Author's note: Hey guys! I just watched Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale recently and it was pretty good, I'll recommend you guys to watch it. So I do apologise for how short the first chapter was. I'll try to make it from 3000-5000 words from now on. Anyway, this is chapter two, so do sit back and enjoy the story!

A group of people was walking en route to Lumiose City, excited about the upcoming tournament. They were none other than Brock, Misty, May, Max, Dawn, Drew, Stacey, Iris, Cilan, Clemont, Bonnie and Serena. Iris and Max were participating in the tournament and the rest of the group decided to come support them.

Iris was unnaturally excited. "Oh my, oh my, oh my! This is the time I show the full power of my dragon-type Pokémon!"

Max pumped his fist into the air. "I can't wait for the tournament to start! I'm sure to win this!"

Looking at Max, Serena broke into a melancholic smile. His attitude reminded her so much of the young Ash she knew she had came to love five years ago. She wondered about the tournament? Who would be battling? And would Ash participate in the tournament? Plus-

"Serena! Snap out of your daydream! We're here!" She was rudely shaken by May, who got an earful from Dawn. Shaking her head and letting out a sigh at their bickering for the unteempth time, she entered the lobby of the enormous building.

Earlier on…

A young man in his early twenties stepped into the lobby of the participants' suite. He was dressed in black from head to toe and had a hoodie covering his hair and part of his face, but one look could tell that he had a muscular body with a handsome face then would make girls fight over him. His entrance made the other participants glance at him nervously then look away. Ignoring the whispering crowd, which was forming behind him, he strode to the counter.

"Hello, and what can I help you with today?" A bespectacled girl with auburn hair and professional clothes asked him from behind the counter.

"I'd like to sign up for this tournament." Man, when was the last time he had ever come into human contact with someone else? Oh…right. Five years.

"I see…may I take a look at you invitation letter?" The raven-haired teen promptly handed her. She checked the details with the computer. Satisfied, she turned to him.

"Now what name would you be entering in this tournament? Showing your true identity would not be preferred, yes?" She spoke the last part to him in a hushed tone.

"Satoshi will do."

"Alright. Here's your key to your suite. Don't forget to return it at the end of the tournament. Good luck and have fun in the upcoming tournament!" He nodded curtly and turned, instantly freezing up when he heard two familiar voices he dreaded.

"Hey Serena! It's been a long time see I last saw you, still looking as beautiful as ever."

"Hey…Calem. Long time no see."

Ash's eyes flared in anger. Sensing this, Lucario sent was of soothing aura to placate Ash, with Pikachu lightly tapping on his shoulder as a sign of encouragement. Ash calmed down and took a deep breath. He just couldn't

take it well, knowing fully well that Calem was once with Serena and that he wasn't the one. Ash had to escape this scene. Bad memories were hitting him fast and hard like a freight train. Then, a voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Hey Satoshi."

He spun around to find three of his previous rivals: Gary, Paul and strangely, Alain. Alain gave him a knowing nod that he knew Ash's true identity. Knowing this, Ash relaxed, the tension slipping of his shoulders.

"Alain! What's up, man!"

Ash spied Calem approaching Alain and offering a taunting smile. "It'll be interesting battling you in the tournament…assuming you don't get knocked out in the earlier rounds." He laughed arrogantly and walked away.

"Leave him alone, come on let's check out the suite we got." Gary gently steered Alain away, with him still muttering profanities, with 'idiot' being one of the less harsh ones. As Ash followed the trio, he noticed Serena staring at him strangely. He faced her fully, gave her one of his coldest glares before stalking off.

"Who was that?" Serena wondered. "He seemed so familiar…"

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In the room, Ash and the others gawked as they looked around. There was a gigantic living room with a refrigerator that had many different drinks. Pikachu instantly pounced on the ketchup sachets hiding in the corner, making Ash laugh. At his waist, one of his pokeballs burst open, revealing Mewtwo.

"It does feel good being out of that tiny spherical object." Mewtwo stretched.

Ash chuckled. "You can stay out if you want." Sighing, he decided to go to the bathroom and freshen up.

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He stepped out of the bathroom in a fresh set of clothes. After being away from civilization from so long, it was weird using a normal bathroom all over again. As he entered the living room, he saw Gary and Alain lounging on the comfy cushion chairs eating from bags of crisps and drinking soda. Paul, on the other end was watching the television closely.

"Who's your matchup?" He asked the other guys.

"Max." Gary said in a bored tone.

"Some random girl." Alain dumped another handful of crisps into his mouth.

"Ditto."

Ash shrugged and looked for his. When he finally found it, he paused, then gave a cold sinister smile.

"It's been a long night guys, we should retire early so we won't miss the matches tomorrow."

"Yeah." Giving the others a half wave, Ash retired to his room and instantly collapsed on his pillow, with Mewtwo taking the couch, Lucario on the other one and Pikachu taking up three quarters of the head pillow, Ash smirked and gently picked up his starter and shifted him slowly so as not to wake him and get a 'shocker' literally from Pikachu. Closing his eyes, he drifted off to sleep.

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Meanwhile, in Hoenn, a temporary base was set up. Men were scurrying around completing tasks. They all had a 'R' symbol on their shirts. In the conference room, a man dressed in red and a man dressed in blue spoke.

"So Giovanni, what brings you here?" The said man lifted his head a smiled sinisterly at the duo.

"Well Archie and Max, I have devised a plan which I will execute during the tournament. This is a task which must be carried out carefully. I don't want to risk that Ketchum boy messing us again." He turned to the board. On it there were three ancient pokemon, one resembled a towering figure of a dinosaur, the other a whale, and finally a dragon in the middle.

"If all these goes to plan, by that time it would be too late for anyone to stop us."

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The sun was shining brightly, showing on the beautiful scene of Lumiose City. The stadium was packed to the brim, with the group minus Iris and Max, who were off preparing for their first round. The atmosphere in the stadium was electrifying, combined with the tense feelings shared by all participants, well except for one in particular.

"Iris and Satoshi, please report to the entrances A and B for your first match." Satoshi instantly stood up and made his way to entrance A, with people parting the way for him, intimidated by him. Once he arrived, he was asked to stand on a platform started rising, taking him to the battlefield. On the other end, stood Iris, looking strong and proud with a Haxorus at her side.

"Her Axew must have evolved into a Haxorus." Said Lucario, with Pikachu nodding underneath Ash's hood.

"This is a three-on-three battle between Satoshi and Iris! Trainers, send out your first Pokémon!" The referee raised his flags.

"I'll make this battle end quickly in my favor. Excadrill, go!" Iris threw out her pokeball, revealing a large mole-like pokemon with a large blade extending out his forehead, with two smaller similar looking blades at his sides resembling fins.

"Pidgeot, lend me your power!" Ash threw out his pokeball, instantly a majestic bird rose, soaring high. It had red outer feathers on its head with the inner feathers being yellow. It had a brown cream-coloured body as it spread out its wings, revealing it was rather bigger than a usual Pidgeot. Instantly, the specatators started cheering, but not as wildly as they did for Iris, muttering about Ash's poor choice, given that Excadrill was a part ground type and could learn rock type moves which were super effective against the likes of Pidgeot.

"Battle begin!" The referee threw both his flags down.

"Let's end this! Excadrill, Rock tomb on Pidgeot!" Iris thrust out her hand, with Excadrill summoning large rocks from the sky and proceeding to drop it on Pidgeot. However, Ash was merely disinterested, watching silently as the rocks fell.

"Too easy!" Iris smirked. Watching the battlefield expectantly, she waiting for the dust to clear and reveal an unconscious Pidgeot. However, when the dust settled, there was no sign of the normal-flying type. Spectators looked on in confusion.

"Aerial Ace."

The avian pokemon swept downwards and dealt a quick and forceful blow to Excadrill, surprising it and sending it reeling backwards. Though it wasn't a super effective move, much less a normal damage dealing move, Excadrill acted like it took a lot of damage. "Just how strong is his Pidgeot?" Iris was startled. Noticing her being thrown off guard, Ash took this opportunity to attack again.

"Now pick up Excadrill and throw him upwards." The majestic bird grabbed the drill pokemon with its claws and soared to a great height, before releasing to plumment to the ground.

"Brave bird!"

Instantly, the bird took a U-turn, started to glow a bright yellow and slamming into Excadrill with a greater force towards the ground, slamming into the ground with a loud bang and spreading a thick layer of dust around. Iris coughed and tried to wave the dust away, while Ash stood there without even flinching. Soon the dust settled, revealing a battered and unconscious Excadrill.

"Excadril is unable to battle! Trainer Iris, send out your next pokemon!" The stadium fell silent for a brief moment, before erupting into loud cheers. Iris returned her Pokémon, shaken. She had just lost her Excadrill to a Pidgeot who seemed to have a major disadvantage against her in the beginning. She couldn't lose, not in the first around. Slowly inhaling a shaky breath, she clutched her second pokeball and threw it forward. "Dragonite go!"

Ash considered for a moment, withdrawing his Pidgeot and muttering words of praise. He then tossed his second pokeball silently, revealing a crocodile-like pokemon with a maroon coloured body and a white stomach. Strangely enough, this Krookodile seemed to have a pair of sunglasses, which went well with the rest of him.

Iris' eyes widened. Another Krookodile to mess up her chances of winning this battle? Shaking off her thoughts in the battle in Unova last time, she refocused on the battle. Before she spoke, he cut her off.

"Dragon claw."

Instantly, the intimidate Pokémon dashed forward with two dark claws and slashed against Dragonite's chest, causing the dragon to stagger backwards and faint instantly. Again, the spectators were stunned. One hit KO? This was definitely an entertaining battle.

Iris wordlessly withdrew Dragonite and gave her Haxorus a nod. The axe jaw pokemon instantly jumped forward, roaring loudly as it did so. Ash wasn't fazed and calmly withdrew Krookodile. Palming his third pokeball, he threw it out. Instantly, a shiny, bipedal humanoid Pokémon appeared. She appeared to be wearing a white gown and had a masquerade mask on its face. It was a shiny Gardevoir. The audience roared, having one of the rare occasions to see such a special kind of Pokémon.

Iris glared at Ash. She yelled, "Haxorus, draco meteor, full power!" The might dragon gave a big roar, before gathering energy in its mouth and proceeded to shoot a fiery ball into the sky, which separated into tiny spheres of rocks falling everywhere. Ash however, wasn't disturbed in the slightest and even smirked as he watched Gardevoir take the attack.

"What's he thinking? Is he an idiot?" Iris wondered.

As the draco meteor attack ended, Gardervoir still stood at the same exact spot, looking the same as she was before. If you looked closely at her face, you could actually see a look of disbelief on her face saying "Really? That's all you got?" Ash smirked and issued a command, "Gardevoir, psychic on Haxorus and throw him into the air." The feelings Pokémon nodded and concentrated, having a pinkish ray surround the axe jaw Pokémon and it started rising upwards rapidly.

"Throw it downwards and fire a moonblast." A bright pinkish sphere hovered in the air before flying towards the falling dragon-type. Iris' eyes widened. No wonder Gardevoir didn't take any damage! It was part fairy-type Pokémon, which were immune to dragon type moves. Cursing herself for forgetting that important factor, she could only watch helplessly as Haxorus took the full damage from the super effective move. The dust cleared to reveal a battered Haxorus.

"Haxorus is unable to battle! Therefore, Iris is unable to battle and Satoshi is the winner for this battle!" The spectators roared in approval at Ash, who merely nodded, recalled his Pokémon and walked away Lucario and Pikachu in tow, ignoring the screams coming from the stands. It was definitely weird listening to all this after not associating with anyone for 5 years. Iris fell to her knees, stunned. She had just been kicked out of her first round and clearly she didn't expect this.

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Serena sighed as she impatiently waited for the battle between Iris and Satoshi to start. To be honest, she'd lost all interest in Pokémon battles as that just merely reminded her of Ash, the boy she'd betrayed all these years ago.

She watched with disinterest as Iris fought against the man in the hood and her interest slightly peaked when she saw Iris' team got swept completely by a random stranger. She knew Iris long enough to know that she was no pushover and that she was a tough trainer, however all that changed when she saw her completely defeated. One hit KOs? She shuddered at the thought of his power.

"Serena, you wanna hang out with me and grab a bite?" There he was again, Calem was wrapping his arm around her shoulder and smiling broadly as if he didn't break her heart four years ago. Before she had a chance to react, Brock was at her side, grabbing Calem by the collar.

"Watch it pretty boy, don't go near her again and ruin her life. If I see you approaching us again, I'll give you a good beating." As he released the Kalos native onto the ground, he took one last fleeting glance at Serena before running off.

She sighed gratefully at Brock. To her, he was like the protective elder brother she never had, being the only child in the family. "Thanks Brock." She smiled warmly. "Anything for my younger sister, I just hope you stay safe." He assured her.

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Ash, Alain, Gary and Paul were lounging in the living room of the participants' suite. They had all finished their battles for the day. Their opponents were no match for their immense power, even Max who was humiliated by Gary as he lost his Gallade to Gary's umbreon, despite having an advantage as Gallade could learn fighting type moves which were super effective against the likes of Umbreon. Alain fumbled for the remote and switched channels to find out the updates of the upcoming matches.

"Any interesting people today?" Ash frowned at this question and concentrated hard before replying, "I do remember one guy who had a Persian who swept an opponents' team single handedly. What was his name…"

"Sakaki." Mewtwo glanced at Ash. "His Persian is strong, no doubt, but what I do worry is that I pried into his mind and all I could sense were evil thoughts."

"Indeed, he radiated a strong impure aura." Lucario said thoughtfully.

Taking note of this information, Ash nodded and suddenly gave a toothy yawn, muttering something about needing more sleep. "Honestly Ash, the amount of sleep you need rivals how much food you inhale." Teased Gary.

"Yeah whatever."

Flopping onto the bed with a loud sigh, he startled the electric rodent sleeping peacefully and earning himself a thundershock. Then he heard a snap and to his horror, Gary was holding his cell phone.

"My, what a nice picture to send out to –"

No sooner than he said that Ash was already up on his feet and chasing Gary around the living room with Alain and Paul shaking their heads in amusement. As they saw Ash tackle Gary to the ground, Paul yawned. "After all this time you'd think he matured."

Alain simply muttered and agreement as the duo continued to wrestle for the phone on the floor.

Author's note: And that's it for this chapter. If possible, do give constructive comments; reviews on how I can do better. Until then, I'll not be able to keep a constant posting schedule as my word still stand from chapter 1.

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