"HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WHERE 2048 TRAINERS WILL BATTLE IT OUT TO EARN THE TITLE OF POKEMON MASTER! BUT BEFORE WE LIGHT THE FLAME OF HO-OH AND BEGIN THE TORNEMENT, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE NEWCOMERS IN THE POKEMON LEAGUE, THE NEW ELITE FOUR AND CHAMPION OF ALOLA!" The announcer's voice rang across the five pentagonally arranged battle arenas. The space in the middle of these was occupied by a large observatory where the announcers could see all of the upcoming battle, and comentate accordingly. "NOW IN ORDER OF WEAKEST TO STRONGEST, PLEASE WELCOME THE NEW ELITE FOUR! FIRST, PLEASE WELCOME THE FIGHTING AND FLYING SPECIALIST, DAVID!" A brown streak shot onto one of the battle fields, comming to a halt in the centre. David climbed down from the rock/fighting legend, waving at the immense crowd in the stands. The Cavern pokemon let out a deafening roar, exciting the crowd further. "WHAT AN ENTRANCE BY THE FIGHTING AND FLYING SPECIALIST, DAVID! NEXT UP, PLEASE WELCOME SOMEONE EVERYBODY WILL ALREADY KNOW AND HAVE KNOWN SINCE THE START OF THEIR JOURNEY, AND THE SECOND ELITE FOUR, NURSE JOY!" In the arena next to the one in which David made his entrance, the legendary pokemon Xerneas trotted gracefully onto the battlefield, Nurse Joy perched gently on the life pokemon's back, waving slightly to the crowd. "AN AMAZING ENTRANCE BY THE BEAUTIFUL NURSE JOY! NEXT, PLEASE WELCOME POSSIBLY THE TWO MOST UNIQUE ELITE FOUR MEMBERS TO DATE! YES, YOU ALL HEARD RIGHT! THE THIRD POSITION IS FILLED BY THE DOUBLE BATTLE LEGENDS, FIRE SPECIALIST ALEX AND ICE SPECIALIST JACK!" The arena next to nurse joy's was suddenly filled by vast clouds of steam, from which Alex and Jack sauntered, being followed by fire type legend Heatran and ice legend Regice respectively, Alex waving lazily to the crowd while Jack stood with his arms folded, looking bored. "A SECTACULAR ENTRANCE BY THE CONTRASTING DOUBLE BATTLERS, ALTHOUGH I HOPE WE'RE NOT BORING YOU, JACK" Jack's head snapped towards the announcer's box, looking horrified. Unfazed, the announcer continued. "NOW, PLEASE WELCOME OUR DRAGON AND ELECTRIC TYPE SPECIALIST, AND ELITE LEADER, BONNIE!"
In the middle of the massive crowds that packked the stands surrounding the arena next to thhe twin's, a certain lemon haired, bespectacled gym leader's eyes suddenly darted to the battlefield in disbelief. "No way..." he whispered to himself, eyes wide as a similarly lemon haired person that was standing on the left shoulder of a huge, pitch black dragon with wings sprouting from it's back, waving down at the numerous spectators, a large smirk growing on her face as she lockked eyes with her older sibling. "After all these years...it can't be..." he muttered, still in disbelief. "You ok, Clemont?" asked the man next to him, sounding concerned. The man next to him was easily over six foot tall, wearing a grass green t-shirt under an orange and black body warmer, and gray jeans. He had dark brown hair and a tanned complexion, and a look of concern on his face. "I'm fine, Brock. I just can't belive my little sister is in the elite four of the strongest region in the world, and elite leader, no less..." His voice trailed off as he stared at his younger sister. "I can understand how you feel, but she's not nine years old anymore." Brock said, sympathetically. Clemont nodded, looking back at Bonnie as the announcer continued.
"A GLORIOUS ENTRANCE BY ELITE LEADER BONNIE AND THE DRAGON AND ELECTRIC TYPE LEGEND FROM UNOVA, ZEKROM! AND NOW, IT IS MY GREATEST PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU, THE SINGLE STRONGEST PERSON IN ALOLA, AND POSSIBLY THE WORLD, GIVE IT UP FOR THE ALOLAN CHAMPION, RED!" The crowd erupted in cheers as Ash walked onto the battlefiend in the last unoccupied arena, wearing his classic hat from his first journey, a red hoodie with the hood up, red reflective-lens sunglasses and a red bandana that covered his face from the nose down, a necklace with six pokeballs hanging off it, red trousers and shoes compleating the outfit. Pichu sat contently on his right shoulder, while a pink feline like pokemon, roughly the size of a Pikachu, floated next to him. On Ash's left, a white horse-like pokemon with a gray underside, golden hooves, and a golden cross-like wheel attached to it's abdomen and four green jewels, each where the wheel is held by the cross. Arceus padded silently next to Ash, gazing at the endless crowds, at what he had created. The group stopped in the trainer box at one end of the battlefield, not looking at the crowd, but at the opposite end of the battlefield. "A SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE ENTRANCE FROM RED, WITH THE TWO RAREST AND MOST ELUSIVE POKEMON OF ALL TIME! AND NOW FOR THE LIGHTING OF THE LEAGUE FLAME AND THE LONG AWAITED EXHIBITION BATTLE BETWEEN CHAMPION RED AND ONE OF THE GYM LEADERS, ELITE FOUR, FRONTIER BRAINS OR CHAMPIONS OF ANOTHER REGION!" The crowd went wild, but Ash just chuckled to himself and shook his head, pulling a pokeball off his necklace, and tossing it high into the air. "HO-OH! Your assisstance, please!" he shouted. The pokeball burst open, a large pheonix-style pokemon bursting forth. It had an orange-red body with rainbow coloured plumage covering its huge wings and tail. The golden crest on it's head wobbled as it shot into the air. "Ok, HO-OH, light the flame!" came Ash's voice, deeper than it used to be and wouldn't be recognised by the people he once called friends. HO-OH soared above the announcer's box in the centre of the arenas, where a large silver dish sat, sending a massive flamethrower at it, igniting it in a blaze of reds, oranges, and golds. Ash returned his faithful johto legendary bird pokemon to it's pokeball, replacing it on his necklace, before taking another, and awaiting the upcoming battle.
As Ash stared, a tall man with red hair and a dark blue and orange suit strode onto the battlefield, black cape billowing behind him, stopping at the other trainer box. The referee stepped up to the battlefield. "The exhibition battle between champion of Alola, Red, and champion of johto, Lance, will now get underway. This will be a one on one match with a five minute time limit. The match will be over when either person's pokemon is unable to battle, or the time runs out. Are you both ready?". Both trainers nodded silently. "All right then. Battle begin!". Lance quickly drew out a pokeball, launching into the air. "Dragonite, lets go!". The pokeball gave way to a large orange dragon with small wings and a single, small horn on the top of it's head. Ash smirked, all ready knowing that Lance would use his trusty Dragonite. "It's show time. Jigglypuff, centre stage!". Ash threw his own pokeball, which let out a small pink round ball-like pokemon with large green eyes. this particular Jigglypuff held a small marker pen in it's hand, that resembled a microphone. Ash's smirk only grew as he heard a faint "AH, IT'S JIGGLYPUFF" come from the stands, and faintly saw a group of people dive under their seats out of the corner of his eye. "Let's finish this quickly, partner. Use sing into a spinning disarming voice into rollout!". Before Lance's Dragonite could react, Jigglypuff let out a sweet song, effectivly putting Dragonite, and some people in the front row, to sleep, before spinning rapily and emitting a screech from her mouth. The screech formed a ragged circle of hearts, which the surrounded Jigglypuff as she curled up into a ball and quickly roll towards the sleeping dragon. A huge heart formed infront of Dragonite when Jigglypuff hit, and Jigglypuff was sent flying into the air after bouncing violently off the hulking dragon. "Finish it, Jigglypuff, hypervoice!" commanded Ash, as Jigglypuff let out a high pitched scream of it's name, the soundwaves visible as they shot towards Dragonite. The massive floating heart shattered, covering the entire battlefield in a rain of sparkling red glitter, the audience 'ooh'ing and 'ahh'ing at thhe spectical. The glittered cleared, revealing the orange dragon's swirling eyes and slight moans of pain. "Dragonite is unable to battle, Jigglypuff is the winner, which means the match goes to champion of Alola, Red!". The crowd roared in approval, as Lance was dumbfounded at his devastating loss. Returning his unconscious pokemon, walking silently from the arena. 'Drama queen' Ash thought, before leaving the arena himself. Little did he know, there was a group of people in the locker room where he was headed, waiting to ambush him...
