A/N: Okay, time to finally do Ash's Effortless Streak. Ash is pretty much gonna fight like I would, so he won't be using Ryoko unless someone else uses Legendaries. As always, Satoshi Tajiri owns Pokémon.
After the night of getting Ryoko, Ash explained to her he really didn't feel right using her just for battle like Giovanni did. She, though disappointed, nodded noted that he was wanting to fight with honor and not be seen as a newbie only wanting to battle with an overpowered Pokémon. She and Delia had agreed to prepare for Ash's possible victory at the Indigo Conference. Ash and the rest of his Pokémon started doing mock battles. The Eevee Ash had gotten was also training. Ash had decided to name her Angie and she had decided to wait to evolve. Ash smiled and agreed and fitted her with an Everstone necklace. She smiled and kissed him and decided to take a break after all the mock battles with Serena. Serena later found out it was to try and impress and infatuate Ash more. Serena had to tell Angie that fighting for Ash's affection wasn't needed. The young anthro Eevee puffed her cheeks and pouted as she sat there, looking pissed. Ash got a nice little gift from Professor Oak consisting of a Mega Ring and a few Mega Stones. Ash had a choice of two Mega Stones for May and he chose the blue one. Ash also got one for Gardenia and Dawn.
Soon, Ash and his group of his usual of Serena, Jessie, Clair, Gardenia, May and Dawn headed towards the League. There was a small accident where the Torch Runner got injured and the President of the Pokémon League as a whole, Charles Goodshow, had asked Ash to carry the torch the rest of the way to Indigo Stadium. He was told that the flame came from Moltres. Ash felt deeply honored. After the first night there, Ash had prepared his team after seeing that he could only use 3 during the first 3 rounds. Mandi was Ash's first opponent and he had decided on Serena, Jessie and Gardenia for this battle. Ash waited as the battlefield was changed to a water battlefield. "This 3-on-3 battle will, now begin," said the referee. "Mandi, choose yours first." The teal-haired trainer nodded as he sent out his Exeggutor. Ash knew Jessie was the perfect counter for this Pokémon since she was immune to Psychic moves and her Poison and Dark would be more than a match for it. He confidently sent her out and she immediately used Gunk Shot. Mandi tried countering with Psychic but, as usual, the trainers of Kanto were unaware of Jessie's unique typing from being in her Alolan forme. With one final Poison attack from Jessie, Exeggutor was knocked out. Mandi gritted his teeth as he sent out Seadra. Ash recalled Jessie and sent out Gardenia. Ash decided on using his usual Leech Seed and Solar Beam combo. After Mandi had Seadra use Ice Beam, Ash used the Mega Ring to mega evolve her to a bulkier dress and gave her a kind of thicker body to give her a defense boost since her ability was now Thick Fat which halved Ice-Type moves effectiveness on her. Gardenia sat there sapping Seadra's energy to regain her own strength as she charged for Solar Beam. Seadra launched another Ice Beam but it was hardly effective now thanks to Gardenia's new powered-up Special Defenses as well. As soon as Gardenia had enough energy, she fired her Solar Beam in the style of a Kamehameha and it fainted Seadra. Mandi growled and sent out his final Pokémon, Golbat. Ash returned Gardenia as Serena jumped down from the trainer box to battle. She was yawning as she saw Golbat as a weak opponent. This pissed Golbat off as he launched multiple Air Slashes. Serena dodged each of them with ease. She smirked as she merely launched a Electro Ball and fainted Golbat. Mandi hung his head as he left. Ash hugged Serena after he had won. The night went without a hitch and Ash just relaxed, telling the other girls that he wanted to wait until they made it to the elite rounds before he gave them rewards.
Ash's next opponent was Pete Pebble on the Ice battlefield. Ash had decided to use Gardenia, Dawn and May for this fight, giving him a well-rounded group. Pete's first Pokémon was Cloyster. Ash smirked as he merely had Gardenia one-shot it with Razor Leaf. Ash was making these battles look way too easy. It clearly showed that Ash was well prepared for these fights. Pete sent out his Arcanine while Ash switched out to Dawn and she effortlessly used Hydro Pump. Pete sulked as he sent out his Nidorino. Ash shook his head as he switched out to May. He activated the Mega Ring as May turned into a more bulkier version of herself. She was now wearing a black outfit with blue trim, her flame on her tail was now blue and her nails became sharper. Ash merely had May use Dragon Claw. Her nails glowed green and her body glowed along with her as new ability as this forme of herself known as Charizard X gave her the ability Tough Claws, giving her double the power on physical attacks. Also, the new typing of Fire-Dragon gave her a same type attack boost. To put it simply, May one-shot Nidorino like it was nothing.
One more night passed and Ash once again had Jessie, Serena and Gardenia ready for the final fight of the preliminaries against Jeanette Fisher. Ash knew she would be a bit tougher considering her Pokémon which is what he was looking for. She was using Beedrill while he sent out Gardenia. Ash had Gardenia use her usual strategy as all her moves were Grass-type. It gave her same type attack bonus but it was still hard. Once again, Gardenia was slowly draining Beedrill. What was unknown to them was that Leech Seed was draining Beedrill more than they had anticipated. As soon as Gardenia launched Solar Beam, Beedrill was down for the count. Jeanette sent out Scyther and Serena tagged out with Gardenia. Serena used Thunderbolt, effortlessly ending Scyther and Jeanette sent out Bellsprout. Ash had Serena tag out with Jessie. Jessie merely brushed off the Vine Whip coming after her and Body Slammed Bellsprout giving Ash the win.
A/N: Wanted to do a quick chapter. Sorry if you were expecting any dirty stuff with this chapter but I wanna keep it simple this time since I plan on recording for Knights of the Old Republic later today. Wanna keep my mind centered on the serenity of a Jedi. R&R as per usual