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"Latias is un-able to battle, Lucario wins, which means the second round goes to Cynthia"

Ash sighed, pointing hisr Pokeball towards the field and recalling her back "You did great Latias" he smiled.

"Ash, I'm impressed so far, but you only have one Pokemon left" Ash lifted his head up towards his opponent and smirked,

"It's not over till it's over" he spun his last Pokeball towards the field in rotation, revealing his most powerful Pokemon, "Charizard, I choose you!"

"Cynthia get's the first move, BEGIN!"

Lucario was beginning to pant on the spot between the space of him and his opponent. Charizard roared, almost knocking the small dog like Pokemon off of his two hind legs.

Cynthia smiled, she was taken aback by the strength of Charizard "Ok Lucario, Dragon Pulse"

"Charizard, use Flamethrower!"

Both Pokemon opened their mouths to unleash their attacks. As they collided, Charizard roared, pushing the Flamethrower further back towards Lucario, striking him and sending him flying past Cynthia and against the brick wall that surrounded the arena.

"Lucario is un-able to battle, Charizard wins"

The stadium roared with cheer. Cynthia returned Lucario, thanking it for it's hard work and brought out her last Pokeball. It was the final blow. The final match between Ash and his life long dream of becoming a Pokemon Master.

Cynthia threw the Pokeball towards the field, a majority of the audience knowing what was going to be unleashed.

"Garchomp, let's dance!"

The referee raised his flags for the last time during this battle. He glanced at both trainers on each end of the field as the stadium grew silent to hear the man's words.

"Ok, this is the final battle between Ash's Charizard and Cynthia's Garchomp, whoever wins this will remain or become Champion. Cynthia get's the first move, BEGIN!"

"Garchomp use Stone Edge"

"Counter it with Steel Wing"

With their trainer commands both Pokemon took to the air. Garchomp surrounded it's body with small grey stones and aimed them towards Charizard, who was coming right at her with glowing white wings.

Charizard's heavy body and strong attack blocked the stones from giving him any damage at all. He twirled around in mid air then swooped down, rugby tackling Garchomp with his own body causing her to land on her heavy claws back on the battlefield. She cracked her neck, as if it were stiff and showed that the attack didn't phase her.

"Garchomp, use Draco Meteor"

Garchomp unleashed a large ball of firing energy above the field as smaller singular balls of energy were released, landing on multiple spots on the field.

Ash gritted his teeth "Ascend Charizard and dodge them!"

Charizard, who was well known for his fast high altitude flying, flew around the stadium, trying to avoid every chance of being hit, unfortuntely, one of the last attacks caught up to him, striking his body with full force. He got up immediately after, roaring at his opponent that the attack didn't phase him.

"Use Flamethrower" both trainers shouted in sync.

Both attacks collided in the centre, creating a small amount of smoke to rise up from the field from where they were standing.

"Ok Charizard, use Dragon Rage"

Cynthia smirked "Hyper Beam"

Garchomp lifted herself into the air above Charizard, preparing her attack. Charizard watched on and decided to copy her movements, not wanting to be overpowered and released the big ball of fire from his mouth towards his opponents stream of Orange light.

"Dawn stop it! The noise is irritating me!"

Dawn looked at May and gave her a sorry look "I'm just nervous, that's all" she sighed,

Pikachu was standing on the wall of the stadium, shouting his own little chant towards Ash and Charizard "Pika Pikaaa!"

Dawn reached over and scratched his furry yellow head, smiling towards her mother and Delia. The commentators voice that reached around the stadium caused her to glance back at the battle.

"..and both Pokemon clash once again in mid-air! This is becoming an exciting but gruesome battle here folks"

"Dawn.." she looked back over at her mother "No need to worry, ok?"

"I know mum, thanks" she smiled back. Gary's voice rang in her ear when he began shouting, lifting her head up back towards the battlefield to see what all the commotion was about.

Gary flinched in his seat "OHHH! Did you see that Dragon Rush!"

Brendan flinched as-well "I'm surprised Charizard can get up after that one!"

"Come on guys!" May chimed "He's beaten a Dragonair AND an Articuno before.. I'm sure a Garchomp will be no problem!"

"Yeah but May" Jimmy said in a serious tone "This is Cynthia's Garchomp, it's a legend!"

May gave him a pout and turned back round to watch the battle. She heard Dawn whisper something slightly under her breath and smiled.

Ash glanced towards Dawn's direction and smiled, like he had heard what she was saying under her breath. Dawn swore she saw a wink coming from him, but wasn't entirely positive until he glanced back at the field "Charizard, use Seismic Toss"

Charizard flew towards his opponent, picking her up and slumping her over his big muscley back and headed towards the sky.

Cynthia shook her head softly "Garchomp, get out of it with Dragon Rush"

Ash smiled and the glint in his eye caught Cynthia's attention and saw fire burning intensely within them. 'I got you now' he thought, then pointed towards the field as Garchomp started engulfing herself in a blue aura, still in Charizard's grip.

"Charizard, use Overheat and use Flaming Seismic Toss"

Gasps from the audience spread across the field as they watched Charizard's powerful attack combine with the energy of the Dragon Rush. A burst of neon green energy surrounded both Pokemon as Charizard spun clockwise a few times then headed straight for the ground, still with Garchomp over his shoulder.

Ash looked at Cynthia. He was shocked at how calm and collected she was, like she always has been. He thought of a strategy, she had a few seconds to do something about the attack and he knew exactly how she was going to counter it.

"Garchomp use Flame-"

"Charizard, hold down Garchomp's mouth!"

97% of the crowd stood up from their seats to watch the gigantic Flying Type clamp down Garchomp's mouth with the three digits it had on one claw. The energy that surrounded them began to expand as they descended faster and increasing in power.

Garchomp struggled to move at all as they both began spinning in a circular motion. Both were moving heavily towards the field, head first.

As they landed, their bodies formed a huge crater on the battlefield that spread from one side of the stadium to the other, showing the force and power that was put into the attack.

Ash and Cynthia waited, what seemed like a lifetime, to observe the damage it had done to their Pokemon. The smoke slowly cleared away and Garchomp rose hesitantly to it's feet and gave out a loud roar. Charizard struggled to move. You could see it was badly damaged but it didn't give in.

"Finish it with Dragon Rush!" Cynthia called from across the battlefield.

Charizard tried to rise onto his feet as Garchomp jumped into the air and dived straight for him, her body glowing a light blue.

"Use Wing Attack!"

Charizard's wings began glowing a neon white. He dove into the air and circled around slowly before pacing heavily towards his opponent, clashing into her. For a moment, Ash thought that he would loose, until the clear blue sky showed both Pokemon holding each others claws intertwined together trying to push each other back in the air.

Cynthia chuckled "Garchomp, use Brick Break"

"Slash back to back"

They watched as both Pokemon were landing, blocking and missing each others attacks, taking turns to cause their opponent damage.

Ash stood their for a moment. 'I have to believe I can win' he said to himself before directing his arm towards the field "Use Overheat"

Cynthia stared up at Charizard who was preparing his attack "Giga Impact"

Both attacks, once again, collided causing a large explosion to echo around the field. The crowd gasped at the sight of both Pokemon falling heavily onto a heap on the ground.

"Ash, I've had fun but I think this is the end"

Ash smiled back at Cynthia and nodded "Likewise"

"Garchomp, use Dragon Claw"

"Charizard, use Dragon Tail"

The Dragon Type quickly rose to her feet and stomped over to Charizard, who could barely stand, with her claw glowing a bright white.

Charizard hung his head as soon as he got up, knowing he had taken so much damage Ash was worried he couldn't go on any longer.

"Come on Charizard, you can do it, please!"

"Garchomp, go!"

Ash screamed "Charizard!"

The whole crowd, the commentator and even the referee were glued to the action. Garchomp picked up her pace and used all of her strength into this one attack. Charizard opened his eyes as his tail glowed light blue. He threw his attack towards his oncoming opponent, knocking her sideways and slamming her huge body against the dirt field, ducking from the oncoming attack in the process.

"ASH!"

Dawn ran over towards him and jumped into his body, kissing everywhere on his face but his lips. He wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her in place.

"Hey you" he smiled, reaching in for a kiss.

"Pika-Pi!"

His little yellow friend ran over to him as-well, jumping onto his shoulder and rubbing his cheeks against his neck. He reached up, still holding Dawn in place, and scratched in-between his ears.

"If only I could do that"

Gary's voice interrupted them as he walked up, holding out his hand for him to take. Ash placed Dawn down and grabbed it, pulling him into a manly hug.

"What did you think then?" Ash asked calmly,

Gary laughed "You must be joking, you've just became Champion and your this calm, what the fuck is wrong with you!? You should be celebrating and jumping with joy!"

He chuckled back "I'm just not feeling it yet Gary, it's weird!"

Dawn giggled "I felt the same when I became Top Co-ordinator, it takes a while to sink in!"

"ASHH!"

A familiar, proud voice was heard from behind Gary. Small shoes were heard racing towards them. It was his mother, running for him with her arms open wide.

He caught her, slightly, almost getting knocked off of his feet "Hey mum"

"Hey mum?" she asked annoyingly, "Don't you 'Hey mum' me boy! Where's the excitement!?"

"He's just not feeling it yet apparently Delia"

Ash looked at Gary and smirked "It'll probably sink it later"

"YEAH!" he raised his hand for a high five, Ash raising his as their two hands met in the air.

Another familiar voice caught all of their attention behind them.

"Ash.."

"Hey Brock!" he smiled back,

"Congratulations" he held out his hand, Ash taking it for a hand shake.

"Thanks Brocko"

Brock turned to Gary and laughed "I take it it hasn't sinked in yet?"

"Nah, it will later though" he winked,

"Actually Ash.."

Ash turned to Brock and gave him a 'What's up' look.

"I got this note given to be my a Pidgeot outside, it has your name on it"

He handed the note over and on the front was 'Ash Ketchum' in a beautiful Italic Font, similar to Ash's.

"Who's was the Pidgeot?" he asked,

"I'm not sure, I haven't read it"

A group of Frontier Brains and his friends were heading down the hallway behind Brock. Ash opened the letter hesitantly and Dawn, Gary and Delia stood over him, following the writing like a letter.

Congratulations Pichu!

Delia began crying, walking away from them and the letter and heading towards Ash's room. The three looked at each other and stared back at the letter.

I would just like to start this by saying I'm so incredibly proud of you. You accomplished something I could never do in my life. I'm so content for you and Dawn as-well, she seems like a great girl, you went the right way.

That battle was the best I've ever seen in my whole life, I haven't seen anything like it since I started my journey, for the second time. Please know that I'll always be here for you, whenever you need me, you know where to find me.

Love you and Pikachu so much
Raichu,

Gary stood their in wonder, along with Dawn. "Ash, who's that from?"

He was silent for a moment "I-I think it's from my dad"

"Ash.."

Ash ignored Gary and headed towards his room, following his mother's actions. He ran up the hall and down the stairs and turned to the right, opening a hardwood door that led into a little sitting area. His mother was sitting on the couch, holding a small photo.

"Mum.." he said softly, trying not to startle her. She turned round to smile at him, signalling him to come and sit down beside her. "Mum, was that dad that wrote me that?"

She nodded.

"Why did he call me Pichu?"

"That's what he used to call you when you were little"

"So who's Pikachu?"

She smiled "Me"

"So I take it he's Raichu, the tough one?"

"How did you-"

"Because" he chuckled "Who else could it be?"

She smiled at him, cuffing his cheeks in her hands "Ash, I'm so proud of you, I have been since day one, you know that right?"

"Of-course mum, I love you" he hugged her, planting a big kiss on her cheek and wiping away any tears that were dripping down her cheeks. "Come on, party is starting soon and we need to celebrate" he said warmly, causing her to giggle like a little girl.

She stood up and placed her hands on her hips, something that Ash was always used to when he was about to be told off "You need to get changed young man, your not going out dressed like that!"

He gave her a cheeky grin "And what am I supposed to wear 'mother'" he exaggerated,

"This.."

She went over towards the cupboard and brought out a big bag containing a big white box in it.

"The trainer outfit I bought you on your birthday that you never opened!"

He got up and ran over to her, giving her another hug and taking the bag "Thanks mum"

"Anything for you dear" he cuffed her hands around his face again and kissed both sides before exciting the room, leaving her son to get changed in private.

Ash watched her exit and turned to the bag he was holding.

'What the hell could she have bought me now' he thought, hoping it wasn't anything fancy since it's a party not a ball. He placed the big white box onto the couch and began opening it, smiling as he saw the colours of his new outfit.

"Mrs. Ketchum, where's Ash?"

Delia turned to Paul and gave a light chuckle "He's just getting ready, he'll be out in a minute"

"Here's the Champ now!"

Gary's comment made the whole room look towards the entrance to see Ash in his new outfit. Everyone cheered, whistles and hands clapping together echoed through out the whole room.

He was wearing a white and blue hat, similar to his Unova clothing but a slightly darker blue. He wore a long sleeved shirt, the same colour of blue as his hat, that showed slightly under his black t-shirt. His waistcoat was black, that hung perfectly at the waist and had a white outline on the collar and the two pockets on either side.

He wore underneath his black Unova trousers and a matching blue belt topped up with a pair of bright white Hi-tops, he looked absolutely handsome!

He glanced over towards the group that were speaking in-front of a table taking a few nibbles here and there and helping themselves to some drinks.

"Woo, look at you Mr. Champ!" Jimmy teased, circling him,

"Be quiet you" Dawn smacked him lightly across the chest and moulded herself in towards Ash, giving him a long kiss.

He looked down at her and smiled "What was that for?"

"Well.." she blushed "I really missed you and of-course we're getting married in two weeks. Also you've just become Champion" she reminded him again,

"You don't need to remind me Dawn" he sighed "It still hasn't sunk in yet, and I feel like an idiot in this outfit"

She brushed his jacket down with her hands "You look amazing! Your mum has great taste Ash!"

"You think so?" she nodded "If you say so. These are my favourite colours, but I'd prefer to wear something a bit more my taste during my time"

"Your time? Your not ancient buddy" Gary chipped in "Here" he handed him a jug of beer and finished his own before waiting for Ash to start on his.

While Ash was taking a long sip, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned round to see Cynthia, his last opponent.

"Hey Cynthia, how are you?" he smiled warmly, but not teasingly.

"I'm great thanks. You must be ecstatic"

He sighed "It hasn't sunk in yet I'm afraid"

She chuckled lightly "I know, but I'm glad you won"

He gave her a confused look "What do you mean? You gave everything you had out there, how could you possibly say that?"

"Ash, I've been Champion long enough to know that you have to fight for what you want in life and when I saw you battling me like that today, I knew you should of won. You really deserve it. You've worked so hard and to come this far, I have a belief that you'll be great as Champion"

"Thank you Cynthia, that means allot" he paused for a moment "But.. can I ask you something?"

"Sure, anything"

"Are you going to challenge me in the next month to try and win back your title?"

"I wouldn't no. Why do you ask?"

Ash sighed in relief "Cause I couldn't go through that again, battling you is extremely hard, I think I got lucky"

"You didn't get lucky and you never have been. It's all to do with what you do and what you decide. You battled me fair and square and won, you should be proud. Don't beat yourself up about it"

"But what are you going to do now that you aren't Champion any more?" he asked curiously,

"I will be heading to Unova to stay in my mansion for a holiday for a while then me and Lance will be taking a holiday together" she smiled "Oh and of-course, my Pokemon deserve it too since they served a good ten years by my side with me"

Ash laughed "Thanks Cynthia" he held out his hand and reached in to kiss her cheek, she copied and done the same. "I hope you will come to the wedding when it comes around.?"

"Of-course I will and I'll be sure to bring Lance as my date" she teased,

"He was invited any ways" he chuckled back.

She began walking away but stopped and turned to face him again "I'll see you around Pokemon Master Ash"

"You too" he raised his jug towards her and turned back towards the group, getting hugs and handshakes from everyone.

Eventually, Dawn caught him by himself and pulled him aside.

"Dawn, what's wrong?"

"Well.. I was thinking, for the wedding..."

"Uh-huh.." he waited,

"What about getting married here in Sinnoh, in Hearthome City?"

"Why Hearthome City?"

"Because Ash, it has the most beautiful Church in all of Sinnoh and I was thinking for the reception afterwards we could do it at Lake Valor, where we had the Wallace Cup and 4 Grand Festivals"

Ash hesitated for a moment and saw a huge pout on Dawn's face. He sighed, totally giving into her sudden cuteness "As-long as that's what you want and you make sure you think about yourself, not me"

She flung her arms around his neck, almost knocking him back "Thank you Ash!"

"Don't thank me" he chuckled "You might need to book accommodations at the Hotel Grand Lake just in-case"

Dawn nodded, planting a kiss on his lips before heading off and shouting back "Got it"

There we go my little cherub followers :) I will definitely work hard this week getting the next Chapter up. I apologise again for the wait, super busy with work.. and I shouldn't even be working this week! :O Ahh well.. hope you enjoyed it and the battle was too scruffy :L