never mind that," Bonnie said flippantly, turning on her brother. "You didn't tell me Serena was coming over! Or that she was even in Lumiose!"

"Calm down, Bonnie," Clemont said nervously, making placating motions. "I didn't even know until about ten minutes ago, when she called,"

"Really?" She asked quizzically, looking from Serena to her brother. Then a mischievous grin came onto her normally innocent face.

"Serena," Bonnie strung the word out with a musical tone. "Did you come just to see Clemont?" She repeatedly raised and lowered her eyebrows suggestively, a smirk on her face. Yes, Serena had learned the ways of "innocent yet dangerous" manipulation from Bonnie. As much as she could pull it off, Bonnie could do it a hundred times better.

"For the last time, Bonnie," Clemont chastised the girl tiredly, walking the few feet between himself and his sister and placing a hand on her head. "You need to stop trying to find me a girlfriend,"

"Fine, fine," The blonde relented, puffing out her cheeks childishly. "Then why are you here, Serena?" Her voice was now clean of the earlier teasing malice, a simple curiosity taking over the sound.

"I'm here on official business," Serena said vaguely, taunting the younger girl by holding the important information over her head for a moment longer. When it looked like Bonnie's patience was running thin, a whole half a minute at most, she explained further.

"I'm setting up an expo battle because someone challenged Diantha as the Champion. But I'm the current holder of the title 'Champion,' so they're fighting me." She explained it as quickly and simply as she could. It wasn't that Bonnie couldn't understand the jargon that high-ranking trainers typically used; she was a gym leader's sister, she heard it all the time. Serena was just saving time with a short and sweet explanation.

"Oh, okay," Bonnie nodded in understanding. "So you're going to be in Lumiose for a bit?"

"Yep. I'll probably be staying in a hotel or something." Serena confirmed. A light went on in Bonnie's eyes. Not the evil glint from before; more like when someone in a cartoon gets an idea and a light bulb appears over their head.

"You should totally stay with us!" Bonnie practically squeaked as she bounced around, knocking Clemont's hand off her head and abusing the ridiculous amout of energy bestowed upon children.

"Okay, okay," Serena agreed quickly, if only to calm the blonde, a tentative smile on her face.

"Clemont? Are we going to battle or not?" A new voice, this one also not unfamiliar, either. It rang out behind Serena, from the entrance to the bleacher area that led to the battlefield.

Turning, Serena saw a dark headed boy scrambling up the steps to meet them, a pendant flopping around wildly on a cord. She recognized that cord, and its owner as well.

"Of course! Sorry about that," Clemont apologized to the boy. "One of my friends happened to come by, and I couldn't just ignore her," The gym leader explained, rubbing the back of his neck again.

"Oh, that fine," The challenger said dismissively, waving it off before looking behind Clemont at her.

"…Serena?" There was slight confusion in his tone, but that was mostly covered by pleasant surprise.

"Hey, Calum. How've you been?" Serena asked cheerfully with a small wave.

"Fine," Calum answered nonchalantly, apparently not caring to elaborate. In response, Serena held out her arms in silent request for a friendly hug. A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth as he let out an exasperated sigh, accepting the gesture.

"So you already know each other?" Clemont asked after the two had separated, pushing his glasses up with two fingers, which made them flash.

"Yes. Professor Sycamore recruited us at the same time, and we've met up on several occasions on our original journeys." Calum explained, still suppressing a smile from Serena's almost childish behaviour. "I've started on a training journey to see if I can actually measure up to you, Serena, and so I've been challenging the gyms again."

When the both of them had set off, neither had a clear idea of what they wanted to gain from traveling. Calum wanted to be unique as a trainer, which fueled him to learn to master Mega Evolution, hence why he had a Key Stone. In other circumstances, he still probably would have wanted to do so. But Serena… she had no clue what she wanted. She had just moved in from another region: she knew no-one, and no-one knew her. It was probably the ideal time to go out on an adventure, but that didn't give her a goal. Originally, she had accepted the offer so that she could escape the tedious training that her mom had insisted on giving her. She had no intention to become a Rhyhorn Racer, regardless that her mom was one. On her travels, she had learned the joy and exhilaration of battling alongside her friends, and that drove her towards challenging the Gyms.

"Do you know how the others are doing?" She asked, breaking herself out of thought, tilting her head quizatively. She hadn't had much contact with her friends since becoming Champion, mainly because the title came with many of its own responsibilities. After she had won it, Diantha had actually expressed gratitude for being relieved of those tasks. The former Champion already had a busy schedule as a famous actress, and over time being Champion had almost become a burden to her.

"Well… as far as I know, Trevor's still completing the Pokedex, Tierno's working on his perfect dance team, and Shauna's collecting Princess Keys." Calum paused between each one, as if going over everything he knew before answering. Typical of him, always overthinking everything. It was part of the reason he could never beat her - he took just a fraction of a second too long to give out orders.

"So, how many badges have you gotten since restarting?" Serena asked, curious as to how far he had progressed in just the few months since she had seen him last. He smirked, as if he had waited for her to ask just that question.

"I've got two now, and Clemont will be three," Calum pulled out his badge case, the slightly worn plastic showing the glittering medal beneath: The Rumble and Cliff badges.

"So you've rematched Korrina?" He nodded, glancing down at the cord around his neck as he did so. On it was the Key Stone he had been granted during their original journey, which he only used in emergencies. Actually, it had first been on a bracelet, as Serena's had, but he had requested it be moved to a necklace. Serena had made hers into a ring to make it less obvious to the casual observer, but if she really knew him as much as she thought she did, Calum had probably been thinking of accessibility. Korrina also had a Key Stone, which she undoubtedly would have used against Calum during their rematch.

"It was a difficult battle, but we triumphed in the end," He admitted proudly as he pulled something out of his pocket. He gazed fondly at the Pokeball in his palm, most likely Greninja, his most trusted partner.

"This is touching and all," Bonnie interjected, breaking the atmosphere. "But weren't you going to fight Clemont?"

"Right," Calum chuckled, possibly at his own mistake. "We probably should, before our Pokemon lose their patience."

"In that case, good luck. I'll be cheering you on," Serena said with a smile as she walked past him into the stands, patting him on the shoulder as she did so, before adding, "Not that you need it."

"Clemont's a tough opponent, so you never know," Calum turned and sniped back with a similar grin on his face. "And if I do win, I want a rematch with you. I want to show you how we've improved since you last saw us." He challenged her, a determined gleam in his eyes.

"Okay," Serena accepted with a laugh, her grin spreading wider. "But you're not the only one who's improved, so don't get cocky."

"I could say the same for you," Calum retorted. If she was honest, Serena had quite missed their witty banter, and this was like a breath of fresh air. Not that she would actually tell him that.

"You're not gonna have the chance to be cocky if you don't face Clemont," She chided him, lightly pushing him towards the battlefield and the spectacular battle that would soon occur.

A/N Apologies for the info-dump at the top. I thought it was necessary to explain the concept for this before delving in.

I'm eventually going to write more for this particular story line, but not yet. There's other stories to tell, different regions to visit.

-Storm 2016

Looking back, I feel this particular story doesn't really do justice to the rest. It's pacing is a bit weird, and although it does have its moments, it doesn't set as accurate an expectation for the others than I'd like. Early installment weirdness, I suppose.

-Storm 2017

Until next time~