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I loved the reviews thank you to the readers and the reviewers, I hope you guys like this chapter…idk if I'm any good with battle scenes but here you go, enjoy and I hope you enjoy…its in Ash's pov when the stories being told…but Dawn likes to cut in… jus for those who don't know
(regular) – is the story Ash is telling
(bold) – means coming back to the story, whenever Dawn cuts in like the last chapter
enjoy
I ran down the stairs with Pikachu on my shoulder full of excitement to be met by smiling and inviting faces
"My dreams always haunt me from this point…" Ash said to Dawn
"…"
"Hey look it's Ash!" I heard someone called out from the crowd
"Wow I can't believe it!" I heard someone call as everyone suddenly huddled around me
"Is it true that you saved Lugia and the three legendary birds and the earth?" Somebody from the crowd questioned
"I heard you saved Celebi!" Somebody called
"And had an encounter with Ho oh your first time as a trainer!" Someone else said excitedly
"Whoa you really met and saved those Pokémon…and the world?" Dawn asked in disbelief
"Yeah…stop interrupting Dawn" He said with a blush as she was now examining his face
"Are you real?" She asked still looking into his face as he moved to hide a blush
"Moving on!" He said "Where was I?"
I couldn't help feeling flattered by all that fame and recognition, it wasn't what I wanted in life but it happened I just wanted to be the number 1 Pokémon master, but instead I was number one in everyone's hearts
I scratched my head and smiled sheepishly "Come on guys, I only came here to do some battling!" I said with a huge smile "So who's with me?" I asked holding up a poke ball as everyone started to cheer and yell that they were up first
I quickly found myself on a built in field on the S.S Anne battling someone who said they made the top 4 in the first Pokémon league competition I ever entered where I only made top 16
"So the famous Ash Ketchum huh?" The young man named Taylor who was slightly older than me said "Do you think you can handle my Hitmontop?" He said with a smirk as he tossed his poke ball high into the air revealing a menacing looking Hitmontop
"Wow I can see how you got so high in the indigo league, nice Hitmontop" I commented with an excited smile "I'm not the same kid that only made the top 16 though, so I think my Primeape will be more than enough" I said as I turned my hat backwards "Primeape i-"
Ash stopped his story because he heard Muffled laughter
"Is there something funny Dawn?" Ash demanded
"Nothing" she said holding back laughter
"Just say it" Ash said with a plain look
"You turned your hat backwards? Talk about Fred Durst" She said pointing and laughing as Ash got red and started to mumble
"Listen when I turned the hat backwards that means business!... Alright ask anybody, it was my thing!" He said as Dawn laughed harder "You know what I'm just gonna continue!" He said
"Primeape I choo-"
*Heh heh heh*
"Cut it out Dawn"
"Sorry sorry, go on"
"Primeape I choose you!" I called as my Primeape stretched and called its name getting heated as it punched at the air
The crowd awed like they never saw a Primeape before
"Let's do this" I called to him
"Hitmontop" his master called
"Top!" The Pokémon cried as it hopped on to its top like head and spun towards my Primeape
"Primeape get ready, focus energy!"
"Primeape!" The Pokémon called as it pumped up not fazed by the fact that a Hitmontop was fast approaching
"Watch out for the feet!" I called as Primeape braced himself as I watched Taylor smirk
"Hitmontop Dig!" He called as said Pokémon did as told and burrowed through the ground disappearing leaving Primeape confused
"Don't worry Primeape!" I called "Just brace yourself and get ready"
"Prime!" The Pokémon nodded as it did as it was told
"Go now Hitmontop!" Taylor called at it popped out the ground "Use triple kick and then kick it up into the air and do it again!" He said as Hitmontop had successfully hit Primeape into the air making it wince from the pain as it currently flew into the air "Ketchum isn't all that great" He said with a smirk as everyone gasped at Taylor's cockiness
My eyes went wide for a second, but they didn't call me the best trainer for no reason "Primeape counter!" I ordered as Primeape countered Hitmontop making it go off balance "Seismic toss!"
In the blink of an eye Hitmontop was grabbed by his leg and head and then tossed brutally to the ground
"Hitmontop No!"
I had to admit Hitmontop was a fighter but he wasn't enough for my Primeape, as Hitmontop slowly rose to it's feet I knew it was time to finish it
"Primeape get in close and give him the ol' 1, 2, 3! Close combat!"
"1, 2, 3?" Dawn asked
"Yeah… What of it?" Ash asked
"Nothing" She said covering her smile "Ash is corny…but cute" She said to herself with a smile as Ash sighed
Primeape ran over with amazing speed and threw a flurry of punches ending with an uppercut successfully knocking out Hitmontop
"Damn it" Taylor said as he called back Hitmontop and I did the same with Primeape
"You did good pal" I said to the poke ball
"Ok Ketchum… best two out of three" he said with a sneer as he lifted another poke ball
"Sure" I said with a smile as the crowd went wild
"You really smiled a lot back then" Dawn commented
"I know…." Ash trailed off sadly as Dawn winced at the response she received
"Let's go Rampardos!" Taylor called
"Rampard!" The Pokémon yelled confidently as it's red eyes fixated on Ash in a scary glare
"Scary Glare" I said confidently "Pikachu your up buddy" I said as Pikachu ran onto the built in field
"Pika!"
"Let's show them a leer since they want to glare at us!" I said playfully as Pikachu and i stretched out our faces with our tongues' sticking out into the leer which was just a silly face we called a 'leer' a long time ago
(A/N: the 9th episode in season 1, episode called school of Hard knocks if you don't remember)
"It's so cute!" I heard a couple of girls scream
A whole bunch of trainers ran up to me with poke balls at hand "Ash trade with me!" one of them yelled "Let's trade! Come on please!"
"Pikachu is never getting traded" I said seriously as I gave Pikachu a thumbs up as he returned it making the girls go crazier
"I see Pikachu had quite a fan base" Dawn commented laughing
"Yeah it was crazy" Ash chuckled "Stop the interrupting" he said as his eyebrow twitched
"Hey what the hell we're supposed to be battling here!" Taylor called out angrily
"You're in a rush to lose" I said as I stuck my tongue out as Pikachu mimicked me making Taylor even angrier
"Ketchum you're at a disadvantage" He said smugly as he pointed to his Rampardos who puffed out it's chest
"Disadvantages are never a problem for me! Pikachu agility!" I called as Pikachu ran as fast as it could towards Rampardos
"Rampardos earthquake!" Taylor ordered
"Uh oh, Pikachu you know what to do!" I cried as Pikachu skidded to a stop as the ground under him started to shake and then he used his tail to absorb the tremors leaving him completely unharmed "Spring up now Pikachu!"
"Pika!" Pikachu soared through the air
"Full force Iron Tail!"
Pikachu's Iron tail collided with the top of Rampardos's head stunning for a moment
"Yes! Pikachu spring up from that iron tail into the air again!" Pikachu nodded knowing exactly how I wanted to finish this "Now Volt Tackle from the air straight down"
"Ketchum are you stupid!"
"You're stupid!" I roared back shaking my fist, I was quite the hot head when someone hit the correct string in me
"You can't use an electric move against a rock type" he told me with a snide smirk
"It's not the type of move you should worry about" I said back with a huge smile
"What?" He yelled out baffled
"It's the collision!" I yelled out as it seemed like Pikachu looked like a dangerous bullet
"No Rampardos! Dodge it!" Taylor called but to no avail the attack connected and Rampardos making a huge explosion as smoke was everywhere and everyone was in awe, when the smoke cleared Pikachu was left standing but was rubbing the top of his head
"Bad headache" Dawn said rubbing her own head
"Tell me about it, Pikachu wouldn't let me hear the end of it" Ash said while shaking his head
"That's it, I won" I said holding my hand out to him, I didn't understand what was wrong until he slapped my hand away
"I hate you" He said to me with a glare
"Wait but wh-" I couldn't finish because a bunch of girls crowded me, I tried to get through to talk with him but the crowd of girls were too big and Taylor walked away seething with rage
"You had quite a fan base too…" Dawn said looking away to hide her pout
"What? I told you it was unwanted fame!"
"Uh huh" Dawn said as she turned back to Ash "But why does he hate you"
"If you would stop interrupting…." Ash said with a blank stare
"I get it I get it" Dawn said as she pretended like she zipped her lips shut
"Lock it" Ash said with his arms folded
"...?" Dawn gave him a look that said do I have to
"Lock it" Ash said holding out his hand
Dawn sighed and then locked her lips, as Ash waited with his hand out while Dawn just raised an eyebrow
"Give me the key" He said again as Dawn sighed in defeat as she passed the imaginary key to Ash "Good" Ash said as he continued the story
I was walking down the corridor just coming from lifting weights in the gym with Charizard, suddenly I was confronted by Taylor
"Hey Ketchum!" He called to me
"Oh hey, what's up Taylor?" I said greeting him with a smile as I wiped some sweat off my face with the towel that was around my neck
"Don't smile at me like that!" He growled at me
"Why do you hate me?" I asked in confusion
"Because Ketchum…you stole all the glory...all the fame" He said looking down as he started to shake
"What?" I asked not understanding what i did to this man i never met in my life until today
"You known as the number one trainer, according to Pokémon magazine…do you know who was number 2?" he asked me
"Nope" I said simply wiping more sweat as he looked like he got even angrier which just made me sweat drop "Gary?" I answered back again
"No you asshole! It was me!" He yelled "Do you know how it feels to be in your shadow when clearly I'm much more suited for it!" He said again
"Whoa buddy let's just calm down all I really want to do is just be the best trainer" I said as Charizard stood behind me nodding it's head with it's arms folded
"You just won the Unova league championship am I right?" He asked a little calmly but you could see he was still anxious and ready to jump at anything I say
"Yeah…" I answered carefully
"I won the silver conference right around the same time…and guess what, there was no reporter, no party…everyone was at a gathering for who…the winner named Ash Ketchum" He said to me I couldn't help but feel bad for him after all I had no control over it
"Look buddy ...I'm sor-"
"Shut up!" He said as he silenced me "You piece of trash…I've loathed you ever since that day…I know I'm better than you...that exhibition today proved nothing!"
"Ok…I'm not holding it over your head or anything but don't you think this is a little bit much?" I asked
"No it's not…this isn't the first time…back in the indigo league…who do you think was interviewed after being eliminated out of the competition…it wasn't me…it was you! Even though I made it farther than you…what makes you some much better huh?" he yelled
"…" I was at a loss of words
"From this day forth…I'll make you wish you were never became a Pokémon trainer…no never born…you'll just want to die…" He said darkly
"Hey, what are you t-" I couldn't finish
*BOOM*
There was a loud explosion that shook the whole ship as I could hear the sound of screaming coming from the ship Taylor and I both looked out to see people and Pokémon were already escaping but from the screams I could tell that there were still more people left behind …people and Pokémon, we instantly forgot about everything and looked at each other concerned until my mother and Pikachu ran up to me
"Ash!" My mom addressed me worried
"Mom, are you alright?" I asked out of concern as Pikachu hopped onto my shoulder
"Yes I am Ash, but I think something's wrong with the ship... I heard some explosions"
"It must be the engine room" Taylor said to no one in particular
"How do you know?" I asked
"Because my father is the one who owns this ship" He said simply
"So you must know a lot right?" I asked
"Yeah…" he trailed off
"Take me to the engine room...I'll see what I can do…Mom are you coming?" I asked
"No Ash I'm going to evacuate the people on the ship"
"No mom I think I can handle that" I said back extremely fast not wanting to put my mom in any danger
"Ash…I'll do this ok…you're not the only hero" She said
"…" I couldn't speak
"Trust me" She said firmly placing a hand on my shoulder "You take care of the Pokémon that could still be trapped ok"
"Yeah mom…Come on Taylor show me to the engine room!" I called out hurriedly as we both ran down the halls avoiding the explosions and feeling the temperature rise on the ship quickly as we took a lot of turns and went down a couple flights of stairs where we found an abandon engine room where the gears were severely damaged and on fire
"Stand back Taylor I think I can cool it down" I said with determination as I tossed a poke ball "Blastoise, Feraligatr I choose you!"
Both of them felt the heat and then looked towards me with concern
"I'm alright guys…I need you guys to use Hydro cannon on the ships engine" I ordered while pointing towards the engines as both of them nodded and then proceeded to cool down the engines "Good that should do it, good job guys" I said as I returned the Pokémon to their poke balls and ran out of the engine room
As soon as we got out there was a bigger explosion from the engine room
"I don't think that worked" Taylor said sarcastically as I just shook my head at his unneeded sarcasm
"There's nothing more we can do, let's go help out the Pokémon who go left behind" I said to Taylor
"Don't you think we should save the people?" Taylor questioned as we ran up a flight of stairs
"Nah my mom said she's got it"
"We should give her a hand" He insisted
"Listen those Pokémon need our help alright" I said to him
"It's just Pokémon; these are lives we're dealing with here" He replied back
I stopped running and looked at him "These Pokémon have a life too…I can see why you can never get out of my shadow if that's how you feel towards Pokémon" I said looking at him with disgust
"Why you..." He started
"Pikachu and I are going to go save the Pokémon…you can do whatever you feel…come on Pikachu"
"Pika!" Pikachu said jumping onto my shoulder
After saving the Pokémon I ran back up the ship to see if I could help my mom since she wasn't out yet, and I could tell from all the screaming on the boat that people were still in need of rescuing
Pieces of the ship were falling apart and there was Fire everywhere
"Mom!...Mom!" I called as I went around the whole ship finally I got to the dinning area where my mom and a huge amount of people were gathered
"Alright everyone we should be able to get out of here…single lines…we have to be calm" I heard my mom call as she directed people as if she was a traffic officer
"Mom!" I called out to her as she turned around
"Ash!" She called out as she gave me a warm smile "Did you save the Pokémon?" She called back concern
"Yeah, Now I can save you guys" I said with a smile as I ran forward
As I ran and ran a crack in the floor in front of me suddenly appeared and stopped me from advancing as my smiling face turned to one of pure horror…The ship was coming apart and it was separating me from my mom. The Flames grew stronger and surrounded its self around the group all I could do was watch. At one point I was tempted to jump across through the flames but my mom stopped me before I did anything crazy
"Ash I know what you're thinking…get out of the ship while you still can!" she called over the flames
"Mom!" I called back as I felt my eyes start to water "I can make this jump!" I said looking at the huge crack that started to separate the ship from the particular part my mother and the other people were on
"Don't you dare Ash Ketchum!" She ordered sternly
"Mom…I'll use my Pokémon" I said taking out a poke ball
"Ash" my mom said softly
"Blastoise use Hydro cannon on the flames!" I ordered quickly only to watch as the flames would not die out and only grew stronger as if I enraged it
"Ash it's useless ok...get out while you still can!" She said to me with a few tears
"Mom I'm gonna stay" I said stubbornly
"No your not…get out of here and live…for me" She said as I watched the tears stream down her face, I couldn't help it as the tears started to flow freely on there own from my own eyes "You're my little Pokémon master…make sure you change your underwear, and brush your teeth, shower regularly…take care of Pikachu" She started to list off
"Pika" Pikachu said sadly
"I know mom…" I said as I couldn't help but chuckle as she smiled herself
"I love you Ash" She said with a warm smile as suddenly it disappeared because of debris that crumbled in front of her and took the image away from me
"Mom!" I yelled at the top of my lungs as I crumpled to the floor left with that final image of my mother's smile burned into my head
"Pika pi" Pikachu said sadly as it patted my head "Pikachu"
"I know…let's get outta here" I said as debris fell everywhere it didn't faze me as I took out a poke ball slowly and tossed it revealing Charizard who didn't seem effected by the heat, I got on to Charizard's back slowly as Pikachu spoke to Charizard giving him the run down of everything that just happen as Charizard sighed out sadly and then blasted a hole through the side of the ship with a flame thrower and then flown Pikachu and I out.
Charizard flew close to the water as he decided to bring me close to the people who escaped the boats early
I thought I would be met with some comfort after not being able to save anyone but the Pokémon but I was wrong, as suddenly I felt something hard hit me right in the middle of my head knocking me off Charizard's back. I landed in the water as Pikachu and Charizard both held dumfounded looks as they saw me swim back to shore drenched in water and my own blood
"What?" I questioned loudly as I looked towards the boats filled with people
"You monster!"
"Scum!"
"You should be ashamed of yourself!"
"Go and die!"
"You should've stayed on that ship!"
Theses were all the things I heard yelled my way as more objects were thrown my way, and I just couldn't understand why…but I took one look at Taylor's satisfied smirk…his face told me that he would follow through with what he said to me earlier as I heard his voice echo
"From this day forth…I'll make you wish you were never became a Pokémon trainer…no never born…you'll just want to die…"
The only thing could think about was how I was wished my mom here with me…
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