"You know Pikachu, I just realized something." Ash said.
"Pika?" Came his curious reply.
"Professor Oak is going to shit a brick when we get back, what with all these new Pokemon."
Pikachu tilted his head, thinking about it, then gave a happy 'Cha' as comfirmation.
Ash was currently overlooking his Dragon-Types in their training. Ash had separated his dragons into two groups- a physical attack group and a special attack group- and had them training based on that. His physical attackers were firing their special attacks into the air as long as they could hold them while his special attackers were hitting each other with their physical attacks. Ash glanced over at Tyrantrum, who was currently firing a Dragon Pulse for as long as he could hold it. Ash had thought that the fossil Pokemon would be like Charizard used to be, but he was pleasantly surprised when the dinosaur was actually pretty mellow. Ash guessed that it had something to do with the fact that Tyrantrum had gotten his butt whooped by his other Pokemon. Plus Ash had yet to see any Pokemon who actually had behavior issues on the islands, so there was that too. Ash turned his head away from Tyrantrum and looked at the rest of the Pokemon.
Ash had seperated the rest of his Pokemon into three groups. One group based on each type, and another, elite group that was made up of two or so Pokemon from each type. From the types that he had visited the islands for, he had Metagross, both Lucario, Emploeon, Nidoking, Drapion, Gardevoir, Altaria, Togekiss, both Zoroark, Pangoro, Spiritomb, Flygon, and Noivern. From the Pokemon that he already had, Pikachu, Charizard, Sceptile, Primeape, Tyranitar, Infernape, and Garchomp were in this exclusive group. Those Pokemon had a very special training routine... And by special he meant nearly impossible. Those were his Elites, and would be the ones to stand above the rest. Finally, above even his Elite group, was his Legendary group. The group was composed of his legendaries (no shit) and trained either on their own or with Dialga, which is what they were doing right now. The Temporal Pokemon had been more than happy to tutor his fellow legendaries, giving them boosts in power that Ash could never even dream of.
Ash shifted his thoughts back to the egg he had been 'given'. The Phione- or Manaphy- hadn't hatched yet, and it was really starting to bug him. He had left the egg in the care of Togekiss and Meganium in case it did hatch, but with each passing day Ash thought it less and less likely.
Back to more pressing matters, however, Ash had decided where he was going next. You see, the night before he had sat down at his bed and mapped out his best course. He had decided that Fighting Island would be the best plan, because he could use his fairies, he had some powerful Flying-Types already, some of his dragon-types were half flying-types and knew powerful Flying-Type moves, and he had a lot of Pokemon who could go head-to-head with fighting-types and win.
...But he wasn't taking tons of Pokemon with his this time. While he was making the list, he realized that, while taking all of his Pokemon was a good strategy in the earlier islands, he was too powerful now to take every pokemon with an advantage. So for this island, he had decided on Pidgeot, Metagross, Gardevoir, Charizard, Dragonite, Hawlucha, Sylveon, and of course, Pikachu. He had been told, days ago by Arceus, that each Pokemon that he found on these islands were powerful enough to single-handedly take down Brandon's team, so where would that put him, who was strong enough to take these Pokemon down without too much trouble?
Shaking his head, he called over the six Pokemon (Pikachu was already on his shoulder). He had already debriefed all of his Pokemon on his choice, and they all backed him in it. Calling out above the noise of training, Ash said,
"Guys, I'm about to head out to Fighting Island! When I get back we'll have some more brothers and sisters, so as usual, treat them with care please!" When all his Pokemon cried their consent, Ash called for Hoopa to make a portal. When it came, Ash stepped inside.
Instantly, Ash found himself standing on a rugged terrain. There were many trees, but none of them had tops, and most of them had fist or foot marks etched into the trunk. Spinning a full 360, Ash saw that he was right on the edge of the island. Looking behind him, he could see sand and water, and beyond that, he could see his center island. Looking to the sides, he saw more 'forest' and small clearings. Looking to his front, Ash saw a massive mountain, but no snow or ice on the top. But the one thing Ash didn't see was Pokemon. On every other island, Ash had been bombarded with Pokemon around every bend, so for this island to seemingly not have any was... unsettling, to say the least.
He figured that he wouldn't find any 'mons in the forest, so he decided that the mountain would be his best choice. Summoning Pidgeot, he climbed on her back and soared towards the mountain.
When he got there, he wasn't surprised to see many craters and charred areas from fighting-type attacks, but he was surprised to see a massive cave at the base of the mountain. Shrugging, he recalled Pidgeot and walked in, only to find that the cave had electricity, and had many lights stringing the walls. Walking a little farther, Ash came to a steel door. Shrugging, Ash pushed it open and was suddenly bombarded with noise.
"Lllllleeeeeeeettttts get ready to ruuuuuuuuummmmmmmbbbbbllllleeeeeeeeeeee!"
He heard. Looking around to find the source of the noise, he was shocked to see a Keldeo standing on a ledge above where he stood. Tearing his eyes away from the legendary, his eyes widened and his jaw dropped at the sight before him.
'So this is where all the fighting-types were' Ash mused. And indeed, it seemed like every fighting-type on the island was in this cave- no- arena, Ash realized. And an arena it was. On the ground was a massive boxing ring, with elastic ropes and all. Surrounding the ring was a moat of water, which Ash judged to be about five feet deep. The actual cave that they were in was the entire mountain. It seemed like some Pokemon had hollowed out an entire mountain and said, "Eh, fuck it. Let's just build a boxing ring here!" Next to the ring, the moat stretched ten feet until it hit a three meter wall, which had a pretty impressive bleacher area on top. However, it wasn't the bleachers themselves that impressed Ash. It was their occupants. Because on the bleachers sat at least ten of every non-legendary fighting-type Pokemon in the world. Ash was shaken from his observations when he heard Keldeo's voice ring out,
"Ash! This is a different competition! I know you came here with fliers and fairies, but that won't work! You see, this is a straight boxing match. There are to be no elemental moves whatsoever, and you can't have any Pokemon who are not capable to fight this way on your party. There is a transfer machine next to where you came in if you need it."
Needless to say, Ash was floored. A boxing match? Hell yeah! This would be awesome! He rushed over to the transfer machine and sent back Gardevoir, Metagross, Sylveon and Pidgeot, and then called upon his two Nidos, his Tyranitar, Snorlax, Krookodile, Primeape, Infernape, Heracross, Hawlucha, Feraligatr, Seismatoad, and Registeel. Once he recieved the pokeballs, he put them on their respective spots on his belt. Stepping away from the system, he looked up and nodded to Keldeo.
"Now that our challenger is ready... LEEEEEEETTTTTSSSS GET READY TO RUUUMMMMMMBBBBBLLLLEEEEEEEEEEE!" Some kind of pump-up song started playing in the background while Keldeo continued, "From the deepest caves of water island comes our first competitor. Born an outcast, the only way to survive was to battle. Eventually battling his way to the surface, our competitor knows no bounds when it comes to fighting. He knows no mercy! He knows no fear! He is... POLIWRATH!" A massive cheer erupted from the crowd when a Poliwrath leaped out of a cave on the opposite side of the ring, doing a front flip before landing in the middle of the ring and waving. Ash grinned. He already knew that this would be fun. Turning his cap backwards, he grabbed a Pokeball and yelled,
"Alright then! Feraligatr! I choose you!
With a mighty roar, the crocodile Pokemon appeared in a scarlet flash and then bounded his way to the ring. Beating his chest, Feraligatr gave a challenging grin to Poliwrath, who in turn pounded its fists. Suddenly Keldeo spoke again.
"Now that our fighters are ready... FIGHT!" Instantly, Poliwrath went on the offensive, launching a flurry of punches and kicks at Feraligatr. Ash grimaced at the hits, but didn't say anything. He had decided beforehand that his Pokemon would be better off fighting on their instincts rather than his instruction. Still though, it was hard to watch.
However, he smiled when he saw Feraligatr take those hits like a man and then retalliate with a nasty right hook, throwing Poliwrath into the ropes. Unfortunately, Poliwrath used that to its advantage and used the momentum to spring back at Feraligatr, fist outstreched. Feraligatr was caught a bit off-guard, but still ducked before he was hit. As a very surprised Poliwrath was sailing over Feraligatr, Ash grinned to see that Feraligatr had shot his tail into the sky and had slapped Poliwrath with it, sending it once again into the ropes. This time, though, Poliwrath didn't spring back up. While it was slowly trying to get to its feet, Feraligatr ran over and body slammed the water-type, sending the Poliwrath into unconsiousness and causing the audience and Ash to go 'ooh'. When Feraligatr got up, he strode to the middle of the ring and started dancing, a habit that he retained from when he was a Totodile. Chuckling, Ash congratulated the victorious water-type and lobbed a Pokeball at the downed Poliwrath, capturing it without resistance.
"And with that gut-wrenching pile-driver, Ash and Feraligatr win the first match!" The crowd shook the cave with applause, "But will they be able to handle our next fighter? Or should I say, fighters? These brothers lived in the Kanto Safari zone since they were all Tyogres! Spending all their free time battling, its no wonder that this trio is as strong as they come! Ladies and gentlemen, would you please give a warm welcoming to HITMONLEE, HITMONCHAN, AND HITMONTOP!"
As if on cue (Which they probably were) the three fighters burst out of the cave and into the ring, giving a cry of their name. The three then started waving and smiling to the crowd. Ash took this opportunity to check out his competition. Hitmonchan seemed to be the biggest out of the bunch, standing a foot over Hitmonlee and three feet over Hitmontop. Ash decided to send out Charizard to combat him. As for the others, Ash decided on the Nidos. The two worked well as a team so Ash figured they could watch each others backs. Charizard, however, would do this his own way. Ash hated to admit it, but having him work as a team player would probably be a bad idea.
The six Pokemon stared each other down, no one moving a muscle, until Charizard finally snapped, shooting forwards with his wings and rotating enough to give Hitmonchan a massive double kick, sending him soaring out of the arena. However, that wasn't enough to do him in, though, Ash the Punching Pokemon quickly got up and climbed back into the arena. This spurred the other Pokemon into action. The two Nidos went into a back-to-back position, while Hitmontop started spinning. When Hitmontop had spun for about five seconds, Hitmonlee decided that it was enough and kicked the top Pokemon into the Nidos. Jumping in front of Nidoqueen, Nidoking stopped the spinning pokemon in its tracks and picked it up by its legs, allowing Nidoqueen to hit it with a massive punch. Nidoking let go, allowing Hitmontop to sail into Hitmonlee, knocking both to the ground.
Looking back over at Charizard, he saw the fire-type dodging punches left and right as if he did it every day. 'Although I guess he does, what with sparring with Lucario and whatnot' Ash mused.
Snapping himself out of his thoughts, Ash focused on the battle just in time to see Charizard unleash a massive punch to Hitmonchan right after one of its own, sending the surprised punching Pokemon out of the ring and sailing into the wall, knocking it out. Ash chucked a Pokeball at the downed beast, capturing it.
Meanwhile, the Nidos were slowly being backed into a corner. Hitmonlee and Hitmontop were slowly forcing them into a corner of the ring so that they could beat them without having to worry about them fleeing. Finally, the Hitmon duo succeded... Until Charizard came out of nowhere with a roundhouse kick to Hitmontop, knocking the pokemon out. Exerting a roar to let all the puny lesser Pokemon know who was in charge, Charizard shot forward with his wings and picked Hitmonlee up. Before the kicking pokemon knew it, he was fourty feet in the air staring down a very angry Charizard.
With one last roar, Charizard nodded to Nidoking and threw Hitmonlee down. When Hitmonlee was about two feet off of the ground, he found himself suddenly changing direction due to a massive double punch from both Nidos. Crashing into the wall, Hitmonlee finally fell unconsious.
Seven more Pokemon fell to Ash's team. Hariyama, Mienshao, Medicham, Blaziken, Loupunny, Gallade and Chesnaught all fell to Snorlax, Aggron, Krookodile, Hawlucha, Heracross, Seismatoad, and Infernape respectively. Ash couldn't help but chuckle when he thought back to Snorlax's match. It really was just two massive, fat Pokemon whaling on each other until one finally fell. Now however, Ash would face his biggest foe yet- Keldeo. The little beast had casually dropped that bit during some commentary after Infernape beat Chesnaught, and didn't even let it sink in before starting his introduction, which may have had a bit of 'writers embellishment'. He shook his head. He knew it was coming, after all, but still, it was surprising.
(A/N: You guys might be wondering why Ash never uses Pikachu anymore. Him, Charizard, and Venusaur are Ash's three most powerful Pokemon, including Legendaries. However, Pikachu is thrice (not a typo) as strong as Charizard and Venusaur. So yeah! Commence the ass-whooping!)
"Alright Pikachu, you're up!" Keldeo had explained that this would just be a regular battle, seeing as the water-type didn't have any hands to punch. So this battle would be one of Ash's two regular battles on this island- one with Keldeo, and the other with Coballion.
Pikachu looked at Ash in surprise, but then gave a happy pika and jumped into the arena. Then Keldeo did something that surprised Ash- he shot four Hydro Pumps from his hooves and used that to levitate down from his DJ booth. However, there was still going to be commentary for this match, as Coballion soon took Keldeo's spot and started to talk.
"Let this battle between Keldeo of the Sacred Swords versus Pikachu, starter of Ash commence!"
"Thunderbolt!" Pikachu shot a massive bolt of lightning towards Keldeo, who couldn't dodge in time. "Follow up with a Quick Attack-powered Iron Tail!" Instantly, Pikachu shot at the disorientated Keldeo and flipped around, slamming a metallic tail into the top of Keldeo's head, shooting the legendary through the ring floor and into the stone beneath. Ash decided to keep up the offensive, shouting,
"Thunder! Then use Agility and hit 'im with a Thunder Punch!" Complying, Pikachu shot a arc of lightning into the hole he created, frying Keldeo for a solid ten seconds. Then, cutting off the power supply, Pikachu dashed back and forth a couple times, powering up Agility, then, in the blink of an eye, shot into the hole. Ash only had to wait a second before Keldeo came flying out of a new hole in the ring, knocked out.
Needless to say, Coballion was scared shitless. 'If that's the power of the Chosen One's starter, I have no chance against it! Still, I cannot go with Ash without a battle to defend my freedom. My honor will not allow it. C'mon Coballion! Get yourself together!' The Iron Will Pokemon thought. Clearing his throat, Coballion said
"Keldeo is unable to battle. The winner of this match is Pikachu!" As he said this, the crowd's cheers got louder and louder, until they drowned out all other noise. That is, until Coballion jumped down from the ledge. When he hit the ring, the entire mountain went silent.
"Are you ready for me, Coballion, leader of the Sacred Swords and destroyer of cities?"
Ash shook his head. "Naw, Pikachu isn't battling this time." Coballion suddenly became a lot more confident. "Registeel is!"
"Wha-"
"Fire Punch!"
At speeds that should not be possible for a Pokemon that heavy, Registeel bounded across the floor, creating holes wherever he stepped, until he reached Coballion, who tried to dodge the flaming fist that Registeel threw at him. It almost worked, too. Almost. However, in the middle of Coballion's dodge jump, Registeel changed his fist's direction and preformed what Ash would later call a Fire Uppercut- a combonation of Sky Uppercut and Fire Punch, nailing Coballion's underside and sending him flying upwards.
However, Coballion quickly regained his composure and became cloaked in the purplish energy of Giga Impact. Using gravity as a boost, Coballion slammed into Registeel who couldn't dodge in time.
When the resulting dust cleared, Ash could see that both Registeel and Coballion were on their last legs. Turning his hat around, Ash shouted with all the determination he could muster, "REGISTEEL! GIGA IMPACT!" Soon, both Pokemon became cloaked in the telltale energy of the attack and started sprinting towards each other. It looked like there was going to be a huge collision until Ash smirked and shouted, "FLANK LEFT! THEN USE A DOUBLE FIRE PUNCH!" At the last second, Registeel ended the Giga Impact and spun to his left, charging a Fire Punch on both hands in the process and effectively dodging a very shocked Coballion's Giga Impact. Quickly turning the full 360, Registeel slammed his fists into Coballion's side, launching the legendary into the wall behind Ash.
When Coballion fell from the crater he created, Registeel gave a roar of victory. The Iron Pokemon then did a small hop, but that proved to be the last straw for the ring, and the whole floor collapsed.
Quickly recalling Registeel and capturing Coballion in front of a shocked crowd, Ash spun on his heel and quickly ran out, calling,
"I'll tell Arceus to fix this!"
Bam. Heres the next chapter in the Hoopa League! Not much to say there. Oh! I'm probably going to delete the Guide to 'The Hoopa League'. Sorry! I have my own reasons for that one. MegaHeracross, as of now, Ash will get a Wailord! And to everyone else who answered correctly (Everyone who answered- I need to make these harder :/) good job, but Heracross was just a bit faster. Maybe next time! As for this chapter's trivia question, well, it needs a little explaining. Recently, I've been building a competitve team for X and Y. I already had one, but meh, why not build another one, right? Theres nothing else to do in the post game! But anyway, I bred six shiny, perfect EV/IV Pokemon. (TOOK ME FUCKING FOREVER TOO)
So. What color eyes does the shiny form of pokemon #48 have?
What color is the 'mask' on the shiny form of Pokemon #274?
What color is the tuft of hair on the shiny form of Pokemon #288
What color is shiny Tyrantrum (Gray is not the right answer)
What song does shiny #310 remind you of?
What color are the leaves on shiny #708?
You know the drill. Read and Review! ~OGPokemonMaster