A/N:I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! I'm ready to get back in to fanfiction and write. On a side note, any Pokemon in the vicinity of Ash will be translated. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Pokémon, the million dollar industry, the thing I will never own.
The doors to the Pokémon center opened as Ash, followed by the two champions, walked in.
"Hello sir." The Nurse Joy said as Ash walked up to her.
"Hello." Ash responded, "I would like to enter the legend's tournament."
Nurse Joy nodded, "Okay. I just need to know some of your recent accomplishments so that I can verify that you can be accepted."
Ash nodded. "I am a frontier brain and I have conquered the Orange island League."
"Very well, we will get you signed up for the tournament. All we need is your name."
"I am Red, from Blackthorn city." Ash responded.
Nurse Joy smiled at him and said, "You are all signed up. Your first match is at two o'clock. Good luck!"
Ash nodded his thanks, realizing he would have to be extremely careful that Gary did not recognize him. With this, Ash left with Lance and Iris, the three of them heading to the recently built arena.
Lance looked at Ash with an accusing glare. "Is there any reason why you entered under a false name?" Lance asked.
Ash sighed; having realized this question would come. "Yes," He responded, "I have heard rumors of several people who I knew had entered this tournament. It would be simpler for me if they never realized who I was."
"That doesn't give you the right to leave us all in the dark!" Iris yelled at him, "We were all worried when you just up and disappeared after the Unova league!"
"You're not exactly innocent either," Ash responded darkly, "Yelling me for losing to that little idiot Cameron."
"Yeah." Raichu agreed, equally unhappy.
Lance looked at his watch. "We need to leave for the tournament; the first match is beginning in several minutes."
"I'm gonna go on ahead." Ash stated as he walked into a dark alleyway. A faint blue glow could be seen coming from the alley. The glow disappeared and Ash was back in the form that was beginning to feel more natural to him. He turned invisible as Raichu hopped on and they flew off, intent on meeting with Latias before the tournament.
After several brief moments of flying over the twisting city, Ash finally descended in the secret garden. He allowed himself to drop the illusion and called out, "Latias!"
"Latios!?" Ash turned around to see a very confused woman. She was wearing a green shirt and a white skirt. She had brown hair with two tufts sticking up on either side of her head, similar to Latias. On top of her head was a white baret. If Ash guessed her age, he would have said she was around his age.
Ash shook his head at her question and reverted to his human form. "Hello Bianca," Ash said, "I hope you still recognize me. I mean, I did help save this city"
"Ash?" Bianca asked, still in shock.
Ash smiled. "Good to see you to."
"Hi Ash!" Latias said as she flew in and tackled Ash with a hug.
"Hi Latias." Ash said. "Would you like to come to the tournament in the arena with me?"
Latias nodded vigorously. "Sure!"
Ash transformed back into a latios as he and Latias took off, Raichu having been on Ash's back. They arrived at the tournament arena quickly. The arena had a roman style, with huge arches made of white stone. Inside the coliseum, there was the standard dirt battle arena littered with rocks and boulders everywhere. With his razor-sharp vision, Ash quickly found a group of people he did not want to see. He saw Brock, Misty, May, Cilan, and Max. These were some of the people who had insulted Ash until he could take it no more. He also saw Gary, his one true friend, standing with them. He was the only one of the group who did not judge Ash for his mistake.
It was time for Ash's battle. His team had been chosen and he was waiting to be introduced.
"Alright," the announcer began as he stepped up to the microphone. "It is time for the next battle. In the green corner, we have Red, a man who has defeated the Orange Island champion, Drake, as well as managing to defeat the battle frontier, winning the right to become a frontier brain himself." As he said this, "Red" stepped into the battle arena, Raichu on his shoulder.
"In the red corner, he is a famous researcher and gym leader, welcome Gary Oak!" Ash bit back a curse as Gary walked onto the field. Keeping his identity a secret would be harder than it should have been in the first round.
"This will be a three on three pokemon battle between Gary of Pallet town and Red of Blackthorn city." The referee said, "Battle begin."
"Go Nidoking!" Gary shouted as he threw his pokeball onto the field.
"Go flygon." Ash said as he tossed out the pokeball.
Both Pokemon were released in a flash of white as they eyed each other warily.
"Use dragonbreath." Ash commanded as his draconian Pokémon launched a greenish flame at the opponent.
"Dodge it Nidoking and use hyperbeam." The nidoking leapt out-of-the-way and launched a beam of yellow-orange energy. The area hit by the dragon breath had a greenish residue left on it.
"Counter it with heat wave." Ash commanded. Flygon's body took on a red aura. It flapped its wings, sending pure heat at the poison Pokémon. The hyperbeam dissipated as it was struck by the heat. Nidoking fell to its knees as it was struck by the heat. The rocks affected by the attack were melted, creating a magmoid soup.
Ash decided it was time to finish the fight. "Use sandstorm, Flygon." With a ghostly wail, flygon whipped up a tornado of sand that pulled the lava and the green residue from the dragonbreath into itself.*
"Nidoking!" Gary cried as his Pokémon was engulfed by the vortex of sand and lava. Nidoking's plead for help could not be heard over the ghostly wail of the spirit of the desert. The sand stopped flowing and the poison Pokémon was on the ground, unmoving.
The referee quickly regained his composure. "This battle goes to Red. Please send out you next Pokémon Gary." Gary nod. He threw out his next pokeball. His umbreon came out next.
"Let me fight her."* Raichu said, complete confidence in his voice.
"Return Flygon. Good work." Flygon nodded as a red light engulfed it. "Go Raichu!" Ash said as Raichu leapt off his arm onto the battlefield.
"Hmmm," Umbreon said to the raichu, "you and your trainer seem awfully familiar." Raichu simply shrugged in response.
"Let the battle begin." The referee said.
"Double team, Umbreon." Gary commanded. Umbreon made multiple copies of itself, each of them appearing blurred and unfocused.
"Thunder." Ash said, pointing at one of the umbreons. The sky went dark with clouds. A giant bolt of blue electricity arched down onto a specific target, the real umbreon.
"Argh!" Umbreon screamed as fell over from the powerful attack.
"How did you predict which was the real umbreon?" Gary asked.
"Simple. The other copies had flaws and only one of the umbreons was perfect. " Ash replied.
"Grrr." This was not going how Gary expected. "Use shadowball."
Umbreon charged up her attack. "Get out of here!" She screamed as she sent the shadow ball hurtling towards Raichu.
"Thunderpunch." Ash commanded. Raichu's fist began to spark as he moved forward at incredible speeds. He jabbed his fist at the shadowball. The shadowball
seemed to solidify and it shattered like glass. Electricity was arching between the shards of shadow. "Now! Lightning control: Thunder dragon." Ash said. Raichu's cheeks sparked violently. The electricity around gathered around Raichu. The lightning formed into a dragon that flew straight at Umbreon.
"Gahh!" Umbreon screamed as it was flung into the back wall. She fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Umbreon is unable to battle. Raichu is the winner."
Gary sighed, realizing he had lost. "Go Blastoise" he called, never one to give up.
Ash smiled. "Return Raichu. Go Charizard, let's give them a good show."
Charizard burst out of the pokeball, roaring "Who's next?" He spotted the blastoise. "Oh, this is gonna be fun." This heated battle brought about memories to Gary of a raven haired trainer who had a pikachu and a charizard, a trainer who had disappeared fifteen years ago, the very same trainer he was battling against without realizing it. The trainer named Ash Ketchum, the man who was his best friend.
1*: The idea for flygon's attack strategy came from Spencer's Claydol in the episode, Ka Boom With A View.
2*: I am a big fan of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and it is only possible to get eevee as a girl, so I will always think of them as girls.
A/N: And that is the end of Chapter 4. Hope you guys are enjoying the story.