Chapter 1

"Alright who next" said the agitated official. He had been registering trainers all day and was getting sick of it. It was the same thing all day; smart ass trainers who all thought that they had the most unique pokemon. If he had to hear about one more charmander, pickachu, or squirtle he was going to spit. Little did he know that the next one in line had some that people only dreamed about.

"That would be me sir" said a tall athletic looking man said as he approached the desk. The young man had an air of confidence that radiated off him in waves like there was nothing he couldn't do.

"Identification please," replied hoping that he wouldn't go brain dead before his shift was over.

"Jason Lee, age 22, I guess I'm one of the older ones here by the looks of it," the trainer replied looking out over the crowd of preteens and teenagers

"Your not the oldest here but don't underestimate the younglings here" The official was starting to like this kid yeah he was older than most of the contestants but he wasn't a smartass, like some of the others he had to deal with today.

"Well here are my pokemon, I hope they stand up to what the other trainers have." John said as he handed over his pokeballs to the official, knowing full well that there were only a few present that could stand up to him, but then he wasn't here to win the tournament.

"Alrightie first up we got a ditto. Not bad kid, not the strongest one out there but very versatile if you know how to use him."

"Well I hope I do to, got any tips" John asked trying to engage in some light conversation.

"Most I can offer you kid is to have him switch to pokemon that can exploit the weaknesses of your opponent, oh and switching types rapidly if you can to throw your opponent off as well," replied the official, taking a liking to the young trainer.

"Another ditto here, interesting" the official said again as he checked the next ball.

"yep, I started in the Hoenn region so I needed two pokemon for the gym battles there.

"Holyshit kid is this for real" exclaimed the surprised official. "I thought mew was just a myth" The startled official thought as he tried push down the urge to release the rare psychic pokemon and see it for real.

"Nope he's real alright and he makes for good conversation, maybe you can talk to him later." replied John trying to get the official to calm down and not draw attention to them.

"Cool maybe I'll take you up on that." The official said as he took the next two pokeballs.

"Latias, and latios, man John, can I call you that your definitely no kid." The official said amazed that some one had caught the elusive guardians of the Soul dew crystal which is rumored to have special powers.

"Sure that's fine with me as long I can call you Bill, that's what your name tag says," replied John.

"Its fine with me lets see who you've got next now I'm interested." Bill said curious to see what other pokemon this new trainer has.

"Articuno, zapdos, and moltres, holy shit your going be a shoe in for champion for sure." Bill exclaimed surprised to see the legendary birds in the control of a trainer and that the weather hadn't gone to hell like the last time some one tried to capture them. Damn thought the official, there is no other trainer around with that kind of power he will be the new champion for sure.

"Well, I hope I have a chance." Replied John, trying to remain aloof from the real reason he was there at the masters championship.

"Next up is Lugia, you know I'm not surprised anymore"

"Well just take a look at this one, he was a real pain in the but to get"

"Man do I even want to know" Bill thought as he scanned the last ball, growing ever more curious on how this young trainer acquired such powerful pokemon.

"Raquaza, oh boy he's huge, now I've got know how you got this guy since he lives in the ozone layer."

"How about I tell ya over dinner my treat, Bill, all you need to do is point us to a good place, I've never been in Indigo city before," replied John as he got his Pokeballs back forgetting that under league rules that he still had another 8 pokemon to register. In most other tournaments you had a limited number of pokemon you can use in battle with an unlimited number to switch between battles, but in the masters tournament held every four years the competitors are limited to a maximum of 18 one for each type of pokemon.

"I know just the place." Replied Bill as they walked off, ignoring the groans of the other trainers still waiting to register.