I'M BACK BABY! It's been a while. I have good news and some bad news. Good news is I finished one final and I'll give you guy's chapter 1 right now. Bad news is it'll be the only one I can post this weekend. I have two finals to study for on Monday. Here are the characters ages:

Ash-18

Misty-18

Brock-23

Cilan-23

Gary-18

May-18

Dawn-18

Tracey-23

So without further ado, here's chapter 1!

Chapter 1- Tournament Qualifications

At the Ketchum household, everyone was overly excited about the new tournament that was going to take place. But there was something they wanted to know; how do you qualify?!

"Hey guys, how do you enter in this tournament?" Ash asked the crowd.

"I don't know Ash. How about you check the mail box?" Brock asked.

As soon as Brock suggested that, the doorbell rang. Everyone walked behind Ash to answer the door.

"Hello, I'm looking for Ash Ketchum. Is he here?" the mailman asked.

"Yes, I'm Ash." He replied.

"Here you go sir." He said.

"What's this letter for?" Ash asked curiously.

"Open it up and you'll see," He replied. "Oh, and I see you have guests over. Are they Misty Waterflower, Brock Harrison, May, Dawn, Tracey Sketchit and Gary Oak?"

"Yes sir." They all replied in unison.

"I have letters for you guys as well." The mailman said.

"Thank you." The whole group answered.

"You're all welcome. Have a good day now." The mailman said.

"You too sir." They responded.

As soon they all received their letters, they opened right away. They all had the same thought; what could this letter be about?

"I'll read mine first out loud." Ash volunteered.

He cleared his throat first before reading, "Dear Ash Ketchum, I would like to congratulate you on making it into the final four of the Unova region. You should be very proud of yourself."

He was indeed proud of that achievement. He was most proud of was he only used the Pokemon from the Unova region.

He continued, "But that is not the reason why I am sending you this letter. I know you heard on the news that there will be a world tournament that any trainer is allowed to participate in, that statement is true, but we also invited certain trainers and even gym leaders because of their statuses in their respective regions. Obviously you are not a gym leader, so this is what you have to do in order to participate. You have to earn two badges in the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions. You can face any two gym leaders you desire, but there is only one condition; you are not allowed to face the same type of gym leader in different regions. For example, if you faced Lt. Surge in Kanto, you are not allowed to face another electric type gym leader in a different region. In addition, you have to face one of the elite four members of each region. You may face any member you want. Type doesn't matter when it comes to the elite four. We know that this would take some time to accomplish. It is now May 7th, you have until the end of February to accomplish this goal. If not, you are not allowed to enter in the tournament. Other trainers will receive this just like you did. So I suggest you leave as soon as possible for your journey. Good luck to you and I hope to see you there. From, Mr. Goodshow, President of the Pokemon league."

"Wow Ash, that's quite a challenge." Professor Oak said.

"I know, but I know we can do it!" Ash exclaimed. "Right Pikachu?!" He enthusiastically asked his first Pokemon.

"Pikachu!" (You know it!) The yellow mouse shouted with confidence.

"Well, what about you guys? What do you guys need to do to enter?" Ash asked the group.

Everyone opened their letters and quickly read them. Let's just say the majority of them were more excited to go too.

"Well Ashy boy, I automatically got invited and don't need to do anything." Gary bragged.

"Same here." Tracey added.

"Wait, so all you gotta do is show up and you're in?" Ash asked.

"Yup that's right. Sucks to be you now, does it?" Gary asked.

"Shut up Gary! Besides, I can travel again and I get the chance to catch more Pokemon and become even better than I am now!" Ash shouted at him.

"Alright Ash, calm down, you don't need to make this a big deal." Misty said while massaging his shoulders.

"Yeah whatever. Anyway, what about you Misty and Brock?" Ash asked.

"Well, since we run gym's, we don't have to do anything either. We can walk in and tell them our names and we would be entered automatically." Misty said.

"What, you mean you don't have to do anything either?!" Ash shouted.

"Yeah I guess not." Brock responded.

"Aw man, this sucks. Does that mean I'll be traveling by myself?" Ash asked.

"Nope, Dawn and I have the same qualifications as you do Ash." May said.

"That's good to know. So, who else is gonna join me?" Ash asked the group.

"Ash, you should already know I would join my boyfriend on his journey." Misty said to him.

"Yeah Ash, you should've known I would join you too." Brock added.

"Thanks guys, that means a lot to me." Ash told the both of them.

"Heck, even though I don't need to do anything, I need to get me some Pokemon." Tracey said.

"That's awesome Tracey, what about you Gary?" Ash asked his old rival now friend.

"No thanks Ash, you know I usually train by myself." Gary told him.

"Are you sure, we wouldn't mind at all." Ash told him.

"Yeah I'm sure, but I promise if we run into each other, I'll battle you." Gary promised.

"Okay, I'll take you on that promise." Ash responded. "What about you Iris and Cilan?"

"I would love too, but I don't have enough Pokemon for this tournament." Cilan told him.

"Yeah same here, but I promise, once you get in, we'll come to cheer you on!" Iris said.

"Aw man, but thanks guys." Ash said.

"But how are you gonna get home?" Misty asked the both of them.

"I have an idea; we can travel with you until we get to Vermillion City. After that, we'll take that ship home." Cilan suggested.

"Okay, I'll make sure I face Lt. Surge before you guys leave." Ash promised.

"Thanks Ash!" Cilan and Iris said in unison.

"No problem, hey maybe we should leave now." Ash suggested.

"No, you can't leave now! We're in the middle of a party Ash. You can leave after the party." Delia said with a bit of anger in her voice.

"Oh, sorry mom, let's get back to the party, and the food!" Ash shouted.

I guess he'll never change his feelings towards food or for competition. Misty thought to herself while smiling at the black haired boy.

XXX

So the party continued that day without another incident. Well maybe Gary bothering Ash a little bit but he had Misty there to calm him down every time Gary bothered him. Other than that, everyone had a great time. After the party, Professor Oak, Gary, and Tracey left to go back to the lab and Ash wanted to leave right away, but was persuaded otherwise by his mother, Brock, and Misty to stay the night and sleep.

"Ash, I know you're excited about your new journey, but please stay the night." Delia begged.

"Why, I wanna get a good head start on the competition!" Ash said to her.

"Ash, do you even know who you're gonna face first and gonna take with you?" Brock asked him.

"Uh, I know I'm gonna face Lt. Surge but I don't know who I'm taking with me." Ash answered.

"Exactly, maybe you should stay tonight, wake up early, and go to Professor Oaks lab and choose who you want to take with you." Misty said.

"Well if you put it like that, it makes more sense. Thanks you guys." Ash said to the three of them.

With that, he went upstairs getting ready for bed. Delia, Brock, and Misty looked at each other with the same look.

"He may be a great trainer, but he can so idiotic sometimes." Misty said jokingly.

Everyone laughed at the joke for a quick second. After that, everyone who was at the house went upstairs to bed. Misty was trying to be sneaky by going into Ash's room, but she was caught by Delia.

"Now Misty, I know you like sleeping with Ash in his room, but I'm afraid you two will…." Delia trailed off.

"Oh Delia, why would you think that Ash and I would do that?" Misty asked in disgust.

"Well, I don't think you two would, but it's just, you're both 18 and you never know with your hormones and all that stuff." Delia reasoned.

"You could be right, but I would never do that unless I'm married." Misty told her.

"I trust you, but I don't trust Ash." Delia told her concerning.

"Trust me, he won't do it. We're new at this relationship stuff and we wanna take it slow." Misty told her.

Delia gave her a confusing sort of look. She wanted to trust her, but at the same time she still had her doubts. Finally, she gave in.

"Okay Misty, you got me. You can sleep with Ash in his bed." Delia said feeling defeated.

After the conversation Misty just had with Delia, she entered Ash's room. He was still trying to fall asleep and saw Misty come in and lay next to him.

"Hey Misty, what were you talking to my mom about?" He asked.

"Oh, I didn't think you heard our conversation. Your mom was nervous about us sleeping in the same room together because were 18 and hormones and all that; but I persuaded her to let me sleep here with you." Misty summed up.

"Oh, that's crazy; I think you know I'm not ready yet." Ash told her nervously.

"Yeah, I told her were taking things nice and slow." Misty answered him.

Just before Misty closed her eyes, Ash told her something.

"Hey Misty?"

"Yeah Ash?"

"Thanks for coming on this journey with me. It means a lot to me."

"Of course, it'll be like when we were younger."

"Okay, goodnight Misty, I love you." Ash whispered in her ear.

"Night Ash, I love you too." Misty whispered back before they shared a kiss on the lips and then falling asleep.

XXX

The next morning, everyone was in a rush. Ash surprisingly was the first one to wake up and he woke up Misty at 6 am! Soon after they got ready, he woke up the rest of the gang. Delia made a quick breakfast for everyone and after that, they all headed to the lab.

"Ah, Ash, it's good to see you up this early." Professor Oak greeted him at the door.

"Yup, I wanna get a good head start and I'm here to bring some of my Pokemon too." Ash told him.

"Come on to the back. Do you know exactly who you wanna bring?" Oak asked curiously.

"No not yet. I actually wanted to talk to some of them about something." Ash said.

"Okay, take your time." Oak told him.

"Thanks, come on Pikachu!" Ash said.

"Pika!" (Okay) the small yellow mouse responded to his best friend.

"Hey guys, do you know what he wanted to talk to his Pokemon about?" Oak asked the rest of the gang.

"No not really, may be about the tournament?" Brock guessed.

While the gang was trying to figure out what Ash wanted to talk to his Pokemon about, he went to them and were all greeted. Then, it got serious.

"Hey guys, can I talk to all of you?" Ash asked.

They all responded with a yes.

"Okay, there's this new tournament that I'm going to enter and I need all of your help." Ash told them.

They all were willing to do whatever he asked. They weren't just Pokemon and trainer, Ash was best friends with all of his Pokemon.

"So there was something I was thinking about. This involves with the not fully evolved Pokemon." Ash said.

He was talking about Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Bayleef, Quilava, Totodile, Corphish, Buizel, Gible, Oshawott, Snivy, Pignite, Scraggy, Palpitoad, Boldore, and even Pikachu.

"You know I would never make you do anything you didn't wanna do right?" Ash asked.

They all agreed.

"Well, have you considered evolving recently?" He asked.

They all looked at him like he had three heads. He wasn't going to make them evolve just because he wanted to win was he? But at the same time, they never really thought about evolving too.

"I know it comes to you as a shock, but I was wondering if you considered it. In no way I am making you do it. I was just wanted to know." Ash told them.

After hearing that, they were immediately relived. They didn't really want to evolve. They knew Ash always believed in them, whether they were fully evolved or not. As soon as that conversation ended, everyone came up to them.

"So Ash, did you decide who you're going to bring?" Oak asked.

"Not yet, I was just going to talk about that." Ash told him. "I really need to get going and I gotta pick some of you to go."

They all volunteered to go, but they all knew they would all battle at one point or another. So they wouldn't be too disappointed if they weren't chosen.

"Well, obviously Pikachu," He began. "Then how about, Charizard, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Gible." Ash finished.

"Why don't you choose a sixth member Ash?" Brock asked.

"Well, I'm thinking about catching some new Pokemon for the tournament." Ash answered.

"That's not a bad idea Ash." Misty said.

"Hey guys, are we all ready to go?" Tracey asked.

"Yup, we sure are. Let's hit the road everyone!" Ash exclaimed.

With that, Ash, Brock, Misty, Tracey, May, Dawn, Iris, and Cilan all hit the road on their way out of Pallet town.

XXX

That's chapter 1! What do you guys think? I may go back and edit it, but I don't know yet. This will be the only chapter I can put up now until Monday afternoon at about 2 o'clock. After that, I'll keep grinding. I have about 20 chapters planned out.