The Lone Master

A Pokémon story

Remaining contestants:

Joey Shultz, 1

Ash Ketchum, 7

Gary West, 9

Jordan Duncan, 13

Sam Tu, 14

Tyler Osborne, 17

Eliminated contestants:

Ally Peasant, 2

Shawn Smith, 3

Danny Jordan, 5

Timothy Stevenson, 8

Kelly Mcdell, 20

Hannah Youst, 24

Dream Guardian King Allen (VIP): Epic yelling of no. You brought back Gary after the nightmares Ash and Misty but at least he is not being a jerk right now, great chapter. You have to remember my place in the world, a supporter for pokéshipping.

Jake Wolf (VIP):

tchurch (Guest) (VIP): uh-oh gary 's back things might get complicated great story I can 't wait to see what's next .

zeldamast (VIP): great chapter i definitely like the return of Gary and the drama it is causing with mistys feelings

i dont like spoilers just asking questions K. I'm just saying, if you DO want I spoiler, I will give you one (though they might not be accurate).

Acgamer69: Good but make the next chapter plzz Don't worry! The next chap is here! So effing sorry I made u wait.

Chapter 26: So Effing Sorry

Ash's POV

I walked into my room, along with Brock and Drew, and went to the bathroom to wash up. I turned the water on hot and waited for it to heat up. When it was somewhat hot, I put my hands under and used them to rinse my face.

I looked in the mirror and realized how different I looked. I have no hair for starters, and I have a scar on my right cheek. I slowly shook my head, and then walked back into the room.

I grabbed my backpack, belt, and hat, though I put the hat in my backpack. I grabbed the four pokeballs that had been sitting on the drawer. I walked over to the bed and woke Pikachu and Piket. Yawning, they shuddered to life. They looked like they needed a few minutes, so that's what I decided to give them. I sat down on the end of the bed and watched Pikachu struggle to get Piket out of bed.

"Hey Pikachu, She's sleeping beauty, you have to kiss her to wake her up." I said smirking. He gave me the 'are you crazy?' look. I widened my smile, so he did it anyway. Sadly though, Piket was still having trouble waking up. "Well Pikachu, I guess you're not her true love." I smirked.

"Pika?" Piket asked sitting up as fast as lightning. "Pika! Pika pi!" She shouted.

"I know Piket, I was only kidding. Just because I lost my hair doesn't mean I lost my humor."

"Pika." She mumbled, clearly irritated.

"Now come on, we are going to go out and train. Actually, training does almost nothing except keeping you in shape. It isn't easy to find a way to train for the Champion league." Pikachu excitedly hopped onto my shoulder, but Piket was hesitant to follow. I walked into the hall and turned left, almost running into Dawn.

"Ash!" She shrieked, having been looking at her feet as she walked. "I need to talk to you."

"Sure, but try to make it quick, we need to get training."

"Alright… Misty needs you." She said.

"Why, did she get stuck somewhere?" I asked, suddenly alarmed.

"No, I mean… She needs to be with you… as your girlfriend." I relaxed until I realized what she just said.

"Wait… what?"

"Misty needs you to be her man… to put it simply."

"Then why didn't she ask me?" I questioned.

"She's too shy… I decided to do it for her because she couldn't." I pulled Dawn into a tight hug, not letting it last too long, though.

"Dawn, I know you are concerned on Misty's part, but if she really does want me she will have to come ask."

"I understand." She said lowering her head.

"Anyway, I need to go." I said putting an arm on her shoulder. "Just don't worry about it Dawn." She nodded, so I stepped past her and walked towards the hotel's lobby.

I walked towards the door, which parted as I walked forward. As I stepped outside, I heard my phone ring.

"Hello, this is Ash, may I ask who's calling?" I said flipping it open.

"Hey, it's Brock. Gary and I were wandering around, and we saw this party going on, I'm pretty sure it's a Pokémon competition."

"Alright, where are you?"

"We left the hotel and walked down Gram Street for three blocks, then we took a right. Walk for a block and you will see a crowed, that's where we are."

"Alright, I'll see you there."

"See you." With that I hung up and slid the phone back into my pocket. I started walking.

"Pika. Pikachu." Piket whined.

"What's the matter Piket? Can't handle a silly competition?" I teased.

"Pi." She responded.

"Pikachu, pika, pi pikachu. Pi Pika Pi." Pikachu exclaimed.

"PIKA! PIKACHU!" Piket said.

"Calm down Piket, Pikachu participated in so many competitions it's not even funny. And you don't have to battle if you don't want to."

"Pika." She mumbled.

We walked the rest of the way in silence… until we made the right turn. Pikachu saw the crowd, and he just couldn't contain his energy.

"PIKA!" He screamed running to the crowd. I started running so I was running next to him.

"I know Pikachu, it's been a while since we had a regular battle." We ran for a while until Pikachu started running out of energy.

"Pika," *pant* "Chu."

"Don't use all your energy, you still have to battle."

"Ash!" I heard Brock call, though it was barely audible over the rest of the noise.

"Hey Brock." I said simply as I approached.

"Hey. Gary is saving our spots to enter for the competition."

"Is there a long line?"

"No, it just takes a solid fifteen minutes to sign up each contestant." He said, then with a little more sarcasm he added, "So yeah, it takes only a few minutes to get in."

"Yeah, two hours isn't that long." I joked. "So how far in line is Gary?"

"By now he's probably two or three away. I promised that I would grab him something to eat, so I have to drop by a fast food place or something."

"Alright, might as well come with you since I don't know the way."

A.M.

F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck, F*ck!

Go ahead, stone me, beat me to death, un-follow, un-favorite, and spam my email, DO WHAT U F*CKING WANT!

Making u guys (and gals) wait this long for a chap is ridiculous, anything you could do to me for it is totally reasonable (except torture. It's one of the most painful ways to die.)

You know what, comment all the ways you would like to kill me, just don't make it too gruesome.

Also, (not saying it will be implemented) what do you guys (and gals) feel about Gary X Dawn?