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SolidWorkMan:

Woah! Ash is on a roasting streak. First: Misty, Brock, and now Gary? Also a master that has another master? Is this some kind of Star Wars kind of thing? Because half of my mind is telling me it is and other half says it's not. I can also tell that this story is gonna be like 100 chapters long at least(correct me if I'm wrong if you want to) because I saw a story with 200 chapters. Insane right?

Music:

-Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Remix (Before the arrival of the base and aftermath of the base)

-Metal Gear Acid: Interval of Dark (Arceus Main HQ)

Eh, he hasn't really fought with Misty for a serious reason though. Well, not exactly master who has a master it's more like an Admin facing the Leader. Yeah, the story is not going to be short. It will probably take a while till it ends because of limited time. If I don't have time at all I will announce a hiatus. But the story is going to be completed nonetheless. I have also seen stories with over 300 chapters so compared to this that is not insane :P

Next chapter.

Chapter 21: The Strongest Dragon Master

Ash headed back to his friends while Gary was following from behind with a menacing look. Misty who saw Gary in this state asked him where he and Ash went. He didn't hide the fact that they had an argument back there but didn't go into detail and reassured her that despite their little quarrel they are still in good terms. Even though Misty wasn't convinced by him she decided to not ask more about this. Gary then ordered one of the pilots to transport Ash and his friends to Indigo Plateau where Lance was while he headed back to the International Police HQ.

With Ash and co

"It was really generous of Gary to give us a ride." Brock said with a smile.

"Yes, he also promised me that if Janeen confesses everything she knows about the Arceus Cult, she is free to stay with me in Cerulean Gym." Misty who was sitting beside Brock added as well.

"Ash are you listening?" Brock said to Ash who had spaced out.

"Eh? Yeah, I'm sorry. I was thinking my battle against Lance. I need to form a strategy so I can keep up in our battle." Ash responded.

"After all this, there is really no point to think about this now. Let's relax for the rest of the day." Misty suggested.

"Yeah, I guess you are right." Ash agreed.

"I think it's better to think about your promised date with Lillie." Brock teased Ash who glared at him.

"Oi, don't remind me that! Only the thought makes me feel embarrassed! Also, you are the last person I want to hear that from!" Ash responded at Brock pointing at him with a blushed look.

"Who would have thought that Ash could actually having trouble issues regarding romance?" Misty smirked as she said that.

"Argh, for how long are you going to keep making fun of me about that?!" Ash started ranting and grabbed his head in distress.

Two hours later: International Police HQ

A new meeting between the most notable members of the International Police. The Arceus Cult's defeat in Kanto was a big issue which had to be covered from public since many Kantonian people started getting suspicious after the dispatch of many Officer Jennies. The general after he scratched his bald head in embarrassment made an announcement.

"Thanks to Agent Black's intervention and action the Arceus Cult's operations in Kanto are no more. Let's hope this will be the beginning towards a better!"

All the people who were present in the room applauded Black. Then he stood up from his seat and placed his right hand on his chest.

"Thank you for your complements General but I don't deserve the praise. I was in the background the whole time while Gary Oak and his squad did all the hard work. So I would like them to be the ones who deserve a reward." Black stated and sat down to his seat.

"Humble as always." Anabel who was sitting near him commented.

"I'm not being humble, I'm just stating the truth." Black responded to her.

"Now I would like to go into full details regarding the Admin who escaped according to Agent Black's report. His name is Edward Jagen. He was a young businessman from Hoenn who had everything he desired in his life: money and family. His organizational skills were that good that he could easily handle many tasks at once. But one day he lost everything. His daughter died when she was only four years old from cancer while his wife cheated on him stealing his fortune in advance causing him to fall into madness. After that he disappeared from the public eye and no one heard about him ever again."

"That means he decided to change his life by devoting himself to Arceus as an attempt to get back what he lost." Brandon said who was present as well.

"That also explains why he was an Admin. With such skills he could easily to organize a base so his higher-ups took advantage of it. But it's sad that people can go to such lengths to find a new purpose in life." Anabel stated with a depressed look.

Black didn't say anything and just closed his eyes. Looker did the same as well. Guzma who was also present he was just picking his nose.

"General, we have a new report!" A low-rank inspector appeared.

"Spill it out then." The General reported.

"Two young men who were travelling across Mt. Silver found the body of a dead man!"

Then Black raised his hand and asked. "I don't want to sound like an insensitive bastard, but isn't this the job of the local police to investigate an ordinary murder?"

"No, you misunderstood Agent Black! We identified the victim and his name is Edward Jagen!"

"WHAT?!" Everyone said at once in the meeting hall.

"This isn't a coincidence! The fact that he failed to protect the Arceus Cult's base probably cost his life!" The General stated while all the others nodded as well.

"That seems to be the case. The victim had a hole on his chest and his skin had turned white even though his death was a few hours ago!" The inspector said.

"So you mean that his body was decomposing faster than normal?" Looker asked the inspector.

"Precisely!"

"This is unfortunate. We lost a big chance to catch and interrogate one of the big heads of their cult giving us an advantage in this guerilla-like warfare." The General stated with disappointment.

"I don't think we have more to discuss here so if you excuse me, I will be at my office trying to find more clues about this Jagen guy and the cult in general." Black said as he exited the meeting hall.

The General agreed and dismissed everyone from the hall.

The next day

Ash with his friends met Lance who insisted to stay at his home for a day. The next morning Ash before he joins Lance and his friends who were eating breakfast decided to contact Black and switch a Pokemon for his battle against the champion.

"Look I will only warn you this time but the next one I won't be that good. Believe me. Stop acting on your own recklessly without thinking the consequences of your actions!" Black said from the radio.

"Yeah and I'm sorry about that but I want sometimes to prove that I don't need that much help to deal with my problems. I feel like I'm useless without help." Ash gave an honest answer about how he felt when he took his decision.

Black sighed after he heard that and gave his own answer. "It's normal to feel like that and that's good because it seems you have ambitions. But you must also recognize and accept the limits of your own abilities. No one is perfect in this world not even Arceus."

"You are right, I guess. By the way, how is Gary?" Ash asked curiously.

"He is fine but tired. He told me you had a quarrel back there but didn't want to say anything more about this."

"Yeah, that's true. I don't hold any grudge to him though. I also said things I wouldn't say under normal circumstances. The whole thing with the Arceus Cult affects somehow myself at times. Tell him I am sorry about what I said back there on my behalf."

"I will. Also, tell your friend Misty that the woman Gary brought in the base for interrogation is free to go and is heading to Cerulean City. He told me that your friend wanted her to be free and take her along with her."

"Yeah, she told me about that. Probably, she won't be able to come with me in Hoenn."

"So are you going to head there next?"

"Yes, I also learned that May and Dawn are there competing in the Hoenn Grand Festival."

"I see. Anyway, I have to go so take care and don't forget what we said earlier." Black said before he hangs up.

After that Ash headed back to others who were sitting on a table eating breakfast and took a seat near Lance. Then he started a conversation with him.

"Mr. Lance, I never asked you before. How does it feel being a Champion?" Ash aksed curiously since he never asked a Pokemon Champion something like this before.

"To say the truth, no one ever asked me something like that. It always feels good to be the strongest but I think I still have a lot to learn. Because I am a Champion that doesn't mean I have to slack off. Actually the most difficult thing isn't to be a Champion but to keep your position as one." He gave his answer based on his own beliefs.

"Have you ever lost your position as one?" Ash questioned him once again.

"Ash, that's a bit rude to ask!" Misty berated Ash and then proceed to drink her tea.

"Haha, I don't mind. Don't worry about that." Lance said with a smile to Misty and then answered Ash's question. "Yes, I lost my position twice from two very strong trainers."

Everyone looked surprised at him.

"Well it was a long time ago you must have been very little back then. I don't really remember myself when it was." Lance responded to Ash.

"I see. Do you remember if one of this two guys had the name Black?"

"Are you referring to Mr. Black? Was he a Champion?" Brock asked Ash.

"Yes, he told me that he was a Champion just before I started my journey and met you, guys."

"Eh, I'm not sure about that. As I mentioned before, it's been a long time since then." Lance said while he was scratching his head.

"It's ok. You don't have to remember."

"Actually, I remember the second trainer who took the Champion's position from me. His name was Joseph Bridger. This guy was really something else."

"Joseph Bridger? I never heard that name before." Ash said and held his chin.

"He was a young boy who wore a blue jacket, jeans and a cyanoblue hat. He had a clean face and his dark brown hair were kinda messy with bangs which obscured his right eye."

"Um, that description really doesn't look like Black. How good was he as a battler?"

"His fighting style was something that I have never seen before. It was almost impossible to outsmart him in the battlefield and his Pokemon weren't only pretty strong but they could easily execute every plan he had in his mind. I never beat him in a battle but back then I wasn't that strong but I really improved when I joined the Pokemon G-Men organization. Also I am considered to be the strongest Dragon-type trainer by many people."

"The strongest Dragon-type trainer! That's an amazing feat! But if you never beat that Joseph guy how did you take back your position as the Indigo Plateau Champion?"

"Some time later he won the Pokemon Champions League and became the World Champion but he gave a hate speech regarding the tournament's quality. He received a lot of hate because of that and his name was removed from the League's Hall of Fame. His past achievements also got disputed as well and the guy disappeared. No one has heard of him since then. After that Mr. Goodshow had to abolish the League for a long time and make it more challenging so this took a long time. The new tournament is going to start the next year."

"Really? I didn't expect to hear something like that!" Ash said with a surprised.

"Actually, this is known for a long time now." Brock commented.

"That's true. I remembered you said that you lived in Gerdia. This place must be way too isolated from the rest of world" Misty added as well.

"Yeah, that's true." Ash responded at her while he was staring at his breakfast.

"Well, after we eat how about we start our battle?" Lance proposed.

"Agreed." Ash said and shared a handshake with him.

After that they started eating once again.

30 mins later

Ash and Lance were seen standing at the stadium where the Indigo League Conference takes place. The whole stadium was empty though.

"Wow… who would have thought that I would feel way better if there was crowd in stadium rather than it being empty." Ash said with a deadpan look.

"Don't pay attention to that now let's start our battle!" Lance said and grabbed a Pokeball from his belt.

"This is a 6 on 6 battle between the Indigo Plateau Champion Lance and challenger Ash Ketchum! You may release your Pokemon!" The referee said.

"Tyranitar, go!"

A big Tyranitar appeared which silently took a battle stance. Sandstorm also started engulfing the field.

"A Tyranitar, huh? As expected you are not using only Dragon-type Pokemon." Ash smirked when he said that. "Ok, Primeape go!"

"That's a good choice for Ash. But I clearly can see anything from here." Misty who was sitting on a bench along with Brock commented.

"That's true. But Lance has probably been in this position before so I won't be surprised if he manages to win this round somehow. He will probably try to take advantage of the sandstrorm." Brock stated as he observed the field.

"I give you the first turn Ash."

"Ok. Primeape use Low Sweep!"

"Tyranitar use Protect!"

Primeape's kick was blocked by Protect and then it received minor damage from the sandstorm that Tyranitar summoned.

"Tyranitar use Fire Fang!"

Tyranitar's fangs were covered in flames and bit Primeape on its arm.

"Primeape use the chance and hit Tyranitar with Karate Chop!"

Primeape hit with a super effective Karate Chop Tyranitar which backed off. The former though kept taking damage from the sandstorm.

"This is bad! Primeape won't be able to endure more of this. I have to think something quick!" Ash thought and gritted his teeth.

"Tyranitar use Stone Edge!"

Blue colored sharpened stones started spawning from the ground.

"Primeape quick use Close Combat on the ground!"

Primeape started punching the ground blocking the stone before it would stab it. Suddenly Tyranitar was in front of Primeape at point-blank range.

"Quick! Close Combat!"

"Use Fire Fang!"

Tyranitar bit Primeape's head and lifted from the ground while it was punching the former non-stop. Both Pokemon received lots of damage.

"Tyranitar throw it now!"

"Primeape try to grab on Tyranitar's neck!"

Before Primeape could even react Tyranitar threw it away and slammed its back into the stadium's wall. It fainted. The sandstorm also subsided.

"Primeape is unable for battle! Tyranitar is the winner!"

"Primeape, thanks." Ash said and recalled Primeape.

"That Tyranitar is really bulky." Misty commented.

"That's true. I didn't expect it could survive a beating like this." Brock added as well.

"Squirtle, I choose you!"

"Tyranitar, return for now! Gyarados, go!"

A red Gyarados appeared.

"It's been a long time since I saw this Gyarados." Ash thought and smiled when he remembered his adventure back in Johto which involved that specific Pokemon.

"Squirtle hit Gyarados with Rapid Spin!"

"Deflect it with Dragon Tail!"

Gyarados' tail turned blue and repelled Squirtle's attack. Squirtle stood back and took battle stance once again but it was evident that it received damage even though it was hiding inside its shell.

"Squirtle use Hydro Pump!"

"Gyarados use Hydro Pump too!"

Both attacks cancelled each other.

"Skull Bash!"

Squirtle managed to land a direct hit at Gyarados which was knocked over by the attack.

"Great use Skull Bash again!"

Squirtle went for another attack but Gyarados managed to get up quickly.

"End this with Hyper Beam!"

The energy beam directly hit Squirtle which was unable to counter it. Squirtle fainted much to Ash's despair.

"Squirtle is unable for battle! Gyarados the winner!"

TO BE CONTINUED

The next will be the last chapter based on Ash's adventures in Kanto. Next station is Hoenn. Thanks for reading and I'm awaiting for your reviews.