Chapter One
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.
In the Indigo Plateau stadium a crowd was cheering loudly "Ladies and gentlemen this match is really heating up, but unfortunately is coming to a close. Both Pallet Town's Gary Oak and Elite Four member Lance have one Pokémon left to battle with. Gary is using his Blastoise while Lance has out his powerful Dragonite" the MC shouted. "Both Pokémon have taken quite beating already. Which Pokémon will come out victorious?"
"Dragonite Draco Meteor" Lance called. Lance's Dragonite flew high up and launched an orange ball from its mouth before it exploded and sent out many little orange balls at Blastoise.
"Blastoise rapid spin let's go" Gary shouted. Blastoise curled into its shell before spinning around and dodging the Draco Meteor attack. "Now use hydro canon" Gary called. Blastoise's hydro canon hit Dragonite head on making the Pseudo-Legendary fall down towards the ground.
"Dragonite hyper beam" Lance called. Dragonite launched a hyper beam and it hit Blastoise, but Blastoise was trying to block it off.
"Blastoise rapid spin once more" Gary called. Blastoise swirled and knocked the hyper beam away before rolling at Dragonite and hitting it dead on making Dragonite cry out as it was launched back and hit the wall.
"Dragonite" Lance called. Dragonite didn't move.
The ref raised the green flag "Dragonite is unable to battle; the winner of the battle is Gary Oak."
"The Challenger wins the match" the MC roared as Lance's picture was eliminated and Gary's picture took up the screen. "The Challenger wins the match, the challenger wins the match." The crowd was cheering loudly for Gary's victory.
"Dragonite return" Lance said with a small smile "I'm very proud of you."
"Alright Blastoise great job" Gary cheered recalling his Blastoise. Lance and Gary walked up to each other and shook hands.
"That was a great battle Gary" Lance said "You've really earned the win.
"Thank you" Gary said.
"But be warned" Lance said seriously. "The Champion is far stronger than any of us. When he first battled the previous Elite Four he went through all of them without losing a single Pokémon. It took four of my Pokémon just to defeat one of his with my Dragonite taking down his second one before it was defeated."
Gary was surprised and shocked "Right I'll remember that."
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"Great job out there Gary" Professor Oak told his grandson. "You've beaten the Elite Four and are now facing Kanto's Champion."
"Yeah I know" Gary said somewhat in a gloom.
"What's wrong Gary" Professor Oak asked his grandson.
"It's just something Lance told me" Gary said. "He told me that the Champion, when he first battled the Elite Four, took out all of their Pokémon using only one of his own. And then it took all six of Lance's Pokémon just to defeat two of his."
Professor Oak looked really surprised "I did not know that."
"I spent some time looking him up" Gary said opening up a laptop and typing a few things on it. "I can't find a name or background on the guy, but I do know this. He specializes in Electric Type Pokémon and the only Pokémon he's been reported having are a Jolteon and a Magnezone."
"Hmm" Professor Oak hummed "Well Gary if that's the truth then you'll just have to try your best against this mystery champion."
"Yeah" Gary said feeling nervousness creep up him.
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Back in the Indigo stadium the crowd was cheering and roaring again ""Ladies and Gentlemen welcome the final match of the Indigo League competition" the MC shouted. "Today we have Gary Oak facing off against the undefeated champion." Gary walked out onto the stadium and his picture appeared on the screen with six icons underneath it all glowing green.
"And now let's introduce the undefeated Champion" the Mc called. "Currently he's the youngest champion to ever become one at the age of eighteen beating champion Cynthia by two years. When he first took the challenge he defeated all previous members of the Elite four with just one Pokémon and defeated previous champion Lance with just two Pokémon. Give a warm and welcome applause to Champion Ash Ketchum."
Gary and Professor Oak looked on in shock as Ash walked out into the field only he looked a lot different than from when they last saw him. He was much taller now wearing black shoes with yellow laces, black pants and a black shirt with a yellow lightning bolt in the middle and a black unzipped jacket over his shirt with a raised collar that had yellow lines running down the sleeves and one yellow line going down each side. On his head he still wore his familiar cap only it was black with a yellow Pokeball design in the middle.
Ash looked out with a smirk "Hey Gary, long time no see" he said in a slightly deeper voice.
Gary regained control of his facial expression, but he was going to be grilling Ash for information when this battle was over. "Trainers to your boxes" the ref called. Ash and Gary walked into their boxes keeping their eyes on each other. "This will be a full six on six battle. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute Pokémon. This match will be over when either side has lost all Pokémon, got it?"
"Yeah" Gary said.
"Yup" Ash replied.
"Then let the battle begin" the ref said.
"Magnezone show him your will" Ash said sending out a floating Pokémon with a wide body and big eyes with magnets sticking off of its body.
'I had a feeling he would go with that' Gary smirked "Arcanine I choose you" Gary called sending out his loyal fire Pokémon.
"Champion Ash goes with Magnezone, while Gary plays it smart with Arcanine, but let's see how this match goes" the MC called.
"Arcanine use flamethrower" Gary called.
"Magnezone thunderbolt let's go" Ash called. Arcanine launched the flamethrower as Magnezone launched a thunderbolt. Both attacks met in a head on collision, but it was a draw as both attacks cancelled each other out.
"Use take down" Gary called. Arcanine barked and charged at Magnezone.
"Magnezone use zap canon" Ash said calmly. Magnezone formed a cackling ball of electricity in front of it before launching it at Arcanine and it hid dead on sending Arcanine back. Arcanine landed on its feet, but electricity cackled off its body meaning it was paralyzed.
"Zap cannon's got Arcanine paralyzed" the MC called "What's Gary's next move?"
"Arcanine fire blast" Gary called. Through the static Arcanine managed to fire off a fire blast that ended up hitting Magnezone.
"And a powerful fire blast nails Magnezone head on" the MC called.
Ash didn't look worried as Magnezone popped back up looking like it took no damage "Magnezone use flash canon" Ash called. Magnezone formed a swirling silver ball of energy in front of it and launched it at Arcanine. The paralysis of zap canon fully took effect so Arcanine couldn't move so it was a sitting duck. The attack hit and Arcanine cried out as the attack exploded.
"Arcanine" Gary called; the smoke cleared showing Arcanine on its back, paws up, with swirls in its eyes.
"Arcanine is unable to battle; Magnezone wins" the ref announced raising the red flag. One of Gary's icons went dark.
"Arcanine return" Gary said recalling his Pokémon.
"Now for Gary's second Pokémon" the MC said.
"Okay Nidoqueen I choose you" Gary said playing it smart and going with a ground type since Magnezone was 4x weak to ground type but was unaffected by poison type. "Nidoqueen use rock smash" Gary called. Nidoqueen's fist lit up and she charged at Magnezone
"Now use magnet bomb" Ash said. One of Magnezone's arms glowed silver before it launched a ball of energy at Nidoqueen. Nidoqueen tried to punch it away, but it exploded on impact and Nidoqueen cried out as she was launched back and slammed into the wall.
"Nidoqueen" Gary called wide eyed. Nidoqueen slumped with swirls in her eyes.
The ref raised the red flag "Nidoqueen is unable to battle; Magnezone is the winner." Gary's second icon went dark.
Ash smirked at Gary "You'll need a lot more than type advantage to defeat my Magnezone."
Gary scowled at Ash before recalling his Nidoqueen "Ash's overwhelmingly powerful Magnezone is putting Gary down fast. Will his next Pokémon make a comeback?"
"Nidoking I choose you" Gary called sending out the male version.
"Magnezone use take down" Ash called. Magnezone charged at Nidoking with impressive speeds.
"Nidoking use rock smash" Gary called. Nidoking's fist glowed brightly and this time it nailed a powerful and super effective rock smash on Magnezone sending it flying back, but it flipped in mid air.
"Magnezone use ice beam" Ash said still in his calm voice. Magnezone launched a series of ice beams at Nidoking, but Nidoking managed to dodge them all.
"Alright Nidoking use rock tomb" Gary called. Nidoking roared and began stomping on the ground and rock pillars began coming up at Magnezone.
"Dodge it" Ash said simply. Magnezone swerved from side to side dodging all of the rock tombs before jumping over the last one making it appear right in front of a shocked Nidoking and Gary "Now use flash canon." Magnezone launched the attack and it hit Nidoking so hard that it sent it flying through the air before it landed hard on the ground with swirls in its eyes.
The ref raised the red flag "Nidoking is unable to battle; Magnezone is the winner." Gary's third icon went dark meaning he had already lost half of his Pokémon while Ash hadn't lost any.
"Champion Ash is one formidable opponent having defeated three of Gary's Pokémon using only his Magnezone" the MC called.
Gary recalled his Nidoking with a silent congratulation "Gary" Ash called getting Gary's attention. "I'll give you credit where credit is due when it comes to your Nidoking's performance." He then took on a slightly lofty tone "Rock Tomb would have captured any Pokémon other than Magnezone of course." Gary growled slightly while Ash looked him in the eye "So who's your next Pokémon?"
"I'm just getting started" Gary shouted "Tyranitar let's go." Out came Gary's pseudo-legendary Pokémon with a loud roar.
"And Gary is going with Tyranitar" the Mc called.
"Magnezone use charge beam" Ash called. Magnezone glowed yellow before firing a beam of electricity at Tyranitar.
"Tyranitar quick attack" Gary called. Tyranitar dodged the charge beam and shot forward at incredible speeds "Yes" Gary said silently seeing Tyranitar get closer.
"Dodge it" Ash said simply. Magnezone moved to the side dodging Tyranitar's attack.
"Tyranitar missed" Gary said shocked "Quick use dark pulse.
"Ice beam" Ash said. Unfortunately for Tyranitar Magnezone was much quicker and nailed Tyranitar hard with the ice beam attack. Tyranitar roared in pain as it was launched back.
"Tyranitar no" Gary grunted. Tyranitar landed on its knees grunting in pain from the attack.
"It'll take a lot more then brute force to overpower Magnezone" Ash smirked. "Now Magnezone use zap canon" Magnezone formed a cackling ball of electricity and shot it at Tyranitar hitting it dead on. Tyranitar groaned as lightning cackled off of its body signifying the effect of paralysis.
"No c'mon Tyranitar shake it off" Gary called.
"Magnezone flash canon" Ash called. Magnezone formed a swirling silver ball of energy and launched it at Tyranitar and it hit Tyranitar head on sending it flying back, in what appeared to be, slow motion before it landed on the ground not moving.
The ref raised the red flag "Tyranitar is unable to battle; Magnezone is the winner." Gary's fourth icon went dark.
"Tyranitar return" Gary said quietly. He wasn't about to give up yet "Alright Blastoise I choose you." Gary's starter Pokémon made its appearance and landed on the field.
"An unusual choice folks" The MC shouted slightly confused. "Gary's Blastoise is a water type while Ash's Magnezone is an Electric and Steel type. Based on type Ash has the advantage so Gary must have some plan up his sleeve."
"Magnezone thunderbolt" Ash called. Magnezone cackled with electricity and launched a powerful thunderbolt at Blastoise.
"Blastoise dodge and use hyper beam" Gary called. Blastoise moved to the side and launched a powerful hyper beam at Magnezone.
"Dodge and use electro ball" Ash said. Magnezone flew to the side and its body cackled with electricity again before it condensed into a ball of electricity and Magnezone fired it at Blastoise. The attack hit making Blastoise cry out in pain and wince. Electric moves did a lot of damage to water types like Blastoise.
"Blastoise hang in there" Gary called "Use Giga Impact." Blastoise charged head on at Magnezone gained a purple glow around it before slamming head on into Magnezone.
"And Gary's Blastoise nails Magnezone with a super hard Giga Impact" the MC called.
"Magnet bomb" Ash said. Magnezone's arm glowed bright silver before charging at Blastoise and nailed it because Blastoise couldn't move due to Giga Impact's after effects. Blastoise groaned as it was launched to the ground.
"No c'mon Blastoise get up please" Gary begged. Blastoise didn't move.
The ref looked at Blastoise "Blastoise is unable to-" the ref was interrupted when Blastoise got back up shaking its head.
"Blastoise is back with us again" the MC shouted.
"What" Ash said shocked.
"Alright Blastoise use rock smash" Gary yelled. Blastoise's fists glowed before it charged at Magnezone. First it delivered a hard punch to one side of Magnezone before delivering a second hard punch to the other side of its face.
Magnezone groaned weakly before it fell to the ground with swirls in its eyes while Blastoise landed on its feet. The ref raised the green flag "Magnezone is unable to battle; Blastoise wins."
"I can't believe it" the MC shouted as the crowd roared. "Ash's Magnezone has been defeated." One of Ash's icons went dark signifying he had five Pokémon left.
"Great job Blastoise" Gary said. Blastoise turned and smirked.
"Ladies and gentleman" the MC called "As incredible as it sounds Gary Oak is now only the second person to ever defeat Ash's Magnezone." Ash recalled his Magnezone and whispered a small thanks to it. "Now we eagerly await the identity of his second Pokémon."
"So Ash who's next" Gary smirked.
Ash smirked back "Don't be so proud of yourself Gary because my next Pokémon will end this. Let's go" he called throwing his next Pokeball in the air. A flash later and there was a loud squawk. A massive Pokémon flew down and past Gary's Blastoise and Gary himself before turning in mid air, twirling and landing in front of Ash with another squawk.
The crowd roared "And Ash's second Pokémon is Zapdos" the MC shouted.
Gary gaped in absolute shock and awe "It's Zapdos" was all he could say. Gary seemed paralyzed with fright before he snapped out of it remembering where he was "I'm not giving up no matter what Pokémon Ash has. Blastoise use rapid spin" Blastoise retreated to its shell and began spinning at a rapid pace and shot at Zapdos.
"Zapdos use thunderbolt" Ash said. Zapdos unleashed the biggest thunderbolt Gary had ever seen and it hit Blastoise head on. Blastoise was launched back to the ground where it rolled out of its shell showing its was fried and unconscious.
The ref raised the red flag "Blastoise is unable to battle; Zapdos is the winner." Gary's fifth icon went dark leaving him with only one left.
"Blastoise return" Gary said recalling his starter "You were excellent now take a long rest." Gary looked down with his hair shadowing his eyes. He was losing his cool façade as he looked up at the screen and realized the daunting fact that he only had one Pokémon left compared to Ash's five.
"And it's crunch time for Gary" the MC called "Will he be able to pull himself together and get back into the race?"
Reluctantly Gary pulled out his last Pokeball "Okay I choose you Aerodactyl" he shouted sending out the prehistoric Pokémon that roared loudly.
"And Gary's last Pokémon is Aerodactyl" the MC called. Aerodactyl took to the air and Zapdos followed after it was a squawk. Aerodactyl screeched at Zapdos and Zapdos screeched back at it with equal vigor. "It's a sky battle between Aerodactyl and Zapdos; amazing."
"Aerodactyl use hyper beam" Gary called. Aerodactyl unleashed a large hyper beam at Zapdos. Zapdos merely flew to the side and dodged it "Now use iron head" Gary called. Aerodactyl glowed silver and charged at Zapdos and nailed it in the torso. Zapdos squawked in, what appeared to be, annoyance.
"Steel Wing" Ash said calmly. Zapdos' wing glowed and it smashed it into Aerodactyl making it cry out "Now use charge beam" Ash said. Zapdos fired a yellow beam of electricity and it hit Aerodactyl head on making it cry out in pain once more before it plummeted.
"Aerodactyl use flamethrower" Gary called. Aerodactyl flipped in mid air and shot a jet of flames at Zapdos.
"Zapdos air slash" Ash called. Zapdos slashed with its wings and sent out blades of energy cutting the flames into little sparks "Good now use thunderbolt again" Ash said Zapdos launched another massive thunderbolt at Aerodactyl.
"Alright Aerodactyl use light screen" Gary called. Aerodactyl then began to glow a golden yellow color. The thunderbolt hit, but it didn't do as much damage. "Now use Dragon claw" Gary called. Aerodactyl's claw glowed and it charged at Zapdos.
"Zapdos use ominous wind" Ash said still not losing his cool façade. Zapdos launched a swirling wind at Aerodactyl that stopped it in its tracks and sent it flying. "Now Zapdos end it with Giga Impact" Ash said. Zapdos roared and shot at Aerodactyl while surrounding itself in purple energy. Zapdos rammed itself into Aerodactyl and then flew up into the air and hovered there waiting for the next order if needed. The smoke cleared showing a beat up Aerodactyl on the ground out cold.
"Aerodactyl is unable to battle; Zapdos wins" the ref said. "All six of Gary's Pokémon have been eliminated so the winner is Champion Ash Ketchum" he finished raising the red flag.
The crowd broke out into very loud cheers "And it's over" the MC roared. "Ash Ketchum wins the match and remains the Champion." Gary's last icon went dark and his picture disappeared with 'Winner, Congratulations' replacing it.
Gary recalled his downed Aerodactyl and looked out to Ash only to see him leaving the stadium having already recalled his Zapdos. 'I need to talk to him' Gary thought. 'He's got some explaining to do after being gone for four years.'
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Ash had just made it back to his hotel room after dodging about twenty reporters and closed and locked the door. 'Man I have no idea how Lance dealt with all of this' Ash thought o himself. He then heard more knocking on his door 'I swear if it's another one I'll have them thunder bolted to Unova and back.' Ash unlocked the door and came face to face with Gary "Gary" Ash said surprised.
"Ash" Gary said. "It's been a long time; four, almost five, years if I recall. Mind if we catch up?"
"Sure come on in" Ash said. He let Gary in and shut the door before locking it again. "Hey buddy I'm back" Ash called. Immediately an orange ball shot past Gary and leapt onto Ash's shoulder. It looked like a large mouse with a long tail with the end shaped like a thunderbolt, orange fur and yellow sacks on its cheeks.
"Raichu" the Pokémon said rubbing itself against Ash's cheek.
Gary looked shocked "Is that Pikachu?"
Ash nodded "Well he's known as Raichu now. A lot has happened these past years Gary so you might want to get comfortable." Gary took a spot on a couch while Ash pulled up a chair.
"Ok my first, and pretty much one question, is where have you been these past years" Gary asked. "You just fell off the globe with the occasional short letter saying you were fine was the only indication you were even alive."
"I was off training to take the Elite Four challenge" Ash said.
Gary looked a little surprised "Ok I see how that would take a lot of time, but isn't four years a little too long?"
"In my opinion not enough" Ash said.
"So what made you decide to take the challenge" Gary asked.
"Do you remember my last opponent in the Lily of the Valley Conference" Ash asked with a nostalgic look on his face. Gary shook his head "It was Tobias." Gary's eyes went wide at that; Tobias was the current champion of the Sinnoh Region after he defeated Cynthia. It was an amazing match with it taking nearly all of his Pokémon to defeat hers. Cynthia gladly gave him the title and has since retired from battling. All of Tobias' Pokémon were Legendary Pokémon and it took five of them to defeat Cynthia. "He completely crushed me in battle" Ash said "But I am one of the few trainers that can claim to have defeated his Darkrai."
"Hold on if you defeated Tobias' Darkrai then it should have gotten easier" Gary said.
"That would have been true if he didn't have a Latios with him as well" Ash said surprising Gary. He only heard a rumor of Tobias having more Legendary Pokémon other than Darkrai. He had no idea it was true "Only Cynthia and me have ever defeated his Latios, but it took my whole team to just defeat them."
"What does this have to do with the Elite Four Challenge" Gary asked.
"Everything" Ash said seriously. "After that battle I realized something. I was never taking my training seriously. Tobias only lost two Pokémon in that battle, and sure I gained his respect after that battle, but he still had four left. After that I took all of my Pokémon and trained them as hard as I could while catching new Pokémon. So I trained for four years I travelled the world and trained my Pokémon to be the best they could be and you've seen the results. Name anything and I've trained them in it."
"So when did you take the challenge" Gary asked.
"Just two months ago" Ash replied. "Unfortunately I learned I couldn't use all of my Pokémon to take the challenge since the rules say that there are only two various type specialists at a time. Tobias and Alder, the champion of Unova, already had the two spots. I thought it would be unfair to Raichu here so I chose electric as my specialty."
"How many electric type Pokémon do you have" Gary asked.
"Nearly all of them" Ash replied. "Anyway the first battle was against Lorelei. She was a tough battle, but my Pokémon turned out to be far stronger. I defeated her using only my Magnezone and the same went for Bruno, Koga and Agatha. All I had to use was Magnezone and I brought all four of them to their knees. Finally came Lance; he was tougher than all of them, but still no match for me as I dominated four of his Pokémon with Magnezone before he defeated it with his Dragonite. Then I used my Jolteon and I dealt with the rest of his Pokémon and thus I became the new Kanto Champion."
"So now Lance is a member of the Elite Four again" Gary asked.
Ash nodded "Yeah Agatha retired from battling and Lance took her place as the fourth member. I still kept the Elite Four in order as you remember." Gary did as he faced Lorelei first, followed by Koga, then Bruno and finally Lance.
"One last thing Ash how did Pikachu become a Raichu" Gary asked. "I thought Pikachu didn't want to evolve."
Ash chuckled "Pikachu didn't want to evolve until he felt he was ready. It was during our third year when Pikachu didn't feel himself getting any stronger so he asked me to evolve him with a thunderstone."
Both of them now noticed that it was getting dark outside "Holy smokes its getting dark" Gary said standing up. "Well it's been nice seeing you again Ash, but I've got to go now."
"Yeah me too" Ash said as he and Gary left the room with Raichu perched on Ash's shoulder. "I should probably get back to Pallet Town; mom's probably worried sick." Gary smirked and both of them shared a laugh.
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Gary picked up his six Pokémon while Ash picked up his Magnezone and Zapdos "Thank you Nurse Joy" they both said.
"No problem, come back any time" she said smiling at the two eighteen year olds. Ash and Gary walked outside into the fresh air.
"Well Pallet Town is a week away from here" Gary said.
"Don't worry I'll give you a lift" Ash said releasing Zapdos. He climbed on top of the Legendary Bird. "Well Gary come on unless you're afraid of course."
"I ain't afraid of nothing" Gary said before climbing on top of Zapdos and seating himself behind Ash. Ash kicked his heals in Zapdos sides and Zapdos squawked before spreading its wings and took off into the air. Gary held onto Ash tightly at first before he relaxed and looked down at the sights.
A one week travel turned into less than an hour ride for Zapdos and they landed in Pallet Town. They both hopped off of Zapdos "Thanks for the lift Zapdos" Ash said recalling it to his Pokeball.
"How did you capture a Zapdos anyway" Gary asked.
"I'll tell you another time" Ash said before walking off to go and greet his mom. He made it to his house soon and with a deep breath he knocked on the door. Three seconds later the door opened and Delia Ketchum stood on the other side.
Her eyes went wide "Ash, my little Ash is it you" she asked.
Ash nodded with a smile "Yeah mom it's me" he said before he was being hugged to death by his mom. Ash just smiled and hugged her back.