Hi readers! Welcome to the first matches of the tournament! And if you read the contest rules, then you can plan your own Top 100 tournament!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
The day of the competition had come as trainers from all around gathered to their respective places.
The rules of the competition were simple. The first round of the competition would consist of the knock-out round. A simple three on three battle with no substitutions. Each trainer would battle five times. If they won at least three they moved on. That would continue until they made it down to the top 25. The top 25 would battle three times in a tag-team, using two Pokémon against the other trainer's two Pokémon, working simultaneously together in unity Again, each trainer would have to win at least two to advance. It would continue that way until they reached the top 10. The top 10 would face each trainer on a 4 on 4 battle, having to win at least 6 of the nine battles they would face. That would continue until the final 4. They would be matched up with one trainer in the semi finals, a 5 on 5 battle, and the victors of those battles would face off in the finals. The finals would consist of a full out battle and the winner would be declared the top 100 Master.
Ash Ketchum stood in his place, facing his first competitor. He had said all he needed to say to his team. They were ready. He looked around to see Max, May and Gary watching him.
The referee entered the arena and so did his challenger.
"You ready to lose?" a large body builder of roughly 6 feet 8 inches asked in his deep and menacing voice.
"I came here to battle, not to make small talk." Ash said back simply, getting ready to take out his first Pokémon.
"The battle between Satoshi Hikaru of Pallet Town, Kanto and Jared Ringer of Violet Town, Johto will now commence. Each trainer will battle three on three, no substitutions until one side has knocked out all three Pokémon. May each side please bring out their Pokémon."
"GOLEM, ROCK AND ROLL!" Jared yelled, throwing his pokeball into the air as a large rock came plummeting to earth. Feet and hands came out as they got into a battle stance.
"GOLEM!" it cried out, ready for a fight.
"Arcanine, lend me your aura." he said bringing forth a large shaggy dog-looking thing. It growled at the large rock Pokémon as it got ready to attack.
"BEGIN!" the ref said, waving the green flag in his hand.
"GOLEM, SQUASH THAT MUTT WITH ROLLOUT!" Golem tucked itself into a ball and shot forward with its legs, hurtling itself towards Arcanine.
"Arcanine, jump onto the ball and go with it." he said calmly as he watched his furry friend jump onto the rolling Pokémon as it ran on it perfectly. "Use stomp to stop it in its tracks."
Arcanine lifted its paw as it glowed and used force to bring it down, cracking the shell of Golem as it stopped, crying in pain as it tried to get it off its back.
"Golem, Dig!" Golem dug underground, disappearing from sight.
"Arcanine, stay calm and sense its aura." Ash calmly stated, standing still.
"BODY SLAM!" Jared cried out as Golem came out from its hiding spot into the high air and came crashing down.
"Use fire paw and play a bit of volley ball." he laughed as Arcanine's paw became fire as it hit the large boulder hard, hitting it back into the air repeatedly. "Now use Iron Tail." Its tail glowed as it smacked into Golem's shell hard.
It crashed into the ground as smock came out. As it cleared, a very knocked out Golem could be seen.
"GOLEM IS UNABLE TO BATTLE, ARCANINE WINS!" Cried the ref as a few screams could be heard from the viewers.
"DAMMIT!" cried Jared as he returned Golem with steam. "GOLDUCK WASH THAT DOG OUT!" he ordered as he sent out his next Pokémon.
"The battle between Arcanine and Golduck can begin!"
"Arcanine, end this quickly, fire blast." Ash said, annoyed with the large man. He obviously did not like losing.
Arcanine let out flames from his mouth as it hurtled towards Golduck. "Dodge!" It went right and Ash nodded towards Arcanine. Arcanine forced the flames to follow as it hit Golduck head on, burning it alive.
He had taught his Pokémon that move a few years ago. It was difficult to perfect. He got the idea from Jaco's Manetric, in its ability to change its attack's course.
"Golduck is unable to Battle. ARCANINE WINS! Red team, choose your last Pokémon!"
"THAT'S IT PIPSQUEAK! BLASTOISE COME OUT!"
A large shell Pokémon appeared, ready for action.
"Arcanine, Extreme Speed followed by Flame Wheel!"
Arcanine ran full speed, faster than one could ever run, fire surrounding it as it rolled towards Blastoise.
"Blastoise, Hydro-pump!" Jets of water sprayed towards the fire dog, hoping to cool it down.
"Jump."
Arcanine jumped high into the air, still in fire formation as it crashed down onto the Blastoise hard, knocking it out.
"BLASTOISE IS UNABLE TO BATTLE, ARCANINE WINS AND SATOSHI FROM PALLET TOWN WINS!"
Ash returned his Arcanine, whispering it praise, as he walked out of the field, leaving Max and May stunned and Jared depressed.
"Wow..." Max sputtered.
"Wow indeed." May agreed.
'Nothing I wouldn't expect less from you brother.' Gary thought as he walked out to get ready for his own battle.
The second battle consisted of his Muk taking out Johnny from Hoenn's Tauros, Hitmonchan, and Shiftry by using its toxic to suffocate them then engulfed his opponents with its body mass.
The third battle Ash used his Gengar, beating Alyssa from Johto's Scyther, Noctowl and Machamp.
Ash was now moving onto the next day, having gotten three out of his five victories needed. He was now currently resting his Pokémon used in the Pokémon center when he saw Gary and Ritchie come in followed by Paul.
"Hey guys." he greeted, motioning them to sit. "I take it you guys won." it wasn't a question.
"PIKA!" Pikachu greeted as he resumed eating the food Ash gave.
"Of course." Paul smirked. "Beat the shit out of Max, that kid went crying like a baby." he laughed.
"Paul, be nice." Ash couldn't help but smirk.
"Sure, but after the way he treated you, don't count on it." Paul knew that he didn't treat Ash nicely either, but he, unlike them, was one of his best friends now.
"How you do Ritch?" he asked.
"Won the first 2 matches, fairly easily, only lost one Pokémon each. But lost the third match from Tyson." he laughed. "but won the fourth against Barry."
"Good." He stated. He never did like that kid much, always was annoying and praising his dad. His dad was the leader of the Sinnoh Battle Towers. "His father doesn't make him a good trainer, he does...and losing to you, well. Proves my point." he muttered.
"Well, we can't all win in a perfect streak with only using one Pokémon." Gary laughed, slapping his brother on the back. "Amazing job with the way you used Muk to engulf the other trainer's Pokémon."
"Thanks, learned that move from Muk itself." he chuckled as the memory of Muck tackling him in a hug popped up.
"I of course won all thr-"
"YOU!" The four turned their heads to the yell to find an angry young Max with tears in his eyes marching over to their table as an embarrassed May try to pull him away. "HOW DARE YOU HURT MY POKEMON LIKE THAT!" he screamed, getting up in their faces.
"Max, leave it alone!" snapped his sister as she slapped his head.
"Don't blame me if your pathetic Pokémon can't take the hits my Pokémon can dish out." Paul sneered, phasing back to his 'I hate everyone' mood.
"May, I believe that you should take Max and leave, now." Ash ordered. "This is no place to argue. Besides, you made it to the next round did you not?" he said calmly.
"Well, not surprised to see you here Hikaru!" he growled. "You are after all, just like him, ABUSIVE!"
Ash saw red, as did the others. Pikachu's cheeks sparked as Ash grabbed Max by the collar, pulling him close. "You better leave before both Paul and I dismantle your face." he spat, shoving him away. How dare that kid say he was abusive to his team.
"Humph!" he said, regaining his composure. "I'll see you on the battle field!" he sneered, stalking away as his sister followed suite.
"How bad did you hurt his team?" he asked Paul who was still seething.
"Not too bad, his Pokémon were weak and he couldn't handle it. If he can't even take out one of my Pokémon, he isn't worth shit." Paul said. "I'm heading out, night."
"Same, have to get ready for my next few battles, see you out there." Ash said, leaving as Pikachu sighed and followed.
When it came to Ash facing Max, everyone knew that he wouldn't go easy on him.
I hoped you liked this chapter! Expect the next chapter in a few hours! BYE!