Be on the lookout for a new 'story' of mine today... It's not actually a story, but it'll help you guys keep up with what Pokemon Ash has/ will have :D
Ash was standing in the training grounds, bag packed and psyched to go to Draco Island. He didn't have a particularly large list of dragons that he wanted to capture, but the dragons on it were nothing short of epic. Pikachu stood atop his shoudler, just as ready to bust some dragons as he was. The duo was waiting on Hoopa to open a portal so they could get going.
"You're not training in between islands this time?" Came Hoopa's voice form behind him. Ash shook his head. "Naw, we'll just take an extra-long training session after Draco Island. Right now we just want to go tame some dragons." He couldn't really be blamed for being exited at the prospect of capturing Dragon-Types. After all, when he was younger his idol had been Lance, Champion of Kanto and Jhoto and master of dragons. And on his travels he had only trained a few dragon-types, but they had quickly become powerhouses, so he couldn't wait to capture a bunch that had the potential to absolutely wreck teams. Hoopa must've seen the look on his face because she giggled, opening a portal and shoving Ash through.
"Damn genies," Ash grumbled, but on the inside he was happy that he didn't have to wait any longer. Looking around, he duly noted that the island was a giant crag, with rock and stone everywhere. He could see a snow-capped mountain that looked remarkably similar to Mount Silver of Kanto/Jhoto. Tucking that information into the back of his mind, he looked around for any dragon-type he could find. And oh, he was not disappointed. Tons of dragon-type pokemon were relaxing, sparring, racing, or sleeping within his vicinity. Looking at the nearest one, he was delightfully surprised to find that it was a Flygon basking in the sun. Walking over to it, Ash tapped it on the head. Slowly, almost lazily, one eye opened under the red 'goggles' on Flygon's face, until it registered that a human was the offendor. Curious, Flygon shot up and started sniffing and nudging Ash until it tickled. "H-Hey! Stop that, it tickles!" Ash cried. Flygon paused for a moment, as if asking Ash what he was doing. Ash simply raised a Pokeball and said, "Well, I'd love to have you on the team. Care for a battle?"
One thing that is well-known about any and all dragon-types is that battling is coded into their DNA. Of couse, battling is a part of all pokemons' lives, but dragon-types lived for the thrill of battling. So at the mention of a battle, Flygon's eyes snapped wide open, And it buzzed happily, shooting about ten feet away from Ash. Ash grinned at this. He liked her fighting spirit. Ash was about to release Charizard- he'd love to battle a dragon, but he decided against it, opting to use a Pokemon he hadn't used as much. "Tyranitar! You're up!" The massive pseudo-legendary exploded into being, exerting his dominance with a mighty roar that let everyone present know that they were inferior. Ash sweatdropped. Yup. He certainly was Charizard's training partner for a reason. Shaking his head, Ash decided to start the battle. A sandstorm started raging, forcing Ash to call upon some Go-Goggles from Hoopa.
"Alright! Tyranitar, use Rock Polish!" Ash wanted to boost Tyranitar's speed in case Flygon knew some Fighting-Type attacks, which would do 4x damage against the Armor Pokemon. Ash decided to play the stalling game. The sandstorm wouldn't do anything against Flygon, due to its ground-typing, but it would help hide Tyranitar. "Substitute! Then use Rest!" Tyranitar almost managed to get the Substitute off before the Hyper Beam hit. The beam of energy smacked into Tyranitar's chest, knocking him back a few feet and dealing heavy damage.
"Dang. Change of plans, Tyranitar. Use Payback!" Ash yelled. A beam of red light shot from Tyranitar and hit Flygon, doing double the damage of the already-powerful Hyper Beam, effectively winding Flygon. The desert Pokemon didn't look any worse for wear externally, but anyone could tell that the Flygon was hurting. And then the giant wave of water nailed Flygon, doing heavy damage. But Ash wan't done yet, and he called, "Dragon Claw followed up by a Blizzard!" Flygon managed to dodge the Dragon Claw by using Agility but couldn't avoid the following Blizzard, which dealt quadruple super-effective damage. However, the Mystic Pokemon managed to fire off an Earth Power, knocking Tyranitar off of his feet.
Suddenly, the two shot forwards without any provoking and locked themselves in a pushing contest of some sort. Suddenly, Tyranitar threw a punch. Then another, more powerful punch. Then another, even more powerful than the last two. Ash finally got it. Tyranitar was using Power-Up Punch to get ready for a finishing attack. That didn't explain Flygon though. Maybe it was dragon pride? Who knows, Ash decided. After the tenth punch, of which only three had hit Flygon (doing minimal damage) Tyranitar gestured to Ash, who understood perfectly.
"Alright? Tyranitar! MEGA EVOLVE, i guess..." And then Tyranitar exploded into a bright pink light of Mega Evolution. When Tyranitar emerged, looking brand-new, he wasted no time in enveloping himself in the power of Giga Impact. Once he charged it enough, Tyranitar shot towards Flygon thanks to his early Rock Polish, and completely decimated Flygon.
For once, there wasn't a huge cloud of dust that blocked Ash's vision, so he could actually see Flygon fainting. Grinning, he lobbed a Pokeball at the downed Mystic Pokemon, watching as it shook three times and then dinged, signifing a successful capture. Ash grabbed the pokeball and leapt into the air, crying,
"Alright! I caught... A Flygon!"
A little while later, Ash found himself staring into a canyon that had many rivers and streams zig-zagging the floor, giving the canyon a look akin to Altomare, Jhoto. Ash's face lit up. Speaking of Altomare, would those two be here? They were half-dragons, after all...
His question was answered rather roughly. Without warning, something invisible slammed into him from behind and knocked him to the ground. Ash found that the mysterious weight stayed put firmly on his back, giving him a total of two possible culprits. One: Meganium, for some reason, broke free from her Pokeball. But that wasn't as likely as suspect number two: Latias had found him. He did note that this area looked like Altomare. Going out on a limb, Ash decided to say,
"Hey Latias, good to see you too." As soon as he said that, the weight on his back froze, and he heard a feminine voice inside of his head saying, "How'd you know it was me?" Ash grinned, then regretted it, as his face was still in the dirt. Looks like he was spot on with his guess. Turning his head so he could speak clearly, he said, "Well, it was either you or Meganium, and, well, Meganuim can't go invisible. Latias giggled and levitated off of him, dropping her invisibility as she did. "Well darn. There goes the surprise then," She said. "I was gonna make you race me to the end before I revealed who I was to you. Plus, someone else is waiting there for you." Ash's eyes widened. "You mean Lati-" Before he could finish, Latias had already exploded into action, shooting across the water all the while laughing. Ash yelled, "Hey! No fair! Ugh, go Feraligatr!" Now Feraligatr was not by any means his fastest water-type. But he was there during the Tour de Altomare, and Ash was using him for that reason. He would, however, need more speed, so he grabbed three Pokeballs and released Empoleon, Tentacruel, and Blastiose. Quickly explaining his situation to them, he was about to run over to his water chariot when he realized... "Crap! Hoopa, I need a water cha-" *splash* "...riot"
"Aqua Jet!"
It took Ash about five minutes to realize that he had no idea where he was going. He had already Mega-Evolved Blastiose to get more speed, but that wouldn't do anything if he didn't know where he was going. He thought, trying to think of a plan, when suddenly something hit him. Literally. Blastoise had turned around when they reached yet another dead end and smacked a Pokeball on Ash's belt for him. With a roar, Steelix appeared, halfway in the water. Ash wondered what Blastoise was getting at when he got it. Recalling the three water-types with a word of thanks, Ash hooked Steelix to the chariot. Grinning, he yelled,
"Steelix! We're in a race! And we're losing, badly. So I need you to..."
Ash crashed through the sixth canyon wall with a whoop of glee. Grinning, he reminded to thank Blastoise again for the idea. Ash had had Steelix take him to the top of the canyon so he could see where he needed to go, and then had him pave his own road there. Steelix were almost impossible to catch in their home territory- the earth- so having Steelix dig though walls was a stroke of pure genius. After they exploded through the seventh wall, Ash saw a very surprised Latias racing just inches above the water. Smirking to her, Ash urged Steelix to go faster.
They were neck and neck for the last portion of the race until Ash finally threw in the game-changer. Lifting his wrist, he Mega-Evolved Steelix, giving him a boost in speed and giving him the edge in the race. Busting through one last wall, Ash stopped inches away from a very suprised Latios.
"Ash?"
"Latios?" The two started at each other before enveloping each other in a manly hug, patting each other's backs before releasing.
"Wait a second. I thought you... well, you know..."
"Died?" Ash nodded. Latios dipped his head and replied, "I was, for about a day. Then Arceus found out and revived me so that Altomare could have two gaurdians again." Ash smiled.
"Thats good... I thought you were gone. I felt horrible for months." Latios shifted uncomfortably at that, looking down at the ground. "Well, you see, uh, we tried to locate you, but you were too far away. Believe me, we wanted to tell you, but we couldn't leave Altomare to go look, and our Psychic powers were too weak." Ash shrugged. "Hey, its alright. No hard feelings! You tried, and thats all that matters." They sat in a comfortable silence until Ash remembered...
"Wait. Do I have to battle you guys? Because I'm not too sure I could do that." Latias was the first to reply, saying, "No, you never would've had to battle me, my only condition was the race." Ash breathed a sigh of relief. He did not want to battle his friends. He turned to Latios. "Well, you don't have to battle me, but I do have a condition of my own." Ash nodded. "What is it?"
"Well, I recently took an oddly colored Druddigon into my care after it's pack abondoned it for being too powerful and a weird color. If you could get him to warm up to you enough to capture him, I'll go with you without a battle. Because I, too, really don't want to battle you."
"Alright, where's the Druddigon? I have the perfect Pokemon to relate to him. Latios moved to reveal a Druddigon, standing tall behind him. Ash almost had to do a double take. When Latios said that Druddigon was an odd color, he thought it would've been green like the one in the Decolora Islands, not pitch black. It looked like he had been blessed- or cursed, Ash mused- by Darkrai, because that's who he bore a striking resemblance to. The body of the dragon was a midnight black, with only it's claws and eyes being a different color- red. Ash seriously considered releasing Darkrai and asking him, but he decided against it, instead opting for another Pokemon of his. With a flash, his shiny Noctowl appeared, flying to his shoulder and nuzzling Ash's face with her beak. After a moment Ash broke away from Noctowl and explained the situation to her. The avian nodded and flew over to where Druddigon was sitting, leading the dragon-type a few meters away. Ash decided to let her do her own thing, and so he sat down and waited.
Fourty minutes later, Ash was still sitting. By this point he had already captured Latias and re-released her back out into the canyon, where she was currently doing lazy loop-de-loops in the air. Looking over at Latios, he saw that the older of the Eon Pokemon was napping, levatiating just above the rocks. Turning his head towards Noctowl and Druddigon, he heard Noctowl and Druddigon locked into conversation, with Noctowl making many gestures and Druddigon frequently looking over at Ash in awe, making Ash wonder just what Noctowl was telling the other pokemon.
Ash didn't know how long he had been sleeping. It seemed like ages before Pikachu finally snapped him out of his dreams with a light thundershock. Ash's eyes snapped open when he felt the familiar tingle of hundreds of volts of electricity flowing though his body. With a small yelp, he shot up into an upright position, subsequently throwing Pikachu off of him. He blinked his eyes into focus only to see a grinning Noctowl and a smirking Druddigon standing in front of his face. Judging by the look on his face, Ash guessed that Noctowl had finally convinced the dragon to join Ash's team. But, just to be sure, Ash asked, "Hey Druddigon! It's nice to meet ya! Do you want to be a part of the family?" When he said that last part Druddigons eyes started to water and the dragon fervently nodded. Ash grinned, holding an empty Pokeball to in front of him. "Well Druddigon, all you have to do press the white circle." Without hesitation, Druddigon shot his hand to the sphere, sucking himself inside the ball.
Ash looked at the still-asleep Latios and smirked. Casually whistling, Ash lobbed a Pokeball at Latios, whose eyes immediately shot open and then narrowed at Ash and Latias. But before the Eon Pokemon could retalliate, the Pokeball sucked him in and he was captured.
"Pikachu, are you sure that challenging that massive Salamence is a good idea?" Pikachu shook his head. "Well that's good enough for me! Avalugg! I choose you!" The iceberg Pokemon was released in a flash of light, hitting the ground with enough force to crack it. "Blizzard!"
'Why's there a massive electric fence here? Eh, probably nothing.'
"Pikachu, would you kindly overload that fense?" He asked. Pikachu looked incredulous, but did it nonetheless, sending a massive Thunder attack at the fense, disabling it. Slipping through the bars, Ash found himself falling off of a massive wall. Thinking fast, he released Latias, who grabbed him in a Psychic attack and levitated him down. "Thanks for the save Latias," he said. Recalling Latias, he trudged onwards, not seeing the massive footprints he was walking in. He did, however, notice that the ground was regularly rising and falling, but he chalked that to the area being a crag.
Pikachu noticed the Tyrantrum before he did, and so he chose the wisest course of action. Jumping off of Ash's shoulder and sprinting the other way. Ash, on the other hand, didn't notice until he had practically bumped into the dinosaur. But when he did notice, he froze. 'It's okay Ash' he thought, 'Tyrantrum's vision is based on movement' At this point Tyrantrum was staring right at him. 'Don't move, and you'll be fine.' Suddenly, he heard a voice in his head.
"No, no it isn't Tyrantrum can see you just fine right now." So naturally, Ash didn't release any of his Pokemon. He just bolted off, Tyrantrum in hot pursuit.
"Pikachu, I think we got away." Ash had found Pikachu laying low in a crack in the ground, trying not to be seen. However, he stuck out like a sore thumb against the red ground of the crag, leading to an easy find for Ash. Pikachu nodded, panting. They were currently catching their breaths in a random cave, drinking water and resting until they felt ready to move on. However, they didn't anticipate the large flock of Noivern that was right behind him. Suddenly he felt a breath go down his spine. Slowly turning around, he came face-to-face with a Noivern. Thinking fast, he jumped backwards and released Hydreigon.
Three minutes later, Ash was tossing the Pokeball that housed his new Noivern up and down, smirking. The battle had scared the rest of the flock back deeper into the cave, so Ash didn't have to worry about anything anymore. Or so he thought. An earsplitting roar made Ash's face pale, but what really scared Ash was the massive Tyrantrum charging a Dragon Pulse... Three feet away from the enterance of the cave.
"SHIT! Steelix! I need some help!"
Ash had captured three more Pokemon in relatively the same fashion as Noivern. Dragonite, Kingdra, and Haxorus all fell to Gigalith, Hawlucha, and Floatzel respectively. Unfortunately, Ash was still running from a surprisingly persistant Tyrantrum, who had been on his tail all day. Two miles later, Ash was fed up of running. Turning around, Ash threw nine Pokeballs. With a flash, all of his Fairy-Types were revealed. Grabbing two Pokeballs as an afterthought, Ash released Garchomp and Sceptile into the fray as well. Mega-Evolving the six who could, Ash sat back and enjoyed the ass-whooping that commenced.
Hey! Sorry this chapter was a bit short and/or worse than my others. You see, I'm leaving for a week-long vacation as of tomorrow morning, and I won't have my laptop with me, so that means no fanfiction for me... So I wanted to get this chapter out today so you guys could at least have something for the week. Anywho, no one got last week's trivia question right :(
The correct answer actually was... Espeon! In G/S Red actually had one on his team, but it was replaced by Snorlax (or Lapras, can't remember which) in HG/SS. So yeah! TheGamingPyro, Ash will now be getting a F.E.A.R. Raticate. :) Oh! And have no fear, May and Brendan will be making an appearance, along with most- if not all- main characters.
Flinky- Thanks! I'm really learning as I go, so I'll keep trying to improve my chapter quality every time. Sorry about skipping the battle with Spiritomb, but Mega Diancie kicked it's butt anyway. FariesDark-Types. And about the whole Team Rocket thing... I actually didn't know that! Huh. Well anyway... Shh... I guess that didn't happen in this timeline...?
That sounded weak even as I wrote it.
On the subject of Team Rocket... Here's this chapter's trivia question! Which KANTO Gym Leaders were/are in Team Rocket, according to the Manga? Bonus points if you can tell me which Jhoto gym leader actaully took over Team Rocket using mind control...