Author's Note: -sigh-
I know what you're thinking. Not another going-to-fail-story! But, really, this one has a plot. At least, I think it does... o0
There will be some slight romance later... But, I'm certainly not going to tell you about that. It would ruin all of the fun with who it's with!
This chapter will be short, because it's just kind of to see how many people would be interested in reading it and such. I can assure you that the other ones will be longer.
Oh, and Ash will have some of his pokemon from Johto and Kanto with him.Why? Because they're better. xD
Anyway, on with the fan-fiction!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. Darnit!
I do, however, own the idea of this plot and a few made-up pokemon and attacks. Yay, me!
"C'mon, guys! We're gunna be late!" Came the yell of a spiky black haired boy. Of course, that hair wasn't as visible as it would have been if the boy wasn't wearing his hat. His new hat.
"Hold on, Ash!" Came the whine of a brown-haired girl. The girl was running to catch up with the boy name Ash. "Stop running!"
"He's just a little exited about this, huh?" Came the voice of another black haired boy, this one with spectacles covering his eyes. "And quiet down, May. You're screaming in my ear."
"Stop fighting, you two." Came another voice (When will it end?). This one belonged to a brown haired and tan boy, who had just caught up to the two younger ones.
"We're not fighting!" May said indignately. "Max is just being annoying!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Pikaa! Pika chu, pi!" The three had now caught up to Ash, and the yellow rodent pokemon that was on his shoulder tried to stop the fighting.
"Right. We've gotta get to the tournament!" Ash agreed, shooting his fist into the air triumphently. "This new tournament is supposed to have an awesome prize! And I'm gunna be the one to claim it!" This was met with a sigh by everyone else.
They had come to this island jut off the coast of Hoenn because of some new tournament. As soon as Ash saw the flyers, he hopped on a boat, nearly leaving everyone else behind. Of course, the flyers had been sonvincing... Apparently, the prize for winning the tournament was the egg of a rare never-before-seen dragon pokemon... This was enough to lure practically every trainer in Hoenn, Johto, and Kanto. But, there was only a small amount of trainer who were allowed to register.
And sadly, Ash and co. were a 'little' late. Hopefully, there were still spots open.
The island that the tournament was held on was known only as 'Darkwing Island'. A strange name, but no one payed any attention to it. Thge tournament had been named after the Ilsnad, and was known as the 'Darkwing Cup'. This was strange, really. The island was sunny and tropical.. Small and resort-like. There was a forest on one side, and a beach on the other. Right in the middle of this was the stadium and lodgings for the trainers, which the gang was now headint to.
"C'mon, we've gotta hurry!" Ash said, running this time with the others. "What if we don't make it?" He said, sounding worried.
"Than we'll just have to stay and have a lovely vacation..." May said, sounding hopeful. Before Ash could reply, he ran into an old mad.
The old man was dressed strangely. He had long, white hair, although it appeared to be a wig because some spiky blue hair could be seen when Ash accidently knocked him over. The man hastily fixed it and smiled at them. He was occompanied by an old woman and a young girl... At least, it looked like a girl. She had blonde, curly hair with a bow, but it seemed like a pair of cat ears were stciking out of it a little. She also wore a pink dress, but the back seemed bunched like a tail had been shoved into it.
"Oh, I'm sorry.." Ash said, helping the man up.
"No harm done, sonny." The man said in a strange, nasily voice. "Accidents happe-"
"Say, would you happen to be a trainer?" The woman said, interrupting the man. Ash nodded his head slowly. "Great! You see, our little grandaughter entered the tournament in hopes of winning..." The woman poited to the strange little girl. "But, she's too sick to battle. We don't want to give up the entry ticket we received, though-" The woman held up a lime green ticket that had a shadow of some dragon on it. "-and we were wondering if perhaps you would like it? All the others are sold out..." Ash nodded his head quickly.
"You bet, I'd like it! You sure she can't compete?" He loked at the girl curiously.
"Yes, she's...Erm... Got a bad case of hair-ball-itus." The woman said this fast. She kicked the little girl in an inconspicious way, and the girl caughed.
"Oh, my poor throat..." The girl said. She, too, had a weird voice. Ash shrugged. "Well... if you're sure..." He took the ticket from the lady, who was handing it to him.
"Alright, then. Good luck!" The man said, before quickly running away with the woman and the girl.
"Wow, they were strange." May said, staring after them thoughtfully.
"Who cares? Now Ash can enter the tournament!" Max said cheerfully. The young boy loved to see Ash battle, and someday hoped to become a trainer himself.
"Yeah, now all he has to do is win it." Brock said, shaking his head.
"And we will! Right, Pikachu?" Ash said, looking at the yellow pokemon.
"Pi, pikachu!"
Meanwhile, the 'old couple' and their 'grandaughter' had rushed right to the forest. Hidden in the tress, they took off their disguises quickly.
"Finally! I tought I was gunna die a heat stroke!" Came the voice of the 'little girl', who now appeared to be a talking Meowth.
"Oh, shut up, Meowth. They got the ticket, didn't they?" The 'old woman' replied, taking off her disguise as well. It now became apparent that she had a strange hair do, consisting of pink hair. She also wore a uniform with a large 'R' on it.
"But... Why are we giving them the ticket again?" The 'old man' asked, taking off his disguise. He had blue, spiky hair and a uniform that also had the large 'R' on it.
"Because, James! How many times do I have to tell you?" The girl sighed, shaking her head.
"Sorry, Jesse..." James mumbled sadly. "I forgot..." Jesse sighed in annoyance.
"Ok. We give them the ticket so that he can enter the competition, right? Right. Then, when he wins, we can steal the egg from him! We'll have a super powerful dragon pokemon, without even trying to win it!" Jesse said, her eyes lighting up.
"But... What if we can't steal it from them?" James asked quietly. All of their other plans for stealing from the twerps had never gone too well...
"We'll get it!" Meowth said firmly. "We can steal anyting, 'cause we're Team Rocket!"
The gang had now registered with their entry ticket and were walking around the little town.
"Wow, this place is nice," MAy said, looking around. "I can't wait to do some shopping!" Ash sighed.
"We're not here for shopping, May. We're here for me to win the tournament!" Ash said triumphantly.
"Yeah? And what happens if you don't win?" May said, smirking at Ash and expecting him to give her some sort of smart comment. It was fun to hear how much he wanted to win... One of the qualities May adored about him. but, Ash didn't answer. He was staring straight ahead like he'd seen a ghost.
"Ash?" Max asked, waving a hand in front of his face. "Heelloo?" Ash, once again, didn't respond. Brock looked forward and blinked, hardly believing his eyes.
Standing a little bit away from them was a red-haired girl, who was looking into the windows of a store. Her red hair was familiar, with it in a side ponytail. From their angle they could see that the girl had cerulean eyes that were staring into the shop thoughtfully. The clothes, however, weren't that firmiliar. The girl wore a lavender spagetti-strap and a pair of black shorts. This was weird, seeing as this girl had always liked brighter colours.
"Misty!" Ash yelled, finally getting over the shock of seeing his best friend all the way out here. "Misty!"
Misty turned, looking confused. Ash, Brock, Max, and May were now runing towards their friend. They stopped in front of her.
"Misty! What are you doing here?" Ash exclaimed, smiling. Borck nodded.
"Yeah, we thought you were going to go back and take care of the gym." He said, smiling. MAy just smiled politely. She had met Misty before, and had liked her at first until she saw how much Ash payed attention to her. May had then started to hate Misty, making up images in her head about what an awful person she was, even though she didn't know her that well. Max smiled, this one true. He loved pokemon, and Misty had quite a collection of water pokemon. It seemed that most of them were excited to see her. However, they weren't prepared for what happened next.
Misty stared at Ash's happy face blankly, her cerulean eyes confused. Then, finally:
"Do I know you?"