Chapter 15: The Youngest Champion

"Sorry?" Frost asked Cynthia as he was unsure of what he just heard.

"I asked whether you are interested in a Pokemon battle." replied Cynthia still smiling.

"Against you, no thanks." stated Frost clearly not interested in the suggestion.

"Not against me with me in a team battle."

"Who are you planning to fight at ten in the night?" asked Frost a bit confused .

"Them." said Cynthia while pointing in the direction of the stadium.

It was then when Frost saw who Cynthia was talking about, it was a pair of men battling inside the stadium, a pikachu against a golem. Frost saw the owner of the golem and smiled while replying.

"Looks like your competition is here Cynthia."

"And it seems his escort is also with him do you know who he is?" asked Cynthia while eyeing the two people from the stands.

"Let's go pay them a visit while we are here." said Frost while walking towards the stairs into the Stadium and Cynthia followed.

Meanwhile the golem on the field had fended off a series of quick attacks from the pikachu and when both Pokemon stopped to take a breathe they heard sound of clapping from the stairs resulting in all four eyes to turn revealing Cynthia standing there.

"Cynthia is that you?" exclaimed the trainer of the pikachu happily.

"It's been a while hasn't it Ash." replied Cynthia while walking towards him.

"Aren't you gonna introduce me to your friend there." she added while gesturing to the other trainer who was around six feet tall according to Cynthia and was wearing a standard Ranger uniform but with brown and white accents different from the usual red and black.

"Oh him well his name is Stone and he is escort assigned to me." replied the Raven haired boy.

"I see well it's nice to meet you Stone." said Cynthia while looking at the man in question who in turn replied

"The pleasure is all mine Champion Cynthia I hope you are enjoying your stay at Luminous Pride." while joining Ash.

"So what brings you here?, me and Stone were just gauging each other's strength in a Pokemon battle. " asked Ash while Pikachu left the field and jumped on Cynthia to greet her.

While petting the electric mouse Cynthia replied "I see, although I came here to judge you and your escort as well." she said while taking a Pokeball out of her purse.

"Now we are talking." replied Ash while calling Pikachu back who immediately climbed on the young man's shoulder.

(Ash has grown taller.) thought Cynthia as she observed the sixteen year old boy standing in front of her with his ever so confident smile on his face. He was wearing his usual blue jacket with black jeans and a sports cap.

"Well I suggest a team battle you and Stone v/s me and my escort." declared Cynthia.

"I am down what about you Stone." said Ash while looking at the man in question.

Stone sighed and replied

"I can't leave you alone anyways so I'll join too I guess."

"That's good because I need to test you anyways Stone." a voice cut through the stadium as someone walked down the stairs just behind Cynthia.

Seeing the person when he came into the light Stone's eyes widened shock but soon relaxed as he replied "You know when I heard a Ranger was involved in the plane incident this morning I had a hunch it was you, because only you could have pulled that one off in such a short time."

"Well I do aim to please." replied Frost confidently as he stood beside Cynthia.

"Excuse me but do you two know each other." cut in Ash who was staring at this off topic conversation.

"You could say that, Ash he is the guy I told who could beat me in a Pokemon battle." Stone told Ash while whispering the second half in his ear.

"I see well in that case nice to meet you, my name is..." he was cut short by Frost.

"Ash Ketchum or should I say 'The Pride Of Pallet', I have heard a lot about you young Champion it's very pleasant meeting you." said Frost while raising his hand.

Ash accepted the hand shake and said "Well you must be Cynthia's escort I presume." as he eyed Frost.

Frost simply nodded at that.

"Well now that you guys have been acquainted to each other shall we get this show on the road, you see it's getting late and Ash is past his bedtime." cut in Cynthia who had been silent this whole time.

"Very funny Cynthia but you are in for a treat as me and Pikachu have grown a lot stronger than the last time we fought a year ago." Ash replied while returning to the other side of the Stadium with Stone.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." replied Cynthia as she joined Frost on the opposite end.

Frost looked at Cynthia who was looking very excited for the upcoming battle and thought

(Whatever happened to it's late and we should be going, but I suppose this was too good of an opportunity to miss.)

Frost change his sight towards Stone who had not taken his eyes off Frost since he showed himself, a fact that didn't go unnoticed by Cynthia who asked

"So I presume you will take on Stone."

"Actually I was thinking that maybe we should spice things up a bit." proposed Frost.

"Interesting... go on."

"Why don't we give them the type advantage since we already know which Pokemon they will be using."

Cynthia smiled and replied "Well I was already planning to do the same by using my Glaceon against them so it's nice to know we are on the same page."

"Alright if that the case Greninja I choose you."Frost said while throwing a Pokeball and revealing the Shiney Kalosian starter in his full glory.

(A shiney huh, this man is full of Mysteries well I suppose that's what I like in him anyways.) thought Cynthia while calling the ice eeveelution out.

Meanwhile on the other side of the field

"Wow a shiney Greninja, this is my first time seeing one." Ash awed.

"Carefull Ash that Pokemon is one of his strongest." warned Stone.

"That makes this battle even more interesting, isn't that right Pikachu, although it seems they have given us the type advantage." said Ash while looking at Stone

"That is the part that really throws me off." replied Stone as Golem nodded.

"Pika-pikachu." came the reply from electric mouse.

"I suppose you are right Pikachu but you know I should only do that after the battle doing it before seems unfair." answered Ash to Pikachu's question.

"What are you talking about?" asked Stone.

"Nothing we should focus now." Said Ash while changing the topic.

Back to Frost and Cynthia

"So I should take that I should go after Stone now." asked Cynthia.

"Yes if you don't mind that is." replied Frost.

"He looks like a specialist as well so I should take him seriously right."

(As usual her eyes see through people.) Frost thought as he just smirked to answer Cynthia's question.

"This will be the first time me seeing you in battle Frost try not to disappoint me." added Cynthia mockingly.

"I shall try my very best Champion." replied Frost in a theatrical manner as all four Pokemon took their respective battle stance.

BATTLE BEGIN!

Author's Notes:

I apologize for leaving the chapter at that but I thought it was a good idea since I wanted to explain few rules I have set for battling. Firstly there are no move limit meaning pokemon can have more than four moves at once but this varies from how trained the pokemon is. Secondly there will be some combination attacks (nothing crazy) in order to make the battles more dynamic. With that out of the way the next chapter would be the battle itself. I hope you guys like it and don't forget to review my work (Share what you think about it) and follow it as well so you don't miss an update. Until next time.

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