Last time we left Ash and the gang, Ash found out about an extraordinary tournament and luckily for him the tournament is a week away, giving Ash plenty of time to choose his thirty-six Pokemon.
Ash growled as he stared at a blank piece of paper.
The gang had eaten breakfast, but Ash decided to choose his thirty-six Pokemon directly after breakfast.
Ash furiously scratched his hair. "Gah! Not only do I have to choose thirty-six Pokemon, but I have to figure out what Pokemon to put with what Pokemon and choose which teams I want to go first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth!"
Serena's sweat dropped. "That's quite the conundrum."
"Well, Pikachu is one of them, right?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah," Ash answered. "I put his name down first."
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed happily with pride.
"I can run an algorithm for you to help which Pokemon would be best suited for the tournament and which teams they should be in." Clemont suggested.
"Really? How can you do that?" Ash asked.
"Simple." Clemont said. "All you need to do is give me your battle history of all your Pokemon."
Ash's shirt collar came off of one shoulder as he looked at Clemont in bewilderment. "Do you know how many battles I've been in?"
"Oh, right." Clemont blushed from embarrassment. "I didn't think about that."
Serena asked, "Can't Professor Oak help?"
"He can, but I'm sure he's too busy to help me out with this."
With Professor Oak:
"Eureka!" Oak yelled out. "I've done it!"
"What is it, Professor!?" Tracey came around the corner asking.
"I've finally poached an egg." Oak smiled at his breakfast.
"Huh!?" Tracey fell to the ground in confusion.
Back with our heroes:
"It's a good thing this towns stadium has four smaller stadiums around the main one." Clemont stated. "Who knows how long the tournament would be if they didn't."
Ash then wrote 'Charizard' below Pikachu and smiled, knowing that he would have his list done just in time.
Three days before the tournament:
Our heroes stood outside of their hotel, behind it, in a large opening for Pokemon trainers.
Ash stood in front of his friends smiling from ear-to-ear. "I have all thirty-six Pokemon chosen; I have them in their teams, and what order they will be going in for the tournament."
"Alright!" Serena jumped. "Let's see 'em."
Ash pulled out six PokeBalls and told his friends that he will go in order from first to last. "Come on out, you guys!"
From the six PokeBalls came: Boldore, Torkoal, Snivy, Tauros, Unfezant, and Totodile.
"Hey, you guys!" The Pokemon all responded happily, and then they started making friends.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu cried out with a smile to the others, while being held by Serena; and the others responded the same to Pikachu as they did with Ash.
Unfezant landed on one of Tauros' horns and Tauros seemed to laugh.
Boldore and Torkoal became quick friends.
Totadile put his arm up in a mock wave after approaching Snivy, but Snivy huffed and turned her head away from Totadile. Totadile tilted his head, curious about Snivy, and Snivy turned her head to Totadile with an entertained grin. When Totadile saw this he jumped and kicked his legs joyously.
Ash's next time was: Donphan, Muk, Palpitoad, Quilava, Scraggy, and Torterra.
Muk and Palpitoad became friends, Quilava and Donphan were reunited in their evolved states, and Scraggy head butted Torterra. Torterra head butted him back, gaining Scraggy's respect. This entertained Torterra and he showed liking to Scraggy.
Third team: Bayleef, Corphish, Gible, Pignite, Gliscor, and Staraptor.
Bayleef ignored the others and tackled Ash with love.
Corphish, Gible, and Pignite all became friends while Gliscor and Staraptor played in the sky.
Fourth team: Buizel, Noivern, Bulbasaur, Hawlucha, Swellow, and Talonflame.
Hawlucha and Noivern reunited, Buizel and Bulbasaur became quick friends, but clearly struck a rivalry, and Swellow and Talonflame played in the sky like the last flying pair.
Team number five: Charizard, Glalie, Heracross, Krookodile, Leavanny, and Kingler.
Leavanny introduced herself to Glalie and the two became friends. Charizard and Krookodile shook…claws (?) and Heracross and Kingler became friends.
The final team: Pikachu, Goodra, Sceptile, Snorlax, Greninja, and Infernape.
Pikachu quickly lay on Snoralx's belly; the two reuniting and Goodra came over to reunite with Pikachu and made friends with Snorlax as well.
"Uh-oh." Serena said as she saw Sceptile, Greninja, and Infernape approach each other.
Ash smiled as he watched.
The three powerful Pokemon looked to each other, studying the other, and then…Sceptile put out his hand to Infernape.
Infernape smiled and shook hands with Sceptile.
Sceptile turned to Greninja, shook hands with him and then Greninja shook hands with Infernape, the three becoming rivals and friends just like Buizel and Bulbasaur.
That day, Ash trained with the first two teams, the next was followed with teams 3 and 4 being trained, then 5 and 6 were trained the day after that.
Our heroes and Ash's Pokemon all rested the day before the tournament, excited to see what was in store and who they were to battle.
Who do you think Ash will be facing off against first and what Pokemon do you think they will have? Find out in the next chapters of Poke-Crossover!