RWOL here with chapter 2 of Path of a Frontier Brain: VS Brandon. Now due to the changes I'm making to Path of a Frontier, Ash will battle Brandon to gain the final symbol to become the Battle Frontier Champion as he did in the anime. Now Read on!

Index

Speech: "Among the Frontier Brains I am the strongest! I am the Ultimate Frontier Brain!"

Thought: 'The Ultimate Frontier Brain uh?'

Aura/Psychic: Do you really think you can match the power of my beloved the Ultimate Frontier Brain?


It was quite a chore for Ash to gain the final symbol in order to beat the Kanto Battle Frontier. After defeating Anabel, the second strongest of the Frontier Brains, Ash was given the location of the final facility. The Battle Pyramid was originally located near Brock's hometown Peter City, but here is when the problems began. Traveling to Peter City, Ash and co ran into Brandon – The Pyramid King and final Frontier Brain that Ash needed to beat. But before he could battle Brandon, the forever pain in his ass known as the Team Rocket Trio – Jessie, James and Meowth attacked the ruins that Brandon and his crew were working at in order to loot them.

During the scuffle, Team Rocket's bumbling caused Ash to get possessed by an ancient king who once tried to steal Ho-oh's power but was sealed away for his impudence. Brandon, realizing that Ash was possessed, battled the King-controlled trainer in order to free him. Brandon revealed his powerful Regirock, and throughout the battle the ancient king was forced to split his concentration between the battle and Ash. In the end, good triumphed when Ash forcibly expelled the king from his body and resealed him.

With the king defeated and resealed, Brandon relocated the Battle Pyramid near the Indigo Plateau. In their first official and second battle, Brandon battled Ash's Torkoal with his second legendary; Registeel. Despite the type advantage, Torkoal fell the legendary's might like Sceptile did to Regirock. This caused Ash to rethink his strategy and enlist the help of Anabel for intensive training. A month later, Ash challenged Brandon to final match, a full six-on-six battle and it is here where this story continues.

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Indigo Plateau: Battle Pyramid; Brave Symbol Challenge

The audience sat with baited breath as the waited for the battle to begin. The audience consisted of three groups: the Frontier Brains that Ash defeated, Ash's traveling buddies, and two Pokemon League Officials. Factory Head Noland, Arena Tycoon Greta, Palace Maven Spencer, Pike Queen Lucy, Dome Ace Tucker, and Salon Maiden Anabel were there to root on Brandon, though Anabel would root for Ash.

Ash's traveling buddies of Brock Slate of Peter City, May and Max Maple of Petalburg City in Hoenn. For the Pokemon League officials, it was the head of the Pokemon League himself Mr. Charles Goodshow and the undefeated Johto Champion Lance Wataru – The Premier Dragon Master. They gazed at the two competitors that would put on a classic; Pyramid King Brandon against Ash Ketchum.

Pyramid King Brandon stood at an imposing height of 6'7" tall, strong facial features with a square jaw, hard black eyes and brown hair. He wore a green outfit made specifically for his adventuring lifestyle: a high-collared long sleeved green shirt that reached his mid-thighs and had large white buttons, a black belt wrapped around his waist with large pouch on his left hip, green calf length cargo pants, white knee high socks and black loafers. He stood with a confident smile on his face as he stared down his most tenacious challenger yet; Ash Ketchum.

Ash Ketchum stood at an average height of 5'7" tall, with an angular face that had semi-sharp features, z-marks marring his cheeks, amber-brown eyes and spiky raven hair. His outfit consisted of a short-sleeved blue hoodie, black t-shirt, blue/black finger-less gloves, blue fatigues, and black sneakers with white laces. The outfit was topped off with a red cap with a black stripe and a red pokeball emblem in the center of the front. A Pikachu stood on his left shoulder, a hard look on his face as he waited for battle. Ash was ready for this, having brought several of his exclusively trained pokemon.

"This battle is for the Brave Symbol!" Scott, owner of the Battle Frontier, said as he referred the match. "In the red section is the challenger, Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!" Scott introduced as he gestured to Ash. Ash's friends cheered for him to finally win and become champion. Anabel sent Ash and psychic message that she'll cheer him on to victory. Ash was able to hide his blush as he thanked his lilac beauty. "And in the green section is the King of the Battle Pyramid, Pyramid King Brandon!" Scott said as he gestured to Brandon. The Frontier Brains with the exception of Anabel cheered for Brandon to remain undefeated.

"This battle will be a full six-on-six battle with substitutions allowed for both sides. When one trainer has lost three of his pokemon, we'll have a ten minute intermission. Once the intermission is over, we'll resume the battle. The trainer that eliminates the opposing trainer's team shall be declared the winner." Scott said with a smirk. "Trainers send out your first pokemon!"

"Dusclops battle time!" Brandon said as he brought out his powerful Ghost-type. Dusclops has a roundish body with two stubby legs. It has single red eye, three tooth-like appendages similar to its pre-evolution, and its hands appear to be directly attached to its body. It has two tan appendages coming out of its shoulders. The Beckon Pokemon stared at Ash trying to intimidate him, but failed.

"Show 'em your will Charizard!" Ash said bringing out his Flame Pokemon. Releasing a torrent of fire, Charizard was unaffected by Dusclop's Pressure ability. "Charizard start this off with a Flamethrower!" Ash commanded. The Flame Pokemon fired the torrent of flame at the Beckon Pokemon who countered with a Will-o-Wisp. The two attacks collided, staled before dispersing each other. Charizard charged intent on using Steel Wing as Dusclops uses Shadow Punch which scored a direct hit. Charizard recovered and strikes the Beckon Pokemon down with DragonBreath. After Dusclops managed to recover, he counterattacks with Mean Look which would prevent the Flame Pokemon from switching out.

Charizard charged another Steel Wing attack, which was a direct hit, but Dusclops takes advantage of Charizard being up close and used Confuse Ray to confuse Charizard, which worked perfectly. Ash attempted to recall Charizard back into his Poké Ball but proves unsuccessful due to Mean Look. Dusclops strikes Charizard with another Shadow Punch, sending it flying back into a wall as Ash tries to help Charizard recover.

Dusclops strikes with another Will-O-Wisp for a direct hit. Ash attempts to remind Charizard of his past battles while he tries to grasp consciousness once more. Charizard snaps out of confusion and launches another DragonBreath attack for a direct hit. Dusclops launches another Will-O-Wisp attack knocking Charizard backwards. Both Charizard and Dusclops are showing signs of fatigue, but the two continue to fight on for their trainers. Charizard blazes forward with another Steel Wing attack, scoring a direct hit, rotates around to attempt and complete a Seismic Toss. As Charizard prepares to finish the attack, Dusclops's body disappears from Charizard's grasp due to being a Ghost-type. Dusclops takes advantage of his foe and uses another Shadow Punch to incapacitate Charizard, but the Flame Pokemon refused to fail Ash.

Activating his Blaze Ability, Charizard unleashed a powerful Blast Burn that scored a successful hit on the Beckon Pokemon, the two plunging to the arena below. The two struggled to stand, but they both collapsed from the intensity such a hard fought match.

"Both Dusclops and Charizard are unable to battle, the round is a draw." Scott declared. "Trainers send out your next pokemon."

"Take flight Ninjask!" the Pyramid King shouted as he brought out the Ninja Pokemon.

"Show 'em your will Blastoise!" Ash said bringing out one of his original pokemon. Blastoise gave a cry as he pulled out his trusty shades and put them on, giving him a very snazzy look. Brock questioned when Ash brought Squritle back and train him up to evolve into Blastoise.

This time Brandon started the battle with an Aerial Ace, only for Blastoise to block it with Rapid Spin surprising many with his speed despite his large size. Brandon ordered a Sandstorm, getting Ash to grit his teeth knowing that both would take slight damage from the weather condition.

Ash realized that was Brandon's intention; slowly wear them down before delivering the finishing blow. Ninjask then launched a Double Team to surround and confuse Blastoise. Ash countered by having the Shellfish Pokemon use his Rapid Gun combo (a fusion of Rapid Spin and Water Gun) dispersing the clones and damaging the real one. Ninjask was then hit by a powerful Ice Beam that dealt super-effective damage to it since part Flying-type. Brandon ordered an Air Slash but it was countered by a Smackdown that left Ninjask on the ground just in time for an Earthquake that dealt even more damage it. Ash finished the battle with a Scald that burned Ninjask and it was the burn status that knocked it out.

"Ninjask is unable to battle; the round goes to Ash and Blastoise." Scott declared. "Pyramid King Brandon send out your next pokemon." As Brandon recalled his Ninja Pokemon, Ash congratulated his pokemon who gave him a thumbs up.

"Go Solrock!" Brandon shouted ending the celebrations. The Meteorite Pokemon floated above the ground ready to battle. "Solrock attack with Psywave!" the Pyramid King ordered his sun-shaped pokemon. The psychic energies were launched at the turtle, who countered with Hydro Pump. The two attacks staled before a Psybeam was also launched which combined with the Psywave. The impromptu combination powered through the Hydro Pump but was stopped cold by a Protect.

"Blastoise use Rapid Gun again!" Ash ordered. Doing his combination again, Blastoise was sure of a successful hit but was dismayed that he was stopped by Solrock's confusion and him sent flying. Blastoise managed to right himself and fired off a barrage of Hydro Pumps to counter the Shadow Balls thrown at him, and this time Hydro Pump won and scored a direct hit against the Meteorite Pokemon. Solrock 'glared' angrily at its opponent before being ordered to use Sunny Day and then Solar Beam. "Blastoise fire every Water-type move you have to deal as much damage as possible." Ash ordered quickly. Blastoise launched every attack he knew while moving around and not remaining an easy target by standing around.

Water Gun

Hydro Pump

Water Pulse

Waterfall

Surf

Aqua Jet

Scald

Brine

Muddy Water

Water Spout

Brandon countered with a barrage of SolarBeams and with Sunny Day still active, it was easy to do. This battle became a back and forth fire fight, attacks all over the place as the two pokemon took serious super-effective damage. Some of the repeated attacks were canceled out while some hit home with authority. The fact that it was hitting the twenty minute mark showed that these two had some serious stamina/endurance which is one of the many aspects their trainers trained them in. Reaching the twenty-eight minute mark, Blastoise made a 'mistake' when he tripped on an uprooted rock that allowed his foe to blast him with eight consecutive SolarBeams before Sunny Day ended. When the dust cleared, Blastoise was KO'd.

"Blastoise is unable to battle. The round goes to Pyramid King and Solrock." Scott announced. "Ash send out your next pokemon."

Recalling his fallen Shellfish Pokemon with words of thanks, Ash brought his next pokemon, Venusaur. The Seed Pokemon gave cry, happy to show his true power. Again Brock questioned how Bulbasuar evolved since the last time he saw it, it didn't want to evolve.

"Venusaur use Razor Leaf followed by Vine Whip!" Ash ordered his Seed Pokemon. A storm of leaves sharper than knives flew at the Meteorite Pokemon as it tried to counter with Psywave but most of the leaves still got through and blasted the Rock/Psychic type, and due to being part Rock the damage was super-effective. Before the Meteorite Pokemon could recover it was repeatedly whipped by Bulbasaur's Vine Whip attack, doing more super-effective damage.

"Venusaur use Leech Seed then Energy Ball!" Ash ordered. Leech Seed landed successfully and began sapping Solrock's remaining energies, weakening the Meteorite Pokemon even more. With the energies of his opponent flowing through him, Venusaur used the extra energies to power up his Energy Ball and fired it. Solrock fired a hastily formed Shadow Ball, but Energy Ball was more powerful and blasted through the Ghost-type attack and hit home on the Meteorite Pokemon. Solrock groaned before collapsing on the ground.

"Solrock is unable to battle. The round goes to Ash and Bulbasaur." Scott announced. "Since Pyramid King Brandon has lost three pokemon, we'll have a ten minute intermission." The two trainers recalled their pokemon before taking a seat on the bench within the competitor's boxes. Ash focused as he thought about the second half of the battle.

"I have slight lead over Brandon, but I'm certain that he'll use his three Regis. This will be tough but we'll pull through." Ash said more to himself as he fingered two pokeballs and looked at Pikachu. The Intrepid Trainer went thru various strategies throughout the remainder of the intermission.

"Trainers the intermission is over, please return to the arena." Scott announced as the trainers did as ordered. "Trainers send out your pokemon!"

"Golem of Ice comes forth! Regice!" Brandon called out as the Regi of the Ice Age appeared. Ash gritted his teeth, his prediction on Brandon's use of the Regis coming true. Regice is an immensely powerful Ice-type Pokémon whose body is composed of Antarctic ice that resembles a crystal. Its face has an unusual pattern consisting of seven yellow dots in a "+" formation. Its legs appear to be simply cones and it balances its entire body on those two points.

"Pikachu show 'em your will buddy." Ash called to his starter. Pikachu raced out on the field ready to do battle with the powerful Iceberg Pokemon. "Pikachu Thunderbolt!" Ash ordered his trusted starter. With a shout Pikachu launched a large and powerful Thunderbolt that Regice endures easily. At Brandon's command, Regice uses Blizzard, which Pikachu endures with grit determination. Pikachu attacks with Iron Tail, with Regice countering with Ice Beam. Pikachu dodges, but the attack freezes one half of the field and negates the attack.

Pikachu uses Quick Attack, but Regice negates it with another Ice Beam, which freezes the other half of the field. With the field covered in ice, Regice can move quicker, while Pikachu ends up slipping and sliding. Regice attempts to use Focus Punch, but Pikachu counters with a Thunderbolt that manages to paralyze Regice, and then strikes the Iceberg Pokémon with Iron Tail. Regice uses Ice Beam to freeze the stadium more, creating a tomb of ice pillars that trap Pikachu.

With Pikachu immobilized, Regice used Rest to recover. Ash orders Pikachu to use Iron Tail to free himself. Pikachu races towards Regice, but it wakes up and fires Ice Beam, this time making a direct hit and freezing Pikachu in an ice pillar. Ash orders Thunderbolt, but Pikachu seems unable to. Scott begins to declare Pikachu unable to battle, but Pikachu manages a powerful Thunderbolt to shatter the ice and paralyze Regice again.

Regice fires another Focus Punch to send Pikachu bouncing across the ice field, but Pikachu bounces back quickly. Ash manages to get Pikachu to use two Iron Tails in a row due to the ice. Regice uses Ice Beam to trap Pikachu in another icy tomb before using Rest again, but Pikachu frees himself with Iron Tail and starts charging forward with Volt Tackle. Regice is forced to end Rest prematurely and uses Ice Beam to try to freeze it again, but Pikachu dodges and hits Regice before it can launch another attack, knocking it out.

"Regice is unable to battle. The round goes to Ash and Pikachu." Scott declared. "Pyramid King Brandon send out your next pokemon." Recalling his Iceberg Pokemon, Brandon sent out the second of his Regis; Regirock. Regirock is a large golem made of rocks. Regirock has a pattern on its face that resembles a capital letter "H". The rocks it is made of come from several different places.

"It's time for the rematch Sceptile!" Ash said as he brought the Hoenn starter and recalled Pikachu. Sceptile smirked as he prepared himself for a fair and legit battle against the Rock Peak Pokemon. "Sceptile start off with Bullet Seed." Ash ordered. Hundreds of seeds erupted from Sceptile's mouth as they zoned in Regirock.

"Regirock counter with Iron Defense then Rock Throw!" Brandon ordered. Raising its defense greatly, the Rock Peak Pokemon weathered the Bullet Seed and threw a large rock at the Forest Pokemon.

"Sceptile cut that rock with Leaf Blade and keep going!" Ash countered. The leaves on Sceptile's arms glowed with intense forest green-colored energies that made them sharper than a sword. Sceptile charged the rock, thrusted his right blade forward, sliced thru the rock, and kept charging forward at Regirock.

"Regirock use Earthquake to unbalance them then use AncientPower!" Brandon commanded. The Rock Peak Pokemon raised its right leg and stomped hard, sending out shockwaves of energy towards the still charging Forest Pokemon. It then gathered prehistoric energies that were launched also.

"Sceptile use Pound!" Ash ordered calmly. Sceptile smirked as he used his tail to dodge the Earthquake and the AncientPower by jumping in the air and over the two attacks. "Use Leaf Blade Barrage!" Heeding the ordered, when he landed the Forest Pokemon initiated his new combo move. First was the combination of Quick Attack and Double Team, creating fast moving illusionary copies of Sceptile. Its purpose was to confound and confuse the opponent as Sceptile initiated the second phase of the combo. With dozens of Sceptile copies surrounded it; Regirock was unable to tell the real one from the fakes. Then the second phase of Leaf Blade Barrage happened. The Rock Peak Pokemon found itself besieged by various slash-like attacks from every possible direction.

All everyone saw were various forest-green colored slash marks as the Rock Peak Pokemon suffered severe super-effective damage.

"Incredible! An ingenious way to combine several attacks into a powerful, original move!" Lance raved as he watched Ash's combo attack slowly decimate the legendary Regirock. "I've got to see if he can teach my pokemon how to do that." Lance added. Everyone else was also impressed and surprised by Ash's combo, as it must been a pain to teach Sceptile how to do it.

Brandon, while impressed, was also quite peeved as he couldn't find a way to stop the combo as it left him and Regirock almost no room to attack. The Forest Pokemon left nearly no openings for them to take advantage of because whenever Brandon thought he saw an opening, it was closed just as quickly as it opened.

"Sceptile launch a Sunny Day then fire a Solar Beam to finish it off!" Ash ordered knowing he won this round. Stopping the Leaf Blade Barrage, Sceptile launched a Sunny Day, intensifying the sunlight and raced towards his kneeling foe instantly charging up a Solar Beam.

"Regirock Explosion!" Brandon ordered with a frown. Normally he wouldn't use such a cowardly move in his opinion, but he needed to do some serious damage to Ash's side. Ash, Sceptile and everyone else felt their eyes widened at the command, with Ash and Sceptile knowing that it was over for them this round. Its 'eyes' blinking rapidly, Regirock exploded just as Sceptile launched his Solar Beam.

BOOM!

Brandon, Ash and Scott were blown off their feet as two large explosions happened at once; Regirock's explosion being amplified by the Solar Beam that short-circuited since it was hit by the Explosion. Everyone in the stands took cover from the explosions, each having their own thoughts on the matter.

"Wow to think that Ash would push Brandon far enough to actually use Explosion." Lucy said as she rose to see the dust starting to clear.

"Why is that?" Brock asked the beautiful Pike Queen as he discreetly leered at her. Damn she had some nice breasts and ass!

"Brandon considers such moves like Explosion to be cowardly as many trainers he fought against always resorted to using them whenever he gained the upper-hand." Lucy revealed to the slitted-eyed trainer. She then invaded his personal space to finish her piece. "Brandon vowed only to use such moves as a last resort; unleashing them only if he feels he truly can't win. The fact that Ash forced Brandon to use Explosion clearly shows that Ash is far stronger than when he started the Battle Frontier challenge." Lucy spoke, so close that Brock could smell her mint scented breath and the Sitrus Berry flavored lip-gloss. Lucy pulled back, smirking slightly at seeing Brock being hot and bothered by her.

"Both Regirock and Sceptile are unable to battle. The round is a draw." Scott announced. "Both trainers send out your next pokemon."

"Registeel come forth!" Brandon said as the Iron Pokemon. The top-half of Registeel's body is spherical and gray with a black stripe running down where its "face" is. Its face consists of seven dots in a hexagon formation. It has black arms with three fingers each and cylindrical legs. While Registeel has been classified as a Steel-type Pokémon, its body is actually made of a material that is harder than any known metal on this planet. Registeel's body has also shown some flexibility as well.

"Fight hard Primeape!" Ash said bringing out the Undisputed P1 Champion. The Pig Monkey Pokemon bumped his knuckles together, a fire beginning to form as he saw that he would face yet another legendary pokemon.

"Brandon's going to lose this one." Anabel said closing her eyes. Her statement got the attention of her fellow Frontier Brains and even the Johto Champion.

"Anabel don't sell out Brandon, oish!" Greta said defending the honor of the Battle Frontier. "Brandon's still in this, oish!"

"No he's not Greta." Anabel countered. "Ash's Primeape is his most powerful pokémon besides Charizard. It took on my Latias and won, and then took my Raikou to the absolute limit surviving a Giga Impact and still ready for more. I don't know what kind of training Ash put it thru, but to survive a Giga Impact and still be ready to fight is frightening. And let's not forget, we just witnessed Brandon use Explosion, a move he thinks is cowardly and vowed never to use unless he had no choice." Anabel added. "Out of the fifty-six challengers we've had, Ash is the only one to make this far and push us as hard as he did. I know for certain that he'll win." Anabel finished as the battle started.

"Registeel use Lock-on then Zap Cannon!" Brandon ordered, still peeved he had to use Explosion.

"Primeape counter with Substitute then the Focus Blast." Ash ordered. The Undisputed P1 Champion created a substitute, taking the form a stuffed chibi of him, which took the Lock-on and then the Zap Cannon. Primeape gathered a ball of white energies before launching the Focus Blast at the Iron Pokemon and scored a direct hit.

"Registeel get in close with a barrage of Metal Claws!"

"Primeape show him your prowess with Close Combat!"

The Iron Pokemon and the Pig Monkey Pokemon charged towards each other with the intent to bash each other's head in. Metal Claw met glowing fist as the two pokemon engaged in a brutal dance of fisticuffs, with the Undisputed P1 Champion doing more damage than his Steel-type foe. Brandon gnashed his teeth, seeing that Ash and his Primeape were pushing him and Registeel back. He had to find a way to get the advantage and maintain it!

"Registeel use Focus Punch then break off so you can use Hyper Beam!"

"Oh no you don't! Primeape beat 'em down with Fire Combat!" Primeape ignited his fists in fire and used its newly mastered combination: Fire Combat a fusion of the Fighting-type Close Combat and the Fire-type Fire Punch. Now the Pig Monkey Pokemon was dealing 4x ultra-effective damage to the Iron Pokemon. Registeel groaned as it was pelted with the ultra-effective combination move Fire Combat, unable to follow through with Brandon's orders due to the vicious tenacity of Primeape. As for Primeape, he was having the time of his life taking it to the Iron Pokemon.

After a few more moments, Primeape ended Fire Combat and jumped back, sizing up his opponent. Registeel's steel colored complexion was now blackened, various burn-like bruises covered its body, its 'eyes' flashing wildly and with one final groan, collapsed defeated. Everyone was silent as they stared at the scene with wide eyes; Brandon of the Battle Pyramid and strongest of the Kanto Frontier Brains has been defeated. It took a few moments for Scott's brain to register the scene before smiling like a loon and declaring Ash the winner.

"Registeel is unable battle. The round goes to Ash and Primeape. Since Pyramid King Brandon has lost all six of his pokemon, the match goes to Ash Ketchum of Pallet!" Scott declared as the room erupted with cheers.

"YEAH ASH YOU DID IT! YOU BEAT THE BATTLE FRONTIER!"-came from Ash's friends.

"HE ACTUALLY BEAT THE KANTO BATTLE FRONTIER!" came from the shocked Frontier Brains. Well all of them except Anabel who knew that Ash would win.

Ash raced onto the field and hugged Primeape who gleefully returned it as Pikachu gave the Pig Monkey Pokémon a nuggie as they celebrated their victory. Brandon recalled his fallen pokemon before heading over to Ash.

"You should be proud of yourself Ash. You are the first person to beat the Kanto Battle Frontier. So I, Pyramid King Brandon, give you your final symbol, the Brave Symbol!" Brandon said as he presented the golden symbol to Ash. Ash took the symbol with pride and did his victory pose.

"Alright! We won the Brave Symbol and beat the Battle Frontier!" Ash said with glee as Primeape flexed his muscles and Pikachu gave a V for victory.

"Well Ash, here you go, the Battle Frontier Trophy; proof of your victory over the Kanto Battle Frontier." Scott said as he approached the intrepid trainer with the trophy. The trophy itself was large, standing at five feet tall, a volleyball sized pokeball made of pure diamond, and the band was made of platinum and inlaid with sapphires. It rested a on a platinum pedestal with its front, back and side sections made of sapphire. In the center of the pedestal was an 8"x10" plaque for Ash to place his Frontier Symbols in. Ash and the others gaped at the beauty of the trophy that Scott presented him. Even the Frontier Brains never saw the trophy of winning the Battle Frontier.

Ash gingerly took the trophy, placing his Frontier Symbols in the plaque before raising the trophy above his head and getting cheers from those around him.

"Well since you're the first to win the Battle Frontier, we're going to have a party in your honor Ash!" Scott said jovially. "I hope Charles and Johto Champion Lance can stay?"

"Of course old friend! This battle was beyond fantastic! Especially with three back-to-back legendaries!" Charles Goodshow said with a belly laugh.

"I too will stay for the party since I'm not needed for the next week or so. Besides I want to talk to Ash about that brilliant combination he made." Lance, Champion of Johto spoke.

"We can use the Battle Pyramid since we're already here." Brandon spoke. "It won't take long for the chiefs to whip something up for all us." Brandon added.

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Few Hours Later

Ash chuckled as he looked around the auditorium of the Battle Pyramid, seeing everyone was having a good time at his celebration party. Mr. Goodshow and Scott were animated in a friendly conversation, the two cracking up at random moments when something funny was told. Lance and Brandon were together, mostly trading stories of their various travels. Noland and Max were talking about various fact of various pokemon they knew. Greta and May were fighting over the food; apparently there was only one piece of pie left and the two wanted it for themselves.

Lucy had Brock all to herself and from the looks of it, Brock was happy that he was not getting cock-blocked by Max. Lucy was practical all over Brock; sitting on his lap and grinding her ass into his crotch every now and then while gently stroking his cheek. Brock maybe getting lucky tonight. The brains were together just talking, eating and having fun. The pokemon themselves were out and about having fun.

As for Ash himself, he was drinking some punch while hanging out with Anabel. The two were chatting happily, trading stories of their travels, Anabel telling Ash how she became the Salon Maiden of the Battle Tower. It interested him sense he didn't know how Scott recruited the brains. The Battle Frontier lived up to the hype about the brains rivaling the abilities of an Elite Four member.

BOOM

Everyone turned their heads to the destroyed skylight, only for Ash and his crew to groan quite loudly and reluctantly get up to deal with the annoyance that will forever be Team Rocket.

Prepare for trouble from the skies!

From beyond the stars, a nasty surprise!

An evil as old as the galaxy...

...sent here to fulfill our destiny!

Plus, there's me!

To denounce the evils of truth and love!

To extend our reach to the stars above!

Jessie!

And James!

And Meowth da name!

Anywhere there's peace in the universe...

...Team Rocket...

...Will be there...

To make everything worse!

Wobbuffet!

With the lame ass motto done, the Team Rocket members then started crying like babies. Everyone, human and pokemon, looked on worried and confused at this newest development.

"Huh... why are you... why are you guys crying?" Ash ventured. The four only cried harder before getting themselves composed.

"(Sniffle)... It's because this is the last time we get to do our motto!" Jessie wailed as she comically blew her nose.

"Come again?" Ash asked wanting to hear this. This time James answered, far more composed than his partner.

"Well Ash, we've been doing this bit for going on four years now, and really we've reached the limit." James began. "Not once have we actually succeeded in any of our hair-brained schemes simply because you were always there to stop us. Ever since that day we first met back in Viridian City when you stopped us from stealing those sick and injured pokemon, we've followed you on a fool's errand. Every twist and turn, you've thwarted not only us but Team Rocket as a whole. Costing the syndicate millions if not billions of dollars and getting the top brass locked up or killed." James explained to the intrepid trainer who raised his eyebrow.

"Right now, Team Rocket has splintered into various factions ever since you drove off Giovanni." Jessie interjected. "It's pretty much a civil war in Team Rocket; all the groups vying for the position of Team Rocket Supreme Commander. The G-men and Interpol are having a field day as the factions are weakening themselves enough for the two to swoop in and take 'em out." the redhead sighed. "After talking about it, the three of us decided it was to time quit, so we made a deal with Interpol so we could live our lives without fear. Giving them all the information we had, we were given amnesty and cleared of any crimes we accumulated."

"We'z cam' herez to apologiz' for allz the shitz wez put ya and da other twerps thru over the yearz." Meowth spoke. "Ya knoz' wipe the slate clean and startz ova."

Ash raised his eyebrow a bit higher when he heard that, and thought it over. Jessie, James and Meowth had been a major annoyance ever since he first them met all those years ago. The lame ass motto, the botched attempts at pokemon thefts, and those crappy mecha really grated on Ash's nerves. Yes he did respect them a bit for their tenacity, but really after some many damn failures, pathetic failures, one should know when to throw in the towel. So after finally sitting down and thinking over their various misadventures, the three have realized that it's time to quit while they still have a chance to.

"Fine, I accept your apology. But what are you going to do now?" Ash asked wanting to know.

"Well my father recently passed away from lung cancer, all those years smoking came back to bite him in ass. With it, I've gained my inheritance and was able to void the engagement with Jessiebelle." James said happily, Ash and Brock knowing he was happy not to get married to such a woman. "So I'm going back to high-society, taking Jessie with me as my fiancé."

"HA! I told ya Brock! Pay up!" Ash shouted to his long-time friend.

"DAMN! Ash was actually right!" Brock grumbled angrily.

"Wait what's going on?" Jessie asking the million pokedollar question.

"Well you see, Brock and I had an ongoing bet to see if you two (Ash points to Jessie and James) were in a relationship or not. I bet that you two were while Brock bet you weren't. With James revealing you're engaged, I won the bet so thank you!" Ash explained.

"Whatever." Jessie said with a shrug. "Also we would like to ask you a favor Ash."

"What?"

"Would you take Meowth with you and train him?"

"You want me train Meowth?"

"Yeaz, wellz seeing howz happy and strongz ya pokemonz are, wellz I wantz to be strongz too." Meowth explained. "Soz will ya makez me ya pokemon?"

Ash thought it over; since they were given amnesty, then Meowth won't have any problems if someone recognizes him. Plus, since he can talk, then Ash would be able to communicate with his pokemon and any others he would want.

"Fine, welcome to the team." Ash said as he pulled an empty pokeball and gently tapped Meowth on the head with it. Meowth didn't put a fight as he sucked into the ball; a loud ping was heard signifying the successful capture. Ash quickly pushed a button on his pokedex to keep the ball on his person so he can tell his pokemon about their newest member himself. That way there won't be any problems if Meowth was transferred to the Oak Ranch and the talking pokemon gave Professor Oak a heart attack. Arceus knows what the professor would do to Meowth to learn how the Scratch Cat Pokémon learned how to talk.

"Thanks Ash. Knowing that you have Meowth will set our hearts at ease." Jessie said thanking Ash with a brief hug before joining her fiancé in their hot air balloon. The two took off leaving the Battle Pyramid and heading towards their now bright future.

"Wow, to think that those three would willingly give up and hand over Meowth." Max said as he ate his cake. "So what did the winner get if either you or Brock won?"

"Well if I won, Brock promised to give me that Old Amber he had. If he won, I had to read his Icha-Icha collection and get him the latest edition." Ash answered Max.

"So you get new pokémon if you won, but if you lost you had to read a collection of books and get Brock the latest edition of said books? What kind of bet is that?" Max asked, too young to know that Icha-Icha is actually a well-written and highly popular porno/erotica book series.

"Not all bets have to have such serious conditions." Brock said as Lucy continued to violate his personal space bubble. Not that he minded. "The bet started out as a joke and became semi-serious but was still a joke for me and Ash so course the conditions wouldn't be too serious."

"Oh." Max said though it still didn't make sense to him. "So what is Icha-Icha and why did Ash have to read it if he lost the bet?"

"You'll have to wait until you're older before we tell you that little buddy." Ash said to the younger child. "Just be patient and before you know it you'll be hanging out with me and Brock-O when we have our Guy's Night out."

Max just shrugged his shoulders before going back to his cake. The others went back to having a good time and picked up where they left off in their conversations. As Ash was about to go sit with Anabel again, he was approached by Lance who wanted to talk to him.

"So what did you want to talk about Lance?" Ash asked as he sipped his punch.

"The most important is about your dealings with the crime syndicates you've faced thus far. What those former Team Rockets members said sparked something that should be addressed quickly." Lance said getting serious.

"What about my dealings with Teams Rocket, Magma and Aqua?" Ash asked the Johto Champion. "I helped take them down, Wallace and Steven can vouch for since they were there when I stopped Groundon and Kyogre with Rayquaza."

"And vouch they did Ash. When the G-Men were sent in to help, only to find that you once again stopped a global disaster, my superiors decided that a trainer who has been traveling for three to four years could take down three of the most notorious criminal teams that the G-Men and other various organizations have spent years trying to take down was worthy of joining the G-Men." Lance said as he pulled out an official G-Men badge and handing it to a stunned Ash.

"This badge signifies that you are a trainee of the G-Men organization, being sponsored by myself. As such I'll be your teacher until you're a full-fledged G-Men operative." Lance explained as he waited for Ash to take the badge.

"I'm honored Lance, I really I am but I can't join the G-Men." Ash said rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

"Any reason why?"

"I'm already a part-time Pokémon Ranger." Ash said before explaining how that came about. When he was done Lance was shaking his head at the adventure.

"Well don't worry about it then Ash. We do a lot of work with the Rangers so either way, we might teaming up again in the near future." Lance said patting Ash on the back and leaving for the party again. Ash also rejoined the party, hooking back up with Anabel and telling her why Lance wanted to see him. Anabel, surprised that her crush is a Pokémon Ranger, put it on the back burner to focus more on getting Ash for herself.

As the party wound down, everybody began getting themselves together and leaving. Scott pulled Ash aside to tell him to meet him [Scott] at the Battle Frontier HQ in Vermillion City at noon tomorrow. When Ash asked why, Scott just answered he wanted give an offer of a lifetime, which left Ash confused. Scott promised he'll clarify when they met the next day. Most of the brains left for their facilities, with Lucy 'kidnapping' Brock, and Anabel taking Ash, May and Max back to her place. Lance called out his Dragonite and left for Blackthorn, while Charles bunked with Scott at the Battle Frontier HQ.

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Tohjo Falls: Anabel's Mansion

Ash sighed as he went down to the kitchen for a drink. He really couldn't sleep; after winning the Battle Frontier and dealing his feelings for Anabel, the Intrepid Trainer had a lot on his mind. He realized he did indeed have a crush on the girl but didn't know how to handle the situation.

Setting down the glass of OJ he had, Ash decided to get some professional advice; he called his mother. He knew it was late, but he really needed some help and he knew that his mom would have the answers he sought. Waiting for a few moments, his mom finally picked up.

(Hello, Ketchum residence.) Delia Ketchum said trying to be polite despite being woken up at such an hour.

"Hey mom." Ash said getting his mom to fully wake up. Delia snapped awake at hearing precious baby boy's voice.

(Ash honey! Not that I'm happy to hear from you, but why at such an hour?) Delia asked her son.

"I need some serious advice mom." Ash said rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. "While traveling the Battle Frontier, I met this girl and we just clicked. I'm beginning to realize that I have a crush on her, but I don't know what to do." He explained.

(Ah young love.) Delia sighed remembering her times with Keith. (Well it may be hard, but just tell her how you feel. If she feels the same then you test the waters and see if it works. Maybe invite her to travel with you to better help you two explore the feelings.) Delia suggested.

"That's the thing mom; she's one of the Frontier Brains here at the Battle Frontier." Ash said getting his mom to nod. "I don't know if she can even leave. I mean I still want to travel and compete in leagues and fulfill my goal of becoming a Pokémon Master. I don't know if I can stay here with her." He said getting Delia to understand. He was torn between his desire to be the best trainer the world had ever seen and his budding feelings for this Frontier Brain girl.

(Well the only thing I can suggest you do is talk to this girl. Tell her you have feelings for her, but you still want to travel. Just talk to her and see if a compromise can be reached.) Delia suggested to her son. (If she can't accept that you want to fulfill your goals first and pursue a romance later, then she's not the one for you. There are plenty of fish in the sea honey; this won't be the first crush you'll have. I promise that you'll meet that one girl who will just complete you.) she said to her son who nodded.

"Thanks mom, and good night." Ash said before hanging up the video phone. "Just talk to her. It can't be that hard. Can it?"

"Actually it can be most of the time." Anabel said making herself known. Due to her emphatic nature she sensed the turmoil in Ash's feelings. Knowing that she would have only one chance to confess and hopefully get him to stay with her, the Salon Maiden followed and heard his conversation with his mother. "I didn't mean to spy but I sensed the turmoil in your feelings, being empathic and all and wanted to see what was wrong." She explained. "Let's talk in my office."

Ash nodded and let her lead him to her office where they could talk. Along the way he noticed her nightwear; a sheer lavender teddie with purple trim. It reached her thighs, showing off her nice and smooth legs. He watched the sway of her slender hips, the up and down movement of her pert rear end. Shaking himself of such thoughts, Ash steeled himself for this 'meeting'.

Once in the office, Ash noted the color scheme was like that of the rest of the mansion; various shades of purples, lavenders and lilacs. The walls were a cool violet color, the crown molding being lavender. The room spanning rug was a plush purple, very soft and comfortable under his feet. There was a large couch on the other side of the room, lilac in color. The leather chairs at her desk were lavender with violet trim. The only things that weren't purple and its various shades were the large oaken desk with a rich and dark stain, and the white computer on said desk.

Taking a seat on the couch, the two spent a few moments to collect their thoughts and it was Ash who went first.

"Look Anabel, I like you." He said getting a faint blush from the lilac beauty. "I like you more than a friend. There is something about you that the other girls I've met thus far just don't have. I want to explore these feelings but…"

"But you don't know if that means giving up your dream." She finished remembering his earlier conversation. "I like you too Ash, as more than friend. I also want to explore these feelings we have and I know a way how." She said with a sly smile.

"How?" Ash asked curious at Anabel's proposal.

"Simple we compromise on our desires." She said getting a raised eyebrow from her crush. "You want to explore your feelings for me, but that conflicts with your goal of becoming a Pokémon Master. I want to explore my feelings for you but since I can't travel unless it's my scheduled down time and even then it wouldn't be for long."

"So what exactly is the compromise?" Ash said getting a bit impatient.

"You accept Scott's offer to join the Battle Frontier." Anabel answered. Raising a hand to forestall his questions, she continued on. "I know that Scott approached you and asked that you meet with him tomorrow at the BF HQ to discuss an offer. That offer is to become a member of the Battle Frontier, to be a Frontier Brain like me." She explained. "Scott is very accommodating to those who earn his interests, and he'll do what he can to make you comfortable. Just listen to him and I promise you won't regret it." She said getting a contemplative look from her crush.

While he didn't know much about being a Frontier Brain, it would give him a chance to be with Anabel. Plus Anabel wouldn't lie to him about this; he could see in her jewel-like lilac eyes the care and love for him, so he'll trust her on this.

"Alright," he said after several tense moments of silence. "I'll listen to Scott's offer to see if being a Frontier Brain will help us." He said getting Anabel to hug him tightly. Ash returned hug, his heart fluttering from the contact. Anabel leaned back, so happy she managed to find a way to keep Ash with her that she leaned forward and kissed him.

Ash stiffened, but quickly relaxed and leaned into the kiss, deepening it by licking Anabel's lips. The lilac beauty gasped, allowing Ash's tongue to enter her mouth. The dance was clumsily, yet conveyed the feelings they held for each other. Breaking apart with thin strand of salvia between, they stared lovingly into each other's eyes.

"I love you Ash." Anabel whispered.

"I love you Anabel." Ash said as he leaned in to kiss her again. Anabel happily obliged as they embraced each other, Anabel teleporting them to her master suite where after several make out sessions, they went to bed cuddling the other in their arms.


The revised chapter 2 is done. I am revising the chapters I've already done so far due to the changes I am making in this story. In the revised chapter 1, the girls in the harem have been changed and decreased in number. This is so I can manage them more easily later on when I introduce them. I'll try to get chapter 3 out as soon as I can. Yes Ash will be getting an Aerodactyl since it the fastest of all Rock-types and it fits Ash's battle style.

So read and review. Flames will be ignored. I'm out this mutha.