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. I do not own pokemon.

Note: I am not doing the Kalos Region. So fairy pokemon and Mega Evolutions don't exist.

Chapter 112

Meeting Zoey,

And the Jubilife Contest

Today it was time for the gang to get ready for the Jubilife Contest, which was tomorrow. Dawn was trying on her contest outfit, which her mother had given her. She wore a pink dress, with a white collar, a red ribbon around the waist, with three small red ribbons on the collar and red shoes and Dawn also had her hair tied up. "How do I look?" she asked Brock and Tomo. The boys thought Dawn looked good in her dress. Johanna, who was on the video phone, told Dawn there was also a choker in the box the dress came in, but Dawn told her that she didn't see a choker in the box.

Just then a Glameow turned up holding a black choker, with a red ribbon, on its tail.

Tomo looked at the Glameow on his pokedex: Glameow, the catty pokemon. It hides its spiteful tendency of hooking its claws into the nose of its Trainer if it isn't fed.

Just then a girl with spikey red hair turned up; she was Glameow's trainer. "I saw your choker on the floor in the dressing room, and I realized it was yours by your dress" said the girl. Dawn thanked the girl and told her mum that she felt ready for the contest. "Now Dawn," said her mum, sternly, "the last thing you need to go is be absent minded. If you let yourself get distracted so easily, then you will not win any pokemon contests". "No need to worry mum," said Dawn "I've practiced a lot with my Piplup and Ariados so we will be fine". "It's when you say not to worry that gets me worried" Johanna reminded her. Dawn wanted to thank the girl again for finding her choker, but she had left. "Hang on where's Ash?" asked Dawn. "Right here" replied Ash.

Ash had come out of the dressing room, wearing a different outfit that made him look like a hunter, but without a bow and arrow. He wore a blue tunic, white trousers, brown boots, brown belt, a green hat with a white feather sticking out of it and green gloves. (This outfit is the prince outfit Ash wore in the episode air time) "Wow Ash you look great in that" said Dawn. "I phoned my mum and told her about that I needed to dress up for the pokemon contests here, and she made this outfit for me and then sent it over" said Ash. Johanna turned to Ash. "Ash I saw your contest appearances on TV with Dawn, so I look forward to see what contest moves you'll perform here in Sinnoh" she said. Then the phone call ended. "Come on Ash, let's do one more minute training" said Dawn. "Wait a moment Dawn," said Ash "you and I need to register for the contest first". "Oh no I forgot about that" said Dawn, in a panic. Ash face palmed; he had a feeling that Dawn hadn't registered yet. "It's a good thing that Brock, Tomo and I are travelling with you" he said.

The gang went up to the desk, where they had to register, and Ash and Dawn got themselves sorted at once. Once they received their Sinnoh contest passes, they were also presented with ribbon cases, a ball capsule, the rule book and an envelope. Ash got a blue-green ribbon case and Dawn got a pink one. Ash opened the envelope and saw some seals in it. "Hey Dawn what are these seals for?" he asked "we didn't get anything like this in Kanto and Hoenn". "These seals are to make a super appearance when you release your pokemon from the pokeball" said Dawn. She demonstrated it by placing her Piplup's pokeball in the capsule, next she placed a heart seal on the capsule, and then she threw the ball and lots of hearts appeared when Piplup came out of it. "Wow that's pretty cool" said Tomo. "Your right and there are all sorts of seals that do different things, and you only place one on each capsule" said Dawn. "I get it" said Ash, excitedly.

After sorting out the registering and getting out of the outfits, Ash and Dawn could now do one more practice for the pokemon contest. Dawn showed how much practice Piplup had done with his peck attack; with storing so much energy it could make his beak get bigger while it glowed. Ash's Aipom put on a performance by doing double team and then swift. The multiple Aipoms created a giant star in the sky thanks to the swift attacks. "Wow Ash your Aipom is certainly built for pokemon contests" said Dawn. "I agree she really loves them," said Ash "funny thing is though my other Aipom does like them a bit, but Aipom here really is into them". "Well pokemon do have different likings Ash" Brock reminded Ash.

That afternoon Ash and Tomo were alone on the training grounds. Tomo wanted to get some quick training done before it was time for the first Sinnoh gym. Tomo had his Bidoof out and Ash had his Starly. Bidoof was male and he knew tackle, growl, rollout, defense curl, headbutt and the egg move quick attack. Starly was also male and he knew tackle, growl, quick attack, wing attack, double team and the egg moves sand attack and feather dance. Tomo sent out his Snubbull. "Snubbull I need you to teach Bidoof the moves protect, double team, secret power, and hidden power" said Tomo. Snubbull knew those four moves and she was happy to teach Bidoof. Ash had his Swellow race with Starly to work on Starly's speed.

Just then the girl with the Glameow turned up. "You're Ash Ketchum right?" she asked Ash. "Yes and you are?" said Ash. "I'm Zoey I've seen you participate in contests on TV," said Zoey "but I must ask you. I've heard you participate in contests and gym battle right?". "That's right I do" answered Ash. Zoey frowned. "You should make up your mind on which you should really be doing" she said. Apparently Zoey was one of those people who were against those who did both gym battles and pokemon contests. Ash sighed. "There is nothing wrong with people taking part in contests and gyms," he said "I learned that there have been many people who take part in both gyms and contests, and there is no law against that. Besides the one who decides on what I should do is me and me alone". Zoey didn't take in any of that and left. "I can't believe it," said Tomo "no one has ever complained to you before about entering both contests and gyms and now somebody is". "Don't you worry Tomo," said Ash "Pikachu and I will show her what we learnt from our past gym battles". Pikachu agreed; Ash decided to use Pikachu for the battle round of the contest.

When the brothers got back to Dawn and Brock they told them about Zoey. Dawn couldn't believe that Zoey was against those who did both contests and gyms. "What are you going to do Ash?" she asked, worriedly. "I'll be showing her what someone who does gym battles can do in a pokemon contest" replied Ash. "Be careful Ash and don't let what Dawn said get to you" said Brock. "I won't" replied Ash.

That night Dawn couldn't sleep because of how nervous she was about her first contest. She got out of bed and went onto the balcony. She called out her Piplup and Ariados. "Sorry to disturb you two but I can't sleep," she said to them "the thought of tomorrows contest keeps going around in her head". She took out Johanna's old ribbon and showed it to Piplup and Ariados. The Sinnoh ribbons were just a big pin with two ribbons dangling from them. "This was the first ribbon my mum ever won. Piplup and Ariados I know you two will be great tomorrow". Piplup and Ariados were happy to hear those words.

Next day it was time for the Jubilife contest to begin. Ash was in his outfit and he was in the waiting room with Brock and Tomo. Brock and Tomo wanted to watch the preliminary rounds in the waiting room. "Where's Dawn?" asked Brock. "She's probably sorting that hair of hers out," said Ash "if she doesn't hurry she will be late for the preliminary round".

Dawn was in the dressing room and trying to sort out her hair. Just then Zoey turned up. She was wearing a cream coloured coat that had black and yellow striped cuffs and a yellow design on the front and was red on the inside, a pair of light green trousers and white shoes. Zoey was tomboyish. Dawn introduced herself to Zoey while Zoey fixed up her hair. "Since you have that first time vibe, I can tell this is your first contest" said Zoey. Dawn asked Zoey if she had entered any contests yet and won any ribbons. Zoey said she had entered three contests and won one ribbon and showed it to Dawn. Zoey had a yellow-gold ribbon case and her ribbon was pink with white outlines. "Well now it will be my turn to win" said Dawn. "Yeah well break a leg and I'll see you in the finals" said Zoey. With her hair fixed, Dawn was now ready for the contest.

By now the contest had begun. The presenter for the pokemon contests in Sinnoh was a woman named Marian. Marian was a cousin of Vivian and Lillian, which was why she nearly looked like them but without a mole. The judges were Raoul Contesta and Mr Suziko and Jubilife City's Nurse Joy; just like Hoenn and Kanto. Marian showed off the Jubilife Ribbon; it was aqua blue with white outlines. In the waiting room Dawn turned up. "There you are, you're late Dawn" said Ash. "I know I had trouble with my hair" said Dawn. "Figures" said Tomo.

Then the preliminary round started. Zoey was first and she called out a Misdreavus. Her catch phrase for contests was 'curtain' and the seal on Misdreavus's capsule ball was a smoke seal, so Misdreavus appeared in a puff of purple-grey smoke. Misdreavus did double team, while still surrounded by the smoke, and created a spooky shadow silhouette in the smoke. "Wow that brings out the spookiness of Misdreavus since it's a ghost type pokemon" said Ash, who was impressed. "Zoey is good at being a coordinator" agreed Brock. Then Misdreavus used confuse ray, which broke the smoke apart and revealed Misdreavus, and then it used shock wave and showed how strong its electric move was. To finish Zoey posed and Misdreavus landed on top of her hand. Dawn didn't take her eyes off for a second.

After Zoey there was a Rapidash, a Beautifly, a Scyther, a Buizel, a Bidoof and a Weepinbell. "Now here's a coordinator who everyone has seen in contests from the Hoenn region and Kanto region," said Marian "and he became runner up in the Kanto Grand Festival give it up for Ash Ketchum". The crowd cheered loudly once Ash got on the stage; they had seen him in his past contests and grand festivals on TV. Ash sent out his female Aipom. He had a star seal on his capsule ball so Aipom was surrounded in multi-coloured stars. Aipom started off with swift and the stars broke the stars from the seal, creating hundreds of yellow particles. Next she did double team to created multiple copies of herself and used focus punch to destroy her copies. To finish she spun around like she was dancing and balanced on her tail to pose. "Wow Ash is good at this," said Dawn "no wonder he became runner up at the Kanto Grand Festival". "Just relax Dawn and have a good time out there" said Brock.

Next up was Dawn's turn and she sent out Piplup. Her catch phrase was 'spotlight' and her capsule ball had a bubble seal, so Piplup came out with a lot of bubbles. Dawn told Piplup to use bubblebeam, and Piplup's bubbles pushed the seal's bubbles into the air. The Piplup used peck, making his beak grow big, to peck all the bubbles very quickly and created white particles after all the bubbles burst. To finish Dawn curtsied and Piplup puffed with pride. Johanna, who was watching on TV back at Twinleaf Town, thought it wasn't bad but it was still a little stiff to her. So Dawn still had much work to do.

Soon the preliminary round was over and Dawn collapsed on the floor. She had been nervous all that time. Ash offered his hand to help her get back up. "Come on Dawn," he said "it's too soon to be relieved. We still need to get through the battle rounds". Just then the final results of who will proceed to the battle round came up on the screen. Only eight coordinators could go through to the battle rounds and Zoey, Dawn and Ash were three of them. Then the cards of the coordinators shuffled around and the result was Ash had to battle Zoey first. Zoey and Ash turned to each other. "I'll be showing you the difference between a contest battle and a gym battle" she said sternly to Ash, and she left. Dawn didn't like how coldly she treated Ash just because he did both gyms and contests. "Ash?" she said, worriedly. "Don't worry Dawn," said Ash "I learnt a lot of tricks from gym battles in the past, and Pikachu and I will be showing Zoey what we've learnt". "Pikachu" agreed Pikachu. Then Ash and Pikachu left for the stage.

Soon it was time for the battle round, and Ash and Zoey took their battle positions. Brock, Tomo and Dawn watched from the audience seats. The time for the battle match was five minutes. And instead of having a points loosing line like back in the Hoenn and Kanto contests, the board had a points losing circle under the pictures of the coordinators. The Sinnoh contests were different from the Kanto and Hoenn contests.

Ash called out Pikachu; since Pikachu didn't want to be placed in his pokeball he just came out normally without the seal. It was okay to do that. Zoey sent out her Glameow, which had a part seal and lots of pink confetti came out. "Let's go Pikachu" said Ash. Pikachu ran over to Glameow to attack, and Zoey told her Glameow to stay still. Ash recognized this because he has seen this before; this meant Glameow was waiting for Pikachu to attack so it could move in next. "Pikachu use dig" he said. Pikachu dove into the ground. "Stand your ground Glameow" said Zoey. Glameow stood its ground waiting for Pikachu. "Now Pikachu" said Ash. Pikachu jumped out of the ground and shocked Glameow with thunderbolt. "Haa Ash is showing Zoey a thing or two" smiled Tomo. "Glameow move in with fury swipes" said Zoey. Ash smirked. "Pikachu let Glameow hit you" he said. Pikachu stood still, smirking. "What is Ash doing?" asked Dawn. She was surprised with Ash telling Pikachu to just sit there. "This is one of Ash's tricks" said Brock. Glameow did scratch Pikachu, but then Glameow got shocked with static electricity and became paralyzed. "What was that?" gasped Dawn. "That was Pikachu's ability Static," explained Brock "you see when you make physical contact with a pokemon with static you become paralyzed. Ash was using that for Zoey's disadvantage". Ash called out to Zoey, telling her this was something he learned from battling in the past. Zoey was surprised with what was going on; Ash was doing this battle as if he was in a gym battle, and he was taking an advantage over her. "Glameow uses shadow claw" she said. Glameow moved in with shadow claw, but Pikachu used agility to dodge. "Now Pikachu time for volt tackle" said Ash. Glameow tried to dodge but it was too paralyzed to move, so poor Glameow got hit by the volt tackle attack. Glameow was really hurt by then. Suddenly time was up and the board showed that Ash was the winner of the first gym battle. Zoey stared at Ash; she felt she underestimated him.

Dawn was up next with her Ariados, and Ariados defeated her opponent's Bidoof. Everyone liked Dawn's shiny Ariados. Next a coordinator with a Buizel defeated her opponent's Beautifly. Then a coordinator with Weepinbell defeated her opponent's Rhydon.

Next up it was time for Ash to battle Dawn in the semi-final. "Dawn isn't going to have it easy with battling Ash" said Tomo. "You're right," agreed Brock "the best thing we can do is see what Dawn can do". Ash called out Pikachu the normal way. Dawn called out her Ariados; the capsule ball had a line seal and Ariados was surrounded by white lines. "Ariados use string shot" said Dawn. "Jump Pikachu" said Ash. Pikachu used his tail like a spring board to dodge the string shot move. "Now flash". Pikachu flashed, creating a very bright light and the light made Ariados close his eyes. "I recognize that springy tail trick anywhere" said Tomo. "So do I" said Brock. They remembered seeing Ash use that tactic with Pikachu in the past. "Quick Ariados use psychic" said Dawn. Ariados used psychic to hold Pikachu in the air. "Pikachu use signal beam" said Ash. Pikachu fired a signal beam from his mouth and the beam hit Ariados; since it was a bug type move it didn't do much to Ariados, but it was enough to get out of Ariados's psychic. "Come on Ariados let's use string shot" said Dawn. Ariados fired a string shot, and this time Pikachu got wrapped up by it. "Alright, now Ariados use sludge bomb". Ariados fired a sludge bomb attack and since Pikachu was trapped by the string shot, he got hit by the attack. "Pikachu use thunderbolt to set yourself free" said Ash. Pikachu managed to use thunderbolt on himself and the web came off, and then Pikachu fired thunderbolt on Ariados and Ariados was shocked good. "Now iron tail Pikachu". Pikachu whacked Ariados good with the iron tail attack. Suddenly time was up and Ash had more points than Dawn, making him the winner.

After losing the battle Dawn talked to her mum on the phone; Dawn was trying to act brave and strong, but really she was a cry-baby. "Don't cry Dawn," said Johanna, a bit sternly, "and you don't need to call me every time you lose and win a contest. You talk to your pokemon and your friends Ash, Tomo and Brock for that, especially Ash. As you have seen Ash is much more experienced as a coordinator than you are, so you can defiantly talk to him with contests about your mistakes and your plans. Now go and watch Ash battle in the final round". Dawn said goodbye to Johanna and finished the phone call.

By now the coordinator with the Weepinbell had defeated the coordinator with the Buizel, and now she was against Ash. Since she was using a grass type pokemon, she thought defeating Pikachu would be easy. But she underestimated Pikachu and with the moves signal beam, mega punch and mega kick, Weepinbell was defeated. So Ash was the winner of the Jubilife Contest.

Ash was presented with the Jubilife Ribbon. "I had a feeling you would compete in the contests here in Sinnoh Ash," said Mr Contesta "and I look forward to see more of your skills here too". Ash smiled and was happy to receive his first Sinnoh ribbon. Just then Zoey stepped forward. "After seeing how you won this contest with your battling skills," she said "I realize I was wrong about you, who does gym battles, not knowing the difference with contest battles". "It's as I said Zoey, I learnt a lot of tactics and tricks in gym battles and other pokemon battles I've been in, in the past". "People can learn from contests and battling," spoke up Mr Contesta "to get to the top you have learn everything there is about contests and battling especially if you are doing bother contests and gym battles". Zoey realized her mistake and took out her hand to congratulate Ash and apologize to him. Ash accepted her hand. "I'm glad you understand" he said. Zoey was now a new rival for both Ash and Dawn in the contests.

After the contest was over Zoey said goodbye to the gang and walked off for her next destination, while the gang planned to continue on for Oreburgh City for Ash's and Tomo's first gym battle.

Ash should have used Pikachu when he challenged the Jubilife contest in the anime; Pikachu would have done better than Aipom. I have no idea what happened to Ash's ribbon case in the anime after the Jubilife contest, but I reckon he gave it back to the receptionist because we never see it again after that.

I realise people keep on asking me about Kalos and Aloha, so I'm going to say this again. When I do Ash's Kalos journey, it won't be a sequel to Ash's pokemon journey. So the pokemon Ash has when he goes to Kalos will be the same ones he had in the anime; I'll be having Ash catch more pokemon in that journey and he will trade 29 of his Tauros for newer pokemon. And I will do the Aloha journey but it won't be a sequel either