Switch Up! A Tale of Multi-Verse Ash Ketchum!

Chapter 07: C'est la vie

"Pikachu Quick Attack!"

Pikachu zooms towards Lucario and strikes its chest. The Aura Pokemon didn't feel much, thanks to his new Steel Type.

"It's tougher than it looks" Ash comments as he watches the newly evolved Pokemon. He never saw a Pokemon like that, so he had to at least know what it could do.

"Lucario use Aura Sphere!" Cameron calls out, cutting Ash from his inner musing.

"Ruk!" Lucario sends a sphere of energy towards Pikachu who at Ash's call tried to dodge, but it proved impossible as the technique followed the electric mouse where it went. It came to Pikachu trying to jump away and tripping on the ground, getting hit with the Aura Sphere.

"It's useless, Ash! Lucario's Aura Sphere can't be avoided!" Cameron brags with a cheeky smile "And you won't be stopping this! Get in close with Force Palm!"

"Keep him at distance with Thunderbolt!" Ash shouts and Pikachu delivers a devastating electric type move to the jackal-like Pokemon.

"That has to hurt!" The MC shouts out.

Lucario got up wearily, still feeling the fatigue from the battle with Noctowl. Evolution helped a bit to recover, but it could not do miracles.

"Lucario can you keep up!?" Cameron asks worriedly to what Lucario barks in positive response "Then let's show Ash what we can do! Use Force Palm!"

Lucario rushes to Pikachu who once again charged up a Thunderbolt.

"Not this time! Dodge with Circle Throw!" Cameron shouts out in a stroke of brilliance.

Lucario does the motion of doing a Circle Throw to wave through the Thunderbolt.

"A brilliant move by Trainer Cameron!" The MC cries out in shock.

"Pikachu dodge with Quick Attack!"

"Pika!"

"Lucario use Copycat!"

"Ruka!"

Both Pikachu and Lucario clash with Quick Attack subsequently all around the battle field. It comes to the point that both Pokemon split apart to each side of the field.

Pikachu breathes raggedly as the exhaustion of three battles comes to him while Lucario is not far behind in the health department.

"Cameron! This is the last clash!" Ash shouts out as he extends his arm forward "Pikachu use Thunder!"

Thunderclouds converge above them as Pikachu charges one of the strongest Electric-Type techniques.

"Lucario! Don't let him shot that!" Cameron shouts out desperately "Use Force Palm on Pikachu to stop him, now!"

Lucario speeds to Pikachu who wore a smirk on his face.

"Draw it to you, Pikachu!" Ash shouts out to what Pikachu replies with a mighty 'Pika!' as the lightning strikes the electric mouse, right at the moment Lucario makes contact.

An explosion ensures and everyone has to cover their eyes, least debris and dust gets in their face.

Ash and Cameron meanwhile looked on to see the end of the powerful clash. As the dust settled, one could see two distinctive figures still standing through sheer will.

Lucario and Pikachu glared at each other and both stumbled until one fell…

"Pikachu can no longer continue, Lu-!" The referee stops as another thud graces the audience "It seems both Pokemon are unable to continue. As Trainer Ash still has one Pokemon; the winner of this match is Ash Ketchum!"

"Incredible!" The MC shouts out "In an all-out battle, Ash Ketchum managed to conquer the wonder rookie who surprised us all! And so, Ash Ketchum manages to pass the TOP 8 instance right into the semifinals!"

People cheered in the stadium, none more than Ash close friends who barely managed to contain their excitement.

Ash meanwhile was jumping in joy with Pikachu's limp body in tow. People had to sweat drop at that one "We did it Pikachu!"

Ash quickly goes to Cameron and offers his hand "It was a great battle!"

Cameron smiles and shakes his hand as well "Yeah, it was close, though if I had a sixth Pokemon I think I would have won!"

"Don't bet on it!" Ash replies with a smirk as both part ways. Right when Ash went inside the tunnel, time stopped around him and he suddenly found himself in the void once again.

"Well done" Darkrai approaches Ash once again "It seems that it's an unexplainable event that you lost when you had more experience"

OS-Ash rubs his neck with a sheepish smile "Well I gave it my all"

"That's what I ask" Darkrai says as he eyes Unova-Ash.

"Who's next?" Mew pipes in while floating around.

"That's a good question" Darkrai muses as he goes over all he knows about the Ash around.

Meanwhile OS-Ash was being congratulated by Alola and Kalos-Ash.

"Did well, Buddy" Kalos-Ash palms the younger Ash's back "Right at the end I forgot that Tauros was still around!"

"Heh, he couldn't really go on, so I recalled him!"

"A good way to ensure victory!" Alola-Ash's face morphs into Jojo's style, with exaggerated shadows and all "I will have to show you my abilities as a trainer later"

"S-sure?" OS-Ash asks, not really knowing what to make of this.

"Stop it" Sinnoh-Ash smacks the Alolan versions of the trainer in the head "You're scaring him"

"So any idea of who's going next?" Hoenn-Ash questions as dread suddenly fills him. He looks around and finds nothing. That is until he tries to walk. Looking down, he found a black portal, just like the one OS-Ash was pushed into.

"It's yours!" Darkrai cackles madly "Don't shame yourself out there!"

In the battlefield…

Ash suddenly came upon his senses and Pikachu did as well…

"What's going on?" Ash looks around and Pikachu does as well.

"Ash… you look different…"

"Because he is" Darkrai pipes in "This is some familiar terrain for you"

"Really?"

"What's going on, Ash!?"

"Darkrai kidnapped different versions of myself to participate in place of ourselves"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"Ash… What kind of Stun Powder have you been-?"

"Ah leave it" Ash scowls at Pikachu. Now his Pokemon think that's he's a junkie… "So where I am?"

"The Johto League…"

-BREAK-

Hello ladies and gentlemen! Today we finish the, from word of fans, worst league ever.

Now that the horrible event in the Pokemon history has been corrected, we go on to an unfortunate and justified event, the battle between Ash and Harrison.

I think that this one was a close one and Ash needed more experience, a bit more. SO here he is, Hoenn-Ash going back to revisit his battle with Harrison.

How will this pan out? I don't know yet, haven't thought that far, but it will be great!

Furthermore, as this story goes, it leaves the time to see what Ash's team for Alola will be. What with all this Solgaleo business and the Ultra Beasts and Lusamine and all that Jazz. Also it lets us see how the Alola League will goes and if it need correction at all.

I suppose that faith is the last thing to go…

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-Ash (Original Series) Vs Cameron – Unova League-

Heracross (X) Vs Hydreigon

Charizard (X) Vs Hydreigon (X)

Bayleaf/Meganium (X) Vs Samurott

Pikachu Vs Samurott (X)

Pikachu Vs Swanna (X)

Pikachu Vs Ferrothorn

Tauros Vs Ferrothorn (X)

Noctowl (X) Vs Riolu (Lucario)

Pikachu (X) Vs Lucario (X)

-ASH WINS-

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So, don't know when I'll update, but I hope you guys wait cause, as I said, I do so when I feel like writing or I'm blocked in another story…