Ash's Betrayal

Chapter 9

Co-Writer GreyKing46

We do not own these Pokémon characters.

Ash sighed as he relaxed in the Coliseum, Annabel having left for her own facility last night

'Having a Latias in a relationship...Philena, Sabrina, Anabel, Bianca as well...Dang...'

"... This is a mess and a half." he chuckled gently

"Ash...?" Raichu asked as she woke up on his stomach.

"Hey...Sleep well?" Ash asked

"Yes, thank you." Raichu smiled

"You were upset earlier...Do you want to talk about it?" He asked kindly

"No." She lied, looking away

"I... Okay." Ash sighed, rubbing her back soothingly

"Ash...Will we be good at this?" Raichu asked

"What do you mean?" Ash asked

"Being a Frontier Brain...I'm just worried." She answered

"We've trained...We're STILL learning. We'll be fine." He responded

Raichu nodded... Before a loud knock filled the Coliseum

"Well, looks like our first fight." Ash answered "Ready?"

"Ready... Partner?" Raichu grinned as Jessie and James ran over to open the door

"Born ready." Ash smiled, nodded to the former Team Rocket members who opened the door

The door opened, revealing two trainers

One was a twenty year old trainer; she had short ruddy red hair, glasses, a blue shirt, green khaki shorts and blue trainers. Around her shoulders was a brown satchel. Her entire being seemed to emanate a cocky or intriguing personality.

The other was younger trainer, about twelve or fourteen. He had dark skin and black dreadlocks, green eyes, a red and yellow wave designed shirt, light brown three-quarter shorts and flip-flops. On his back was a backpack with a tribal flower design. He seemed to be more relaxed but worried.

"Hello and welcome to the Battle Coliseum!" Ash called with a grin, standing up and walking towards them with other his arms spread welcomingly

"Hm, I didn't expect the Frontier Brain to be so young." The woman spoke in amazement, her accent sounded like she was from Unova.

"Whoa...This place is HUGE." The boy answered just astonished from the surroundings, his accent sounded Hawaiian. "Thanks."

"I actually beat the Battle Frontier nearly three years ago. I had a two year gap before I agreed and then we had to wait a year for it to be made." Ash smiled "So, who will I be battling today?"

"Whoa...Not me. I'm nowhere NEAR that good." the boy answered in his defence, sounding not cowardly but lack of confidence.

"I will. Agatha from Castelia City." The now named Agatha smiled, pushing her glasses up her nose.

"Nice to meet you." Ash smiled "How many Frontier Symbols have you got?" He asked

"Four." Agatha answered

"None. But by choice." The boy answered

"Newbie?" Ash asked, the boy nodding "Okay, you take a seat in the stands." Turning to Agatha he smiled as he walked to one of the contestant boxes on the battle arena "What Symbols do you have?" He asked, remembering his... For a lack of a better word, his script

"Knowledge, Brave, Tactics and Luck." Agatha answered with a smile

'Crap. She beat Brandon and his Regi's already?!' Ash thought, mentally flinching, as Scott arrived. Outside he kept himself calm and nodded "This will be a five on five." Ash said seriously, shocking Agatha

"Oka... What? Why such a weird number?" She blinked in shock

"Because most battles are: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 or 6v6. 5v5 is a random number, trainers are unused to and aren't prepared for strategist for." Ash informed with confidence and experience

"I...Okay. 5v5." Agatha nodded.

"This looks like it's gonna be good." Scott smiled as he sat with the dark skinned trainer.

"Huh?" The boy asked

"Ash is the newest member of the Frontier Brains. The New Brain versus your friend." Scott answered

"Well there is ONE more thing." Ash said wisely, like an old man, as he raised a finger. Suddenly pedestals rose, one next to each contestant box. The pedestals each had five PokeBall slots with five buttons

"What's with that?" She asked

"First we PRE-choose our Pokémon, we won't choose depending on what the other is using." Ash said, putting five PokeBalls into the device. The PokeBalls where then lowered and locked "And we choose each OTHER'S Pokémon. And we don't know which Pokémon we or our opponent will get out of the five we are using. You adapt to what we get." Ash explained

"Y-You choose my Pokémon and I choose yours?" Agatha gulped as she was taken by surprise.

"Yes." Ash nodded

"What is with this crazy choice stuff?" The Hawaiian accented you asked

"Adaptability." Scott smiled, crossing his arms "Ash has won all of his most memorable battles from using strange, unorthodox strategies by adapting in the middle of battle. It's why his Symbol is the Adaption Symbol. Agatha is going to need to adapt to the situation so, even at a disadvantage, she will in."

"Will the contest please put her PokeBalls into the randomiser?" James asked, acting as referee

"Okay..." Agatha nodded and brought out her PokeBalls and placed them in the randomiser

They both pressed a button a random PokeBall emerging

"Go!" They both called, unleashing their Pokémon in a massive glow of light

In a flash of light, Ash's shiny Noctowl and Agatha's Lumineon

"Let's do this buddy." Ash grinned as he saw his shiny Noctowl flap proudly

"Okay, Lumineon. Let's win!" Agatha spoke

"Lu!" the blue fish Pokémon answered majestically.

"Ready...Begin!" James spoke

"Water gun!" Agatha called, her partner shooting a burst of water from its mouth

"Psychic!" Ash countered. Noctowl hooted and shot a burst of psychic energy and threw the blast back at the Water Pokémon sending it flying into a wall

"Lumineon!" Agatha gasped as her Pokémon was knocked back so easily

"Lu..." The fish Pokémon got back up

"Use Ice Beam!" Agatha spoke

"Fly high!" Ash called, the owl flying up with a spin

"Darn it!" Agatha gritted her teeth

"Use Fly!" Ash smiled

Noctowl nodded, flying up at super speed before zooming down at Agatha like a bullet "Now spin!" Ash added, Noctowl spinning as he raced at Lumineon making a small tornado around itself

"Dodge!" Agatha called, wide eyed

"Lu...Mineon!" The Water type dodged, but only just. But the tornado managed to clip its side.

... And it was sent flying

"Return!" Agatha yelled, returning her Pokémon

"Challenger is switching Pokémon!" James called, Agatha returning the ball to the randomiser. Ash nodded, pressing a button and a new PokeBall emerged

"Let's do this!" Agatha cheered, unleashing her second Pokémon

"CAM!" a red furred cow Pokémon with blue rings and two mini volcanoes was brought to the field

"Camerupt!" She smiled and clenched her fist in a form of early victory

'She's excited' Ash thought

"Why's she celebrating so early?" Scott asked

"Simple: her Camerupt took down the Golem Pokémon." the boy answered "ALL three of them."

"... Oh crap." Ash muttered, widening his stance as he prepared for this battle "Come on Noctowl! Use Steel Wing!"

"Noctowl!" It called out, its wings glowing white and flew down to the cow/camel like Pokémon

"Lava Plume!" Agatha ordered

"CAM!" The cow Pokémon called out and shot out jets of lava from its back spraying around Noctowl

Noctowl yelled in pain, hitting a wall hard

"Noctowl! Are you okay?" Ash called out.

"N-Noct..." The shiny bird Pokémon struggled to get up, but he was burnt. He couldn't continue the fight.

"... Return." Ash smiled gently, returning his Pokémon

"Noctowl is unable to battle!" James called

"One each Frontier Brain." Agatha smiled

"The battle is far from over." Ash smiled getting another random Pokemon

"INFER!" A lanky monkey with golden accessories and a blazing flame on the back of its head

"Infernape!" Ash smiled

"Fire on fire...But my Camerupt has the advantage." Agatha smiled, seeing her victory. Her Camerupt took down Brandon's Golem Pokémon. LEGENDARIES. A fully evolved starter was going to be easy.

"Infernape is one of my strongest Pokémon. And I HAVE beaten Legendaries before." Ash said, smirking.

He and Infernape moved as one, ending in a fighting stance

'... Mega Punch.' Ash thought, he and Infernape in perfect synch mentally and physically, before Infernape dashed off in a blink of an eye with his fist glowing

"I-It's fast! Camerupt, use Protect!" She flinched before she ordered a defence

"Cam-!" The Pokémon tried to defend, but Infernape's fist connected with its shoulder area, pushing the Pokémon back

"Camerupt!" She called out

"C-Cam!" It snorted as it pushed itself up

"Fire Blast." Ash added, Infernape shooing a massive blast of fire in the shape of the Japanese kanji for fire

"Use Earth Power!" Agatha ordered, getting pumped up

"CAM-ERUPT!" the cow Pokémon shouted and slammed into the ground, attacking Infernape. But the Fire Blast had hit its mark.

Infernape jumped, smirking as it took just a bit of damage

"Flare Blitz!" Ash called, Infernape being enveloped in fire... And then the fire tripled in size "Yes! Blaze!" Ash grinned

"FER!" Infernape yelled as he charged at Camerupt

"L-Lava-!" Agatha tried to answer, but it was too late. Camerupt had been hit.

"C-Cam...Erupt." The cow/camel Pokémon had fainted.

"Camerupt..." She gasped

"Whoa...Boss is great." The kid spoke

"Getting into the match are you?" Scott smiled

"Well...Yeah...This is awesome!" The kid nodded fervently

"Return Camerupt." Agatha smiled as she returned her Pokémon

"Nice try." Ash smiled, the flames still blazing around Infernape once his attack ended. Ash pressed a button, presenting her next Pokémon

"Shell!" A round grey shelled pokemon with grey legs and two discernible eyes appeared.

"Shelgon!" Agatha cheered, but wanted to maintain her composure.

"A dragon type. Up for another round Infernape?" Ash asked his friend

"FER!" Infernape smiled giving a thumbs up.

'But... Why isn't it fully evolved?' he thought in worry, trying to work out what tricks the Pokémon

"Shelgon, use Dragon Claw!" Agatha ordered

"Shelgon!" The Pokémon, though round and seemingly bulky, was fast. As in, it was Infernape's speed just moments ago! And the speed made it difficult for Ash to see its claws might have

"THE HELL?!" Ash yelled, Infernape being slashed by Shelgon and sending him back as he growled a bit

"Hee-hee. Well done Shelgon!" Agatha smiled

"Shelgon." It responded happily

"Infernape, are you okay?" Ash asked

"In...Infer..." Said Pokémon panted as it forced itself to get up. "In...Fer...NAPE!" It roared and its flame was burning bright.

Ash gasped, his eyes shrinking a bit at the sight

"Infer!" It roared, its eyes focusing on Shelgon. Infernape might've reverted back to its angry ways.

"Let's end this. Shelgon, Zen Headbutt!" Agatha spoke

"Shell!" The dragon Pokémon sped off at Infernape with its Psychic move.

"Infernape!" Ash called out as his Pokémon's hand was glowing, it seemed like it was aiming for a Mega Punch

Ash watched, shocked

"Shel-GON!" The Dragon Pokemon spoke as it neared Infernape

"Infer-NAPE!" The Fire/Fighting Pokemon threw a Mega Punch to deal some damage.

There was an explosion and the two were covered in smoke

"Shelgon!" Agatha called out

"Infernape!" Ash added

There in the centre, were Shelgon and Infernape, the quick mid-evolution Dragon type and the full evolution Fire/Fighting type.

...

Infernape fell forwards and was knocked out from the damage in the two fights.

"... Crap." Ash flinched a bit, returning his friend "Thanks pal." He smiled, putting the PokeBall onto his belt. He then smiled "We're all even again. Ready to pick the next one?"

"Ready when you are." Agatha smiled

"I wonder which one will be next?" The boy asked

Ash pressed the button and out came.

"KROOKODILE!" a bipedal maroon crocodile Pokémon with black stripes and strangely red rimmed sunglasses

"Krookodile?" Agatha asked

"Ready buddy?" Ash asked

"Dile!" The Pokémon nodded

"Shelgon, use Dragon Claw!" Agatha ordered

"Krookodile, use Dig!" Ash responded

"Dile!" and with the speed of a Diglett, Krookodile dug into the earth of the field

Shelgon stumbled, falling over from missing the attack

"Now!" Ash called out "Dragon Claw!"

"Huh?!" Agatha gasped as Krookodile crashed through the earth and struck Shelgon on its back dealing a large amount of damage to the Dragon Pokémon.

"SHEL!" The Dragon Pokémon shouted as it was hit

"Dig once more!" Ash called, Krookodile diving into the ground and going up and down in rapid destination which lead to a lot of large holes on the field

"S-Shel...!" The Dragon Pokemon pulled itself up

"Err..." Agatha gulped as she didn't know what to do "U-Use Dragon Breath!"

She gasped and moaned, giggling as his goatee tickled her

"Dragon Claw!" Ash called, the Ground type jumping out of the hole behind Shelgon while Shelgon shot out a large blue/green energy blast from its mouth

Shelgon spewed out the blue/green fire from its front and missed Krookodile while the Ground/Dark type struck and fainted the Dragon type.

"Perfect." Ash grinned, snapping his fingers in victory

"Shelgon has fainted!" James called

"Oh...Shelgon..." Agatha frowned but smiled proudly as she returned her friend

"Next Pokémon, Agatha." Ash spoke

"Okay." She nodded pressing the button to bring out one of her two remaining Pokémon

"Croak!" A Toxicroak came out; it was a bipedal dark blue frog like Pokémon with a red chin bubble and red claws. And around this Pokémon's neck was a purple coloured barb.

'Okay... Let's do this.' Ash said, taking a deep breath before he smiled "Dragon Claw!" Ash called

"Rain Dance." Agatha spoke

'Rain Dance?' Ash thought as Toxicroak caused it to rain

"Dile!" Krookodile struck down at Toxicroak.

"Croak!" The frog Pokémon was struck back, but...It seemed to get healthier during the fight.

"Sludge Bomb!" Agatha ordered

"Croak!" It shot out from its mouth a purple venomous blob aimed at Krookodile.

"Dodge it!" Ash spoke, hoping his friend could dodge it quickly enough

But it was too late, the crocodile collapsing

Krookodile was poisoned and Toxicroak was getting healed from the rain, Sludge Bombs are powerful, but this one was stronger.

"Come back buddy. We'll get you healed." Ash smiled

"Three for three, Frontier Brain." Agatha answered

'Toxicroak is a Poison/Fighting type...And there's only a few Pokémon I know who have the advantage...I hope I'm lucky.' He thought as he pushed the button

He threw the PokeBall, unleashing...

"TYRANITAR!" the massive green Pokémon roared

"A-A Tyranitar?" She gasped seeing the Pokemon

"Croak!" Toxicroak answered as Rain Dance was being blown away with Sand Stream

"Tar!" It roared as the sand hit Toxicroak, knocking off health instead of healing it.

"Use Sludge Bomb!" Agatha spoke

"Dark Pulse!" Ash rebutted

"TAR!" The Rock/Dark type shot off a blast of darkness at the Poison move, dispersing it and hitting Toxicroak

"Now, Hyper Beam!" Ash added, an orange energy blast shooting out of the Pokémon's mouth

"Use Poison Jab!" Agatha spoke quickly hoping to reflect or disperse the attack...But Toxicroak got the full blast from Tyranitar.

"A... Again while it's recharging!" Agatha yelled, Toxicroak attacking even though it was still heavily damaged

"C-Croak..." It panted seeing Tyranitar and was buffeted by the sand again, damaging it. But its hand turned purple for the Poison Jab. "Croak!"

"Grab it." Ash spoke, hoping the recharge had finished

Tyranitar grabbed the hand at the last second, taking half damage from the poison, and let the sandstorm finish off Toxicroak

As Toxicroak fell to the floor, Agatha now only had one Pokémon left. She was backed into a corner, herself planning...that was thrown out the window. The match was relying on her last Pokémon.

"Come on out." She gulped and saw her Probopass come out.

"Pass..." The Rock/Steel Pokémon came out. It looked mainly blue with a giant red nose and a red hat with an unusual big bushy black moustache.

"You don't seem very confident." Ash grinned

"I...I've not been down to my last Pokemon in a long while." She answered

"Whoa...She's on the ropes." the boy answered

"Tyranitar, use Ice Fang!" Ash called out

The Pokemon roared and charged, chomping its teeth around head of the Pokémon

"Iron Defence!" She called out

"Pass...!" The Pokémon answered, raising its defence highly

"Hyper Beam once more!" Ash called, Tyranitar shooting close range

"Hyper Beam THIS close?!" She gasped

A huge explosion at such a close range...It reminded Ash of that time with the cocky trainer with the Raichu who point blank Hyper Beamed Raichu, while it was a Pikachu.

The dust cleared and they were both fine, even if a bit rougher up

"Pass..."

"Tar..."

The two looked down at each other, though the sandstorm continued to cycle around them. But neither getting hurt.

"Dark Pulse... INTO THE HOLES!" Ash called happily, raising his hand... shocking Agatha at that

"Into the...?" Agatha tried to figure out WHAT Ash was trying to do.

Tyranitar roared and shot the dark energy into the holes... And then pillars of dark energy emerged from EVERY hole across the field, crashing into Probopass from like five or six different directions at once

"Probopass! Iron Defence!" Agatha called out

"Pro...!" The Rock/Steel type fell to the ground in defeat.

'He... Made those holes for a reason! But... But how?' she thought in shock

"Probopass is unable to battle. The Frontier Brain is the winner!" James spoke

"W... What?" Agatha blinked

"I made the holes in case I needed an assault of special attacks later. Like flamethrower, water gun or whatever." Ash explained "I had no idea what would happen which is why I made sure I had a small plan I KNOW I can."

"I...Oh..." Agatha answered sadly...But she had learned something for next time. And she was determined to try again.

"Whoo! Way to go!" the boy cheered

"Kai...Thank you!" Agatha answered

"Kai? That's a nice name." Scott smiled

"I...Thanks." The now names Kai chuckled

"You did really well." Ash spoke

"Tar!" Tyranitar answered with a smile

Ash smiled, as he remembered picked up the Larvitar he left near Mount Silver. The Larvitar he hatched and delivered to its mother, the Child deciding to join. He walked over and patted Tyranitar's shoulder, the pseudo-Legendary grinning at him

"Well...I'm glad..." Agatha spoke

"Huh?" Ash asked

"I'm glad I lost...I was getting cocky. You brought me down to earth. Thank you." Agatha answered

"No problem...Just ONE question." Ash answered

"What is it?" She asked

"Your Shelgon..." Ash indicated

"Oh, I actually bred him. I was making sure he had decent speed for when he evolves." Agatha answered

"Breeding for decent stats? Huh." Ash answered

She nodded at that, smiling a bit

"Well you have two tries left, if you wanna train a bit more." Ash smiled

"Thank you. I'll look forward to it." Agatha answered

Ash nodded, shaking her hand calmly

Kai and Scott came down from the stands and went up to Ash and Agatha.

"You were awesome, Boss!" Kai spoke respectfully to Ash

""Boss"?" Ash asked with a kind chuckle

"Yeah..." Kai answered sheepishly with a chuckle

"Sounds cool." Ash smiled lightly

"Rai-Rai." Raichu came over, speaking like a Pokémon as she wasn't confident speaking to regular trainers with telepathy.

"Wow! An Alolan Raichu!" Kai grinned

"Yeah, she's been my longest partner." Ash stroked Raichu's head

"Rai..." She purred

"Want to see my Pokemon?" Kai asked

"This'll take a while...I'm going to the Poke-Centre. See you in a bit Kai." Agatha answered

"Later." Ash waved "Go ahead Kai."

"R-Really? Okay!" Kai answered "Come on out guys!" he grabbed four pokeballs and brought out his four Pokémon.

The first was a small owl like Pokémon, with brown and white feathers but a small green leaf bowtie.

The second was a small black cat Pokémon with red markings and yellow eyes

The third was a blue seal Pokémon with a thin light blue ruff and a white muzzle with a pink nose

And finally was a brown dog like Pokémon with dark brown ear tips and paws with a light brown muzzle with a rock motif.

"These are my friends: Rowlet, Litten, Popplio and Rockruff." Kai answered "Say "hi" guys." Kai spoke kindly

Each of the Pokémon gave their own cheers seeing Ash.

"Nice to meet you all." Ash answered

"Wow, I've never seen these guys before."

"I'm from the Alola Region." Kai answered with a proud smile

"That explains how you know Raichu then." Scott pointed out

"Yeah, Alolan Raichu are cool." Kai answered

"Rai!" Raichu cheered, smiling

"So, who's your favourite?" Ash asked "Or is it equal?"

"All equal." Kai grinned

All of Kai's Pokemon cheered.

"Did you get these guys recently?" Ash asked as he stroked their heads.

"Nah...had them for a while." Kai answered

"How long have you been a trainer?"

"Err...A...About five months. I've known Agatha a little less than that." Kai answered

"Cool." Ash smiled

*elsewhere*

"Cerulean City...How long has it been?" Red smiled seeing the city of water once again.

"I think ten years?" Delia teased

"Ha-ha..." Red kissed her.

"More like sixteen though." Red nodded

"Err... Why are we here?" May asked

"Well...It's kinda personal, May..." Red answered

"You asked me to take you here. I deserve to know the reason." May frowned nervously

"Well...Some years ago..." Red answered awkwardly "Delia and I...spent a vacation here."

"Okay." May nodded as they walked towards the Cerulean Gym, Delia knocking the door "And?"

Red was silent, looking around awkwardly "Well..." He started before the door opened revealing Misty

"Hello? Oh hey May. Hi Mrs Ketchum." Misty smiled

"M-Misty?!" Red gasped seeing her. In his mind, he was seeing the exact double of Misty's mother.

"I... Sorry, do I know you?" Misty asked, noting the guy looked like Ash but also clearly different

"Oh, I'm err...I'm Ash's father: Red. Delia's husband." Red answered 'She looks...EXACTLY like her!' He thought.

*Alto Mare seaport*

A blue haired girl smiled as she walked off a large boat. It was Dawn and she had grown a bit in the last year

Her hair had grown longer, just a bit more down her shoulders, her chest had slightly grown. She was wearing a white shirt and a blue jacket wrapped around her waist because of the warm weather, she as wearing black jean trousers and boots. Around her shoulders was a white satchel with a pink PokeBall symbol on the side. "Wow...Alto Mare...It's beautiful."

She smiled, spinning on the spot... Only to bump into a thirty or so woman

"Oh! Sorry!" Dawn said nervously

"It's fine." The woman said in a kind tone. The woman had long blonde hair done up in a high ponytail at the back of her head, yellow/brown eyes. She was wearing tight black jeans, purple mid-shin high boots, a yellow sleeveless dress shirt with the skirt of the 'dress' going around her hips, a dark brown backpack and a straw hat with a large brim. On the woman's shoulder was a Pikachu with a pink flower on its ear "Good bye." The woman waved, walking away

"Nice lady...Now...Where do I find the Coliseum?" She asked herself

To be continued

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