"The Tournament of Legends"
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Chapter 3:
Ash gulped as he turned around. The figure was an extremely beautiful woman with long blonde hair that flowed down to the back of her knees. She was dressed in all black and the end of her coat was covered in fuzz and she had clips in her hair in honor of her starter Pokemon, Garchomp. "Hey Cynthia" Ash said hesitantly.
She smiled charmingly and said, "So now you'll have another secret weapon in the tournament against everyone."
"What do you mean another secret weapon? You know of my other legendary Pokemon?" Ash questioned cautiously.
"I didn't, but since you mentioned it you could tell me" Cynthia said with that charming smile on her face which made Ash blush slightly.
"I don't have to tell you, and you can't force me" Ash said calmly, but on the inside he was a nervous wreck.
"Ho-Oh and Mewtwo, two of the most powerful Legendaries, Ash, is there anyone else?" She questioned.
"Groudon and Darkrai" Ash accidentally blurted out. Cynthia had an extremely shocked look on her face before she smiled.
"Well I hope to see you in the finals Ash, because if I don't that would be a big disappointment" Cynthia said as she turned around and walked away. Ash would never admit it, but he was developing a crush on Cynthia, and the way she came up on him right then and there only made those feelings stronger. Ash walked back to the stadium slowly where he got Mewtwo healed and he decided to watch the other matches and see how they played out.
In Group C, Cynthia had dominated both Brock and Arya, knocking both of them out before they could get anything going. Lance crushed Misty in Group D and had a little bit of a harder time when his Aerodactyl and Dragonair were taken out, leaving him with Dragonite against Will. In the end Lance advanced and Will and Misty were knocked out. In Group D, Cilan and Harrison beat Morrison who was knocked out and their battle resulted as a tie, letting them both advance. Some other noticeable trainers that made it were Tyson, Gary, Paul, Volkner, Clair, Norman, Flint, Lucian, Grimsley, Shauntal, and Drake. Trip was knocked out by Volkner in his group. Caitlin and Agatha were taken out by Lucian, who proved to be the stronger of the Psychic type trainers against Caitlin. Ash was set up to fight someone he didn't want to have to fight until the Top 16, Drake.
All of Ash's friends looked at him, surprisingly, a few had pitiful gazes.
"It's fine Ash, if you train harder next year you can win" Dawn said passively.
"I mean c'mon Drake's an Elite Four member, and the strongest too, I doubt you could beat him" May said almost discouragingly. Iris wasn't there because she went to check out a vending machine if they had her favorite kind of candy bar and Cilan was preparing for his battle against Norman.
Brock immediately retaliated by saying, "Don't listen to them man, their judgment's clouded by their emotion.
Max looked on interestingly and asked, "You mean they're going through hormones?" Everyone looked at each other in shock, Max shouldn't know about this stuff!
"Uhhhhhh no Max, it means we made a mistake" May said nervously. It convinced Max as he left to train his Pokemon so they don't get out of sync.
"I'm going to go get some Pokemon from Professor Oak" Ash said while glaring hard at the 3 girls. Brock sweat dropped.
When Professor Oak picked up he said, "I heard about your opponent Ash, your mother wants to come and support you so I'll see you later during your match. Now which Pokemon do you want?"
"I'll take…" Ash listed off after a few moments. (You have to read to find out)
After getting his Pokemon, Ash went to the Pokemon Center and healed them just in case they were training at the ranch. While sitting a person, a little shorter than Ash, with purple hair that covered his forehead came towards and sat down next to Ash.
"Hey Paul, what's up?" Ash questioned. After the Sinnoh league Ash showed Paul the right way to treat Pokemon and they then became fast friends.
"Not much, I'm only thinking about how bad I'll lose." Paul said looking depressed.
"What? Who are you facing" Ash questioned quickly.
"Lance" was all Paul said before he got up and left.
After Ash got his Pokemon he walked towards the stadium. When he got into the room where competitors enter he showed the security guard his ID
"Ash Ketchum, Born in Pallet Town, Received at age 17 (Unova Dex)" Dexter said.
"Alright Mr. Ketchum, I wish you good luck in your match" the security guard said as he nodded.
"When he got into the locker room he had 2 minutes to kill so he tried to strategize.
"Who would Drake use first; I mean it has to be a dragon type right?" Ash thought to himself.
"It could be his Altaria or even his Salamance" Ash thought, but was interrupted when he was called out to battle.
The referee began by saying, "On the green corner we have Ash Ketchum of Pallet and in the red corner we have Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four. This will be a 6 on 6 match and when all of one's Pokemon are fainted the battle will be over. Alright, now begin" The referee finished.
"Alright let's go Vibrava" Drake yelled. A small dragonfly like Pokemon with huge yellow-green eyes came out in a flash
"I choose you, Absol" Ash exclaimed. Out of Ash's Pokeball came something that represented a dog, strongly. It's got dark blue to gray body is covered in white fur, with a ruff around its neck and chest.
"Okay let's start things off with Ice Beam, Absol." Ash ordered swiftly. A light blue energy shot towards Vibrava with frost coming out of the sides.
"Vibrava use Dragonbreath" Drake commanded. A green, yellow energy shot out and connected with the Ice Beam resulting in a massive explosion, dealing damage to both Pokemon.
"Vibrava use Hyper Beam to finish this" Drake yelled.
"Absol take it." When the Hyper Beam was about to hit Absol Ash yelled, "Use Mirror Coat!" Drake's eyes widened when he realized his mistake. A purple energy glowed around Absol and the Hyper Beam was launched straight back at Absol who yelled, "SOL!" A huge explosion covered the stadium and dust rose shielding everyone from the outcome of the explosion. When the dust cleared Absol was standing tall and proud with a few scratches on him while Vibrava had swirls in its eyes.
"Vibrava is unable to battle; the winner of the round is Absol," the referee announced. "Red corner please send out your next Pokemon."
"Come on out Shelgon" Drake announced. It had bone structures have formed all around the Pokémon's body, becoming a shell with two openings: one in front and one in the back. "Shelgon let's start things off with Dragon Pulse." A huge clear, green energy erupted from its mouth and raced towards Absol.
"Absol take it" Ash said. As soon as it hit Absol Ash yelled, "Now use Payback" Absol let a dark energy glow from his body and he rammed into Shelgon doing massive damage. Both Pokémon's condition looked similar; they were both panting and had scratches on it. "Absol finish this off with Shadow Claw" Ash yelled. Absol's claws grew and became dark purple as he charged at Shelgon.
"Shelgon us Dragon claw" Shelgon's claws grew and became dark blue. Both Pokemon struck each other and when they backed away they started to shake. It was a stare down between the two Pokemon. All of a sudden, both of them felt a stabbing pain in their torso and they both collapsed.
"Absol and Shelgon are both unable to battle, trainers please send out your next Pokemon" the referee said.
"Come on out, Altaria" Drake said calmly.
"I choose you, Charizard" Ash yelled. When the huge, reptilian lizard came out, people were awed by its magnificence and power. It was a sight to behold. Altaria backed up slightly which made Charizard give a feral grin.
"Alright Altaria let's start things off with Dragon Rage" Drake said.
"Counter it with your own Dragon Rage Charizard" Ash yelled. Ash's Charizard's Dragon Rage was much more powerful, but Altaria dodged the incoming attack. "Charizard charge in with Steel Wing" Ash commanded.
"Altaria use Giga Impact" Drake said, knowing he would need power.
Ash grinned and commanded Charizard when they were only a few inches from impact, "Charizard stop and dodge to the side. Now grab Altaria and use Seismic Toss!" Ash screamed in anticipation.
"Altaria Drill Peck" Drake said desperately. Altaria's beak grew white and nailed Charizard in the chest, but he held on tight.
As they were coming down Ash yelled, "Now combine it with Flare Blitz." Immediately the blue and purple energy became bigger and gained a red flare. As Altaria was knocked into the ground, Charizard flew up and let out a powerful flamethrower showing his strength, and then he flew down on Ash's side, waiting to see if Altaria could still stand. Luckily, for Drake, Altaria staggered up.
"Altaria we need to finish this, use Draco Meteor" Drake cried. Immediately Altaria glowed a light orange before she let out a huge orange ball from her mouth. Immediately, the huge orange ball of energy broke down in meteors and came down to pelt Charizard resulting in a massive explosion. Everyone thought Charizard was down for the count, but when the dust cleared there was no sign of him, just a hole in the ground.
"All right Charizard use Overheat from under the ground." Ash screamed so Charizard could hear him. The ground glowed bright red before it erupted in flames. Altaria shot up, into the sky, but nonetheless was still hit. It fell with a thud and had swirls in its eyes.
"Altaria is unable to battle, the winner is Charizard" the referee announced. "Since Drake has lost three Pokemon we will be taking a short break." With that Ash and Drake walked into their respective locker rooms before sitting down and strategizing.
Outside, Ash's friends were all in shock at his power. Only Brock, Cilan, and Max knew he could win. Iris was neutral because she always respected a great dragon type trainer, but deep down she was rooting for Ash.
"Don't think about the match, think about other things" Ash thought to himself desperately.
"After this match I could go to a different region and catch and train more Pokemon so people can't predict which one's I'm going to use since Cynthia has seen my whole Sinnoh team, Lance has seen my whole Johto team, Wallace has seen my whole Hoenn team, and Alder has seen my Unova team. There's no doubt that they would talk. I should go to Unova and look in parts where there are Pokemon native to all 5 of the regions.
Ash was brought out of his thoughts when a time signaled that he had to go out and finish the battle. When the referee signaled to battle each person threw out a Pokemon.
"Flygon, let's go" Drake yelled, desperately needing a win.
"Serperior I choose you" Ash cried. "Alright Serperior, let's start off with a Leaf Storm attack." A huge swarm of leaves started too raced towards Flygon.
"Flygon, destroy them with Flamethrower" Drake said in his usual gruff voice. A large, well, flamethrower started to race towards Serperior after burning the leaves to a crisp.
"Serperior dodge and use Iron Tail" Ash commanded. Serperior's tail glowed silver as it brought its tail down and nailed Flygon in the head, sending it back and making it cry out in pain.
"Flygon use dragon pulse" Drake said. A clear blue energy raced towards Serperior and nailed her in the chest.
"Serperior, are you alright?" Ash asked. Serperior nodded. "Alright let's wrap things up with Attract." Serperior winked and hearts immediately surrounded her before floating up and possessing Flygon, making him infatuated with Serperior.
Drake gritted his teeth and yelled, "Flygon you have to snap out of it." Flygon didn't listen and it walked closer to Serperior.
"Serperior heal yourself with Synthesis." Ash yelled. Serperior began to glow a bright yellow and once it stopped she looked good as new. "Great now finish this with your Solarbeam attack." Serperior charged the Solarbeam and fired the massive energy right at Flygon. Since Flygon was so close it resulted in a massive explosion, knocking Flygon out since the attack was super effective and re-damaging all of the damage Serperior healed.
"Flygon is unable to battle, Serperior wins" the referee announced. "Red trainer please send out your next Pokemon."
Drake yelled, "Come on out Kingdra!" Out came a seahorse that also represented a dragon in ways. Its snout had a hole in the middle and its tail was curled backwards. The top of its head had what appeared to be antennas. Ash decided to leave Serperior in because of her super effective attacks and the cry that Kingdra gave off sounded like a male so he could use Attract again.
"Alright Serperior let's start things off with your Leaf Blade attack" Ash said. He wanted Serperior to get in close because he was worried about moves like Ice Beam and Blizzard.
"Kingdra use Hydro Pump" Drake yelled. He knew Ice Beam could be dodged from this range, easily, but Hydro Pump would be a lot harder.
"Take it Serperior" Ash called. The jet stream of water hit Serperior and she grunted in pain. Not long before that she finally hit Kingdra with the super effective attack. They looked to be in the same condition because Kingdra had been nailed by a hard, super effective Leaf Blade and Serperior had been hurt by Hydro Pump and the explosion in the previous battle.
"Kingdra use Signal Beam" Drake commanded. A bright green beam started to race at Serperior.
"Serperior dodge and use Hyper Beam" Ash commanded.
"Kingdra use Flash Cannon" Drake yelled. A huge explosion almost knocked Ash and Drake off their feet when the two attacks clashed. When the dust cleared both Pokemon were unconscious and had swirls in their eyes.
"Both Pokemon are unable to battle, please send out your next Pokemon" the referee said.
Drake gritted his teeth before he sent out his most powerful Pokemon, "Salamance let's go."
Ash grinned, "Salamance I choose you." Out of the Pokeball's came the same Pokemon though Drake's was a female and Ash's was a male.
"Alright Salamance use Flamethrower" Both trainers said. When the Flamethrower's hit it showed that neither Pokemon had the power advantage. It resulted in a mini explosion throwing both Pokemon back and doing some minor damage to both of them.
"Salamance us Dragon Pulse" Drake commanded.
"Salamance you use Dragon Pulse as well" Ash said. He was just going to try to match Drake's Salamance hit for hit because he knew that he wouldn't be able to defeat it for those two had a lot more experience and training then his Salamance had with him.
Once again, neither attack showed any result in a stronger dragon creating another mini explosion dealing more damage to the Pokemon.
"Salamance use Hyper Beam" Drake and Ash yelled again. The two orange beams were fired at each other, but this time both of them met their mark making both Pokemon take a massive amount of damage and cry out in pain. When the dust cleared it showed Ash's Salamance out on the ground cold with swirls in its eyes and Drake's Salamance was standing, but it was panting, harshly, and it was shaking.
"Ash's Salamance is unable to battle, the winner is Drake's Salamance" the referee yelled. "Green trainer please send out your next Pokemon."
"Charizard I choose you" Ash yelled, but as soon as Charizard appeared Salamance fell down, unconscious, with swirls in its eyes. Both trainers guessed that the more experienced dragon didn't want to be taken out by the more inexperienced one because it would have damaged her pride.
"Salamance is unable to battle, the winner is Charizard, making Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town the winner of the match" the referee announced. Both Drake and Ash walked to the center of the stadium and shook hands.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day when Salamance was bested by its own kind." Drake said appraisingly. Ash blushed slightly from the praise.
"Thanks Drake, I'm not going to let this match go to waste, I'm going to win it all" Ash exclaimed with fire in his eyes. Drake chuckled and walked away. The crowd roared in approval as a hometown native won a match against the strongest member of and Elite Four and quite easily I might add. Ash took that as his cue to leave and exited the stadium. He knew Brock, Cilan, and Max wouldn't doubt him winning, but he was still pissed at the girls so he avoided them. (Ash doesn't know Iris was rooting for him)
Sticking true to his words Ash walked into the forest and released Ho-Oh.
"Can you fly me to Unova, quickly?" Ash asked.
"Hop on" Ho-Oh said through telepathy. Giving a shrill cry she launched herself into the air and soared off into the sky. Since it was still early in the morning Ash made it to Professor Juniper's lab at around midday. Returning Ho-Oh, Ash thought he'd drop in for a surprise visit and give her some information on the Pokemon she wanted. She wanted to know some of Groudon's and Darkrai's characteristics. (In my fic I made that everyone who started in Unova had to be 14, it's different in every region.)
When Ash walked in he saw Professor Juniper talking to four kids he'd never seen before. One of them was wearing a blue jacket with a red and white hate that had a black Pokeball in the center. He had shoulder length brown hair and eyes along with black pants, and red shoes with black laces. He had a black shoulder bag over his chest.
The girl next to him seemed to be either his sister, or twin. She had long brown hair in a high ponytail that poked through the back of her white and pink hat with a pink Pokeball in the center. She had brown eyes with black wristbands on her wrists with a sleeveless white shirt and black vest over it with a pink shoulder bag slung on top of her shoulder.
The third person was also a girl and she had puffy blond hair under a green hat with a white stripe. She had a white blouse on with an orange vest over it with a green shoulder bag over it. On her lower body was a long white skirt that went down to her calves with orange stockings and light yellow shoes. She didn't appear to be related to any of them.
The last person was a boy and he had midnight hair that had one strand sticking up slightly with blue eyes and glasses on his face. He wore a white shirt with red lines from the collar down the front along with a blue jacket with white cuffs over it.
Seeing Ash, Professor Juniper said, "Hi Ash what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be training for resting up for the tournament?" After Professor Juniper said that the four kids turned around and were slightly surprised to see him. If he didn't have a crush on Cynthia he would've thought that the brunette girl was cute.
Ash smiled and responded, "A lot of people know most of my Pokemon because all that's left is Elite four members, Gym Leaders, and Champions. They've all seen me battle before. I wanted to catch new Pokemon and train them so I could give them a surprise." Ash said disarmingly. "And who might you four be?" Ash questioned politely.
The brunette boy said, "I'm Hilbert and this is my twin sister Hilda, the brunette girl." Ash frowned; he could tell the boy had a big ego.
The boy with black hair and glasses said, "I'm Cheren, nice to meet you.
The last girl said, "I'm Bianca, pleasure to meet you."
"I have some stuff to do so you five can talk for a bit" Professor Juniper said while walking off.
"So where are you from?" Hilda asked shyly while blushing slightly since she thought Ash was handsome.
"Pallet Town in the Kanto region" Ash said smoothly. Hilbert noticed this and narrowed his eyes at Ash. "Have you guys competed in any leagues yet?" He asked.
"We all were knocked out in the Top 16 in Unova in our first league" Hilbert said in a slightly snarky tone.
"All of us traveled through Hoenn together as well" Cheren said.
"I got in the Top 8, Hilda knocked me out" Bianca said.
"I got knocked out in the Top 4 by Hilbert" Cheren said.
"I got knocked out in the Top 4 by Hilbert's opponent in the next round" Hilda said.
"I was the runner-up in the league" Hilbert said proudly. No wonder his ego was so big. Ash sweat dropped.
"So that means you are all 16?" Ash asked. He got nods in response.
"What about you, have you everyone a league?" Bianca asked.
Ash nodded and said, "In Kanto, my first league I came runner-up." Everyone went wide eyed at that. Then I traveled to Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and finally, Unova in which I won those 4 leagues." Everyone's jaws were on the floor by now.
"Ash, Professor Juniper said that you were in a tournament now, which one was that?" Hilda asked curiously.
"It's called The Tournament of Legends." Ash replied. "Only the best trainers in the world compete there. I'm advanced to the Top 32 today after beating Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four." Everyone but Hilbert's eyes went wide.
"Well then beating you would be a good step in my training" Hilbert said arrogantly.
Ash narrowed his eyes and said, "Alright I'll battle you, at least I'll be able to deflate your ego when I'm done." Everyone chuckled and thanked Ash, but Hilbert growled.
"What are the conditions?" Ash asked once they were on their respective sides of the field. They were using Professor Juniper's practice field with her permission.
"A full 6 on 6 match" Hilbert said.
"I need to go back soon, but I still need to catch some Pokemon. I better just end this quickly" Ash muttered.
"All right Slaking come on out" Hilbert yelled. (I'm skipping descriptions because it's late at night and I'm tired. I just wanted to get this chapter in before I have to go to sleep)
"Ho-Oh I choose you" Ash yelled. Out came the magnificent, shiny bird that was Ash's first capture. Everyone, but Professor Juniper's, eyes widened when they saw the Legendary in front of them.
"You have a Legendary?" Hilbert asked when he got his voice back. Ash nodded
"Now let's start this battle" Ash said calmly. All right Ho-Oh use Earthquake." Ash cried. The ground shook violently and knocked Slaking out in one hit. To say that everyone was shocked was an understatement.
"Hilbert's screwed" Cheren said flatly. Even though it was mean Hilda and Bianca both knew it was true. Professor Juniper was just awed by Ho-Oh's power.
Hilbert growled lightly when he returned Slaking. He then yelled, "Come on out Zangoose. Alright Zangoose use Crush Claw" Zangoose started to run toward Ho-Oh who looked bored.
"Ho-Oh use Mega Drain" Ash said flatly, clearly bored as well. Zangoose started to have his energy sucked and he tried to break free, but had no luck and was knocked back, unconscious.
"One attack again" Bianca gasped out.
"Again, Hilbert's screwed" Cheren said flatly. Hilda and Bianca sweat dropped.
"Zangoose return, come on out Wailord" Hilbert yelled. Out came a HUGE whale that took up nearly almost of the space on the battle field.
"Ho-Oh it might be huge, but it's still a Pokemon, now use Solarbeam" Ash yelled.
"Wailord use Hydro Pump" Hilbert ordered. The Solarbeam and Hydro Pump connected, but it only took a few seconds for the Hydro Pump to get overpowered. It nailed Wailord who grimaced in pain. He looked badly hurt, but was still conscious.
Ash looked impressed, but said, "Ho-Oh finish this with Mega Drain." This time it was Wailord who had his energy drained and immediately dropped from the super effective attack.
Hilbert sent out his Emboar, which Ash presumed as his starter, after returning Wailord. "Alright Emboar use Giga Impact" A blue and purple energy started to surround him as he charged at Ho-Oh.
"Ho-Oh use Sky Attack" Ash said, knowing this round was over. The Giga Impact and Sky Attack crashed, but Emboar was nailed in the chest and immediately was knocked out. Ash wondered why Wailord withstood a full on Solarbeam, but his starter, Emboar, couldn't take a Sky Attack which was slowed by the Giga Impact. They both had good defenses, but Wailord's was probably better so he went with that conclusion.
After that Hilbert released a Metang and a Swellow who were both taken out quickly and both did no damage at all to Ho-Oh. After Swellow dropped, Hilbert crashed to his knees and said, "I'm not even close to the best."
Ash saw this and walked over while saying, "Don't worry Hilbert. We will battle again, but next time make sure your ego isn't too high and train hard." Ash turned to the rest of the group as he hopped on Ho-Oh. "I hope to see you guy's later, bye" Ash yelled as he shot off towards the sky.
"That Ash sure is something!" Bianca exclaimed with hearts in her eyes. Everyone just sweat dropped.
"I got delayed a little, but at least I got a point through." Ash thought. "Now it's time to catch some Pokemon!"
And done! It's late at night, but I had to get a chap in so I gave you guys this one, hope you like it. I need suggestions for Pokemon that Ash can catch in the next chapter. NO Legendary Pokemon though. Thanks for reading and please review, I only have 8 reviews as of now.
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