Secrets, Confessions and Revelations
Well, it has certainly been a while since I last updated this story hasn't it. For one, there are a whole new bunch of Pokemon that are going to have a mega evolved form, which I think many of them will be introduced with the release of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. As such, I have decided to try to incorporate all of them(excluding the legendaries for obvious reasons) in the story. Now then, here's a list of all the main characters mega evolved Pokemon. I'll leave Leaf's for guessing. All I'll say is that she has more than one.
Ash: Charizard, Heracross, Sceptile, Glalie, Garchomp and Lucario.
Gary: Blastoise, Scizor, Alakazam, Houndoom and Pinsir
Misty: Gyarados
Tracey: Scizor
May: Blaziken, Venusaur and Blastoise
Dawn: Gardevior
Now then, let's get started.
Chapter 4: Knights of Battling Part 1
It had been somewhat of a wild last two days for Ash. After his conversation with Korrina, Ash was contacted by Prof. Oak the following morning. He informed Ash that scientists had recently discovered mega evolution stones for Sceptile and Galile. He had already sent Ash the two stones via an item teleporter(A/N I know there's no such thing, just go with it.) and also sent him his mega ring as Oak had forgotten to send it with Gary. Ash had just barely managed to register Sceptile and Glalie in the tournament with only a few seconds left to spare before registration closed, now giving six Pokemon to use. He learned that there were 128 trainers competing. He spent the rest of the day and the following day training the six Pokemon. He also still had Pikachu with him, despite having six Pokemon with him thanks to a loophole in the Pokemon Storage System he had learned several years ago. After two days of training, Ash was ready to compete and win. He was now sitting with his friends in the stands as the announcer spoke.
"Welcome everyone to the Knights of Mega Evolution Tournament. I'm your MC for this tournament, JR Jack Riley and in this week long tournament, 128 trainers are going to battle to earn the right to be able to call themselves The Prince or Princess of Mega Evolution!" The crowd cheered at that. JR signaled for them to calm down so he could continue. "Here are the rules: Each battle will be a 1-on-1 Pokemon battle. Before the battle officially begins, both Pokemon must switch to their mega evolved form. After that, the battle begins. Moves such as Baton Pass and U-Turn are illegal. Whomever knocks out their opponent's Pokemon first will be declared the winner and will move on in the tournament. Now for the most exciting thing: The winner will earn an amazing opportunity. Whomever wins will earn the honor of battling Kalos Region Champion Diantha in an exhibition battle!" The crowd cheered even more.
That news certainly gave Ash and his friends even more motivation.
"Wow! The winner gets to battle Diantha? That's so awesome!" Dawn said.
"Yeah. Looks like we may get a chance to face her again, right buddy?" Ash said, looking at Pikachu.
'Pika!' The mouse Pokemon said. Gary, Misty, Tracey, May and Dawn turned to Ash in confusion.
"Ash, what do you mean by again?" May asked.
"We already me Diantha a while ago. She and Ash had a battle, but it was interupted by Team Rocket, so they never finished it." Serena explained. The 5 were surprised by this.
"You always seem to meet the champion of every region, Ashy-Boy. Talk about luck." Gary said. Ash just shrugged.
"Yeah, I guess. Still, there's no one who's going to stop me from winning." Ash said.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Someone said behind him. He turned to see Korrina sitting down next to him.
"Hey, Korrina. These are my friends, Gary, Misty, Tracey, May and Dawn. Guys, this is Korrina, the Shalour Gym Leader. She's the one who gave me Lucario." Ash said, introducing the five to her. They said hi to her.
"Hi guys, nice to meet you." Korrina said.
So, what are you doing here?" Clemont asked.
"Well, I doubt anyone going to be challenging the gym anytime soon thanks to this tournament, so I thought I'd come out here and watch my boyfriend and you guys battle." Korrina responded.
"Boyfriend? You have a boyfriend?" Serena asked.
"Yep. In fact, he's battling first." Korrina said, pointing down towards the battlefield. The group turned to see two trainers, one in a red trainer box on one side of the battlefield and the other in a blue trainer box about to battle.
"Alright fans, here are our first two competitors. Introducing first, in the red corner, from Olivine City, Johto, Garrison Cade!" JR announced as the crowd applauded for the teenager that was about 16. He had blonde hair, blue eyes, was wearing a red shirt, blue pants and black shoes.
"Now in the blue corner, from Celestic Town, Sinnoh. He is known as 'The Champion Killer' Mike Shamrock!" The crowd cheered as Mike waved at the crowd with a smile on his face. He was a brunette with red eyes that screamed confidence. He was wearing a black shirt, red vest, blue pants and red and black sneakers. He was also wearing a hat that was exactly the same as Ash's. Standing next to him was his Lucario.
As soon as Gary heard that introduction, his eyes widen and his jaw hit the floor. "Oh...My...Arceus!" Everyone except Korrina looked at him in confusion.
"What, Gary?" Misty asked.
"Do any of you know who that is?" he asked. They all shook their heads. "Mike Shamrock is one of the best young trainers on the circuit. He's so strong that it's scary. But you want to know what's really scary?" the others nodded. "He has beaten almost every region champion." The others gasped in disbelief.
"That can't be true, can it?" Ash asked. Korrina giggled, bringing the attention to her.
"Oh it's true. He's beaten almost all of them and he's here to beat Diantha." She turned to see everyone staring at her with suspicious looks. "Yes. Mike is my boyfriend." she said earning shocked expressions from everyone. They turned back to the battle to see both Mike and Garrison already have chosen their Pokemon. Mike chose his Lucario and Garrison chose a Medicham. Both Pokemon were already in their mega evolved forms.
"Lucario vs Medicham. Begin!" The ref dropped both flags, giving the signal to begin the match.
Mike, being aware of his type disadvantage, started. "Lucario, start with Bulk Up!" Lucario flexed his arms as his attack and defense raised.
Garrison was ecstatic to see he had type advantage and against such a strong opponent. "Medichan, use Fire Punch!" Medichan's fist was engulfed in a flame as he ran towards Lucario.
"Lucario, dodge with Quick Attack!" Lucario disappeared like a blur just before Medichan hit him with the attack. Garrison looked around the battlefield as he couldn't find Lucario. Mike spoke again. "Now appear behind Medicham and use Bone Rush!"Lucario appeared behind Medichan, put his paws together and spread them apart, which created a light green bone of energy. Before Garrison could warn his Pokemon, Lucario hit him twice with the attack, one hit on each leg, forcing Medichan down to his knees in pain. Lucario walked up to face Medichan, smirked and swung the Bone up and then down, hitting Medichan in his jaw, sending the pokemon flying.
The whole crowd let out a collective 'Oh!' after seeing that. Even JR made a comment after seeing that.
"Oh! Medichan is going to be feeling that one for the next week."
Despite feeling pain is his legs and massive pain in his jaw, Medichan managed to get back up.
"Can you keep going Medichan?" Garrison asked his Pokemon. Medichan nodded that he could keep battling. "Great, use Meditate!" Medichan floated into the air and started meditating, raising his attack power.
Mike smirked. "Two can play at that game. Lucario, use Swords Dance!" Lucario started meditating as blue swords surrounded him. He soon glowed red, raising his attack.
Garrison growled in irritation. 'He's just going to use status moves if I do. I have to go on the offensive.' he thought. "Medichan, use Zen Headbutt!" The top of his head glows blue and he shoots himself at Lucario.
Mike smirked once again. This was easier than he thought. "Dodge and counter with Superman Punch!" No one was certain what move he called. Lucario moved away from the headbutt at the last possible second, then vanished again. Medichan backed up a few steps trying to locate Lucario, when suddenly he was attacked again and again by some kind of blur.
"What's going on?" Garrison asked.
"Superman Punch is a combo move that I created. It's also taken down many of the champion's Pokemon. First is Extreme Speed."
Garrison gasped as he looked to see the attacks had ended. Medichan was down on one knee and breathing heavily, but wasn't down and out. He managed to get back to his feet.
Mike spoke again. "The second move...Power-Up Punch!" All of a sudden, Lucario appeared out of nowhere and he was in the air with his fist was surrounded in an orange aura. He hit Medichan right square in the jaw, leaving Medichan groggy and a moment later, he fell to the floor, swirls in his eyes.
The ref raised his flag. "Medichan is unable to battle. The winner is Lucario. The match goes to Mike Shamrock of Celestic Town."
Mike couldn't help but grin; Lucario had taken down Medichan without even taking a single hit. Of course, he realized with how dominant he was with this win, that he was the odds on favorite and everyone would be after him, but he wouldn't have it any other way. He thrived on competition and wanted to face the best the world had to offer. Lucario walked back to Mike and de-evolved back to his normal form.
"Great work, Lucario." Mike said as the two fists met in a fist bump. Mike waved to the crowd one more time and Lucario bowed at their opponent before the two walked into the tunnel, heading for the locker rooms.
Up in the stands, Ash and his friends were in in shock about how dominant Mike was. The only two who weren't shocked were Gary and Korrina as they had seen Mike battle before.
"I have never seen anyone win a battle that decisively." Misty said.
"I know, it was like I was watching a region champion facing a rookie trainer." Tracey commented.
"It wasn't even close to a fair fight." May said.
"You guys see what I mean when I said he's scary strong?" Gary asked. They nodded their heads.
"But that just makes me more exicted!" Ash said as they looked at him like he was insane, but realized that this was typical Ash. "I hope I get to face him in this tournament."
"I guess in Ash's case, there's no need to worry." Dawn said. She looked down at her Poketch and noticed the time. "Ash, Tracey, our battles will be starting soon. We should get down to the locker rooms." The two boys nodded. Pikachu decided to stay with the others and hopped onto Serena's shoulder.
"Good luck, Ash." Serena said with love in her eyes. Ash saw the look, but made it look like he didn't.
"Thanks Serena." he said as he, Tracey and Dawn made their way to the locker rooms.
Over on the other side of the stadium, Leaf was still in shock of that last battle. She prayed to Arceus that she wouldn't have to face Mike until the later rounds. As another battle started, Leaf couldn't help but think about Ash. She had always felt guilty about leaving him the way she did, even if it was out of her control. If she ever got the chance, she would apologize to Ash over and over again for leaving him and for the heartbreak he surely suffered from as a result of her leaving. What was weird was that her gut was telling her she would see him soon, but she didn't understand why she would see him now after not seeing him for the last six years. She turned her attention away from her thoughts to the battle, which featured a Mega Scizor battling a Mega Beedrill.
"Beedrill, let's finish him off. Use Giga Impact!" A trainer named Seth called out as Beedrill flew high in the sky and was soon surrounded by orange streaks and a purple energy as it was heading for Scizor.
Tracey had been in the midst of a tough battle, but he knew how to win. "Scizor, dodge with Double Team!" In the blink of an eye, multiple copies of Scizor appeared. Beedrill hit one of the copies, missing Scizor and dealing critical damage to himself. Scizor appeared behind Beedrill who had barely gotten up. "Now use Hyper Beam!" Scizor fired two orange beams from his claws at Beedrill, which hit him dead on and sent crashing him into the wall. When the smoke cleared, it revealed Beedrill with swirls in his eyes.
"Beedrill is unable to battle. Scizor is the winner. The match goes to Tracey Sketchit of Pallet Town. The ref announced as Tracey let out a sigh of relief. He returned Scizor after thanking him and walked off the field.
After a few more battles, Dawn was in her battle and was also having a tough time. She was using Gardevoir and her opponent was using a Tyranitar, making her psychic attacks useless.
"Tyranitar, Hyper Beam!" Tyranitar fired the beam and it looked like it would take Gardevoir down.
"Gardevior, Protect!" Dawn said as Gardevior was surrounded by a light green energy which deflected the hyper beam away. "Now use Moonblast!" Gardevoir gathered energy from the Moon which formed an orb of pink energy in front of its hands and fires it at her opponent, which hit dead-on. Tyranitar crashed onto the floor with swirls in his eyes.
"Tyranitar is unable to battle. The winner is Gardevoir. The match goes to Dawn Berlitz of Twinleaf Town." Dawn cheered for her victory, thanked and return Gardevoir as she walked down the tunnel to the locker room, she saw Ash waiting.
"Great battle Dawn." Ash said walking towards her.
"Thanks Ash. Now it's your turn to go out there and do the same." Dawn said as she extended her hand in the air.
"You know I will." he said as he extended his hand and the two met in a high five. Ash then made his way to the battlefield, not knowing who was out there watching him.
Back up in the stands, Leaf was going over her battle strategy, even though she was going to be last to battle today, she wanted to ready to go at a moment's notice. As such, she wasn't really paying attention to the introductions for the next battle.
"Here are our next two battlers. Introducing first, in the red corner. From Fuschia City, Kanto. Mark Jindrak!" JR announced as Mark, a young boy who looked no older than eleven, got some cheers. "And in the blue corner, from Pallet Town, Kanto. He is known as 'The Pride of Pallet' Ash Ketchum!" he announced and the audience roared in cheers.
As soon as Leaf heard Ash being introduced, she broke away from her thoughts and her eyes widen. She turned to the screen and his face was all over it. "Ash...he's really here..." Leaf whispered with a tear in her eye, but she quickly wiped it away. She still had a battle to prepare for, then she could reunite with Ash afterwards since it was obvious he would be coming to find her as well.
"Trainers, please select your Pokemon." The ref said.
"Sableye, let's rock it!" Mark said as he released the darkness Pokemon.
"Glalie, I choose you!" Ash said as he released his ice-type Pokemon. Soon afterwards, both Ash and Mark mega-evolved their Pokemon.
"Sableye vs Galile. Begin the battle!"
"Galile, use Hail!" Ash said. Galile's body glowed light blue and soon, thick clouds appear above the battlefield and a thick fog forms. Galile then floated into the clouds, disappearing into the fog.
"Hey, what's going on?" Mark asked, but he received no answer from Ash. This is how Ash wanted to battle. He was using a similar strategy that Paul had used with his Froslass back in the Sinnoh League. Ash was certain that Mark would soon crack and start fighting blindly. Mark saw that Galile kept appearing and disappearing, then it hit him. 'Wait, Galile's moving around like a ghost.' "Sableye, use Foresight!" Sableye's body becomes outlined in light blue and its eyes also glowed light blue. He then released a large light blue forcefield from its body that expands all around, revealing all invisible objects, including Galile.
Galile's eyes widen, now being exposed. "Perfect, now use Shadow Sneak!" Sableye extended its shadow and attacked Galile from behind and doing so lifted the fog. Galile took a good hit, but he was far from done.
Ash's hail strategy had backfired, but he had a second strategy to use. "Glalie, use Ice Beam!" Glalie charged a light blue ball in between the horns on top of its head and fired light blue beams from the ball.
"Dodge it!" Mark said. Sableye jumped out of the way, but Glalie kept trying to hit him. Sableye kept dodging the attack, but both Sableye and Mark weren't paying attention to what Ash's real intention was. After a while, Glalie stopped using the attack.
"Ha! All that and you missed Sableye." Mark said, smuggly.
Ash smirked. "Who ever said Sableye was my target? Look around you now." he said. Mark did so and realized was Ash was doing. The entire field was covered in ice. He then noticed that Sableye was having trouble standing up, even using his gem to balance himself wasn't working. "Now it's time to wrap this up. Galile, use Sheer Cold!" Glalie's body became surrounded by a blue aura and the inside of its mouth shined white. The ground around Glalie began to freeze and as a result, Sableye was instantly frozen. When the ref checked on him, he saw swirls in his eyes.
"Sableye is unable to battle. The winner is Glalie. The match goes to Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town." The ref announced as he raised his flag.
Galile went to his trainer and the two exchanged a quick hug. "Great job Galile, I knew you could do it." Ash said as he returned his Pokemon and made his way back to his friends.
Speaking of his friends, they were impressed with how well Ash had battled. While Gary, Misty and May had made their way down to the locker room and Korrina went to see Mike, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, Tracey and Dawn were talking about the battle
"Wow. I don't think I've seen Ash look so strong in a battle before." Serena said.
"He really used Glalie's ice attacks to his advantage. But where did her learn that strategy to freeze the field?" Tracey asked.
"He learned that from his battles with Santalune Gym Leader, Viola. Her Surskit used the same strategy against Ash. I guess Ash put that strategy in the back of his mind." Clemont said.
"I think he does that with all his battles. That Hail strategy was what his rival Paul used against him in the Sinnoh League. That's what make Ash Ash. He's so unorthodox that no one knows what he's thinking in battle." Dawn said.
Leaf was also impressed with Ash's battle. 'Well done, Ash. This tournament is going to be one that none of us will ever forget.' she thought with a smile.
As the tournament continued, many other battlers came and went. Fortunately, Gary, Misty and May had won their battles and would advance to Round Two. They were up in the stands, ready to watch the last battle of Round One. But the introductions of the last two battlers caught both Ash and Gary off guard.
"Now it's time for the final battle for Round One!" JR announced as the crowd went wild. "Introducing first, in the red corner. From Cherrygrove City, Johto, Orlando Jordan!" The crowd cheered at the black male teenager, who looked about fifteen. "And in the blue corner, originally from Pallet Town, Kanto: Leaf Green!"
As the crowd erupted, both Ash and Gary's eyes widen and mouths dropped. Dawn looked over at her boyfriend and asked "What's wrong Gary?"
"Th..That's Leaf! Ashy-Boy and I grew up with her when we were kids. Hey Ash, can-" Gary said, but when he turned to talk to Ash, he and Pikachu were gone.
"Hey, where did Ash go?" Bonnie asked.
"He probably was too impatient to see Leaf. I can't blame him since Leaf was Ash's first real friend." Gary said. That made everyone turn their heads in confusion at what Gary said
"I thought you were his first friend?" Misty asked.
"I suppose I was, but I never really treated Ash like a friend since I was consumed by our old rivalry. Leaf on the other hand, treated Ash like an actual friend. Those two were always spending time together up until Leaf had to move away and let me tell you, I had never seen Ash so depressed before in all my life." Gary explained. They all could understand why Ash left in a hurry. Serena did feel a little jealously when she heard Gary talking about how much time Ash and Leaf spent, but she put it to the side. The group turned to the battle to see that Leaf had chosen Venusaur and Orlando had chosen Manectric and both were in their Mega Evolved forms.
"Venusaur vs Manectric. Begin the battle!" The ref announced.
"Venusaur, use Sunny Day!" Leaf said right away. Venusaur's eyes became fiery and it released a white beam of light to the sky, causing the sun to shine brighter.
Orlando smirked. "Ha, that was a big mistake. Manectric, use Flamethrower!" With the sun out, Manectric fired a powerful flamethrower hitting Venusaur dead on and she was surrounded by flames. The crowd looked shocked and Orlando was smug, thinking he won with one hit. When the flames dies down, it revealed Venusaur unharmed and smirking. Manectric starting backing away in fear.
"Such a shame you can't do damage to my Pokemon when you use a type advantage move and I help you power it up. Perhaps that will show all the remaining competitors how strong my Pokemon are." Leaf took a look at Manectric and saw the fear in his eyes; she really didn't want to hurt him as he didn't want to battle her. "If you're smart, you'll give up." she said.
Orlando refused to give up, he wasn't going down without a fight.
"Use Thunder!" Manectric fired a blast of electricity from its body at Venusaur.
Leaf sighed. "So be it. Venusaur, Protect!" Venusaur was surrounded by a green energy that protected her from the Thunder attack. "Now use Vine Whip!" Venusaur released several vines that wrapped around all of Manectric's limbs and one was wrapped around his mouth to make sure he didn't try any attack.
"Last chance, Orlando. Give up now or I will show Manectric no mercy." Leaf said.
Orlando didn't know what to do. He didn't want to quit, but if he didn't, then he was certain that Leaf would release Manectric into the air and fire a Solar Beam attack, finishing him and possibly seriously hurting his Pokemon. As much as he wanted to keep going till the bitter end, he couldn't risk his Pokemon's safety.
"I...I...I forfeit!" he yelled, making sure the ref heard him.
"Manectric has been forfeited. The winner of the match is Leaf Green of Pallet Town!" The ref announced.
As soon as Venusaur heard that, she placed Manectric on the ground, suffering minimal damages. Leaf went up to Venusaur and thanked her for her good work. She returned her and turned her attention to Orlando, who was holding Manectric, now back in his normal form. "You made the right decision there. I admire your will to go on, but to put your Pokemon's health over your own goals, you have earned my respect." she said as she bowed at Orlando, who nodded his thanks at her. She then left the field. 'Now it's time to find Ash.'
Up at the top of the stands, Korrina, Mike's Lucario and even Mike himself were in shock of what they just saw. "I never expected Leaf to be that strong." she said.
Mike turned to her. "You know her?"
Korrina shook her head. "In name only. Ash, the guy I told you about, and I talked a few days ago and he brought her up."
"Hmm...Ash Ketchum and Leaf Green." Mike said, then chuckled a little bit. "I ask for the best and Arceus grants my wish." He turned to his Lucario. "Lucario, Superman Punch may not be enough to put those trainer's Pokemon down. I think it's time we perfect our second combo move." he said as Lucario nodded in agreement.
"What move is that, sweetie?" Korrina asked.
He turned to her. "The Curb Stomp!"
"Where is she?" Ash said to himself as he managed to make his way through waves of fans to find a certain brunette.
'PikaPi, chuka pi-pi Pikachu.' Pikachu said, asking what was wrong with his trainer.
"I'll explain later, buddy. Right now, I just want to make sure that my eyes weren't deceiving me when I saw her. I mean, what if I was seeing things, what if I'm dreaming, what if..."
"Why am I not surprised to learn that you're dreaming about me?" a voice joked behind him. Ash turned around and standing in front of him was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his life. She was wearing a outfit similar to the one she wore then they first met. A red skirt, baby blue top and socks, white and red shoes, a yellow bag around her shoulder and a white and red hat.
"Hey Ash." she said, twirling her hair nervously.
"L-L-Leaf?" Ash stuttered, trying to hide his blush.
"It's nice t-to see you." she muttered with a blush on her face. Obviously, Ash wasn't the only nervous one.
"You too." Ash smiled. They were both silent for a few seconds, trying to hide their blushes. Pikachu just shook his head; this confirmed in his mind that humans were really weird. He hopped off his shoulder and went to sit down at a nearby bench to give the two their moment.
After many moments of silence, the two looked at each other and locked eyes and in a single instant, Ash and Leaf saw how much they had missed each other and how happy they were that they were together again. They sprinted forward and crashed into each other in an loving embrace. After 6 years, Ash Ketchum and Leaf Green were finally reunited.
End of Chapter 4
I hope you guys like this chapter. This is also my first time writing battles, so tell me how I did. I think I did a decent job, but let me know. Criticism is always welcome, it's the only way I'll get better.
Now then, I needs a few OC's for my story. So if you want to submit your OC, here's what I want.
Name
Age
Appearance
Personality
Pokemon(Only one and it has to Mega Evolve and NO legendaries)
If you want to submit an OC, write in in a review or PM me. I'll give shoutouts to the writers who submitted. Until the next update, nWore signing out.