When Two Fates Collide

by Core-AI

Betrayed by his closest friends, Ash leaves society and lives in seclusion. After living alone for 6 years, Ash returns when he receives an invitation to a tournament from Scott. Little did Ash know that this decision would present numerous obstacles which he would have to overcome or let the past consume him. Rayshipping-Ash X Cynthia pairing. Warning-contains lemon scenes.

14. Engraved in History

Chapter 14: Engraved in History

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"Speech with voice

"Speaking with telepathy or aura bond"

'Thoughts'

"Announcer for tournament"

Both Ash and Cynthia were now sitting atop a small hill in the forest, a bit of ways away from where all their Pokémon were either resting or playing around. The couple gazed at the stars as all sorts of thoughts were raging through their heads.

It has been a few hours since Ash's match against Zaros and all his Pokémon have healed up but the foreboding feeling that Ash got when he sensed the man's aura and the pure ageless evil that he felt within him caused him a great sense of worry. It also didn't help that the spirit and creator of the universe warned him of a universal threat coming in a couple years and that Zaros was going to be apart of it.

As these thoughts raged through his head, Cynthia had her own worry. She also sensed the evil within Zaros but she knew they had about 2 years until the threat arrives so she had pushed those worries back into the depths of her mind. What was worrying her more was the match she will have with Ash in a few days. No matter how much she had been looking forward to it ever since all those years ago when she was originally going to battle him but due to unforeseen circumstances, it hadn't come to pass.

The worries that plagued her were of the nature of this match possibly changing them. She knew it was silly of her to think so as they love each other unconditionally but she couldn't help it. She was hoping that no matter the result they would both be happy. Cynthia was also worried that either of them might hesitate during the battle and if the other found out it would create conflict between them.

Turning to her lover, she saw he was deep in thought but her own thoughts were eating her inside and thus opened her mouth. "Hey Ash…"

"Hmm?" hummed Ash as he turned to face the blonde goddess while also being broken out of his thoughts on Zaros.

"About our battle in a few days…it won't change anything between us, will it?" asked a hesitant Cynthia.

Ash seemed surprised by this question. "What are you talking about Cynthia? Why would it change anything between us?"

"I-I I just…I don't know. I'm just scared that things might change between us based on the result of this battle…or that one or both of us will hold back when we fight in a few days." Said Cynthia voicing her worries.

Ash cupped Cynthia's cheek with one of his hands and made her look him in the eyes as he gave her a heartwarming smile. "Don't worry Cynthia. No matter who wins the battle nothing will ever change between us. I would be happy whatever the result maybe. And you don't have to worry about holding back. I won't and I don't want you to either. I respect your strength so I can't hold back. I want both of us to fight with everything we have."

With those words, Cynthia's worries were all elevated. "Thank you Ash. I won't hold back either and whoever wins, I'll be happy."

The two then engaged in a lip lock before they started a tongue battle. After, a few minutes of passionately kissing each other, they broke off both with a satisfied smile on their faces.

They stayed silent for a while before Cynthia remembered the worried expression Ash had on his face before she voiced her worries. "Hey Ash, is their anything worrying you?"

Ash smiled a bit as he knew he couldn't hide anything from her not that he ever would. "Its just Zaros. Something about him worries me."

"You think he maybe related to whatever's coming in a couple of years?" asked Cynthia understanding Ash's concern.

"I think so. I had sensed some sort of primordial evil in him and his Pokémon. That power and evil was unlike anything I had ever seen before. It scared me…" admitted Ash which was surprising for him and Cynthia seeing as how much Ash had been through on his adventures.

"Anyways, for now let's just focus on our battle. After, that we will train harder then ever and will kick whatever threat is coming in the future all the way to kingdom come." Said Ash pushing the thought to the back of his mind while also making Cynthia giggle.

"Your right although I think we should train alone for the next few days so we can surprise each other on the battlefield." Said Cynthia.

Ash nodded at this. "No matter how much I don't want to stay away from you, we're going to have to train alone."

They stayed silent for a while, "We should get some sleep now…unless you have some other things in mind." said Cynthia in a very seductive tone.

Ash blushed intensely and got up before picking up Cynthia bridal style and teleporting to his hotel room via Mewtwo's help. Throughout the night you could hear moans, groans and screams of pleasure as the two powerful trainers made love to each other all night.

A few days later in the main stadium battlefield….

Ash and Cynthia both stood in their respective trainer boxes, both mentally and physically prepared for the battle ahead after all the training they did.

Both Ash and Cynthia had picked out the 6 Pokémon they would be using for the upcoming battle and they polished all of their moves and made sure they were in tip top condition by making them do regular exercising drills. Both of them would also have their 6 Pokémon engage in mock battles with each other but also made sure to never push them too far or otherwise risk injury before the battle.

When they weren't training, they would spend time relaxing and talking with each other to deepen their bond and also try to psyche themselves as much as possible for their toughest battle ahead.

The one thing they didn't do was actually plan for the battle ahead. In their mind, they knew that no matter what plan they would come up with it wouldn't work in the battle. They would have to rely on their ability to think on their feet and fight with all their might and whatever happens, happens.

The one thing the couple made sure to do was enjoy the battle to their fullest. With the right mindset, the two legendary trainers faced each other as their gaze met.

"Excited Cynthia?"

"Sure am Ash. I have been waiting to battle you like this for a long time."

"Me too so let's give it our all and make this battle one to be remembered."

"Couldn't have said it better myself."

The two then continued to make some small talk to pass the time while people from around the island were filing into the stadium. The seats were filling up at a very fast rate and soon when they were all filled, people started sitting down on the steps.

From around the world, trainers and their Pokémon were watching as the battle was going to be broadcasted live. They were waiting in anticipation to watch who were probably the two strongest trainers in the world fight each other.

Back in the stadium on Sovereign Island, the seats were all filled and the three figures of Jesse, James and Meowth could be seen selling various amounts of junk food to the spectators as they raked in tons of money. The trio themselves were also excited to see the man that saved their Pokémon and themselves from their life of crime fight with the strongest champion in the world.

In the VIP box the Champions, Elite Fours and Gym Leaders could be seen eating some snacks, making some small talk or just staring at the battlefield as they were also excited to see the battle of the ages.

In the Participant box beside the VIP box, the participants of the tournament were all waiting much like everyone else to see who will win the tournament and to take notes on the battle ahead to perhaps learn a thing or two.

The chattering continued throughout the stadium as Ash and Cynthia continued to chatter until the voice of the commentator boomed throughout the arena through the speakers.

"Welcome ladies and gentlemen from around the world! Today we are here in the main stadium on the beautiful Sovereign Island as we await the start of the final round of the Champions Tournament! The two finalists of this prestigious tournament are two of the strongest trainers in the world!

On the green side we have, the undefeated Sinnoh Region champion, the strongest champion among champions, the legendary battle tactician and the strongest woman on Earth. Please give it up for Cynthia Shirona!"

The crowd cheered their lungs out as chanting of 'Cynthia! Cynthia!' could be heard throughout the stadium and the world much to the two-trainer's amusement. After, a few minutes the cheering died as the commentator started to speak again.

"And on the red side we have the slayer of evil, tamer of legends, savior of men and Pokémon alike. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for…Ash Ketchum!"

Just like before with Cynthia, people around the world cheered their hearts out and chanted Ash's name and went on for a while as many were viewing the raven-haired trainer as a hero because of all that he's done.

"This will be a battle that will be one that no one will ever forget. It will go down in history as the fiercest battle ever as two titans fight each other with all their might. The outcome is anyone's guess and so let's get this battle underway."

The referee then stepped onto the battlefield and stood in his respective box as he looked at both trainers who gave him a nod of confirmation.

"THIS IS THE FINAL MATCH OF THE VICTORY ROUND! THE VICTOR OF THIS MATCH WILL BE THE WINNER OF THE CHAMPION'S TOURNAMENT! ON THE RED SIDE WE HAVE ASH KETCHUM OF PALLET TOWN! ON THE GREEN SIDE WE HAVE THE SINNOH REGION CHAMPION, CYNTHIA SHIRONA OF CELESTIC TOWN! THIS WILL BE A 6 ON 6 FULL BATTLE WHERE SUBSTITUTIONS ARE ALLOWED AND ALL BATTLE CLAUSES ARE IN EFFECT! NOW SPIN THE WHEELS!"

On the screen, the spinner on the two wheels spun just like all the previous battles. "THE BATTLE WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON A GRASS BATTLEFIELD! TRAINER ASH KETCHUM WILL RELEASE HIS POKÉMON FIRST AND HAVE THE FIRST MOVE! BATTLE BEGIN!"

Ash then took a poke ball into his hand as he looked at Cynthia. Both their eyes met and that was all the signal they needed. "I'm starting this battle off with a bang. Get ready Cynthia, this is the Pokémon has been with me for the longest time. Pidgeot, lend me your power!"

Everyone marveled at the appearance of the big flying type that had a majestic aura radiating from her. Cynthia smiled at Ash before taking her own poke ball and launching it into the air, "Togekiss, battle dance!"

"Let's start things off with Air Slash!" commanded Ash.

Pidgeot immediately complied as her wings glowed white before she swung them and released white colored saw blades of compressed air towards Togekiss.

"Dodge and get in close with Extreme Speed!"

The Jubilee Pokémon did as ordered as she was surrounded by a light glow before disappearing in a blur, dodging the attack and appearing immediately behind Pidgeot.

"Fire Blast!" ordered Cynthia to which the fairy-flying type complied and launched a powerful Kanji shaped stream of crimson red flames.

"Double Team!" commanded Ash in a split second.

Although no normal Pokémon would have been able to have the reaction speed to not only react to the command given but also follow the opponents of a champion level Pokémon using Extreme Speed, Pidgeot was no normal Pokémon. As such she did as her trainer said and created numerous copies of herself around the battlefield as the Fire Blast hit one of her copies and dissipated.

"Use Hidden Power Pidgeot!"

All of the copies began forming green spheres of energy whose type was unconfirmed. All of the copies then launched those balls of energy towards Togekiss who was dead center of the attack.

Cynthia and Togekiss both knew it would take a while of concentration in order to determine which of the copies and attacks were real because of the sheer skill of their opponent and time was something they did not have. Quickly forming a strategic plan, Cynthia gave out her orders, "Use Extrasensory to form a psychic shield around yourself and send that attack right back."

Togekiss' eyes glowed as a visible purple energy barrier was formed around her. The green energy spheres collided with the shield and the fake ones dissipated in a shower of light while the real attacks were deflected in all different directions towards all of the Pidgeot copies.

The real Pidgeot dodged any of the attacks that were sent her way as both she and Ash had an impressed look on their faces while Togekiss was flying majestically and Cynthia was smirking at the smart play on her part.

"Use Aura Sphere!"

Togekiss complied and launched a blue ball of fighting type energy towards Pidgeot.

Knowing that the attack was not possible to dodge, Ash knew the attack had to be met head on. "Use Air Slash and shred that attack apart."

Pidgeot once again released white saw blades of compressed air towards the oncoming Aura Sphere. The two attacks soon collided and the Air Slash cut the Aura Sphere into tiny pieces causing both attacks to dissipate in sparkles making the two-flying type Pokémon seem like they were glowing.

"Quick Attack into Aerial Ace!" shouted Ash.

Pidgeot complied in an instant as she disappeared in a flash of white and appeared right above Togekiss with white streaks of wind around her.

"Dodge with Extreme Speed!" Instantly reacted Cynthia.

Just before Pidgeot was about to collide with her target, Togekiss blurred away and was now 50 metres away from the flying type.

Ash smirked at what happened. "Feint Attack!"

Cynthia's eyes widened at what Ash had commanded. Pidgeot blurred out of existence at a speed that no eye or technology could follow before she reappeared right on top of Togekiss with a black glow surrounding her with white and black streaks of air surrounding her. The normal-flying type collided with the Jubilee Pokémon's back causing her to crash on the ground with a huge crater being formed.

Ash then pressed his advantage, "Use Air Cutter!"

Pidgeot then flapped her wings rapidly and released a barrage of white crescent shaped blades of wind.

"Dodge them!" commanded Cynthia to which the fairy-flying type instantly complied and launched herself off the ground as she raced around the air dodging the attack.

"Keep using Air Cutter!"

Pidgeot did just that and continued her attack as she found a couple of the wind blades occasionally scratching Togekiss slightly.

Cynthia gritted her teeth as she knew Togekiss couldn't keep dodging forever. "Togekiss, use Psychic and send that attack right back!"

Togekiss' eyes glowed blue before the stream of white blades of wind stopped in mid air for a split-second before they changed direction and headed straight towards Pidgeot.

Ash looked impressed at this as he knew that Togekiss was very powerful if she had the strength to turn around Pidgeot's attack. "Spin and use Steel Wing!" commanded Ash knowing it would put Pidgeot in a bad stop if she tried to dodge, since Togekiss could just redirect the Air Cutter attack.

Pidgeot's wings glowed silver before taking a metallic appearance while she spun around at a very fast speed. The Air Cutter collided with the spinning Pidgeot and some of the blades of wind dispersed as soon as they made contact while some were deflected in different directions. There were the few rare blades that managed to hit Pidgeot passed her defense and injure her much like Togekiss had been.

Cynthia saw that as Pidgeot was spinning a thin vortex of wind was surrounding her and seeing as how the stream of crescent wind blades was about to end she commanded her next move. "Flamethrower!"

Togekiss release a stream of crimson flames that soon met its target but rather then just plain hit the spinning Pokémon, the flames encircled Pidgeot, causing a large vortex of flames to from.

Cynthia gave a smirk as she thought she had Pidgeot trapped but Ash had other plans. "Pidgeot! Use Wind God's Wrath!"

Everyone outside were confused and curious as to what this new move was that Ash had created while within the vortex of flames, Pidgeot smirked a little. The normal-flying type Pokémon's wings glowed a multitude of colors while her body was outlined by a purple glow. Soon Pidgeot spun faster then ever before as she launched the attack, causing the vortex of flames to disappear and an entirely new vortex to appear.

A huge light-bluish tornado formed with numerous rocks and grass in it and if one were too look closely, one could see numerous crescent blades of wind. Pidgeot was at the center of the huge attack that was a combination of Hurricane, Twister and Air Cutter.

Cynthia was looking at the attack in awe and slight fear as she called out her next attack. "Togekiss, use Dazzling Gleam and destroy that attack!"

Togekiss, who was struggling to stay balanced while in the air due to the strong winds coming from Wind God's Wrath, flew up a little before forming a large pink ball in between her two wings. The pink ball than launched a big bright and sparkly pink colored beam towards the large tornado.

At first the two attacks seemed to be even in strength as they were at a stalemate but in a few seconds, the fairy type move seemingly got sucked into the vortex before it just dissipated out of existence.

Cynthia and Togekiss both stood or hovered their a little shocked but Ash commanding Pidgeot to move towards Togekiss broke them out of their stupor. The blonde beauty then formed a plan very quickly using all her knowledge. "Togekiss, use Extreme Speed and Aerial Ace, and run around the Tornado at the bottom in the opposite direction!"

Togekiss, didn't even hesitate as she was surrounded by a light white glow and white air streaks as she sped towards the bottom of the tornado and began flying around it in the opposite directions of the tornado. Everyone but Ash could see Togekiss since all she looked like was a white streak of light.

Ash didn't even bother retaliating since he knew Pidgeot could not do anything while using this powerful move but he did smirk at seeing Cynthia's vast intelligence of cutting off the powerful column of wind's legs.

Togekiss continued to flying around the column of air at high speed and the tornado began to lose its strength but while this was happening the blades of wind from Air Cutter were damaging Togekiss. Eventually the attack dissipated to reveal a slightly dazed but severely exhausted Pidgeot.

"Steel Wing!"

Togekiss did as Cynthia said and raced towards Pidgeot who still hadn't recovered from using its powerful combination move. The Jubilee Pokémon swung its two wings landing a dual Steel Wing attack that sent Pidgeot flying backwards quite a distance but it also knocked her out of her dazed state but she still took some time to stabilize herself.

Cynthia capitalized on this, "Use Thunder Wave!"

A heavily panting Togekiss brought up its wings and formed a light blue ball of electricity that was fairly weak before launching it towards Pidgeot.

Ash smirked as he now had the perfect opportunity to take down Togekiss. "Feint Attack into Mirror Move!"

Cynthia's eyes widened as she saw Pidgeot surrounded by a light black aura before she disappeared and reappeared behind Togekiss, ramming into her and making her crash into the ground. The normal-flying type then glowed white before she formed a light blue ball of electricity and launched it right at Togekiss who was embedded in the ground.

The attack hit and now Togekiss had occasional sparks of blue electricity surrounding her as she was paralyzed. Cynthia knew Togekiss was on her last legs and with the paralysis, her chances of defeating Pidgeot were slim so she decided to go in all or nothing. "Use Hyper Beam!"

The fairy-flying type went back into the air while panting heavily. She formed a large orange ball of energy in between her wings over her head.

"Brave Bird!"

Pidgeot who was also panting heavily roared before she flew at full speed towards Togekiss. She was at first surrounded by crimson flames which then converted into blue energy. Togekiss then also released her own attack.

Mid-field, a beam of light orange beam of energy with dark orange zig-zag stripes collided with Pidgeot who was surrounded by a large amount of blue energy. The two attacks struggled against each other for a few seconds before paralysis ticked in for Togekiss causing her to falter and her attack to weaken.

This was the opportunity that Pidgeot needed as she pushed through the powerful attack at full force and eventually collided with Togekiss causing a large explosion.

The smoke that was kicked up eventually faded and revealed Togekiss completely knocked out while Pidgeot was standing on the battlefield heavily panting.

"TOGEKISS IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! PIDGEOT W…" said the referee before Pidgeot also fell to the ground, unconscious as the recoil damage from Brave Bird was too much for Pidgeot to handle after the long and hard fought battle. "BOTH POKÉMON ARE UNABLE TO BATTLE! TRAINERS SEND OUT YOUR NEXT POKÉMON!"

Cynthia returned Togekiss and stared at her poke ball. "Amazing battle Togekiss. Great work. I'm proud of you." She then looked towards Ash. "Your truly something Ash. Always having a backup strategy and never letting your guard down." She smiled as she said this before taking out her next poke ball and launching it into the air. "However, this battle is just getting started! Roserade, battle dance!"

Meanwhile, Ash also returned his fallen friend. "Great job Pidgeot. That was one tough battle so take a nice long rest." Ash then looked towards Cynthia "Your amazing Cynthia. The first trainer in a long time to force me to fight at my full power and I'm not going to let up for even a second! Venusaur, lend me your power!"

"BATTLE BEGIN!"

"This time, we'll start things off!" Exclaimed Cynthia. "Weather Ball!"

Roserade created a plain gray ball of energy in between her bouquet like arms and soon that ball took in the bright sunlight and turned into a ball of fire. The Bouquet Pokémon then launched the attack towards the opposing grass-poison type.

"Counter with Sludge Bomb!"

Venusaur formed a ball of purple sludge in front of his mouth before launching the attack towards the oncoming fire type Weather Ball. The attacks soon collided and an explosion occurred, covering the field with smoke that Cynthia instantly capitalized on.

"Use Magical Leaf!"

Roserade then launched a barrage of leaves with a rainbow-colored outline.

"Protect!"

Venusaur formed a greenish-blue barrier around himself that protected him from the barrage of razor sharp leaves.

"Vine Whip into Double Edge!"

Venusaur then released 6 vines from its back as they all chased after Roserade in an attempt to bind her.

"Dodge them all and use Shadow Ball!"

Roserade elegantly ran and flipped over all of the vine whip attacks before jumping into the air and launching a huge black ball with a purple core towards Venusaur.

The Seed Pokémon saw this and got a command from Ash to dodge which he did so by using his vines to boost his speed as he jumped to the side. Venusaur then used vines to propel himself forward as he was surrounded by a yellow glow.

Cynthia saw the oncoming Double Edge attack from Venusaur and instantly countered. "Use Extrasensory and throw him away!"

Roserade was surrounded by a blue aura as her eyes glowed causing a faint blue aura to surround Venusaur as well. Roserade knew she couldn't fully halt Venusaur so she decided to use his momentum against him and increased his speed but slightly changed his direction so instead of hitting her, he collided straight with the stadium wall.

The collision was quite loud and some dust had been kicked up. When the dust cleared, everyone except for Ash's eyes widened as he smirked. Venusaur had managed to use his vines to severely weaken the impact so the damage was minimal and the grass-poison type was standing on the ground glaring at Roserade.

"Use Petal Blizzard!"

The seed Pokémon then released a huge amount of pink and red petals from the flower on his back. The huge barrage of petals made their way towards Roserade while also filling the battlefield and blocking all vision of Venusaur.

Cynthia saw through Ash's plan and decided to get rid of the huge number of petals as quickly as possible. "Use Seed Bomb and blow all of the petals away."

Roserade withstood the constant barrage of sharp petals that had chipped away at her health as she launched numerous glowing seeds into the air that hit numerous places on the battlefield. After, 1 second, a huge number of explosions filled the battlefield as all of the petals were blown away but smoke and covered the field now.

"Giga Impact!" said Ash in a quiet voice so only Venusaur could hear.

Said grass-poison type smirked as he released his vines once again and used them to propel him forward as he was surrounded by a pink dome of energy with yellow spirals. Venusaur collided with an unsuspecting Roserade as she was launched out of the smoke and sent flying into the air before landing back on the ground with a thud.

"ROSERADE!" shouted Cynthia in worry.

The Bouquet Pokémon slowly got back up on her two feet as the smoke cleared and everyone saw he numerous number of bruises she had.

Cynthia knew that Roserade did not have great defenses and that Venusaur's powerful attack put her Pokémon on her last legs but Venusaur was open now due to the after-effects of Giga Impact. "Use Grass Whistle Roserade!"

Roserade was surrounded by a green aura before a serene music filled the stadium. The music had no effect on the spectators thanks to the psychic shields protecting them but Venusaur started to feel drowsy before he lied on the floor and dozed off.

"Now Synthesis!"

Ash smiled at the strategy as he saw Roserade glowing and her bruises disappearing. "Sleep Talk!"

That one word put Cynthia on edge and worry as everyone saw Venusaur and waited in anticipating to see what attack he would be using. The seed Pokémon formed numerous green-colored spheres around himself before launching them towards Roserade.

Roserade who now had finished healing saw the oncoming Hidden Power and quickly began dodging them as she ran around the battlefield.

"Shadow Ball!" commanded Cynthia.

Roserade complied as once she had successfully dodged Venusaur's attack, she launched a barrage of black balls with purple cores. The Shadow Balls all hit their mark on Venusaur's head and dealt quite a bit of damage as it was his weak spot but the attack also had the added effect of waking the Seed Pokémon out of his slumber.

"Use Frenzy Plant!" shouted Ash.

Venusaur complied as a fierce green aura surrounded him before he lifted his front two legs and slammed them back down on the ground. This caused gigantic spiked vines to burst out of the ground as they went all around the battlefield and headed towards the Bouquet Pokémon.

Cynthia had a look of worry on her face as she saw the strongest grass type move head towards her Pokémon. "Protect!"

Roserade formed a greenish-blue colored shield seconds before the vines hit her. Roserade struggled under the pressure and power of the attack and after a few seconds, she saw the barrier crack and knew she couldn't hold up much longer so she acted on instinct and dropped it. As soon as the barrier was gone, she jumped as hard as she could and avoided the vines impacting the ground.

The vines themselves had spread around the battlefield and formed a barrier around the perimeter that surrounded the two grass types.

Cynthia smiled at her Pokémon and shouted her next command. "Barrage him with Razor Leaf and Pin Missile!"

Roserade glowed a bit and shot forward and endless amount of spinning sharp leaves and small white missiles while falling towards the ground.

Ash smirked at the sheer number of projectiles coming towards him and he knew dodging would be impossible so he decided to use another defensive technique. "Use Vine Whip to defend yourself."

At first everyone was confused on how Vine Whip could be used to stop the barrage of attacks heading his way but what they saw next was nothing short of memorizing.

Venusaur this time summoned 8 vines which took a bit more energy and concentration from him. He then skillfully controlled the vines and began knocking every single leaf and white missile that came his way. All anyone but those who could use aura could see was blurs and leaves falling to the ground or the white missiles crashing all around the battlefield.

This went on for a full 5 minutes as Roserade continued to launch her attacks while Venusaur continued to defend. Soon both parties died down as they were visibly panting heavily as the sheer length of the exhausting battle caught up to them.

"Use Solar Beam!" shouted both Ash and Cynthia in unison.

Both Pokémon began glowing yellow as they absorbed the sunlight and began forming a yellow ball of grass type energy. After, a few seconds of charging, the two Pokémon fired their attacks and the two huge yellow beams collided mid-field causing a dome shaped explosion to occur and destroying any vines from frenzy plant except for the huge vines that surrounded the battlefield's perimeter.

A huge amount of smoke was kicked up and everyone waited to see which Pokémon lost but what no one saw was a Pokémon jumping high into the air through the smoke.

The smoke then cleared showing Roserade who was panting but there was no sign of Venusaur. Everyone began looking around the battlefield to find the large Seed Pokémon while the commentator was going crazy.

Everyone were soon broken out of their thoughts as they heard a single word from Ash.

"Earthquake!"

Cynthia looked confused as she didn't see Venusaur anywhere on the battlefield and that's when it clicked in her head. Venusaur was nowhere on the battlefield and he can't learn any move to give him the ability to go underground so the only place left to look was up.

When she did, she saw the huge grass-poison type falling towards Roserade at an incredible speed with his 4 legs glowing white. Cynthia knew this attack would defeat Roserade no matter where Venusaur landed but seeing as he was right on top of her Pokémon she smirked at the opportunity of taking Ash's Pokémon down.

"Hyper Beam!"

Roserade formed an orange ball of energy before firing a light orange beam with zig-zag dark orange lines towards the falling Seed Pokémon.

The two collided but Venusaur was easily overpowering the attack thanks to his weight and gravity. Venusaur soon reached Roserade as his front glowing feet hit Roserade but at the same time, the pressure between Venusaur and Roserade's attack was too much causing another large explosion.

Once the smoke cleared, both the Bouquet and Seed Pokémon were seen unconscious on the ground with swirls for eyes.

The stadium was in silence and awe at the sheer intensity of the battle that had been going on and the two trainers had just used their second Pokémon.

"BOTH POKÉMONS ARE UNABLE TO BATTLE! TRAINERS PLEASE RELEASE YOUR NEXT POKÉMON!"

Ash returned his friend into his poke ball. "Thank you for the hard fought battle Venusaur. Take a nice long rest."

Cynthia did the same. "That was an amazing battle Roserade. Thank you for all your hard work. Take a nice long rest." She then looked towards Ash and their eyes met and they knew they were both having the best battle ever.

Grinning she took out her next poke ball and launched it into the air. "Milotic, battle dance!"

Ash grinned back at Cynthia and launched his own poke ball. "Blastoise, lend me your power!"

'So I was right. Thank you, Ash…this was exactly the battle I wanted.' Thought Cynthia as she realized why exactly Ash was choosing the Pokémon he was choosing.

In the VIP box….

All of the champions and elite four members were watching the battles that had been going on with complete attention and fascination. Never before had they seen a fiercer battle before but this one was against two of the most powerful trainers in the world.

When the they released their third Pokémon many of them were confused as why they both seemed to be choosing Pokémon of the same typing instead of going with a Pokémon that had a type advantage.

"I don't get it. Why did Ash choose to go with Pokémon of the same typing as Cynthia's instead of going with ones with a type advantage?" asked a confused Gold.

"Because they both want to fight each other with only their skill." Came the reply of veteran elite four-member Drake. This had gotten all of the other's attention as they were too confused with Ash's decisions and Drake's statement. "Look into their eyes. They both hold so much power and skill but they never had been able show it. Tell me of one time you have ever seen Cynthia fight this fiercely?"

"Never." Replied Lance to which all of the other champions and elite four-members gave nods.

"Exactly. Ash is much like her in that sense. They both want to see exactly how strong they are and how far they come but they won't be able to do that if they fought each other when one had some sort of advantage over the other. This is why Ash and Cynthia had chosen Pokémon of the same typing to go against each other. This way the only things that matter in the battle will be the trainer's skill; the Pokémon's power and strength; and the bond both trainer and Pokémon share. It's the ultimate battle between the two most powerful trainers but a show of respect to each other."

"They have been holding back quite a bit in the tournament, haven't they?" asked Steven to which he received a nod from Drake.

"More then you know. This is probably the only time we will see those two go all out. This will be a battle to be remembered." Said Drake as all of their attention to the battle that was about to start again.

Back with Ash and Cynthia….

"BATTLE BEGIN!"

"Let's start things off with Twister!" commanded Cynthia.

Milotic's tail glowed blue before she swung it around and summoned fourth a fierce tornado filled with draconic energy.

"Destroy it with Dragon Pulse!"

Blastoise opened his mouth and launched a purple ball of draconic energy that collided with the Twister attack and both attacks dissipated in a large colorful light that captivated everyone.

"Dark Pulse!" shouted Ash.

Blastoise then released a beam of black colored rings with a purple outline towards the Tender Pokémon.

Cynthia saw the incoming attack and immediately countered. "Counter with Surf!"

Milotic summoned fourth a huge tidal wave of water out of nowhere that acted as a shield from Blastoise's attack. Once the Dark Pulse had died down, Milotic released the control of the water causing it to drop down into the battlefield, transforming it into a pool due to the huge vines Venusaur had created earlier. Both Milotic and Venusaur were standing within the pool and staying afloat.

"Now use Dragon Breath!" shouted Cynthia.

Milotic released a stream of purple flames towards Blastoise.

"Dodge with Aqua Jet then use Brick Break!"

Blastoise surrounded himself in a torrent of water before he blasted out of the pool, causing the stream of purple flames to hit the water. Blastoise got closer and closer to Milotic and kept on going side-to-side to dodge the barrage of Dragon Breath attacks. The Shellfish Pokémon's right arm glowed white as he swung it right at Milotic the moment he got close to her.

"Intercept it with Iron Tail!"

Milotic's tail glowed silvery-white before it took on a metallic appearance. She swung it towards Blastoise causing it to collide with the oncoming Brick Break attack. A boom echoed throughout the arena as the two Pokémon struggled for dominance as they constantly pushed each other back and fourth.

Eventually, the two pushed each other off a great distance as they now stood 30 feet apart from each other in the water.

"Ice Beam!"

"Counter with your own Ice Beam!"

Cynthia and Ash both called out their orders very fast and both Pokémon then launched a turquoise colored zig-zag beam of ice energy towards each other. The beams collided and kept on pushing each other back and fourth. The cold temperature and pressure between the beams started to cause the surface of the pool they were on to freeze.

Eventually, the two Pokémon stopped their attacks and now the battlefield had a large circular shaped land of ice that was surrounded by water which both of the Pokémon were standing on.

Cynthia saw this and immediately thought of a great plan to utilize the field. "Use Mist Milotic!"

The Tender Pokémon opened her mouth and released a white mist that covered the entire field making it impossible for anyone to see what was going on.

"Now get in the water and barrage Blastoise with Dragon Pulse!"

Milotic did as such and started to swim really fast around the stream of water that surrounded the land of ice as she randomly popped out of the water and launched purple spheres of draconic energy.

Ash meanwhile, had thought of a counter plan and decided to act on it. "Iron Defense into Rapid Spin!"

Blastoise was covered in a silver aura as his body temporary became entirely metallic before returning to normal as his defense was sharply boosted. Then Blastoise retreated into his shell and began spinning rapidly in the same spot which caused him to hover in the air.

The Dragon Pulse attacks that came from Milotic hit the spinning Blastoise but much to the Tender Pokémon's surprise they started to get deflected as they went in random directions. As she continued to fire, the Tender Pokémon occasionally had to deflect a Dragon Pulse that came her way with her tail.

The force of air caused by the Rapid Spin attack also caused the mist to fade away. As it did, Ash looked at the water and knew he had to get rid of it as it was giving Milotic huge mobility. "Keep spinning and use Ice Beam!"

The Shellfish Pokémon then release zig-zag turquoise colored ice energy through the four holes where his arms and legs come from. The ice type attack hit numerous parts of the water causing it to become instantly frozen while Milotic dodged and dodged until she was forced to come onto the land as the entire battlefield was frozen.

'Quite a clever move Ash but Milotic is just as agile on ice as she is on water.' Thought Cynthia thinking she now had the advantage since Blastoise seemed to be less mobile on Ice but she didn't let her guard down for even a second as she knew Ash was unpredictable. "Combine Surf and Waterfall and surround Blastoise!"

A fierce blue aura surrounded Milotic as she summoned a huge wall of water that circularly surrounded Blastoise.

"Use Bulldoze!"

Milotic then slammed her gray glowing tail into the ground which sent a large and concentrated shockwave straight towards the Shellfish Pokémon.

Seeing this, a smirk made its way onto Ash's face. "Use Aqua Jet and get out of there!"

Blastoise surrounded himself with a large amount of water before he launched himself upward not only dodging the ground type attack but escaping the wall of water that had surrounded him.

"Skull Bash!"

Blastoise then proceeded to use Aqua Jet and raced towards Milotic as he was also surrounded by a light-yellow aura that fused together with the water making the Shellfish Pokémon seem like he was surrounded by a wave of golden energy.

Cynthia saw Ash's water type coming closer and closer to her own and gave a grin as she now had Blastoise right where she wanted him. "Coil around Blastoise and slam him into the ground!"

Just as Blastoise was about to collide with Milotic, the Tender Pokémon slithered to the side and then wrapped her body around Blastoise in lightning speed. Milotic held on tight as she twisted her body around so that she could change Blastoise's direction and add to his momentum. The snake-like Pokémon had changed twisted hard enough to the point where Blastoise now headed full force towards the ground and crashed with a loud boom, causing ice and dust to be kicked up.

Cynthia then called out her own combination move. "Brutal Dragon Tail!"

Milotic was surrounded by a vortex of dark type energy while her tail glowed purple. Soon the black-colored vortex got sucked into her tail as it was surrounded by a thick black aura. Milotic then proceeded to swing her whole body before bringing her tail down on to the area where she had slammed her opponent.

Cynthia thought she had Blastoise beat because this battle had been going for a while and she saw that Milotic's stamina was close to depletion and the powerful attacks she just bombarded the Shellfish Pokémon should have him knocked out cold.

When the small amount of smoke, mist and ice cleared, everyone gasped in shock. Blastoise had a very fierce blue aura surrounding him and his eyes were glowing blue which showed that his ability torrent had activated, while he was holding Milotic's tail an inch away from his face with one hand while grinning viciously.

"Smack Down!"

Blastoise smacked Milotic into the ice floor before bringing his light brown glowing arm into a fierce punch straight into the Tender Pokémon's mid-section. The force of the punch caused a resounding boom and huge cracks to form on the icy floor.

"Now Brick Break!"

"Catch it and throw Blastoise Milotic!"

Blastoise's right arm glowed white as he brought it down on Milotic but before it could make contact, Milotic had recovered from the beating it took earlier and snaked her tail around Blastoise's wrist. The Tender Pokémon then with amazing strength that had the crowd astounded, swung Blastoise around and around before launching him into the air.

"Use Focus Blast Blastoise!"

The water type did as such and launched a light blue sphere of fighting type energy.

"Counter with Hydro Pump!"

Milotic did as such and summoned a mirror of water in front of her before a huge torrent of water with the force of the ocean was launched straight towards the oncoming Focus Blast. The two attacks collided mid-air and caused an explosion of water and energy as Blastoise landed back on the icy floor with a loud thud.

"Use Aqua Jet into Gyro Ball!"

Blastoise surrounded himself with a torrent of water as he launched himself towards Milotic before he began spinning rapidly as a silver ring surrounded him.

"Double Team!"

Milotic did as commanded and formed numerous copies of herself all over the battlefield just before Blastoise nearly hit her.

"Rapid Spin into Scald!"

Blastoise retreated into his shell as he stood in the center of the Milotic copies, before he began spinning rapidly and released multiple streams of boiling water that were powered up with his Torrent ability. All of the copies disappeared and the ice battlefield once again turned into water due to the boiling water Blastoise released but Milotic was nowhere to be found.

Ash looked around before he noticed a shadow over Blastoise and immediately reacted. "Iron Defense!"

"Return!"

Milotic swung her body around a few times as her lower half glowed white before she swung her tail at Blastoise whose body had taken an metallic like appearance. The force of the blow sent him skidding backwards but he managed to stay on his two feet.

Both Ash and Cynthia saw that the two water types were on their last legs and that the next attack would decide it.

"Let's finish this with Hydro Cannon!"

Blastoise followed as he poured all of his remaining power into forming a spiralling concentrated sphere of water in front of his mouth which was severely powered up thanks to Torrent. The water type then launched it towards his opponent.

Cynthia saw the attack coming and a grin came on her face as she saw a mistake that Ash made and new by capitalizing on it, she would be able to keep Milotic in the battle. "Combine Protect with Mirror Coat!"

When Ash heard this his eyes widened and he knew there was nothing he could do now since Blastoise had just spent the last of his stamina and power and the after effects of using the most powerful water type move wouldn't let Blastoise do anything anyways.

Meanwhile, Milotic's body glowed a rainbow of colors as she formed a greenish-blue barrier around herself. Soon the Hydro Cannon fiercely collided with the shield and everyone could hear the two attacks grinding away at each other as they tried to overpower one another. However, with each second that passed, the water type move grew weaker as Milotic absorbed it.

After, fully absorbing it, Milotic dropped the shield and formed a spiralling sphere of immense concentrated water type energy that was double the size of the one previously fired. After, a few seconds Milotic launched towards an exhausted Blastoise and the sphere of water raged forward, forcing all of the water away. Soon the attack met its mark as a dome shaped explosion engulfed Ash's Pokémon while Milotic had retreated a safe distance away.

After, the explosion died down, everyone saw Blastoise on the ground with swirls for eyes while Milotic was heavily panting due to the sheer intensity of the toughest battle for her pride as a water type she ever had.

"BLASTOISE IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! MILOTIC WINS! TRAINERS PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR NEXT POKÉMON!"

"Referee!" shouted Cynthia gaining the man's attention. "I forfeit Milotic! She is in no condition to battle anymore and I will not put my Pokémon in harms way!"

"VERY WELL THEN! MILOTIC HAS BEEN FORFEITED BY TRAINER CYNTHIA SHIRONA! SINCE SHE HAS LOST 3 POKÉMON, WE WILL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AS THE BATTLE-FIELD IS CHANGED!"

Everyone, in the stadium at first was disappointed at the fact that the Sinnoh Champion forfeited her Pokémon but when they took a close look at Milotic, they could see that she was a second away from falling over and forcing her to continue to fight would just be just cruel. Everyone's respect for the blonde beauty had just gone up a notch and Ash smiled warmingly at both Cynthia and both of the water types.

Ash and Cynthia both returned their Pokémon to their poke balls and thanked them whole heartedly for their efforts. The two trainers then walked to their respective benches at near the entrance to the battlefield to take a nice rest.

Both trainers were in their thoughts which ranged from different strategies to feeling all giddy and excited inside due to the fact that this has been the most intense battle they have ever had in their lives. Meanwhile, the spectators were in a world of their own.

With Delia and co…..

"Ash and Cynthia seem to be having the time of their lives down there!" exclaimed a hyper Delia as she was snapping pictures left and right.

Professor Oak chuckled at her antics. "Of course they would. Those two are most likely the most powerful trainers there are and this is probably the first time in quite a while, since they would be forced to battle with all their strength and intellect. I must say, in all my years of battling and watching battles, this had been the most intense and fierce battle I have ever seen."

"The most beautiful as well." Said Tracey gaining the attention of Delia, Professor Oak, Gary, Brock and Dawn. "The way their Pokémon danced over the battlefield was just amazing. I was able to make some of my greatest sketches to date." Said Tracey as he showed the different sketches he made of Ash and Cynthia's Pokémon battling each other and the sketches managed to catch the very essence of the battle.

Everyone else than turned back to the battle as they were lost in their own thoughts.

In the VIP box….

The champions and elite four members were all chatting with each other about the battle and just the sheer intensity, power and intellect behind the moves that were executed.

"Man, Cynthia was really holding back against all of us." Said Lance in a depressed tone as he saw the power behind Cynthia's Pokémon and the brilliant mid-fight strategies the Sinnoh champion had come up with. He knew then and there she could have easily defeated all of his Pokémon with just one of hers.

"No kidding. We do we have a long way to go before we have even half their strength. How did they grow this strong anyways?" said Gold.

"Its because they understood the simple secret to growing powerful that everyone always seems to ignore or just not put emphasis on." Said Drake gaining the attention of everyone.

"What secret would that be?" asked Steven and everyone else paid keen attention to Drake.

"They love their Pokémon." Said Drake gaining confused looks from everyone to which he just sighed. "I'm everyone in here are very close to their Pokémon and believe that they have a very strong bond with them, right?" asked Drake to which everyone nodded.

"But the strength of the bond we share with our Pokémon is nowhere near the bond that Ash and Cynthia share with their Pokémon. They treat their Pokémon more then as comrades or friends. They treat them as family and they have complete trust in each other. Its this trust that makes them follow their trainer's decision and orders in battle without any form of hesitation. You all have seen the crazy strategies that those two had come up with out of nowhere and their Pokémon did no hesitate for a single second. If it was our Pokémon, they would have stopped and questioned if we were doing the right thing or not but Ash and Cynthia's Pokémon don't."

"Its this trust and connection they share that gives them such immense power. Of course training hard and having a sharp mind also factors into their strength and abilities as trainers but those are just small things compared to the importance of the trust between trainer and Pokémon." Finished explaining Drake leaving everyone in the box I silence as they pondered over what Drake said.

Back on the battlefield once the 10-minute break was over….

"And were back folks with the second half of the final round for the Champion's Tournament. The battle we have been witnessing between Sinnoh Champion Cynthia Shirona and the Destroyer of Evil Ash Ketchum has been the fiercest and intense battle I have ever witnessed. Watch carefully ladies and gentlemen as this battle embeds itself in history as the best battle to have ever taken place."

Everyone listened to the commentator and couldn't help but agree with him. Meanwhile, Cynthia and Ash were standing in their respective trainer boxes as they looked into each other's eyes. No words were needed in between them as they understood the haywire of emotions the other was going through and that they were truly enjoying this battle.

"THE SECOND HALF OF THIS BATTLE WILL NOW BEGIN! THE GREEN TRAINER WILL HAVE THE FIRST MOVE AND WILL RELEASE THEIR POKÉMON FIRST. THE BATTLE WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON A ROCK BATTLEFIELD! ALRIGHT THEN BATTLE BEGIN!"

"Spiritomb, battle dance!" shouted Cynthia as she launched her poke ball.

"Pikachu, lend me your power!" shouted Ash as Pikachu jumped onto the battlefield.

"Let's start things off with Shadow Ball!"

Spiritomb released a black ball with a purple core towards the mouse Pokémon.

"Counter that with Electro Ball!"

Pikachu formed a yellow ball of crackling electricity at the tip of its tail before swinging it towards the oncoming ghost type attack. The attacks collided mid-field, causing an explosion.

"Use Shadow Sneak!"

Spiritomb then disappeared into the ground and became a shadow as he sped towards Pikachu at unimaginable speeds.

"Dodge with Quick Attack!"

Pikachu was surrounded by a white glow before he ran in a flash of white. Spiritomb and Pikachu closed in on each other and just as Spiritomb burst out of the ground in an attempt to hit the electric type, Pikachu spun mid-air and passed the ghost-dark type.

"Use Agility and surround Spiritomb and then use Thunderbolt!"

Pikachu did as Ash said and was surrounded by a pink aura as his speed increased and he began running at a very fast pace and surrounded the ghost-dark type. The speed at which the mouse Pokémon was running caused speed-mirages to appear, making it seem as if Pikachu was using Double Team.

All of the Pikachu images then began firing yellow bolts of electricity towards the Forbidden Pokémon seemingly at once but there was a short milli-second delay between each of them.

"Spin and use Dark Pulse!" responded Cynthia.

Spiritomb was then surrounded by a black aura as he began spinning in mid-air. The ghost-dark type then started released huge black rings with a purple outline outward from his body that grew as it traveled farther. These constant black rings that were fired in random directions all intercepted all of the bolts of lightning.

"Now use Smokescreen!"

Spiritomb stopped spinning once Pikachu's barrage of attacks stopped, and then opened his mouth to release a large cloud of smoke that filled the battlefield making it impossible for anyone to see the two Pokémon.

"Nasty Plot into Ominous Wing!"

Spiritomb had a black aura surrounding him as his mind was filled with cruel, malicious thoughts and his special attack power was boosted.

Ash decided that while Spiritomb was powering up he would take control of the battlefield. "Use Electric Terrain into Discharge!"

Pikachu was surrounded by a yellow aura before he released a large amount of yellow crackling electricity all over the battlefield, also causing the smoke to dissipate. The whole battlefield was glowing yellow as electricity kept sparking everywhere.

Spiritomb was done powering up so he then summoned a large gust of wind that was fused with ghost type energy while Pikachu expelled a large amount of electricity in a dome. The gust of wind and dome of electricity collided and fought each other but eventually both fizzled out as they were equal in power.

"Use Charge Beam!"

Pikachu formed a ball of electricity in between his two paws before a beam of electricity was launched from it, towards the Forbidden Pokémon.

"Dodge and get high in the air and then use Dark Pulse and Rock Tomb, rapid fire!"

Spiritomb complied as it glided out of the way of the electric type attack and got high into the air as it stared down at the mouse Pokémon who had a blue aura signalling its special attack powerup.

Spiritomb was then surrounded by a white aura while he fired a barrage of beams, made of black rings with a purple aura.

"Quick Attack and use the rocks to dodge!"

Pikachu was once again surrounded by a white glow before he disappeared in a white flash. Pikachu then began running around the entire battlefield at an unbelievable speed as all the spectators could see was a streak of white.

The electric type then used the rocks to jump from one place to another as they were a great way to constantly change directions while moving at such an immense speed. Pikachu was keeping an eye on Spiritomb the whole time as he side-stepped all of the Dark Pulse attacks while thanks to the Electric Terrain, Pikachu was able to sense all of the large oval shaped rocks that would burst out of the ground and he would simply roll or side step them.

"Use Volt Tackle!" commanded Ash after Pikachu had dodged for a while and he saw a large hole in Spiritomb's attack pattern.

Pikachu then ran on top of a rock before launching himself into the air towards Spiritomb as he was surrounded by a large and fierce veil of electricity.

Cynthia saw Pikachu was approaching her Pokémon very quickly and Spiritomb wouldn't be able to react with any large powerful attacks due to its low speed. "Intercept with Sucker Punch!"

Spiritomb seemingly blurred out of existence before reappearing right in front of Pikachu and rammed his purple glowing body into the electric type while he was surrounded by the veil of electricity. The two Pokémon pushed against each other as they struggled to overpower one another but eventually Pikachu let out a battle cry as he pushed past Spiritomb as an explosion happened.

Pikachu then landed back on the ground as he looked towards Spiritomb who had fallen on the ground. Spiritomb slowly got up after a small struggle as he glared at Pikachu.

"Use Will-O-Wisp!"

Spiritomb formed 4 blue spectral flames and launched them towards Pikachu.

"Dodge them Pikachu!"

Pikachu began running around and weaving out of the 4 spectral flames' way.

"Use Psychic on the flames!"

Spiritomb understood the command as his body was surrounded by a blue aura which in turn made the 4 blue spectral flames be also surrounded in a blue aura. Spiritomb then controlled the flames and made them chase after Pikachu who in turn began using Quick Attack to dodge them.

Ash knew that Pikachu could dodge them all but the attack wouldn't let up so he decided to go after the source. "Go after Spiritomb and touch its stone!"

Pikachu immediately followed Ash's order as he kept dodging the blue flames. Within a few seconds, Pikachu had reached Spiritomb and he put his paw on the stone.

"Thunder!"

Pikachu roared as he released a large amount of electricity from his body that made its way to Spiritomb's spectral like body and damaged him severly.

Cynthia saw this and reacted, "Pain Split!"

This caused Ash's eyes to widen, "Pikachu, get away!" shouted Ash but Pikachu found that he couldn't move as Spiritomb had released control of the spectral flames to use Psychic to hold Pikachu. Ash watched as he saw Pikachu crying out in pain as he shared the damage Spiritomb was suffering while the ghost-dark type healed to the point where both he and Pikachu were equally in stamina and body damage.

Both Pokémon then jumped away from each other but were panting heavily as the long battle was taking a toll on them.

Cynthia then saw the golden color that had enveloped the battlefield for a while dissipate so she knew that Electric Terrain had ended so she made her next move. "Feint Attack into Hypnosis!"

Spiritomb blurred out of existence before reappearing behind Pikachu with blue glowing eyes.

"Close your eyes, and use Thunder Punch behind you!"

Pikachu closed his eyes and spun around with his right fist surrounded with a veil of crackling electricity. Spiritomb's Hypnosis was rendered useless but he still carried out the Feint Attack and rammed his body towards Pikachu's Thunder Punch attack.

The two attacks collided mid-air and the two struggled for a while before pushing each other away as they landed 25 feet away from each other.

"Use Curse!" shouted Cynthia.

Spiritomb had a white aura surrounding him before a white ghostly spectral form of himself came out of his body and became a large needle. The needle then launched towards Pikachu.

"Use Double Team!"

Pikachu formed several copies of himself all over the battlefield in an effort to dodge the attack but alas, the spectral needle had already locked onto Pikachu's soul and immediately went after the real one. The needle then proceeded to disappear inside Pikachu's small body causing him to jerk as a cold feeling enveloped him.

Ash gritted his teeth as he knew he had to end the battle quickly since Pikachu was on a time limit but before he could all out his next attack, Cynthia had beat him to it.

"Use Dance of the Shadows!" commanded Cynthia.

This got everyone's attention as they waited in anticipation on what the attack could be

Meanwhile, Spiritomb fired around 10 shadow balls into the air before his eyes glowed a bright blue. A blue aura then surrounded the Shadow Balls before they seemingly launched themselves, all heading straight towards Pikachu.

"Use Agility back to back and dodge them all!"

Pikachu was then surrounded by a fierce pink aura as he blurred out of existence and began running all over the battlefield, dodging all of the Shadow Balls. Pikachu got faster and faster as Agility maxed out his speed.

Ash knew that Pikachu running at that speed would tired him out very quickly, especially with the tough battle he had been fighting and that Curse was chipping away at Pikachu's health very quickly. "Use Quick Attack to jump in the air and finish this with Electro Ball!"

Pikachu did as such and jumped onto a nearby rock before using all his strength to rocked upward as he was surrounded by a white aura and all everyone saw was a streak of white heading high into the air.

Pikachu eventually stopped going higher before he started to fall back down but as he was falling, the electric type began to create a ball of electricity at the tip of his tail. Due to the immense speed boost Pikachu had received the Electro Ball continued to get bigger and bigger before it was almost the size of half the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Spiritomb saw the attack coming towards him from above and as such, he combined the Shadow Balls he had created into one big one which was only half the size of the oncoming Electro Ball!

Both Pokémon launched their respective attacks and soon the two huge spheres collided mid-air but there was no struggle as the Electro Ball easily overpowered the Shadow Ball and continued onward towards Spiritomb.

"Protect!" desperately shouted Cynthia in a last-ditch effort to save her Pokémon from the massive attack.

Spiritomb formed a greenish-blue colored barrier around himself just before the huge ball of electricity hit him. The big ball grinded away at the shield and some cracks started to form.

Eventually, the shield broke completely as the large Electro Ball hit Spiritomb, and caused a huge dome shaped explosion. The psychic type Pokémon pulled their full power into strengthening the shield and barely managed to squeeze enough power to protect the watching spectators.

Pikachu landed back on the ground as he had watched the explosion from above. The electric waited in anticipation for the smoke and dust to clear off the battlefield while panting heavily. As soon as the smoke and dust cleared he saw Spiritomb with swirls for eyes, lying in the middle of a massive circular crater that had covered over half of the battlefield.

Before Pikachu could rejoice in victory of defeating his opponent, a large amount of pain filled his body as the Curse damage kicked in, sending the mouse Pokémon into blissful unconsciousness.

Everyone, was looking at the state of the battlefield with their jaw dropped as they saw the sheer amount of damaged that had been done. They were also shocked at the result of the skirmish as they saw Spiritomb unconscious but a few seconds later, Pikachu fainted as well. With this type of battling, no one could guess who would be the winner since both trainers seemed so perfectly and evenly matched which was a shock in itself since no one had ever been able to match Cynthia in strength before.

"BOTH SPIRITOMB AND PIKACHU ARE UNABLE TO BATTLE. TRAINERS PLEASE RELEASE YOUR NEXT POKÉMON!"

Silence rained throughout the stadium and everyone who were watching as they watched Cynthia returning Spiritomb into his poke ball while Ash picked up Pikachu and laid him down on the bench near the entrance to the battlefield to rest. Both of them thanked their Pokémon for such a hard-fought battle and that they were proud of them.

The two trainers then faced each other as a smile made its way on their faces. This was what battling was all about, working in full sync with your Pokémon and having the time of your life alongside them.

With the same thought in their head, the two trainers picked out their next poke ball and launched it into the air and as if someone unspoken message had been sent between the two of them, both trainers had chosen the same Pokémon.

On Cynthia's side emerged a normal yet fierce looking Lucario and on Ash's side appeared a pure white Lucario with his legs, arms and eyes being black.

"ALRIGHT THEN, BATTLE BEGIN!"

"Let's start things of with Aura Sphere!" shouted Ash.

"You use Aura Sphere as well!"

Cynthia's Lucario formed a blue colored sphere of aura while Ash's Lucario created a white colored ball of aura.

Both Pokémon launched the spheres of aura causing the respective attacks to collide mid-field. The spiralling balls of aura pushed each other back and fourth as they struggled to overpower one another before they both exploded in a shower of white and blue lights.

"Lucario, use Stone Edge!" commanded Ash.

The white Lucario smashed his white glowing fist into the ground, causing blue glowing spiked rocks to burst out of the ground in a line as they headed towards the opposing Lucario.

"Destroy them with Focus Blast!"

Cynthia's Lucario did as told and launched a concentrated blue ball of fighting type energy towards the oncoming blue glowing spiked rocks as they continued to burst out of the ground, making their way towards him. The Focus Blast destroyed the oncoming spikes causing smoke and small rocks to be blown in all directions.

"Get in close with Extreme Speed and use Blaze Kick!" ordered Cynthia, taking advantage of dust and rocks.

Ash and his Lucario saw this coming and grinned. Cynthia's Lucario was a second way from connecting his blazing foot but Ash reacted, "Circle Throw!"

The white Lucario caught Cynthia's Lucario's blazing foot and even though it caused him pain, he held on as he was surrounded by a red aura. Ash's Lucario then swung Cynthia's Lucario by his foot around a few times before throwing him towards the stadium wall.

The normal Lucario crashed back first into the steel wall but quickly recovered as he jumped back into the battlefield.

"Use Rock Slide!" commanded Cynthia.

He did as his trainer said and summoned fourth large boulders through white portals in the sky. The boulders began falling towards the opposing Lucario at great speeds.

"Dodge them all with Extreme Speed!"

The white Lucario surrounded himself in a white glowing aura before he ran in a flash of white as he raced across the battlefield dodging the oncoming boulders. In a few seconds, he had dodged all of the falling boulders.

Ash saw the huge rocks and got an idea on a good way to use them for a distraction. "Get behind one of the boulders and use Bullet Punch towards Cynthia's Lucario!"

The white Lucario did not hesitate for a second at what sounded like a weird command and got behind a large boulder of rock while facing towards where his opponent was. His hands then glowed silver as they took on a metallic appearance. He then began punching the boulders at lightning speed causing it to crack and break into pieces but due to the force and direction of Lucario's punches the small pieces headed straight towards Cynthia's Lucario.

"Jump and dodge!" shouted Cynthia to which her Pokémon immediately followed. Cynthia not wanting Ash to be able to utilize the other boulders for such attacks decided to eliminate them. "Use Flash Cannon and destroy all of those boulders!"

The normal colored Lucario formed a silver sphere in between his hands before firing a silver beam of steel type energy towards all of the boulders, causing them to be broken apart and a line of explosions to occur, where the boulders were.

Using, the smoke and dust kicked up to his advantage, Ash called out his next attack. "Sky Uppercut!"

The White Lucario jumped high into the air straight towards his opponent with his right arm glowing bluish-white. Within, a second he reached his defenseless opponent who had a shocked look on his face. The White Lucario landed the fierce uppercut on him and this would have caused him to fly further into the air, if Ash's Aura Pokémon hadn't grabbed his legs and throw him towards the ground.

Cynthia's Lucario crashed on the ground but got up on his two legs immediately as he saw his opponent falling through the air right on top of him.

"Use High Jump Kick!" shouted Ash.

The White Lucario then bent his right leg as his knee glowed white, and using gravity to his advantage, he closed the distance between him and his opponent very quickly.

"Detect!"

Cynthia's Lucario's eyes glowed yellow a bit before he immediately side stepped the attack at a speed that should not have been possible as Ash's fighting-steel type was an inch away from hitting him. This had caused Ash's Pokémon to crash into the ground, and take a lot of damage in his right knee.

Lucario managed to get back on his two feet but he held onto his right knee as it was hurting like hell but the pain was bearable due to the insane training he put himself through.

Ash berated himself in his head for using such a reckless move when he had no guarantee it was going to hit but he quickly composed himself after a couple of seconds. "Use Dark Flash Cannon!"

The White Lucario formed a silver sphere with black rings surrounding it in between his hands. The sphere then launched a silver beam of steel type energy that was surrounded by black rings of dark type energy.

"Use Double Team to dodge!"

Cynthia's Lucario then formed numerous copies of himself all throughout the battlefield just before the White Lucario's attack hit causing an explosion in the background whose shockwave destroyed all of the copies.

"Extreme Speed into Close Combat!" commanded Cynthia in an effort to fight close quarters with Ash's Lucario seeing as how his right leg was injured.

Ash smirked as he responded to Cynthia's command instantly. "Me First!"

Both Pokémon instantly blurred out of existence while they were surrounded by a red aura. The two Pokémon then met mid-field as they started to hit each other with a barrage of non-stop punches and kicks.

The two Pokémon continued to dodge and intercept each other's punches and kicks yet they only managed to land a single clean hit on each other but Cynthia's Lucario took more damage due to the effects of Me First making Ash's Lucario's attacks more powerful.

To everyone else, it seemed as if a few red blurs were dashing around in the middle of the battlefield constantly colliding with each other.

Eventually, the two Pokémon had once again collided mid-field but this time, Ash's Lucario found a opening which they probably would not have been able to see had it not been for their numerous years fighting each other and opponents from around the world.

Because of this, Ash reacted and gave lightning fast orders, "Low Sweep into Power-Up Punch!"

Lucario did as such and bent down low as he swung his lightly glowing foot and hit his opponent's legs causing him to start to fall towards the ground, but Lucario completed his spin as he brought his red glowing fist straight into his abdomen area, sending him flying backwards.

Cynthia saw the situation and reacted, "Aura Sphere!"

Lucario who was in mid-flight heading towards the stadium wall, formed a blue colored sphere of aura and launched it towards the white Lucario as he rolled on the ground and eventually came to a complete stop.

"Counter with Dragon Pulse!"

The white Lucario launched a purple sphere of draconic energy which intercepted the oncoming Aura Sphere, causing an explosion.

"Boundless Aura Spheres!" commanded Ash.

White Lucario then created a huge Aura Sphere above his head that was about twice his size. The massive sphere of aura then began firing smaller Aura Spheres towards Cynthia's Lucario.

Cynthia knew that Aura Sphere is an attack that can't be dodged so she reacted, "Defend yourself with Bone Ruse!"

He did as told and formed a long bone made of his aura which he held in his two hands. Cynthia's Lucario then began spinning the bone staff at an incredible speed making it seem like a blur.

All of the Aura Spheres were deflected away from Cynthia's Lucario and hit all over the battlefield and making numerous holes in the large crater.

This went on for a while as the White Lucario launched Aura Sphere after Aura Sphere but Cynthia's Aura Pokémon deflected them all while moving slowly forward. Eventually, Ash's Lucario had stopped the attack as the attack had drained him and he knew if he continued to fire, he would not last long at all.

Cynthia saw how tired Ash's Lucario seemed especially after firing so many attacks and decided to capitalize on it. "Agility into High Jump Kick!"

The blonde beauty's fighting-steel type was surrounded by a pink aura before he blurred out of existence and reappeared right in front of Ash's Lucario as he brought a glowing knee straight into his abdomen.

Cynthia had expected Ash to react in some way but all she saw was a grin on his face and she knew she had fallen into a trap.

"Counter!"

The White Lucario was surrounded by a thick and menacing black and red aura. All of the damage he had taken from the Sinnoh Champion's Lucario got channeled into his right hand and the power doubled thanks to the aura. The White Lucario then brought his arm in a powerful jab straight into his opponent's abdomen and due to their close proximity, the attack was impossible to dodge.

The strong attack sent Cynthia's Lucario flying back as he rolled on the ground before coming to a stop.

Ash knew Cynthia's Lucario was not down for the count so he quietly whispered, "Laser Focus!"

"Please get up Lucario!" shouted Cynthia to which the Pokémon instantly listened and made his way back on his feet but his injuries and exhaustion were visibly evident.

"Positron Cannon!" shouted Ash immediately garnering everyone's attention.

Cynthia saw his Lucario gathering a huge amount of power in between his arms as he was forming some sort of attack. She knew that this was going to be one of Lucario's strongest attack that he and Ash probably developed but she knew that all these attacks had costed a large amount of power and stamina to execute. Plus, seeing her own Lucario on his last legs, she decided to make one last move as she saw Ash's Lucario about finished preparing his move.

"Aura Sphere into the air and then defend yourself with Protect!" shouted Cynthia.

Her Lucario instantly launched a powerful Aura Sphere that was twice its normal size into the air before he used every last bit of energy he had left to form a greenish-blue colored barrier around him just as the White Lucario fired his attack.

Meanwhile, the White Lucario had fired his strongest attack that he and Ash had invented. It was a mixture of Aura Sphere, Focus Blast, Dragon Pulse, Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, and Flash Cannon. The attack itself looked much how the typical atom would look like. The attack had a shining white sphere for a core, with 6 large circular rings surrounding it that had silver balls running within the black rings.

The attack had caused the ground to shake and crack as it made its way towards Cynthia's Lucario who had a determined look on his face. Soon enough the attack collided with the shield and sparks flew everywhere as the attack began grinding away at the shield. After, a few seconds, Cynthia's Lucario was being pushed back and his shield had cracks all over it. A few more seconds later, the barrier broke and the attack collided with Cynthia's Lucario as a large dome-shaped explosion filled the stadium.

No one but Cynthia and Ash noticed the Aura Sphere launched before come down and land on the white Lucario.

The explosion soon went away and the dust and smoke that had kicked up and covered the battlefield settled away.

Everyone's eyes bugged out of their sockets as they saw the result…ANOTHER TIE!

"BOTH LUCARIOS ARE UNABLE TO BATTLE! TRAINERS PLEASE RELEASE YOUR LAST POKÉMON!"

Everyone in the stadium remained silent as they watched the two smiling trainers return their Pokémon and give them their whole-hearted thanks for their efforts.

The whole stadium waited in anticipation as they took out their last poke ball and stared at each other.

"Well this is it Cynthia. The final battle."

"That it is and I have to say, this has been the best battle of my life. You're the first person to ever push me to fight this hard."

"It's the same for me too. Now let's get this show on the road and fight with our hearts in this last battle. Show me your strength Cynthia!"

"Gladly!"

Both Ash and Cynthia gave each other heart warming smiles as only they understood what the other felt and it was too complicated to say in words.

"GARCHOMP, BATTLE DANCE!"

"CHARIZARD, LEND ME YOUR POWER!"

"ALRIGHT THEN, LET THE FINAL BATTLE BEGIN!"

"Let's go all out right from the beginning!" said Ash as both of the twin titans glared at each other.

"Took the words right out of my mouth!"

Garchomp and Charizard gave each other grins as they knew what their trainers were thinking. They were also happy that for the first time in a long while, they will be able to fight someone of not equal strength but someone who had worked hard to gain that strength.

"GARCHOMP/CHARIZARD! MEGA-EVOLVE!"

4 yellow streams of energy came out of the Pokémon and trainer's respective mega-stones and key-stones. A rainbow-colored dome enveloped the two Pokémon before disappearing a few moments later.

Now two Pokémon that looked so menacing and strong as the sheer power that radiated off them would be able to match some of the strongest legendary Pokémon in the world. Mega-Garchomp and Mega-Charizard-X then stared at each other before roaring.

The two Pokémon roared so loud, it literally could be heard over the oceans as they showed their power to the world. One thing was for sure, was that this battle was going to get messy and thankfully Mr. Goodshow had the same line of thinking as he called for every psychic type available to strengthen the psychic shields to contain the battle. Unknown to him, Mewtwo had come not only to watch and project the battle to all of Ash's Pokémon through their mind but to make sure no one got hurt and strengthen the psychic shields. And in this particular battle, he would need to use his full power to defend everyone as he knew if Garchomp and Charizard fought at their full strength in their mega-evolved state…let's just say the result won't be pretty. (I'll be referencing mega-garchomp and mega-charizard-x by their normal names.)

"Let's start this with Dragon Pulse!"

Charizard roared as he formed a fierce purple colored sphere of draconic energy in his mouth before launching it towards the Mach Pokémon.

"Cut it with Slash!"

Garchomp's left fin glowed white as he brought it vertically down on the oncoming Dragon Pulse splitting the attack in half. The two pieces flew past her before dissipating.

"Use Aerial Ace into Crunch!" commanded Cynthia.

Garchomp flowed her wings in before disappearing in a sonic boom, as white streaks of air surrounded her and a black aura surrounded her teeth.

Ash waited a bit before he saw Garchomp reappear right beside Charizard. "Catch her."

Charizard followed the simple command and caught Garchomp by her shoulders, preventing her from moving an inch forward but Charizard had been exerting his full physical strength to stopping Garchomp which made him respect his opponent even more.

"Seismic Toss!"

Charizard moved in to catch Garchomp in a death grip before flying up high into the sky. The dragon-fire type then began flying in circles several times before he used his built-up momentum to fly down towards the ground at an amazing speed.

"Use Crunch to break free!" commanded Cynthia.

Garchomp bit down HARD onto Charizard's right shoulder causing him to wince and nearly cry out in pain as Garchomp's jaw strength was enormous but his sheer will kept him going. Charizard continued flying down towards the ground before he let loose his grip and grabbed onto Garchomp's arm and throwing her towards the ground.

Garchomp crashed into the large crater that had been formed on the rock battlefield due to the previous 2 battles. However, the Mach Pokémon instantly got back up and hovered in the air glaring at her opponent.

"Use Dragon Claw!" shouted both trainers in unison.

Both Pokémon formed large greenish-blue colored spectral claws that covered both their arms before they charged at each other at full speed. The two engaged in a fierce struggle as they collided, none of them giving an inch. Eventually they broke off the attack only to fly back with force and collide again.

This went on for a few minutes as the two fierce titans clashed back and fourth as everyone watching the battle was in awe of the sheer power and ferocity behind each one of their attacks.

The two were about to collide again but Ash interrupted, "Dragon Tail her into the ground."

Charizard instantly reacted to his trainer's command as his tail glowed purple and was filled with draconic energy. Charizard spun to the side before front flipping and bringing his tail down towards Garchomp's head in an effort to crash her to the ground again.

However, Garchomp was not slow to reach since she was Cynthia's strongest Pokémon and as such, instinctively brought her fins up to block the attack taking minimal damage but she was still sent crashing into the ground.

"Head in with Aerial Ace and use Focus Punch!"

Charizard flew forward as he was surrounded by white streaks of air and his right fist glowed blue, as it was filled with concentrated fighting type energy.

Cynthia simply smirked as she found a great opportunity, "Stone Edge!"

With a loud road, Garchomp smacked her glowing two arms into the ground. What happened next shocked everyone including Ash as blue-glowing spiked rocks appeared all over the battlefield at once and these spiked rocks were as tall as 15-foot-tall buildings and were fairly wide and thick.

The spiked rocks had rocketed out of the ground and one of them hit Charizard right in the abdomen as he was flying towards Garchomp sending him flying backwards before landing back on the ground with a *THUD*.

Charizard quickly got up but a small bruise could be seen on his stomach, as he glared at Garchomp.

"Use Rock Slide!"

Garchomp did as told and summoned fourth huge boulders out of white portals in the sky.

"Dodge them and if you can't destroy it with Steel Wing!"

Charizard did as such as his wings took a metallic like appearance and flew to the skies, dodging all of the incoming rocks. The blue-glowing spiked rocks had made it difficult to dodge but Charizard had been avoid most of them while the occasional ones he couldn't avoid were destroyed by his Steel Wing attack.

"Dual Chop!"

Both Charizard and Ash heard this as they saw Garchomp who was just a few metres away from him with blue flowing fins.

"Aerial Ace!" Ash instinctively reacted.

Charizard must have known what has was thinking as he had pretty much executed the move the moment the first syllable of the move had been uttered. Charizard disappeared and reappeared right beside Garchomp, ramming his body into hers, sending her crashing into blue-glowing spiked rocks.

"Double Team into Dragon Dance." Ash whispered quietly.

Charizard then faded from existence and was out of sight of both Cynthia and Garchomp. Both the Sinnoh Champion and her Pokémon scanned the battlefield to try and locate their opponent until they noticed some strange red swirling energy behind all of the Stone Edge rocks.

Guessing this was the work of Double Team, Cynthia immediately reacted, "Use Sandstorm!"

Garchomp's wings glowed white before he swung both of them around at his sides, creating the fiercest sandstorm anyone had ever seen. The raging tornado of sand and dust enveloped the battlefield as it killed all of the copies and started damaging Charizard.

Remembering one of his previous matches, Ash thought of a way to get rid of the sandstorm. "Use Fire Pledge with Fire Spin!"

Charizard became surrounded by a fierce blue aura before huge pillars of fire erupted from under the ground all over the battlefield. Charizard then took control of the fire pillars and caused them to spin and merge with the sandstorm. This caused the whole stadium to be filled with a huge sandstorm of blue fire, damaging Garchomp and leaving Charizard fairly unscathed.

The sandstorm soon dissipated, revealing Garchomp with a few burns and Charizard with a few scratch marks due to the sandstorm.

"Garchomp use Surf!"

The Mach Pokémon did as such an summoned fourth a 30-foot tall tidal wave of water out of nowhere.

"Intercept with Fire Blast!"

Charizard gathered a lot of his power as he took in a deep breath before firing a kanji shaped stream of blue fire towards the tidal wave. The two attacks crashed together and steam filled the battlefield as the fire and water dissipated.

"Draco Meteor!" Commanded Cynthia, taking advantage of the lack of vision to land the most powerful dragon type move.

Ash saw the large orange sphere being fired in the sky and immediately knew what was coming. "Fly up high and climb the meteors with Dragon Claw!"

Charizard's two hands were surrounded by large greenish-blue colored spectral claws as he launched himself into the air. He soon flew out of the mist as he saw the large sphere of draconic energy splitting into around a hundred meteors that began raining down on the battlefield. Charizard kept on flying higher and higher and kept using his Dragon Claw attack to knock away and push off of any meteors that came his way. The rest of the meteors crashed on the ground, destroying numerous of the Stone Edge pillars and Rock Slide boulders.

Once he was high into the air, Ash shouted his next command. "Use Air Cutter and Heat Wave!"

Charizard's wings glowed a light turquoise color as he rapidly flapped them, summoning fourth a huge wave of fire and crescent shaped blades of wind. The attack covered the battlefield, blowing away the mist and damaging Garchomp in the process who had to take a moment to rest due to using his most powerful dragon type attack.

"Use Dragon Rush!"

"You as well Charizard!"

Both Pokémon gave a huge draconic roar as they were surrounded by a large amount of blue draconic energy. The energy took the form of big and long dragon that surrounded the both of them. The two Pokémon flew at each other at full speed, causing a sonic boom.

The two Pokémon struggled in mid-air as they continued to push back and fourth trying to overpower each other but soon the pressure between the two attacks caused an explosion.

Once the smoke cleared both Pokémon were seen standing near their trainers facing each other. The battlefield only had a few more boulders and Stone Edge pillars left as everything else had been leveled.

"Dragon Rage!"

Garchomp then launched a large orange colored sphere of crackling draconic energy towards her opponent.

"Counter with Flamethrower!"

Charizard released a large blue colored stream of fire that collided with the dragon type attack mid-field. The two attacks caused an explosion that caused smoke and dust to get kicked up.

"OUTRAGE!" shouted both of the trainers in unison.

The two Pokémon were surrounded by a fierce red aura as their eyes became glowing red. The two draconic Pokémon then launched themselves towards each other causing a loud sonic boom to happen and the smoke and dust to instantly dissipate.

The two Pokémon engaged in brutal hand-to-hand combat as they had let their primal instincts completely take over. They battled each other as if the Pokémon standing before them was their greatest enemy as they put their full power behind every single blow.

All of the people in the stadium watched in awe and fear as they saw the two titans fighting each other. The Pokémon looked so fierce that no one would ever be dumb enough to get in their way. It looked as if two angry gods were fighting each other as everyone felt the ripples of power that permeated through the air with each blow they landed on each other.

They fought each other for 10 minutes but for them it felt as if only had seconds had passed while for everyone else in the stadium it felt like an eternity.

Soon the two landed a fierce punch on each other's jaws as they were sent skidding backwards. Everyone thought that the two draconic Pokémon would now go crazy due to the side effect of using Outrage but they were surprised to see that the two Pokémon didn't seem confused at all.

The two panted heavily as their bodies were filled with bruises, scratches and burns while their stamina for the first time in a long while was actually running low.

The two trainers seemed to realize this as well as they decided it was time to call on their most powerful attacks.

"GARCHOMP! USE PRIMORDIAL IMPACT!"

"CHARIZARD! USE INFINITE INFERNO!"

The two Pokémon grinned maliciously at each other as this would be the first time they would use these attacks in an actual battle.

Meanwhile, Mewtwo had heard the attacks and tensed as he poured every bit of his power into the psychic shields.

Back to the battle, both Garchomp and Charizard were surrounded by a fierce bluish-purple aura as the ground began cracking and pebbles began flying into the air due to the sheer power the two radiated.

Garchomp became surrounded by silver energy and on top of the silver energy a large amount of fierce blue colored energy with hints of black colored energy as well. Her fins glowed a bright white while his hands were covered with large purple colored spectral claws. The energy that was surrounding him took the shape of a dome around him before the dome was surrounded by a light-yellow glow and spiralling streaks of pink, yellow and white streaks of energy surrounded the dome from the center at the top. Garchomp then launched herself towards her opponent as she used the combination of Iron Head, Dragon Rush, Giga Impact, Double Edge, Aerial Ace, Brutal Swing, Brick Break, Slash, Dragon Claw, and Shadow Claw!

Meanwhile, Charizard's wings glowed a bright silver colored before taking a metallic like appearance while being surrounded a white aura. His arms were covered in yellow energy that took the form of large spectral claws. His whole body then heat up at an unbelievable temperature as the Flame Pokémon was surrounded by huge amount of blue energy and blue fire. The energy and fire merged together, shaping itself in a protective casing around Charizard. Yellow and white streams of spiralling energy came out of the center of the dome of fire and energy at the top and also surrounded Charizard. He then launched himself towards the strongest opponent he had ever faced using a combination of Steel Wing, Wing Attack, Dragon Claw, Shadow Claw, Metal Claw, Dragon Rush, Flare Blitz, Inferno, Aerial Ace, and Giga Impact!

The two Pokémon were approaching each other as they let out a huge draconic roar. Garchomp was surrounded in a light blue colored with hints of black dome of energy, and spiralling streaks of yellow, pink and white energy. The Mach Pokémon had her arms and fins in front of her which caused the tip of the dome of energy to glow bright purple.

Meanwhile, Charizard was surrounded by huge dome of blue energy and fire with yellow and white spiralling streams of energy. Much like Garchomp, he had his arms in front of him which caused the dome of energy to glow yellow at the tip.

The two Pokémon kept getting closer and closer as the ground cracked under the pressure as the two flew at each other. Soon everyone's breath got caught in their throat as the two Pokémon collided mid-field released a humungous shockwave of power that would have caused the stadium to crumble had it not been for the psychic shields but the people watching could still feel the wave of power wash over them.

The two Pokémon looked at each other through the domes of energy and roared as they poured all their strength into overpowering each other. The two struggled back and fourth but no one could seem to get an edge. This went on for a few seconds before Charizard finally managed to get a single step on Garchomp and push her a little backwards but at that point the pressure between the two powerful combination attacks had become too great and a huge dome shaped explosion occurred.

Everyone struggled to hold on to their seats while they covered their eyes as the explosion occurred while Mewtwo and the other psychic types poured all their power in containing the explosion which could have easily taken out the whole island.

After, what seemed like an eternity the explosion died down and smoke and dust had completely enveloped the battlefield. Everyone waited for about a minute as the smoke and dust slowly dissipated and soon they saw a figure on each side of the battlefield.

Once the battlefield came in full view, everyone saw Garchomp and Charizard kneeling on one knee as they panted heavily and their bodies being filled with bruises, scratches, burns and cuts. However, the two had grins on their faces as they had thoroughly enjoyed this battle but they both had a little bit of energy left for one last attack.

Both Cynthia and Ash realized this as they looked at their Pokémon before looking at each other. They gave each other a small smile as they nodded and called out their last attack.

"LET'S FINISH THIS! DRAGON CLAW GARCHOMP/CHARIZARD!"

The two Pokémon got back up on their as a fierce amount of greenish-blue colored energy surrounded their arms before they took the form of large spectral claws.

The two Pokémon walked towards each other slowly at first.

They then began walking at a normal face.

They then walked faster.

Now both were jogging.

Soon they started running.

Then they became blurs.

Soon they faded out of existence as the two Pokémon ran towards each other at full speed that was too fast for anyone but a select few to follow.

The two Pokémon closed the distance between them as they slashed at each other before reappearing 20 feet apart, with their backs facing each other. All anyone saw were two blurs, a long white line between both of them and a fierce slashing sound.

The two Pokémon now stood still as silence filled the battlefield. Everyone could literally hear the two Pokémon's large heartbeats.

*THUMP THUMP*

Everyone waited.

*THUMP THUMP*

No one dared move.

*THUMP THUMP*

No one dared to breath.

*THUMP THUMP*

No one dared to take their eyes off of the two figures

*THUMP THUMP*

The two figures just kept facing away from each other as they gave off a smile of pure happiness and joy.

*THUMP THUMP*

Soon the silence was broken by a loud sound.

*THUD*

AUTHOR NOTES:

Sorry for not uploading in a while but I had hit a writer's block for this battle and just had to slowly find the motivation to write it.

The final chapter will be released much sooner and sorry for the ending the chapter in suspense but I just had to do it.

Also regarding the battle, I know all of them ended in some form of a tie but I did want to show the battling skills of Ash and Cynthia and not be like one of them is clearly stronger then the other. I made this battle as epic and skilled filled as I could make it so I hope you all enjoyed it.

Regarding the poll, my battle writing style has won with 25 votes while BookPrincess32's had 4 votes so we will be writing our battles in our upcoming co-writing fic "Two Legends, One Fate", so I hope you all look forward to that.

Also, I would really appreciate it if you guys could check out the other story I'm writing at the moment called "Stronger United" which is a Supergirl story with numerous crossovers from other T.V shows included as well…soon.

Flames will be ignored while CONSTRUCTIVE feedback or praises-hehehe-will be accepted. Please review. Hope you guys and girls enjoyed so until next time-

Peace J