Ash's Pokemon Journey
Summary: This story is about how I think that ash's journey should have gone through, Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova. Smart, a psychic and an Aura user (He'll find out about being a psyphic and Aura user later). I do not own pokemon.
Note: I am not doing the Kalos Region. So fairy pokemon and Mega Evolutions don't exist.
Chapter 55
Meeting Harrison and the Johto League Torch
After reuniting Larvitar with his mother, the gang were now on the way to Silver Town. Along the way, they noticed a crowd of people outside a very large gate. Ash asked someone from the crowd what was going on, and that person explained that everyone was waiting for the torch of the Silver Conference. Another person explained that they were at the Ho-Oh shrine and running of the torch started here. Those words made the gang feel excited about the torch. "Can we see the torch too?" asked Tomo. "Of course we can," replied Ash "there's no way I would miss the running of the Johto League torch; especially since we ran carrying the flame for the Indigo League, remember?" Tomo, Misty and Brock did remember and so they all agreed to watch the running of the torch.
Everyone waited and waited for the torch running to start, but so far nothing was happening. "I hope the runner is okay," said Ash "I mean surely it doesn't take this long for them to start the running". Just then a man came out of the gates. "I'm very sorry everyone," said the man "but due to circumstances the torch will take a bit longer to start". The crowd started to groan because they didn't like waiting. "Something must be wrong here, if we are being told to wait more" said Brock. "Let's find out what's wrong" said Ash.
The gang asked the guard of the shrine what was going, and the guard led the gang into the shrine. The guard explained that there was actually trouble at the shrine. "If you've got trouble I can help" said a voice. The voice came from a trainer, about the same age as Brock, with a Houndoom at his side. The trainer said his name was Harrison and he was from Littleroot Town in the Hoenn region. The gang introduced themselves to Harrison and also told him that they were from Kanto.
The guard explained that the torch and runners were ready, but the flame for the torch wasn't ready. "The truth is our flame is actually from the legendary Ho-Oh," said the guard "and there's a legend about it too". The legend was that a long time ago there was a terrible war within the area, and both pokemon and humans were hurt from the battle. After the war was over the land became a wasteland because of all the fighting, and then Ho-Oh appeared. Ho-Oh blew its flame at all the humans weapons; ending the war. After that the land was really lifeless then, but because of Ho-Oh's ashes the land started to come to life again and soon the land was back to what it was again and peace reigned. But one flame of Ho-Oh remained one a tree and the people called it the sacred flame. "They built this shrine to worship Ho-Oh, which is why it's called the Ho-Oh shrine. And the sacred flame had stayed in the shrine ever since". "Wow, what a story," said Ash "and I thought it was only the tin tower and the burned tower in Ecruteak City that were the places to worship Ho-Oh". "We learn new stories about the legendary pokemon of Johto all the time" said Brock.
The guard showed Harrison and the gang to the staircase that led the way to the shrine where the sacred flame was kept. "We can't seem to get the flame, because a wild Sneasel is guarding the shrine" said the guard.
Ash looked at Sneasel on the pokedex: Sneasel, the sharp claw pokemon. A smart and sneaky Pokémon, it makes its opponents flinch by suddenly showing the claws hidden in its paws.
"Excellent," said Harrison "I want to capture a Sneasel and this will be my chance". The guard explained that Sneasel attacks anyone who gets closer to the shrine, because it made that place its territory. And to make matters worse Sneasel had a Machop and Machoke with it. "If we don't get that flame soon, we will never be able to start the Silver Conference Tournament" said the guard. "I'll help get that flame" said Ash. There was no way that Ash was going to let anything ruin the tournament; especially since he and his pokemon had worked too hard to enter it. Tomo, Misty and Brock offered to help too, and so did Harrison; he wished to capture the Sneasel.
Harrison and the gang went up the stairs to the shrine at once. As soon as they reached the top, they met up with Machop and Machamp. Tomo sent out his Smoochum to battle; he knew that Smoochum was part psychic and she had learnt some psychic moves. "Use psychic at Machop" he ordered. Smoochum's eyes glowed blue and then she fired a psychic blast of energy from her hands at Machop, and Machop ended up hurt bad. Harrison told his Houndoom to attack Machoke with flamethrower.
While Machop and Machoke were distracted, Ash made his way to the shrine to grab the sacred flame. But then he nearly got scratched by Sneasel. "So you're the troublesome Sneasel huh?" he said "well you are not getting in my way of getting the sacred flame". He sent out Typhlosion to battle. "Typhlosion use flamethrower". Typhlosion fired a flamethrower at Sneasel, but Sneasel dodged it and then it scratched Typhlosion hard with slash. "Man that Sneasel is fast" said Ash.
At that moment Harrison, Tomo, Misty and Brock showed up; they had defeated Machop and Machoke. "You okay Ash?" asked Harrison. "Yes, but this Sneasel this more tricky than we thought" replied Ash. "All right, leave the rest to me Ash" said Harrison. He told Sneasel that he was going to capture it, and then he released a red, yellow and white pokemon from its pokeball. This pokemon looked like a giant chicken. It had long white hair, a red beak, grey hands with three claws and yellow feet. Harrison said that it was a Blaziken and it was also his starter pokemon. "I reckon that pokemon is from the Hoenn region" said Brock. Ash was excited from seeing another Hoenn pokemon. Harrison ordered his Blaziken to attack with quick attack, and Blaziken tackle Sneasel hard. Sneasel fought back with shadow ball, but Blaziken dodged it. "Okay Blaziken flamethrower" said Harrison. Blaziken blew flamethrower at Sneasel and Sneasel got it by it. As Sneasel was an ice and dark type pokemon, the flamethrower hurt Sneasel well. "How finish it with fire punch" said Harrison. Blaziken punched Sneasel hard, while its hand was covered in a flame, and Sneasel fainted from the fire punch. Harrison tossed a pokeball at Sneasel and captured it.
Ash congratulated Harrison for his capture and then went to the shrine to get the sacred flame. Inside was a stone statue of Ho-Oh and the flame was resting in a bowl, on the top of the head.
So now the runner of the torch had the sacred flame of Ho-Oh at last, and he got ready to run with the torch. The guard was grateful and thanked Harrison and the gang. He also said that Machop and Machoke were going to stay at the Ho-Oh shrine and become its guardians. The gang were happy for the pokemon. Then at that moment the runner started running with the torch and the crowd started cheering. "Now the Silver Conference is finally going to start" said Ash, who was excited. Harrison revealed to the gang that he was going to enter the Silver Conference too, and then he started to walk to Silver Town. "I reckon that there is going to be a lot of cool trainers and pokemon at the Silver Conference" said Misty. "I agree," said Ash "but that's not going to stop me from trying to win this tournament".
The gang started to head to Silver Town too and Ash couldn't wait to participate in the Silver Conference.
By the next day, the gang were now in Silver Town. Ash was looking through the guide with Brock. "Is it like the Indigo League?" asked Ash "you know with me having to do four preliminary rounds, with three pokemon, and then the normal matches with three pokemon?" "Actually Ash, it's different and the challenge looks a lot harsher than the Indigo League" said Brock. "Oh really?" asked Ash "what are the rules for the Silver Conference?"
Before Ash's question was answered, they met up with Gary. "Hey Gary," said Ash "I take it you have all eight badges for the Silver Conference?" "That I do Ashy-boy," said Gary "and I will be aiming for the top". "You will have to beat me first Gary" said Ash. Obviously Ash and Gary's rival was still the same. "I'll have you know Ash, I trained a lot harder ever since the Indigo League," said Gary "so you better watch out for me". "Same with me Gary" replied Ash.
After speaking with Gary, the gang walked to where the participants of the Silver Conference were staying. They were going to stay in a giant pokemon center in Athlete's village. On the way they met up with Mr Goodshow, who was handing out balloons to kids. He explained that he liked to greet guests, who come to watch the Silver Conference, as well as other pokemon leagues. "I take it you're here to enter the Silver Conference Ash?" asked Mr Goodshow. "Yes I am," said Ash "and I intend to go higher than I did in the Indigo League". "Well Ash, I wish you luck" smiled Mr Goodshow.
The gang soon came to the luxury suite, in the pokemon center; they were going to stay in while at the Silver Conference. "This room is huge" said Tomo. "You're right," said Misty "and it can't get any better than this. We also have a beautiful view of the lake". Ash tried out the couches and they were very comfy, and Tomo tried out the beds which were also very comfy. There was also a computer, so that Ash could look up his opponents on. "Come on all of you," said Brock "we have to go to the screen rounds now".
The screen rounds were mini battle rounds before the Silver Conference. All of the 200 trainers who entered had to battle three times in the screen rounds, using only one pokemon each. "It says that you have to defeat all three challengers to enter the Silver Conference," Brock explained "and only the Top 48 trainers move onto the preliminary rounds". "Wow Brock," said Misty "you were right about the rules of the Silver Conference being a lot harsher than the Indigo League". "Are you all right Ash?" asked Tomo, who felt nervous about this. "Don't worry Tomo, it will be all right" said Ash.
Soon it was Ash's turn to battle in the screen rounds. His first opponent was a trainer named Salvador. Ash sent out Pikachu and Salvador sent out Furret. "Pikachu us thunderbolt" said Ash. Pikachu sent thunderbolt out at Furret, but Salvador ordered his Furret to use double team so thunderbolt missed. Pikachu was confused with the multiple copies of Furret. "Use swift Pikachu" said Ash. Pikachu fired swift attack from his tail and both the copies and the real Furret got hit by the stars. "Use dig Furret" said Salvador. Furret dug underground to dodge anymore of the swift attack. Ash knew that this was trouble since neither he nor Pikachu knew where Furret was going to pop up next. But then he had an idea. "Pikachu stay where you are and let Furret hit you" he said. Pikachu understood Ash's order. "Hit that Pikachu with headbutt" said Salvador. Furret came out from the ground and headbutted Pikachu, but then Furret became paralyzed. This was because of Pikachu's static ability. "Ash must have figured that Furret would be a bit tricky because of its speed," said Brock "so he's decided to use Pikachu's static ability to help slow Furret down". "Good thing that static paralyzes the opponent" smiled Misty. "Okay Pikachu use thunderbolt now" said Ash. Pikachu shocked Furret good, then Pikachu used quick attack on Furret and then Furret fainted, giving Ash his first screen round.
Ash defeated his other two opponents as well. His Misdreavus defeated his second opponent's Machoke easily with psychic attack, and his Murkrow easily defeated his third opponent's Exeggutor with drill peck and icy wind. After the screen rounds were over, everyone went to the pokemon center to see the results. The gang saw that Ash, Gary and Harrison were both in the preliminary rounds. "I can't wait for the preliminary rounds," said Ash "what's the rules of the preliminary rounds Brock?" Before Brock could answer Ash's question, Mr Goodshow appeared in front of the gang. "I'll explain what happens in the preliminary rounds Ash" he said. He explained that in the preliminary rounds the 48 trainers were split into 16 groups of 3, and the three trainers in each block had to participate in a round-robin tournament. A round-robin tournament was when all three trainers in each block battled each other in a series of three on three matches. The trainers would get three points for every win, one point for every draw and zero points for every loss. "So I have to win more than three points to pass the preliminary rounds?" asked Ash. "Yes and if you and any other trainer from your block are tied, you have to fight each other again to win" said Mr Goodshow. It was obvious; the Silver Conference challenge was different than the Indigo League.
That night Ash couldn't sleep; he was excited about the Silver Conference starting tomorrow. He and Pikachu who was also awake decided to take a walk outside the pokemon center for a bit. "I can't believe that we are already at the Silver Conference Pikachu," said Ash "I mean it feels like only yesterday that we started collecting the badges". "Pika" said Pikachu; he agreed with Ash. "And there's no doubt that we will be facing off a lot of strong trainers, but that won't stop us from winning, will it?" "Pika" said Pikachu; that meant no.
Just then they met up with Gary, who was sitting next to the lake. "Can't you sleep Ash?" asked Gary. "No, you?" asked Ash. "No not really" admitted Gary. Gary noticed that tonight's moon was a full moon. "This is the same moon that was out on the night I left Pallet Town, when I first became a pokemon trainer" he said. "I remember that night too," said Ash "and we have gone through so much on our journeys since then". "You're right," said Gary "and it makes me think what else we will accomplish in the future". "Well whatever happens, I'm sure it will make our lives more exciting than ever" said Ash. "As for the present Ash," said Gary "I will be earning first place in this Silver Conference tournament. And I won't let anyone, including you; get in my way of winning". "Sorry Gary," smiled Ash "but the one earning first place is me and you will be earning second place". Ash and Gary smiled at each other.
The next day it was time for the opening ceremony of the Silver Conference. Everyone was waiting for the torch bearer to bring the Ho-Oh's sacred flame to the stadium. Prof Oak and Tracey were watching what was happening at the Silver Conference on telly in the lab back in Pallet Town. Delia and her pokemon were watching it on telly too. Prof Elm was watching it on his computer in New Bark Town. Brock, Misty and Tomo took their places in the stadium seats, and Ash and Gary were waiting with the other participants to enter the stadium.
But trouble was around; Jessie, James and Meowth had plans of stealing the flame. They decided that the flame of the legendary Ho-Oh would make a fortune. The runner of the torch was near the stadium, but Jessie, James and Meowth were standing just at the entrance ready to pounce. As soon as the runner opened the door to the stadium, he got tackled by Jessie's Granbull. The runner got hit by the wall and dropped the torch, and Meowth caught it before it hit the ground. "Now the flame is ours" said Meowth. "Good work Granbull" said Jessie, and she returned it.
At that time Pikachu felt that rouble was happening in the stadium, and he and Ash decided to investigate. Gary saw Ash running off and asked him what was going on. "Pikachu can sense trouble from inside the stadium" said Ash. "Let's hurry and see to this trouble" said Gary.
At that time, Jessie, James and Meowth were getting ready to run with the torch. But then Ash and Gary turned up. "That flame is not yours Team Rocket!" shouted Gary. "Ha, try and get it twerps" smirked Jessie. "With pleasure" said Ash. He used his psychic powers to take the torch away from Meowth. "What was that?!" gasped Meowth. Gary was impressed with Ash's psychic powers; he learnt about Ash's psychic powers some time ago. "Okay Pikachu, thunderbolt" said Ash. Pikachu shocked Team Rocket good and Team Rocket got blasted away again.
Ash and Gary checked to see if the runner was okay, but his ankle got twisted thanks to Team Rocket. "If I don't run, I can't bring the torch to the stadium" said the runner, worriedly. This was a problem of course; the Silver Conference could not start without the sacred flame. Then Gary had an idea; he suggested that Ash ran with the torch to the stadium. Ash asked the runner if that was okay and the runner agreed, so Ash decided to finish the run of the torch.
Meanwhile everyone in the audience was getting anxious because the flame hadn't turned up yet. Just then the announcer announced that the runner had an accident. Everyone became worried that the ceremony wouldn't start now. But there was no need to worry because at that moment, Ash and Pikachu entered the stadium carrying the torch. Tomo, Misty and Brock were surprised that Ash was carrying the torch and so was Prof Oak, Tracey, Delia and Prof Elm. Everyone watched as Ash lit up the big torch with the Ho-Oh's sacred flame.
Mr Goodshow gave one final speech to open the Silver Conference and wished the competitors good luck in the stadium. Ash was happy and excited that the Silver Conference was now starting to begin.
Sorry for the wait. The next chapter will be the Silver Conference. I rewrote the Indigo League chapter and I hope you find it better this time. Lugia and Celebi will be in the tournament, but not Latias because I said that her and her son Latios will participate in the Hoenn journey.