Hi! It is once again me, Aurelia (a.k.a Mysterious Aureliashipper), and I am back with another chapter! This is part 1 of the party. Now I don't usually specify reviews in these chapters. But now, is an exception. A user named Trygve11 left a great piece of constructing criticism on this story, and I am grateful. Thanks to you, I began to use Grammarly for writing. I hope it helps with my grammar errors. Now you talked about the length of the chapters. That's sadly a thing that I can hardly improve. I could technically, but that would mean that my updates would be like once in two months, so... Still, thank you for your review, and the fan-favorite character that makes his debut in this chapter is partly your doing. He would have appeared later, but when he fits perfectly on this chapter, why not? Now, hope you enjoy...
Ash and Lillie were walking towards the location which the party was held. It turned to be a massive mansion close to Ten Carat Hill. "Look at the crowd standing there!" Ash commented.
"Remember Ash, that this is a very strict party and all the Champions will be here," Lillie explained.
Ash looked at Lillie.: "Oh yeah, I kind of forgot," he said while scratching his nose.
Lillie noticed his stare and looked back confused. "What?" she asked with a humorous tone.
"You. You look amazing," he said and Lillie just rolled her eyes.
"Let's just go."
They walked towards the front doors and showed their invites. Then they walked in and Ash left all his pokeballs to the safeguard.
When they reached the main hall, they were amazed. It was huge. There was a lot of tables, big ´, small etc. There also was a big dance-floor and a stage where there was a band playing music. Then they saw Scott walking up to them. "Great, Ash Ketchum, checked. Lillie Aether, checked. Welcome to the party. It is sad that Aether President Gladion will not join us tonight. Neither will the former Champion Hau. But glad that you two are here!"
"It is very nice. Where did you book this Mansion from?" asked Ash.
"This is Artemis' uncle's mansion. So Arty gave it for use." Scott explained. "But by the way, come sit on the V.I.P table!"
"I don't think we're that special-" he was cut off by Scott.
"Come on now!"
They walked towards the V.I.P table. It was a big, round table. In sitting there was, Lance, Gold, Steven, Cynthia, Alder, Diantha, Arty, Kukui and Charles Goodshow.
"Hi!" said Ash and Lillie while sitting down next to each other.
"Hi!" replied everybody.
"Nice that you came here!" said Arty.
"Yeah. By the way, why are you here Arty?" asked Lillie.
"My mansion so that's it," he replied quickly.
"Oh, okay."
"So Ash, how has been the tournament?" asked Charles.
"It has been good, but no challenge yet," Ash replied whit a smile.
"Maybe that will change when you will battle against one of the Champions," said Scott.
"Maybe," Ash replied and the others (except Arty) looked at him with "Come on" face.
"By the way. You have putten the Sceptilite I gave you back in Hoenn into good use, Arty," said Steven.
"It has been a big help," he replied casually.
"Come to think of it, if not one of us Champions will win this Tournament, then it is either Ash or Artemis," said Gold.
"I appreciate your compliment Gold, but I already dropped out," said Arty.
Ash was shocked. They would not need to battle. "That's unfortunate. Why?" he asked.
"Due to personal reasons," Arty replied.
"What about the Mysterious Alola Champion?" asked Lance.
"Yeah we have heard that he is strong," said Alder while looking at Kukui.
"Excuse me. Mind if I join in?"
They looked up and Ash knew exactly who this was. He had grayish blue hair that covers his other eye.
"Tobias?"
"This is a surprise. Did you invite him Scott?" asked Steven.
"Yes, I did."
"Come on, sit down," said Charles.
"Thank you," Tobias replied while sitting down.
"So this is the trainer with Darkrai?" asked Gold.
"And a Latios!" Cynthia pointed out.
"So, why are you here?" asked Ash. "Wait let me guess. You are the Mysterious Alola Champion?"
Arty smirked and turned towards Tobias. "Really?"
At this point, everybody on the table was looking at Tobias. Seconds passed, and finally, the answer came. "No…"
"Okay, can someone confirm this?" Steven asked while looking at Kukui, Charles and Scott.
"Yes, he is not the Mysterious Alola Champion," confirmed Charles.
"Not at all!" commented Kukui.
"You guys are not going to guess it, I fear," said Scott.
"So why are you here then?" asked Ash again.
"When I heard that you're back I decided to come here to watch the tournament. You are still one of two people to ever have defeated two or more of my pokemon," Tobias explained.
"I was really hoping that we would find out the identity of the Champ," said Diantha with little desperation in her voice.
"What is so important about him/her?" asked Tobias, clearly confused.
"Well, it has been said that he could very well be the very strongest of all trainers. In the entire world I mean," said Steven.
"That's interesting. But how come that nobody knows who he is? Don't you have to beat the League Conference to get to battle the Elites and Champ?" asked Tobias.
"Yes, but here in Alola, if you have succeeded in any of the Grand Trials, you can go and challenge the league," Kukui explained.
"Really?" asked Ash.
"Yes, that's how we do it. And if you are thinking about challenging the League after this tournament, you are allowed to do it. And you should. Especially when you have won this Tournament, because he or his elites aren't in it," Kukui said.
Literally, everybody (yes, even Artemis for once) was shocked by this statement. The fact that Kukui was so sure about Ash winning the tournament felt unreal.
"I am taking that as a challenge Kukui!" said Gold.
"Me too!" said Cynthia.
"So you are saying that Ash is over Champion level?" asked Alder.
"Oh defiantly!" said Kukui, Scott, Tobias, and Artemis at the same time.
"If he battles against any of you in the tournament, you will be on run for your money. I guarantee it," said Kukui to the champions.
"How are you four so sure about it? I mean, we all have seen Ash battle, but still," asked Gold.
"I have battled against him," said Kukui.
"I have too," commented Arty.
"Me too, and he wasn't even half of his present strength back then," said Tobias.
"And he is only one of the four people ever that have beaten the Kanto Battle Frontier. And he was the first one to do so!"
Ash was completely flustered by the praise. But when he thought about it, yes he had done all those things. And more. He had competed in seven different leagues, beaten the battle frontier, helped countless Legendaries, caught the interest of a Guardian Deity and trained towards the dream of becoming the very best. He had thought that he could get to that in this tournament. He was wrong. He'd not only have to win the Master Tournament, but he would have to go to take on the league. And win against the Mysterious Alola Champion.
A/N So, that was it. Was it good or bad? So now it is confirmed that Ash will challenge the Alola League after this tournament. I am excited. So, don't forget to review, that helps a lot. But thank you for reading this chapter. In the next chapter (which is part 2 of the party), we will see one of the Traitors confronting Ash. Take a guess who? But for now, it is Mysterious Aureliashipper logging out once again!
