Here's the beginning of Sinnoh. It'll only be two chapters, and then the tournament will begin! So without further ado, here's chapter 27!

Chapter 27- Facing the Father, Son Duo

Misty's POV

Ash just beat Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four in a crazy battle. It was an unbelievable battle! I was on the edge of my seat the entire battle! I think Brock, Pikachu, Elektra, and Togetic were the same way. It was such an amazing battle! It was so close too. I was really impressed with Croconaw in that battle. He took out Drake's Altaria with barely any effort and put up a great fight with Flygon; same with Gabite, even though he lost to Salamence in a very close battle. I have a great feeling he's going to evolve really soon. And once again, I'm impressed with Charizard's true power. That last battle was truly amazing. It took us a really long time to get back to Pallet Town. In fact, it took us a whole month for us to get back there. We stayed at Pallet Town for another week, where nothing much happened, and then took us at least two weeks to finally reach the Sinnoh region. We're on our way to Sandgem Town to see Professor Rowan.

Ash's POV

I'm almost done with getting the requirements for entering the tournament. I decided to face Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four for our rematch, and I actually won. It was a very long and stressful battle. I'm proud of all my Pokemon who battled. Croconaw showed that he was tough and took down Altaria with little effort and almost took out Flygon. Then Gabite came in and finished off Flygon and almost took down Drake's most powerful Pokemon, his Salamence. It was close, but Gabite just lost, trying to dodge both of our draco meteors and trying to attack him was a lot of it to ask I guess. Once again, Charizard came through and show his strength and finished him off. I was really upset on how long it took us to get back home. And I had to let some of the Pokemon rest as well, so we stayed there for another week. It also took another two weeks to Sinnoh and now we're on our way to see Professor Rowan in Sandgem Town.

Normal POV

"Here we are!" Ash exclaimed with the three humans walking into Sandgem Town.

"What's in this town?" Misty asked curiously.

"Well, this is where Professor Rowan's lab is. He's another researcher who specializes in Pokemon evolution." Brock answered.

"That's pretty cool." Misty commented interested.

"Let's go up to his lab and say hi." Ash suggested.

"Sure, why not." Misty replied.

What's today's date?" Ash asked curiously, wondering if he was on time for the tournament qualifications.

"It's already October 22nd, but you still have plenty of time." Brock answered.

"Okay, I just wanted to make sure." Ash said, with a sigh of relief.

With that, the trio and three Pokemon traveled towards the lab where Rowan stayed at. They came to knock on the front door and it wasn't who they expected.

"Dawn?!" All three of them exclaimed surprisingly.

"Hey Ash, Brock, and Misty; It's been a long time! What are you guys doing here?" The blue haired girl asked cheerfully.

"We were here to make a short visit to see Professor Rowan. Are you finished with getting your qualifications for the tournament?" Ash asked very curiously.

"Yep! I just got home from the Hoenn region!" Dawn explained.

"We were just there. Did you see Ash's battle with Drake?" Brock asked the blue haired girl.

"I didn't see it live, but I was at the Pokemon Center watching it. I went right before you did." Dawn answered.

"That's awesome Dawn, then you can come travel with us through the Sinnoh region to watch Ash battles." Misty suggested.

"That's a great idea! Now let's go in and see the Professor!" Dawn said leading the gang into the lab.

Inside the lab there was everything you would expect to see in one. Equipment, computers, notes on a white board, and of course, a place for the three region starter Pokemon. In the back room, they saw an older gentleman with a two piece suit with a lab coat on top of it, who was Professor Rowan, and a much younger gentleman with brown, spikey hair.

"Gary?!" Ash exclaimed in surprise.

"Hey there Ashy boy. I see you're still behind me." Gary teased his childhood friend/rival.

"I only have this region to go." He informed. "And what are you doing here anyway?"

"Well, since I did finish early, Professor Rowan called me here to help him with a new discovery we made." Gary bragged.

"Wow, what is it?" Brock asked curiously.

"It's a new Eevee Evolution." Professor Rowan answered.

"That's really cool!" Dawn happily commented.

"Do you know anything about it?" Misty asked.

"Unfortunately, we only know its name. We're having a difficult time discovering its type." Rowan answered.

"That stinks. Do you have any guesses on what type it could be?" Brock asked the two researchers.

"Well, we do have some theories about it," Gary began. "But the one that makes the most sense so far is that it's a new type."

"What type is it?" Misty asked.

"Light type." Gary answered quickly.

"Light?" Ash and Dawn asked confused.

"Like we said, it's only a theory. We could be completely wrong." Rowan informed the young adults.

"Oh yeah, what's its name?!" Ash enthusiastically asked.

"Its name is Sylveon." Gary answered.

"That's really cool. Did you tell anyone else?" Brock asked.

"We've been talking about this only to the other Professors. So you cannot tell anyone else about this, at least until we can get some more information about it." Rowan told the young adults.

"Yes sir; hey, how about we go out back and let our Pokemon out?" Dawn suggested.

"Good idea; we'll be in here working." Rowan told them.

"Sorry for interrupting." Misty apologized for the group.

"It's quite fine." Rowan forgave them.

With that, Ash and the gang went to the back yard and see that Dawns Pokemon were out and running around.

"Wow Dawn, you have an Empoleon and Typhlosion!" Ash happily observed.

"Yup, they evolved recently!" Dawn happily informed him. "Hey, let's see your Pokemon!"

"Alright, come on out!" Ash said throwing ten pokeballs in the air.

The ten Pokemon who came out were Tyranitar, Torterra, Charizard, Wartortle, Infernape, Espeon, Krookodile, Meganium, Croconaw, and Heracross.

"Come out everyone!" Brock and Misty exclaimed.

The Pokemon that Misty brought with her were Gyarados, Milotic, Psyduck, Azumarill, Togetic (who was never in his pokeball), Corsola, Tentacruel, Cloyster, Kingdra, and Starmie. Brock's Pokemon were Ampharos, Growlithe, Steelix, Golem, Swampert, Chansey, Croagunk, Crobat, Ludicolo, and Forretress.

The rest of the afternoon consisted of the Pokemon playing with each other and more importantly, Misty and Dawn making up.

"Can I talk to you Misty?" Dawn asked shyly.

"Sure, let's talk over there." She told the blue haired girl. "Ash, Brock, we'll be over there talking."

"Uh, okay." Ash replied confused of what was going on between those two.

Dawn and Misty went to a spot where they could talk in peace.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Misty asked curiously, crossing her arms.

"Well," Dawn began nervously. "The thing is that I know you're still mad at me about what happened between us and mad at me for having a crush on your boyfriend. I just want there to be no ill will towards each other."

Misty just stood there, listening and sinking in Dawn's apology to see if it was true. She saw the look on her face, and she could definitely tell that she wasn't lying.

"Thank you Dawn; I wanna apologize to you too." Misty replied, feeling a little guilty.

"Wait, why are you apologizing to me?" She asked confused.

"Well, I want to apologize because I was trying to tell Ash that he shouldn't be friends with you anymore. It was wrong of me. Can we forgive each other and move on?" Misty asked the slightly less confused girl.

"Yeah, let's just move on." Dawn answered.

The two girls hugged it out, confirming their newly built friendship.

"Let's get back to the guys." Misty suggested.

"That's a good idea." Dawn agreed happily.

They walked back to the guys with smile on their faces, which left Ash in total confusion.

"What did you guys talk about?" Ash asked, wondering what the girls were doing.

"We made up!" Dawn exclaimed hugging the red head.

"Yeah… we… made up." Misty barely said because she was being hugged tightly by the red head.

"Uh Dawn, that's great, but don't kill her." Ash joked.

"Oh, sorry about that." Dawn giggled, letting her new best friend go.

"Hey guys, let's hurry up and get to Oreburgh City!" Ash shouted loudly.

"Ash, we just got here. Let's stay here for the day and we can travel there tomorrow." Brock said, calming the hyperactive trainer.

"Fine." Ash mumbled to himself like a little child, crossing his arms and his head down.

"Stop being such a kid." Dawn joked at the black haired trainer.

Everyone laughed at the joke, except Ash. Everyone else had a great rest of the day, and at the end, they returned their Pokemon and went to bed in the lab.

The next morning, Ash and the gang, with the addition of Dawn, said their goodbyes to Professor Rowan and Gary and wished them luck on their research. Because of no delays, they reached Oreburgh City with no delays what so ever. Once they reached the city, Ash bolted right to the gym to challenge Roark once again for a badge, leaving everyone else behind.

"Ash certainly has some energy to kill." Dawn commented, rubbing dust off from her face.

"He's always been like that. You should know by now." Misty reminded the blue haired girl.

"Let's hurry up and catch him." Brock suggested.

Once they caught up, they found Ash at the entrance walking into the gym. They followed right behind him. Ash was certainly happy to see Roark, but surprised to see his dad, Byron, with him as well.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" Ash happily asked the father and son.

"Are you here to challenge us?" Roark asked him.

"I thought you were going to be the only one here, but I guess I am now." Ash answered happily.

"Good, because there's a reward for you if you beat us." Byron informed the Pallet Town trainer.

"What is it?" Ash asked curiously.

"Instead of winning one badge, you get to win two badges. The Mine Badge from myself and the Coal Badge from my son." Byron answered the eager trainer.

"Awesome, let's do it then!" Ash cheered.

Ash took to his side of the battlefield while Dawn, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Elektra, and Togetic went to the sidelines to cheer him on.

"This will be a double battle. The first trainer to lose both of their Pokemon first loses. Do you understand?" The referee informed.

Ash, Roark, and Byron simply nodded his head.

"Good, let the battle begin!" The referee announced, waving both flags he had in his hands.

"I choose you, Rampardos!" Roark exclaimed

"And I choose you, Bastiodon!" Byron exclaimed.

The Headbutt Pokemon and the Shield Pokemon came out of their pokeballs and took their battle stances on their side of the field.

"I know just the two Pokemon to use," Ash whispered to himself. "I choose you, Torterra and Tyranitar!"

The Continent Pokemon and the Armor Pokemon came out of their pokeballs and took battle stances as well.

"Go Ash, you can do it!" Dawn cheered.

"Kick their butts Ash!" Misty cheered.

"Let's win this dad." Roark said to his father.

Byron nodded towards his son. "You have the first move Ash."

"You'll regret it. Tyranitar, use earthquake and Torterra, use razor leaf on Rampardos." Ash commanded.

The gigantic Armor Pokemon stomped its foot onto the ground, causing it to ferociously shake. While the Continent Pokemon released a bunch of razor leafs at its target, which was Rampardos.

"Use flamethrower!" Roark ordered.

"Use Iron Defense!" Byron ordered.

Both Rampardos and Bastiodon were struggling to focus because of the damage they were taking. But they both obliged and did their attacks. Rampardos burned the leaves that were thrown at it and Bastiodon turned itself to complete steel, taking some damage.

"Now it's our turn. Rampardos, use flamethrower on Torterra!" Roark commanded.

"And Bastiodon, use flamethrower on Torterra as well!" Byron commanded.

Both Pokemon opened their mouths and spat their powerful fire attacks right at Torterra.

"Quick Tyranitar, get in front and use protect!" Ash ordered.

Once the flamethrowers started going, Tyranitar jumped in front and created a green, protective shield that protected both him and Torterra from the fire attack.

"Torterra, use frenzy plant!" Ash ordered.

The Continent Pokemon grew roots and stuck them into the ground. With that, the roots kept growing and getting larger, making their way towards his opponents Pokemon.

"Use iron defense!" Byron yelled.

The Shield Pokemon got in front of the Headbutt Pokemon and covered himself with iron, which increased his defenses and stopped the attacks right in its tracks and causing the roots to go back into Torterra.

"Now Rampardos, use zen headbutt on Torterra!" Roark commanded.

Rampardos jumped over Bastiodon and his head began to glow while running towards the defenseless Continent Pokemon.

"Tyranitar, stop him in his tracks with ice fang!" Ash commanded.

Everyone was observing from the sidelines, growing concerned for Ash.

"That's really risky Ash." Brock mumbled to himself.

"This is getting a little long, don't you think?" Dawn asked everyone concerned for Ash.

"Yeah, the longer this battle gets, the more likely Ash will lose." Misty added.

On the battlefield, The Headbutt Pokemon and the Armor Pokemon collided with each other. Tyranitar had his fangs right on top of Rampardos's head. Both weren't giving an inch. Luckily for Ash and Tyranitar, ice fang worked and began to freeze Rampardos until his entire body became frozen solid.

"No Rampardos!" Roark yelled, worried for his Pokemon.

"Tyranitar, use iron tail to break him out of the ice." Ash ordered.

The Armor Pokemon's shield turned into iron as he swung at the frozen Headbutt Pokemon. Once he hit, the ice broke and became unfrozen.

"Finish it off with brick break!" Ash ordered.

Tyranitar jumped with all his might, with his right arm glowing. With one smooth motion, he chopped onto the already weak Rampardos, and knocked him out unconscious.

"Rampardos is unable to battle." The referee announced.

"Now Torterra, use energy ball!" Ash commanded.

The Continent Pokemon began to form a green ball in his mouth and then unleashed it on the Shied Pokemon. Bastiodon just shook it off like it was nothing.

"Man, Bastiodon's stronger than I thought." Ash mumbled to himself.

"Use flamethrower on Torterra!" Byron ordered.

Bastiodon unleashed the powerful flame from his mouth and directly hit Torterra. The continent Pokemon was in a lot of pain.

"Now finish it with iron head!" Byron exclaimed.

Bastiodon began slowly running towards Torterra being surrounded by a grey, metal aura as he was approaching his target.

"Torterra, use synthesis and Tyranitar, use a double brick break to stop Bastiodon in his tracks!" Ash quickly exclaimed.

Torterra was surrounded by green energy, which was helping him heal himself, while Tyranitar was at big risk by being in front of him. Both of the Armor Pokemon's arms glowed as he prepared to attack the incoming Shield Pokemon.

"Now!" Ash ordered.

Both Bastiodon and Tyranitar's attacks collided with each other, creating a huge explosion in the middle of the battlefield. In fact, it was so powerful, that the wind from it caused the trainers to shield their eyes from the incoming dust. Once the smoke cleared, both Pokemon stood in the center staring at each other, while Torterra was completely recovered. They continued to stare at each other, then they both collapsed, fainting in the process.

"Bastiodon and Tyranitar are both unable to battle. And since both Pokemon on the gym leaders side are knocked out, our challenger Ash Ketchum is the winner!" The referee announced waving the green flag towards Ash's side of the battlefield.

"Alright Ash, you won!" Dawn cheered gleefully while running onto the field.

"Way to go Ash!" Brock cheered, catching up with Dawn.

"Wait for me!" Misty complained. "Way to go Ash!"

"Thanks a lot everyone!" Ash thanked his best friends.

"That was an awesome battle Ash." Roark complemented the Pallet Town trainer.

"A great battle indeed. You beat the father, son duo. And here is your reward from me: The Mine Badge." Byron said happily, handing him the badge.

"And here's the Coal Badge from me." Roark added, doing the same thing that his father did.

"Thank you both for a tough battle." Ash thanked the father and son while taking the badges from him.

"Alright, I got the Mine and Coal Badge!" Ash celebrated, doing his famous victory pose.

"Pi Pikachu!" The yellow mouse added.

Ash returned his Pokemon and him and the gang parted ways with Byron and Roark, leaving the Oreburgh Gym.

There's chapter 27! One more chapter and the big tournament will begin! I've got big plans for it! Just you wait and see. Unfortunately, my spring break will be over after this weekend -_- but I think I can get at least the last chapter in this weekend (Hopefully because I'm working and got plans this weekend.) Until next time, see ya! Rates and Reviews are appreciated!