Pokéfighter

Prologue: A New Challange

"Listen guys Its not a problem." Ash Ketchum had his back to his friends at the door out of his room.

"Ash I know you. You always sulk after you lose a match." Misty Waterflower glared at his back side. "And I didn't come all the way to Honen just to see you sulk again."

Ash turned around "Misty... I'm not the same little kid anymore OK. Hey I made it to the Final Four this time and hey I lost to the guy who WON the tournament. I think that's pretty good."

Brock spoke "Wow Ash. You really are taking this pretty well."

"Thank you. All I want to do is take a little walk. Is that so wrong?"

Then Max decided to throw in his two cents "Well not per say but this could just be a way to keep us from seeing you break down"

May smacked him on the back of the head "Max did you NEED to put it that way?" Ash rolled his eyes as the siblings began to argue.

"Well I'll be back in a little bit. Come on Pikachu" With that Pikachu jumped on to Ash's shoulder and they headed out to walk around the city.

Misty just looked over to the others "Well... he's certainly gotten better at hiding his emotions now."
For some time Ash and Pikachu wandered the city the former lost in thought. For some time he felt something was missing. As if there was something else he needed. He knew that he could not ever give up pokémon training. He then took notice of his surroundings "Well pikachu don't this part of town just look inviting."

Pikachu looked around in what was obviously not one of the better parts of town. "Pi ka"

"Well we can take care of ourselves can't we Pikachu."

The electric mouse smirked "PIKA!"

The two companions wandered around a bit more when they heard something. It sounded like shouting. The two ran towards the shouting wondering what exactly was going on. There in the middle of the street more or less surrounded by a group of spectators were two men. One was Japanese dressed in a white gi and the other Black Jamaican who went shirtless with bright red pants. The two were quickly exchanging blows. Then the Japanese man then quickly grabbed his opponent and fell backwards and with help from one of his legs launched him into the air and crashing into the ground a distance away. Quickly both got to their feet but one clearly faster than the other.

"Well mon... You as good as they say you are but lets see how you Like this." Then to Ash's great surprise the Jamaican whipped his arm and what appeared to be a blast of energy was launched from his fist.

Then to add to his surprise the other man cupped his hands to one side and Ash saw an energy buildup. "HADOKEN!" The two blasts canceled each other but the Japanese fighter was not done. He charged in and just as he got close up he kneeled for a split second and then leapt upwards with his fist connecting to his opponents jaw with a cry of "SHORYUKEN!"

To say Ash was in awe was an understatement. "That... was awesome." He quickly grabbed onto a fellow spectator and asked "Who is that guy?"

"I think I heard his name was Ryu."

Ash turned to his equally stunned friend "Pikachu...I need to learn how to fight like that. I think I know what's been missing. I need to become a Street Fighter."