Heyoooo! Chapter two is ready for yall! I set this story two years after Ash left for the Unova region, and before you guys yell at me in the review section, I know Grimsley is not the Unova league champion! I just thought it would be a fun idea! Also, I FINALLY added a Pokemon battle in this one! I have focused too much on the human characters and almost forgotten about the most important part of all; the Pokemon and the battles! I'm sure yall will let me know if I didn't do a good enough job in the review section, I promise I WILL get better! Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Pokemon, or any of the registered trademarked characters!
"Ladies and Gentlemen! You are about to witness a real intense battle!" The stadium announcer boomed, and the audience cheered in applause
"On the left side, The Champion of the Unova Elite Four; Grimsley Giima!"
This time, everyone in the stadium thundered with applause as the dark type Elite Four Champion walked onto his platform, and bowed to everyone in attendance.
Misty had been overjoyed when her sisters told her she could go see Ash take on the champion in person; she was joined by Iris, Cilan, Brock, Dawn, Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum, and, of course, Prof. Oak
"And on the right side, Kanto Region native and rising star, Ash Ketchum!"
The young trainers friends and family all stood up and made even more noise!
"Wohooo! Go Ash! We're rooting for ya! I know you can do it!" Misty blew her boyfriend a huge kiss and continued making a bit of a scene, but she didn't care! It caught the attention Grimsley himself
"Oh, what a lovely sight! It looks like we have your girlfriend in attendance today Ash! Don't disappoint her now!" Grimsley taunted through a microphone and blew a kiss of his own at Misty
"Leave my girlfriend alone! Whether I win or lose today, I know she'll never leave me!" Ash snarled angrily at his opponent, and could feel Misty's warm and loving smile through her aura, and could see it on the huge screen above
"I love you Misty! This one's for you!" Ash winked at her and got in his battle stance, Grimsley followed
"This will be a six on six battle between the Unova League Champion, Grimsley Giima, and the challenger, Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, substitutions are allowed on both sides, there will be no time limit. Are you both ready?" The referee asked both men, who both just nodded
"Battle Begin!"
"Go Scraffty! Let's make this a quick and easy match!" Grimsley revealed his first Pokémon
The orange and yellow dual fighting and dark type let out a cry of its name and did a few flips and readied itself for its first opponent
"Go Starraptor!" Ash bellowed
The great bird Pokemon flew up, made a few acrobatic moves and landed on the arena, staring deep into Scraffty's eyes
"Alright Scraffty, use Dragon Dance!" Giima commanded
"Wow! It looks like Champion Grimsley doesn't want to play any games and wants to knock this Sinnoh bird back to the forest Ketchum caught it!" The announcer yelled
Scraffty became engulfed in a red and blue light, it raised its speed and attack power
"Starraptor, use brave bird!" Ash commanded
The flying type flew high and became engulfed in a blue light, and sped down towards its opponent with breakneck speed
"Dodge it and use Dragon Dance once more!" Grimsley commanded greedily
The dual dark and fighting type was beginning to set up another D-Dance
"Oh, goodness me! Ash is done for!" Dawn yelled worriedly
"No, Giima is just getting greedy Dawn, I know Ash has something up his sleeve" Mr. Ketchum explained
For a split second, Ash could see Scraffty pivot slightly to the left to dodge the attack,
"Starraptor, stop the attack and use aerial ace!" he bellowed, and it paid off!
The black bird Pokémon turned sharply to the left and into it's opponent, dealing a critical super-effective hit!
Scraffty tried to stand back up, but could not recover
"Scraffty is unable to battle, Starraptor wins!" The referee announced
"Wow! That was incredible! Even after a dragon dance, Ash's Starraptor was still faster!" the announcer boomed
The side of the crowd that had Ash's company with it began cheering loudly for the young man, screaming his name and holding up signs for him!
"Come on Ash! One down five more to go!" Misty exclaimed
"Wohooo! Go get 'em Ash!" Cilan and Iris cheered
Dawn, Brock, Mrs. Ketchum and some of Ash's other friends that had just arrived got more audience members to cheer for the raven haired trainer. Ash's dad was cheering, but, he watched with a different set of eyes, if Ash got too overconfident, he would loose for sure
Both Grimsley and Ash fought hard, it was the toughest battle the young raven haired trainer had ever experienced in his life. Now, both trainer and Champion were down to their last Pokémon
For the last matchup, three of Ash's close family members and or friends were allowed to sit on the bench behind Ash's platform. So, Erick, Delia, and Misty all made their way down from the stands to the bench on Ash's side of the field. Once they got there, they resumed their boisterous applause
"Come on Ash! You're almost there honey!" Delia screamed
"You can beat him, Ash! I love you!" Misty called
You've got this Ash! Stay focused out there!" Erick beamed
"Let's go Pikachu!" Ash smiled as his starter ran towards the arena and onto its side of the field
"Ah, so you are using your Kanto starter to attempt total my title from me? This should be fun! Come back out Bisharp, let's wrap this up and send this young trainer home!"
The dual steel and dark type clanged it's metal arms together and got into a battle stance
Ash knew just how dangerous this Pokémon could be, it knocked out two of his other Pokémon, he knew that Pikachu would be faster, and a lot healthier since it hadn't been called out until now, he was beginning to get overconfident
"Pikachu use Quick Attack to get some momentum going!" Ash yelled
The little yellow mouse obeyed and charged towards Bisharp
"Dodge it and use night slash!" Grimsley smirked
Even though the opposing Pokémon was tired, it still managed to narrowly escape Pikachu's physical attack and use its own attack before Pikachu could move out of the way
The electric mouse was flung back towards its side of the arena!
"Are you okay Pikachu?" Ash called out with panic rushing through his veins
His starter Pokémon got up and shook the hit off
"Pika!" it yelled and electricity sparked from it's red cheeks
"Alright! That's my Pikapal!" Misty cheered
Hit after hit, blow for blow, Pikachu fought it's hardest; just like its trainer, it wasn't going to give up without a fight!
"Pikachu, Use volt tackle!" Ash commanded, Oh, he was so close! He looked to the bench, his mom was cheering so loudly that she was sure to lose her voice! Misty was jumping up and down in jubilation! And his father was cheering with them and pumping up the crowd even more! Oh, he could almost taste the victory on his lips, well, Misty's had been better, but, still. He glanced up at the soon to be former Unova Champion, expecting a look of panic and humiliation across his face.
Milliseconds before Pikachu gave Bisharp the final blow, the unthinkable happened
"Dodge to the left and use Aerial Ace!" Grimsley ordered
All Ash could do was watch in pure horror as the dual steel and dark type dodged just the way his starraptor had done, and hit Pikachu with a finishing blow.
"Pikachu is unable to battle, Bisharp wins, which means that Grimsley will remain the Champion of Unova!" Announced the referee
It was all over Ash had lost
The eighteen-year-old trainer managed to keep himself from falling to his knees; he walked over to the arena and picked up his fainted starter Pokémon
"Pi…Pikapi" the electric mouse shed a small tear, which Ash quickly whipped away
"No, Pikachu, it's not…it's not your f-fault, you battled your heart out, just rest" The male trainer was devastated, but, he still had to be a good sport and shake Grimsley's hand
"Ash Ketchum, that was an incredible battle! You, and your Pokémon gave their hearts out here today, never forget that! Maybe you and I will battle again one day, and I have a secret hope that you will emerge victoriously! Goodbye, and good luck Ash Ketchum" Grimsley looked into Ash's eyes and shook his hand, and walked into a slew of reporters and various members of the media. Before even one reporter could get to Ash, Misty rushed and hugged him as tightly as she could.
"Misty…I…I'm so sorry…" Ash needed some time to be alone. Fortunately, the Champion came to his aid as the reporters were starting to make their way towards Ash
"He will answer your questions later! Let the man have some space! I will now uncover my super secret key I used to triumph and remain your champion!" Grimsley stated boldly, which succeed in giving Ash time to get away
He was calm until he walked up to his locker
He roared loudly and punched the metal door with every ounce of strength that he had left, and his tears began to fall. Everything that he had worked so hard and tirelessly to build up, all of the pain that he had gone through was all for nothing
The grief was too much for him to bear any longer; he fell to his knees, and sobbed
The next thing he felt was someone's lips on his own, he assumed that they belonged to Misty, but, maybe she would be better off with Grimsley! He was the real Champion, she deserved better than a good for nothing loser from Pallet Town
When he opened his eyes, there she was, her own eyes closed as she deepened the kiss by using her hand to pull his head closer to her
"Misty…I-I thought you'd go with..with him, I don't deserve you… I"
The young redhead grabbed her boyfriend and slapped him as hard as she could across the face
"Really?! After all we've been through! You think that just because you lost that I would leave you? I love you! I always have! Even when you were an arrogant, stupid, full of shit little ten-year-old!" Misty screamed, tears rolling down her face
"Y-You even said it yourself! 'Whether I win or loose, I know she'll never leave me'! When the hell did that change A-Ash? Huh?! I thought we knew and l-loved each other more than that!"
All Ash could think was what a stupid idiot he was! Misty loved him for who he was as a human being, she would always be by his side, it was at that very moment that he knew, she was the one.
"A-and if y-you think that y-you'd be better off w-w-without me, then" Ash's lips on hers shut up Misty. She was albeit surprised to say the least, but she relaxed into the kiss and reciprocated
"Misty, I'm so sorry that I was acting so stupid! I" Again, shut up by his girlfriend's sweet lips on his own, but a shorter kiss this time, man that never got old!
"I understand you're devastated, and that's ok, you gave it your all, I'm still proud of you Ketchum, you did do some damage to that locker there, huh?" Misty smirked while Ash chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his neck
"But more importantly, you're not alone, and you are right, you really don't deserve me."
Ash furrowed his brow in utter confusion
"You already have me Ash, and you always will, I love you."
"I love you too Misty" and for the one-hundredth time in five minutes, the young couple locked their lips together and sighed with content
Back outside the front entrance of the stadium, all of Ash's family members and closest friends were waiting for him
"Oh, Ash honey! I'm so sorry you lost!" Delia hugged her son tightly
"Mom, it's ok, I'm alright, I just have to keep trying!" Ash hugged his mom back
"Hey! That's the spirit! You'll get him next time big guy!" Brock and Ash high-fived
Mr. Ketchum looked with immense pride at his son, yes, he did lose the battle, but Ash was still the biggest winner of them all in his eyes. There would be nothing standing in his way next time!
"So, Ash, if you're up for it, after a well-deserved break, why don't you head to the Kalos region?" Erick suggested
"Kalos, Huh? Well, you're the one who recommended Unova, so, I guess I'm going to take to the Kalos region next!" Ash cheered gleefully, earning a delightful giggle from his girlfriend
Off towards the parking lot, the young adult trainer saw Grimsley walking to his limo
"Hold on one second guys, I have to go talk to someone real fast."
Ash ran as fast as his legs could carry him, and Pikachu jumped onto his trainer's shoulder
"Hey! Grimsley! Hold on a sec!" Ash yelled just before the Unova champion closed the door
"Ah, Mr. Ash Ketchum, what is it?" Grimsley stated
The young man caught his breath slowly and stood proudly as he offered his hand
"You better be prepared for our next battle Champion Grimsley, because next time, I'm going to win!" Ash promised
Champion Grimsley grinned ear-to-ear at the young trainer and laughed heartily
"I Look forward to our next battle then Ash! Train hard, and always remember that you're never alone" a warm, gentle smile etched onto the dark type champions face
"I never have to worry about that Champion Grimsley! Because I've always got…her" Ash turned around to gaze upon his beautiful girlfriend and breathe in and out happily
"Goodbye Ash, good luck in Kalos, and I'll be secretly rooting for you to beat Diantha! But, please, don't tell anyone I said that" Grimsley Giima winked and smiled, and the limo drove off
Misty walked over gave her boyfriend a small peck on the cheek, held his hand and rested her head on his other shoulder
So what, he lost one of the most important battles of his young life, there would be much more beyond the horizon in the wonderful world of Pokémon
A/N:
I know I know! There is a TON of lovey-dovey moments in here that make these two a bit more OOC then they may need to be, but, I really love it! I know I need to work on having a lot less dialogue and more description, but that's where you guys come in; I welcome all feedback, whether you loved it, or hated it. But, please, tell me something I can improve on to make YOUR experience as a reader more enjoyable! Also, I put a poll up on my profile page, I am going to try a different ship for Ash, and that story will not include any mention of Misty. It'll be challenging, but I think I'm ready! Please review, and I will catch you later!
Until Next Time
Stay Pokeshipping Everyone!
Written and edited by Cultofwinters