Chapter 3: Beginning of a Tournament
A/N: This will now be the start of the tournament, so please enjoy if you like it.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON!
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The days passed by quickly, which was now the start of the tournament with ash in the dressing room for his battling attire with his winter cloak since they were battling on mount lanakila's open roof.
He then walked into the room where his friends were, with lillie looking at his direction.
"Alola, ash." She greeted.
"Alola." He greeted.
"This tournament better be interesting." Guzma grumbled.
"Don't worry it will be, i heard that other regions elite four and champions are here." Sophocles told the ex-team skull leader.
"That means other gym leader's will be here, correct?" Ilima asked.
"That's right, all six regions gym leader will be here." Ash answered.
"So, this region's elite four and champion will be known outside, isn't that right?" Gladion asked.
"Some people might have already heard of us, some might not, so in other words yes and no." Ash answered.
"Alright guys, the tournament is starting." Professor kukui said as he entered the room.
"Elite fours and champion please head to the staging area." He requested.
Ash, bonnie, gladion, guzma and james nodded as they went off to the staging area where the tournament will begin.
Meanwhile with the traitors, which max was still angry about his defeat by ash in front of all his friends.
"Calm down max, everything will be fine." Drew reassured.
"I heard the other trainers here are all weak compared to the regions gym leader." Conway added.
"Now, trainers I welcome you to the first world tournament that the alola region will hold." Kukui started as the crowd turned their head.
Within the stands were a few participants, while some were at the ground level wanting to have a better and up-close view and the ones on the ground were the traitors.
"First, we will reveal our elite fours before our champion, so may I present the first elite four within the alola region guzma!" Kukui yelled.
Guzma walked out to the stand as his trusty partner golisopod was beside him as the hard scale pokemon gave a battle roar.
"Second we have bonnie who came all the way from the kalos region!" Kukui called.
This made clemont and serena turn their head in a fast rate with shock in their eyes.
"Wait, BONNIE!" They yelled in sync.
Bonnie skipped onto the stage as dedenne was on her head waving at the crowd as the same thing was done by bonnie before she walked off.
"Thirdly we have james who came from the kanto region!" Kukui called again.
The traitors that was with ash the longest opened their mouth wide, as james walked onto the stage with a cacturne beside him who looks intimidating.
"Team rocket?! What is he doing here!?" The traitors yelled.
"Lastly on the elite four list, we have gladion!" Kukui yelled as the people cheered.
Gladion stepped into the stage box with his trusted partner silvally as a few trainers shot their eyes open as the one who won the indigo league was actually an elite four member.
Gladion soon walked away with kukui back onto his microphone.
"Now let me introduced the trainer who helped alola with many of its crisis and the champion of this tropical region, ash ketchum!" The alola professor yelled as the traitors was shocked.
"Wait, what?" Max asked.
"This can't be true now can it?" Clemont questioned.
"I doubt it's true, he must have won through unknown means." Conway added.
Ash walked onto the stage with pikachu on his shoulder and greninja beside him as he took off his cloak, waving at the crowd with a smile.
"Before we start off this tournament may we have the champion give us a few words of encouragement." Kukui said as he handed ash the microphone.
"May I welcome each and every trainer from far away regions to the first ever world tournament held within the alola region." Ash greeted.
"The tournament rounds will be held in a multi battle, so may every trainer do their best in this tournament, win or lose doesn't matter because losing only make you feel your achievement by far." Ash explained.
"Now, I wish every trainer the best of luck within the tournament and may everyone have a good time with your stay within the alola region." Ash finished as he handed kukui the mic before walking off.
"Before we start off the tournament, we shall now have an exhibition battle between our regions champion and a regional elite four or champion." Kukui exclaimed as the crowd cheered.
"May the cards on screen shuffle to show our champions challenger?" He asked.
The cards on screen started to shuffle as the card stopped to reveal cynthia's face on the right as ash's was on the left.
Ash walked into his trainer box as cynthia took her place in her own trainer box facing ash with a smile.
"It's good to see you again ash, I really hope you don't hold back against me." She greeted.
"Wouldn't dream of holding back, but you'll do the same now won't you?" He asked.
"Of course not, now may I request you to use your strongest pokemon?" She requested.
"All my pokemon's strength remain equal cynthia,, so there is no weakest or strongest in my book." Ash ended as the judge took his spot.
"The exhibition battle between champion ash and champion cynthia will now begin, this will be a one on one battle with no substitution, please present your pokemon." He requested.
"Garchomp, battle dance!"
"We'll do the same, garchomp, I choose you!"
Both pokeball burst open to reveal two garchomp's, on the left was ash's and on the right was cynthia's as cynthia's garchomp was seen with it's mega stone.
"Trainers has five minutes on the clock, begin!" The judge called.
"Ladies first." Ash offered.
"Why thank you, garchomp dragon claw!"
Cynthia's garchomp created two draconic claws as it rushed at ash's garchomp who turned to his trainer.
"Intercept or block it?" He asked.
"You think you block it?" He asked as garchomp nodded.
"Do as you wish." He finished.
As cynthia's garchomp struck down on ash's garchomp, the kanto native's garchomp simple stopped both the other mach pokemon's hand with only one of his, as this shocked the crowd greatly.
"Attract, go." Ash ordered.
Ash's garchomp winked as cynthia's garchomp soon fell in love with the strong mach pokemon opposite her once getting hit by a ring of heart.
"Garchomp!" Cynthia yelled.
"Earth power."
Ash's garchomp roared as a pillar ofearth energy burst out from below cynthia's garchomp feet who managed to get over her love status.
Cynthia smiled as she held out a key stone.
"Now, let's take this up a notch, garchomp MEGA EVOLVE!" She yelled.
Her garchomp glowed in a bright light as the female mach pokemon transformed into her mega state.
"Do you think ash will have any problems?" Kiawe questioned.
"I doubt it, his lucario can handle mine even when i mega evolved it." Gladion answered.
"Now, let's try it again, use dragon claw!"
Cynthia's garchomp created yet another claw of draconic energy now much large then before as she rushed at ash's garchomp.
"Counter it."
Ash's garchomp soon hit away one of his opponent's hand with his own as he forced her back by hitting her with a tail of water.
"Not bad." Cynthia compliented.
"You too." Ash replied.
"Now use brick break!" Both trainers yelled.
Both garchomp's hand glowed in a white aura as they rushed at each other with intend to knock one another down.
But as they clashed, ash's garchomp purposely let cynthia's hit him twice before hitting her away, once cynthia's garchomp was forced back she clutched her hadns together in pain as ash's garchomp shook his neck.
"That was rather relaxing, although it packed quite a hard punch." Garchomp told his trainer.
"Well she is still a champion's pokemon." Ash added.
"Poison jab!" Cynthia ordered.
"Shadow claw." Ash ordered.
Cynthia's garchomp hand glowed in a purple light as ash's garchomp created a claw of shadow, but before they could clash the buzzer went off as cynthia's garchomp reverted back.
"That's the end of the exhibition match." The judge announced as the crowd cheered.
"Now that was a battle that is as hot as a overheat, now let's get this tournament on the way!" Kukui yelled.
Ash recalled garchomp as he walked off the stage as cynthia did the same.
"How did that weak trainer manage to keep up with cynthia?" Conway questioned.
"I don't know, say clemont can you find out where his staying?" Iris asked.
"Why of course, why do you ask?" The lumiose city gym leader asked.
"I got this idea." She started.
Ash soon walked back into his own room where everyone was as lillie walked up to him.
"That was quite a show." She said as gladion smirked.
"The battle between us won't end like last time." Gladion started.
"Like how my lucario stopped yours with only a hand four years ago?" Ash retorted.
"That was last time, now Is now, so prepare for a fight to remember." gladion challenged.
"I'll be waiting." Ash accepted.
"Say lillie, do you want to go grab a bite before I look at my matchups?" He asked.
"Sure, I don't see why not." She responded.
"I'll catch you all later, lillie and I are going to go grab a bite." Ash exclaimed as the two walked off.
While walking around malie city just as ash spotted a man familiar to him, the man was taking pictures all around the place before pointing his camera at ash.
"Hmm?" He started.
"Still like taking pictures huh, trip?" Ash asked.
"It's been a long time ash, more than ten years I presume?" He asked.
"Uh-huh, but I didn't see you during the ceremony, didn't you register?" He asked.
"Actually, I did but I just wanted to look around on what the alola region has to offer." He explained.
"I see." Ash replied.
"Ash, who is he?" Lillie asked.
"Ah right, lillie meet trip one of my rivals from the unova region." Ash introduced.
"And trip meet lillie, my wife." Ash finished.
This information made trip unable to believe what he just heard as he faced ash.
"For the last time I checked, you couldn't even fall in love." Trip exclaimed.
"That was the last time, besides I didn't love any of them until I met lillie." Ash explained.
"Well, time to go grab some lunch, see you during the tournament." Ash bid farewell to trip as they left.
Inside the restaurant ash and lillie both ordered a simple meal as the blonde girl started a conversation.
"Say, who are planning to use during the first round?" She asked.
"Well, I'm planning to use it in this round of battle." He answered.
"Wait, you don't mean?" This made ash nod his head.
"That's right, I just hope it isn't still as aggressive as before." Ash replied.
"Although, this device that faba created, I still can't understand ultra beast." Ash added.
"Well, that is understandable, I mean ultra beast aren't from this world." She replied.
The two continued to eat their meals as ash clipped an additional two pokeball onto his belt.
"Be careful when you use it, don't end the arena before your opponent end." Lillie demanded.
"Alright, and I'm sorry that there won't be any contest or is there?" He asked.
"Well, there will be, although it will only start after the multi battle rounds." She answered.
After they finish their meals, ash had alakazam teleport them back to the pokemon center as they arrived within a split second.
"Now to see who's my partner and who I'm up against."
Ash soon looked through the list to find that he was partnered up with trip who he just met not moments ago and his opponets were the kanto elite four bruno and the fuchsia city gym leader janine.
"Huh, I thought the fuchsia city gym leader was koga." Ash said with uncertainty.
"Koga was promoted to an elite four, thus his daughter janine took his place." They turn to see brock.
"Is that so? So many things happened in the past thirteen years huh." Ash answered.
"Mine I the third match, so who are your partner and opponents brock?" Ash asked.
"Sadly, i'm partnered with clemont, as for my opponents they are whitney and olympia." Brock answered.
"To add into that, I'm fighting first."
"Sorry to hear about your partner, but watch out for olympia she's a strong tactician." Ash warned.
"Thanks for the warning, now expect a good match." Brock thanked as he walked off.
Ash and lillie soon proceeded to the champion and elite four chamber, where the rest of the regions elite four and champion were.
"It's nice to see you again ash." Steven immediately greeted as ash stepped into the chamber.
"It's nice to meet you all again." Ash greeted back as he sat down.
"I kind of pity your friend you know." Guzma told the champion.
"You mean brock?" This made guzma nod his head.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Ash reassured.
"Although, later in the matches there will be a battle royal right?" Gladion asked.
"Yup." This cause gladion to smirk.
Back on the field where brock and clemont stood out into the open as whitney and olympia were opposite them.
The judge who introduced himself as frey entered his box as he raised his flags.
"The battle between gym leaders whitney and olympia against gym leaders brock and clemont will now begin, each trainer is allowed three pokemons, are both sides ready?" Frey asked as they nodded.
"Very well, then please present your pokemon." Frey requested.
"Go, nidoqueen!"
"Meowstic, please assist me."
"Go, golem!"
"Luxray,come on out!"
In front of whitney came out a rather strong looking nidoqueen, in front of olympia was her female meowstic as a different looking golem appeared in front of brock as luxray appeared in front of clemont.
"Now, battle begin!" Frey announced
"Meowstic, future sight." Olympia ordered calmly.
Meowstic immediately shot multiple psychic spheres into an unknown portal.
"Golem use stone edge!"
Golem raised it's hand before slamming it on the ground as pillar's of stone erupted from the ground.
"Nidoqueen, use your own stone edge!"
The drill pokemon raised her own hand as she repeated the same process as golem making their attack clash.
"Luxray, wild charge on meowstic!"
Luxray nodded as he charged at meowstic with body coated with electricity as whitney smirked.
"Nidoqueen!"
Nidoqueen immediately went in front of meowstic as luxray bumped into her causing no damage, with several portals opening on the air as spheres of psychic energy flew down.
The sphere soon made contact with luxray as the gleam eyes pokemon scream in pain.
"Golem, electro web!"
Golem formed a yellow orb before throwing it towards nidoqueen, as it splashed open to reveal a net with electricity as the drill pokemon was pinned down.
"Nidoqueen try to break free!" Whitney yelled.
Inside the chamber, where all the champion and elite four were watching.
"Since when did brock have an alolan golem?" Ash asked.
"Alolan golem? Is there even such a thing here?" Steven asked.
"Well, yes, they are variant pokemon that lives only in the alola region." Ash answered.
"From your battle with cynthia ash, it makes me want to battle you more!" Alder said with a laughter.
"You'll just have to find me in this tournament." Ash replied.
"I was wondering, how did your garchomp stop mine so easily?" Cynthia asked.
"Now, now cynthia, it's not good to pry into another champion's training schedule." Lance scolded.
"It's rather alright lance, I just did simple training that's all." Ash reassured.
"That simple training, include you climbing the tallest mountain in alola?" Lillie said eyeing at him as he gulped.
"Ehehehe." He laughed.
While they were talking, the battled ended in brock and clemont victory as the second battle has already started with the battle between cameron and lana against elesa and rook.
Where cameron has lost his swanna and hydreigon, lana was still on her first pokemon as elesa has lost her tynamo and emolga with rook losing his darmanitan and galvantula.
"Primarina, sparkling aria!"
Primarina created a parkling water sphere as it tossed the attack towards the enemy side as elesa plan to counter.
"Eelektross, charge beam!"
The elefish pokemon immediately let loose a stream of electricity, as a sparkling burst of water appeared upon the attacks clashing,
Immediately from the burst of water the two pokemon was struck by an aura sphere knocking them out.
"Both eelektross and kingdra are unable to battle, priarina and lucario wins, so the winners are captain lana and trainer cameron!" Frey declared.
"It's my turn next." Ash said as he clipped.
"Good luck and be careful." Lillie said as she pecked in on the cheek.
"I will." He replied doing the same.
Inside the waiting room ash soon looked at trip.
"Didn't think my partner would be you." The unova native expressed.
"Me too, but I have to give you a little warning in this battle." Ash started.
"Hmm?" He frowned.
"One of my pokemon is going to go very wild in this fight." Ash explained.
"Alright." Trip replied.
The two soon made it to the field where opposite them stands bruno and janine with frey entering his own referee box.
"The battle between champion ash and trainer trip against elite four bruno and gym leader janine will now begin, each trainer is allowed three pokemon, are both sides ready?" Frey asked getting nods from the four trainers.
"Please present your first pokemon!" Frey requested.
"Jellicent!"
"Weezing, let's show them!"
"Hitmonlee, time to brawl!"
Ash soon pulled out a ultra ball making the alola elite four open their eyes.
"Wait isn't that?" Gladion asked.
"Yeah, it's itching for a fight after ten years." Lillie explained.
"Necrozma, I choose you!"
The four balls burst open as a blue jellyfish appeared in front of trip, weezing soon materialized in front of janine and hitmonlee appeared in front of bruno.
What stood in between them was a huge black prism-like creature as it float in front of ash.
"U-u-uh battle begin!" Frey announced.
"What in the world is that?" Trip asked.
"Hitmonlee use rolling kick!"
The kicking pokemon immediately leaped into the air as he rolled in the air before send a kick at necrozma who got hit but looked unfazed.
"What the?" Bruno said shocked.
"Jellicent use hydro pump!"
"Weezing sludge bomb!"
Jellicent immediately fired his attack at weezing who retaliated by firing a bomb of sludge as the two attacks dispersed.
Necrozma who slowly opened it's eye as it let out a loud screech forcing everyone and everything near it to shut their ears.
"Are you finally battle ready?" Ash asked.
Necrozma shifted it's eye at ash before nodding.
"Alright, start things off with prismatic laser!" He ordered.
Necrozma immediately gather a huge amount of light before firing a barrage of laser into the air confusing the three trainers.
Soon after, the barrage of laser rained down upon the three pokemons as trip and bruno managed to call off a protect, though it wasn't enough to stop the sheer power of the prism pokemon and fell unconscious to it's fearsome attack.
"U-u-u-uh, jellicent, hitmonlee and weezing are unable to battle." He stuttered.
"What just happened?" Bruno asked shocked.
Necrozma simply let out another screech as ash took out his ultra ball.
"Necrozma, thank you." He returned.
"Sorry about that everyone, it's just in necrozma nature to fight wildly." Ash apologized taking frey's microphone.
Ash soon handed the mic back as he tossed his pokeball.
"Ninetales, I choose you!"
"Hitmonchan, time to brawl!"
"Venomoth, let's show them!"
"Conkeldurr!"
The four pokemon burst out as the three other was shocked by the sight of the blue ninetales.
"Hey guys, isn't that lillie's ninetales?" Mallow pointed out.
"Yeah, she is." Lana confirmed.
"I forgot to tell you." They turn to see kukui who smiled.
"Professor!" They greeted.
"Lillie and ash are sharing their pokemon storage box you see, so whichever pokemon each other owns they can use. But the only condition is that if they listen." Kukui explained as they nodded.
"Niinetales use ice beam!"
The fox pokemon soon launched a beam of ice at venomoth freezing it in ice as hitmonchan manage to successfully land a focus punch on conkeldurr knocking him out.
"Venomoth/Conkeldurr!" Both janine and trip yelled out to their respective pokemon.
"Venomoth and conkeldurr are unable to battle!" Frey declared.
"Hitmonchan, bullet punch!"
The punching pokemon immediately ran at ninetales with high speed as ash grinned.
"Hypnosis."
As the fighting type got near, ninetales released a hypnotic aura as hitmonchan fell a sleep below her feet.
"Now, tail slap!"
Ninetales leaped into the air as she slapped hitmonchan with her tails nine times in total, knocking the punching pokemon out.
"Hitmonchan is unable battle, please present your last pokemon!"
Ash recalled ninetales as he took out his third pokeball.
"Lucario, i choose you!"
"Serperior!"
"Ariados, let's show them!"
"Machamp, time to brawl!"
The four pokemon appeared in front of their respective trainers as frey raised his flag.
"Begin!" He announced.
"Machamp, knock lucario onto the ground with dynamicpunch!" Bruno ordered.
Machamp immediately ran at lucario as the aura pokemon turn to face his trainer.
"Should I do it the same with gladion's lucario?" The jackal asked.
"I think It's best if you show them your power, my friend." Ash replied.
Lucario turn back to face machamp as the aura pokemon managed to stop the superpower pokemon's move with only one hand.
"What in the world?" Bruno asked.
The crowd started to murmur as the alola native were going wild as their champion is showing his strength.
"Power-up punch." Ash ordered.
"Say, goodnight!" Lucario stated to machamp.
Lucario's fist immediately gathered a large amount of aura as he punched the superpower pokemon in the guts sending it all the way to bruno's feet, the surprising thing as that it was able to still stand.
"Not bad." Ash's lucario complimented.
Their talk was distrub by a call.
"Serperior is unable to battle!" Frey declared.
"I'm sorry, ariados was just too crafty." Trip apologized.
"No, no, it's alright." Ash reassured.
"Ariados, string shot!"
The long leg pokemon fired a long sticky thread as ash looked at lucario.
"Your move." He ordered.
"Got it." Lucario replied.
The aura pokemon immediately created a bone made of blue aura as he tossed it towards the opposing side spinning.
The bone rush was then coated with the string shot as lucario exploded it with an aura sphere scattering the webbing ll around the opponent side.
"Machamp use vital throw on ariados!"
"While you're being thrown ariados, use giga impact!"
Machamp immediately grabbed hold of ariados as tossed the long leg pokemon all the way to lucario with the bug and poison coated in a spiral aura around it's body.
Lucario once again managed to stop the devastating attack with only a hand as the two opponents were shocked greatly.
"You're going to need more man power for it to work." Ash exclaimed.
"That kind of hurt a little." Lucario groaned.
"I'll treat you after were done." Ash reassured.
"Machamp let's try again use vital throw!"
"Ariados, use throat chop and aim for lucario's chest!" Janine ordered.
The same process repeated itself as ariados's hand took up a purple glow with ash looking at lucario.
"Counter."
With a fist clenched, lucario managed to sidestep ariados's attack before punching the long leg pokemon all the way back to machamp knocking them both to the ground.
"Now, earthquake!"
Lucario slammed the ground with his fist causing a huge magnitude to engulf the field as he two pokemon were knocked out.
"Machamp and ariados are unable to battle, lucario wins, and since champion ash still has all three of his pokemon the winner is champion ash and trainer trip!" Frey declared.
"That was a good fight." Ash told bruno and janine.
"Thanks, though I'm pretty sure we got pulverize." Janine huffed out.
"Hey come on now, the two of you despite fighting together for the first time managed to pull out a combination attack." Ash pointed out.
"A little more and you have sent my lucario flying." Ash explained.
"You're getting their hopes up too high." Trip added.
"It's true really." Ash explained as he recalled lucario.
"I'm heading home, so I'll catch you all later." Ash waved.
Ash and lillie soon left the stadium back to their home as they followed by ash's old unfezent send by max.
I'm leaving it here, hope you guys enjoyed the battle or at least a little but please don't put flames in the review tab or it shall be ignored along with other mean comments.
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