"Boss what are you doing?"
"I'm probably going to disappoint Booker, Hana, Rand and everyone back home but this tournament is just going to hurt more than help."
"But you promised you'd let me battle! You never break a promise boss!"
"Pika Pikapi!"
"I'm sorry Meowth…"
"Boss, can we at least destroy that kid!? He said he could destroy us!"
"That's true but..."
"No buts! Come one boss! You never run from a challenge!"
"This is different."
"Is it because of last night?"
"That night…what May told me, have I really hurt so many people? May almost confessed to me without thinking about how I or Drew feels. I think I'm just making everyone confused and hurt. And it isn't exactly working out for me either."
"Pikapi/Boss…"
"Charizard! I choose-"
"Well, well, well. I never knew Ash was a runner and a quitter."
"You aren't good with threats May."
"I need to at least try when it comes to the new Ash!"
"'New Ash?'"
"Yeah. You've become so different. You wouldn't let a thing like this stop you from entering-"
"YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME!"
"I KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU ASH! OR AT LEAST THE OLD ASH!"
"No. You knew NOTHING ABOUT ME! IF YOU DID YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THE HINTS DURING OUT JOURNEY I SENT YOU!"
May was taken back once again. Hints? From Ash? But did he even know anything about love back then? Or was that an act to hide his feelings? Why is this so confusing!?
"Charizard. Fly us to the stadium. I can't wait to destroy your brother."
"ASH KETCHUM HAS FAILED TO ARRIVE! HE IS THEREFORE DISQU-"
Just then a Charizard landed at Ash's side of the stadium. It landed with a thud stronger than an Earthquake. It even knocked Max off balance.
"Sorry I'm late."
"This will be a 6 on 6 battle with substitutions! Send out your Pokemon!"
"I promised Meowth!"
"Meowth huh? It is a fast normal type that knows Water Pulse…So Medicham should do the trick!"
"Battle…Begin!"
"Medicham use Focus Punch!"
"Meowth dodge it!"
"Use Confusion to hold it!"
Medicham used Confusion and then delivered a huge blow. When the smoke cleared Medicham was defeated.
"Wh-What happened!?"
"Sucker Punch Max."
"Return. I'll match speed! Sceptile!"
"Well Meowth, you have gotten to face two of the Hoenn starter trio!"
"And this one will go down like the last!"
"Yep. Meowth use Double Slash!"
"Sceptile counter with Leaf Blade!"
The two attacks hit. Then Sceptile fell to the floor.
"Sceptile is unable to battle!"
"Max is getting destroyed out there!" Shouted Dawn.
"There's no way Max will lose though. Max believes in his Pokemon and has strategy. Where Ash just believes in his Pokemon." Says May.
"But May, you said it yourself. The old Ash is gone. This is a new Ash."
As much as May didn't want to admit it, Max would lose. No way around it.
"Return Sceptile. Go Weezing! Use Smog!"
"A Weezing. Meowth, you want to fight this one?"
Meowth looked carefully at the Weezing. "Yeah boss."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"Alright! Use-" The entire field was filled with smoke. Ash then realized Max used Smog.
"Weezing use Giga Impact!"
"He's coming at us? Fool…Meowth, a good Water Pulse would do."
Weezing then appeared in front of Meowth to receive a strong Water Pulse to the face, knocking it out.
"Weezing is unable to battle!"
"Ugh! Return! Persian I choose you!"
That was Max's biggest mistake. Ash and Meowth, even Pikachu had a huge smirk on their faces.
"Meowth. Time to show who the best is!"
"Persian use Pay Day!"
"Sucker Punch!"
"Persian! Get up!"
"Meowth use Water Pulse!"
Persian was then hit back with a more powerful Water Pulse than the one Weezing took.
"Persian is unable to battle!"
"Return Persian. You did great. Go Kingdra!"
"Meowth, think you can take this one?"
"This won't be a problem boss!"
"Okay. Meowth go for a Double Slash!"
"Kingdra Hydro Pump!"
"Dodge and keep going!"
"Double Team Kingdra!"
"Meowth use Aerial Ace!"
"Kingdra Twister!"
"Meowth use Water Pulse!"
"Kingdra use your strongest Dragon Pulse!"
"Dodge then go for a Shadow Ball."
Meowth dodged the tough attack and hit Kingdra with a Shadow Ball, knocking it out.
"Kingdra is unable to battle!"
"No way! Kingdra, you did great. Return. Meowth has to be tired by now…My final Pokemon! Go GARDEVOIR!"
"A Gardevoir? Impressive. Meowth, lets attack first. Faint Attack!"
"Teleport to dodge!"
"Oh no you don't! Faint Attack always hits its target!"
Gardevoir was hit.
"Gardevoir! Are you okay?"
"Gar!"
"Phew. Use Focus Blast!"
"Meowth, Sucker Punch."
"Teleport!"
"Faint Attack!"
Gardevoir kept getting hit over and over.
"Max! There is no way you can win this battle! Forfeit to help your Pokemon!"
"NO WAY! I never run from a battle!"
"Max!"
"SHUT UP ASH! I WILL WIN! I WON'T LOSE! GARDEVOIR USE FOCUS BLAST MAX POWER!"
"I didn't want to do this. Max is too stubborn. Meowth, use your strongest Sucker Punch."
Gardevoir was then slammed into the wall.
"Gardevoir is unable to battle! The match goes to Kalos Champion Ash Ketchum who will be going on to the finals of the Championship Tournament!"
"Nurse Joy, will Gardevoir be alright?"
"Yes. She needs a lot of rest though. That last battle was very painful for her."
"I'm sorry…Gardevoir…"
Ash was walking to the restaurant nearby when he was approached…
"Ash! How could you do that to Max's Pokemon!?"
"May…It's a battle. And I gave him the chance."
"You don't even care! Why did I convince you to stay!?"
"I do care. I'm just very disappointed in him. I thought he learned from my foolish self."
"Foolish self?"
"My past self. 10-16 year old Ash. I was foolish. To this day I wonder how I won the Orange League, Battle Frontier and Kalos League. My Pokemon were amazing but I didn't even give them good commands."
"I liked your past-self better."
"And I like me now. But I must thank you."
"For what?"
"For breaking my heart. If it weren't for you I wouldn't have met the awesome people in another region."
Wait…so he was…thankful for her breaking his heart?
"I-I-uh…"
"Just one more battle. And then you'll never see me again."
"Why Ash!? Why!? Why can't you stay!?"
"I told you May. Hana and everyone back at my new home is there. My new family. My new friends. Everyone will be waiting for me to come back with a solid gold trophy that says '#1 Pokemon Master.'"
"Ash...Stay please…Not for me, but everyone else. They've missed you so much. You don't even know how much they missed you. And what do you think will happen when you leave!? You're just going to hurt everyone more than help."
"…That's too bad."
"You…you're sick Ash! You've changed completely! What happened to the boy who cared for his friends before himself!?"
"I do care for my friends. But it's not like they'll die just because I left."
"But you'll just hurt them like I hurt you! Do you want them to feel the pain you felt!?"
"They have someone they love. Misty loves Tracey. Gary is going to ask Dawn out. Brock, he'll find someone one day. Maybe Holly or Lucy. Cilan will probably ask Iris out soon. And you love Drew."
"But Ash-"
"No buts. I'm leaving the day after tomorrow."
"You can't!"
"Who's going to stop me?"
"I will! Ash! I challenge you to a battle!"
I think this is a good cliffhanger for the week. I will not be updating Infinite Battles until Monday. I will probably upload some One-shots though. Anyways as usual, thank you for reading and feedback is always appreciated.
